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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.