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CMKoMCLtu AMb i ENTINKL.
AUGUST -• .
MONDAY MORNING, O: TOBER 5.
FOR PRESIDENT
WILLIAM HENRY II LURISON,
Os Ohio;
The invincible Hero of Tippecs iae—the incor
ruptible Statesman —theirfflexi 1? Republican—
the patriotic Faimer of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PRESIDED %
JOHN T UER,
Os Virginia ;
State Rights Republican of the school of ’9B >
one of Virginia’s noblest sons, a id emphatically
■one of America’s most sagacioo , virtuous and
patriot statesmen.
FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND \ ICE-PRESIDENT,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of C 'lethorpe.
DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of C mden.
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of I tuscogee.
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Ham ack.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, ( * Clark.
SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin.
ANDREW MILLER, of Cas .
WILLIAM EZZARD, of De ialb.
C. B. STRONG, of Bibb.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Tv ke.
E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
FOR CONGRESS,
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene.
R. W. HABERSHAM, of Ha tersham.
JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Tn ap.
EUGENIUS A. NISBET, of Hbb.
LOTT WARREN, of Sumtei
THOMAS BUTLER KING, . f Glynn.
ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jes erson.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER,! of Putnam.
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of ftfocogee.
FOR SENATOR, I
ANDREW J. MILLEII.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE ,
JL JENKIN I,
GEORGE W, CRAWF RD,
WILLIAM J. RHODE! ,
There was another failure of he mail last
night. Through the politeness c a gentleman
who came direct from New Yok, ve were pla
ced in possession of the N. Yor ; Express of
-Wednesday morning, it howeve contains no
news of importance or interest to o ir readers.
Mr. Habersham.—•'! he Nationa Intelligencer
°
oi the 29th lilt. says : “It gives us p] usure to state
for the information of Mr. HshershE n’s numerous
friends, that he has so far recoverec fiom his late
dangerous illnessjas to propose settii g out to-mor
row on his return to Georgia.”
Locolioca Dinner ou Sisi day! ! !
During the p.esent canvass the 1 emfocos have
set up such high claims to raonJ \ opriety, that
tney professed to be absolutely horn ed at the idea
that the Harrison .men should do su h violence to
the cause of lempciance, as even t allude to the
use of Hard Cider. Such were thei. ulmiration for
the cause of temperance, that the ai of the clergy
was invoked to suppress the demor iizing and in
temperate use of hard cider, and ess y upon essay
has teemed from the press to arrest the alarming
evil. One would naturally support .after seeing
these things, from the saint-like dis< pics of Amos
Kendall, that nothing certainly coul occur in their
ranks that could possibly effect the i mral sense of
the best regulated society. If thei be any such,
what must be their astonishment w ien they learn
that the same party have been so i r lost to that
high sense of moral propriety, of wl ich they made
such a boast, so regardless of the < stems of the
as to desecrate the Sabbath, by furni; imga country
public dinner at a race course. And: ich was their
determination to have the day spent a revelry and
bachanalian tumult. that carriages \v re put in re
quisition by the partizans to carry i cn from the
city, who weie willing to unite wit them in this
disgraceful proceeding, and whose wffrage they
might obtain by such a resort.
What say you C orporal, to this n< »■ movement
of your parly in the.cause of moral ’ If we are
not in error, we think you gave out s Jns that your
delicately moral nerves were high!. excited, and
your fears alarmed, at the injury whit i temperance
would sustain by the use of hard citl r. Are you
not moved by this measure of your o , r a parly, or
are you so scared as to give out no igns of the
sensibility of your moral sense.
Washington’s Opinio t*
In Spark’s Washington, vol. 9. p Ige 358 is a
leuerfrom “the Father of his country ” which con
tains the following passage :
“In a country like this, where cq d libertv i?
enjoyed, where every man may rea{ l isown har
vest, which by proper attention wi afford him
much more than is necessary for h s own con
sumption, and where there is so am ;le a field for
mercantile and mechanical exertion IF there he
not found money sufficient for the c rnmon pur
pose of life, not to mention the ne essary com
mercial cireula ion. IT IS EVIDCT T THERE
IS SOMETHING AMISS IN TH 3 RULING
POLITICAL PGWEIi, which rrqt .res a steady
regulating, energetic, honest hands t| correct and
control. Every man's experience \vill tell him
when such a state of things exists i- —the most
tnelanchoh) and umquivocat prooj*of if being
a general FALL LYTHEfiPRICtOF PRO
PERTY. j
Such are the wor Is of WASI INGTON.
How mournfully ennert! How ci lainly true
that there is “SOMETHING A Mid 5 IN THE
RULING POVVERI” And hot true that
it requires a “steady, regulating h nest hand,
tn correct and control” anu Refob i the con
dition of the government?
Who so well titled for 'his duty uj the able
and honest man of North Lend—tl. son of a
signer of the Declaration of Indcpp Jence, and
■the disciple of Washington ?— Ok Soldier.
Arrival of the Prince ue J«. n-*ille at
Sr. Helena. —Tne French frigate J remise,un
der the commaiul of the Prince de loinville,
Jiad arrived at St. Helena in 47 J: ys passage
from Cherbourg, for the purpose of liking the
a lies of Nap neon to France.
