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Fr nm lhf Miirojwhlan fur Augufl. •
Phil lln Leyton,
nt VIIK ADI non 01 Tin-. IMrBK.iNABI.K, BACUM.OB-
Thc follow ngdffuse I urges wore tbuinl in
the escritoire oi a gentleman, well known in
the fashionable woild s nnu thirty years ago.
In tho biller period ol Ins life, ill In rilih, nod a
paintiil affection oi lbe niMc.v rl' lnirmd bun
from society ; hot be was once Us brig •sI or
nament. Uo ap(H ars to I avo writ ion them ,
Cor Ills own amusement ; it is to be s eu whelk- |
er they will amuse any one else. " •
lam al.mo; Ini' what of n ? -tin: benefits |
of a single lifts Sir m (Os« 'ho minor os ol
loneliness. Truo, wo Imcle’lo/s liii'O Mono to
euro for n--, no unu lo iitloml to our lilllu com
fonts; and tli.i; i.iii near rolniiotiH win .ns com
fortably dead mid buried, when wo have onuo
i vot’d a testament m th. ir favor. But 'lien
WO drink claret—keep our horse—preserve our
figure—and come homo ns !a' o as we plonso,
without being ruled by any woman on earth.
All these are great hle.-BingS.
Still wo yearn torn helpmate, and sigh that
a woman is so d flerenl Irmn the angelic es
sence she is p tinted m romances, and that she
has so little 111 common with I lie immaculate
heroines id blank verso. As it is, I neicr lied
any woman completely to my (a’lcy. 1 might
have known I should dm in single blccsediiCßS
from what passed with Phillis Leyton, and j
even she I eared very little about,.
JI is I rue, I am grieved at lo rdo ill), but such
feelings are natural—especially when the in
telligence is unexpected. Fur I have only
just learned from a county newspaper, that
Miss Phillis P ylon died at, the Parsonage,
Mary Church, .South Devon, in the filly-sixth
vear o( her age, esteemed mid regretted by ail
who knew her.
It is thirty-seven long years ago since I first
saw Phillis". At that lime of life, and indeed
ever since. I cherished nftlniugr* ol leltnile per
fection <pntc ideal in my mind. Slit! did mil
come up to d. Tall, slender, fair, and stalely,
ol lofty manners, of the most refined Inti, was
to be the holy of my choice, and the most ex
ipiisite beauty and indued elegance were
imperatively rnpmvd. Phillis Leyton could
boast neither bine eyes nor an arpidmo nose;
her figure, though lull, had little dignity, and
her manners, I am itlraiil, very much resem
bled no manners at nil. Hot large, sol', black
eyes, a nose exipi si'e'y tirecnm, bps like
. berries, and a blush ilia' comes and goes three
or (our times to 'he in.mite, joined to a most
frank expression of countenance and iia'nral
{fond breeding, are wry bewitching thing* lo
the heart of a youngster ol twenty three, and
J tell, from the fir-l 1 liked her.
Having been once jilted by a Mary, and
soon nfierwards dreadlnlly ill-used by a Biinili
I vowed never lo endure any name under three
syllables ; for women, creatures ol eireinn-tun
MV neve, are influenced materially by their
names. Most Isabellas are found haughty,
llie Agueses pensive, and some of them are
itoumn Catholics- .l utes and Margarets arc
co.nnio ,Iy coimnoii-pluco, and us lor Anns,
Lucies, Funnies, and lillens, what girls can
keep up their dignity, when their godfathers
and godmothers have been so much against it?
\Vlii’ii yon are jilted by any Ann Smith, blame
nobody but yourself for yuur want of discern
ment.
Quaint names I abhorred —Dorcas, IP,chad
Bridget, the whole tribe ol them. Yet Phillis,
when bestowed on a beautiful romping young i
creature of nineteen, sounded charmingly '
pitliy ;it even heightened tier beauty lo bear (
her called by that. name. Yon expect lo see (
some one above the common grade when you '
hear people say, ‘Mia- Phillis L yton.’
My eldest, daughter, 1 inwardly informed t
myself, shall be a Phillis, and my second a '
Bridget, provided they be as pretty m Pool's
Leyum is. It is but customary to name the
oldest daughter alter her mother, 1 run on.
Sorely I had jumped ivbeiiily to matrimony, 1
but that w, s always my way of doing things, j
To remember the evening I passed, the most (
exhilarating mmy life, does away with years j
of dullness. 1 talked to Phillis, lor i could not f
help it, though no one was more uncongenial
to my tamper. In the beginning 1 shrunk
from her free manners, and tell vexed anil an-
gry to sec such a pretty creature violate so
m of the canons of decorum; but, by
heaven! site completed and gamed a coni'
nlele victory over my fastidiousness at last. 1 (
1 .ugh to recul what strange answers she t.’.a lo j
to my obsotvarious. Thinking to suit my
conversation to the capacity ol my partite,, I
alluded to the theatre. Bite conjured me to (
toll her what it was like, for she was burning (
with desire to g). The opera—a friend hud
prouvsed to lake her there tor the first time
next week. Mu’il.t—she played Ins sympho- (
dies, but she preferred the airs from "Love in |
a Village," which she had at homo m the
country. Altnack s and Bt, J antes s, I inllis
bad little, very little conception 01, but tier
bead ran on country dances and country balls.
