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cy * l ✓/ n* • mBT / • | <2* OiaSHHlSttßlLo f . WlfiLUn E. JONES* AUGUSTA, GEO., THURSDAY EVENING, AK CiIST 10, 1837. fßcilll-werkly.]«V o i. j €g '•«! J to ,be , J3n!i!i«bttt t>AfnY, semi weekly abd weekly At No. 361 Broad Street. f - TERMS —Daily papet, Ten Dollars per annun ln advance, oevni-weekiy paper, at Five Dollar et- heretofore li advance, or Six at the end of ih< of veer. Weekly, paper, Three Dollars in advance o ml nt t |KI of the veer. 5 CHRONICLE AND”SENTINEL. 6) ~ ~~ *’» W r il«e»<ay Kvcnlwg, August 0.137. FOR GOVERNOR^ GEORGE R. aiMIEB. <c ~ r ~~ Vg.ii t - ■■■ ii "~ j * n yeetopaay'* Constitutionalist we find an r editorial article of some length, quite well written ' and temperate in its language, but bolding fonA, in our judgement, unsound and erroneous v/ews i- of the general obligations and duties of men as j partisans, and involving an indirect and rather it insidious attack upon some of those who, bcliev j Ing the doctrine of nullification wrong in theory, f ’will nevertheless vote against Gov. Schley, the Candidate of the Union party, at the approaching election. 1 We bod intended, upon the first perusal of the article in Mhestion, to have commented upon the general positions laid down in reference to the duties of men as parlizans, hut shall only com ment tipate that doctrine inculcated, in which it is declare# that unvarying obedience to party no m,nations Is a duty to the country. In this coun try, parties are usually formed upon some cardi tis! principle from which it takes it name,& gives ■a name toils supporters and adherents. While the contest i*,whcthcr or not the principle upon which the party is formed shall be carried into substan tive## actual practice as a measure of government, we admit that it is the duty of every man holding that doctrine to sustain those by their votes, who sustain it. Nay, further, even after the contest fo r carrying a particular fundamental principle into immodiate practice has subsided, it is nevertheless the duty of those believing in the o that doctrine, on all proper occasions to use their influence to persuade others to a like opinion with themselves in order to get the ascendancy in pub lic opinion, should any future crisis render it no. cessary to carry that doctrine into actual practice as a measure of government. But the actua) contest not pending,other interests and other prin ciples different in their nature and character from that on which the party is formed, may arise and which may justify men in departing from a rigid • observance of parly nominations. Take a case or two. Gov. Schley and many of his political adherents, it is understood, main tain the doctrine, that the Legislature of a Stale has a right to abolish hank charters at their plea sure—others of that party look upon this as revo lutionary doctrine, and one which strikes at the very root of civil society. We put the question V) this latter class and ask them, if a general annulment of all charters were to be discussed at the next session of the Legislature, would you vote for ar.y Union man for a seat in that body or in the Executive chair, whose avowed object Was to procure the passage of a hill to that effect? By the late suspension of specie payments ma ny of the banks of this Stale have subjected them selves to a forfeiture of their charters. Among these, we believe, is the Georgia Rail Road, and fce put the question to every Union man interest ed in the completion of the road, whether be would vote for any man for Governor, whose in fluence would be exercised to take away the com pany’s chatter, and stop the progress of that great work in its present state? We ourselves would vote against any nullifier who avowed such to he his object, and should nut feel that we had coin promitted our political principles in the slightest degree in doing so. Thus much wo have said briefly on the gene ral doctrine of Mr. Guicu, that men should on all Occasions sustain parly nominations, no matter what the consequences resulting from thatcoursc, to measures of vital importance to the country.— We ate not yet prepared to subscribe to the doc l trine that the interests of mere party are para mount to the interests of the country, and that men are hound to vote for abstract doctrines, with no view to practical and immediate operation, when by so doing they endanger or sacrifice mea sures of vital interest to the country. The following extract will show that Mr. ttuieu does not exactly understand what he'is endeavouring to inculcate. He is a strange po litical doctor, who holds that men should act '“conscientiously and independently ’* and yet should be bound to vote for every nomination of his parly, right or wrong. Independence in vo ting is not always compatible with servility to party,and those who boast ofacting“conscientiouf ly and independently,' in politics ought not to leach the doctrine of implicit obedience to party discipline. “Why then should we vote for men of an an • lagonist party professing other principles? If we Were to vote, at the elections in October next, for •■any one of our adversaries, we would be guilty »f ,a serious offence against our party; we would act against the dicates of our conscience; and would violate the solemn duty we owe to our country, which is, in all cases, to vote conscien ' tiously and independently. To pretend to belong to a partv, and profess its principles, and then to vole for men of another party, who entertain other principles, cannot be reconciled with true dignity and honour. Men acting in this manner lose the confidence of the parly to which they had attached ’themselves, and acquire an unen viable reputation among those whom they served ’by their votes: in fact, they never can be trusted hereafter by any party.” ’We are informed by tbc Athens Whig, that (the Hey.——Farnsworth, late President of the University -of Georgetown, Kentucky, was elect ed by the Trustees of the University of Georgia, at their late meeting, Professor of Belles Letters, vice.Professor.Pressley, deceased. The Southern Banner speaking of the recent Commencement, says : “The prospects of the Coilegefar (heensuing year are in the highest degree flattering. Twenty-five new Students have been admitted, which is a large number at this season of the year—the Faculty will soon be full—the appropriations have been liberal—and its reputation is fast increasing. With these facts before us,may we not tone that our seat of learn ing v ill long be the peide and the favorite of the people of Georgia ? We copy the fallowing from the Charleston Courier, with the single remark, that the boat al luded to is,building for the Southern Steam Pack et Company, which is composed of citizens of Charleston. Augusts, end Columbia, 8. U. Au i gnata owns a very considerably^ o * l * o " lbl j- Stock. The Neptune.