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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
august a,
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 11.
Rail Rob 4 Accident.
We learn by a gentleman; who came passen
ger from Charleston yesterday, that the passen
ger train came in collision'with a freight train,
going down, about four miles below Aiken, and
such was the force of the shock that the two en
gines, the first passenger :|ind several freight
cars were much broken, fortunately, however,
no person was injured. •
New Jersey Dei'etration.
By the correspondence of tpe Charleston Cour
ier, in this days' paper, it wiill be seen that the
Committee have at lasi mase a Report in favor
of the Van Buren claimant);. Upon what evi
dence the majority of the Committee predicated
such a report we know notJ When it reaches
us, however, we shall make tsuch extracts from,
and take such notices of the Report and evidence
as will enable our readers lojletermine upon
justice or injustice of the Ke|jort.
The llutigarmn| Singers.
Last evening we had the (iratincation,for a few
minutes only, of witnessing the extraordinary
powers of these vocalists, which far surpassed any
conception that we had previously entertained of
their very peculiar talent. | T’he late hour at
which this is penned prohibits our entering into
details, were we capable of gsvtng our readers a
faint idea of their varied capacities at imitation.
To night they give their last Concert in this city,
when we feel confident a iailge and fashionable
audience will testify their approbation of their ta
lent. |
We learn that a gentlernanjarrived in this city
last evening, by the Rail Roaß from Charleston,
direct from New York, who stated, at the time of
his departure, no later news had been received
from Europe. We did not: learn the day on
which he left New York, suppose it must have
been on the afternoon of the 4th instant.
Tho entire route of the Wi mingtou and Ra*
leigh Rail Road, says the Cl .arleston Mercury
of yesterday, is now complete, md the passenger
cars passed over it on Sundaj|last.
• The Whig members of |he Massachusetts
Legislature, in Convention bn the 27th ult.,
I 1
unanimously nominated the Hon. Edward Ever
ett as candidate for and George Hull
for Lieutenant Governor. *
Gen. Thomas Francis |c artenter has
been nominated for Govertio| of Rhode Island
by the Locotocos, in the place ol Gov. Francis,
who declined the honor.
The evening edition of the New York Courier
& Enquirer of the 4th inst., sayjs“The Cotton
Market remains firm with an animated demand
for export. The transactions ;of the last three
days embrace 3000 bales, of which 800 were
New Orleans, at a
1550 bales Upland 7j a ; and 150 bales
Mobile at 9 a cents.”
Corsespondence of the North American.
New York, March 2, 3 P. M.
fc'ome eight or ten thousand barrels of flour
have arrived trom Albany this morning, and are
landing on the piers. Sales have been made
from these arrivals at 6,75 for Gennessee, and
5,50 for Ohio with round boops-|-at these prices
there are still sellers. Pennsylvania flour may
be quoted dull at 5,50. Corn Hfßc, 561bs,
In Cotton, the movement is much as yester
day, rather moderate for the want of a fuller
stock, and more vessels to carry it away. Pri
ces are steady. :
Our wharves arc most unusually bare of ves
sels. Around the foot of Wall stre et, where ves
sels commonly load and discharge across and
over each other, there are now some empty berths.
Ship owners with their mouths realizing for the
good freights no* offered, hav? to wait a long
while, and wish the wind was on shore. Cotton
to Liverpool £ a £d; and flour 5. [
Poor Manhattan has more troubles to-day.—
The first Teller is off, and they say his account is
minus some fifty or seventy five thousand dol
lars. This was not known at tho ‘(Brokers’ Board,
and the stock sold at 86. t
Exchange on Phil. 6* a Balt. 5$ a6;
Richmond 6 a 7s; Charleston 3 j % Savannah
5A a9; Augusta 7a 8; Macon 8a 10; Mobiles
a New Orleans 4 a 4£.
Correspondence of the National intelligencer.
New York, March 3.
