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from the Southern literary Messenger.
KAPOI.EON.
Aye ! there he lies—the mighty one !
Death’s hand is on him now;
And fearfully he puts Ids sesl
Upon that haughty brow.
What boots it that his own proud name,
In foreign lands has rung ’
That orators his fame have spoke;
That bards bis deeds have sung I
What boots it that the hills of Spain
Shook 'neath his lordly tread—
That with the blood of her best sous,
Her vallics' streams ran rod !
That over Moscow’s battlements,
His (lag-folds he shook out—
That e’en the lofty pyramids
Kang with his charging shout !
He who sulslu’d so many lands,
Must now from England crave,
(Although she was his deadliest (be,)
What man last wants—a grave.
From the same.
The following beautiful reply to the stanzas of
Mr. Wilde, published in the first number ol the
Messenger, is attributed to Mrs. Buckley, the wife
of a distinguished physician of Baltimore, a lady
whose fine taste and poetic capacity are most hap
pily displayed in those touching lines.
ANBWKU
To “ My Jjfe it like the Summer Rose.”
The dews of night may fall from Heaven,
Upon the wither’d rote’* bed,
And tears of fond regret he given,
To mourn the virtues of the dead :
Vet morning’s sun (lie dews will dry,
And tears will fade from sorrow’s eye;
Affection's pangs lie lull'd to sleep,
And even love forget to weep.
The tree may mourn its fallen leaf.
And Autumn winds bewail its bloom,
And friends may heave the sigh of grief,
O’er those who sleep within the tomb :
et soon will Spring renew the flowers,
And time will bring more smiling hours ;
In fi iendship's heart all grief will die,
And even love forget to sigh.
The reu may on the desert thore,
l.anient each trace it bears away ;
’i he lonely heart its grief may pour
O’er cherish'd friendship’s fast decay ;
et when all trace is lost and gone,
The waves dance bright and gaily on :
Thus, soon affection's bonds are torn,
And even love forgets to mourn.
I'rom Ihe. Southern Hone Bad.
LOCAL BKKTCHES.
Charleston at drum iikat.*—The
farewell onegives.with the expectation of
a speedy return, is very sweet. The kiss
of tenderness without sadness, (lie en
couraging voice, (lie lingering jest, the
smile, the saluted hand, the waving hand
kerchief color up like sun-set clouds
when the light is departing. One rarelv
sees the handkerchief waved when tears
claim its office, and therefore (his little
Hag of friendship is one of hope also.
I love to ride through a city before sun
rise. An observer will detect character
then, as at noon-day. Scott has describ
ed it. The real money-maker is on (he
alert, throwing open Ins doors and shut
ters with a jerk, if he is a bustler, or
carefully unlocking them, if he is a plod
der. The mere hireling crawls about
with a drowsy eye, and looks up sleepily
at the hurrying traveller; (he active
clerk gives an inquiring glance without
stopping train his employment.
We rase at drum-beat to depart in the
rail-road car for Augusta. At (his si"
nal, negroes come abroad without a tic
ket or passport from their owners. This
restriction preserves to the slave, it must
be remembered, a period of repose par
ticularly necessary as an offset to his dar
ling habit of sitting up the larger portion
ol the night. It is a matter of astonish
ment that so few tires occur in our city,
when a merry, or busy, or idle group
may be seen in almost every kitchen
(buildings entirely unconnected with the
family mansion,) between ten and one
o’clock at night. I his is the negro’s
holiday. He saves any extra delicacy
he may have procured through the day
lor his night meal, and the appropriate
odour of fish and meat will often ollend
(he scientific star-gazer, or the sentimen
tal girl who throws up her window
sash to hear the notes of a serenade.
The languid movements of servants thro’
the day are easilyexplained by these so
cial nights, and the activity of plantation
slaves is affected by the same indulgence.
The opening morning, next to the
"pale moonlight,” is favorable to archi
tecture. St. Michael’s, the City Hall,
the Court and Guard Houses, form an
imposing square, mid the view is prettily
finished by the Exchange, to the eastern
• end of Broad-street and a streak of the
blue Ashley terminating the western per
spective.
Oil our way up Meeting-street, we met
the City Guard, consisting of a detach
ment of thirty men. marching with drum
and fife to be dismissed from IheirtWem
tury confinement. Here a stray negro
hurries along with a replenished phial to
the chamber of sickness, ami there a wait
uig-maid begins the day in Irer favorite
altitude—lolling from a window, street
ga/.ing.
I have heard many English visiters
saj, that Charleston must resemble an
oriental or Spanish city. This vague
idea arises probably from our piazzas and
V s T* ifVr llotl,il, o of lI,K smoky hue
ol the buddings. J ,
As we passed on to the great work \
. ( ftfc rail road,) and saw the deficiency 1
and neatness too perceptible in 1
our streets and suburbs, we could not but
think what improvements will take place
m a few years, now that the tide of en-|
erprtze is flowing in, and our political
interests less opposed. Our city is a
wakemng “to put on her beautiful gar
ments. Blessed with health (for its
naiive inhabitants) beyond any citv of
equal population in die Union, with un
limited resources for foreign and domes
tic trade, a well founded college for our
boys, and a growing energy in the iutel
• The signal, at day light, for the discharge of
the guard.
h
lectual education ofourgirls, it is hardly
possible to say, thus far shall we go anti
no farther. May we add to these resour
ces high moral principle, and that reli
gious tone which operates in lifting us a
bovc them all.
