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TO ABOLISH THE RETAILING
OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS.
1 o our lel/ow-Citizens of Georgia:
The undersigned were appointed a
Committee at a meeting of a respectable
number of the people of Putnam County,
to address you opou tlte subject of the evils
uliicli afflict our whole community, origi
nating from the practice of retailing in
toxicating liquors in our Stale. We know
that in coining forward to address vou, that
we stand exposed to all the prejudices
which usually assail attempts at the refor
mation of great and prominent evils. The
advocates and the victims alilfe rally to
their perpetuation, and proscription places
Us hand upon all who dare to raise or as-
Munble around the new standard. The
imagination is set most actively to work,
lo hunt up spectres to alarm the Miconsid
erete, and to bias and iiillucncc their judge
ments. Die ever active vigilance of Lih
twty and I 1 rcedoni is aroused, least some
prrat constitutional right shall he invaded.
The “union of Church and State,'’ the
right of the poor to do as they please, their
subjection to the dominion of the rich,
some trick of a political party, a sectarian
measure, and many other cant phrases are 1
the notable arguments which are ever and
• moil opposed to the inarch of reformation.
I»ut, fellow-citizens, we fed that you have
too long known the crying evils to which
the retail of intoxicating drinks have given
birth, lo listen for a moment to such asper
sions upon onr motives. We represent up
on litis occasion « constituency composed
o| the Christian and sinner. Tile Metho
dist, Baptist and Presbyterian— the Union
and the State Rights man—the lawyer,
the politician, the doctor and the divine—l
the t rich, the poor, and those of competen
cy—the temperate and the intemperate
—the retailer and the purchaser—the far
mer and'tliu merchant—all these compose j
•hat portion of our fellow-citizens who
lately assembled at Eatontou, ami prepnr- !
oil and signed a memorial to the next I
Legislature of our Slate, to prohibit tliej
tre.fflo by retail in ardent spirits, and ap-1
pointed us.their Committee lo invite you i
to co-operate with them in the great and
the good work. We approach the task
with unfeigned pleasure, fortified by the
conviction of our rectitude, and tin: una
nimity ol those in the midst of whom we
reside. We cannot Imt believe that the
same moral sense which lias awakened
here the energies of this great reform,
will not slumber in the bosoms of other
communities, as respectable for their vir
tue, intelligence and moral worth. On
Sunday the~ltii day of February, a por
tion*ol the citizens of Eatouton assem
bled at the church for the purpose of con-'
mdcring upon the subject, and out of a
congregation of about IJO persons, IDS j
signed the memorial. Another meeting;
in auothcr part of our county has been ;
held, and with corresponding success and
equal unanimity. Upon a subject so vit
ally interesting to all, could there l.c
otherwise than unanimity? We invite you
fellow-citizens, individually, to look to
the ncigliobrlmod of a retail grogery, to
the condition of those who frequent them,
and satisfy yourselves, whether the retail
there carried on has produced most good
or harm. If the quantity of harm prevails
over the good, ought not the evil to he
suppressed, and will you not lend us your
aid in its suppression? Look to your
Courts of Justice and see how many of
the affrays and riots which ingage the
time of the country, happened in or at a
grog-shop. Look to the many murders
and manslaughters which arc almost eve
ry where to be mot with, and sec how
many arise from feuds engendered while
parties were at the grogery. Against the
influences of these retail shops the law
frowns with indignation. The keeping
of a tippling house for the encouragement
of drinking, is an offence against our laws,
and punishable with loss of liberty and
property; and yet these same laws licence |
the community to retail the intoxicating
spirits which arc there drank. Drunken
ness is made no excuse for crime, and
vet we make it lawful to retail the intox
icating draught, which turns reason from
her throne, and while in the overthrow,
crime is perpetrated. Could we ask a
stronger argument for our cause than that
which your own laws furnish? Look around
you, fellow-citizens, and sec how many
objects of chairity have been made so by
frequenting those retail shops, How ma
ny widows and orphans, penniless ami
helpless, whose liusb.'.nds and fathers
were the too frequent visiters of them.
