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common remark that the ruling passion
displays itself in the last hour. The
flickering lamp blazes with unusual bright
ness, just as it expires. “The fit gives
vigor, as it destroys.’’ lie who has but
a moment remaining, is released from the
common motive for dissimulation; and
time, that lays his hand on every thing
else, destroying beauty, undermining
health, and wasting the powers of lift',
spares the ruling passion, which is con
nected with the soul itself. That passion
sticks to our last sand,
Consistent with our follies and our sins,
Here honest nature ends as she begins.
The following article in relation to Bruns
wick, we copv from the Durieii i olograph.
It contains a good deal of ‘truth’ and of good
and correct reasoning, hut "e confess "e
dislike the tone of this article exceedingly.
The strictures upon Savannah and Charleston
meet with no sympathy in us. “Save us from
our friends,” we may well say with the Span
iard. Those friends who would build up
Brunswick by detraction of other Southern
Cities take, to say the least, a very injudicious
course. Beside, they stand on ground alto
gether false. The growth ut a large city
here, never will, in fact, injure Charleston, Sa- !
vaunali, or even Darien. The \\ k*t— the j
ureat West — the mighty WEST, is the
mark for all of us. The southern cities are ■
her seaports as soon as railroads can connect
her with them. Three-hooked miles;
nearer to the West than any northern ports, j
what competition shall we fear from them.' Is I
there not in the West‘ample room and verge i
enough’ torus all. Charleston, great and j
prosperous as she now is, shall rise yet high
er; Savannah shall rise, and Darien toosliali
receive its share ot prosperity. ihe race (
shall be to the swift, and the battle to the
strong, and the public may be sure that Bkuns
wick* will not be distanced in this friendly;
competition.
In a noble emulation for our own and our;
country’s prosperity, let us go on. Jealousy ;
and ill-temper can only make ourselves unlnp- 1
py, and are, when arising from such a conten
tion as this, as foolish as they are superfluous.
BRUNSWICK.
Mr. Editor: —You are aware that then
are inanv who persist in advocating principles
which they know to be erroneous, tor I'ear of
being styled turn-coats, or of bringing upon
themselves the vituperations of a party who
have long sustained them in such a course.
But, we should not follow the multitude to
do evil. When convinced of an error, we
should acknowledge it with frankness, and
own openly such principles us our better judg
ment and nature shall dictate. These are the
considerations which have induced me to lay
before your readers the following remarks.
I have watched with interest and anxiety
the efforts of the Brunswick Company, and
have seriously doubted their ability to effect
any thing materially advantageous to our
country, and more particularly to our State.
But I now acknowledge most cheerfully my
conviction and entire confidence in the practi
cability of the enterprise; and of its l asting
benefits to our State and country. In fact, 1
conceive it to be the “sine qua non” of Geor
gia,—an enterprise indespensable to the com
mercial interest of our State.
W e cannot sustain Savannah any longer:—
for in despite of her noble efibrts, she must
“godown.” She was once the pride of Geor
gia, and her energies were exerted in her be
half. But our citizens have awakened to the
fact—3he has no harbor to vie with Charleston,
and it is useless to waste our resources upon
her. Notice iier stationary position for tie
last twenty years—her canal; —a monument of
State favor and of her degeneraev.
We must relinquish our efforts in favor of
Savannah; and bestow them upon some place
possessing far superior advantages to her; and
equal advantages with Charleston. Where
will we find such a place? There is no other
than Brunswick. Her Bar, her Harbor, her
every thing, point her out as the only place
south of Charleston, capable of rising to im
portance and of becoming tlio emporium of
the entire South.
Charleston has advantages over Savannah
which cannot be counteract!! 1 by any human
efforts, —to wit: her liar and Harbor. \ essoLs
of heavy burtiien, in taking cargoes from S t-!
vann.ih are compelled to drop miles below the
city and receive them through smaller e:ai\.
In like manner they must be lightened before
they can reach the city. Those advantages
are an indirect tax upon our citizens, and con
sequently operate against a good market—the
commercial interest of a city.
The connecting link of Rail Roads from
Charleston to Athens, will sweep from the up
per part of the State most of their trade, and
will also receive great advantages trom the
Great Rail Road Trunk from Tennessee to
the centre of Georgia.
