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Woman.—l witnessed Ihoother da *, un in- I
stance of the pure and Kinijih! homage jmiduif t
lingly to woman in this ninnliv. even t>v iihmi of I
the common class. —The poor null mi- urn
scavengers; tho fair object ol the.i rr-p.-r —a t
gentlewoman. As is my way, I shoiily fell into t
Mrontcinplation and investigation of what it is in i
a perfect gentlewoman that delights and subdues J *
at once the temperate and the rudo into a sort ol |
reverential love. Is it her bland, sweet voted ,
—for the voice of a gentlewoman is—next to ,
music—the sweetest of all eailhly Hounds, it is.
indeed, music—spoken music. Is it lire benign
expression, lire softness, the shine, the occasion- (
al sparkle of her eyes I —the persuasion which
thirsts in her very silence!—the relief-restraint; |
that constrains you—the composure—the unaf
fected air—the elegant simplicity of her personal
carriage! —What tail that subdues us; and how
i» it—by what means of enchantment—that we
am subdued!
The vulgar and the noisy arc immediately si - j
lent,and voluntarily assume un unaccustomed -
gafilleness and h ic-prel for her feelings, if she i
hue passes by ibem in a narrow street, or in the
passages ol an inn, or vvhen ver she is met, in any
(place, where the genllewomai enters; the poorest
'place scents no burger poor while she is present
like a rich jewel in a mean casket—an unknown
Titian within ‘the walls w here man lies"—a Uo 1
futile, full of angelic.'beauty, surmounting mine ■
small road-si Jo, altar to ihe \ tight. A swee ness '
siilVu-as the air where she abides hut lor u initi
' ute.
i,ove hovers around her, and tends upon her
steps, Poesy, with ‘expressive silence,’ hymns,
•Inr praise.’ Painting follows her, watching her
every turn, mid detecting some ‘new grace hey
'Cind the reach of art, 1 to copy and Imiml'wi, Sculp,
trim studies her ‘in form, and moving, how cx i
■ press and admirable: in action, how like mi ati
and turns despairingly to tin: cold, Ihclens
marble. • • • Tho belter, larger, and mini)
lovely portion of the domestic virtues nod sweet
charities of life, that keeps humitniiy alive among
"mankind, were given la nature, us u sacred do
'posit and precious trust, to the safe kei ping ol
Woman. If our common mother, Eve, by her
weakness, brought Sin and Death into the world
she Inst not, hy her fill, all the original goodness
nrul gentle beauty of her nature, her daughters,
least, have sacredly kept and IranKrnil'ed tlown
In our days the undiiiiinislied portion of her once
nngclic goodness—her love, puy, mercy, and cha
rily.
Else had these softening and restraining vir
'turs died and departed altogether front this earth
and mail, untaught hy Iho example of woman—
unfuaring to offend her gentler nlloolinns—had
been a pitiless savugu more cruel than tigers
‘thirsting for more blood-delighting in destruction
—hardened iih flint to the gently touching hand
of landcrncss—unsoftoned by u tear—deaf to snp
tplicalion—unsubdued hy tho lender lone or pray
er of pity. Tho heart of man would have been
as the heart of a wild beast, hud not woman kept
'it human.
Genuine Heroism. —When tlie plague
raged violently in Marseilles, every link of
allection was broken; tin: fat. .er turned from
ilieclnkl—the child from Iho lather; cowar
dice, ingraiiiudu no longer excited indigna
tion. Misery m nt its height, when it tints
destroys every generous feeling—lima dm- j
solves every tie of’humanity! Thu city be-|
came a dwserl, grass grew in the streets, it
funeral met you at every step. The pit)si
mians assembled in a hotly at the Hotel del
Ville.'to ItoJd a consultation on the fearful I
disease, for which no remedy had yet been !
‘discovered. After n long deliberation, they 1
decided unanimously, that the malady had a
peculiar and mysterious character,' which
opening a oorpse alone might developo—un
operation it was impossible to attempt, since
the operator must infallibly become a victim
m a few hours, beyond the power of human
art to save him, as lira violence ol tin.* attack
would preclude their administering the cus
'lumnry remedies. A dead pause succeeded
fine fatal declaration. Suddenly, a surgeon
'named Guyon in thu prime oljtlb, nud of
great celebrity in his profession, rose and
said firmly, ‘He tl so; J devote myselffor thu 1
safety of my country. Before this numerous
assembly, I promise, in (lie name of human!-
ty and religion, that, to-morrow, at iho break
■of day, I will rlisecl a corpse, and write 1 1
■down, as I proceed, whnt 1 observe."
’He toll the assembly instantly. They nd. i
‘mire him, lament Ins fate, and doubt whether i
he will persist in his design. The intrepid I
and pious Guyon, animated by all the sublime
■energy religion can inspire acted up to Ins
■word. lie had never married, ho was rich
and he immediately made his will, dictated by
justice and piety; he confessed and in the
middle of the night received the sacraments.
