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RANK OK CHARLESTON,
A\ e learn that this Institution, pursuing
the liberal policy of the Bunks of Augusta,
a clay or two since called on one or more
oi the banks of this city, for settlement of
about one hundred thousand dollars.—
The banks here having claims on that city
for a sum fur greater than the amount de
manded, tendered in payment the bills of
the several banks in Charleston and checks
on the Bank ofCharleston. This mode of
settlement was refused, unless our banks
would agree and allow a discount of one
101 l of one per cent, on the funds which
they tendered. \\ e are gratified to learn
• hat the banks of our cwty replied that they
would not so fir mah rvalue the hills of
tiie Charleston hanks, and paid promptly,
the demand in specie.
This course on the part of the Bank of
Charleston lias caused the Banks here to
call on the Charleston Banks, for an a
mount equivalent to their drain—How can
our citizens expect accommodation from
tire Banks here when such a system of
brokerage is adopted hy our neighboring
Institutions. It was a pitiful idea for a
hank of three millions of capital to per
form such an operation for the paltry gain
of five hundred dollars. The spirit of
Hamilton lias, however, departed from
the directory of that Institution, and thus,
as a public journalist, we arc compelled
to note a departure from the comity which
should prevail between Institutions of
rival cities. We shall recur to this sub
ject.—[Savannah Georgian.
A NEW RACE BOAT.
\\ e have had the pleasure of viewing a
boat just received by the Boat Club of
Savannah— The Lower (Weis.
She was built at New York, by Bi:nj.
SiiAMiu itii, after a model furnished by the
Club, and is named the
FI.OA I),
in complimemt to their honorable compe
titor, -*-Gr..v. Charles Kt.ovn.
She is 38 feet long, carries six oars,
and is clinker built, having “a skill’ but
ton'.” This latter characteristic of the
“j'Vm/fT” is, we learn, somethin'? new.
W e are gratified to see such spirit evinc
ed by Tiik Lower Creeks. It proclaims
that, although unsuccessful heretofore,
they are determined to strive for the chap
let of victory, whenever the occasion of
fers. Success crown their eiforts as a
flub, and prosperity attend them as indi
v iduals.—[lb.
We frequently hear disasters at sea
made.the theme of conversation, hut there
are few who are aware of the extent of
loss incurred from this source. In an ar
ticle published in the Sailors’ Magazine
•ve find an estimate, from which it appears
tii.it at a moderate computation the amount
of loss to Americans from theperilsof the
deep during the year I~3', was not less
than %•.>,!)M,-100. O. this sum the great
er |M>rtion was, it is supposed, sustained
by insurance comp antes, but the value of!
property not insured must’have been very
great. Does not this statement prove most
conclusively the propriety of elevating the ’
moral lone of those who are entrusted
with property to such an exlrnt, and up
on whose sobriety and good conduct its
safety m a great measure depends? As
a life of noble daring, the pursuit of the
mariner is calculated to arouse the most
generous sympathies of our nature, and
vve can never reflect upon the dangers and
vicissitudes to which that class of men are
exposed without regretting that so little
pains are taken to better their physical
and intellectual condition. To educate
the sulor—to extend the sphere of hi*
i.itional enjoyments—and to give him the
appreciation to which he is entitled, has
always been a favorite object with us, ami
we have never witnessed the recklessness
occasionally displayed by some of these
sons of the ocean without experiencing sin
cere regret. —[Baltimore American.
The general election takes place short
ly in Virginia. We observe that the Whigs
of that State seem in high spirits, in
anticipation of the result. The Rich
mond Whig saiigutm.lv hopes they will
carry every thing, I). legates, Senate
and Congressional ticket So ntav it be.
Alter the disenthre.'mcnt of our own
State, vve feel the greatest interest in see
ing the Old Dominion return to her old
and honored station; taking her wonted
place in the van, in battling against the
political corruption of the day, vindicat
ing tiie constitution, and warring, as liasj
been her wont in times gone by, against!
the usurpations w hich have subverted al-j
most the form, as well as the principles of j
our government. We shall look with in
tense interest for the great rally of the old
mother of States; ami tiie daughters, vve (
fondly hope, will not be forced to blush
tortile mother.—[Mtiicdgeville Recorder.