From Canton, W hampoa, and Macoa, we have
dates to November 6, with important news. It
appears that a kind of treaty had keen negotiated
between the Chinese and British !to trade upon
certain conditions, however perplexing to the
British. Ihe High Commissioner Lin, after
this, however, wished the British jships to come
up to W hampoa, and trade as they! had done, but
an Englishman must be given up jor a man kil
led some time before by an Engli|h sailor—life
for hie is the Chinese rule, no matter whether the
real criminal be known or not. Tip Superinten
dent refused to give up the man, aijd. with three
ships of war, took a position at the ißogue, where
a great number of Chinese junks and fire boats
crowded about them, as if with the design of an at
tack. whereupon they were ordered, to leave in 30
minutes; with which not comply big, the Volage
opened a heavy fire upon them frunj both sides of
the ship, and killed about 500 Chinese, they
making no resistance. The subs auce of this
account has been received via Baliirjiure, you will
have learned before this where the liarties, how
ever, were made American and Chinese, which
is unquestionably an error. The! Americans
" emeJ 10 •“••0 wd; »«h lb. China*, and were
driving a most profitable trade. ;
W’e learn from the Pacific that ji n Bolivia a
revolution had taken plac~ ‘ ■ favor ©l'Gen
Cruz, who bad left Guay. |uU ( w lj Cle he ™J
gone after his defeat by the Chilians) for Quito.
Bolivia had declined ratifying the treaty with Pe
ru, and had appointed a plenipotentiary io nego
tiate a new one.
A defalcation te the amount of $50,000 has
been discovered in the Manhattan Bank, in the
accountsof the Ist Teller, Mr. Newcomb. When
called upon to account for the deficiency, he im
mediately left the Bank, and has neither returned
nor been found. This has created a good deal of
sensation, for Nr. Newcomb was a highly trusted
officer.
The Whigs held their Ward meetings in the
city last night preparatory to a general organiza
tion for the charter election. These meetings in
dicate great spirit and activity. There is no fal
tering in New York; anl, if judicious nomina
tions are made all around for charter officers, the
Whigs will give the Locos here a good fight for
the possession of the government of the city.
The news from Philadelphia has had a depres
sing effect upon U. S, Bank stock, which has
gone down to 70. Manhattan sold at 86.
New York, March 4, 1840.
The principal subject of conversation in Wall
street to-day has been the newly discovered defal
cation in the Manhattan Bank. The stock sold
at the board for 80 cash, and 85 on time—a de
cline of six per cent, since yesterday. Nothing
has been heard yet of the absconding Teller. The
amount of his defalcation is stated to be $49,300.
The cash of the bank, however, has not yet been
counted, and, therefore, it is not positively known
whether any further loss has been sustained.
No foreign arrivals yet. It may be that the
Great Western will bring the next news. If so,
it will be forty days later. Some apprehension
begins to be felt for the safety of the packets now
so long due.
In the Pennsylvania House of Representa
tives on the 2d inst., on motion of Mr. Church,
the Committee on the Judiciary were instructed
to inquire into the expediency of abolishing im
prisonment for debt in all cases—and on motion
of Mr. Lee, a select committee was appointed to
ascertain the number of memorialists for, and the
number against a speedy resumption of specie
payments, and to make a report to the House.
The latter, in my opinion, will be found far in
the majority.
The resolution offered by Mr. Wilcox to raise
a joint committee to visit the United States Bank,
and investigate it, was taken up and debated
some time, hy Mr. Hopkins in opposition to
Messrs. Broadhead, Huggins, Church and
Butler, in favor, when, on motion of Mr.
Flenniken, the further consideration of the sub
ject was postponed for the present.
On the following day, Mr. Lee, from the com
mittee appointed to ascertain the number of pe
titions f ,r and against immediate resumption, re
ported as follows,
For immediate resumption, 1357
Against the same, 4049
In favor of small notes, 3972
Agasnst the same, 352
The New York Journal of Commerce slates
that the United States brig Washington, Lieut.
Frazer, sailed on Wednesday morning, 4th inst.,
on a cruise, in search of the European packets
long due.
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
Washington, March 6.
The Report from the Committee on Elections,
in the New Jersey case, was made last evening,
under the order of the House, that they should
report, forthwith, the names of those individuals
who received the greatest number of all the legal
votes at the late election. The report is a long
one, and manifests a disposition to comply strict
ly with the order of the House, as the committee
understood it, though they had designed to take a
somewhat different course. They report that
Messrs. Vroom, Dickerson, Kile, Ryall and Coop
er received the greatest number of legal votes.
Much agitation was created in the House by the
report. Mr. Fillmore, on the part of the minori
ty of the Committee, moved to re-commit the re
port, but Mr. Petnkin obtained the floor, after a
long scuffle for the right to it, and moved that
Messrs. \ room, Dickerson & Co. be admitted, at
once, to their seats, and, thereon, he moved the
previous question. The House was in a great
uproar for the remainder of the sitting. Many
attempts were made to adjourn, but without suc
cess. The administration seemed determined to
admit the Jersey members before the adjourn
ment, but, between 8 and 9 o’clock, they yielded
to a motion to adjourn. The subject could not
be taken up to-day, without a vote of two-thirds,
which could not be obtained. It will come up.
on Tuesday next, in course, when the Jersey ad
ministration men will be admitted as the sitting
members.
