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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUS T A.
MONDAY MORNING, JULY 27.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
Os Ohio ;
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor
ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republican—
the patriotic Farmer of Ohio.
s j;6r vice-president,
J 6 H N TUEB,
Os Virginia ;
A State Rights Republican of the school of ’9B—
—of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and
patriot statesmen.
(b- —_
FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe.
DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden.
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee.;
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark.
SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin.
ANDREW MILLER, of Cass.
WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb.
C. B. STRONG, of Bibb.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke.
E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
FOR CONDRESS,
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene.
R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham.
JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup.
EUGENIUS A. NISBET, of Bibb.
LOTT WARREN, of Sumter.
THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn.
ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam.
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee.
dj* Nb mail North of Richmond last night.
Lieut. Hooe and Negro Testimony,
The Locofoco Journals and their n-usy politi
cians, are endeavoring to defend the President for
his recognizing the right of negroes to testify a
gainst a white man, upon the ground that Mr. Van
Buren acted in accordance with the Law. It is in
deed a little remarkable, if such a law is in exist
ence, those noisy advocates of Mr. Van Buren have
not been able to furnish their readers with a copy
of the law, in which that particular clause is con
tained, that declares the testimony of negroes to
be legal. If such a law can be produced among the
Statutes of the United States, we will cheerfully
s® publish it to the world, and let the people see that
Mr. Van Buren has been sustained in this case by
the law; bat until such a law is produced, we
shall continue to hold him up to the scorn of the
Southern people.
The truth is, no such law is to be found among
■our Statutes, and the statement that Mr, Van Bu
ren acted under the authority [of law, is mere as
sertion without a particle of evidence to support it.
Let those who assert there is such law produce it,
and not attempt to impose upon the people by as
sertion. If there be any such law, no man will
assert but what Mr. Van Buren discharged his du
ty, but the law must be produced before he can be
defended by Southern men.
For the Chronicle Sentinel ,
Mr. Editor —ln Saturday’s Constitutionalist,
an effort is made by the Editors, to defend the
course of the new allies, Messrs. Lawson, of
Burke, and Hudson, of Putnam, on the Resolu
tions in the Georgia Senate, in 1836. Certainly the
Editors must have felt it of vital importance to de
fend those gentlemen, that they have so soon es
sayed that duty. And such a defence, if defence
it ®au be called, as I apprehend those very con
sistent gentlemen will not bestow upon them many
thanks for. They have denied nothing contained
in my communication, but a very labored effort is
made to explain the votes of those gentlemen ;
and how far they have succeeded, the candid rea
der will judge. In ray humble judgment, the force
of my communication is increased, and I must re
turn my acknowledgements to the Editors for ex
tracting the proceedings of the Senate on those
resolutions. If the Editors can explain away the
vote of Messrs. Lawson and Hudson, which posi
tively unequivocally admits their preference
for Harrison over Van Buren, in 1836, they will
have accomplished a work for which those gentle
men will no ckubt feel under obligations.
A Looker On.
The Election.
The New Orleans Bee of the 21st inst. says:—
“It is now more than two weeks since the election,
and yet we are unable to furnish complete returns.
The three parishes of Union, Caddo and Claiborne
ttill remain to be heard from. All we know at
this present writing is, that the whigs have elect
ed one member of Congress by 2025 majority; the
locofocos another, by 13 votes; and that, as far as
heard from, Moore leads Winn, in the third district,
205 votes, rendering bis election highly probable*
but yet not certain. We know, 100, that in the
locofocos have a majority of one; and
that in the House the whigs have 27 members cer
tain; the locofocos 20. One member, Mr. Phillips,
of Assuption, claimed by both parties, leaving two
members, viz;—one from Union,Caldwell and Oui-
another from Claiborne, to be heard
from. We know that we have already three ma
jority on joint ballot, giving Mr. Phillips to the lo
cos, or five, if he votes with the whigs, as it is
f said he is pledged to do. This is the amount of our
knowledge. Our chance is fair for the two mem
bers, and it is more than likely that we shall get
one. This would give us either sor 7 majority on
joint ballot, still conceding Mr. Phillips to the lo
cos. Perhaps, however, ere this paragraph ap
pears in print, all our doubts and scruples in re
spect to the third district may be dispelled by the
actual returns.
■ c The Hon. Thos. Butler King, came passenger
in the Cars yesterday evening from Charleston
and departed by the Savannah Stage.
Collector of the Customs. —We have
seen a letter, says the Charleston Courier, from
a member of Congress to a gentleman in this cit}'
stating that the Hon. Henry L. Pinckney, Mayor
of our city, had been nominated by the President
and confirmed by the Senate, as Collector of the
Customs, for the Port of Charleston, vice the
Hon. Henry Deas, who declined the appoint'
ment.