It is perlmptr iu*t generally known that
tiie flowers ot the Y ellow Jessamine, is an .
active and dangerous poison. A case oc
curred on Thursday last m the family of
tiie editor of this paper, which had nigh
resulted in the death of his two children,
who had eaten of the flowers, for the
honey they contain. About two hours af
ter both were attacked with violent
vomiting which continued for nearly two
!lours, and but for speedy medical aid
wouid have proved fatal. In fact, the
cases with every attention, wero for some
time extremely ’doubtful. The yellow
mine gtov.s abundantly in the forests
:a tins country, is u exceedingly beauti
lul flower, and often transplanted around
the dwellings of our citizens.—[Floridian.
Charleston, March 22.
COMMERCIAL CONTENTION.
The Convention which is to be held in
Charleston on the third Monday, being
the 15th of April, promises to be one of
the largest and most imposing assemblies
that has ever been convened in our coun
try. It i3 certain that there will be a full
; representation from the States of North
. Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Tennes
see and Mississippi, and ,also front the
i Territory of Florida.
The object of this, as of the several
‘Conventions held on this subject, is to
promote at the South the cause of Direct
.. Importation and Internal Improvement.
In this great object all the Southern and
South-AVestern States have a common in
. terest. Wholly disconnected with all ques
tions of party politics, and pursued in no
i spirit of hostility or unkind ness towards
our Northern brethren.—These Conven
tions are intended to enlighten the pub
. lie mind, and by combining the energies
lof the South to develops our resources
and enlarge our commerce. A strong
j impulse has already been given to the
i industry and enterprise of our citizens in
all our Commercial cities. The Conven
tion about to he held here, cannot fail,
jhy keeping alive this spirit and promot
ing general harmony, to do much good.
!On the citizens of Charleston will de
. volie on this occasion, the grateful duty
of giving a cordial and hospitable recep-
1 1ion to those who will come, not only from
I the interior of South Carolina, hut from
the neighboring States, to mingle with us
! in common council, for the common ben
efit of all.
FROM MARTINIQUE.
AVe have been favored, (savs the New
Orleans Louisianian pf the22d inst.) with
the perusal of a private letter from the is
land of Martinique, from which we are
j permitted to make the following extract,
it presents a dreadful picture:
“St. Pierre, Fo.b'y Pth, 1 Silt).
“On my return to the city, I perceived
that a paper had been forwarded to you
containing the various details on the sub
ject of the earlhqnake. The statements
made therein fall short of the truth. Ev
ery day reveals new evidences of destruc
tion. Since the late frightful cal unity
vv e have experienced an infinite number of
shocks, one, particularly ten days after,
w hich was exjremely violent, and which
effected perhaps more damage than the
first. \\ e do not know what will be
come of us. Poor Martinique is entirely
ruined. Misery and desolation are at
their height. Our courage is com
pletely subdued. The very houses that
threaten momently to fall are sutfered to
remain. The indifference of despair lias
seized upon nil. People continue to reside
in houses that are on the point of falling,
without having resolution and energy
enough to leave them. Every one ap
pears plunged i:i a gloomy stupor. The
city of Fort Royal is annihilated, and the
street where 1 reside, a mass of ruins.
Tiie Power of Conscience.— Some
days since a gentleman from the West,
who was stopping at one of our principal
hotels had retired to rest, when someone 1
entered his. itim, opened hispooket hook
and took from it TOO dollars. There
were several thousand dollars in the hook
at the time, and it naturally excited won
der that any of it should have been left.
V few davs after the theft lie received aj
note, staling that a person wanted to see !
him near the Western Bank after dark,'
oil matters of importance, and it was re
quested that no one should accompany |
i him. The last request was not however, I
complied with, and the person robbed, ]
taking a friend with him, went to the place
i indicated. Upon arriving there, they
lotind a young man, well dressed, and ap
' parently well educated, who, at once,
without reserve, stated that he had com
mitted the robbery. That being distress
jed for monov, lie had in a moment of
' desperation, entered his room and taken
the nioney from his pocket hook. That
he had no idea at the time, of the amount
lie was inking, but upon examining it and
, finding that u hat he had taken was a five
hundred and two one hundred dollar notes,
and then reflecting on the infamy of the
crime lie had committed, he was con
founded. It was in vain that he sought
to solace his mind by urging the neces
sity which prompted him to the act; sleep
was banished from his eyes, and a miser
able being, he wandered about, shrinking
from the gaze of every one he encounter
ed. and expecting every moment to be
arrested. Shame prevented him from re-
turning the money, and lie took it sev
eral miles from the city and buried it. *l”his
bro’t no quiet to his disturbed conscience.
