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LOCAL*SKETCHES.
Augusta, Geouoia. — The first word j
one is disposed to utter on surveying this
city \% protpfrity. As yon look through
the far length of Broad street, (literally
broad) or trace the number and sire of the
cotton-warehouses, which run out like
rope-walks in every direction, you arc
struck with the animation ot traffic, An
gitsta reminds one of a thriving youth',
with his beat clothe* on, determined to be
good and great. Even in the humbler
buildings on. the outskirts, white dimity
curtains may be seen floating from the
windows, a sign of taste as well as com
fort. Liverpool is said to have been the
making of tlrs place, in its great-cotton
purchases. Augusta numbers about 7000
inhabitants, >
With one of those charming varieties
with which nature blesses us, she has
thrown up, just beyond .the level of Au
gusta, a circle of hills where the inhabi
tants can go in summer, and feel a fresh
wind blow over their face*, and fly from
the intolerable fang* of mosquitoes.—
Though the name (Sand Hills,} is not
particularly inviting, the place is; the
houses white and clean.-j.vith pretly flow
ers and shrubberysuperadded. The Ar
acnal, standing on an extensive lar.n,
with our beautiful flag waving nti its
heights, is a charming object, e’.iarming
at least to us who know little m its uses",
except for the picturesque. Some of our
happy associations contacted with Au
gusta, and its pretty scenery, mav have
been derived from Our renewed'inter
course with our country’s fascinating En
glish visiter. Miss jvi’s untired love ol
nature is wonderful. No matter how far
she has travelled, no matter il a night
spent under starlight exposure is to fol
low, she is always ready for a drive. Her
eyes are open to every object, however
minute. She traces the varied hue of
the lizard ns it glides on the fences, the
little flower as it hides beneath the
shrubs, and the rays of light as they full
on glade and hill.' And then face to fate
with those whom her kind a flections
teach her soon to love, though strangers,
with her tube laid aside, (for she hears
without it when in a carriage) she pours
out her bright mind and warm heart,
speedily kindling a corresponding glow.
The Sand Hills afford many interesting
views on their unequal heights, with
which she was delighted, and as you de
scend them to return to the city, you find
a map of Augusta stretched out before
you, worthy of a painter’s touch to per
petuate it."
The Reservoir fyr water on the road,
is facilitated by the downward stream
from the hills. It supplies the city at a
voluntary tax of twelve dollars per year,
on those who avail themselves of it.
Two things are equally remarkable as
you traverse Augusta, the monuments of
ruin by (ire, and the new buildings that
rise and smile on its ravages.
Entering the city from the west, as you
leave the hills, you are struck anew with
its business character.
America is emphatically, in a political
point of view, the land of promise. Eve
ry visitor, to every city, is told what it i»
to be. This is realized in the Rail-road
plan, in the building for the Medical
College now erecting, for which a gene ■
rous appropriation has been made by the
State Legislature, etc. etc. The Medi
cal College is well situated, and will be
•a striking ornament to the city. The
clans of both Augusta and Savannah al
low a fine view of public buildings. The
Churches, Academy, Court-House, etc.
appear to advantage, except the Masonic
Hall. We would willingly lend a pri
vate hand to pull down ihe buildings I
each side of that beautiful edifice.
The next drive to be mentioned, ami |
there the memory of dear friends accent- j
ponies us, and throws an added charm, j
was to the Sand-bar, a romantic spot by j
the Savannah river. How eas vitis to get j
up a little poetry in this working world. |
Same persons would have gone to this 1
blessed view of nature, and after a brief!
glance at the .clear river, which look- I
cd like |a mirror for the trees, as they!
hung over it, assuming their soft green
mantle, rode away ; but for us, as we |
gazed, and lingered, and listened to the I
birds us they darted fastidiously from j
bough to bough, or watched the negroes’ 1
slow boat, or heard the hush of evening j
harmonies, a gentle friend had secreted i
an accordion, and. just as our spirits were
nil attuned, by thVglW of a setting sun !
upon this scene, ahe drew it forth, the!
woods echoed to its strains, while sweet
voices lent an added, sentiment to the
sound.
Our next visit was to Hamburg, over
the picturesque bridge that crosses the
Savannah. What the rail-road may do
tor it we do nut know ; but at present it
is an anomaly among cities—a young
desert. The admirable wharves con
structed from an invention of Mr. Shultz,
(the foundor-of-Hamburg.) both for high
and low water, were pointed out to us on
the Georgia side of the river.
We passed on to ascend the hill, on
the Carolina side, where the late fortifi
cations have been made, and whqre Mr.
Shultz resides. There is something: po
etical in his lonely eminence, and one
ci.*\ almost fancy him, with his evident
longings after 'improvement, to be a
watching guardian over the little world
below him, ready to seize every advan
tage. And there he is, stilfplaaniag
great and beautiful things. He has caus
ed flights of steps to be cut in various di
rections, which, lead down to a romantic
grove bencath'the fort. This grove, full
of graceful undulations, and covered with
various forest trees, is admirably adapt
ed for public walks, and to this object
Mr. Shultz is directing his attention. It
even reminded us of some of the beauti
ful points in the seclusion of Mount Au- j
bum, and nothing can be more lovely than |
the view of Augusta from the heights. |
We were favored in this ride by an ac-1
cidental view of an individual, who had I
advertised to cross over on the bed of the
river in a water-proof dress. Crowds
were on the bridge and river-banks gaz
ing at him. when after having performed
bis feat, he crossed with his odd dress
and great goggle eyes. It was striking
and picturesque to view the eager faces
of whites and blacks bent earnestly in
one direction, all reflected in tiie clear
stream ; indeed, our driver, who is uot
without ideality, said half to himself and
half to us, as wc sat in the carriage on
the bridge, “Dem people make very spret
ty pictur on paint.”
i
j The ladies of Augusta are courteous 1
rand intelligent, and dress with peculiar
j taste. Every body was awake to Dr.
