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AUGUSTA.
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 28.
lion. 111. A. Cooper.
We have received the circular of this gentle
man to his constituents, which ih a defence of
his course in Congress, and particularly his vote
for Blair and Rives as Printers; to the House.
We will lay it before our readers>,
The following letter from Mr. Gill, we copy
from the Philadelphia North American. It was
upon the reported sayings of this - man, that the
Globe and all the administration p ; ess asserted, a
roost outrageous fraud had been discovered in
Mr. Naylor’s election. Mr. Gilt, a;s appears from
his letter, has presented himself tc|Mr. Ingersoll,
and offered -to be examined, but th- y declined re
ceiving his testimony. We know nothing of
Mr. Gill’s character, and of course cannot endorse
hk statements; but if the administration party
regarded him as worthy of -rredit when they be
lieved he would testify in their fijvor. they cer
tainly will not interpose an objection to his testi
mony now that it dv.es not sustain their alledged
fraud.
To the Public. \
The subscriber having observed, iduring his ab
sence from the city on important business, the
.publication of a statement purporting to be the
evidence of one Hugh W. McGjnuity, in the
matter now under investigation, relating to the
Congressional returns of the Third District, takes
the earliest opportunity his business and circum
stances would allow, to disabuse the public in re
gard to the libellous falsehoods, under which it
was attempted to prostrate him and his charac
ter. To those who know Mr. McGinnily. it
would be injustice to myself to offer one word in
my own vindication, f-om any thing that may be
charged u ion me from such a source—hut to the
public at large, he is not so well known. To
these I beg leave to say, that I am ready to prove
that ray absence from the city was in pursuance
of engagements by which I had bound myself to
others, who had constituted me their agent, with
funds to make certain investments in property, for
their benefit. These gentlemen were in no way
connected with politics of the Thins District, nor
knew, nor cared for either party, oh either candi
date. I
As soon as I had so far made my Arrangements
in my business, as to allow me to return to the
city, in obedience to the subpoena Ipnd received
from Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll, I rearmed to the
city, at a great inconvenience to myself, and at
an expense that I am illy able to bear—and on
Saturday, the first day of t’oe sitting of the Ex
aminer after my return, (which wta on Thurs
day) I repaired to place of holding jhe investiga
tion. and reported myself verbally to‘the Examin
er. I was not called upon as a witness. I then
reported myself in writing, to which I recer "id
no reply. I then went personally tc| Mr. I -harles
Ingersoll, the attorney for C. J. Ingcirsoll, and in
formed him of the inconvenience ol jny detention
when I received from him the reply [that if 1 was
Mr. Gill, he did not want mo—l ijught go. I
then went to Mr. p. J. Ingersoll, > ho told me
that he had nothing to sav about it.
I then left the place feeling ray si ,f discharged
from the obligations of the subpoena.
J have now only to add, what woi Id have been
my testimony, had Mr. Ingersoll sei a lit to exam
ine me.
During the day of the Election in >ctoiler 1838,
when the contest was between Mr Naylor and
Mr. Ingersoll, I was not within the precincts of
the Third Disliict, nor did I see M . Bela Bad
ger or any of the gentlemen named >y McGinrl
ty. I was Clerk of the election at V alnut Ward
in the city, and there engaged from 3 o’clock the
morning of the day of election, unti 1 o’clock in
the morning, and « onsequcntly cm id not have
seen any thing of what is said to ha e transpired.
The falsehood which would be used io affect the
respectable gentlemen alluded to is t icrefore nail
ed to the source where it will find ai : ancient and
numerous family of its kindred.
W ith regard to the base attack which is ap
pended io their testimony in relation to me, I have
but to say, it was as cruel and cov ardly in my
absence, as was the attack fro n the tame source,
under the same circumstances upo i my unpro
tected wife and family, and that tin ono, as well
as the other, will lie made the su'j cl of judicial
investigation, with an unswerving t
to.bring to nuni-hment, if the laws of my coun
try will award it, the unprovoked ai*i ruthless as
sassin of a defenceless family, and a honest repu
tation. Jon x U. Gill.
New Jersey JElectiof..
We copy from the correspondence of the Balti
more Patriot, the following skecth o the proceed
ings of the House cm this subject. Our readers
will recollect that we expressed the < pinion, some
days since, that the minority of th committee,
would have been justified in impugning he mo
tives of the majority, the recent disc osure by Mr.
Botts, fully justifie s such a eonclgsi n.
The business of the morning ho r was next
taken up, the queston being on tli | motion to
pr nt all the testimony in the case if the New
Jersey Contested Electinnl
Mr. Botts, of Va. then took the floor, and con
tinuing his remarks so vigorusiy con nanced yes
terday, proceeded to expose in a v;y effective
manner, the extraordinary and unjus ’course pur
sued by the majority of the Commit tie on Elec
tions Most ut Mr. id’s remarks, > day, were
in relation to the mass of testimony rejected by
the majority, and in the course of t ,cm has eli
cited one tact, strikingly illustrative if the deter
mined and reckless disposition of th committee
and the majority of toe House to si ppress, any
thing approaching the facts, regard; ;1 g this caae
of Contested Election.