The House was engaged upon private bills to
day.
In the Senate, a storm was raised and is still
raging, in relation to the language employed by
Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Walker and others in
their late speeches on the Sub-Treasury. It
seems that some of the workies at the North have
taken exception to the doctrine that the wages of
labor ought to be reduced. Mr. Davis, of Mass.,
in his speech, imputed to the Senators, on the
other side, the argument that credit would be de
stroyed, a true metallic currency established, the
banks prostrated, and wages reduced to the stan
d nd price of labor in the old world, by the Sub-
Treasury bill and the doctrines of the administra
| tion. Tnis Mr. Buchanan has denounced as a
! false representation ot his speech, &c. Some ve
ry unpleasant personalities followed between him
and Mr. Davis. Mr. Preston stated that he ap
prehended the general argument of Mr. Buchan
an in the same way that Mr. Davis did, but his
open and warm disclaimer of those radical doc
trines was a subject for congratulation with him.
I suppose the resolutions against assumption
will pass this evening.
St. Augustine, March 6.
From the South.— The steamer Cincinnati,
Smith, arrived this morning from Key Bi cayne.
She brings no intelligence other than that signs
of Indians are frequently seen around the posts.
When the steamer was Northward of Fort Lau
derdale, a white Jlag was discovered ashore,
waved by a small party of Indians. The surf
prevented all communication. The annual hum
bug of this Indian war, in shape of “ flags and
treaties,” we do hope will not be revived but
that some active measures for operations through
out the country be promptly entered upon" to
bring the graceless outlaws to a sense of duty.
Phe posts South are isolated and feebly garrison
ed, and-utteily inadequate (o the purposes of ex
amination, &c.—the enemy therefore, can, with
perfect impunity, approach the beach and rove
where they please.
From Middle Florida, we learn, on the 2Sd !
u t . that a detachment ol volunteers, under Lieut
U nedan, were in pursuit, on a fresh trail oi f„
dians, near Uie Calico Hills, in the vicinity of
Magnolia. Suddenly they came upon a numer
ous body of the enemy, and, at the first fire, Lieut '
Whedan was killed. His men retreated, leaving 1
their officer on the field. On learning the inteN
licence, a body of regulars were sent out to bring
the body in. Lieut W. has left a widow, whose
shrieks and lamentations were truly heart-rend
ing. on hearing her loss.
Practical Agrarianism. —The following is one
of the fundamental laws of Norway.
'•To every humm being an equal amount of
property on arriving at twenty one years ; and
previous thereto, equal food, clothing and edu
cation, at the public expense.”
Regular Meeting.
Council Chamber, j
Saturday, March 7, 1840—I 0 a.m. )
Council met —present Hon. A. Gumming,
Mayor, Aldermen Harper. Crump, Dortic, D’An
tignac, Dye. Jackson,Thompson, Hitt and Parish.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmeu.
The petition for a Pump to be sunk near the
intersection of Jackson and Walker streets, was
granted, and the pump contractor requested to
give immediate attention to it.
The communication of J. H. Spencer respect
ing the removal of trash from the old trash whart
[ agreeably to his contract with the river bank
. committee was read, and, on motion, it was or
[ dered that he be paid $295 on said contract, and
. that the matter be now referred to said commit
. tee, who shall have power to release him from so
. much of the original contract as relates to the
removal of the jetlee below the wharf, and report
! on other matters connected wilh the contract.
The following communication was received
from the keeper of the Upper Bridge:
, The keeper of the Upper Bridge represents to
the City Council, that the South Carolina road
leading to the Upper Bridge has been shut up
r since Monday last, 2d March, and that during the
past week no wagons have crossed the bridge,
except those with wood, which came throngh by
. a private way. Respectfully,
JOHN T. TAYLOR.
* Which was read and ordered to be published.
( The following communication was received
from the Clerk of Council:
To his Honor the Mayor, and members of the
City Council of Augusta:
Gentlemen—l have the honor to present to
your honorable body the following comparative
table, exhibiting a view of the present and last
years taxes. I have the honor to be your most
obedient servant, S. H. OLIVER, Clerk.