Barber’s Lectures on Phrenology. His
examinations were singularly satisfacto
ry, and whileltis reasoning excited atten
tion, they produced conviction. It was
utterly impossible to deny credence to
those which fell under our observational
Augusta; they have nailed us down to
phrenological belief, whether we will or
no. We hope that Dr. Barber will fe-,1
that his true vocation is that of a poplar
lecturer, and not confine his taicuts to
any one particular place.
Another source of pleasant f.titcmcnt
was in (he exhibition of Mr. Spar’s Wash
ington. Those who know (be worth and
rising talent of Mr. Speer, and who are
nut yet apprised of fl, e (act, will he glad
to learn that his pic-u’ c wag purchased at
I Augusta, the Cri.y Council advancing
seven hundred, dollars, which was in
creased to fvclve hundred by private
subscriplior.. Itis placed in the City Hall.
i 1 v ere also gratified with viewing
. |the po’traits of Mr. Mifflin, a young
II painter of promise.
; i. >Ec passed a month at Augusta, amid
. [intellectual and social pleasures, healthy
I rides among trees, and shrubs, and flow
(i ers, that were putting on Spring’s hoU
-8 j day attire, in cementing old friendships,
„ ! and farming new ones, surrounded by
f | those countless little kindnesses, which
! make us feel that we were not born for
. that narrow strip of earth called home.
e | when our visit was pleasantly terminated
.. jat a celebration. vVe have de
. dicated too lurigcja portion of our’paperto
j i an account of a similar festival, to allow
r ? description of this, but we will cha l ■
(j lenge our Majesty of Carolina to a com
. j panson with the Georgia Queen. It is a
P I lovely thought, that to no one spot need
r j this sweet revelry be confined, but that
j-j wherever a young girl is pronounced
, | gentle and good, there will nature yield
, a flowery throne, and crown, and cccp
-11 tre, for the chosen one.
, And now for one word of criticism,
j The Augusta people, almost to, a man (or
woman?) allow their window-shutters
( and blinds to swing unfastened, which
, injures considerably the effect of their
very neat building*. If any one will look
j abroad, after reading this good natured
’ housekeeping hint, they will smile to see
' j (he universality of the practice ; fasten
their shutters, save many a dollar in win
dow glass, and help to beautify their pret
ty city.
From the (Mont.) Alabama Journal.
CONFESSION OF A PIRATE.
The public no doubt, remembered the
story of the daughter of Aaron Burr,
1 who was the wife of Gov. Alston, ofS.
Carolina. On the return of her father
1 from Europe, about the year 1813, she
embarked from Charleston on a visit to
him at New York, on board a privateer
built vessel, and was never heard of
afterwards. It seems that her friends at
first, thought the vessel had fell into the
hands of pirates, and afterwards conclu
ded that it was wrecked and lost. It
appears from the statement of a rcspcc
' table merchant of Mobile, that a man
died in that city recently, who confessed
j to his physician on his dying bed, that he
} had been a pirate and helped to destroy
; the vessel and all the crew and passen
gers, on which Mrs. Alston had embark
■ ed for New York. He declared, says
■ this Gentlemen, that after the men were
jail killed, there was mi unwillingness
' | on the part of every pirate to taking the
■ [ life of Mrs. Alston, who had not resisted
! them or fought them, and therefore they
| drew lots who should perform the deed,
jas it had to be done. The lot fell on this
I pirate,'who declares that he effected his
j object of putting the lady to death, by
j laying a plank along the edge of the ship,
half on and half oft*, or over the edge,
! and made Mrs Alston walk on that plank
I till it tilted over into the weter with her.
j The dying pirate requested his physician
|to make his story public, but his survi
! viug family wilt uot permit or consent
| that the name of the deceased should be
i known.
The above tale was repeated over and
j over by the merchant before mentioned
lin the presence of a number of tieitllc
j men whose names can be given. He
! said he received it from the physician
j himself with no other injunction to secre
i cy than he should not disclose the name
jof the physician for the present. On be
j ing asked if the physician was a man of
j veracity & respectability, he replied there
j was none more so in Mobile. The mer-
I chant was warned that his story would
jget into the newspapers, to which he
made no objection, out affirmed that lie
: received the above information from the
1 physician—and added, that the phvsi
■ cian was serious and in earnest in rela
i ting it.
J Down with the email States.' —The
; fact that tiie small states are lost to Mr.
Van Burcn, irrecoverably lost, has caus
, led orders to be given to the Government
I Official to denounce them—to place them
in contrast by the side of the great States
} which they liope w ill support (he Prosi
, dent’s pet—and to set the people against
* them. T4ut act of little faithful Rhode
[ Island, in electing a Whig to the United
I Slates Senate, in limes like these, has
played (ho deuce with the plans of “ the
’ party.” Hear the Globe ot this morning
’ scouting the idea that little States, such \
* as Vermont, Delaware, and Rhode Is
| land, ought to have any influence, in
I comparison with the great States of New
York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia!
' “ And this,” the Globe says, at the close
of an article headed " the game of the
opposition ,” •* it to bring the election in
to the House, when the Bank charter and
the Presidency arc both to become the
j subject of barter ; and both the political
| and moneyed powcrjjf the country to be
i staked upon a decision wherein the
j States of Vermont, Delaware, and Rhode
I Island will weigh as much as those of
.; New York, Pennsylvania, and Virgi
■ uia.”— Bait. Patriot.
