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MANUFACTURES.
We uk attention to the following very able
and just remarks from the Columbus Enquirer,
in relation to manufactures. It is nearly as
important that the attention of the South should
.be applied to this subject as to the encourage
ment of commercialenterprize. Manufactures,
like commerce, will tend to condense and con-!
-centrate our population and to substitute eron-1
omical domestic supplies for foreign produc- !
rions charged with large profits.
[Ki>. Am.
[From the Columbus Enquirer ]
MANUFACTURES.
For some time we have intended to sav
a few words upon this subject. < >ur mind
has been directed to it afresh, by reading!
a Report of the late Convention in Vir
ginia. It would seem that this branch ot
industry has lately been receiving more
than usual attention in the Old Dominion.
Her Salt, Iron, Glass, and Cotton Manu
factories have prospered lur beyond thej
most sanguine expectation of their friends,
and in their success have completely dis
proved the opinion so fatally prevalent,
“that our domestic relations must ever un
fit the South for such eiiterpriz.es.” This
is a phantom which lias done much to
palsy the arm of industry. It is an utter
mistake. Our institutions, our character,
our temperament, our population, our cli
mate, soil, and productions, nil are adapt
ed to these pursuits. It is all nonsense to
say that we must be essentially and wholly
an agricultural people. It contradicts
the very first principles of sound philoso
phy and political economy. It contra
dicts the whole history of the human race.
Division of labor and variety of pursuit
are distinguished evidences of civilization.
They keep pace with society, and mark
its brightening course, until it reaches the
highest state of refinement.
The experiment has been tried, ami
proved successful. Not only in Virginia,
but in Norlfi Carolina likewise, the man
ufacture of Cotton lias been carried to
considerable perfection. That State, from
importing immense quantities of manufac
tured gowds and yarns from the North, has
lately, by the industry and enterprise of a
few of her citizens, turned the tide in her
own favor, and has already commenced
the business of exportation. It is said,
that in a few years, North-Carolina will
furnish every article of manufactured Cot
ton for her own consumption.
In the mean time, what has Georgia
been doing? A few small establishments,
in most cases profitable, have been put in
operation, but the great facilities of many
parts of the State, have been entirely neg
lected. None more so than those of Co-j
lutnbus. Possessing a water power double
that of IjOiraJl, Mass.— in the heart of a
country affording every facility in materi
als or labor—strange to say, we have but
one manufactory—and that upon a very
limited scale. And yet even that, during
the past year, we have been told, paid
.nearly, if not quite To per cent, upon the
investment. If on so small a scale, and
with the difficulties necessary to he en
countered, such have been the result, what
are wc to expect when the system is en
larged and perfected.
Our object, however, is something more
than the mere pecuniary advantages to
those who invest capital—we look to the
influence of the enterprise upon the des
tinies of Columbus as a City. Let us con
sider the history of Lowell. Sixteen
years since, she was an obscure village,
with scarce an advantage save her miter
pmeer —now she numbers ‘2o,ooft inhabit
ants, with her Thirty Manufacturing I's
tnblishments—wielding a capital of 81*2,-
000,000 —employing t>295 females, and
2047 males—the annual product of the
mills being ol,l47,‘2ooyards, manufactur
ed from nearly forty-live thousand bales of
Colton! Let the reader think of these
facts, is it possible to carry this cotton
to the north at an average cost of 8 or It)
dollars per bale, (one-fourth of its entire
value,) manufacture it into goods, and re
turn it to us at Columbus, or any where
else in the South, cheaper than we can
manufacture it for ourselves? No one
will contend that this can he done. All
we want is an ellbrt, and instead of being
tributary to the north in this respect, we
will compel them to purchase of ns.