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF TAXABLE PHOPEUTX IN
THE CITY OF AUGUSTA.
1839. 1840.
•5 / A
White Males, 675 686
Carriages, 172 166
Real Estate, U 454.650 2,442,500
Owners, 340 358
Bank Stock—taxable, 3,105,625 3,025,500
Merchandize, 1,731 445 1,535,420
Tax, s2l 624 74 $21,143 85
The following reports were read and received:
The Mayor reports the expense of grading
cleaning and filling up the several streets contem
plated by the resolution of instruction, and the
removal of an accumulation of trash at East
Boundry street, $194 43
For the hire of live carts, five days each,
previous to the establishment of the
present arrangement of the 12th
February, at $2 per day, 50 00
$244 42
Since then he has made an arrangement and
hired five carts at $1 50 per day each, the owner
to find every thing.
He is under the impression that the amount of
work done, would, under the old system, have 1
cost much more, and not have been so effectually i
accomplished.
I
The vouchers for the above expenditure are
herewith submitted.
(Signed,)
A. GUMMING, Mayor.
Augusta, March 7, 1840.
The Mayor reports that the title for the pur
chases of the moiety of the upper Bridge has not
been submitted to the Attorney of Council, and
not yet been returned to him.
The following note was received from the May
or and read :
The Mayor notified Council that he will in a
few days give public notice of his intention to de
cline a re-election to the ollice which he has the
honor now (o occupy, and hopes that the Council
will believe that he is not induced to this course
from any want of devotion to the public service,
nor an unwillingness to discharge all the duties
of that office.
The Committee on Accounts acknowledge the
receipt from the Collector and Treasurer of
thirty-eight hundred and fifty dollars and seventy
five cents of mutilated City Scrip, whicn they
have burned under the order of 6th October.
1838, which they request may be entered to the
credit of that officer by the Clerk of Council.
Os the denomination of 6J $lO5 00
“ 290 00
“ “ “ “ 25 340 oo
“ “ “ “ 50 760 25
“ ’-OO 843 50
“ 2 ‘oo 735 00
" “ “ “ 3 ‘oo 688 00
$3,850 75
Signed. A. GUMMING.
G. F. DORAIC, Ccommitttee.
T. S. HARPER.S
Augusta, March 7, 1840.
The Committee on the Jail Report, that they
have visited and inspected the Jail, and that they
take pleasure in stating that every part is in the
best order. The condition of the rooms and en
closure are clean, and the officer under whose
superintendence it is placed is deserving of great
credit for the manner in which h«? discharges his
duties.
, (Signed.) P. CRUMP,
W.E. JACKSON, 5 Cora *
Augusta, March 7, 1840.
The Clerk of Council reports a cash balance
in tiie hands of the Collector and Treasurer
agreeably to his book, of $37,355 07, which
amount corresponds with the balance exhibited
by the Collector and Treasurer, March 6, 1840
The following returns from the several officers
of Council were received, wilh the Collector and
Treasurer’s receipt annexed to their names:
City Marshal, fines, guard house fees,
&c., S2BO 18
Keeper of Magazine, storage of powder, 131 25
Jailor, balance cash received, 110 00
Clerk Lower Market, fees and scales, 93 50
do Upper do do 10 50
$625 43
The Collector and Treasurer has receiv
ed from Lower Bridge, since last re
port, $1917 00
From Upper Bridge, 67 55
$1984 55
The Keeper of the Hospital reports: 3 receiv
ed in the Hospital; 2 discharged; 4 remaining on
this date.
The Sexton reports the death of 2 white per
sons, one of which was a child, and 7 blacks,
three of which were children, during the past
month.
The following resolutions were offered:
By Mr. Parish:
Resolved , That the Mayor direct the Collector
i and Treasurer to pay in full, the notes running
to maturity at the Augusta Insurance and Bank
ing Company, and at the Mechanics Bank, in
City Scrip.
By Mr. Dortic:
Resolved , That the Bridge Keepers be made
accounting officers, and that they pay over the
receipts of the Bridges weekly, to the Treasurer*
when called on, and take his receipt for the same,
and make their reports monthly to the Clerk of
Council, producing the receips of the Treasurer,
as vouchers for the amounts paid him at different
times during the past month.
By Mr. Jackson:
Resolved , That the Street Committee be au
thorized to receive proposals, and contract wilh
the lowest bidder, for furnishing, planting and
boxing two rows of shade trees, under direction
of said Committee, in the Centre of Broad-st., on
each side of the drain from the Lower Market to
East Boundary street.
