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From Blackwood’i Magazine
TUG LAST JOURNEY.
Michaud, in his description of an Egyptian
funeral procession, which he met on its way to
the cemetery of Rosetta, says—“ The procession
we saw pass, stopped Ircfore certain houses, and
sometimes receded a few rteps. I was told
that the dead slopped thus before the door of
their friends, to hid them a last farewell, and be
fore those of their enemies, to effect a reconcilia
tion before they parted forever.”—[Correspon
dence d’Orienl, par MM. Midland ct Poujoulat.]
Slowly with measured tread,
Onward we boat the dead
To his long home.
Short grows the homeward road,
On with your mortal load,
Ob, Grave! we come.
Vet, yet—ah! hasten not
Past each remembered spot
Where he had been ;
Where late he walked in gloc,
There from henceforth to ba
, Never more seen.
Yet, yet—ah slowly move—
Dear not the form we love
Fast from our sight—
Let the sir breathe on him,
And tho sun beam on him
Last looks of light.
Rest ye—act down the bier,
One he loved dwellcth here.
Let the dead lie
A moment that door beside,
Wont to fly open wide
Ere he drew nigh.
Hearken I—hespeoketh yet—
“ Oh, friend f will thou forget
(Friend more than brother '.)
, How hand in hand we’ve gone,
Heart with heart linked in om—
.l/1 to each other 7
“ Oh friend I I go from then,
Where the worm feaatelh free.
Darkly to dwell.
Giv’st thou no parting kisa 7 I
Friend I is it come to this I I
Oh, friend, farewell!" I
Uplift your loud again, (
Take up the mourning strain I |
Pour the deep wail I ,
Lo ! the expected one I
To his place passclli on— I
Grave I bid him hail. |
Yet, yet.—ah I —slowly move ; I
Bear not the form we lovo |
Far from our sight—
Let the air breathe on him.
And the sun beam on him I
' Last looks of light.
Here dwells his moral foo ;
Lay the departed low,
Even at his gate.
Will the dead speak again,
Uttering proud boasts and vain,
Last words of halo 7
Lo I the cold lips unclose—
List! list! what sounds arc those,
Plaintive and low 7
“ Oh thou, mine, enemy !
Come forth and look on me.
Etc hence 1 go.
“ Curse not thy fueman now, —
Mark 1 on his pallid brow
Whose seal is set !
Pardoning I passed away—
Then—wage not war with clay—
Pardon—forget."
Now his last labor’s done 1
Now, now the goal is won 1
Oh, t ■ radb 1 we come.
Seal up this precious dust—
Land of the goad and just,
Take the soul home !
PnoxpJiciATioN.—Me never have seen some
queer eontreo like dia. The linguago do very
much trouble mo in his pronunciation. 1 shall
tell you. Vcn me embark in Bordeaux for I’A
murique, 1 no very well understand do English.
De capitainc tell me, he is one lingmige which I
can learn 100 easy, ami he promise lo give me
any lessons on do voyage. So, von I came on
dc board, I say, “ Capitainc. how you call in En
glish, von vessel, bailment f” lie enpitaine bo
reply me “sheep.” Eh bien, verwell; wo shall
see. 1 say van day to da cook, vat do sailors Call
docteur, “ Monsieur le Medicin, how you call
ce petit moreen de bois, dis lit piece of do wood
which applicable for to make burn do fire 7” lie
say mo sheep,” Alafioi, say lin myself, it seems
as if it make no odd whether do wood ho a small
piece or a grand quantity j for it is all sheep. So,
to let de capitaine ajqieiceivc dat 1 very well learn
de English, I say him, “ Captain, in your coun-
Irce do wood is sheep." “ No,” he reply me, “it
is very dear; but you do not prononce lire world
correctly—you should say cheap.” I remark
him, "I not can make any discovery of any difi'er
cncc in do prononcc.” He reply mo, “ You pio
noncc all do same as de sheep rnouton, whereas
there is much diflbrcnco.” Ami so Messieurs
Editeure, do word was spell s-h-i-p, or c-h-i-p, or
c-h-e-a-p, or s-h-e-e-p, it have to me all de same
prononciation. But never mind. It is not pos
sible for me lo comprende von Ungnago vilch have
no rules for prononce; and I vill tell you, Mes
sieurs i fdo other grand misslake into which 1 tell
down. I reasoned in myself in dis wav. If
words which are spelled dillerentlv lone de same
prononciation, it is not possible but dat de words
terminating wid de same letters w ill be prouoncorl
in de same way. But wo shall see.