I ler favorite reading was the “Vicar ol also
field,” but she knew some little I found, ol
•’Pamela,” having once borrowed an odd vut
‘ ume. In line, she was a conntryfi d ctetUire,
and took no pains to conceal it. I 101 l my
singular, and lo mennnal.nal partner, and in
quired, 1 know nut wherefore, who and what
she was.
h was no romantic tale. Her fa'her was
a country clergyman, and had of course
brought up Ins daughter a hoyden. Yet at
lilts Mmo of life I can nun > no there is ft until I
ml good breeding totally d s met from fashion 1
but superior to i l , Phillis 1 c*\ton is th teason |
why I think so; she behav d the same m coin- j
pan V as ill pi’lVSti ipOU, IIVI ly, OVOU blMStl i
mis—yut there was no vulgarity mall her free
dom. .
Worse grew worse, bir alter supper 1 detec
ted myself playing tori'ells in a .pilot corner
«f tiil> room, and even struggling with the
girl for my own handkerchicl, which she pro-
Test, d she inns' keep for the sake ol the ow ner.
This was no doubt a challenge to snatch some
kisses; out, thank chanee more than resolu
tion, 1 did not I o’ray my».ll into such all i
grant outrage ot good manners, and Polios
bade me good ingot rather sullenly untbat ac
count.
Half the ivghtl continued awake, and my
tliougiils ran upon In r. 1 suspect she ad
(mind me n n «dy auditor, and fell at home
with me, lari listened with great eagerness,
oven ecstasy, to every word she uttered. Phil
lis h id given me a description ol llielileshv
led in tint country, mid had run over all her
amusements and occupations, hh aks in the
green lanes, reading nt t e i,av-liold in snm
mer, ea'hcneg i.ax-e ■ in untnnni, picking bil
bcire’s, ymrn vs on hors.hick lo the newest
market town, visit, ng Ibe sicl .and ombr.nd,
erin ,r covers for chans and tab cs ill the long
w.titer nights, filled up the sum of her inno
cent and h ippy exist .'lice. She read our el
der poets, and had a keen rel sh lor natine,
listened to the skyi nks and blackbird., in su n
mor, watered her flow, rs rla. y, and wa'ciic.l
over them like a parent —pr. I, rred, above .I,
tilings, a solitary walk in a .lari, woo.!, and
wa'ched a ihundei-stonn with enthus's-m.
She talked hkS Slukspcarc, and made the
i country a forest of Ardon. I was transported,
I and certainly did let some things full which
mit'llt have iiintccl how 1 admired Iter.
Morning came, and with ll»« morn sundry
reflectloutt) not ct philosophy, but of Phillis
l/:vton. "I w ill see Iter again,” I ejaculated ;
lint 1 never d d «• e Iter again.
Many may remark how unnatural to bo pi*
’ ning thiriy-sevoii yearn ol your it fir alter a •
g.rl, bccii, talked with, but one evening some
i 1 1 iv houi.s in all; indeed, 1 have laded against I
1 novo h making their nunatural heroes lake
| similar fancies. Ail 1 can s.iy is, 1 never saw
I‘iidlis Leyton but once, and though I do not i
exactly love her, I have always thought upon
her more tenderly than upon any other wo-
I in in.
A very trilling thing determines a man’s
| destiny. I was hindered hy good breeding
from calling upon the lady she was visiting
min! I had riogocinted an introduction to the
family. Tins took mo some weeks; and when
I did call upon them, fully expecting to see
Phillis, 1 found my charmer had returned
homo, and was buried alive m Devonshire. I
was so astounded, I forgo' to ask in what
purl of the county, and rusiied away in a par
oxysm.
To he baffled in ridiculous. I will run down
to Devonshire; hut there were then no rail
roads, and a journey into Devonshire look
months. Then, I could not prevail upon my
self to fly from town in the height of the sea
son, for I had been the most rig d observer of
iho seasons since I was a stripling, and some
bets were pending on my punctuality.
At least I will write; and indeed people of
ten wr.lo what they art’ ashamed lo speak.
1 began a letter to her father vv'flh ‘‘Rev. Sir,’
but, alas! had no knowledge where i l ' address
linn. I waited to ask my new friends thin
question hut put It oflTroin day to day.
Oiicii 1 mw my own fastidious disposition,
and the obstacles In my way rendered all
thoughts of Pinliis Leyton hopeless; and in
despair I ionic a resolution to col my throat
witii mil delay. Jtnl I was lo tread the hal
lowed floor of Carlton House that very even
ing, and determined, ii possible, lo live and
enjoy the eclat of appearing in the presence
of royalty, after winch I could contentedly
die. I therefore dressed, hut could not help
imagining, an I looked in Iho mirror, the ex
pression of my features eery languid. Hut
melancholy, I surmise, became my cast of
countenance; lor a baroness in her own right
young, elegant, and unmarried, received my
a-aidmlies with such condescension that I as
pired to a coronet, and, lor the lime, hulffor
gol poor Pin I is.
However, conscience reproached me, for 1
dreamed of her that night, but not entirely.
