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might have been the result, no one could have
blamed the adoption of such measures as
were requisite to force a meeting upon Mr.
Cilley. The course of Colonel Webb, in
seeking to arrest the movement, indicates
his sincere anxiety to rescue his friend from
any peril in his behalf, and to become the sole
vindicator of his own reputation. That he
was right in his original call upon Mr. Cilley
for the explanation of a calumny publicly ut
tered, in a position which gave it general cir
culation, and a creditable endorsement —no
man who rightly estimates his ow n character,
and values the opinion of the community, and
recognizes the claims of his family and chil
dren to the legacy of an honorable name—
can for a moment hesitate to admit That the
affair should have taken a direction 60 unex
pected, and should have ended in a catastro
phe so much to be lamented, no man can more
deeply regret than himself. His friends can
not but most deeply regret it—but neither his
friends nor himself can find cause for rebuke
or reproach in his natural solicitude for the
vindication of his character; and the determin
ation to protect his honor at all hazards against
all assailants, w ithout reference to the immu
nities or privileges of official position.
THE LATE DUEL.
The following are extracts from the state
ments of the seconds, Messrs. Jones and
Wise, in the Washington duel which has ex
cited so deep an interest
It was agreed that the parties should
meet at the Anacosta Bridge, on the road to
Marlborough, in Maryland, between the hours
of 1 1-2 and 2 1-2 o’clock P. M., and if either
got there first he should w ait for the other, and
that they would thence proceed out of the
district Accordingly, the parties met at the
bridge, Mr. Cilley and his party arriving
there first, and all proceeded, about two o’-
clock, P. M., to the place of meeting. On
arriving at the place, Air. Jones and Mr. Wise
immediately proceeded to mark oft' the ground.
They then decided the choice of positions.
Mr. Wise won the position, and consequently
Mr. Jones had the giving of the word. There
were, it is proper to remark, several persons
on the ground, (besides the hack drivers and
the two gentlemen before mentioned at a dis
tance,) who were there without authority or
consent of either party or their friends, as far
as is known either to Mr. Jones or Mr. Wise,
and one of these persons was supposed to be
the owner of the field.
Shortly after the hour of II o’clock, p. m.
the rifles were loaded in the presence of the
seconds; the parties were called together;
they were fully instructed by Mr. Jones as to
their position, and the words twice repeated
to them, as they would be, and as they were,
delivered to them in the exchange of shots.
After this they were ordered to their respect
ive positions, the seconds assumed their places
and the friends accompanying the seconds,
were disposed along the line of fire to observe
that each obeyed the terms of meeting. Mr. j
Jones gave the word distinctly, audibly, and j
in regular succession, and the parties ex-j
changed shots without violating in the least a
single instruction. They both missed. After ,
which, Mr. Wise called upon the friends gen
erally to assemble and hear what was to be j
said. Upon the assembling of the friends,
Mr. Jones inquired of Mr. Wise whether his
friend (Mr. Graves) was satisfied? Mr. Wise
immediately said, in substance: “Mr. Jones, i
these gentlemen have come here without ani- i
mosity towards each other; they are fighting
merely on a point of honor; cannot Mr. Cil
ley assign some reason for not receiving at Mr.
Graves’ hands Colonel Webb’s communication
or make some disclaimer which will relieve
Mr. Graves from his position?” Mr. Jones re
plied, in substance: “Whilst the challenge is
impending Mr. Cilley can make no explana
tions.” Air. Wise said, in substance: “The
exchange of shots suspends the challenge,
and the challenge is suspended foj- the pur
pose of explanation.” Mr. Jones thereupon
said he would see Mr. Cilley, and did go to
him. lie returned, and asked Mr. Wise again:
“Mr. Wise, do I understand aright that the
challenge is suspended?” Mr. Wise answer
ed, “It is.”
Mr. Jones was about to proceed, when Air.
W ise suggested tliht it was best, perhaps, to 1
give the explanation or reason in writing. Air. 1
Jones then said in substance: “Mr. Wise, if |
you require me to put what I have to say in
•writing, I shall require you to put what you
have said, and may say, in writing.” Mr.
Wise replied: “Well, let us hear the explana
tion beforehand, as it may not be necessary to
put it in writing.” Mr. Jones then proceeded,
as he now thinks, substantially to say: I am
authorised by my friend, Mr. Cilley, to say,
that in declining to receive the note from Mr.
