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SONG OP THE CAROLINA GIRL.
Our hearts nre with our native land;
Our song is for her glory ;
Thera’a many a gallant deed to toll,
In Carolina's story.
Her valiant sons have non them nainea
Among the great of earth j
And infanta, from the cradle, learn
To liap of Southern birth.
Our hearts arc with our native land—
Thorc’e none on earth above her:
Her sons arc rare, her daughters fair;
And then, they dearly love her.
Let olhara boast of what they please—
To heci them we’re unwilling—
We’ll have our “Southern Rights,” and ease,
And grudge them not a shilling.
We love our gallant barque of slate,
And siatlly should we mourn her,
If on her hallow’d dock appeared
The semblance of dishonor:
But no—hot crew is true as brave.
And full of native feeling:—
The fostcrings of a Southern sun,
Were never fund of kneeling I
Our hearts are with our native land ;
Our song is for her glory ;
She hath many a mime that’s now unknown,
Will live in classic story.
Her sages, and her poets, too,
Have lit the sacred fire ;
And the genius of a southern sun
Will fan its bright flames higher.
Wc love our reverend fathers, grey—
We love our virtuous mothers—
The meed of that angelic grace,
Wo will not yield to others:
Far chastity, and modest worth,
And pure domestic bliss,
Hath never worn a sweeter smile,
In any land, than this !
Our hearts are with our native land ;
And never shall degrade her :
Her flowery vales, and sunny hills,
Are not for the invader.
And, highly as wc prize the charms
Which Heaven lias kindly rent us,
We'll give them freely, heart, and hand,
And love, to her hevksdsus!
Windsor Forest, S. Carolina.
From the .V. F. Com. Advertiser, 30th ult,
MEXICO AND TEXAS.
Wo earnestly solicit attention to the
following letter, which, wc have no hesi
tation in saying, contains a large qiianli
ty of wholesome truth. The w riter is a
man who will not make statements on
light authority, anil whose word may be
implicitly relied on when he makes asser
tions on his own knowledge. Thu truth
about this Texan humbug must come
forth, sooner or later.
To the Editors o f the Commercial Advertiser.
Nacogdoches, Texas, Sept. 14, 1836.
Being completely under cow here, and
knowing well that my life might be the
forfeit of u few indiscreet expressions, I
claim, with many others, (precisely in
my own situation and of my own opin
ions,) to be a first rule. Texan, wearing
my big knife at my girdle, and swearing
eternal destruction to every thing through
which circulates Mexican blood ; but
with all these fears 1 have yet the cour
age to speak through your columns, and
feel much disposed to converse some lit
tle with your JVew York people concern
ing our Texas affairs. 1 am willing to
go into argument with any one (provided
the person taking up the cudgels make
affidavit that he is not a speculator in
Texas lands) in support of the facts and
opinions hereafter set forth.
1 am myself an American, and, unless
Providence has deprived me of those
sympathies that prompt others, am as
much disposed to love my countrymen,
to feel fur them, admire them, and to
cherish our noble constitution and laws,
as any other man ; yet I have never been
able to approve the Texan cause, am)
still less can I approve of the second fid
dle game now playing here by one of the
general officers of the United States army.
I came .to Texas some seven ye;!is
since, possessed, as I thought, of good
titles to a league of land, purchased in
New York of an individual who, to my
certain knowledge, hat) sold many oilier
leagues; and on my arrival immediately
applied to the proper officer to be put in
possession of my land, when, much to my
surprise, I was told that my titles were
pood for nothing; but was informed at
the same time, that I was welcome to
land, and that I might select any vacant
land, for which 1 should receive titles on
conditions then enumerated, and which I
thought but fair and equitable. 1 ac
cordingly possessed myself of a league of
fine land, took the oath of allegiance to
Mexico, and have lived in prosperity and
happiness till the Texan revolution, since
which time I must confess 1 have tasted
more bitterness, grief and trouble, than
1 had done in all my passed life before.