Mel bought Iho baroness told me her name was
Phillis, and then shifted for a lime into the
featuros of Phillis Leyton, who said In r real
name was tho Baroness de D . All day
my thoughts ran upon black eyes and pouting
lips, hut I decided black eyes looked best hail
veiled, and lips pleased most in an aristocrat
ic curl. Nobility hath a charm independent
ofhcau’y, mid lo a man of refinement superior
to it. Tho harmless steps like a Juno; her
very condescension is stately. Why should
I linger / I made a sacrifice all real gentle
men must make when put to the test, and
gave up ingenuousness lor artificial polish;
and since conscience was still unquiet, and to
convince myself I despised Pinliis Leyton, 1
penned a sonnet on the baroness, and enclo
sed it to the leading magazine. It was prin
ted, hut much lo my cost, for the poetry made I
some noise, and the haront ss thanked me in I
public so warmly, that a colonel in the guards, i
who it. afterwards was discovered had been s
secretly married to her upwards of three I
months, sent me n challenge, and I liked the
notoriety of a duel; hut he ran me through the ;
body at the first lunge. I
This alia r brought all eyes upon me,and my i
physician, 1 confess not against my own in- ,
elinulimi, forced mo to go abroad. 1 made |
the t rand lour, and fell in love ns often as P/iil* ,
hs Leyton was forgotten; but J loved stnipli- (
city for her sake, and began to cotnt a Tom- t
hoy 1 shall name Fanny. This is a painful |
subj-ct lo mo, and I must hurry over it. There |
,s u ll affectation of artlessncss as well as of ,
art. My hoyden had no mind, and, what was g
worse, less principle. On niy hesitating to i
settle an estate on her she was determined to l
gel, she pettishly broke oil' our courtship, no i
liouhl hoping to see mo concede every point
to renew it; but I was disgusted, and would
not lorgivo her. I went through several other
amours, all of the same kind, With females 1
met bought it. was mi honor tor me to ask in 1
nmrMige; hut 1 discovered the middle classes
marry ns much for money as our own.
Again I returned to higher life, determined 1
to seek a wife in my own sphere, not rich nor
beautiful, only (rank and honest; but I was
now past forty, and ill health made mo some
years older. The fair ones, perhaps, might
have overlooked those deductions lint my for
tune was likewise reduced to a mere compe
tency, and the mothers all hut told me nut to
persecute their daughters.
I began to hale the world, and brooded in
solitude, which brought me hi 1c consolation.
I discovered my heart had been vitia'ed hy
(also education and the line sentiment where- j
m I had taken such pride was the fruitful
i source ol mo; tof my disappointments. In
i my notions ol 'matrimony I lint, erred ultogeih- j
1 or, except once. Blidlis L 'yton wastin' only ;
I girl I ad ever thought of, who could have:
made me happy. If she he alive, 1 ruminated
she can now no longer ho u child, and the liigh
-Isp riled lomp will have lamed dow n tutu a
i kind and cheerful woman. But sho may he
' married. I fell jeuonsy, and if you ever feel
1 jealous, you may ho sure love is not absent.
1 determined to seek her out, and if she were
single, to marry her. 1 had known her, as 1
t Id you before, hut a lew hours, hut she had
been for years familiar to my imagination.
1 1 never occurred to mo, so blind is love,
that L’ii Ills bad seen me—had spoken with
me—scarce one evening in nil. No doubt
sin’ had done the i nine with hundreds—the
next day—the next week—that I was a stran
ger—that 1 had been torgolten the next morn -
ing, or that very evening. All this never oc
curred lo in.-, for 1 myself had never really
forgotten I’hillts Leyton tor thirty ytars; hut
men brood over things more than women,
1 so: out then on tins Cimxotic search, de
termined to find her—in Devonshire; hut 1
knew not in what pirt, for our mutual friends
had long loti Ivigiaiid and were residing in
Florence. It was May. hot 1 cared not then
for the fashionable season, and even trusted
myself on the top of a couch I began at
Ivv tcr, and w out inquiring through the county
; for Dr. Leyton, but without success.
Sck ai heart, 1 gave up the qin si in des
pair, and turned my steps towards Torbay,,
where I meant to recover inv disappointment
■ j m tho midst of iho beautiful scenery, and then
• | return home. Ii was at Mary Church, three
. 1 nnles higher up the roast, that night overtook
me, and 1 put up at tho only ale-house nigh,
I i and nnido my us nil mqniru s, hut with u tie
11 hope, of the landlady. To my gn u' surpr.se
i 1 site told mo. * Boor Dr. Leyton had been (heir
• rector for y< ars and years,” and then began
' j wicping; i a* he was dead; he had d ed fro
/ken-hoarlcd, onil Mis* Pliillin —remember her,
iiy, hliu could never forint her, no more could
her husband when he was alive, Ijiil. used I"
talk siboui her lire wliole night long! •'-'be
wua no pretty, and such a nebular loo; but
learning never made her proud to the last;
she would talk to pour (bib as if elio iiad been
one of themselves. Heaven forgive Ik.', for
' she meant no wrong. Sac doubted not but it
whs a hard thing for a child to break hr r la
tiler's heart; —“Indeed, sir, it went nigh to'
break all our hearts ut 'he time.”
My good landlady made u long story of it,
• which can he to dm a very few words. Phil
lis returned to Mary Church, kind aid even
more beautiful than ever, but not so contented.
