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a -/ >^ !rr —— a—■ CHROxMXt) ANIMSfENTINKI, AU«V Sl] . FRIDAY MORNING, IfjxEMBER 1. Editor ’s Corresp , > ru&nce. Miu.edcevii.le, Wedneviay, Dec. 2. 1840. The new arrangements madq ip the closing and departure of the mail, which t|Ji> into effect yes terday, of which I was nnad iiscd, prevented my writing by that mail. \ Nothing of interest occurred im cither House yesterday - , except the introduction of the follow ing Protest by the Harrison Seuscujrs present, Which was entered upon the journal T-the Senate, and which satisfactorily explains (hejr vote upon the Anti-Bank resolutions, which v?ore adopted, and which I forwarded you for publication. This is a day of no ordinarvjiu|er( -t here, a- the Electors, all of whom aic jliej-e, arc required by law to cast the vote of GcojgH this day. That it will give rise to a generous outburst of patriotic feeling, which will be manifrjitc;! by various re joicings I have no doubt. Am is quite probable that a United States Senator wijl also be elected to-day. Yours, ( J. A Proto U : The undersigned, Senators, \ he voted on Friday last against the resolutions wh oh; passed the Sen ate, in relation to a National B sn|, the Tariff, and Internal Improvements by tl • General Govern ment, take this mode of exprt|sing their opinion on those subjects, premising thsv they voted against said resolutions, because by t|e operation of the previous question, they weio cd to vote for or against tiro whole, when if thej-vr to had been tak en separate!} - on each resolution, Jhey would have voted in fuvor of some of them., \ ‘ First —We believe the Gem; raj, Government to be one of delegated and limited ppwer. and that it cannot, without usurpation, exercise any power not expressly granted by the Constitution, or which is not necessary and proper tu ca|rry into effect a power granted in that instrument. And we be lieve a National Bank a necessary and proper means to be used by the Genera} Government in the collection, tiaosfer, and disbursement of its re venue ; that it will tend to equalize exchanges, and to ati’ord a sound Currency lo She people of the ? United States. ; Second —We believe that the tn|wer to impose a Tariff for the protection of domestic manufactures, or to appropriate the public revenue for Internal Improvements in the several Siptd< ; is not granted to Congress by the s>od is nut neces sary and proper to carry mtc* ejlcct any power granted by that instrument. { * Third —We believe that tile exercise of any powers not expressly {granted! <{r not necessary and proper to carry the powerslso*granted into ef fect, is fraught with manifest bjj justice, injury, and ruin to the prosperity of the Sjutuern States, and dangerous to the continuance c|'tUis Union. Fourth —We believe that Governments deriving their powers directly ljor»i the people of the respective States, may doiaijr tiling for the benefit and interest of the which is not prohibited by the Constitution tjl' tjte United States or those of the respective State?. : Andrew J, Miller, of RicjimiSnd. George 11. Harris, of Buid-e.J Charles Kennon, of Harriff \ J. S. Calhoun, of Muscogee- Peter J. Williams, of BaFjjpvln. C. W. Christian, o f Elbei,’. | I. S. Vincent, of Clark. ; j U. B. Creech, of Montgonu rji. Levi J. Knight, of Lownc^s.i O J James Goddard, of Jones. . t John C. Walthour, of Effiisgllun. T. J. Warthen, oi Washiijgbjn. James Holmes, of HoustoD. t « < Jasper M. Gonder, of Hanrocjc. A. Thomas, of Oglethorpe] J Eli Glover, of Jasper. \ I John N. Williams, of New?loi|. George Stapleton, of Jefferson. Daniel O'Neil, of Decatur.! | James Strickland, of Ware? j Solomon Smith, of Biyan. J Jaml Beasly, of Troup. | | S. Spencer, of Libert} - . j ? j. H. Frier, of Telfaii. | I S. Floyd, of Morgan. S f Heniy Strickland, of TatnalJ.; U. J. Bulloch, of Bibb. j j Thomas W. Goode, *f Upsbn.f James Griggs, of Putnam. : ? L. Bryan, of Stewart. 1 | John Harris, of Warren, f » A. B. Reed, of Monroe. ■ j John Bryan, of Macon. ] J. M. Winter, of Marion. | f B. B. Moore, of Lincoln. | j' H. P. Sinead, of Talbot. i * O. W. Cox, of Henry. j J. E. Blackshear, of Thomas. | Uj~ For the Chronicle and ael. Messrs. Editors: —I have beta t|»r a longtime surprised that the merchants of -hi} place, have never taken notice of the many F >dl|iis who infest this city in our business seasons of |t he year, who derive the same advantages of tli ‘business of this place as our merchants do, who pa| all taxes or demands required of them. The} of me here, not with any idea of residing here; b it iherely to rent a room during the business seisol, for a lew months or so, and depart. But I presume they are to be allowed to do this, from th|i fact es their having goods, as they say. importe* direct trorn Havre; and I suppose they think opr l id and estal - lished merchants here do not i jep| good* which have been imported from Havre.’