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LATEST FROM LONDON.
New. York, May 21.—Bythc packet ship
Sovereign, Captain Kearney, front Lon-Ion,
the editors of the Commercial Advertiser
have received tiles of Lo.idon papers to the
11th of April inclusive, with commercial and
marine intelligence to the same date. We
have Liverpool dates of the 9th.
IRELAND.
The affairs of this unhappy and distracted
country, assume a more sombre appearance,
if possible, by every fresh arrival. The
Whitefeet continue their depredations—O’
Connell recommends to the people to agitate
—and the innocent arc likely to suffer with
the guilty, from tlie.se different, but illegal
modes of seeking redress. It will be seen
by the following proclamation of the Marquis
cf Anglesey, that the enforcing act has com
menced its operation in the county of Kilkcn-
nv. This experiment will probably prove a
test as to the wisdom, justice,and necessity of
the act.
Proclamation of the Irish Government under
the New Bill.
Dublin, Sunday, April 7.—The follow,
ing proclamation, extending the, provisions of
the bill to the county and city of Kilkenny,
appeared in the Dublin Gazette. It is stated
that a proclamation will appear early' in the
present week, prohibiting the meeting of the
Volunteers, the Conservatives, and the Trades’
Union.
By the Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland.
A PROCLAMATION.
Anglesey.—Whereas, by an Act passed
in the third year of his present Majesty’s
reign, entitled “ An Act for the more effectu
al suppression of local disturbance and dan
gerous associations in Ireland,” it is amongst
other things enacted, th'at it shall and may be
lawful for the Lord Lieutenant and other
Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland,
with the advice of his Majesty’s Privy Coun
cil in Ireland, at any time after passing of the
said Act, and from time to time during the
continuance thereof, as occasion may require,
to issue his or their proclamation, declaring
any county, county.ofa city, or county of a
town in Ireland, or any portion thereof, res
pectively, to bo in such a state of disturbance
and insubordination as to require the applica
tion of the provisions of the said Act.
Now, we, the Lord Lieutenant, do, by this
our proclamation, in pursuance and execution
of the sajd Act, and by and with the advice
of his Majesty’s Privy Council in Ireland, de
clare the county of Kilkenny, the county of
the city of Kilkenny, the city of Kilkenny,
and the liberties of the said city, to be in such
a state of disturbance and insubordination as
to require the application of the provisions of
the said Act.
And we do by this our proclamation, warn
the inhabitants of the said county of Kilkenny,
the city of the county of Kilkenny, the city
of Kilkenny, and the liberties of the said city,
to abstain from all seditious and other unlaw
ful assemblages, processions, confederacies,
meetings and associations, and to be and re
main in their respective habitations at all
hours between sunset and sunrise, from and
after Wednesday the 10th day of April inst.
of which all justices of the peace of the said
county, and county of a city.; constables,
peace officers, and others whom it may con
cern, arc to take notice.
Given at the Council Chamber in Dublin,
this 6th day of April, 1833.
Boise Win. M’Mahon, Wm. Saurin.
John Raddijfe, John Doherty.
F. Blackburnc, R. H. Vivian.
** God save the King.”
As Daniel O’Connell is the acknowledged
leader and prime mover of the opposition to
the English ministry, which probably embra
ces four fifths of the entire population of Ire.
land, his proceedings possess gre at interest os
forming an index of the course and operation
of events in relation to the policy of that coun
try. We therefore subjoin, from the Dublin
Post, his letter to Counsellor Barrett.
London, 14, Albcrmarle.strect, Wednesday.
My Dear Barrett.—The die is cast. We
are slaves. Once more injustice has been
committed towards Ireland. Lot us now
struggle for the double repeal:
First—Of this new Algerine Act.
Second—Of that Union which ;donc caus
ed this Act to be passed.
I feel the awful duty imposed on me by
the Volunteers. I will endeavor to perform
it honestly, at least, if not well.
Announce to the people of Ireland that I
intend on every Monday, whilst the Algerine
act continues, to publish a letter to them in
the Pilot. I will, please God, begin on Mon.
day next.
