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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGII S T A .
MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER, 26.
Fire in Mobile.
A very destructive fire occurred in Mobile, on
the morning of the 31st. It, originated in the
Mobile theatre, which was entirely destroyed,
with five other buildings, total loss estimated nl
•‘<200,000. There, was about £40.000 insured
upon the real estate. Messrs. Ludlow <fc Smith
the managers of the theatre, lost their scenery
wardrobe, furniture, &c. which amounted to £2O
- on which there was no insurance.
North Carolina Legislature.
This body assembled at Raleigh on the 19th.
After two ineffectual attempts to electa Speaker,
in the Senate, that body adjourned.
In the House of Commons, Win. A. Graham,
(Whig) was elected Speaker on the first ballot, by
a majority of 13, over Michael Hoke, (V. B.).
The Mayor of Charleston has issued a procla
mation, appointing Thursday lire 29th, as a day o,
! Thanksgiving and Prayer, as a token of the sense
'of the citizens of Charleston, of the Divine good
ness in removing from them the late desolating
malady, and the restorement of health, and pros
perity to its citizens.
The Canada War.
The revolution, rebellion, revolt, or outbreak,
or by whatever name it may properly be de
signated, in Canada, seems to be growing every
day into more and more importance. Our read
ers have already been apprised that a party of
Patriots variously estimated as to their number,
had landed on the Canada shore near the town of
Prescott, and opposite to Ogdcnsburgh, on the
American side of the St. Lawrence, and that in
several attacks by the British troops, the accounts
of which wc have published, they still maintained
their position. The Express mail yesterday
brought us the news of their final defeat and de
struction. The number was originally one hun
dred and twenty-three, of whom five returned to
the American shore, leaving one hundred and
eighteen, who have all been slaughtered by the
British troops. It is not yet known that even
one has escaped. They were commanded by a
Polish officer by the name of Von Schultz.
It is slated in the Buffalo papers that Capt.
Usher, of the British army, had been murdered at
his house in Chippewa, by a couple of ruffians
in disguise. He was said to have been concern
ed in the Caroline affair last winter. It is also
rumored that Capt. Drew, the commander in that
affair has also been murdered, but the rumor is
not credited.
A large meeting has recently been held in the
city of New-York, at which resolutions were
passed sympathising with the Canadians. The
respectability of many of those who engaged in
the meeting gives it a considerable degree of im
portance. We, shall publish the proceedings to
morrow.
The Hamilton (Tcnn.) Gazette of the 15th
states that the 3d regiment'which left that place
a short time since, has been ordered hack to
Calhoun. That paper says, such a rumor is very
likely to be set afloat, predicated on the fact that
many of the Indians remain in this country, and
it is thought, will only leave at the point of the
bayonet.
The Steam Ship Liverpool.
Letters from Boston have been received in New-
York which stale that the steam ship Liverpool
had been spoken off Nantucket, by a brig arrived
at Halifax, N. S. The Journal of Commerce, in
publishing this information, remarks:—-‘lf this
be so, she must have been spoken 10 or 15 days
ago, as a passage from near Nantucket to Hali
fax, and from Halifax to Boston, could scarcely
have been made in less time than that. The
question then is, whether it is possible that the
Liverpool has been so near us as Nantucket, for
so long a time, and not been seen except by a ves
sel arrived at Halifax. We think not. Had the
story been that she was seen by a vessel hound to
Halifax, it would have been at least plausible.
The Great Western must have been off Nan
tucket about the 13th inst. - ’
The New York papers state, for the purpose of
apprising these who may have friends on board
the steam ship Liverpool, that the Cutter Wash
ington, a fine brig of 200 tons, sailed from that
port at noon on Tuesday, with a large supply of
provisions, under instructions from the collector:
Communicated.
Mil. Jovks—Allow mo to correct “Caution,’’
in reference to the number of men attached to
the Richmond Blues, and Artillery Guards, and
to relieve his mind from the fear he seems to en
tertain of their being disbanded. There are now
about fifty Blues and forty-five Artillery Guards,
the former company has been in existence for
about five years—it is commanded, as it always
has been, by Capt. F. M. Ronixsos, who has not
a superior, as a captain in the State; their ranks
have been recently purged, and the company is
efficient, respectable, and permanent. There i* 1
I ut twp six pound brass cannon belonging to the
Augusta Artillery Guards, (Capt. Gould,) to
manage which it requires but twenty men—there
is a sufficient number of men belonging to tl c
company to use effectually two more pieces—
(here is no danger of its being d shanded, and
it has never required purging. The uniforms
of both those companies are rich anil durable.
