Augusta chronicle. (Augusta, Ga.) 1831-1836, November 05, 1836, Image 2
From tlit Southern Recorder, iHth ull.
TO THE PUBLIC.
The petition which we occupy to the
public and to Aaron W. Kitchell, corn-
Jells as to publish an expose of his con-
UCI, and place him in his true character
before the people.
In the early part of the year 1833, |
Mr. Kitchell made his appearance here
and ottered to take charge of the Oakmul
gee Academy in the capacity of teach
er. His services, for want of better,
were accepted bv the trustees, and he
took charge of the school. For the first j
term, he behaved himself with propriety,
and conducted the school tolerably well. '
In the month of July and August he was
seen in some acts which excited a well
grounded suspicion, that he was inculca
ting the doctrines of abolition amongst
our negroes, lie was seen several times
in close and private conversation with
negroes, under circumstances well cal
culated to make bad impressions on the
feelings of the community. He was fre
quently heard of many miles from his
place of abode amongst the black popula
tion ; and was in one of his nocturnal and
secret excursions, with no doubt the
fiendish intent to excite an insurrection,
discovered in the negro-yard of a gentle
man residing five miles from his resilience,
and actually refused to discover himself
until chased down by dogs. He was utterly
unable to give any satisfactory explana
tion of his motives for being at that
hour of the night, at a place so fatal to
his character, both morally and religious
ly. So soon as this fact was made known
to the trustees, they waited on Mr. Kitch
ell and informed him of what they had
heard, and requested him to give some
reasons why he was at that hour of the
night amongst slaves. His answers were
evasive and unsatisfactory. Could we
drop the history of Mr. “Kitchell here,
we would be glad, for (lie sake of reli
gion, whose disciple be hypocritically
professed to be, for flic honor of man,
and for the credit of the country which
gave him birth. After his dismissal he
outraged all morality, religion and law,
committing acts of ilagitiousness calcu
lated to subject him to the severest legal
penalties. Some of these acts we recite.
He bargained fora horse with Mr. Thorn
ton Perry, a respectable citizen of our
neighborhood, anil of the accounts which
he agreed to give Mr. Perry for his horse,
was one (hat it was necessary should he
proven before some qualified officer. In
a day or two he appeared with the pa
per and informed Mr. Perry that he had
the account proven, but hail lost it. He
sat down in the presence of Mr. Perry,
drew up the account, wrote an affidavit,
signed it and affixed a magistrate’s name
and seal of office, and presented it.
Mr. Daniel Adams a respectable citi
zen of Tarversvi lie, paiil him for tuition
and took his recepi. Kitchell in the
face of the receipt in two or three days
thereafter drew up the same account,
•wore to it, and traded it to James Solo
mon Esq. of Marion. The receipt and
proven account are in the hands of Mr.
Adams, and can be seen at any time.
The story published by the Hillsboro’
and Jasper Committee, of his abduction
ofa pair of pantaloons, is too faithfully
related to be reiterated by us. We could
name many other acts of equal enormity
of crime, did we deem it necessary to
say any more of a man so conspicuous
for villany. Mr. Kitchell is guillv of
swindling, forgery, penury, for all of
which there can be sufficient evidence
produced to convict him in any Court of
justice, and for which he would have now
been expiating in the Slate prison, had he
not fled before justice could overtake
him.—After this expose, it is scarcely
necessary to say that the certificate bear
ing our names, published by the Com
nnttcc on the part of the citizens of Hills
boro’ and now in their possession, is a
base forgery,
IHA E. DUPREE,
H. If. TARVER.
HENRY BUNN.
From the United States Telegraph.
THE “PANIC.”
It is now reduced to a certainty that
the zeal of the lower cabinet has out
stripped its discretion. The pressure
in the money market produced bv its
wantonness and wickedness, is recoilin''
upon the managers of the administra
tion. They have not now to attribute
the pressure to the curtailments of the
United Slates Hank—they have no such
excuses wherewith to gull the ignorant.
If there be curtailments, they must come
from the pets—the favored and boasted
“fiscal agents” that were to work out
the “ better currency
What is the Administration to do ?
There must be some device to screen it
from public censure. In reference to
the matter, the United States Gazette,
says:
" Wo hear it stated that the pressure
has been so strong, the demand for spe
cie so great, that some of the officers of
the deposite hanks in New York have
had a consultation with Mr. Van Huron
and Mr. Butler, the Attorney General,
and represented to the two last named
gentlemen the injurious operations of the
Government drafts, not only upon the
banks and the community, but also upon
the party, and it is further said that Mr.
Bader undertook to lay the matter be
fore the Executive, and ask for a tempo
rary suspension of the orders. We can
not vouch of course, for (lie accuracy of
these details—wo speak of them as they
came to us from respectable persons—
but there can be no doubt that the Gov
ernment has been earnestly solicited to
suspend hostilities, for the present at
least, inasmuch as its operations are more
injurious to friends than fifes. We shall,
in a few days, know the result of the
matter. It is evident now that some
thing must be done either bv the New
York people or the Government.”
