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from the .V(» fork Mirror.
They tell me she’ll no longer (air.
They tell me she's no longer fair,
That time has swept aside
The lustre of her youthful brow.
Her beauty’s blooming pride—
But if het heart is still the same,
Still gentle as of yore,
Then is she beautiful to me—
More lovely than before.
They tell me that her check is pale
As is the twilight hout,
And that her eye has lost its Bre,
Her glance its former power ;
But if her soul is still as chaste
Still gentleness is (here—
Then is her eye to mo still bright,
Her check to me still fair.
For, oh! 'lis in the shtined soul
Where beauty purely dwells,
Whore virtue lives and truth exists
Like pearls in ocean shells.
Give me a feeling, faithful heart,
Perfection's richest prise,
That is the temple of all love
Where beauty never dies.
Then say not she’s no longer fair,
That time has swept aside
The lustre of her youthful brow
Her beauty’s blooming pride—
For if her heart is still the same
Still gentle as of yore,
Then is she beautiful to me—
More lovely than before!
from the Ladies Companion, for .li igutl.
THE PIRATE’S LOVE.
HI nOSCBT HAMILTON,
The lady look'd from her latticed hower,
As the diamond lamps hung in the sky ;
And the chime of the midnight's dreamy hour,
On the breezes wing came sailing by,
When softly a voice broke on her cur.
From the golden depths of the orange grove;
And ever thus ran in melody clear: —
“ Wake, Lora dear, ’tis thy Pirate Love.
Queen of my band that the blue ocean sways, (
And Lord of my heart, shall thou, maiden, be !
A hundred bright swords flashing liberty's blaze,
Shull be drawn at thy glance to hold thee free !
Then wake, Lora, wake, ’tis thy lover calls,
See, my bark is breasting the moon kissed bay ;
Oh! leave these proud towers, and lordly halls—
The realms of ocean thoul't find more gay.”
Then the maiden she looked to the heaving wave,
And then to her home with many a sigh;
But her home was the heart of her lover brave,
And the star of her heart his eagle eye. 1
Down the silken stairs, from her casement hung,
Swiftly she glides, like a sky-borne dove ! *
Into his arms she fondly sprung,—
Now she rules the wave with her Pirate Love. |
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from the JVVw England farmer.
Indian Corn made without Tillage at.
ter Planting.
By experiment, I have arrived at some
conclusions in regard to the culture of r J
the Indian Corn, which 1 think arc of
importance to farmers in (he Southern i
States. I communicate them for the use i
of the public with great hesitation, be- |
cause they arc directly at variance with 1
the received opinions on the subject. ,
The early part of my life was spent in ,
agricultural pursuits—ami hence, if there I
were no other reason, 1 feel a deep in
terest in every thing relating to agricul
ture. I noticed, very early, the great
difficulty in transplanting successfully
the young corn plants. Whence comes
this, but from braking the roots in tak
ing the plant up ? How is it. then, that
intelligent planters alfirm the doctrine,
that one chief object of ploughing corn,
is to cut its roots ? If breaking the roots
of young corn in transplanting it, is real
ly fatal to its future growth, must not
breaking its roots with the plough, when
it is older, and the season hotter, be a se
rious injury to it? Any other conclu
sion seems to me to be at variance w ith
the general economy of nature. It seems
to me that there can be, in truth, but two
reasons' for ploughing or hoeing corn—
-Ist, to destroy grass and weeds; and 2d,
to keep (lie soil loose, that the roots,
may penetrate easily, in search of their
proper food.—Butin accomplishing these
two purposes, great injury must he done
to the corn, by breaking its roots. Can
we not accomplish both these ends, and
at the same time keep clear of the atten •
dant mischief? 1 think we can.
Last spring I planted a small piece of
poor ground—first breaking it up well,
rite rows were made three feet apart,
anti Ihe stalks left about a foot apart in
the thill,—The ground had been very
foul last \ear with ernb gr.i>s, whose seed
matured. The coi n was not well up this
spring 1) T re the urass began to appear.
" • rn had about four blades,
the young gr..s.s completely covered the
ground, ana the corn was turning yellow.
1 spread a small quantity of stable ma
nure around the corn and covered the
whole ground three or four inches deep
with leaves from the forest, taking cure to
dothis when the ground was wet, and the
leaves also, that they might not be blown
away, and to leave the tops of the young
corn uncovered. In ten days there was
not a particle of living grass to be fount),
and the corn had put on that deep bluish
green which always betokens a healthy
condition of that plant.
From the day the corn was planted un
til after the fodder was pulled and (he
tops cut, nothing more was done with it,
and the result is a product at the rate of
forty-two bushels to the acre—about one
third of the stalks having two cars on
each of them.
1 noted, in the course of (he summer,
the following facts:—
Ist. The corn treated thus, was al
ways ahead of some planted alone side of
it, and treated in the usual way.
er than other corn, planted at the same
time.
3d. During the hottest and dryestdays
the blades never twisted up, as did other
corn in the neighborhood.
4(h. In the dryest weather, on remov
ing the leaves, the ground was found to
be moist to the surface, nod loose, as deep
as it had been at first broken tip.
sth. The heaviest rains had scarcely
any effect in washing away the soil, or
making it hard.