The thought of Iris guilt was ever upper
most in his mind, and ho had determined to
return the money through the Post Office,
and dug it up, and enclosed it in a blank
sheet of paper for that purpose. 11 is hon
esty, having so far overcome the sugges
tions of pride, led him to go further.
The return of the- money would not re
lieve innocent parsons, who might be
suspected from suspicion— and it was this
i reflection that had forced 1)i«n, as he said
to return the money in person. Saying
this the young man placed the money in
the hands of its true owner, and further
j remaked, that he was in his power, and
i desired to avoid no punishment which he
! might suppuse he merited. The gentle
-1 man took it and bid him “go and sin no
'nioro,” —[Balt. American.
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
From Mexico. —A slip from tiie office
of the New Orleans Bulletin of the 22d
in at. says- —A treaty between France and
Mexico has at last been signed. This in
formation is brought by the 'Water Witch,
\ arrived at this Port yesterday from Vera
i Cruz, having been sent by Admiral Bau-
Sdin with important despatches. The ar "
| rangement was effected through the inslru-
I mentality of the British minister. At his
J urgent request a conference took place
j between Admiral Baudin and the .Mexican
| Plenipotentiaries, Victoria and Girostiza.
j During the interview a negotiation was
carried on, which terminated in a treaty,
j that promises to lie a final settlement o!
1 the existing quarrel. Several davs were
I spent in consultation, and fixing upon the
j articles of convention. They were agreed
! upon and signed the lOtii mst. England,
| vve are told, has become a party to tiie
I treaty. It was signed l>v the British .Min
ister Packenham, who, in tho natueol his
I government, became security for the pay
ment of the French indemnity. Tints is
j England bound for six hundred thousand
dollars in behalf of her bankrupt protogee,
| which no doubt she will be called upon to
pay. All tiie stipulations of the conven
tion have not transpired. Tims much is
known, that Mexico pays the ()■)((
claimed in the ultimatum of the French
ministers, and that France pays her own
expenses in prosecuting the war. The
conditions for the payment of the indem
nity are not ascertained. The terms in
the treaty are certainly very fair, and c
vince a spirit of great moderation and mag
nanimity on the part of France. Yet it is
said that serious doubts are entertained
whether the treaty will he sanctioned hy
the Mexican Government. Admiral Bau
din has allowed fifteen days for the ratifi
cation. Should no satisfactory reply be
received in that time, lie threatens to re
sume hostilities and carry on the war with
vigor. 'Pile announcement of the treaty
was received with great joy by the Mexi
can population, and celebrated with pub
lic rejoicings. As its friendly mission
had terminated, tiie British fleet, it was
expected, would sail immediately for Eu
rope.
The blockade of tiie port of Vera Cruz
was raised on the ioth instant. Vessels
ol anv nation, at that place, were permit
ted to discharge their cargoes.
New Orleans, March 22.
It is tiie opinion of some intelligent
persons with whom vve have conversed,
that tiie late arrangement of the difficulties
between France and Mexico is not the only
proof of British inllueiice in American af
fairs, vve inay expect to hear of in this
quarter.—They think that the city of
Havana will soon pass under tiie control
of England, as an indemnity for the many
millions loaned to Spain since ISPS.—
Those who entertain this opinion, believe
that a treaty or convention will be nego
tiated between Great Britain and tiie Uni
ted States, settling the boundary question
to the satisfaction of Maine, hut at the
same time stipulating that the United
States will acquiesce in tiie occupation of
the port and fortresses of tiie Havana bv
English troops. Once masters of the key
to the Gulf of Mexico, Great Britain will
be able to extend her commercial rela
tions and strengthen her influence in Mex
co and Texas.
AVe hope Mr. Fox may not prove too
cunning for our rulers at Washington, Ijut
that if they do treat, they will take care
thiit the interests of our trade with Cuba
are not sacrificed.