So the interest of “ the party ” is in
question. If sn, we mav expect some
change for the belter. The interests of
the country would have furnished slight
inducements for governmental interfer
ence. The Albany Advertiser has a
paragraph upon the same subject: it
says:
“ It is now rumored that the owners
of the Tory party have had a meeting in
New York to devise ways and means for
obviating the difficulties and distress
now pressing upon the country through
the wrong-head ness and the evil councils
of (he old General and the Kitchen Cab
inet. Money is worth three per cent a
I month, and specie bears a handsome pre
mium. At the present rates, any bor
-1 rower for a series of months will infalibly
sink his whole capital. Mortgages on
the best of properly, having a lew years
to run, cannot be cashed. Who gets
this enormous profit? Who are the
' persons bcnefilted by this destructive and
usurious rate of interest ? Why, the of
fice holders, whose salaries are paid re
gularly out of the people’s money, and
who find their one dollar now brings in
thirty-six per cent a year, and not seven
as formerly—the brokers and pets of the
I Government, who sit in their shaving box
j cs, and without an effort of mind or the
movement of their limbs, earn more
money in a day than a poor man can get
in fisc years. <)h the the glorious days of
Treasury circles, and Van Uiirenism !!”
From these signs, we presume that the
J:s essure is not working so “gloriously”
Mr. Benton supposed—at least in
New York, and the Atlantic States gen
erally. A few days will, perhaps, sdiow
what direction things are to take. If the
speculators have sold out their lands, the
lower cabinet will probably modify the
Treasury order in some respects. IVe
shall sec.
Since writing the obovc, we have the
following additional remarks from the
New York Evening Star j and the Globe
of this morning contains a correspondence
on the. subject, between the Secretary of
the Treasury and some gentlemen from
1 New York, a quasi deputation from that
’ city.
“The Albany Regency have arrived
1 in town, and have had meetings by no
' means of a pacific character with their
1 friends in relation to money matters.
Since General Jackson and Mr. Van
' Buren have set up ns bankers with the
people’s money, the “experiment has
operated injuriously to friends as well as
■ foes, and the question now is, “ what is
to be done ?” It is said that Mr. Wood
bury is now willing to do what he should
■ long ago have done, viz. avoid draining
' the city of specie by treasury .drafts.
Much mischiei has been done, much more
> will be done, the effects of which will be
■ long left.—There is but one reined y—
' an immediate abandonment on I he. part
• of the Government of the illegal and dan
gerous attempt to control the moneyed
operations of the country!! —,V. V. Star.
■
Correspondence of the JVew York Expects.
“ Columbia, S. C., Oct. 17.
“ While I aia writing you this note, it
occurs to me to say a word or two to you,
for the information of your 2 or 3000
subscribers, on the subject of the slave
population.—As my remarks are the re
sult ol actual observation, 1 trust they
will be worthy of some consideration—
at least as much as the abstract and
absorb declamations of the theoretical
1 abolitionists oflhe North, who have, with
in a year or two done so much to excite
the just indignation of the Southern
people against their Northern brethren—
and who also have labored so effectually
to render worse the condition of (he
coloured population, by compelling their
masters to restrict them in some of ? their
privileges.
I have, after viewing the kindness with
which the black population are treated by
their masters—the ample provision made
for (he supply of their physical and moral
1 wants—tho utter exemption from care,
' as well as the contentment and attacli
. incut to their masters, which they mani
fest; arrived at the decided conclusion,
. that they are at least among the happiest
and most comfortable peasantry on earth,
j I am well convinced that if our Northern
' abolitionists would take the trouble to
’ examine (his subject on the spot, and in
all its hearings as exhibited practically
among this contented and happy peasan
try, whom they have held up to view ns
chained and whipped and tortured, et
1 cetera, they would see the folly of inter-,
fining in so pernicious a manner with thd
constitutional and civil rights, as well
ns the personal safety and happiness of
iheir Southern neighbors, liisteitrt •of
chains and stripes, (which they have col
pied from their heated imaginations into'
the pages of their unchristian pamphlets,)
t they would behold a population which
lias been forcibly and involuntarily en
. grafted upon the' political fabric of the
■, Southern people, and which they could
; not safely liberate if they desired to do
. sn, who are not required to perform more
; than about half the labor which is de
e manded of the laboring white men at the
i North, and who nevertheless receive in
. return a supply of all their wants, pro
tection from injury, and a great amount
I of kind treatment and indulgence: as
t well as the same advantages guaranteed
to their offspring. Methluks, I say. that
r these zealous individuals of the North
t who have done so much to jeopard the
j permanency of the Union, as well ns tlie
, dearest rights and personal safety of their
Southern neighbors, would, if they would
: examine, (ns they should have done be
. lore publishing their noctural lucubra
f lions,) see just cause to repent of their
. ill-timed and imprudent rashness, and al
j so to change their sentiments. .Such at
, least, is the opinion of
I A Northern Max.”
J • -Hfl§
s It is a fact but very little known, yet nev
i ertheless li no, and easily proven, that Col.
'. Richard M. Johnson, tho Van Buren
. CANDIDATE FOR THE VICE I’IIESIDENCV,
. is, mid has been for more than twenty
. years, a pensioner upon tho American
f Government, and ho has annually re
f ceived a pension of six hundred and* forty
_ dollars ! This we have upon tho author!-
-1 *y of a distinguished gentleman of Kon-
I I lucky, formerly a member of Congress,
t and a conspicuous supporter of Gen. Jack
. son. There isjio mistake about it. Our
, informant having heard the fact staled
» by another member of Congress, was
. incredulous, and went to the pension office
’ himself, and saw the entry upon tho hooks
of the office, and we think ho said it bears
i date from the stli Oct. 1S13; twenty-three
; years, at $640 per year, making the snug
C sum of 614,720. The money is regularly
1 1 paid in Washington City, in place of Ken
- lucky, for the purpose of disguise, as our
i informant says there are but very few
t people of Kentucky who know anything
of the case,
s By referring to the pansion rolls, which
i were printed a year or two ago bv order
• of the Senate, any one who doubts will
. become satisfied that Colonel Johnson is
i realty a pensioner upon the Government.