By Mr. Parish:
Resolved, That the Collector and Treasurer be
authorized to pay Mr. P. Crump, two thousand
dollars City Scrip, in part and on account of his
contract for erecting a wall around the grave
yard.
By Mr- Harper:
Resolved, That the sum of fifty dollars be ap
propriated lowa ds making McKinnie street pas
sable, fiom Green street to South Boundary
street, under the superintendence of the Commit
tee on Streets.
Refered to Street Committee, with instructions
to report.
By Mr. Hitt:
Resolved , That twenty dollars be paid Charles
Turner a destitute man, and that the same be
handed him by the City Marshall.
Council adjourned to meet at half past 7 o’clock.
HALF PAST SEVEN O’CLOCK.
Council met —Present the Hon. A. Gumming,
Mayor; Aldermen Crump, Harper, Hitt, Dye,
Dortic, D’Antignac.
The following bills were severally read and
ordered to lie paid:
On account of Engines, $1565 00
do Health and Hospital, 335 21
do Bridges, 315 97
do Salaries of Officers, 365 61
do City Watch, 424 00
do Jail, 4g 20
do Streets and Bridges, 258 24
do Incidental, 216 12
$3527 75
The following resolution was offered:
Resolved, I hat a proper respect for the opin
ion of those whom we represent, added to the
manifest loss that would result to the city from
the adoption of the resolution providing for an
union of wharf interest, makes it incumbent upon
us to rescind that resolution, and that the same be
and is hereby rescinded.
The yeas and nays being called for on this re
solution, they were taken, and on motion that the
Mayor be allowed to record his vote on this ques
tion, it was agreed to, and the yeas and nays
stand as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Crump, D’Antignac, Dye, Dor
tic and the Mayor.
Nays—Harper and Hitt.
So the resolution was passed.
Council adjourned.
S. H. OLIVER, Clerk.
Irotn, the Albany Evening Journal.
Expenditures of the Federal Government.
It is still a mystery to thousands how the Fed
eral Administration has managed to increase its
expenditures from twelve millions of dollars per
annum, in each of the years 1827 and 1828, un
der John Quincy Adams, to more than thirty-five
millions (after deducting for the redemption of
I Treasury Notes) in the years 1837 and 1838 un
der Martin Van Buren. The increase of’our
} Population during the ten intervenin'* years is
i not equal to fifty per cent., while our Commerce
\ and Reven ' ie have increased in diminished pro-
I Portion. How, then, have our National Expen
ditures been so inordinately increased * The
I th,rt >' five Elions per annum, aforesaid, include
j no P or t«on ot the vast sums stolen by Sub-Treas
urers, or peculated, in various wavs. It embraces
only the moneys drawn from the treasury in pur
suance of regular appropriations. Where has
the money gone 1 We are enabled to discover
in part by a recent Report from the Secretary of
the Treasury, in obedience to a requisition of the
House of Representatives last winter, calling for
the amount of Annual Disbursement, under each
material head ot Expenditure, from 1835 to 1838
inclusive. We have not room for the whole of
this statement, but we notice a few items at pre
sent. and may recur to the subject again;
For “ Compensation and Mileage to U. S. Sen
ators.,” the Treasury has paid—
In 1835. In 1836. In 1837 183 S
$lO9 54° $94,188 $95,527* $175,728 ’
It will he remarked that the Senate was a Whk*
body in 1835, but had become bitterly Van Tin
renin 18.38. 3 1 uu *
To “Officers of the Senate ,” $12450
r '",‘l 35 »nd —p .0 3,8,755 fn ,8 2 38 ere
Ihe Contingent expenses of the ..
S hl 1835 ’ and had ■
The expenditures of the Houee have been in- ;
creased in nearly equal proportion —its “Contin
(rent Expenses''' for instance, from $199,950 in
1835, to $373,960 in 1838.
In the Treasury Department, the salaries have
increased from $216,201 to $337,013, and the
“ Contingent Expenses ” in proportion.
In the War Department, the salaries have in
creased from $84.3*28 to $122,111.
In the General Post Office, under the manage
ment of that eternal babbler of economy, fidelity
and efficiency, Amos Kendall, the salaries have
increased in three years from $91,288 to $136,-
996; and the “Contingent Expenses" from $9,-
140 to $23,686.
The Territories are found very convenient
for pension! ng otf and stall feeding damaged pol
iticians, who cannot be provided for, or will not
be endured where they are belter known. For
the Government of lowa Territory alone, the I .