Look at these things and answer candid
ly to yourselves, whether the evil ought
not to be exterminated. Massachusetts
and other States at the North and Last,
have adopted a similar course. Our sis
ter and adjoining State, Tennessee, lias
acted likewise. Other Southern States
are now moving in the matter. The hall
is rolling onward, and gaining at every
turn: and though we cannot claim the
high gratification ot having first put it in
del us, fellow-citizens, partici
pate in the pleasure, as well as the hon
or, of having added to its revolutions and
its magnitude.
Your fellow-citizens,
MYLES GREENE, }
JOHN E. DAWSON,
THOMAS COOPER, v Com
JOHN B. MASON,
JAMES A. M'ERIWETHEA, \
The following is the form of a petition
which has already been signed by near
300 persons, in Putnam, and no subject
can prod’icc uic*e unanimity;
State of Georgia:
/u the Senate mid House of Representa
tives of this Stair, for
The undersigned, citizens of this State,
Irclieving that the retail of spirituous li
quors is an evil ol great magnitude among
us, come into the Legislature by petition
and nsk you, in your wisdom, to pass such
n law as will effectually put a stop to it.
Me do not here attempt to mine the mis
chief that has been done in this State, by
i quartering upon our cities, towns, villa
ges, and highways, retail shops. They
are so manifold as not to have escaped
the painful notice of every member of
your honorable body. Your petitioners
come with the more confidence, because
several States in this Union have already
passed such a law as to make penal the
retail ol intoxicating drinks. Surely a
traffic which is lull of evil, and only evil
should be banished by law, if it cannot he
done otherwise. Let it be done, and your
petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever
pray, tS cc.
The Committee ask that some dozen
of active citizens of each county, will
present it to the citizens of their county,
both male and female, for signatures.
W e ask especially that the clergy would
get sonic active man to present it in eve
ry religious meeting, ami that the same
be carefully kept until the session of the
next Legislature, when it shall be present
ed by the members from the several coun
ties they represent.
FLORIDA INDIANS.
'I ho Tallahassee Floridian of Saturday
last has the following plan for disposin'*
ol (lie Indians.
Tallahassee, April 'JO. !
Wc have a subscription paper lell at
onr office for the purpose of raising a fund
to support a volunteer company, to he
raised by ('apt. Win. .1. Bailey, ol' Mag-j
nolia. Capt. Bailey is one of our most
successful Indian hunters, and will receive
no recruits except such ns can he well re
commended as suitable for the service.—
The pay of the government is too trilling to
command the services of such men as are
contemplated, and many of our citizens
have thus lar shown tlu ir willingness to
contribute liberally in aid of the cause.
The subscription proposes in addition to
the pay of government, a bounty of two
hundred dollars, sot every Indian killed
or captured. About sixteen hundred dol
lars have been subscribed, upwards of one
thousand ol which was subscribed by our
citizens the last two days. We hope oth
ers disposed to aid the cause, will call and
contribute. No money is required until
satisfactory proof is made that the Indians
have been killed or capture,]. Subscrip
tions lor the same purpose are circulating
ill Gadsden and Jefferson. The plan is a
good one and should not fail for want of
funds. If government won!J adopt it the
Indians would soon he captured or des
troyed.
[From flu* Kloritlum of <2oth ins! J
GF.N. MACOMB.
Gen. M acoiiib has arrived in the Territo
.y, charged with the duty of negotiating n
truce with the Seminoles—one of the pro
visions of which, wc learn, w ill lie to allow
the Indians to occupy the country' south
of latitude all, 33, within a short distance
from Tampa Bay. provided they cannot be
bought off’. Whether Sam Jones will
grant the General an interview is yet un
known — we think it doubtful. Gen. Tay
lor, we believe, is the only officer who can
obtain an interview with the hostilcs,—
Tile Indians say lie has never deceived'
them, and that they are willing to confide
in his promises of protection.
[From llie same )
’Fhe following letter from a gentleman
well acquainted with the recent army
movements will be read with interest. It
speaks, we trust, the language of every
Floridian.
!n Camp, near Ft. Roger Jones, M. F. |
April 1,1, 1831). J
Dear Sir:—llis Excellency, Gov. It. K.
