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rx - 1 i ' BW’J. ■ *1 1 ■ U." L 39 ran Tukciuomcu asd TO K. A. E. Say, dost thou fondly cherish still One image bright of other days? Doth grief at time* thy bosom thrill, When mem’iy, all that was, portray*’ And dost thou yet remember one, Whose days on earth indeed were few. Whose morning proved life'* setting sun. That soon was clouded from thy view! One whom the muses did inspire, To strike the harp-string’s loftier strains. With all the glow of youthful fire. To paint the scones where fancy reigns’ Whose youthful form before thee stood, With bcighl'ningcharms of beamy dreat, The admiration of the good. By every friend esteem’d and blest. And didat thou watch that lovely form. Till pale disease had swept away Those graces—till the winter’s storm Os death had cast its blighting spray O’er all that once had brightly shone. Save those deep beauties of the mind ; They, when each earthly charm had down, JStill brighter grew, and more refin’d. Hay, didst thou close the faded eyes, When the free spirit took its flight, To seek a humc mid fairer dries, Illum’d by heavens unfadvd light! And when the pale and lifeless clay Was to its resting place consigned, Didst thou behold it borne away, And feel thy soul to heaven resigned! And dost thou still, amid the gloom Os Autumn, when the billows wave In silence o’er (tin lonely tomb, (so stand beside the pact’s grave? W hen nn unfriendly form ia near, Kneel down beside the cherished spot, In deepest silence drop a tear. And whisper, "Ifovget thee nut!" H. D. E. Fayetteville, N. IT., .lane 18, 1837. INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF COMMO DORE UAINHRIDUE. The Tkipoi.itan Knoaokmenr—ms Im prisdmmknt—Lettish to ms Wikis—Like, etc.—Thu Lift! of the lain Commodore Uaiiibrulgn, recently published, contains the following interesting facia connected with the history of the Tripolitan war, and oilier incidents of big life. In 1803, Captain B.iinhrnlgewas ordered to the command of the frigate I’lnladelpliia, to cruise in the Mudillorranean fur the pur pose of making pngos of the vessels of the Tripolitans, Ihe Bashaw of Tripoli having re cently declared war against the U. States. Alter cruising with some success, he experi enced the most severe calamity of Ins profes sional life—tits stranding and capture of his ship, winch was followed hy a cruel and pro tracted imprisonment of the officers and crew in the dungeons of Tripoli. The disaster is well narrated in his oilioial Idler. * * * A letter to Ins wife presents, in a very agreeable light, the character of liiiinhndge disencumbered of all ollicial formality, and wo are, tliorelore, the hotter pleased to quote it as a freer expression of his feelings. “TRIPOLI. Nov. I, 1803, My dear Susan: With feelings of distress which I cannot describe, I have to inform you that I have lost the beautiful frigate which was placed under my command, by running her a foul of rucks, a lew miles to the cast of this harbor, which are not marked in the charts. As cr defending her as long ns u ray of hope remained, I was jh'iged to surrender and am now with my ollicers ami crew confined in a prison in this place. I enclose to yon a copy of my ollicial lei ter to the Secretary of the Navy, from which yon will learn all the cir cumstances in detail connected with our cap ture. “My anxiety and iillliclions duos not arise from my confinement and deprivitatinns in prison—these, indeed,l could bear if ten limes more severe; but n is caused by my absence, which may boa protracted one, from my dear ly beloved Susan; and an apprehension,which constantly haunts me, that I may be censured by my cmiiitiyinen. Those impressions, which are seldom absent from my mind, act ns n cor roding canker a< my heart. >So maddened am I sometimes hy the workings of my imagina tions, that I cannot retrain front exclaiming that it would have been a merciful dispensation nf Providence if my head had been shot off by the enemy while our vessel lay rolling on the rocks. “Von now see, my beloved wife, the cause of my distress—my situation in prison is en tirely supportable—l have found here kind and generous friends, such as I hope the vir. tqotis will meet m till situations ; but if my professional character bo blotched—if an at* tempt bo made to taint my honor—if lam cen sured,if it docs kill me, it woold|ut least deprive mo of the (tower of looking any ot my race in t he face, always excepting,however, my young, kind, and sympathizing wile. If the world desert me, I am sure to find a welcome in her arms—in her affection to receive the support and condolence which none others can give. “1 cannot tell why I am so oppressed with apprehension—l am sure 1 acted according to my best judgement—my ollicers tell mo that my conduct was laulilees —:tint no one, m deed, could have dono better ; but this I attri bute (perhaps in my weakness) to a gener ous wish on their part to sustain me in my affliction. “1 hope soen to hearthat you health is good and although grieved fat my misfortune, are yet surrounded by dear and consoling friends', who will, in some measu.e, assuage your af fliction. Perhaps,loo, you will be able to tell me that I have done injustice to my country men—that so far from censuring, they sym pathize,and some even applaud me. (iod grant that this may be the ease—and why should it not! The Americans are generous as they are brave. 1 must stop, my dear wife, for I me I am disclosing my weakness—these are the mere reveries which daily pass through mv heated brain, ‘i beg that you will not suppose our imprison ment is attended with suffering; on the con trary, it is, as 1 have oliuady assured you, quite n so importable state. “Your ever faithful anti affectionate husband. "Wickum Bkaixbuidoe. “Mrs. Susan Brainbridge, Perth Amboy.” The details of the captivity would occupy too much of our limits; we cannot, however, lake leave ot the subject without adverting to sonic circumstances which, for the honor of human nature; n is delightful to dwell up on. The prisoners were not abandoned to their own fortitude and mutual cheering to hear up under the weary sufferings of a cap tivity in a heathen oilidel. 'Hey found friends from whom they received a most uf feci innate solicitude, a feeling springing m one instance frotnlhe sympathy ot Christian ity, and in another tram the native sympathy of Immunity. The Danish consul, Mr. Nis »en,a man of must active snd fearless bene volence, proved, during their captivity, his in valuable friendship, and rendered to them ser • vices which Congress was afterwards well em ployed in acknowledging by a vote of thanks. The heart of the other Iriend o llhe captive sailors beat, where they could have least ex pected it; beneath a Moorish garb: a truer K end more Christian chanty could not have j' • , been man.tested lh.