After mo arrive in Philadelphia, von day mo
lake a promenade wid one gentlemens up tie
streets of de Valnuls, and veil 1 arrive at tie cor
ner of do Six-street, 1 sw to my friend, “ Let us
go thnff de square of Washington.” My friend
ho not can stand under me. and he ask me to
■Jpke rr|iciition of vat I say. 1 tell him dat, “on my
voyage from La belle France tho capitain of do
vessel say, “de sea is ruff;” and as 1 find in the
Dictionary dat de word ru ff is spelled r-o-u-g-h,
I have adopt de same prononciation for the word
l-h-r-o-u-g-h." My friend lie 101 lme tint I make
mistake, and dat 1 should say throo. Eh bien,
ver well. On same day me' dine at von largo
partie of de ladies and gentlemens; and von Mon
sieur, who was cutting very delicious ham (Jam
bon,) ask me if I vould be helped to a piece, and
on vilch side I would have it 7 I answered,
“ Bair, if you please on de aide next de hoo." All
de compaine immediately look after me, and some
young have ver much de appearance to
laugh ; but Ino can tell for vat.—At length u
polite gentlemens who sat near me, whisper me
softly, and say, “Monsieur, pardonnez nun, but
you have make von slight errour in votre protion
elation—h-o-u-g-h is prononcc hock.” Vat shall
Ido ! I vas mortify severely to appear so igno
rant in de good society, and I resolved lo regain
my reputation. So, I say lo von lady opposite to
me on de table, “ Madame, dis pastry is made of
de very white dock” She hook to me vid aston
ishment. All de rest of de companic regard me,
and 1 feel very much bashful. “ Dock 1” say otic
—“ Dock 1” say anoder. Dey suppose, probable
ment, dat I voqld say duck, I den explain. Say
I, “ d-o-u-a.h, do it not pronounce dock ?” «Oh
no,” *»y all de lady, “it is pronounced doe." Eh
bien. We try again. I say to von oder lady,
“ you have a very disagreeable ko."
* Jt
She no comprehend me. I repeated—" Madame,
you have von very ugly ko. She no under
stand. Idcnssy in French loux.” “On Mon
sieur means teoff,” say von of do gentlemens,
“ which is the pronunciation of c-o-u-g-h.” It
appear to me as if do letters o-u-g-h have all ima
ginable prononciation. Uni never mind, says I;
if I make mistake, it is dc linguago vat is lo blame
and not me. So I make other attempt. T say to
one gentlemens, “ dis meat is not toss." He re
ply me, Monsieur, I-o-u-g-h isprononccd tuff I’
Here again 1 find myself where I start; and I am
quite sure dal dc capltaih of de ship have do true
prononciation, and dat de odder person make joke
of me.—But ma foi, I vos perform von great mis
take ; for von other day I vas to take a valk on
hofse-hack (promenade a cheval) in do contree,
when I saw in a field a tnan at work. Say 110
dc man, “ Veil, my friend, how many acre can you
phff, in a day 7” He looked at me wid an air
of great stupidity, and ask roe, “ Sair, I no stand
under you.” I say, “Do .you not call dat ma
chine your phff." lie reply, “ No, sair, wo call
it a plow.” And it is (pellet p-l-o-u-g-h. Vat
shall Ido 7 To be thought so ignorant ofde En
glish prononciation by a common phff-mun vas
too much for mo to carry. 80, lo save my char
acter, I say to do man, “ Sair, vill you permit my
horse to tak adi ink out of your trows" He an
swer me, " Sair you mean troff.” It is spcllct
t-r-o-u-g-h.
Messieurs. Editcttrs, it is enoff lo try de pa
tience of (i saint thoroj/ly, lo make so many mis
take. Ism almost in dedespair, Ido not know
what shall 1 do. I fear 1 will not learn dc En
glish linguage, although 1 am so desirous to make
acquisition of it. Peiie i.a Chaise.
From the Richmond Whig.
Patton sui'itG, Botetourt County.
0/' the many attractions presented to a
visiter from the lower country hy the
Mountains of Virginia, the numerous
Mineral Springs which gush from the
sides of these huge monuments of nature,
at e not the least remarkable and inviting,
A recent rumble among these Mountains,
and a brief sojourn at one of these de
lightful tetreats, destined at no distant
periuifeto high celebrity, from the valua
ble property of ils. waters,, has afforded
me so much satisfaction, that I cannot
forbear to render the tribute of my ac
knowledgments—l allude to Dagger’s
Springs, in the county of Botetourt. The
inducements to lower Virginians to visit
these waters, are of no ordinary charac
ter. They me situated in the bosom ofa
country, which for wild beauty, for pic
turesque scenery and a certain bold out
line, is rarely surpassed. Within a few
miles of James River, and just below the
point at which it lakes its name, after
the confluence of the Jackson and Cow
pasture, these Springs arc directly on
the line of (he most agreeable route that
travellers can take in going from the
lower country to (he White Sulphur.
They are distant about 20 miles from
Lexington, 1G from Fincastle, and the
like distance from the rapidly growing
town of Buchanan, on the James River.
Persons (ravelling from Richmond and
Norfolk, can pursue a route which will
present successively, the various objects
of curiosity and interest, which the
mountains of Virginia afford. By tak
ing tlie stage to Lynchburg and Fincastle,
they will pass immediately by the famed
Peaks ot Otter, in Bedford county, and
pursuing the route down the Valley from
Fincastle, they can stop at Buchanan,
and visit at leisure, (lie Natural Bridge
in Rockbride, (lie most gigantic wonder
of its kind which the world affords to the
eye of speculative philosophy ; and with
in a few miles, may witness the passage
of (he James River thro’ the Blue Ridge
—a spectacle hardly inferior in grandeur
and sublimity, to the passage ot the Po
tomac at Harper’s Ferry ; ami returning
to Buchanan, the traveller can pursue his
route to Dagger’s Springs, where he is
within a few miles of the turnpike from
Lexington to the White Sulphur, over
which the Mail Slagc passes tri-weekly.