Mr. Bolts, while commenting on be .meiisc
moss oftestimony submitted to th j committee,
which was never examined or read, i Several pack
ages of which he had on his desk.) t lid that, hav
ing observed it stated in the journal jkept by the
clerk of the committee that ai! the u|;timony sub
mitted was read before the committi he bad ad
dressed a letter to the clerk, requ. ting him to
state whether, in that expression, h -meant to af
firm that all the testimony submitle was actual
ly read, or whether it was only an informal ex
pression merely inserted to makt the journal
more perfect in style. To this inqi ay, the clerk
had replied that, not knowing whti fur he should
answer a question put by an indivi ’jual member
of the committee, he had submitted a statement
on the sulijcct to the chairman of l! -j committee,
to be read to the committee.
This morning just as the House r ;t, and while
the Committee was sitting, Mr. Bot h said he Rad
called upon the Chairman for the fading of the
statement sent him by the Clerk. |;The Chair
man submitted the statement, whir !i the majori
ty of the Committee refused to ha e read. He
now called upon the Chairman for be statement
jn question, which he wished to hi£e read to the
House. •]
Mr. Campbell of S C. (the Cha hnan of the
Committee) here rose and acknow ; ilged having
received the Clerk’s statement, whl h was in the
Committee room. The majority o toe Commit
;
tec had objected to having it read, because it in
volved a question of correcting the journal, which
was ill-timed. The journal of the Committee
was read every morning in the House, a'ld every
member had an opportunity of correcting it.—
Thev objected to Mr. Botta’ proposition, because
it was made so long after the expression in the
journal, charged as incorrect was written.
Mr. Botts again calling for the reading of the i
statement, Mr. Weller,of Ohio, rose and objected.
Mr. Botts then said he would follow the exam
ple of Mr. Weller’s illustrious colleague (Duncan)
and have it printed in his speech. He would
state, too, for the information of the House, and
as a proof ol the unjust course pursued by the
Committee, that the Clerk in his statement, expli
citly states, that of all that mass of testimony,
(upwards of a hundred depositions, Mr. B. said)
he had read but one single deposition before the
Committee !
Mr. Reed, of Mass, here asked Mr. Botts, if any
member of the Committee had read them, to
which Mr. B, replied in the negative.
This is only one of the many striking illustra
tions of the ruthless attempts to suppress facts and
to violate justice marking the course of the Com
mittee, which Mr. Botts brought forward in his
speech, which was again arrested as on yesterday,
before being finished, by the expiration of the
morning hour.
Correspondence of the Philadelphia North American.
New York, March 23, 3 p.m.
lam sorry to sav we have little to tell you to
day. I have just bee. on board the British Queen,
j and find the alterations which have been made in
exceedingly important. They have built
two rows of state rooms on the quarterdeck, ma.
king a sort of poop cabin after the new fashion of
'he American packet ships. The ship can now
accommodate a hundred and fifty passengess, and
make them exceedingly comfortable. Passen
gers in the forward cabin pay SIOO each without
liquors. They are just as well accommodated as
in the after cabin, except the genteel privilege of
paying the highest price. The Englishmen have
now got some idea of nea'ness and comfort, and
found out that a parcel of swaggering midship
men to play man-of-war aboard a packet ship,are
of no manner of use.
Cotton is very quiet to-day and so is flour. In
-1
deed quiet is the predominant features in our af
fairs. Tiie sales were large in stocks at the
Board to-day, generally at the price of Saturday. ’
Manhattan sold at 81. -j
Domestic Exchaxof.s.—Philad. 5} a Bal. (
4£ a5; Richmond, 5| a6; Charleston, a4; 1
Savannah, 5a Augusta, 7£; Macon 9; Mobile
4J a5; New Orleans, a5.
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Pennsylvania Bank Bill.
The Pennsylvania Telegraph of Saturday has j
a Postscript to the following purport: i
Resumption*. —We understand that the Com- 1
mittee of Conference of the two Houses came to *
an agreement last evening, and will report this ,
morning. The time agreed upon for resumption i
of specie payments by the Banks is the first o*
October next. If the report of the committee be i j
adopted, the suspension will thus be legalized. | i
Correspondence of the United States Gazette. |
New York, .Sunday, p. m.
The ship Navigator is just in from Canton
having left Tungkoo on the Ist December, thus
22 days later than our last accounts. Matters ;
were still much in die same situation. The trade 1
open to American vessels, but hourly expected to ;
be stopped.
On the night of the 12th and 13th November
the Chinese opened their batteries on the ship- j 1
ping at Hong Kong, and kept up their fire with- i '
out intermission until 3 o’clock in the morning, I
the shipping being all the while becalmed. They | 1
received, however, no injury whatevar. On !
Thursday the wind sprang up, the greatest part
set sail lor Tongkoo bay, and the whole followed
on the next.
From the New Orleans Picayune , 18 th inst.
From Texas.
The steam packet Neptune , Capt. Pennoyer
arrived yesterday from Galveston.
Our dates are from Houston to the 1 Ith and
from Galveston the 12th inst. The papers con
tain nothing, new. and we have not heard from I
other sources any thing important.