I mean to tako up in detail the necessary
agitation in each county in Ireland. Our en-
temies shall not triumph over the people, nor
put down the popular sentiment. We will
still agitate within the law, and without cither
mortd guilt or legal offence.
Call on the’people to be quiet; bear with
patience this new indignity. Let them hope
for better days, and better days must soon
arrive.
Give a caution to the atrocious Whitefeet.
They have played the game which the ene.
mics of Ireland wished them to play. The
execration of every good or honest man is
upon their crimes. The vengeance of God
will, sooner or later, be visited upon their
wickedness.
How sincerely ought we now tc> detest the
vilest of the vile Whitefeet—the last and
worst of those villainous miscreants who have
given strength to the enemies, and weakened
'the friends of Ireland.
But still I do not despair of my country.
No. Eren in the crimes which are commit,
ted against her, there arises a hope that these
crimes will accelerate their own punishment,
. and create thereby that state of things which
will insure the speedy restoration of our na
tional and constitutional independence.
Believe me to be, very faithfully, yours,
DANIEL O’CONNELL
The Dublin Times asserts that forty-four
officers from the half pay list were to be im-
mediately com nissioned to act as. members
oflhe -’ouri martial to be held under *b [ris
Di't ,rb me Bill. A considerable m 1 ary rce
was ordered to proceed to the county o» Kil
kenny to carry the enforcing law into effect.
The object of including the city of Kilkenn
with the county, in the proclamation, is sat-)
to be, that the trials of persons apprehend**
in the adjoining part of the county might tak-
place there.
Mr. Edward Dwyer has advertised the
Corn Exchange iu Dublin to rent—evidently
under the expectation that the Volunteer As
sociation will be suppressed by the Lord
Lieutenant’s proclamation.
Germany.—The elements of discord and
revolution are rife in various parts of the
Germanic Empire. Owing, however, to the
vigilance of the Government, and the stron.
ly armed force which is employed for tin
purpose, it lias been hitherto found impracti
cable for the unquiet spirits to rally, or ma
ture any substantial plans of concentrated ac
tion. A riot, however, of a very serious
character, broke out at Frankfort on th
evening of the 3d of April, tinder the very
walls of the Chamber of the Diet of the Con
federation. A private letter from Frankfort,
dated on the 4th, gives the particulars of the
outbreak of*the riot. Five soldiers were kil
led, and twenty wounded. The loss on the
part of the students and rioters was not stated,
except generally that it was great. Their
object was the liberation of the prisoners con-
lined for political offences. Tins they effec
ted ; but the next day the l itter voluntarily
surrendered themselves, and the leaders in
the revolt were apprehended. Order was
again re-established, although another letter,
dated 3 o’clock, on the 4th, says it was repor
ted that the Palace ot the Duke of Nassau,
at Bicbcrick, was in flames.
The King Wurtemburg issued a Proclama
tion on the 2d of April, dissolving the States
General, with a view’ to a new election for
the representatives of the nation. The reason
for this measure is distinctly assigned to he
the turbulent spirit of the former bod}’.
The Prince of Hesse Cassel issued a man
ifesto on the 25th of March, conceived in
still stronger terms ; asserting that a majori
ty of the Chamber had, from the very com
mencement of the session, assumed an atti
tude hostile to the Government.
Both these royal functionaries express a
strong hope that the new clcctious may even,
tuatc in such a manner ns that harmony may
thereafter prevail between the government
and the representatives ; but it is very evi
dent that the discontents are broad and deep;
nor would it be astonishing if insurrections of
a more formidable character than the riot at
Frankfort should ere long disturb the repose
ot Germany.
Turkey—The news from the theatre of
commotion in Turkey is not so late as that re
ceived by way of Baltimore, from Smyrna.
France.—Nothing of general interest
has recently occurred in France. The de
bates in the Chamber of Deputies, as is not
unfrequcntly the case, were extremely violent,
especially in regard toa complaint of M. Vien-
net, a deputy, who had been accused by the
Tribune, a republican paper, with being in
the pay of the cabinet. The editor was sum
moned to the bar by a small vote, and would
probably be punished for the offenpe.