IJut “ Caution” is right in saying that if the citi
zens were to take, proper interest in volunteer
companies, we might have two or three more,
aid form a legion, we could then shew our
strength. AUGUSTA.
From Florida •
The steamboat New-York, arrived at Savan
nah, on Thursday last,from Garey’s Ferry, bring
ing the. following intelligence:
I'rom the St. Augustine News, Nov. 17.
Mi saviTO Beach, Nov. 1(5.
Dear Sir—l must inform you of the loss of the
steamboat John McLean. We arrived at the
bar about sunset, and went ashore on the break
ers, the the vessel and cargo a total wreck. 1 have
succeeded in landing all my men, and have saved
a part ol my muskets and a little ammunition
dry. lam In hopes of being able to resume my
command. We have not a mouthful to eat.
Tours respectfully,
HARVEY BROWN.
To Capt. Wait, Commanding St. Augustine*
Immediately on the, receipt of the above, pack
mules were despatched with provisions, &c, under
escort of the 2d Dragoons. The steamboat San
tee left Black Creek, for their assistance on Sun
day night, 18 th hist.
From the St. Augustine Herald (extra) Nov. IG.
I-ntest I'rom Tampa.
A letter from an officer ol the army of recent
date, states that the Indians there were acting in
a suspicious manner and did not seem disposed to
treat. He expresses the opinion that Gen. 'Fay
lor has been deceived by their fair words.
It is rumored at Black Creek, that the Indians
who had assembled to hold the talk with Gen.
Taylor, which was to have taken place on the
7th insf. had all dispersed and gone “ to the hush'’
on the sth inst. This we are informed, is but
rumor; but we have no correct report.
The number of Indians it is said to he about
250 of the Tallahassces.
Decisive information was expected on Wed
nesday ol the talk, but the regular express brought
nothing.
We are informed that the Indians at Tampa
received news of the murder of the crow of the
brig Gluey, several days before it was known by
the whites.
Col. Cross, assistant Q. M. General, is expect
ed to arrive here daily. Col. C. is on a tour of
inspection.
Georgia Legislature.
Wednesday, Nov. 21.
IN SENATE.
A Bill was introduced to pardon John Gray,
now in jail in the city of Augusta, under sentence
of death for murder, which was passed—yeas CO,
nays 14.
The bill to alter the charter of the Central
Rail Road and Banking Company was taken up,
and after some discussion, was made the order
for Monday next.
The Bill to organize a new county out of the
counties of Cass and Murray, was rejected by a
vote of 57 to 22.
A joint committee has been appointed, with
power to send for persons and papers, on the me"
morial of a number of citizens of Cass county,
in which charges are alleged against Col. Long,
the State Chief Engineer, of malpractice in office,
and corrupt speculations.
IX THE HOUSE.
A Bill was introduced to aid the construction
of Rail Roads in this State, and for other pur
poses connected therewith.
Thursday, Nov. 22.
IX SEX ATE.
A bill was introduced to extend the charter of
the Central Bank to 1860.
Supposed Murder.
The Macon Messenger of Thursday last, says ;
On the 13th inst. the hodyofaman was discover
ed in a hollow log, near Johnson’s Mills, in Jones
county ; apparently having been in that situation
eight or ten days.. On the body were sixteen or
seventeen cuts and stabs; showing conclusively
that heinust have come to hisdeath by foul means.
Some papers were found on him, by which it ap
peared that his name was Elias AT. Isaacs,—some
of them were bills for the purchase of Jewelry in
Albany, Utica, and Syracuse. N. Y. A note was
found, addressed to him by a Mr. Whitney of New
A ork, who appeared to have been his counsel in
some difficulty he had been involved in respecting
the purchase, or possession of Jewelry.
The only light that has been elicited respecting
him, is, that a person who was supposed to be a
French Jew, answering to his name and descrip
tion, was in this city a few days, and left here on
the sth inst. in a Jersey wagon, with a man by the
name of Williams, a A entriloquist, and slight of
hand performer : and another individual, who
appeared to be an Italian.
While here the murdered man was engaged in
peddling Jewelry, and claimed to have the value
of three to four thousand dollars in watches, Jew
elry and money ; which probably was the imme
diate cause of his murder. No money, or jew
elry was found with him, except a ring, which he
wore, which has been recognized as belonging to
him, by persons who had noticed it. A wagon,
and individuals answering the description of those
who left here with him, were seen at the place
where the body was found, the morning after they
left here.