Taxation. —The unwillingness of a
large portion of the British nation to en
gage in war, may he surmised from a look
at one of the consequences- of a war of
any duration—increased taxation.
A writer in one of tiie English peri
odicals lias tints happily strung toge
ther in a not incredible connection,
some of the consequences of war, as
producing ‘ taxes upon every article which
enters into tiie mouth or covers tiie back
or is placed under the foot, —taxes upon
every thing which it is pleasant to see,
hear, feel, smell or taste: —taxes upon
light and locomotion; taxes on everything
on earth, and the waters under the earth;
—on every thing that conies from abroad,
or is grown at home; —taxes on the raw
material; —taxes on every fresh value that
is added to it hy the industry of man—
taxes on the sauce which pampers man’s
appetite, and the drug that restores him to
health; on the ermine which decorates
the Judge, and the rope which hangs the
criminal; —on the brass nails of the cof
fin, and the riband of the bride; —at bed
or board, couchant or levant, it is pay! I
The schoolboy whips bis taxed top:—the j
beardless youth manages his taxed horse !
with a taxed bridle on a taxed road; and j
the dying Englishman, pouring his medi-i
cine, which paid seven per cent, into a i
spoon which has paid fifteen pet cent, i
flings himself back upon his chintz bed, j
which has paid twenty-two per cent, makes I
his will on an eight pound stamp, and i
expires in the arms ot an apothecary, who j
has paid a license of an hundred pounds I
for the liberty of putting him to death. I
His whole property is then immediately
taxed from two to ten per cent. Hesides
the probate, large fees are demanded for
burying him in the chancel; his virtues
are handed down to posterity on taxed
marbel; and he is gathered to his fathers
to be taxed no more!’
‘l’m not fond of such vanities,’ as the
hog said ven his owner put a ring in his
snout.
BATTLE WITH INDIANS.
A postcript in the Tallahassee Star of
the 20th inst. says— “We stop the press
to tell another tale of Indian fighting,
i blood and murder. AVe shall he brief
| fur we are sick at heart upon even an ap
] proach to this subject.
“On Monday, while Capt. Rowell’s
company were scouting, they fell in with
. au old negro man, who told them he had j
I just seen Indians, and directed the sol- !
diers where they might find them. The,
| scouts charged on, and soon came in
' sight of two Indians, who were quietly
I seated upon the fence, and who beckoned
the whites in a friendly manner to approacli
w liicli the latter did fearlessly, and upon
nearing the fence were fired on by a large
! party of Indians who were concealed in
the hammock, supposed to number from
G'J to 70.
“Two of Capt. R’s company were kill
led on tiie spot, and two badly wounded,
j One dead Indian was afterwards found
'on tiie ground. The affair happened in
Patterson’s Hammock, a few miles east of
tiie Ocilla.
“Capt. Rowell and his men are said to
have fought bravely; but had not sufii
i cient force to contend succsssfully with
the foe.”
A Red Indian Dance. —ln the after
noon, M. Johnson informed me that tiie
| Indians were preparing a dance for niv
particular amusement. I was, of, course,
most thankful and delighted. Almost in
1 tiie same moment, I heard their yells and
! shrieks resounding along tiie shore, min
gled with tiie measured monotonous drum.
We had taken our place on an elevated
platform behind the house—a kind of little
lawn on the hill-side; —the precipitous
j rocks, clouded with trees and bushes, rose
high like a wall above us; tiie glorious
sunshine of a cloudless summer’s day was
over our heads—the dazzling blue lake
and its islands at our feet. Soft and eiy
sian in its beauty was ail around. And
when these wild and more than half-naked
figures came up, leaping, whooping, drum
ming, shrieking, hideously painted, and
flourishing club's, tomahawks, javelins, it
was like a masque of fiends breaking into
paradise! The rabble of Comus might
have boasted themselve# comely in com
parison even though no self-deluding po
tion had hieered their eyes and intellect.