A man had died of the plague in his Imjuso,
within four and twenty hours.—Guyon, at
day-break, shut himself up in Iho same room
betook with him tin inkstand, paper, and a
crucifix. Full of enthusiasm, never had he
felt more firm or more collected, kneeling biv
fore the corpse, Ite wrote down ‘Moulding
tenement ot an immortal soul, mu only can I
gav.e on thee without horror, but with joy and
gratitude. Thou will open to mo the gales
of a glorious eternity. In discovering to me
the secret cause of the terrible disease which
destroys my native city, thou will enable me
to point out some salutary remedy; thou wilt
render my ■sacrifice useful.—Oh God! (conti
nued he,) thou wilt bless the action thou hast
thyself inspired.’ He began—he finished the
dreadful operation, and recorded in detail Ins
surgical observations. 110 then left tho room
throw (he papers into n vase of vinegar, and
afterwards sought the Lazaretto,where lie died
in twelve hours—a death ten thousand times
more glorious than the warrior’s, who to save
his country, rushes on the enemy’s ranks
since he advances with hojie at least sustain
ed, admired, and seconded hy a whole army.
Ilußiun News from Fj.oriua,—We
have a la:e to tell, winch w ill make every mnn
who is proprietor ol “u good head of hair,”
ted the same rising on end. The story is
undoubtedly true, —for it was conveyed tit a
letter Irom un officer ot iho United Slates,
krmy lo a gentleman of another si n ice, here.
One of tho troops and eurhordiiiate officer
went to Floiida Irom Now Orleans. While
in that city, perhaps from fever, he l ad the
misfortune to lose all his hair, and was obii».
id lo possess himself ofu wig. In au enga
ge men t will the Meuunoles, ho whs wounded,
*i«f tell to the ground, where lie lay without
the power to rise. The red enemy who
wounded him, came tip for Ins sculp. The
officer feigned himself dead , und hreated
us low and softly as possible, The Indian
bent over him—drew Ins knif— passed n fear
fully and quickly around the head of his vie-
I in, —and then with a "whoop.'' hounded will)
Ins bloodless trophy into an everglade,
jvjll Came to pass that the sculped nml woun
ded officer got safe back to unrip,—looking
somewhat like Ihe I’roplicl in (Scripture, when
Die hoys mocked him, a mil he bears ate them.
He still survives, to rehearse the narrative
with infinite glee, audio wish the Indian joy 1
of His spoil.— Phiadelphia iintettc, i
The Scotchman’s Cam..—A young cler
gyman of Scotland, being about to leave the 1
beetle of Ins orthodox labor for another set- :
(lenient, called utt nn old Indy belonging to
his congregation, in say farewell, and lo
thank her for (he kindness I e had experienced
f r oui her. “And sap, yere gum to leave us,"
i d tno old lady, “wed, 1 windi ye God's 1
blessing : ye’ve been a sober, tin id, discreet
young uion; and 1 d mbt ran ye’ll liaeyonr)
lewit'il. And whore are yc about to settle 1"
"The Lord linn called me to labour in a dis
tant pan of the vineyard," replied the clergy
man, “I have got the parish of- “Aye,"
said the lady; and may bo ye’il get a little ;
mair steepened where ye’re gaunl” “Why,
yes, I expect a small increase in emolument
certainly." “A, wed, I thought sae,” relor- !
ted the edd dame, “if it had nac been the ease
the Lord might hac called long enough ami j
loud enough before ye would have heard Ins
voice.’,
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[IIUI.II OCR eOHItItSI'OJIDKNT ]
WASHINGTON, March lb.
I will now proceed to give your readers a con- :
denned account of Mr. Webster’s comments on
tlm character and tendency ol Mr. Calhoun’s |
opinions and doctrines. Ho first referred to that
remarkable man’s speech of September last, and
the fear then expressed by him, and which, bo
sod is generally fell by ibe Statei Rights Parly.
the fear of the Union of the political and mon
ied power of the country • Mr. Calhoun oh
jects to the government receiving or paying bank
notes; because bo believes it will lead to central!*
zillion of the money power, For tiio same reu
j son he objects to making banks the depositories
ol ibo government. Mr. Webster maintained
that in a commercial ago, a commercial country
will always have, in despite of all legislation, a
centre of trade and commerce. There will bo
always some centralization of the commercial sys
tem : sueb as in London and Paris: and New
York: There mu»t boa heart from which the
blood should i/irculale throughout (ho whole com
mercial .System. Rut that a cornice)ion between
banks and the government is calculated to pro
duce ibis centralization ho totally denied. 11
lliero wore but one bank whore notes should lie
made receivable (bore might be something in the
argument; but when the bills of all local specie
paying banks arc made receivable, equality and
uniformity are given lo the currency, and that
centralization 'ol which Mr. Calhoun expressed
much apprehension, is prevented instead of being
/iroinoteil.