♦ The Election.
Harrison men, of Richmond county, to day
your country calls, and as patiiots, you must not
neglect the summons. You know yourdulies,
and knowing should dare go as far as he who
goes la I best to perform them. In a word the
great Whig party of the Union expects every
Georgian this day to do his duly. Let us have
the pleasure to record, you have done it.
Illegal Voting.
For .he information of those who are ignorant
| of the penalties they may incur by voting illegally,
I we sub oin the law of Georgia on that subject.
“ Any and every person, who shall be convic
ted of v oting at any election, who shall not have
been authorised to do so, in accordance with the
I constitution of this State, shall be punished by a
line, of not less than S3O, or by imprisonment,
f at the discretion of the court, in the common
I jail of the county. — Prince's Digest p. 195,
I Sec. 9.
I If any person shall hereafter vote more than i
once at any election which many be held in any
I county of this State, or vote out of the county
in which he may usually reside, for members of
the iegi- lature, or for county officers, such per
son shall be indicted fora misdemeanor, and on
conviction, shall he punished by imprisonment
and labor in the penbentiary, for any time not
: less than one year, nor more than two years.— ib.
j p. 649, Sec. 29.
From the New York Express.
Immense Meeting cl Merchants.
We have never before seen Wall street quite
as much decorated with beauty as it was on this
occasion. The stage from which Mr. Webster |
spoke was placed at the corner of Wall and Wil
liana streets. The crowd of men stood up and
I down William and Wall streets, in a dense
throng, as far as Mr. Webster’s voice could be
heard. Almost every window was crowded with
ladies waving their handkerchiefs. The tops of
buildings were full of spectators.
The shipping presented a beautiful appearance.
From the forests of masts for miles in extent, flags
of every nation floated to the breeze. The day ;
was delightful.
This was- a Merchants’ Meeting, and what a
contrast an numbers, appearance, and every other
thing of importance did it present when set off
either with the meagre call of administration men,
first published in the Journal ot Commerce, or
when assembled on the Exchange.
Mr. Webster spoke about two hours and a half.
Gen. Harrison’s State rights Opinion.
Every day furnishes some proof that the charge
of Federalism, preferred by the federal Loco Fo
cos against Gen. Harrrison, is a libel, having no
other foundation but the mendacious disposition
of those who bring it forward.
If it is Federal to approve the State Rights Re
solutions passed by the Virginia and Kentucky
Legislatures, then is Gen. Harrison a Federalist,
but not otherwise.
On the 30th of December, 1820, General Har
rison. as Chairman of a Commilee in the Senate
of Ohio, reported the following resolution which
was adopted —yeas 29, nays 4—General Harri
rison, in the affirmative:
Resolved by the General Assembly of the State
of Ohio, That in respect to the powers of tbe go
vernments of the several States that compose the
American Union and the powers of the Federal
Government, this Generald Assembly do recog
nise and approve the doctrines asserted by the Le
gislatures of Kentucky and Virginia, in their re
solutions of November and December, 1798, and
January, 1800, and do consider that theii princi
ples have been recognised and adopted by a ma
jority of :he Ameriaan Peeple.
Maine Election.
Letters from Augusta of the 241 h and 25th in
stants, in the Boston Atlas of yesterday, state
that that there will be 100 whig members in the
house. Twenty vacancies are yet to he filled.
Locofocoism, says one of the letters, is complete
ly prostrate in Maine, and Rcf.l Williams looks
as it he had lost every friend in the world. 'The
writers express great .astoni-hment at the impu
dence of the locofoco papers in claiming the elec
tion of Fairfield. The result is clearly ascertain
ed. There is not a doubt that Kent is elec
ted by the. people, and that the Senate and House
are whig. Maine is good for a Harrison major
ity at least two thousand in November.
“No Changes.” —The last Fayette County
(Pa.) Democrat contains a communication sign
ed by twenty-one citizens of George .township, in
that county, former supporters of Mr. Van Buren;
in which they declare that for his many attempts
to increase the Executive power, and tor his
extravagant expenditures of the public money,
they cannot support him any longer; but are
resolved to use all honorable means to secure the
election of Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison, of Ohio,
believing him to be both “honest and capable.”
The Democrat ad' J s, by authority , to the foot
of this communication of the twenty-one , that
there are yet a large number ofVoters in this same
township, heretofore supporters ofMr. Van Buren
who will give their votes to Gen. Harrison. “O.
K.” says the Democrat; and so say we. But
yet we hear from the Van Buren papers, that
there are “no changes.”— Baltimore Patriot.
Receiver Gen. Isaac Hill. —The action,
Merrimack County Bank vs. Isaac Hill, was
Lied last Tuesday and Wednesday, and resulted
in a vercict in favor of the Bantf. Mr. Hill
claimed of the Bank in offsett between $9,000 and
510,0. 0—55,260 of which were for his'services
as Pension Agent, and of all this sum the jury,
nearly every one of whom was a locofoco, allow
ed but $795 89. Oh, my country ! what a fall
ing off was there!