Business was brisk in Houston and Galveston ; i
but the scarcity of money acted as a check to !
trade.
There is nothing further in relation to the Mex- ■
ican invasion.
The following is from the Austin Sentinel, but
not nf very recent date:—
Out retrenchment < on gross has tied up the
hands of the President in such a manner that he
can effect but little for the benefit of the country,
without leaping over the barriers which they have
placed in the way of the prosperity of the coun
try.
The Mexicans will, in all probability, concen
trate inconsiderable force upon the Rio Grande;
and, if we have no force to prevent it, we may 1
expect a predatory war to he carried on against
our western frontier. But we have no fear of an
invasion.
— i
Flour Trade.— 7t is stated in the Philadel- !
phia Commercial List of Saturday that, during
the last four weeks, about seventy thousand bar- 1
rels of flour have been sold in that market for
coastwise and foreign shipment. '
The Baltimore Patriot of Monday, says: As 1
a larger quantity of flour has been received at
Baltimore, from the interior, during the same 1
period, and as there have been little or no accu- ‘
inulations of the article, it is probable that nearly !
as much flour has sought a market from this port,
during the month past, as hat above stated.
“First Chop.”—We have often heard this 1
word made use of in this country— i n short, it is '
a species of mercantile phrase, vet it applies to any 1
thing specially fine—but we could never get hold ’
ot its derivation. We presume now that it is of
Chinese origin. A ‘chop in Chinese, ou the
authority of a gentleman recently from that quarter, !
means almost any thing;sometimes a proclamation
or a handbill, or a letter or a law; and chop-chop
means very fine, or very strong, or first rate
There are various ways in expressing pre
eminence, in various religions. In our South, if
a man attains distinction, it is said of him that
he is a huckleberry above his neighbors’ per
simmon; in the North, if he gets fame, he is
written down as stuck up.’ It would lie enter
taining, and not uninstructive, to touch the roots
of these idiomatic odd-sayings— Phil. Gaz.
A strange News-carrier.— A friend, lately
amved from sea, has furnished us with the fol
lowing interesting information, copied from a
slopping report at St. Helena •
-Th' brig Mention, belonging to Nsntz, when
off Cape Good Hope, caught Albatross, bavin- 1
a ribbon around its neck, with a quill, scaled at
both ends, containing a slip of paper with the
following words, viz: • Ship Leonidas of Salem,
bound to New Zealand, 74 day* out, latitude 4u
South,longitude 26 East.’’
The Leonidas, Eagieston, master, sailed from
this port on the 9th of August last, and this is
the first intelligence from her. —Salem Register. I
Mr. Tan Barents opinion and Tote on
free Negro Suffrage.
On the 12lh of September, 1821, the commit
tee on the right of suffrage, reported the follow
ing amendment to the Constitution. See De
bates of the Convention, 134.
“ Every white male citizen of the age of 21
years who shall have res : ded in the state 6 months
( next preceeding any election, &c., shall be enti
tled to vote,” &c.
On the 19th September, (see page 186,) the
above amencment being under consideration,
which had been supported and opposed by vari
ous gentlemen; Mr. Clarke said: “lam unwil
ling to retain the word white, because its reten
tion is repugnant to all the principles and notions
of liberty to which we have heretofore professed
to adhere, and to our Declaration of Indepen
dence; which is a concise and just expose of
those principles. In that sacred instrument wo
have recorded the incontrovertible truths:— 4 We
hold these truths to be self evident that all men
are created equal; that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable rights; that a
| mong them are life, liberty and the pursuit of
! happiness.’
“ The people of color are—capable of giving
♦heir consent; and ever since the formation of
your government, they have constituted a portion
of the people—from whence your legislators
have derived their just powers; by retaining that
word, you deprive a large and reputable number
of the people of this State, of privileges and
rights which they enjoyed in common with us,
and to which (hey are justly entitled, ever since
the existence of our government.” Same day
see page ICO.
Mr. Jay moved that the word white be strick
en out.
Mr. Kent supported the motion of Mr. Jay.
“ He was disposed, however to annex such quali
fications and conditions as should prevent them
from coming into bodies from other States to vote
at elections.” Mr. Kent proceeded tosupport the
motion to strike out, on the ground that it would
be a violation of the Constirution of the United
Slates to prohibit them from voting.” On the
20th September, see page 199.
Col. Young said, the minds of the blacks are
not competent to vote. They are too much de
graded to estimate the value; or exercise with
fidelity and discretion, that important right. It
would be unsafe in their hands. Their vole
would he at the call of the richest purchaser. If
this class of people should hereafter arrive at such
a degree of intelligence and virtue as to inspiie
confidence, then it will he proper to confer this
privilege, upon them. At present, emancipate
and protect them, hut withhold that privilege
which they will inevitably abuse. Look to your
jails and penitentiaries—by whom are they fil
led 1 By the very race whom it is proposed to
clothe with the power of deciding upon your po
litical rights.
*■ If there is (hat natural, inherent right to vote
which some gentlemen have urged.it Ov.ght to
lie further extended. In new Jersey, females
were formerly allowed to vote; and on that prin
ciple. you must admit negressea. as well as ne
groes, to participate in the right of suffrage.-Mi
nors, too, and aliens must no longer he excluded
but the 4 era of good feeling’ be commenced in
earnest.”