The Rail Road. —lt is worth while to
be roused from one’s slumbers to see the
morning mist roll oH4n its beauty. We
hope that fastidious-looking traveller in
the corner of the car will not begin to la
ment the want of bills, and villas, and
orchards, and the various attraction of
northern scenery, because we are perfect
ly satisfied with those thin clouds, that
rising luminary, the moss-clad oaks, the
stat ely pines, the floating jessamine, the
ordorous honeysuckle, the hue and note
of the wood-bird, the wagoner with his
earnest gaze as we dart by his lumber
ing team, the negro with his leisurely
look of familiar scrutiny as he saunters to
the field, and all the minute attractions
(hat come up to an observing eye, which
loves to see things fair, and pronounce
them “good.”
Those who travel with the desire of see
ing social life, will of course be disap
pointed here. Our plantation residences
arc rarely stationed on the public road,
but if time could he spared to cross that
field; and penetrate beyond those woods,
many a chaslc building, blushing garden,
and interesting family, would be found,
w here the stranger would feel no longer
f j like; a stranger. Iful the car darts on like
■ a rocket, and we leave Woodstock. The
' hand of improvement is busy (here, and
' the cottage-Eke quiet of the old estab
lishment is giving place to a more ambi
tious arrangement. We hurry our break
last ; we have just time to gatliera pret
ty snowdrop from the garden wall, and
uwav.
We pass a few cotton-fields and one
rice-field This is quite enough though
lor the memorandum book of our travel
ler iu the corner, who will be likely to
describe it, and weave out a veritable
history of the slave system as he whiz
zes by!
Aiken, at the inclined plane, is a ro
mantic spot. Several Charleston chil
dren iu the car were quite wild at the
prospect of a /ca/hill.
W e not only had no accident, but no
tendency to one, in our one hundred and
thirty five mile (light between sun-rise
and sun-set; and it was like magic tube
seated with a dear circle of friends at Au
gusta, sipping a quiet cup of tea at twi
light.
There was but one thing to make us
sad on the way, and that was the numer
ous temptations to intemperance, (he
sickening display of gin and brandy de
canters in the heart ol a wilderness. Must
it be so ?
It may not seem inappropriate to affix
to tliis little, sketch an extract from a
1 Charleston paper, as illustrating the suc
cess of the rail-road experiment in Suuth-
Caroliua.
“ Comparative view of the receipts of
(he rail-road for (he first three months ol
the vears 1834 and 1835 :
1834. 1835.
January, $4/229 January, $13,290
February, 8,1T4 February, 14,875
March, 11,988 March, 17,459
( 24,391 45,024
, “It will be seen from the above com
parison,that the receipts for the first three
months of the present year are nearly
. double what they were in the correspond
ing period of the year 1834. This is ex
clusive of the amount received for carry
ing the mails.
“ The number of passengers (exclusive
of those in (he company’s service) from
the Ist of April, 1834, to the Ist of A
pril, 1835, has been /went;/ nine Ihou
sundttri) hundred and forty eight.
“ On the 2d iust. one hundred and for
ty one passengers went up by the steam
car William Aiken, yielding SOO7 38
cts.”
•»**
From the Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Expositor,
Olvo iih jo or liaiiil, lirollivr.
We have sometimes thought that not
withstanding the violent out-cry which
was so general some years ago against
the doctrine of nullification, there are
very few persons, who have given the
form of our government but a moderate
share of attention, who will notacknow
ledge the truth of the doctrine, when a
proper occasion, in their view, is pre
i seated for its application. The Editors
of the (National Intelligencer, who from
their youth up, “ according ’to the
, straitest tect” of the Unionists, have ad
tiered to the national republican creed,
have nevertheless, in their paper of the
7lhinst. as I conceive, clearly acknow
ledged the genuine Carolina doctrine.
But we proceed to the proof. The In
telligencer informs us, that the Board of
Baptist Ministers, in and near London,
hail recently urged upon thuii* Baptist
brethren in this country the propriety of
exerting themselves to procure the aboli
tion of slavery in the Southern States.
This solicitation drew from the Rev. Dr.
Bolles, on behalf the American Baptist
Board of Foreign Missions, the follow
ingjust remarks which are introduced
to our notice by the Intelligencer in
terms of strong and decided approba
tion.
“In the first place the political organi
zation of the' United States is widely
different' from that of England; and
this difference makes it impossible to
adopt here a course similar to that which ,
the British Parliament have adopted in
reference to slavery in the West Indeis.
This country is not one State, with an
unrestricted Legislature, but a confed
eracy of States, united by a Constitu- i
lion, in which certain powers are grant- ■
ed to the National Government, and all |
other powers are reserved by the States. (
Among these reserved powers is the re- i
gulation of slavery. Congress have no I
power to interfere with the slaves in the
respective States, ami an act of Congress i
to emancipate the shires in those States ,
would be as wholly null and void as an !
act of the British Parliament for the
| same purpose. The Legislatures of the i
respective States cannot interfere with i
the Legislatures of each other. In some :
ol the Stales, where laws forbidding e- I
mancipation exist, the minority cannot,
if disposed, give freedom to their slaves.
You perceive, then, that: the National 1
Government and the people of the Nor- ;
them States have no power, nor right,
to adopt any direct measures in refer
ence to the emancipation of slaves in
the Southern States. The slave-holders
i themselves are the only men who can
definitely act on this subject; and the. •
only proper and useful inrluence which I
the" friends of emancipation in other i
States can use, consists in argument and
entreaty. The existence ol our Union,
and its manifold blessings, depend on a
faithful adherence to the principles and
spirit of our constitution on this and on
ail other points.”