, His name will bo found recorded on tho
list of invalid pensioners, in Scott county,
Kentucky: and he drav s now hut three
hundred and sixty dollars per year.—
If 'ashinglon . Mirror.
■ «nwg §
From the State Rightt Sentinel.
We have been shewn tho following
circular, printed copies of which have been
forwarded to every section of the Slate,
some if not all of them under the frank
or members of congress !!! We always
suspected our adversaries were working
clandestinely, now wo have the evidence
of it.
Milledgeville, October, IS3G
Dear Sir —We now have strong rea
sons to believe, that a majority of the
people of Georgia are friendly to the elec
tion of Mr. Van Huron ; but our ticket is
in danger of being defeated by the luke
warmness mid inactivity of the Union
parly. In this great contest between the
democracy of the country on one side, and
the combined powers of federalism, nullifi
cation and ABOLITION on one other,
extraordinary exertions will be made in
support of those evil principles, which
should be met and counteracted by equal
energy in support oftliogood Union cause.
It is respectfully and most earnestly re
commended to you, to make a strenuous
effort to arouse the Union men of your
county to a sense of the vast importance
ol this election, and to warm and animate
Iheir zeal, and especially that specific
and certain arrangements be made, where
by active and influential man will see every
Union man in your county the last three
days before (he election of Electors, and
urge him, in the most importunate manner,
to go to the polls and support his principles.
This should he done quietly, and in
a wav not to be suspected by our oppo
nents. If the plan be diligently executed,
tho success of the Van Buren ticket will
he secured, and a splendid victory will ho
achieved for the principles of the Demo
cratic liflioii Parly.
FEDERAL UNION.
—*•••—
From the Richmond Enqirer,
\ M AILS FOR WASHINGTON, &c.
It is a subject of much regret, that ow
ing to some want of arrangement, he
. tween (he Rail Road and the Post Office,
' the mail from Washington to this city
, should have been retarded fora few days
r past. We hope, however, that every
, tiling will soon ho adjusted—and addi
tional speed given to its transportation.
We understand that the Postmaster Gen
eral has invited the Presidents of the Bal
timore, Fredericksburg and Petersburg
Rail Road companies and the contractors
on (lie same line, to meet at Washington,
on the 27th, with the hope of making
some satisfactory arrangement. Mr." Ke
ndall is very anxious to speed the mails—
and looks forward ultimately to having
two daily lines with the rapidity of the
Express, along the whole of the route
from New York to New Orleans, at in
tervals uI 12 hours. The foundation is
laid for it in an agreement with the Cam
den and Amboy road, to run two lines
between New York and Philadelphia,
leaving each city at G in the morning and
evening, and arriving at the other end of
the route at 2. We have every hone, that
as the interests of the mail and Rail-roads
appear to be intimately connected, sucli
arrangements may be made, as to pro
mote both—and that (he mail may run on
(lie roads with as much rapidity asposi
hle, at a fair and moderate compensation.
Ihe Rail Road between Baltimore and
Philadelphia, as soon as completed, will
contribute greatly to the facility of (lie
mails from north to south. Both the
lines which the Postmaster General has
iu_ view, may then be brought on to
\\ ashington, to Richmond, Petersburg,
Raleigh, &e. As fast as the arrangement
progresses, the Express mail will be mer
ged in one of the daily lines, until it will
be extinguished. Thus the mails and the
travel will go on together with .equal ra
pidity and regularity.
From the Georgia Journal, Ist I“*^'
| i COL. DAWSON.
Since the result ol the Election has
i fcccome known, and Col. Dawson is dis
covered to be elected, a few of the Union
presses, are pretending to produce the
.impression that, he is bound in honor not
’l'* tnke his seat. It is not very apparent
(0 us, on what (enable ground, these spe
cious appeals to Col. Dawson’s generosi
ty and magnanimity are based. They at
tempt to produce the impression that
Col. Dawson’s election is the result of
. General Codec's death. We do not so
i v ' ew it. To our thinking Gen. Coffee
. though dead received as many votes as
he would have received, had lie been a
i living candidate, with a very few excep
r tions. We do not believe that his name
was stricken off the Van Buren Ticket
in a hundred instances at (ho utmost, be
cause he was dead. On the contrary,
, we know, many who voted for him know
■ ing his decease, and excused themselves
I on the ground that they believed it unis a
hoax. 1 In reference to this point, we
will say once for all, (hat whatever the
. Van Buren party may have pretended to
believe, the intelligence of General Cof
fee’s death reached us through his own
political friends. The Vanliuren party
to a great extent knew of General Coffee’s
death, yet they resolved to use his name,
. to defeat the State Rights Ticket, if pos
sible; they have tailed, and now they
attempt to play off their notion of mag
nanimity against Col. Dawson, to pre
. vent him from taking his seat. Why did
\ n,, t the Van Buren press, printed at the
seatot Government, inform its friends at
a distance, that intelligence had been re
ceived here of that event. It was known
. here, and believed here, twenty-four
, | hours before the Georgia Journal Extra
ivas issued to extend the information.
r Rut they determined to use his name in
I the election and procure as many votes to
, be thrown away upon him as possible.