, j The Ourang Outang. —One of the
; greatest curiosities in this country, arri
i veil at this port yesterday, from the East
Indies, and is now at Peale’s Museum.
■ We happened last evening to call there,
and saw this extraordinary sac-simile,
almost, of a human being, to all appear
ance a negro child in a red flannel night
gown, comfortably taking its night’s sleep
on Mr. Pcaie’a lap. she legs were
• tin-own carelessly over Mr. P’s knees,:
and the arms clung affectionately round ,
Ins neck, while the bond rested on his!
breast, precisely like u child in its mo
ther’s arms. The w’.iole body is covered
with short hair, a f .d the face resembles
that of an old n'cgvo man, with the nose
indented, the forehead wrinkled, the’eyes
of hazel, arl the teeth, lips, and diin,
exactly similar to what we every day see
in the African race, while the hands and
feet are totally bare of hair, and have a
■ most frightful resemblance to those of
i our own species, as have also the cars,
which are quite large. When disturbed,
. it cried out "Ob! oh! oh!” in as clear
and perfect an articulation as it ever was
uttered by “ the human voice divine.”
indeed, is humiliating to the
pride -;of our own race. No one, we
should say, who would look upon thiaob
jeet, would go away in doubt of its being
a link closely connected with that of the
human species, and nearer to us than to
, the common monkey. We would advise
; the Abolitionists to visit it, and then de-
I nv, if they can, that the negro is a cross
of this strange being.
From the Boston Courier, May 19.
Dkkadfc’l Conflagration.—Yester
day afternoon, about 4 o’clock, a fire
broke but in a Cooper’s shop, near a range
of wooden buildings, on Blackstone-at.,
t occupied as a Joiner’s shop, and in a very
' short time G buildings were entirely burnt
. down. There was a strong North-west
I wind, which spread the Hatties with very
■ great rapidity across the square to Salem
> street, and thence across to Hanover st.,
■ burning every building in the intermedi
ate space. About G o’clock the wind
began to change, and blew from a more
northerly direction, causing considerable
alarm, as the buildings in the range of the
wind were nearly nil wooden, it veered,
however, sufficiently to the east, to
blow the flumes and cinders over the
ruins, nnd thus the firemen were enabled
to check, and finally subdue the fire.
It would be impossible now to esti
mate the damage occasioned by this fire,
as at the time of writing this paragraph,
the smoke and cinders ate filling the air
so much, that wc cannot get very near
the spot. The buildings destroyed were
principally built of wood, and’the pro
perty contained in them, was much of it
either burnt or saved in a damaged state.
The number of families turned out of
their houses, is probably greater than has
been known of in this city for the last SO
years. A part of the property burnt be
longed to the Eastern Stage Company,
and it is said, with how much truth we
do not know, that at least 16 horses are
lost. There were, we believe, 6 stables
destroyed. At one time it was supposed
that the fire could not be arrested before
it reached Commercial street, and the
furniture of most of the dwelling houses
in the range of the wind, was consequen
tly moved, as well as the goods in the
stores.
The fire, although stopped in its pro
gress, was still burning'when our paper
went to press, and probably a large num
ber of the engines and members of the
fire department, are obliged to be on du
ty all night.
Engines came to the city from West
Cambridge, Brookline,Charlestown,Rox
hury, Cambridge, and Cambridgepurt
About half past 6 o’clock, a house in
Union street caught lire, in consequence
of sparks being blown to its roof, and it
was necessary to despatch engines from
the scene of other fire, in order to save
the building. •
A number of accidents have occurred, j
and it is reported that a man was killed |
by the falling in of a roof; another had ,
his arm broken.
P. B.—Since writing the above, we
learn that the fire originated in Messrs.
Smith and Stetson’s carpenter’s shop, in
consequence of the upsetting of a Spirit
Gas Lamp, and that tiie persons present
were unable to save even their coats and
hats, so rapid was the progress of the
flames.
From the Georgia Journal,
hail.
The late Hail storm was even more
heavy and extensive than wc had suppo
sed. The crops within its range were
fortunately so young as to admit of re
planting, or it would have been fatal to
this year’s prospects of many a farmer,
in Twiggs, Bibb, Monroe, and many oth
er counties, bo late as last Saturday
(ten days) the hail had not all melted.
A considerable quantity, say a peck or
half bushel of it as we learn, was gath
ered on Friday, and brought to town to
he n-ed as other ice.
The late Hail Storm has seldom been
equalled in violence. Verbal accounts
from other quarters ascertain its course,
if direct, to have been about N. N. West,
and from the information of a gentleman
who saw the hail, and brought some of it
to town, it appears, that at the Flat Shoals
of Commissioners creek, between this
place and Macon, some twenty or thirty
miles above Tarversvillc, the masses
were full as large there, as stated by our
correspondent.
of a letter to the Editors, dated
'Farversville, May 18, 1835.
At about 4 o’clock, P. M. on the 14th
inst. a Hail Storm passed through Tar
versyille, Twiggs county, which, in point
of violence, doubtlessly surpassed any
thing of the kind, heretofore known in
the State. It was accompanied with a
tremendous wind, the general direction
of which was from South West; though
its progress was characterized by many
irregular windings, and violent gyrations.