She had toon the gay world, and bad been
J much admired liy it; she had imbibed a keen
I relish for pleasure and could talk of nothing
but London. Mhe found the country dull and
its amusements insipid; cared little to walk in
the fields, and less to talk with her neighbors;
but when she did address them her manner
was sweeter than ever, being quite as affable,
and somewhat end and melancholy. She
read much, but it was poison. She had brought
! from London novels, in three volumes, full of
j high life and immorality. At Inst it was oh
! served she grew pale and languid,but elm never
breathed a complaint; and at limes, when she
j received letters from London, which she Ire
-1 qnently did, unknown to In r lather, she re
gained more even than the vivacity usual to
1 her before she Jell iioxic. After some months,
' these letters became more frequent, and as.
j Burned, to a'l appearance, n graver tone, lor
she would tremble to break Ibo seal and weep
■ when reading Ihi in. Hhe now confined her
j self closely to the house, and passed days to-
Jgother in her dressing-chamber, to the astmi.
1 ishinent of her good lather, who never drearn-
I eel his dan-liter might have fallen in love da- j
,-.ng her visit. If iovu it was, 1 tour she fixed j
I tier affections neither upon an innocent nor a
worthy object. it ,r she never breathed a sylla
ble of it to her father, and at last could not
even bear to look him in the face.
lore many months, Phillis confined herself
1 o'nlly id her chamber, it was afoul the tall
of the lea', when a stranger one evening put
up at the ‘‘Sim,”and the good landlady Bays,
she saw something very diabolical in his coun
tenance. Ho was tru wiling in baste, for he
came in a coach and four, which lie ordered 1
away that very night. The youth, for ho was I
scarcely twenty j ears oblige, was richly droa-1
sod, and hud the air of a man of quality. At !
t welve o'clock that night the stranger lett Ma,
ry Church, it was surmised, forLo.-don; and
thu next morning, Phillis, who had licet) heard
the evening before weeping bitterly, w’.' s mis
sing. Every inquiry was made, and the whole
county searched, but she could not 1c found, I
and her father never held up Ins head after,
wards. It is believed he heard what became
of his daughter, but ho told it to no one, and
soon afterwards died.
This is the substance of what J gathered
from the landlady.
Thai Phillis returned to Mary Church many
years afterwards, I have learned in ! m man
ner I have staled in the commencement. To
know even this is a great consolation; for to
those who have been troubled, more tranquil
lity is a blessing, and 1 know not a bourne
more grateful to the unhappy Ilian their home.
No doubt she could never forget her fault but
she had every opportunity—a thing so many .•
desire in vain—of repenting it; ami although ,
she could nt no place hold up her head as she |
had dune, there was no place where she could
bury herself in greater quiet. It is not every *
wanderer who is received into the ho.-oin of 1
an indulgent mid foigiving home, us Phillis i
Leyton appears to h.ivu been. ,
A word in conclusion. These few pages i
are a mere scattered record of my feelings,
but there is nothing in the events themselves
that, can warrant my inflicting upon myself the
unhappiness Jam lamenting. Tint Ido feel i
unhappy my language will vouch for me, if .
what. 1 tel) in it does not. I began lightly,
and would fain have run on m the fame buoy- 1
ant mood lor it was my intention to ridicule 1
myself out ol my melancholy, by showing 1
how ridiculous n looked upon paper. Alas, ■
alas! every word has grown more and more ,
solemn—every period has become graver mul ,
more overflowing with anguish. I liad bolter
break off nt once, for 1 find myself shedding
tears, and feel I am miserable.
A PniNTKii’s ErtTAi’ii.—An opulent printer
e! London, who had long been a compositor re
quested of bis executors to have the following
epitaph inscribed on his tombstone, a!;cr his
death:
“No more shall copy bad perplex my brain,
No more shall type’s small face my eye halls strain
No more the proof’s foul page create me trouble?;
liy errors, transpositions outs und doubles,
No more to over-run shall 1 begin,
No more he driving out or taking in,
The stubborn piessmau’s frown I now may scolf—
Levied, corrected—finally wank'd oil.”
X
Tobacco an antiuotk to Ausknic—The
Troy (,N. V.) Whig mentions, that lately in ilia'
eiiy, a child, two years old, which hud swallowed
some arsenic, imprudotrly left mixed with flour
to destroy rats, was saved from death try a free
administration by l>r. SUiltin, ofa strong infusion
of tobacco, which promptly relieved the child, evi
deni I y by some properties aside from those ofa
cathartic or emetic. This is the second life saved
in that city, by the administration of tobacco.
Due uu ci. i-AsiM litv. —The Kingston, Lu
zerne county, Da. Republican on the 13;h ult.,
says, we have learned ibo particulars of a most
terrible accident, which occurred yesterday after
noon on the Lehigh and Susquehaminh railroad,
on the section of Messrs. Shoemaker and Co, A
man engaged in blasting was In flic act of lamp
big iho blasl, when the spindle, us m supposed,
struck some part of the to. k, ami produced com
bustion and explosion. The pit in which the ex
plosion took place was filled at (lie time with
woikmen, m d die elleels were indeed horrible.—
One man was instantaneously kill, d, the coneus
siou having entirely thrown open his chest, and
displaced i! j lungs fiom their position ; another
had his leg so fractured above die knee, the bone
being broken and I lie flesh tore and mangled, that
befoie medical assistance could be procured, he
bled to death.
Seven others were more or less injured, but
none it is thought filially ; one of them had his
shoulder di-joinled. The two who were killed
are said to have been line worthy men, both hav
ing families.
