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WILLIAM E. JOSES. ; AUGUST A, OEO„ TUESDAY WOSKSIBJU MAY 15, SSiSS.. [Triweekly.]—'Vol. 11.—No 58.
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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. P
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Monday Morning, May 14. I
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Virginia Election.
The state of the returns so far as received, are ;
Whigs 68; Administration, (including 16 Con- 1
Bprvalives or Anti-Sub-Treasury men,) 45.
There arc 20 counties yet to he heard from
which last year stood Whigs 4, Admimstniy ’
tion 17. *
t The Charleston Courier of Saturday siys .
■•The steam packets Pulaski and Georgia, arrived (
yesterday, left Dallimoro wharf within t"n min |
ut es of each other, and one came 100, at the wharf
here, only four minutes before the other, leaving
a difference of only six minutes in their running j
lime. The trip was performed in forty-six anil ; s
three quarter hours, and it is stilted that there
was hut a very short distance between them du-.;
ring the whole time. I
TheN. 0. Picayune of the Olh inst says; - s
“The only change that has taken place, in our
market this week, worthy of notice, is an ad. c
■vance in the prices of Flour and Pork. Sales ot t
.nporfme flour, from store, at £8 arid some at 0. t
Mess. Pork as high as $l9; prime $l5. t
V Another Steamboat Explosion. |
The N. O. Picayune, of the Kth inst. says ;
The steamboat Yazoo, from Mobile for mm ‘
port, via the river, hurst one of her honors on
■ Monday morning theTlh inst., while oil Lrc- (
ton Island. A passenger, named Keeler, who £
was formerly Ist Engineer of the steamboat
I\CSSt?k fi . was instantly killed. No other per
son injured. i
The Yazoo was afterwards towed into the ,
N. E- Pass by the steamboat Columbus, from ,
Mobile. The Columbus arrived at the city ,
yesterday evening, bringing the corpse of Mr.
Keeler.
It is osiitnatcd in the N. Y. Express that the
Great Western carried out 20,000 loiters. Ihe j
steamer sailed so late that letters were taken in ,
until nearly 2 P. M. I
Mr. Alexander Do llodiscoo was presented to
the President by the Secretary of Slate on Salur. '
day las), the sth instant, as Envoy Extraordinary |
and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the
Emperor of Russia. i
[FROM OUIt CO It RESPOND ENT.]
WASHINGTON, May 10ih 1838. j
, The funeral of Mr. LAWLER took place yes- ,
terday, and was conducted in the customary
manner; and attended by the President, the j
Heads of Departments, the members of both Hou-
ses of Congress, and a largo concourse pi citizens (
and strangers.
. On motion of Mr. MARTIN, the Speaks; was i
directed to inform the Governor ol Alabama, that J
n vacancy had occurred in the Representation of
that State. 1
The Executive has at last been obliged to ap- 1
p roach Congress with a Special Message asking i
for a supply of money! To such a stale of desli- 1
tulion have the bunglers charged with the Admi
nistration of the Government, brought the puMte
W Treasury. The President transmitted a statement
' from his Secretary from which it appears that tho
credit of the Government is in immediate danger.
It is suggested that the permission to reissue tho
Treasury Notes, which have been returned would
relievo it from present embarrassment and Con,
jrreas is earnestly called upon to act without delay
upon some measure of rcliel for the Government*
After the Message and Documents wore read'
Mr. CAM DUELING said that if the privilege
c|uestion (connected with the Duel repot ts, &o.)
was not disposed of, he would in the course o(
the day move for a suspension of tho rules fur the
purpose of going on with the Public business, and
particularly the Treasury Note Dill.
Mr. UNDERWOOD, who was entitled to the
floor on the privilege question, said that if Mr.
GAMDRELING and his friends would consent
to postpone indefinitely tho consideration of the
Duel Reports and thus get rid of that matter alto
gether ho would consider his Speech suppressed,
and would make tho motion for an indefinite
postponement.
Mr, CAMBRELING Baid that motion would
jfself open up the whole subject for debate. Ho
would therefore move lo suspend the rules now
in order to proceed with the public bills,
Mr GRAVES instantly rose and remonstrated
against that course. He insisted that it was hut j
a lair act of justice lo him that the trial should be .
finished. He wished no delay, but he protested
against arresting the proceedings at ibis stage.
He moved a call of the Houso w hich was ordered,
but before it was finished, Mr Catnbrcling with
drew his motion to suspend, and Mr Underwood
then rose and addressed the ll*ause at length in ;
support of the motion to recommit the icpott
with instructions to report the facts, and evidence
without comment or argument. When he fin
ished Mr Thomas moved lo lay (ho whole sub
ject on the table, and print the reports. A divi
m Hioii of the question beingjtalled for the first
9 branch of the motion was agreed to—ayes 102,
nays 72. Ho the report was ordered to lie on the
table. The question then recurring on the mo,
tion to print, a call of the House was asked, but
the House refused it. The motion was also sub
divided, and first the question was put on print. ,
ing the reports only, which was carried ayes ■
125, nays 78. So at last tho subject has veen i
disposed of.