Should the advantages possessed by Co
lumbus alone be embraced, it would do
much towards this result. In ten years
she might be what Lowell is now. in
stead of 5000. she would number her 2<>,-
000 inhabitants, supplying the entire
South and West with her manufactured
goods. Her position is favorable for such
a result. Her Railroad to the Grand
Trunk, will open to her the rallies of the
Tennessee and Miwissippi. The great
work from the junction of the Flint and
Chattahoochee to Brunswick, will give a
ready communication to the Atlantic
coast. With the interior of Alabama, and
even of Mississippi, this place w ill, doubt
less, be finally connected by works of In
ternal Improvement; and what position
more Central and commanding. That
Columbus may be benefitted thereby, is
evident All are interested in the result.
The planter will sell his cotton for higher
prices, and obtain manufactured goods at
cheaper rates. The capitalist will find a
profitable and permanent object of invest
ment, where little risk will be run. The
merchant will be advantaged by the gen
eral prosperity, and increase of a laboring
population. When will this work be com
menced ? We hope one day, to sec it
undertaken by Southern men—Southern
capitalists—having an eve single to the in-;
terests of the South
A Singular Love Affair. The Del
aware Gazette tells a good stoyr of two
persons saved from the wreck of the Pu
laski, which we will endeavor to repeat in
a few words:
Among the passengers was Mr. Ridge,
a young man of wealth and standing,
! from New Orleans, who, being a stranger
i to all on board, and feeling quite as much
i interest in Ins own safety as in that of
, any other person, was in the midst ol the
confusion which followed the dreadful .ca
tastrophe, about helping himself to a
; place in one of the boats, when a young
i lady who had frequently elicited his ad
miration during the voyage, but with
whom lie was totally iifccquainted, at
tracted liis attention, and he immediately
stepped forward to oiler his ser\ ices, and
to assist her on hoard the boat, but in his
"•onerous attempt not only lost sight ot
tin: young ladv, but also lost Ins place in
the boat. Afterwards when lie discover
ed that the part of the wreck on which lie
■ floated would soon go down, In: cast
about for the means of preservation, and
lashing together a couple of settees and
an empty cask lie sprang on it. and launch
ed himself upon the wide ocean.
llis vessel proved better than lie ex
pected, and amid the shrieks, groans and
death struggles, which were every where
uttered around him, lie began to feel that
his lot was fortunate, and was consoling
i himself upon his escape, such as it was,
! when a person struggling in the waves
I very near him caught his eye. It was a
j woman, and without taking the second
thought he plunged into the water and
| brought her safely to his little raft which
j was barely sufficient to keep their heads
j and shoulders above water.
She was the same voting lady for whom
lie had lost liis chance in the boat, and
for a while he felt pleased at having effect
led her rescue; hut a moment's reflection
convinced him that her rescue was no
rescue, and that unless he could find some
more substantial vessel both must perish.
Under these circumstances, lie propos
ed making an effort to get his compan
ion in one of the boats, w hich was still
j hovering near the wreck, but the propo
sition offered so little chance of success
that she declined, expressing her willing
ness tit the same lime, to take her chance
j with him either for life or death. For
] tunately they drifted upon a part of the
I wreck which furnished them with m.iteri
i als lor strengthening their vessel, and
w hich were turned to such good account
th.it they soon sat upon a float sufficiently
buoyant to keep them above the water,
j and w hen the morning dawned they
| found thqtnselves upon the broad surface
iof the “vasty deep" without land or sail
or human being in sight—w ithout a mor
-1 sel to cat nr drink— almo.-t without clothes,
and exposed to the burning heat of a
tropical sun.
In the course of the next day they crime!
in sight of land and for a time had strong !
i hopes of reaching it, but during the suc-j
receding night the wind drove them hack !
upon the ocean. <hi the third day a sail 1
was seem in the distance, but they bad no!
| means of making themselves discovered.
They were, however, pickl'd up by a
\essel after seven (lavs of iiiteiisesulfering,
starved and exhausted, but still in posses
sion of all their faculties which it seems
had been employed to some purpose dur
ing their solitary and dangerous voyage.
We have heard of love in a cottage —
love in the deep green woods: nav, even
of love on the wild iiiilurrowed prairie:
hut love upon a plank in tho midst of old
'ocean with a do/.en frightful deaths in
view, is someo.itig still more uncommon.