Hut what is most remarkable, Mr. Calhoun
while professing lo oppose centralization irf the
money power, is at Ibis moment doing all ho can
to carry a measure which will inevitably lend lo
centralization. What can have a more powerful
effect in centralizing (he monetary system than
that government paper he proposes lo issue. H
you have but one species of paper, and that issued
jby government —if you receive no other kind at
i the custom house, and land offices, what else can
centralize ! Must not this paper necessarily con
centrate at the great minis —in the busy scenes
of commercial enturpiizc, and of speculation.
And then as to the disbursements of the govern.
J mcnl in this paper of Us own, will not the opora
j lion bo the sumo! Will not the government
creditor receive his drafts on New York and Phil
adelphia. What has been the case in regard to
j Ticusury Notes ! Ate they not all concentrated
in (ho laigc Atlantic cities. Have .South Caroli
na, Georgia, Indiana, and other Stales their
shares 1
( It must ho remembered that Mr. Calhoun’s
notion is that the only paper circulation which
ought to be used for trade, commerce, and I usi
ness generally as well as in the fiscal operations
of the government is government paper. Now
without making any imputation of the consisten
cy of the honorable Senaloi, it docs ccitaiuly ap
pear rather incompatible with any sincere and
enlightened opposition lo the Union of the polit
ical and moneyed power, to contend that gov
ernment alone ought to issue that paper which is
to till up all the channels of ciiculation. It is to
maintain that there is danger ftom die Union of
the money power, and political power: hut no
danger at all from the entire absorption by gov
ernment of the whole money power ! !
Mr. WEIiSTER commented upon the far fa
med Edgefield loiter with inimitable spirit and
veracity. Ho said it was a curiosity—more like
a military despatch than any thing else. It re
minded liiriiof one of the despatches of the King
of Russia. Taking n position—advancing—re
treating—marching eon liter-marching—holding
nn enemy in cheek—at Moscow today—Silesia I
tomorrow —(armors Hying—always lighting—ab j
ways at work—never stationary.—There is this
important difference however. The Groat Fred
erick never took- a fiosilion tc hold an ally in
cheek, or to cover on enemy.
Mr CALHOUN admits that his course was
such ns to give the appearance of his having
c/mnycd. There was certainly a change of com”
parry; ami apparently a change of affections too
rapid lo lie natural. Some years ago was in
London, wrote a mock drama for the purpose of
ridiculing the excessive sentimentality of the
j Gcimnn school. Two strangers are represented
ns hitting together in a public loom. One starts
up, and exclaims. “A sudden thought has struck
me ! Suppose you and I swear eternal friend
ship.” The offer was eagerly embraced. They
did sweat ’fiiendahip. Mr. Calhoun has earned
Ins political sentimentality a little beyond this
German pitch. After acting with the Whigs
through a long and arduous contest, and seeing
on all sides evidences of the diumphal progress
of tl e;r principles—when ono united attack
would have prostrated forever this miserable
anti-Jaeksonian, anti-Repubiieun, aiiii-Con
stiiulional policy of the adininUatioii; on
the very eve ol the decisive contest ho yields
to a new affection. He calls not now to stran
gers, but to a patty to whom he had been oppo
sing with all his might, “hallo! a new thought
strikes me ! —1 will abandon my old allies. Let
us swear biendship eternal and unchangeable !”
The other parly, rather coy, but nothing loth,
after the reasonable hesitation, modest delay, and
blasting reluctance over the soft impeachment
take him la their love; and now there Jsils j
the Senator from South Carolina enjoying all
the sweets of eternal friendship !
He is a leader among these new and dearly
beloved allies. Ho who was the chicfesl of sin
ners in their estimation a few short month" a-o
5 »
is now the Alston, the Achilles, the Ulyses, llie .
Ajax, llie all in nil, and above all. ilia place is i
in the Engine car, regulating the rate at which i
I the p.my go ; —aa for those who occupy place*
in the passengers cars, they are a very quiet set
| of persons, who only with in tome way to get to
the end of (heir journey; and then desire to
| thank Clod! The movement is all Mr, Cal
: huun'rf.
I should like to see the faces of the Sub-Tree- 1
| miry advocates, Messrs Wright. Calhoun &■ Co.;
if General Jackson were to stalk into the Senate
Chamber suddenly, and see the 4pect*cle now
presented there, what would he think of there
! new and strange associations I—and what will
the people think, who scan closely the actions o*
men, and judge them by their consistency and
adherence to principle '! .
Mr. WEBSTER went into a close examina
tion of Mr. Calhoun’s newly discovered conatitu.
tional maxima against the receivabilily of the
notes of specie paying banks. He showed by
j reference to the journals of Congress, that Mr.