The House immediately adjourned.
In the Senate to-day Mr. Webster presented t
jifport and resolution adopted by the Legislature I
>1 Massachusetts in relation to the Ninth Eastern .
>oundary which were ordered to he printed and
aid on the table.
Mr. WEBSTER declared his intention, when
he subject should come up, to ask the consldera
ion of Congress to the true state of the question
tow pending between Great Britain and the
United Slates and its great and increasing im
portance.
The Message from the President and the com
munication from the Treasury Department which
I have already noticed were received in the Sen
ate and referred to the Commute of finance.
Mr. DAVIS from the Committee on Commerce
presented a report on improvements in the con
struction of Light Houses.
The act for die erection of a Hospital in Wash
ington, for the insane and f.r disabled and infirm
persons, was read a third time and then postpon
ed to the first Monday in December, on the ex
piessed ground that in tiro present condition of
the Treasury no additional charge on it should
ho cieated !
The vote was, Aves 215 Nays 20.
The hill to .ill the bonds id the United titutes
Bank was then taki n up, read a thin! t ime, pas
sed without any discussion, and sent to the House
for concurrence.
The bill to extend the charters of certain
Banks in the Disl, id of Columbia was next con
sidered.
Mr BENTON was against it of course, and I
offered an amendment to strike out all after the
enacting clause, and introduce a substitute to
extend the charters to March 1839, on condition
that they cease issuing notes under five dollars at
once—that they redeem in specie all their own
notes of five dollars after July next —and they
cease in January next to receive the notes of all
non-resuming banks.
A long, desultory debate arose on this proposi
tion. The Senate adjourned without coming to
any decision. M.
Mu. Editor, —I ask of you ihe favor of pulu
fishing the enclosed article, preceded by the re
marks of a correspondent of the Charleston Mer
cury. Your compliance with this request will
doubtless be approved by many of your readers.
A ScrnsciauKU.
To the Hon. (1. W. Jones & 11. A. Wise.
Gentlemen. —In asking your attention, as
[ would respectfully, to this communication,
I feel tinder no necessity- of* apologising for
the freedom thus assumed. The course you
have taken justifies it,—The life of the lamen
ted Gilley cannot be recalled. The wound
inflicted on a once happy, but now mourning
domestic circle cannot be healed. The foul
stain cast on our common and beloved coun
try cannot speedily be washed away. Lightly
as you may regard, coolly as you may treat
them —these are melancholy truths, and they
warrant the humblest citizen in addressing
you in the language of a just reproach. It
may seem to you severity, hut from the nature
of the case, you . must boar it. “You must
pardon something to the spirit” of aggrieved,
injured humanity. You say you were “reg
ulated by magnanimous principles, and the
laws of humanity.” S.rs, you must know,
that to men who act on other principles than
those you have shewn, yourselves to possess,
it is disgusting to meet with such a statement
from such a source. —The facts of the case
are before tho world —they speak louder than
words, and they speak of murder. The de
cision of the great body of the people to whose
bar you arc held to answer, is, as you well
know, against you—it has been expressed in
terms not to be misunderstood. Birch, doubt
less, will ho the decision of posterity; for Lire
world is not, we hope, destined to retrograde
—and such, it is fearful ta think, will bo the
decision at that bar of infallible justice, before
which we shall all appear, to give an account,
of the deeds done in the body. The remarks
which follow, appeared originally in a journal
published in New York—one of the most
ably conducted of any in the country. You
may spurn them from you—but this will not
be the part of wisdom. I will only add the,
expression of the wish, prompted, 1 may sin
cerely say, by feelings of kindness, that yon
may see the error into which you have tal en
and do all that may lie in your power to re
pair, as far us possible, the injury you have
clone. With the respect which belongs to
yon as representatives of the people in the
councils of onr common country'.
1 have the honor to be,
Your’s, &.n.
GIVIS.
Charleston, S. C., May 7, 1888.
The Duei.oist’s desire —We copy with
unqualified commendation, the following re
buke of the Congressional duellists, by the ed
itor of the New York Observer. It is as well
done as their demerits can deserve. Misera
ble men arc they, who have at once imbrued
thoit bands with blood, disgraced their eleva
ted stations, done dishonor to their country,
and excited universal indignation.—North
and South, ihe horrible affair is execrated Gy
all h'ghmindod men: duellists themselves join
ing with their more sober and religious neigh,
hours in calling it by its right name,murder.