Os course strong suspicions are fixed on the
persons who accompanied the murdered man from
this place, and the public would do well to be on
a lookout for the perpetrators of such a foul deed.
1 Iho Governor o! Rhode Island, lias issued his
proclamation, appointing the 20ih day of Novem
ber to be observed as a day of Public Thanks- -
giving and Praise.
1 he Governor ot \ ermont, has issued his pro
clamation, appointing Thursday, (he (illi day of
December, to be observed in that State os a day
of Thanksgiving, Prayer and Praise.
We learn from Philadelphia that the money
market continues tight—business rather dull, with
the exception of that connected with the canals,
which is very active, 'flic banks arc said to be us
liberal as the nature of circumstances wdl allow.
Resignation of the lion. ilugh’jL. White.
Wc have it from undoubted authority, says the
Knoxville Register of the 14th inst. (hat the Hon.
Hugh 1,. White, has sent on his resignation to
the Governor, of his seat in the U. States Semite.
He was induced no doubt to take this step from
the tact that his health has been so much impaired
by. a late attack of the epidemic, that he thinks
himself wholly unable to undergo the labors in
volved in a journey to Washington, and a faithful
discharge of his duties in (he Senate chamber.
The Chevalier deNordin, on the 10th instant
delivered to the Secretary of State, his credential
letters as Charge d Aflairesof the King of Sweden
and Norway, and was subsequently presented in
his official character to the President.
The Apalachicola Gazette of the Mth inst.
states that the steamer Floridian, of that place,
was snagged near Stiffnnulger, and sunk with a
valuable cargo, most of which will be entirely
lost. ’I ho boat was not insured.
The Cleveland Herald states that Mr. Cash,
who was recently shot in Lorain county, Ohio,
by an assassin, is yet lingering between life and
death. 1 hroo men have been committed to jail
in Lorain, charged with having been concerned in
the unparalleled outrage. It is generally supposed
in Lorain, that the death of Cash was decided on
at a meeting ot a number of the counterfeiting
clan, and a person was employed to do the deed.
Other arrests arc to lie made.
Private Correspondence of the N. O. Pee, Nov. 20.
Mexico.
A letter from lieutenant Couet, now command
ing the French brig of war Laurier, (at present at
Havana) states that the French fleet had com
menced bombarding the castle of San Juan de
Ulloa, and had debarked 3,000 troops on the coast
who were uu lUv'u ... -»- * * r < '
The Steam Boat Law.— The Attorney-
General of the United States, in reply to a letter
from the steamboat owners, masters, &e. of Pitts
burgh, says that the eighth and ninth sections of
the late Steam Boat law, applies only to the navi
gation of lakes and seas and has nothing to do
with the Western waters. —This decision doc
away with the necessity of tiller (hoi R
From the New York Herald, Nov. 19.
From Canada,
Wc have received some private information
which induces us to believe tiiat Bill Johnson is
the leader of the expedition against Prescott,
which resulted in thedcleatof the British forces.
This hero was a Canadian by birth, and was a
most valuable auxiliary to the British during the
last war w ith the United States. Like most bor
derers, when the piping times of peace came on,
he was in want ot a little excitement, and became
a smuggler— pour passer Ic temps. Bill thought
that for his services to the government his nib
blings, at the revenue should be winked at. But
not so thought the collector of the port which
Bill had honored with his residence, and he took
legal proceedings against the cidevant warrior.
This so enraged the latter that ho threw off his
allegiance, came to our land of liberty, and be
came a citizen of this country. Hu subsequently
took up his residence near French Crock, occa
sionally paying a visit to his friends on the other
side, and managed to do considerable business,
despite the indefatigability of the revenue oliiccrs
on either frontier.
Last winter lie joined the Patriot force, and
from his retreat amid the Thousand Isles he bade
defiance to all the expeditions that wore filled out
against him. He is said to be a man of most ex
traordinary personal prowess he is a thorough
master of fence, and openly boasts that he is a
match for any six men if Ihcy will approach
within fighting distance. When last heard from
on our side the lines, he was at Oswego, without
doubt fitting out and drilling his army of loafers,
some of whom will transmit their names.
i; to all succeeding times,
Gifted with one virtue and a thousand crimes.”
The next accounts from the London District
will be pregnant with important matter, as the
Canadians and the English settlers in that quarter
say they are willing to light tor the Queen and
to maintain their loyally to the British govern
ment, provided that can he done without saddling
them with the expense of a dominant church, If
religious funds once get mixed up in this strife,
God only knows what the end may be.