Freights from any part of Florida are pre
cisely the same to Savannah and Charleston.
The latter being the best market and more
easy of access must necessarily receive the
produce of that Territory. '
From what source then must Savannah
look for support? From her Macon Rail Road?
—She cannot consistently. No urtiticiu!
means can ever be constructed which can
transport, produce so cheaply as natural water
communication. The produce of the up-coun
try will never leave the w aters of the Oconee
and Ocmulgee direct to Brunswick, to take a
more expensive and hazardous way by Rail
Road to Savannah: an inferior market. No
indeed,the odds is too much in favor of water
transportation and the Brunswick l.iukit.
The short of the matter is just this: Geor
gia must either surrender her trade to her sis
ter States and become dependent, or she must
relinquish Savannah and foster her infant city,
Brunswick.
Indeed it is an unfortunate tiling for Geor
gia, that the visionary project of constructing
a railroad from Savannah to Macon has al
ready commenced, which can do little for the
safety of Savannah and more or less to the in
jury of Brunswick. Brunswick is said to have
a better Bar and Harbor than Charleston, and
her situation is certainly more commanding.
Her canal will sltortly be opened to the AlU
maha giving her a direct command of the
trade from the Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers.
These rivers will be accessary to She exports
of the Cherokee counties and Tennessee,
brought down the great Rail road Trunk.
Brunswick is more accessible to the trade
of Florida than Charleston, and with other ad
vantages, must be the great mart lor the peo
ple of that fertile territory—in addition to all
* - ■ .* w’U r.omanmd by means of her Finn
da and Brunswick Rail Road, all the southern
part of this State, the whole of West f lorida
; and eastern part ol Alabama, together with
the advantages of the Flint and Chatahoochee
Rivers. Ido not believe that she will have en
tire command of the valley of the Mississippi,
vet she will have a respectable portion of the
trade this will also be the cheapest and most
expeditious route for travelling from the north
ern States to the Southwestern.
In conclusion, Air. Editor, 1 must indulge a
, hope that ere long 1 shall see your racy pen
vindicating this noble cause—one in which ev
ery citizen of Georgia should feel a deep and
abiding interest. TRUTH.
[From tin- N. York Courier and Enquirer.] .
New York thirty years ago. But
very few of i lie present active and enter
prising men who are now oil the stage 01,
life have any knowledge of the men and;
tilings that existed thirty years ago. A
generation lies in fact passed away; thc|
men that then transacted business ns liter-j
chants in the commission, hardware, dry;
goods, and shipping line, have all chang
ed, and with them there has been quite as
great an alteration in the department of;
the ministers of religion lawyers, judges,
politicians, &.c. &c. In the remarks that,
we may give under the above head, our
recollections, although th y not em
brace every thing, wdi be given, wej
trust, with accuracy, and may not he un
interesting to those who were familiar
with the transactions of those days, nor un
profitable to those who now fill the stations
of those we may speak of. The change
in thirty years has been truly wonderful.
Aluiiv, however, are still living, who could
record the condition of tilings half a cen
tury ago, and s-icli a record would be more
wonderful still.
In the years 181)7,IrMH, DU ') and !“!(),
the population of our city was from SO tot
100,000 inhabitant', or about one third
vvlrit it now is. Up t > that period the '
commerce of the country had been al-!
most wholly uninterrupted from the close
of the Revolution, and lead most rapidly
increased, —but, (luring these years, .Mr.'
Jeflersou’s systems of gun-bouts, embar
go', and non-intercourse, began to hur
rass navigation—the eil’et t of which pros
trated a number of the first houses', such;
as Franklin (5c Robinson, and John Town
send, who were considered men of the
highest standing Ibr honor as well as!
wealth. Among the siuppin Merchant'
of that day, were the P-g.-i-cta! h- houses
of Robert Lenox, Archibald Gracie, Le- 1
Roy, Bayard iSc Cos., V, m. (’oilman, Isaac
(’lessen, Green Lovell, Jehu Kimiv
Bailey &, Bogert, John .Murray, Gardiner
G. Howland, Abraham II " ’ or, .1.;;• >b
Barker, Gordon and Daniel Back, Ripley 1
&, Center, llteks, .leakin' c. Cos, N. L.