The seconds of the file duel have publish
ed at-’, dement of the facts in tie cat; -, which
tney conclude with these words :
‘•Wo endeatored to discharge our duties
according to that code under winch the par
ties met, regulated by magnanimous princi
ples, and the laws of humanity. Neither of
uh has taken the lea.-,I exception to the course
ut the offier; and we sinceieiy hope that in re
all controversy wit never nay coat;-;. We
espt dally ties re our respective Inonds to make
no publication on the subject. Nono can re
gret the termination of the .affair more than
otir.-elve.-, and we hope; ag t.n the la.-.{ of ;l
Will itc the signature of our inmes to thin pa.
per, which we now affix.” Geo. W.Joxes,
Uk.miy A. Wise,
The last of ill" JVLm do ml speak thus
of deeds v. itn winch they are s i.-li ~l—deeds
which tlii-if coi.scieticiapprove. fchich lan
guage is inspired only by conscious guilt: by
i “a tearful looking for of’ ev.l consequences
! “to come.” !l is the 1 ingnage of one who is
afraid that In: fc.ia'l be obliged to remember
fr.ul he lias den..-, and that the remembrance
jwiil be torture, 'ihe feelings which prompt
I tills language are but the foretaste of those
that shall compel them to say “to the inoun
! tains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide os from
j the face of Him that sitteth mi the throne,
j and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great
day of his wrath has come;and who shall be >
able to Bland!” On readinjj it, we could not !
but recollect certain |iasaa?o3 from another >
writer, with whom these men may he more 1
familiar.
Spirits. What woirldst thou with uh, son of *
mortals, —say? 1
.lift nfred, Forgetfulness— 1
first Spirit. Ofwbnt—of whom—and why! 1
.Manfred. Os that which is within me; read it I
there.
Vo know it, and I cannot utter it,
Oblivion, self oblivion !
Can yo not wring Irora out the hidden
realms
Ve oiler so profusely, whol I re-k!
Spirit. It is not hi our essence, or our skill
lint—thou rnadst die,
.Winifred Will death bestow it on me!
Spirit • Wo ate immortal, and do not forget.
Wo are eternal and to us the past
ns the future, preedit; art thou an
swered!
» • •
Though thy slumber may ho deep,
Vet thy spirit, shall not sleep;
There are shades which util not vanish,
There are thoughts thou can’st not
banish;
Hy a power to thee unknown,
Thun ean’sl never ho alone.
* * v
lly thy delight in others’ pain,
li V thy brotherhood of Cain,
I eall upon (hoc, and compel
Thyself to bo thy proper hell.
** ’ o
Witch, It may ho
That I can aidlhce.
JMaufred To do this, liiy power
Must wake the dead, or by mu low
with them.
Do so, in any shape,—in any hour, —
With any torture, so it ha th last.
“The last ot it!” Du they think their
statement will be “the loot, of ii” to the man
whom they have sent, unprepared, to the eter
nal world! We say, unprepared; lor in case
of suicide, we may hope there was insanity,
when men are executed for murder, we imiy
hope there was repentance; hut he who falls
in a duel, dies in the very performance of an '
act, inconsistent, with preparation for heaven; 1
dies in the very act of defying God ami ma
king himself more (it for hell, and more wor
thy of its torments.
Do they think this will he “the last of it” 1
to the widow of their victim? Will herans ]
guish he appeased, will her heart he made
whole, will the very remembrance that she
ever new the happinessof conjugal attention ,
be blotted out, hy this cool history, given hv ,
men whom she has such cause to remember? 1
Will this itc “the last of it” to the orphans,
whom their crime has made orphans? Can
they forget to whom they are indebted for the
countless dangers, and trials, and suflbrings,
which must be the portion of the fatherless?
Cun they—ought they—to cease to remem
ber who opened the incessant fountain of
their mother’s tears? And while orphans
suffer, and the bereaved weeps, ami the soul
of the murdered dwells where you have sent
it, shallyou be allowed to hear “the Jasl of IE”
It may not bo. Eternal justice cannot suffer
it. The remembrance of your deeds must '
haunt you. Conscience.-boil interpret every
thing into ?.n accusation. When men fasten 1
their Cyes upon yon, you shall think that they
remember Gilley. When they speak in whig- 1
pets, you shall think they arc talking of him.
When they speak indefinitely,you shall sus
pect that they allude to his murderer. When
they are silent, you ahull believe that they re- ,
pres- their indignant recollections purposely. -
Every work of Clod, and every deed of man, .
shall he to yon an accuser. Your own con- ,
sciousnoss of what you have done is as im- .
mortal and ns inseparable from yourselves, us
any other attribute of your souls, and shall
be your everlasting remembrancer.
Such is the penalty cf crime. Cain ex
pected to find an accuser and an avenger in
every one whom ho should meet; and Jones
and Wise pray, but it will bo in vain, that
their words may be “the last of it.”
Proclamation. ,
the State of Sooth OaiioliVa:
By His Excellency PIERCE M. BUTLER,
Esquire, Governor, and Commander in Chief, (
in and over the State aforesaid. ,
The recent Fire in Charleston, has laid waste ,
145 acres of the most populous part of the city: ,
has destroyed buildings and their contents, valued .
between three and four millions of dollars: has
deprived groat numbers of industrious men of ,
the means of reinstating their properly, prostrated
in the common devastation: il has greatly inju
red all the Insurance Offices, arid rendered bank
rupt others in the Stale; the amount of propeity
insured elsewhere being comparatively small, it
has deprived the Bank dehtois, not only of thu
means of paying their present debts, hut of pro
curing further loans and facilities, now, more
than ever, greatly needed, and it, many cases ab
solutely indispensable, to save (he unfortunate
debtor from utler destruction. It has put to ha
zard die ultimate success of our great National
plans of Improvements, the Western /tail I toad,
and the Domestic Importing Company; and
with these it threaten.-: to jeopardize the future
prosperity, and the high character and standing
of the Slate, which has so nobly patronised these
wise and extensive schemes of Public Improves
men I,
Under these circumstances, the late misfortunes
assumes, decidedly, not a partial and local, hut a
general and national a-peet. In various ways it
will ho felt, and severely felt, throughout the
whole Stale; for the beneficial influence of Charles
ton, is, and ought to he f it, in every part of South
Carolina; and the partial prostration of our Me
tropolis, is tho partial prostration of our whole
country; alluding in some way or other, all its
cornrnerei 1 and agricultural pursuits.