These political positions taken by Dr.
Bolles, and approved by the Intclligcn- i
cer are undeniably just, and yet what
do (hey aim onto? That an act passed
by Congress, not within its constitution
al powers, is absolutely void, and of no
more validity than an act passed by the
British Parliament on the same subject.
—Will it he said that such an actof Con
gress must be submitted to, until the Su
preme Court declare it void ? No, that
cannot be said. Would we respect an
act of the British Parliament until our
courts declared it voicl ? Suppose the
British Parliament were to pass an act
extending their West India emancipa
tion to the the Southern States of this
Union; or suppose they were to pass an
other stamp act to raise a revenue from
these States; we surely need not ask if
these acts would he submitted to, until
a court of justice declared them void.
There seems to he a strange mistake
• I • i • • "
prevailing on tins subject: a court of
justice may declare an act to be void,
• and its decision will be entitled to much
■ or little respect according to circumstan
ces; but it cannot make that void which
1 is valid, nor give validity to that which
is void, it is hut a truism, an identical
expression, to say that an act which is
• void, is wholly inoperative, and entitled
to respect from nobody. To speak of
1 its being binding for a time, or until a
court shall pass upon it, is a palpable ab
surdity. There is not a political posi
tion in the whole range of American po
litics, that approaches nearer to mathe
i matical certainty than this; that an un
: constitutional act of Congress is void;
and that it is therefore neither blndiiigon
individuals nor .Slates. And as the Na
tional intelligencer has acknowledged
the theory, we request all candid men,
all who are (ree from the collar, to give
the matter up. As to the sworn subal
terns of executive inlallibillity, the blood
hounds of (lie Van Buren breed, who
have scented the “spoils” and are in
pursuit of them—we do not, of course,
reason with them. They are past re
demption. “Ephraim is joined to ins
idols; let him alone.”
From the Constitutionalist.
.Charleston, May 18th, 1835.
Dear Sir: —When your letter in refer
ence to the steam boat mail reached
Charleston. I was prevented, by cir
cumstances beyond my control, from an-
L sweringit in person.—l requested Mr.
Bacot to reply to your favour, and be tells
me that he did so.—My attention is called
r to this subject by the complaint ofa wri
. ter in the Constitutionalist, who charges
great delinquency upon the Post Office
in this city, and attributes to the P. M.a
disposition to be. influenced by what he
calls “ local feelings.”—Will you per
! mit mo to direct your notice to the fol
lowing facts: I’he steamer arrived in
' Charleston at 10 P.M. on Tuesday night;
the mail for Augusta, Mobile, New Or
leans, &c.js closed at 7 P. M. and imme
diately taken away by the contractor—
the mail was therefore out of my hands
and out of my power, before the steamer
was in sight—when once carried to the
Depository, (by an arrangement between
the Postmaster-General and the Rail
Road Company,) can (he Postmaster in
Charleston, whose authority is confined
to his own office, demand the mail again
from the keeper of the Depository? or
would it be delivered, if 1 so demanded ?
Again: Mr. Patton is the agent for the
steam boat—the mail, while at the wharf,
is in his power, not mine. Mr. Patton
delivered the mail at a little after 7 o’-
clock on Wednesday morning—the Car
had started at G o’clock, one hour before
I received the mail! Yet this office i%
censured for not sending the mail at 6,
which was not in our hands until after 7.
Passengers, however, did go on Wednes
day, who arrived here on Tuesday night
—they were not kept on board until
morning—but the mail was —the Post
master in Charleston has no more control
over the mail, until in his possession, than
he has over the passengers— they may de
part the instant (he boat arrives, the mail
can not—the printers,however, send their
these papers—papers are not sent by'mail;
they are carried out of the Depository at
the cost of the. editors,,and transported by
the Car, but not in the mail—for the rea
sons above stated, that the mail from
New-York was not in our possession for
an hour after the Car had departed, and
that the western mail had been closed and
sent away, at 7 the evening before, which
1 have already said is our regular hour
for closing—the bout usually arrives on '
Wednesday in the forenoon, and 7 in the
evening is fixed that we may forward the
mail she brings. I certainly desire to
promote the interests of Augusta and her ’
merchants, by forwarding the mail with- (
out delay, because it is my duty, but not
to avoid the memorial to the Postmaster I
General. <
Mr. Patton, I believe, will deliver the ’
maij at night, or will even have it carried 1
directly to the rail road, if the Depart- 1
input will compensate him for dogig so— 1
but the Postmaster in Charleston has no
authority to direct Mr. Patton. We 1
might keep this office open during the
whole night, upon the chances of the arri- 1
val of the boat, if it be determined by
the Department that it is expedient for us 1
to do so.—l ask leave, however, in a
spirit of perfect kindness, to suggest (he 1
following remedy for the evil which is
complained of: "Let a separate mail be
made up in New York for Augusta; [
letters well as papers; and let Mr. 1
Patton, who regards himself as the car
rier, be instructed to transport the Au- 1
gusla mail, to the rail road, immediate
ly on the arrival of the boat—ln this
way, ami in this only, can the mail be put 1
upon the same footing (in point of expe
dition) as passengers, or us papers sent I
at the private cost of the printers—if the
boat for instance, arrives at sin the morn- '
ing, it would be utterly impassible for us 1
to receive the mail, sort it, deliver it, and 1
have it carried to the. Depository by 6 j
and yet passengers could be there in the i
hour with perfect ease—and the printers i
couUWiavo their papers ready also. See
ing the approach of the boat for some time I
before she reaches the wharf, they of 1
course tan transport what they receive, 1
while the Post Office cannot until the j
business of opening, sorting, and do- i
sing the mail has been accomplished. 1
1 think the remedy, and the only re- i
medy is, in having a separate mail
made up for your city in New York ; Mr
Patton, instructed to carry it without de
lay to the Depository; which he assures
me he will do if the Department will pay
the necessary expenses. 1 can see no
other mode of obtaining certain relief,
unless the President of the Rail Road
Company will detain the Car until the ,
mail can be made up, or send an extra.