«n hv tl.s kindness ot one of the Tripolitan ministers of state, Sidi Mo hammad Dgheta, wlio anxiously sought every occasion to alleviate the sufferings of the pri soners—pledged the lile of hi* son for the sanctity of Brambndge’s parols of honor—and at length, by hia statesman-like decision, brought the captivity to its termination.” Captain Bainbndge’a mind was not inactive while he was immured in the dungeons ol Tripoli where he conceived a project for the destruction of his captured frigate, which, by the agency of hia friend, the benevolent Dane, he communicated to commodore Preble.— The accomplishment of the plan by Decatur was one of the most intrepid and distinguish ed exploits upon our Naval annsal, ami the weight of some weary hours of a cruel cap tivity was probably lightened by the reflection that the captive was able by the sugges ion, still to render good service to his coun'ry. — Captain Bsinbndge took occasion also to in dicate to Commodore Preble a plan for the bombardment of Tripoli’ which was affected in a manner well calculated to reduce the Ba shaw to terms of peace. The Government had adopted a wiser policy than sending ships as hearers of tribute. Tne letters from Com modore Preble to Captain Bambridgc, during thin period, afford conclusive evidence at once us the admirable conduct of the latter in the season of his adversity, and of the generous arid kindly spirit of toe former, who has left tlie memory of one of the most accomplished . and g« lain officers of our early Navy. The officers and erew of the Philadelphia after enduring a captivity protracted to up wards of nineteen months, were set at liberty and the first use of their recovered freedom displayed a trait us the seamen’s character— that strange compound of the stormy longue and the weather-beaten brow with a melting tenderness of heart. The expiration of a nineteen months’captivity furnished the sad ors with a superabundance of happiness, which, sailor-likc, they proceeded at once to disburse like the accumulated pay of n three yeara’ service. "During the captivity of our countrymen, and sonic months previously to Ilia conclusion o( the treaty ot peace, the imprisoned sailors and marines informed Captain Brainbridge by letter that one of their keepers, n Neapoli tan, treated them with great humanity and kindness, and that they were desirous of re ciprocating the favors which he had so gene rously bestowed upon them. This keeper being a slave and anxious like themselves to he libeinted they requeued their eomniiinder to authorize the pursuer to advance from the pay then due to tlinin the sum of seven hun dred dollars, the ainoi.’nt then demanded for ’ I.is freedom. Ho soon as they were informed ’ that peace was concluded their application ! was renewed,' and in obedience to their ' wishes the money advanced them hy the pur suer; the benevolent slave V-as redeemed Irom . bondage and conveyed in s.'fety l l - bis native country in one of our national vessels. When ’ our sailors and their Irccdoinan ’‘operated at ’ Naples, a poignancy of feeling was exhibited which wonld have done honor to those w l |o move in more elevated walks of life, and -v fi° pretend to r» ore refinement ofsenliment."- - p. 120. During a furlough which had been granted to him, Capt. Uainbridgo returned In the mer chant service, and was in the city of Hi. Pe tersburg, entrusted with nn important mer cantile iiegocintion, when he received intelli gence in 1811 of the threatening difficulties between the United Stales ahd Great ilntian. By a desperate journey in the depth of win ter, ho travelled from the nurih us Europe, and without a day’s heedless delay, einhuiked for the United States to report himself for active service which he was enabled to do in the ear ly part of IHI2. That the government, should not, previous ly to the lute war, have foil that confidence in the naval arm of national defence, which was established hy the success of that contest, is not. surprising. We were aware that when Capt. Hull'sailed on his cruise in the Con stitution, the letter of instructions which he received from the Navy Department, was ol the most caution-teaching description. The remarkable stress hud upon the jeopardy of bringing his ship into action, would wu think, have justified the gallant ollicor to his superi ors, it when he encountered the Gunrrierc, in all the untamed pride ufllie Itrnisli Navy, he had relied on the sailing rather than the fight ing qualities of "Old Ironsides." The Sec retary of the Navy obviously never anticipated that our favorite frigate would wsn her well known title—ho would have been quite con tent. if she had returned into perl ns “Old Swiftsuro” The extent ol tho timidity which prevailed in the councils us the national cxecu live is, however, more strongly developed by u fact brought to light m the present (memoir, for we do nut re.oiled to have seen it else where recorded. “After remaining in Washington a few weeks, during the deliberation of Congress on the subject of a declaration of war against Great Britain,he was ordered to the command of the Navy Yard at Cliarleatown, Massa chusetts. Before leaving the seat us govern ment, he Icarucd with infinite regret and mor tification, that in a cabinet council, it was de termined that our vessels of war should lie placed in ordinary! as it was deemed unwise to jeopard our few frigates and sloops of war in a contest witli tho gigantic navy us our en emy. Capt, Bsinbndge consulted Captain Charles Stewart, who was also then in Wash ington, on the propriety us remonstrating a gainst this measure. They accordingly drew up a letter to the Secretary of the Navy, winch both signed, staling in forcible lan guage, ilmt such a course would have a most chilfinp and unhappy eftect on the spirit of our officers. The effect on the people of the United Slates, would be, an unwillingness hereafter, to support the expense ot a Navy, which had been thus pronounced useless du ring a period of national peril. They further staled, that our vessels, by sailing singly .might materially injure the commerce of the enemy, and that in any conflict with an equal force, they were very sure the result would redound to the honor of our If we were even to lose some of onr vessels of war, it would be belter to do so, than that they should b. in glonuusly laid up in harbor,wh le other brunch- , es of the service were gallantly contending in the