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CHRONICLE AN I> ~SE N TIN Ell
AUGUST a. :
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8.
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FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
Os Okie;
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor
ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Repub ican—
the patriotic Farmer of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN TILER,
‘Of Virginia i
A State Rights Republican of the school of ’98 —
one of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and
patriot statesmen.
FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe.
DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden.
LOBN 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 Buikc.
E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
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FOR CONGRESS,
WILLIAM a 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.
FOR SENATOR,
ANDREW J. MILLER.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
GEORGE W. CRAWFORD,
WILLIAM J. RHODES.
Lost.
The file of the “State Rights Sentinel” for
1536 has been borrowed from our office by some
person who has omitted to return it. We would
therefore thank the individual who lias it in pos
session to send it home. In the event that we are
unable to obtain our own, we should be glad to
purchase or borrow a file for that year, and also o
the one of the Augusta Chronicle.
Our Consistency.
In the Pendleton Messenger, of the 4th instant,
is an extract from the Chronicle & Sentinel, of the
13th December last, dcqsrecating the nomination of '
General Harrison, by which the editor endeavors to
fix upon us inconsistency, in our support of Gen.
Harrison at this time. We have observed this ex
itraot in one or two other prints, but as they were
too contemptible, we did not notice them, nor should
we now notice it, but that our silence might be con
strued inio an admission of its truth, and that the
•editor of the Messenger, whom we have heretofore
regarded as a gentleman, may not be conversant
with the facts.
Is the editor of the Messenger aware that the
editor of the Chronicle & Sentinel who penned the
article on the 13th December last, disposed of his
■entire interest in the paper in January thereafter,
when the present editor took charge of that depart
ment, and has since conducted it ? If he is ignor
ant of this fact, we now state to him that such is
the true statement of the case, and as an act of jus
tice to us. wc ask him to make the amende honora
ble, by giving this a place in his column:,. If alter
the first of February last, he can find in our col
umns any charges against General Harrison, we are
responsible for them, and we invite the editor of
the Messenger and all others to an investigation.
From the Savannah Republican.
Late from Florida.
The steam-packet Charles Downing, Capt.
Dent, arrived here late last night from Florida.
By the attention of an esteemed friend we are in
possession of late Florida papers. Tney contain
no news of importance. To the same source we
•are indebted for the following letter dated.
Jac KSON VI LLE, Sept. 2. '
“The only intelligence I have to communicate
is the following. The scout composed of Capt.
Higgin’s command of the Volunteers and a de
tachment of the U. S. Dragoons under Lieut May,
returned to Carey’s Ferry on Friday, 28th inst.,
after ineffectually pursuing the Indians about 60
miles. They took the trail near the Okefinokee
and followed it in a Southern direction until it
entered the Ocean Pond Hammock, from which
position the scaut routed the Indians several times.
They were so near the savages at one time, that
the latter were obliged to throw awav, their packs
«on dating ofdo»hes and other plunder taken from
the families that had fallen before their ferocily.
The Indians, however, succeeded in eluding the
vigilance ot their pursuers. They probably
separated, and thus their trail became so indistinct
that it could not be followed. There were about
® 50 Indians.
“It will be remembered that this is the same
scout that were detailed upon the murder of Cour
cy, on the South prong of the St. Marys.
P. S. lam just informed, that a man by the
name of Parsons, was shot about seven miles from
Black Creek, a little off the Ncwnansville Road.
He was hunting in company with a Mr. Tucker,
when he wasshot. There were about 16 Indians.
Tucker escaped, says tny informant, but rumor
says he was shot also.”
Extract of a letter received in this city, dated
„ Black Cheek, Sept. 2, 1840.
“Station No. 10 is broken up and the Indians,
are spread about this section of country. On
Sunday last they shot the Express rider a few
miles from Pilalka and on Monday, shot two
teamsters and captured their wagons near Fort
Tarver. An express has this moment arrived
with information that they had killed a man at
the seven mile House. AH here is in a bustle
about it.”
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From the Jacksonville Advocate, Is/ inst.
On Thursday last, a Mr. Crews, one of the suf
ferers, was shot through the hat while passing
from hi. deiertcd hom. W Ihe Port «l Mr. Tom
lin’s. He fired upon and woutided the Indian,
but not mortally. f
Signs have been reported 7 and 19 miles of
this place, in the latter place, three camps were
report relative to the removal of the U.
S. Depot from Pilatka, is contradicted.
From the St. Augustine News, 28 th ult.
The U. S. schr. Flirt, Lieut. McLaughlin, ar
rived off the Bar last evening, in five days from
Havana, and sailed that morning for Philadelphia.
We learn there have been no further devwonstra
lions of the enemy since the attack on Indian
Key.
Fire.