— All are -o’ •»•«. («J» the N. Y. Star of 28lh ult.) lb*‘ there is at this time ™ on the stocks, snd withi",* /’"’night of being « launched, a magnificent -htp. building at the ex “ pense of the citizens of Charleston, S. C, She is “ r to he called the Neptune, and is building under m t }, e superintendence of, and is to he commanded by. Captain Pennnyer—Capt Pioneer, he ought to be called, as he was the first in this country who navigated the ocean successfully with steam - ships. The Neptune is the mos': beautiful model of a “ steam vessel of this class we ever remember to have seen. She is 223 feet in length,and upwards of MO tons burthen. She is powerfully built; bolt = ci/, barred, knec’d,&c. with the very best materials, n and with one of Allaire’s ctack machines of 225 n ' horse power. Her accommodations are under , the government of an experienced man, who un s derslands what comfort is. We should say to the a stockholders of this beautiful ship, whom we know lo he enterprising men, that when she is r ready for sea, (/apt. Pennoyer should bo inslruc . led to cleat for Liverpool, to which port she will t go in ten days, and carry 100 passengers out and home. We should like to see the citizens of Charleston sending the first steam ship across the I ocean. At this time in particular, and from that cotton growing State, there may he objects of pc , culiar interest in letting that ship he seen in the Liverpool docks. She can carry 300 tons of coal insurance can he effected at a moderate premium, 1 and she will go and return in about thirty days ; we need not say that after crossing the Atlantic under the old commodore, she will not want pas sengers in regular trips from this port to Charles ton. “Go ahead!” is the word with us now; if we yield to the pressure, our energies will sooon leave us. [FOli THE CHItONICLE AND SENTINEL.] { Concluded.] The scarcity of money among what arc called the American houses in England, caused an unu , sually urgent demand to be made on this country, ( which our inflated currency, extended engage ments, and disorganized exchanges, rendered un usually illtimed for us. Let us sec, therefore, i what had been going on here in the mean lime, i The speculation in public lands, and the heavy import of foreign goods, created so large a reven ue, that about 40 millions remained in the Trea sury a'ter all the appropriations were made.— Congress determined that this surplus should be . divided among the different Stales. The manner of distributing this surplus was the beginning of trouble. The government had opposed the dis . tribution law, and it would seem, wished its ef fects to be as severe on the country as possible. It is well known that the government funds accu mulated more rapidly in New York, than at any other point, and, in consequence, that the greater part of the funds hod to bo drawn thence lo he placed in Slates where the revenue docs not ac cumulate. But it so happens that every section of the United States is indebted to New York, so that a fund placed there is more valuable to the other States than the same amount of specie. If, therefore,the Secretary of the Treasury had adopt ed the commercial mode of making such a t-ans aclion.it could have been done without producing any derangement whatever; and, indeed, would have been an absolute benefit instead of on inju ry. If, for instance, a treasury order on a deposit hank in New York, had been sent to any ol the Southern or Western States, that Slate could have authorized hills of exchange to he sold for the amount, to merchants who owed money in New York. This would have benefited the merchant in the interior, by furnishing him wi h exchange *o pay his debt. The merchant in New York would have been benefitted by the remittance,and the deposit banks there would have been benefit ed, inasmuch as they would have received a fund from the interior, through the merchants, to pay the treasury drafts on them, without the necessi ty of curtailing their business. Instead of this, however, the Secretary’s order required the amount due to the different States to lie placed to the credit of the department, in the deposit hanks of each State, previous to the time it would become due. Thus immense a mounts had lo he collected from the merchants of New York, (by the necessary curtailment 'of the deposile banks,) lo he sent to places which were largely indebted to them. The same stupid po licy, only from a different motive, (the glory of bringing specie into the country,) caused the the French and other indemnities to he ordered from Europe in gold, when we were largely in debt there, and exchange much wanted. Although the pressure for money may readily appear to be extreme at the different points where the revenue was collected, from what has been ■aid of the manner of executing the distribution law, yet it was still lurtber aggravated by th e , specie circular. This brought in private enlcr prizc to aid in destroying the equilibrium of the, currency, and made it the interest of private indi viduals and companies, to carry the basis of the circulation, the gold and silver, from places where they were most wanted, to others where they could be of no service. From New York, Phila delphia, Boston, <Vc., over the lakes and through the forests of the wild west. The drain of specie from these places produced the necessity, on the part of .the hanks of a rapid contraction. The scaicity of money, and the high prices paid for the use of it in the large cities, drew capital from ev ery corner of the union where it could be spared, and this, with the urgent calls on those who were debtors lo those places, caused on excessive de mand for exchange on thp banks of the interior. This alarmed them, and (hey commenced to cur tail. Formerly U. 8. bank notes formed a medium of remittance from places that had the exchanges temporarily turned against them, by overtrading, the tall of products, or any other