field. From the high discipline of our Navy, aim from the eagerness of our officers and crews for the contest, they felt perfectly assured that if our vessels did not prove inva riably triumphant, they would certainly never disgrace themselves or the nation. This let ter had its effect. Our men of war were per mitted to cruise, and the result has shown the truth of their predictions. " Commodore Htewart happened to be in the navy department at Washington, when Midshipman Hamilton arrived, as hearer of , despatches from Commodore-Decatur, com manding the frigate United Stales, with the flag of the Macedonian, which he had cap tured. “After the usual congratulations, occasion- 1 ed by the news of the third victory gained in ; a few months over the enemy, Mr. Hamilton, , then Secretary of the Navy, remarsed. "We are indebted to Bambridgc and yourself for these flags and victories. Had it not been for your strong remonstrance, not a vessel of 1 war belonging to the Government, would have i left its anchorage."—pp. 134—136. I There is a story ns old as the “ Faceliit ” of ( that Grecian Joe Miller, Hierocles ot the wis dom of a fond mother, who forbade her son to 1 venture into water before he knew how to 1 •wire. The Government of the United States was very near giving, upon a large scale, < another instance of the same sort of sagacity i , and was, it appears only saved from playing i. he old woman by the spirited remonstrance ' ’ reVred to in the quotation. The untoward ’ loss *f that document, which was destroyed mthe c integration of die Navy Department, in 1611, ta modi to be deplored for ilia loot re it would re fleet on the memory of a deceased i officer, and on the honor of the survivor. Each I of them, and in the same honored ■ahip* moat , gloriously redeemed the pledge which was im plied, if not expressed, in their remonstance. : It was Commodore Stewart’s peculisr for- I tune,-by the engagement between the Consti s tution and the Cyane and I-evant, which resul ’ led in die capture of two British sloops of , war, to elevate the reputation of the service not ■ only for courage, but for nautical talent and sbili r ty, and at the same lime, to establish an impertant . principle in naval tactics. The capture of the ( Java by the Constitution gave to Gommedore , Bainbridge the renown of one of the leading vie i tones, of the war. Our apace does not allow ua to ' dwell upon the details of it, Sc we can only remark I that the battle was not belter fought than the vie . lory was nobly used. It was a conflict which , aerveil so show that, contary to the opinion of ■ j aigniflicant old writer, a sea victory may have, ai much honor as one achieved by land, and that .the laurel got at sea has as lively a veidute as that which is gained on shore. It is an excellent taste that Dr. Harris has giv ’ * n > in the memoir, great prominence to the per sonal intercourse between Commodore Bain bridge amt those whom the fortune of war placed II in ln« power. The description ofil is in admira -1 hie relief to the narrative of hostilities ; and eape i ciully at the present day, when theanimoai.iea of 1 the war have given place to the kindly and true feeling which is mutually cultivated by the two countries, it is pleasing to pass from estimate* of . killed and wounded to interchanges of the hu- I inanities of life. The strong personal esteem snd even affection entertained for Commodore . Bainhtjilge by his prisoners ol war, did great ho i nor to his character. r ' * We have observed a notice of the death of thi* estimable individual, -Viili Mohammed Dgheis, at Smyrna. Alba having tilled some important sta , lions under the Ottoman government, he was occn i pied, during the biller twelve years of his life, in , j the discharge of some editorial functions and left I hi-hind him the memory of his friendship to the | American captive*. I I "Itia a very dark night, Cffiaar, lake care,” 1 j said Cato. The caution wo* a good one, but : | like many others, was given 100 late for Cie sar, striking his loot against the remains ol a ' post, which had been a long tune hackening ’ to'pieces, measured his length upon the ground p before the friendly caution of Cato had met. his r oar: “I wonder,” says Cffisnr rising and rub -1 hing the mud from Ins holiday suit, “why de r deuce de sun no shine doeae dark nights, Cato ! and not always keep shining in the day-time when dere’s no need of him.” [ Cl IK( )N ICLK AND SKNTIN HL. AUGUST A. 1 ThurNilny Evening, July 20, I 837. ■ ~ _ *rr~ —= ---- FOII GOVERNOR. U OItC i; K. (diI.iTIER. THE BOAT RACE! No event since the departure of the Volunteers fo.' Florida, has drawn together such a crowd of thn cu'ztnsof Augusta, os the Boat Race which had been previously announced to lake place yes terday evening', ul * la,f P ast *'* o'clock. Long before the appoin t'd l'"ur, ollhough a lowering cloud threatened a lies V v rall of rai "' all ll,u ,lreeU mid avenue* loading in lb ' direction of the river began to be thronged by groiij ,S| mov ' n S w an ‘ iniuleil steps, and bcgono-dull-ca. " countenances, towards the scene of anticipated ritn,; T - ® u(dl * thing hud never been witnessed at Au t ’ U6,a lta novelty created a thrilling interest in ev, ,,r V aunt. Here'might ho seen a bevy of ladies— °* d mid young—the worthy matron ami the blooming i maiden, their faces radiant with smiles, their ho sums throbbing with anxiety—there, treading with (km and onward pace, the man of years— with elastic step, the pride of manhood and the buoyant youth—yonder, whole troops and squad rons of noisy, laughing, jovial bays! Such a scene! All Augusta was literally in commotion! , By the appointed hour of starting, the lower i bridge—the goal, the punctual salient,vim filled, mid the hanks and wharves above, on hath sides of the river, lined with spectators, amounting in | all, we should suppose, to not less than two thou sand persons, of all ages, sexes anil complexions. The moment approaches, the boats are at their stations under the bridge, and the uplifted oar signifies that all are ready. A breathless silence pervades the multitude, the signal word is sound ed, the oar drops into its clement, the music strikes up its animating strains, and the pealing shout of the spectators, announces that they are off! The Red Michael having the choice of stations nt the starting point, selects the current of the ri ver as necessary to her great draft of water, and is consequently nearest the Carolina side) the Pioneer takes the middle ground, and the Miner va neatest the Georgia shore. A few strokes of the our place the Minerva ahead, the Pioneer next, and indicate