Hiving personally, and by Idler, anxiously
consulted a number of our intelligent citizens, in
every part olTho Sin. , on the proptq ty ol eon.
veiling an extrase -am of the Legislature, to con
sider of tlio slops mci ,ry to be tab ai in the (.re
sent emergency, if any interference on the part of
the Slate -hmdd bn .a e ned neeiary; a question I
which, in my opinion, the l.egi datura alone, ought .
finally to deleimiee. Os tiro citizens con-nlted,on 1
the present occasion, many wise and worthy men,
deem u, ‘-'Alia • es, i m of tho Legislature tniadw I
sable, but the great weight ol opinion transmitted
to me, is in lauir of the measure. It is to out Le
gislature, that our people look on all occasions of
difficulty, fur ;. Ivies and relief; we are accuslom
e.i to rely implicitly on the wisdom and sympathy
■ of that respected body of men.
Leaving all questions of constitutional jurkdic
i tioo, and all considerations of public expediency,
■ j to he decided, as they ought to ho, by tho Bep.e
senlatives of Iho people, together with nil quits
, • lions, as l i lire propriety,, rnudo and extent ot re
. ■ lief; I think it rny bournUm duty on the present t
occasion, to cull a meeting of the Legislature of si
(South Carolina, at Columbia, to deliberate on, a
ami determine, such questions as the emergency
may require. p
J\'mv know ye, That 1, Pinneij M. IJvti.ku, >j
Governor, and Commander in Chief, in and out !■
Iho State aforesaid, deeming it a duty imposed on a
the Executive hy thp Constitution, in such ease, n
In convene the General Assembly of the Kioto, </«
hereby convene llio General Assembly of the tl
State of South Carolina, and summon llio Klein
hers of the Senate and House ol Representatives, c
to meet in their respective Halls, at Columbia, on p
the I wonly eighth instant, to consider of such o
matters as may lljen and there he suhmilled, and
afford stilt!i ic'icl' >s in their wisdom may bo eons ~
sidered to the in/ rest and welfare of the Slate. ,
In tastiiuony \t<n renf, 1 have hereunto set my s
hand, aifil caused the seal of llio State to r
he affix ill, at Columhia, this eleventh day
[ r.. 9 .] ol May,in the year of our land one thous
and eiglt hundred and thirty-eight, and in
the si\(v-second year of the Independeneo
ol the I niled Kiatus of Amcrii a. t
I’. M. CUTLER. <
Hi/ (ini. r 1
B. H.Swox, fu'rrei ary of Slate, i
J'. onl He \. I, Herald, Mai / 8. \
Os It" .* .in . t,<i‘!iln!l■ I,
By the | a'l.el s!:ip Vv ellingion, Captain Chad ■
wick, tn id d hist e\ eiiing li om lain Jon, we have ' \
papers to Go i' ning of Olh April. Wo find no- |
thing of ifficrei.i in them. ,
The London Morning Chronicle says; ‘‘lt is ]
said, that apprehensive ol the consequences ol the ,
misunderstanding with the Hank of the United
Stales, the Directors of the Hank ol England (
have absolutely forfeited the policies of insurance .
upon a very largo amount ul money. Taken til ,
llte lowest calculation, at one per cent, there is a ..
dead loss ou litis head, we arc inlotined of 15,- ,
000/. r
The Wellington brings 130 emigrants, chielly
agricultural laborers with their families.