} l|ut be this as it may, it is not even right, or ju ;t,f.hat a sot of travelling pedlars, should be all; w«h to interfere with the trade in any community aild I do regret that they are enabled to advertise? u|der the name ol some of our most worthy citijzeijp, who I do not believe would lend their they but know the injury the} - are to the r*er|hants ol this city. lam in hopes that the meu|br|s ot the City Council will impose upon them ti|atfax, that will cause them to make themselves By this means they will protect the merc|iajft and enable him to dispose of those goods whic|i I|6 buys with a view to meet the demands of hi a customer*. f Justice. Ax Iscidext.— When Ogden Hoffman was addressing the Whigs of Boston,} oij the 10th of ■September, speaking of the encjmibgmg pros pects, and of the majorities for pk,i. Harrison which were promised by the dt|erfitions trom several of the States, “and what ijaylyow Men of Massachusetts,” added he, “h«jwfereat a ma jority can you the old BayiSlJttc 1 “Ten thousand,” answered some one. ip t|ie crowd.— “Ten thousand.” m* Hoffman. fiijlW «B I \ i I i have a good mind-to act the part of an auction eer. Docs no one say more than ten thousand, “Fifteen thousand,” cried another. “Fifteen thousai d, Fifteen thousand—twice and a going. Who says more V' “Twenty thousand !!* res ponded a third. “Twenty thousand, then ; that is right ” said he, “put Massachusetts down at twenty thousand.” Extravagant as that num ber was thought by many, at the time) the prom ise has been fulfilled, and more than fulfilled. — The official returns show a majority for the Har rison doctoral vote over the Van Huron, ot 20,- ■442. Worcester Spy. It is stated in the Now York Herald, that the Grand Jurv oflhat city, to whom was submitted the Glentworlh business, have presented Recorder Morris, who, consequently, will be prosecuted— the charge being, wc suppose, forcibly obtaining possession of the papers connected with that a flair. ~ ■ from the N. Y. Herald, Extra, of (hr. 29 Hi, 12 P. M. Important from China. Ten days later from Canton. Arrival at Canton of Admiral Elliott, with the rest of the .British Fleet-- Blockade of Canton—Preparations on both sides for war—State of the ease. By the arrival last night of the East India ship Globe, Capt. Christopher, in 146 days from Can ton, we have dates from that city down to the 4ih of J uly last, being ton days later than the last accounts received from that quarter. The news from China continues to be highly important to the civilized world. Admiral Elliott, with the rest of the Anglo Indian force had arrived at Macao. The block ade of Canton was in full force at last—and the Admiral and the rest o! his fleet had proceeded northward towards the islands ot b onnosa or Chusan, or to the Y cllew Sea. 1 tie designation of the fleet, or its plan of action seems not to be exactly known at Macao. Some suppose that they will take possession of Chusan, an island opposite the great emporium of Nanking; others that they will proceed to the Yellow Sea, and at tack Pekin, the capital itself. \Y hatever plan ot action the Biitish have adopted, there stems to be nodeubt of the ultimate success, or of the important events that may grow out of the ex pedition. The whole forces of the Anglo-Indian empire, numbering a population of 150,000,000 extending from the Indies to the Burmapootra rivers, w ill be turned upon the Celestial empire. By Capt. Christopher himself wo learn verbal ly that the Chinese were not in the least alarmed at the force the British have brought against them, ai:d appeared to be indifferent at the effects of the blockade. They may rather like some change than otherwise. The general opinion was that the blockade would be enforced until some settlement could be etfectod, either in one or two years. European discipline, steam power, military ex perience, and every clement of civilized art, will unite in this movement. It the Chinese are dis satisfied with their government, we should not be surprised if the English were to incite a re volution in the provinces, and do as they did in Hindustan, turn one province out upon the other and make them do the lighting, while they ben efited by the conflict. The n xt American vessels to sail from Macao, were the Niantic, the Panama, the Washington, and Kosciusko, each of which will bring us very important news.' As the British Queen from this port, and the Acadia from Boston, sail to morrow', for England, w© should not be surpris ed if they carried there the first intelligence of the arrival of the British Aamiral in the Chinese waters. MOVEMENTS OF THE CHINESE. Macao, 4lh July, 1840. There remains no longer a doubt as to the au thenticity of the Proclamation wc published last week, which the Chinese offer rewards to soldiers and the common people for the taking and destroy ing of sh ps of war and merchant vessels and for the taking or killing of Englishmen. The doc ument hrs[been seen here hung up in the Teo tang’s off ce, and we have sine© heard from na tives that copies of the same document have been sent to them by their friends in Canton. Mutilated as lire copy was from which the trans lation in the Press was made, vve never doubted its being really the genuine production of Gov ernor Lin. We hear moreover that 500 men are daily expected to reinforce the garrison at the barrier. MOVEMENTS OP THE WHITISH • The Commodore Sir J. G. Bremer arrived here with a powerful naval force and IStranspoils on the 31st