It certainly will require less labor to
produce corn in this way, than in the
usual mode. And even if it required
more, we have the consolation to know,
that while, by the old mode, every hour’s
work is an inquiry to the land, by this
mode, every hour’s work is making the
land better! for few things can be belter
manure than (he coating ofleaves pul on
in summer, when ploughed in the winter
or spring following.
1 used leaves raked up in the forest, be
cause of these there is an ample supply
within the reach of almost every person
—and because there seems, from my ob
servation, to be, a strong antipathy be
tween dead and decaying forest leaves,
and crab grass, that most harrassing foe
of agriculturists.
I make this communication, as I have
already said, with hesitation, because the
idea of raising corn without ploughing
and hoeing, and at the same time improv
ing the land by protecting it against the
influence of a scorching snn and washing
rains, is so directly in the teeth of the
universal practice, for ages. The thing,
is however, at least, worthy of further
trial. It may lead to most important re
sults.
Those who think (he plan worth atten
tion may easily make an experiment with
an acre or two, and note carefully its
progress through the summer, if they
arc satisfied, after the trial that (here is
any thing in it, to extend the operation
will not be a difficult matter.
- If, on experiment, it should be found
advisable to extend (he operation, the
proper way would be, I think, to col
Icct the leaves in winter, and deposite
them in heaps on (lie ground on which
they arc to be used, and the next .spring,
during a wet season, after the corn is
up, spread them, taking care to leave the
tops of the young corn uncovered.
There is one very important, result
that must follow the success of (his plan
on a farm—and it was with an eye chiefly
to that result, that my experiment was
undertaken. The constant excuse for
not improving our land, is, that where
cotton is grown, the time necessary, first
to cultivate the growing crop properly—
next together it, and then prepare for a
new crop, leaves the planter no time to
collect manure. My plan will put an
end to that excuse at once; for wherever
leaves arc to be had, half the time usually
bestowed on working the corn crop in the
usual way, spent in gathering leaves and
putting them on the ground, instead of
ploughing it, may in a short time, accom
plish every thing that can be desired in
the way of manuring.
Why may not the same process answer
in (he cultivation of cotton ? If it keeps
the ground soft and moist, and prevents
the growth of grass and weeds in a corn
crop, it will surely have (he same effect
with cotton—and be the means, further
of preserving (lie cotton, when tho bolls
open, from all the injury it sustains from
the soil in wet seasons. This is however,
but speculation. Let it be tested by ac
tual experiment.
JAMES CAMAK.
Athens,“Da. October 10, 1835.
From the Charlatan Mercury*
THE SURPLUS VS. THE SPOILS PARTY.
Subjoined is tho letter of Mr. Wood
bury, about which \vc lately published a
pa rn graph. Our readers will see by the
penultimate paragraph, that tho Adminis
tration are casting about for pretexts to
appropriate tho whole surplus. This will
allay Mr. Pinckney’s apprehensions lost
his Government should he deprived by the
Deposite Hill of tho gratification of swal
lowing uptho whole surplus. Mr. Wood
iiimv, tho Secretary of the Treasury, hopes
that none of it will bo saved from that
voracious maw. Ho asserts that all of it
will ho recaptured from the safe keeping
of tho States in 1812. The nulionai Mr.
Pinckney who objects to the Deposite
Bill—because it operated to cut down the
appropriations of tho last session to the pi
tiful sum of 47,000,00(1 —need not fear
that his Administration friends will not do
all they can to disburse freely for national
objects. But there is a clash between
Mr. P. and his “ high State Bight authori
ties.” He quotes Gen. Jackson in his
Address us “ high State Rights authority.
Mr. Van Buren avows himself Gen.
.Jackson’s political ditto, and Mr. Wood
bury of die same school may ho certainly
written do. Now Mr. Woodbury tells
us the surplus, if divided " will soon ho re
called.” What then becomes of Mr.
Pinckney’s assertion that it is a donation I
Mr. Pinckney can see no essential differ
ence, between money deposited, to be re
called, and under the pledge of the good
faith of the States to keep it safe, and re
fund it on demand-—and money absolute
ly given. He says it is a despicable quib
ble to insist on a difference. His high
Slate Rights authority, Gen. Jackson,
sees tho difference — Mr. Ditto Van Bu
ken sees the difference—Mr. Woodbury
sees the difference—Mr. Calhoun secs
the difference—every man of common
sense sees the difference—but tho candid
and ingenuous Henry L. Pinckney calls
it a “ despicable quibble.”
\\ ash ino rax, Bih July, 1830.
Dear Sir—\ our’s of tho 3nd inst. de
serves my best aeknow lodgment for its nu
merous useful suggestions.
The naval hill, as to admirals, did not
get through both houses, and our friend
Elliot, with some other gallant follows,
must longer fuel the pangs of hope defer
red.
Our overflowing treasury, which is so
often prayed for, will, 1 fear, prove a curse.
But my best cflorts will ho given to exe
cute the late law faithfully, though 1 have
many misgivings us to its liital influence on
the sound relations heretofore existing
between tho states and the general gov
ernment.
Tho President wishes me to express his
thanks for your kind remembrance of him.
Ho leaves this city in a few days for Ten
nessee.