The Apello and Inconstant frigate, sailed from f
Spilhead on the Dili and 10iti April lor Halihix, 1
with troops. I
Steam voyage aciioks tub Atlantic in i
1810. —On Sunday last arrived here, in 30 days I
from Savannah, the steamship Savannah, captain i
Rodgers, (brother to Commodore Rogers.) bur. |
then HI!) tons —her destination is said to ho St. t
Petersburg, ns a present to Iho Emperor Ah van- t
dor. —( Gore's Advertiser, June 34, 1819.) The r
Savannah steam ship, which arrived hero last |
week from Savannah, is the first steam vessel
which has crossed llio Atlantic. Shn is a beauti
ful vessel, and was built at New-Ymk, under ;
the inspection ot her commander, Captain Rod- ,
gers. Her burthen m dll) tons. Her destina f
lion is said to ho St. Petersburg, ns a present to (
the Emperor Alexander. Kn amusing incident
is related in the Irish papers respecting this ves- (
sel. When olf the coa.-l of Ireland, alio Was oh- (
served hy the Kilo, rovonuo cruiser, Lieut Howie. |
The Kile chased her during the day, going ten (
knots, supposing her to lie a ship on fire, when at
length perceiving the Kite in chase, she slopped j
her engine till llio hitler came up. —(Liverpool
Courier, June 30, 181(1,) The ship menliuned 1
above was not u ‘ genuine” steamer, having been
fitted for sailing as well ns steaming. Besides,
the marine steam engines built twenty ycats ago
were greatly inferior to those manufactured now
a-days. The performance of tho Savannah,
which lock twenty six Jayson the passage from
tho American port of that name, cannot, there
fore, he compared with llio expected performance
of tho Sirius or tho Great Western, both of which
will, it is thought, reach New York in fifteen I
days.— Eil. Albion. ' •
Saving’s Hanks. — The deposits in these ex- i
collent institutions lust year, according to official
returns, umnunled to X'30,500,000, being an in
crease ofXOOO.OOO over llio deposits of 1800. ■ s
Pour law Unions. —From a Parliamentary v
return, just published; No, 286, it appears, that u
ihe poor law unions formed in England and u
Wales include a total population of 8.008,270, i
averaging 17,308 in each union, measuring on r
an average 73 square miles, and having on ihe. g
average 35 guardians. t
I
From Ihe N. Y. Herald May 9. -
Money Market. t
The great question of the resumption, or non- i
resiitriplion of Mr. Biddle, still occupies men’s (
minds, and llio uncertainly of the result retards .
Ihe advance of returning prosperity. Tho belief (
now aiming our most eminent financiers is, that ,
he will resume either with the New York-H.mkii, r t
or take a few weeks to share with them in their j
specie, and sell his hills, drawn on cotton ship
tnonls. In this case, the cotton under his direc
tion in England must he forced into ihe market
and a great crash in prices will be the cense- ‘
quence, to the injury of the Planters and Missis- 1
sippi hanks, and through whom ho will sustain j
some loss from over advances, hut trilling in com
parison with that which will he the result nt n c
dill’erent course. It is evident that, M r . Biddle 1
lias mistaken his Course from tho beginning with 1
tegaid to the resumption of specie payments. — (
He should have been among the first to clamor 1
for an early resumption, and have monopolized f
the honor thereof; —this would have placed his i
hank on such fooling, at home and abroad, that t
nothing could have withstood its influence, or cm- (
harruss its finances, as credit is money to any I
amount. In this point of view he is hourly h>. I
sing ground, and nothing can induce his present i
course lint an apprehension of his inability to per
form. The demand for specie will not ho half so
great as many may imagine, but lie it what it 1
may, Mr. Biddle’s only course is to meet and 1
pay it. Ihe in’,ncnso amounls of specie cumin/ ■
ually arriving, will, in connection with public j i
oph.ion. force him to this, ul hough it may po.-si, :i
hly he ;:;;mn t his own judgement—all tutus tin- J >
tier one dollar aro already paid at the li.ink. Tim j '
suspension it a g.real sore and requires map eLt r j ;
ting to remove it
Tho banks here aro still v try cautious in th nr j ;
discoimts, and ..c u ll .lr-r.-n ;i i tin; country bancs I ,
who have balances in their favor, remove! the .1 |
in tho shape of spaci". There i» however plenty .
In re. Tho bunk of. Montpellier Vi. has le.- ufted .
specie payments, anil lliushtr ha a r. ;eived more (
llian has been wiilidrawn. The n-purt *La t Ihe
hank at Gin Ist a lan failed i-i inemi".'. 'J he |
H rnlscn River bank has a! oie-.umel specie pay- ,
merits.
'J’he Irnmacti.ire al l!;e m... hnx'e ~>.dn been
limiled in amount, aut the. pn*'- • are firm, ami in
iniao eaocs have a.i' onccd. I *8 Bank was iqi
)icr cent; I’lienix i.npmved I per rent. Jjel.i- |
ware and UuJ.-uM ‘a- ia at 73) until the eius- ‘
in* rule, vvhirli i crcmuln* iAivu 1 ! | 1
pfr CL’Jif. ftoillO olliuf h t'l »* ti’.'J'U.il- j *
nun In n eele, pai iicnlarly Harlem, dt .dining 1 I
per cent; (tiinninglotl ) per citP. Kale of 6 pel 1
cent Treasury notes at ] discount.
F, am tli“ N <) I'mn/ii'ie of Ihe 10 th.
Erii*' iioin '!'ei.ii ..
The r.-hr Henry, Cupt Long. arrived ycsler
day evening, from Galveston, whence she sailed
nn lie II iiot. 'idle Urnry was 36 hours in the
I running from Galveston to Ihe lair. i
By this arrival we have a copy of iho Ilona
ton'i'i i graph of the 28th nil.
Ti,. liiil authorizing the President tonegolim,
i etc a lean of live nnlliona of dollar* pissed its
ii'Oiuul muling in the Sunulo on tlio SIUli ult.,
uni was engrossed lor a third reading.