And yet it would seem that love thus horn
upon the bosom of the deep—cradled by
the ocean wave—and refined under the
tierce beams of an almost vertical sun, is
after all, the very thing. There is about
i it the true spice of romance, the doubts,
the hopes, the difficulties; aye, and the
; deaths too, to say nothing of the sighs and
tears. Mr. Ridge, must, therefore, lie ac
knowledged as the most romantic of lov
ers, for there upon the deep blue sea, he
breathed his precocious passion, mingled
his sighs with tiie breath of old ocean, and
•vowed eternal affection. Women are the
best creatures in the world, and it is not
to he expected tint Miss On-low (such
was the lady's name) could resist the sub
stantial evidences of afi'ection which her
companion had given, and accordingly
they entered into an “alliance ollensive,'’
as the statesmen say, which has since been
renewed upon terra firma, and is, erelong,
to he signed and sealed.
On reaching tiro shore and recovering
somewhat from the effects of the voy
: age, Mr. Ridge thinking that perhaps his
lady love had entered into the engage
ment without proper consideration, and
that the sight of land and old friends might
have caused her to change her view s, wait-i
on her and informed her that if such was!
the case he'would not Irositate to release i
her from the engagement, and added fur-'
ther, that he had lost his ail by the wreck;
of the Pujaski, and would henceforth be!
entirely dependent on his own exertions
lor his subsistence. The lady was much!
affected, and bursting into tears, assured
him that her affection was unchangeable,!
and as to fortune, she was happy to say
that she bad enough for both. She is said i
to he worth two hundred thousand dollars.
[Brooklyn Advocate. .
In n window not far from Scotland
Place, London, is the following announce
ment—“ Wanted, a man to°inal;c ladirs\
irork."
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
TIIE MAELSTROM WHIRLPOOL.
Letter from a gentleman in Washington,
to the lion. A. Ii Woodward, Judge,
of Middle Florida.
This wonderful phenomenon, that has
excited the wonder and astonishment ol ,
the world, I have seen. There are few of
my countrymen who have had the oppor
tunity, in consequence of the situation of
it being remote from any port of com
merce. Its latitude and longitude Ido
I not exactly recollect. It is situatec be
tween two islands, belonging to a group
off the coast of Norway, called the Jtiv-
I in-slaff Islands, between Drontheiin (be-
I ing the most northern point of commerce)
and the North Cape. I suppose tin lati
tude to he about <i!> North, hut will not he!
! certain.
I had occasion some years since tr nav-j
igate a ship from North Cape to Dron-i
theini, nearly all the way between tae is-,
lands or rocks and the main. On inquir
ing of my Norw ay pilot about the practi-J
cahility of running near the whirlpool, he i
told me that w ith a good breeze it could j
he approached near enough for examina-i
tion w ithout danger. lat once detennin- j
cd to satisfy myself. We began to near it
about 10 A. M. in the month of Septem
ber, with a fine leading w ind north-west, j
Two good seamen were, placed at the helm, j
and the mate on the quarter deck, all
hands at their stations for working ship,
and the pilot standing on the bowsprit,
between the night heads. I went on the
mnintopsail yards, with a good glass. I
had been seated hut a lew moments when
my ship entered the dish ot the whirlpool;
the velocity of the water altered her course
three points toward the centre, although
she was going eight knots throng t the
water.
This alarmed me extremely, for c mo-j
ment I thought that destruction was in-'
j evitable. She, however, answered her
helm sweetly and we ran along the edge, 1
the waves foaming around us in every lorm,
while she was dancing gaily over them.
The sensations I experienced are difficult,
;to describe. Imagine to yoursell an im-!
1 mouse circle, running round, of a diame-.
iter of one and a half miles, the velocity
increasing as it approximated toward the
centre, and gradually changing its dark ;
blue color to white—foaming, tumbling,;
rushing to the vortex: very much concave,
iso much so as the water in a tunnel when
half run out; the noise too, hissing, roar
! ing, dashing—all pressing on the mind at
i once, presented the most awful, grand,
! solemn sight, I ever experienced.
I We were near it about eighteen min
utes, and in sight of it about two hours.
