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WIIHAM K. JOKES. AVCWSTA, «l!», HU RSHAE MRU BAY »», 1838. «».
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tU of the year.
f J he Ehilura and Proprietors in Dus city have
adopted llie following regulations:
p 1. After the Ist day ol July next no subsorip
w lions will bo received, oul ol ibe city, unless paid
H in advance, or a city reference given, unless ibe
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2. Alter that d“ ,wo will publish a list ol those
■ who are one ycara'-r mole in arrears, in order to
ft lot them their accounts stand, and all
E those so piibh ed, who do not pay up their ar-
K rears by the 1 ol Jan. lrt3*J, will lie sinke/T oil
Lr the subscription list, and their names, residences,
; and the «raount they owe, published until settled,
the net out will be published, paid, which will an
swer as a receipt.
3. No subscription will bo allowed to remain
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than one year; hut Die name will be striken olt i lie
list, and published as with the
amount duo.
4. From and after this dale, whenever a subscri
ber, who is iu arrears, shall be returned by a post
master us having reni »ved, or reluses to lake his
paper out ol tho post office, his name shall be pub
lisbed, together with bis residence, the probable
place ho bus removed to, and the amount due; and
when a subscriber bimselt orders bis paper discon
tinued, and requests bis account to be forwarded,
the same shall he forthwith forwarded, an I unless
paid up within a reasonable lime (the facilities ol
the mails being taken into consideration, and ilia
distance of bis residence from this place) Ins name,
and the amount due, shall be published as above.
5. Advertisements Will bo inserted at Charleston
prices, with this difference, that the fi si insertion
will be 75 cents, instead of 05 cents per square ol
twelve lines.
(). Advertisements intended for the country, should
lie marked ‘inside,’ which will also secure their
insertion each time in the inside ol the city paper,
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ior the first insertion, and f»5 cents lor each subse
quent insertion. It not marked‘inside, they will
bejplaced in any part of the paper, after the first
i insertion, to suit the convenience of the publisher,
|\juul charged at tnc rate of 75 cents lor the first in
rertion, and 435 cents for each subsequent inser
tion.
7- All Advertisements not limited, will be pub
lished in every paper until forbid, and charged ac
cording to the above rates
8. Legal Advertisements will be published as
follows per square:
Adrur’s and Executors sale of Land or
Negroes, ISO days, %?5 00
Do do Personal Property, 40 ds. 325
[ Notice to Debtors and Crs, weekly, 40 ds. 325
Citation for Letters, 1 do
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Four month Notice, monthly, 4 mo. 4 00
Should any of the above exceed a square, they
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9. From and after the first day of Jan. 1839,
no yearly contracts, except for specific advertise
ments, will be entered into.
10. We will he responsible to other papo rs for all
advertisement ordered through ours to he copied
by them, and if advertisements copied by us Iroin
other papers will bo charged to the office from
which the request is made to copy, and will receive
pay for the same, according to their rates, and be
responsible according to our ow n.
11. Advertisements sent to us from a distance,
w ith an order to be copied by other papers, must bo
accompanied with tho cash to the amount it is
desired they should be published in each paper,
or a responsible reference.
CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
Aim-II ST A.
Wednesday M«»ruiuir, May 23.
03* The report that the Western Bank at
Home, Floyd county, in this State, had (ailed and
closed its doors, appears to be without foundation.
The individual who endorsed the statement on
the stage Way Bill at Columbus, if known,
should ho exposed.
Dr. Brewster, the person who was repotted as
having been murdered by the Cherokee Indians,
was a week ago in life on his plantation near
Horne, Floyd County.
A letter to the Editor of the Charleston Cour
ier, dated Black Greek, May IG, says :
An express arrived here day before yesterday,
\flatiug that Alligator, who had been sent oul
about a month since by Gen Taylor, had returned
with 317 Indians, men, women and children,
and the impression is, that there will he no more
campaigning, as it is supposed that all ol lire In*
dians will come in in tire course of the summer.
'lhe John M’Lean has just arrived herefrom Fort
Mellon, which post is to he broken up—that at
Volusia is already abandoned. Tho M’l.can
brings soldiers, horses, boats, &c. Tho Charles
ton is expected to day from the same place.
Extract of a letter from the agency of the Ceur
gia Insurance & Trust Company, dated
BALTIMORE, May 12, 1838.
You have no doubt seen an account in lire pa
pers of the schr. Joseph Stewart, having been
found by the selir Caspian, of Philadelphia,
abandoned, with holes bored in her bottom, under
the Captain’s birth. The same day which gave
us this intelligence brought also the protest, go
ving a marvellous account of gales and disasters,
and being obliged to take to the long boat for tho
preservation of their lives. The Captain bus
since absconded—he owned one half of the ves
sel, which of course nullifies the policy.
Later from Liverpool—Direct.
The Charleston Meieury of yesterday says:—
The shiii Prescott, arrived at this port vester.
' day from Liverpool, whence she sailed on tire 20lh
April, and brought papers to that date, being one
day later than advices previously received via
■ New York, hut wo observe nothing worth ex
tracting.
Tho Ballimoro American of the IVlhinst.