There are four hundred prisoners of state now
confined in the different strong holds of Montreal.
Montreal, Friday, Nov. 16, 1838.
Upper Canada must now take precedence of
Lower in regard to rebel, or rather brigand, move
ments, for the miserable projectors of, and actors
in the attempt at revolution in this Province,
have in one short week been scattered to the four
winds of heaven, without having accomplished
any thing but their own ruin. Not so in I pper
Canada. The train which was fired here is just
beginning to blaze there, and the first art of the
most hellish spirit of aggression has just been
committed by a band of robbers and murderers
from the United States. Some account of this
affair reached town the day before yesterday hut
wc arc now enabled, through the courtesy ’of Mr.
Porteons, to whom the annexed letter from Mr.
Jones, of Prescott, was addressed, to lay before
our readers the full particulars of the landing
made below Prescott by the brigands.
Puescott, November 13, 1838.
Tuesday Morning, 4 o’clock.
Yesterday morning about one o’clock, intelli
gence reached this plate that two suspicious look
ing schooners from up the river, were Iving bc
| tween here and Ogdenslmrgh, having armed men
onboard. Accordingly, the call “to arms” was
sounded in nur streets, and a general mutter was c
111 ,ol all who could procure arms, pitchforks, or „
anvllim- wlm h would repel the midnight (mas- „
.t-nv. I fur force, comprising a companyofGlcngar- v
r,v \ oluntecrs, those uho have enlisted in the t
t|uc;-n s service for a stated lime, and the militia ,
ot the Johnstown District, which had been ,
drailed and bdlettcd on the dillcrcnt houses in t
town, a lew days before, including many who, v
though not drafted, volunteered from the town.
Nion a schooner was seen nearing one of our r
wharves, whoa Col. \ oung having a ii*w stout v
hearts with him donmndod their name and Imsi- |
ness. Receiving 'no reply, ho threatened to lire
al mice, if they did not give an account of them- „
selves, upon which they gave the name of the
\esscl. In the meantime the brigands on hoard s
had become quite confused, as if si i rprised to find ,
any opposition to their landing, but could not ,
change their sails to go from the land, before they
had crushed tiicir small boat between the schooner
ami the wharf, when they made off for the ecu- \
tre ot the river, ami bout up past the village, near .
which, she, with another vessel, continued cross- \
ing up and down the river, being narrow I v watch- i
ed by nur military. &c., until daylight, when wc c
could plainly see that both vessels' were well armed, t
and showed no disposition to abandon the attach ,
upon this place. At about half past 80V0I1, A. i
M., the ferry steam boat Paul Pry, made her ap- ,
pea l ance, giving information that about 300 men, .
w ell armed, (from the schooners) with cutlasses, (
pistols and muskets, with bayonets fixed, had taken ,
loictblc possesion of the steamboat 1 anted States, •
then lying at Ogdensbiirgh, threatening with ,
(l(*alli tmy llj.it should oiler to rosist; ami tlint she (
(ihi* J aul Pry ) hml hut nrurowlyoscnped.——Soon, ,
tile I nited States, with the schooner, were crui
sing in front of the place, then wholejlorce con- „
sisling ol 400 or 500 men, with plenty of artillery f
and small arms. One of the schooners landed •
Irom 100 to 150 men at the Wind Mill, one and \
a halt miles below the village, and the United ~
Slates, in going in that direction, was fired into
by the Experiment, (an armed steamboat employ
e 1 by our government.) and which had arrived at
Prescott about halt an hour after the first schooner ,
came to the wharf. On the return of the United H
Slates, she was again fired into, in all, seven or ,
eight shots, three of which took ell'cct on the boat, :
hut doing no material damage, lo appearance, (
One ol the schooners was also fired into several j
times, and one shot, in particular, appeared to
make great havoc among them, as throe or four
men were seen lo bill overboard, and probably |
more were killed. The brigands commenced •
throwing up an entrenchment when they had |
landed, and received additions from the schooners
during the day. We had no field pieces with (
which to make an attack.—About an hour since,
however, the steamboats Cobonrg and the Queen
4 ictovia, (British boats) and the Telegraph (Uni- I
ted States boat,) arrived with artillery on board, .
and an attack is intended to be made at daylight,
having every certainty of success, as the three '
last, with Experiment, arc to act in concert against
the common enemy. A. Jonhs, P. M.
From the N. Y. Herald, Nov. 21. j
I WRP l 4,J ,, ;l from Upper Canada-Total cle. ;
Revolutionists nt Prescott. !