5 Knowing that the State was flooded with
s printed V an Buren Tickets, they believ
* ’'j* they could procure enough votes
3 thrown away to defeat at least, one or
, two of tho Anti-Van Buren candidates.
> 1 her have (ailed in their object, and
. now lay claim to a pretended inagnani
, niitv. °
There is one circumstance, of which
; these magnanimous appellants seem igno
rant. or if cognizant of the fact, upon
which they preserve a studious silence.
The Van Buren parly had actually
nominated a candidate to HU any vacan
cy which might occur ; and yet this can
didate did not receive to our knowledge,
a single vote ! Last winter the Van Bu
ren party formally nominated General
John Bates, then of Hall County, ,(o fill
AgecftgA egRQMEe&a.
I any vacancy which might occur before)
I the Congressional Election. This va- j
cancy did occur, and yet (hey refused or,
evaded the promise, to support him for j
the vacant seat. They had a candidate, j
if they wished to make their ticket full ;
they did not see proper to do so, and they
must abide the consequences.
, VVe profess not to be conversant with |
- the arrangement which the Van Buren \
! party have made for the preservation of (
their party discipline, but we know that
when they do not choose to carry out
. the party nomination of a candidate to
. supply a vacancy, it is not decorous in
. them to appeal to the generosity of their
, opponents. Colonel Dawson should take
. Inn .teal in Congress, and if he yields to
, the interested appeals made to his gener
. osity, and they know his unbounded en-
I dowment of this quality, he will yield
. from a mistaken sense ot duty to himself,
and too little reflection on the paramount
, duty to his country.
I An unsuccessful speculation.—Philan
thropy is at a discount just at this mo
■ merit, in Boston. There is a depression
i in the market, and Mr. Seawell, its At
• torney General, has missed a full fee
> from the “ general fund,” in one instance
■ at least. It seems that on Friday last a
: habeas corpus was sued out and placed in
■ the hands of the sheriff of Suffolk county,
r lor (he purpose of taking the body of a
• female slave fhen on board a vessel which
1 had just arrived from the South. Ac
, cordingly, the officer, (he complainants,
, and the rest of the “ brethren,” went on
I hoard, foundHhe female, and attempted
- to take possession ; but the poor oppres
, sod creature refused to go with them ;
1 and though they told her that tiiey came
3 to give her liberty, she would not budge
- au inch, but (old them in so many words
logo about tfipir business ; that she knew
her own condition and was satisfied with
it—that she did not desire to be liberated
from her master, but wished to return
with him toher friends and family. They
then told her how much she was oppres
sed, how unfairly she was treated, and
that no one had the right ttf hold her
’ in bondage, &c. &c., but it was of no
' use, the miserable knaves could not
’ convince her against her ownknowledge
that her situation was so wretched. On
the contrary, she assured them that
she knew best about that, and "begged
them to let her alone—her master was
~ a kind master, and nothing could in
: (luce her to leave his family, and finally,
after finding it impossible to make her
’ believe herself miserable, or to go with
> them, Mr. Sheriff' and Messieurs the
Emancipators had to quit with a flea in
' tiieir ears, and make a return ol non cepil
’ upon the writ. We have rarely heard
ol a more unfortunate failure of philan
thropy than this. Instead of succeeding
in robbing a lawful owner of his undoubl
’ ed property, under colour of legal process,
, they have furnished a notable proof of
the bold falsehood of their pretences as
| to the condition and feelings of the south-
P era slaves. Nor is it a solitary instance
of that feeling. It is within our own
knowledge and experience that such would
be the response of five-sixths of the slaves
1 in the Southern States—among those,we
( mean, who have sagacity and intelligence
enough to compare their own condition
with that of (he free blacks in this country.
From the Cincinnati Whiff, Ertra, Oct. 24.
(■rent mill destructive flro ; Theatre
burnt; one man killed.
It becomes our painful duty to an
nounce to the public that the splendid
NEW 11IEATUE, on Third street, in
this city, belonging to James IT. Cald
well, Esq. of New Orleans, is burnt to
the ground. It took fire this morning a
bout half past 8 o’clock, by (he careless
ness of the person who had charge of
the lamps, lie was engaged in trimming
Jjwm on the stage, and while going to
, .warm his hands by the stove in another
part of the building, left a lighted candle
; standing by a bottle of turpentine, he
was using, which during his absence,
i look lire and burnt, spreading the btini
. ing turpentine over the scenery. In a
few seconds the whole interior of the
t building was in flames, and such was the
. extraordinary rapidity of their progress,
. dial in about fifteen or twenty minutes,
. the whole building was destroyed togeth
t or with all its contents, including a large
f quantity of valuable and magnificent
, Scenery, and a quantity of Theatrical
. Dresses—the latter mostly belonging- to
s the different actors.
i The House was under lease to Mr.
. Richard Russell, whose loss must be con
. siderable in the destruction of scensry,
t Dresses, &c.
The loss of Mr. Caldwell cannot bo
, h'ss, we imagine, than from thirty to for
. ty thousand dollars—as it is believed
i there was no insurance whatever—at
, least none is known to the editor of this
! paper, who is Mr. Caldwell’s agent. It
. is possible, however, that Mr. C. may
, have insured the building in New Or
leans.
i The front wall of the building and
parts of the East and West wall are still
j standing, but all of them are rendered
, worthless except the front one, which it
is believed is not a great deal injured,
i The fire was soon communicated to the
buildings East of the Theatre, belonging
to Mr. James Mclntire and Mr. Jordon^
| the former of which was destroyed, and
. the oilier very much injured. One or
t t"’o small frame buildings belonging to
. Mr. Orr on the West side, were llke
i wise much injured.