The space over which it passed, was a
bout two miles in width, but no informa
tion relative to the distance to which it
extended ih aB. W. and N. E. course,
has been obtained. The hail continued
but for a few minutes, but during that
time, it fell with su£h astonishing rapidi
ty, that the ground was covered to the j
, depth of several inches. The hail stones i
were from one, to two inches in diame- 1
ter; and it is said that some, weighing at 1
least halt a puumj, were seen near the t)c- 1
mulgee river, on tile subsequent mornino-. 1
So seriously did the storm affect aTI 1
the plantations over which it passed, that ]
many farmers will be compelled to plant i
again. The crops of corn, and cotton, i
were much injured,and those of wheat,
rye, &c. were completely destroyed. 1
'I N he glasses were broken trom the win- 1
dows of the houses, and the trees almost ,
stript of their foibce.
Yours, fee. 1 1
XiATE FROM MOW YORK.
Charleston, May 28.
Tlx steam packet William Gibbons, arrived
last night about half past 12 o'clock, bringing our
files of New York papers to Saturday evening
last, inclusive. There had been no arrivals from
Europe, and the papers scarcely contain a para
graph worth extracting.
The Evening Star of the C3d Inst says:—“ An
easterly breeze bed prevailed at intervals for the last
three days, and yet non* of the packets are in sight.
The anxiety for news from Europe is intense, and
these ate couriers in attendance from Boston and
the south, ready to convey the intelligence with
expedition. ' It is not surprising; for although
the indemnity question may be considered as
settled, yet -there is no forlecing what accidents
may arise td'procrastinauahc final adjustment,
and which'must have a dftect influence on all
kinds of speculation. A day or two longer, and
wemay have th« Havre packet of the 16th.”
Sales of U. 8. Bank Stock at New York, on
the 21»t inst.—s shares at SII3J. On the 23d,
67 Shares at 113 J; 400 do’at 113|. On the
23d, 60 shares at 113 J;
J)istrict Attorney. —Yesterday the Court elec
ted Thomas Phcenix, Esq. District Attorney, in
place of Mr,, Hoffman, resigned.— Jlfer. Adv.
Seizure. —The Nova Scotian, of the 7th inst.
states that an American vessel, with a cargo con
sisting of lea, tobacco, coffee, shoes and bools,
and almost every necessary to supply the fisher
men along the coast, to the prejudice of the Brit
ish mcrchaiits, to the soiount of about S4OOO, had
been seized at Liverpool, N. 3. by the officers of
the customs.— /bid.
Fire at Cornlies Slip. —Another disastrous
fire broke out about 12 ‘ o’clock last night in the
two story wooden forming the comer of
Coentics slip end Front-street, owned and occu
pied by Messrs. Miller & Bancker, wholesale gro
cers, and proprietors of the Merchants’ Line of
Transportation balw«en tins city and Philadel
phia. • Tbs fire din the lower story, and
tiie flames spread sa rapidly, that nothing was at
tempted, to b<j saved hut the books & papers. The
lodger and' diy book were only rescued, every
thing else in the store being swept away by the
devouring element, the store itself having been
reduced to the ground in less than half an hour.
The adjoining building was a large brick store
occupied by Samuel Aymer & Co. which took fire
on the roof. It contained a large stock of Ship,
chandlery, and the npper stories were burnt out
with their contents. A portion of tile goods be
low was saved.
It is stated that- the loss of Messrs. Miller &
Bancker is very heavy, amounting to about 30 or
$40,000, only about one third of whicli was co
vered by insurance.
Capt. Hiliikcr had on the premises goods to the
amount of near SSOOO ready for transportation.
The loss of the Messrs. Aymer amounted to
several thousand dollars—it is difficult to tell with
precision—but they were more fortunate than their
neighbors, being entirely, or nearly so, covered by
insurance.— lbid.
The President has renounced his first purpose
of going to Tennessee this summer, and will pass
the hot months, instead, at the Kip Raps. He is
still said to bo very feeble, and to use the lan
guage of ono of his political and personal friends
“ wants excitement.”
The President lias appointed James O. Harri
son, Escp of Lexington, Ky. Secretary of Lega
tion at Madrid, vice Mr. Middleton, who is to re
turn home immediately.
It is said that Gen. Jackson has avowed a pre
ference for Col. R. M. Johnson, as the party can
didate for tho Vico Presidency.
Travelling. —Passengers who arrived at Nevv-
York. in tho William Gibbons, from Charleston,
on the Oth inst, and who took tho steam boat
Ncw-England, on tho afternoon of that day, ar
rived ot Hartford at an early hour on the follow
ing morning—thus performing tho whole route
from Charleston to Hartford, (Conn.) in three
days and a half. Tiie distan e by land, on the
Mail route, from Charleston to Hartford, is 895
miles, which, previous to the introduction of
steam navigation, occupied at least ten days for a
passenger’s route.
Os tho twelve tegular European packets which
sail each month for New York, none arrived from
the 7th to 23J inst.
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The llattimore Convention. This assem
blage, after its organization on tho 20th, meta
gain on the 31st inst. at 9 o'clock, when Gen.
itomulus M. Saunders, of North Carolina,
Chairman of the cottimilteo to select the Officers
of tho Convention, and to frame resolutions and
rules for its government, reported tho following
named gentlemen, viz ;—For President, Andrew
Stevenson, of Virginia. For Vico Presidents,
James Fenner, of Rhode Island; Edward Con
dict.ofNow Jersey; Upton S. Heath, of Mary
land; Kubart Strange,ot North Carolina; John
B. Novilt, of Mississippi, and Franklin Cannon,
of Missouri. For secretaries, Charles G. Ather
ton, of New Hampshire, John Cotton Smith, of
Connecticut; George J. Flood, of Ohio, and
Thomas H. Brown, of Indiana.