We W w-T-oenos or the lifgtiesi imp,,, t „ IIi e
from Ogdcnsburg, oppose. ... . u
Canada. Annexed w'ill be found a valrcatmd 1
vntc correspondence, giving a spirited view of the
battle of Prescott, and the total defeat of the Dev
olution ists.
So—for the present this emeufe is suppressed,
as was that in Champlain—but by every mail, we
expect another outbreak—perhaps on the Niaga
ra frontier—perhaps on the Michigan. This
gucrclla war will continue through the winter.—
Our private accounts from Rochester and Buffalo
speak of various secret meetings and organiza
tions. We’ll have stirring times during the winter.
Ogdknsbuiioh, Nov. 10, 1838.
Butchery of the Patriot* al Prescott—Triumph
of the British —Terrible Destruction bp Fire una
Sword.
Df. AT» Sin— 1
The tragedy is over. The brave fellows, after
defying the power of Upper Canada for five days
have at last been fairly overpowered and crushed
by numbers. The scene has been a regular butch
ery. That one hundred and fifty men, (which
is the greatest number wc can suppose they had)
could have resisted such force ns has been brought
against them seems impossible.
Von, of course, saw by the two papers I have
sent you, all that had taken place up to last even
ing. I will now give you the rest.
During last night, two steamboats arrived from
above, loaded with troops and cannon fertile Brit
ish. About three or half past two, P. M. having
made their arrangements, the British force com
menced the attack. The land force numbered
probably between 1500 and 3000, with 3 large
pieces of cannon, and a company of cavalry—the
water force, two steamboats completely filled with
cannon and regulars, each towing a large gun
bout or floating battery, fitted up likewise with
large cannon, and soldiers brought from the Port
nt Kingston, The batteries having anchored be
low the Windmill, beyond rifle distance, the
steamboats came up in front. The land force
formed a circle completely around, (but at keep
ing their distance,) the back side, or from above,
on the river to a point below. And, fixing tiicir
cannon at three points, the whole force at once
commenced a tremendous fire upon them. Proh
aby ten pieces of cannon were all pouring tiicir
balls upon one point, and so continued until dark.
But shame to the English. It is a blot which
will forever rest on them. May the Almighty
pour his wrath upon them. About five o’clock a
white (lag was waved from the Mill, and finally
fastened on the outside. The British paid no at
tention to it. Shortly after two men, one bearing
the flag, proceeded to one of the bouts. They
were about midway between, when the boats
opened a volley of musketry upon them. The
flag bearer dropped—the other run back and re
gained the Mill. Is this civilized England, and
in the nineteenth century ! During the forenoon,
the British had sent a flag for permission from
the Patriots to take away their dead, and it was
granted. But how was this favor returned ! The
curse of every honest man rest upon the cowards!
But to continue. This tremendous cannonade
e nt nued until darkness covered the combatants.
•Suddenly a tremendous fire of small arms broke
out around the circle, which lasted fur ten to fif
teen minutes, then all was still. From informa
tion since obtained, the Patriots, finding their
situation untenable and no mercy to be expected,
made a general rush on the troops—but bow many,
or if any, escaped, I know not. The British set |
(ire to tin; buildings, &r. and the lights now illu
minate our sky. So ends this affair. Horrible?!
How many noble spirits are, now laid low!
young men most of them were, and of true spirit i
and courage, w ho had been deluded and led away.
Several, 1 was acquainted with. They were full
of patriotism. But what shall I say of their
leaders! The cowards ! may eternal disgrace 1
follow them ! Bill Johnstone, the coward, Bor
eas, Eustace and others, and some 150 or 200
ol their privates. They have hung about here, i
and have not dared to go over to them, or to carry !
any relict.-—However, they huverunaway,other- '
wise our citizens would have Hir'd and leathered I
them. Knowing their desperate situation, some
of us last night procured a small steamboat, and,
evading the guard boats of the British went to
them, but owing to misrepresentations only (i
would come hack.
Our British neighbors have illuminated and are
rejoicing. About 8000 troops and g batteries,
with ;t steamboats, have at Inst driven or murdered
I ]'' men, alter 5 days \s ork. A glorious victory!