States paid in 1838 the enormous snm of S7B,
976; which is more than the entire annual cis
bursements of either of the Whig Governments
of Connecticut or Vermont.
The expenses of the Jud iciary of the L. States
have not increased. They were $405,069 in
1835; $352,433, in 36 ; $399,708 in 37; and
$378,873 in 1838.
On “ Public Grounds," there were expended
$6,100 in 1835; $44,500 in 36; $47,564 in 37;
and $35,496 in 1838. Three-fourths of this is
thrown away, and the remainder not needed.
For “ Building Custom Houses," there was
expended the sum of $363,639 in ’35, $376,950
in ’36, $174,600 in ’37, and $264,225 in 1838.
A good portion of this is shamefully misapplied
and wasted—being paid uTpartizan Inspectors,
and other mere lookers-on, who receive large sal
aries and earn them in electioneering for \ an 13 u
ren.
Under the head of “ Additional Compensation
to Collectors, Naval Officers, Surveyors and oth
ers,” there were paid $80,200 in 1835 and $190,-
354 in 1838. As these gentlemen are all paid
very good salaries by law, we believe these “ Ad
ditional" thousands belong in the same list w-ith
Mr. Barry’s Extra allowances” to Mail Con
tractors for valuable political services.
Under the head of “Smithson Legacy" it
appears tha', that interesting and stern-souled
Patriot, Mr. Richard Rush, was paid $15,000 in
1836 and’37, for going to England and getting
the money bequeathed in trust to the U. Stales
by Mr, Smithson. The duty might well and
properly have been performed by our Minister or
Consul at London without an expense of fifty
dollars, but it was necessary to pay Richard in
some way, and no opportunity offering, one was
created
The increase in the cost of the Army, Navy,
and Indian Dcpatments is enormous, but we must
leave them for the present. We will congratulate
the country, however, on our discovery of one
item in which a saving has been effected. For
“Suppressing Piracy and prohibiting of the
Slave Trade,” there was expended in 1835, sl,-
915; in ’36. $560 ; in ’37 $974; and in 1838,
Fifty Dollars, being a reduction of more than
ninety per cent, in three years. We believe this
branch of the public service, (Suppresion of the
Slave Trade) is not a special favorite at Wash
ington just now, though the Trade itself under
the flag of the United States., is now more ex
tensive and demoniac thin ever. But we will
not stand to scrutinize motives, where we have
discovered an actual, no-mistako saving of the
Public Money. Hurrah ‘or Van Buren Econo
my, Retrenchment and Reform !
Circumstantial Evidence.— A writer who
opposes the infliction of punishment of death,
especially when the guilt of the accused rests upon
circumstantial evidence, cites the following fact;
—“ The Journal du Bus Rhin mentions that a
man had just died in the valley of Munster, who
confessed in bis last moments that he committed
the murder of a person named Heinrich, in 1819.
for which his wife and son were convicted and
executed at Colmar. These persons protested
their innocence up to the last moment; and it is
related of the son, that when on the scaffold he
said to the clergyman who attended him—“ It is
impossible that God should allow' tins execution
to take place, for I always loved my hither, and
am perfectly innocent.”
A Case of Elopement.
A correspondent handed into our office yester
day an extended statement of a transaction, of
i which the following is the substance. Dr. J. C.
Sloat, he says, came to this city from Ulster
County, where he married his wife, who is an
excellent woman, and of a wealthy and respecta
ble family. Soon after his arrival here he united
himself to the Methodist Church in Second street
of which ~c was for a year or two an active mem
ber. He was then for some cause discharged
from society. He was always handsomely dress
ed, but report said it was at the expense of the
tailors. His practice being inconsiderable, he
could not, or did not support his family. The
last place he lived at with his wife, was at No.