Tnis ao ion has produced a good deal of inter
est, and has injured Mr. Hill wonderfully in the
estimation of his friends. His costs, too, will
amount to nearly all of the $795 89, so that all
his labors as Pension Agent while in that Bank
will be lost to him.— A'. Hampshire Courie.
From Florida.—By the steamboat Gen.
Clinch, Csipt. Brooks, arrived yesterday from
Black Creek, we have received the following in
telligence.
A short time since, Lt. Saunders, 2d Dragoons,
U. S. A. being on a scout, captured an Indian
warior on We Kiwa river. After hearing his
story and placing no confidence in it, ordered him
to be slio’., which was done, and hung him up as
a terror and warning to his party He had about
him a portion of the dresses and trinkets of For
bes’ theatricals, and cartridges which were taken
from a portion of Col. Harney’s command, who
were a she rt time since shot at the same place.—
Savannah Georgian.
A suit for $921 93 cents was decided in favor
of the U. S. in the Boston District Court, on
Thursday last. The defendant. Mr. Andrews,
hid been collector of the port of Ipswich for 30
years previous to 1829 when he was dismissed
: from office. The claim set up by him amounted
to upwards of S7OOO, for extra services, which
was not allowed, and verdict rendered for the full
amount of the claim, with interest for four years.
The Nestor of the Clergy is no more.—
Under this heading the Boston Transcript announ
ce s the decease of that eminent divine, Dr. Na
thaniel Emmons. He died at Franklin, Mass,
oa V\ ednesday last, in the 96th year of his ago.
Dr. Emmons was the oldest clergyman probably
in Iho United States and was the oldest suiviving
graduate of Yale College.
1 From the Madisonian.
Hear the Testimony of another Gallant
Officer.
W'! find in the Commercial Advertiser an elo
quent address of the venerable and brave General
Solomon Van Rensselaer, the youthful compan
ion in arms of General Harrison, and the firm
friend of his riper years. It was read to a great
gathering of the people in the county of West
chester, New York, on Thursday last. General
Van Rensselaer’s lungs hating been j erforated
wiih a bullet in the battle of Miami, were 100
weak to allow him to speak to a Field Meeting.
General Van Corllandt, who was one of the elec
tors of Jefferson, p-esided. I
It was the day, too—September 24th—the aus
picious day on which Major Andre was captured
The thrilling revolutionary events of that brave
county rose in fresh remembrance. The spot of
his capture was not many miles from the log cab
in now dedicated to defend those sacred rights
secured to us by that early and bloody struggle, j
Animated and eloquent speeches were made j
by the Hon. Ogden Hoffman and others. Gen- |
oral Van Rensselaer bears the following high tes
timony to the military and moral worth ol Gen. ■
Harrison :
“ I have been the companion, and have been j
honored by the friendship of General Harrison
from my earliest youth. When sabre and rifle
clashed together in deadly fray, I saw him bear
ing the orders of Gen. Wayne into the thickest
rs the fight—coo!, collected the undismayed. He
who dares to call him a coward utters the giealest
of falsehoods, and forever covers himself with
shame. I here bear witness ta his undaunted
bravery, and pronounce that man a knave or a
fool who asserts so base and so groundless an un
truth. No! Let the Administration pension
| its presses, and scatter its treasury notes ; and let
it perpetuate its atrocities in what shape it will;
! but let it pause ere it fasten on the reputation of
the spotless, or calumniate the favorite of the pco
! P te -
It was but a few weeks since I had the pleas
ure of being a guest of this great and good man
in his cabin at North Bend. I saw him there for |
the first time in several y* ars, and found as all
his friends have fonnd, the siring of the latch on
the outside. No golden cups, or silver plateans,
decorated his simple, but generous board. The
plenty of an American farmer, not the extrava- j
gance of foreign manners, alone, distinguished
his hospitality. Hundreds and thousands had
visited him the past summer, and none left him
without acknowledging the beautiful conformity
of his life with his principles, none bade him
farewell without feeling assured that they should
meet him asatn, not, perhaps, on the banks of tl>c
Ohio but Potomac—and there putting in practice
those republican doctrines to which the White
House has been too long a stranger.
“ I found him hard at work on his farm,
rising with the earliest dawn, to attend to business
and literally earning his bread by the sweat of his
brow. Age has scarcely touched him. His fig
ure is erect and unbent. His eye, full of fire,
bespeaks his energy of purpose, and his whole
appearance give the assurance of bis being in
the vigor of health and strength.
“In conversation he is agreeable, instructive,
and kind. When he speaks in public, “convic
tion follows his periods.” To extraordinary mer
it he adds the utmost modesty, and he. of all oth
ers, says the least of bis own achievements. In
timate as I am with him, I never heard him otter
a sentence, or saw him do an action, onworhly
of such a man: and he himself has never sought
the distinction which the people are now resolved
he shall attain. In short, no one can be with him
without feeling deeply the excellency of his char
acter, and his fitness for the situation of Presi
dent.
“I again repeat that he is worthy of his reputa
tion, and qualified to discharge in every respect,
the important duties about to devolve upon him.