Calhoun was himself the very man who made
these notes receivable hy law in payments to
the government. The resolution of IdlG, de
signating' -Ihe funds receivable inpayment of,
public dues, had no reference whatever to all j
specie paying hunks. How then came that pro
vision in the law n > it passed and received the
sanction of President JACKSON. An amend*
merit was made at Mr. Clarks table. Who do
you think was the author of that amendment 1
1 JOHN C. CALHOUN !! ! (fj*The journal
j of the day show that Mr. Calhoun so amended
\ the resolution as to extend the receivahilly to
i the notes of all specie paying banks /.CJ)
The very uutliuiiiy then which Mr. CAL
HOUN now dentes was put in tho law hy Mr.
; Calhoun himself. Are not these settled opin
: ions of the honorable Senator from Fort /Jill cn
tilled to more weight, especially since they were
i sanctioned by Congress and by the whole course
j of Government born that day to this, than any
: | new and suddenly formed opinions.
| Mr. WEBSTER demonstrates as I think
11 from a survey of the general purposes of the Con
' slitution which had its foundation in the gcnerjtl
• I desire of the Aimnicaii people to produce an
identity of commercial interest, and commercial
exalation—from the giant of the coinage power
—and fiorn the grant of tho power over com
merce—that this government is invested with the
power to regulate tho currency, and is bound to
provide a cheap, ready, and convenient medium
of circulation—sound and uniform—and since
this bill proposes nothing for tho cunency but is
merely a plan For collecting, keeping, and dis
horsing th'o revenue, it does not fulfil the’consti
tutional obligations of government.
To day tbo death of tho Hon. Mr. Carter, of
, Maine, was announced to the House hy Mr.
Evans, and to tho Senate hy Mr. Haggles, both
i of whom spoke in (loquout terms o' his charac
ter. The customary resolutions for a tlonding the
funeral, going into mourning, &e. were adopted ;
and both Houses immediately adjourned till -Sa
turday, when his funeral will take place. No.
public business will be transacted until Monday;
M.
CHRONICLE AND SENITNEL
'J'ncNtla >■ Morning', Marc lx I*o.
Commercial Convention.
Wo perceive that delegates have been ap
pointed in many of the Districts of South Caro
lina to this Convention. The delegates are gene
rally gentlemen of high character, and many of
them among tho most distinguished citizens of
our sister slate. What arc the counties in Geor
gia about! Do they not inter.d to be represented 1
It is high time they were moving.
Phrenology.
Our citizens should not forget that this eve
ning at the Masouic Hall, Dr. Gollten answers
most of the principle objections to Phrenology—
and also, allows himself lobe blindfolded, and
examine the bead of any individual selected by
the audience. Should he prove successful, we
have not tho least doubt but that ho will make
many converts to bis favorite scicifce.
The Emancipator.
Several numbers of this incendiary paper have
been sent to our office requesting an Exchange-
They have all been consigned to tbo flames.—
j The scoundrel certainly docs not expect us to
) exchange wi h him.
The N. \ . Coin, Adv. of the 15ih quotes
sales at the stuck Exchange as follows.
Specie.—Sales ot $'2500 American gold
at Ij premium; five franc pieces, $0,95 a
§0,96; IKmbhirtns 16 a 16,72.
J KE.vsLitv Notes—Pur a J premium.
Sales ot §6,000 at. latter rate; five per cent.
Notes J a \ premium, without sales.
I<nlest from Texas.
The N. U. Picayune, of the 15th inst. says:
Uy the steam packet Columbia, we have ad
vices from Texas to the 7th instant. There
is no news of great interest.
Ry a private letter from Brazoria, wc learn
that a duel was fought some time in Februaiy
near that place by George W. Shields of Vir
ginia, and Richard S. Redmond of New York.
They were both dangerously wounded the i
latter having since died.
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[roil TIIK CIIUUNICLE AXI) SENTINEI.]