From the Savannah Republican of the 2Ath.
From Florida.
By the steamer Isis, Capt. Pearson, arrived
yesterday morning, we received the Jacksonville
Advocate of the 2 Ist. No news. We also re
ceived from our correspondent the St. Augustine
News of the 17th inst. from which We extract
the following:
INDIANS.
Information was received at Micanopy on the
13th inst. that the plantation of Mr. Hope situa
ted on the border of the Alachua prairie, was
visited the evening previous by a parly of Indi
ans, who burnt and destroyed about two acres
of corn, and killed a beef, which they packed up
on a horse stolen from the neighborhood. The
horse returned home, having it is supposed, es
caped from the Indians.
A detachment of the 7th Infantry, afce«l forty
in number, under the command of Lieut. Hen
shavv, have left for the place. A heavy rain was
falling, which will obliterate the trail, and no
hopes are entertained of the enemy being over
taken.
An express was also despatched to
Holmes, at fort Fort Wheelock, which after an
absence of about an hour, returned and reported
that the Indians were on the Fort King*road ;
that he had seen two on the border of theTusca
willa hammock, and that he heard firing in the
interior of the hammock.
A detachment of Dragoons, under command
of Lieut. Green, 7th Infantry, was immediately
despatched for the place, but neither trail nor In
dians were to be found. Some men were return
ing from Fort Wheelock and were met at the ham
mock, and it is supposed that thers were no In
dians, or that they had decamped on the appear
ance of the two parlies.
A Court Martial is now in session at Polatka,
for the trial of Soldiers for mutinous conduct at
that post a short time since. Col. Riley, Presi
dent, Lieut. Whistler, Major Wilcok, Captains,
Bonneville, Barnum, Hawkins, and Lieut. An
derson, Judge Advocate.
The steamer Santee, Poinsett, arrived yester
day from the Southern Posts. We learn that a
negro came into Key Biscayne, who stated that
he was a slave of Dr* Crews, killed at Charlotte
Harbor, and that he had been with the Indians
ever since. Hs is in confinement.
The vthitejlag was not hoisted on Tuesday
last. A scout has gone South. We hope tins
coincidence may be ominous of a success to its
efforts.
From the New York Star of the 20th.
Four days later Irom Europe--Arrival of
the Britannia Steamship at Boston, in
Twelve days from Liverpool.
The steamship Britannia, of Mr. Cunard’s line
from Liverpool to Halitax, was telegraphed off
Boston, where such splendid ceremonials awaited
her, (doubtless this day,) at 10 minutes after 7
on Sunday evening, as we learn by the extra
Boston Times, brought on by the express to the
newspapers at this city.
1 he Britannia had 60 passengers from Liver
pool for Boston, and 25 for Halifax. She arrived
in Halifax in just about 12 days, and was detain
ed there for some time.
The Hon. Samuel Cunard is among the pas
sengers by the Britannia.
The latest news which had been received from
the U. Stales, was to the 13th June, by the pack
et ship United States from New York.
I he Britannia left Liverpool the afternoon of
July 4lh, and Boston thus has the gratification
by the rapid flight of her steamships to furnish
the latest news from Europe to New Yoik and
other cities.
The shares of the Bank of the United States,
have fallen to £ ls, at which rale were sellers at
the close of business on the 3d inst. The rea
son being, that an increasing opinion prevails,
that no dividend will be declared for the past hall
year.
A letter from an American gentleman, dated
London, June, 30, says: “When I left Paris,
there was a Mr. Newell, a director of the Schuyl
kill Bank, there, who had just arrived from Amer
ica, and had already secured Levis, the Cashier,
ana would shortly sail with him for home.”
Texian Loan.—A correspondent of the N.
Y. Herald writing from Liverpool, under date of
27th June, says—
It is currently reported here, and strongly credi
ted, Gen. Hamilton, who came over passenger in
the Great Western, has succeeded in London and
Paris in negotiating a loan in favor of Texas to
the amount of .£1,000,000 sterling, which, if
true, will prove of immense importance to that
rising, young and much abused and much mis
represented republic.
We are indebted to our correspondent for the
London Sun of July 3d, which contains the fol
lowing important news from China.
NEWS FROM CHINA.
The Overland Mail from India has arrived,
bringing Canton papers of the 271 h of March,
Singapore papers of the 15th April, and Bom
bay papers of the 23d of May, inclusive. From 1
Canton the news is more interesting than impor
tant. The Chinese were making (for them) vig
orous preparations tor hostilities with England.