G G. Griswold, Mintnrli G Cli impli.i, -
AYtn. & Jonas .Minturn, i*. 11 arm mv, .No
ah Talc.ott, F.lien Burr.-I!, John Patrick,
Sillers, Son yC Cos., Snell G St.igg. and!
others. Among the dry goods merchants i
were, Joshua Waddiugton, John J. Glov
er, John Glend-Jimiug, John lvalue. Joint
Haggerty, Thomas Cadie, John Taylor
Gc.—Among the hard-van- merchants
were, Isaac Car row, John Mo-.vatt, Moses
Rogers, Thomas R. Smith, and others.
Flour merchants. Joint Townsend, David
Lvding, John B. Coles, Thus. Buckley,
Wood «Se Byrnes, and others.
At that day there were '■> it a vorv few
Money Brokers: the following embraced
tieuflv the whole; —Brine- G Ward, Lew
is G. Lawrence, Win. C. l.iliingvve!!, f>-■:i
jamin Butler, and Win. Shotweil. Tin
principal Auctioneers were Holl'man G
Glass, Colliu &, Bell, John Hone, David
Cunliam, Boggs G Livingston, Irving G
Smith, and a few others. At that period
there were Iml very few Foreign Imu.'vv;
—Casper Meyer, G. & T. Meyer, Uo~
! sier ic Mould, Jos. Bo ..-mind embraced
i nearly the whole. Os .i.-t of Com
mission Houses above, hut very li-w re
main: nearly till have dec •;' ■ I or re! -red,
and it is a singular fact th.it there is not
lone firm of all vve have n -cue 1 th t i- un
changed. Messrs. Leno v,:!ewl,;.i,!, Luck.
Center, Haggerty, Alev ,', ii >rmonv,
Talcolt, and Salters, are nearly the ouiv
gentlemen that now remain th t transact
; business at all, and the have changed
, their firms. Among the Auctioneers,
the former establishments, although <h -
i continued, are carried mi !>v their de
scendant', as is the cn- with, tin' Hoff
mans, Mintiirns, and I’iil', —their fathers
having nil been active and eilicient men
of business.
j The business of New \ or!; was princi
pally confined to the following places.
Tiie shipping merchants occupied the
range of stores on Vv'a.diington street,
which are now mostly c-Eiverti-d to the
use of mechanics’ and sailor.'' boarding
houses. South street still holds its rank,
except above Pock slip. Wholesale dr .
good men occupied tli :t part of Pear!
street from Coffee-house up to Peck slip,
'idle retailers, William struct, and in
j Broadway. Pearl street, from Coffee
■ house slip to the Batten, was all private
i dwellings,, and, in fact, about Hanover
square was the Court end ol the town.
1 Ue fashion then extended through Pearl
street, State Street, near the Battery—
and the lower part of Broadway and
Greenwich street, —not a person of fash
ion was to be found above Park Place.
The City Hall was then building. The
1 Alms-house, with its large pen, contain
ing about five hundred hogs, occupied the
vvliole upper part of the Park. Bareilly,
i Warren, Chambers, Duane, Anthony,
| ai *d Leonard streets, were in the upper
part of the city, occupied chiefly by cart
- men, and persons in very moderate cir
cumstances. Alanv portions of these
streets were the residence of the vilest in
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
habitants, and consequently whole neigh
borhoods were tainted. Franklin, then
called Sugar Loaf street, was the extent
of all civilized society; above which, that
portion of the city above Canal street,
west of Broadway, nearly over to Varick
street, and embracing what is now nearly
the vvliole of the Eighth Ward, was a
vast meadow overflowed by water, and
forming a great pond; which in the win
ter when frozen over, made a most excel
lent place for the boys to skate on, partic
ularly on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
At Canal street, on Broadway, was the
Stone Bridge—beyond which was the
country. Between Broadway and the
Bowery were high hills spotted over with
country seats. A walk out to the Stone
Bridge was considered the extent of a
Sunday’s exercise alter church.
On the west side of tiie town it was a
scattered and uncultivated country, from
about Hudson’s Park to Greenwich Vil
lage. Tiie Richmond House, corner of
Varick and Charlton streets, was on a
high hill, and occupied by Aaron Burr as
his Country seat. The garden grounds
and tasteful forests, and valuable fruit
trees presented a beautiful appearance.