of June —on the 32d he issued a notice of a blockade to bo established on and after the 28th June, of the river and po.t of Canton by ull its entrances, and the following day he proceeded to the northward with a considerable portion of the force, leaving Capt. Smith, the Senior officer, here with one large and one small frigate, and two sloops of war, and an armed steamer. The an nouncement of this blockade was hailed generally as along desired and absolutely necessary meas ure, and as a sign that matters were now to bo conducted in earnest, although there is no doubt some more decisive blowjwas expected, and from all we can collect bad been fully determined on, but for some motives of expediency deferred for the present. Amongsthe Chinese autho> dies and people generally, both in Canton and here, wo know that the alarm and excitements were very great. The 28th arrived, and no blockaking squa dron mads its appearance, but remained in Cape sing-moon, forty miles distant from, and out of sight of, the Bogue forts and nearly ton miles Horn and we believe out of sight of the regular, and in deed only channel for ships proceeding into port, and, as far as wc know, there it remains inactive still. Meanwhile two American ships entered the port ou or after 28th, and Chinese sale and grain junks are entering daily. On the morning of the 28th a sloop of war appeared in Macao roads, announcing the approach of Admiral Elliott, and sailed away again to rejoin him. The Admiral’s ship itself, with the others in company, anchored in Macao roads about half past 3 I*. M. of that day, and left, again early on the morning of the 30th, also for the northward, supposed to be Chu san, accompanied by Capt. C. Elliott and his Secretary, and Mr. Morrison, the Chinese inter preter. Wc have mentioned the arrival of the Admi ral on the 28th, because we have heard it sur mised that Captain Smith’s operations was con trolled by his arrival, indeed tnere is u report that the blockade squadron was under way for the Boca Tigris, and was recalled by orders from the admiral. This wo have considered impossible, nothing now being promulgated, A far differ ent course do we expect from Admiral Elliott, and in a vtry few days we feel quite certain that accounts ftom the east coast will furnish convinc ing proofs, of this decision of character, such as will certify Lin and his self sufficient advisers, and make the shock felt from one extremity of the Empire to the other. Under any circum stances, however, the Admirals arrival cou d not have been known at the Cap-sing-raoon before one P. M. of the 291 h, and wc contend that ac cording to t.he true interpretation of the notice, Capt. Smith should have been at that time, and twelve hours previous, enforcing the blockade at Bocca Tig-is and other entrances, LATEST -MOVEMENTS Os THE SgL'AnRON. JfLT 3,7 P. M. We have received the intelligence, that part ol the blockading squadron moved up yesterday to the Bocca Tigris consisting of the \ olage, the Hy acinth, and Madagascar steamers, and that a Salt junk has been already seized and sent to the Uap-sing-raoon. The great advantage of the steamers is already proved, as the junk would most probably have managed U> eicape, had not LI she been out manoeuvred by the steamer. The inaction of her blockading squadron hitherto is involved in mystery, but now that Capt. Smith is enabled to act, we have much mistaken him it he docs not act with energy, and carry things with a high hand, and we need not say that there is little doubt of his being ably seconded by Capt. Warren. This measure will, vve have no doubt, j make Lin furious, and wc fully expect to hear that he has choked the rivar up, and put an end to all trade. It is only, the first wo can ussuro him ol a scries of operation, each subsequent one more seriously affecting the welfare of China. OPERATIONS OF THE CHINESE. From Canton we have lately not heard any news of much interest, except that considerable excitement prevails as to the movements of the j English, and as to the measures the Chinese au- \ thorities may take. By some ot the Chinese it ■ was thought that in case of the English ap proaching Canton, the whole of the population j jof the suburbs would be made to retire within i | the city walls, and apprehending this, many oi ; tire wealthier people have removed into the I country with bag and baggage. Apprehensions | of insurrections among the people, now thrown j out of employment by the cessation of the foreign j tiade, were also entertained, and it was thought j that they might possibly break out, immediately after all the foreigners shall have left Canton. The fury of the populace would in that case pro bably be first directed to (he Hongs and ware- j houses of the Hong merchants. Most ol the j foreigners by onr last advices from Canton either j hud left or were about to leave, so that within the next week we supporc these will be none remain ing. Numerous arc the garrisons now in the | provincial city, but whether they bo intended to act against an invading enemy or the rctractory people it is difficult to say. No less than seven* ; teen culprits were executed in Canton about a ‘ fortnight since, for having