I believe the ensuing presidential elec
tion is to be unusually quiet, and I will
not allow myself to despair of tho Republic,
however portentous may bo sumo of the
signs of the times.
Should we become involved in a real or
quasi war with Mexico, tho surplus may
never be divided, or will ho soon recalled
At all events, the whole will bo wanted in
1613, if not earlier. Five millions arc to
come oft’the present tariff in 1811, alone.
Mr. Adams’s health has not been good
the latter part of tho session ; but 1 saw
Mrs. Adams quite at church last
Sunday. Truly and respectfully, your
obedient servant,
LEVI WOODBURY.
Hon. Be.nj. Waterhouse, Cambridge,
(Mass.)
from the Charlettan Mercury.
Mr. rinckur)' and I lie larred right*
of flitr Abolitioniol* v». South Caroli
na and tho minor right* of I lie South.
The main point which Mr. Pinckney
has filled to defend, the head and front of
his offence which he has not excused, is
that ho deserted the, high Southern ground,
and gave up our right to reject the peti
tions of Abolitionists.
In saying that by yielding that “ minor
polnl"\\m procured the “ strongest action
possible on the part of Congress in favor
of the South,” and that to insist on re
jecting the petitions was to take “false
ami untenable ground,” he, has yielded to
, (he Abolitionists the right to petition Con
■ gross against slavery is a grievance, nnd
refused to Congress the constitutional right
. of rejecting those petitions. Perhaps he
will say that by “ possible” ho did not
1 mean “ consti/w/i'wia?” hut possible under
the circumstances. Tho eqivoquo will
not avail him.
If be believes that (he Abolitionists have
the right to petition Congress against sla
very as a grievance, and to cull ns pirates,
ruffians Se man stealers, and dial Congress
has no right to reject their petitions after
they are presented, he is not fit to repre
sent a Southern community in Congress.
And if he believes that Congress had
the right to reject the petitions, and ye!
gave up a right so important to tho South,
from his dread of being in a minority,
from his Anti-Southern ’craven apprehen
sion of the “ disastrous” consequences of
being defeated in a vote, he is not fit to rep
resent the majority defying South in Con
gress.
If he really means to assert that the
“ right of petition itself would have boon
violated by the rejection of those peti
tions, he is not fit to represent the South.
If believing (hut it would not have been
violated, ho yet deserted lijs colleagues
who insisted on tho right, to reject—if he
yielded that main point because he drea
ded Northern clamor, and was afraid of
those who would falsely assert that the
right of petition was violated, ho has not
firmness or courage enough to represent
the South.
“ Fear admitted into public councils,
Betrays like treason.”
And those who may now vote for his
rc-cleclion, will endorse alike his (reach
f crons fears and treacherous concessions.
The right of petition secured by the
Constitution is, “ the right of (he people
peaceably to assemble and petition for tho
■ redress at'grievances,” When the popu
i lar meeting has been uninterrupted, and
the petition duly presented; and its pur
port n ado known to (ho Legislature, tho
exercise of the rig’ll! of petition Inis been
consummated; and then succeeds (he
right of the Legislature to receive and en
tertain or to reject the petition, which last
they can do on dccount of its being blas
phemous, or contra bonos mures, or a
gainst the public peace. Mr. Pinckney
has, it seems, sought to pit myself against
Mr. Calhoun —nsvm teneaties am id?
and shall have all tho benefit of tho com
parison, though it increase that pitiful ness
ofhis miserable case, on which he and his
faithful followers rely, (or floating him back
to Congress on the tears of a commisera
ting public.
“ For pity melts tho soul to love,”
, Tho next important point is, that Mr.
Pinckney, by refusing to deny explicitly,
the constitutional right of Congress to it
holish Slavery in the District of Columbia,
. conceded that right,—or, if he denies this,
did at any rate substitute by his own con
i session, a non-committal Resolution, for
a direct and unequivocal denial of the
right of Congress. Ho tells ns that lie
believes that Congress has not the right.
Why did ho not, with the frankness and
fearlessness of a Southern man, assert his
belief in positive terms, plainly and ex
plicitly in his Resolution? Because, as
■ he tells us, ho was afraid of the majority.
He dreaded tho disastrous consequences
to tho South, of a defeat on that question.
Did he not dread the, disastrous couse
. qnences of a committal on that question
i to tho non-committal party under which
, he now serves ?
Bm this ii non-committal” Resolution,
Mr. Pinckney tells us is “ tantamount,-'
lo a denial of tho constitutional right of
i Congress. (It is not our business to cx
• plain away Mr. Pinckney’s contradic
. lions.) Now if it be tantamount, and Mr.