Graves, purporting to be from Col. Webb, he
meant no disrespect to Mr. Graves, because
he entertained for him then, as he now does,
the highest respect and the most kind feelings;
but that he declined to receive the note, be
cause he chose not to be drawn into controver
sy with Col. Webb.” Mr. Wise thinks the
answer of Mr. Jones was, in substance, as
follows: “I am authorised by my friend, Mr.
Cilley, to say, that in declining to receive the j
note from Mr. Graves, purporting to be from |
Col. Webb, he meant no disrespect to Mr.
Graves, because he entertained for him then,
as he now does, the highest respect and the i
most kind feelings; but my friend refuses to
disclaim disrespect for Col. Webb, because j
lie does not choose to be drawn into an expres- I
sion of opinion as to him.”
Such is the substantial difference between
the two seconds, as to this answer of Mr. j
Jones. The friends on each side, with the j
seconds, then retired from each other, to con- j
suit upon this explanation. After consulta-!
tion, Air. Wise returned to Air. Jones,' and !
said, “Mr. Jones, this answer leaves Air. (
Graves precisely in the position in which he
stood when the challenge was sent.” Aluch
conversation then ensued between the seconds
and their friends, but no nearer approach to j
reconciliation being made, the challenge was j
renewed, and another shot was exchanged, in j
a manner perfectly fair and honorable to all J
parties. After this, the seconds and the friends I
again assembled, and the challenge was again j
withdrawn, and very similar conversations to j
that after the first exchange of shots again en
sued. Air. Jones then remarked, “Mn Wise,:
my friend, in coming to the ground and ex-j
changing shots with Mr. Graves, has shown
to the world, that in declining to receive the
note of Col. Webb, he did not do so because !
he dreaded a controversy. He has shown j
himself a brave man, and disposed to render j
satisfaction to Mr. "Graves. Ido think that j
he has done so, and that the matter should end j
here.” To this, Mr. Wise replied in sub-1
stance* “Mr. Jones, Mr. Cilley has already ex- j
[ pressed his respect for Mr. Graves in the xcrit
■ ten corresvondenet, and Mr. Graves does not re
| quire of Mr. Cilley a certificate of character
for Col. Webb: he considers himself bound
not only to preserve the respect due to hiin
! self, but to defend the honor of his friend,
| Col. Webb.” These words of Mr. Wise, Mr.
Jones recollects, and Mr. Wise thinks lie add
; ed the words: “Mr. Graves only insists that he
has not borne Jhe note of a man who is not a
man of bonof, and not a gentleman? l
After much more conversation, and inef
fectual attempts to adjust the matter, the chal
lenge was again renewed: and whilst the
friends were again loading the rifles for the
third exchange of shots, Air. Jones and Air.
| Wise walked apart, and each proposed to the
I other anxiously to settle the affair. Mr. Wise
j asked Ain Jones “if Mr. Cilley could not as-
I sign the reason for declining to receive the
j note of Colonel Webb, that he (Air. Cilley)
i did not hold himself accountable to Col. Webb
for words spoken in debate?” Air. Jones re
plied that “Air. Cilley would not assign that
reason, because he did not w ish to be under
stood as expressing the opinion whether he
was or was not accountable for words spoken
Jin debate.” Air. Wise then, according to his
j recollection, asked Mr. Jones w hether “Mr.
Cilley would not say, that in declining to re
! ceive the note ofCol.Webb, he meant no disre
| sped to Air. Graves, either directly or indxreet
j lyf' To which Mr. Jones replied affirmative
ly, adding, “Mr. Cilley entertains the highest
respect for Mr. Graves, but declined to receive
the note, because lie wished to be drawn into
no controversy with Col. Webb. After fur
| ther explanatory conversation, the parties then
exchanged the third shot, fairly and honorable
l as in every instance. Immediately previous
to the last exchange of shots, Mr. Wise said
to Air. Jones, “If the matter is not terminated
this shot, and is not settled, I will propose to
shorten the distance.” To which Air. Jones
replied, “After this shot, without effect, I will
entertain the proposition.”
After Air. Cilley fell, Air. Wise, for Mr.
j Graves, expressed a desire to Mr. Jones to see
Air. Cilley. Air. Jones replied to Air. Wise,
J “Aly friend is dead,” and went on to Air.