If the traveller is an admirer of the
beauties of nature in her wildest and
most graceful form—if he seeks relief
from die turmoils of crowded life in
town, or the cares ami vexations of bust
ness—or if lie wishes to repair a shatter
ed frame by the mild influence of repose
mid quiet, lie would hardly act wisely to
I exchange (Le real and rational pleasures
. ol Dagger’s Springs, for the uproarious
. gaiety and feverish excitement of the
1 White Sulphur. The waters of these
' Springs have been subjected to a cltemi
' cal analysis by a distinguished and scien
’ title physician, Dr. Baker, and been pro
i nouticed by him to possess most valuable
I mineral and medical properties. They
I are found to possess all the mild, healing
1 itilluenccs of the White Sulpher water
•' without producing that nervous cxcite
j ment winch that water has been known
to occasion. Four glasses of the water
, at Dagger’s, produced the most salutary
■ action on my system, charged with bile
t and affected with drowsy weakness and
1 languor, in the sport space of 10 hours.
The accommodations provided by the
enterprising proprietors, are most ample
1 and agreeable.—The grounds have been
| greatly improved since the last season—
additional cabins have been erected, and
| the spacious and airy hotel is furnished
. in a style ot neatness, comfort, and even
. splendor, which leaves nothing to be ask
l ed. The scenery in the neighborhood is
*’ eminently beautiful. At an eminence,
distant about a mile from the Springs,
* the eye wanders over a scene of unsur
passed richness and beauty. Immedi
ately in front and below you*, lies a glori
u «us expanse of verdure—the foliage of
. different trees exhibiting every hue of
s various green. The eye kindles with
I delight in dwelling on * the prospect of
■ such varied luxuriance. In the far dis*
J tance, you behold Clifton Forge—the
, gap in the Alleghany, through which
i Jackson’s river rushes to its juncture
l with the Cow-pasture. The James, ap
■ parent! y delighted with its newly acquit--
■ ed wealth of waters-, then sweeps around
! the mountain’s base in the lurm of a
crescent, and stretching away again, rolls
onward in a steady torrent to the ocean.
The eye is agreeably relieved by the
view ol picturesque and romantic farms
which dot (lie surface of the landscape,
' like the white fyam of billows rolling on
| the bosom ofa tempestuous sea.
t One feature of the wild scenery of
- these mountains struck me with peculiar
cllect. h is (he remarkable beauty of
, “ ie forests- they are wholly different
, from those in the lower country.—Be
s K hlcs their umbrageous foliage—a rich
. and varied canopy of verdure, hardly
. surpassed by the fatuous Vallombrosa of
' Italy, the stately height and just and lot'-
; tv paoportions of their trees, and the en
tire freedom from undergrowth, give to
| them the appearance of proud cofonades
, —vast parts, where the baud of art
’ seems to have removed every object that
detracted from the wild beauty of the
scene. In traversing a scene of such ro
mantic heaty, one can botli estimate the
’ pardonable credulity of the Heathen My
’ t.hology, which peopled these sylvan soli
; tudes with Fauns, Satyrs, Dryades, Ha
• madryades and other fabulous creations.
1 —Surely no temple can be found more
; appropriate for the worship of the “ge
nius loci,''’ and none more indicative ol
, such an existence.
, But let me return from this digression,
- and assure you in conclusion, that for
i “ all sorts and conditions of men,” these
’ Springs offer many inducements. To
’ the feeble and aged, the assurance of re
-1 newed strength and repose, will form
some consideration; to the lovers of
. good living, no country at this season of
l fers stronger temptations for them—the
1 bare mention of venison, mutton, an ice
’ house, mint julep and champaigne, will
’ suffice; to the vigorous and active, an
. ample field for exercise,and wild sports is
. afforded ; to chase the deer, to shoot
t squirrels, & wild game of every descrip
tion, &c.; to the disciples or “ Old Isaac
’ JFulton ,” the richest enjoyments are un
’ folded in numberless mountain streams,
abounding in that most cunning and most
. delightful of fish, the spotted trout;
while to the young, the gay, the beauti
ful, spacious dancing saloons, a sweet
toned piano, very skilful musicians, end
less flirtations, soft smiles tender glan
ces, and all the essentials to (he most
J successful cultivation of la belle passion,
' offer attractions too tedious lo enumerate,
us the auctioneers say.
A LOWLANDER.
WEST INDIA ABOLITION.
In (he second and third number for
18,15 of Blackwood’s Magazine, there is
a long article on the downfall of the Mel
bourne ministry, alias of the Whigs in
England. The article is from the pen of
a Conservative, alias Tory. From a pe
rusal of (his article, we are convinced,
that there was little to choose between
(he two parties. On the one side, there
were an ovcrvveanitig attachment to
church establishments, anil a deep rooted
prejudice against reform. On the other,
were the furious passions of a democracy
and the dangerous spirit of political fa
naticism. These are extremes which are
ever found in struggles for freedom.—
The writer has in some things exposed
his ignorance ; as when he speaks of (he
" dogmas of free trade.” 1 n several par
ticulars he has exposed the folly of the
Whig Party ; and particularly in refer
ence to West India Emancipation. Os
its effects the writer gives the following
account. We hope our Abolitionists
will peruse it with particular care, that
they may sec the fatal results of then
doctrines.