1 Pinckney cheated his Van Huien friends
into voting for it under the impression that
it was non-committal —it was paltry arti
fice, juggle, and trick, unworthy of a
■ Southern Representative, who ought not
• to sneak to his rights by any indirection—
■ hut slate his demand ingeniously, and in
sist upon it with uncompromising rcsolu
i lion. A majority on the highest and
strongest, and therefore the safest South
ern ground, would have been much gained
; tor the South, hut a majority from all sides,
a harmonized amalgamation of various
opinions! a heterogeneous congregation
i of mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound, got
together by their instinctively rallying to
the point where Mr. Pinckney first broke
our phalanx, commenced a recreant ro
■ treat, and surrendered an out vork—a
majority purchased by weak and treacher
ous concessions! such a majority so ob-
I blitted was worse than a thousand volcde
, feats, where tho Slate Rights party stood
- linn alul unwavering, true to themselves
•and to the South, in that fixed minority,
i which has won and preserved for us all
. we boast. Perfidious is that public send
- m l who vaunts such a majority to lull us
3 into false security, and delude us with the
i false assurance, that “ there is more
; strength against the Abolitionists at
- Washington, than really exists.” Let his
constituents toll him that they would not
« have been frightened out of their propriety
, if the insisting upon our rights had in
■ creased tho numbers of the abolitionists,
and tho clamors of the North. We dread
- not the numbers of the Abolitionists, nor
I tho interested or hypocritical clamors of
, tho North? We dread much more any
i treacherous weakness, vanity, cowardice,
or corruption in our ranks! We know
that the South true to herself is safe, nnd
we tell Mr. Pinckney in the words ofone,
whom while ho followed he went straight,
i hut deserting whom and his other old and
i trusted pilots, he has gone wofnlly adrift
. and involved himself in inconsistencies,
I “in shallows and in miseries,” —
■ “If to maintain our rights must increase
A
(lie Abolitionists, be it so. 1 would at no (
period make the least sacrifice of principle <
for any temporary advantage, and much
less'at the present. **** I, for one, (
would much rather meet the danger now, I
than turn it over to those who are to come I
after us.” I
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MR. CALHOUN.'
“ The coarseness and brutality of the I
official organ at Washington, the Globe,
is exemplified in its leading article yes
terday, which congnenccs with asserting
that “Mr. Calhoun never told the truth
when falsehood would serve his turn/’ ,
anil closes with calling Judge White a
“ Calvin Edsnn skeleton and death’s
head.” Now that this language and such
like, that daily disfigures the columns of
the Globe, can be agreeable to any por
tion of the virtuous and intelligent part
of the people of (his country, we do not
believe. On the contrary, we cannot but
think it must nauseate and disgust. To
suppose otherwise would be a severe re
flection upon the stale of moral principles
and feelings existing amongst us at this
time. It is very evident, then, by pur
suing such a course, the Globe panders
to the worst appetites of those whose
good opinion it would not be desirable to
have.” —Alexandria (Inz.
The Editor of the Globe knows whose
palate it is profitable to -fickle. He cares
not a cent what the “ virtuous and intel
ligent part of the. people of lids country”
think of such passages as those mention
ed by the Gazette. He knows whom it
will please, and as long as itshall he pro
fitable Id the editor of the Globe to please
the depraved appetite to which it pan
ders, just so long will such paragraphs
adorn the columns of the Globe.— U. S.
Telegraph.
The National Intelligencer has.the fol
lowing just and most appropriate re
marks :
“Or fid ia i. Decorum. —The official
paper of the Government commences its
lending article of yesterday thus :
‘Mr. Calhoun, who never told (he
truth when falsehood would serve his
turn.’ «
When we consider who and what has
■ been this Mr. Calhoun, who is, from the
very portals of the palace thus branded—
a man twice elected the second officer of
the Republic—who has presided over the
Senate of the United States eight years,
and is yet one of its most distinguished
members—who has been ever honored by
Ids own State—and who, whatever differ
-1 cnee may have existed in regard to his
political opinions, lias ever been respec
ted for his personal virtues—when we
look at the individual thus assailed, and
then consider the source from which so
gross an insult emanates, it affords a strik
ing proof of the deteriorated condition of
(ho public taste, which can receive with
favor and approbation such an outrage on
decency.”
From the Sentinel of yesterday.
OUTRAGE UPON SOUTHERN RIGHTS.
We furnish our readers this morning
with a decision winch gives an entire
new feature to the slave question. It
has just been deckled by the Supreme
Court of Massachusetts, t/iat a slave car
ried into that State by. Ids owner, or by
consent of his owner, becomes co inslanli
free ! What think you, of that, people
of the South ? If a Southerner carries a
servant or a nurse with him into the
State of Massachusetts, the highest ju
dicial tribunal of that State is ready with
its writs and processes, to wrest that
servant from him and pronounce him a
freeman before his face ! And then, as
iftondd the grossest insult to the deep
est injury, we are told that this decision
is no interference with the rights of the
slaveholder, but that rather, the carry
ing ol a slave into a State which does not
tolerate slavery, is an interference with
the laws of that State ! People of the
South ! will you sleep forever over your
dearest rights? Are you willing to sustain
forever a confederacy with States into
which you dare not travel with your pro
perty, legt than property becomes by law
actually confiscated ? Os what value to
you is a Union which enables those who
are in common with yourself, members
of that Union, to destroy the right to pri
vate property and deprive you of that
which is justly yours by the strongest of .
earthly titles.