provided the English j at Cap-sing-moon with provisions. Governor > Lin, it is said, docs not manifest any uneasiness j ; at the expedition ; some say he is grievously ill, ' j and that he spit blood not many days since, but i we have so often heard of his sickness when ho was enjoying the best possible health, that we ! know not whether tnis report deserves credit. Another report about him is that ho has by bri bery and extortion amassed an enormous pro pert}'. He, however, by attending to his own private concerns, docs not lose sight of his hatred of the English, and to represent them to the 1 Emperor m the most despicable light, he has I even added to the report of tiie Queen's marriage, which he got translated from the Macao pape rs, the grossest and most indecent calumnies respect ing Her Majesty, which it would be highly un becoming in us to repeat. Certainly Lin’s char acter docs not improve upon closer acquaintance. The New York Express says—“ The packets going now find it difficult to till up with freight, even at the present very reduced rates- Wc have hardly known so little produce going for ward. Our supplies particularly of cotton are exceed in sly small.” i Removals from Office. — We hope among the removals from office, which the ins seem to apprehend and the outs to claim, one man in par ticular will bo spared. He is a postmaster in Maine, mar the Arostook line, who when Col. j Barry took command of the Postofficc Depart- j , n.ent, and was sweeping all before him in the j , shape of leform, addressed him a letter which i ran in the following vein. [• My Dear Colonel:—Tao sound of your broom 1 , which is now sweeping the Augean stables is j echoing among these distant hills; village and ! | forest arc alike filled with dismay; the birds for- 1 sake the woods, the trembling infant flies to its . mother’s arms, ami even strong men find their i t joints give way; they shake like Belsnazzar at 5 the visionary hand that wrote his death-doom, i .j I tremble for my office—l have eleven small clul- I r drcri, and nine of them are girls—lt yields me . I now three dollars thirty-seven and a half cents a . | year—this enables me to buy them sugar plums, . j jewsharps, picanninies, besides a “thanksgiving” , ; goose, i cast myself on your clemency. EvtM | i faithfully yours, —North American. I The following is a copy of Mr. Kendall’s lust | . circular. It is a scheme to extort from the pock- ■ ; ets of his followers a few dodars. Tne Extra j , Globe, by false estimates, known by Kendall to; be false when he published them, cost his parti- ! zans in bets, thousands of dol.ars; and now he , proposes to new vamp the old projects. Washington, Nov. 13, 1840. Dear Sir.—l have determined as a future oc- i , cupation to publish a semi-monthly newspaper, ; r and take the liberty to send you a prospectus. j j My great desire is, by furnishing a cheap pa- j per, to put it within the power of all classes oi my countrymen to acquire a fund of informa- j [ lion which will guard them against imposition and enable them to“ gbe a reason for the faith , that is in them.” To the Fanners and Planters I in the North and South, to those who exercise , the mechanic arts, and to the young workingmen who have not yet acquired property, to those who create the wealth of society, constitute its physi cal power, and possess more than an equal share of its virtue. 1 wi-h particularly to address my- , self, in the hope o! inducing them to take a more active and iffieient part in public affairs. Upon their intelligence, virtue, watchfullncss, and in dependence, the perpetuity of our government depend. You, not to them alone, but to all olh- ; ers who do not seek to live by injustice to their j fellow men, I shall endeavor to make the pro- 1 posed publication instructive and interesting. i It is in the belief that you are friendly to every undertaking which premises, by speatung intel ligence and promoting virtue among people, to make them more capable of self-government j and more secure against the delusions and temp- ' tations too often attempted upon them by artful i and designing men, that I solicit your aid in ex- j tending the circulation of the Expositor. With high respeat, Your fellow-oftizen, AMOB KENDALL. A Disgusting Ceremony. —The Philadel thia North American says, the following is a singular ceremony—the better word would have been disgusting: “A singular ceremony was per- j formed the day before yesterdry at the Ccraema- ! ry of Montmartre, on occasion of the funeral of j a workman of one cA the corporations called the I Compagnons du Devoir,- when the coffin was | placed in the grave, one of the mourners, who were all compagnons, went into it with a bottle j of wine and two glasses, and the hammer of the j deceased, with which the neck of the bottle was to be broken, it being againstlhe rules of the so ciety to draw 7 the cork. The grave was then co vered with the pail. A few moments afterwards one of the compagnons struck the coffin three times with his cane, and the man in the grave uttered plaintive cries, which was responded to by those round the grave. This was the last adieu. The pull being removed the man who bad goncinto the grave