The Market House, on Lower Market
i street, was several times mi fire in difter
. put places, but was luckily saved by the
i indefatigable exertions of the firemen.
> The row of large brick buildings on
. the South side of Lower Market-st? was
i in iminent peril, but were also fortunate
■ ly saved. So great was their danger
> that the roofs smoked as if they were°in
■ reality on fire.
• P. S. Wo have just learned the fur-
I (her distressing intelligence, that a Mr.
■ Martin, the carpenter attache! to the
Theatrical Company, is in ail probabilitv
i buried in the ruins. When last seen, he
• was ascending the stair case, in pursuit
of some money he had in an upper room,
the walls fell in a few moments after
wards, and it is believefl he was imolatcd.
Another man (name not learned) was
seriously injured by the falling of the
South wall.
The loss is not only very severe to
hut to Cincinnati, also.
" e have now no Theatre.
I The following extract from a recent i
[ publication by the venerable American 1
, Lexicographer deserves the attention ot (
j the Public, and especially of the eonduc
! tors of the newspaper press;
“ The press, when judiciously ttidnog- <
I cd, is one of the greatest blessings ot a 1
j civilized people; when abused, it is the
most powerful instrument of mischief. —
1 Probably no civil privilege in this country 1
(isso much perverted and abused. In no
I country is reputation held so cheap. Slan
der like the scythe of death, levels all 1
worth arid distinction ; the press, one of
the noblest instruments ofimprovement, is
converted into an instrument of deception,
and the means of making citizens hate and
oppress cadi other. The moral effect of
this abuse is lamentable; for it seems to
have become a ruling belief of partisans
j that a man has a rigid to defame those
who differ from him in opinion.
“ If such is to be permanently the effect
of popular elections, we shall pay dear for
the privilege in the loss of morals. At
present, no reputation is safe, especially
that of a man in public life, or one who up
pers before the Public for the most lauda
ble purpose. The scrambling for office
keeps the public mind in continual
tion ; generating evil passions and enmi
ties among citizens, who, even when they
arc wrong in their opinions, are entitled to
the enjoyments oflheir reputation and their
social rights. What a noble improvement
in our public prints shall wo witness, when
facts shall he carefully collected, judicious
ly selected, and fairly published, without
conjectural inference; and when princi
ples shall be discussed with ability and
candor, without assailing character and
motives.
“NOAH WEBSTER.”
—-*hQ
From the Charleston .Mercury, till lust,
LATE FROM THE NORTH.
By the Steam Packet Columbia, Capt. Spin
ney, arrived yesterday morning, we have New
York papers to the evening of Saturday, the 29th
ult. inclusive.
Sales of Bank Stock at Now York, on the 29th
ult. 200 Shares U. S. Bank, time, $114; 205 do.
do 30 days, 114; 100 do do 30 days, 113 j; 50
do do, 30 days, 113.
A very destructive fire occurred at Newark,
(N. J.) on the 28th ult. extending from the cor
ner of Market and Broad-streets to the State Bank,
which was saved hy great exertions. Among the
houses which were entirely burned, are Messrs.
Mitchell & Headenburgh’s large coacli manufac
tory, Capt. Gillespie’s Washington Hotel, Mr.
Turnbull’s coach manufactory, Ward & Huff’s
cap factory, Alderman Kinny’s hardware store,
Mr. King’s hardware and silver plate manufacto
ry, Johnson & Cory’s grocery, besides a great
many others, in all about 60 houses! By this
melancholy occurrence a large number of mechan
ics and artisans have been thrown out of employ
ment. The loss is estimated variously from
$200,000 to $500,000. Market-street, above and
below, was literally strewed with merchandize
and household goods. •
The New York Journal of Commerce, second
edition, of last Saturday, says;—“ Money is quite
scarce to day, and Money Stocks lower than at
any time before.”
The Times of the same date says :—“ The
Money market, we are happy to learn, is likely,
very soon, to become perfectly easy. Our De
posite Banks, lor the last day or two, have dis
counted with extreme liberality, and to an amount
far exceeding their receipts.”
“ New-York, Oct. 29.
“ The failures have been numerous, but happily
they are of persons of little consequence to the
mercantile community. There is no parallel to
the pressure of our Money market. Confidence
is not however shaken.
The Elections in Ohio, have terminated in the
choice of 17 Whigs and 7 Van Buren Members
to Congress. The State Senate is equally divi
ded. The Whigs have from 2to 4 majority in
tho House.
Messrs. R. R. Fi- 1.leu, C. Campbell, and J.
H. Campbell; of this State, arrived at New
York on the 27th ult in the packet ship Tarenlo,
from London.
Twenty-five J.ives lost in the St. Lawrence,
Foist Du Lie, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 1836.
Between 6 o’clock last evening and 6 this morn
ing, a gale was experienced from S. E. upon Lake
St. 1 eters s, so violent that four rafts have been
completely broken up, and caused tho loss of 25
lives. One raft of red and white pine, belonging
to Messrs Poupard and Raymond, totally wrecked,
trom which 12 men were lost, among whom
were 2 brothers of Mr. Raymond. Another raft,
the property of Messrs, Rogers and Thompson,
of Perth, was this morning found scattered upon
the beach, and all the crew, 13 in number, have
perished, 5 of the latter crew were found this
morning upon the shore at this place, in an awful
state ol mulillation, amongst whom was the pilot,
Jeremiah Campbell, one of tho oldest and most
experienced pilots on tho river.