“The West Indies had long been the
object of impassioned and vehement in
vective, not only with the democratic but
the religious portion of the community ;
and numbers of pious and good men, in
fluenced by the painful picture which
was drawn of the evils of slavery, and
’ desirous of striking off its fetters From a
‘ portion of their fellow subjects, had
1 strenuously endeavored to efiect the to
tal and immediate abolition of negro sla
very. In vain the Conservatives argued
* that benevolent and estimable as these
' were, the measure proposed would in
stantly defeat that Iho slaves of
the West Indies were as yet, generally
- speaking, incapable of bearing the excite
' ment of instantaneous emancipation, that
1 the experiment had been tried with (In
most fatal effects, both to the planters
and the negroes in St. Domingo; that
the industry of that splendid colony had
| signally declined, its cultivation of sugar
. totally ceased, since a similar measure
had been adopted in regard to its iiihabi
-1 tants, and the liberated/ bondsmen fallen
under a yoke of surpassing severity with
out any of its benefits ; and that similar
! results must necessarily be expected
1 from the adoption of similar measures, in
4 tlie British West India Islands, with
4 this additional circumstance of evil, that
it would lead to the eventual destruction
of that branch of our commerce, which at
present employed 250,000 tons of ship
ping and had always been considered as
die best nursery of our seamen. They
' might as well have spoken to the wind.
’ The populace of the great cities, highly
’ excited on this subject, would admit of
1 no modification or delay, and at an ex
pense of twenty millions to tlie parent
' state, which the justice and firmness ol
1 Mr. Stanley procured for the planters,
' amidst loud complaints of (he llevolu
; tionists, who longed for unmitigated spo
-1 liation, the slaves in all these colonies
were at once set free.
What have been the consequences of
this immense change? Are the West
1 India Negroes more contented, more
‘ free, more industrious, more happy, under
| the stipendiary magistrates, than their
1 former owners ? Is the military flogging
to which they are now subjected, so much
more bearable than tlie punishment of
’ thirty-nine lashes allowed to their old
- masters? Let facts,stubborn, undeniable
- | tacts answer the question. In St. Lu
cia, (he moment that the emancipation
look place, the whole of the negroes
", broke out into open insurrection ; mili
. tary lorce was employed to subdue them,
and at the very moment when the infa
!. United philanthropists in this country,
were celebrating, by public breakfasts,
’ the final extinction of slavery in the
British dominions, three hundred ne
-4 groes alone, received, us the first earnest
of their liberty, three hundred lashes each.
Ninety thousand lashes were inflict
j ed in a single week in one small island
alone; and a greater mass of suffering
1 endured by the unhappy victims of Eu
’ ropean ntulanthrophy, in that short pe
’ hod within these narrow limits, than in
; a century before. In Demerara a con
tinued series of outrages have gone
’ on ; multitudes have been flogged, se
-1 ven-and-tliirty transported, and blood
lias even fallen on the scaffold. In
t Barbadoes, amidst similar disastrous
i- consequences, fourteen thousand chil
f dren, turned out of the public hospital,
I have been thrown into a state of destitu
tion, and the state of misery in which
i they are left, threatens to destroy in a
’ few years, the hopes of future genera
tions. In Jamaica, an incessant sourd
insurrection is going forward; the sys
tem of passive resistance to labor, of m
| ert conspiracy, is at work. Lord Sligo,
i in urgent terms, demands an increase of
military force and stipendiary magis
trates; regiments from all quarters are
: hastening to the scene of danger; fifty
fresh magistrates have been sent out;
the Irish system of midnight conflagra
tion has begun ; and amid universal auxi
■ ety, disquietude, and agitation, labor ot
• every sort has been so much neglected,
. that the island is not expected next year
i to produce a third of ils average crop of
■ sugar. It is easy to see what is to be
F tlie result of such a perilous state of
things. The cultivation of the island
, will gradually cease; the planters, al
• ready on the brink of ruin, will become
: bankrupts; the enormous expense of the
i stipendiary magistrates and of (his cri
. minal police, which all comes off the
t twenty millions, wjjl filter away the
(' compensation to the unhappy planter;
. ruin and starvation will overtake the
; wretched negroes, and after a violent
- struggle between the Government, over
-1 seers, and African indolence, and infinite
i suffering, perhaps great bloodshed, has
j wasted the numbers of these miserable
t victims, the hopeless task will be aban
doned, and Jamaica remain in savage
c anarchy, and groaning uhder the rule of
- savage tyranny, as memorable a raonu
, ment of English, as St. Domingo is of
t French delusion.
; But the worst part of this woful tale
- remains untold. Anticipating the proba
t ble, or rather certain, decline of colonial
- produce in the British islands, the other
- slave colonies of the globe are making
t unheard of efforts, by the importation of
, additional slaves to fill up the gap, and
, already the slave trade is increasing ra
pidly in every part of tlie southern hemi
sphere. The emancipation of St. Do
mingo, by totally destroying the growth
of sugar, in that island, has already rais
ed the annual importation of human be
r ings into the slave colonies of the world
i from fifty to two hundred thousand a
- year ; but it is to be feared from tlie un
i exampled activity now exhibited in that
f detestable traffic, in anticipation of a si
milar ruin to the British islands, even
, that stupendous amount will soon greatly
i increase. And thus, while the well
meant, but unhappy measure, will reduce
i tlie British West India islands in the
1 end to the anarchy and wretchedness of
, St. Domingo, and involve in irretrievable
ruin and stifle ring a population of 800,000
■ souls, who, the Wings themselves admit,
were “ enjoying a state of comfort,” pri
• or to the change, “ superior to any pea
santry in Europe,” * the detestable traf
■ lie in human flesh will quadruple in
amount over (he whole world, and
■ other slave colonies be doomed to the
■ wretched condition, inseparable from
f those who were first imported, but which
> in the British islands, from long resi
i deuce.there, had gradually improved in
l to one of comparative comfort, t
r , _ -
* Reform Ministry and Reform Parliament.