cause. They ncabled the hanks to render the usual facilities, as remittances could be made without a fear on their part of their sped* being drawn. The most common, and, indeed the worst fluctuations which the hanking system is liable to, was thus guarded against—l mean the necessity of con traction by the hanks, when money is most want ed by their customers to pay their dents abroad. These notes formed a sort of moveable ballast,rea dy to be rolled from one side of the vessel lo the other, as occasion might require. To'the travel, ler they were coin in a portable shape, as he could go to the far cast or the far west, jo the north or the south, and still find them equal to it in value, for all his purposes. But the government bad thought proper lo drive this part of the currency out of existence. The hanks of the interior therefore, when the de mand for exchange came upon them, commenced a system of contraction, which has never had a patallal in the ennals of hanking. This policy becutaa necessary for the banks te prevent the le last dollar of their specie Irom being reraittei It effected this object in two ways : by makin ie money scarce with those who depended on tb ie usual hank facilities, and by withdrawing the! * circulation so as lo make it more difficult lo b s obtained. In many cases, however, after mane; ir had been scraped together, it was found impossi d bio to obtain any thing available to remit. f New York, and the large cities, therefore, wer< i left to their fate. The action of the Government as before referred to, by removing the l>asis of the 1 circulating medium, not only rendered the banks , unable lo assist the merchants, but made a further . reduction of their facilities necessary. Kemiltan , ces from the interior bad ceased; but this was not | the worst. Notes given by merchants from all parts of the Union, for goods, had been discount , ed by the bmks, or sold at an enormous discount, and the money used to pay debts, cither at horn* 1 or abroad. These notes came hack almost en I masse under protest, and had lo lie paid on pre- I sentation. And as if lo form the climax of ruin, " millions of dollars in hills of exchange which bad 1 been bought and remitted to pay their debts ’ abroad, returned dishonored, on account of tlie , immense decline in the value of the products 1 against which they had been drawn. Such corn | plicated evils entirely destroyed confidence and ’ credit, and “satire guipent" became the order of the day. Is it matter of surprize then, that sur rounded as they wore hy difficulties agoinst which no prudence could guard, no foresight anticipate, that the large merchants—the pride and boast of Americans—whose skill and enterprise had suc cessfully rivalled the “Ocean Queen” herself— who have driven our commerce through every ' sea, and laid the remotest corners of earth and ocean under contribution to supply our neces > sides, our comforts and our luxuries, should have been swept hy this unsparing besom of de struction? Or rather is it not wonderful that any ’ should have escaped from the general ruin? Things grew wotse and worse every day, a finally ’ the dreadful hufoonly alternative was loft, of sus" pending specie payments hy the hanks to give those who owed them lime to collect their shat tered assets; or continue to pay specie to the ruin 3 of every man in trade, who owed a dollar, and, consequently, lo the destruction of the banka 1 themselves. I have thus given a simple narrative of the cau ses of the present dislicss. I have abstained from all abuse, or even comment, so that the naked ads themselves should stand forth, and warn us of the effects of those schemes which it seems are about lo be tried. I will however, I hope, ’ be indulged in remarking, that so long as elec tions are got up on party principle tfc candi date supported who has most personal popularity, regardless of necessary qualifications—merely lo become the tool of the intriguing and the shield otjlhe base, we can never expect to see public men in office, who will be an honor to theii country or capable of promoting her best interest. As well might we expect the intuitive knowledge of an abstruse science from any person who might he chosen to fill a pryfessors chair. Let me make this position somewhat more familiar. What would we say, for instance, of a mathematical in strument maker in N. York, who should send to the backwoods—to Kentucky, or Tennessee, for instance, lo hunt up a foreman for his establish ment. But suppose this the case, and the foreman .nslallcd in office There is a valuable chronome ter in the shop-dash here the regulator of the con cern. He has heard there was such a thing as a chronometer, and may have read of the wonderful accuracy lo which they have been brought, but he had never seen the inside of one in his life- His new station, however, in his opinion rails upon him lo do something. He takes hold of the time-piece. He calls for a hammer, and a pair of pincers, and commences to pull it to pieces. The astonished workmen congregate around him, ami beg him to desist. Uul'with that confidence which ignorance alone can generate, he sweats he can pull it to pieces, and set it up again in an entirely different manner; and, what surprises them most of all, he tells them he will make it work without the great balance wheel. The ex traordinary character of the undertaking kept the workmen sometime in suspense, allho’ none of them believed it practicable. But when they beheld his clumsy efforts to put it together, and the jarring and irregularity of its movements. They turned aside in disgust. The unfortunate foreman hammered and sweated day after day, and stilt swore ho could, and would make it work\ and so he kept on, up to the very best order pos sible. It stopped however, in a few days, after wards, and on examination it was found to be r completely spoiled. The best workmen are of opin'on that the number of wheels have been so increased, and the old wheels so filed and altered) that it wilt be almost impossible to make it keep time again with any degree of accuracy ; I hope the executive bad no worse motive in view than the foreman, and leave the reader to apply the allegory. Having thus recorded the effects which in my opinion were produced by the action of the gov ernment up to the present time) .el us glance at the deep laid scheme, the outline of which is faint ly exhibited in the Globe. Wo