It was a grotesque and horrible phantas
magoria. Os their style of clothing 1 sayd
nothing—for, as it is wisely said, nothing
can come of nothing;—only if “all sym
bols be clothes,” according to our great
modern philosopher—my Indian friends
were as little symbolical as you can dare
to imagine—passions “par-!a.” If the
blankets and leggings yvere thrown aside,
all the resources of the Indian toilette, all
their store of feathers, and bears’ claws,
! hawks’ bells, vermillion, soot, and verdi-
I gris, were brought into requisition as de
corations; and no two were alike. One
I man wore three or four heads of hair, com
posed of the manes and tails of animals;
another wore a pair of deers’ horns; an
other was “coitle” with the skin and feath
ers of a crane or some such bird—its long
bill projecting from his forehead; another
had the shell of a small turtle suspended
from his hack, and dangling behind; an-j
other used tiie skin of a polecat for the
same purpose. One had painted his right I
leg with red bars, and his left leg with
green lines: parti colored eyes and faces,
I green noses, and blue chins, or vice versa,
I were general. I observed that in this
grotesque deformity, in tiie care with j
which every tiling like symmetry or har
mony in form or colors was there
was something evidently studied and ar
tistical. The orchestra was composed of,
two drums and two rattles, and a chorus,
of voices. The song was without melody j
—a [icrpepial repetition of three or four |
notes, melancholy, harsh and monotonous.
A flag was then stuck iti tiie ground, and
round this they began their dance—if
dance it could be called—tiie movements ;
consisting of the alternative raising of one
foot, then tiie oilier, and swinging the
j body to and fro. Every now aud then )
they paused, and sent forth that dreadful, 1
! prolonged tremulous yell, which re-echo
ed from the cliffs, and pierced my ears
j and thrilled along my nerves. The whole
| exhibition was of that finished barbarism,
< that it was at least complete in its way,
I and for a time 1 looked oti with curiosity
I and interest. But that innate loathing
j which dwells within me for all that is dis
i cordant and deformed, rendered it any
j thing but pleasant to witness.— [Mrs.
j Jameson’s Rambles.
Storm. — About the hardest rain we ev
er knew, fell on Ft:Jay night last. It
poured down like tiie bursting of a water
spout! All above, around and below, was
water, water. Not a foot of dry land was
to lie seen. Thunder and lightning, and
wind and hail, at the same time was
ful. Many gardens and farms are totally
ruined. The seed and growing crops are
washed out of the eartli —fences destroy
ed—beautiful fields torn into gullies, the
soil washed away leaving nothing hut
the primitive rock, or a desert waste.—
The roads are also much cut up, and we
expect to hear of mills and bridges washed
away.
The Ocmulgee rose suddenly some 20
feet, and is still full, though failing.
[Macon Telegraph.
* Let' us prey!’—as those two sinners
Swartwout and Price said to each other,
ven they were dipping their hands into
Uncle Sam’s pocket.
CAPTURE OF THE PASHA’S HAREM.
In 1823, the Greeks in one of their
marauding expeditions, captured the en
tire Harem of the celebrated Cherchid
pasha. The instant this affair was made
| known to Sir Frederick Adam, he sent
to negotiate with the captors for their
prize, and ransomed them for 10,000 dol
lars. With the kindest and most delicate
I attention, Sir I rederick had a house fitted
up expressly for the reception of these fair
! infidels, and had them conveyed to Corfu
j ar, A landed in the night unseen by tiie
i curious inhabitants. During their resi
dence, the strictest privacy was observed
with regard to them; not an individual in
the island was allowed to see them except
Lady Adam, and a very few of the ladies
of the garrison.
-sir I* rederick lost no time in communi
cating with tiie pasha, and informing him
of ail lie had done, and the scrupulous
care which had been observed respecting
the privacy of the ladies of his Ilarcm.—
1 lie pasha returned the most profuse ac
knowledgments to Sir Frederick for his
i kindness and attention, stating the satisfac
tion lie should have in paying the ransom,
j and requesting Sir Frederick to oblige him
by sending them to Leponto as speedily as
possible. Sir Frederick Adam engaged
! the first merchant brig he was able, and
i bad her fitted tip for the reception of- its
fair freight with such care, that none of
; the people on board could, by any posibil
ity, catch a glimpse of their passengers,
i Many of these interesting creatures had
ingratiated themselves wonderfully with
the ladies, who were allowed to visit them,
;hy their entire artlessness and unsophis
-1 ticated notions of the world and its ways.