I have thus endeavoured, dear sir, to
explain this case as it ap|>ears to me—and
endeavored also to point out the only
mode of avoiding the difficulty which is
so much complained of—not because I
am in any way unwilling to meet all the
responsibility which attaches to my sta
tion, but because I sincerely desire to
further the accommodation of your fellow
citizens in Augusta, by every means in
my power. 1 remain, dear sir, with great
respect, you ob’dt. servt.
ALFRED HUGER.
From the Columbia (S. C.) 'Times.
We have received from the author, a
very distinguished citizen of our Slate, a
pamphlet, containing a Series of Essays
on the Presidential Election, originally
published in the Charleston Mercury,
over the signature of a “ South Carolini
an.” We are sorry that we cannot coin
cide with him in his views on this subject.
The essays arc written with much abili
ty, but bis arguments we, consider un
tenable. He recommends South Caroli
na to give her vote for White, because he
is Ihc least objectionable of the two prom
inent candidates now before the, people.
He thinks that we are in duty bound as
citizens of the Confederacy to enter into
the contest, and that such w ould be the
course of true dignity.—We differ from
the author upon all thegounds he lias ta
ken. How can we reconcile it with our
principles to do an act, at the eleventh
hour, that our spirits revolted at in the
beginning ? Have we not frequently de
clared, that we never would support a
man whose principles were directly at
war with our own ? Have we not al
ways acted upon this maxim,—and shall
we violate it at this early day? We
hope not. We put the question home to
our friends, is it not far .-.lore honorable
to vote against Crassus and Csesar, than
to humiliate ourselves by Voting for them?
We verily believe, that if South Carolina
gives her vote for White, she. gives the
death blow to the principles of Liberty.—‘
What, South Carolina vote for a man,
who lias acknowledged the right of the
Federal Government to burn our cities,
desolate our land, and massacre our citi
zens for resisting oppression. No—we
will not believe it—we estimate Caroli
na’s dignity too high,, to harbor the
thought. She, who now occupies the
most enviable position in the confedera
cy—she who stands first and foremost in
the ranks of the champions of the Consti
tution, respected even by her enemies,
for her disinterested patriotism and con
sistency—she, who the freemen in other
states look Hi as a leader that shall direct
the storm in that great battle which must
soon be waged by sovereignty, against
misrule, usurpation and corruption, will
never bow down like the fawning syclio
phants that hover around the throne of
power to kiss the foot of an oppressor.
As to (he argument of Judge White’s
being a slave bolder, we will only re
mark, that his election, can be no check
to the mad schemes of the pseudo philan
thropists of the north. When Congress j
dares to legislate upon that subject, in i
violation of the constitution, secession i
is the only, and the proper remedy for 1
the South.
I
From the Winy aw Intelligencer,
One of the advocates of Judge White,
says “ Nullification is not the only con- '
servative doctrine in the world.” As to !
the world, we have nothing to say. But ,
as to these so called United Stales, we i
beg leave to differ. What other conser- t
vativedoctrine is there ? The next thing 1
probably will be from somebody, that '
Nullification is not a fundamental and j
necessary doctrines of the Nuttifiers. As ,
it appears to our pinewoods notions, the j
step would not be a very long one. i
What other conservative doctrine is 1
there? The fact is Nullification is the. -
conservative doctrine—there is none oJ
(her. Pray did the “ Freedom of (lie r
Press,” the “ purity and and freedom (if
Elections,” the “ freedom of speech,” I
which the writer says are “ just as impor- :
taut as Nullification itself” save us from ‘
Northern tribute, or Judge White’s *
Force Bill ? j
Did not Virginia nullify the “ Alien q
and Sedition” Laws in defence of the «
“ Freedom of the Press,” and the “ free- "
dom of speech ?” which was the conser- v
vative doctrine ?
The same writer says “ though Judge !,
White voted also for* the Force Bill it c
was only because he regarded it as a f
brutumfulmen signifying nothing. r
And we the S. Carolina uullihcrs—a
party bound together by principle—are ”
called on to support a* man who would
vote for a Bill to carry fire and sword—
rapine and murder and a servile war a- i
noons us, only because “it signified noth- <'
ing!” t
Judge White either believed that mea- !:
sure constitutional—necessary, or not. c
If he believed it Constitutional, it is ;
useless to talk to us of his willingness to a
reform abuses, &c. What Congress has r
already done, and what they hereafter 1
may Jo, he is bound to support with fire '
and sword—all therefore we have to de- j
pend on, is his personal feelings and in- v
terests. This might be good ground for r
choice iu electing a master. But hardly c
in choosing a servant I In any case Judge ‘
W. has been completely under control, ‘
ami what has been may be.