Yesterday morning, about 2 o’clock a fire broke
out at the Lower Cotton Press, or rather in a
building attached to the same, which was destroy
ed, together with a quantity of bagging rope and
other articles. Loss estimated at $30,000. —A cw
Orleans B e of the 2d.
Negro Insurrection in Lafayette.
The Iberville Gazette, received last evening,
says that nine of the negroes engaged in this
abominable plot have been hung.— New Orleans
Picayune of ihe 2d.
Proceedings of Council.
Council Chamber, Sept. 5, IS4O. )
Satuarday, 10 o’clock a. m. $
Council met —Present, Hon D. Hook, Mayor.
Alderman Harper, Parish, Richards, Dunlap, and
Robertsen.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.
The police docket was then called, and the fol
lowing cases disposed of, viz:
City vs. W. R. Tant, violation ISth section
Gen. Ord. appeal decision,confirm’d
fine, SSO 00
“ C. Stevens, do (do referred,-.10 00
“ VV. Sindersine, harboring runaway
s’ave, ordered to be prosecuted be
fore next Superior Court.
The case of Abner Read, vender of Lottery tick
ets ; affidavit of illegality was filed, and Col.
Gould was heard as attorney fer said Read. Coun
cil deiermined that the affidavit be overruled.
The communication of Edward Carnpfield was
read, and referred to the committee on the River
Bank and Wharf, with power to act.
The communication of W. Harris, with its ac
companying correspondence, on the subject of im
proving the navigation of the Savannah river, was
read and finally laid upon the table.
The following report from the Secretary of the
Board of Health was read, received, and ordered
to be published.
The Board of Health, at its meeting on the 4th
inst., instructed its Secretary to make the follow
ing report:
That the city continues in the enjoyment of
health beyond which the most sanguine could have
hoped. In the return of interments for August, it
will be found that only one case of death by bilious
fever, and two by remittent fever, is reported dur
ing that month —a fact hitherto unprecedented in
this, and we believe any other Southern or North
ern city for the same season.
The Board of Health, however, do not think
there should be any relaxation of efforts, even in
this most favorable state : they therefore suggest
to Council the propriety of ordering those cellars,
into which the water still continues to rise, to be
filled up above the level which it reaches; altho’
from the constant attention of the occupants of
these premises, they do not think any immediate
danger is to be apprehended ; yet they fear that it
may be pregnant with f uture ill, unless such pre
cautionary steps are taken as recommended.
By order of the Board.
S. H. OLIVER, Secretary.
After some preliminary remarks on the import
ance of a correct record of the diseases of the city,
for the purpose of future reference, Dr. Robertson
offered the following resolution :
Resolved, That the City Sexton be required to
call on the attending Pliysician of each person in
terred in the City Grave Yard, and procure, in wri
ting, the nature of the disease of which the indi
vidual died, and embody the same in his weekly
report to the Clerk of Council.
The annexed monthly returns were received
from the City Officers, with the Collector and Treas
uier’s receipt for the amount annexed to their
names.
The Jailor, ball’ce ebsh account this month, $67 S 3
“ Clerk Lower Market, Fees and Scales, 125 12
“ “ Upper “ “ 887
“ City Marshal, fines, and Guard house fees, 54 50
“ Keeper of Ferry Flat, from 11th July, 1715 50
The Sexton reports the following interments for
the month of August:
Jas. W. Hardeman, Penn., Remittent fever, aged
25 years.—Relapse from imprudence.
C. A. Rich,Charleston, Accident—aged 12 years.
Thomas Silcox, England. Rupture Blood vessel,
aged 22 years.
John Huse, Augusta. Teething—aged I year
and 5 months. %
Tobitha Nabors, Virginia. Bilious Fever—aged
65 years—non resident.
Geo. W. Scott, Augusta. Teething, aj;ed 3 years.
Celistia Sabal, St. Domingo. Debility—aged 63
years.
Unknown. Found in the river, (supposed to be
murdered,) beyond the city limits.
William Hadoway, Augusta. Remittent Fever*
aged 6 yeais.
James Parker, New Haven, Bilious fever. This
case was brought from the country in articulo mor
tis, and died in ten minutes after being received at
the Hospital.
The keeper of the Hospital reports nine patients
in that institution, and from the following ca u *es :
1 Blindness.
1 Old age.
5 Intermittent Fever, (1 convalescent.)
1 Rheumatism.
1 Negro—old age.
The following resolutions were offered and
passed;
Resolved, That it is expedient so to lower the
centre of Green-street, from Jsckson-street to
Campbell’s gully, that a portion of the water
which flows along the centre drain of Jackson
street, may pass along Green-street to Campbell’s
gully, aforesaid.
Resolved, That the committee on streets be re
quested to have the paved side-walks on both sides
of Jackson street, from Broad street to the R. R.