! Graves, and told him that there was no objec
tion to his request to see Air. Cilley. When
i Air. J ones approached Air. Graves, and inform
j ed him that his request should be granted, Mr.
Graves inquired, “How is he?” The reply
was “Aly friend is dead, sir.” Air. Graves
then went to his carriage. Air. Wise inquir
|ed of Air. Jones, before leaving the ground,
| whether he could render any service, and ten
| dered all the aid in his power. Air. Wise and
! Mr. Jones concur that there were three shots
exchanged.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Republican.
Washington City, Feb. 27, 18158.
I have just returned from the funeral obse
quies of the honorable Jonathan Cilley. It was
| a spectacle of extraordinary solemnity! One
j general and uncontrollable feeling, deep as it
| will be abiding, seemed to pervade the ini
i mouse crowd which had convened to pay the
j last tribute to the memory of the murdered
| gentleman. I cannot cull to my recollection a
single incident so solemn as when the Senate
| passed through the rotunda of the capitol on
' its way to the hall of the representatives.—
I There, in the midst of that vast apartment, laid
the corpse of the talented dead, at the foot of
■ the statute of Jefferson—a long line of mem
j bers of the House in the habiliments of pnll-
J bearers and mourners, were standing, like
| sentinels, over the departed, and when the
Senate entered the chamber, followed by the
President, heads of departments, and the mem
bers of the Supreme court,it seemed as if every
man trod lightly as with a sacred and sincere
awe over the stony pavement, as though it was
apprehended the slumbers of poor Cilley might
be interrupted. Not a head remained uncov
ered in the vast multitude, not a heart beat,
but a tribute to the memory of the fallen; not
an aspiration but what ascended to the Al
mighty Disposer of events to temper this dread
ful calamity to the bereaved widow and her
shorn lambs.
And when the Senate and its guests had
passed the corpse, the closing in of the com
mittee preceded by the body as they moved to
their positions in the melancholy march of the
dead, reminded me most forcibly of the feel
ings of the living. But I saw no man there
that participated in the tragic scene.. The
capitol was not dishonored by the mcn-of blood.
The body was borne in the House and in the
presence of a multitude that almost “no man
could number.” An impressive address was
delivered by the chaplain, when the remains of
the regretted were borne away to the place
appointed for us all, the silent city of the
dead. Yours, V.
THE LATE AIR. CILERY.
Vv’e have not permitted ourself, while an
nouncing the cruel fate of this gallant and
high minded representative, who with his
blood has sealed his devotion to the princi
ples, ever to be cherished by an honorable
mind, to express our abhorrence of such per
version of that code of chivalry, which ar
rays man in single combat against his fellow
man, as wantonly to sacrifice, for mear opin
ion’s sake, the father, the patriot, and the lofty
representative, because too independent to
yield his opinions of an individual to the beck
of others, whose notions of honor are so mon
strous and so irreconcileable. The judgment
of an enlightened public will estimate tiie
feelings of that bosom, which harbored resent
ment, when it shoulffhave swelled with- ad
miration for the gallant foe. But we take up
the pen simply to express our admiration of
the feelings of Mr. Fairfield, who has fear
lessly stepped forward to demand an investi
gation of the circumstances of the duel which
has not only deprived him of a noble colleague
byt the state of Maine of a firm and unyield
ing representative. In addition to the sketch
from the Baltimore American, we extract from
the Charleston Patriot. The correspondent of
that paper gives the following:
“Air. Fairfield thought, no apology was nec
essary from him, in offering thqp resolution.
His feelings were strongly affected by the
tragical death of his colleague, and he deem
ed it an imperative duty to demand an investi
gation. If he failed to do so, “the voice of
his brother’s blood would be crying to him
from the ground.” He hoped that no gentle
man would shrink from an inquiry, and that
they would all combine to suppress the lament
able practice of duelling, denounced by the
laws of God, and contrary to- one of the first
principles of our nature.
* .#*.•» #
“The question being then on the modified
resolution of Mr. Fairfield,
“Mr. Garland opposed any investigation,
and charged that it was designed by some
gentlemen to give a political turn to the affair.
« * %-
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
In the course of his remarks he made some
rather severe allusions to *the prayer of the
Chaplain on yesterday, during the burial serv
ice, und in which the latter denounced it us a
i “moral tragedy.”