They were busily constructing numerous Airc
rafts for burning British shipping, and as from 1
time immemorial the ingenuity of the Chinese ’
has been directed to the manufacture of fire works 1
there is more danger to be apprehended from 1
these infernal machines than from any of Admi- 1
ral Kwan’s floating batteries. The American 1
merchants finding that Canton was likely to be 1
too hot for them, and that Great Britain was not 1
to be deterred frein seeking reparation for the in- 1
suit offered to the Representative of her Sove
reign and the robbery of her subjects, by their
protests, and quitted the provincial city, which
put a complete stop to all foreign trade.
The Druid of 44 guns, had been ordered to
join the squadron destined to make war on China
and had arrived.
News of the death of the Empress of China
had reached Canton. Pekin was said to be in
a dangerous excitement; (he stoppage of the
foreign trade having occasioned great distress
among the tea growers and the rheubard cultiva- .
tors. A considerable loss of revenue was expe
rienced in the Imperial Exchequer, and the Man
darins who indirectly profiled by the trade were
all discontented; and discontent sometimes finds a I
tongue even under the despotic sway of the Ini- 1
perial Ruler of “ ten thousand kingdoms.” The
reigning dynasty, being of the Tartar race, is ex- '
ceedingly unpopular in China, and it is not im-
possible that the contest with England may lead
to a revolution. i
The Khivan Expedition. — A letter from I
Jellahabad, of the 23d of April slates that the 1
Russian army had entered Khiva in triumph. 1
The Khan, finding resistance impossible, submit- (
ted with a good grace—set at liberty all the Rus- <
sian prisoners iu his dominions—entered into an i
alliance, offensive and defensive, with the Empe
ror Nicholas —and promised the Russians all the
assistance in his power towards the extension
of their dominion in the East. The writer fur
ther states that, on leaving Khiva, the Russian
army would march to Bokhara. If this news be
confirmed, we may prepare ourselves for an en
counter with Russia, on the Indus. It is more
than probable that from the battle fields of Cen
tral Asia the voice of England will be first heard
evoking the restoration of Polish nationality and
independence.
The British forces embarked at Madars on tho
16th April.
The Chinese on their side were all activity
and determination.
Many Chinese families were flying from Ma
cao.
At Pekin and Monkden there was a spirit of
discontent and rebellion manifested. A memori
al had been addressed to the Emperor praying
for the massacre of the English and the stoppage
of the foreign trade.
The evening edition of the Sun, 7 o’clock, con
tains further particulars of the Canton news
which we subjoin in a condensed fi rm below :
Prepa rations for AVar. —Governor Lin
has about 3000 recruits, who are being
drilled daily near Canton in the military exer
cises of the bow, the spear, and the double sword.
The latter is a weapon peculiar, we believe, to
China. Each soldier is armed with two short
and straight swords, one in each hand, which,
by being knocked against each other, produce a
clangor, which it is thought will intimidate the
enemy.
Lieutenant Col. Pinto, the Portuguese Gov
ernor of Macao, has been appointed by his Queen
commandant of the armed forces at Goa.
In consequence of the death of the Chinese
Empress, the whole nation would go for one
month in mourning, and the Mandarins not
shave for 100 days. She had been but a short
time married to Taouk Wang the Emperor, but
had three children by him, the oldest eight. She
was of great beauty and at one time at the head
of the conservative party, and of great influence
in distributing proxincial offices to her partizans.
Hew— xad —belonged to her coterie.
Lin publishes March 9th an edict re-opening
the Portuguese trade. He declares that the port
of Macao had been shut because the Portuguese
harbored the English ; and the Portuguese for
eigners being now represented by the Mandarins
of Macao to be penitent, and that all the English
are driven out of that place &c., therefore, thro’
“ Celestial Compassion ” the said Portuguese,
viz: shopkeepers traders, storers and transporters
of cargo, &c., are allowed to resume thier com
mercial intercourse as of old. They are strictly
forbidden conveying merchandize belonging to
English foreigners, or illicitly making the goods
up with others.
The Canton Press of March 21st, states that
the Portuguese had not driven out the English,
and that the latter are unmolested; and further,
that if the Chinese do lake possession of Macao,
the Portuguese will regret not having accepted
the offer of the English to defend that place.
It was expected that the retirement of the
American firms from Canton, in conjunction
with a new order prohibiting vessels from going
down from Whampoa with deck cargo, and the
prospect of hostilities with Britain, would mate
rially affect the export of lea, which some of our
correspondents do not expect to exceed 23,000,-
000 lbs. for the season, should a force arrive, and
a fall in the price of teas seemed to be confident
ly looked forward to on the Chinese finding
that it was the intention of the Americans to quit
Canton.
The papers report the decease of Taoukwang’s
Empress, and some strange disturbances at Pe
kin.
The opium market was in a very unsettled
state, some holders being willing to sell at $650
to 700 for Patna. Freights still continued high,
and first class tonage was all engaged at £7 and
£8 per ton. Exchange on England still 4s lOJ
6 months, and few transactions: on Bengal, at
Rs 222.