will suppose that the banks can in a short period resume payments in specie. But in the intermediate time, treasurers are to be appointed to keep the monies collected for the revenues, till it shall be drawn out of their hands on account of expenditures. I think we have had practical illustration enough already of the effects produced hy moving large masses of specie, without regard to the laws of commerce, to he on our guard against the recurrence of the evil. Any |>erson who weighs the effects of the distribution of the surplus revenue, and the spe cie circular, with an unbiased judgement, must he satisfied that the evils under which the country labors have been brought about more rapidly, and have been grea’ly aggravated, by this cause. But here is a scheme which proposes both to collect and distribute an amount annually nearly equal to the surplus revenue, in the same manner. If the ablest financier that the world has ever seen would undertake to manage this operation, so as [ to produce the least possible mischief, I believe it . would be absolutely impossible for the country to get along without extreme fluctuations in mo netary affairs; and with the ordinary degree of , financial talent allotted to those who generally fill the Secretary’s office, it would be perhaps im possible to get along at all. j .. But the pecuniary part of the operation is ol j the least possible consequence, compared with y the power it would bestow. Wo will suppose - that mercantile affairs have become easy, and the jd. Banks have resumed specie payments. T1 rg Couslom House officers arc ordered to hold tl he funds collected at the different Custom House ! ’ r subject to warrants from the Treasury doparlmcn 16 (the Post office is already organized on th “.v plan as a kind of feeler) and the Secretary wisl; i- es to reward some Stale or City, or which is th same thing, some leading politician, for some po e Htieal or other favor. A person having the afcao t, lute control of an annual income of say thirty e millliona of dollars, need not he long in finding s out away to return a favor. On the other ham r il • State or City—especially a leading cominsr - cial city should become refractory, the means art at hand to punish il. The revenue need only he I suffered 1.0 accumulate in the Custom House, - or the distribution bo made in such a manner , that not a dollar of the specie which has been i drawn from the hanks of the place, shall return to , them. And the 'land officers in the West will . perform the same service as the Custom Houses , in large cities on the sea hoard. I These treasurers there will be mere tenants at i will of the Secretary of the Treasury; wc have > seen that the Secretary himself is but the tool t of the Executive, and, thus, it is evident, that all . power over the revenue, ami all patronage belong- I ing to it, will be under the sole and direct con s trol, of the Executive. The value of properly—the - very thing wc toil for in our youth, to support t our declining years—in our manhood to support , those who may he dependant on us—the very es f settee of the independence of individuals, will be . made subject to the will of one man—the Presi - dent of the United States ; Americans should bo ' jealous of liberty—it is an immense prize—the I price paid for it was immense—the aggregate • happiness of millions under its protection has 1 been immense! Shall the question ho settled that Americans have become the dupes ot a few r designing demagogues, who have climbed into ! power hy intrigue? Let us not deceive ourselves— r Andrew Jackson, although unfitted both by lent ■ perament and habit, was elected by an amiable t failing in his countrymen—gratitude for services . rendered in a military capacity. The present in [ cumheut climbed into power by using him os a , ladder, and means lo cep in power by using that , power lo crush opposition. By directing the passions of the former President, he has done . much; by appeals lo the passions of the ignorant i he expects lo accomplish the balance. The al- I tentative is before us. Iflhesc measures ore sus r tabled at the next meeting of Congress, the A i meiican republic can scarcely be said to cx:st , even in name. Il is scarcely necessary lo say that the mcrcan ’ tile part ol the community are most liable lo be i affected by all measures which disturb the value 1 of properly, as the nature of their occupation compels them to own four or five limes the amount of their capital, A small decline, therefore, isin j urious, and a large one ruinous lo them. This makes it necessary to watch every movement which may effect their interest. The clients of enactments, not only of their own government, but of any with which they trade,are readily stood by all good merchants; and farther,their call ing which makes it their interest lo qualify them selves to be good judges.makes them also of neces sity impartial: as whatever benefits the country, must benefit them; and, on the other hand,any en actment which is injurious to them,mnst be inju rious lo the country. Politicians may ho honest, merchents who know their own interests must be. Would it be wonderful then, if a person seeking to obtain or maintain power by corrupt means, should wish to degrade this class, and render them powerless in the community? Bullet us see the effect this war upon the mer chants is likely lo produce on the other interests of the country. Is likely to produce, did I say? Nay, has produced! Ask the planter of the south, who raises the great staple of our export) which has heretofore been almost money itself, so readily was it convertible into gold and silver,and ho may point to the fruits of his labor, lying un der his gin house, or in the warehouse at the near est market, almost valueless. Ask the manufac turer al the north, and he ran point to his glutted store-rooms, his idle machinery, and his starving operatives. The mechanic is idle, and his work men in distress. And the labourer, whose daily wants are supplied by his daily toil, is the sever est sufferer, and the greatest dupe of all. He was taught to believe if he could put down the mer chant—the millionaire—the aristocrat—he would have a long silk purse with gold shitting through every mesh. Oh God! that the black hearts of he base wretches who have echoed this Robcspcar can cry, could be laid hare before their ruined and betrayed countiyinen! The wealthy