It was rumored in Paris that Lord, Stuarl
de Rothsay was about to replace Lord Gran
ville as Ambassador to that Court from Eng.
land.
Portugal.—In the ever-changing aspect
of affairs presented by the contending brothers
at Oporto, the cause of Don Pedro appears
once more on the ascendant. He has cffec.
ted an adjustment of the difficulty with Admi
ral Sartorius, by acceding to his demands,
and consequently retaining him in his service,
with naval force superior to that of Don Mi
guel.
Spain.—The latest intelligence from the
capital of this country is to the 1st ultimo,
and principally relates to the distractions that
prevail in the Councils of the King. The
weakness and oscillation of the King’s mind
■re becoming daily more evident, and the
forthcoming events in a country swayed by
such a government, despotic in its power, and
influenced moreover by degrading subservi
ency to a bigoted priesthood, it is impossible
to foresee.
Holland and Belgium.—The ‘King of
Holland gives no indication of any design to
accede to the course pointed out for him by
England and France; and the Belgians
complain of the inefficiency of the blockade
of the Dutch ports which those powers com
menced. We have neither time nor space
for any extracts to-day.
Sicily.—A letter from Messina,undcr date
of 23d February, gives a melancholy account
of the condition of the people of this Island
Famine, less extensive but scarcely less de
plorableand afflicting in its character than
that of the Cape de Verds, has produced
sickness, desolation and death. The mis
fortune was occasioned principally by a sue
cession for many months of heavy rains and
dark mists, which covered the plains with
water, and prevented the sowing of the crops.
England. The adjournment of Parlia
ment leaves us the selection of such few do
mestic occurrences only as the interval of
five days may be presumed to furnish. f
The renewal of the charters of the Bank
of England, and of the East India Company,
were topics of great interest, and discussed
with great earnestness, not only in the pub.
lie papers,but in private circles. A project was
on foot to establish, injdace of the present in
stitution, a National Bank oq different princi
pies of organization. •
It is quite evident, from the tone of the
leading Journals, particularly of the Times
which generally catches and follows the
first impulse of the popular breeze, that the
Grey ministry is on the wane,
Rbduciton.—YVe have several tables pre-
ured and so arranged as to p’ace some of
he statistics which ought to be spread widely
before the people in a better and more con-
venient form than heretofore ; but we are not
hie to get them in. Our amfour against the
assault ..ow making on the Southern interests,
long established instiiutions of the coun-
ry, and the value of slave property, must be
truth and fact. Statistic information being
nothing else but fact, we wish to furnish as
much of that as possible. When the opera-
on and bearing of the project now on foot
omes to be fully looked into, it will be discov
er’d, we think, that it would fix upon us the
ricst curie iture of representation, that has
ever appeared any where in any civilized
nantry in ancient or modern times. Per
haps we ought to except the Borough mon-
»ering British House of Commons, but of this
ive are not quite certain.
THE CONVENTION PLAN.
The Senate shall be elected annually on
a first Monday in October, until such
day of election shall be altered by law, ami
shall be composed of one member from each
Senatorial District, to be chosen by the elec
tors thereof, which said Senatorial Districts
shall be tormed by adding two contiguous
utilities together throughout the State, with
out regard to population, as is hereinafter spe
cified and defined, the county of Murray ex
cepted, which shall constitute, together with
such county or counties as may be hereafter
formed out of the territory now composing
said county of Murray, one Senatorial Dis
trict, the whole number of districts shall be
forty-five and no more, and in thd event of
the formation of any new’ county or counties,
the Legislature at the time of such formutio
shall attach tiie same to some contiguous Sen
atorial District.
Each Senator shall be a resident of the
district for which he may be elected, as is re
quired by the present Constitution of resi
dence in the county.
The following shall be the Senatorial Dis
tricts :
©eueral Iut?iu<*cncr.
Rep.
pop.