It is evidently a subterranean passage,
, that leads—the Lord knows where. From j
ilw lliauiltltttlc I II«»L tluttlii lUai *n
j stant destruction would he the fate ol a
dozen of our largest ships, were they
j drawn in at the same moment. The pilot
j says that several vr < Is have been sucked
j down, and that whales also have been de
jsh oved. The first I think probable enough,
j Lut I rather doubt the latter.—[Mica, ller
; aid.
[Knu+etlir Vernnn. lad. Visiter J
Our jail is rather leaky this dry w eather. I
But a few weeks since a grand scoundrel, j
named Win. Downs, made his escape by
! cutting his irons, and rushing out before
the guard had time to think what was go
ing on, they found themselves locked in
in his stead. Downs left in jail a young
i boy named Henry Marks. They had
been concerned in a robbery at this place.
All the stolen property was recovered.
Great efforts were made to arrest Downs
after his escape, as till believed him to ho
a great scoundrel. The situation of
Marks excited sympathy, lie is a fine
looking hoy not more than 1? or ISycars;
he made no attempt to conceal his guilt,
hut readily confessed it whenever spoken
to on the subject, always alleging ha was
coaxed into the scrape by Downs—of this
there is probably no doubt. On Saturday ■
• last our town was visited by a circus, at
tended as such evils generally are with a
goodly supply of travelling loafers. A
mong these no doubt were some sent on
l>v Downs to liberate liis young friend.
This morning the jail doors were discov
! ered open, and on examit: .tion it turned
out the hoy had gone. On the stairs of
the jail lie left a document written in a
i tolerably legible hand, a copy of w hich
I we here give verbatim et litteratum:—
I to iiu gi nth mt n citizens of Tv r/ion.
as I have some business to attend to at
tiiis time I am resolved to leave von for a
season as 1 suppose if any of vou was in
in v situation you w ould do the same tiling
as I have been taken in bv .Mr. Downs I
hope you will excuse your friend for a
season. HENRY MAKES.
to the hoys of vrrnon.
bo wise be ware and do take care
Such men as downs will bring vou to a
snare
as i have been taken in
bv such a man it is a sin
HENRY MARKS.
Since man to man is so unjust
Tis hard to tell what man to trust
Confined in the same room with Marks
was an Irishman named \YM. CARLE.
His offence was stabbing. Bbth were
chained; they, by means as is believed of
the l*>ols furnished by friends, tore their
chains loose, broke the lock, and walked i
out to enjoy an unusually cool and pleasant :
evening air.
Proof Reading. —A clergyman, in
reading a printed proof sheet of his ser
mon, come to alight spot, and wrote on
the margin, “more ink here.’’
MR. MAURY AM) MISS MARY.
Mr. Maury and Miss Mary,
Os graver talk grown weary,
Essay’d to task their cunning,
In the pleasant sport of punning,
Said the former to the latter,
‘■Far be't from me to flatter,
But certainly ’tis true,
That if 'twere not for U
Most gladly I’d be Mary."
The ready witted fairy,
Prompt not to be outdone
In compliment or pun,
Replied, “If I had U
I would be a Maury too.”
Washington City.
The great Ohio Canal cost $4,244.539; 1
its length being three hundred and thirty- |
three miles. During the year ending {
October 31st, 1837, the nett income was |
something ever $280,000. Besides the j
great work there are (J other canals, and
two rail roads in the state cither done or
in progress. The commercial facilities
of the state are very great. Os the 75
counties, 14 lie upon the Ohio river, and
7 upon Lake Erie. Canals now made or
making pass through 32 of them; rail
roads through 0, and Macadamized roads
through 5; so that of the 75 counties there
are only 11 without improved means df
communication. —[Newark Sentinel.