Depository, made level, with trunks under the
pavement wherever the same may be required.
Resolved, That whenever Gumming street shall
be opened and extended sixty feet wide, from Broad
street to South Boundary street, and the fee simple
title to the land which it covers, between said two
streets, shall be vested in the City Council, for a
public street forever j the City Council will con
tribute tire sum of — l - dollars for the purport-'
of aiding in purchasing the lot of W. P. DeatmonJ,
between Broad and Ellis streets, over which said
Gumming street when extended will pass.
The resolutions having been read, it was propo
sed to fill the blank with SSOO, and the question
on its passage being put it was lost. The yeas
and nays being called for, they were taken as fol
lows ;
Yeas —Messrs. Harper, Robertson, and Fleming.
Nays —Messrs. Jackson, Richards, Warren, and
Parish.
On motion the sum of S2OOO was ordered to be
placed as a contingent fund, in the hands of the
Mayor, for the payment of such demands as may
be now, or hereafter be brought against the Bridge
for work done, which was agreed to.
On motion it was ordered that the salaries of the
officers of the city and the night guard be paid.
Council adjourned, to meet Monday afternoon,
fee Tth inst., at 3 o’clock, p. m.
S. 11. OLIVER, Clerk.
The Commercial Advertiser remarks that dur
ing the present month, we are to expect no less
than four steam packets from the old world. The
British Queen from London, the Ist; the Britannia
from Liverpool, the 4th; the Great Western, from
Bristol,on the 12lh, and the Caledonia, from Liv
erpool, on the loth.
In October, the President leaves Liverpool on
the Ist; the Acadia, the same port, on the 4th, and
the Columbus on the loth. The first for New
York ; the second and third for Boston, via Hali
fax.
The Boston Morning Post says, amon? the 53
passengers engaged to go out to Europe in the Aca
dia is John Quincy Adams. The “President,”
which left New York on the 2d, had 52 passen
gers on her list Satuiday.
From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
Dreadful Shipwreck.
FIFTY LIVES LOST.
By the arrival of the brig Attention, Capt. Mc-
Curdy, at Boston, from St. Johns, Newfoundland
Messrs. Toplif of the News Room received the
following melancholy recital, probably furnished
to Capt. McCurdy by the chief mate of the Flor
ence, who was one of the passengers on board
the Attention.
The Florence, as stated below, belonged to
New York. She was 197 tons burden, and was
built at Brunswick Maine, about a year ago.
She was owned by Badger & Peck, of this city
and Capt. Samuel Rose of Freeport, Maine, and
was insured in the Safety office for $ 11,000.
NARRATIVE.
The following disaster is one of those awful
occurrences of which the south-eastern coast of
Newfoundland is often the scene. The brig
Florence, of and for New York, Samuel Rose,
master, sailed from Rotterdam, June 30, with a
crew of eight persons and seventy-nine passen
gers. Cargo, ballast and a few casks of wine.
Thev were fivored with pleasant weather until
nearly up with the eastern part of the hanks of
Newfoundland, when they were assailed with a
succession of gates, attended with fog and rain,
up to the lime of their shipwreck.
On Sunday rooming, August 9, the man on
the look-out cried “ hard down the helm, break
ers ahead.” The helm was immediately put a
lee, hut before the sails were taken aback, the brig
struck the rocks on her starboard side. A mo
ment before, she was going at the rate of seven
or eight miles the hour. She instantly filled and
fell over on her side, when a scene of confusion
and terror presented itself, the horror of which
can better he imagined than described. Here
were the wife and husband bidding each other a
last farewell,-—the frantic mother clasping her
infant to her bosom, as if even death itself should
not separate them, —while some few, who had
no relations on board, were endeavoring to se
cure what money they had, by fastening it to
their bodies, but which, alas, proved the means
of their destruction. For that which they vain
ly thought would secure to them a comfortable
home in the fertile lands of the far west, chan
ged their destiny to an eternal home in death.
On attempting to swim to the land, the weight
of the money sunk them to the bottom.
Captain Rose, with commendable coolness,
commanded all to remain by the wreck until some
means were devised for escaping with safety.
For this purpose, Mr. William Robhs. of Spring
field, Mass, took the head of a line and sprang
from the vessel to a ledge which lay between her
and the shore. An overwhelming wave, however,
overtook the devoted sailor, and dashed him
against the rocks, a mangled corpse. Capt Rose
next attempted this, the only means of saving the
lives of those on hoard. He was more fortunate,
and reached the land in safety. The crew were all
saved except the second mate. But only thirty of
the seventy-nine passengers were saved, and of
these, many were saved by Capt. Rose and Mr.
Schofield, chief mate, at the imminent peril of
their own lives; and by the time those were
saved, about three hours after the brig struck,
there were scarcely two of her planks together.
