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Interesting Table.—The followin':
Chronological List of the principal otli
cers in the United States Government un
der the Constitution, has been compiled
from authentic sources, and mav be inter
esting to many, as a convenient document
for reference.
Presidents.
1789—George Washington, of Virginia.
1797—‘-John Adams, of Massachusetts.
1801—-Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia.
1809—James Madi son, <*t <!<>.
1817—J antes Monroe, of do.
1845—John (1. Adams of Massachusetts,
1829—Andrew Jackson of Tennessee.
Vice Presidents.
1789—John Adams of Massachusetts.
1797—-Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.
1801—Aaron Burr of New York.
1805—George Clinton of do.
181:1—Klbridge Gerry of Massachusetts.
1817—1) aniel I). Tompkins of New York.
18*27 —Jolm C. Calhoun of S. Carolina.
1803 —Martin Van Bun nos New York.
Secretaries or State.
17*9—Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.
1794—Edmund Randolph of do.
179.7 Timothy Pickering, of Mass.
1800— John Marshall of Virginia.
180!—James Madison of do.
1809—Robert Smith of Maryland.
JHII—J ames Monroe of Virginia.
1817—John Q. Adams of Massachusetts.
182.7 Henry Clay of Kentucky.
1829—Martin Van Burenof New York.
1831—Edward Livingston of Louisiana.
John Forsayth, ofGeorgia.
Secretaries ok the Tin \>r v.
1789 Ale xander Hamilton of New \ ork.
1790 Oliver Wolcott of Connecticut.
1801— Samuel Dexter of Massachusetts.
1802— Albert Gallatin of Pennsylvania.
|S||—Geo. IV. Campbell of Tennessee.
1811 Alexander J. Dallas of Penn.
ISI7—William 11. Crawford of Georgia.
1827—Richard Rush of Pennsylvania. i
1829—Samuel I). Ingham of Penn.
1831—Louis M’Lane of Delaware.
Wm. J. Duane of Pennsylvania.
Roger B. Tanev of Maryland.
Levi Woodlnirv, New Hampshire.
Secretaries ui Wwt.
1789 Henry Knox of Massachusetts. |
1797 Timothy Pickering of Mass.
1790 J amesM'Hcnry of Maryland.
1800—Samuel Dexter of Massachusetts.
I*ol —R oger Griswold of Connecticut. |
181)4—lleurv Dearborn of Massachusetts.
1809—Win. Eustis of Massachusetts.
1813—Jolm Armstrong of .New York.
I*l7—Win. 11. Crawford of Georgia.
1817—Isaac Shell) v of Kv ; did not accept.
I*l7 —John C. Calhoun of S. Carolina.
I*27—James Barbour of Virginia.
I*2*—Peter B. Porter of New York.
I*29—John 11. Eaton of Tennessee.
I*3!—Lewis Cass of Ohio.
Secretaries ok IE N IVV,
1798 George Cabot of Mas>:icimsets.
179*—Benjamin Stoddert of Maitland.
I*o2—Robert Smith of do.
I *97—J acob Crowninsliield of Mass. ,
1812—William Jones of Pennsvlvania. i
]S 14—Ben j. W. ('rowuiusbield of Mass.
181*—Smith Tlionipsou of New York, j
I*23—Samuel L. Southard of N. Jersey. 1
1829—Jolm Branch of North Carolina.
1831—Levi Woodbury ol’N. Hampshire.
Mahlon Dickerson of New Jersey .
Post Master Generals.
17*9 —Samuel Osgood of M assaclmsctts.
1791 — Timothy Pickering of Mass.
1797 —Joseph Habersham ofGeorgia.
I*o2 —Gideon Granger of Connecticut, j
1-1 l—R eturn J M cit's of Ohio.
I*23—John M l,can of do.
1829 —William T. Barry of Kentucky.
Amos Kendall of do.
< 'iiiek Ji sticks or the Si iMti'.Mi: Cot rt.
17*9—Jolm Jav of New York.
179(5—Oliver Ellsworth of Connect unit.
i—ol—John Marshall ul’Virginia.
Roger P>. Tanev of Maryland.
Attorney Gk.neu \i s.
17*9 —Edmund Randolph of Virginia.
179 I—William Bradford of Pennsylvania.
1797 —Charles Lee of Virginia.
I*ol—Levi Lincoln of Massachusetts.
I*o7—Robert Smith of Maryland.