Mu. Jones -There is nothing more certain to
a reflecting mind, than that our country is rapidly C
approaching a crisis that must determine the *
gieat problem one way or the other—whether 1
this government is to remain as the constitution 1
made it, or to bo split up into different fragments, 1
each warring against the other and aiming at
their destruction. I have, for the last throe years, g
studied with the most painful and anxious soliei
tudo every great and leading question that has c
| agitated the public mind; having reference al
ways to the peculiar features of our complex sys- v
tom, to see whether there existed in tho disc'.r- 1
danl elements, which warred with each other on I'
these- topics, the seeds of dissolution, and I have a
come to the broad conclusion, that there is no n
question that can lie taised under the consign o
lion that can rflccl that dreadful result, save i| lc a
“ Abolition question.” The plain and obvious i
reason why other questions of magnitude cun f
never sever the Union, is, that religious fanati- t
cism never enters into their composition. So (
long as this fell spirit does not chime in with |
! either party on any great question, however ag- ,
' gravaled it may he, yet the popular impulse will ,
always be guided by reason, rullicient at least to
I direct them to a correct decision. This is the
1 evidence of all past history. But as soon as re
ligious fanaticism rises in the ascendant, that
moment is all law and authority thrown down,
and the government, if not destroyed in form, is
made the instrument to effect its diabolical pur*,
poses. What do We sec passing in daily review
before us ? A body of men in the northern and
eastern slates have associated themselves togelhe- >
formed societies, increasing at the rapid rale o*
one society a day, receiving support and counte
nance from eohie of the most distinguished men
in Congress from the northern states, for the ex
press purpose of abolishing slavery throughout
tbs south. Uy what spirit are these men guided
if it is not by the most hateful species of religious
fanaticism ! They seem determined to Carry nut
i their principles at any and every hazard. They
| make the peaceful religion ol Jesus Christ the
pretext for committing ihc most unheard of crime,
ihat of changing the institutions of a whole pecu
liar people, at the sacrifice of every thing dear to
that people on earth, and with whom they are
leagued in covenants of the most sacred friend
ship. To what must this all lead 1 I say, em
phatically, to a dissolution of the Union. The
sun will not mure certainly roll into existence the
summer, than that this event will tako place, if
this infernal Abolition question is not arrested,
and that too at the point where it now is. Men
in Congress and out of it may reason and declaim
for political purposes —it will not do. Lot any
man lake a dispassionate view of all the beatings
of this question, and he must be convinced^ —
Look at the present situation of the northcan
slates, nearly two hundred thousand individuals,
clamorous and frantic on the subject, gaining
proselytes daily, loading the tables of Congress
hall continually with their ungodly petitions, and
say, is it nut reasonable to conclude that the
whole north will, at no distant day, become im
pregnated with the doctrine. Then, on the other
hand, review the south, arid, what do we behold 1
A powerful people, firmly united, determined, to
a man, to stand or fall hy this institution.
To believe that the abolitionists will not
make the general government an instrument
to effect then purposes, is madness. That
is, ns soon us they shall be able to gain a ma
jority in Congress, and that they will as cer
tainly do, m my Humble judgment, ns that the
. sun shines. 'llicso of the northern people
who still retain a regard for the Union, and
who still have in their bunds the power over
trie abolitionists, have let them alone 100 long
already ; they have gained sncli numbers as
to maintain sonic standing with their adver
saries iti the north, which will make the con
test between them a more deadly one, and the
victory harder to gain by the friends of the
Union in those stales, if tMt should ever be
the case. The northern people are slumber
ing over the exertions of these funafce, to
their own injury ; that is, if the Union is of
any advantage to them, and tiiat it is, no sane
inipd will pretend to doubt. Because there
arc several ways that a dissolution of the
Union might grow out of this question, with
out Congress ever moving one step towards
abolishing slavery in tlie District ol Colunlbia.
(The cause of that District is the cause of the
south.) For instance, if the citizens of one
of the southern states should have their prop
erly stolen off, or should an insurrection lake
place, and cause that state to rise in its ma
jesty and dissolve all connection with their
sistc." Pialcs of the north, holding in their lim
its such vile ami uoodhke enemies, what would
ho the result? The llamo oncO kindled, it
never can he quenched. An clecific spJtk
would nut move more rapidly than the univer
sal feeling of indignation, which would spread
throughout the south, and the Union would
be dissolved in a blaze. Dues any man,
either north or south, who is acquainted with
the disposition of the people here, doubt it.
1 am firmly pursuaded that there is at this time,
in the south, a growing determination not to
suffer themselves to be tampered with much
longer. Many believe it is the grossest folly
to reason with the northern fanatics; too
much of it has already been done. Again,
they feel and know that the Bible, the Con*
slitution, and all, is on our side. And when
we consider the intemperate zeal of the abo
litionists to distrust our rights, here is a
coldness towards the Union, which, tosay the
least of it,argurs that if the abolitionists are
not stopped this Union is not much more than
a rope of sand. The cry has been, wait until
Congress moves on the subject, and then act.
But this is waiting until lae Unon is dis. i
solved ; for when Congress legis ales on the I
subject, the Union is done, there is no salva- 1
lion for it then. If we mean both north and |
south to preserve the Union, and to wrest its
destiny out of the hands of those vile incendia
ries, who are plotting its overthrow. We must
move at once; delay is destruction. It requires ]
no abstruse philosophical reasoning to prove s
this. Let thojlclermmaliou of the South be
to arrest the evil at once. And with the view i
of doing so, and thereby saving the Union, I i
recommend a Southern Convention to be held t
the next summer, at such time and place as 1
may suit the states interested, and may be de
termined upon hy some more local association (
for the purpose of making a last solemn and .1
grand effort in behalf of the Union, and of ma *
lung such united arrangements, (should the '
expression of the final determination of the
South tlnoughout tlio Convention not meet j
with a proper response from her co-States, as 1
lu enjoy our domestic institutions in peace, or <
to dissolve the Union. Let the whole South to (.