White
pop
I-
1 Murray,
2 Gilmer and Union,
3 Rabun and Habersham, 14,005 13,244
4 Lumpkin and Cherokee,
5 Cass anti Floyd,
6 Hall and Jackson,
7 Gwinnett and Forsyth,
(In Gwinnett,)
8 Paulding and Cobb,
9 DcKalb and Fayette,
10 Campbell and Carroll,
11 Coweta and Meriwether,
12 Troup and Heard,
13 Henry and Newton,
14 Walton and Clark,
15 Franklin and Madison,
16 Elbert and Oglethorpe,
17 Greene and Taliaferro,
18 Lincoln and Wilkes,
19 Morgan and Putnam,
20 Butts and Jasper,
21 Pike and Upson,
22 Harris and Talbot,
23 Crawford and Monroe,
24 Bibh and Houston,
25 Baldwiu and Jones,
26 Twiggs and Wilkinson,
27 Warren and Hancock,
28 Columbia and Richmond, 18,189
29 Burke and Scriven, 12,480
30 Washington and Jefferson, 13,888
31 Bulloch and Emapuel, 4,727
32 Laurens and Montgomery, 5,567
33 Dooly and Pulaski,
34 Marion and Muscogee,
35 Randolph and Early,
36 Lee and Baker,
37 Stewart and Sumpter, )
(In Stewart,) s y
38 Irwin and Telfair,
39 Appling and Tattnall,
20,594 17,851
12,144 10,721
15,486 13,609
7,154 6,465
9,695 7,749
8,641 6,507
19,855 16,488
16,907 12,212
13,336 11,078
19.653 11,702
13,926 7,970
15,339 7,995
18,896 10,387
14.654 9,998
11,167 8,634
11,466 8,657
18,035 12,487
13,386 10,076
16,096 9,319
12,777 9,333
17,332 10,065
9.875
7,409
9,326
4,002
3,951
4,861
4,835
2,157
2,750
6,149
6,103
2,711
3,187
40 Chatham and Effingham, 14,314
41 Bryan and Liberty,
42 McIntosh and Glynn,
43 Wayne and Camden,
44 Ware and Lowndes,
45 Decatur and Thomas,
1,730 1,371
2,956 2,553
3,524 3,048
6,715
7,209 2,301
6,472 1,699
4,117 2,108
3,492 3,218
6,825 5,149
The whole number of members in the
Hpuse of Representatives shall be one hun
dred and forty-four, and no more, except in
the case of a newly created county or coun
ties; such new county or counties shall have
one member for each county until the taking
of the next census thereafter, and the whole
number shall be apportioned in the following
manner, viz: the fifteen counties having the
highest number of free white persons shall
be entitled to three members each; thetwen
ty-five counties having the next highest num
ber of free white persons shail have two mem
bers each, and the remaining forty-nine coun
ties shall have one member each.' Whenever
from the creation ufa new cou.ity or counties
the whole number ol members in the House
of Representatives shall exceed the num her
of one hundred and forty-tour, it shall be the
duty of the Legislature, at its first session af
ter the taking of the first census after the cre-
atiou of such new county or counties, in up-
portioning the members, to take one mem
ber from one of the counties having three
members, to supply such newly created coun
ty, always beginning with the county that has
the smallest number of free white persons
that may be entitled to three members.
MR. HULL’S PLAN. .
Ti e Senate shall consist of 30 members
only, to be elected from 30 Senatorial Dis-.
tricts, composed of three counties each, con
tiguously situated ; which districts shall be
laid out by the next General Assembly con
vened as one body in the Representative
Chamber, on the second Monday in Novem
ber next.
The House of Representatives shall con.
sistofl26 members only, viz: each.county
shall have one member, and the remaining
number above that which gives each county
one, shall be divided among the counties hav
ing the highest Representative population,
computed according to the rule now existing
iu the Constitution,, beginning at the highest,
and giving to those highest counties, one addi
tion 1 member, and no more. Any new coun
tv which may here after be made, shall h.>ve
one member in the House of Representatives,
and be attached to the nearest Senatorial
District, until the taking of the next Census ;
and the Legislature meeting after the ta
king of each census, shall re-apportion the
Legislature according to the plan herein con-
lined Georgia Journal.