If Judge W. did not believe the Force J
Bill Constitutional, he perjured himself j
in perhaps the most important crisis of a
Anglo American history, and that too to 1
gratify the President. '
If he believed it necessary, we are cal- 11
led upon to support a man who thought it 1
right to enforce unequal and oppressive
taxation, at the risk of the lives and hap
piness of thousands. Let his advocates, |
if they can, |ioiut out a more cold -blooded t
act of despotism. '
If he did not believe it necessary, he 1
lent himself to the evil passions of others, s
and aided in establishing a precedent for Jj
the exercise of absolute power by a ma- •
jority of the Federal Government and
that too for the purpose of enforcing the
Tariff', which his admirers say he be
lieves to be unjust and illegal.
“ Touch not, taste not, handle not!”
From the Charleston Courier, 25 inst.
Military Encampment, at Barnwell
Court House.
We team from a gentleman just returned from
the Military Encampment at Barnwell C. House,
that jt was very well attended, upwards of 200
officers Mug present. The Camp was organized
on Monday last, and closed on Friday. The ma
nagement of the whole affair is said to have af
forded great satisfaction to all engaged in the ex
ercises, having been conducted iu the most orderly
and correct manner, and that great improvement
was manifested during the lime of its continu
ance—and also, that appearances indicated that
this mode of instructing the officers would become
very popular in the country. The Ladies of
Barnwell, on Thursday last, presented three com
panies with stands of colors—and a detachment
of the Encampment acted as an escort on the
occasion.
On Thursday, at 1 o’clock, the citizens of Barn
well gave a public dinner to Gov. DcDuffie, at
which Gen. Haxne, commander of the Division,
was invited as a guest. In the course of the af
ternoon, both gentlemen replied to complimentary
toasts, by addressing the meeting, and both took
occasion to to disavow the course taken by a por
tion of the parly to which they belong, in support
of Judge While as a candidate for the Presiden
cy, declaring that such a proceduie would not be
in consonance with the principles for which they
had been contending, and advising that the state
should keep entirely aloof from the presidential
contest. We understand that it was the intention
of the Commitlcc of Arrangements to apply for
the speeches, for the purpose of publication.
A most unfortunate and serious occurrence
took place, however, to mar the enjoyments of
the occasion, a fire having broken out in a grog
shop, in the village, on Tuesday night, between
11 and 12 o'clock, which destroyed the building
in which it originated, and three other buildings—
one belonging to a widow lady, a relative of the
late Judge Martin, who kept aboarding house;
the law office of E. Bellinger, Esquire, and
another building kept as a grog shop. The fire
was extinguished only, by the great editions of
the Otlicers of the Encampment, as there was no
engine, hooks, buskets, or other means of sup
pressing the flames. The most serious loss sus
tained, was by the lady mentioned, who al
though most of her furniture was saved, was
by the unfortunate occurrence deprived of her
principal means of support. Much to the credit
of the officers, however, a subscription was started
for her relief, and in the course of six hours from
sto 600 dollars was subscribed. The fire was
supposed to have been accidental.
Extract of a letter dated Barnwell C. 11. Friday
Morning, 1 o’clock.
A colored man remained on the top of Mrs. Al
len’s house until he was so exhausted, by heat and
fatigue, as to be unable to move; and when the
shed was on fire, and the flames rapidly approach
ing him, the poor fellow could do no more than
barely cling to the roof. In this situation, a lad
der was produced, and Colonel Isaac W. Hayne,
one of the Governor’s aides, ascended, and, in the
face of an almost insupportable heat, succeeded in
saving the sufferer; who, on reaching the bottom
the ladder, fell senseless, and now lies dangerous
ly ill. Col H. escaped uninjured.
The encampment has gone of admirably. We
have had near 200 officers encamped for five days.
They have submitted to the most rigid discipline.
The improvement, all admit, has been astonish
ing. The conduct of all has been most exem
plary. We had colors presented to three volun
teer companies, by the ladies, yesterday, and a
public dinner, by the citizens, to the Governor and
Geu. Hayne, yesterday.— Mercury,
From the Auraria Recorder.
Brunch at the Mint in Georgia.
“Mr. Few, the Superintendent of the build
ings of the Branch Mint, to be established at or
near Dahlolmcgo, has visited that place (with a
competent Surveyor) for the purpose of selecting
and surveying, as we understand, a suitable site
for the buildings. It is said that he conceives it
to be his duty, under the act establishing a Branch
Mint at or near that place, to select a site within
the corporate limits of Dahlohnega. This is what
we conceive to be a strict, not to stay strange con
struction of the law. We had supposed that a
location at a more central point of the mining
business than Dahlohnega, and one accessible
from all points, which from the very nature of
things, must better subserve the public interest,
and the end and object of its establishment in the
Gold Region of the south, would como within the
statute, though it were Jive miles from that place.
Wo look forward to its establishment, even at
that place, with lively interest. Our enter
prizing miners will at once realize an advance up
on their gold, of from 3to 5 per cent. The coun
try will bo supplied with a permanent metallic
currency, and the honest, industrious yeomanry
relieved Irom the fatal consequences of broken
banks. Our neighbors of other States, will be re
lieved from giving high premiums upon U. S. or
other bills. In a word, the advantages to this
section of country are incalculable, and will bo
felt so long as the hills and streams continue to
yield their shining treasure; and we venture the
assertion, that it will continue as long, and yield
as abundant as any gold region of any country
upon the Globe.” , ,
The Hon. Mr. Forsyth arrived in this place on
Tuesday evening, and left immediately. The ser
vices ot this able and active hand of the Union
party in Georgia have been very much needed.