IB
says —“Iho V heat crop presents a very promis
IB ing appearance in Bucks, Montgomery, Uauph
> in, Cumberland and Lebanon counties of Penn,
fe sylvania. In Lancaster county, wo have heard,
W y(!nvcrop does not appear to promise quite as well.”
COMMIT VI OATHU .
Mr. Junks.— At the last meeting of the Total
"jiff Abstinence Society, it was amongst other tilings
e resolved, that in future, monthly meetings of the
Society should bo held, in the expectation that
thereby us prosperity would ho advanced, and
the public good promoted; and it was concluded
that these meetings should inlulurc he held regu
larly on the fourth Monday evening of every
k mouth and that ut each meeting, one person i
I
'cast should lie appointed to deliver an address at
he next meeting, cither on the Temperance
• ause, or on some subject connected with the
[ general interests of the community. It is the ob.
i jeet ot the Society, to make the evening profitable,
* it will boa gratification no doubt if these
meetings can bo made so far interesting and en
tertaining, as to secure a very general attendance,
. nut merely ol those who are members of the So*
| ciely, but of others who are favourably disposed
to all efforts made, for the moral and intellectual
improvement of our fellow men. Though one
1 person only is appointed to address the meeting
yet it is to be hoped that others will always ho
, prepared to make such remarks as may be calcu
’ lated to instructor entertain the audience; and it
will be readily concluded I presume, that by a
[ proper direction of effort, one evening nr a month,
! may bo so profitably and rationally employed as
! to attract tbc attention of litany who ate. seeking
for mere entertainment, as well as of those who
■ aro looking for mental or moral improvement. I
believe Mr. Slurges was appointed to ad Ircss the
■ next meeting, to ho held on (Lie fourth Monday
\ evening in this month, though, I do not know,
, whether the exercises of the evening will bo ex
■ elusively confined to that address or not. lint I
shall feel pleased if the mothly meetings resolved
upon, shall bo found sufficiently interesting, to
secure a general attendance upon them. >5,
We extract the following from Iho remarks of
the New York Whig, of the 18th inst. on the
stale of the Money market in that City,
i Confidence in securities is being gradually re
stored. They who invest as a mat or ofpcrina
' nency, cannot do better with their money. Mer
cantile paper of the best sort is scarce in the mar.
| ket, and they who were in lire habit of seeking in
vestment in that quarter, turn to the next best
means ot realising profits on their funds. They
■ enjoy too a double advantage, by investing in
slocks, as those securities aro now quite in favor
with our banks, at three-fourths of their value.
The probability is, therefore, that slocks will con
tinue to rise. The sales of all sorts today were
I not quite 4,200 shares, mostly at advances on
' yeslorday’srales. IJ. Si. Bank stock continued
| ut 117 j, opening and closing,
i Some of the city banks have entered the lists
I with the biokers, to shave the holders of country
bank paper. The rale of discount is fixed for
the present, at a i per cent.
1 Wo have the returns of the Boston associated
banks up to the sth of May. Hero ato the chief
1 points:
1 Capital, §15,900,000
i Circulation, 2,184,360
1 Duo other banks, 2,705,492
| Deposites, 3,825,517
Depositos on interest, 1,576,900
i Specie, 1,439 580
I Due from other banks, 2,397,660
>■ Doans, 21,715,319
, Compared with the statement of Iho 7lh ulti
mo, the circulation has diminished $47,153, and
their specie has increased $224,144.
The public can judge by the following how far
, the hank ofMichigan is ablcto meet all demands
against it, assailed as it has been by party preju
dice. On the 15th of April its total liafiililies
were $1,113,822; assets. $1,624,685; specie,
$120,139; circulation, $288,992,
t
1 [FOR THE CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.]
. Augusta Arsenal, Goo.
, May 21, 1838. 3
) Dear S/r, —The deep interest that must bo
felt by every Georgian, in tbo result of the mea
sures adopted by government, to enforce the
8 Treaty of 1835, with tho Cherokee Indians, is, 1
> think, a sufficient apology for the liberty I lake
r in enclosing to you the address of Major Gent
Scott, to that people.
I am, sir,
With great respect,
Yoor ob’t servant,
i W. H, BETTS, Lt. Ist Ar’ty.
t
1 MAJOR GENERAL SCOTT, of the Uni.
, ted Staten Army, sends to the Cherokee pen-
B pie, remaining in North Carolina, Georgia,
Tennessee, and Alabama, this
Address.
■ Cherokces ! The President of the United
t Slates has sent me, with a powerful army, to
( cause you, in obedience to the Treaty of 1835, to
join that part of your people who are already es
tablished in prosperity, on tho other side of the
“ Mississippi. Unhappily, die two years .which
were allowed for the purpose, you have suffered
to pass away without following, and without ma
king any preparation to follow, and now, or by
the time that this solemn address shall reach your
■ distant settlements, the emigration must be com
menced m haste, but, I hope, without di order. I
.- have no power, by granting a farther delay, to
cirroct the error that you have committed. The
lull moon o! May is already on the wane and
b before another shall have passed away, every Cho
ir rokee man, woman and eluld, in those tfiatos,
~ must be in motion to join their brethren in the
far West.