Hon. Gayton P. Osgood, of Massachusetts,
Chairman of tiro Committee appointed to examine
tiie credentials of delegates, reported tho names
of all present. The convention then adjourned
to 12 o’clock, to meet in the Ist Presbyterian
Church, a much larger and more convenient house,
which the committee on buildings had been able
to procure.
One o'clock, P. M. —The convention re-assem
bled at 12, agreeable to adjournment, Gen.
Saunders submitted several resolutions, in sub
stance as follows,
Resolved, That in taking the vote of tho Con
vention for candidates for President and Vice
President, each delegation shall designate the
person who shall cast the vote of the state repre
sented by said delegation.
Resolved, That each stale represented shall be
entitled to as many votes as tho said slate is en
titled to electoral votes for President and Vice
President by law.
Resolved, That a majority of two thirds shall
bo required to elect the .candidates for President
and V ice President.
Gen. Saunders supported tho latter resolution
on tho ground, he said, of giving a greater, a more
imposing effect to the nomination than a mere
majority.
Mr. Jonathan Allen, of Berkshire, Mass, oppos
ed tiie resolution, and said he went for the repub
lican principle, that a Majority should elect and
govern. He moved to amend tile resolution, by
striking out tile words ttoo-lhirds.
Mr. Peter V. Daniel, .uftVirginia, opposed the
amendment on flic same ground taken by Gen.
Saunders. He imposing effort to be
given to the nomination.. . , ■ ■
•Old Berkshire again»ose—said he was from
the old federal stale of J *Mlssachusctts— but had
always fought for democracy—and hoped yet to
see his state redeemed. Mr. Daniel replied. Af
ter which tho vote was taken and decided as fol
lows—For tho amendment, 331—against it 218.
Nineteen states and one territory are represent
ed in the Convention. The number of delegates
to each is as follows—Maine 16, N. Hampshire
80, Massachusetts 20, Vermont 7, Rhode Island
8, Connecticut 6, N, Yprk 42, N. Jersey 73,
Pennsylvania 60, Delaware 13, Maryland 106 (be
ing the whole of tho delegation, to tho state con
vention now in session at Baltimore,) Virginia
93, N. Carolina 15, Georgia 3, Kentucky 12,
Ohio 13, Indiana 11, Mississippi 2, Missouri 2,
Michigan 3. - . t
From the Baltimore Patriot, May 18.
Rumors es the Day. —It is rumored—and tho
rumor gains belief—that Gov. Cass has resigned
the War Office, and- that his resignation has
been accepted. We hail heard that the Governor
had evinced symptoms of oppugnation at the pro
motion of tiie late 4th Auditor; but were in
hopes that if he possibly could swallow Van Bu
renism, he would re Main in "his station—fur re-'
ally, ho is the best of the lot.
It is rumored that Mr. Forsyti) lias quit the
State Department in disgust—and forever! Well,
there is, if the rumor bo tme, thore}ismora spunk
in the man than wo had begun to calculate upon!
Yet wo have strong doubt* of his giving up one
placefili he takes another. Mr. F. wants a Fo
reign" Mission, where he can be at his case.
It is rumored that Levi Woodbury will be pro
motodto tho State Department, Very likely!
He is a man who will always bo sure "to make
hsy w hile the sun shinty," lie will take a high
office under or with any body, for the time being |
—especially when bo knows not what a future
day may bring forth, but is apprehensive it will
be nothing good to him, He is now Secretary of
the Treasury and acting Secretary of State in the
absence of Mr. Forsyth.
It is rumored, since tho result of the Rhode
Island election has been ascertained, that the new
Post Master General forswears the Kitchen Cabi
: net, end declares, that the Post Office shall not be
on electioneering machine for the benefit of Mar
-1 tinVanßuren! This is the most amusing rumor
I of them ail! and yet it is quite possible that it is
i true. There may be an understanding to this effect
i which is to be given out, and casried out, until the
i confirmation or rejection of Kendall takes place. He
i talked the same language when he went into the
, Fourth Auditor’s office. That was not a place, he
I said, for political newspapers, for electioneering
and for babbling politicians, and all that.—But
wire docs not know that this shrewed and crafty
i gentleman has been, and always will be, steeped
, to the eyes in politics? Forswear the Kitchen
i Cabinet ! —That’s a good one!
Correspondence of the Baltimore Chronicle.
1 “ Washinoton, May 19th, 1835.
I have received additional confirmation of what
• I wrote to you relative to Forsyth leaving the
State Department. I now understand that he
’ will not peso me the duties. Woodbury is to take
Ilia place, whose scaJ in the Treasury will be filled
‘ by either Rives or Stevenson. The latter has been
! here for sonic days.
1 But what will you think when I tell you that
Kendall has called upon Stockton, and upon Rce
’ side, and for what I know, upon others, to refund
I certain turns of money improperly, or hy mistake,
received by them from the Department!! WhaO
’ say you to that 1” safmJ
■' AUGIISTit
I S' - !' ’ ' ■ ’■
•SATURDAY, MAV 30, 1835.
, - -
" He just, and fear wot."
I’ERSO.VS INDEBTED TO US
Are earuCHlly requCMtol to make
payment before the 4tlx day ot next
’ monUi, as wo have a large payment
to make on that day.' Wc will t»ke
J the risk olf remittances by mail, Post
paid, &c. according to the “ Terms” of
the paper.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
"Gam.” is again unavoidably deferred, for want
of room, together with much other original and
, selected matter, including tiie reply of the Federal
Union, and out comments thereon.
i WE RETURN OUR THANKS
: To our respected friend and townsman, B. H.
Waurex, Esq. for Baltimore papers, containing
the latest proceedings of the Van Burcn Con
, vention.
j ———
. JEFFERSON COUNTV.