I*o(s—Jolm Broekenbridge of Kentucky.
I*o7—Ctrsar A. Rodney of Delaware.
I*l I—William Pinkney of Mart land.
I*l I—Richard R ush of Pennsylvania.
I*l7 —\\ llliam Wirt of Virginia.
I*29—John M. Berrien ot'Georgia.
I*31 —Roger B. Tanev of Maryland.
1833—8. I’. Butler of New York.
The ladies of Portland have adopted a
rule of domestic economy that is ample
enough, we think, to be entitled political
economy, and if the ladies throughout the
United States wiil ‘follow their footsteps,’
every naked child in the country may be
comfortably clothed, without so much as
purchasing a yard of ne w material. 'tin y
have resolved to eluthe tluir ehi/ilreii irlfh
the liishop sleeves of rejected dresses, if
this resolution could by any means be
come general, there will be no difficulty
abou* clothing for many years. 'We have
made a calculation, and have probably
approximated as near to exactness as some
other dabblers in statistics. By this cal
culation, there are about filly millions of
superfluous yards of silk, tuuslin, calico,
and other material, lying idle since tight
.sleeves h;rve banished the Episcopal cur
rency from the country. Let the unem
ployed surplus be applied according to
the Portland model, and one scriptural in
junction at least, will be obeyed. The
proiision for the poor would have been
much less ample if the ladies had conclu
ded to devote the other parts of their
dre.-ses ■ ho; the sleeves are u!i';i , i. m *-,
4'h'h a*• •*) • .t v Y G
i Illf.cai. Importation of Ai.ikns. The
Now York corporation have taken tip
tins subject iii earnest, ami are adopting
the most rigorous measures for putting
*an end to the alleged abuses. \Y ithin the
last lew days ( apt. Kw inford, of the hark
Ocean, has been arrested at the suit ol
1 the corporation, on a writ of S10(1,000,
! for not having bonded his passengers.
'l'he penaltv is tS'iOII for every passenger
so neglected to be bonded, and hence the
large amount for which the corporation
have sued him. 'l'lie corporation attor
ney, however, consented to take hail lor
; him in the sum of 10,0011, which lie
j procured, and was liberated, ('apt. Kay.
of the ship St. (ieorge, was also arrest
ed on a writ for a similar amount, and
i not being tilde to procure bail in 10,()•!;!),
i lie remains in prison.
A s Ai.iiino vr run Mi sin u.—Our
rettih rs may recollect a paragraph copied
j a short, time since from the Coxsnckie pa
per, giving an account of an infant, horn
of African parents, but perfectly whiter,
j and having the peculiar eye .and other
| characteristics of an Albino. Thischihl
is now til tin: .Museum in thiseitv, and is
certainly ;i rare curiosity. It is perfectly
oln ions that there can be no deception in
the case; but were anv apprehended, the
certificates as to the character, Ac., tire
abundant I v sat is factor \. —[Albany Argus.
S it; i.Miin its. There are lb- steam
botit • plaving to and from .New York. On
Lake ('ltamplain, ti boats are employed.
(>.i f.ake brie, li'' American and:} b.ug-
Itsli. ();i Lake Ontario, 7 American, and
1.7 I'higlisli. Lakes (ieorge, Ctiyuga,
Seneca, ('anaudaigita, Skaneatles, Chat
ampie, and Crooked Lake, each give em
ployment to one boat. In addition. 17
steamboats were building at different ports
on Lake, brie, during the year I'-•:Jt*.
buttons or i ni: Ibtr.ss. It is seldom ;
that we look over our exchange papers,
but we find numerous amusing instances
of the typographical blunders of our co-j
temporaries. The last mail from the.
country gives us three instances.—One j
paper speaking of the “three experiments!
of living,’ says it has some valuable hints i
to those who ‘live upon other peoples
Dion s’—ami another lias a standing head
set in large type, printed ‘/.<,<// nut! im
provements,’ instead of internal, vNc. luj
an advertisement to the ladies, we liavcj
an entirely new article, liz : I,"dies Did \
D < >ur own little work was lately i
printed ‘three experiments of iriii/,-iiii?,'
instead of‘three experiment'- of drinking.’ j
[ !!• ist.on (inlaw .