My friends, what can I say more to-you on this
subject, than to ask whether you will permit one
of your earliest and truest friends lo be slandered
out of your esteem 1 I know you will not.
Progress of Opinion. —The Madisonian of
the 30th uit. contains a letter of General John P.
Van Ness, formerly Chairman of the Jackson
Central Committe, of the district of Columbia, in
which he assigns reasons why he tan no longer
support the powers that be. Taught by experi
ence, he is constrained as a friend of his country
and her institutions, to go against the spoils ad
ministration, and to range on the side of the peo
ple, under the banner of Harrison and Reform.
The letter of Mr. Van Ness, a veteran of the old
Jackson party, is full of instruction, and ought to
be read generally, by his late political associates.
To many of them, we doubt not, it would prove
a word of truth in season.— Baltimore Patriot.
RfOT AND DESTRUCTION PttOPIRTI. The
Philadelphia Ledger of the 28 ull. says.
The public may not generally be aware that
about one and a half miles beyond Giav’s Ferry,
near the Bal.imo'e Railroad, workmen have for
some time been employed in constructing a very
large and commodious building, which was to
have been appropriated to the manufacture of
bricks by means of steam The house was near
ly completed on Friday, when a “house raising,” 1
or, in plain terms, a jollification was had.—A very
large number of workmen in surrounding brick
yards bee ame dissatisfied at the thought that a
machine should be put in operation which threat
ened death to their future means of employment.
Accordingly, about nine o’clock on Friday even
ing, a great number of them assembled and made
descent upon the yet unfinished building, which
was fired immediately upon their arrival; they
then went to work and battered down the walls
so as to “make destruction doubly sure” ; having
perpefated these acts, they exuhingly retired.
The loser for the time being will be the contrac
tor. According to the information as handed to
us, the contract made between him and the owner
set forth that his release from responsibility
should not take place until the roof was placed
upon the building. The house at the time of its
destruction was not roofed. Mr. Taylor, we
understand, is the owner.
Extract of a letter dated Tepic, f Western
Coast of Mexico.J August 4, 1840.
It is probable that you have he .rd of some En
glishmen and Americans being forcibly sent to
San Bias by gea from California ; they are still
here prisoners, awaiting an investigation into
their conduct by the Mexican Government, which
has been delayed by the late revolutionary move
ments.
Their cause is in the hands of the British and
American Ministers, and justice wil! be done
them for the sufferings thev have undergone, and
which appear to have been inflicted most arbitra
rily by the authorities of California without any
cause.— Jour. Com
Ravages of the Small Pox. —A letter from
South America received in Newburyport, states
that the Small Pox has desolated the city of Pa
nama, the population having been reduced hy it
from upwrards of 20,000 to less than one half.
Almost every family in the city had suffered by
it, and the inhabitants had no knowledge of any
means to stay its progress.
.The Maine news ‘dorks’ Mr. Ritchie. —
The last Enquirer says, “ts is useless to bore our
readers with the numerous returns of the Gu
bernatorial Election in maineP
ou are right, my old friend. Every item of
news from the Maine election is a “bore” to your
readers.—Summon philosophy to your aid. and
bear the bore like a man. But, w’hv don’t you
tell your “readers” you are beaten in Maine, eh?
They will find it oub you may rely upon it. Pe
tersburg Int.
Fi r the Chronii le and Hi-nttuel.
An International Copy-right Law.
Our lack of an international copy-right law
has become a crying evil. Ours is the only civ
ilized country that condemns its literature to
want, neglect anJ beggary, while, like the un
natural parent, who, when most it needs her fos
tering care, leaves her infant in the streets lo
starve and petialr, and prefers hugging to her
bosom the lusty brat of another, because she is
not nt the expense of feeding and clothing it;
we, the American people, let our own authors
rot in cold obstruction, and lavish our every ca
i rcss on the writers of another hemisphere.
[ This may be the policy of skinflints and small
; souls, out as lovers of our country and of that
! which pertains to it—as patriots, and men pos
' sessed of any atom of generosity—it is a stain
land reproach on our national escutcheon. Cannot
Iwe afford a literature of our own ? Shall we
! forever continue our imbecile dependence upon
j British and European presses for our intellectual
| culture? We boast of our internal resources,
1 our minerals, meals, clothing, and manufactures
| generally, and assert our independence of every
: thing beyond our borders ; but we forget that lor
1 the more dilficnlt and exalted office ot providing
I for our families, the mental manufactures, the
food and raiment of the mind, we are self-aban
doned to a reliance, as impolitic as it is implicit,
upon parties utterly foreign, and perhaps in
imical.
In cannot be denied that in doing this, we
submit our own minds and the minds of our |
children, (the latter so susceptible to impres- j
sionsl) to influences, which if they have not done ;
them much injury already, it is not because they
have not bad the power.
Look at the books in the hands of American
youth, and you will find them, with a few ex
ceptions, all (philosophy, political economy, his
! tory, fiction, etc.,) the writings of foreigners.