My Friends ! This is no sudden determine
’’ tion on the part of the President, whom you and
e I must now obey. Uy tho treaty, the emigration
s was to have been completed on, or before, tbo
23il of this month, and tho President has con
staidly kept you warned, during the two years al
lowed, through all his officers and agents in this
country, that the Treaty would be enforced.
I arn come to carry out that determination.
- My troops already occupy many positions in the
country that you are to abandon, and thousands,
and thousands are approaching, from every quar
1 i ter, to render resistance and escape alike hopeless.
12 AH'those troops, regular and militia, are your
t litends. Receive them and confide in them as
. such. Obey them when they tell you that you
can remain no longer in ibis country. Soldiers
arc as kind hearted as hrare, and the desire ot
every one of us is to execute our painful duly in
• mercy. We are commanded by the President to
act towards you ill that spirit, and such is also
_ 1 tho wish of the whole people of America.
| Chiefs, head men and warriors! Will you,
11 then, by resistance, compel us to resort to anus!
' God forbid! Or will you, by High, seek to bide
’ yourselves in mountains and forests, and thus
oblige us lu hunt you down! Remember that, in
pursuit, it may be impossible to avoid conflicts.
| Tlie blood of live white man, or the blood of the
red man, may bo 'spilt and if spilt, however
h accidentally, it may be impossible lor the di-«rc"l
f ‘ and humane among you, or among us to prevent
t a general war and carnage. Think of this, my
I Cherokee brethren! lam an old warrior, and have
I been present at many a scene of Daughter; but
spare me, 1 beseech you, the horror of witnessing
i- the destruction of the Ghcrokccs.
v Do not. I invite you, even wait for the close
, approach of tho troops; but make such prepares
■I Honshu emigration as you can, uml hasten to
3 j this |ilaec, to Koss’ Landing, or to Ciuntar’s
, i Lauding, where you all will ho received hi kind*
i ness hy olliceis selected tor the purpose. Vou
will find loud lor all,uml clothing for the desli.
■ Into, at either ol those places, and thence at your
i case, and in comfort, lie tram-ported to your new
. homes according to the lernß of the Ticaly.
1 his is the address of a warrior to warriors.
May his entreaties he kindly received, and may
the Cmd ot both prosper t'ho Americans and
i Chorokivsj ami preserve them long in peace and
I friendship with each oilier!
WAN FIELD SCOTT.
5 Cukuukkk.Ahunov, 5
, Muij 10, 1838. y
[mtOM or a eon u i scon n i;st.]
Uiirning ol’the Pennsylvania Hull.
PHILADELPHIA, May 17, U3S.
Tlie Pennsylvania Hall, so called, but now I
property tiro Hall far Che benefit and use of
Iho Abolition Society, was last evening totally \
destroyed hy lire. This Hall was but recently
erected at all expence of h 10,000, and in it were
kept all l ho hooks, pamphlets, tracts, and papers
of the Society. A few days since this Hull was
dedicated to the furtherance and promotion of
those head individuals, who seem to liavo lost all I
regard lot the constitution and laws, and arc de
termined to reduce our country and our country’s
cause to a more barbarous and uncivilized state,
than the yet unexplored portions of It.
.'l’he people of this enlightened city are not yet
prepared for such a slate of things, and numbers
(not loss than liily thousand - ) of our most iu
'telligent and respectable citizens went, en
manse, to the ground on which stood this labor-
F nacle of disgiace and outrage, and there, in
open day, and before the world, set fire toil
and burnt it to the ground, with every thing con
nected with it, and thus publicly tied ired to our
Southern friends, and the whole country, that
we will not sutler every sense of decency and
obligation to bo thus violated, and our must
sacred richts trampled under foot.
The engines were at once upon Iho ground,
and most beautifully and efficiently did they pro
tect Iho adjoining buildings from destruction; but
not one ot thorn played the first time upon this
■ den of corruption. As It hy degrees fell, the
multitude slumlij,, and remained upon the spot
• till past 12 o’clock, hy which time it was com
pletely destroyed. Every citizen seems rejoiced
at this annihilation of the only public place of '
meeting ol Abolitionists, am] congratulating each
other upon the happy result that lias terminated '
the “ nigger meetings” in this city.
Destruction of properly in this way I do not
approve of; but if there is an instance in the
world in which it is justifiable, this is the one.
II.
[prom OUII eOUUItSIM.NIIItNT.]
WASHINGTON, May 18, 1838.
Mr RUHSELL again offered his resolution for
the repeal of that portion of the deposite act
which prohibits tbo reception of notes of specie
paying hanks, lor public duos of a less deiionilua'
tion than five dollars. Hut the House rcluscd
l to suspend the rules for the purpose.
I The Hill lor iho relief of Longslroct and Haul
of Houth Carolina, to whom a large sum is due
I from the Post-master General, was read a thiid
time and passed.
r Mi CUSHMAN from the Committee on
, Commerce, reported a hill to provide lor the more
effectual relief of the distressed Seamen of the
, United Stales in foreign countries. It was read
twice, referred to a Committee of the Whole, and
’ ordered to he printed.