Ixsi ham r. Companies. lii Yen York
city there are 1.7 .Marine Insurance Com
panies, with a capital ol' *-7,<'<">0,11(1!) : •’<)
bire Insurance Companies—capital
(100,000. Six otlier bire Insurance
Coinpanies have been chartered, but are
not vet in operation—their proposed capi
tal is 70,01i0. Seven of the Insur
ance Companies lost the whole of their
capital by the great tire in December,lS3-7,
and have been discontinued. The oili
er Insurance Companies of the State, are
•■II in uuniber, and their capital amounts
to .7 I,OK 1,7:51. In addition to these,:}:}
Mutual Insurance Confbanies have been
incorporated, mostly during the session
after the large lire in this city.
.lrst swim ’em. A few davs since,
when the waters of Connecticut river
wi re exceedingly high, a large raft ofpiue
boards with four men on it, was carried
out into the middleol the current above
bellows balls, in consequence of tin* suc
tion of the f ill, despite of oars and tiller,
and was on the point of going over, when
the villagers, alarmed bv the cries of ih.
men, went out in a boat and threw them
a rope just in time to save them. A 'in
gle moment more, and tliev must have
been swept over the fall. Those who
have seen that tremendous cataract at high
w ater, can form some faint idea as to what
must have been their fate.—[.Newport
Argus.
bu rn i’ or I.vnoi:. It was lately stat
ed in a lecture delivered before the Lon
don Rural Institute bv Mr. Dent, that a
watch consists of‘tit ’ pieces, and that Id
traders, and probably :I-7d persons, arc
employed m making one ol these little
machines. The iron of which the balance
spring i' formed, is valued at something
less than a farthing—this produces an
ounce ot steel worth I l-’ld, which is
.drawn into 'I'lnl) yards ot" spring wire, and
represents in the market fid Is.: hut
still another process of hardening thi.-
originallv I uniting s worth of iron renders
it workable into 7( 1-71 > balance spring',
w inch will realize at the common price
•ol “Is. (id. each, >‘.M-7 SI : the effect ol
labor alone.
|
Specie Shot. Wei rn that a bov.a
few days since, in the neighborhood of
this city, shot a squirrel, which tumbled
from the wall into a hole bv the side of
the road. The boy thrust his hand into
the hole and pulled out a tin pot. He
found in the tin pot more than .7!) coun
terfeit dollars.— [Lowell Courier.
In digging a reservoir at the junction
of broe and Mam streets, clam shells have
been discovered fifteen feet below the sur
face, imbedded m blue clavu “Who put
mu there,’ us they sav when Robert
Kidd’s money pots are brought to light. —
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
j CoFUEB IN THE DesEKT. It is aston
ishing wliaf effect the siii;illost portion oi
j the strong coffee made l»y the Arabs has ;
'no greater stimulus is required in the lon
gest and most arduous journeys. It is u
niversal throughout the cast, but more u
sed by the Arabs of the desert than by
I any other class; they will often go witli
joulfyodfor twenty-four hours, if they
can but have recourse to the little drain
iof coffee, which from the small compass
in which they carry the apparatus, and the
readiness with winch it is made, they can
• always command. I can vouch lor both
its strength and exhilerating effect; it
; answers these purposes better than I can
conceive it possible a dram of spirit
could do to those who indulge in it.
i A Sis ti n. lie who lias never known a
! .-i.-ter's kind ministrations, nor felt hi
heart warming beneath her endearing
smile and love-beaming eye, has been un
fortunate indeed. It is not to he won
dered if the fountains of pure feeling flow
in his bosom hut sluggishly, or if the,
genth r emotions of Ins nature be lost in
the sterner attributes of manhood.
! “That man hasgrown up among kind
and affectionate sisters,’' I once heard a
lady of much observation and experience I
remark.
“And why do you think so !” said I.
“Because of the rich developement j
of all the!< nder and more refined feelings j
of the heart, w hich are so apparent in cv-j
erv word.'’
“A sister’s influence is felt, even in;
manhood’s later years; and the heart of ,
him who has grown cold in its chilling;
contact with the world, will warm and j
thrill with pure enjoyment, as some inci-j
dent awakes within him the soft tones and <
glad melodics of his sister's voice. And;
he w ill turn from purposes which are w ar
ped and false philosophy lias reasoned •
into expediency, and even weep lor the;
gentler influences which moved him in
his earlier years.