This is the strongest and boldest step
. ever yat .taken against the rights of the
Smith, and leaves the puny efforts of the
.abolitionists at an immeasurable distance
in the rear. The abolitionists themselves
have thus far asked fur but little more
than the liberty of publishing and distri
buting what they please on the subject of
slavery, (bad enough in all conscience,)
but here is a high ami powerful court,
which sets our negroes free us soon as
they can get within its reach. Shall we
submit to this? Has it not been enough
that we have borne for years with a pa
tience almost amounting to servility, the
exaction of the tariff for the benefit of
the North? Is it not enough that the
coffers of the General Government have
been filled by Southern earnings to be
lavished upon those States in the way of
appropriations? And must we no now
submit to have cmr property taken form
us by courts and juries, and be insultiii"-
ly told such things are no interference
with our rights ?
O
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From the Daria it Telegraph, 6(/i inst.
Afehmcholi / Catastrophe. —On Wed
nesday last, about I o'clock, two young
men, Henry ISrooks and Joseph Mc-
Coy, the former second engineer, and the
latter carpenter of the steam-boat David
■- Crockett, accompanied by a negro, got
■ into a small canoe heavily laden with
■ brick and lime, to proceed to the Lower
Blurt, where the Crockett was lying to
i receive some repairs. The day was hazy,
and a heavy shower fell while they were
• paddling to their destination. When
they had just came in view of the steam
boat, a squall sprung up, and the canoe
I filled with water. Tiie great weight
■ caused her to sink instantly ; and die
1 whole three had to swim for their lives.
■ The only one, however, that reached the
t shore in safety was (he negro ; Brooks
and McCoy stink to rise no more! What
I renders the case surprizing, is the fact I 4
, that both of the drowned men were good
swimmers. Want of presence of mind
I was the cause of their death. Brooks
1 was a native of Now-York City, and was
the main support of.a respectable widow- i
cd mother. She had four sons, all engi- !
1 I'ccrs; one was blown up last summer in
the steamboat Pioneer and killed, at the 1
same time, Henry, who met his fate yes- i
terday, was severely scallcd, but recov
ered,alas !to be drowned. Another of
her sons was destroyed in die pursuit of ;
Ids business, somewhere else; and thus
has this poor widow been berelt ol three
of her offspring in the course of a brief
year. On the very day that Henry met
his death ho had yielded to the importu
nities of his only parent, and taken his
passage in the packet brig Amelia Strong
for New-York; but never was his aged
mother to look on him again. McCo v was
just recovered (roni a severe fit of sick
ness, and was too weak to make much
exertion to save Ids life. The bodies
were recovered on Friday last, and the
verdict of inquest was “ accidential
drowning.” They were subsequently
decently interred.
Greenville Paper Mill. —This cstah
lishment went into operation last week,
and the present No. ol the Mountaineer
is punted upon paper made at that Man- ■
nfiii tory : the quality cannot he considered
a fair specimen, as the machinery was
new and untried, and the atmosphere so
damp, that, it could not he dried until it
was somewhat discolored. —We have the
promise of a fairer and stronger sheet for
next week. The Messrs. Pattersons
deserve great credit for their perseverance
and industry in erecting this Manufactory,
which is an elegant establishment. It
will be (lie means of scattering a consid
erable sum of money every year in this
State for rags, which have hitherto been
of no use. This is the only Paper Mill in
the Slate, and wo have no doubt but tile
owners will realize a handsome profit upon
the capital invested. Their Machinery is
is entirely new, recently purchased at the
North, and of the most approved, modern
construction.—The owners confidently
believe, when they gel fairly “under
way,” that they will he able to make as
good paper as can be manufactured in the
United States.— Mountaineer.
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 183(5.
“lie just, mid fear not. ,f
CONGRESSIONAL, TICKET.
JULIUS C. AT.FORD, of Troup.
EDWARD J. BLACK, of Scriven.
W. T. COLQUITT, of Muscogee.
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene.
R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham.
JOSEPH W. JACKSON, of Chatham.
THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn.
EUGENIUS A. NESBIT, of Morgan.
UNION ELECTORAL TICKET.
The Columbus Herald of Tuesday last, men
tions having been shown a letter from Athens of
the 37th ultimo, which stated that it was cuirent
ly reported there that Wn.so.v Lumpkot, Esq.
had withdrawn from the Van Buren Electoral
Ticket.
CU VRLESTON ELECTIONS.
Gen. Ron Kill- Y. Hats-e, was, on Monday
last, chosen Intendant of the city of Charleston,
without opposition; and the following gentle
men were elected wardens :
Ward No. I—Messrs. James Hamilton, Thos.
V. Simons, and John S. Cogdell.
Ward No, 3—Messrs. M. C. Mordecai, and H
W. Peronnneau.
Ward No. 3-rMossrs. George Henry, B. J.
Howland, and G. H. Ingraham.
Ward No. 4—Messrs. H. W. Connor, S. P.
Ripley, John C. Ker, and R, W. Seymour.
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER.
Wc have but lately received the August No.
of this highly valuable and interesting periodical.
For this delay we arc unable to account.—We
consider the Messenger one of the most ably
conducted periodicals in the United States; and,
the present No. is one of the best, if not the ve
ry best which has yet been issued. Wc are con
fident that no effort will bo wanting on the part
of its enterprising publisher and proprietor, T.
W. White, Esq. to make it acceptable to his pa
trons ; and wc hope he will not fail to receive that
encouragement which his former exertions have
so richly merited. Among the contributors to
the present No. aro some of the most talented
literary writers in the Union.—For tile table of
•contents, sec our advertising columns.