returned to his com panions with the neck broken off. and two novi ces wore invited to drink with him, this being their draught of initiation. The remainder of the wine was then poured into tho grave which was immediately closed up with earth in the usu al manner.” The bill to require a resumption, on the part of our Banks, ot specie payments, on the first of February next has passed the House by ac clamation, and is now before the Senate. The only alteration made in its provisions as given last week, is that the banks alter that period shall be required to pay specie to their depositors, but not to such aa may have previously made depo ?itea under a special agreement. This bill will likely pass the Senate, without any material modification, hs it appears generally called for. — YV hat the result will be time alone can only dc velopo. The popular voice for this measure, j should however predominate.— Southern Pecor - j dvr o f Dec . Ist. From the N. Y. American. Foreign Hambies. GLANCES AT MEN AND THINGS. Melrose, Octob r, 1840. It was a delightful morning when wo took our places on the conch from Newcastle upcn-Tyne for Scotland. Our blood quickened as our hor ses leaped nimbly forward towards ihe land so fa mous in war and verso, whoso heroes and bards have as ociated With every glen and every stream The romance of some warrior dream. The name of onr coach-—“ The Chevy Chase i —and tile broad Scotch dialect of the driver, who : sang Highland airs with the spirit ot a Rob Roy, pave a zest to my ardor to cross the border into that country, “where,” in the language ot Allan I Cunningham, “almost every stone that stands 1 above the ground is the record of some skirmish j or single combat.- and every stream, although its waters be so inconsiderable a-s scarcely to moisten the pasture through which they run, is renowned in song and in ballad.” After emerging from the dense smoke ot Newcastle, and taking a few ex i hila.ating draughts of the bracing autumnal air, j we entered upon an extensive moor through •whose desolations we wound QdSftvay for forty miles. As far as the eye cou!ciTrni, the hills I showed their bleak heads one above the other I tufted with brown turzo or crowned with g:ay rocks—their sides chased and furrowed by the mountain torrents, in whose channels the sheep 1 were cropping the greenness—while the vallics, ; sprinkled with occasional patches ot stinted cul- I tivation, were dotted here and there with frosl- I bitten cottages. Tho wintery storms on this | moor are terrible —often burying in snow all signs of habitation. The summits of the hills are mar ! ked by stone monuments to beacon the shepherds | and their flocks when suddenly overtaken by oi.e ' of these awful tempests, and at short distances on either side of the road tall black posts are erected to show the carriage-way when all around is a sheet of snow. The coachman pointed to a gib bet on the hill-lop, where in former years, felons were hung in chains and left to waste and whiten 1 to grim skeletons by exposure to sun and storm. A ppropriatc spot for such barbarism! 1 n the cen tre ot the moor icsthc scene of the battle of ('bevy Chase. A small stone monument by the road side marks the place where the brave youg'ass fell. It is ris ng ground, gradually sweeping down to the banks of the little Redwatcr, which, tradition says, ran with blood for three days after this sanguinary conflict. We had traversed this moor nearly forty miles and just reached he summit of a weary hill w hen the guard pointed me to the “Border Stone,” —the boundary between England and Scotland. A zealous Scotchman i by my side proposed a huzza for “Scotia against the world!” as a winding up to a long wordy contest between himself and an English fellow passenger as to the comparative merits of the two countries in war and literature. Three or four men, whose red hair and high cheek-bones show ed on which side of the Tweed they were born, i seconded him vociferously, while the Englishman i looked sour and was silent. I, being a loyal subject | of “Marlin the First,” did not join in the cheer— • though the Scotchman had offered mo a glass ol i W hiskey at the last Inn, for the spirit with which { 1 combatted the Londoner’s assertion that the j Duke of Wellington was the greatest statesman l in the world. We were now fairly over the border. The I Cheviot hills, standing in serried ranks bofore us | seemed ready to dispute our passage into their storied dominions, while Tevtotdale, spreading its | beauties at our feet, invitee us descend into its romantic valley. The scenery was not unlike that of Vermont when the frost-pencil has faintly tin i ged the folige with autumnal hues. In fact. Scot land is old England’s Vermont. Wo a r o in Koxburgshirc, famous for its border conllicts of the 15th and 10th centuries, whose hardy chief : tains kept up a constant predatory warfare with their English neighbors during those troublous j limes. Every spot where the eye rests is invested i with thrill ng historical and traditionary associa j tions. Surrounded by such objects, though plain 1 prose is unseemly, it must suffice our purpose— ! for, lam not among the favored ones of the sa ; crctl