It is a great, though prevalent mistake,;
that persons belonging to the learned pro-1
sessions have a vast deal of leisure for that j
kind of intellectual culture, which most;
expands the mind, and gives the greatest;
ornament to life. 1 u all professions, there
is a great deal of drudgery, which does not, f
because it happens to be performed over
books, necessarily quicken the intellect or |
warm the heart. 1 believe the merchant j
has as much time as am one for the ac-|
(juisition of that useful knowledge, which,
apart from the technical learning of a
profession, makes a man really useful, re
spected and happy.—[Gov. Everett to the
Boston Mercantile Association.
A M'.enoTE. Members of Congress are
not always members of temperance socie
ties, that is certain. One member of the
late Congress come into the House essen
tially fuddled; the rurrmei / bill was up,
and lie forthwith proceeded to speechify
upon the Jorlijlration hill; which was
quite natural, considering that topers us
ually have less love for cash than for fight
ing. After prbreeding about half an
hour, a friend took the liberty to hand
him the currency bill, hinting that that
was the subject of discussion. The hint
was kindly taken, and the mistake dis
covered, whereupon the honorable mem
! her cried out, “Mr. Speaker! I don’t
! know as my remarks exactly hit the hill
under consideration; hut I think they
■apply as well to that as to an;/ thing t /”
I The House was in an uproar of laughter
at the drunken wit, and permitted the
member to finish his speech, in the ex
traordinary short space of one hour and
a hall.—[Montpelier (\ i.) Watchman.
! lie whole population of Miirope is es
timated at -Elli,! Os this number
it is said that lU.'SB.oBB are indigent and
l dependent on others for support, that is
, paupers.
Paganini At: Vi v. A letter from this
distinguished personage, dated Genoa,
April ti. 183,, says his health is so much
j re-e>tablished, that he lias been enabled
to return to lus residence, from whence
i he adds, if nothing prevents, he will pro
ceed to Havre to embark in May for New
't nrk. He says his resolution to come to
I America is unabated.
The Emperor of Russia’s journey of
inspection, through his extensive domin
ions, this year, is to comprise not less
; than thirteen thou- nid werst. He is to
1 go both to Siberia and Titlis, which no
, Christian Sovereign, say the Hamburg
; papers, has ever \et visited.
A Righteous Sentence. At the Court
;of Common Pleas in Worcester, Mass.,
last week, John M Knight, on an indict
ment for cruel treatment to an ox, was
found guilty, and sentenced to the House
j ofCorrection for three months
Rich Men’s Wages. Two neighbors
met, one of whom was exceedingly rich,
j and the other in moderate circumstances;
the latter began to congratulate the first
on his great possessions, and on the hap
piness he must enjoy; and ended by con
i trusting it with his own condition. “Mv
! friend,’’ said the rich man, “let me ask
you one question. Would you he w illing
to take tny property and take the whole
care of it for your board and clothing !
"•No! indeed.” “Well, that is all l get.”
A talent for listening is frequently of,
more \ line than that of sneaking.
THU ADVOCATE.
BRUNSWICK, (Ga.) JULY Id. 1 - 57.
We have received a letter from a friend of
Brunswick residing at Athens, and learn from j
it, that a most absurd report is circulating in ■
the; up country in regard to our city; being no
more nor less, than tliat one of the stockholders
had sohl out, and made nearly half a million by j
the speculation ! and that he did not care what j
became of the concern!! Had this report been
circulated nearer home,we should not have noti- 1
ced it, but lest some persons in die interior may :
be deceived by it we take the trouble to contra
dict it No stockholder has sold out his inter- ;
O't. and from f lie latest accounts, no disposition
is felt by any of the company to do so. Hard j
as the times are, no one is disposed to give up
this portion of his property, and all reports
to the contrary we firmly believe are without
the slightest foundation in truth.
A remark made by a gentleman deeply in- i
forested here, has also been extensively quoted
as being unfavorable to Brunswick, viz.—thati
the stockholders looked upon this as a specula- i
lion. Now we willingly admit not only that j
the remark was made, but tliat it is correct in
point of fact. And we should like to sec any
work of the kind which has no private gain as
the moving principle. Look at the public
works in any of the States or in Europe, which
have been constructed by private companies,
and as a matter of course you will discover a
desire to make money has led to the invest
ment of capital in those particular modes.—
But if the interest of the stockholders here is
dependent on tiie growth and prosperity of this j
State, can anyone object to their reaping a j
harvest. If their profits are based solely on |
the sound growth and fuller developement of
Georgia, w ill not every Georgian rejoice in
their realizing their fullest anticipations.