A kind of apathy and sluggishness upon that all
important subject, the Baltimore Convention, has
pervaded the party, which the unceasing exertions
of the Federal press have not been able to dispel.
In fact, they have become luxurious, and conse
quently indolent, in their prosperity, and need
efficient managers too “stir them up.”—Forsyth is
away, and Wayno has obtained the object for
which he has so long struggled, moreover ho pos
sesses too correct a sense of duty, to soil his judi
cial ermine by party collisions. He has served his
apprenticeship and is no longer bound.—The pla
ces of these active managers cannot be easily sup
plied. Mr. Forsyth should have made it conve
nient to Visit Georgia earlier, and his State might
have made a fairer showing at the Convention.—
Macon Messenger, 2 Ur lust.
Severe Rail Storm, —On Wednesday evening
13th inst. a severe Hail Storm passed through the
counties of Monroe and Jones, and to what far
ther extent we have not learned. For about two
miles in breadth, the destruction to vegetation and
fruit was most complete—scarce a vestige of the
cotton crop can bo found, and corn has fared but
little belter. The trees arc as withered and bare
as if a blast of fire had passed over them. It is
probable that the hail fell on a level, generally to
the depth of eight to twelve inches; and drifts
were found two to three feet in depth. It will
give some idea of the quantity that must have
fallen, when it is known that on Sunday there
was considerable quantities on the ground in Mon
roe County, and buckets full of it were gathered
on Tuesday, (six days after it fell) and brought
into Clinton, although the weather during the
intervening time was the warmest we have had
this season. The hail also fell in this and other
places at the same lime; but not in sufficient
quantity to do any material damage. The storm
passed thro’ Monroe a few miles below Forsyth,
and in Jones some short distance above Clinton.
The cotton crops need an entire replanting, and
the com to a considerable extent. This has been
a season of extremes, and now lacks but little of
putting the plagues of Egypt to the blush. — Ibid
At the first commence qient of the hail storm, we
learn, the horses in the Accomodation Line, on
the same road, became frightened and ran away,
when the driver was thrown from his seat and bad
ly hurt, and the stage was broken to pieces and
strewed along the road. There were 12 passen
gers along—lJ had temporarily left the stage,
and the twelfth escaped without injury.— Macon
Telegraph.
SUMMARY .
Mr. Breedlove, the gentleman who has been
suffering under the disease of Small Pox is fast
recovering. We have heard of no new case,
and can confidently contradict the rumors that
other cases are now existing in our place.
Mill. Standard of the Union, May 23.
The following gentlemen were on Wednesday
ast admitted to practice as Attomies in the
courts of Law of this state, viz; A. P. Aldrich, P.
J. Allston, J. W. Blakeney, W. H. Duncan, E.
W. Jones, J. M. Taylor, Geo. T. Taylor, J. Wat
son. And to the court of Equity, W. 11. Dun
can, R. Gourdin and Geo. T. Taylor.
Columbia (S. C.J Times.
JI proper Rule. —The Harrisburg Intelligencer,
speaking of another Journal, says:—“ We some
time since itstruck from our exchange list, in con
sequence of its coarse and vulgar abuse. The
edited thinks us “ mean,’’ for doing so. We can
not help it. We will not keep the company of
a man who uses indecent language, and we put
our exchange papers upon the same footing as we
do associates.” Quere! If the above rule
was generally adopted by all respectable prints,
what would be the number of the Globe’s ex
change papers'! Can you tell Mr. Blair! — Ibid.
Columbus, May 21.
The Fanners Bank of Chuttahuuchic.
The committee appointed by the last Legisla
ture to examine into the condition of the Farmers
Bank of Chattahoochic, have, wc learn, just dos
ed their labors after a tedious investigation. We
are of course ignorant of the facta and comments
reported to the Governor ; but wc regret to learn
that the general tenor of the report is unfavora
ble. From all we could ascertain, we had been
led to believe that the Bank would be able in the
course of a few months, not only to redeem her
bills, but to commence business again, and per
haps with favorable auspices. But if the report
of the committee be adverse, and a scirefacias
■ should issue, we presume no farther steps will be
taken to put the Bank into operation until the
final decision of that question, and in the mean
time, the Bank will be hanassed with suits, large
expenses and loss will probably be sustained; the
bills will undergo a still greater depreciation, and
the holders be the losers.— Sentinel.
Well done. —We have this moment been in
formed by two gentlemen of high standing in
Georgia, witlr whom wo have long been acquain
-1 ted, that Gen. Jackson lias positively refused tir
approve any contract lately made with the In
• dians, believing as he does that the whole or near
■ ly the whole of the contracts for land are fraudu
i lent. Both of the gentlemen saw and conversed
• with Mr. Dougherty, who went to see the Presi
t dent on the subject, and to furnish him with the
1 evidence of the impositions practised on the In
i dians by the process of personating &c. Mr.
i Dougherty, is the person alluded to in the Jour
nal some time since as having written us for the
- evidence in our possession to prove the fraud of
the Indians. Thousands of honest men will
heartily thank Gen. Jackson for his interference
j to put down one of the most extensive frauds
, this country ever witnessed.—The General never
performed a more acceptable act to the people of
( this part of the country than his refusal, hence
forward to approve anv contract whatever with
the Indians for their lands.—He sends an agent
| shortly to look into each case of fraud. We
' hope he will be able to get the Nation without be-
ing bribed himself, as that will be attempted it is
thought.— Alabama Journal.