On motion of Mr HELL, a number of commu
nications from the War Department relative to
the losses sustained hy the emigrating Creeks
and other Indians, was refened to the Committee
on Indian Allairs.
, A resolution was reported from the Committee
on Public Buildings, asking immediate consider
ation of the bill for the removal of the Treasury
■ Building. A decision being called, the rosulu
-1 lion was rejected, ayes 71, noes 99.
. The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads
reported a bill to regulate the postage of letters.
It was read twice and referred.
Mr CAMIIUELENG alluded to the groat a
mount of unpaid drafts for expenses incurred by
the Florida War, and hoped the House would go
into Committee ot the Whole on the appropria
tion bill for that object. A motion to dial effect
was negatived. Mr C then gave notice that he
would call for its consideration on Monday next.
. The House took up the private calender, and
• wont into Committee of the Whole,
, Mr ATHERTON in the Chair, on a great
number of private bills, many of which were re
ported and ordered lo be engrossed.
| The House then adjourned.
, In thc-Scnate, the bill I have noticed above
i for the relief Hard and Longslroct was paused
. with the amendment adopted hy the House.
■ The Treasury Note Bill was then taken up |
! Mr CLAY of Ky. commented strongly on the' j
1 extraordinary haste with which this bill was ie- t
- ported from the Finance Committee yesterday— l
I the same day in which it had been received from
[. the House and referred. He wished to know j
- whether the Committee had in reality met and
1 cun. tiered ibis imp..rtant measure, and if so what
i authority they had to do so during the silting ol ;
a the .Senate without express pi rod: son.
1 Mr WRIGHT said the measure was irnpor* I
. taut to lie dispatched—the emerg ucy so pressing,
, that he had thought proper to submit the hill to |
j the members of the Committee separately in
their places, and a majority Lad authorized him
to report the measure.
I Mr WEBSTER then took the floor, and spoke
i wi’ii great force against the mode of raising trios
i ney. These notes he continued would always
fall below par, and he objected entirely to the
. Administration going back to paper money sys-.
i tent.
He declared the Administration had not the
pretext of a sudden emergency to plead In favor
• of this measure. "Five mouths of the Session had
, clap-od —abundant lime had been employe! to
provide a general and permanent financial sys
tem.
Hut his greatest objection was that the bill crea
ted ineipiality every way. II Government pays
in depreciated paper, it must he unequal to the
i tax payer, auff the consumers arc the lax payers.
He concluded by expressing his willingness to do
every thing to supply the Treasury hy regular
provision. He would now vole for two millions,
or three millions, and if there are unpaid hills
enough to pay these hills, and then see how
much moia is wanted to enable the Government t
to go on, and he offered a provision to this effect, | |
i that the amount of notes issued should not ex- t
ceed two millions ot dollars.
The debate was continued hy Messrs Wright, I
Calhoun, I’n'ston, and Crittenden. j (
Mr ( ALIKE Nannounced his determination 1
to go for the bill, and declared he would never I
cnnsi-nl to make a loan under any cireurnstancr s, i t
t in war or in peace. ,
Mr WEBSTER, in allusion to this declaration 1 1
■ slid, that it Mr Calhoun would Inn row neither in l
specie or bank paper, he must conic hack to (jo- ! >
; ti e-ament paper in the receipts and disburse- \
meat*.
> Mr PRESTON declared that the object of the t
i selection of Treasury Notes as the form of raising j
money was lodeceivo the people into the belief
llml ihc G.no-nmeni was not making a debt;
and to obtain facilities tor extravagant expendi
tttre which cJuld 11 e>t otherwise he enjoyed, ilo
concluded ink most able and eloquent speech hv
‘dieting as atjamendment to Mr Webster's provi”.
SO, should it ( revail, an additional section to the
i Heel llml tile tSecrolury of the Treasury ho ait-
I lleii i, , d and teipured to make requisitions' upon
the Slates ait'ording lo the provisions of the Act
ot dune, I f.i, :in such sums as thu cxigcncie.-
I ol the (ioveitinenl may reipiire,
.Mr Cl,All, of Ky„ showed the real causes ol
the financial embarrassments of the Government
were its reckless extravagance and profligatt
waste of tlie public money. 'J'hc Administia
lion has expended one hnni/reil cnn/fii'e ntid oiu
of ‘lo/Uirs in three years. During the four years
ol Mr Adams’ Administration, tha public expen.
diture amounted lo forty eight millions!
He contended that tho object of the hill was
to cstahli,|i a< ■' ivetnmenl Bank. Having been
J deteaUsl in their suh-Tieasury y» jeet. The)
Were now for creating a paper circulation.
?(r VV llDSTlill’si proposition was then put
le vote, and rejected—yeas 27, nays UP
Hr JMvl’ts rt).\ ilitl not, therefore, submit hi:
\ pranced amendment, and the hill was finally
! pasted, by a vo'e of 27 ayes, 13 nays.
the Senate immcihately adjourned athalfpasl
scTn.
Satimihay, May 19th.
The Senate did not sit to day.
vhe House, was engaged during the principa
pajt of the day with private hills. In the morn
itt(j th • attempts lo take up and consider the Spo
cic Circular rescinding resolution were renewed:
bui failed.