The attempts which are continually made to
create a prejudice against this enterprise, by
denouncing it as a speculation, are founded
on the opinion that the people of tills State are
devoid of intelligence. We will not think so
meanly of them as to suppose them capable of
believing lor a moment tliat tins company is I
composed of men devoid of any private ends— |
of men whose only object is to improve the;
State, without benefiting themselves. No, I
the people of Georgia well understand, that
while the Brunswick enterprise will result in
the improvement of their State, it is also in
; tended to be a source of profit to those who
; are willing to encounter the expense and anx
iety of carrying it through.
QJ® Below will be found a letter from Mr.
Kino, giving his views on tiic contemplated
rail road to the Gulf of Mexico. This work
originated w ith him and will be carried through
i by his energy and perseverance. JI is opinions
! therefore, an; entitled to much respect and wo
doubt not will command the attention of all
! who feel interested in the prusperty of this sec
tion of Georgia.
(copy.)
Movtickllo, .May 1837.
My Hear Sir, —
By this day’s mail 1 have received vour
letter of 3d inst., and although much pressed
with business, 1 w ill give you a sketch of my
| views on the subject to which you call my at
i tent ion.
Georgia unquestionably possesses a more
commanding position than any Southern State,
and it may be found, than any other State in
the Union. Her t< rritorv borders four States
■ and Florida—her navigable rivers I believe
are more extensive than can be found in any
j territory of the same dimensions on the Globe!
Her sea coast is free from capes, shoals, rocks,
j ice and snow ! —she commands a comiiuuiica
-1 tion with the Gulf of Mexico through the Ap-
I palaclucola river—she possesses the most prac
j ticable and desirable routes for rail roads lead
| mg to the great Valley of the Mississippi, di
: verging from the sea coast and extending
; through 1 lie centre of the State to her North
western boundary, and along her Southern bor
t dor to the Appalachicola, giving her command
! of the trade and travel to the grain and hemp
1 growing regions of the Northwest, and the
i rich Cotton districts bordering the Gulf of
.Mexico. It has been ascertained bevond all
-
j question that cotton and all other articles of
produce can be brought from ports on the Gulf
to her coast and shipped to their places of des
tination, when the Brunswick and Florida rail
1 road shall be completed, vastly cheaper and
j quicker than they can be carried round Cape
Florida. This rail road w ill also prevent the
, productions of many of the richest Counties of
i the SSt ite from being compelled to seek a mar
ket at the ports on the Gulf, ami subject to the
expense, dangers and delays of the navigation
round Cape Florida,.and will render the purls
on the Gulf tributary to Georgia, instead of
Georgia being tributary to them!
i A .-hip can come from any port in Europe to
her coast on an average ten days quicker than
to New York, or the ports of the North, incon
.sequence of being able to make what is called
( the Southern passage, and to take advantage
of the trade w inds. If therefore, we had reg-
I ular lines of packets to Liverpool, New York
would be indebted to us for European intelli
gence which would eyve us a vast advantage I
in commercial and financial transactions,
i Georgia has the only sea port south of the
j Chesapeake Bay suited to naval purposes, and
! safe for seamen at all seasons of the vear.—
, These advantages will enable our merchants
to continue their ; commercial transactions |
throughout the year with all parts of the world-
At present we are tributary to the Northern
ports, —our men of business emigrate, and bu
siness ceases the beginning of Summer.
The great Western rail road will bring to
our coast the vast productions of the Western
States, which South Carolina hopes to receive
by the Cincinnati and Charleston rail road. —‘
The steam boats on the Western rivers can
come at all seasons of the year to the terminus
ot the road on the Tennessee river, and the
merchants and tarmers of the W est can come
to our coast in Winter with their produce when
the Northern rail roads and canals are obstruc
ted by snow and ice, and be enabled to return
with their supplies in time to meet the wants
of the Spring market at the very season that
they are now- comp died to encounter all the
difficulties incident to a Northern winter.
Twelve months ago South Carolina, Florida
and Alabama, were looking to receive, each
their share of the trade of Georgia. The con
templated rail roads from Charleston through
a portion of her territory to Cincinnati—from
West Point to Montgomery—from Pensacola
to Columbus—from St. Marks to Jacksonville,
on the St. Johns river, together with the Flint
and Chattahoochie rivers, were supposed to be
sufficient to drain Georgia of her wealth and
deprive her citizens of the profits on her com
mercial exchanges.