, flt is stated by Mrs. Charmichael, that a West
India slave, with tolerable industry, could, prior
to the emancipation, save. jC3O a-year from the free
1 labor allowed him. Is there any European pea
; snnt who can say the same 7—and when will ci
• tiler the St. Domingo freeman, or the Jamaica ap
i prentices, bo able to save a tenth part of the
| amount 7
i
1 Breach of a Marriage Promise. —The
- Circuit Court has been crowded for a
. day or two past to hear singular trial,
1 brought by a gentleman against a lady
e lor a breach of a promise of marriage.
. The plaintiff is a Mr. Barnard, of Hud
(■ son, mu) the defendant a Mrs. Gaul, for
r merly Miss Power, of the same place. A
. number of well written letters, —cold,
t respectful, but undoubtedly recognizing
. an engagement between the parties,—
s were read in evidence from,Miss Power,
t showing the character of her feelings to-
I wards Mr. Barnard, and evidently refer
i- ring to their marriage, which correspon-
deuce commenced in 1832. During this
- interval the plaintiff went to New Or
i leans, and nothing transpired in evidence
. to show that he was at least an ardent
• lover. The lady, having received a
1 tempting otter from a man of property, en
i treats the plaintiff to release her from her
i engagement, and finally marries the last
t suitor without such release. The action
i is brought to recover damages from the
t husband.
A woman may have just cause of action
s against (he perfidy of a man, because her
y sex exposes .her to injuries of feeling and
. prospects from his infidelity, which leaves
y (ter no other redress than an appeal to
f the laws; but this rule cannot work both
- ways. The sensibility and defenceless
t condition of a man thus jilted, will not
if authorise him to seek damages out of the
, pockets .of the successful suitor. Be
- sides, jilting a man is an every day affair
- —he laughs it off, and goes on with ano
s ther and a more successful suit. Not so
a poor girl, who has been cheated by a
C trifling fop, she has no redress but in tears
, and privacy. When, however, a lady
, asks a gentleman to release her from a
‘ promise of marriage, he should do it
r promptly and gracefully, regret his own
r sail loss, and wish every happiness
J fickle fair one.
I Notwithstanding this opinion, the jury
I gave SIOOO damages against the lady,
, which we hope the plaintiff u ill generous
ly give to the New-Brunswick suffer
j ers.—-Y. Y. Evening Star.
>
From the Louisville Journal.
>
Will tin the last three days, we have
, been favored with half a dozen letters
, from Scott county on a subject which is
e creating much excitement in the vicinity
-of Georgetown. The annexed extract
t from onOt of them, written by an indivi
. dual of the highest responsibility, sufli
- ciently explains the whole matter. We
1 have not a word of comment to add. If
; Col. Johnson wishes to advertise the e
lopement of his mistress, he may have
- the use of our columns gratis, on the sin
i gle condition, that, after recovering pos
- session, he will make her over, in honest
; welock, to our expectant brother of the
- Georgetown Sentinel :
i Georgetown June 24th, 1835.
)*»»•! should not be so prompt
s in answering your letter, but that 1 well
- know your love for a good joke, and 1
, have one of the very best to tell you :
- or I should rather say, a good truth, for
i such it is.
ii Col. R. M. Johnson’s second w-ife,
- Madame Parthene, a yellow woman, has
I eloped with one of his Indian students,
- carrying with her a check for SIOOO, and
- cash to the amount S3OO, which she look
, out of her little husband's drawer—she
t having possession of his keys. The name
-of the Indian is Jones, and he is a fine
? looking cooper faced savage.
The circumstances were these: one of
Julia’s* nieces, and Mrs. Johnson set off
on horseback, on Sunday last, to |>ay a
visit. Two of the Indian students, John
son and Hunter, after convening away
four trunks of finery, went oft with them.
Tlie Colonel sent Pence, his overseer,—
a brother of his son-in-law, in pursuit of
them. He ascertained that the runaways
had left Lexington on Monday. * *
» * • »
The Jackson men here are much shock
ed at this runaway matchr They say it
happened at a most unfortunate time, and
they are afraid bis political opponents
will get hold of the facts and make them ;
public. ‘
» » * *'» »**
Tins severe interruption of Colonel
Johnson’s domestic happiness is not to ’
be wondered at —He has been paid by 1
the government to teach the Indian
youths at the Choctaw Academy the
principles of morality, and make them I
familiar with the duties and decencies of
civilized life. Instead of doing this, he ,
has set them the example and been their j
practical tutor in all the mysteries of the
most low,brutal and degrading licentious- t
ness. Under such circumstances, it is (
no matter of surprise that his pupils should
take possession of his wife or daughter,
whenever the whim or fancy led them to
prefer these favored personages to the
other wenches of the neighborhood !
Yours, truly, * * * * j
t
• Julia was tlie Colonel’s first wife. She died i
two years ago of cholera. i
——-
i
From the Edgefield Carolinian.
The Convention of the “ Union Dem
ocratic, Republican Party of Georgia,”
(as they style themselves,) assembled at 1
Milledgeville on the Ist inst.—Col.
Wooten of Wilkes, was elected Presi- ,
dent. The candidates nominated to .
supply the vacancies in Congress, occa- 1
slotted by tlie promotion of the Hon.