The Old State Prison, which a lew years
ago was emptied of its tenants, and which
is in Greenwich, near Christopher street,
was considered out of town.
Tiie cast section ot the city has under
gone, perhaps, the greatest change. That
portion of it above market street, between
Division street and the Last River, tip to
Pike street, and even above, was princi
pally owned by Col. Rutgers, and leased
out to poor cartmen and others, the only
persons, perhaps, that could then he
found to hast , ibr hc7 would not sell.
The streets were very narrow, and the
consequence was that this portion of the ]
city was tilled with many of the lowest
and most degraded characters. George j
street, which is now Market,and Banker,;
which is now Madison, were the homes!
of the most abandoned females, and so
degraded that it was not respectable to;
he seen passing through them. The]
principal heir to tins large estate, Col. W. j
B. Crosbv, has been guided I* v an cnlarg- 1
ed and liberal spirit,—one that has con-;
tiihuted largely to the health and prosper-;
ity of the city, and we trust to Ins own
interest, lie has been active in aiding
the Common Council in widening Last
Broadway, Market, Henry, Madison, Pike
and other streets. Property lias quadru
pled in value, and the streets have lie-come
airy and pleasant, tiie cross streets partic
ularly, with a good descent to t lie East
River. 'Flic result has been that huii
ireds of the finest dwellings and public
buildings have been put up, and what was
once the most degraded portion is now
tin* fairest and mo-t respectable, as well
as the most dis.ruble portion of our citv.
[Frui.i tin* Georgia Journal ]
Western and Atlantic U.vii. Road.
Tiie three Commissioners of Internal
Improvement elected bv the Legislature
at its last session, met at Cassvillc on the
loth tilt. On the loth, they organized
tlu Board by electing Mnj. Joel Craw
lord, of Sparta, President of the Board,
and appointing Charles !.. Nelson, Sec
retary pro tan. The Board continued in
session but tew days, long enough howev -
er to dispose of every subject that came
up Ibr its consideration.
< )n the first Monday in April the mem
-1 hers of the Board will re-assemh!e, vve
understand, al Marietta, 10 miles X. W.
<d Chattahoochee, for the purpose of
letting the work of grading the road to
the extent of the means at their dispo
sal. Aire idy are small parties employed,
' and,.others it is expected will in a few
days comm'uee gra ling on the South
Listern section of the Road, at rates of
compensation determinable bv future co;i
, i
Flic State ot Georgia bus never before
engaged in in a work so creditable to her
policy. A<! elktr Stale in ih Luton ran
/ia<s a Car across the , \ ilrg'iant/ Moan
tuns at h<s than doubt, or treblt tar cost,
nor to any one would a cheap and expe
ditious commerce with the "gnat HVsf”
be more advantageous. It is a subject oS'
real regret tii.it a more ample provision of
funds had not been made bv the last Leg
islature. Had tbit body acted with a
liberality befitting the great enterprise, to
which they were reluct mtlv driven to as
sent, there is no reason to doubt a Rail
Road ot the most improved and durable
structure, would have been completed,
and Cars running r.t a speed of ]< or 29
miles an hour, from Augusta to the bank ol
the Fenm-ssee River, in the course of tiie
ensuing year.
Western and Atlantic R vie Road.
l’iie last Macon Messenger remarks: —
“It is probably known to but lew of our
readers that considerable progress lias al
rcadyjieeii made in the work on that por
tion of the road extending from the
Chattahoochee to the Tennessee rivers, :
generally known as the “Alain Trunk.” ;
For some months past the work lias been !
going o:i on a limited scale, but vve be
lieve that within the last mouth, the num
ber of laborers has been greatly increas
ed, probably to a thousand or more. Pro
posals arc now ofi’ering by Col. Long, the
engineer, for the construction of about
forty miles of the route, to be commenc
ed as early as May. This, it will be re
collected, will be a portion of the Central
; Rail Road.