Loss of a SrciiinoAT.— The steamboat Mis
souri Pulton, struck a snag in the rivei about 10
miles above St. L uis, on the night of ibo 1 lih
, 1 nil., uiul sank almost immediately. She was
‘ freighted wi li two thousand pigs of le id, from ihc
! mines at li.ilena, and was insured for i-10.000.
, Two deck bands are supposed to have been drow li
ed, as they have not been seen since the accident.
T v eon u a Fine alEu n e u —An editor in Maine
■ having wiiiien an article about •unchanged de n
• ' ucrals,’ ihe compositor made it road u:i i ~ 7
i democrats. Some of the readers of the p.q a ; id;
. i ihcmsches highly complimented.
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(JfIRONIOLF. AND SIiNTtNKL. j
AUGUSTA,
Thunday MOfßinff* October 4*
Congressional Election.
The following is the aggregate vote for each
candidate fur Congress in 11 counties, the returns
of which have been published in our paper yes»
lorday and to day.
Statu Rights. Union.
Dawson, 5274 liurney, 2009
Habersham, 5108 Campbell, 2001
JVishet, 5083 Graves, 2607
Cooper, 5084 Millyer, 2610
j A ford, 5074 Iverson, 2684
Cohjuett, 5064 McWhorter, 265“
/Hack, 5049 Nelson, 2605
King, 5018 J’ailcrson, 2075
Warren, 5003 Pooler, 2701
In the satno counties, at the last election,
Gilmer’s majority over Schley was 2,315 voles.
5! SB set Q
p • s a a- *4*
f 1 3- I | I
2 5 S 5 S'
CAN 1)1 JIA TKB. c' ~ 3 ’
Alford, 349 515 048 452 220 254
/Hack, 342 503 058 455 328 240
Colquitt, 343 511 024 450 320 253
Cooper, 340 496 037 400 315 254
| Dawson, 30! 54 764 7 47 7 333 257
\ Habersham, 357 508 CIO 451 338 252
I King, 349 504 592 451 277 252
} Aisbet 345 505 014 404 325 250
\ H arreii, 315 507 012 447 321 249
j liurney, 228 371 136 258 453 159
I Campbell, 329 377 147 204 457 103 |
| Graves, 223 370 125 255 455 102
I Millyer, 223 304 121 257 455 163
Iverson, 224 381 125 202 455 103;
| McWhorter, 228 373 124 256 455 161
j Nelson, 220 374 148 265 452 104!
| Patterson, 224 370 141 250 454 104!
' Pooler, 220 372 120 254 492 103
j The names of the State Rights candidates are
| in Italics.
The Georgia Legislature,
j Richmond — Miller, Jenkins, Crawford , )!'. .7
I Rhodes,
Guehne — Junes, Cone, .4 loseley, Porter.
Mu it «AN — Floyd, Swift, Whiting, Stallings.
| Tai.iACKiitio — Harris, Stephens, Chapman.
Hancock— Sayre, Sarsnctt, Rabun, Hudson.
Wauuen— Harris, /.owe, Darden, Rogers .
I?t mi— Haber, Lamar, Tracy.
Baldwin. — Hansel/. Hines, Rockwell.
Lincoln— Lamar, Lockhart, Statham.
Chatham —Gordon, Bullock,Drysdalc.ShafTer.
Co i.Pm it t a— Robertson, Crawford, Stapler j j
Cwihy,
Sickness in the West.—The La Porte
County (Ind.) Whig of Sept. 15th, says that I
sickness prevails to an alarming ok tent through, j
out the whole northern part of Indiana, and in
fact, throughout Illinois and Michigan. The.
sickness is attributed to the continued dry and J
sultry weather. The brooks have been dried up, j
and the lakes have fallen several inches, leaving I
on their margins an immense quantity of vegc
table matter to decompose in the sun, causing
miasma, sickness and death.
Noutii Caiujlina Chops.—The Fayetteville |
Observer, of the 20th ult., says, “that a more j
abundant harvest awaits the fanner than was an- j
ticipated a few weeks since.—The Corn crops in
the upper part of Orange, and generally through
the counties of Bladen, Sampson and Duplin, are
said to be very good. Wo do not apprehend any
material scarcity of Corn. The article bears now
a very fair price in market.”
Fur the Chronicle iy Sentinel.
Air. Editor ;—l have noticed with pride, lire ;
progress which the Augusta Mirror is making j
towards a respectable standing in the literary
world. It has but lately been commenced, and |
1 understand that it has already a very respect a- ;
b!.‘ subscription list, which is daily increasing. 1
Suck a periodical has long been wanted in Geor- j
gia, and it should not he allowed to fail for want
of support. Thousands of dollars are yearly sent '
from tire South for the support of Northern peri, i
odicals, while those which are established among
us, in many instances, cannot obtain a support !
sufficient to sustain them. Why is this sol— \
Surely there are writers in the South who are j
capable of contributing, and whoso contributions j
would do honor to us ; many of whom from the
want of a proper medium through which to lay
their productions before a southern public, are
forced to send to northern publications. Why
cannot the citizens of the South support such
publications of their own, and by so doing bring 1
forward lire writings of many, which otherwise [
will remain in obscurity.