We had hail to fall in Montgomery, Alabama,
3 on Thursday, 14th instant, of larger size than we
have ever seen before. It was, iu most instances,
between the size ofa hen’s egg and a goose’s egg.
. It continued to fall but a short time, else we
. know not what might have been the disastrous
consequences.— lbid.
i Prisoners escaped. —On Saturday evening
1 last, the Jail of this county was broken open, and
the whole of the prisoners (10 in number) made
their escape. Two of them, APDaniol and Swim
mer, were charged with murder, and one with
stealing (Ohcrokecs,) a man of the name of
White, sentenced to one month’s imprisonment,
_ and 5 negroes, committed as runaways.—Pursuit
r was made within half an hour after their escape,
j by a number of the citizens, which continued du
, ring the night, and yesterday, but without suc
’ cess. On yesterday evening a Cherokee was
t committed to the Jail of this county, charged
, with dangerously stabbing a white man in Floyd
, county.— Cassville Gazette, 11 thinst.
b Mr. Bulwer’s new work is called “ The Stu
- dent.”
Join, JVOTICJE.
i BROUGHT to the Jail of
Burke county, at Waynesboro’,
on the 10th May, a negro man
named ROBERT, about 5 feet
6 inches in height, dark com
plexion, and says ho belongs to
Gen. David Taylor, formerly
of this county.
ALSO,
tO N the 12th May, a nego boy
named BEN, 5 feet 3 inches in
height, dark complexion and
says he belongs to Gen. Daviii
The owner will come forward,
prove property, pay expenses,
and take said negroes away.
WM. B. DOUGLASS, Sheriff.
may 27 3tw 69
For Norfolk, Virginia, via
Smifhville, (No. Ca.)
aeV'rfiV Packet William Seabrook,
Capt. Walter Dubois, will
hence for Norfolk,
Virginia, via Smithville, (No. Ca.) on Tuesday,
the 9th of June, 1835, at 4 o’clock in the after
noon. A passage List is left at the Subscriber’s
Counting Room, where Berths can be paid tor and
secured, either by personal application or letter.
WILLIAM PATTON, Agent.
6 Fitzsimons’ wharf, Charleston,
may 27 69
The Savannah and Augusta (Ga.;) Columbia,
(So. Ca.;) and Fayetteville, (No. Ca.) newspa
pers, will please give this one insertion.
Executors'* JVotice.
FOUR months after date, application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
pf Columbia county, while sitting for Ordinary
(purposes, for leave to sell all the real estate of
‘ Mary J. Wood, deceased, late of said county.
JAS. J. W. BURROUGHS, Ex’r.
ELIZABETH BURROUGHS, Ex’x.
may 27 4tm 69
lawT
THE subscribers have connected themselves
in the practice of the Law, and have open
ed an office in Louisville, xvhere one or both
may be found at any time. They will practice
in the following counties of the Middle Circuit,
viz.: Jefferson, Columbia, Washington, Mont-
Somcry, Tattnall, Emanuel, Burke, and Screven.
All business entrusted to their care, will be thank
fully received and promptly attended to.
ROBERT WATKINS FLOURNOY,
WILLIAM H. CONNELLY.
April 15 8m 57
Regimental Order.
75« I» Battalion, 10th Regiment, G. M.
May 21 st,- 1835.
THE Regimental Order of the 15th May,
instant, so far as the 75th Battalion is
concerned, is hereby rescinded.
ORDERED,
That a Battalion Court of Enquiry be held at
the City Hall, in Augusta, on Saturday, 6th June
next, at 10 o’clock, precisely, A. M. for the pur
pose of trying all defaulters at Officer’s Drill, 9th
inst. and Battalion muster of the 12tb instant
All commissioned officers of the 75th Batta
lion, the commanding officer of each company
having with him a correct return of the defaulters
of his company, as well as of all defaulters, are
hereby required to attend.
ROBERT W.McKEEN,
Col. Commanding 10th Reg. G M.
Wm. M. Frazer, Adjt
may 23 > 2t 68
GENKRAL
STAGE OFFICE
REMOVED *
To the Globe Hotel..
Arrival and Departure or the .iifier
ent Mail Slaves.
LONGSI’REET & Gummos’g, ami lilil
i.un, Houtox, <fe Co’s. line of Four Horse
Coaches, for Montgomery, via Warrenton, Spar
ta, Millcdgeville, Macon, Knoxville, and Colum
bus, is now in full operation, and departs daily at
, fii o’clock, p. m. giving passengers by the Charle
ston Rail Road cars sufficient lime to secure their
scats for the west; and arrives daily at 5 a. m., be
ing in time for the Charleston Rail Road cars.
Passengers by this line going north, have a pre
ference at Augusta, over all others, on the days
it brings the great New Orleans mail.
Jons McLeax’s line of four horse Coaches for
Washington City, via Columbia and Camdem, S.
C., and Fayetteville and Raleigh, N. C. departs
daily at 10 o’clock, a a. and arrives daily at 3
i o’clock, P v
Tate &, Newland’s line of four horse Coaches (
for Gainsville, via Appling, Wrightsborough,
i Washington, and Athens, departs Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, at 3 o’clock, a. m.-
and arrives Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,-
at 7 o’clock, p. m.
Giuieht Loxostheet’s line of 4 horse Coaches
for Savannah, via Millhavcn and Jacksonboro’s
departs, every other day alternately, at 10 o’-
; clock, a. m. and arrives every other day, altcr
i natelv, by I o’clock, p. m. being in time, and
i connecting with the Montgomery lino of Mail
coaches.