Tho account of yesterday’s proceedings wat
too late fur the Mail. I therefore send it today
M.
[con THE CHRONICLE AMI SENTINEL.]
Oseola.
My war-steed paws the dusty plains,
And neighs to scour the crimson’d field,
Wileic pale.(aces move to martial strains,
’Haiti:a foes who’ll sooner die than yield.
Alas my steed, thy master’s lost
All hopes which ho might once have fell;
His opo’ning buds are nipped with trust
No future sun will molt.
Twas 1 that led them on the trail,
And told them when to strike their foe—
That bade them stand the leaden hull
Which thinned their ranks and laid them low.
I stalked along the blood-stained plain,
Towering above my country’s braves;
It gave mu joy to count the slain
Which wore to deck the red men’s graves.
Then foremost in the ranks of war,
Tito Great Spirit lead Ins favorite son,
And nerved his arm to strike his 100, nor
Did him live till freedom’s won.
He lead me through the hammocks drear,
To carry death wher’er 1 mov’d—
Ho hade me hold my country dear,
And ne'er from boner's path be mov’d. t
Alas! though now I've fallen low,
And feel tho weight of letters strong;
Yet while the tide of life doth flow,
Til proudly chant my battle song.
How blest, that 1 in thought may rove
My blood stain’d country's contest’d fields,
Where finest drear or gloomy grove
A safe and sure protection yields.
’Tis then I scent tho trail of blood
Tram focinen seeking rf/Cr/oi/N fame,
Who proudly stem the crimson'd flood,
To win by death u dear bought name.
1 see ihetn march lo certain death
’Gainst foes, who dog their steps, unknown,
Who slyly crouched, witli half drawn breath,
Will strive by blood, lo hold their own.
The signal’s given—each deadly aim
Sends death amongst their unbroke ranks,
Which steep’d in gore are still the same,
A gallant (rout and steady flanks.
Full last we ply the deadly shower,
The woods resound with war-whoop fell;
'That bard of gallant hearts, tho (lower,
Spar’d few their dying deeds to tell.
Alas brave Dade! thy name shall glow
In our war songs a glorious page,
Whilst VVillilacouehce’s stream doth (low,
Or mine ’gainst thine fierce war doth wage.
I've grasp d thy scalp,flhouyh none huvo mine,—
Two warriors bravo, tho’ foes in fight.
No two-faced wreath thy brows entwine,
Nor (lags of truce thy glory blight,
I‘eaeu to thy manes thou gallant foe.
Thou rdecp’sl on glory’s hallow’d bed;
No whoop of ours will wake then more,
Thy task is done, thy war path’s red.
Dm he who sought n glorious numo
Dy treachery ’gainst, a fotlorn lew,
Will find a meed which (few will claim—
A name that’s ting’d with dutkest hue.
A (or myself, I care not much,
. :ee I’ve quailed deep thoughts of blood;
Tv held my (fee. beneath my clutch
Aiel bath’d mo in thecrimscin’d (loud.
I've drench'd my locks in hum an gore;
With pule.,face scalps I've thatch’d my lodge:
The live of peace has bloom’d no more
Since I too it a rout did grudge.
I know the war p ith’s shut up now
To me—a slave to those I hate;
Vet will I show a warriors brow
Which shall not cloud at hardest fate.
Soon will I (mid those verdant groves
The Great Spirit gave our fathers’ sires,
Wt o re the red nan joyfully roves,
Chet r’d by the blaze of his council fires. <
To hunt the deer or strike ray foe
No other grounds I'll ever sec,
Where the great river’s waters (low,
While yet my country bleeds tinfree.
The land I (read shall he my grave,
lire I’ll bury the hatchet here;
The B.t t lake's brine my bones shall lave
’Tore I’ll claim a foreign bier.
Oswnuui.
From 11 >• N. 1 . (/ourii r if' / './>(/ uirrr I la y ] -j.
( -'our Days laifei liom iliigland.
Wo have been favored by Capt. Fenisof the
ship Westchester arrived yesterday, with London
papers of the 33J ull. and Liverpool of the day he
tailed, the 21th.
These papers are quite.barren of political intel
ligence. It would appear that much irritation
prevailed iii Geimnny upon tho subject of tin;
King of Ttussia’s religious controversy with hi.-
(laiholic subjects, hut that any important event
wiil grow out of it appears to us very unlikely.
A rumor pievailed in Taiis of the death of that
Monarch,
Tlu C.nli-lK in Spain have determined, it i
said to make a final struggle for supremacy in
th ■ Southern product's of that Kingdom, and il
would ei m the Capital is again in dan ' r of a i
attack, as the Queen has sent the sum of -111,000
n as from her privy purae, lo aid in the equipment
if of the National Militia, should tho rebel force
; again approach the Capital.
London, 81st April,
a Tho American trade remains in an exceeding
y ly dull slate; the resumption of specie exports on
i- account of the directors of the bank of England
e has, however, inspired those merchants who are
>■ engaged in the trade with the United Slates with
>■ mere confidence, and the hope certainly is that
'I there will lie vet a bilk demand for manufactni
ed goods for the tall trade. Uy the liondon line
ol packet ship I’hiladelphia, which left, i'on• -
d mouth yesterday morning for Now Vnrk, the
>l Hank ol Kngland have remitted to their agent,
to Mi. Crowell, rather uhovo 170,000/. in gold, and
t* this ship had also on board specie on private
'« merchants’ account to the extent of between
rs 50,000 and 00,000/.