“We would remark, while on this sub
ject, that the road from Augusta, which
will unite w ith the above, is in a state of
forwardness, and the *»rk carried on
with great zeal and energy. The stock
hae all been taken up, and the Load will
soon be put under contract —the old
route by Athens is abandoned, and it will;
be carried through Newton county, to, orj
near Covington, thence to the main trunk
in De Kalb. - j
“We trust that all interested in the
welfare of our city, or the benefits to be
derived from the Central Rail Road, will
see the necessity of being up and doing.
Is it not high time that public attention
was directed to that portion of the road j
from Forsyth to the Chattahoochee? Un
less we wish others to reap the first fruits
of the enterprise exclusively, and perma
nently to give a direction to the trade and
travel on these roads, we should not suf
fer ourselves to be found lingering in the
work, while they arejfpursuiiig it with so
much industry. We say to our fellow cit
izens and all around us, it is time this
matter wasMaken seriously in hand.
[Savannah Georgian.
Maine.'?; The following extract from Gov.
Kent’s message exhibits the view he lias taken
of the “rights” of persons “held to service or
labor in one state under the laws thereof,” and
resident, (by flight we presume) within the
State of Maine.
Ills remarks have a hearing on the late case
of Jltlicus, a fugitive from this State, although
he does not allude expressly to that case, un
less the expression “exigency of the times”
may be deemed to embrace it.
[Savannah Georgian.
[From the Millcdgeville Journal.]
Maine.' The legislature of this State is in
session. Gov. Kent’s address was read to this
body on the 22d ult We find 1 the following
in relation to the case of the negro stealers,
who were demanded by Gov. Schley as fugi
tives from justice.
, “It is provided in the constitution of the
United States (article 4, see. 'I) “no person
; held to service or labor in one State, under
! 1 lie laws thereof, escaping into another shall,
i in consequence of any law or regulation tliere
iu, he discharged from such service or labor,
. but shall bo delivered up on claim of the par
! ty to whom such service or labor ‘may be
i (hie.”
“However strongly vve may disapprove the
system here alluded to, and wish to see it
abolished, bv legal an 1 constitutional means,
ur urc bound to earn/ this provision into full ef
fect, iu perfect good faith and with a sincere de
sire to maintain and ohsrn'e the provision of the
compact. But tiie person claimed under this
section, if u resident within our State, has
clearly a right to demanJ that the fact alleged
-hould be legally proved, before he shall be
delivered up to the claimant.
The personal liberty of every man who
treads our soil and breathes our air is sacred,
and not to be infringed, “but by judgment of
his peers or the law of the land.” A mere
claim, or informal-production of alleged and
apparently sufficient evidence would not au
thorise the seizure or removal of inanimate
property, by legal authority; and surely the
most friendless of human beings lias a right
to a legal trial before his personal freedom is
impaired by the operation of law. Some pro
vision by which a speedy trial in such cases
could be had before a jury of the country, and
the rights of claimants promptly and legally
settled, seems to be called lor by the exigen
cy of the times, and I submit the matter to
your consideration.”
Gov. Kent, is the successor of Gov. Dun
lap, whose communication in reply to Gov.
Schley’s demand, we published • some time
since.
Exact number ok Steamboats on
the Western and S. W. Waters.
The Louisville Journal gives their num
ber alphabetically, viz: 301.
Os the three hundred and sixty-one
boats now running on the western and
south western waters, ninety were built
at Cincinnati. At Louisville, eight.
Twelve built at Jeffersonville and New
Albany, received their engines, and were
finished at this place.
What a sublime monument to tiie great
Felton, is this ever moving caravan of
floating palaces, looming on the dark roll
ing waters of the west. Himself left to
die in indigence by the world whom he
had t uric he:!.
Match aoaixst Time. The New
York Courier and Enquirer of Friday,
lCtli instant, says:—“Air. Grant, of Phil
adelphia, commenced yesterday, at 2 o'-
clock, P. AL, liis arduous undertaking to
ride three hundred miles in twenty-four
successive hours, over the Bergen course,
Hoboken. At eight o'clock last night he
had rode eighty miles, and showed no
symptoms of distress. The change in
tiie weather is highly favorable to him, al
though the- thaw lias made the course hea
vy. lie fifteen horses in the attempt.
-V considerable number of persons were
there yesterday as spectators of it, and
then- will no doubt be a large number to
day to witness its termination.”