I lew entirely has the state of things been
changed. The Great W estern rail road w'ill
supersede that contemplated from Charleston
to Cincinnati in all its consequences and re
sults, and besides give a ready outlet to the
vast mineral wealth of the Cherokee country,
and supply all the central and Eastern portions
of the State with the bread stuffs and other
marketable products of the West, and leave
an immense surplus to be shipped from our
own ports. The Brunswick and Florida rail
road must necessarily receive all the freight
and passengers to and from the Southwest—
The contemplated rail road across Fast Flori
da from St Marks to the St Johns, has been
superseded by the Brunswick and Florida rail
road. The W est Point and Montgomery road
| "ill now in all probability come to Columbus,
1 and whether it does or not it must bring the
produce from Alabama instead of taking ours
jto Mobile. The route of the Pensacola and
Columbus road has been changed, and it is
now in progress from Pensacola to Monte-orn
ery, and w ill in fact be a continuation of the
Brunswick and Florida rail road into the cen
tre ot Alabama, and bring the produce of the
country through w-hich it w ill pass to our coast,
instead of carrying the produce of Western
Georgia to Florida.
The surveys of a route for the Brunswick
and Florida rail road are now completed. The
distance from Brunswick to the junction of the
j Flint and Chattahoochie is about two hundred
j and ten miles, and the country over which it
will pass, unquestionably affords greater facil
ities for the construction of a rail road than
any other route of the same extent in the Uni
ted States.
1 w ill only observe further on this matter,
that recent experiments prßve beyond doubt
that we can bring cotton from Pensacola to
Brunswick for two dollars a bale, and consc
! quently not only save from thirty to forty days
in every voyage to Europe or -the Northern
j States, from ports on the Gulf, but also from
j five to six dollars in freight and insurance on
every hale of cotton.
I am dear Sir,
With much respect and esteem,
Your friend,
TEGS. BUTLER KING.
Miss M ailtineai ’s Book on America
i Our last page contains an extract or two from
this book which has just been published at X.
V ork. 'l’lie writer has been favorably known
in the literary world by her “Times of the Sa
viour,” ‘‘Letters to the Deaf,” “Letters to the
j Catholics” and “Illustrations of Political Fcon
! omv.” Those last were written at the request
ot Lord Brougham and are said to have been
productive of much good in the manufacturing
districts of England. She visited this country
during the years’3s and MG, and examined our
various institutions carefully, and her observa
tions wo believe will be more just and worthy
ot respect than those of any English writer on
America. Unfortunately however, Miss Mar
tineau connected herself while at the North
with the Abolition Societies, and by that act
lost the confidence of many of her friends, and
this feeling may have given a coloring to her
views nnf.ivorab’e to an impartial decision on
all our institutions.
The Boston (airier from w hich we cut these
extracts seems disposed to sneer at the book
and its author and expresses great thankfulness
tor not having joined in the praises and compli
iiienisqn:id to the lady during Ist-visit to this,
country. The attentions which she received
I (previous to the unfortunate act to w hich we
, have alluded) w ere no more than she deserved.
An authoress of high reputation, a strong advo- j
cate of reform in her own land and a decided j
friend of America, she presented many claims
to the courtesies and kindness of our citizens,
i Let her bool; be what it mav, she is one of the
remarkable women of an age characterized by
the number of distinguished women.
Public Executions. You can hardly take
up a paper w hich does not contain at least one
account, long spun out, of the last words and
dying agonies of some poor wretch who has
paid w ith his life for the infraction of some
law. Without w-ishing to discuss the policy
of capital punisliments, we cannot but feel a
degree of shame that in the present boasted
age of civilization such exhibitions should at
tract crowds or the accounts be read with so
much eagerness. It ‘is quite the fashion for
people to display at once their classical knowl
edge and humane feelings, by decrying the
Gladiatoral combats which were witnessed by
the Roman ladies—but for our part we frankly
admit there was much more excuse for this,
j t,lan the morbid appetite of modern times
for “ hangings.” A mortal conflict between
two men in the full possession of strength and
skill, in the noble arena of a Roman Aphithea
tre might have been a spectacle of sublimity,
but to see a man quietly hung up like a dog,
or to read with interest of such a sneaking af
lair, argues we think, a bad heart and perverted
understanding. The object of punishment is
two-fold, to act as a penalty on the offender and
[ deter others from committing the same act.