Uy the packet which will sail from tiivcrpo.il
lor the same destination on Tuesday, it. is intend
a ‘‘d to forward a touch larger sum, and should the
stale ol the exchanges upon England remain as
- favorable as they wore at the late -I dali s from Now
fork, it is stated that specie will ho exported by
die hank and others to the extent of 1,000,000 or
. 1,500,000, in addition to the previous consign*
18 memo which were made a few weeks since. These
' shipments would increase the stock of bullion
in the cotters of the principal hanks of America
by about 2.500,000, independently of the large
sums which had reached New Orleans from ‘South
Aincrien. The determination of the hanks to
resume specie payments will no doubt ho cfl"a led
with the view of preserving their charters, even
11 should it he found impracticable to continue to
*’ pay their notes in gold. Should the hanks ol
1" America carry into operation the determination
which they have come to upon this subject, conli
denee will speedily revive throughout the eoun
la try, and we may anticipate a considerable influx
d ol orders for goods, even during tho present year.
This has boon an extremely dull day in the
city, as lar as regards foreign or domestic intel
ligence. It was expected among the merchants
connected with the United Stales, that the pack
et. which in duo course-ought to have left New
York on the Ist instant, would have arrived ere
this. Tho contents of the advices I> he received
by her are looked for with much interest, as upon
the state ol the money inuiket there will materi
ally depend the extent to which business may he
carried on in lirilt-di goods before tho conclusion
ol the present year.
'I he English slock market r’mains with little
alteration.— Consuls were to jj tor money
and account; Hank Stock was 205,1 to 1; Exehc
quer bills, 675. to 795. premium.
From the *S/ Lomu Cunuiwrciul Jiulhliii.
SArmni) Litbiiatuhe.—'‘Tho lliltlt; is the
only_work, 100 hard for tho teeth of lime, ant
cannot perish but in the general llttmv
where all tilings shall confess their ashes.’
Tints writes the old English prose author
Kir Thomas Jlrowno, in his ce'cbralcd Ration
Medici ; and tho force ol the sentiment can hu
be appreciated. Thu declaration of Mir Wtl
ham Jones relative to the Scriptures is ton fa
mtloir lor repetition. The lines of Sir VV'al
ter Scott, in Ins romance the “Abbott”—
“Within this awful volume lies
Tho mystery of mysteries, &e, &c,”
clearly demonstrate his own opinion upon tin
subject; and the same lines found upon tin
fly-leaf of Lord Uy ton’s lithle, prove Unit llioj
embodied bis sentiments and wore not itticon
genial to his feelings.—Thu great English drn
matist betrays throughout Ins writings a (a
miliar acquaintance with the Scriptures, am
the nine may be said of almost every standan
author, whether poet or philosopher, historian
orator, or divine, who has composed in out
language.—Ptolemy of Egypt believed his
library incomplete w.tliont the btltle, and Ah
pitonso the 10th at his death, had read it com.
plotely fourteen l imes. The cause of this ad
miration lor tho sacred writings, hy some ol
the greatest minds which have ever existed,
is nut difficult to delect. Many have admired
them ior the excellence which us literary pro
ductions they may claim, and more perhaps
for the inspired truths they promulgate. That
there is literary excellence of an exalted or
der, to he found in the Scriptures, will not be
denied, such excellencies us pre-eminently
qualities it, tor a text book ol literature, Jim
boro the objection at once advances itself,
and with no inconsiderable plausibility, that
the scriptures were never intended as a basis
- or model of li oraturc, and tmi to tnv to to
their perusal, us a collection of poems and
orations, and essays, degrades that dignity
which their lofty character of a mission from
the Dotty for the in rul governance of his
creatures, demands. And so it would he,
were the grand object ot their origin forgot,
ten, m this important, though minor consider
ation. The fact, too, is lust sight of, tiny, the
natural consequence ot a course ofsucrcd lit
erature, an I that admiration which upon ac.
qtminlauce, every cultivated muni must grunt
ti t, would be a regard for the principles
it inculcates; and many would thus in lime
view them as a rule of conduct, who would
otiierw su remain ignorant of them or regard
them with indiflercncu or contempt.