Speech of Black Hawk.—You have ta.
ken me prisoner, with all in\ warriors. I
am much grieved, for I expected, it I did not
defeat you,to bold out much longer, and give
ou more trouble before I surrendered. I
tri -d hard to bring you into ambush, but your
last General understands Indian fighting.—
The first one was not so wise. When I
saw that l could not beat you by Indian fight-
ng, I determined to rush on you, and tight
you face to face. I fou ;ht hard. But your
guns were well aimed. The bullets !lew like
birds in the air, and whizzed by our ears like
the wind t rough the trees in the winter.—
My warriors fell around me ; it began to look
listnal. I saw my evil day at hand. The
sun rose dim on us in the morning, and at.
uight it sunk in a dark cloud and looked like
a ball of fire. That was the last sun that
shone on Black Hawk. His heart is dead,
and no longer beats quick iu his bosom. He
is now a prisoner to the white men, they will
do with him as they wish. But he can stand
torture, and is not afraid of death. He is
no coward. Black Hawk is an Indian.
He has done nothing for which an Indian
ought to be ashamed. He has fought for his
countrymen, the squaws and papooses, against
the white men, who came year after year to
cheat them and take away their lands. You
know the cause of our making war. It is
known to all white men. They ought to be
ashamed of it. The white men despise the
Indians and drive them from their homes.—
But the Indians are not deceitful. The white
men speak bad of the Indian and look at him
spitefully. But the Indian does uot tell lies;
Indians are not drunkaids. Their wives are
honest: Indians do not steal.
An Indian who is bad as the white men,
could not live in our nation, he would be put
to death and cat up by the wolves. The
white men are bad schoolmasters. They car
ry false looks, and deal iu false actions : they
smile in the face of the poor Indian to cheat
him : they shake them by the hand, to gain
their confidence, to make them drink, to de
ceive them, and ruin our wives. We told
them to let us alone, and keep away from us;
but they followed on and beset our paths, and
they coil themselves among us like the snake.
They poisoned us by their touch. We are
not safe. We lived in danger. We were
becoming like them, hypocrites and liars,
adulterers, lazy drones, all talkers and no
workers.
We looked to the great spirit. We went
to our great father. We were encouraged.
His great council trave us fair words and hi.
promises ; but we got no satisfaction. Things
were growing worse. There was no deer in
the forest. The opossum and beaver were fled;
the springs were drying up,and our squaws’ pa
pooses without victuals to keep them from
starving ; we called a great council, and built
a large fire. The spirit of fathers arose and
spoke to us and told us to avenge our wrongs
or die. We al 1 spoke before the council lire.
It was warm and pleasant. We sent up the
war whoop and dug up the tomahawk ; our
knives were ready, and the heart of Black
Hawk swelled high in his bosom, when he
led his warriors to battle. He is satisfied.
He will go to the world of spirits contented.
He has done his duty. His father will meet
him there and commend him.
Black Hawk is a true Indian, and disdains
to cry like a woman. He feels for his wife,
his children and friends. But he does not
care for himself. He cares for his nation
and the Indians. They will suffer. He la.
meats their fate. The white men do hot
scalp the head; but they do worse, they poi
son the heart; it is not pure with itiem.
His countrymen will not be scalped, but they
will iu a few years become like the white
men, so that you cant trust them, and there
must be, in the white settlements, nearly as
many officers ns men, to take cure of them
and keep them in order.
Farewell my nation! Black Hawk tried
hard to save you, and avenge your wrongs.