(IftCA A.vn Sciievkctadx Rail Road.— Tho
receipts of this Company, from the 2d of August
to the 23d of October (81 days) amounted to
$115,000.
From the Jacksonville Courier, Oct. 27M.
ARMY MOVEMENTS.
Gov. Call at tho head of the Tennessee Volun
teers, 1250 in number, and 125 Floradians, has
been to tho Withlacoochec and returned. From
the information obtained, his ofliccrs are satisfied
that he will be able to terminate the war in a short
time after ho takes tho field again. The Indian
squaws taken on their march to the Withlacoo
clioe, say, that sickness (tho measles probably)
has proved very destructive during the past sum
mer ; that tile Indians have “ died like sheep
that Osceola is now sick; that ho left their camp
the morning on which they were taken, on a lit
ter to go and consult Micanopy. Thcv say that
Maj. Pierce killed two chiefs at Fort Drane, and
no plhers have been elected to fill their places.
Tho Tennessee volunteers arc now at. Garcy’s
Ferry on Black Creek, where they will remain
until the Governor is ready to take the field a
gain.
Governor Call is now at Fort Drane with tho
friendly Creeks and about two hundred regulars.
Capt. Smith, with a portion of his company of
Florida volunteers, while on a scout a few days
since, fell in with a party of Indians at Sampson
Pond, about 25 miles from Garcy’s Ferry, which
Capt. Smith supposes to be tho same party that
committed their depredations and barbarities in
the vicinity of Jacksonville a shod time since.
Tho Indians having penned about fifty head of
hogs, passed through a Swamp a quarter of a mile
in width. The Swamp being impassable for hor
ses, Capt. Smith dismounted his men and look
13 of them, and, proceeding through tho Swamp,
discovered the enemy’s camp on the other side.
From finding some of their packs and other cir
cumstances, they know the enemy had just left,
and that in haste.
Animated by the prospect of soon meeting the
enemy, Capt. Smith, with his men, charged up
the swamp a quarter of a mile further, when they
received the fire of the enemy.—Nothing daunted j
they immediately returned it. A firing was kept !
up at intervals on both sides for twenty or thirty ! 1
minutes, during which time the Indians wore I
driven back a quarter of a mile into a dense i I
swamp, three miles in extent. The little band
made every exertion to bring the enemy into ac- '
tion again, hut to no purpose. The guides were '
consulted as to the possibility of hunting them t
out. This was found impracticable, in conse
quenco of the extent of the swamp, and its being .
scarcely penetrable in the drvesl season. After
remaining some time withom'being able to hear *
any thing of the enemy, they returned without a
finding any killed, though several must have been ,
wounded. None of Capt. Smith’, men were
wounded. I
Captain Smith gives his men great credit for
their promptitude in obeying orders, and theca- v
| gcrncis with which they met and rushed upon j 1
! the enemy.
i Capt. Smith, then a Lieutenant, heard the “In- j:
| dians music*’ on the Withlacoochee, the 3lst of,
! December. He is one of the thirty-one that
1 made the memorable charge on which the safety ! 1
of the men under Gen. Clinch is supposed to have i
Z. — Jacksonville Conner , 27 th nit • .
FROM TAMPA 6aV. L
earner Meridian, arrived at this place,
(says the Apalachicola Gazelle, Oct, 19,) from : 1
Tampa B.y on Monday last. There had been, I
no lighting in that quarter since our former dates, j ,
The deputation of friendly Indians which had:
! been sent out to hold a talk with the hostile*,’and
' induce them ta come to terms without further, 1
fighting,—or in other words, with a proposition ;
to the’Serainole Chiefs, to buy them up, —had re
turned to Tampa, without having been able to
elfect any thing. Harjo, the bead of the deputa
tion, reports that he found the Chiefs of the Sem
inole* in a hammock within the Withlacoochee
Swamp, which was surrounded on all sides by
deep morasses, ponds, and an almost impracticable 1
undetbrnshwood, with, as he calculated, about j
3500 of their people, men, women and children, j
On the proposal being made to Osceola to lay |
I down his arms and retire to the Westward —the |
reply was firmly and decisively—“ Never, the
bind is ours, and we will die on it.” They boast
ed of having beaten off other armies of the whites,
and speak confidently of their ability to withstand <
present preparations against them.
AUGUST A:
SATfItDAV, NOVEMBER 5, 18307
FOR CONGRESS,
(Ta fill Gan. Coffee’s vacancy,J
Col. WM. C. DAWSON, of Greene.
IIEAI.TH OF AUGUSTA.
Our city Sexton reports the deaths of thirty
three persons in this city, during the month end
ing Ist instant—l 9 whites and 14 blacks.
HEALTH OF CHARLESTON.
The Charleston Board of Health reports the
deaths of thirty-one persons in that city during
the week ending on Sunday the 31st ultimo—
nine whiles, and 22 blacks. Os the deaths re
ported, fifteen were by Cholera, and thirteen of
this number were blacks.
“ADDRESS ON EDUCATION,
Delivered before the Phi Kappa and Demos
theniun Societies of Franklin College, on the
ith August, 183 G. By Cuaki.es J. Jenkins, u
j member of the Denesthenian Society. Athens:
j Printed at the Office of the “ Southern Danner.”'