AH were literally in splinters.
Thus, thirtv-seven persons were thrown ashore
on a barren, and to them an unknown part of the
coast. Many of them were but half clad, and
most of them were without shoes. Not a solita
ry biscuit was saved. In this pitiable condition
they commenced their journey through thick
woods and swamps, and over bleak and rugged
hills, in hopes of finding some human habitation.
For four days they continued their course,
governed chiefly by the wind—the sun, moon,
and stats being obscured nearly all the time by
the fog and rain squalls, which latter were very
frequent—sometimes eating (he bark from the
trees, and what few berries they could find. Ear
ly on the morning of the 13th, Captain Rose and
Mr. Schofield ascended a hill, in hopes the fog
might clear off, and afford them a view of the
surrounding country. At nine o’clock the weath
er cleared a little, and they were enabled to see the
harbor and village of Renouse. The happy intelli
gence was soon communicated to the rest, and
they resumed their march with lighter hearts.
When they entered the village, its hospitable in
habitants welcomed them with every thing which
their present need demanded. Mr. Goodrich, of
whose benevolence the crew and passengers
speak in the warmest terms of gratitude, gave
money and clothes to them, and furnished a ves
sel to convey them to St. Johns, the residence
of the United States Consular agent.
At 7, P. M., on Saturday the 15th, they were
landed at St. Johns. The news of their arrival
soon brought to the shore rich and poor, old and
young, some thrusting bread into the hands of
the ship-wrecked strangers, and others taking the
poor wretches home with tnem. Nothing was
spared which pity could suggest, to alleviate their
wants and sufferings. The next day being Sun
day, nothing was publicly done for them : hut on
Monday handbills were posted up, requesting a
meeting to take place at the Chamber of Com
merce, to devise means to relieve the necessities
of those whom fate tiad thrown upon their shores.
seventy or eighty pounds were collected in
a short time, and resolutions were passed to raise
a sufficient sum whereby the emigrants might be
enabled to reach the place of their destination.
1 A committee was appointed to receive clothing
and money from all who felt disposed to give.
Capt. McCurdy did not hear the result, as he
sailed on the following morning, but thinks, from
the philanthropic spirit manifested by the people
of b>t. Johns, that these unfortunate people weie
amply provided for.
The Advantages of History*
Thoughts for Thinking Men. —Were it on
ly a barren chronicle of the births and deaths of
monarchs, who were horn, no one knows when
and d ed, no otic cares how ; or did it only record
the revolting details of all the cruelties, and m s
sacres, and wars, by which humanity has been
disgraced, and afflicted, in every country and in
every age; no one will dispute that the time
would be idly occupied, that might be devoted to
the study ot history. But it has far higher ends
and purposes that this. If it tells of trifles not
worth knowing, it also narrates e'ents, and
describes characters and actions, which will live
forever in the memory of man which even now
exercise its influence over the destinies of nations.
Here you may trace the origin, progress, and
decline of empires, and comprehend the secret,
and often insignificant sources, of the mightiest
results. I sere you may see how often the for
tunes of individuals have been indentified with the
fate of nations; how often ambition has assumed
the garb of patriotism ; and an effected devotion
to the people, covered the deepest and da r kect
designs against their rights and liberties. Hefe
you may see how a free people are always cor
rupted before they arc enslaved, and how surely
popular corruption lays the cornerstone of tyran
ny. Here you may see that the forms of freedom
are often retained after the spirit has departed;
and that the “unreal mockery” of popular insti
tutions may still bj exhibited, like a “whitened
sepulchre full of dead men’s bones,” after the
people themselves have been deprived of all ac
tual participation in the administration of affairs.
And here you may learn the prodigious influence
of moral causes upon the destiny of nations.
History is full of instruction upon this impor
tant subject. The same physical cause still ex
ists in Rome, that did exist in the period of her
greatest, glory and prosperity. The sky of Italy
is as beautiful as it was when the people seceded
to the Sacred Mount; Tiber still rolls his stream
as in the days of the Scipios, and the Seven
Hills retain their places as firmly and immovably
as when the dignity and virtue of the Roman
Senate appeared as firm and imperishable as
themselves; but a modern Italian can neither
conceive the elevated principles and heroic spirit
toat formed the characters, and fired the bosoms
of the ancient Romans nor even realize his own
descent from such a noble ancestry. The same
physical causes still exist in Greece, that were in
existence there, when the Persians were repulsed
at the straits of 'Thermopylae, or when Mirriades
achieved the memorable victory of Marathony,
but Grecian glory has long been buried in the
grave, and the brutal Turk, as he treads in disdain
upon the tomb of Phocion, knows no classic sym
pathy for the deparred grandeur of the great moth
er-country of Republics—the honored parent of
freedom, and science and the arts.