. The State Rights party of Jefferson county, on
i Tuesday last, appointed tho Hon. R. L. Gamule,
Dr. Philip S. LEMLK.and Georoe Stapubton,
Esq. Delegates to represent them in tho State
. Rights Convention of June next.
NEWSPAPER improvements.
Tho Savannah Republican appears in an en
tire new dress, and makes qiuto a neat typographi
cal appearance.
The Standard of Union, also, has presented it
self in an entire new dress, and greatly enlarged
and improved form.
PROM CHARLESTON Sc N. YORK.
Our attentive and respected correspondent of
tiie Charleston Mercury, with his usual prompti
tude and politeness, furnished us, on Thursday
evening, with files of tho New York papers as
i late as tho preceding Saturday, received by the
i steam packet Wra. Gibbons—extracts from which
will be found in anothercolumn.
CABINET EXPLOSION.
Tho article and letter from the Baltimore Pa
triot and Chronicle, which we publish tin's morn
ing, are interesting, and, combined with numerous
others we have seen of similar character, wear an
air of authenticity. It appears that another col
lapse of tho Cabinet boilers is about to take place,
and that Amos Kendall is being, by some unac
countable alchemy, transmuted into something
like an honest man. Should this phenomenon be
consummated, the government would derivegrea
f ter advantages from it, than from the discovery of
the philosopher’s stone.
SOUTHERN ROSE BUD.
! Wc recommend attention to the interesting ar
ticle from this pleasing juvenile periodical
! (which is almost as sweet and beautiful as the
flower from which it takes its name)—con
taining striking and delightful sketches of our
city and its vicinity, Hamburg, the Sand Hills,
&c. &c.—and particularly to its bint respecting
window shutters, which is apt, and well-timed,
and we hope will have its proper effect. It affords
us pleasure to recommend this interesting periodi
cal to the public, and particularly heads of fami
lies, as a most appropriate, instructive, and stimu
lating work to place in the hands of their children,
while at the same time it may be read with great
pleasure and profit by themselves. It is publish
ed in Charleston, semi-monthly, in octavo form, at
a very small price, and edited, we believe, by the
very talented, amiable, and pious lady of the Rev.
Mr. Gilman, an eminent and greatly respected
divine.
“ PUNCH AND THE DEVIL.”
II appears to us, that our neighbor of the Sen
tinel does not understand the proposition correct
ly. It is not " a choice between Punch and the
Devil”—but, a question, Will you take either
Punch or the Devil ? Now, we put it to the
Sentinel, as a free agent: Can it consistently
embrace either Punch or Ihe Devil I
Tho Sentinel cannot, wo think, be serious in
saying, that although it had “ heard but little of
him [Judge White,] before, and know loss,” this
fact "rather exalts titan lessens him in its esti
mation.” We have always thought, that we, the
people, should at least know something of the
capacity, the integrity, and public services of him,
who aspired to tho elevated station of presiding
over this great confederacy.
But, enough of this for the present. We sin
cerely hope that our brother of the Sentinel, will
yet be found battling side by* side with us in an
exterminating war against both Punch and the
Devil, and that we may, together, eventually suc
ceed in driving them to their appropriate regions.
THE NEXT GOVERNOR.
We heartily respond to the subjoined accurate
and independent sentiments of the .Macon .Mes
senger, and ardently hope they will be re-echoed
by every State Rights man, from the sea-board to
tho mountains. All we want, to ensure the suc
cess ,of eur principles, is a rigid adherence to, and
spirited, peisovering, and untiring advocacy of
them; and if the State Rights papers will so ad-
hero to, and so advocate their principles, without
looking either to the right hand er the left, we
must, if there be any truth in truth, re-establish
the almost exploded axiom, that, although men
may change, principle* are immutable:
“ We have expressly in terras said, relying upon
the honesty, of the convention, that we will sup
port their nominee, presuming of course, that he t
j will represent the principles of the p«rty of which
• we are members. Moreover, this nomiee is to be
a thorough-going radical Stale Rights man, one,
' whose principles arc not subject to any equivocal
construction, but who is willing and ready to sub
scribe to the doctrines established in *32, and
wfiich identify us as a party. Nay, if some evil
disposed person should stigmatize such an avowal
of sentiments by the odious appelh'tiun of Nullifi
cation, the candidate is not to Jodje and flinch,
but boldly to stand forth the firm and decided
champion of the opinions which wc profess, and
which we honestly believe to be correct, whether
those opinions identify us as JVullifiers, ot (to ust*
a term more agreeable to some) as Stales Rights
men. These are the conditions of our support
for the convention candidate for Governor.
e trust that in the deliberations of the con
vention, the question of expediency will be en
tirely avoided, and no Candidate will be proposed
from considerations of policy or of comparative
popularity. We want no neutral, equivocal, or
time-serving statesman; no States right man wil
ling to be so called, by this popular title, but anx
ious ,0 make wire-drawn distinctions between his
own professions, and those of his more candid and
honest brethren.—Let us have one not afraid of
names, and although he may not be equally as
popular as some other, and with a lesk chance of
success with the opposition,—the defeat of such
a one, will eventuate more to our credit, and final
success, than the triumph of him, in whom wc can
place no reliance, but who is, equally an object of
distrust to his friends, and of fallacious hopes to
his enemies.
• T he can( l* , lato of the opposition for Governor,
' lB thc J e 7 incarnation of the doctrines of his par
ty. He is a federalist dyed in the wool, of long
Islanding, one in whom there has been no change
or shadow of turning in his politics; and for this,
he is entitled to credit. Our candidate must be as
invariable and immutable in all the extremes of
his politics,"
LADIES companion.