that the Red Michael must lose the race. The latter boat, having to stem the current in order to avoid itriking on the sand bars, just undtr the surface of the water, in the gentlest part of the stream, added to her width of construction and shortness, labored under great disadvantages. The same msy bo said of the Pioneer to some extent; she having actually drag ged through the soft sands for a short distance, in endeavoring to avoid the current Her lighter draff and narrow construction gave to the Miner va a decided advantage. Nor was it left unavail ed. Beautifully ahe glided through her own ele ment—straight as the arrow's course, sped from an Indian's bow, was her’s—steady ai the step of time itself, and long, the pull of her crew—scarce ly a wave broke from her prow—not a sound wts heard, save the dip of her oars, a* light as “the feather d foot of lime,” “She walked the water like a thing of life." Nor was the Pioneer idle. The sand bar pass ed, the current left, her noble crew with "lusty sinews” buffetled the resisting element—the while loam gushed-rirom her rut-water, catclung the strong stroke of her oars as she gallantly dashed ahead in pursuit of her flying antagonist The Red Michael—she too has passed the sandbar and gained the stiller water —the long, strong and s teady pull of her oars would have told upon any other craft hut her, and showed thatthe boat could be heat, but not the crew. Fourteen and a half minutes have passed—the Minerva has reached the upper bridge, the turning point, and circling round the arch, is on her homeward course. Scarce has her stern left the trch, when the bow of the Pioneer cuts the space between the bridge and the water, on her way up. and turning to the Carolina side, is in the wake of the Minerva, “de termined to do or die.” The Red Michael hav- , ing yet 160 yards io make, up stream, while both ' her competitors were pulling with the current, 1 the race now became evidently confined to the two last. The trim built of the Minerva was now j no advantage to her—the Pioneer gains upon her! ( They come—closer and closer, and still they • come. Now they are opposite the crowded 1 wharves—Minerva still ahead, Pioneci still gain- ( ing—mingled shouts burst from the from the! i multitude, "Ptoncei!’’ “Minerva!'" “Hum!” j t ( " I T*- The Pioneer bug- the Carolina shore, snd there by gets decidedly the advantage of the strongest current. They pas* the lower platform of the wharf on the Hamburg side— a few feet only di ♦hit) them — a shoot, a* if buriling from the very hdtoms Os the Carolinians, rends the air, “Huzza! pull. Pioneer, pilll!!” Now they approach the bridge—now comes the last lug —the death strug gle of one to hold her slight Advantage, and of the other to turn the scale. What a moment of anxiety and excitement! A breathless silence per vade* the multitude, savn here snd there an in voluntary shout of “Pioneer!" responded by “Mi nerva!!” The animating music is again struck up—the point m made — amid the shouts of the multitude the goal is passed, and the MINERVA is the victor, by scarcely a length!! Time 23 j minutes. The host* were pulled to the shore, where con gratulations to the victors, and compliments to the vanquished, were freely and heartily offered | by such a* could yet near enough to perform that friendly office. i After turning the upper bridge, the Red Mi- 1 chaet gave up the contest; her crew rowing her ' leaaurely to the lower bridge—performing the , whole distance up and down in 28 J minutes. It is due to them to say, that she is nothing but a i common yawl, belonging to the steam boat Free 1 . Trade, altogether incapable of being rowed with success by any crew, against cither of the other boats. Their only object in running her was to add to the sport, without a hope of winning the prize. No one who saw their manly exertions under so many disadvantages, doubts that with a better host, they would have proved thcinselve H equal to their worthy competitors. Long may boat racing lie encouraged ! It is a noble, interesting, snd innocent amusement.— The multitude assembled yesterday evening will bear testimony to this. Our river is a race ground always in order. In the evening atlhe Theatre, the Silver Cup and Salver, were presented to the Minerva Club, by Mrs. Hart, and received by Captain Curtis, who mads a few appropriate remarks in reply. [FROM OtJH CORRESPONDENT.] Washinoton, July 15th, 1837. A new paper is to be set on fool in this city, in the beginning of August, called "the Madisoni an,” which is intended to supplant the Glolic us the organ of the government. This is a move ment of Messrs. Poinsett, Rives and Talimadgc, by whom the Globe has long been regarded us an offensive nuisance. The prospectus has al ready appeared—is very decisive and emphatic in its reprobation of the ultra doctrines of the Benloniati faction, locofocos, and destructives; and declares the necessity of there being “a new organ at the acat of government,” established on sound principles, which will represent faithfully, and not dictate, the policy of the administration, and the sentiments and views of its supporters. The Globe is of course highly indignant at this intrusion on its manor, and attempts to discredit the new organ. But it will not do. There is a laigc portion of the party who are quite disgusted with the inode of warfare so long carried on by the Globe, and who have desired nothing so much as that that infamous print should be put aside by Mr. Van Buren, It will be icinemhcrcd that when the Globe was established, Blair declared it was for the purpose only of aiding Duff Green’s Telegraph, then the organ of the administration, 1 in preserving the integrity of the democratic par ty. The Globe, however, soon superseded the ' in the favor and patronage of all who kep> ' * ie * r p y ea f |xe d on “'he rising sun;” and, in like ma "' ncr i nmv that it is manifest the security of the ndi 'inistration is hazarded by an adher ence to thcey stem , *' at * >as * mcn B °l° n g pursued, a new course ha s I,ccn resolvcd u P on - and a ne ' v organ is to be set u/* t 0 odvocl,lc und defend tllat system. The true friends oft! ■ w and lllp cons,ilu,ion will be gratified to learn, tk 4t lho Circuil Courl here has nobly vindicated its r.’