a man rally under our banner, bearing for its j
motto, our domestic institution with peacci
or a dissolution of the Union.” The many 1
advantages ofsuclia Convention must rccunr
mend it to the favorable notice of all. Ihe
great mural weight such a body would have, -
the grand spectacle of a whole people insult- t
ed and wronged, rising as one man and pro- j
rnulgating their final determination to the j
world, through such a body, must have im
mense weight with the great mass ofthe-peo- |
pie of lhe° North who are friendly lo fthe |
U>,i„n ; finally it would be the means of draw
ing a distant line, over which the Union ,
would hang suspended, leaving the whole re
sponsibility to the good people of the North j
to sustain it, or suffer the most splendid fab*- ;
nc of human liberty lo be poluled and dc- j
stroyed by outrageous and daring fanatics. In
conclusion, us I have no motive to conceal
my views on any subject more especially on
this, shall sign my proper name.
K. E. BELCHER.
From Florida.
The Charleston Mercury of the ISth inst.
s ays —We learn from Capt. Whilden of die i
schooner Maryetta Ryan, arrived on Satuf- ;
day from Key Biscain, that on the sth inst. j
Capt. UigL'ins of die sloop Citizen and the
Eftgifieer of the steamer Alabami left their
respective vessels and went up the river in a
boat about 3 miles from the encampment o l
the forces stationed in that quarter, for the
purpose of guning, and were both kil cd by a
party of struggling Indians. A negro who
accompanied them inedo his escape by scull,
in g the boat to the opposite side of'the river,
after having been wounded twice. As soon
as the intelligence of the murder reached the
camp a portion of troops wore sent iu search
of the boat, but returned without seeing any j
thing of her. Col. Pierce arrived at New
River on the sihmst. with his command, and i
wouldleave in a day or two for Fort Dallas oh
,he Miami River.
Extract of a letter from the Correspondent of
the Charleston Mercury dated,
St. Augustine, Fen. 28.
The hope of onr getting our war to an end
this winter, under Gen Jesup, is now consid
ered out of the question, he has sent his aid on
lo Washington, with a proposition to let. the
Indians remain in a small portion of the
Territory.
The report of die capture of 400 Indians
by him, turns out to be totally false, ho has
not moved troin his position on Jupiter River,
since Lt. Linnard left him. The report came
to this City, with almost every mark of au
thenticity, and was pubbshed as a fact.
Gen. J. has used himself up. Why the
war why the immense expenditure of public
money, the blood-shed and murder—the loss
of bo many valuable lives, and destruction of
properly, to let. the Indians remain in a small
portion of the Territory’
Gen. Nelson, of Georgia, is Operating on
the Withlaeoochce. Col. Taylor, on the
west side ofthe Peninsula, has lost the trail
and nothing has been heard of Col. Smith,
who is operating below Charlotte harbor.
From the NY Colir. iji Enquirer. March 15.
Cheering news from New Hampshire.
We have never looked tor the regeneration
of New Hampshire. P has been so long a
region of political clouds and darkness, that
we feared this light of truth could not break in
upon it. But We have been ngrecbly disap
pointed—and if not entirely illuminated, there
are some bright flashes along her honzort —
and the time is not distant when she will re
joice in the perfect day.
From th'e Boston Atlas of Wednesday wb
learn that the returns from the New Hamp
shire election ofthe 13th are highly encoura
ging, and show a great gam for the Whigs
The towns of Portsmouth and Dover—last
year Loco Foco—have been both redeemed.
Samuel Cleaves', the Whig candidate, has
been elected in the first senatorial district.—
Theie is little doubt the majority for the whig
guberna'oriil candidate, James Wilson, Jr.
will be 500 in Rockingham county—where
his most sanguine friends claimed but a ma
jority of 300.
The capital of the Stats—Concord—has
given Wilson an unprecedented majority of
one hundred and sixty voles. Tins is a blow
at hi?ad quarters. Four Whigs have been
elected from this town to the Slate Legisla
ture. Large sums of money were staked and
lost on one hundred majority for Governor
Hill. Whigs would have willingly com
promised for a majority of 10 to 20 votes—
such an army of Staid office holders were in
the field against them. But the Whigs have
carried the largest majority ever carried by j
any party in Concord.
Portsmouth, which in 1834 gave &, Jackson ;
majority ot 124, has now given a Whig j
jonty of 1521 .
Dover, which in 1832 gave a Jackson ma- '
joriiy of 238, has now given a Whig majority
of 205.
In all forty one towns have been heard
from, in the strongest Tory districts. 'These
give Wilson 0,934 voles; Hill 6,429. In 1832
Hie same towns gave Clay 5182—Jackson
5,558. WhiggainOll.