I be patriot (lenornl \ an Miultz has covered hint
self with glory,
1 he Lnitcd Stales steamboats and troops hayo
sided quite too much with the British and. with
out doubt, the Patriots entil’d have boon brought
oil it not for their interference,
Tk it this wan can. —M e will “brag” all
weean raise in a month, and if that oversiz.es the
Pile of any body disposed to take up the bet, we
w ill wager a hut, or coat, or any thing else, that
no i arish in this or any other cotton growing
State in the country, can produce three hands
that will pick eighteen hundred and furlil-onc
pounds ij (oil mi Ini irn ii drn/ light and rundown,
in one day. Extraordinary as it appears, that
quantity ol c ilton, clean and without bolls, was
picked oti the (ith of this month, on the planta
tion of \\ ni. 11. (’melon, on Bayou Hortuf. One
1)1 (lie hands belonging to this gentleman picked
i d pounds—another 590, mid a third 575— a
day’s work each. It, may be necessary to add
that Dr. Hawkins of Cheneyville, examined the
Colton and found it all to he clean and good.
We heard Mr. Cutvlon nflera bet of two thou
sand dollars, that he has four servants thatwill
go into any plantation (on the first picking) and
pick two thousand pounds of cotton in a day.
I'here were no takers—it could be done.—Alex
andria ("La.J Gazelle.
From the Mobile Afire) User.
Me have another disgraceful instance of Gov
eiinment rilAt ii to expose. Sometime last
summer, a gentlemen of this city made a draft on
the War Department at Washington. The
draft was sold to a house in New York, who im
mediately forwarded it to their agent in Washing
ton, to be presented for payment. The agent
presented it to the proper officer—inquired if it
wouhl he paid, and was answered alfimnatively.
He kept (lie draft, and at a proper time called for
lus money, but instead of epceie, as he expected,
ho was tendered in payment a check, on Mo
iiii-i;! I his, ol course, he declined taking, and
demanded the specie, or funds equivalent, to
which, the ofiiccr ol the Government replied,
we have no other funds In give you 1 As Mobile
funds would not answer the purpose intended,
he then demanded the original draft, that lie
might return it to his principal at New-Vork,
when to his astonishment he was told that, the
Dn AFT HAD II KEN rAVCI) I. I,l;ll, A Nil COL Ell NOT
he UETiniNßii!! Now, ill all honesty, yve would
ask, was there, ever, could there he, a ease of
fraud more palpable than this ! And yet, because
it was committed by (he fluvernmenl, it has been
suffered to pass unnoticed I Yes, these gross im-
Jinaiimns a .e ennstantlv urnc-Au-nci l.y d«. -a.,
oralic, rulers, and at the, same time, they are ex-
ViteL.*i: ,r tllcir honesty, their purity, and llieir
who should be glurfy‘Ai ll Siik l / l !.rhj,ol a merchant,
he would he considered unworthy the ussoeiaflTht
of his fellow-merchants—he would he called a
base swindler, and driven entirely without the
pule of respectable society. M e will illustrate
the enormity of tin’s transaction, by refering or
applying it to,familiar, every day mercantile ope
rations.
A bill dishonored by non-aeeeptanee. or non
payment, would enable the holder to conic hack
upon the drawer, and wouhl be nothing unusual;
but suppose a night check was drawn upon any
respectable mercantile house in this city, and on
presentation, assurances should he given, that it
would be paid next day—the holder should leave
it, and on calling agreeably to promise, should
be offered a cheek on the Brandon Bank, and
be told to lake that or neither —would not the
merchant, in this case, he looked up as a dishon
est and dishonorable man, and unworthy of con
fidence as a merchant! Most certainly. Jiut
further—suppose the first holder of (he check, then
demands as he of course would, the cheek,
and the merchant should answer, the. check in
cancelled, and cannot he returned—Brandon
ninney or nothing ,■ —would not the world pro
nounce that merchant a base barefaced swindler,
and an unprincipul scoundrel !—certainly it
would, and justly too. Well, our government is
guilty of a precisely simitar transaction, anil
should it not be judged by the same exulted stand
ard of moral honesty, as the merchant! M e
say, yes ! —and, where acts like these, come to
light, which conflict with every principle of mo
ral obligation and common honesty, it is the
duty of the public press to expose them to public
reprobation. When men, in high places, are
guilty of conduct, which would condemn to eter
nal infamy a private citizen, yve say, they should
he sentenced to a tenfold condemnation, on ac
count of the exulted station they occupy, and the
influence they exert on public and private morals.
More anon.