It is evident, then, that physical causes can
not perpetuate national power or prosperity.—
They may supply the means of preserving liber
ty, where the spirt, of liberty burns; but they
cannot supply its place, where the spirit is ex
tinct. No! As surely as effects result from cau
ses, popular degeneracy is the invariable precursor
of political enslavement. As the ancient repub
lics fell, in the height of their magnificence, and
from the very rottenness of luxury, such must
inevitably be the fate of ours, whenever the can
ker of corruption shall have infected the vitals of
the body politic. Vain, then, will be the physi
cal advantages that nature lias conferred, or that
ingenuity can devise. In vain may we boast of
our extended empire, or of our great and grow
ing papulation, or of the variety of our soil and
products, or of our unbounded commerce and
flourishing manufactures, or of any other e'ement
that enters into the composition of national wealth
and strength ! It will all he in vain. No vast
ness of territory or of numbers, no agriculture or
manufactures, no arts or elegance and luxury, no
railroads or canals, no marble statues or monu
mental columns, can preserve or Republican In
stitutions in purity and vigor, whenever the peo
ple shall be ignorant or careless of the rights they
were intended to secure, or shall become so
thoroughly debased as to care less about their
loss, than the trouble or danger of preserving
them.
“We admit that we did write to Chapman—
we told him to crow, FOR we have much to
crow over. We will soon have much more to
crow over — lnti. Deni. July 29.
'This reminds us of two boys we once saw
fighting. The younger and smaller one, after
getting well thumped, jumped up, clapped his
hands and said : “Well, darn yo, if I cant whip
you, I guess I can make mouths at your sister
any how”— Vincennes flnd.J Gazette.
A Slight Deviation from the Footsteps.
—General Jackson in the “ Inaugural Address”
delivered on being sworn into office March 4lh
1829, used the following language. “ Con
sidering standing armies as dangerous to free
governments, in time of peace, I shall not seek
to enlarge our present establishment, nor disre
gard that salutary lesson of political experience,
which teaches that the military should be held
subordidate to the civil power.”
From the Montreal Herald.
Burns and his Highland Mary.
We had in our possession on Saturday the
identical pair of Bibles presented by the immor
tal Burns to the deareit object of his affections,
Highland Mary, on the banks of the winding
Ayr, when he spent with her ‘ one day of part
ing love.’ They are in remarkable good preser
vation, and belong to a descendant family of
Mary s mother, Mrs. Campbell, whose properly
they became on the death of her daughter, and
subsequently Mrs. Anderson, Mary’s only sur
viving sister, acquired them. The circumstance
of the Bible being in two volumes, teemed at one
time to threaten its dismemberment, Mrs. Ander
son having presented a volume to eacr. of her
daughters; but on their approaching marriage,
their brother William prevailed on them to dis
pose of the sacred volumes to him. On the first
blank leal of the first volume is written, in the
hand writing of the immortal bard, ‘ And ye
shall not swear by rny name falsely—l am the
Lord. Levit. 19lh chap. 12th verse;’ and on
the corresponding leaf of the second volume,
‘ Thou shall not loreswear thyself, but shall per
form unto the Lord thine oath. Math. sth chap.
33d verse.’ On the second blank leaf of each
volume, there are the remains of ‘ Robert Burns,
Mossgcil,’ in his handwriting, beneath which is
drawn a masonic emblem. At the end of the
first volume there is a lock of Highland Mary’s
hair.
There is a mournful interest attached to these
sacred volumes—sacred from their contents, and
sacred from having been a pledge of love from
the most gifted of Scotland’s bards to the artless
object of his affections, from whom he was se
parating, no more to meet on this side of the
grave. The life of Burns was full of romance,
but there is not one circumstance in it all so ro
mantic and full of interest as those w hich atten
ded and folLwed the gift of these volumes. He
was young when he wooed and won the affections
of Mary, whom he describes as ‘ a warm hearted
charming young creature as ever blessed a man
with generous love.’ The attachment was mu
tual, and forms the subject of many of his ear
lier lyrics, as well as of the productions of his la
ter years, which shows that it was very deep
rooted. Before he was known to fame, steeped
m proverty to the veiy dregs and meditating an
escape to the West Indies from the remorseless
fangs ot a hard-hearted creditor, he addressed to
his dear girl, the song which begins:
W ill ye go the Indies, my Mary,
leave auld Scotia’s shore,
\v ill you go to the Indies, mv Mary,
And cioss the Atlantic’s roar ?’