And are there in these works no views boldly
j advanced and ingeniously maintained? No prin
-1 ciplcs insidiously broached and as alluringly
supported ? No lares sown, tending to engender
{ indifference to, or dislike of, the republican form
of Government? The works of many British
and European authors, which we read to the ex
i elusion of American books, might be cited to i
prove the affirmative, but contenting ourselves ’
i with evidence most covenient at hand, we wi 1
j only mention Maryatt’s “ Diary in America .”
In this book the Englishman has ascribed to us,
! as a people, all the imperfections that we have, ;
and a great many that w? have not; and with all ,
the zeal of a prejudiced monarchist, has drawn I
innumerable unfair but ingenious deductions a- i
| gainst our form of government; deductions which
: coming in such a shape, from so fascinating and i
i popular a writer, cannot fail to leave very dele- j
terinus impressions upon the -minds of inexpe- !
rienced renders on this side of the .-’.tlantic.
But so chary are we, as a people, of our sup- ;
| port of American literature, that were a hook
1 published, triumphantly rebutting the aspersions i
\ made by Marryatt, and being a fair, lucid and in I
i every way a useful and meritorious exposition of
; our political economy, it would be suffered to ■
i remain untouched on the hands ot the bookseller, i
while the libel itself were passing to some fifth ;
or sixth edition !
In relation to this subject, and referring par
ticularly to the exertions of Sergeant Talfnurd in
Parliament, the New Orleans Picayune, itself a
luminary in literature, has the following:
“ Mr Talfourd seeks to prevent American pub
lishers from seizing on new English works and
deriving all the benefit from them, without pay
ing the author a sixpence, or any more to the
publisher, who bought the work, than the price
of a single copy. His cause certainly seems most
just, and we, ourselves, have most reason to wish
it success, for our authors are more injuied bv
this state of things than the English writers are.
Here, while we see a tragedy of Talfourd’s, or a
poem of Moore's, which drew lo its author thou
sands of pounds sterling from managers and pub
lishers, printed and sold complete in a newspaper
for tw > cents, it is evident our publishers have
little inducement lo encourage native authors.
How is American literature to flourish, when
even the faintest show of fosterage is lacking?
Should we not blush lo see Bryant chained down I
to the unprofitable labor of a daily paper ?—to
see Pray, Hoffman, Willis, scribblers and letter
writers for hebdomals?”
Under existing circumstances but few Ameri
cans are authors professionally, and the best of
those are fain lo seek other lands for rewards
more adequate to their labors; as was Irving,
who was first driven by neglect from his own
country, and afterwards rankly abused by it as a i
renegade from Americanism, because, forsooth, :
he thought proper to remain among foreigners, j
who, unlike his own countrymen, appreciated i
and justly remunerated his literary labors. The
same seems likely to be the case with Fay,
Dawes, Hoffman and Pray. En passant, the
excellent writer, last named, is encountering the
pleasures and pains of authorship, in that multi
tudinous wilderness, London. Wc wish him a
result to his operations in that immense metropo
lis, as glorious as that which attended Irvings;
out trust he commences under more favorable aus
pices. Judging the man from such of his writ
ings as we have seen, we prognosticate /or him
a brilliant career, and we shall not fail to observe
with pleasing interest the progress of his star to
the ascendant.
1 o return from our digression. A remedy, an
efficient remedy, as wo sincerely believe, for the
evil we have thus briefly and too feebly depre
cated, will be found in the passage of the Inter
national Copy-right bill proposed by Henry Clay
and we cordially unite with hosts of presses in
every part of the Union, in calling for some early
and decisive action on the subject. We c<m
roerul it particularly to the favorable attention ot
the Senators of this State, and suggest to them
that if they would at once repudiate the charge
which has been, and still is frequently preferred
against Georgia, of neglect of literature, they
cannot do better than try their utmost to make
that bill a law. A. L. b.
from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A Great Feat.
The New \ork Commercial has a letter from
Montreal, detailing the particulars of an extraor
dinary feat with a steamboat. After alluding to
some preliminary particulars, in relation to the
construction of a steamboat called the ‘Great
Britain,’ the writer stales that the Hon. John
Hamilton has for some years been under the im
pression that a steamboat might be constructed
for the navigation of the St. Lawrence, up those
tremendous rapids, called the Long Sault, &c.
Those best acquaintanted with this navigation
could not be brought lo believe that the obstacles
which presented themselves, could he overcome.
However, the enterprising gentleman determin
ed to make the experiment and a large boat (lar
ger than the Burlington, Capt. Sherman’s boat
on Lake Champlain) was built under the im
mediate inspection of Mr. Hamilton. The boat,
and all its machinery, were completed at the dock
yard at Niagara, and when launched she was
named the Ontario, and is perhaps as fine a mod
el as can be found. Unfortunately the machine
ry proved to be 100 slight, and when making her
first trip from Toronto down the lake, one of her
paddle wheels dropped or broke off, and w s ne
ver more seen. At the same time one of bet en
gines was rendered entirely useless. She after
ward made two or three attempts to overcome the
raptos, but it was found that the machinery was
too slender to accomplish it. She, however,
with one wheel, proved that her speed was greater
than that of any other boat on these waters.