Call, Brig. Gen. Taylor, and Stall', and
Col. Wm. Davenport, Ist Infantry, com
manding west of the Suwannee, are now
here. The Governor has been travelling
with the Colonel for some days, aiding
him in his operations by his experience as
a soldier and civilian. Gen. Taylor arriv
ed yesterday, and will leave probably to
morrow or next day for Fort Fanning,
where lie wishes to be about the Jolli inst.
His presence is required on the Ist proxi
mo, at Ft. King, to attend the “Grand
Council,” expected to bo convened by
Maj. Gen. M aeomb, who comes to this
country, nt-t ns a military officer, but in a
new character of Minister Plenipotentiary,
and Envoy Extraordinary. Pray, what
will he the result of his negotiation? ne
gotiation which proposes to purchase with
gold or with trinkets, what the Indians
have not sold for years of suffering and
privation. Money is no object to the
Seminoles; Florida or a part of it, with its
pine trees and burning sands, its sun and
flowers, its good and its evil, is the price
the poor but resolute savage tleuviujs lor
iiis good will.
Air. Delegate Downing in his address to
the people of Florida, says in reference to
tire appropriation of <<11)00 proposed by
Mr. Everett to effect a treaty with the
Seminoles. “This was opposed by me be
cause it was insufficient to purchase their
removal, and could only be used to nego
ctate a treaty with the Seminoles, which
would authorize them to remain on the soil
of Florida, a policy repudiated by the
friends of the white man in the South, di
rectly in opposition to the policy of the
President, ruinous to Florida, and to which.
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
I weas a people icouldnever submit!” Such
are the sentiments of the Delegate, to the
Congress of the Union. Are the people
of the same opinion? If so, I had rather
Gen. Macomb were the agent in this busi
ness than myself. But what are the pro
positions to he submitted and adopted at
Fort King? These are known to but
few men in the country, and various arc the
opinions entertained by them ns regards
their honor, policy am! justice. I believe
it is generally allowed by all honest and
generous men that the regular army lias
done every tiling it could do consistently !
with honor and decency to bring this un
fortunate war to a successful and speedy
termination. To say the army or any por
tion of it has been afraitl, is false and ri
diculous. ’Flic bloody details ol Okeclio
bec, alone prove the charge of fear unfoun
ded and preposterous.
The efforts of the Army have amounted
in many instances to a reckless disregard
; of life, hut still the officers and men have
not been able to bring the hostilcs to a
stand since December levl'S. Every just
and generous mail in the country, at all
acquainted \v ith facts will proclaim this
—that the army lias done every tiling to
1 give protection to the people, and to har
ass the enemy. What remains to do?—
Without question ns to the policy am! jus
tice of allowing the remnant of Indians to
remain on sufferance or as teniants at will,
on lint portion of Florida south of a line
from Tampa to Smyrna, (a country indeed
, where no white man can reside during j
three fourths ol the year) wmld it appear j
in accordance with our practice hereto
fore? Did we ever combat any nation for
1 a series of years and ascertaining that wc
[could not overpower them, have we given
ourselves to case, and quietly folding our
arms, say, “well go on, we never want
ed to beat you, wo only take a little frolic
of tins nature near and then, to keep our
hands in!” As Richmond Ritchie, says,
“nous verrons," or to use a less- ambigu
ous and more eloquent phrase “we shall
see, v at vu shall see.”
Yours truly,
M X.
Charleston, April -Jo.
M e are indebted to our attentive Cor
respondent, W. T. Ravn.vi,, Esq. of the
New Orleans Merchants’ Exchange, for
the following important intilligence, for
winch we tender him our sincere thanks:
“New Oiti.t: vxs, April JO, |
“10 o’clock, A. M. j
“The mail is about to close; and I have
just time to inform you that the U. S. brig
( 'unsort, Gardner, Commander, lias ar
rived from Vera Cruz, with sll-1,000 for
New \ ork. Capt. G. reports that on the
Bill April n tire broke out in the Custom
House ol Vera Cruz, which destroyed
nearly 1,000 packages of merchandize
and a number of adjoining buildings.—
l’lte loss is said to lie very large, lie
further says that Geti. Media, with a fore >
of upwards of 1,000 men were within fif
te.'ii miles of Vera Cruz, (to attack that
city) and the inhabitants were in great
consternation, as they were satisfied that
he would take possession of the same.—
The troops in the town were expected to
join him. In haste, yours,cN-c.”—[Courier.