1 “The Speaker peremptorily called Air. G. to
: order, and after some resistance, he obeyed,
2 and concluded his remarks without any fur
ther allusion to the subject.
“Mr. Evans, of Maine, opposed the resolu
tion, and was understood to yisinuate to his
colleague, Air. Fairfield, a political motive in
introducing the resolution.
“Mr. Fairfield replied with much warmth,
turning to his colleague, he said, “if that gen
tleman cannot appreciate any other motive
which induces me to take this course in rela
tion to my deceased friend, who was shot
down, all I have to say is, that he is more an
object of pity than resentment”
“The Speaker here interfered, and declared
that no allusion of a personal nature could be
suffered.
“Air. Fairfield said he could not trust his
; feelings, and would therefore take his seat”
[Savannah Georgian.
SAVANNAH AND MACON RAILROAD.
The following interesting extract from a
! communication intheSavanah Georgian,shews
i the present state and prosjiccts of this impor
! taut work. The vigor with which it is con
ducted is worthy of all praise. We are entire
ly ignorant what grounds there may be for the
jealousy which has been expressed in the
j Northwestern section of the State, lest the ter
| ruination of the road be changed to Augusta;
j but wc think the reasoning of the writer, who
(seems to be thoroughly informed, is very fair
that the Directors of the Company are doing
every thing that their means, the present state
! of the times and good judgment will allow, to
I complete the road to Macon.
“In October 18:3(1, the company began their
operations at Savannah,and without any ccssa
i tion, even during 1 lie summer "and autumn, they
j have continued their work. At this day there
are twenty miles of the road finished and trav
[ oiled by locomotives. The contractor for lay
| ing the superstructure is dhily going on, and
I having the timber and iron at hand, will com-
I plete twelve more miles of road by the first day
jof June next. Locations have been made, and
i contracts entered into, and in great part per
[ formed, for the grading, to a point jiiUiniles
i from this city. Nearly 40 miles, in addition
i to the 20 miles completed, are already graded,
| and the grading will be finished for the entire
j distance, by or before the first of August next —
j that being the latest day provided in the con-
I tracts. Contracts for furnishing the timber for
! superstructure, to a point distant 50 miles from
I Savannah have been entered into, and the con
j tractors are steadily in performance of their
i engagements. The company has also contract
! ed for an additional supply of road iron—looo
tons to be delivered between this day und the
first day of Juno next. This quantity of iron
will with the iron now on the road, complete
<SO miles of road—a recent order has been given
for a further supply of iron, expected to arrive
between June and October, to extend ten miles
more, or 7(5 miles from the depot. From GOO
to 1200 laborers, have been and are at work,
under the various contractors, and as yet no
contractor has failed in his engagement. From
the point (>!) miles from Savannah, near the
North Ogeechee river, the surveys have been
going on since the middle of November last;
they have extended by different routes through
Burke county, into Jefferson, across the Ogec
cheeand to the high land on the west of that
river—from about 100 to 110 miles from Savan
! nah. These surveys have been made with
I great care to enable the board of directors to
j determine at what point on the Ogeechee it
| will be best to cross—and in a few days it is
j expected that the report of the chief engineer
I will be presented, and the line of road deter
j mined. Immediately after the determination,
j further contracts for grading will be offered.—
j The Ogeechee will probably be crossed at a
! point some 5 to 10 miles above the dividing
| line between Jefferson, and the line of road
| thence will be in the neighborhood below
! Saundersville to the Oconee.
The heaviest work on the whole road is the
j first mile from the city of Savannah, where is
jto be seen an embankment on low land com-
I inencing of the height of 28 feet and extend
: ing one mile before it strikes the level. No
: time has been lost, since the beginning of the
* work, at this first mile, but, as from the nature
lof the work, only a limited number of hands
I can operate on it, there still remain about 100
j feet of embankment to complete it. By the
1 middle of June next, the entire distance, from
2 the depot in Savannah, for 32 miles, will he
: travelled regularly by locomotives, and the
! engineer in chief doubts not, that within this
(year, there will be 70 miles of the road coni
| pletod, and 30 more graded. The engineers
j in the field are proceeding on regularly with
1 their surveys, and they expect to designate the
precise crossing place of the Oconee, by the
month of June next. So much has been ac
complished and is doing by the company ; and
a small stdckholder is challenged to show as
' much work done in the same space of time, bv
2 any other company. The road is to be built
ito Macon in good faith as provided for by the
1 charter, and he who speculates that the coiupa
| ny wishes to build a road to Augusta, specu
lates against truth and common sense. The
route pursued is that first recommended by
Col. Cruger in 1833, before, the charter was
granted. If the citizens of Burke looking, as
2 from their intelligence may be expected, to
their interests,build a road from Waynesboro’ to
: the Central Rail Road, and if, perchance, the
: citizens of Augusta build a road from their
city to Waynesboro’, there will be a rail road
from Savannah to Augusta of 130 mdes in
length.