Joint McLfan’s line of four horse Coaches for
i Greenville, via Aiken, Edgefield, Abbeville, An
: derson, and Pendleton, departs Sundays, Wednes
. days, and Fridays, at 10 o’clock, a. m. and ar
rives Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays! at 2
o’clock, p. m. This line has bean increased, and
j the route changed from a two horse hack, twice a
week, to a Four Horse Post Coach, three times
r a week, which will prevent any detention to pas
sengers travelling’from the lower country toGreen
ville, S. C. or the Warm Springs, N. C. as it con
nects at Greenville with a line of four horse coach-
I es, three times a week, direct to Ashville, and the
Warm Springs, N.C.
I G. T. SCOTT, Agent.
Augusta, May 13,1835 65
The Charleston Cornier and Savannah Geor
' gian, will each give the above four weekly inser
, tions, and forward their accounts.
[ Office of Transportation, S.-
‘ €. €. ami Rail Road Co.
15 is Gives, That all Goods, hereaf--
ter transported on the Rail Road, from
s Charleston to Hamburg, destined for the interior of
Georgia, and not consigned or ejaimed by the
’ owners on arrival, will be delivered to A. Cum-
B ming, Esq. of Augusta, for storage ; and those for
'< South-Carolina, to George Parrott & Co. of
• Hamburg, at the expense and risk of owners; the
3 freight, drayage and storage, &c. of which, is to*
3 be paid, on, or before delivery.
WM. ROBERTSON, Jun’r.,
; Agent of Transportation.
1 may 23 68
! ~ WILL BK SOLS),
1 On the first Tuesday in July next,
1 At T public outcry, within the usual hours of
> sate, at Jacksonboro,’ the following tracts
* of Land, to wit:
! > 3 acres pine Land, at Skinner’s Bluff, on Brier
' creek.
250 acres pine Land, on Beaver-dam creek,
s bounded by Watkins and Jones.
J 500 acres pine Land, granted to E. Sapp,bound'
ed by vacant lands.
900 acres pine Land, in 2 tracts, granted to J. '
- Smith, bounded by McCarty and Jones.
250 acres pine Land, granted to Henry, bound
! ed by Jones and Watkins.
350 acres pine Land, granted to S. Kemp,
bounded by Watkins and Jones,
f 200 acres pine Land, granted to A. Bound,
, bounded by Kemp and Jones,
i 168 acres pine Land, granted to William Graves,
t bounded by Bound, Watkins and Jones.
- 234 acres pine Land, granted to T. Shields,
J bounded by lands of Jones.
/ 500 acres pine Land, granted to John Bryan,
bounded by Bryan and Herrington.
500 acres pine Land, granted to T. McKinney,
. bounded by .unknown lands,
i Terms made known on the day of sale.
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
i For the heirs of Seaborn Jones.'
may 20 wtd 67
’ lO DOLLARS RE WARR,
STRAYED or stolen from
subscriber’s farm. 13 miles
from Augusta, on the Milledge
ville road, two HORSES—one
i II a b ß bt bi *y borso, l° n Bbodied,
with a remarkable large black
tail; the said horse was branded or marked No. 19
( the right or left, shoulder, and is supposed to be
about 8 years of age ; —the other was a light sor
j rcl horse, with a small star in the forehead, and
blind in the right eye ;he had but one shoe on, •
’ haying lost the other three before he left the sub
| scriber, and was also supposed to be about 8 years
s of age. They were both missed at the same time,
1 and I have been informed that they were seen
■car Locust Hill, near the Wrightsborough road.
They left my farm on Friday last, the 15th in
stant. Any information of the said horses will bo
thankfully received, and the above reward and all
reasonable expenses will be paid if they are de
[ livcred to me or to B. Bouyer, Augusta, opposite
the Chatholic Church.
G. P. TURPIN.
may 23 2t 68
> ’ usrjj.fr.
James H. Bostick tolls be-
me, James Fleming, a
Justice of the Peace for the
78th District, G. M. Jeffer
son county, one BLACK
■'ftaraSSSsfcapa HORSE, about fifteen years
old, fifteen hands high, left hind foot white, small 4
star in his forehead, small snip on his nose, and
no brands to be discovered. Appraised by John
1 Stevenson, and Richard Hudson, at thirty-five dol
■ lars.
1 A true extract from the Estray Book of Jcffer
-1 son county. Given under my hand, this 18th
, May, 1835.
D. E. BOTHWELL, Cleik.
may 20 • 3tw 67
Burke Sheriff’h Sale.
On the first 'Tuesday in Jwfe next
WILL be sold, at the Court-HAise door,
in the town of Wayncsborough, Burke
county, within the usual hours of sale:
One tract of Oak and Hickory Land adjoining
lands of Jesse P. Greene, and others, containing
two hundred acres, more or less. Levied‘on as
the property of John Fryer, to satisfy one Mort
gage fi. fa. in favor of Samuel Player vt. said
Fryer.
WM. B. DOUGLASS s. n. c.
April 21 td 61
sls. Due R. E. Bourke, or bearer, fif
teen dollars, value received. August
30 th, 1834. (Signed)
E. C. GLISSON, Administiator.
JVOTiCE.
I FORE WARN all persons from trading for
the above Due-bill, as I do not intend pap
ing it, as the consideration for which it was given
has never been complied with. •
EVAN C. GLISSON, Adm’r.
Burke county, April 11, 1835. 56
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