183 G.”
We have just had the pleasure of receiving
through the Host Office, the above Address, the
great merits of which we had the pleasure of re
ferring to sometime ago, after attending its elo
quent delivery. It is indeed, in the language of
the Resolutions introduced by Professor Press
ttr, (tendering the thanks of the Demoslhcnian
Society to its author, & providing for the appoint
ment ol a Committee to wail on him and request
a copy for publication,) a “ chaste instructive,
and eloquent” production ; and wo look forward
with much pleasure to a perusal of it, at the first
leisure moment,
SOUTHERN SLAVERY.
We recommend to our readers an extract of a
letter from the Correspondent of the New York
Express, dated at Columbia, S. C. and. signed
“ A Northers Mas which will bo
another column. It affords us great pleasure to
notice such evidences of kind feeling among the
people of the North, and such a disposition to do
justice to us and out domestic institutions. Such
men as the writer of this letter, are “ brethren”
indeed, and entitled to the most affeciionatc pa
ternal regard from the people of the South, who
arc no less sensible of kindness, and ready to' re
ciprocivic it, than resentful of wanton injury, and
unfounded calumny.
An interesting article from the Now York Cou
rier & Enquirer, giving an account of an unsuc
cessful attempt on the part of the Abolitionists
(misnamed Philanthropists!) of Boston, to
swindle a Southern man out of his properly, will
also be found in our columns today,
INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY.
We would call the attention of the public, par
ticularly the working classes, to the advertisement
inserted in this mornings paper, of the Georgia
Insurance and Trust Company, from which it
will bo seen that the Directors have come to the
resolution of receiving money on deposile for any
term not less than sixty days, nor mote than 12
months, for which they will give transferable cer
tificates bearing an interest of six per cent, per
annum. The advantages of this arrangement,
not only to the rich, but also to the poor, must bo
obvious to every one. It effectually supplies the
place of a Savings Institution, as by the adver
tisement it will be seen that the sum is not speci
fied, and five and ten dollars will he received as
well as hundreds and thousands. For tho infor
mation of those who wish to avail themselves of
tho liberal offers of this institution, we will state,
that its capital is $500,000 (all paid in) and that
its stock, which originally cost SIOO, is now sell
ing at $145 per share,— Constitutionalist of
Thursday,
THE FLORIDA WAR.
The accounts which have lately been received
from I iorida, of what lias already been accom
plished, arc any thing but cheering; but the pa
pers from that Territory speak with confidence
that the war will be ended very speedily. We
confess wo have very little hope of a speedy ter
i ™>nation of this unfortunate train of events.
Wo find in the last Tallahassee Floridian, an ac
count of the late movements of the army under
Gov. Call, which is substantially the same as
j , * lat published in our paper of Saturday last; in
addition to which it stales that a mounted volun-
I tecr cor P s "’Us to bo raised at that place “ for a
: lour of six weeks,” “ as it is confidently believed
; by the commanding General, that the war can he
| before that period shall elapse.”
I The same paper says, that “ The troops will
remain about three weeks in quarters, to recruit,
and will move again on the enemy as soon as
supplies can be thrown into Fort Drance, and
' thence ta a post near the forks of the river : to
ensure which, the most active measures are ta
king, both by Gov. Call and Gen. Armstrong.
Tho hoops are all in fine health, and will re- ,
turn with tenewed vigor to the strong hold ofthe '
enemy. The Tennessee Brigade with their brave 1
and gallant leader arc determined never to leave *
the country until the war is over.
From all tho intelligence received, both from '
the prisoners taken, and tie spies of Col. Lane,
there is no doubt the whole body of tho Indians *
arc and will remain in the forks ; their provisions ]
are there—their fort is there, and they will make
the last and only strong resistance there.” "1
“ About 600 fine horses sank on the march, for
want of forage.”
VVALDIE’S LIBRARY, PORTFOLIO, i c .
The indefatigable Waldie still continues his
judicious and energetic labors in behalf of the
reading public. His Select Circulating Li-
HHAiir, with its interesting and valuable compa
nion, The Journal of Halles Lettres, still “goes
ahead” in public estimation—net forgetting to bo
always right,” or as nearly so as practicable.
Its selections are excellent, as usual, and the cri
tiques, tales, &c. of The Journal, able and in
teresting, Ino last No. received contains, in
the former, the commencement of Whaxall’s
Memoirs, which will be a fine treat to its rea
ders ; and, in the latter, the commencement of
the Maison he Sante, or Madhouse, an excel- (■
lent tale by Mi. Grattan.
The PorfFotio, too, continues with unabated
interest and popularity; and in our advertising
columns will bo scon Mr. Wai.dik’s Prospectus
of another proposed work, entitled “ Walbie’s
j Literar y Omnibus which is to consist of
| “ New Books entire, Reviews, General Liters.
| turc, and Scientific and Miscellaneous Intclli
i gence.” The specimen No. of this work is now
before us—printed with fine, clear type, on very
superior paper, of large newspaper size—anil the
'first No. of the regular series is to be issued in
January next. The character of the work is en
tirely new, and its object is to publish the latest
works, Novels, Tales, Voyages, Memoirs, Tra
vels, &c. &c. in connexion with Reviews of new
works, and the current news of the day, miscel
laneous, literary, scientific, political, &<£ without
taking any part in party politics. It will be pub
lished weekly, at $3 per annum—s2,so to clubs
of two, or to subscribers to the Library or Port
Folio, though its matter will bo altogether differ--
ent from cither. Each yearly volume will con
tain matter equal to two volumes of Rees’s Cy
clopedia, and books which cost throe dollars will
he furnished in it for about 25 cents.