One was the favorite of the pasha, and
was said to possess great influence over
i him. She was a native of Circassia, and
; was called Fatima, and possessed a greater
! profusion of ornament and rich clothing
than the others. Lady Adam described her
as tiie most dccidedlybeautiful creature she
had ever beheld. She had large dark eyes
: with a peculiar soft and pleasing expres
sion, which could not fail to interest any
one who looked upon her; her eyelashes
were very long and black; her complexion
was of the purest w hite, and her teeth like
ivory. Site was not more than eighteen
years of age, and Lady Adam could not
refrain from tears at parting with one so
young and so beautiful, about to he se
cluded forever from a world which she
Bfoight, under happier circumstances, htive
adorned.
When the brig was ready for their re
ception, they were put on board without
i having been seen by a single individual,
excepting the ladies already mentioned.
! Capt. Anderson, in the Redpoie, acted as
| convoy, and Capt. Gilbert, A. D. C. was
! sent from Sir Frederick Adam with des
| patches for the pasha, and to receive the
ransom money. I had been cruising for
some time with Anderson, and therefore
accompancd him.
AY r e had a most delightful trip from
Corfu up the Gulf of Lepanto, where we
had orders to deliver up our interesting
charge. Some of tiie Turkish authori
ties, charged with tiie orders of his high
ness, the pasha, were there to receive
| them. They reiterated the pasha’s ac
j knowledgments for tiie kindness and care
; with which the ladies had been treated ;
| and the ransom money was told into buck
; ets of water to prevent contagion. Tiie
beautiful Fatima, at parting, left two hand
some shawls as a remembrance, one for
Capt. Anderson, and the other for Capt.
Gilbert. They were conveyed from the
brig so closely enveloped, that not even
a figure was discernible; and on their
landing were surrounded hy a troop of
blacks, or guards of the Harem, and con
veyed in closed litters to the town.
The Redpoie then sailed for Znnte,
whither Sir Frederick and Lady Adam
had gone, to whom the captain gave an ac
count of his mission, and truly delighted
they were to hear that their protegees had
been so kindly received. On*our return
to Corfu, tiie following most distressing 1
intelligence awaited us. Scarcely had the'
two vessels sailed front the Gulf of Le
panto when the ruthless monster ofa pasha,
placing no faith in the honor of British
officers, and deaf to all remonstrance,
caused the whole of these unfortunate
creatures, the beautiful and interesting
Fatima among the rest, to be tied in
sacks and drowned in the waters of the
Gulph! The horror and indignation with
I which this shocking intelligence was re
ceived at Corfu can hardly be described.
Not a man but would have gladly volun
-1 teered to iiave burnt Lepanto to the ground
! and have hung the dog of a pasha by his
own heard. But vve were powerless: we
had no right to interfere; and had to
[smother our indignation as we best could.
There was many a wet eye in Corfu for
the fate of poor Fatima and her luckless
companions. But judgment speedily over
look the perpetrator cf-this most 'wanton
deed of butchery, though it is strange
how noble were the last moments of this
man of blood!
* By some means Cherchid pasha had
incurred tiie suspicion of tiie Porte. There
!is but one way among the Turks of ex
plaining these matters. A tartar shortly
arrived at the head quarters of the pasha,
I hearing the imperial firman and the fatal
1 bowstring. The pasha no sooner read
! tiie fatal scroll than lie kissed it, and bow
ed his forehead to the earth in token of
I reverence and submission,
i “Do your instructions forbid me to use
j poison instead of submitting to the bow
i string?” calmly asked the pasha of the
Tartar. • > a r
“His highness may use his own pleas
ure,” answered the Tartar. “I have with
me a potent mixture: which, with his high
ness’ permission, I will prepare.”