Although it is as yet in its infancy, it has re
ceived contributions from the pens of several
distinguished writers, and some of its numbers
will bear comparison wilh tiro "Great Alirror”
of the North. The good that such a work is
calculated to do is immense, and w e should rejoice
that such a publication has been commenced in
our city, and use every exertion to advance its
interests; and 1 hope that each one of our citizens
will become a subsciiber, and by so doing, in
some measure relieve Georgia from her depen
dence on the North, and establish permanently
among us, a work, the contents of which we
shall not fear to have circulated throughout the
South—and if those who pay annually large
sums for norther,n publications, will but exlcn,)
■ their support to the Augusta Mirror, the only
■ literary paper in the Slate, we are sure, that ere
I long, it will be able to compete with any publi
j cation oftho North. M,
We have been favored with II ivar.a papers as
late as the 15,h instant, but find little worth trait
| j slating.
Two Mexican vessels arrived at Havana on the
1 j 12th insl. and two others on the 13th mat.; so
’ 1 that it appears the French blockade does not cut
I elf all communication.
An article lit one of the par ers, gives, under
the head ot ‘ Rome,” an account of a dispute be
tween the Dope and tha.lviiig ofNap'es, touching
: the boundary (rite between the two countries.
■ j Tire latest dates we notice from Madrid are to
■ | the ISdr of July. a:
■ ( The greatest silence is observed as regards the
:j actual condition of things in Cuba and Puerto
I Kteo.—.V. O. t our,i r, 2 it 'i n't, ,
| From tin: Charlatan Courier i•/ yesterday, l
The Crops o: South-Carolina.
Extracts of letters received in this city.
‘ Eiiino.stii.lk, Sept. 30.—0 n Friday wo ex
perienced a very severe storm of rain, accompa
nied with a high wind. It has done more dam
age than was sustained from the gale about three
weeks ago. From personal observation, and the
information . f several with whom I have convers
ed on the subject, 1 think I may with safety say,
that the growing crop of Cotton will no* exceed
the last, more than from 10 to 15 per cent.”
“Heaufoiit, Sep!. 20.—The prospect of Plan'
lers generally in rny neighbor hood, is gloomy
, few will real ze a half er p of Cotton, and proviso
ions very short; scarcely any making slips or
peas. Some on this and the adjacent Islands, will
not average over 50 lbs. of ginned Cotton per acre.
‘.‘Guahamvilli:, Sept. 22.—From ell I cun
learn, our crops of Colton will fall very far short
of expectation a few weeks ago. My ciop will be
mueh shorter than last year’s. From what I can
I judge, I would say thoio will not be made as
much tliis year as the last in this neighborhood,
(St. Luke’s Parish/ 1 )
From the Southern IlceorJir.
There will he pre.-en’ed to the Legislature,
soon lo convene, a variety of very important sub.
jects, (or its deliberation and action.—Among
others, the great subject of itrernal improvements,
will occupy much of its attention, and will ho
looked lo with great interest by the whole people
•of the Slate. Wo regret lo know, that on this
subject, so important lo the interests of llto coun
try, much difference of opinion is entertained by
the people. While many are warmly in favor of
some measure by which the Slate will lend its
credit to private companies engaged in works of
great public utility, (the State being properly se
cured in the amount for which her faith is pledged,)
otliors are as violently opposed lo any measure of
the kind as unjust and dangerous. We are hap
py, however, in the well-founded belief, that in
regard to the prosecution of internal improve,
i menls, there is hut one opinion, and that in its
favor. We believe that all are in favor of at least
pushing forward Iho great object, as far as the
Slate can do it, on its own account. This vve
hail as auspicious fur the public good.
j No doubt a move will he made, lo carry out
some measure, similar to that lately passed in
j New York, in tclalion to Free Hanking. Upon
this sutjoct we do not profess to ho fully cognisant
of popular opinion; but vve rather think it is fa
vorable to some system of the kind. It is a no
vel system in this country, and whether to result
for good or evil, is probably more than can be pre
dicted even by the most sagacious; time can alone
tost the question.
An attempt will bo made to organize the Court
of Errors. Whether it will ho accomplished or
not, experience has taught us that it is wi-c.st to
oiler no opinion.
The representation of the counties will he ro.
gulaled and equalized according to tho census
lately taken. Wc trust something will ho done,
to render the Legislature a somewhat less un
wieldly anil irresponsible body. One half would
do the public business sooner, and much more
perfectly, than it can bo done as at present con
stituted; and would, in addition lo the diminished
number, expense, and celerity of this body, guar
antee lo the people a much gieater responsibility,
on Ihe part of the individual representative, for
j what was done —This subject will demand lire
) most considerate reflection of the oppt caching
j session.
j On the subject of State commerce, wc know not
what .tray he attempted. One thing we do know,
| that Georgia can never accomplish any thing of
the kind, unless she has a sufficient fiscal agent
to furnish the facilities necessary for commerce.
And another thing vve as assuredly know, that
unless this fiscal agency is created. Charleston,
with her Twenty.Two Millions of Hank capital,
will as surely w ithdraw the trade of Georgia, at
least that portion of it which is not done at the
North, as that our rivers run towards the sea
We cannot oiler an opinion as to what will ho at
tempted. Savannah, which ought lo bo alive to
this subject alone, if wo were to judge from one
of her two papers, is more concerned in parly
bickering, than in attempting lo prevent her own
immolation by her enterprizing competitors for
the trade of our Slate—and, judging from the
same source, would find more gratification in the
defamation of an opposing political party, than it
would in rallying the whole Slate to sustain it.