Association for the prosperity of
Darien. This Association will meet this
evening; and the Chair will be takfti by
the President at seven precisely. We
hope to see a full attendance.
W e arc rejoiced to inform our fcilov.
citizens, that the prayer of a memorial, ’
forwarded to the Hon. G. W. Owens, the
immediate representative in Congress
from this section of this State, has been
complied with.. Our friends will remem
ber that it contained a request to have Do
boy and Sapelo Bars surveyed by a Unit
ed States officer of acknowledged ability,
Captains Shuhrick and Claxton and Com
mander Woolsey, having previously fail-1
ed to do their duty.f?!!] The Secretary of,
the Navy has ordered the survey to be ’
made; and it will soon be proved on the j
most undoubted authority that Darien is
capable of carrying on a foreign trade.—
The communications will be read at the 2
meeting to night; and we hope the socie
ty will return the lion. Air. Owens the;
thanks lie deserves for the perseverance
with which he prosecuted the wishes of j
our citizens, and congratulate him on the;
successful termination of his labors.
We are happy to see the above and to learn
from it that our friends in Darien thej
Parisians of 1785, forming themselves into an
“Aide toi et ciel t’aidera” Association. Such
combination is always laudable and we may |
add always successful, when conducted with
the proper energy and spirit and directed to 2
worthy objects.
Tim Sergeant-at-Aros of the House of Rep
resentatives has been despatched to Now York
to summon Col. Webb, to appear before the!
Committee, appointed to investigate the cir
cumstances of Air. Gilley's death.
.—7
Gen. Glascock announces in a letter to the 2
editors of the Constitutionalist, his refusal to
become a candidate at the ensuing election 1
for Congress.
j
IMPORTANT FOREIGN NEWS. ,
New York, (Sunday,) March 4.
After long voyages the packet ships Alba
ny, Captain Johnson, and Poland, Captain An
thony, have arrived from Havre. They bring .
Paris papers to the Kith, and London dates to
the 13th of January. Several serious and dis
astrous tires had occurred. The Formosa,
about which vessel many have been extremely
uneasy, was forced to put into Cork to repair,
and was to leave that port on the l'ith. She
may be expected daily.
On the 1 Otli of January', the Royal Exchange.
1 London, was entirely destroyed by lire. The
| Haines commenced in Lloyd’s Coffee house, at
halfp-ist K) at night, and were discovered by a
watchman, who instantly gave the alarm. Be
fore the engines could reach the spot the lire
had caught the exchange, and before water
could lie procured, the building was complete
ly inflames. By midnight, tha whole edifice
was in a blaze, so that the exertions of the
firemen were fruitless. Tim conflagration was
visible for miles around. In less than five
hours from the conmiencenietit of- the tire the
whole edifice was in ruins. Owing to the
presence of the military, and the general good
order of the crowd, no accident occurred. The
principal papers have been saved. The edi
fice now destroyed was built in the reign of
Charles 11. The statute of Sir Thomas Gres
ham, the architect was not injured. Anew
exchange is already talked of, and was to he
immediately commenced. It will be much
larger than the one. destroyed, and many im
portant improvements are to be made in the
arrangement of the different rooms.
The London Fire. The walls of the
Royal Exchange, carried away with them
the numerous statutes of tiie Kings and
■Queens who have reigned in Eugland from
the time of YY ilhani the Conqueror. This
is a national loss. A London paper says:
“We are happy in being enabled to state,
that the whole of the papers and memo
! randa connected with the policies and in
! snrancc effected at Lloyd’s during the last
j year have been saved: the underwriters’
drawers in the different tables have been
! secured and deposited in Bartholomew’s!