Opium Smoking. — A high civilian in the me
tropolis of Keangse was denounced for having
smoked opium. He at first denied the charge,
was tortured, and then confessed. He was sen
tenced to be transported to Ele, in order to strike
terror into evil doers of the same description.
Several officers of Shautung have been delivered
over to a court of justice on a similar charge.
Soldiers belonging to the eight standards who
were found inhaling the noxious vapor have been
banished to Chckcang.
Advices from Alexandria of the 20th ult.,
states that Mehemet Ali, on hearing the dismis
sal of Kosrcw Pasha had offered to give up the
Ottoman fleet unconditionally. The insurrection
in Syria was not yet appeased. The Emir Be
chir had demanded the mediation of the Consul
General of Franee, but the Viceroy would listen
to no proposal, and sent 10,000 men to reduce
the revolters. The plague was nearly at an end.
The Paris papers of Tuesday contain the fol
lowing telegraphic despatches, announcing the
entrance of Balmaseda into France.
Bayonne, June 29, 9 o’clock.
The Sub prefect to the Minister of the Interior.
On the evening of the 26th General Concha
beat Balmaseda between Miranda de Arga and
Tafalla. —He killed 100 men and 130 prisoners.
Bayonne, June 29.
The sub-preset to the Minister of the Interior.
Balsameda entered France yesterday evening
by Jaran, with 300 men. We are assured that
2,000 men will enter also by the same pass to
night or to-morrow.
The intelligence closes the career of Balmasc
da, and puts an end to all hope of again exciting
the Basque provinces in favor of Don Carlos.
We aic informed Cabrera is about to follow im
mediately a similar course.
Late from India. —The Bombay news re
ceived in England is up to May 23d. The Bom
bay Courier, speaking of the drilling of the troops
by Lin,says:
Lin is acting drill sergeant to 3000 men near
Canton, and is teaching the Fakecs a double
sword exercise, and which from the description,
is very much like the brush and shovel clatter of
the sweeps on May-day. Jonathan is getting up
his “dander,” and some captains are calculating
upon turning into the Chinese naval service, at
the moderate price of 1000 Spanish dollars a
month. We guess Fakee will not he such a
fool. The American Consul however, repudiates
the measure. It appears also that, consequent
upon the death of the Empress, disturbances in
Pekin are rumored, while the mandarins have
been setting a temple on fire; and as this is the
fifth case of Swing in the Imperial palace, the
Emperor is about to try a little beheading asa
sedative. The heiress apparent is a child of se
ven or eight yeans of age, the Emperoi is in his
dotage; and the probability is, that the attack of
ihe English will cause such a revolution in the
Empire, as will place China in a different posi
tion with regard to Europe, to what she has ever
yet occupied.
At Rangoon as late as April 11ih as we learn
by the Calcutta Gazette of May 7th, the news of
the English expedition to China had created a
great sensation. Trade was in a very unsettled
state in consequence.
A mud fort, garrisoned by the Hazarchs, had
been captured by a British detachment,and near
ly all put to the sword.
A great storm occurred in Orissa April 30th,
(Thursday); a terrible north caster raised the sea
to a great height in the district of Polec. The
hurricane then shifted to S W with rain, and
blew with such violence during the night that on
the next morning it was found every bungalow
on the station had been destroyed. Every house
was blown down except that which contained the
remains of Juggernaut. Several lives were^lost.
From Jellalahad, we learn that his Majesty
Shah Soojah, was to move with ti e troops to
wards Cahul, April 20th.
Letters from Bokara, Khiva and other places,
fully confirm the arrival of a formidable Russian
force altogether too dispropartionate to the alle
ged object of merely liberating some slaves at
Khiva.
The Singapore papers to April 15, state that
the letters from Canton to the last of March,
mention that the opium trade is still going on up
on the Chinese coast, but with more caution, in
consequence of the Mandarines being more on
the alert. It is staled that one house at Canton
purchased nine millions of pounds of Congow
tea, on their own account before e prices got
up. The merchant fleet at Tongkoo was thin
ning fast. Hyson brought S7O per picul. Seve
ral of the American merchants had issued circu
lars, declining to receive any further consignments
or orders, and expressing their intention to re
move their establishments to Macao.
The total quantity of lea shipped to G. Bri
tain, since July 1839, is 15,806,427 lbs. and the
exports now going on will increase it to about
24.000,000. Silk is quoted at $505 Tsaltee.
Exchange on England 4 10 to 4 11.
There had been considerable arrivals of cotton
at Singapore from Calcutta and China. The In
dia navy is so short of officers that tho merchant
captains are sent to supply the steamers to Suez,
and the little iron steamers on the Indus.