On tin- 23d a preamble and resolution were
presented to the House by Mr Jones ot Urazoria,
-imilar to that presented to the donate by Mr.
Everett, proposing to withdraw the petition tor
annexation. Tiro resolution passed a (list read
ing.
Wo have no proceedings of the House later
than the 23d.
A company of one hundred Cttnianehes re
cently came to Bastrop with a great quantity of
peltries, and appeared rejoiced at the thoughts of
opening a trade with thu Texians.
From every thing wo could sen in a'hurried
glance over the Telegraph, wo conclude that our
neighbors are getting along bravely. Tiro pas
sage of the loan hill will eauso Texas money to j
spring up like a grasshopper.
I rout Urn tSumnnalt Grnr;;i m' nf Saturday-
I,rate from Floridn.
From an nllleer of llie army who arrived yes
terday from St Augustine in the revenue cutter ]
•Aunphell, ( 'apt Host, we hear that t ail Harney !
had a sharp skirmish with Sam Jones on tlieSTth I
nil., about 20 miles below Key Ithcsyne. . Ain
Jones lied with bis followers, a largo proportion
nt whom ivi'i'c women and ehiK!ram, ini., (hr ev
erglades, 1 1 turn < 'id 11. came up with bun. ('no
hhinaw w,.s ii pi in id from whom ib.| 11. learned
that Sain Jones had united with the .Spanish j
Indians nl the Keys, and that his parly consisted 1
of ltd Mickasnktes and 2(i Seminole.-; that Haloek |
Hadjo, of Tuskegee’s Iriiie, who had been sent
out to bring in the Seminole* attached In Sam j
Jones’ parly, had been shot by Join s, whh h oc- j
eiisioncd a serious dillerenco between the Mieka
sukies and the Sominoles. Gol. IT. again start- I
oil on the 30tb with ten days’ provisions in pur- i
suit of Sam Jones, and had under his c.oinnninil
one eommpany ofdrragoons, and live compaies
artillery,
’J’hplate i lections in this State have had a sin
gular elleel upon i vory body. All parties seem
to he pleased. The Conservatives are gratified
at the signal defeat, of their Into SiileTicasury
associates, even though they lose I heir leader—
the tSuliscrvjunta arc del'ghloil at llie prostration
us Hives, and are already holding out lines to a
prominent Whig, to avow liimslf for their
scheme—and the Whigs are cheered by the cer
tainly that they have laid out forever the whole
ciew of charlatans who have been cajoling and
plundering the people. —Hichmomt ll’/iitf.
A Pnii/OsopiiicAi. lluMtiim. —Tltcvclcran
Matthew Carey, tells the iiiinexeil capital an
ecdote nl'a distinguished judge in Pennsylva
nia. We lind it in the Knickerbocker Mag
azine.
“lie stole itis grandmother’s fun, and cov.
crcd it for a considerable lime in the mud pud
dle. Having disguised it as completely ns in
his power, he sent it to the Society, with an
elaborate description to prove that it was the
wing of a bat. It was received with duo so
lemnity, and n vote of thanks passed to the
donor. A debate arose as to the species of
but to which it belonged —and a committee
of seven vv.is appointed to ascertain whether
it was tho wing of a Madagascar or a Cana-'
da but. The Committee sal throe weeks, and.
after consulting UulJ'nn’s Natural History mid
Goldsmith's Animated Nature, they reported
that it must have belonged to a Madagascar
bat. It was pronounced llto greatest eiii ius
itv in the Mo .-Turn except a large sheet of
brown paper, which liau I'.tmg up the chimney
and disguised with soot uml and palmed
upon the Society nspartofa Brainin';,' shirt!”
Tin: Day os Judoi:mi:mt.— It is a very,
singular scene which tlio day of Judgement
will present before the understanding. Then
and for the hist time, will men appear logetii.;
er under the character w Inch they have borne
In this life, standing once for nil in the same
relations towards each other and surrounded
pneo more and tor u moment with all the ar
tificial distinctions of society. Kings with
their crowns, and warriors with their swords,
and rich men with their riches, and the noble
with his birth, and the philosopher with hi*
wisdom, (but all with their sins.) shall come
forth from tlio equality of the grave, and lor a
single hour of judgement be'again s-.-peruled
from the common mass of mankind, and re
garded ns superiors to the rest of their h ll ow
creatures. But ns superior in wlmt? Not ns
It is here in the indulgence shown to their er
rors and the 11 tilery poured upon their folly,
and their number and great ness ot their vari
ous privileges; but only in the extent, oftho.r
influence and the multitude and magnitude ot
their dulio:'. In the lilolliit now is, it is the
luxury ul v, iittllli, and (he victory of the sword,
and liie dominion of power, and the dignity
of birth, and the name of wisdom, more hon
orable, hut as Viiiu us them all, that move the
envy and emulation of man. But in the life*
and judgement ( hut are to come, it is the re
sponsibility of the crown, and toe responsibil
ity of war, and tlio responsinility of riches,
and tlio responsibility of lortli of power, and
of wisdom, that will alone engage thu human
thoughts; and till transitory glories vv.ll he
lost m the remembrance of t but Tearful reckon
ing which this responsibility entails.