2 Church, and the Bank of England, where
they are kept til! claimed by their respeo
, live owners. So great was the anxiety to j
! rescue every scrap of paper, aud everyj
1 species, from the destructive element, 1
that Bank of England notes to the amount
of 4 or o£5l)() were, this morning, found
openly lying on a chest in St. Bartholo
. mew’s Church, which had been there dur
ing the whole of the night, although bun-'
dreds of persons have been engaged in de
positing property there during the lire.
; “The Royal Exchange is stated to he
insured for zL'Gs,ot)i) in one establishment, i
It is said tiie building cannot he replaced
for less than <£ 15(1,0131). One account j
'says:' ‘The safety-vaults under the Ex
change which are now covered with im
-2 niense heaps of ruins, and which contain
the account hooks and oilier valuable pro
perty belonging to the Loudon bankers, it
j was hoped had escaped damage, hut un
fortunately, we learn that there was not
j less than -four feet of water in them, which
was being pumped out as fast as circum
-1 stances would permit.”
Gallant Defence. On Tucsjaymight
last, (says the Tallahassee FlflWfcn, of 1
March 3d,) we learn that the Indians
made another attack upon the dwelling of;
Air. Chatletts, about eight miles east of
the Ocilla. His family were in bed and
were awakened by the discharge of the ri
fles and yell of the savages. They at
tempted to force the door, — Mr Chatletts
allowed them to hurst off a plank, and
waited patiently until he distinctly siu
tlie Indian, w hen he discharged a double
barrelled gun at the opening, the contents I
of which had such effect that the marau-'
ders took to flight, carrying off their com
panion, no doubt mortally wounded. TlicJ
trail was followed next day bv a small
party, under Maj. Scott McGhee, until j
they dispensed in a thick hammock. But
for the gallant stand made by .Mr Chat
letts, his dwelling would have been plun
dered and perhaps burned, hut the unex
pected warm reception of the Indians,
completely disconcerted them. On the
night previous, the dwelling of Mr Shef
field, about four miles to the east, was at
tacked and plundered by the same party,
the family being absent at the time.
Any girl that always makes good coffee*
does not scold on a washing day, and is
willing to be ssen before breakfast time,!
will doubtless make a good wife.
From "Florida. We learn by the steamer
James Adams , (says the Charleston Courier, of
the sth instant,) from Indian river (Florida) that
the further cessation of hostilities, to continue
for 5 days, to allow the Indians to come in, had
been agreed to by Gen. Jesup, which had not
expired at the last accounts from the army.
Some further particulars of the melancholy
fate of the late Dr. Leitner, have been com
municated to us. Information had reached St.
Augustine that I)r. L. was taken alive by the
Indians, but very severely v.ounded—they
came to the determination to preserve his life,
in order to avail themselves of his professional j
services, and therefore provided a litter for him, |
and carried him with them about 30 miles,
taking the greatest care to make bis situation j
as comfortable as possible. After they had :
proceeded this distance, however, a young In- j
dian, who lost a brother in the battle with Col. j
Taylor’s command, rushed upon Dr. Leitner, j
as he lay on a blanket, and sending up a hellish i
yell, shot him dead with his rifle.—[Courier.
From the Frontier. A report, among
others, prevail at Cleveland on the 22d, that
t'ne Canadian Insurgents had succeeded m cap
turing Alalden. The same report, it will be
seen by the following article, copied fi-ogi the
Columbus, (Ohio) Statesman slip of the 25th,
had also reached that place:
Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 25.
There is a failure in the Huron Alail, but. a
gentleman of the highest respectability, who
came in the Stage from the Lake, says it was
reported and generally believed when he left,
that the Patriots HAD TAKEN AIALDEN
—KILLED ONE HUNDRED AND SEV
ENTY THREE RO A A LISTS, with a loss of
only seventeen Pet riots! *-
As all reports, though from various points,
agree as to time, and the time as to former ar
rangements, we are strongly-inclined to be
lieve the decisive stroke has been The
mails of to-morrow evening must put all doubts
to rest.
There seems to be same commotion on the
northern frontier, 'also, occasioned bv the report
,of nil invasion of Canada by the Patriot forces
on tiie St. Lawrence. The Albany Argus says,
letters to the Governor from Ogdensburg to
10 P. 31. Pel). */2, and from Watertown of the
same date, represented the whole of that por
tion of our frontier on the St. Lawrence, as in
an alarming state of excitement. It is hoped
the accounts are exaggerated. The letters
say the most extensive preparations have been
made without any notice being taken of them.