Dost Mahommed, the enemy of the British,
had been treated with great attention by the Rus
sians at Bokarah, where he is imprisoned. The
Russian force at Khiva is estimated at 24,000
and 72 pieces of ordnance. They had routed the
Khan’s army near there. Tho Russians were
met at that place by an embassy from Persia and
another from Bokara.
Parliament.—Canada.— On the night of
June 30ih,
Lord Melbourne moved the second reading of
the Canada Government Bill.
The Duke of Wellington did not oppose the
second reading of the hill, but thought the lime
had not arrived when it could he safely adopted.
Lord Gosford, Lord Ellenhorough, the Earl of
Ripon and Lord Brougham were of the same
opinion.
As no amendment, however, was moved, the
bill was read a second time.
Sir R. Inglis then brought forward his motion
for Church Extension, which gave rise to a very
interesting discussion. On a division the num
bers were:
For the motion 149
Against it 168
Majority. 19
Lord Melbourne’s speech in favor of the Can
ada union is extolled even by the London Cour
ier, who, in reluctantly conceding to the measure,
and expressing regret at non-concurrence with
the “Great Duke” of Wellington’s straight for
ward speech in opposition to the hill, calls him
rather hyperholicaliy, “the master mind of the
age.” The Duke said
“ He had observed in this country for some pe
riod, that there was a growing desire to get rid of
these North American provinces—a desire that
they would become Republics. These desires
lie knew to prevail amongst a very large party in
this country, and he was aware that there were
others for whom he entertained the highest res
pect, but who without entertaining the same feel
ing, had a desire for a separation between this
country and these provinces, and that it should
take place in tranquility. His opinion was, that
seeing the resources and the power of this coun
try, that this country would sustain a loss indeed
if there was to be a separation between this coun-
t r y and these provinces. It was for that reason
that he warned Noble Lords not to adopt this ar
langement, unless they were sure, which they
could not be, that it would work for the good gov
ernment of the provinces. He warned them that
they ought to he more certain than they could he
from the reports they received. He entreated of
them, before they made any such arrangement as
this, to endeavor to ascertain what the results of
such a system would be.
“ H (said his Grace) they gave to Upper Can
ada a good and secure communication with the
mouth of the St. Lawrence—if they secured to
themselves the enjoyment of the commerce of
that river—if they did that, they would secure
the prosperity of that province, and assure its
union with this country, and having a hold of
the province of Upper Canada, they need not fear
for the separation of Lower Canada from them.”
The Courier adds:
“ For our own parts we must consider the die
as cast, and the future destinies of the Canadas
consummated, whether we now will or not. The
most weak and wicked of ail Cabinets has labor
ed hard for extracting, if not casting away, one of
the brightest jewels in the British Crown,”
The London Sun of July 3d, says:
The opinion of the Lords on the Canada Bill
is to be brought to the test of a division on the
third reading, the Earl of Harwich having given
notice that he will move to postpone it for six
months. If certain Lords do not then vote away
their own souls, as the Standard, describes its
parly as doing, the bill will most likely he thrown
out.
On Monday, July 6, Sir Robert Peel was to
ask the question concerning the construction of
the orders in Council relative to China.
On the motion that the House should go into
a Committee on the Irish Registration Bill (Lord
Stanley s,) Mr. O Connel moved an instruction
to the Committee, with a view to define the fran
chise. The Hon. Member set forth the necessi
ty of defining the franchise before proceeding to
enact registration clauses, at great length. He
complained of Lord Stanley for forcing on the
Bill before the. English and Scotch Registration
Bills were proceeded with, and concluded hy
moving that the Committee he instructed to de
fine municipal cases and taxes.
Lord John Russell explained at some length
that he thought qualification and registration
ought to be regulated by separate measures, and
he could not vote with the Hon member for
Dublin.
Sir Robert Peel condemned in strong terms
the course pursued by the Hon. and learned mem
ber for Dublin. After a debate which turned
principally on the course of proceedings which
had been adopted, the House divided, and the in
struction was refused hy 311 to 162.
Russia and Circassia. —The following ex
tract from the German papers just received con
tains the latest news relative to the new cam
paign undertaken by Russia against the brave
Circassians:
Jassat, June 13.
The latest accounts from South Russia say
that the Russian expedition had effected its land
ing near Tuahs, (I’oaps) without meeting with
particular obstacles. The main force of the Cir
cassians seems to be concentrated about Nicola
jewsky. In the neighborhood of Tuahs, on the
first line ol hills about that fort, which lies on the
river of that name, only some scattered posts
could be seen with the telescope. The scouts on
l ho coast retired rapidly, and the Russians regain
ed por»2ssion ot the fort without striking a blow.
The work ot repairing it was immediately begun.
I he heavy artillery was still there, hut the light
cannon was carried ofi by the Circassians. It is
supposed that the Russians lost about forty
such cannons on the forts stormed oy the Cir
cassians. This would certainly be an important
acquisition to the mountaineers.