He drank the blood of some of the whites.—
He has been taken prisoner, and his plans
are stopped. He can do no more. He is
near his end. His sun is setting, and will
rise no more. Farewell to Black Hawk.
inv luable at the commencement of this Teat
work. His exertious will never be for otfe,
while the Railway exists. Fortuu^eW for
the Stockholders aud the public, the gende-
man who was elected to the vacancy, occa
sioned by Mr. Aiken’s deeply regretten loss,
did not disappoint the high expectations which
had been entertained of his qualifications
perseverance, and has ably, efficiently a.in
promptly executed the duties entrusted t 0
him, to the entire s itisfactio i of all concern-
ed. His indefatigable exertions are fully ap
preciated, and he deserves and he receives
the most unqualified approbation.—Charles-
ton Courier.
The Charleston Courier of the 27lh instant
contains the following R til Road intelligence:
“We understand that a large party of gen.
tinmen made an excursion on the R til Ron i,
on Friday last, as’ far as Midway, 72 mites
nit] returned in the afternoon. The locum
otive Phoenix, with two passenger < ars, were
engaged for the trip, which was intended to
he as far as the road is entirely completed,
99 mils from town; but, in consequence of
the locomotive intended to carry the mail he.
ingout of order, the mail passengers, (13 iu
number,) with a heavy load of baggage, were
taken up by the party. The distance perfor
med was 144 miles, the extra stoppages, be-
sides taking in wool and water, exceeded 4
hours. The result of this trip proved to th
satisfaction of all, that the mail to August i
can be transported with safety and regularity
in less than nine hours, as soon as the com
pany can procure a suflicic.it number o ' e -
gines to insure regularity in the departure—
All of the gentlemen were highly pleased
with the performance of the engine,
much gratified with the result of the excur
sion, which furnished complete conviction of
the unparalleled despatch, safety and comfort
of this mode of conveyance. Much credit is
due to Mr. Raporth, the Engineer, and Mr.
Nell, the couductor, for their attention and
exertions during the day.
Troubles in Texas.—This province has
b eu ior many years u sort of ‘middle ground’in
whic.1 were con D re ated together, as well for
unlaw.ul os for lawful purposes*, all kindreds
aud tongues, from every corner of the earth.
Their auuoyauce and disregard of the laws
ot the country, have at leqgth become so
great and injurious, that the Mexican Govern,
meat has determined either to dislodge or
subject ilium to more perfect obedience.
Accordingly we learn .rom the Mercantile
- vurtise^ on the authority of a lettter from
Z* n,oras > dated the 22d ult. that during the
n. V°i USWeek tour vessels had arrived at
■ ‘ ll . Ce tr , om v ers Cruz, with about three
hundred and fifty men , aud a number of offi.
cers ior the purpose above named. The
Commander, Gen. Fiiisola was daily expec.
ted run Monterey,- with .bout twelve h .
r 'nun and eight pieces of artilier.
t r, -re fitted out to block detiie porisof Mat.
^ord . and Br.z-ria. It is said that Gen.
l ibsol (who is an it .ban by binh) will try
•° iCi i uory measures oelo#} lie proceeds to
force. The colonists are divided amornrst
themselves, and in a State of anarchy. ° 4
most injurious contraband trade is carried by
them by land, to the northern states and prov.
inces through ihe Indi .1 territory, which it
will be the principal aim of the General to
put a stop to.
The Rail Road.—The completion of this
invaluable work is now looked for . with tiie
most intense interest, not only among the cit
izens of this State, but by those of the ;ylj <-
ce-it States to the South ind West of us.—
The most sceptical are now satisfied of t.
beneficial influence it will have upon our
trade. As an evidence of this, we are war
ranted in stating that the stock of the com
pany has advanced fully twenty per cent, with
in the last twenty days, and is n >w dell firmlv.
in many instances, at par—we have hear! >
no sales at this rate, but learn that 95 is oiler
ed. Taking into view the unpopularity o.
this undertaking, when first commenced—.tin-
many difficulties which were encountered i.
its progress, arising from the inexperience o
those who had the management of it—th -
prejudices which it was necessary to over
come—the Kttle assistance which was recei
ved from State or corporate bodies, and the
almost inexcusable supine icss of our capit a)
ists, it is somewhat surprising that it has be .