Villainy.— We have heard of a cir
cumstance which lately happened in this
city not often paralleled in the annals of
genteel swindling. A young man, repre
senting himself as a Mississippian, ap
plied for lodgings at a respectable boarding
house in Race street, and was soon quiet
ly established in one of the best apart
ments, for which he readily agreed to pay
liberally, as pleasant accommodations were
of more consequence to him than the
amount of the extra charge. The new
lodger soon made rapid progress in secur
ing the good will of the inmates, particu
larly of several young ladies, to one of
whom he presented a diamond ring, and
’to another a gold watch, lit the course
of some days lie proposed to take the dia
mond ring to be marked, and with great
gallantry offered to the young ladies to
have any jewelry belonging to them hand
somely ornamented with the initials of
their names, at his expense. The cred
ulous girls upon this mustered their little
caskets of gold rings and other finery,
delivered them to the generous stranger,
w ho, it is quite needless to add, henceforth
decamped, not forgetting to take the gold
watch with him. It was soon discovered
that he had cheated several tailors in the
neighborhood.—[Philadelphia N. Amer
ican.
Stf vm Power and R vu. Roads in II v
v \,\a.—The rail road across the island
lias been finished, and is in full operation.
In January alone there were 7,(>4J pas
sengers, and, with the freight, the amount
taken was ¥30,184. This road is about
43 mile long, with one track; the amount
of freight later in the crop will be greater
by 53 per cent. The rail road from Car-
Mines to Bembo is begun, about 10 miles
long. Another rail road is commenced
; from Principe, an inland town, about 60
miles in the interior, which is now the
royal residence. Many sugar estates are
now grinding with steam engines.
Female Attractions. —A female is
never so angelic as when she adds to her
personal graces the moral attractions, and
displays the tender heart; the melting eve:
the soft hand binding up the wounded
spirit; and the foot with eager step at the
door of misery, visiting the fatherless and
the widow in fltcir affliction.
llixts for the Prf.ss. —lt has been
' said by the poet that “fame not more sur
vives from good than evil deeds;” but in
j modern times, fame receives its original
| vitality and its lengthened life, from an
element which is almost as important as
I the achievement of the dead which is chron
icled— in fact, it often gives reputation
both for good and for evil, when the re
ceiver has no earthly right to it. Wc
allude to the newspapers—the concentr -
tors, and frequently the creators, of pub
lic opinion. The newspaper is the mod
ern Warwick—“the setter lip and puller
down” of man—the manufacturer of great
ness and the fabricator of glory. It puffs
the blowpipe until a frog assumes the dk
inetisioiis«if au ox, or pricks the bubble,
and reduces the .giant to a pigmy.
Since the newspaper exercises these
important functions, and, as it were, gives
direction, to public applause, and no
where more extensively than in this coun
try, it appears to us that the American
press in particular suffers its good nature
to sacrifice its own proper rights, and that
while enabling others to flourish, it does
not pursue ;ho requisite course to secure
a flourishing existence to itself.—Like
King Lear, it bestows the loaves and fish
es too tree on its children, who are apt
to prove ungrateful, making no return to
(heir liberal papa; and to begin reform in a
small wav, it is suggested as a matter
worthy of consideration, whether it would
not he advisable to institute a rule which
would bear directly upon at least a part of
those greatest sinners against the well be
ing ol journalism—delinquent subscribers
and such like, who read, learn, and fruc
tify without luililling their part of the con
tract, the reciprocity being, as they say in
the play, all on one side.