The Natchez Free Trader ot the oth inst.
mentions a rumor in that pity, of the death of
Gun. Jackson. It cannot be true, as our
Nashville slips are silent on the subject.— N.
O. Picayune.
Horrible Catastrophe —TTie Detroit
Morning I’ost, ot the 21st ultimo, says that
the house of an agriculturist at Farming
ton, was burnt on the .Saturday previous, and
five children perished in the flames. Their
mother was absent on a visit, and the father
had great difficul ly in escaping with his life*
~ MAKIXK 1 \TFI. fVI( NCE.
CHARI. IfitS'PON, March ISI.-iTd, brig Hard ft j
Thayer. Copenhagen,and fit Petersburg; brig Messen
lliggins, Antwerp; brig Prances, Given. Matanzat;
scam packet North Carolina, Reynolds, Wilmington.
Went lo sea Saturday, ships Madison, Wood, i.iver
ool; II Allen, Wilson, do. Undine, Taylor, Amsterdam:
Marque King Philip, Humphrey; Havre; U I. brig Ccu
rier, Hsrbest, N I:
Went to sea yesterday, Fr barque Croix de Snd Craig,
Havre: brigs Cal.idunia, Drummond, Antwerp; Hardy,
111 jtr, St Petersburg; Cli pnian. T hompson, New Or
leans; 1
JIAIMMED i
In Eatonton, on Thursday evening, 15th inst. (
Col. C. J. Malone, of Washington co. to Miss -
Jane A. daughter of Irby Hudson; esq. of the
former plaee.
f™— —— l,l *
Atigustn Benevolent Society .
Committees appointed lor the present month.
Committee Division No. I—Messrs. John W -
Knight, Wm 11 Ward, Mrs. Francis Meredith,Miss
Elizabeth Marshall.
Committee Division No. 2—Messrs. Tha-lens S !
Nloy, Sylvanus li Graves, Mrs. John Winter, Mrs. ,
C C Talliufvrro. c
Committee Division No. 3.—Messrs. John Reese [
L B Han, 31 is Mary Glover, Mrs. Amy Whitlock.
All cases ol sickness and distress please report to
3J. M. BROWN, Scc’y pro tcm. j
Fhc Constitutionalist will please copy the above. »
march 10 Jm 1
Mil. JoNts—Please announce ihe follown,..
gentlemen as candidate for Mayor an I members
of Council—members to represent Ward No. 3
and oblige Many Vutbhh. *
- FOR MAYOR,
SAMUEL HALE.
FOIt MEMBERS OF COUNCIL,
W. 11. HOLT,
THOMAS RICHARDS,
ISAAC MOISE.
(jj“Mr Editor—Please insert the following ''
ticket for Mayor and Aldermen, tor the 3d Ward*
and oblige Mart Voter*.
JOHN PHINIZY, Mayor.
13 H WARREN,-)
A CUMMING, CAldermen.
JOHN BONES. 3
C3* Mr Jones, will please announce the follow
ing gentleman as candidates for members of
Cuuncil for Ward No 4, at Ihe ensuing election
VVM P DEARMOND,
CHAB. 13, HITT,
JOHN HILL.
The following gdnllemen will be sm*
ported for members of Council for Ward No. 3
by Many Voters.
13. 1), KIRTLAND,
F. 11. COOK, %
A. G. BULL.
'Please announce the following gentlemen as
Candidates for Ward No, 3 at the approaching
Election in April next.
13. W. FORCE,
THOMAS RICHARDS,
15. D. KIRTLAND.
(Tj* The following gentlemen will serve a*
members of, Council in Ward No. 1, if elected
on the first Monday in April next:
PHILIP CRUMP,
R. F. BUSH,
MITCHELL NELSON,
Mr. Junes, we should bo gratified to be repre
sented in Council by the following gentlemen, viz:
A. CUMMING,
MARTIN M. DYE,
JOHN BONES.
! and hope they will sulfer their names to bo on#
nounced as candidates atlhc approaching election.
Many Voters of 2d Ward.
Mr. Junes —Please announce the following
gentlemen as candidates for Council in the first
Ward at the approaching election in April.
GAREY F. PARISH,
PHILIP CRUMP, /
WILLIAM E. JACKSON.
WANTED, An Overseer, to takecharge
of a Plantation and hands, r.ear Augusta
One that can coma well recommended, and ha*
no family, may meet with employment. Apply to
march 30 3t 13 H WARREN.
Augusta artillery guards,
Appear on your Parade Ground in front of i ha
Laneaslerinn Institution on Saturday, the34th in«t.
at 3 o’clock, precisely, armed and equipped tor In
fantry Drill. By order of Captain Gould,
id. A STOVALL, Acting O. S.
__ March 30. 4t
EVVCROP MOLASSES.—7O birds, for
a! sale by T S & 0 II M ETC’ALF.
n.rach 20
C 'HECKS on Now York, Philadelphia and
* Baltimore. Fur«aleby
niarch 20 GEO INS. A TRUST CO.