It luifj been well rcmarla d by a distin
guished c .fodar, lliul lliu two cardinal prin
ciples wlntPilix the character, and decide the
worth of all literature, are duly and un-fulness
—doty in all its various relations to (Jml, use
fulness through ail ♦he endless diversity ol
its conn xit ns with man. Apart fomlhcio
considerations, it is worse than valueless; and
the test ol'itswortli should ever ho the extent
to winch it has honored God, and improved
the human race.—With sentiments like these
• are wo to ho told, that literature has no com
munity o! interest, no sympathy of feeding, no
identity of influence, with religion and Us
source 7 The error of those who imagine thus,
must lie in th o estimate which they have plac
ed upon polite literature, and the judgment
which they have formed from the feature;-; and
spirit which it lias hitherto aa-nmed, rather
than tho-e of which it is susceptible. God
ha.; not, indeed, made us revelation upon the
truths of philosophy, the obtusenoss ofsienco
or the beauties ofstylc. but literature in us
legit-mate design, is surely an instrument,
Mihordiaio though it be, in the scheme of
■ providence for the moral improvement of man;
e yet it is a melancholy fact—a fact to he ae
counted for only from the neglect of the scrip
|. ti,nT —that polite literature Ins too long ex-'
n cried in influence far from tins. Tin influence
„ iiit.be to exerted by the Bible upon literature
is lias been slight, hut we need hardly say, such
„ | should not be the case. It To pre-eminently
f. | a store hou.-e of thought— a treasury of in i
it I tcrinl, and presents that which is so much a
desideratum m the republic of letters, an nl-i
la Innate standard of la the beautiful
ti I language ol another—“the record of sacred!
it | literature is the hook of life, .-polli- s and i
i I ■■tenia!; i* penmen are prof ~ up sties and -
b m irtyr.-, its ministering servan's are cherubim
ll I and seraphim, the angel and the archangel!” i
Women op tiikEast and tub West.—
Tin; iiFserliou may bu startling, but u is ne
vertheless (ho (act, (bat tiio passion of jealott
■ sy is inlinitoly moru excitable among (be fe
i iimlcs of (hi! Wc.-t than among those of the
1 I‘mst, It on Englishman, for instance, talk
' lo bm wilo ol the admiration which bo feels
' tor another woman, ho runs a chance of being
an immediate actor in a “scene,” commencing
with a volley ol reproaches, and fullowUd by
various interludes of tears, bystern h, salvo".
I '.tile, am] visits from the doctor, if nut with
"llnv iiu’nientes.of Ins imprudence, which
j would rot a little astonish a vassal of tho
r '■rami Meignor, I'lgnd! it dues not matter ut
1 I'll wlicnco that mini ration springs. Suppose!
it be called h rtb by (lie brilliant wit, tbo pooti
cal genius, tbc nulslcal talents, the overpow
ering beauty ol the “other dear charmer,’*—
( i|'i ib.ies, all ol which may be highly appro
s cialed by a wedded man, without tbo slightest
v d'ininulion i| bis attachment to her who has
' lll! Ihs't claim and the highest right to Ins afi
r lection, —his case is still the same, lie might
. ~s well almost perpetrate bigamy, and render
e him n il at once liable to indictment and tranS>
a pprtationl The reason, however, of nil this
a is plain enough. Here, one man may have
a only one wile, whereas in tho East he may
h have as many as Ins fertnne will enable jiirti
i, to support. Our ladies will bo astonished to
d hear that, in the harom, jealousy among its
ii inmates, however numerous they may bo, is
0 vury little known. Tho fact is, that their nth
d lections tire seldom concerned in the relation
n which they hold to their common lord and
master. 1 here is, moreover, a scale of subof*
1 dinatioii among them, which puts rivalry out
v ol the question. In Turkey, properly spett®
■ king, as in England, one man has but one
1 wife law mid usage, however, sanction tho
presence in his harem of several concubines,
or oiliiii/jucs, a phrase which is not used them
v 118 implying the slightest taint npoli moral clla*
racier, or as lending to any loss of tho poJii
I lion winch tho (air one had previously enjoyed
„ hi society, kis unquestionable, that, in the
earliest ages id the inhabited earth, coiicubi.
„ m'ge was not of Irequent occurrence. Lo«
i meidi, a descendant ol Cain, and who belun~
god lo I hj^tilth generation of men, is said to
e ho the lirsl who took to himself two wives.
y Abraham appears lo have been the next who
billowed this example, which was imitated to
a scandalous excess in the,days df Solomon,
Ever since that period, it has continued to bo
the practice in most ol tho Oriental nations.
,e Nevertheless, it is generally understood that
,1 the inmates of (lie harem ate subject to the
s, tnistrers ut thulainily—that is, the principal
” wife, whose nuptials have been celebrated ac
r, cording to the established rites. They are at
iu the same time treated with every respect, ad
it i secondary order ol wives—very seldom, ex*
I cepl in cases of criminality, with the indigni
i.. ties inflicted on a slave. The children of the
L principal wife usually inherit their father'd
fortune in preference to the children of the
odaliques. In the harem, she takes the upper
seat ol the sofa, directs tho economy of the
women’s apartments, and even when hereon"
le Sl)rt forgets her charms for those of another)
, L , her title lo supremacy still remains unaltered}
she sits, too, on the same sofa with her bus
,i l )!| tnl, although at its extreme edge, While the
n_ ohal quos sit, their feet tolded under them, up*
on cushions spread on the carpet. When sho
,| hrsl appears among tliu latter m the morning,
,j '*■ nsage’ibiit they should bond do vn and
, 'V 8 1 ll<; hem of lier garment.— Quin’s Lfe in
’ Inc East.
. CQMatERCtAt,
uvKßi’jor, .Mahkkt, itpair, 81.