Mr. Livingston said: “ Sir, we are standing
upon the foundation of good society. The ele
ments of government are scattered around us.—
All rights are buried, and from the shoots that
spring from their grave we are to weave a bower
that shall overshadow and protect our liberties.
Our proceedings will pass in review before the
power that elected us, and it will be for the people
to decide whether the blacks are elevated upon a
ground that we cannot reach. Sir, we, all of us,
enter the government, subject to the implied con
dition, that our Constitution was liable to revis
ion and alteration, and that blacks, in this partic
ular, have vested rights, exempt from the power
of abridgement or alteration, which the whites
have not, I have yet to learn.”
Mr. Jay (see page 201) concluding his speech
said, in reply, 4 I have yet to notice the argument
of Hie gentleman from Saratoga (Col. Y'oung.)
—They were avowedly addresed, not to our rea
son, but to our prejudices; and so forcibly have
they been urged, that I feel persuaded that they
had name influence on this occasion. Though
repeated in various forms, they may he ail sum
med up in this—that we are accustomed to look
upon black men with contempt, that we will not
cat with them, that we fcill not sit with them;
that we will not serve with them ; and in the mil
itia. or the juries, nor in any manner associate
with them ; and thence it is concluded that they
ought not to vote with us. How, sir can that
argument be answered by reason, which does not
profess to be founded on reason !—Why do we
foel reluctant to associate with a black man?
There is no reluctance in Europe, nor in any
country in which slavery is unknown. It arises
from an association ot ideas: Slavery and black
skin always present themselves together to our
minds. But with the diminution of slavery, the
prejudice is already diminished; and when sla
very shall be no longer among ps; it will per
haps disappear. But sir, what sort of argument
is this? I will not eat with you, nor associate
with you. becauseyou are bl uk; therefore, I will
disfranchise you. I despise not because you are
vicious, but merely because I have an insuperaide
prejudice against you ; therefore, I will condemn
you and your innocent posterity to live forever as
aliens in your native land. Mr. Chairman Ido
trust that his Committee will not consent to vio
late all those principles upon which our free insti
tutions are founded, or to contradict all the pro
fessions which we so profusely make, concerning
the natural equality ot all men ; merely to grati
fy odious and 1 hope temporary prejudices.—Nor
will (hey endeavor to lemove a slight inconven
ience, by so perilous a remedy as the establish
ment of a large, a perpetual, a degraded and a
discontented caste in the midst of our popula
tion.
I hese extracts will serve to shew the ground
on which the question was argued and decided.
Nothing from Mr. Van Buren, in reply to all this
cant about equality between the whites and blacks.
Did he recognize the equality I—judge people of
Virginia, for yourselves.
Immediately on the termination of these last
remarks, (see page 202.) the question on striking
out the word white, was taken by ayes and nays,
and decided in the affirmative; Ayes, 63, Noes
59; a majority of only four, Mr. Van Buren vo
ting in the affirmative.
Gen. Root then observed (see same page) that
he thought the Report of the Committee was in
some respects objectionable. There was danger
of extending the Right of suffrage too far. It
was now extended to negroes, or in the polite
language of the day, to colored people. It was
in his opinion, inexpedient to admit strolling vo
ters. With a view to prevent it, and compel
those who contribute to the support of the Gov
ernment in which they claim to participate, and
whose protection they receive, he would’now
move to st rike out all that part of the first section
of the report, which follows the word ‘years’and
to insert in lieu thereof an amendment, the prin
ciple of which he had previously suggested. The
amendment was then read.
A proviso was subsequently offered by the
Committee, see page 329. limiting the free negro
suffrage to those who had a freehold estate worth
$250, obviously for the purpose of preventing
the strolling colored gentlemen from coming over
from other states and voting, such as our runa
way slaves from Virginia.
The subject being again under consideration,
see page 364. Mr. Birdseye moved to amend the
first line of the section, which read, every male
citizen of the age of 21 years, by inserting after
the word ‘every’ the word ‘free,’ which was lost.
Mr. Briggs then moved to amend in same place
by inserting the word ‘while,’ which had been be
fore struck out. Chancellor Kent opposed the
motion. It was true, he said, that the blacks were
in some measure a degraded portion of the com
munity, but he was unwilling to see them dis
franchised. and the door eternally barred against
them.
Then comes Mr. Van Buren, and what says
hel Hear him: Mr. Van Buren said ‘he was
in favor of the plan proposed by the select com
mittee, and opposed to the amendments,” which
was to reinsert the word “white.” See same page
364.
Mr. Van Buren again; see page 368; in conclu
ding some remarks, said : “He thought the com
mittee censtituted as they were, had done them
selves great credit hy their concession to those
from whom they differed, and he, for one return
ed them sincere thanks. Under all circumstan
ces, he would be well satisfied with the right of
suffrage, as it will soon be establi.-hed, and would
give it his zealous support as well in his capacity
of delegate as that of citizen.”