This beautiful and able periodical, not only
continues to support its well-earned celebrity, but
increases in interest. Among the interesting ar
tides contained in the May No., is “ The Lost
Bride, on original Tale, founded on events which
occurred in New York, in 1798, founded on
the well-known mysterious death of Miss Gui-
Hclma S of that city. The talc is full of
pathos and stirring interest.
The embellishments of this No. consist of a
very rich, beautiful, and highly-finished steel-plate
engraving of the Catskill .Mountains, tastefully
designed, and delightful in its perspective; dif
ferent patterns of Embroidery, and two pages of
Music.
For tho table of contents, and the Prospectus
: of a third volume of the Ladies Companion, see
■ advertising columns. AVc again take plea
sure in recommending this very creditable work
to the patronage of the public—particularly that
interesting portion of it, to whom it is more
particularly dedicated.
BALTIMORE CONVENTION.
Two days enactments of this solemn farce
lißve come to hand. Something of an organi
zation of the body was effected tho first day.
• The proceedings of the second day, arc sub
■ stantially given in another part of our paper.
What will be the result of the third, and, as it is
. supposed, final day of tho sitting of tho Conven
-1 lion, is yet, to us, in futuro. The delibera
tions of this irresponsible body, seem to realize
tho imagination of "confusion worse confounded.”
r Its sycophantic character may be properly appre
. ciated, by a duo consideration of the following
annunciation, which wo extract from the National
i Intelligencer of last Saturday :
. “ A number of the members of tho Baltimore
t Convention came to this city by the early stages
1 yesterday, and most of them hurried to tho Presi
dent's house as soon as they arrived. Several were
endeavoring to obtain conveyances back to Balti
more, in the afternoon.”
Wo once thought there was a College of Elec
tors known to the Constitution, and to the Con
stitution alone, as tiie only authority eligible to tho
manufacture of a “ regular built” President and
Vice President of the U. States. But, it seems
that Ihe Constitution is altogether at fault, and
that its musty and obsolete institution of State
Colleges, is to be superceded by unauthorised Na
tional Conventions. II uzza ! for Jackson and
, the Republic ! !!
MR. POINDEXTER.
This gentleman, one of tho “chosen victims
of Executive vengeance,” was lately honored, as
our readers already know, with a public dinner,
and other demonstrations of respect, by a large
portion of the citizens of Philadelphia. Those
evidences of public favor, were intended as a
testimony of the respect entertained for ills talents
and patriotism as a statesman, and of abhor
rence for the dishonorable attempts to destroy his
reputation, made by the Chief Magistrate of the
United States.
Mr. Poindexter’s speech, on this occasion,
has recently been published, and minutely details
the base machinations, and the vile machinists,
employed to effect his destruction. In comment
ing upon them, Mr. P. indulged in a strong and
indignant, but at the same time, in an honest
and justifiable expression of his insulted feelings.
Tho following extract from his speech, estimates
truly and beautifully what a President ought to
be, and depictures, in revolting contrast, the with
ering and disgusting features of what a President
should not be;
“ Whoever may fill the Executive chair of
this great and magnanimous nation, ought to be
a man of high intellectual endowments, —of en
lightened intelligence,—of pure and unspotted
patriotism ,• —but above all these, he ought to bo
the first gentleman in the country ! ! Whatev
er lie utters should bo well considered, and ought
to be received every where as the standard of
decorum, morality, and truth, by which the fame
and honor of the American people might bo just
ly estimated throughout the civilized world. Alas!
how humiliating to the lofty pride of my country
men, must be the sad reverse of this picture, ex
hibited in bold relief, in the person of him who
now occupies that elevated station.
It is said to be a law of China, that he who is
convicted of the crime of slander, should, in ad
dition to other penalties, be sentenced to have
the house in which he resides painted black. I
offer no opinion on the wisdom or policy of this
singular penalty, but I must be permitted to say,
that if the laws of this country contained similar
provisions, I very much fear that the splendid
mansion which the people have erected for their
Chief Magistrate, would not very long boar tho
complexion it now does.”
WESTERN STAGE LINE.
The following letter, which is highly creditable
to the Post Office Department, and the judgment,
sagacity, and management of the New Post-Mas
ter Genera!, will no doubt be equally interesting to
the public, or at least that portion of it who may
be travelling westwardly from Columbus.
Mr. Kendall now fills a very arduous and high
ly responsible Department, in which he is capa
ble of conferring much good, or inflicting much
evil, upon the public interests. That ho is fully
competent to the discharge of his duties, wc readily
admit; and if he acts in uniformity to the rules
which ho has laid down for his government, he
will retrieve the character of tho Department’
establish its usefulness, and be entitled to the
thanks of the public,
i To Messrs. Tatiob, Avert, & Co. contrac
e tore from Columbus to Mobile, via Montgomery.
! Post-Office Department, >
. [Copy] 19tb May, 1835. 3
1 Gentlemen .- A letter has been received from
1 the Hon. W. K. King, U. S. Senator from Alaba
* ms, informing the Department, that recently, on
his return homewards in the mail line of stages,
1 fr° m seat of Government, be was left with o
-1 thers at Columbus, Ga. and subjected to much
r P ersona l inconvenience, in consequence of your
, l‘ ne giving a preference to passengers who went
to that place in the Opposition.