^ dS| alld d, ° au ’ thority of the judiciary generally, dl dlfi °l , ' ,I ' on delivered in the case of Stockton ‘ b'kn- v.. Amos Kendall. It has proved itself at lim awed or influenced by power. It has gi, anted a writ of peremptory mandamus against the rv *‘ ar tmy Post Master General, returnable on the I*. dl of August. An eailier day would have been fix ed upon, hut the Court docs not sit again till that 1 time, and the present session has been unusually d long. Mr. Kendall will appeal to the Supreme „ Court. Would to heaven that the great and good n Marshall were alive still, to preside over that tri- a bunal! No fear would be then entertained for the e security of the citizen against the insolence and r i encroachments of power. With Taney presid- n ing, it is difficult to say what new doctrines may Jj be resorted to, in order to sustain the pretensions Q of the arogant demagogue at the head of the Post /■ Office Department. s Messrs. Stockton & Stokes have had an ani mated correspondence with Mr. Van Buren icla live to their case, and the conduct of Kendall.— Van Buren will lake no responsibility that bo can ® avoid, and will not therefore interfere in the mat ter. p The President found the “While House” ai growing so unwholesome, owing to its proximity *' to the Tiber Creek, that he has abandoned it for a pleasant country residence, a few miles from the a city, where he will remain till the beginning of tl the extraordinary session in Seplemlier. He will have Poinsett and his lady under his roof—to " both of whom he Is much attached. Mr. Secrets- a ry Dickerson, whose conduct in regard to the Ex h [during Expedition is strongly censured by many c. of the more respectable and influential friends of '* the administration, is about leaving the city for a New Jersey, preparatory to his vacating his pre- „ sent post. He will attend the launch of the great n ship Pennsylvania on (he IHth insl. The Pie- P sident has made up his mind that the noble ves sel shall not lie coppered there, although many of t . (he faithful signed a petition that the boon might o be granted. M. si From the Southern Honour. f,' Clarksville, 12th July. 1837. c | On the sth day of this insl. the Rev. Mr. Haw- p thorn, a minister of the Presbyterian Church, ar- fll rived at Clarkesville by the stage. He preached in the Church at night of that day and on the *' following Sabbath, and gained the approbation , and almost the admiration of all who neard him. i ( l Those with w hom he became partially acquain ted during this lime esteemed him as a Christian 1! of the musl eminent degree. On yesterday, Mr. Hawthorn,with others, went ou a visit to the Tal- j, l"ls Falls,—alter tbs parly had closed their ex- o' cursion at the Falls, Mr. Hawthorn and some \\ other Genllenen concluded to go into a beautiful basin of water between two of the tails and bathe, ' H —some Ladies being in company, the Gentlemen a(] spoken of w aited on them to some distance, leav. ing Mr. Hawthorn alone at the water, intending , 0 to return and bathe with him. They did return g, —but only found his clothing on the rocks—he was gone and gone forever’ It is supposed that he went into the water and ov from some circumstance unknown, sunk to rise W| no more. The strictest search by a number of I vo gentlemen has been made, bqt the body is not vet [; u - ■ w pov II found. The following linos were composed up on the melancholy occasion—one which has spread a gloom over this Village, snd one which lime will never erase from the heart. Thy soul,oh, Hawthorn !at ihy Maker - * call, ‘J/id’st the loud thui.d’rings of Tallula's fall, Obedient look u« (light, to //eaven abevc, To ever bask in thy Keueemer's love. What though the raging water's boist'roua strife; Quick cut tlie fragile, tender cord, of life ; What though no eye beheld, no cor did hear, Thy sudden exit !—yet Ihy God was near. Methmk* amidst thn water's roaring din, Thy soul collected, and ihy thoughts within ; Upturn'd thine eye to (foil in humble prayer. Laid hold on faith and fell Ihy Saviour near, Whilst sinking from this world's terrestrial shore, Dow n through the curling waves, to rise no more ; Thy stifled prayer was heard above the strife, Receive me l-ord, to Everlasting Life. What though thy slay with us wits very Abort ? With Thee, and Death, the dreadful battle’s fdught; I he Victory's won ! Tabula's wat’ry strife, To thee halhope'd the gates ol Everlasting Life ; From the Savannah Georgian. FLORIDA. The Tallahasse Floridan of Blh inst, has the following. "And express from San Pedro arrived last eve ening with despatches to the Governor, from Captain R.D. Biadley commanding the Madison county troops, giving an account of a spirited scout made by a parly under his command, from the 29th ultimo to the 3d inst.” in pursuit of a baud of Indians which had crossed theSuwannee, and been plundering the plantaliens and stock ol settlers in Madison. The Indians Were closely trailed across the Suwannee several miles and three different parlies attacked, In every in stance the Floridans whipped them and forced them to fly to the hammocks. Captain B recover ed considerable of the plundered property, retook several cattle, mules &,c. and captured several po ntes and packs Two Indians were killled and scalped, and it is known several others were se verely wounded. The notorious and cruel chief John Hicks, the murderer of Mrs. Wallace and her family it is thought has met his just fate.— Several ol the parly lireti upon and badly wound ed an Indian greatly resembling him, but he escaped into a hamni c!<, and colU not 1 e found. Fortunately none of U’s command received h jury from the Indian rifle, although Mr. A Goodwin had his horse shot from under him, and was hurt by his fall. Captain U, and his officers and men ate entitled to great credit for their gallantly, in trepidity and activity. “ Captain Bradley writes that there appears to he “considerable signs of Indians on the Suwan nee, and trails where they have been driving cat tle recently towards the upper part of the Sawan nee Hammock and Deadman’s Bay,” The ex press stales that all the powder horns taken from the Indians, and they were several, were full of the finest glazed fresh powder,—None of the new levies have got into the field as yet, although part of them arc on theii march ; and the whole foiee now on the frontier this side of the Suwan nee, is hut eighty men. The settlers anticipate constant attacks all this summer and fall from predatory hands ; hut as they arc now prepared, they are not alarmed.” Steamer Bek Sherrod,— On Wednesday last, the 28th June, at the month of the Buffalo Creek, one mile and a halt above Fort Adams, the bodies of 21 persons were picked up by some of the citizens of that place. There is no doubt but that they are a part of the large number that met their untimely and horrid end at that awful catastrophe, the burning of the Bon Sherrod. The clothes on some of the bodies were much burnt. In the number were two ladies, one of whom had a child, which a mother’s fondness and a mother’s despair had so encitcled with her left arm, that even in death it remained pressed to that bosom where it could no longer find protection.