( have liml a heavy martlet for Cation this
wci-li, ami though tmgeneral change can be quoted,
■ tbo leiideney ol prim, lias been against the bolder-
I 1 1 11 • only iiltcratimi Unit call bo made Is in the runs
. mim (jiiablies in Americans, wliieh are id lower,
h tlra/.iis and I’gypt inns are witliollt. change from ore*
I vions <pi 1 ions; ilia lower qualities of each Conti
nue di I belli! ol sail.*. Sii rats have bren m (air da
iimiid at previous rates liy public sales yesterday,*
e bull Sural, ISU .Madras, and 250 Manilla were otfer
y nil; the greater part was withdrawn, but those sold
II brought prices on a par with Imairafsif by private.
,• I hiring (lie week, 1,0110 A merienn have Ireen Hiked
’ on spucnlalom, ami you American and 100 Remain
t fiir export,'JO Sen Island IHi a .Tat; .01)0,40 Upland
s 5,1 « Oil; 2370 .Mobile, cVe. 01 a 7 hi; 01(H) New Or
i, leans 01 a HI. 'i’lio sales to day are 4000 huge, an if
j Ihe market rather slea ber, lint wjiliout other change.
A bonl 200 Am riean have been taken nn speculation,
v Taken on speciilation tins ycnr,2l,yt)ohalea; «uM'
i In 1837,18,500. Slock m I aver pool, Doe. 31, J 837/
3 170,8011; same time, 1830 201,000. Forwarded un
sold I Ids year, 12,780; same in 1837,23,000. Increase
’ ol import ibis year compared will) the name date
* la,si year, 120,41 1. Increase of stuck, 30,800. |n
- crease of (pmiilily taken (or eunsuinption GOJOW.
!■ Decrease o( ipiinldy taken for export 2,265.
Computed Slocks,—April 20, 1838, 338,'J00 halo*,-
hfimt.- pffiotj J 837,303,000 bull n.
I I-i v'ki« ruoi., April ZH — (-olson. —There was ti
ipiod (Inn Old loreiillimmi Selorday, and 4000 bags
were sold (Uprevions rales. To day llm sales were
5000 li. :"vd vvl.ii b 000 were on speculation, aft vary
I steady prices.
1
IIAI.TIUOUI! MAILIIKT, MAY 18.
('r[f,r At am lion on Monday 700 bags Rio were
dd el !). a 12' cents. On 'J'lmrsdny 160 Intgs Rut
we., old al nii' lion ill 'J! cents; uud by privutd'
i imlract, lo!s el cuminen Kio have been sold at 'Jk
.s a 10 coiiJh.
I our.—Howard Struct Hour. —Tho market np‘.
I ju’iirH linn, bin I hi! irariHiictioriH continue light. We
~ tpmleilia w agon price to day at $7,00 » $7,02 J;' nisi
J m sums inslnneus (or toads nl fresh gfttarmf 's"7,ft)'
lias been paid. JSales from store# havtr besn made
■ hi 87,70 a $7,874 nod some dealers refuse to selli tuf
I less Ilian $B.
(’ 7i/ Mills Hour. —Sales have been made at $7,75,
and Mime parcels are bold higher.
' AO/ Hjurhnnuu / '/oki-.—Holders ask $B, but no sales
ol mom nt appear to be making.
liijr I'l/iur. — Ist is held nl
, Win-lit -No domestic Wheals at market for aeorti
. mil ruble time past. The prices of foreign wheals
I are lolly sustained in thelate advance to $1,75 for
Ibo best parcels. On Monday and Tuesday about
.toon bushels u( tins description were sold at #175,
• and, rma-e recently, about 0500 bushels at the same
I A lot ol 1200 bushels good was taken at!
< 'urn I ’rices have boon pretty steady throughout
ih'i w ok, at iVJ a7o cenin lor white, und at7o a' 7V
101 yellow. Airale-of very prirsfc whiwtodnjr
, nt 1 1 eenls.
1 Ri/c—Wo note sales ut heavy Susquehanna nt
. 94 cents.
/Vm is/onr Prices generally have improved. Wo
<l"ole Most iv.rk al 82(1; No. I at #l7; Prime at
lb -s lie d nl 811,50; No. I at $l3; and 1 Kritmr at
• dll a 810,50 Tim receipts of Western Bacon are
’ light lor the so isoii, and prices have advanced a
; shade.—TJm .slock 1,-not largo, bales of parcels in
■ i.nl i oinliiioii were made this week alHt a 9 ct s y
a id nt Ini m prime order at' 94 elf. for Bssorier#.
We ((note li’.iilimore Itamsai 124a 13ctr. and Lanf
in U a Dels, prone lols being held at the laifcr price.
Mm m,i rim.o. ill ibo week comprise 552 bblv
mill .1 half bbis. Keel', uud 7 blits, and 1G lialfblds-
Pork.
It/, m v —Tim market continues'foant with iv
"iidciicy lo furttier improVemetia Sales of btids.
have been made at3U;ts. and for occasional small
j lot 31 11 -ns have been paid Sales of bills, fronr
; , • i any m I'lennekut 33 a 33J cents, but imtt
! ivt cully Jtt a 31 ceni**.
t