James M. Wayne to the Supreme Bench,
and the resignation of the Hon William
Schley, were Jabez Jackson Esq. and
Jesse F. Cleavland. In obedience to
the instructions of the Baltimore Con
vention, Mr. Van Buren of New York,
and Col. Johnson of Kentucky, were also
selected as candidates for the Presiden
cy and Vice Presidency of the United
States. It was confidently asserted by
many of tlie State Rights men in Geor
gia, that the great bulk of the Union par
ty of that State, would be found refrac
tory and unmanageable upon this subject.
They could not believe that the spirit of
the people had sunk so low as to submit
to tlie open dictation of the corrupt in
struments of the Federal Executive.
They were not aware of the facility with
which men become familiarized to ag
gressions upon their rights; nor of the
(earful rapidity with which corruption
and degeneracy take hold of a people.
They were utterly insensible to the pli
ancy and servility, which a tame acqui
escence in unauthorized assumptions of
power never fails to produce. Their own
liigh spirit pictured to them at once tlie
■indignant sternness with which they
would have repelled such an invasion of
their liberties.—They could not doubt
but that some faint throbbings of this lof
ty spirit, would have been felt in the bo
soms of each and every one of the sup
porters of the Administration, through
out the State. How unworthy were this
party, of even the humble degree of es
timation in which they were held by the
more generous of their opponents, let
their own acts declare. Had they felt,
for a passing moment, as becomes free
men, whose liberties were assailed, tlie
near approach to artificial unanimity,
exhibited by their vote for Van Buren,
could never have been effected. Had
they experienced aught of sincere re
pugnance to the insolent dictation of tiie
Baltimore Convention, it is impossible
that it could have been so effectually
suppressed, that of one hundred and fifty
three votes, a hundred and fifty should
have been cast for Mr. Van Buren.
Stronger proof of thorough subserviency
cannot be adduced.—This formal ratifi
cation of tlie proceedings at Baltimore,
this humiliating prostration before pow
er, cannot but disgust and offend the hon
est and virtuous of all parties. The pre
sent, we persuade ourselves, is the pro
pitious moment for making a last and
solemn appeal to tlie people of Georgia.
If they support tlie party now ascendant,
they not only sustain principles alike o
dious and despotic, but they exalt to the
highest posts and offices, individuals per
sonally despicable in character and in
leeling. What an elevated and refined
moral sentiment will reign over the coun
sels of an Administration, the heads of
which, are Martin Van Buren and Rich
ard M. J olinsou! For what is the former
distinguished than for trickery and ve
nality? And for the latter—in all tlie
characteristics of the race, save color, he
is emphatically an African.
Jill July (tl Hillsboro’, Jasper Comity.
7. Freedom and Union; not Union and the
Force Bill.—f!3 cheers.)
8. The Presidents patronage. 100,000 offices
to bestow ; 300 syehophant presses to puff his
praises; $30,000,000 of the people’s money an
nually spread in his pet Banks from Maine lo
I iorida, to buy influence—Who would not choose
a successor 7 Can the people resist such a pow
er 7 It ought to he curtailed. Columbians, why
will ye kneel to a King!
71. The Slate Rights candidate for the Gub
ernatorial chair of Georgia ; He concentrates
the Jitpha and Omega of our political catechism
—we will cheerfully give him our support.
By the Vice President. Chaules Doccheu
tt, our Stale Rights candidate for Governor: dis
tinguished alike for his talei.s, integrity and po
litical honesty, his walk is on the watch tower of
liberty, and his entrenchment the Constitution of
the United Slates.
By John Garland, (a Revolutionary soldier.)
Jackson and Van Buren : usurpers of the liberty
which myself and others fought and bled so
down with them I
By James L. Greene. Hon. Charles Dough
erty: the able defender of the rights of the States;
may he be our next Governor.
By George W. Richardson. John C. Cal
houn : a faithful servant on the watch tower of
Liberty; his name will be remembered and rever
ed, when the names of Jackson and Van Buren
shall have been cast out ns demagogues.
4H» July at Moifltsou, Morgan County.
”• The Union of all the Slates for the defence
of the nation—the sovereignty of each for the
protection of tho citizen.
8. Franklin- College: The property of the
whole people of Georgia; let it be managed for
the promotion of their good, and it will be sus
tained—the pride and honor of tlie State.
Win. J. Pearman, Esq. The political order of
tho present age: to bo prominent is to be a hypo
crite—to be great, is to tie a villain.
J. Fannin. May the people of Georgia show
that they are opposed to Federalism, by voting
for Charles Duughebti in preference to Wil
liam Schley, next October.
Steel White. Carolina’s favorite sons, Cal
bouk, Preston, and McDuffie : able and hon
est defenders of Southern rights: their names are
embalmed in the hearts of every honest freeman,
and thousands yet unborn will iearn to lisp their
praises with admiration.
Wm. F. Van Landingham. The State Rights
party of Georgia: although in the minority, > nil
desperandum’ should be their motto ; for ‘ truth
IS mighty and will prevail.’
Win. H. Campbell. Nullification; a perfect
remedy for political disease : may it continue its
holding application till the spirit of proscription
is thoroughly erased from our government’s in
fected system; and restore our long afflicted
country to health, happiness, and perpetual pros-
Maj. J*. G. Colbert. Charles Dougherty;
well deserving the suffrage of the free people of
Georgia.
JVOTICE.
THE undersigned take this method of in
forming their customers and friends, that
they will discontinue the Factorage and Commis
sion business in this city, on the first day of Au
gust next.
Maj. F. C. Heard, who has heretofore conduc
ted this business, will attend to the settlement of
the same in Augusta.
J. D. BEERS, I. R. ST. JOHN & CO.
July 22 2t 84
$35 REWARD.