—Not ches Courier. The Boat Race.— The trial of speed between the Skarrift and the Phoenix, came oll'ycs terday evening at the appointed hour, termina ting in favor of the former. The time was 12m. 50s. and by the latter, 4 minutes. The Seadrill was manned by six very handsome, spirited young fellows, (the ladies called them “pretty hoys,”) and the Phoenix by four athletic gentle men, more advanced, all acknowledged and ex perienced amateurs. The contest, though too easily won by the Scadrift to inspire that deep in terest and breathless anxiety, often felt by specta tors on similar occasions, was not without its pleasures to all. The spectators enjoyed, the successful competitors were delighted and thank in the Champaigne and ladies smiles and glan ces (ye Gods! what an intoxicating draught!) with such unrestrained profusion as to turn the eyes and mouths of many a wishful by-stander into fountains ofliving water ; while their less fortunate companions, like ancient Romans in thetr grave dignity and while shirts, cheered with those who were cheery and drank to their own better success hereafter. The aspect of rain detained many al home who were exceedingly anxious to witness the novel scene—novel at least on the water of the Ala bama, where a like event has never before occur red. The wharves, decks of steamboats and ves sels were covered, and along the whole extent of t -he city, from every window that looked towards lilb ' r ‘ vor ’ looked out a family of heads. jj t 'rcafter, we shall have an increase of this a niuseme ° n( - AorS( ‘ r ‘ lci ßg and sports of all kind red nature* w ' d hc n< ’B l( ' cle d by genteel society, and ladies w Ul lose their /ears of drowning, wet feet, and deep . '» ater . l>y ndingout on moonlight evenings with so. gallant member of the Sead rift or Phoenix. -Amateur will become the modern term for Gone holier, and the scenes which have given an endless I, Hme 1° Venice, may one Jay thrill the youthful in. ’ nd wldl poetry, love and romance at the bare mention of Mobile.— Examiner, 17f/i. Bl EXPRESS Office oj the jHfraW, J New York. July 16. J STILL LATER FROM LIVERPOOL.- - THE STORM THICKENING. Through the polilieness of our Boston cor, cs ' pendent, we are enabled to lay before our reader 8 additional information from Europe. At this trying moment,every item ofintelligenceis looked for with increased interest. The brig Old Coloney, Capt. Crosby, arrived at Boston on the evening of the 14th instant, to the 6th of Juno and London to the sth. , In the Liverpool Mail, of the 6lh June, the . merchants of this country are most mercifully abused for their withholding remittances, and the i accusation is stated in round terms, that they have wantonly and purposely swindled the mer chants andpnanufacturers of England, of a sum not less than seven millions of pounds sterl ing. The same paper also asserts that it is part and portion of our policy to swindle, and cheat and deceive! What is more, says the same Jour mil, the laws of the United States are made for the purpose of swindling Europe! ! In this foolish indulgence of spleen, we see more of truth than is imagined. That the mer cantile community of America should take care of themselves first, is one of the great laws of self-preservation—that they have attempted to do so, and signally failed, is unquestionably true— but that they entertained any settled design of cheating the merchants, and manufacturers of England out of their just dues, is maliciously i false, and the Liverpool Mail knew it when he penned the furious tirade, from which we have i fiven extracts. Let him look at home ! Have ; not the British merchants, almost in a Irody, re- I fused to honor bills drawn on them from this i ;ounlry,predicated on actual shipments of produce i -received the produce—sold it—and applied he moneys so received to the , payment k of their I ifbt» ? And was not this done without the i tnowledge or permission of our shippers 1 i A hat is all this but a wanton violation of all I ommcrcial faith! No.no, let the English t uerchant pluck the beam out of his own eye, t nd then tell us of our imperfections. We have aid, and are now paying, the whole of our debt » them at a most painful sacrifice. Because I -ngland is destined to suffer, and that 100 most 1 evercly, her journalists are trying to throw the t lame on us. Shame gentlemen! You have c vertraded overhanked, and overdone things, as s re" a. Americans. Reap the hitler fruits of c our fo'ly. A. hitter cup it will be, for tve have jsl finished our hanest. , The Mail uyt, that “certain Diroclori of the i Dink of Bnftad held piper of the American i houses which they supported until their peper was paid, and that as soon as they were free themselves, they toted against any additional aid to the concerns which they had previously favor ed and propped!!" NoMe and disinterested conduct! Yet these are the preachers of com mercial morals. , Liverpool Cotton Masstt, June 6.—Yes terday sales were 40f)0 bags, Wot the market was heavy, and closed at a decline of id, per lb. on Friday’s 2d inst. Quotations. The packet ship Europe, dTVhe 16th May, sail ed from this city on the 19lh, carrying ;out huge remittances front the rwindlinf American mer chants. Should she gel in befofii the London packet of tfie 10th, the news of otil Sank suspen sions will hot create such alarm, as they will at once she in this movement the release of specie from this country. The Liverpool Mail of the 6th reports off, an American ship, with a black ball, at 5 o’clock, P. M., on the sth. This ia probably the Europe. What wilt the English journalists say when they hear of our Bank suspension! We shall get, by and by, a delectable character among our transatlantic brethren. From the N. O. Bee. FURTHER FROM MEXICO. , By a slip from our attentive correspondent of , the Pensacola Gazette, we are furnished with' further particulars to those published by us in our | last number received by the U. S. Revenue Cut* , ter Jefferion, commanded by W. Foster, Esq. in I ten days from the Rio del Norte and Brasses St . Jago. I The ac munt of the escape of Captain Wheel , wright, and ‘.he desertion of Captain Thomp . son are confirmed. Lieut. Taylor |late mid . shipman U. S. N. and lieutenant in the Indepen j dance, remained a prisoner Jon parole at Mata moras. f The government brig General Utrea was for j mally restored and delivered by Capt Crabb bf the Vandaha to an agent (Captain of thß Port) appointedlyiGen Fillasola on the 2t)ih ultr and ’»a- E lutes exchanged. Immediately after this cere mony the Vandalia and revenue cutter Dexter ' sailed to the southward for Tampico and Vera- Cruz, and the Jefferson for Pensacola with de ' spatchec from Mr. Greenhow for our govern ment. 1 Two other Mexican brigs of 16 and 14 guns were cruising off the Mexican coast in sight of our vessels for two days; but no communication ’ was had with them. It was said they were from Vera Cruz with $159,000 for the troops of Gen Filosola at Matamoras. From the N. Y. Com. Adv. June 16. t Wall Street. —One O’ Clock.