Nine. But. where every turf is redolent I with native poesy, I may venture, as I scribble i along, to pluck a few flowers, taking care, unlike ' certain poets, to give credit to the owners. As j we proceed towards Jedburgh, the county town ; of Koxburg, the little parish of Ednam, the birth place of Thomas, lies at a distance on our right. The humble spot which gave to the world the im | mortal author of the Seasons, is thus described bv Moir: j A rural Church—some scattered cottage roofs. From whose secluded hearths the thin blue smoke, Silently wreathing through the breezcless air, Ascended,mingling with the summer sky— A rustic bridge, mossy and weather-stained— A fairy streamlet singing to itself— And here and there a venerable tree i In foliaged beauty:—of these element", i And only these, the simple scene was formed. Tho pretty town of Jedburgh, whose old Ab bey-ruins seemed ready to leep upon us as we pass, cd under their shadow, hangs over the pictu resque banks of tiie riVer Jed, whoso clear waters | mirrored its handsome houses, its mumbling i Abbey, its turreted Castle, and its waving oaks | and larches to the skies. Here we took our first Scotch dinner—and whether, because it was a Scotch dinner, ot the rough air of tho moor had whetted our appetite to a feathered edge, or i whether it was ihul we ate it amidst what Burns I calls the “Eden scenes of chrygtal Jed,” yet, we I did enormous justice to it. This unpoctical busi ness being hastily despatched we galloped out of the burgh and soon passed the little village of An cram, remarkable for a bloody conflict between the Scotch and English three hundred years ago. The superstitious Scotch attributed their success to a beautiful young woman named Lilliard, who led the right wing of their army, and crowned the victory with her death. She sleeps under a monument erected on (he battle-field, which once contained ihe following epitaph (I copied it from a book at the inn) Fair Maiden Lilliard lies under this stane; Littla was her stature but green was her fame ; I pon the English louns she laid many thumps. And when her kgs were smitten off' she fought upon her stumps. We left tho coach at Melrose Abbey, and imme diately repaired to Abbotsford— distance three miles on the road to Selkirk. So entirely is the late residence of Sir Walter Scott hid under the thicK foliage of a sleep bank which covers its front, that we passed it unnoticed, although within a dozen rods of the road-side. It stands near where the Tweed tears itself from its confinement among the hills of Selkirk to make a graceful curve through the rich valley to which it gives the flame of Tvyeedale. The Mansion is hemmed ail around by lolty hills—limiting the prospect in front to a small grove that climbs an abrupt acclivity; and i n the rear to the narrow vale of the Tweed and two or three woody eminences which skirt the North bank of the river. In the centre of this secluded spot—at once lovely and romantic— stands a unique specimen of architecture—a mix ture ot the modern with the ancient, the rude w ith the classic, the grand with tho beautiful, the chaste with the fantastic. If its owner ai iod at making it strangely unlike any other structure in the world, no one will dispute that the altcmpl has been crowned with entire success. A kind of Grecian arch spans the entrance to the court-yard, whoio gates are set ofl by a pair of jougs— an in strument used for confining cmiunaluby the neck which came from Thriovc Castle in Galloway, the ancient residence of the Douglass family. Here a Saxon tower is supported by a Roman arch i and there a Gothic turret springs nom a Nor-, I man pillar. Some of ihe window: arc concave I seme convex —cno is modern English in its construction—another is copied after the famous j east window at Melrose Abbey--while a third is filled up with a yait of the door of lire old 4 ol booth oi Edinburgh. The walls arc intersper- j sed with statues and stones, from numerous, an cient Castles, Abbeys, and M nistonv, containing odd inscriptions, aimoind beani.g-’-, and fl ;mcs. which arc placed here apd there w ithout regard | to order or any conceivable design. 'Hie projec ting porch over the main entrance to (ho house, is copied from that at Linlithgow Ihdaeo, above which in the family escutcheon of the Scolls and a ffngc pair of stag's horns. A round two sides of the court-yard is thrown a high wall, in w t ich . arc inserted statues of ancient heroc statesmen,'; and poets, while an iron screen on the other side ; separates it from a garden wlmse rising espla-i trades display choice varieties ot huit-trees and flowers. As may bo supposed, tiie exterior of Abbotsford presents a rare combination of objects ; calculated to arrest the attt ntion ot the b holder and awaken emotions to w no h hi.s lx sent bus be- | lore Dccn a stranger. Nor is tho interior less single in the style of its arrangement, or loss adapted to move the mind and impress the heart. Every thing written re mains as it was when Sir Walter Scott died, ihe Hal!, which is first entered fiotn the Linlithgow porch, looks like a museum, or a cabinet of his toric;;! curiosities. It is wainscoted, paved, and ceiled with wood and marble