Tiie Bayden Corx. —A letter to the
I editor o** the Augusta (Geo.) Sentinel,
from Burke co. in that state, dated July
21, says: “The largest crop of Corn ev
er raised in this country lias been raised
this season on the plantation of Isaac Car
ter, from the Bayden seed. Mr. Skinner,
the Overseer, states that the Gord eye
1 Corn will not average more than five cars
Ito the stalk, whereas the Bayden seed
j yields from Bto 12 cars to the stalk, lie
I also states that lie no-iced on tho stalk
of (lie Bayden 13 large ears, 9 shoots
| that had silk on them, -1 shoots that had no
[silk on them, at the time, hut he thought
I they would lia\e time enough to make
nubbins, which would make 22 large ears
and 4 nubbins to the stalk!”
B;te of the Rattlesnake. —The
: Marshall (Va.) Sentinel gives the annexed
account of the death of a gentleman from
the bite of this venomous reptile:
On Friday, thelithof July, Mr. Heat
er, of Braxton Cos., Yn., was bitten on the
shin hone, midway between the knee and
the instep, by a rattlesnake, when within
one fifth of a mile from his house. The
wound appeared so trifling at first ns scarce
ly to attract his attention, but in a mo
ment or two he was apprised of his danger
! by the burning and smarting of his wound,
j and the very strange serrations felt
! through the whole system. He immedi
j ately started for his house and was unable
i to i»rr»c«>rwl' furthor tluin llto porch, whore*
| hclell. Vomiting blood commenced vio
-1 lently, and a death like sickness was lelt
lat the heart. His w hole system become
j agitated and convulsed. In this awful sit
j nation he continued, with hut little inter
mission. until death came to his relief at a
bout 10 o’clock at night.
In the regulations which congress may
prescribe respecting the custody of the
public money, it is desirable that ns little
discretion ;uf may he deemed consistent
with its safe keeping should be given to
executive agents. — [General Jackson’s
Message, Dec. I8!ii.
Giikat Pi’.DF.sTitiax March.— On Tues
day afternoon, Molloy, the pedestrian, ac
complished the arduous undertaking of
walking 1 ,250 miles in six weeks, perform
ing the distance of one mile and a ipiatler
for every successive hour, on Broomly
common. This feat of pedestrianism ex
ceeds that ofCaptain Berkely considerably.
The restrictions were, that Molloy should
not partake of any beverage during the
performance of the match stronger than
tea and coffee, which lie strictly adhered
to. I! is legs and ankles w ere much swol
len. and lie appeared to suffer much from
fatigue. Numbers of heavy hots were
pending the result, betting being in favor
of t ime.
“Pi MTi.vriAiiY Norris” and Trf.asc
ry N oris. — The Loco Focos in Congress
who made their onslaught upon the old
Notes of the Bank of the Tinted States,
made but a sorry business of it, it seems.
Gold in Nashville is quoted as selling at
HI to 1! premium, and F. S. Bank Notes
I 1 to 12. So in New Orleans, Specie is
ipioted at sto f> premium, and U. Bank
Notes, ns in great demand at the same rate.
845.000 in Treasury Notes changed hands
in Nashville at 10 per cent., when “Pen
itentiary Nofcs” were quoted at 11 to I*2.
Mr. Grundy (Felix) “kicked against the
pricks” w hen in his ow n home, and under
Gen. Jackson’s own nose, such results are
seen.—[N. 5 Express.
F mrmount Bridge Bir-ned.— —We
learn from the United States Gazette, that
the beautiful Bridge at the head of Cal
low hill street, Philadelphia, near Fair
mount Water Works, was consumed bv
lire on Saturday evening, about nine o’-
clock.—No person had passed over the
bridge for some time previous, and it is
therefore reasonable to suppose that it
must have been purposely set on fire.