It is therefore proposed to borrow an
idea Irotn Napoleon’s continental system
and to close the ports in such cases, so
that the stream of glory may he shut oft'
from those who have not fully entitled
themselves to it. For instance, when the
party is a delinquent of the kind referred
to, he should be journalistically dead—lie
should in that respect have no civil life,
no matter how he may bloom in physical
being—lie should he literally tabooed, so
lar as types are concerned. Let Presi
dents, Governors, or Mayors, appoint him
to office il they like, tlie newspapers
should make no record of the fact. Let
him figure as chairman, vice-president, or
secretary of a meeting—let him be one of
a committee to draft resolutions, or let
him make a speech that breaks the glass
es, or even let him he a candidate for of
fice, still the press must be silent. Hon
ors and explosive patriotism should lie
t nothing when weighed in the balance
| against a long standing bill, inasmuch as
i sell defence is a paramount law; nor
I should fifty toasts of commendation shake
even handed justice out of trim. Why
j should the press, in the excess of its good
nature, aid those who wrong it, and labor
■to elevate men who would place their
| thankless feet on its shoulders to get a lift
; into public confidence?
General Hamilton declared recently in
| Texas, that the Anglo-Saxon race are es
|sentially a debt-paying people. They may
be, but the exceptions to the rule are so
numerous that it is fair to infer that the
General never had the honor to publish
a newspaper or ho would not have made
jso sweeping an assertion. He would rath
!cr have qualified il L>y saying tliat they
j were “good but tu!F,” to quote the favo
! rite endorsement of a newspaper collect
or when he wished to distinguish the nc
| counts of those who could pay hut vvould’nt
pay: and ns “tuffuess” is a common qual
ity, we really think that tlm consider.ition
thrown out above, deserves to be retlcct-
Icd on, especially by the conductors of
j the political press, for in fact they arc not
i only false Jo themselves, but are construct
j ively faithless to the community, when
! they pull’ and sustain those vvito are so re
! lax in the fulfilment of common duty as
! to have piles of arrears resting upon them
! which they could discharge if so dispos
ed.—[Pennsylvanian.
Ecoxomv. A correspondent of the
Bay State Democrat tells a good story in
illustration of this most commendable vir
tue. Here is the antedote:
A miserly man would often say to his
children, “Now, my dears, vvliich'of you
will have a cent and go to bed without
any supper?” Answer, “We all will, fa
ther.” The next morning he would say,
“Will you all give a cent, and have warm
cakes for breakfast?” “Yes! yes!” they
would reply, with one accord. Thus he
would get his money back again, and
cheat them out of one meal worth dou
ble the amount.—[Buffalo Commercial
Advertiser.
A\ e have heard of a ynnkec who adopt
ed a cuter [dan than this to save provi
sions. He made the bread ho gave his
children for breakfast so salt, that the
water they drank prevented their catiug
for the rest of the day. [Phiia. Gaz.
A. jjreen. horn jV>c c.rv-jjnfry
into a menagerie td view the beasts, birds,
and creeping things congregated, among
which an ourang outang particularly
struck his attention. Several gentlemen
were conversing about the animal, one of
whom expressed the opinion that it was a
lower order of the human species. Jon
athan did not like this idea, and striding
up to tlte gcntlcmeu, expressed his con
tempt for it thus: “Pooh, pooh! he’s uo
more human species than I be!”
* If we talk less about other people other
[people will talk less about us.
The News. —The news by the Great
Western has,had a very happy effect on
business, and the minds of business men,
(in the ciiy of New York.) It has sub
stantially settled several questions of
great importance. The first of these is
the question of war. We deem the ad
vices entirely satisfactory on this point.
If there was any doubt before, there is
none now, that our peaceful relations with
the “mother country” will not be inter
rupted. Another question settled by this
news is that of the continued credit of
our State stocks. Some people are con
stantly starting doubts about the credit of
our State stocks being maintained in
Europe. We cannot see any foundation
for such doubts. Governments are trust
ed in Europe which are incomparably less
stable than the Governments of our State,
and who have never borrowed money for
any other purpose than to enable them to
desolate their own or some other country;
while our money is all expended in add
ing to the resources of the States which'
borrow it. Tluir money is like water
spilt upon the ground which cannot he
gathered up, or, rather, like fire which
burns up all that is useful; while ours is
expended in public works, which afford a
direct revenue for the payment of interest
on their cost, while, by their indirect in
fluence, they spread wealth on every side.