The like declaration will be made by
every American who settled in Texas,
wherever they can do so without the fears
that now make them mute. 1 now al
lude to those Americans who had been
settlers for any time, and who had ful
filled the conditions entitling them to
their lands; and not to those who came
for the express purpose of sowing a rebel
lion, organised and matured by those who
bad forged or had purchased forged titles
to lands, and were in advance determin
ed to create rebellion, that they might
perfect those titles, if possible. " 6
There came into Nacogdoches about
three years ago, a Mexican, named Al
monte, who publicly informed the people
that he had been sent by the government
to see and inquire as to the then condi
tion of Texas—that the Mexican govern
ment was displeased and humiliated to
find that immense forgeries had been ef
fected in land titles—which spurious ti
tles were selling in every large city of
the United States, to the great deception
and ruined innocent individuals who pur
chased tnem—that complaints from A
merican citizens had reached the govern
ment of Mexico, alleging fraud, not only
in the speculators who sold these titles,
'but even in the Mexican authorities them
selves—and that this practice must cease, i
• *
or the government would feel constrained I
to act in stu b a manner as would convince (
the world of their disapprobation of such 1
practices. Mr. Almonte further explain- i
ed what titles were good, and what were i
had—and it is worthy of remark that i
those v- hose titles were worthless, have i
hated the man ever since, and were very i
anxious to have him shot, when he was i
lately taken with Santa Anna, on the i
score of his having been a spy among i
them three years before. Do not laugh, i
Messrs. Editors, at the idea of a man’s <
being a spy within his own country, and
by the orders of his own government.
Soon after came General Houston, i
late governor, late Cherokee, &c. &c., —
and later still, from Washington, with,
as he said, (both in the United States and
here,) the private views of General Jack
son in relation to Texas, General 11.
told his friends in general, that his pur
pose was to revolutionize the country.
Next came General Mason, agent for
; the New York company. Upon the
meeting of these two bigwigs, a discus
sion took place us to the proposed revolu
tion, Houston fur it, Mason at that time
against it; the gentlemen waxed warm
in the argument, and separated mutually
displeased with each other, Mason going
through to Mexico, and, as it is asserted
by Mexicans, being the first man who
conveyed (be news of the proposed rebel
lion in Texas to Mexico.
Next in (urn was the change in (ho go
vernment effected by Santa Anna, and
next the Texan revolution. Was it not
laughable to see these Textyjs, all of
them, generally speaking, slave holders,,
adhering to the constitution of 1824, one
article of which emancipates all the slaves
in Mexico ? Was it not laughable to see
them proclaiming a constitution, of which,
eleven years ago, the Americans in Tex
as had prohibited the, proclamation by
the Mexican authorities there, under (lie
heaviest threats! What man of common
sense can believe in this humbug?
None, gentlemen, none, but those that
have risked (heir thousands in this coun
try ; and they, whoever they may he,
feign to believe it. The statements made
throughout the United States, of tyranny
and oppression on the part of Mexico,
toward the American citizens in Texas,
are slanderous falsehoods, fabricated to
create and nurture (be worst prejudices
and Jealousies. The Americans in Tex
as have had their own way in every case,
and on every occasion, and whenever
there happened a legislative act, that
was, from any cause, repugnant to the
feelings of the people in Texas, it was
silenced at once. In short, if there
has existed a good cause of complaint
in 'Texas, it was that, men were too
much their own masters, and toolittlu
under (he restraint of any law. Arty
allegation so the effect that the Mexican
government had deceived citizens of the
United States in relation to promises of
lands first made to them, is false, and I
defy any one to shew a forfeiture of title
to lands, when the. conditions of the grunt
had been fulfilled by the settler.
Now, sir, as to the war : here 1 will ask
Americans, (except the speculators,) Ijow
many military incursions, insurrections,
and rebellions, avowedly for die purpose
of snatching Texas from its proper ow
ners, will, in their mind, justify Mexico
in driving from its territories those that
would thus possess themselves of the
country? Be it remembered (hat these
revolutions have never been attempted
; by the resident citizens of Texas, hot in
; every case by men organized in the U.
States for (lie purpose, and coming from
a far; why, a single provocation of this
nature wore ample justification, but Tex
as has, from the time of the adjustment
ol the boundary of Wilkinson and Fer
rara, experienced seven or eight. Now,
i what is Mexico to do? Can it be rx
-1 pected that she will maintain a large army
! m Texas, merely for the purpose of
t guarding against the attempts of n few?
Certainly not; were the population of
the United Slates one of savages, one of
i which wo should not expect good policy,
■ and that international equity, which hits
t heretofore been the boast of Americans,
, it might perhaps be expected ; but Mexico
i has rested upon the belief that when a
, tew marauders should interfere with her
i poosessions, the American people would
1 not object to see them properly chastised.