Again, see page 376; Mr. Van Buren said :
“He had voted against a total and unqualified
exclusion (of the blacks,) for he would not draw
a revenue from them, and yet deny them the
right of suffrage. But this proviso met his ap
probation. The right was not denied to exclude
any portion of the community who will not ex
ercise the right of suffrage in its purity.—This
held oat inducements to industry, and would se
cure his support/’
We, the undersigned, have compared the fore
going extracts with the published proceedings of
the debates of the New York Convention, and
find them truly and accurately copied.
Wm. K. Johnson,
Hobt. Campbell,
John* M. Botts,
J. W. Pegram,
J, Pack,
H. Rhodes,
Bknj. H. Smith,
Das’l F. Slaughteb,
* Jos. Mato,
R. Kidder Meade,
Allen Wilson,
Dax’l A. Wilson.
The School Master Abroad.
The Baltimore Clipper tells a good story, of
which the following is the substance. A board of
“(School Commissioners,” encumbered a conse
quential little village in Maryland, being in want
of a teacher, advertised in the newspapers for “a
well disposed moral mm, who was capable of
teaching the dead languages, and did not chew
tobacco or drink whiskey.” A her a fortnight of
this advertising had been elaborated, a rawiioned
Yankee made his appearance, with a knife a.;d
pine stick in one hand, and a Cape Cod .Protec
tion, alias a cake of gingerbread, in the other,
and held the following dialogue with the Com
mittee aforesaid:
“Well, sir,” said the chairman, eyeing the can
didate from head to foot, “do you possess the ne
cessary requirements for a public school teacher?”
“I guess I do,” answered Slick, wh.tiling his
slick. * i
4 Do you understand Latin?” as ved one of the i
Committee men, a Dutch farmer.
‘ I guess I do.” replied Slick again, rounding
the end of the <=t>ck with his knife.
“Well, let's hear some of your Latin,” said
the Chairman.
“Quimbo hie squashicum, et punkinitum lim
gum.” said Slick, drawing his coat sleeve slowly
under his nose.
“Humph!'’ exclaimed the Dutchman, “ish dat
Latin? Wbo’s te author?”
“Josephus,” replied Slick; “he savs in his life
of Governor Hancock, “Sic transit gloria Monday
morning—ilancockibus quad erat demonslra
dum.”
‘•Dat’s gout!” exclaimed the Dutchman, rub
i hing his hands, “tcre never vas better Latins!”
“Now, sir” said the chairman, 44 ! suppose you
understand geography?”
“I guess I do,” said Slick, sharpening the end
of bis stick.
“How far have you been?”
“As far as the District of Columby.”
“What State is it in?”
“A state of desperation.”
“What latitude arc we in?”
“According to the themometer, we're ten de
grees below zero.”
“Which is the most western point of North
America.”
“Cape Cod.”
“Good. Now, sir, let us know how far you
studied mathematics. What’s the area of a
square acre of land?”
“That depends upon the quality,” replied Slick,
snapping the blade of his knife.
“Well, suppose it to he good corn land?”
“Why, it depends upon the number of hills.”
“Say—five hundred.”
“Guess you might as well tell a fellow how
many grains to (he hill?”
“Five.”
“Then, accordin’ to Euclid, it would be 742
feet horizontally perpendicular.’’
“Excellent! Pray, sic, where are you from?”
“Staunton, down in the Bay State—and I can
do ’most anything.”
“No doubt, but there is one thing you cannot
do; you cannot humbug us. You can go.”
Finn the Comedian.— As usual when a con
spicuous personage dies, the corps editorial are
on the qui vive tor the forgotten adventures and
anecdotes of his life. The following is related
of Finn the comedian by the New York Allas.
Finn was once, a longtime ago, a witness for
the prosecutmn in a case before the Common
: Picas in Boston, and his testimony was so direct
; and c inclusive that the counsel for the defence
thought it necessary to discredit him. The fol
lowing dialogue ensued.
“Mr. Finn, you live ia street; do you
not?”
“Yes, I do.”
“You have lived there a great while?”
“Several years.”
“Does not a female live there under your pro
tection?”
“There does.”
“Does she bear your name?”
“She is certainly known in the neighborhood
by the name of Mrs Finn.”
“Is she your wife?”
“No we were neve 4 - legally married.”
“That will do, sir; I have no more to ask,”
“But I have something more to answer, sir,”
replied Finn with spirit. “The Mrs. Fin i of
whom you have been pleased to speak with such
levity is my mother, and I have known hut one
man base enough to breathe aught against her.—
Y~ou. sir, can guess who he is. True, she is un
der my protection. She protected me through
rny infancy and childhood, and it is but paying
a small partot the debt I owe her, to do as much
for her in her old age.”
Insurance in Prussia. —A correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazette remarks, that the Prussian
Monarchy is perhaps the best regulated govern
ment in the world. In proof, the writer says:
“ Every attention which a wise and provident
government can bestow, is paid to the welfare of
the people. This is evinced, in a remarkable de
gree, by the fact, that it a farmer’s house he burnt
the government restores if So the same condition
it was in previously to the burning ; a fund being
provi led for that purpose, by a small premium
exacted in the shape of tax, on each house, and
this tax, I lough very small, is sufficient to cover
the amount of losses.”