LOST, in the neighhoihood of Woodlawn,
Edgefield district, S. C. on Thursday
last, a small Call Skin Pocket Book, containing
two SIOO bills on the Central Bank of Georgia,
and two 20 and two 10 dollar bills, banks not
recollected. Any person finding the above pocket
book and delivering it with contents, at tho
Chronicle Office, shall receive the above reward.
ROBERT C. JONES.
July 22 2t 85
offlilledgeviUe Street Lottery.
THE Official List of the fourth day’s draw
ing of this Splendid scheme, is received.
The fortunate ticket which drew the prize of
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, is No. 14,524.
The following capitals were also drawn :
No. 9,538, 1000 Dollars.
“ 16,222, 1000 “
“ 19,982, 900 “
“ 7,887, 800 “
“ 3,287, 700 “
“ 19,528, 300 “
“ 11,001, 100 “
“ 18,853, 100 «
And a large number of others. Adventurers are
invited to call and invest early, as but one day’s
drawing is to take place, when the splendid capi
tal prize of 20,000 dollars, with others of 1000,
800, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, and 100,
will be drawn ; and in addition, the first and last
drawn Nos. will each be entitled to 5000 dollars,
making the handsome amount of 10,000, any of
which may be had for 10 dollars, or a share in
proportion.
WRIGHT & COSNARD, Managers.
Apply at the old establshed prize and prin
ting office, 261 Broad-street, opposite the Masonic
Hall, Augusta, or to G. T. Scott, Agent, Globe
Hotel.
July 15 83
JUST KIiCEITED,
.It the Augusta Bookstore, by IV, J. ROBB Y,
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
ROWAND’S CELEBRATED TONIC
MIXTURE, for the cure of fever & ague.
July 18 84
120 ISEWARI).
&RANA WAY from the employ
of tho Subscriber, some time since,
RUBEN, a black man who I ex
pect is lurking about the plantation
of Mr. Thos. Key of Burke coun
ty —he having a wife whom Mr.
Key bought of Judge Longstreel.
Tho above reward will bo paid to any person who
will lodge him in the jail at Augusta. Reuben is
a stout man, speaks loud if spoken to quick, but
very mild, if not irritated.
RALPH KETCHUM.
Augusta, July 15 2t* 84
" \EW BSOOKS.
Just Redvecl at the Augmta Book Store,
BY WM. J. HOBBY,
HORSE SHOE ROBINSON, a Talc of tho
Tory Ascendancy.
The Monikins, by the author of the Spy
Swallow Barn.
Sisraondi’s Fall of the Roman Empire.
Pencil Sketches, second series, hy Mrs. Leslie.
Moore’s History of Ireland, Ist vol.
Gibson’s Surgery, new edition.
Remarks on Hommpathic Medicine.
Percy Anecdotes.
july 18 2t 84
Ci. T. DORTIC*
No. 236 Broad Street.
THE SUBSCRIBER, wishing to close the
above Concern, has appointed Augustus
Lafjtte his Agent, who will also dispose of the
remaining STOCK at reduced rates and on favora
ble terras
G. T. DORTIC.
Offi All persons indebted to the above Concern
or to the late firm of Dortic& Lafitte, are earnest
ly requested to come forward and settle the same
by the 10th September next, otherwise they will
be placed in the hands of an attorney for collec
tion. All demands against either of the above
concerns will be paid on presentation.
AUGUSTUS LAFITTE.
ALSO,
TO RENT. The Store at present occupied by
the subscriber. Possession given on the Ist of
October next.
Augusta, July 15 2t 84
WKIREHO USE
Ami Commission Riisiiicss.
THE Subscribers, grateful for the patronage
heretofore extended to them, take this me
thod of informing their friends and tho public in
general, that they have removed this branch of
their Business, to the
Fire-Proof Ware - House,
Known as Kilburn’s, and recently occupied by
Mr. W. R. Huff, where they now offer their ser
vices to the public, determined by a diligent and
faithful discharge of their duty, to merit a liberal
share of public patronage.
The Rales of Storage will be customary.
Colton in Store will he sold at 25 cts. per bale,and
all Cotton, consigned to their care, will be sold
free of charge. Liberal advances will bo made on
produce in Store, and all Cotton stored with them,
will be insured, gratis.
(Xj" They would also inform the public, that
they continue the GROCERY BUSINESS, at
their Old Stand, where they have, and will con
stantly keep on hand, a general and extensive as
sortment of every article in that line, and will feci
thankful for any patronage extended to them, iu
cither branch of their business.
J. W. & I. T. HEARD.
July 18 84
WARE-HOUSE
AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
Undersigned will continue to transact
JL the WARE HOUSE AND COAfMJS
SIOJh‘BUSINESS, in this city.
They are grateful for the patronage received
during the past season.
All business confided to their charge will
meet with prompt attention. —Their Warehouse
and Close Stores, for security against fire, arc
not surpassed by any similar Establishment in
this place.
MUSGROVE & BUSTIN.
July 10 2m 82
JOB PRINTING,
Neatly executed at tbit Office.
GENERAL
STAGE OFFICE
rejuo v*jvn
To the Globe Hotel.
Arrival and Departure of the differ
ent Alail Stages.
"S' ONGSTKEET & Gueihion’s, and Mil-'
B A leb, Horton, & Co’s. line of Four Horse
Coaches, for Montgomery, via Warrenton, Spar
ta, Milledgeville, Macon, Knoxville, and Colum
bus, is now in full operation, and departs daily at
64 o’clock, p. m. giving passengers balin' Charles
ton Rail Road cars sufficient time their
seats 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.