- But gentlemen, what at present seems to
e be the situation of a Hairs P Not only has
• Houston avowed (hat his acts were
• prompted by the highest authority within
1 the United Slates; but a general officer
i of the army of the United Slates presents
t himself ,vith forces upon the Mexican
r frontier. Ills first orders are to pre
t serve perfect neutrality ; and his partie
i ulur attention is called to one of the ar
r tides of the treaty between the United
• States am 1 M exieo, by which the con
t trading parties bind themselves to re
> strain their respective Indians, within
L their own limits. General Gaines having
i arrived, is at once in correspondence
I with the Texan officers, and despatches
- to Washington “information derived from
f the highest authority in Texas”—this,
i 100, against the most positive information
1 given to Gen. Gaines, by respectable and
i' intelligent people, that misrepresenta-
I lions of all kinds were fabricating, and
i would be invented to induce him to cross.
- Upon (ho information thus given at
y Washington, by Gen. Guilds, Mr. Secre
, tary Cass writes that he has laid before
s the executive bis letter, and that hiscon
- struct ion, in the uncertainty of the boun
i ilary between the U. States’ and Mexico,
- being acquiesced in, he, General Gaines,
a is authorised to cross the Sabine River,
i and proceed as far as Nacogdoches. T 5
- miles within the Mexican territory. This
} permission is given, however, only under
s certain contingencies; (and I am cer
tain (hat these have not been present.)
t Here I must be permitted to a<k, (and 1
address myself to every American who
t loves his country, and is proud of it,) how
- it can be maintained, under anv pretext
i that honor would suggest or justify, that
t the frontier between (he United States
- and Mexico, is uncertain; for a long
- time after the acquisition of Louisiana
i the United States exercised jurisdiction
- only to the Rio Hondo, but six miles west
-of Natchitoches, the intermediate terri
f lory between this point and the Sabine
i River, about 20 miles, being considered
- neutral territory ; at last General Wil
kinson for the United States, and Getier
• al Ferrarra for Mexico, arranged the
’ Sabine as the frontier; a survey made by
. | Mr. Melisli also establishes the Sabine
■ at this point as the frontier, A subse
-1 quent regular and formal treaty between
the two governments confirms the fron- s
tier, and has especial and particular re- t
fercncc to Mclish’s map and survey ; and t
more recently still, the present e.tecu- c
live declares by proclamation, that the t
two governments shall continue to exer- 1
cise jurisdiction within the territory now |a
occupied by either; (his was the result [
of a conference with the Mexican Minis- (
ter, who justly represented that Arkan- <
sas had overleaped theboundary between a
the two governments, ami was in Urn cx- I
ercise of jurisdiction, within a part of the |
Mexican dominions. •
There is certainly a part of the boutt- t
dary not yet (raced, but it is a line pass- t
ing over land only, and running from t
the 32d degree of latitude on the Sabine,
due North to Red River. Thus it will
he perceived, (hat all the Sabine, from
the sea to the 32(1 degree, is the bounda
ry, and that the Sabine above (he 32d
degree, belongs exclusively to Mexico,
hence the impossibility of there being un
certainty about it. 1 will ask again, if
there is doubt as to the Sabine frontier,
bow it happens that when the Texans '
were petitioning congress for a recogni- (
(ion of their independence, no informa- (
(ion was imparted, to the national legisla- |
tore of the circumstances. Again, if I
there is a doubt as to the Sabine frontier,
how happens it that war in that territory,
by regularly organised armies of citizens
of the United States, is tolerated against
a friendly power? No, sir, there i.s no
doubt or uncertainty as to the Sabine
frontier. Mr. Secretary Cass cannot be
ait fail, or lie is willing to lend himself
for a most unworthy purpose.
General Gaines having, however, per
suaded the executive and secretary that
the line was “ imaginary,” and that be
“ might cross it,” orders troops from forts
Towson and Gibson to occupy Nacogdo
ches, as I have said before, seventy-five
miles beyond the limits of Mexico; and,
what is worse, directs those troops to
cross the river above and march through
(he country to the place of destination ;
so that the troops came into the Mexican
dominions at least two hundred miles be
yond Nacogdoches, and having' arrived
there, are ordered to fortify and erect
other buildings? How is this, gentle
men ? Call you all this neutrality ?
But, tor a further description of our
affairs here, I will add the following facts.