SUICIDE.
Mr. Peter Bacot, a respectable citizen of
Charleston, put a period to his existence at the
City Hotel in New York,, on the 3Ut ultimo, by
discharging a loaded pistol in his mouth. Ho had
received the appointment of Cashier of the Morris
Canal Bank, in that city, and, had but a few days
previous, arrived there for the purpose of enter
ing upon the duties of his office. The Evening
Star says, that after hearing the evidence of sever
al respectable persons, the Jury “ immediately de
termined to give a verdict of temporary mental
derangement, or extreme depression and melan
choly, caused by the change of residence, the
breaking up of the early associations ‘ of his life,
and separation from his friends and acquaintances,
to whom ho was so much attached at his native
city and home.”
FROM FLORIDA.
We publish below, from the Charleston papers,
a most distressing account of the present condi
tion of the United Stales Troops, now in Flori
da. It seems that the Military post at Micanopy
has at last been abandoned, and the troops have
retired to Black Creek. This ill-fated country is
now in a much worse situation than it was at the
time the Volunteers went there. Fort King,
Fort Drone, Micanopy,end other posts have been
abandoned, one after the other, on account of the
unhealthiness of the climate, leaving the hostile
Indians in undisturbed possession of almost the
whole interior of Florida ; and, wc are well as
sured, that nothing will or can be done, which
will tend materially to benefit that country, until
late in the winter or early in the spring ;
“To the politeness of Lieut. Dancx of the
U. S. Artillery, who came passenger in the schr.
. tine!ia, Capt. Joyner, arrived hero yesterday
forenoon from New Orleans via St. Augustine,
wc learn (hat the troops have removed from Mi
canopy to Gamy’s Ferry, Black Creek, in conse
quence of sickness and the exhausted slate of the
A detachment consisting of three com
panies, have since been ordered by Col. Crane,
to take post at Santa-fee bridge, 38 miles from
Garcy VFcrry, on the road to Newnansville.
The garrisons in the interior arc as follows
at Newnansville, 60 miles from Garcy’s Feny ; 1
Santafec Bridge; George’s Ferry ; and Picolata. i
Numerous small parties of Indians (supposed to •
be Creeks) are reported to be passing South in |
the vicinity of Newnansvillc. j
There are now above 300 men sick at St.
Augustine, having been brought from the inte- <
rior.
Major Pierce had abandoned his intention of i
renewing the attack on the Indians at Gen. I
Clinch’s plantation, from the exhausted state of :
the troops, Sic., anil the superior force of the i
enemy.
Cap# Ashby had entirely recovered from his
wounds.
Lieut. Dancy gives a deplorable account of the
health of the U. S. Forces in Florida. He states
that of a Company of U. S. Dragoons, which arri
ved there in March last, there were but six re
ported capable of duty, and of his own compa
ny, consisting of between 60 and 70, there wore
only four who, when he left, were not on the sick
list.”
“NOTICKS OP FLORIDA,
Jiiillhe Campaigns, by M. M. Couen, an of
ficer of the Left Wing" —published in Charles
ton, S. C. by Messrs. Birnoss & Hovoub, 18
Broad street.—We have been favored by the
publishers, through Messrs. T. H. & I. C. Plant,
of this city, who have received a few copies, which
are for sale, with a copy of this workj which is
accompanied by a Map of Florida, and a full
length likeness of Osboi.a or Powell, the Semi
nole Chief. The author gives historical sketches
of Florida, the Florida Indians, and of the trans
actions which took place in the territory between
the white people and Indians, previous to the com
mencement of hostilities. He concludes by relating
the principal incidents which occurred during the
late campaign, in the right and left wings of the
Army—This work will no doubt be read with
much interest by the community generally, and
we presume there will be a great demand for it
throughout the country. It is a Southern work,
and we hope will bo well patronised. At present
we learn there arc but very few copies in this
city.
tub crops.
We ate frequently told that the prospects of
our planters are at this time very encouraging; and
there is every reason to believe the present crops
of Cotton and Corn in the up-country of this, and
tlie adjoining States, will prove more abundant
than they have done for a number of years past.—
From the following article, which we copy from
the Darien Telegraph of the 6th instant, we find
with regret that the prospects in the low country
are not so flattering :
“It is with the deepest concern that wc an
nounce 'the melancholy fact, that the Cotton
crop in this county is nearly destroyed by the late
heavy rains. We have had. conversation with
some of the most respectable planters in the coun
ty, on the subject; and they, one and all, deplore
their loss, in terms that cannot bo misunderstood.
The largest plantations are inundated to the depth
ofthree'and four feet. Dr. Troup’s, Mr. Wylly’s,
Mrs. Brailsford’s, Mr. Atwood’s, and many others
are in this condition. The Corn crop is also short;
in two months from this we predict there will not
be a blade of fodder to be had in this quarter “foi
love or money.” Hay will bo at an enormous
price next winter.”
HEALTH OF CIIAULESTOV.