so nearly completed, in so short a time. —'
The company owe much to those individuals
who have risked their property in this enter-
prize and devoted their time to its advance
ment. We would not be invidious when we
mention-the name of the late respected Presi
dent, Mr. Aiken, as pae whose services were
Health of the President.—The bank
Press seems to be busy in propagating con-
jectures upon the subject of the President’s
health. The ffly-tico thousand dollar pur
chase, (Courier and Enquirer) in New-York,
says—
' “ Indeed it is said, that scriaus apprehen
sions are felt for the result of his pr esent in.
disposition, and it has been suggested by some
that instead of coming this way, he will repair
to the Hermitage if possible, preparatory to re
signing the administration of the affairs of the
nation to the Vice-President ”
The Intelligencer, with its usual duplicity,
quotes the above from the New-York co-ope
rator, aud hints that “ it is a mere on dit, put
out to feel the public pulse,” and suggests, by
way of casting a dishonorable shade on tiie
President’s motive in visiting the North, that
it is '■ much more likely that he, was looking for
ward lo a re-election to the presidency Jor a
third time. It is by this sort of double deal,
ing and false suggestion, that the organs of
the Bank seek to impair the influence which
sustains the cause of the people against cor
ruption! !
The health of the President, which these
heartless editors make the subject of their po-
liticul speculation, is a m titer of much dearer
interest—indeed of affectionate solicitude on
the part of the people. We therefore deem it
proper to say that the President’s general
health is as good as usual. He, however,
sutlers considerably from pain in his side,
proceeding, us he supposes, from the conse-
qucuces of an old woun '. He lias felt it oc a
sionally and slightly for some time. Its vio
lence was considerably increased a day or
two after the dastardly attack made upon
him in the steam-boat. The awkward post,
lion in which he sat, Between the berths and
the table, made u consi ierablc effort neces
sary on his port to extricate himself to pur
sue the assailant, and it is supposed, although
he was unconscious of it at the moment, that
he gave his enfeebled side a wrench, or hurt
it against the table when roused to exertion.
This is rendered the more probable, as the
rihs seemed slightly strni led. The p.tin,
however, has subsided considerably, and we
expect the President will set out on his jour
ney . orthw. r i about the first of next ino.tih.
— Washington Globe, 24th inst.
Bank Defalcation. — vVotake from the
Georgia Journal, tiie following* information
respecting .a deficit which has been found in
the cash accounts of the Cashier of the
Br inch of the Bank of the State of Georgia,
located in Greensborough.
“ We regret to announce what indeed is
now well known here, another and a gr^ut
Bank defalcation. The Cashier of thq Greeus-
horough Br.uich of (he State B mk is found to
he iuurr - r in his cash account about $71,009.
We take occasion to remind our friends that
the Mother Bank stands bound to sustain the
bills of that as well us of its other branches,
and from the official return in our paper of
16t; ins!, it will be seou that the standing of
the Bank cannot beat all affected. We ob
serve, indeed, that the surplus fund alo ic
umouuts to 893,Sod.’*
“ As to the situation of the Greensborou 0 ii
branch not included in that return, we have just
r -c iive ! I t for n ition from t source that may be
relied on, that the bills in circulation arejM 03 -
841. The amount of specie on baud is $14 .
500, and of the uotes of other Banks 17,0 >0.
The discounted notes running to maturity
amount to $184,201, nearly ail of which am
well endorsed, and are considered good—
File bills of exchange amount to $9,000, notes
under protest to $16,077, though good paper,
not h iving been renewed at the regular time
and notes lying over to $4,813 well secure;.
Notes iu suit 17,277. The deficit is lar u
,nt the Bo id of the Cashier is for $30,000
with security amply sufficient; hence th
mblic need feel no apprehension as to the t<- .
lemption of the bills of this Branch. Tii
foss, whatever it may be, must fall upon th
duickholders, and the capital of the Rant-
Stock is $1,500,000.”
Singular Phenomenon—A friend has fa
voured us with the following extract of a
private Journal, kept during a voyage from
tnis country to Madeira, and thence to Cal-
cutta. 1 hiladelphia jJui'y Intelligencer.