The above information wc received by the
Express mail of Sunday; the mail of yester
day brought us nothing further.—[Augusta
Constitutionalist.
From the. Houston Telegraph, Feb. 17.
The cotton crop of Texas the last year a
moimts to about 50,000 bales. This according
to the present prices is worth about 2,000,000 of
dollars, which may be considered as the whole
amount of the exports of the country.
< >ur market is now quite well stocked with
provisions and merchandize of all descriptions.
There have been recently so many arrivals of
vessels with cargoes from different sections of
the United States, that the prices of most ar
ticles of groceries and dry goods have fallen
20 or 30 per cent, during the last week.
The weather during the present month has
been excessively co'd. The mercury of
Fahrenheit’s thermometer stood sixteen de
grees below tiie freezing paint, on tha morning
ot the 2d inst., and ut twenty two degrees be
low it yesterday morning. We wore also on
Thursday evening visited by a slight snow
storm, a phenomenon seldom witnessed in this
part of the country.
Chess. The last moves in the N. York
and Washington city chess match, are as
follows:
First Game. Fourth move, N. York
—King’s knight to king’s bishop third
square. a
Second Game. Fourth move, N.York
—Queen to king’s bishop third square.
Charles Lame. Land),it is well known,
was remarkable for mauvttisc liontr on his
first introduction to strangers ; and he had
also a singular faculty, when in the vein
for punning, of throwing a merry conceit
even in the monosyllabic exclamation. On
one occasion his friend T , just as he
was about to present him to a circle of
new faces, exhorted him to a courageous
hearing, concluding with—“ Now, wilt
promise, Lamb, not to make yourself so
sheepish as usual ?” Charles replied, with
a rustic air, “1 woo!!” “The force of
punning can no further go!” cried his
laughing friend. “Say yon so?” stam
mered Lamb— “Hah.”
The Good of Wanting a Nose.—
A man who lias lost his nose, savs an old
Scotch Journal, lias peculiar advantages;
lie cannot follow his nose, but then he can
not he poping it into every thing. He
cannot blow his nose, but then he saves
pocket kandkerehiefs. lie cannot he stuf
fed up in his nose, hut then he cannot
take snuff, which is, however, another
saving. If he goes to sleep, you cannot
tickle his nose ; and when lie is awake,
lie cannot run his nose against a post. —
Let him drink what he will, he will never
have a red nose: and never he exposed
to tlie nickname of Nosey; and let him
be as impertinent as he will, lie may defy
you to pull his nose. “Sir,” said a man
to another with a false nose—“l’ll pull
your nose.” “Sir,” said he, “I shall put
my nose in my pocket.”
A school boy being asked by his teach
er how he should llog him, replied, “If
you please, sir, I should like to have it
upon the Italian system of penmanship,
the heavy strokes upwards, and the down
ones light.”
No. John Randolph, in one of his let
ters to a young relative, says : “I know
nothing that I am so anxious you should
acquire as the faculty of saying No. You
must calculate on unreasonable requests
being preferred to you every day of your
life, and must endeavor tortleny, with as
much facility as you acquiesss.”
From Knowles* new Comedy of tb# “Love-
Chase.” ♦
PORTRAIT OF THE WIDOW. ;
How young, she looks t What lift is in'her
eyes!
Her waist still tapering, takes its pliantly t
How loilingly she bears her head withal!
On this side now—now that WheneOtersshs
A drawing room, what worlds of grac ions things
Her courtesy says I .—she sinks with such S
swlty,
Greeting on either hand the company,
Then slowly rises to her state again ]
She is the empress of the card table '.
Her hand and arm ! —Gods, did you see h is
deal!
With curved and pliant wrist dispense the pack,
Which at the touch of her fingers, fly !
How soft she speaks! —how very soft! her'
voice
Comes melting from her round and swelling
throat,
Reminding you of the sweetest, mellowist
things—
Plums, peaches, apriects and nectarines—
Whose bloom is or to paint her cheeks and
lips !
By Jove I’ll marry.
DIKI).
At Pittsburg. Pa. on the 21st ult. Sirs. Ma-'
eiaii 11. Bin ix< n. wife of the Rev. Stephen
G. Buifatch, ami daughter of the late Samuel-
Howard, Esq. of Savannah, aged 1!>.