Jbii.v McLean’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 m. and arrives daily at $
o’clock, p vr
Tate &, New!ami’s dne of four horse Coaches’ 1
for Gainsville, via Appling, Wrightsborough,-
Washington, and Athens, departs Mondays - ,■
Wednesdays and Fridays, at 2 o’clock, a. js.
and arrives Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,'
at 7 o’clock, p. at.
Gilbert Lonostiieet’s line of4 horseCoachek
for .Savannah, via Millhaven and Jacksonboro’s
departs, every other day alternately, at 10 o’ j
clock, a. 311. and arrives every other day, alter
nately, by 1 o’clock, p. m. being in time, and
connecting with the Montgomery line of Mail
coaches.
John McLean’s line of four horse Coaches for
Greenville, via Aiken, Edgefield, Abbeville, An
dcrson,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
the route changed from a two horse hack, twice a
week, to a Four Horse Post Coach, three times
a week, which will prevent any detention to pas
sengers travellinghrom the lower country toGreen
villc, S. C. or the Warm Springs, N. C. as it con
nects at Greenville with a line of four horse coach
es, three times a week, direct to Ashville, and the
Warm Springs, N.C.
G. T. SCOTT, Agent,
Augusta, May 13,1835 65
#IOO bewibdT
t ELOPED from my planta
tion, on Tuesday the Ist instant,
a Negro Man named ED
MUND, who is about 80 years
of age, 5 feet 3 or 4 inches high.
Edmund is very black, and
pretty heavily built; has a scar
on his left eye, occasioned by an
accidental shot; his feet and ankles are very badt
ly shaped—the latter projecting inward, forming
a singular track where it can be seen. He speaks
slowly when spoken to, and is rather lazy in all
his movements. As he never was known to run
away before, and from some other
ccs, I am induced to believe, that he was led a
way by some white man. If such is the fact,
and they can be detected and stopped, so that I
get tlmin, I will reward the person or persons who
them, with One Hundred dollars;
or Ten dollars for the negro alone.
ROBERT W. BELL.
Columbia county, July 6, 1835 w3m 81
ornciJUL
OF THE
Grand Stale Lottery,
Extra Class, No. 1.
Undersigned being invited by the pro-
H prictor to superintend the drawing of the
above Lottery, do hereby certify, that seventy-five
, numbers, (from one to seventy-five, inclusive,)
; were severally placed in the wheel, at the time
and place advertised, and that the following were
the numbers drawn, to wit:
35, 9, 33, 2, 66, 68, 38, 36, 69, 71, 46.
And that they were drawn in the order in
which they stand—that is to say, Number 35
was the first that was drawn, Number 9 was the
"second, No. 33 was the third, No. 2 was the
fourth, No. 66 was the fifth, No. 68 was the
sixth, No. 38, was the seventh, No. 36 was the
eighth, No. 69 was the ninth, No. 71 was the
tenth, and that No. 46 was the eleventh and last
number that was drawn from the Wheel.
Given under our hands at the City of Augus
ta, the 4th of July 1835, and 60th year of Ameri
can Independence.
JAMES GOUEDY,
JOHN E. KEAN,
WM. H. HOWARD,
July 8 81
(iLOBE HOTEL,
.f ngnsta, Georgia ,
THE Subscriber has taken the entire control
of that spacious and well known Establish
ment, on the corner of Broad and Jackson streets ,
which will be open to customers on the Ist o
September next. The building has just been re
fitted, and the rooms newly and handsomely fur
nished, and the table will be supplied with the best
the market will afford. Transient families will
also meet the most ample accommodations and at
tendance ; and every effort will be made to give
satisfaction to those who may patronize this es
tablishment. He hopes from his experience, and
earnest efforts to please, tnat he will deserve the
patronage he solicits.
BENTON WALTON.
August 20 92
.lIEIPSV.IE COEEEGE
OF GEORGIA.
f Lectures in this institution will be rc-
HL sumed on the third Monday in October
next, and continued as usual six months. They
will be delivered by
L. A. Doras, m. d. on Anatomy and Physiology.
Paul F. Eve, iii. n. on the Principles and Prac
tice of Surgery.
A. Cunningham, m. d. on the Principles and
Practice of Medicine.
Joseph A. Eve, m. u. on Therapeutics and Ma
teria Medica.
M. Antony, w. 11, on Obstetrics and Diseases of
Women and Infants.
L. D. Fonii, m.d. on Chemistry and Pharmacy.
THE TERMS ARE:
Matriculation Ticket, to be taken once, $5 00
Tickets for the Full Course, 100 00
Ticket for Practical Anatomy, once only, 10 00
Diploma Fee, 10 00
JOHN W. WILDE, President.
L, D, Fonn, Sec’y Board ofTrustees.
Augusta, July 10, 1835 82
Georgia, Burke County.
BROKE Jail on the night of Tuesday the
14th July, DAVID ALEXANDER TOR
RANCE, about 25 years old, 5 feet 6 or 7 inches
high, fair skin and hair. Any one apprehending
him will receive a reward from the prosecutor.
WM. B. DOUGLASS, ShV.
July 22 2tw 84
Superior Corded Skirts.
Snowden S' Shear,
HAVE Just Received from New York, a
supply of very superior English Corded
Skirts ; also, a large supply of Musquito Net
ting.
July lg 83