— Stocks ere 1 decidedly better to-day. A large business has j been done, and at a very handsome advance in i the prices. United States rose 1J ; Delaware t and Hudson, JjPheni* Bank 2s| Mohawk Rail - Road I per coni', and so On in proportion. } Smelt. —1000 half dollars sold this morning i at the board at 8j premium) 200 Mexican dol , larsaltOQdo; 1000 five franc pieces at $1 03Q and 200 Patriot Doubloons, at sl6 85. We note American gold at 8j( a 9 premium. Span ’ isli dollars at 18 al4 do ; sovereigns $5 a $5 > 37. > The money market, we understand, is decided ly, easier this week. t From the N. Y. Hearald. I MONEY MARKET, Saturday, July id. The United States is evidently on the top of the first billow of returning prosperity provided i Congress will act discreetly. The revulsion . commencing its fatal career in England, will be i the signal for the reconstruction in this hemis ■ phere. The diseases which have afflicted the commercial world have been alike on both conti nents, but ours, having reached the bottom first, 1 will first feel the effect of a change. The condition of things in England, and among ‘ the large commercial cities in Europe, present a phenomenon in the history of commerce. I In addition to the numerous failures in London, 1 large failures have also taken place in Hamburgh, ■ in Paris and in several other cities of the conti ■ nent. The breaking up of the American Houses * in London will also cause the bankruptcy of large > masses in all the manufacturing towns of En ’ gland. The causes producing these effects, on both 1 sides of the Atlantic, are identical. On the accession of the Whig party to power in England, an opposition was made to the re newal of the Bank, which was not overcome without a compromise, embracing the creation of ! a numerous progeny of joint stock banks in every part of England, in the United Stales, a similar ' opposition, springing from a similar cause, the interest of private estate bankers, was made to the renewal of the United Slates Bank. The Na tional Bank in England was renewed—ours was vetoed and destroyed. The consequence was, a 1 flood of new hanks in both countries; but greater and Wider in this country, as there was no nation al bank to check them. It is a singular fact that the joint stock banks of England, and the stale banks in this country, though nominally passing by different names, are in truth the same in effect and in operation. The slate banks here affected to redeem in spe cie on demand—the English joint slock banks to redeem in London paper, which, in practise, amounted to the same thing. While public confidence remained, the sudden increase of paper’money, nominally redeemable in specie, did not produce any material injury. Its evil effects required to come to maturity. Based on this system of currency, the foreign and domestic trade, of both hemispheres, increased during the years 1834, ’5, and’6, beyond any former example in history. The ex tension of <he foreign trade, among all commercial nations, kept pace with the stimulus furnished by the several banking systems. That species of currency, which circulates between nations, called foreign bills of exchange, increased in an equal ratio with that of the internal currency of bank notes. In this state of things, the Bank of England an old institution o( a hundred years standing perceived that a general disturbance had been caused in prices, values, and the foreign ex changes, by some momentum of an unusual p ower. That institution has always been con du. ~ed b y practical men—not visionaries; & hence the i ”*son of their famous series of movements to che*. general speculation in 1836. In this country > iur national bank was just then forced out of exit *ence, and all restrictions taken off the action of » u r state hanks in pouring out more currency—ano that of oar legislatures in crew, ting new ones, in England under a genetal banking law, thejoi.n stock system increased walk the same rapidity as eur slate bank system The Bank of England interposed a check to‘the ca reer of the paper system, nominally founded on a specie basis, but in fact, a mere bubble from hemisphere to hemisphere. The first germ of the great revulsion, the shocks of which are yet heaving throughout n,e world, was developed in England It gradually reached this countlyTand produced the crisis that began with the Josephs, Th»r M. W “ h ,h t BU8 P enßio " of specie payments! That intelligent* has just reached Europe, and is producing its natural effects throughout the frame of society on the other side of the Atlantic. We, therefore anticipate a terrible state of hTI* , L E cS pe -. I . t * 8 probable, however, that the Bank of England, conducted on sounder prin cip es than the joint stock banks, may interfere and save a portion of the commercial system of that country. The stale of commercial disor gamzalion, and complete confusion in which we find ourselves in the United States, does not an pear to exist in England. They must face a terrible crisis, but they have a banking institution inex.stence.c.pab'e and willing to reconstruct heir foreign and demesne trade. In thiscoun- ‘ try we have noauch institution, and hence the continued prostration and confusion ofeommer- , cial affairs long after the crisis is over. It is perfectly clear, that the failure of the hou- " se *l n Hatnburgh, on the continent, have been produced by the compulsory measures of the Bank of England, to cause a reflux of the specie I to the great mart of the world. When the Hunk Os England found that they could no. gef S I Sr C ° Untry ‘ hey dreW i! f ">“ “>e * It is evident from this brief view of th* cause h which led.to this revulsion, that th e cgtasftoph " 5 , I wat Unavoidable. The United Slates having n o national banking institution, conducted on strict ' principles of science, was the first to feel the es -1 frets of the revolution, and will be the last to get 1 out of the depression caused by a vicious St expan • dml system of stale banking St foreign exchanges. I In England, the government dt the national bank ' act together—end in consequence will be able to recover from the earthquake rapidly. Here, with ' out the action of Congress, and the creation of a 1 new mational bank, we shall languish in confu sion for years. It is possible that the revulsion has caused bankruptcies throughout the world equal to $500,000,000. In the single article of foreign bills of exchange the following may be slated as i the amount annihilated: • Bills of Exchange in Europe, $150,000,000 I “ “ India. 