man, if his capital is unproductive or insecure, Can place it in a more productive or a safer investment. The planter can raise enough to supply the necessaries of life, and wait for hotter tim ’S, The manufac turer and the mechanic generally have something past them—these can get along for a time; hut the labourer is at once made destitute, by any pa nic or derangement in trade. There seems to be a vague nation in the minds of the agricultural and operative clusscs, that the labour of the merchant is unproductive, and that he makes hia fortune easily, out of those who la bor honestly for their living. This feeling has lately been excited by every hireling press of the administration, from the very basest motives. Ev cry editor who has given currency to it knew, in his heart, he was palming a base falsehood on those who cannot be supposed to have to study such an abstruse science as that of political econ omy; and every editor who did not know that he wag circulating such a misrepresentation, is unfit for the situation he occupies. Dues the merchant not labour both mentally and bodily? Is a less degree of energy and industry necessary to ccnsti lute a good and efficient merchant,than a good far mer or a good mechanic! If the labour of tbe mer chant enables the farmers, the manufacturer, and the mechanic, to spend all their time at their re spectivc employments, and thus enables them lo make a greater aggregate of products hy employing bis time in making the exchanges between them, than if he too had raised products, snd left each lo make his own exchanges, is it not clear, that the labour of the merchant is at least as valuable’ as that of any of the others." Were the class of ' trailers annihilated, all the springs of industry would lie paraiized. The numberless difficulties that would then occur in effecting exchanges, woubllca J each particular family to endeavor to * produce all tiro articles they had occasion fur, and 1 society would thus 6o thrown b’tek info primeval s barbarism and ignorance.” ‘■Commerce, says a Ferguson “in which iUsppears commodities ara ’he merely exchanged, and nothing produced, is a the vrrthelcas, in its elfocia very productive, lleeau es' it tainitfters facility and eucourgeirtertl to ever ot artist in multiplying (lie productions of hia ow ■is art; thus adding greatly lo the mass of wealth i j). the world, in being the occasion that much he Produced.” Speculators also are productive r o- benefit, as they buy when the market is glullcc 0 and prevent prices from falling lower than the; y otherwise would, and selling again when there i ,‘ g a scarcity, thus preventing unnaturally high pri ,d TYRO. r- Front the Southern Banner, e pursuance ofu notice extensively circulated, lC a large and respectable number of the citizens of Georgia, of all political parties, assembled in the College Chapel, and alter some consultation, the r meeting was organized hy culling Judge Clayton a to the chair, and appointing Dr. K. D. Moore, 0 Secretary.—The object of the mootin' was then made known by the Chairman in his usual hap py style, at the conclusion of which, Mr. Win. 3 Hearing moved that a committee be appointed lo report forthwith resolutions suitable to fulfil the t object of the meeting; which having passed, the chair appointed the following gentleman In com - pose that committee, viz: Win, Hearing, Joseph 1 H. Lumpkin, Wrn. Williams, Col. Janes, Maj. 1 Mitchell, Dr. Tinsley, ond Col. Barnett. . The committee retired, and after a short con ference returned with the following resolutions, " viz: ! Resolved, by this meeting, That wc as South [ ern ami Southivestern people, enjoy great and j singular advantages in a Commercial position, furnishing as wo do three fourths of the whole ex • ports id these United States,in the articles of Col t lon, Kicc and Tobacco; and that wc ought to be . our own Exporters and Importeis. 2J. Resolved, That the present crisis affords the most favourable time lo rc-orgnnize our com -1 mercial relations with Europe. 3J. Resolved, That to effect this great anil itn i portaut object, it is expedient to have at as early a day as possible, a convention of Southern and South-western merchants, and other Gentlemen, to lake under consideration the whole subject con i nocled with our present and future interest. 4th. Resolved, That we approve of the lime and place appointed by a Circular now issued, lo wit ; in Augusta, 3d Monday in October, hav ; ing for its object to bring the intelligent and en terprising citizens together in Convention. 6lh. Resolved, That a Committee of———he appointed from this meeting, lo open a correspon dence with the citizens of Maryland, Virginia, N. Carolina, 8. Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala bama, Mississippi. Louisiana Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky, requesting meetings lo be held and delegates to lie appointed, la meet in Convention at the time and place designated by the Circular. It being the wish of the meeting that the reso lutions should he acted on separately, they were taken one, by one, and all decided in the affirma tive by an overwhelming majority. They wete then acted on collectively, and pas sed by the same majority. The ehair then pro ceeded to appiont the committee designated in the sth resolution, which consists of the follow ing gentlemen, viz. Wm. Hearing, Win. Williams Maj. Mitchell, Wm. Baxter. Maj. Mitchell moved that the chairman he ad ded aa chairman of this committee. The meeting then adjourned in perfect order. A. 8. CLAYTON, President. R. D. Mooiie, Secretary, Texas.—The N. Y. Hetald speaks out in fa vor of Texas as it should. Witness the follow ing. “The prospect of tbe Tcxian cotton crop is fine. A friend estimates il at n 280,000 bides. This is just tbe end of their wars. Preparations are every whore making for the next season. We repeat that Texas will prove a terrible drawback upon the agricultural industry of the south and south west. It is (be duty of the government to admit her into tig] Union, lo benefit the southern Stales, if nothing else. There will be no mer it in rejecting sources of wealth equal to the mines (of Petu—for so wo regard the industry of Texas. Let Mr. Van Huron imitate Jefferson. We must have Texas a part and portion of our selves. A Smyrna paper mentions that a firman haa been delivered by the Porte to Gen. Cass, Ameri can Minister at the Tuillerics, lor a passage up the Dardanelles for the American frigate United Stales. After a stay of some weeks in Constan tinople, (Jen. Cass will continue his journey into Syria and Egypt. It was thought at Smyrna that this Diplomatist has a political mission. His journey is called a lour of inspection. The Archbishop of Ephesus, died suddenly on the 21st of April, in consequence ol indigestion, caused, it is said, hy the nature of the food which the Greeks, especially the priests, make use of du ring the strict session of lent. —Boston Colette, From the New Orleans Utr~A ny. 5. Important from Mexico.