The Charleston Board of Health reports forty
five deaths as having occurred in that city during
the week ending on Sunday the 4th instant—ll
whites, and 34 blacks—2o of which died of Cho
lera.—The following are the daily reports of the
Board of Health, received since our last publica
tion ;
Office Boabd of Health, j)
Charleston, Sept'S —1 o'clock, P. M. 3
The Special Committee of the Board have to
report for the last twenty-four hours, 27 cases of
Cholera; 6 dead, 21 under treatment—s whites,
22 blacks. Os those previously reported 2 more
deaths have occurred. By order,
THOS. Y. SIMONS, M. D.
Chairman Special Committee-
A. G. Howabd, M. D. Clerk.
September 6,1 o'clock, P. M.
The Special Committeo of the Board have to
reportfor the last twenty-four hours, twenty-three
case of Cholera; 3 whites and 20 blacks, 3 dead—
the others under treatment. Os the cases report
ed yesterday, three more have died. By order.
September 7,1 o'clock, P. M.
The Special Committee of the Board have to
report for the last twenty-four hours, 15 cases of
Cholera; 4 whiles, and 11 blacks, 5 dead, the
others under treatment.—Of those cases reported
yesterday, three more have died. By order,
September 8, I o'clock, P. M.
The" Special Committee of the Board have to
report for the last twenty-four hours, twenty-two
cases of Cholera—five whites, seventeen blacks
—three dead—the others under treatment. Os
the cases reported yesterday, three more have
died. By order,
THOS. Y. SIMONS, M. D.
Chairman Special Committee.
A. G. Howabd, M. D. Clerk.
FIIILA. SATURDAY EVENING DOST.
The editor of this paper has been treated as ho
deserved, by several of his Southern subscribers,
since ho has dared to interfere with our domestic
rights, by discontinuing their support; and wo
'wish every one of them would “ go and do like
wise. ’ There are several literary works at the
South, which are every way more deserving of
their patronage.—By way of revenue for this me
rited treatment, the editor publishes the names of
several persons as delinquent subscribers, and a
mong them Mr. John Fosteu, of this city, who
has shewn us the receipt of Mr. Atkinson’s agent,
for the amount of the years subscription with
which he is charged. This is most outrageous
and disgraceful conduct, and has excited a very
just indignation among those who arc acquainted
with lire circumstances. Wc arc aware that this
man has heiclofore charged others of his Southern
subscribers with delinquency, who had in their
jiosscssion at the lime, the receipt of his agents
and we shall not be surprised to learn that he has
treated others with the same injustice, in the pre
sent instance, that he has Mr. Foster.
But these insults to his subscribers will not put
a stop to the indignation which his conduct on
the subject of abolition has excited towards him;
nor will his excuse of publishing “ the Runaway”
as “an amusing sto rij’’ avail him with those who
know any thing of his previous acts. He might
as well say, after carelessly throwing a firebrand
into a powder magazine, that he did not mean
to do it. li must be a very “ amusing story,”
indeed, for a Southerner to be swindled out of his
lawful rights, by a parcel of vile fanatics, as is fre
quently the case in Boston. People who are so
very careful of their own pockets, as the Norther*
people are well known to be, ought in common
justice to respect the rights of others—lt gives u 3
much pleasure to lay before our readers the All
owing letter of John W. Yaudouquoii, Esq. a
respectable merchant of Hamburg, to the editor of
the Saturday Evening Post, which Mr. A. pub
lishes byway of censure. The bold, feailcss,
and independent tone of the letter, does honor to
the head and heart of the writer; and ho merits,
what wc doubt not be will receive, the gratitude
and sincere thanks of every friend of Southern in
stitutions.
llambuhb, S. O. August 1 Ith, 1836.
Mr. S. C. Atkinson —Sir, —Have you so far
forgotten your honorable station in society, and
fin ever blasted your literary standing with yoor
Southern filends, by becoming at once a degrad
ed and inhuman abolitionist. Look sir, at the
number of your Saturday Evening Post, dated
July 30th, under the subject beaded, “ The Runa
way.” For what reason have you suffered this
vile piece to appear in your once respectable pa
per ? Have you caught the dark and fiendish
feclingi of those beings whb study no good, but
rather that the fair fields of Southern industry and
generosity should be drenched with the blood of
their too lenient sons; or have you forgotten
yourself, and suffered one idle moment to brand
you with disgrace, in the eyes of your Southern
patrons and friends. The crisis has come, when
yon must now declare your intentions, oi silcnco
will pronounce the filial judgment.
If then, your breath smells of foul and darken
ed dissention, farewell to your Southern interest.-
For like unto you, will every patron be, that suf
fers his name to stand upon your hellish jolt.
Sum up your interest on either side, and choose
ye this day whom ye will serve, your country, of
the destroyers thereof; for the eyes of the South
are wide awake, not only upon your press, but
all. And in conclusion, I would say, strike my
name off your list.
JOHN W. YARBOROUGH.
Prom the Courier of Wednesday.