Our confederated States guaranty to each
Stale a Republican Government, and the
honor and credit of each State is so in
terwoven with the honor and credit of all
the other States in this matter of loans,
that no one could refuse to maintain her
faith in this respect, w ithout incurring the
deep displeasure of every member of the
Confederation. As to the ability of the
rising empires of the West to pay the in
terest on debts contracted for public works
or to constitute bank capitals, no one
can doubt. That ability, we are confi
dent, will always he exerted.
Another question of no small impor
tance settled by this news is, that in the
cotton war carried on between the opera
tors of this country and the spinners of
England, brother Jonathan has gained the
day. Tlte policy of holding back lias
been carried out with such strength and
steadiness in this country, that prices have
been forced up on the other side near the
point where the operators here say they
ought to he. Twelve months ago, cotton
was worth just about half its present
j>rico. The advance has been chiefly pock
eted by the Americans, and a pretty par
cel of fortunes it has distributed amom* us.
The cotton is still owned in this country.
It will now go forward more freely, and
so will probably keep down the rates of
European exchanges, and give confidence
to our hanks and moneyed men.
These views, and others of the same
sort, together with the flocking of the
Western merchants to the city at this
their accustomed period, have put anew
face on affairs this week. Business in
1 all departments is much more brisk, rents
a'e better, money more plenty, confidence
! stronger, and, indeed, the land seems
once more full before us.—[Journal of
Commerce.
Iron Steam Boat. —The Wilmington
N. C. Advertiser mentions the arrival
there of the iron steam boat Dr. Rossut,
from Baltinore on her way to Georgia.—
This boat is one of two which were im
ported into Baltimore some months ago by
(i. B. Lamar Esq. of Savannah, in seper
ate [dates, ribs, Ac. and recently put to
gether tit the extensive machine factory of
Messrs. Watchman A Bratt. on the
south side of the basin. Mr. L. called
this boat the Du Roset, in testimony of
his sense of gratitude towards a gentle
man of that name who acted in a noble
and generous manner at the time of the
fearful disaster which befel the steam
packet Pulaski. Tile De R. visits Wil
mington by the special direction of Mr.
Lamar, for the purpose of tendering to the
kind-hearted citizens of that place an ex
cursion in her, accompanied by an elegant
and liberally provided entertainment.—
This, also, is a token of Mr. L’s. gratitude
for the hospitable and generous treatment
manifested by the people of Wilmington to
himself and the other wrecked sufferers of
the Pulaski. The circumstances thus
briefly mentioned do honor to all concern
ed in them, and it is to us a most pleasant
duty to place them on record.—[Baltimore
American.
A good Inuv Properly Promulgated.
—A suitor appeared in a court in London
about the JUtli of last month, and was
about making known the grounds of his
application, when the judges told him that
they had already made a decision fatal to
his plea.
The suitor confessed his utter igno
rance of any such decision.
“It was in all the newspapers,” said the
Court.
“But I do not sec the newspapers,” said
the man.
“Tlyit. ,is not our fault ” replied Jhe
judge, “ i/oti should see the newspapers,
anti every other man should.”
That is a decision of an English court,
and we suppose it is operative here as well
•as there.
“I wonder this rjiild don’t go to sleep,”
said an anxious mother to a female friend.
“Well, I don’t replied the lady; “its face
is so dirty it can’t shut its eyes.”
“There’s something satisfactory even in
being poor,”' as the loafer said veu his
pocket vas picked of an etiiply walfct.
OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION
But a little more than a year ago, the
Sirius and Great Western came into our
port,' demonstrating—what had been pro
nounced on high authority impossible—
the practicability of navigating the ocean
by steam. Even then, it was said, “It is
very true, this thing can be done with
pleasant breezes, —but when Winter
comes, and old Boreas blows, woe betide
the man who trusts his life in one.” The
Liverpool in mid Winter, put this refuge
of doubt yet lingering to flight,—and the
last voyage of the Great Western has prov
ed, that, let the westerly gales do nearly
the worst, Vulcan is yet too much for Bo
reas and Neptune too. The practicabili
ty of navigating the ocean by steam, is
now as successfully settled as.that of navi
gating it by sails.