Tiie American of Saturday, lltb inst.
says:—“The match against time, referred
to in yesterday's paper, was won by time.
The rider, Mr. Grant, continued bis ef
fort' till 1(> minutes past 12 yesterday,
vv lien iie bad only accomplished 24ft miles.
Having (id miles yet to dm in about an
hour and three quarters, li®Javeiti.”
[Savannah Georgian.
Attorney General. The Alexan
dria Gazette savs—“lt is understood that
at the end of the present term of the Su-;
preme Court the Attorney General of the]
United States, Air. Butler, is to resign his‘
office. Air. Gilpin of Philadelphia, is
spoken of as his successor.”
The Philadelphia U. S. Gazette, re
marks—“lt is rumored that Juices A.
Bayard, Esq., of Wilmington, Del. will
be, or is already, appointed Attorney Gen-,
oral of the United States.”
| [From the Augusta Constitutionalist.]
Another way to the West. On look-i
ing over the list of acts passed by the last leg-1
islature of our State, I was pleased to see one
] entitled “an act to incorporate the Blue ridge
; Rail Road & Canal Company of Georgia.” I
’ was pleased to perceive that such an undertak
ing was in contemplation, because I am funiil
j iar with the route that will most probably be
■ selected, and have long entertained the be
lief that it presents a combination of advan
tages unequalled by any of tliose leading to
the Western Valleys. The Italian Gap, situ
ated as it is at the head waters of the Savan
nah and Tennessee Rivers, has not heretofore
'sufficiently attracted the attention of the
friends of internal improvements. The chain
of mountains separating us from the West]
would seem at this point to have been cleft by
design, and for the express purpose of permit- '
ting the establishment of a communication be
tween the two strearfkr* already alluded to.
The passage over the mountains, at this point, <
is of such gradual and fight ascent, that the !
traveller, unacquainted with the region, might
! reach the Tennessee without the conscious-!
j ness of having traversed the ridge he expcct
! ed to encounter.
j In the location of works of internal im- i
j provement in Georgia, the natural channels
I offered by her numerous and bold streams have !
; been too much overlooked. The Savannah
i River, with but few Ipcal impediments, is nav
igable for boats of considerable size as far up
jas the Tallulah falls, and from this point to
| the navigable waters of the Tennessee, the
I distance by the Rabun Gap would certainly
; not exceed forty .miles. The passage of the
] Alleganies then may be effectually secured
by locking or canalling around the few shoals ]
jof the Savannah, and by a Rail Road cx
] tending from this stream to the Tennessee, at
I a cost amazingly small when contrasted with
that lavished on less favorable routes. The
i benefits that will accrue to Augusta, if this
] work be accomnlished, must be evident to ev
; cry thinking mind. It w ill secure to this
place the trade of the West, without possibili
jty of competition, un.l at ouce diminish the
! price of provisions ut present so scarce and
jso exhorbitantlv high. Interested in the gen
] eral w elfare of the State, and especially in
; the prosperity of Augusta, I Gail the prospect
j of this undertaking w ith peculiar gratification.
I trust that the plans of the company will be
made known, and have no doubt that the pub
-1 lie will consult their best interest and sustain
; the design. AUGUSTA.
Tun Sl'b-thi.asery Bill. While the
Legislative mandate of Pennsylvania (we
! speak prospectively, as the senate of that
state is il7i/g,) may seal the fate of this
bill, wc cannot perceive any necessity for
]the resignation of Mr. Buchanan. His
! obedience to these instructions will pre
j serve him to a body where his services
are essential to the country, and where
ibis independence at such a time is of the
first importance to the administration.
Wc agree with the Charleston Courier
that “we would be sorry that fHe services
of such an able and patriotic senator
should be lost to the union.”
At the same time we are of opinion
j that the Pennsylvania House act very in
j consistently in postponing for the present
ja measure tliev approve.
;
Important from Harrisiicrg. In
; formation was received here last night,
(says the Philadelphia Herald and Senti
nel of the 14th inst.) of tiie passage of
Air. Johnson’s resolution instructing our
senators in Congress to vote against the
sub-treasury bill now before tiie United
States Senate. The vote stood—ayes 21,
noes 49.