He adds:—
It was finally determined to make an attempt
to transfer her to the line running between Mou
tr al and Quebec. Although this attempt
was thought by gome to be a! out as feasi
ble as sailing down the falls of Niagara, Mr.
Hamilton was willing to risk his splendid vessel.
A crew of bold spirits were selected, the most
experienced pilots procured —French Canadians
for the Long Sauk, and the other rapids to the
Cascades, and an Indian, ot the Caughnawaga
tribe, to guide her over the Lachine. Previous
to making the attempt, Capt. L. Hilliard, the
commander of the bout, u well tried V ankee nav
igator, who has nad much experience on the St.
Lawrence, went down on several rafts of timber,
and made all the examinations and preparations
which were practicable.
On the morning of the 19th of August the
boat left Prescott, and in less than nine hours
she had passed over all those lapids which are so
1 appalling to the sight, and was safely moored at
■ the wharf in Montreal—as great an exploit as
j was ever pc formed by a steamboat of such a
class. In conversation with Capt. Hilliard, he
S stated to me that atone period his Canadian pilot
would gladly have given up the job, and gone
on shore—but he behaved nobly. Another indi
vidual told me that after the boat had safely made
the leap of the Lachine, the Indian who had guid
ed her through the passage, threw up his pap
and made three astonishing leaps along the deik,
inanifesting'the greatest triumph at bis success.
I inquired of Capt. Hilliard whether any pre
paration had been made for their preservation in
case of accident; he said there had not. \ There
was no life preserver, nor even an extra plank or
spar, as he sea-ed that had any tiling of the kind
; been seen by the crew the “ white feather ’ might
! have been shown. Mr. Hamilton as a token of
his regard for Capt. Hilliard, has presented to
him an elegant cosily watch, with the following
inscription on the inner case:—“Presented to
Captain L. Hilliard, by John Hamilton, to com
neinorale the safe arrival at Montreal of the
steamboat Ontario, from Prescott Upper Canada,
19th August 1840.
“ But few persons knew that it was intended to
bring the boat uowa the rapids, and the inhabi
tants of this city were astonished when they
learned the feat which had been performed ; and
had the boat passed down to Quebec, instead of
remaining in Montreal, many would have not
, believed that the voyage had oeen made.”
I New Hampshire —The faithful are in (rouble
in New Hampshire. Mr. Receiver General Hil,
I is calling upon the Shakers to come to the reseuel
or the State will he lost to Mr. Van Burcn, and
he will lose his office.
| Pa entice says, the ladies of this country
are so thoroughly Whig, that they cannot endure
the bare mention of locofoco matches.
__
; Fassi Elssler and the Bunked Hill
! Monument.—The Boston Courier publishes a
! correspondence between Fanny Elssler and the
President of the Bunker Hill Monument Associa
tion, by which it appears the danseuse makes
known her intentions to give the Association the
sum ot $ 1000, “ot her professional services, at
the discretion of the President and Committee ”
' Consignees per South Carolina liail Routt.
Hamburg, October 3, IS4O.
Hoke &A ; II P Peck; JM & W Adams ; F H
Cook; C Hall; S Kneeland ; Rankin, Boggs a: Co.;
Hopkins & Stovall; Force, Brothers & Co.; T Daw
son ; P Poullett; R C Baldwin ; T S Metcalf; VV
Hauler; L D.velle; Bones & Carmichael; 1 S Be. is
& Co.; A Frederick; Kerrs & Hope; Hand & Scran
ton ; Haviland, His ley & Co ; Gardelle & Rhind ;
| T S Sloy; Stovall, Simmons & Co.; Reese & Beall;
J F Benson; Howard &: Garmony ; H L Jeffers;
Anderson & Young ; G Parrott.
Sg——ww "yj —«=lW i mu -q
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool, September S
Latest dates from Havre, August 24
Savannah, Get. 1.
Cotton. —Arrived since the 31st August, 3.73
bales Upland, and 00 bales S. I. Cotton, and cleared
in the same time 4189 bales Upland and 00 bales
S. 1. Colton ; leaving a stock on hand, inclusive of
all on shipboard not cleared on the 3Uth Septem
j her, of 19b3 bales Upland, and 28 bales 8. 1. Cot
-1 ton.
New Crop, the extent of which forms, at this
season, so wide a held for calculation and conjec
| tine. During the early part of the autumn, it bade
lair for a full and saiisiactoiy yield, and ihougn
, the sumra r rains had fallen in too great an abun
dance. no worse result than a redundant growth
was expected, which we had hoped would, under
late influences, have confirmed all anticipations,
j and given us a harvest bordering in magnitude upon
i the last. In this we aie disappointed—the subse
i quont destruction by ca erpillar and worm having
t een very great in this and the neighboring Slates;
while contemplating this reverse, however, it is
expedient to b.ar in mind that we have been fa
vored since early in September, with the must pro
pitious weatner possible for maturing the plant,
and harvesting its yield, and that we are, thus fu,
exempt from the boisterous weather usually at
tendant upon our autumnal equinox, anil so
generally mischievous in its effects. These are
prominent advantages, and if we find added to
them an open fall, we shall, we think, yet secure
enough of our staple to satisfy all wants, abandon
ing ot course, the expectation of what m y be
termed a large crop.