(Lj’Tho Prospectus referred to above is crowd
ed out, hut shall be published in our next.
_ •
VAN BUREN AND ABOLITION.
Mr. Forsyth, in reply to a letter from some
political friends at Millcdgeville, enquiring his o
pinions of the sentiments of Mr. Van Buren, in
relation to abolition, says :
“ My intimate acquaintance and constant in
tercourse with Mr. Van Buren, for more than ten
years, enables me to state to you, that his feel
ings on the abolition question are similar to those
of every honest man South of the Potomac who
, holds in unqualified abhorrence the designs of tho
abolitionists and the means pursued to accom
plish them. He has faithfully exerted his per
sonal and political influence to thwart them here
tofore ; and,.l am sure, 10s intentions are ever to
do so. If I had the smallest reason to doubt,
that, if elected to the Presidency, his administra
. lion would not conform in this matter to the wish
es and interests of our State, he should receive,
nothwithstandiug the personal relations between
us, my most inveterate opposition. No one de
serves to be supported here, whose opinions on
that vital question are at all equivocal.”
Is this the way in which “ Mr, FoiibttiiV
visit to Georgia” is to be “ worth ten thousand
votes to the Van Buren Ticket,” as stated by a
Union man who had conversed with him, in Ma
con I That this letter was designed to operate
on the election, who can doubt, or that just n
bout such a one was expected and desired by
those who addressed him I Could it be pre
sumed that he would write against Mr. Van Hu
ron in his present positim, and after his past
course 1
If ho agrees with “ every honest man south of
the Potomac,” does every such man believe, with
him, that Congress has the right to abolish slave
ry in the District of Columbia ? Or is every
such man a Missouri liestrictionist, or in favor
of free negro suffrage ?
“ No one deserves to be supported here, whose
opinions on that vital question are at all equivo
cal.”—Assuredly not—and as certainly he docs
not. Are not his opinions equivocal 1 Mark
those, and his acts, above referred to; and remem
ber that while thus held up at tho South, as op
posed to Abolidon, he is advocated at the North,
as in favor of it. / As another evidence of this,
read the following, from the N. V. Courier &
Enquirer:
“ (C/ - One of the arts of tho Globe and its
kindred Van Buren prints, is to hold ijp Mr.
Van Buren at the South as the friend of Slave
ry, and the enemy of tho Abolitionists ; while
at tho North, ho is referred to by them as the on
ly candidate for the Presidency who will in part
at least, carry out their principles, by using the
influence of his station if elected, to abolish Sla
very in the District of Columbia. What his
real opinions are, no one who knows him as wel!
as we do, will pretend to say; though there is no
doubt that at the North, ho and his friends, are
courting Mr. Tappan and his associates.”
The editor concludes the above, as he says “for
the especial benefit of the Van Buren Abolition
ists of the North,” with some paragraphs from
the Globe, setting forth Mr. Vau Buren as inimi
cal to the Abolitionists.
“ A poor devil of a loafer was brought before
• police court, at Baltimore, on Friday, charged
with the awful offence of sleeping in a lumber
yard. When asked what business he had there,
he said that he went to sleep in an alley, but a
young fellow coming in, tumbled over him, and
when he picked himseli up, he kicked him out,
and then he went to bunk under a stall in the
market, and a watchman told him to take his car
cass out of that, and then ho went to a lumber
yard, and Was trying tho horizonal on a pile of
boards, when another watchman took him to tho'
watch house, and he contrived at last to gel a
comfortable snooze. He told his story with so
much simplicity, that it melted the heart of jus
tice, and he was dismissed pro. tem.”
Dismissed pro. tcm. by the clemency of Justice !
That is, we presume, until he is again caught in
the horrid crime of lodging on the bare ground,
with tho sky for a covering. Here is a pspr
wretch, who has no right, according to the con
stituted authorities of Baltingor., to the use of
cither the earth or the air, within their jurisdic
tion. He is kicked out of the market, out ofthe
lumber yard, and out of the street—and if he hail
gone into a field, we suppose he would have been
kicked out of it also, as too luxurious a resting
place. Vet probably this same creature, when
ever a mob is to be raised to burn a convent, to
make a procession of the Democratic Republican
Party, or to rescue a slave from his Southern
master, is among the very first to shout for “Van
Buren and Liberty,” and to, sing “ Hail Colum
bia, happy land Columbia Telescope.
Is the situation of such a freeman, better than '
that ofthe well-fed, well-clothed, well-housed, and
well-protected Southern slaves ’ — Ed. Chronicle-
Camden and Philadelphia Races. Last day.
—The concourse of visitors yesterday at the races
was very great, and a large porportion of ladies
were present. The stands were crowded, and the.,
whole ground presented an animating spectacle,
being crowded with spectators and vehicles of
every description. Every thing passed off well,
and the sports concluded in a gratifying manner.
The following is the result of the races of the day:
Jockey Club Purse, SIOO0 — four mile heats.
Col. W. R. Johnson’s b. m. Atalanta, by Industry,
dam Rattler, 4 years old, I 1
R. Tillotson’s c. h. Post Boy, by Henry,
dam Duroc, 5 years old, _ 2 2
James F. Garrison’s bh. c. Cippus, by In
dustry, dam Mark Anthony, 4 years
old, . dist.
Time—Bm. ss.—Bra 14*.