Pmntkiis. —The following anecdote was
related hy the veteran nnntcr, Benjamin Kus
eeli, of Boston; at a meeting of the Mechanic
Apprentices’ Library Association, as repot ted
hi the Boston i'lere,-.utile Journal;---‘ln J7KV
s.iid he, 1 was driven fiom I fusion,by the re
volmjonary war, ; o Worcester. 1 there
went, into the printing oflicu ol Isaiah Thom,
ii'. I recollect one day, that 15 t jmi.n
Fr.inlJm ctiine into our ollico. 'i’iiat distin.
■ lied n.au could pa.-s a tavern, or a hou c j
of iillM. "iiii;nt, xv ll bent gooig in; hut it was |
hard to pass a printiinr ollico, and not make
a blent visit. Mo ho came into our ollico. We
all kim.v It's r.ourilenunce. I’m,enily lie
called tin- h .y , ao.uiid him, and tallied to ns.
lie ■ iii! ho was proud to have been a printer.
It vva i more honor than to be a s'ule.-otrin,
an uinlee-toli.r, or a r-terns niy;i. Wi;y 7
Because piiii'ui:; was t-o u Hill an art. ‘And,’
said ho, u■ Hi' . iii/ful hi Iwnwablc.’ ‘ I,’ 1
continued Mr. itu-A-il, ‘was the youngest hoy
in the ; iii m; <o be noticed me parttculnrly,
and the follow.ng dialogue onsttcil Unworn
u.- , ‘What is your ii.iinei’ ‘Benjamin.’ That’s
my iiHii.c; wljeio were you borni’ ‘ln Boston.*
'i'nai s u hcie I was horn. Whom did yon go
to school to V —*To Mr. .’ ‘Mo did 1
once.’ Alter tins uoloquy, the doctor again
addressed liie buys. And ever alter tms 1
loved my trade more, 1 respected mysoif. J
fnlt Uiul I was doing good.”
We yesterday adverted in a few words to
the principle which in our opinion should
characterise any law (h it may he enacted for
the regulation of steam boats-, and the pun*
iahment of those connected with them, in ca
ses of disaster. It lias been amd by those whs
would offer an apology for the apparent dm*
regard nf human life so often manifested,
that it arises in a measure from the iiißligan
lions of passengers, who. incite (he comuian
ders and entreat of tiieru not to permit their
vessels to lie beaten. The apology is of it*
self 100 weak to bo entitled to a moment's con
sidomiion, as, however reckless of consequen
ces some of those on board innv be, fie ma
jority ami more respectable portion ol travel
lf is cannot certainly be so regardless of tlicir
own safely and that nf their families as to re
commend racing at the risk of their lives. Ik
this as it may, the proper source to winch to
look for a remedy of the evil is to prnpric.
tors, and in order to make the appeal effectu
al penalties must bo made to apply to their
purses. We euro not how hot headed cap.
tains may be, under the impulse of compete
lion, or how regardless some passengers may
lie nt the security ol theinselvis and others,
when a foolish spirit nf rivalry is excited: if
the owners were made liable m heavy dama
ges for any injuries tint might occur, wo will
! answer lor :L that an end will kioii he put
' in steam boat disasters.
V, c presume that no well-founded doubt can
! exist as to the power of (Jungi to pass a law
i lor the protection ol the lives and property of
■ I emu boat Handlers, us these vessels belong lo
dip commercial mniine of die country, and there
i loro come fairly within the powers delegated to
that body. In da 1 ease ol tj.c .Moselle, there ap*
i pears lo liuvp been the most'erirninal disregard to
j lbn safely of passenger*. That a steam Vessel
I should In' brought up to the wbail'and there de
j laved until persons could go on board, without
j taking the precaution el letting die sleain escape,
j is an extent of hardihood in the highest degree
I reprehensible. To those who may have observ
ed the rapidity with which steam is generated
whni the (ire's are up, the criminality id such an
net will at once he evident, and that die cense*
(|uoaces ol it must have been as they turn oul,
could not have been unknown to iho mostexpe
iienred. There is 100 great a disposition to find
apologies for parlies implicated when these oc
curences take place. According lo die old En
glish law, if a pci son discharged a loaded gun
into a street thronged with persons passing, al
though he might aim it at no individual, crimi
nality of intention was inferred from a knowledge
of dm fact that it was a thoroughfare, and the par
ly was punished accordingly. Most assuredly
the probability of injury te human life in this case
is very small compared with that in the case of a
steam boat explosion, where so many lives must
he lust in the event of its lulling place. Mem
bers ol Congress should lake it under considera
tion how hir.lhey are morally accountable for
these accidents, as they are termed, when, having
the power to put a slop lo them, they fail to do
so.— Halt, Jlmericun,
[con Till CIIIIOMCI.E AMI SK.VCINBI,.]
Mn. Ein to n.—Will you indulge the spleen
of an offended man by giving a place lo the fol
lowing lilies. X.