234 Second street. His wife finally left him and
I supported herself by teaching school. Since
that period Sloat has had offices in different pla
j ces, but not succeeding in obtaining a practice
i sufficient for his support, lie hired himself out as
a clerk in a drug store, and procured his board in
j a P r ‘ va t e hoarding house in the Sixth avenue,
where also boarded a Mrs. M. and her mother, la
dies of wealth and high respectability. Dr. S.
here passed himself off as a single man, ami be
ing of rather pleasing appearance and address, he
soon won the confidence of the old lady and her
daughter. He informed them that he owned the
drug store he attended, and he having been seen
there by several of the inmates of the house, and
also Jby the young lady and her mother, they
did not doubt his ownership of the store- He fi
nally informed them that he had so much prac
tice that he would he compelled to sell out the
store, which it was understood he said he did, and
was then | ermitted to put up his name on the
front door of his boarding house. The mother as
well as daughter became so fond of the Doctor,
that he proposed to marry the young lady Mat
ters were going on smoothly in this way, when
our correspondent informed the landlady of the
house that the Doctor was a mairied man—and
the landlady imparted the intelligence quickly to
the Doctor, inforu ing him also that he must leave
the house. The mother and daughter were also
advised of the Doctor’s married state, as well as
of some ot her matters of a disr putable charac
ter concerning him—hut they were too much at
tached to him to believe a word to his prejudice.
Whilst the old lady was gone to inquire into
the character of the lover of her daughter, the
doctor proposed to the young lady to leave her
house, go to Newark, New Jersey, with him
and there get married; and when the mother re- i
turned, the daughter and her lover had disappear
ed. In a day or two, however, she received a let
ter from the doctor informing her that himself
and her daughter had taken hoard in a hotel at
Newark; and that the Brat thing they thought on
using in the morning and the last on retirin', at i
nigh. „as their mother. This letter was dime”- .
h TV ° fol i r corres P«ndent, requesting
him to hand it to the old lady herself. 4 lt was .
handea accordingly when the old lady remarked .
that she was afraid the doctor had married her ,
aughler, and proceeded with the utmost haste
° Newark. In the interim the doctor’s wife had i
been apprise of her husband’s conduct and of
, begira with another lady to Newark, and sne
also hastened to find him there. And there to
be sure ihe doctor’s wife and the mother of the I
young lady met the doctor, who was n u particu- I
ally pleased at the interview. The doctor’s i
landlord in Newark getting information that all ,
was not right with his guests, had the doctor ar- t
rested lor his board bill and lodged in prison
There the rival parties met-the doctor refund ]
to speak to his wire, saying he had obtainet
divorcing him from her, which the yn u \ i
believed to be true. Much confusion I*" Wife
tears flowed, as is common in such
daughter refused to return with her niotlT ,lle
said she would die in the doctor’s coll rath
j leave him—for she knew that the charge* T
j him were false. After much resistance JtT 8 ' Si
fin dly prevailed upon to accompany her Wis
to this city. The magistrate in Newark
ry to law, however,) took Mrs. Slum's
that she was the wife of the doctor! wh,, **•
last advices remained in prison. The in*
and her daughter on returning hither ,°h ■ II
! their boarding place, the better to ke' *
what had occurred, and prevent i
from knowing it. It appears, however [h.
doctor and the young lady were not nvirr ltle
merely lodged together as husband arid T [
three successive nights.—New York Sun * * f ° r
Characters and Manners of Di-fr
tions. 6nt *•»
Moresjhotninum multorum snpefavit ir
He looked into mankind. H ° race |
[The following is the picture of differ
tions, in miniature, sold m the streets of p ■
a sheet of paper, decorated with l ar *' a ls <>n
Curiosity will be gratified hy rea J, " o °dcu( Si
essence ol the Judgment arid j
Frenchmen, respecting- tbemselvTT'T. of ft
neighbors.] their *
In Religion. —The German is unbeV.Pvin ,
Englishman devout; the Frenchman ,
the Italian very ceremonious; the Spaniard a '
In keeping his word— The German faithf.,l I
the Englishman sale, the Frenchman giddv f I
Italian cunning; the Spaniard a cheat '’ he I
in giving advice. —the German slow
Englishman resolute; the Frenchman Pr ’“? I
spect 116 Ita lan mce ’ the B P an iard cir cu J.'
In love— The German does not
the Englishman loves a little here and there I
I renchman every where ; the ftalhan L I
how one ought to love; the Spaniard loves Z ■
In eternal appearance—The German is m I
the Englishman well mad ; the Frenchman wjj I
looking; the Italian ol middle size - ihn v I
iard frightful. ’ |
In dress. —The German shabby; the En»l‘ h I
man superb; the Frenchman changing• tbe . i I
tan a tatterdemalion ; the Spaniard decent I
L, manners-'l he German i, clow„irt. I
Englishman barbarous; the Frenchman eaT 1
the Italian polite; the Spanirad proud ' 1
hi keeping a secret—T he German f oree i s
what he has been told ; the Englishman coihL
what he should divulge, and divulges what h *
should conceal; the Frenchman Blahs ev ev
thing; the Italian does not utter a word ■th 1
Spaniard is very mysterious.