Executive Powkii.—The Roman monogram
S. I*. t). R,, the Senate and people of Rome, con
tinued to be borne upon the standards, and form
ed tiie caption of the laws of that republic, even
when Caligula installed his horse as Consul —and
wo, too, maintain and boast, of all the forms of
freedom even while its substance and very life
arc stealthily, but surely, filched away from us.—
A. I'. American ,J
Here, indeed, is the danger. M'e have no fears
about the forms of onr institutions at present—
they are likely to exist. Rut what are the sha
dows worth without the substance ! Our .Senate
may stand, —but what will it profit us, if it can
be made to expungi its recorded opinion, because
that opinion is adverse to the Executive! Our
House of Representatives may assemble—but
where is the use, if it cannot search into official
corruption, or n form (iovernment abuses i—The
people of this country do not estimate the true
danger of their situation. U<■ have now the
“torrent’ssmoothness ere it dash below.’’ — lA/cx.
Gazelle.]
True. And may not the enquiry be extended *
one, step farther ! What need is there of a f-’en- {
ate and House of Re presentatives, if the Execu
tive recommendations are necessarily to assume
j the shape of laws ! \\ by not at once* hive I the [
| Executive with the law-making as will is tie
law-executing power! Why tax the Treimry
so heavily every year, for purposes of legislation,
when it is clear that Congress is not enlivened to I
deliberate on measures of public policy, but simp
ly to register Executive edicts! Is not ibis rap
idly becoming the doctrine of the asc endant par- ,
Ity ! If a member of that party, concurring gen- i
e a’ly with the administration, dare to dilfi r with
it upon a specific measure " hie h it feels deep in
terest in sustaining, is he not branded as a traitor, 1
tli iiounced with un-paring invectivo, and, unlpsH
I).' e m be pommt’eii, or bribed, or lathed into
obedience, is ho mu rudely and harshly expelled
from I lie ranks f f 3 not parly discipline, ns agreed
upon by that party, so rigid and unsparing in its
exactions, that, mi aspirant in its ranks is not less
a slave than a Turkish Janisnry 1 (Surely, such
a state o( things was never dreamed of by the
founders of our system—yet sueh it has become.
They taught us to he ever watchfully jealous of
bxeeutive power: hut the democrats of our day
net upon the mouarehial maxim that “the King
can do no wrong;” and, hence, when he recom
mends the .Suh-Trcasury scheme, they support it
just os zealously as they opposed it when he re
fused to recommend it! If Executive will is to
he the law ol the laud, wc can sec no propriety in
convening (.(ingress, at an expense of some mil
lions annually, to put his edicts in the shape of
laws. A Dictator in fact, he had as well be so in
form. —Lynchburg 1 irginian,
A‘High Flown’Negro.
I was joined by George Edward Pitz Augus
tus Heaton, a colored man, who discharged the
■functions of waiter at the City Hotel. He infor
med mo that he was going to market ‘ for de spe
cial object, as he declared, of purchasing wege
tahles ami other animal matter for do immediate
consumption of ado establishment. Having no
thing better to do, 1 agreed to accompany George
Edward Pilz Augustus, and wo accordingly set
off f>r Catharine Market. When we arrived at
that depot id natural animate and inanimate pro
ductions, my companion walked up to the wagon
of a tat countryman, and after peering for some
lime at his stock, inquired, ‘if dose were good In
ters V
‘ Tes, .Sir,’ responded the countryman.
‘ A taler resumed George Edward Fit* Augus
tus, -isinevitably had, unless it is imvariahly good.
Here is no mediocrity in do combination of a la
ter. Do exterior may appear remarkably exem
plary and heautisoiric, while de interior is totally
negative. Hut, Hir, it you wends de article upon
your own recommendation, knowing you to be a
man of probability in your transactions, I with
out any further circumlocution takes a bushel !’
George Edward now passed to the stall of a
dealer in eggs and butter, and taking a quarter of
a dollar from his vest pocket, commenced an in
spection of the latter commodity. ‘You call dat
good butter 1 demanded he with a disagreeable
expression upon his countenance, as if an ill fla
vor suddenly inhaled.
‘ \ es, Sir, I do—as good butter as comes to
this i r any other place.’
‘What do you link about axing for dat but
ter P
• Twenty-five rents.’