ViSißtts of i A commission
was appointed a short time ago by the Legisla
ture of Ohio to examine into the condition of the
Lunatic Asylum of that Slate. The madmen
are confined in separate cells; and* the occupant
of cell No. 10 is thus described by the commis
sion ; ‘-Here was a rare genius that had seen
hard times in the county jal, where his feet were
so badly frozen that he could neither walk nor
stand. He made his appearance at the asylum
in a yellow flannel-shirt and greys, droop roram
and bear-shin roundabout; dirty as n beast, and
odd as a buffoon—took command of two antiqua
ted females in the lodge, with whom he occasion
ally receives his food. These he faced about to
the right and left, with great humor and authori
ty, informing them with a flourish in the air, that
he was intimate with the king of darkness, whom
he familiarly addressed as Uncle Zed. and with
whom he appeared to have much business, and
many earnest conversations. He seized his food
with the rapacity of a wolf, and lore it to pieces
with his teeth : denominating himself a ‘-wild
varmint,” and demanding to be fed on “sassafrac
and spice-wood.” To fill out the character, he
was a thief by profession and inclination; and
when no other opportunity occurred to gratify
his propensity, he not only stole the food and clo
thing which were designed for him hut he loved
to hook out of one pocket for the sake of slipping
it Into the other. We treated him kindly, bound
up his feet, regulated his diet, and allowed him
restoratives and the proper medicine. He be
came a favorite, dropped his wild notions and evil
propensities, by degrees, was taken into the house
and soon began to recover quite rapidly, though
it was some time before he entirely got free < f
delusion; and what was not a little remarkable,
he suddenly cut acquaintance with his satanic
majesty, and desiring to become an archangel,
was an office-holder who calculated a great way
ahead; for he expected the honor of “bl'iwing she
resurrect mu trumpet .” He entirely recovered,
and went on bis way rejoicing.
Green Room Scenes.
A handsome apartment, surrounded by otto
mans, embellished with splendid mirrors, and
lighted up by a magnificent lustre, appropriated
| for the reception of the performers. Seated on
their luxurious couches may lie seen the laugh
ing hoyden in crave debate with the sceptred
monarch, and the jolly tar doling out his persoal
griefs into the ear of a singing match-girl; and
all done with a gravity and ceremony little to he
expected in such a place, filled with such compa
ny. In fact, nothing can be more striking than
to hear a lady who has just been figuring on the
stage as a coquette, or a romp, explaining to
some friend tfie distress she is laboring under, in
consequence of the serious illness of her mother,
or aunt. Or to see a gentleman, fresh from the
boards, upon which he has been amusing the au
dience, as Caleb Quotem or Jeremy Diddler, with
tears in his eyes and a low comedy wig on his
head, giving an account of the melancholy state
I of his wile and three children, all dying of scar
| letina. But such is too often the case—-too often
i while the player is tortured with physical paiu.or
; sinking under moral distress, lie is obliged in his
1 vocation, to wear the face of mirth, and distort
! his features into the extremes of grimace. The
I acties; writhing under the pangs of ingratitude
j in man, or insult from woman, is similarly driven
to strain her lungs to charm the ear of an audi
ence, or exhibit her graceful figure to the great
est advantage in the animated dance, for the
amusement of the half-price company of a one
shilling gallery, while her heart is bursting with
sorrow ; add to all these inevitable ills, the con
stant labor of practice, and rehearsal, the caprice
of*the public, the tyranny of managers, the rarily
of excellence, the misery of defeat, and the un
certainty of health and capability, and then one
might ask wha* person would be an actor who
could be any thing else 1
Jon x Hunter. —This ingenious man had so
much diligence, that he often told his friends that
for f>rty years, summer and winter, the sun never
found him in bed. “I never have any difficulties,”
said he “a thing cither can be or it cannot. If it
can l>e done. I may do it as well as another, if
I take equal pains. If it cannot be done, I will
not attempt to do it. Mr. Hunter made the
completest collection in comparative anatomy,
that ever was assembled together.
Ay Irishman’s Notion of Discount,— lt
chanced one gloomy day. in the month of Decem
ber, that a good humored Irishman applied to a
broker to discount a bill of exchange for him at
rather a long, though not an unusual date, anJ
the broker having remarked that the bill bad
a great many days to run, “That’s true,” replied
the Irishman, “but then, rny honey, you don’t
consider how short the days are at this time of
the year.”
Sweet Music. —Mr Candy and Master and
Miss Candy are giving Concerts at Louisville,
and Mrs. Honey is the reigning star at the Cin
cinnati theare.— N. Y. Star.
COMMERCIAL.
Lai esi dates from Liverpool, Feb. 29
Latest dates from Havre Feb. *25
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Cotton —Since our report on Thursday morning,
the market has been very quiet, and but very few
lots have changed hands. Holders of large lots
have entirely withdrawn, and the transactions
ave been exclusively confined to small parcels at
a decline of cent on the better descriptions.—
We now quote 5 to 8 as extremes of the market.