The pasha then called together all Ins
officers and his household. He was at-
I tired in his most splendid robes, and re
j ceived them in his state divan, as though
jin the pientitude of his power. The fatal
messenger stood by his side. In one hand
he held a golden goblet all enriched with
I precious stones, and in the other he held
the imperial firman! “I have sent for
i you,” he said, addressing them in a firm
voice,—“l have sent for you all, to show
you by my example that it is the duty of
a Mussulman to die ,at the command ot
< his superior as well as to live for his ser
vice and honor. The sultan, our master,
; has no farther occasion for his servant,
l and has sent him this firman. It remains
for me only to obey. I might, it is true,
resist, surrounded as I ant by guards and
friends. . But no; I wespect the will of
God and our blessed prophet through the
word of his successor. I value not life
in comparison with duty; and I pray you
all to profit by my example.” With a
firm and unflinching hand he carried the
poisoned goblet to his lips and drank it to
! the dregs, then shaking his head as one
who has had a nauseous draught, he hand
ed the cup to tiie Tartar and said—“ Keep
it: your potion is bitter indeed:
my duty to our master, and say that his
servant died as he lived, faithful and true.
And you,” lie added, turning to those
who stood dismayed around him. “If
; ever it should arrive that any of you
, should have to undergo—the same—tri
! a!,” his voice faltered, and his face be
came deadly pale; "remember—Cherchid
| pasha'.—Allah—Acbar!—God’s will he
j tcnce, his head fell upon his breast, and
he tumbled back upon the cushions of his
divan and expired.
I The Tartar took a bag from his girdle,
i and with a knife separated the head from
the body: the blood staining the jewelled
velvets. Tiie head lie deposited carefully
in tiie bag, tied it round his waist, and in
a few minutes was on his fleet steed on
tiie road to^U'oustaulinople.
We had this account from an eye wit
ness.
i
[From the Darien Herald.]
St. Mar vs, March 2(>th, 1839.
March race between Capt. T. 11. Harder’s
Rhone, horse. Refer the Great —and
Major Joseph Clay’s bay colt Holden—
for one thousand dollars aside.
As it is hut seldom in this part of the
country vve have an opportunity of enjoying
tiie pleasure, or witnessing the sport arising
from a race between the celebrated blood
horses, I take the liberty of offering to the
columns of your useful paper, an account
of one which took place a few days since
| on tiie Black Point Course in this County.
| This was certainly one of the most anms
| ing and interesting races that ever I wit
nessed. The track was hard and level,
i and tiie air of the cloudless morning was
fanned by tiie gentle morning breeze
which flowed in from*the ocean.
On the appointed day, large crowds as
sembled to witness tiie race, and betting
; appeared to be the order of the day. A t
nine o’clock in tiie morning, the horses
were led on the track, and so anxious were
they to test their speed, that they broke
loose from their riders and darted off at
full speed, Holden leading Peter about
one neck and head, and had proceeded in
this way half around the course, when the
owner of Peter being “fleet-a-foot” cross
ed the track and intercepted them.
Finally they were brought back to the
starting place, their riders thrown upon
them, and at the tap of the drum they
darted off with the rapidity of lighting,
Holden again leading the way, which he
kept until the last quarter, when Courtny,
the rider of Peter, gave him rein and
whip which soon brought him out ahead,
amidst the loud cheers of his backers.
Though I could plainly behold disap
pointment depicted in the faces of those
who had stood up for the beaten Holden,
yet nothing daunted, the horses being
rubbed down were again brought on the
track. Now betting ran high. Two to
one was offered on Peter, and quickly
were they accepted by the Holden party.
In this heat Hinds, the rider of Holden,
was ordered to hold up, depending entire
ly on the well known bottom which he
inherited from his ancestor Bertrand.
Again the drum rolled the signal for start
ing, and again like the arrows flight mov
ed away the noble chargers, Peter again
leading the way by a few feet. In this
way they ran two thirds of the way around
the course. When Hinds, mindful of the,
order given him slacked the rein, and
touching Holden with whip, he soon pass
ed his antagonist and came out triumph-,
i autly ahead, leading by three lengths.
Then the air resounded with the shouts
of victory which arose from a hundred
joyful voices, who but a moment previ
ous held their heads in disappointment.
Thus terminated one of the most unpar
: relied races that ever occurred in this sec
tion of country.
I am told that the Captain has banter
ed the Major for another race of one mile.
! So soon as it takes place, I will give you a
I correct statement of it. Time of the first
heat, 5 minutes 10 seconds. Second, 10
minutes 15 seconds.
VALENTINE.
j 'How I love thee, none can tell,’ as thq
[toper said so the brandy bottle.