‘ Twenty-live cents ! And do you suppose,
for de moment, dat your butter extensifys to such
extreme wnlution ?—nasty, rancid stuff, churned
over for de ’ension !—old butter renovated!’
said the indignant George Edward, movingoft’;
‘hut (hit’s de kind ol negotiation I frequently
meets with in dts market!’— Knickerbocker,
OBITUARY",
Died, at Ids residence, in Columbia 00,, fia on
* u ~'• u —nwici C,-n., in tne
>’■ th year ol I.is age, leaving an affectionate wife
and family, together with numerous friends, to
mourn their Irreparable loss. As a husband and
/other, the deceased was kind, indulgent and all'cc
t-i,-i;iyi..Kni"iiy;u]|j ajul devoted in his at
characterized by the most smeT’TWß'nij Mmwsi*
many virtues arc deeply engraved on the hearts of
all who knew him, in characters never to be effac
ed. In bis dying moments be was soothed by the
assurance that with life would cease the cares and
vicisitudos ol a sinful world, and he now sleeps in
death with the hope of a living immortality. Os
him it may be truly said, “ lie lived beloved, and
died lameted.”
Consignees per,South Carolina Hail Head,
Hamcluc, November 24.
T. Dawson, A. 7,. Rantn, T. .1. Parmclcc, ( lark,
McTeir & Co., C. Matty, W. K. it J. V. Jackson, W.
Wiglitmnn, K. I). Deal), Stovall, Simmons ic Co
11. Welch, 1, .11. Hull, Clark ft ).., Rankin, J.’o/es
& Co., K. I). Dooke,.l. W. Stokes, 11. C. Baldwin,
A. Frederick, George Lott, H. Robinson, Edgar K.
Carmichael, A. K. liiount, 11. W. Force St C0.,1’, it.
Earle, W. N .1. Nelson, llaird St Howland, Gould S;
Hulk ley, A. .1. Huntingdon St Son, A.Cumming, J.
Sirnpoen, Kerrs St Hope, i'urpin St O’Antiguac, E.
Uelicus,Mitchell St hansom,.(. E. McDonald, Geo
Parrot, 11. L. Jeffers St Co., M. R. Smith.
COMMERCIAL.
Cu aiii.eston, November 24.
Colton. —There is no new feature in our Sea Is
land cotton market this week, as regards the ex
tremes of prices, but we notice a decline of j a cent,
on the middling qualities, over last report.
'I lie sales of this week comprise 4990 bags, at
from sto 14 cents per lb. Sea Islands are in very
little demand.
New < kixans, November 19.
Cotton. —Received from 12th to 17tb inst. inclu
sive, 8940 bales, exported 3124 bales, stock on
band, including ail sn shipboard not cleared, 31952
bales.
The demand of the past week was fair, a few
buyers on English account appeared in the market,
and a more general enquiry was experienced at the
decline quoted in our Inst weekly review for quali
ties under fully fair, We noticed before a falling
off in the quality of cotton arriving, and round lists
of Louisiana and Mississippi, now range ftom ll£
to hi cents; tlie better kinds aie not so plenty and
are in good demand lor all markets at 13 u l.Oj cts.
The sales of the week arc about 6000 bales, of all
kinds, including a few lots of old at SA a 9A and 10
cents, ordinary to good middling—tiic stock on sale
is considered not very large, and the market wears
rather c health appearance.
— .n.i.i.
MAUI \|: IIVTKLLIttENCE.
Savannah, Nov. 22.
Arrived. —Ships Hope, Collins, Baltimore; New
Jersey. Dickson, Poston; bark Anne Reynolds, Wil
cox, Philadelphia; brig New Hanover, Carty, do;
sciu, P.oswell King, Holies, do; steamboat Free
Trade, (looker, Augusta.
helow —A brig from Trinidad, and two other
brigs. ' 4
Leparted. —Steamboats Free Trgde, Creswell, ,*■
Augc-ta; J .‘ tone, .Menda), Darien.
Arrived. —Brigs Oglethorpe,
Algonquin, Spears, Iliomastown, Me.; hr brigEs
sequi! o, i.i mont, Trinidad, brig Olson, f mitli,'Hat)i
Me.; steamboats Anson, Burden, Charleston, with
I . S. Troops bound to Garrcy’s Kerry; Acw York,
\Vlight,do; Oglethorpe, Dillon, Augusta,
Clean'd. —Brigs Eleanor, Fitzgerald, Baltimore;
Falcon, Jones, Havana.
Ch iri.eston, November 24.
Arrived i/citcrday. —Brig Alpha,Thomas,Havana;
I . 1,, brig Lawrence, Hull, N. V.; brig Armadillo,
ta upbell, do; sclir. Lucy, Titcomb, do.
I /<■. red . —Fr. ship Alexander Toussin, Le Rom
bis H A.e; sehr. Levant, Wiley, Jacksonville.
Went to tea. —SI ip Liverpool, Barstuw, Liver*
; 00l : sebr. Handolpli, Goldsmith, Philadelphia.
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