In vanity. —The German boasts little- the
Englishman despises all; the Frenchman
every thing; the Italian values little what i so f
little value ; the Spaniard is indifferent to all
In Eating and Drinking— The German i 9|
glutton and a drunkard ; the Englishman a lover
ot sweets; the Frenchman deli ate; the Italian
moderate; the Spaniard niggardly.
In offend ng and doing good—The German
does neither good nor had ; the Englishman does
both with reason; the Italian is prompt in ben
eficience, hut vindictive; the Spaniard indifferent
in both respects.
In Speuk : ng and Writing— The German
speaks little and badly, but writes well; the
Frenchman spraksand writes well ; the English
man speaks badly, but writes well ; the Italian
! speaks well, and writes much and well; the Span
iard speaks little, writes little, but does both
j well.
In address. —The German looks like a block
j head; the Englishman resembles neither a fool
; nor a wise man; the Frenchman is airy; the
; Italian is pn dent, but looks like a fool; the
j Spaniard is quite the reverse.
In laws —The Gciman laws are indifferent:
; the Englishman has had laws, but observes them
i well; the Frenchman has good laws, but observes
them badly ; the Italian and Spaniard have good.
laws; the former observe them negligently.the .
latter rigidly.
S'rvonts are companions in Germany ; slaves
in England; masters fn France; respectful in
Italv ; and submissive in Spain.
The U omen are housewives in Germany;
Queens in England; Lades in Fiance; captives
in Italy ; slaves in Spain.
In courage —The German resembles a bear;
j the Englishman a linn; the Frenchman an eagle;
the Italian a fox ; the Spaniard an elephant.
In the Sciences—') he German is a pedant.the - L
Englishman a philosopher; the Frenchman has a fc
smattering of evety thing; the Italian n jirufes- |
sor: and the Spaniard a profound thinker.
Magnificence —ln Germany the princes are *
magnificent; in England, the ships; in France, I
the court; in Italy, the churches; in Spain, the I
armories.
Husbands —ln Germany they’ arc masters; in
England, servants ; in France, companions; in
Italy, schoolboys; and in Spain, tyrants.
The two Consultations —[A Fact.] Loti
Egerton, who possessed and resided in tbe Hote.
deNoailles, Rue de RivoJi, united to singr 'arly 4
original habits and immense lortune by which
he was enabled togratiiy them at any price what
ever. Ihe Hotel de Noaiiles was doomed W I
demolition, alter his Lordship had inhabited iu I
considerable portion of his life, for the new in’
provements in that part ot the city, projected ar
m process of execution hy the municipal autbo
ities. Ihe magistrates accordingly sent an
motion to the noble occupant to that effect. B*
they had never taken into account the possibility JS
of his disagreeing with them. He was old,
firm, and consequently, did not wish to have hi*
household economy deranged ; he was, moreo
ver, one of the most obstinate English peeisin
existence, and, to inen a>e the difficulty, be
| enormously wealthy. He receive! the city* ■
chitects very politely, but he assured them he bt
neither time nor inclination to overturn hisco
mestic arrangements for the sake of embeilisbw?
the capital. The magistrates then determined
eject him, and accordingly, a legal process
instituted. He was not slow in deciding on tk.3
course he meant to pursue—He sent for a phv
sician.
“ How man y years,” said he, with the utmost
gravity, “is it possible for all the efforts oft*
faculty to prolong my existence!”
five years, replied the astonished phvst*
cian.
“ V\ ithout flattery and without false hopes
again asked the noble earl.
Without either,” responded the physician
“ Well! you may go.”
He then sent so, his solicitor, and showing bi® 1
the legal process served on him by the city an
thorities. said,
How long can you undertake to protract tl> £
efence to the suit ] Tell me nothing but
strict truth. Consult all your streng h—revie* i
all your resources before you reply.”
promise you. upon my honor as a geot!? •
man,’ replied the lawyer, “ that it shall be co n ‘ J
tinned through five clean years,if not longef-
I do. \ou may go now.”
Lord Egerton despatched a certificate of
two consultations to the Hotel tie Vilfc .
tbe magistracy sat, with his compliment 81 *,
request that they would give themdue 1 11' 1 ’ 1 ' ,
eration. They did consider them, and SlB - 1
the suit. I
Lord Egerton died in 1829, and the Hotel «J f
Noaiiles was then demolished.