France.— There is very litte news of any in
terest in the Pans Journals of Wednesday. The
recal of Marshal \ allee from Africa, and the ap
pointment of Marshal Molitor as his susccssor in
the command of the army, was expected to ap
pear in the official columns of the Moniteur cf
Thursday. Three hundred of the colonists, in
cluding Baron Vialard, had forwarded an address
to M. Thiers, praying the French Government
to remove Marshal Vallee, and to appoint some
Governor capable of affording them protection.
Os the deplorable condition of the colonists some
idea may be formed from the following extract
from their address to the President of the Coun
cil :
“ It is no longer a few bands of brigands who,
creeping through bushes, suprise us in the midst
of our labors; the enemy is now master in the
fields of the Mitidja; he invades the Massif, and,
under the eyes of a numerous army, paralysed by
the incontestible absence of a good system of di
rection, or kept back by still more deplorable
orders, carries off the heads of our fellow-citizens.
Our misfortunes accumulated and aggravated by
a culpable want of foresight, and by the succes
sive and inexplicable abandonment of all means
of protection and all the elements of power, have
brought the colony and the French dominion in
Africa to the brink of ruin.”
The well informed court correspondent of the
Cheltenham Looker-on soys, “It is whispered
though with an air of the greatest mystery, that
her Majesty’s accouchment may be expected about
the first week in December.”
The Hon. Wilson Lumpkin and Walter T. Col
quitt passed through this city on Saturday, on
their way from Washington.
From the National Intelligencer of the 2IsL
The Close of the Session.
Yesterday was the last day upon which, accord
ing to the Hu es, any bill could pass either House
of Congress, the two Houses meeting to-day only
for the purpose of winding up the Session.
Our reports of proceedings bring up the doings
of both Houses to the houi of recess. Os all that
was done in the afternoon and night Session, it is
impossible to inlorm our readers intelligibly this
morning. They shall have itall in ournext. We
are enabled to state, however, that the General
Appropriation Laws all passed except the Fortifi
cation Bill, which was under discussion m the
House at 11 o’clock, when this paper was put to
press.
Previous to taking up the Fortification Bill, Mr.
Win. Cost Johnson moved a suspension of the 16th
joint rule to allow of the reception of the joint
resolution passed by the Senate to continue the
charters of the District Banks o« condition of their
resuming specie payments ; but, it requiring a vole
of two-thirds to sustain the motion, it failed —ayes
73, noes 63 —tire members evincing a disposition
to give precedence, in the order of busmess ; to the
Fortification Bill.
The bill providing for the support of West Point
Military Academy was passed by the House and
sent to the Senate for concurrence —a substitute
offered as an amendment by Mr. C. H. Williams,
proposing a different arrangement for the military
instruction of officers and cadets having been lust
rejected
The amendmen of the Senate to the Navy Ap
propriation Bill, appropriating the >u:n of S3O,UUO
for the survey of the Southern Coast from Apa
lachicola to the mouth of the Mississippi river,
having been dissented from the House, ic became
the subject of a conference through committees
on the part of the two Houses, and resulted in a
. reduction of the appropriatu nto the sum of $lO,-
000, to be expended under the direction of the Na
vy Commissioners.
The amendments of the Senate appropriating
$6,C00 for outfit to the Minister resident at Con
stantinople, and $12,000 lor the purchase of an isl
and at the confluence of the St. Peters and Missis
sippi rivers, were also disagreed to by the House,
and the Senate receded from its said amendments.
From the Petersburg Intelligencer,
The Negro Witnesses Again ?
Our Loco Foco friends are trying hard to de
fend and excuse Mr. Van Buren for his anti-
Soulhern feeling as manifested to Lieut. Hooe.
“ The President,” say they, “has no control over
the laws of the land, and if the laws recognize no
distinction between black witnesses and white
witnesses, how could the President set aside a
verdict because it was founded on Negro Testi
mony.” Softly there, gentlemen—Do you know
that the President has entire control over the de
cision of a Court Martial 1 Do you not remem
ber that w hen Lieut. Randolph was acquitted by
the Court Martial which tried him, Geril Jack
son would not be bound by the decision, but de
prived Mr. Randolph of his commission in spite
of the verdict of acquittal. Now, we should sup
pose, that if the President can interfere to con
vict a man who has been acquitted by a Court
Martial, that he would be justified in setting aside
a verdict of condemnation against a white man,
w'hich was founded on Negro Teslimony.
Interesting Case.