But of the profit— Cui Bono? there’s
tiic rub! The moment it was settled
that Steam Ships could cross the ocean,
Doubt intrenched itself as it thought, in an
impregnable Fortress. It will not pay,
was the argument. Well, the Great Wes
tern, an experimental vessel, on which the
builders expected to lose money, has al
ready paid. On her lirst voyhge she had
few or no passengers, but few persons on
ly liking to trust their lives to such an ex
periment. The dividend has been nine
per ct. already, and although there has
been some quarrelling in Bristol as to the
propriety of declaring so large a dividend,
yet the fact that a dividend could be de
clared at all the first year is a victory.—
Upon the strength of the profit, tints far,
an Iron Ship larger that the Great West
ern is to he undertaken by tiie Cqnipauy.
Wc see her now full of passengers. We
also can see that some births are bespoken
for many voyages ahead. There can lie
no doubt, barring accidents,that iier com
ing year will be more profitable tlnm the
last.
With these facts before us, —with the
certainty that steam increases the number
of travellers, —we regret that no efforts
arc making on our side of the sen, to start
a company of our own. With till due def
erence to British enterprise, we think our
countrymen understand the Packet Pas
senger business better than it is understood
on the other side of the water. Our Pack
et Ships, elegant, comfortable Palaces as
they are, must, — there is an inequality in
the competition—eventually yield to steam.
\\ e do not like to see our Sea Veterans in
the unequal strife. They ought not to he
permitted to wrestle with the air, when
they can take Vulcan by the heard, and
make him drag home their Palaces over
the billow.— [N. Y. Express.
Cruel Hoax.— The Lincoln Gazette,
(an English paper) states that a young
lady in that jilace having a pique against
■one ol her acquaintances, a Miss Barry,
procured a suit of men’s clothes, and an
introduction—and under pretence of love,
induced Miss B. to receive her as a lover.
She carried on this hoax for nearly three
months, the two lovers wandering round
the banks by moonlight almost every fair
evening, and the time was actually, set
for their nuptials. At last, a mutual friend
discovered the client by accident and ac
quainted Miss B. with the hoax.—Wheth
er a suit for breach of promise will he the
result, we cannot say, but at last accounts
the parties had not become reconciled.
Religious Belief. —lly Sir Humphrey
Davy. — I envy no quality of the mind or
intellect in others, be it genius, power,
wit or fancy: but if I could chose what
would he most delightful, and I believe
most useful to me, 1 should prefer a firm
religious belief to any other blessing; for
it makes life a discipline of goodness;
creates new hopes when all earthly hopes
vanish; and throws over the decay, the
destruction of existence, the most george
ous of all lights; awakens life even in death,
and from destruction and decay calls up
beauty and divinity; makes an instrument
of torture and shame the ladder of ascent
to paradise; and, far above all combina
tions of earthly hopes, calls up the most
delightful vision of palms and amaranths,
the gardens of the blest, the security of
everlasting joys; where the sensualist and
the sceptic view only gloom, decay annihi
lation and despair.”
Buried Alive. —A female who depart
ed this transitory life a few davs ago, in
the department of the Orne urns duly con
veyed, after the accustomed lapse of time
to her last home; but as the burial ground
was at some distance, the funeral proces
sion reached it just as night was closing
in. As soon as the coffin was lowered
into the grave, several groans were dis
tinctly heard from the bottom of the abyss:
and the bystanders, under the impression
that a living being was about to be inter
red, insisted on opening the coffin. That
operation having been carried into effect
it was ascertained that all apprehensions
of a premature interment were groundless
and the corpse was once more consigned
to its “lovely bed,” when the groans were
distinctly r«qw*af<*a. The majority of the
spectators fled in dismay; but an old sol
dier, who feared neither ghost nor devil,
ultimately secceeded in rallying two or
three of the most intrepid, with whom he
descended into the graye, and there found
a drunkard, who, it appears, had tumbled
into the “yawning chasm,” and fallen fast
asleep. The living man was, without
loss of time, restored to the upper re
gions, and the defunct to her rest in the
earth.—[Galignani’s Messenger.
A great secret leaked out. Tlte
times are hard!