But neither fiuths nor his Mary wore doomed
to ‘ cross the Atlantic’s roar,’ nor to realize those
dreams of mutual bliss w hich pi ssion or enthu
siasm had engendered in their youthful imagina
tions.—Burns was called to Edinburgh, there to
commence his career of fame, which was to ter
minate in chill poverty, dreary disappointment
and dark despair—while Mary’s happier lot, al
ter a transient gleam of sunshine ol life, was to
be removed to a better and a happier w'orld. Her
death shed a sadne«s over his whole future life,
and a spirit of subdued grief and tenderness was
displayed whenever she was the subject of his
conversation or writing. Witness as tollows :
* Ye banks an’ braes an’streams around
The castle o’ Montgomerie,
Green beyout Woods, and fair your flowcis,
Your waters never drumlie ;
There simmer first unfaulds hei robes,
An’ there they langcst tarry,
For there I took the last farew-cel
O’ my sweet Heiland Mary !’
In a note appended to this song, Burns says,
—‘This was a composition of mine in my early
life, before I was known to the world. My
Highland lassie was a warm-hearted, charming
young creature, as ever blessed a man with gen
erous love. After a pretty long trial of the most
ardent reciprocal affection, wc met by disappoint
ment on the second Sunday of May, in a seques
tered spot on the banks of the Ayr, where we
spent the day in talking a farewell before she
would embark forthe West Highlands, to ar
range matters among her friends for our projec
ted change in life. At the close of the autumn
following, she crossed the sea to meet me at
Greenock, where she wassiezed with a malignan
fever, which hurried my dear girl to her grave ii
a few days, before I could even hear of her ill
ness.’
Is was at this romantic and interesting meet
ing on the banks of the Ayr that the hibles b<
fore us were presented to Mary ; and he mu
haveaheaitof stone indeed who can gaze o
them without his imagination calling up feelin'
in his bosom too big for utterance. On that sp»
they exchanged hibles, and plighted (heir fait
to each other, the stream dividing them, and tb
sacred book gsasped by both over its purling w;
lets. This was the only token of affection eat
had to give the other, and the wealth of the In
dies could not have procured abetter or more ap
propriate one.
In Lockhart’s life of Burns, wc are inforrm
that several years after the death of Mary ; o
the anniversary of the day which brought hi)
the melancholy intelligence, he appeared, as tl
twilight advanced, (in the language of his wi<
ow) 4 very sad about somethingand thoug
ihe evening was a cold and keen one, in Septen
her, he wandered into his barn yard, from whic
the entreaties of his w'ife could not for sum
time, recall him. To these entreaties he alwaj
promised obedience, but these promises were bt
the lip kindnesses of affection, no sooner mad
than forgotten, for his eye was fixed on heaver
and his unceasing stilde indicated that his hea
was also there. Mrs. Burns’ last approach t
the barn yard found him stretched on a mass «
straw, looking abstractedly on a planet which, ii
a clear starry sky, * shone like another moor,
and having prevailed on him to return into th
bouse, instantly wrote, as they still stand, th
following sublime verses, 4 To Mary in Heaven
which have thrilled through many breasts, an
drawn tears from many eyes, and which will li -
the noblest of the lyrics of Burns, while sublinr
ty and pathos have a responding charm in th«
hearts of Scotsmen.
TO .MART IX HKAVEX.
Thou lingering star, with less’ning ray,
That lov’st to greet the early morn.
Again thou usher’stin the day
My Mary from my soul was torn.
O Mary! dear, departed shade!
Where is thy place of blissful rest?
Seestlhou thy love lowly laid?
Hear’st thou the groans that rend his breast?
That sacred hour can I forget?
£ Can 1 forget the hallow-’d grove.
Where by the winding Ayr wc met,
To live one day of parting love?
Eternity will not efface
Those records dear of transports past,
Thy image at our last embrace;
Ah! little thought we ’twas our last!
Ayr gurgling kissed his pebbled shore,
O’crhung with wild woods thick’..ing green;
The fragrant birch and hawthorn hoar.
Twin’d am’rous round the raptur’d scene.
The flowers sprang wanton to bo prest.
The birds sang love on ev’ry spray.
Till soon, too soon, the glowing west
Proclaim’d the speed of W’inged day.
Still o’er these scenes my raem’ry wakes,
And fondly broods with miser care!
Time but the impression deeper makes,
As streams their channels deeper wear.
My Mary! dear, departed shade!
Where is thy blisssful place of rest?
Seest thou thy lover lowly laid?
Hear’st thou the groans that rend his breast?