, But in case of public executions this last is
j certainly lost. People assemble as to a frolic
j !U,( l go away from the show- with the im
' pression that hanging after all is not such a
bad affair that death is not so much to be
i dreaded. In “Logan,” a singular novel by
Neal, it is proposed tliat executions should take
place by midnight, in private, and at the in
stant a heavy bell used for no other purpose,
should toll—impressing on the minds of all by
its solemn sounds, tliat a soul was then taking
its flight into the unknown world. Would not
the effect be far better? Would not the mys
i ,er .v shrouding the act, render the punishment
more terrible, than the disgusting familiarity
with which it is now inflicted?
The threat which w-c made in a previous
number to “publish a certain correspondence
and prove a lew facts,” has given the despera
; :l tion of a cornered rat to the Editor of the Da
j ricn Telegraph, and who as the best means of
| lessening the odium which his conduct has
j attached to his name, has published his own
infamy to the world. It is therefore unneces
sary’ for us to undertake the task so completely
performed by himself. It is for the Public to
determine w hat notice is to be taken, or what
dependence be placed in the honor of a man,
who sends a challenge through the hands of
I an individual v.ho has disgraced a Commission
lin the Army—a Commission ho was permitted
; to give up rather than expose himself to a Court
; Martial, and w ho since that time has yielded
up to the lowest kinds of dissipation—a man
who belongs to a highly respectable family,
but who his ow n brother, a gentleman of un-
I sullied honor, candidly admitted, has sunk be
low- the level of a gentleman, and ought not to
be admitted to participate in an affair of the
kind. Our own personal knowledge of Mr.
11. L. O’Neal, is limited simply to that ac
quaintance which exists between a gentleman
and urr.lcr, in a public house, and results sole
ly from the performance on his part of such
memo! services as we required. We have oc
casionally seen him at the Mansion House in
Darien, as a drunken servant, and there for his
insolence saw him receive the most insulting
epithets and a slap in the face, without his dar
ing to resent them. Ile is now,we learn, a bar
keeper in a little dram shop in Darien, entire
ly disowned by the gentlemen of the place.—
I lie following note from Mr. Mubrv, in answer
to a letter of ours, will show at once that we
were not alone in our objection to tfie man,
and Mr. P. P. Gignilliat, who bore the note
from Mr. M. to Mr. MacArdcll, also informed
him tliat O Neal was not a gentleman, and bv no
means a suitable person to associate with gen
tlemen, an.l he then promised to send to Sav
vannah fora friend.
Mr. MacArdell know when he sent his mos
' sago that our friends would object to the black
: guard he employed, and he would thus escape
die unpleasant circumstance of being shot at.
1 he gentlemen acquainted with the character
; tke parties agree m the opinion that no hon
! orablc man ought to notice any communication
borne by this man, and we publish the note of'
j Mr. -Mabry to show to those who reside at a
distance the character of Mr. MacArdell’ s as
sociates and friends.
As to all his boasting and threatening, it
will be time enough for him to claim the honor;
; a hero after he has resented the persona
j chastisements bestowed on him in Savannah.—
A man mho has bcfrircd in the most piteous tern i#
for mem/, should be the last to bluster abort
his courage.
Darten, 1J th July, 1837.
j Dear Sir, —
t ours ot the 10th, has just been received.—
I I regret much to find the Public troubled for
an opinion on a subject, which I expected, a*
it ought, to have been settled in a much more
satisfactory manner. Injustice to you, I mu-'
hero stilt- that the grounds of objection to Mr
If. KO’Neal, were mutual. I stated to you or
the morning Mr. MacArdell’s note was re
ceived that if he Mr. H. L. O’Neal, was to b
recognized as the friend of Mr- MacArdell.
should decline acting for you.
I am with great respect yours,
WOODFORD MABRY.
Wo publish also a note from Mr. MacArde 1
which in point of order agrees with the notch” |
publishes as No. 3. The reader will see a vast |
difference between them. When Mr. Powe
delivered this note lie informed both Mr. Mabrf j
and myself tliat he was not acting, and woiil
not act. as the friend of .Mr. MacArdell, ar |
that he had so informed him. His first net
was returned unopened by the advice of M-
Mabry because sealed and brought by the sort' . j
gentleman (Mr. Powell) who then
acting as a friend of Mr. MacArdell.