Ordinary to middling, io 6^
Fair, to 7
Good Fair, to 7^
Prime and choice, 7_f to 8
Freights —To Savannah, 7-5 to .100 cts per bale;
to Charleston, by rail road, 35c per 100 lbs. for
square, and 45c per 100 lbs. for round bales.
Groceries. —During the week, the transactions
have been very limited, produced in * great degree
by the unpleasant stale of the weather, which ren
dered all out-door business very' disagreeab’e.
The market is, however, well supplied wi.h all de
scriptions at our quotations.
Exchange. —On New-York at sight, 8 a 8$ per
cent, lor current funds; Charleston at
cent; Savannah 1 a 2 per ct.; Philadelphia 2 a 3 per
et.; Lexington, Ky. per ct.; Richmond 4 per
, cent; specie commands 6 per cent, premium.
Bank Notes. —
Savannah Banks, 1 a percent, prem.
Columbus Insurance B’k 2 “ “ “
Commercial Bank, Macon, 2 “ « «
Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 6 <* *<
Agency Brunswick, “ 6 “ « «
Planters’ and Mechanics’
Bank, Columbus, 2 “ “ dis.
Milledgevi’le Bank, 2£ a 3 “ “ “
Ocmulgee Bank, 3 “ “
Monroe Rail Road Bank, 4 “ “
Hawkinsviße Bank, 3 “ “
Chattahoochie R. R. &. B’k
Company, 10 “ “ *♦
Darien Bank, 15 “ « »«
Bank of Rome, 25 « « **
A ! 1 other Banks now doing business, at par.
Specie Paying Banks. — Vlechanics’ Bank, Bank
of St. Mary’s, Insurance Bank of Columbus, Com
merciaUßank of Macon, and Brunswick Agency in
this city. J
New OhtnAHs, March is
Cof/on—Arrived since the 13th instant ofLoui
sima and Mississippi 16059 bales, Tennessee ami
North Alabama 6.379, Arkansas, 97, Mobile 69.3
Florida 546, Texas 43; together 24012 b iles-J
Cleared inthesame time; for Liverpool 6336 bale-;
Havre 3056, Bordeaux 423, Marseilles loop Bl *’
men 163, Barcelona 350,Genoa 999, New York
Boston 1006, Philadelphia 12; together 13911 bale’
—making an addition to stock of iului hales an '
leaving on hand, inclusive of all on shipboard not
cleared on the 17th instant,a stock of 141820 ba es
The activity which we noticed in our review 0 f
last Saturday morning, as prevailing in the Cotton
market on the evening previous, has since continu
ed without any very sensible abatement Th-> i>
siness of Saturday amounted to about 6000 bales*
at rates corresponding to our quotations of that
morning. On Monday the sales were Howard* J
6500 ba ‘«, and ‘hough holders, in some Ltance/
were forced to make slight concessions in favor of
the buyer, previous rates were, on the whole fair
ly sustained. Yesterday sales were made to ?
extent of 6000 bales without any change in price!
worthy of notice; and we therefore continue oil
former quotations. A considerable portion of the
Cotton purchased recently, is being stor-d until
circumstances will admit of its transportation to
other markets at more favorable rates of height
the scarcity of vessels at present caused them to be
remarkably high. The sales during the three days
amount to 17,500 bales.
By toe arrival of the ship James H. Shepherd at
this port, on Saturday evening last, advices were
leceived fiom Liverpool to the 15th January; by
which we learn that prices of American cottons in
that market bad declined since our accounts of the
bln fiom 4 to gd. 1 his intelligence, judging from
tne course of our market, since its receipt, has ex
erted no control over cither buyers or sol ers. fur
ther, perhaps, than to make the latter a little’more
anxious to realize.
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATIONS.
Louisiana and Mississippi —Ordinary, 5 a 51.
Midd ing, a 6.' ; Fair, 7$ a8; Good fair, a !)4 ’.
Goo and line, 19 a—. Tennessee and N. Ahbr. '.
ma —Ordinary, middling, fair, good fair, good and
fine, 5 a extremes.
STATEMENT OF COTTON,
1539. Oct. 1, stock on hand, 15S :, 4
Receipts last three days 24012
“ previously, 631533 655365
6713^9
Exports last three days, 13911
do. previously. 51265 S 526569
Stock on hand 141820
Sugar — Louisiana —The receipts of the past
three days have been considerable, and the di ncul
ty ol making shipments have caused a rather large
stock to accumulate. The market, during >atur
day and Monday, was very quiet, but a rather bet
ter demand existed yesterday, at the time of mak
ing oar enquiries. The transactions are principa lv
in good fail sugars at 4 a cent*. We still quote
the range of the market at 3 a cents, remarking
that, occasionally, lots of inferior are sold at less
than our lowest figure, while some small parcels of
very choice commanded 4| coins. We are advised
of a sale of 190 hhds on plantation at 4 cents,
wuich seems to be the ruling rale.
Hivana Sugars continue extremely dull; indeed
there is no lemand except for vmy limited parcels
of white, and we reduce our quotations for all de
scription!;.