Locomotive Loco Focos.—Loco Fo
co voters,like sub-treasurers, are‘tall walk
ers.’ The Chicago American says that
since the election about 800 voters have
lelt the canal in Cook county, being the
greatest ‘Democratic reaction’ tlie Locos
have had to record of late. As they will
he needed in Michigan next, they proba
bly are making tracks round tlie head'
of the Lake
Statement by Mr. Prentice, of the \
Louisville Journal, of his Rencontre,
with T. P. Moore. My readers may re- j
member, that T. P. Moore, some years ago, j
challenged me for certain editorial remarks;
and backed out from the combat because I
would not consent to let him fight from behind j
a big tree, with his gun resting upon a peg in I
the side of it. During the last two years, I j
have never alluded to him directly or indirect- t
ly. A few clays ago, I went to Harrodsburg, I
his place of residence, for the gratification of
my family, without even so much as recollect-!
ing that there w as such a being as T. P. Moore
in existence. A day or two subsequent to my
arrival, a couple of friends, one of them an
| eminent and venerable gentleman of this city,
having had a conversation with Moore, sent
me word that the old wounds were still fester-
I ing in his bosom, and, that I ought to be pre
pared for an attack from him. I did not be- I
lievc for a moment that he really contemplated
;an attack, yet I consented, after some hesita
, tion, to follow the advice of my friends. —
On Monday, the thirteenth instant, the
third day of iny visit at the Springs, I heard
that Moore was on the ground with his coat
1 pockets pinned up as if a locomotive arsenal.
; 1 took such weapons as I deemed proper and
! passed near him several times at the Hotel,
i not expecting or courting an attack and not
observing any indications of hostility on his
part except a peculiar uneasiness and agita-
I tion at niv proximity. Towards sunset, when
! 1 supposed that he had gone home, I retired
to my cottage, put oft’ my heavier weapons,
and lay down to sleep. In about half an hour
a highly valued friend awoke me and remark
ed, that, as Moore was still there, l ought not
to shut myself up. 1 concurred with him in
opinion, and in a few moments walked out i
with him, hut so entirely assured was I that M. j
had no idea of actually assailing me, that I!
neglected to resume the trusty weapons which ;
I had put off. After walking eight or ten
steps from my cottage door, I saw' Moore and !
hits friend Geo. \V. Ward coming directly to- j
wards ine. Thereupon I stopped and observ
ed his motions, not being willing to pass him !
and give him an opportunity of shooting
i treacherously at iny back, hut still deeming it
! utterly incredible, that he would assail mej
' there, in the immediate presence of my own
i family and of the scores of men, women, and
children, that were constantly passing and re
passing in all directions. When, however, lie
approached within about 25 steps of me, he
stopped, and after exchanging a few words
with bis friend Ward, drew a duelling pi-tol,
with extreme agitation from his pocket. I im
itated liis motion by drawing a common pock
et pistol, still believing that be could not bo
miscreant enough to shoot in a place like that,
: and well knowing from his appearance, that,
if he were to shoot fifty times, I should be in
no sort of danger, lie however tired and I
instantly returned the shot, liis ball striking
! the ground within a few feet of liis own toes,
j and mine passing through the branches of a
; tree about 12 inches over bis head. No soon
:er was his pistol discharged than he threw it
upon the ground and cried aloud that he was
an unarmed man', and a crowd instantly gatli
; crcd around me, and, lor a few moments, fore
-1 ibly prevented me from despatching my assail
ant. In the moan time lie-called out cither to
1 the crowd or to myself, '■•we. have exchanged
' shots without effect, let us be satisfied ,” and kept
: repeating in an imploring tone and with the
■ gestures of despair, “I am unarmed! I am un
armed! lam unarmed!” lie even stooped to
tile degradation, known only to thieves and
pickpockets, of throwing open the bosom of
his vest anil holding out to the bystanders to
search him. In less time than lias been occu
pied by this description a duelling pistol and a
knife, lelt on my mantel, were placed in my
, hinds, anil the voice of a friend rang loud and
| clear through the yard—“ Clear the way for
, another shot!” The crowd instantly dispersed
from between me ar. I Moore, but -Mr. G. W.
i Ward, exclaiminar, “Will you assassinate an
: unarmed man,” stepped forward to inform me
j in person of the defenceless condition of his
j principal. In the mean time Moore had sta
’ tinned himself behind the wood-work of a well;
! and a large number of inv own friends, among
I whom ware several of the most respectable
citizens of the State, implored me not to shed
| the blood of the trembling and abject before
me. With some reluctance I yielded to these
j entreaties—gave T. P. Moore the life he had
! forfeited and humbly begged—and saw him
hurried by a few of his friends from the yard.