The bible is, as we have said before, the pro
perty of a descendant of Mrs. Campbell, the mo
ther of Mary, who lives in Upper Canada, an
who is in such reduced circumstances that she ha
sent the invaluable heirloon to this city for th
purpose of disposing of it. Os its genuinenes
we have not the slightest doubt, as we have
times witnott number, seen original letters fron
Burns, and the writing on the bible correspond
exactly with that in the letters we have seen. I
is to be deplored that stern necessity should de
cree the separation of such a tribute of the affec
tion one of the noblest of hearts tl at over graced
humanity, from the family of the darling object
of that affection, and that the token of an attach
ment which almost ennobled the family of Mary
Campbell must fall into the hand of a stranger,
but since such mu.-t be the case, wo hope the
Natural Histoiy Society will not allow such a
valuable relic to become private property. Wc
have merely to add that we will be happy to ne
gociate with any parties who may feel inclined
to purchase the bible. We observe an editorial
notice of it in the Toronto Colonist of the Blh
instant.
A Military Execution.— A military exe
cution is a terrible sight. I never witnessed v
civil execution : I know nothing of the guillotim
except fiom engravings ; but my duty has fre
quently nailed me opposite to a wretched fellow
creature who was going to be shot. What tin
state of his pulse was 1 know not; but certainh
his heart did not throb with greater violence
than mine. The treops form three sides of :
square : the fourth is left vacant for the passag
of the balls. Great military show is purposch
made, and certainly with good reason ; lor sine
a terrible example is to be made, it ought to b
rendered impressive to those who are left behind
The culprit arrives, accompanied by a priest
The drums all at once heat a march till the sul
serer is in the centre of the troops. They the
beat a ban, as that beat is called which precede
and follows every kind of proclamation. Tb.
captain-reporter reads the sentence, the drum
close the ban thr culprit is made to kneel down
he is blindfolded, and twelve corporals, comman
ded by an adjutant subaltern, fire at the wretche.
man, at the distance of ten paces. To diminis!
it possiole.lhe agony of the sufferer, the word
of command are not uttered ; the adjutant mak,
signals instead of them with his cane. J n ca<
the man is not killed outright, as it somethin
happens, a reserve platoon, composed of four me.
rr d /f ° deSfJatCh himb * c!a PPi"S the mu?
zles of then pieces to his head. It is with a..
oppressed heart that I describe these horror,
Melanc holy recollections crowd upon me: th
wre u ieu creatures whom I have seen on thei.
knees, at this fatal moment flit before me Uku
phantoms; and, yet all these executions, when
ihey happened to lake place near a town, some of
the fair ladies belonging to it never failed to bo
present. With their delicate nerves, they made
interest to obtain a place where they could h aVo
a good view ; and then, next day, they were ill
if a pullet was killed in their presence. \j t ,
the execution of the sentence, all the troops de
file before the corpse. They then return to their
quarters, the circumstance is talked of for u v
or three days, and very soon forgot ton. I j nv >
seen many of those unfortunate men die wh?
admirable fortitude. I have seen some of the '
address the regiment, and then give the common"!
to fire, while not a syllable denoted the slight
emotion in them. But the man who,in this rT*
dicamcnt, displayed ti.e most astonishing couraJ
was Malet. On being conducted, with tw e lv°
of his accomplices, to the plain of Crenelle p/
as chief of the conspirators, asked permission
give the command lo fire. “ Carry—arms r ,°,
cried he, in a voice of thunder. “ That Won *
do; we must begin again. Your piece on p,
arm, all of you!—Carry-arms! Good! pi *
toon-arms! Present! fire!” All fell except
Malet; he was left standing alone one. “
why not me ? sacre man tie D'eu / Re S * erv
platoon, forward! Right! Carry arms! p|
toon arms'* Present! fire!— Lights undSha&l
of Military Life,
Excessive Thirst.—The man spoken of i n
the subjoined article, (which wc find in the B os .
ton Medical and Surgical Journal, of this wcekt
is, most decidedly, (he 'dryest customer” weever
before read or heard of; and wc have not only
read and heard of, but seen some pretty Jrv one<
in our day:
A passenger on board the steamer General
Lincoln, last week, by the name of James Webb
who resides at Fairhaven, spoke very freely upon
the subject-of h:s excessive thirst—which h.s in
no way diminished since his earliest recollection.
He mentioned, incidentally, that he was 46 years
of age, an 1 from childhood to the present day he
has swallowed at the average rate of six gallons
of water every 24 hours Capt. Beals, the coin
mander of the boat, besides several other persons
| on board who had formerly known him ns a rest
i dent ofHingham, very distinctly recollected the
talk that this enormous consumption ofcold water
used to make in the neighborhood; and they all
moreover, agreed in saying that Mr. Webb was
a man of strict vi racily. This anli-hydroptionist
is a short, rather muscular man, with a yellowish
skin, has uniformly enjoyed excellent health and
believes that he always shall, so long as he can
obtain water. A physician, now retired from
practice, who was also a passenger, remembered
how marvellous this case was eons dered, in his
early professional life. On being questioned
particularly with regard to some physiological
points, the subject of these remarks said that he
rarely perspired, but it seemed to him that all the
water he drank passed off rapidly by the bladder.