The Augusta Chronicle of the ITth
inst. says:—“At four o'clock yesterday
levelling the Savannah river at this place
] was 23 feet above low water mark, and
1 still rising.”
! The Ice Boat. ’ This craft is doing her
j duty well. She walks through the frozen river
! as if her w heels were merely playing with the
j summer tide. Her service is abundantly tes
| ted. On recent occasions she has gone at
j the rate of about six miles per hour. The ice
j is broken up around her track in slender frag
ments, and with the greatest apparent ease. It
!is now quite thick in the Delaware, being in
j some places from eight to ten inches in depth
; —but it forms no impediment of moment, it,
■ Aould seem, to the boat’s progress.
[Philadelphia Gazette.
A thundering Wrapper. The story be
-1 low may be true—but we would not believe it
if we had been one of the persons killed
iby the shot. It is taken from the Portland
; Standard. [New York Sun.
| At the commencement of the action on
j board the President frigate, a ball (an eighteen
lb shot) from the Belvidere, came over the
i waist cloths of the President, and such was
the force of the ball that it actually cut off’,
without throwing them down, the muzzles of
several of the muskets (left there by the ma
l rines)from l> to 8 indies in length—killed one
! marine—took off’ the wrist of one midshipman
.Mr. Montgomery—killed another, Mr. Buck,
together with the quarter gunner, and finally
lodged on tiie deck, and was taken below by
the barrator of this, and show n the third lieu
j tenant, Air. Dallas, who took it in his hand and
wrote on it with chalk—Cousin, I have receiv
: ed your present and w ill return it ag-.in—clap
ped it in the gu:i himself, and fire 1 the piece;
and it is a remarkable fact, that it actually
killed several of the officers and men-on
board the Belvidere, and finally lodged in the
cabin of that vessel; and was afterwards hung
up in the Belvidere’s cabin as a globe during
the war. A fact worth recording as it shows !
the coolness of American tars in battle as,
; that at the time the shot cut off' the muskets, a
sailor at the wheel of the President exclaim
ed, “they are firing bright barrelled pistols at
us”—in reference to the pieces of the muskets
flying in every direction over the deck.
The tilobe'says—“How the world is
given to lying.” The world says—“ How
I the Globe is given to lying.”
[Louisville Journal.
“How the deuce do donkeys live here,” said
a man to another, in .South America, “I see no
, grass?” “Why, said the other, “we put green
i spectacles on them, and feed them on fine sha-'
vings.” |
Execution. The Edgefield Advertiser of
the 15th inst says: • In pursuance of The sen
tence of the Court, James Read and Thomas
Evans were executed on the 9th inst. for ne
gro stealing. These unfortunate [men were
convicted at the last Fall Term upon the clear
est testimony, and appealing without success
for anew trial, were sentenced at Columbia in
December last They were both strangers a
mong us, and we believe in the State. . Read
had resided in Philadelphia and Pittsburg, Pa.
and has left a family in New Jersey. Evans
claimed to be last from North Carolina.
The streets of Montreal presented yester
day a soul stirring spectacle—the mustering of
every man under arms, with.the excejition of
the Gosford Guards, the sick,*and the men on
actual duty. The volunteers mustered about
five thousand, and presented quite a military
appearance. They were inspected by that
military .veteran, Col. Wetherall, and were
marched | through various parts of the city.
Every man and devil of our establishment
having been at the muster, must account for
the meagre appearance of our columns to-day.
[Montreal Herald, Feb. I.'
Military Glory and the efficiency
or the Militia during thfiu first three
months service. The rolling drum, the
brattling trumpet, the nodding plume, the
wavingfbanner, the bristling bayonet, the shi
ning-sword, the prancing steed and the heavy
ordnance, will roll you the eyes of the veri
est poltroon with heroic ecstacy, even in a
time of confirmed peace ; judge, then, how
i the real ginooine crack and bullet of a regu
' lar engagement must have trilled the blood in
i the lusty veins of my old friend Josh—yes,
Josh—for that is the name of a hero. Col
Hunks as he was called by the men, for no
| particular reason as I could ever learn, save
i that nicknaming superior officers is an ab
. stract part of military dicipline omitted in the
“articles of war”—Col Hunks commanded a
] detachment, of. cavalry on an expedition a
gainst the Indians in one of our Florida frol
; ics. when the enemy “bushed,” and under cov
er of this advantage picked oft’ some of our
best men. “By the mountains of Maine,”
■swore the Colonel, “this wont do. Company
dismount,” he bellowed in a voice of thunder,
I “every seventh man hold seven horses,the rest
prepare for the bush anti follow me,” and in
an instant, the thick wood was reverberating
j with the gallant cheers of a determined troop.