I About an hour afterwards, however, to my
utter astonishment, Mr. G. Ward, who had
asked Moore’s life for him at my hands, came
’from that personage to a friend of mine with a
verbal message, that he was actually desirous
of a meeting with me at tiie time and place
named. Os course, I received the “proposal,”
: as it was called, with no other feeling than
that of scorn unutterable. That a person who
had just made an assassin-like attack upon me
i in the presence of mv family and of innumera
ble women and children, and to whom 1 had
just granted the boon of life as a charitable
and earnestly solicited donation, should send
such a message to me, and that a gentleman
who had asked his life for hitn should be the
bearer of the message filled me with feelings
to which l could give no adequate expression.
My answer was in these words—“l look upon
T. P. Moore as a ilisQ-raced coward. I send
' him no messages. I enter into no negotia
tions with him. I neither know nor rocognise
J him. I am here on no business connected
with him, and I shall remain here as long as I
i please, walking wherever I think proper, and,
:if hecross my path again with a menacing
look or gesture, it will be at his peril.” This
I was the reply, which at once suggested itself
and, notwithstanding its notoriety, I have not
; heard its propriety questioned by any one.
During the whole of Tuesday, Moore did
not make his appearance in the yard, but lie
; sent a handbill upon the ground, the same that
! appeared in tiie Louisville Advertiser of Sat
urday, in which he made a pitiful and futile
attempt to mitigate the indignation nnd the
contempt of the hundreds who had been the
witnesses of his infamous atrocity and his still
more infamous cowardice. Feeling that it
was necessary for him to come again into the
yard, and not daring to cross my path without
some previous explanation, ho sent Maj. D.
Thompson a highly respectable citizen of;
Harrordsbnrg, to a friend of mine on Tuesday j
evening to let me know lie designed visiting
the Hotel in company with Maj. T. on the
following day, but authorizing that gentle- \
man to pledge honor and life and every!
thing else that he should coine w ith perfect pa- 1
eific intentions, and that, however often lie
might pass me, he would scrupulously abstain
from offering me either molestation or insult.
To this I made no reply, for I disdained to J
send any message to Moore. Dr. Graham, the
estimable proprietor of the Springs, afterward 3
came to ine, and I said to him for his own sat
isfaction, that, if Moore came there and de
ported himself like a gentlemaq, l«hould cer
tainly commit no violence within the yard. I
subsequently saw M. several times, and he
seemed to have as little blood-thirstiness as if
he were an honorary member of the Massa
chusetts Peace Society. I occasionally heard
of his spies and bullies stationed at different
points, but, although I visited the mineral
spring, his proposed fighting ground, two or
three times a day, and went into the town
when my business required it, he thrust on me
no second opportunity of conferring upon him
the boon of his forfeited life.
I have stated, in these few remarks, only
"hat I can prove by some of the most respect
able men in this city and by scores of witness
es elsewhere, who have voluntarily proffered
me their testimony. I sincerely hope, howev
er, that I shall have no further occasion to al
lude to the revolting subject I disdain the
: reputation of a bully or a bravo. I want no
man’s blood upon my hands. I make na pre
j tensions to extraordinary courage. My only
I boast is, that I dare to state both in my public
| and private capacity whatever I believe to be
true, and, that I aui not to be turned from mv
; course, either as an editor or a man, by all the
i blusterers and assassins in Christendom.
GEO. D. PRENTICE.
Nine Days later from Europe. By
the packet ship South America, Capt. Barstow',
files of London papers to August 2d, and Liv
erpool to the 4th, have been received at New
York.
Commercial affairs generally look well. Cot
ton was selling largely, and at some improve
ment in prices. In produce general
ly there was a good Business at steady prices,
and in tea and indigo prices are better. A
nierican stocks had become difficult of sale,
the market being overstocked with them. The
crops of England are exciting deep interest,
accounts were contradictory. The Irish tithe
bill had passed its third reading in the House
of Commons, July 2(ith, by a large majority;
but without the appropriation clause. The to
nes are yet by no means satisfied with it. The
Irish municipal reform bill has passed the
Lords, but in a shape that will ensure its re
jection by the Commons. The tory papers of
London are very active in abusing Lord Dur
ham, Governor General of Canada, and his
administration. Tiie establishment of Mr.