from the Palace ol Dunfermline, where Robert Bruce lies, from Mel rose Abbey, and from the Hebrides, and its fire grate is the same that wanned the humble parlor us Robert Burns, iis walls are hung round 4 w;(h •words, buck’s horns, pistols, saddles, banners, skins of wffd beasts, h -linels, enriasscs, bows, dec. 6cc. from ancient battle lu Ids,and from every coun try, mid all ages—the strangest medley oi ro mance and realitv that was ever brought togeth er ii a single apartment, lisirongly rem 1 tided me of Scott’s description >f Ellen’s “lodge of am ple size,” in the Lady of tho Lake. For all around the walls to grace. Hung trophies of the light or chase ; A target here, a bugle there, A battle-axe, a bunting spear, And broad-sword?, bows,:.nd anovvs, sune, With tiie tu-k’d trophies of the boar. Here grins tho wo t as when lu died, And there the wildcat’s brindled hide. The frontlet of the elk adorns. Or mantles o’er the bison’s horns; Pennons and flags defaced and stain’d, That blackening streaks of blood retain'd, And deer skin<, dappled,dun and white, AVir't otter’s fur and seal unite, In rude ami uncouth tapestry all, To garnish forth the .sylvan hail. Another room is called (he Armory, which is I the miniature of the corresponding apartment in the Tower of London. There .vc Buonaparte’* j pistols, found in his carriage after the battle of j Waterloo, —Rob Roy's mu-kef, with the initials ■R. M. (Robert McGregor Campbell) upon it j —ihe hunting bottle of James Vi.—a battle axe I from (lie fid 1 ol Oannockuurn—a piece of the . i pulpit from which John Knox preached the cor j onation sermon of Mary Queen of Scots—Tip- I poo Saib’s slippers, and a countless variety of j similar articles. Tho Writing Jinom is sadly in ! tercsling to every admirer of the works off Sir : Walter vseott. There is the chair in which he i sal when composing those talcs which h »vo been I read wherever the sun shines—the desk on. which he wrote —the inkstand—and the port-folio which contained his manuscripts. A chair made ol the beams of the house where Sir Wm. Wallace was j betrayed stands in this tootn. It a!t>o contains a gal len- of select books, which is mounted by a little ; windings.tair-case on whose ballu>trade hang the skins ol a lion, a leopard, and a wolf. Sir Waller had a remarkable fondness tor ihe skins of wild boatds.so said theolddomostic who shewed us over tho house,covering his loots ools with them hang ing them round his most frequented apartments, | and carpeting his sleepingroom with rare sped-1 mens from remote parts of the globe. When en gaged in writing, he was exquisitely sensitive to interrupt urn—the least noise breaking the silken thread of his thoughts. The window of his Writing Rot m is doubh—.>o constructed for the two fold purpose of excluding odd and noise.— When absorbed in weaving the web of some ol his must intricate plots, he would retire from the ! Wilting Room, and locking hiinselfm a little oc tagon alcove—hardly five feet in diameter—which leads out of it, give undisturbed play to his imag [ inatiou. “The exterior room,” said the olu wo man, “ho called bis ‘sanctum’—tho alcove, his: ‘sanctum-sanctorum.’”—V. ill.in tins little closet arc preserved the last dress Nir Waller wore at, Abbotsford—biscout, hut, Ac. One of the largest and handsomest apartments 1 in the house is the Library —h.ow characteristic! It is surrounded entirely with book-cases, filled I with rare works arranged in the nicest and most systematic e rdcr. Books of dcoitish antiquities and superstitions occupy no small space. The ' ‘ celebrated bust of Sir Walter by Chantry—a inaible bust of Shakspearo copied from his tomb at Stratford—and a br-.t of Wordsworth, occupy i niches in the Library. The window of this I room looks out upon the Tweed and the lofty hills j bcyoild—the finest prospect the mansion affords. There are several other curious apartments;—one with a coiling copied from the aisles of Melrose Abbey—one with walls covered with American cedar inlaid with oak tram sundry other old cas tles —one adorned with memorials from eminent friends, such as an Italian vase from Byron, a gold snuff-box from Talma, a sot of ebony chairs from George the IV ; —but, the most interesting j is the Diwug-lioom, which contains the lamiiv • portraits, and where the pieal genius, on his rJ- I turn from au unsuccessful pursuit of hcalih in I Italy, surrendered his spirit to that Being who gave it, (.it the 21st 8c ptembrr, 1i32. Alter the door of luc mansion closed behind mo, I spent an evening hour in walking over the , grounds, listening to tiie murmurs of the Tweed watching the mist as it hung its twilight < urtains around Ihe Elidon Hills, and tracing with my mind's eye the long cavalcade of romance, po etry, and chivalry which had proceeded from this spot on its march over the worhl. I walked and musec under the shadows of the thick fo liage, till night blended mansion and trees in un , distinguishable darkness. Not a breath stirred the leaves, nor a sound, gave my own foot-fall, b oke the silence. For the first time in my life i a glt*nn, nor unlike superstitious dread, settled I on my spirit and I hastily retraced my steps to wards Melrose. Abbotsford ! The genius that j encc«nhnatcd its halls has departed forever. Hush’d is the harp—the minstrel gone. It is now a lonely place, tenanted only by two j or three of his aged domestics, who cherished his memory vvith more than filial affection. The moon had gone dow n before I left Abbots ford, and therefore, on our return to Melrose, vve could not see its Abbey “ aright.” You recollect tho Lay of the Last Minstrel. If thou vyouldst view fair Melrose aright, Co visit it by the pale moon-light; For the gay beams of lightsome day (-id, lat to flout, the ruins gay. ‘ V\ e saw i*. by s/c/r-light and then by sunlight* It. was worth looking at as a ruin, aside from the romance wo ich the Minstrel has thrown around i its sculptured walls. The guide shows you the grave wbeie was buried, —the wondrous Michael Scott; A wizard of such dreaded fame, that when, in Salamanca’s cave, Ho listed Ins magic wand to wave, I he bells would ring in Notto Dame ! vyhich “the light broke the monk removed the cravr . ■ of Dcloraine. e " n "' " fcr*Sf| Xo earthly flame blazed*- . It s ionelike heaven’.. 0 -v , n ' . And, issuing from 11*11- e ' SP(J light. M.ovvM (he monk’s cowl ana V H ' I Danced m, th e dark-browM Pik And kiMin* hi. waving ply.^ r *' I The superstitious old Wt mnn us told the tale, and J® as lnucn »o*«nmuy. as it s h<T bod .’W i.nm-action the preceding shilling ! i here are real ! . a|) 9 Melrose. Benea-h where its i.it! ° fl the lion 1.,-art of JOhert 8,,, c s| monarch requested that it might W . hf S ' rusalem. and his faithful friend R lr \ “' Jed «oj 6 . lass, undertook the task.-B e itl g (he Saracens,ho deposited hisiru<t a i \i , k j bey. Vv e were led into a gloomy cell onr names. An immense volume (he signatures of persons from everv'TS* ol every grade, lie before u*. u-.- ' n *»* the power of poesy ! The view (ho rums is lovely. The E,M on three ’ by (he words of Michael nL'’ ,S “ bsidled Tweed,’’ (he pretty ’! ;'' (1 14 and (he eminences which guard' ° , ' seen at a glamv. Thr —distant three miles— are hid f n „j (h *' \ projecting hill. There, on f| lP b J>*l Twmi. amidst the crumbling anting Abbey, anil, embossed by aged trc f s ’i (heir solemn shadows over die , , r , ' remains of Bir Waiter B’cott. ° ' res Hk Y ours, Ac, ;» ConsigiifT* jut South t urolin a p»H I M A Ml. 1 no. Decern! er 5 n \ldrich ; .( i* Sc.xe ; A B Mallory ; tj aids; liora ic Newby; \\ right, Bull &f 0 Dortic-, Hand K Scranton; \V r 1,-1 ’'‘ll Halt ter; Rankin, Rogg< Si Co. ; Forie, l, :o ,t ,"i| Co ; T Dawson; D 1 1 >iieo\- ; JM j. P King; F. I) Cooke; S Kncelaitd & s on . j pon; s !> Clarke K Co.; H L Jeffcr,;. Decem'ier *'J A Cardfile; W light. Bull V Co,; Tjp * j C C Gordon; J i: J M. Brice; F Umbackjpl Mallory 5 R. C Baldwin; Rankin, Roggj Bustin -, Earvin 5c Haines ; .r D K rM u. I Force. Brothers £i Co.; [. Dwells iCo-j»R Houghton; \V H Rattier; R \ilcn ; J Bone«- 1 . Ilm- 1. Co. i KD,C(H,ke. AC< „. Wyatt 5. \>arren; T Dawson; J p Sctxe-Fly*! ic Co.; Malone; .1 F Benson ; Sj.efd.HiCo.fi Robertson; A McEllery; R Swine,-. MARINE IN ; EI,LICENCE S\vaN v\ h, I tec on,tier « Cleared— Emma, Culp, Havana. S Arrived —ship Othello, Tucker, Win* steamboat Cherokee, Powell, Augusta. Belo*i'— barque Auteleon. Simp?n, Xew Vci I ( II ARLFATOX, 1 Wfltllff 1 B Arrived yesterday —New 1,. L. ship foiithpel 11oibe<t. New Y’ot k; line diip v ii!!on, Dsrtiui New ork ; ship James Perkins. Bisson,Bests} line b; ig Een. Sumter, He'd s, IDltiuiorp; Br.i’f Adeena, Patton, Bermuda; schr Banker Nktef son. Buck sport, (Me.) _ Cleared— sehr Jane, Tru«sell. Cuba; rrhiD.! Keeler. F.rncry, Cuba. Cj* Wc are authorized tu anuounre C. Dili IS SOM as a candidate for Receiver o* Tax Jlfbi for the ensuing year. dec 4-k‘ Cj ' Dt. it . S. JOj\ES toudt'i'S Iris professm services to the citizens of Augusta and if? vicis He may i c found at !ii> residence on the Mj side of < > icon second door below Mclntosh slrft . or at tho Chronicle and Seutinol office. L. I’LWEV, MIX [A T Ult E PA IX TER, Masonic Hill Specimens may be seen at his room, or at the Be. Store of H. A. Richmond, nor IS-tnr: ANDREW ft 1 V'FI.L. ATTORNEY AT PAW, nov 25-ts DalohncgtjGr W . il. CUNNINGHAM, A Co., G EXE UAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, oct 31 Savannah, Csa. - ra JOHN It, STANFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAV, jy 17] Clarkes villa, Gl 15. 22* OVJBKItir, A TTOif NE Y A T LA W, fob 25 Jefferson. Jarkson ro mtjsGii A* (JUSTUS ELKS A 7 rOR NE Y A T LA W , sept 5-ly Madison Morgan countjW^B ‘ WILLIAM O. EV ik J. P. ? can be all times at the store of Wright, Bull & < °. ort 2S tl __ , W . G. N i M MO. CoMAII SS IO N MFB CH A Nff Office in the lower tenement Masonic H*• nov 9 ts JOHN. J. HVltD* x NOTARY PUBLIC, .. \V ill be thankful to his friends for any P‘ Li ( ; . sines s in the above line, which will he l vvitn rcctrtuoe, &c. || (£> EXCHANGE ON NEW aad at one to twenty days sight. t° r oct 23 ’ EARDKLLES »H lnu . TUC HEADING ROOJI Attached to this office is open to p strangers introduced by them, every da> < nir.g (Sun ! y evenings excepted) until J' ' , Subscripts .. j.); for a firm ol twooi VOTICE.— A. A. 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