Georgia, Burke county:
WHEREAS, B L KirkladiJ and Win Duke,
op [dies for Letters of Administration, on the
Estate of Madison Duke, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred ami creditors of said deceased
to file their objections (if any they have) ia rny of
fice within the time proscribed by law, t> »hew
cause why said letters should not be granted.
I Given under my band at office, ia Waynesboro'i
[ this 7lli Mai eh, 1838.
mar 20 w3od TII BLOUNT, I) Cl’fc.
Georgia, Burke county:
WHEREAS William Hatcher,applies for le
ters of administration on the estate of Ma
■ tllda Hatcher, deceased.
These ate therslore locito add admonish all and.
singular the kindred and creditors, ofsaid deceased,
to bo and appear at my office Within the lime pro
scribed by law, to shew cause if any they have',
Why said letters should riot be granted.
Given under my hand at office', in Waynesboro’
this 7th day of March 1838.
mar 20 T HjBLOUNT, dccobc
Georgia, Burke Coilnty:
WHEREAS, Alfred Hudson applies tor Let-.
tors of Administration on the Estate of
| Matthew M Spain, Jr.; deceased.
| These are thoiefore to cite and admonish all and
I singular the kindred and creditors of said (deceased;
to be and appear at my office within the time pre
' scribed by law, to shew cause, if any they have;
why said letters should not be granted.
Given nndet my hand, at office, in Waynesboro',
this 7th March, 1838. , , ,
mar 20 TII BLOUNT,’D cl’k.
fAOUR months after day application will lie
made to the hon the Inferior Court of Burke
courtly, while silting lor ordinary purposes, sos
leave to sell all the real estate belonging to Hilliard
J Roe, deceased,
march 20 A II ROE, Adm'r
AGREEABLE to an order of the hon. fhelnlo
riorCourtof Burke county, when sitting tor
I ordinary purposes, will be sold, on the first Tues
day in June next, before the Court. House door m
i Waynesboro’, between the usual hours of sale,
I Five Hundred and ninety fburjnore* of l.and in said
1 canty, adjoining lands of William Patterson, Win
liidlms rod others, belonging to the estate ol Ralph
| Penruvv, dec.,: ise ‘L sold for the benefit of t,,e h ?‘ r "
1 and crediors of'tid'd deceased. J etnas on.the day
of sale ' MARTHA PE NR GW, Adm r
j march 20 wtt *
WILL be sold, on the first, Tuesday in Jam*
next, between iho usual hours of sale, a
Court Ho use door in die town ol Mnyrnsboro , y
virtue Cf an order of the Honorable Inferior
of Burke County, when sitting for ordinary p P
ses, one negro named Nimrod, belonging .
estate of Peter Applewhite, deceased, s-'ld ,
benefit of the heirs and creditors ol said dt'cc 33
Terms ol sale on the day.
„ march 20 JOHN APPLEWHITE, Adm x.
Georgia--Burke County.
Court of Ordinary, present, their Honors, G W
Evans, Abel Lewis, and E Palmer, Esqrs.
Rule Ni Si, slh March, 1838
UPON the petition of Mulford Marsh; Adminis
trator of John Watts, deceased, this day filed,
praying that a Citation may issue for letters disirits
sory from said An ministration. It is on mpttert
ordered that the same do issue and he published
once a month for six months. A true extract from
the minutes. T II BLOUNT, dccobc.
March 20 Cm
Georgia, Burke County. —.
Court of Ordinary, present their Honors G >•
Evans, Abel Lewis and E Pamler, Esqrs
Rule Ni St olh March, 1838.
IT PON the application ot Mulford Marsh «nd
) Fielding Fryer .praying that the Clerk do is
sue n citation lor letters dismissory ns adminmtra
lors on the estate of Fielding Fryer, dcceaiciA It
is «n motion of Counsel ordered, that the sarneu 1 ).
issue returnable to September term next of this
Court, to be published once a month till said Cour .
A into extract from the minutes,
march 20 Cm TII BLOUNT, dcco b c.
Georgia, Burke County. r w
Court of Ordinary, present their Honors
Evans, Abel Lewis and E Palmer. Erqrs
Rule. Ni Si, o,h March ' 1838, ,
UPON the petition of Samuel Barron, executorof
Ahsolem Kinsey, deceased, late of Burke ro.
staling that ho has fully executed *md wi I and se -
tied the estate of said deceased, and praying letters
dismissory. It is therefore, on motion of counsel,
“d that the Clerk do iisue a citation return.-
bio to September Court next, requiring all persona
interested 1 then and there to show cause why the
same should not he granted : And .Ms further or
dered that said citation be publisher once a month
till said court. A true extmcA rom the minu s*.
mar 20 Cm T. H BLOUNT, D. U k.-
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