Gordon, at Deptford, consisting of ware-hous
es, timber-houses, workshops, and other build
ings, covering upwards of an acre of ground,
was destroyed by fire on the night of July
25tli. There was insurance on the property to
the amount or’ £24,000. Several other build
ings were destroyed by the same conflagra
tion. Marshal Soult was still in England, and
was every "hero received with the highest
marks of respect and consideration.
The fetes of the “three days,” passed off in
Paris without any serious disturbance.
The Russian journals lately announced
that a great tire had happened on tho lath of
June, at Riajst, the capital of a district in the
; government of the Riazan. The official de
i tails published in the Northern Bee say that
i 385 houses in five villages near the town were
! destroyed, and three u’ooden houses and 23
; other buildings in tho towm itself. The Rus
| sian fleet in tiie Black sea had been driven
| ashore in a tremendous gale, and destroyed
iby the Circassians. A Russian army under
General Zap, had been entirely routed in Cir
cassia.
Nothing important from Spain.
The aged King of Sweden ivas recovering
j his illness.
A frightful famine was prevailing in sever
al provinces of India.
\Ve received yesterday, by Rail Road, the
following melancholy intelligence of a de
structive fire which broke out in Crawfords
ville, Taliaferro county, on Sunday morning
last,and destroyed a number of buildings, all
nearly new:
Firk at C raw fords vili.e. The entire
range of handsome buildings, bn the north
side of our village, was destroyed by fire on
Sunday morning last, the 9th inst., together
with the stocks of goods of Messrs. Baker &
Welborn, E. C. Laurence, Q. O. Neal & Cos.,
and M. Little, (most of these buildings were
nearly new,) anil the fine corner house of the
square, occupied by James M. Callaway, Esq.
as a hotel, was also consumed. Mr. C. lost
most of his furniture, books, &c. The largo
store-house anil dwelling, owned by Battle &.
Dickinson, on the west side of the town, was
on lire places, but the untiring ex-
citizens rescued them and a
stock from destruction.
This fire is a source of much calamity, as
the losses fall on some of our most industrious
and deserving citizens, and will be severely
felt by them for years to come. It is supposed
the fire was the work of some base incendiary
whom, it is hoped, will be detected and pun
ched. We are pleased to hear that Messrs.
Baker & Welborn were insured in Augusta
for about 85000 on their stock in trade.
[Augusta Constitutionalist
! Navigation of the Euphrates. At the
: close of the proceedings on the evening of the
17th in the House of Commons, Sir John Hob
house, in reply to a question from Mr. Milmes,
stated, “That he had that morning received
despatches from Lieut. Lynch, commanding
the Euphrates steamer, conveying the satisfac
tory intelligence that he had ascended the riv
er in the steamer from Bussorah to Hit, a dis
tance of about 500 miles, in 120 hours—that v
he had found no particular difficulty in passing '
the Lumlum marshes, nor encountered the
slightest opposition from the Arabs. Lieuten
ant Lynch added that he intended to continue
his ascent the next day, (May 31,) aud. had lit
tle doubt of proceeding as high up as the riv
er Beles, the nearest point to the great com
mercial mart of Aleppo, by which exploit the
original intention and object of the Euphrates
expedition, so far as the question of the navi
gation of that great river is concerned would
be completely accomplished. The steamer, in
addition to a large supply of fuel, had the fur
ther difficulty of towing the launch of a sloop
of war, armed with a twelve pound carronade,
but even with this impediment, advanced from
four to five miles an hour against a rapid
stream.”—[English paper.
Happy Marriage. —A certain author
said : —“The most happy marriage I can
picture or imagine to myself, would be
the union of a deaf man to a blind wo
man.”—Such a marriage actually occured
in England.