I The green leaves concealed #hat the quick re
; port and clashing steel gave note was going
] on. Josh couldn’t stand it; his dander ris at
j every ’crack ; at last draw ing his pistols from
■ the holster, lie bid the horses go to the devil,
j and bounded into the fray. The work was
i presently f done, and the U. S. victorious. On
i the return of the party, the Colonel’s horse-,
one of the seven entrusted to the care of Josh,
was amongst the missing.
“Josh !” sung out the Colonel, with such en
ergy that a rock about half a mile off echoed
“Josh !” And Josh appeared with his face be
grimed Jibe that of a powder monkey, and
bleeding on the temple from a slight blow of
| a tomahawk. “Here um I Kurnefi—Lord you
; needn’t holler so, yon must ha, thought I was
; in the mountains of Maine.”—“Rascal, where
[ are the horses ?” “Awfully scorched, if they
i went where I told ’em to go.” “You scoun
i drel ” “ Corporal—Ktirnal—Corporal,
: don’t promotion me too far atonce,”*interrupt
jed Josh, audaciously pretending to believe
I that he was about to be rewarded for the he
] voic exploit in which lie had “broke duty” to
j participate? “ You and I are townsmen, 1 be
lieve,” said tiie Colonel with cool anger, “and
; are you not ashamed to disgrace your native
] village by mutiny in the ranks.” “ Well, I
! know it aint exactly acoording to law to diso
bey orders not in no case, but look here Kur
j nal,” said Josh, with a look full of meaning
j “when you go back to our town, the gals will
} all say, “Oh Kurnal, tell us where you was in
! that ’ere skrimmage.” And then you’ll say,
j “Ale? O, I was in the bush, killing Ingens,
! certainly. And then the gals will say, and
; where was Josh, Kurnall?” and then you’d say
‘Josh? O, Josh, let me see—Josh, ah, he was
] holding tiie horses’ No, I’ll be hanged if
i you shall—l’ll catcli ’em though,” and he was
i off like the skip of a flea, while the Colonel
turned away to conceal a laugh.
[Baltimore Transcript.
Bots lx Horses. When a horse has
hots, it may often be known by his biting
bis sides; when lie has many, they often
throw him into great pain, he lies down,
rolls, anti if not cured soon dies. When
it is. believed a horse lias bots, by the
] above symptoms, give pint of sweetened
! milk, which the bots are fond of, and they
, will let go their hold an the horse, anil
; feast oil the milk. Immediately give the
horse a small quantity of oats or other
provender, in which put two thirds of a
1 common fig of tobacco pulverized. If
he refuses the provender thus mixed steep
the same quantity of tobacco in a pint of
boiling or warm water until the strength
is out, as we say: then put in a quantity
of cold water so that the whole fill a com
mon junk bottle, and turn it into the
horse. When it reaches the bots, it kills
them, as all will believe who have ever
spit tobacco juice on a worm or similar
insect. The horse in less than twenty
four hours will void al! his bots. There
is no mistake in this, though no patent
has been obtained. (The writer would
not have it tried on an old, poor horse,
in the fall or the first of the winter, for
he would certainly recover to the damage
of Ins owner.) If one worth curing is
affected with bots, and the symptoms
are severe, never stop for the milk, but in
with the tobacco—this is the li/ha/l.
[AI aine Tanner.
[Our experience has been that common black
tea is ‘the sovereignest tiling on earth’ Ibr bots.
Ed. . ldvocate .]
We have rarely heard a mDre striking
instance of the apparent shortness of life,
at the greatest age of man, than an inci
dent we heard related last week, of a
gentlcmnn now bordering on a century.
He was told that a neighbor, at the age of
eighty-eight, had died. “Ah, is lie gone?”
said the old gentleman, “well, all the
family were short lived.”