She hath depart J : O ! to view the rose,
Ere it hath fully— -fullij bloomed—decay ;■
To see destruction ril its beauties close,
Ere it hath ceased to charm our transient
day,—
The heart is touched :—but to heboid the smile,
Which from the muid springs beaming to the
eye,
That light from I haven, which can so well bo
gU'l •, . , .
Puss to oblivious darkness, —fade and die,—
The soul grows sick ; —thus —site hath lied,
la her voting loveliness, —and joined the
’<:■j.
MARIN u intelligence.
POII T O F BRUNSWICK.
ARRIVED.
Schr Nile, Bell, St. Augustine.
8-hr Caroline Ilerxhel, Hurd, Blaelt Creek,
| for Charleston.
saiL£ n.
Schrs Nile, Jeffersonian—Caroline Ilershel,
! Charleston. Sloops Argo and Amurjca, Sa
vannah.
Agency.
Jamf.s Biex,Esq. is authorized to receive
subscriptions and collect inonieT for this pa
per in Darien and vicinity. Mar. 8.
Apprentice Wanted. ' t
AN industrious lad will meet with good ea
‘courageineut as an apprentice to the print
ing business, on application ut this office'.
March 8.
BRUNSWICK CANAL AND RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.
VN assessment of Five Dollars a share, on
Stock in the Brunswick Canal and Rail
ißoad Company, has been laid and payable at
a lie Eagle Bank, on the 15th day of April riext,
dnd Five Dollars a Shire, payable on the'Jcf
day of May next. •; : ir
Per erdey cf the Directors,
JOHN J. FISK, Treasurer.-
Boston, March 8, 1838.
Extract from the Acts of Incorporation.—“ln
case any stockholder should refuse to pay h#a
or they' instalments when called on in a man
ner aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Board
to declare such shares of stock forfeited to the
use and benefit of the Company—”
Before payment by the State of Georgia of
!hi ■ir subscription, it is -‘Provided, that the Com
missioners or Board of Directors of the said
Canal and Rail Road Company shall exhibit a
certificate that the individual Stockholders, on
their part, shall have first paid their instalment*
when called for, agreeable to the terms of tho
Act of Incorporation.”
GEO RGIA —0 L YNN COUNTY.*
LTRHANUS DART applies to me for letters
/ dismiss >ry as Executor of the Estate) and
Effects of Nathaniel Bf.ll, late of Glynn
County, deceased—
These are therefore to cite and admonish the
kindred ani creditors of said deceased, to bst. .
and appear at my- office within the time pre
scribed by law, to shew cause, if any they
why said letters should not hr granted.
Given under my hand this sth day of March,
A. I>. 1838. ’ JOHN BURNETT,
Clerk C. O. G. C.
GLYNN SUPERIOR COURT.
PURSUANT- to instructions received from
his Honor CHARLES S. HENRY, Judge
of the Superior Court for the Eastern District,
the undersigned gives notice to suitors, jurors,
and all concerned in caihses at sssue in the IRi
p.-tor Court for Glynn C'SQhty aforesaid, that
in the hist Legislature of Georgia, the time for
holding the Superior Courts for said County
have been changed to the third Monday in A
pri!, and tha fust Monday in December, in
; each year. J. BURNETT. Jr. Clk. S. C.
I EC-. 15.
Notice.
LL Persons having demands against the
' -TjL Estate of Doctor Frascis E. K. Millar,
i deceased, are requested to present them duly
I attested, according to Law. Those indebted
I w.ll make immediate payment to
SARAH H. MILLER,
Administratrix.
March 1.
- -,
A LL Persons are hereby cautioned AMjagfe
trading for one conditional Note given f»y
' the subscriber to Samuel Harger, lor seventy
i nr. seventy-five Dollars, exact amount not lBcol
lectori: as the said Harger his failed to Comply
with the conditions of said Note, l will net
pay it unless compelled by- I»Wr - A-S i■,
C. C. LOPER.
March 1, 1838.
JF*r Sate. . *
A HEALTHY Situation in the neighbor*
hood of Bruns wick,containing one hundred »
acres ot Pine Land. Upon the premise* an
a comfortable Dwelling, and all necessary oat
buildings. Enquire at this Office.
March 1, 1838.-
Notice. _1 ,*
THE FERRY ’BOAT will l«*ve for Darien,
every day at 10 o’clock, A. 1*.,, and will
D ™- *3afSsfjasaES.*'*-
'“•< Kir pm.