To si Disdain (hi I.inly.
Haughty girl, thy thoughts I know ;
Yea, thou lliink’st to thee 1 bq«v ;
Hut it is a fond mistake,
Thou w ilt no such conquest make.
Thy disdain is thrown away,
Kfhp it (or linolllcr day;
Time enough for thee lofret,
1 uni not proposing yet.
Will thy scorn-averted eyes
Hcarp away the summer Hies 1 ,
Orsullice Ip.'Jtill a (lea? g*
J hiifk’st thd'i it hen .they'd murder me.
Trust not thy deceitful glass,
~ Theio is many a fairer lass;
(lontie;j.C£E:;i.d ::im!nsly
Arp Iho sweetest charms tome.
Elay in fancied bloom awhile,
Time full soon that bloom shall ,spoil;
Then thy scorn will ho repaid,
And ihy name will tie Old Maid. v
»!S lI'IW.HL..L. Al'JlUi'lJm
CONMHUCTAL.
S-UVS- 1 «; pr
OHAKI.KSTON MARKET,MAY 12.
t/Oltmi . Koetived since our last lo yesterday
morning, inclusive, 11H (mbs !>'eu Island and 6948
bales Upland Cotlon. Cleared in thw saniA lime,
(kit bates ol Eea Island and GO 17 bales Upland.—
Da slop hoard, nol eioarud, (063 hales Sea Island and
.0382 hales ol Upland. The sales have been 3744
Indus of Uplands, nlB n 111. In I ong Cottons,4l3
bales Sun Island, from 3vt a SO rents, and upwards ;
b jtlaini N, 31; ii./ Simiees, 30 a 36; and SO bales of
■Sluinod, from 10 lo ‘2S eenis. Tbemarkel continues
steady ns I > prices; iho denmrel, bovvevor, is chiefly
eoiibnuil lo extra good and prime qualities of Up
land. Tier supposed slock in ibu hands ol Factors,
remaining lor.sale is afoul 13,000 bales—about 3000
Imles are liinitod.
I'.xrluiii tfi". — On Liverpool, 9 per cent premium;
Havre,nominal, ('hecks on New Vork,ntsight,4l
a 0 per cent prem; Treasury .Notes, 61 per ctprem.
MOBiI.K MARKET, MAY 9. . '
Ci,Hon. —Cuiisnleraf lo enquiry Inis been kept up
during thu week li,r ibis article, and llie business
doing wo estimate Inis been to the extent of about
8000 bales, at prieus varying bul iiillc Trom those
current lor iho two weeks previous. The late rise
in our mi rs bus tended lo send (inward the princi
pal pat tof tbo crop that remained m the inlorior,
which Ims been daily added lo tins stock on sale,
giving a lair supply, siitlieient lo meet all llie de
mand of purebaseis. Wo are looking forward to
an early close ol any tiling like heavy transactions
in this article. Tbe slock on hand is heavy, and
will lake considerable limo lo disappear—-yet the
quantity on sale we do in I islimale at over 4 to
boon bales. Arrived Ibis week,o;o3 —fix purl.- 6858’.
To Liverpool 3bH3: Havre 327; Marseilles 330; N-
York 771; iinsloii 227; lull HiuriJOO; leaving on
baml and cm shipboard, nol cleared, 823.73 Wo
quote good and lira; 131 a TJ;goodbnr 121; lair 111
aIJ . ■ middling 10 a 101; interior and ordinary 8 a 91.
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! J'hi |plt j :a, ,I < ,ua ji., i-,. il*< y j ;•'*•*» ( '*bm, liiiltmuMi,
M <i.ii i*ulUBAi, liulnjis, iiitilii.iKiC, Kld.iiti pucktt,
At/.Hi C.tnj ina, ii' ) IM. '.h; Ni
Wimil i<» s . \ . .1,4'«!.4j , si am jmchtl South raiwhim,
Cull* '' ', A ni i’o k.
,\ ./.w.tll, May 12. —Cleared, sikr Kmmn, Calc,
,\ \W. *A .
Arrived, sl.ip N. .-.ark, tpinliam, Ilmlmi, hr Falcon,
Jim',, I’lo luOeqdim; *.',!■ A,b I.ill, .lemiey, Joins, I in-
Melplna, -.‘lo - lice; m, Su.oers, Fligadclphia.
,'-ai1, , ;1, ,el»r i'ouiua, I'ob , 8 e\\ V'li l-
D.-J.aii ,1, sleaml.o.:, cillTlll.ee, ■om,, Augusta,
sicaailio:.i o" mb I. ..r.,.uu, Uoa.d, Augusta.
- —.— '. -I -O IJ2
makdied, »
fa Hurke County, on Euudsy evening the y.
btb oil. by Win. U. IJrouiu Esq. .Mr. M.\<i
Me.\(HiKUI.J/, to Miss El.l/,AUI.TIT W.
JON EM. the daughter of John M. Jones, all of
Hurke County.
DIED.
On Saturday Morning last, in this City, UEIV
TO.S, infant Son of UEN I'fl.V undSAHAHS.
WALTON, aged four rnontlia