We copied a few days ago, from the Philadel
phia Inquirer, a paragraph in reference to a case
which had been brought before one of the courts,
in which the Count D’Hautville sought to gain
possession of his child which is now* in the hands
of his wife, an American lady. Able counsel
have been engaged on both sides, and thus far, it
appears, the case has been heard privately. The
Ledger of Saturday has the following statement,
purporting to be accurate in the leading facts :
A writ of habeas corpus was taken by Count
D’Hautville, as he is generally termed, though
we believe the title has lapsed, directed to David
Seers, Merian Seers,and Ellen D’Hautville. The
petition states that the above named persons have
in custody the son of Mr. D’Hautville, aged twen
ty months, and prays that he may be restored to
his fathe-. It alleges that M. D’Hautviile mar
ried Ellen Seers in the Canton de Yaud,in Switz
erland, and that the said Ellen separated herself
from her husband, and remained with her father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Seers, refusing to re
turn to D’Hautville or to surrender to him his
child. It morever al’eges that this separation is
without just cause, and expresses the wish of the
petitioner to be restored to his wife as well as his
child.
The return made to this writ, by Mr. and Mrs.
Seers, is, that they have not the body of the child
in their possession. Madame D’Hautville admits
that she has the child, but claims the custody of it
during its infancy, and avers that her separation
from her husband has been the necessary resuit
of want of sympathy and affection for her.
To this return the husband has filed an elabor
ate reply, termed a suggestion, which, with the
return, comprehends a history of this ill matched
and illstarred couple. The return and suggestions
are said to be drawn up not merely with profess
ional skill, but with touching eloquence, and each
of them embodies letters and narratives of the
most romantic and passionate interest. We will
not venture to follow them in their details, in
which, not deriving our information from the
documents themselves, we might fall into error,
but w ill content ourselves with an outline of the
facts of the case, and a brief notice of the parties
concerned.
Madame D’Hautville, the wife, is now nineteen
years of age. She is the daughter of Mr. David
Seers, of Boston, a gentleman who inherited a
fortune of nearly a million of dollars, which has
been greatly increased by a well-directed and dili
gent enterprise. la personal attractions she is al
most unequalled, being considered one of the love
liest of her sex. Her manners are lively agreea
ble and her mind is said to be vigorous and ac
complished. Such of her letters as were read are
characterized, by those who heard them, as ad
mirable in sentiment and style.
We are informed, also, that she is fond ofsocie
£aJ> fashionable, and accustomed to the best
circles of Parisian life, to which she is greatly at
tached. Flic husband, M.D’Haulville, is under
the ordmary size, and has nothing in person or
manner to distinguish him from the throng. His
eye and face are dull, and his manner heavy and
phlegmatic. He is about twenty-seven years old.
At each ot the differeut hearings, husband, wife
and child met without emotion. Not a nerve or
muscle betrayed the presence of the U
ity. M. D’Hautville appears to be 0 t
cholic temperament; he is a light toned
t/alvmifet, and his letters to his wife th V ei
tionate, manifest more of religion than
child is a fat, chubbv, lubberly infant
to regard tae whole affair with signal
and laughs or squalls without the least C ° n S»,
courts or parties, even in the most n».K
ages of the trial. etlc
The circumstances preceding and a!t c e v
marriage of these parties appear to be t h n W|
and Mrs. Seers, and their young and iov ’
ter, encountered, on their lour over Ui I
finent, M. D’Hautvillc, whose family 0c 6 W
place in the foremost social rank in
He was pleased with Mrs. Seers, and d
thought it a most eligible match for their
ter. Their partiality for each other w as I
ingly encouraged, and a negotiation forV ' ' *
riage of the “young people” was comine ?' i
due form. In the course of the negotiati * I
ever, Mr. Seers discovered that M.° ])‘H° n
the father of the gallant, was not so rich !
been supposed, an 1 the affair was sadden? >
en off. Young D’Haulville,and his h'. ( !
both manifested considerable distress at il
toward result of the courtship, and Mr
moved by the affliction of his daugh er r
the suspended arangements. and the love,?***
married. Mr. Seers alleges, in one of bis i
that the marriage, on the part
a sacrifice to duty. If this were so, it L
haps, a generous fault in the girl, but does i-'T I
also prove that the father hazarded the ban'- '
of his child for the gratification of his pride t**
is also asserted that there were two distinct •.
lations, though not included in the niarria? ’
cles, were of equal obligation : the first efV"
was, that the bride was to spend all her
in Paris; the second, that she should spe> I
much of her time as she desired in Amt/
These stipulations were the rocks on
domestic happipess wrecked.
After the marriage, Mr. Seers returned
America, leaving his wife with their dau?