— We have been favoured by a respectable bouse of this city, with the following extract of a letter, received pet Sa rah Anna, dated Tampico, 23d July. General Bustamente has demanded a loan from the clergy of five million of dollars, which il would appear had given little satisfaction lo the latter, and they found it advisable to enter again info ncgociations with Santa Anna. The Govern ment, aware of this, ordered Santa Anna laappear before a court martial to answer to the charges against him on account of his late Texas cam paigne—Santa Anna replied to tho call in the fol lowing laconic manner: “No puodu, no deboy no quiero”—(l cannot,! should not, and I will not.) In consequence of which a strong detachment of cavalry was dispatched for Mango del Clavo, with orders to take the hero and bring him a pris oner lo the capital. On their arrival howcVer he was no where to tie found. Some say he is gone to Jalapa, others to Vera Cruz. Victoria and Btavo, it is said, have also turned Santa Anna men. From the, N. Y. Commercial \do. Ati%. 9. Wall-street.— One o'clock. —A fair busi ness was done this morning at tho stock hoard, at prices varying very slightly from those of yes terday. Specie.—-The sales at the board were 114000 American gold al 8j premium ; f 1000 dodo 8J do; 1700 halt dollars 8 j do ; 17,500 do do 9 do; 300 sovereigns $5,36 , 50 Spanish doubloons $17,30. We notice Spanish dollar* at 10 a 12 premium ; Mexican do Oj a 10 do : five franc pieces $1,03j a $1,03j ; Napoleons 4,12 a 4,18 ; Patriot doubloons 16,75 a 16,80. Treasury drafts for $5,300 sold at j per tent, premium. The notes of the following banks are received in deposit and payment of debts hy different bank ing institutions of this city. Dialogue with a LiaAßn.—ln the East India Archipelago, is a species of lizard which utters « sound very much resembling the word “too Key.” A late work, Earl’s Indian Archipelago, tells the followingstory. "An American ship, commanded by a 1 Captain Tookey arrived at Samarang, and the captain being much fatigued, retired to rest early m the evening at the house of his agent. When on the point of falling asleep he thought : he heard some one culling out ‘Tookey.’ ‘Hallo, said the captain, ‘what is it?’ A dead silence. Presently came tbe voice again, i ‘Tookey.’ ‘That’s my name snawerered he. , ‘if you want me come round lo the door.'— After a short pause, he heard Ins name pro, , nouncod a third lima louder than before •Well;’said ho, ‘these savages aro unnatural * chaps altogether) lo conio to a man’s window 3 1 balling out his nmrio when he wants to go to ijjtloep, however, I’Ji try if! can’t spoil h:s | ne- 1 pipe;’ and he forthwith seized t decanter a u«e I opened (he window' hot not a mini was to , r y seen. He was on the point of cb sing it, at ivn re,,lrn ’ n f? t 0 his hod, when he heard his i.au called out again, as ho thought, in a jeoru ln manner and the decanter was immediate i» dashed in the direction from which the you of proceeded. The host, and two or three < 1( j his friends, happened to be enjoying their c ’ ffars in an adjoining apartment, and the / imagined ut first that Che captain was taikin, 18 in Ins sleep but wl en they heard Him rushmj "i* about, the room, and stumbling over the fui niture, they thought it high lime to interfere upon iheir entrance they found him boiling I with rage, and searching for some missile ii j hurl at the offender; and it was some time be- B ’“re .hey could persuade film that he had been u holding a conversation with a lizard about ' twelve inches long.’’ , Reasons run suino West.—Some were i coming West because their children multiplied • faater than their m.-ami of support, and Uncle Jonathan hail “writ to “un," that “pumpkins” ) grew so big out Weal, that they made a alublo for : the cow out one half, and ted her llimugli the i winter on the oilier half, and the only difficUliy • in raising garden “snree” was ihnl il grew an long i that they pulled them through on the other aide • —anil that the ground itself was so fat, that it would do very well to grease wagons and make ■ candles on a pinch, it made tolerable good gravies ■ when a powerful hungry, and then their “gala" “wa*’' growing up, and they had nothing • to act them out with—and they “beam” say 1 that wives were so nearer out West that any ho > dy could get husbands any how; and if they "laid r.aal, they would have lo he • pot mailera" for other folks, and their “gals" “was” as good as any body. AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT.' Revised and corrected weekly, for the Chronicle $■ Sentinel. Bagging, Hemp 20 a25 I Raisins, (dull) IPO u 2()0 Tow Pi a 20 | Kit e, 31 a 41 Bale Rope, l(fu 14 .Spiri/s,Whiskey 46 « tiff Dan n, new N.F.. Klim 48 n 60 Hums 1! n 121 Cog. Itrnndy 150 a 250 Shoulders 10nil Holland Gin liPalfiO Sides 11 a lif F. llramly 871 « 125 Ihiltrr, (Joslipm 30u3a Sugars, St. Cr. 10 a 121 N. Carolina 15«2i Muscovado Hall) Candles, Spurm 33 a3B Porto Rico 6a 0 Tallow i6a)B New Orleans Hall Cheese, 14 al6 Havana, while 14 als Coffee, gr. Cuba 12 n 16 Do brown 10 a 12 Java 14 n 1C Salt, 60 u 76 Common Rio 10 al4 Snap, yellow 71 utl Cation, 00 aOO Shot, U a It) Flour, Canal sl3 al4 Teas, Hyson 70 a 100 Baltimore 7 a 111 Imperial 05 a 126 Corn, 1121 n 126 Gunpowder DO u 120 Jnril, 10 a 14 Vuurluse Factory, Hides, dr.salted 111 al3 Yarns 4u 16h28a40c. lend, Hi a V Oznnburgs No 1 Mi Molasses, 38 a46 No. 2 141 Nails, 71 aHI Mackerel, No. J sll a 13 Oils, Sperm, 126 a 137 No. 2 SIOO 11 Linseed 125 a 137 No. 3 s7l a 8 Whale 65 a65 Wines, Malaga 60 a75 Pork, Mesa none Toueriffo 871 a 100 Prime none Madeira 150 a 300 I'eirprr, Hull Claret, per gal, $25 Spire, 0« 1] Champagne $lO al6 REMARKS. Cotton —There has boon lees doing lor the Inst week in our cotton market than in any week during the summer, and were it not fora few orders from the northern factories, then’ would ho nothing ul nil doing. We nrc still able to retain our quotations for the finet desoripl ions, whilst we nmsl quote a de eline in the inferior and middling qualities. No sales ol consequence have been made during the week. 00 bales, quality common, were yesterday sold at Gc We now report 6c a Die ns the extremes of the market. Grockiukh, Dar Goons, &c.