It is the obvkms interest of the Department, as
well as the community, that the contractors
I should so unite and harmonize in their several
.- operations, as uniformly to give a preference to
r passengers who travel in the mail stages ; and the
wishes of the Department,on thiasubject,havehere
, tofore been made known to you. It is a subject
I of regret, that the interests and wishes of the De
f partment have not in this respect been regarded,
’ and that citizens have been disappointed in- their
1 just expectations of uninterrupted transportation
I by the mail lines. It is hoped that no just ground*
j. will hereafter be given for such complaints; but
, the Post-Master General feels it his duty to
say, as well in reference to all others as your
, selves, that while he is clothed with no power by
law to enforce the policy of the Department, in
. this respect; yet those contractors who,under cover
, of their legal right to do so, run opposition'
5 lines on other routes—not in the spirit of fair
f competition, but merely to injure or break down
other contractors, who may have underbid them
or their friends, and thus to force the contracts
r into other hands, at probably higher rates—or com
l bine with others for such purposes, may expect
. the exact measure of the law meted out to them,
t upon their own contracts. It is the ardent desire
1 of the Department to maintain, with all in its ser
, vice, a perfect reciprocity of good feeling, without
. which, its extensive operations cannot be carried
f on with pleasure to them, or benefit to the coun
try. In this spirit the Post-Master General in
-1 tends to manage the affairs of the Department;
j and he confidently expects it to be reciprocated, in
r your future arrangements and operations.
Very respectfully,
f Your obedient servant,
[Signed] AMOS KENDALL.
JCDGE WHITE.
It gratifies us to see that the State Eights party
is less disposed than formerly, to support this gen
tleman for the Presidency—and, we ardently
hope, that before the meeting of the Convention,
in next month, there will not Ire found a solitary
member of the party to raise his voice in favor of a
Force Bill man, for any office whatever, even the
most subordinate. George M. Troup said, ho
would have been carried to the Senate Chamber,
on his death-bed, rather than that his vote should
have remained unrecorded against that Bill 0/
Blood! How, then, can any one, advocating the
f principles he advocates, and.professing to admire
his character, lend his aid to elevate a man to
the Presidency, who gave all his aid and influ
ence to the consummation of that sanguinary and
, daapotic measure 1 It would really seem that
there is not, and cannot bo, one, that would do
so, unless forgetful or thoughtless of what is duo
I to his own consistency, his principles, and the
character of his party.
s The present is one of the most critical junc
s lures in which the State Rights party could Do
- placed ; and he who passes through it unsullied,
B will, at least, be entitled to the award of “ Well
done, thou good and faithful servant.” It seems to
us, that the present posture m which we are placed,
was providentially,intended, as a test of the purity
our principles, and the integrity of our profes
j sions; and that our reward or condemnation, will
j in proportion to the fidelity we display in pass-
I ing through tire fiery ordeal. Woe, woe, to him
j w ho would sacrifice,—nay, even temporise, with
his principles, for the love of success, or hope of
j office. If there be any such, let him beware, for
the tempter is abroad, opening his corrupting
jaws, like a “ Whited sepulchre.”
Nothing less than a holy and religious devotion
s to its principles, can save the State Rights party,
i To “ palter with them in a double sense,” will
, ruin and disgrace us, irretrievably. Two ctfndi
! dates for the Presidency, each belonging to the
s same party, and espousing the same doctrines wo
1 oppose, arc presented to us. Shall we, because
r once beaten, not only suffer ourselves to be dri
■ ven from the field, but, craven-and-fool-like, offer
> ourselves to cither of our adversaries, to be
> mounted and spurred, in opposition to the one or
the other I If we do, we shall soon realise the
> fable of the Horso and tire Stag. Indeed, as this
* excellent fable is quite apposite to the dilemma in
, which some inconsiderate politicians would place
■ us, we cannot refrain from placing it before them
1 as a 6olemn and appropriate warning. It is thus
rendered by iEsop, that time-honored philosopher
* of antiquity—happy would it be, had moderns, a
1 little more of his prudence and wisdom.
’ “ The horse and the stag —The stag, with his
sharp horns, got the better of the horse, and drove
him clear out of the pasture, where they used to
feed together. Bo the latter craved the assistance
of man; and, in order to receive the benefit of it,
suffered him to put a bridle into bis mouth, and
a saddle upon his back. By this way of proceed
ing, he entirely defeated his enemy ; but was
mightily disappointed, when, upon returning
- thanks, and desiring to bo dismissed, he received
this answer: ‘No, I never knew before, how use
ful a drudge you were; now I have found what
you are good for, you may depend upon it, I will
keep you to it.’ 4 ” }
Let the State Rights party bear this fable, con;
stantly in mind, and take care they do not permit
either declared enemies, or misguided friends, to
put a bridle into their mouths, or a saddle upon
their backs.
FOR THE ACODBTA CHRONICLE. *
TO “ JULIUS C/ESAK.”
’Tis well for thee, thou poor Ghost, that thou
art invulnerable, or by the winds that sweep - the
brow of “Parnassus,” I would see thee again on
the fields of Philippi. Let thy troubled spirit
rest, »or rouse my indignation farther. “Alas
poor Ghost”—Jove ! canst thou look unmoved,
and see this Julius again aspiring after thy im
mortal fame. Is this the reward I meet with
that this conqueror, whom I slew for his all-tow
ering ambition, is again to be permitted to hold
converse with mortals I—’Tis well for thee, Jove!
that I have not the same privilege, or I would
make Elysium quail before my thunder !
BRUTUS.
The Novascotian of the 7th inst. states that an
American vessel, with a cargo consisting of tea,
tobacco, coffee, shoes and boots, and almost every
article necessary to supply the fishermen along
the coast, to the prejudice of the British mer
chants, to the amount of about S4OOO, had been
seized at Liverpool, N. S. by the officers of the
customs.
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