The Americans (I mean the regulars)
and Texans appear to understand each
other perfectly. The neutrality is pre
served on the part of General Gaines by
allowing all volunteers and other organ
ised corps, destined for Texas, to pass
in hundreds and thousands undisturbed,
but keeps in check any attempt on the
part of the native Mexicans and Indians
to act against the Texans. The Texans
are allowed to wage war against a friend
ly power in a district of country claimed
by the U. States. The prisoners of war
taken by the Texans,are ignorant to which
parly they are subject. The American
general claims (he country only from
M exicO, but has no objections to the car
rying on of war against Mexico, in the
district be claims ! Pray, sir, let Amer
icans speak honestly, and let them say
whether any government (ms, within the
last rehtnry, placed itself in so ridiculous I
alight?—not only ridiculous, but con- i
tcmptible. Will not any honest man i
confess at once that General Gaines, or
any authority clothing him with the dis- s
crction so indiscreetly used, would never t
have dreamed of the like against a gov- (
eminent able and ready to defend itself,
and punish such arrogance? What is '
Europe to say to this ? Will not Mexico i
complain ? And will there be. no sym- I
pathy for her? I have said that (here is I
an understanding between Gen. Gaines .
and the officers in the Texan cause; in
support of this assertion I send yon the I
accompanying slip, cut from the‘Natchi
toches paper.
I am, sir, your ob’t servant,
NEUTRALITY.
Proclamation from Gen, Samuel Houston.
Nacogdoches, (Texas,) Ang, 29, 1836.
To the Citizens ok Texas! —From
reports which have reached me, I am
induced to believe our situation is un- ’
1 safe; some Cherokees with (he native
Castilians, have returned to the Cherokee
village from Matamoras, and say that the
1 Indians of the Prairies and a Mexican
• force, are about to attack this portion of
• Texas; the counties of San Augustine,
' Sabine, Tunahaw and Bevil, as well as
' Nacogdoches, will forthwith organize the
1 MILITIA of each county. The follow
ing requisitions are made to sustain the
’ U. S. forces at this place until reinforce
-1 men (scan arrive at this place from Gen.
■ Gaines, viz ; sixty-four from San Angus
' tine, fiftv-six from Tunahaw, fifty-six
■ from Sabine, and thirty-three from Bevil;
1 the troops will repair to this place with
■ the least possible delay, and report to
■ the Commanding General as soon as they
1 arrive.
' This call is made through (he Judges
' of the several counties, iml they must
1 be regarded as the law of the land ; (he
1 troops will only be detained a few days ;
so soon as Gen. Gaines can send rein
-1 foreernents to this place, they will be
' discharged.
Let arms and ammunition bs brought;
at least one hundred rounds is requested.
• The Commander-in-chief will be with
the free men in Texas, it (hey have to
■ meet the enemy ; all (he men in Texas
' must have their arms in order; to have
liberty wc must be watchful.
Signed * SAML. HOUSTON.
Gommander-in-Chicf,
I OFFICIAL,
i General Order, > Adj.Gf.nl' s Office.
No. 68 $ Washington, Oct AS.
The following order has been recciv- ;
) ed from (he War Department, and is pub- (
1 fished for the information of all conceru
i ed.
War Dm autment, Oct. 13, IS.SG.
( 1. It appearing by the public prints,:
t that the official report of Brevet Major ,
! General Gaines, dated “Head Quar- j
r tors, Western Department, Camp Sa-;
i bine, 4lh July, 1836,” made to the Adju-|
(ant General of the Army, has been pub-1
: fished, and (he said publication being;
without the sanction of the War Depart- ■
ment, or other proper authority, the Court i
of Inquiry, of which Major General Alex
ander Macomb is President, will, in ad- j 1
dition to the duties already assigned to 1
it, inquire into the facts as to the man- 1
ner, and by whose authority, the said
official report was made public. I
2. The court will also report its nnin- I
ion as to the violation of the rules of the 1
service by such publication, and as to t
the character of said report in reference I
to all its hearings and consequences, as it
concern* general military propriety and s
the discipline of the army. , I
5. And further, the court will examine
and inquire into any other reports and t
publications, made by brevet Major I
General Gaines, or by any other officer '
of (he army, having reference to military '
affairs, and published without the sane- '
lion of the War Department, or other
proper authority, and give its opinion on 1
the tendency of such reports and publica- 1
lions in the same manner as it is herein I
required to do in the case referred to in ‘
Ihe foregoing paragraph of this order.