Mn. Enrron. —Allow me to ask through the
medium of your paper, where is our Board of
Health, and what is the reason they do not attend
to the duties assigned them 1 It is particularly
necessary at this time, when such a dreadful dis
ease is not far from us, that every thinjfbt all con
ducive to health, should be attended to. Every
Cellar and Yard should be cleaned out and sprin
kled with Lime, and if the owners do not attend
to it themselves, they should be made to do it.—
Some cellars through negligence have been closed
the whole summer, and are now probably cover
ed with water, some are actually in such a condi
tion,and particularly one next door to and I think
attached to one of our principal Hotels, that a per
son is almost shined in passing along the street
when the door happens to be left open. Some
of our streets are in no better condition, particu
larly Ellis street. I think you referred those mak
ing such enquiries a short time since, to a register
kept in your paper for that purpose. I find there
the names of those appointed in June last, but
permit me to ask whore arc the men, the names
alone will not do; if they have left •our city, let
others be appointed in their places before it be too
late. It is a good old adage that ‘on ounce of
prevention is better than a pound of cure.’
A RESIDENT.
Extract a Letter from .Mobile.
“DANIEL CHANDLER, Esq,, delivered
one of (lie most splendid orations in this city,
on the 4th of July, I ever listened to. He did
great credit to his native State, and covered him
self with glory. Well may Georgia exult that
she ever gave birth to such a son. Nothing has
been talked of since in Mobile; but him and his
speech. “Who is Mr. Chandler I”—“Where
is he from I” “Where was he educated 1”
“ Wbat'is his profession I” are questions in the
mouths of all, save his previous acquaintances.
All circumstances conspired to favor the speak
er. The Louisiana Greys (a fine volunteer corps
from New Orleans) had come over lo unite in
the celebration. They assembled in the Church
together with all the companies and societies of
the place, in their respective uniforms and badges.
The house, though largo, was filled to overflow
ing with the beauty and fashion of both growing
cities. A large organ filled it with its swelling
notes, accompanying the air of the “ star-spangled
banner,” sung by a large choir. Amidst this ani
mating scone arose the orator—his figure tall, his
mien modest, his every look fascinating, as you
know him lo ho. For a moment, he seemed
almost overpowered by his emotions. It was an
anxious crisis for his Georgia friends, but they
knew the sleeping thunder that was in him. For
an hour and twenty-five minutes, lie poured forth
a torrent of impassioned soul-stirring eloquence,
which told upon the audience witli an effect I
never have witnessed before. Had Heaven’s artil
lery been let loose upon the astonished listeners,
from a cloudless sky, the amazement could not
have been more overwhelming. Every ten min
utes the peals of applause were so deafening as
to compel iho speaker to pause until the enthu
siasm subsided. His appeal in favor of Texas
was sublime and thrilling, and many a tear was
shed during the delivery. When ho concluded,
three loud, long huzzas involunlarly burst from
the great congregation.
“ Rest assured, my dear sir, Georgia lias lost a
jewel in Damf.i, Ciiandleb.”
From the Charleston Courier.
Honor lo the Brave. —Wo arc pleased lo per
ceive that the City Council have erected a Mon
ument over the remains of the gallant Volunteers,
who died in this City after their return from tho
Florida Campaign, and were interred in the Ccm
etary attached to the Methodist Protestant Church
. in Weutworlh-st. Thus should it ever he. Tho
memory of the patriotic citizen soldier, who falls a
martyr in his country’s cause, is embalmed in the
’ hearts of his surviving countrymen, and wc should
“ Give in charge,
Their names to the sweet lyre. The historic muse
Proud of her treasure, marches with it down
To latest times ; and sculpture in her turn
Gives bond, in stone, and ever during brass,
To guard them, and immortalize her trust.”
The Monument is a handsome obelisk of white
marble, ten feet high, on which the following in
scription is engraved :
ERECTED
By the City Council of Charleston,
As a tribute of respect
To the Gallant and Patriotic Volunteers,
Who left their homes to encounter
A savage foe,
Laying waste the Territory of
Florida.
IN MEMOHI OF
. Goodwin Hairood, of Fairfield District, S. C.
Obit, ith May, 1836, Jet. 23.
John Ykabban, of Anderson Districi, S. C.
Chit. 27 th May, 1836, Jet. 19.
James T. Dunn, of Hancock county, Ga.
Obit. 18 th May, 1836, Jet. 27. ,
William McCbat, of Hancock county, Ga.
Obit. GlhMay, 1836, Jet. 18.
“ Here sleep the brave, who sunk lo rest
By all their country’s wishes blest.”
The Crooks against the Seminole*.
A Regiment of six hundred Creek Indians has
been formed at Tuskccgcc, and regularly muster
ed into the service of the United Stales, for the
purpose of going to Florida to fight the Scmi
nolcs; Capt. J. F. Lane; at this lime Aid to
Gen. Jessup, has been appointed to the Command
of this Regiment of natives, wiih the rank of
Colonel; and Paddy Carr has been promoted to
the rank of Major; this warrior together with Jim
Boy, will also accompanoy the expedition. This
army, we learn, will move for the scene of action
forthwith. “ When Greek meets Greek, then
comes the tug o’war,” and when the Creeks and
the Seminolcs shall lock ho: ns, it may be on tho
consecrated banks ofthc Withlacoochcc, there will
be the wild and noisy battling of desperation, and
when the eagle eyes of Oseola, Carr and Jim Boy
shall flash on each other, there will be a warhoop
that will stir as with new life the blood ofthc red
man, and produce a fight which wc believe will
put a final stop to all Indian disturbances on this
side of the Mississippi.— Columbus Herald 6 th
insl.