What futurity ! —“Whom the gods destroy, they
first make mad !”
We would not however be so uncharitable to
Savannah, as even lo intimate, that the Journal
alluded lo,is in tho slightest degree a representa
tive either of her views, her feelings, or her man.
tiers. We shall hope that she may yet regain
1 even more than ber former importance, and that
1 she will not suffer herself to become a second
1 Hcaufort, if enlerprize, hacked by the good will
I of the Slate, can save her from such a fate,
i There are a number of other important subjects
j which will probably engage the attention of the
Legislature, at its next session. Wc conclude
j with the hope, that they all may receive that, con'
I sideralion and disposition, which will tell deci
-1 dodly on the well being of the State.
From the Ncm Orleans Dee, 20!h till.
Lave:' from Vera Cruz.
A commercial house of this city has had the j
1 kindness lo communicate to us the fol owing j
letter from Vera Cruz, received ycsleidsy by vvav i
of Havana. It loaves no doubt that the end of I
j th<s drama is-near at hand.
Vi:ha Cuuz, 27th August.
We arc unable to tell how the present crisis
will end. Different rumours are constancy cir. |
culating respecting the statu of affairs. We
think, however, that the arrival of the expected
| reinforcements will soon resolve the question.—
Preparations are making in this city. Parapets
have been cree'ed on tho principal edifices and
houses in the vicinity of the hat hour. The
troops which had been stationed on the route
between Jalnpa and Vera Cruz, have been order
ed lo repair to this city. There ate almost daily
departures: nearly all the principal families have
left the city, and the middle classes are following
their example. They are beginning to talk
: about sending us (the French) into the interior.
Tho commandant, wo arc informed, has received
orders lo this ell'ect, and will doubtless execute
them at the first appearance of the new reinforce
ments.
Several more brigs of war have arrived, A
frigate, tho A.-trca, from Marliniq'returned
thither some days ago.
The naval reinforcements arc expect J towards
the end of September.
'i'he administration and the congress ascribe
lo each Ollier tho fault of bringing on the present
slate of affairs, In tho mean time, the news
papers continue their ungenerous articles against
I the French.
| All the archives and the plate of tho churches
have been s-cnl to Jalaps.
Inchkask of Population in Missouri.
Some idea may he formed of the immense increase
of tbo population of this state, by comparing the
te-ults of the late election with (ho runnier of
votes polled two years ago. In 1836, Missouri
polled for Governor, 27,372 voles, and fir Con
gress an average vote of 24.5C4. In 1838, site
polled for Congress an average vote of 40,256,
thus showing an increase within two years over
the vote east for Governor, of 12.884, and over
the vote gi' en for CungiCis of 15,632. If by this,
on „ Vo ( a j 0
every six souls, il shows an increase in our pup
ulalion, within thefyo years of 94,152. The re*
sull of the cleclion ol 1830 compared with lha
census ot lhat year, showed that the number of
voles given stood as one voter to every icn souls •
by this wo have an increase of population within
the two years of 130,920 souls, or a population
0f40:3 560. The whole population oft Missouri
in 1836, was 214,208. — St, J.ouia Republican,
Tin; “Stiui’kii Pig” is all the go in Boston,
and the Px'cw York Sun thinks they will ride it to'
death. If they do, they will have to mount the
•‘filleen gallon” hobby again.
MARRIED)
By the Key. B. T. Smith, on the evening of the
-3th till , nl the residence of Mr. .1. Cheney, Green
county Mr do nr. R. Ciiivkrs, of Taliaferro notm
pP MfS- 15 ■ J onxso.v, of the former
COMMERCIAL^
Augusta Market.
Cotton.—The demand for this article is quite
animated, although the price has rather declined,
11 of any quality are difficult to make over
cents, while most loads have barn sold during
the last two days at 12J- cents. In old cotton but
little doing.
Groceries.—Our stocks of all Ilia loading.arti
elcs arc heavy, but iu consequence of the very bad
weather, the trade with the interior has been dull.
Bagging is selling from 20 a 21 cents; Sugars 10 a
Ida els ; Coffee 13 a 15 els.; Whiskey and Kura
from 53 a56 cls.; Gin (50 a7O els ; .Nails 71 a 8
; rin Ur ’„ Ca,,al 812 50 3 8,3 ! Country, from
SO u 910 ; Bacon 13 a 15 cts ; Hams scarce.
Exchange. Checks on the Northern cities are
dull at M a 2 percent; Charleston, 1 a lipercent.
tkeioiits continue at old rat,> s . Our river is
now in good order.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
CHARLESTON, Oct 3 An- v-sfe-.1.,.- -i ■
brig O, U re,
UVVarC ’ UUM -“»* »«• r Cot-
M-|
>' 'yj , * () Kfc.v'l’—Avery large and plea*
ii a sant Boom, suitable as a sleeping apart*
. l furnished or unfurnished an I in »
I’. business pan of Broad-street. ’ Apply at
tins office, or Kt No. 3(53 Broad-at. 2t oct4
r | () MEUf'IIAKTS—A Practical Booker
4L of so no leisure, would be willing to takeanv
.I;- 1
|3 { V ®OBEBTSOJf lies removed to tho
dwelling on the north side of Broad-street s
recently occupied by Mr. If. Parsons. Entrance 1
from the alley between the stores of Messrs J &
8. hones and J. did, Mcßryde & Co.
net 4 Q.
yALEABLE LAND FOR sA'LEi—Tho
su^ ur ‘ b l » °®»* <•»«• Ids valuable plan,a
lion, on the Ocmulgeo river, u uhin tliree miles of
Jlawkiiisville.to.merly the i wcltih District of Hous
ton county, nowfulaski, comprising 1700 cc-esol
oak and hickory land, well adapted to corn and
eo ion. i here arc lour hundred acres nn.lcr culti
vation, with good fences, two good gin houses and
gins, a good new two story dwelling house, and
oilier out houses. Any person wishing t j purchase
tins valuable property, will do well to come and
look lor t bom.selves.