This lady pursued a course too common wjti
considerate mothers in law. She soon etc'
heart-burnings and unhappiness in the
happy family of the D’Hautvilles, aud
in pursuading her daughter that her hu-,,
though exemplary and affectionate, was
attentive and indulgent as he should be, |
poison soon began to work. The bride, pa,/
ately devoted to the pleasures of Paris,
that giddy and dissipated capital. The has/
whose tastes and principles are more serene •
those of his wife, regarded a residence in p/
dangerous to their happiness, and required "
return to Geneva. Determined not to coir
with his wish, she fled to the hotel of the Ac
can Minister. Several other incidents occur
which demonstrate that she had resolved, if E
must chouse between her accustomed gaieties;
enjoyments and her husband’s love, that the
mer would be her election. About this time;
also insisted upon returning to America, too*
her husband being in attendance uponasid*
ent, was unable to accompany her. Thgpiej,
which this separation took place, was pw
accouchement.
Though mortified and wretched atthe act
of his wife, Gonsalva, for such is his name;
not constrain her to remain. They parted *
every outward token of sensibility and affec.
Tears and the most passionate embraces sir*
the real or pretended anguish of the separat
The same feelings are expressed in a tender;
ter written by her immediately on her arriva.
New York. But scarcely had she placed i,ea ~
within the influence of her parents, befor achat •’
came over her spirit. She wrote a cokU •
letter to her husband, concerning her deters;
lion to separate from him. His reply was®
ly and affectionate. He hastened to Amm
His wife, who was at Nahant at the timei
on hearing of his arrival, and secreted its
in some sequestered pait of New England. Ti i
correspondsnce was renewed, with tenderness
the part ol the husband : on her part with err
evidence of settled dislike. He entreated i
she would return to her duty, and insisted up i
seeing his child. Even the latter request r *
lor some lime denied, and when allowed isl
and embrace his son, was only in the presena
witnesses. Mr. Seers meanwhile used en
exertion to procure the passage of a law I
would deprive the father of the cus odv o!
child. Our legislature and that of New Je
rejected the proposition ; that of New I
more pliant and obliging, passed an acU.
Gov. Seward, to his great honor, vetoed,
After exhausting every persuasive effort,M
Plautville has resorted to the writ of habeas
pus to obtain possession of his child. The q'.
tion involved is one of great interest and in
tance. In all civilized countries the fathens
tilled to the custody of his offspring, unies
forfeits that privilege by his immorality, IB-
State, the Supreme Court has decided tbat-t
universal right is suspended during infancy
when maternal aid and tenderness arenects
for the child.
The law, however, is but loosely settled,;
this case will probably induce an entire reo
of the principles which govern the case. E'
parent has an interest in the question, anii
trust that it will he settled without sympath
any individual, but upon universal and ends:
principles.
In the present case the wife alleges, in add
to her legal claim to the possession of (be C ,
during his infancy, that his true interest
that he should remain with his maternal relit
It is asserted that the separation of the p* 6 * 1 *
has been induced by want of sympathy on--
part of the husb and, as shown by hiswifetotp
hei winters in Paris, or to remain divorced
her by the broad Atlantic, and that be is there
disqualified for the task of educating bisA*
and it is insinuated that if the child remains
America, his prospects, as the heir of Mr-*
will be better than they can be in Europe,®* 1
inheritor of the patrimonial estate of the P D;_
villes.
Reminiscences. — At a Sunday School ceie : -‘
tion on the 4th of July, held in agrovenear-
Haven, the venerable Dr. Webster briefly®''
ed the children. “In the year 1775,” saic • •
was a freshman in Yale College. In June o
year, Gen. Washington passed throughNe* 1 '
on his way to take command of the army atl>
town, and lodged at the house of Deacon ■
now occupied in part as a store by Mr. B0 aB _
the morning he reviewed the military con ‘P . *
the College. Gen. Lee who had accornp auie £ |
and who bad been a British officer,cried 1
astonishment at tiieir skill and promptness- ■ |
company of Yale College students bad the .i
first escorting Gen. Washington after bis W. 1
ment to the American army. They acCU j 1 ;,j( I
him out of town as far as Neck Bridge, J
now addresses you went with them as one 11 |
musicians.
b-ixty-nine years ago, I shouldered |
go to Albany to meet Burgoyne. My laa , I
two brothers were already in the army* jj
my mother and sisters weie left alone.
at *hat time were very scarce The ste ' val ' eI ,;
College, I well remember,could not proc
for the students to eat, and many on tins
were obliged to return to their parents. |p
common thing to cut up corn-stalks, and /
ing to make a kind of syrup, for sweeten 13 *,; n
After the revolution, I turned ray atte °",t
compiling books. They have been * |
used in this country, and thus in one
call most of you my pupils. Permit me ■
sion, my young friends, to wish you nou<
ness and usefu ness.”
obituary-
Departed this life on the 15th instnn ,
county, Martin Rufus, son of A. J- 3 (
Nowland. gpjlf |
“Suffer little children to come unto
bid them not, for of such is tne kihg do
vsn.”