50,000,000 > “ “ Amcrca, 60,000,000 i • : $250,000,000 The annihilatiuti us this amount of the foreign paper currency «f the world, and the contraction i of local currencies, and of business, &c. will re- I lease the specie, and cause, in less than two r months, a plentiness in that article that will set us all afloat again, if we know how to avail our selves of our position. Since last May about Jive million s of specie has gone to Europe. This f will, under the management of the Bank of En ,• gland, and added to her own, form the basis of a r new and a better system. In his country we have . yet large amounts as specie, and singulaily i enough, it is beginning to flow back to us from I abroad. The revulsion throughout the world has diminished business to one-tenth the amount of , former days. ■ -B*iqLaJ Marine Intelligence. - Savannah, July 18.—Cleared, brig Georgia. Nicholas, New York. , Arrived, ship Lewis Cass, Watkins, JVYork; brig t. Luelhda, Harkness, New York. ' Went to sea, ship Monticello, Lawton, Havre; ) brig Georgia, Nichols, New York; schr Deposit, ■ Haley, Boston; schrTripoli, Skinner, Baltimore. - Charlkston, 19. Went to sea yesterday, Line r ship H Allen, Wilson NV;C L. brig Cordelia, Sher wood, N. York. MARRIED. On Tuesday evening, the ISth inst., by John Rodgers, Esq., Hkniit Lewis, Esq., to Mrs. , Susan Duke, all of Burke county. To Hire. A NEGRO WOMAN, excellent Seamstress; En quire at tins office. July 20 if 169 Found. A BUNCH of small keys, the owner can get them by paying lor this Advertisement. Enquire at the Store of J. W. & I. T. HEARD. July 20 2t 169 Heorffia Knil Itoad Notice'. PROPOSALS will be received until the 10th of August, at the office of the Engineer of the Georgia Kail Road, to furnish Sixty Cords of Pine Wood at each ot the following places: Station No. 2, at Mrs. Johnson's old place, 3, at the west end of Section 29, 4, at the west end of Section 37, 5, at the junction of the Warrenton Branch. The wood must be cut in lengths es four lect, and' split into pieces not exceeding live inches through. To be delivered and curded at the stations on or De fore the 20th day of September next. JOHN EDGAR THOMPSON, C. E. Engineer's Office, Augusta,) July 20th, 1837. | , 169 4,sw iFr The other City papers will give the above 4 semi-weekly ’tiseitiohs. Strayed. FROM the plantation of the subscriber, at Wa lea’s P 0., Emanual county, on the night of the 21st inst. TWO MULES; onea black mure mule,a well made animal shout 3 years old, the other what might be called a mouse coloured mule, about the same age, and rather larger than the mare—The lat ter has a black stripe down his back and across his weathers. They were seen on the road between Louisville and Waynesboro’, and it is presumed that they will make their way towards Augusta. Any informa tion respecting them will be thankfully received, and any reasonable reward given for their recovery by the subscriber. E. WALE A, Walea’s P, O. Emanuel 00. July 20 4lw 169 On the Hirer. OA lIHDS prime retailing Molasses, 50 barrels Northern Gin,St. Croix and Porto Rico Su gar, all of which will be sold very low for cash, or approved paper, by july 19 HAND & SCRANTON. OA BUGS. NEW FLOUR, Just received anil OLf for sale by W. E. &J. U. JACKSON, July 19 Auctioneers. Nnv Rooks. INCIDENTS of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petrtea, ami the Holy Land, by an American, with a map and engravings. An Historical Account of the Circumnavigation of the Globe, illustrated by numerous cngiavings: being No. 82, Harpers’ Family Library. Altila, a Romance, by the author of ihe “Ginsev.” “One in a Thousand,’’ &c. For sale by T. H, <fe I. C. PLANT. July l‘J 163 t-eofgia Sceiies, J,’ 4 wwTERS,INCIDEN TS, &c.,in the First Hall Century of the Republic, by a Native Georgian.—The balance of the edi'ion of (tie above wore for sale by the dozen or single, hv j»iy l» T. H. & 1. C. PLANT. New Flour, OF a very superior quality, just received, tfrtd for sale by HAND & SCRANTON. July 18 ]67 Fresh Fish!! A LOT of iVo. 3 Mackerel, Gloucester brand Also Nos. 1 and 2 in hall bids., for family use.' Just received by HAND &'SCRANTON. July 18 167 PRIME St. Croix Sugar and old While Java 1 Coffee, for family use, for sale low by july 18 167 HAND & SCRANTON I O £1 HHDS. Porto Rico and St. Croix Sugars, XfweJ for sale by A. JOHNSTON. Julv 18 167 lOt New Uoods. JUST received by the subscriber, Superior Black Italian Lustring, do do Chally do French Muslin (small figure Fancy Gauze find Twist Silk Handkerchiefs Black Hernanni do do Mourning Muslins and Calicoes Linen Mtuquilu Netting, fine blk Italian Crape Game and Sattin Ribbons, While and Pink Gro de Nap 1 Jaconet and Nansook Muslins, Corded Skirts, Poogee HandkTs Rich Whitefig’d Grade Nap Black Watered Belt Ribbon, Rich fig'd da da Black Lore Shawls end Veils Ladies’ and Gixl's Florence Grecian Bonnets Lace and Fine Straw do Gixl’s and Children's Palm Leal Hoods The above together with a general assortment of Dry Goods, will be sold low for at No 231 Broad street. WM. H. CRANti. July 18 Notice. DIVIDEND NO. 3 CENTRAL AND WESTERN U’HARF COM 1 TANY.~-A Dividend oi five per cent on ihr capital stock of this Corporation is declared out ot the profits for the past six months ending Ist inst.— 1 he same will be paid to the stockholder? or their legal repjesentatives, on and after the Ist August ne * l , W. W. SIMS. July 17—*126--3r Assistant Sec’y & Treasurer. t Checks A|N New York and Charleston; Charleston Notes and United Ntates Notes, lor sale by JOHN G. WINTER, 240 Broad-st. J»ly 17 166 LIBERAL Premiums paid for Central Bank Notes, Insurance Bank of Columbus, and Spe cie, by JOHN G. WIN I ER, july 17 169 240 Broad street. To Kent. FROM Ist October, the Dwelling on ronr rot Ellis ami Marburv siseels, at present occupied by the undersigned. This house is commodious, calculated for a large family or a boarding house, with large garden, stables, carriage hoiL-e, kitchen, &o. —also— 4 The Store at present occupied by Mr. W. H. Ma harry, in front of the warehouse ot Slouall, Sim mons dt Co. Apply to july 17-166 PLEASANT STOVALL.