Also, I will sell thirty young and likely’ negroes
Ihe terms of sale will be one and two years or
longer u Ihe purchaser should desire, by ravin"
interest yearly, and giving good security for tlio
saay. . EDWARD ST. GEORGE.
llavvkinsviHo Oct. 1, 1834. 5 t
. ~TO M EItCIIA NTS.
A OHNG Man ol industrious and moral habits
wishes to obtain a situation in a dry goods,
grocery nr hardware bus ness. insight into business
being his particular object, a small compensation
h. r services u til only be required. Good reference
can be given. Apply at this office, or No. 363
Broad-g* r eet. 2i oct 4
ORESII FU ) I JR, Jkc. —SO'bbis Canaffimu
L 30 ball bids Ryo Elour
5 hhls Northern Bhad
5 bids Pickled Herrings
1 hbd lined God f ish .
20 boxes (‘looked Herring
20 boxes Patent Yellow Candles
1 bale Cotton Twine
30 cesks London Brown Stout
5 bbls superior Cordial
25 qr casks Brandy
Received and lursale by JNO COSKPRV
3 ' u
*’ A N YAN i > V.' 1N V l3ll SXI A W J„s.
I. subscribers have just received an extensive
eoi r , a: “I Thibet Cashmere, Rock Spun
Silk, Hi [bland Plaids, and winter travelling Shawls
comprising as gnat a variety and assortment as
ever tied iro offered in this market,, which, they can.
sell at u insuady low prices.
Oct It ‘ EDGAR & CARMICHAEL
WHIT E WELSH PLAINS,"KERSEYS
ODhiAlt & CARMICHAEL, are now
f-f opening a supply of Ron! Welsh White
I’mins t Kerseys, Linseya, and low priced
suiiahio for planluliou and hoaso servants,
oct y
? sukvey oils’ coJiim.'s.six; * 4
A N assortment of the above instruments, some
*■*- very superior, warranted correct. Eor sale by
__uct 3 T. H. PLANT.
’ C LOTUS, C A SSI MERES, &c. *
fIKE subscribers have jn»t received a largo
assortment of siiperlineund middling qualities
| Clr; ths and Cassimeres, viz. blue, black and
i hinny colored eloibs, beaver cloths, of extra body,
I stmablo lor Overcoats, Ac.
| fibbed, plain and fancy striped Cassimeres, in,
I gv.int variety.
200 pieces Sa inets, some’of which are of su
perior quality, and composing a groat variety of
I colors, lui.ey stripes and mixtures.
8,-lk and other quality vestings, Buffalo cloths’
which they oiler at vary low prices.
oct 3 EDGAR & CARMICHAEL.
I FLA N STELS* BEANKBTS, Ike. "
I KiOK whitegauzs Flannels
j do real W elcli do
Bleached and brown Can'on Flannels
| 10-1 and 14-4 superior Bod Blankets
| London djffel and point do
A largo assortment of ihe above goods just open
, ed, and will bo offered at sroisfactyry prices.
uct 3 EDGAR A CARMICHAEL.
B Vi IS 1) & now la
Firnl’foof Wore House, AiigustaGco.
LbXllE undersigned grateful lor the patronage so
, liberally extended to Ilium by the public since
they littve been in iho \\ .are Huuse ond (Jimiinissioii
business, beg leave to inform their friends that they
continue >o Iransnct the tame at I heir old stand
where business will meet the same prompt attention
as her, tufore. All orders lor the sale ot cotton will
li.n e 1 tie greatest possible c no, and orders tor Bag
ging or ol ncr articles ol merchandise will he filed on
the best terms our marker will afford; hut riot hav
ing G;i interest in any wholesale grocery or other
goods CM .bl. all meat, wo shall bay from those who
sell cheapest and charge ihe regular commission for
purchasing, which we trust will be ta the entire
satisfaction ofour customers. When required, ad
vances will be made on produce in store, and all
lha i sual facilities given to our friends lhat arc gen
erally given by regular Commi-sion Houses.
'“■i i BAIRD <k ROWLAND.
FT Each of the city papers will publish Ihe
above once a week until Ist January next.
_B 4^R.
MEW FALL AND WINTER-GOODS.
L t 11. WYATT A Co. No 29(1 Broad street,
A. . are now receiving fresh supplies of Staple
and Fancy Dry Goods comprising a general
assortment of goods in their line, w hich having
been w ell selected, they offer at lair prirea. Whole
sale tii.tl Retail. Purchasers arc requested local!
and examine our stock before they make their pur
chases. net 3
a a WANTED TO RENT, a dwelling
i ft louse either on Green or Broad streets. —
-IjllllH Lnuuirc at 240 Broad street,
oct 2 3t