Cur receipts of new Uplands to date, sum up 442
bales ; tnese have generally sold at lOccnts though
since reception of tne late English advices, the of
lenng lots hang heavily at that price, the market
closing heavily.
1 he quality of the new Cotton continues to pre
sent the superiority in staple noticed upon t.ielirst
receipts in September, without asyet,mucn amend
ment in color.
I he sales since ihe 31st August, amount to 196-3
bales Upland, viz: Cat?; 1 at 7±; 5 at «£. 6 at
Sp 67 at
232 at 94; lo at 9 13-16; 173 at 9£ ; 6d4 at 97; 79
at 9jj; *7l at 10; 73 at
'i lie Sea Island crop, though subject to severe
visitations by rains anu caterpillar.has been much
benehtiea in Georgia and h londa by the hue weath
er of the past month, and picmrses low a fair
yield. From Carolina the repoits are less encour
aging.
Receipts of Cotton at the following places since
Cctober Ist. JB4U 1839
Georgnt, September £0 293136 206(48
bouln i arolma, Sept.2o 310127 217792
Mobile, September 19 446678 251934
New Orleans, Sept. 19 940333 578882
1- lorida, Sept. 12 128344 76300
North Carolina, .'ept. 12 9890 11128
V irginia, August 3. 190u0 22200
21494*8 1361484
The following is a statement of the stock of cot
ton on hand at the respective places named.
Savannah, September 30, 2oil 1641
South Carolina, September ,25. .3060 6(62
Mobile, September 19 6. 9J SJ4S
New Orleans, September 19..20631 11645
Virginia, August 3 200 730
North Carolina, September 12.. .600 1000
Augusta fit Hamburg, Sept 1...4190 4361
Macon, July 1 638 UQO
Florida, Sept. 12, . .4734 I3uu
Philadelphia, Sept. 19 1000 1315
New York, sept 16 11000 i^ooo
54127 33723
R/re.—The demand for the last week is confined
to small parcels lor home use, at 34 (a) 3 4 and hv
reiail at stock very light.
flour.-The demand continues moderate with a
“* s,rcct
Corn.—-Retails from Stores at 70 0 80 cts
Grocer res.—ln Coffee, Sugar and Mai sses there
vuiitS b . USI A^ S doing * Sales ol ' Porto Rico.
rc rn) w xt ? 9; Croix
11 Cts (a) 12$; Molasses 23 cts. 0 26.
at 1VOn “ fctoieS ° f 7UU bags Liver P°°l
rrri? CAa | wr° n ,P lgland cts cent
prem. Dralts on New York at sight 5 per cent
j premium. 0 F
I rJ^ kt rl° Liver P°°l id. 0 1 dull; New York
>0 0 7 >cts ; Boston $1 50 cts. p- bale.
MARINE l.\Tl.l.|.[;7Ey I
Arrived yesterday— ship CtooM.To”’,. 0 '! - 3 - !
pool. ° eis > fiver.
At quarantine— brig Howell, Leslie \Uu
Cleared ship Belvidere, M’Kown, Liverpool*’ -
Arrived Br biig Lydia, S ßro^“Lil^ l
steamboat Cherokee, Wood, Augusta. 1)001 j
Cleared —brig Wilson Fuller, Soulla^d^v 3 '
brig Morea, Chapman, New York. ’ ‘ * orlc ;
Cj* Dr KEN NOS has removed
boose opposite Benjamin Pyne. oct 3 3 t ° ew
Gcr Miss MARY aTnkVISS
in the house ow.red by Mrs. Barrett, on the v° oji
side of Broad street, where she will give 1
ON THE PIANO at sls per month,
lessons, 01 separate lessons at 50 cents each
--° C i- 3 ts
(LIT The exercise of Mrs. BOWLNbTsCHnm
will be resumed on Tuesday the Gth October v
middle tenenient of the Bridge Hank, w |,. c
usual will be taught all the branches of a thorn J
and refined education with French, Music ic
sc f- 21 .ft
CO’ Miss TRAIN will resume her School
Summerville on the first Monday in November
aug 12 ‘ ls •
Off Mrs. CHAPMAN will resume her School
in Augusta on the Ist Monday in October. °°
se » ,t 23 d&trwlw
dj" P- F. EVE, has moved to GreonltrceTillil 4
below Mclntosh street. o ct 2 3^
(O' i . B. DILL offers his professional ser
\ ices to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity
He will be found at ;he Drug Store of J. L, Houston* '
I “P* B lm '
£fj- Dr. J. J. IVILSON has removed for the
Summer to the house of James Gardner, Dsn. i s »
„oor below the Academy. * »une6 *
CO P*‘ e Subscriber has taken an office in *h,
Camiield’s buildings on Jacksc n-strcct.iuxtdoor to
the one formeHy occupied by Judge
where his professional services can be at alftimes’
commanded He intends to re-comnieuce, on the
rust Monday in November, the LAW BCIJOGI
which he formerly conducted, on the same plan’
and lire same terms, as before. r ’
oct 2 dlvvwlm WM. T. GOULD.