—The arrival of a number o( country merchants in our town during the weed, caused n little bustle amongst our wholesale dealers; and as our storks are good, they found no difficulty in making iheir purchase*. Flour contin ues lo arrive freely from (he comitrV, and supplies the place of Canal and other Northern descriptions. A lotof.Vlolasses was sold yesterday at 38c cash. F.xciiange Checks on New 5 ork can be bad from our Banks at 6 |a>rcrnl; on Charleston 1 per con*., and scarce. Ti.o premium for U. 8 Bank notes bos risen, ond they are now he’d at 6 percent. Charleston Bank notes were yesterday sold ul one per cent pretn. Specie is in good demand at HI |>cr cent prem. Freights.—To Savannah 81 per bale. To Jlmrleslon llio rales have been altered hy the Rail Read, to 40c per hundred fur square, and 60c for annd bales. Ao hoalg up for Charleston. NEW ORLEANS MARKET, AUGUST !>. We do not disco) er any change in iMixmessi, every thing remains on the regular i.ummnreslnblisliiiioni, Tho rereiptsof western produce continues small, consequently all articles ot .at kind sustain high prices, hut the demand is .mncif, and the soles very limited ; the same may be said ofall otborur tieles, for there is very little business dune which may be considered much above retad ; for purcha sers limit their supplies to immediate wants as nenr as passible. These and some articles with which we are supplied from tho Eastward which are beco ming extremely scarce, and high prices ere asked aa there is none remaining in first bunds, and onr quotations may be considered ns nominal—among the number we would notice, Rice, sperm Candles and Soap Specie is not so reach in demand as it hat been lor some lime pu>t, but it is still held ut high rates, nearly as high us lust week. There bus been received this week from Tampi co 306,267 dollars, and more is daily expected The weather has been very warm during the week, and wc agoin begin to leel the want of ruin. Cotton —Tbe demand lor cotton during the week has been limited, although the soles amount to 2082 ba1e5,2164 was comprized in one transaction; tbe advance in Freights may probably cause same pur chasers to decline buying ut present, although it is thought by some, that accounts are favorable lor shipments at present rates, but purchasers evince no disposi ion to add the present asking freight. The transactions of the week romprizr 216 bales Mississippi Diets; 126 do 81; 91 do 101; 12 do 101; 20 do 10; 60do 71; 25 Louisiana 11 cts; 808 Alabama 71; 2164 W District, Alabama and Ten nessee prices not transqired, but we believe to have been at 8 and 71 ets. There is a good demand for good and fine cotton, but those qualities are extreme ly searc/q they will however, when offered readily command our quotations. MAURIHb, On Sunday evening, the 6;h inal, by the Rev. Joshua Key, Mr: Enoch Sink to Mias Caro line J. Hear, both of Burke county. On Sunday, tbe 6lh of August, in the Baptist Church at Aiken, 8, C., by the Rev. Wrn. L. Tucker, Mr. P. H. Ellzet, to Miss Martha C. Cook, both of Aiken, 8. C. DIKI). In Barnwell District, S. 0., on the evening of the sth inst., Mr, Edward Wimberlev, aged 45 years. “Way lies boro’ A cad ciii y. — THE Rectorship of this Academy being vara ted by the resignation of the Rev Theodora Dwight, applications to fill tlie same will be re ceived until the first of October next, at which lima the achoolustic year will commence. All appli cants must come well recommended for moral as welt as mental attainments, nnd most also posse.a a thorough knowledge of the Greek nnd foitin lan guages. By order iff the board J. W. JONES, Pcc’y. aug 2 180 w2m Columbia Klicrlll* Sales. ' WILL be sold at Columbia Court House on the first Tuesday in tfoptojniier n»xt, between the usual hours ol sale,two improved lota in the village ol Wnghlshorough, on tho nerth aide of Bro«d street, Joining Uanry H'. slajscugal.and oth ers, being the lots whereon Rolian Waffanow livss, levied on as the property of said Robert Wads, t. satisfy sundry fi las (mm tho Jnallßa’s Court, lomt-s Mo.roand others,sgaiat said Wade, Jossph Walker and Joiip Levied on and returned in by a-constable RICHARD II JO.VF.H, U Sh’ff. «’qp» t !ge JSO wtd in'J GEORGIA, Columbia county; lie JpOIvLEU before James Burnside, a Janiro of in*l wie 1 for Raid county, n bov hom* .n.n IDO Ef*?* f ye OUt: n PP r, ‘ i «*l. by K T Hlilinfnv nnS n j J one* fit ten dothur*. nn tnoßfd »n »*> o,> : } T old , JAMKs m.u.niTlCj'?^ -ly A iru Mirnrt from llicHmy Hoc'., ice mu )M«i)w3» DaVIUH 'KHl.4ft.CWrk f LniiiyHie HIUIT “ r iA«E undersigned reepectlblly in'Wfn* hid J Wands sncl lire public generally, lint he )... ig tokM.|La Moite II»ll> Millrdgeullc, torn,erly kept 'g by'.pri. I) i). Mitchell. 'I tie house,, M well o£‘ ir- c V™ eJ ,r > reodtr opmlorl as any other veiub'uh e, T* , < i,^! “"d f v *3 r e»rtion onmy part mil rm made to accommodate ihoea who rtay tofor me fe 'Min a coll. " ~ J ,lp »'ih»rrihor will git* hi* pereoiHfl attention to t- ~ P"tfon»,nnJ will huva tls antin' management of n . »V». HUGER L. t .1 f l,e ’ “E p Off!re of the People’. Lina la kept ■till,. house. The -;agci daily leaving tor Munt rngoery and Augusta. r j/illwlgeviHe. Aug. 1 |PO g» I tvuHly. W William Murphree appliee tor " ” * l-’Uere es Administration on the date as fielding J. Brown, deceased. These, are then-lore, to cite end AdirioUish all and c singular the hirtilrod ami riMiioto of said deceaied y to be and appear at my Offiea Within the lima ma lt scribed by law, to show cause (if any they have) t . vTiiy HniJ Jeriofa bhoulil not be fronted. Given under im hand at office in Warnaebara'i line tilth duly, 1037 * ~ on T. 11. BLOUNT,». e, e. a. a. e. * ju'r S 3 wSUd J 77 r OEOllaiA, Burke Cuunru: 15 \j\l HEHEas, UW B iss a-piles for Letter*ot y » » Administration .in the oeiate of George Han, . deceasedi i Those are, tlie.efore, to cue and admoniaball and ” singular, the kindred mid orodilor. of said decaaaed, in (He their objection! .if any the* have) in my ol fice, Within ihc lime preacriheif hy law, to shew why said letters should not be, grained. 