! He invariably has several gallons of wahr bv
the side of his bed to quench this raging thirst
through the night—and if, by any means, the
usual supply were withheld, St would be impossi
ble for him to sleep. By abstaining from copious
draughts beyond the accustomed period,the tongud
becomes dry and shrivelled, the mouth parch
ed; and words cannot be articulated. There is
also a sensation of extreme heat in the stomach
and head. Will some of our learned correspon
dents explain to us tire probable necessity for
such an immense volume of water in this man’s
stomach?
A Tough Story !—7’he Wisconsin Enquirer
of the sth inst. in speaking of a hail storm which
passed over a portion of Milwaukee county, in
that territory, on Thursday afternoon of the week
previous, says that it destroyed crops of all kinds
not harvested, breaking windows, killing pigs
and poultry, besides knocking down, it is said,
one er two men, and a colt ! ‘ Some of the
hail stones,” adds the Enquirer, “we are infor
med on authority not to be doubted, measured
eight inches and a quarter in circumfetence, and
weighed five ounces!”
Tobacco in Texas.— The agriculturists of
'Texas are turning their attention to the cultiva
tion of labacco. They hope lo compete with
Cuba in this article. It seems probable from the
soil and climate of Texas, that all the coarser
qualities ot Cuba tobacco can be grown advanta
geously there, but the finer kinds that are raised
in the vicinity of Havana, and from which the
choicest segars are made, cannot be cultivated
either in 'Texas or any where else out of Cuba.
The'Tippecanoe Family.—There is a Mr.
John Donalson, sen., living in Palmyra township
Knox county, Indiana, who has twenty-three
children, thirteen sons and ten daughters. They
are all for Harrison and 'Tyler. The old gentle
man and six of his sons, voted the Harrison .ick
et this August. His sons-in-law, too, who are
numerous, are all Harrison men. The old gen
tleman has been married but once and is only 58
years of age!— Harrisonian.
Seguin' the Singer, a Huron Chief — On
the 1 9th ull. Edward Scguin, the vocalist, was
ceated and installed a Chief of the H-urons, by
the name of ‘ 4 Wach-n -wachn,” signifying an
aquatic bird of passage, possessing a strong and
most harmonious note called 44 thc Great Diver.”
The ceremony took place at the Indian village of
Loiette, near Quebec.
Steamboat Accident —Forty Lives Loti!
—The St. Louis Gazette of the 13lh ult. says:
The Fort Pitt was run into by the Icelanber, inis
morning, opposite the landing, but went on her
way with lulling damage. From the number ol
hen-coops afloat, however, it is thought thatsta
ling the loss of life at 40, is a sale estimate.
I ram the A atio nal In t ellt gen cer.
The Last Loco Fcco’s Lamcut.
FROM a CORRESPONDENT IN NEW YORK STATE.
1 he men of New \ ork, so it seerr.cth of late,
Quite distracted have grown all over the State.
\\ hat with Harrison dinners, Harrison songs,
Dairisor speeches, and Harrison throngs,
Harrison meetings, and Harrison toys,
I in wearied to death by the din and ihe noise,
for early and late, naught else do 1 hear,
But songs ot tiie Whig*, and their log cabin cheer
in the mom ing from slumber I’m rudety aroused
By the song of the maid while milking the cows;
My children and w ife are dinning rny ears —
J-hey hurrah foi old Tip, she joins in their cheer 5 •
If 1 lly to i tic woods in a tit ol despair,
Alas ; 1 find nothing but log cabins there!
My inends and companions of 44 hickory”
AU 100 are singing these new-fangled lays;
-Tuna-coats art plenty, not an old one is seen,
L en tiie postmaster’s clerk spoils a 44ftarrison
green.”
I’ll remove to the West, lor I cannot remain
\a here lire men are all Whigs, and the women the
same;
1 il remove to the West, for indeed 1 can’t stay
Where the people are all ruled by tins hanison
sway-.
To the \V est, did 1 say ? Alas ?ifl go
Whore the newspapus rave about Hairison so,
My wife o’er their columns will constantly pore,
And me witn their gleanings incessantly bore !
At home and abroad, ’ti* the same all around,
Scaice one Loco Fo o remains to be found.
\\ hat on earth shall Ido ? () where can I fly
I o escape fiom the sound of this Hanison try
foi the H est should 1 leave, 1 very we:l know
The distraction awaits me as suie as 1 go.
It I stay in New fork. I’m as bad oil as ever,
i- or our party is bound for ihe head of 44 tail river.
Jo, 1 11 off to the tailer’s as fast us 1 can,
\ ca^Jn coat —turn a Harrison man- —
And 1 iljoin the U hig shout and loudly halloo,
And throw in my vote lor“ Old Tippecanoe.”
New \oiik, August 11. OItAC.