GARDNER, f.umerly resident surgeon
n the New VOl k Hospital, and physician at Belle- 'i
vue Hospital, New York, terr iers to the public his 1
professional services. K
(htice in Washington street, between Broad and
Ellis streets Residence, United states Hotel,
ap 2
{fy EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK— At siglu,
and at one to twenty days sight. For sale ov ° ’
nov 2b GARDELLE Jc RHINE.
Off AUGUSTA BENEVOLENT SOCIETY^
For the benefit of the sick poor of Augusta. The
committee for the present month are as follows:
Division No. 1. —P. li. Mantz, Nathaniel Green,
Miss Margaret Smith, Miss Mary Wighlman.
Division No. 2.—VV. K. Pemberton, J.M. Newby,
Mrs. H. F. Roberson, Miss A. C. Righton.
Division No. 3. —John Cashin, James Panton
Mrs. Tremley, Mrs. E. Camfield.
sept 7 J. W. WIGHTMAN. Sec’y.
AUGUSTUS JILLS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
sept 5-ly Madison, Morgan county, G?..
JOHN It. STANFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
jy 17] Clarkesvdllc, Ga.
U. H. OVERBY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
feb 23 Jefferson. Jackson county Ga.
$Cr Dr. WM. FLINT, member f the Massa
chusetts Medical Society, would inform his frierds
that he has removed his place of residence to the
boa« - ding-house of Mrs. Camfield, at the comer of
Jackson and Broad streets, where he maybe found
at all hours during the summer season. His pro
fessional sei vices are respectfully tendered to the
citizens of Augusta. tf—-june 6
(fj" Lr. W. S. JONES tenders his professiona
servi es to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity
lie may be found at his office, No. 214 Broad st.
or at ms residence. United States Hotel. ap 24
TliK READING ROOM
tached to this office is open to subscribers, and
strangers introduced by them, every day and eve
ning (Sunday evenings excepted) until 9 o’clock.
Suuscuption $5 ; for a linn of two or more §lO
(fj*NOTICE. —The Kail Road Passenger Train
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as
follows: —
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a" m.
“ “ Summerville, “ - -8 30
“ “ - *' - 10 0
“ “ Branch vr.le, “ - 11 00
* “ Blackville, - “ -100 p. M 1
“ “ Aiken, - - “ - 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400
DOWNWARD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a.m.
“ Aiken, - “ - 730
“ Blackville, “ - • 915
“ Midway, “ - - 10 30
“ Branchvill “ - - 11 00
“ “ Georges’, “ - - 11 43 >l.
“ “ Summerville,“ - -1 lop. M.
Arrive at Charleston not before 215
Distance —!36miles. Fare Through —§10 00.
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 21
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not
longer than 3 minutes for wood and water at any
Ration.
To stop for passengers, when a white fitg 'u
hoisted, at cither of the above stations; and also H
Sinealhs, Woodstock, Inabinet’s, 41 mile T.Ot
Rives’, Grahams, Willeston, Windsor, Johnsons'
and Marsh’s T. U.
Passengers iro will breakfast at Woodstock and
dine at Blackville; aowm, will oreauiast at Aiken
an d dine at Charleston. mar 4
SAVANNAH REFECTORY.
> | V HE undersigned respectfully informs his friend*
A and the public, that his Oyster Establishment,
and general Ordinary, is NOvV OPEN for the sea
son.
He will have every luxury that the market or
country can afford, and prompt and attentive
waiters.
lie also returns thanks to his friends for the ve
ry liberal tupport extei ded to him last season, am*
he can assure them, that neither pains nor expend
will be spared to merit puollc patronage.
Orders from the country tilled immediately, an
the Oysteis put up sound and fresh, ia tiie best or
der. JOHN McMAHON,
Whittaker-street, near tire Hay.
N. B. Public Dinners and Suppers supplied t* l
the beststv le, and on reasonable terms.
oct 1 , 1*
TEACH E R WANTE
A TEACHER is wanted for the Waynes 0
Academy. to commence on the Ist Monday 1
October next - None need apply unless qua 1 16
to teach, ancient and modern languages,
ios, natural philosophy, chemistry, and other km^
died branches. Geography, grammar andarithme
tic, &c.
Applicants will hand ia their p oposals to t ie
Secretary. Ry order of the Board,
sept 17 tlo EDWARD GARLICK,
Sec. to the Boaid ol 1 rustees.^
BRICK FOR SALE.
I HAVE for sale at the Brick-yard known as
Marshall’s old yard, near the upper end ol tne
city, one hundred thousand bricks, now ready foe
delivery, and expect to keep a constant supply o»
hand. The bricks are of a good quality', and %v 1
be furnished at the lowest prices as to each quality
can be made. 1 have in service good mechanics,
and will take contracts for any son of brick-work I
at reduced rates. Solomon Jbasford, from whom 1
have purchased the lea*e on this brick-yard, ami ;
utensils connected with it, is my agent for conduct
ing the business of making and sel.ing and deliver
ing brick, and making contracts, who will generally"
be found on the premises. P. H. MANLZ.
july 13 4tw