Molasses —The market is well supplied with
barrels, and the article meets with a tolerably ready
demand the Levee at 20 a 21 cents per gallon,
j Some lots in inferior barrels, have been <1 is posed of
! at 19 cents, hut most of the sales have been at 20
cents. Sales on plantation continue to be made at
1 the former price, say 15 a 16 cents per gallon.
Flour —At the closing of ourrepoitof Saturday
| last the market was very dull, transactions being
j confined to lirnite 1 parcels at $4 Since that
| lime, notwithstandi. g that the ieceipts have a
i mounted to only about 6000 barrels, no improve
| ment has taken place, but rather an increased de
| gree of dullness seems to be manifest, as there is
no demand for lots of any considers!) e magnitude,
i though they could readily be vought yesterday at
sl. At tiiis price there would probably be an ac
i live demand for export, were it not that the scarci
j ty of vessels renders it impossible t > tliect ship
ments. VV e quote at $4 a §4 for superfine,
remarking that the latter figures can be obtained
| only for very limited parcels.
Baron —i’he market has a very light stork of
1 ©stern Bacon, and. indeed, is nearly bare of Sides,
j in casks. In consequence of this, most of the tran
sactions, which are only on a moderate scale, are
in city smoked; and our quotations, which are
slightly advanced for sides, include the pre ent
range of prices for both descriptions. Hams 9 a
10; Sides a8; Shou.ders, a 6 cents.
Whiskey —The receipts have been very limited
since our last, but the stocks previously on hand
are more troely offered; and as there is only a lim
ited demand, a slight decline hist taken place. We
now quote Cincinnati Rectified at 26 a 27 cts per
gal on.
Exchange —There has not been much done in
Sterling exchange, in consequence of its having
become quite scarce, but the transactions show a
slight advance. We quote at 10| a Ilf percent
premium. Bills on Paris aie in great fa vor for re
mittances to the .North in place of drafts at short
sight. The general rate continues to be of I2j,
though some small sums have been sold at of 10
j Exchange on tiie North at 3o to 60 days meets with
! ready demand at our quotations. Short s.giit bills,
i however, are rather neglected in consequence of
the high rates, which we quote at 4$ a 5 per cent
j premium.
i
Philadelphia, March 21.
i Cofee —The transactions tais ween reached about
i 1590 bags, comprising or 6>o bags Rio, at 10 a
j 12c, as In quality; and 7 a 800 bags Laguayra, at
11$ a 12c, 1 mos* Holders are now very firm ia
their demands, with a light stock.
Cotton —There has only been a moderate inqui
ry this week, with sales of 300 bales at 81, a 104
c per lb for Upland, Alabama and New Orleans, in
lots. The market closes i.rm.
Sugar —The stocks are much reduced, and pri
ces aie firm y maintained The week’s sales reach
309 hhds, including 170 hhds St Croix, at Si a
cts for common to prime new crop; and New Or
leans at 5j a abo it 1009 hags white Brazil at
S}, with some in bbls at 9 cents per lb, all at 4 a 6
mos credit.
Molasses —The sa’es include a cargo of 240 hhdi
Havana at 23 cts, and one of the same description
on terms not ascertained; some sour do at 18 cts
per gal; about 30 bbls New Orleans at cts per
gallon, all on time
j Fli ur —The F.our market has not varied in price
since our previous report, and the late foreign
news has not had any apparent effect upon it —
The sales for export have been to a considercbl*
extent, at f>4 37. jon Broad street. $i >4 94
and $5 on the Delaware, closing firmly at $3 per
bbls.
Whiskey —ln hhds has been taken at 204 cents;
and in bbls to a considerable extent at 23 cts per
gallon.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Savannah, March 25.
Cleared —Ships Aurelius, Cnwell, Liverpool
Ann Mary Ann, Chick, do; Lotus. Looke. do; bngi
Augusta, Crabtree, Jamaica; Per-ia, Chandler, Cu
ba; Madison, Bulkier, New York.
Arrived —Bark Gali eo, Lombard, New York;
brigs Excel, Nicols, do; Ajax, Crabtree, Boston;
Sea Island, Otis, do; schrs Casket, Ke.ly, do; Aid*
om York, Philadelphia.
Below —Brigs New Hanover, Philadelphia; Mo*
rea, New York; and 2 schrs.
Went to sea —Ship Hanover, Sheldon, Mobile?
brig Madison, Bulkley, New York.
Charleston, March 27.
Arrived yesterday—? Schrs John AHyne, Hawes,
Matanzas; Surveyor, Pa llin, Philadelphia; Maria,
Ryder. Providence, R I.
Cleared —Ship Fremont. Gray, Liverpool; schr
Francis Canadav, Smith, Martinique .
Went to sea yesterday —Line ship Niagara^™ itn,
New York; brig Howell, Leslie, do; sebr Ldvrard,
Kent, Boston. , an j
At Quarantine —Brig Action, Hunt, Boston,
line ship Lucas, Eldriage, do. _
TO THE LOVERS OF THE AR IS
The Paintings at Mr. Richards’ Drawing ca.
(Masonic Hall,) will hereafter be opened to
tors, every Saturday afternoon and even g, , •
2 o’clock until 9 o’clock T. M. At nigi
will be well lighted.