1 “About midnight we were roused from
our berths, ana desired to repair on deck—
’ 1 W e did so ; and what a scene presented it.
s>.L ! Each one of us as he stepped upon
>«eck, stood silent aud amazed, appalled vet
delighted. We were, foaling upon a sea' of
fire! The wind was brisk and the waves
high, but each wave hint ltd into liquid and
fluting conflagration ; it sparkled and -. lowed
like molten iron; and as the crest of the
waves broke and fell, it seemed like a shower
of fire. The sky was pallid with clouds, and
the night dark ; yet iu the reflected glare of
the sea, the highest rope in our rigging was
pi duly perceptible. We were awe-striken.
It seemed, in the silence and tearfulness of
the moment, that we were careering in our
lonely way upon an infernal ocean. As far
as the eye could roach, the sea presented the
same glowing appearance, heaving and flash
ing and throwing its deep red glare far up
into the misty dark air. It was awful, yet
most beautiful. Mv imagination can con
ceive nothing' of equal grandeur, and inv pen
is unequ.fi to tiie utsk of its description, it
was doubtless occasioned by the singular
abundance of phosphoric mimalciilae.
The water, when taken up in a bucket,
gradually lost its /low, aud finally became
dark. The sea r-nained its fiery aspect for
several' hours, during ajl which time our ship
dashed through it, scattering the spray like
sparks of real fire. lunderstind that in this
portion of the sea, and at this time of the year
niuri icrs have often rein rked the same sin-
.,ul r appearance. At the time we s w it,
we were in latitude 7, N. and longitude
17, W.”
Intemperance—Yesterday we witnessed
in the upper part of the city a lamentable in
stance of the misery and degradation induced
by this vice. An aged aud hoary headed mini,
dressed with more than ordinary neatness,
was seen tottering from side to side, the ob
ject of the shouting derision of a crowd of
jeering boys. Having lost his hat, his white
hair streamed dow , his wrinkled forehead,
and his eyes gleamed through the rheum of
age wah the dull idiotcy of intemperance. A
young rosy lad attempted to I a ad him to his
house, but from terror, sli me and Weakness,
was unable to sustain him. The hoary
drunkard loosed his hoi !,a.'H rceli”"umd curs
ing, sunk to he ground, his head f lling heav
ily against the curb stoue. The boy regarded
him lor a moment and burst into tears. It
was his lather. The scene afforded an im
pressive and affectiiijr lesson. The wretch
who thus degraded himself and his species,
had accumulated by a long life of honest in
dustry, a competency. His characier was
11 a blemished, and he h id raised in the district,
■is fine a familv as ever gladdened a father’s
fireside. He had been a moderate drinker,
but the measure gradually increased—lie
sunk into intemperance, and became a curse
to himself and to lus family.—National Intel
ligencer.
Temperance at-,Nanticket.—The in-
habitants of Nantucket—soon after the late
temperance meeting, at which above 200
signed the pledge—convened in annual town
meeting, and voted a request to the merchants
to abandon the sale of areont spirits, which re
quest has already been complied with, on
the part of the merchants, with but few excep
tions. Several merchai.is in New York and
Boston, of whom the purchases have been
made, consented to receive the liquor back
gain, and some of them are sq strongly im,
pressed with tho-propriet y of the course taken
by the Nantucket merchants, that they iutend
soon to imitate their example, and withdraw
frohi the-traffic. The Nantucket pocket mas
ters volunteered to transport the paison off
from the Island, freight free ; some of them
Icclaring that they would not at any price
convey any more to the Island.—-Genius of
Temperance.
Newport, May 18*—-The trial of. Mr.
Avery, “drags its slow length along,” and
we cannot yet even begin to look at the end.
Wherever she (the decased) is traced she
suems to have carried a remarkable power of
.‘.scination and commanding influence over
those around her, whatever may have been
jor vices. This has been folly exemplified
i her biography which has been the subject
the two last days examination, exclusively.
>1 this topic alone twenty-one females and
eight men have.bcen exaiuiaed yesterdayand