1 Given under my hand ot ofllce in WavmUboro'. this 2f.ih dny ol July, 1337. T If BLOUNT, DCCOIC. W 177 w3od i‘ GEORGIA, llurkr I'uunty. “ WHtiUI'.AS, William J Evnnn applies for Ih* tern of Adniiitislnuiun on thu estate of Ainns Wiggins, deceased, Into of said enmity. These are.therelareitb cite and admonish all and singular the kindred ntid creditors of said ilaaeasrd to he and np[»eiir at my ollice within the time pro* sen bud by law to shew cause (if any they have) whr s lid lettera should not Ire granted. Gifeii under in V hand at office in Wnyncsbom’j July 25,11*37. T. U. HUH).NT, o. c. c.o a. 4, J»l r«9 w3od 177 GEORGIA, Itur/i' cuunliy. \WT MERE AS James Cona applies fir Lettera W ¥ <” Adiimiisiraiion on ih» estate of Josiah Wallace, deceased; These are tlrendiire to cite and admonish all and singular tho kindred and craditors ol said deceased, to be and npjiear at my ollice within lire time pre scribed by law, to sbo v cause, it any they tinea, why said lettera should not be grained Given Under ntv hand gt. office in Wanuhant', Dlls ISlh day ol July. 1837. ’ ' T. ft UfiUt'NT, Dccaio. July 3i 171 30da (iEditatA. llurUt t nunit/. WHEREAS John Tennlion applies for let ters us administration on I lie white ul Jesstt Tenniuun, deceased. Chese are tlieiofore locito and adinonisli all And singular ilie kindred ahd eradiirtrs ut said deceased to he and a|iphnr at Hiy office, vWlhln the tint* pm snribi d by law, lb show cause, if any they have, why said loners shnlfld nut he granted. Given under my hand at office, ill Waynesboro’, this I9tli ofJbly, 1437. _ T H flDOENT.hrjc*. July _ ITU Wlm ijiiiS Iteiiaril IOKT, on ’i'uesdrty evening Inst,either in Augbss -1 in, or on lire Wrishishorb' rood, within 4 miles of Augusta,a Red Mofoeeo POCKET B(i()K,coio coning 310 Ur t3lii, in liills, the harks not recollect ed. '1 he name oftho subserilrer is writtau inside tlia I’oCkci Rook. Thnabove reward will lie given lOr llidUelively of the Rocket Book and Money lb MG M. Little, at iboUlobe Hotel, or to Hie SuhSCtiber Cftwlnnlvillo. THUS. J. WEBOttnL. unc 30 153 if - - * - ■ ■ Jt llt-i’Aoii Mu rid ’** Male. Wl LI, be sold at Ihc Market House, in (lie town of Isnilsiville, within the hours of sail, on die first Tuesday in ‘J pi next two hundred Acres more or less of I’inn Land, lying on the warten o Hookey Creek, adjoining land of I). Wills, John Pokes, and others lovied On as tile property us Hen ry 1). Spi\ey, to saiislv a fl fa issued from a Jnsti ee’s court iu fiivn,- of Joseph Marshall. Property pointed out by jilainiilf. levy male and named mo by a constable, this 2Dib of July IS'J7 IVY W.GREGORY. July 3 1 J7H The Ukanilnatidii at Lin** coliilon Telnale Academy« f|*UE iindersigiieil, in eoiUpjiance with the ra- X quest ul the Hoard of Trustees of Ihe Lincoln- Km Ebmnle Aeadl iny, nitended lire eiaininaiion us lire school, under ihedirrclion of Misses Clevelaiid and linn, on lire 2(llh tml’ilslinsl. Tho commit tee Kike pleasure in saying they have never beau more plbnsed w ith the examination of ally school than upon tire present occasion. The promptness with which tire scholars answered the various ques tions proposed to them in Grammar, Geography, Ancient ilnd Modern History, Khetafic, Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, and t(l« facility with which they |rerfbrmod tire operations of Arithmetic, evince tire sysiem ul insti uction in the institution to Ire praetienl and thorough. We work Alia gratified at witnessing tire examination of each class followed by a charming piece ol musie, upon the Plano, by tire pupils, many us which were accompanied with the young and tender, yet sWeet female voice. The exorcises were closed hy playing the Missionary Hymn, “From Greenlaiid’a ley Mountains,” which was also aecompained with the voices us most as the young liblies ofthe school. We, as a commit tee, are convinced that the tutoresses of this insti tution are well qnalinedto instruct, and we do cor dially recommend them to the patronage of all pa rents and guardians, who wish to give their daugh ters a thorough practical education in those branch es, that Will render them Useful, And give them an influence in society worthy ol the female character WM H STOKES, JOHN W REIO, JOHN FINN, CALVIN f BLISS, WM MeCUttLY, July 21st, 1837. re— ■fcre ni, Escrclsesof Lincolnian Femtls uAs Academy, Will be resumed on tke Ist Monday of Ahgust, under the direction nfibaiHH Tuißn>s«cs, Alos Cleveland and Miss Hart. Tha rales Us tuition will be ns follows, Vlg: Introductory Clara, per quarter or half session, four dollars, or seven dollars the session of five months, in w hich will he taught Letiert, Heading, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography,English Grammar, and Child’s Geology. I n I he Second L lass, per quarter 17, or per session 61‘VK). The branches taught in this class will b« Ancient and Modern Geography, Ancient and Modern History, Logic, Uhcrutin, Kaime’s Elements of Criticism, Euclid's Geometry, Hava Algebra, Na tural and Mural Philosophy, and I’Aley‘s Natural Theology. a Extra Rrtmchrt —Music on the Piano tints ps* quarter, SlO. (Jure us the Piano M. French Language per quarter 87. Drawing and Painting per do 87. Instruction in NctUlu Work, if required, gratis. Bonn!, with every other necessary accommoda tion, furnished allow ratesm the Village and vicin ity; rating from eight dollars and under, per month. Lincolnian is uncommonly healthy; the locality ol the Academy pleasant, amt free from all causes of disease, with good spring wider convenient liter—> to. Hy order of lira Board oil Trustees, jgi ALEX’ft. initNKTviiasdCrY Aug. 1 tv3t Strayed. FROM the plantation of tho suliscrihor, at Waj Ida’s P 0., EmanuaJ county, on the night of thu 21st mat. TWU MCLES; onou black mare mula.a well made animal i bout 3 yarns old, the <4her what might be culled a mudse eoluiirud mule, shout thu same age, and rather larger than the mare —Tho laG i terliu* u black stripe down his hack and across Uia f weathers. They ware seen on the road between Israiyvillu nod VVayneslrero’, and it is preanmadthut t>K-v will make their way towards Augusta. Any inliwsre lion res|>cciing them will Ire thankfully renal**), and any rearensbla reward givgn fir thuir recovery hy tbc aubscriner. B. W-AbEA, Wi!«,‘s p. 0. Emanuel «*< 1 'Tidy 30 4;w itj