[Signed] C. A. HARRIS, -
Jlcling Secretary of War.
By order of Major General Macomb :
r. Jones, -ij'i. Gen.
From the Columbus Enquirer.
The Constitutionalist , speaking of the
slander imputed in the charge against
Judge While, of walking arm ami arm
with a free negro to the polls, advances
this strange doctrine of modern demo
cracy—“ the ballot box places every vo
ter on an equality. Tim negro, who was
then a voter in Tennessee, was (he equal
of Judge White, and the vote of the for
mer, counted for as much as that of flic
latter.” This is pare unadulterated Van
burenism. The master taught it in the
Convention of New York, and now his
man has (he audacity to proclaim it in the
State of Georgia. A free negro the e
t/ual of Judge White! The vote of a
blackamore count as much as the most
respectable white man in Tennessee!
Ves, this is the idea, and this is the doc
trine that the freemen of this State are
called upon to support in the election of
Van Huron. Next Monday week, when
you are about to give your votes for the
Chief Magistrate of the country, stop a
moment as you go, and ask yourselves
how you would feel, if every vagabond
of a free negro was your equal in (he
exercise of this highest of political rights?
Can you contemplate such a state of
things without horror? Dawn then with
the conjuror, nr up comes the free ne
groes, to an equality with yourselves.
—•••»» 6©
From the Columbia Enquirer, 27r/i ult.
On Monday, the seventh day of No
vEMiiKR, comeson the Election for Elec
tors of President and Vice President of
the United States. Are we all prepared
•or the event ? Have the citizens of
Georgia well considered the important
hearing which that election may have
upon the future destiny of this country?
From the signs recently developed, we
are of opinion that they have. The mat
ter seems to be fairly and fully under
stood, the claims, (he pretensions, and
(lie principles of the respective candi
dates for the Chief Magistracy of the
Republic, have been carefully canvass
ed, and decided on by the people.
What is the result? Have they found
in the past course or present principles
ot Martin Van Buren any thing to re
commend him to their support ? lias he
exhibited. ilirouxh the whole course of
liis slippery and Serpentine life, any trait
of character calculated to win the heart
or engage the affections of his country
men ? Not one. Has lie performed one
solitary act in public or private life which
may mil be traced to a mean and selfish
desire to advance his own interests?
Not one. He stands then before the
whole country the “ mousing Grimalkin”
that Clinton described him ; (lie “ heart
less sycophant” he was represented to
be in the memorable denunciation of
John A. Cuthbert.
But how does he stand related to the
South ? Is there a man amongst us who,
laying aside party feeling, arid closing
his eyes on the reward that may follow
conduct, would in a moment of calm and
cool deliberation trust the future hopes
of himself, the future safety of his wife
and children in the keeping of such a
politician? Is there one man amongst
us who will support for the lowest office
.known to our laws the man who opposed
the late war and its friends, who advoca
ted the infamous restriction on Missouri,
who believes in the constitutional power
of Congress to abolish slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia, who opposes the dis
tribution of the surplus revenue amongst
the States, desiring rather to keep it in
the Treasury to corrupt the country and
purchase power; who believes a free ne
gro equal to a white man at the polls;
would you, we ask, vote for such a man
tor Corporal ot the militia? You would
not. And vet you are called upon to
aid in the election of one to the highest
office in your gift, who in addition to a
hundred other minor offences, has been
guilty and is still guilty of maintaining
these principles so dangerous to your
safety and your peace. Will you do it!
This is the question you are called upon
to decide by the votes you give.
From the Washington Globe,
EXPRESS MAIL.
This mail will commence running on
the slh of November next.
Between New York and Philadelphia,
there will be two mails daily upon tlm rail
roads running with the speed of the ex
press, & carrying the entire mail matter,
inconsequence of which the additional
postage will not be charged between those
cities. The same policy will be pursued
between Philadelphia and Baltimore, and
further south ns soon as the Department,
by the aid of the railroads or other means,
can give the whole mail the same ex
pedition as the express.
The Department will endeavor to make
: such arrangements as will give (he towns
jon the upper line through New Jersey,
the same mail facilities they now enjoy,
land expects shortly to improve them.
Annexed are the regulations formed
Iby the Postmaster General in reference
\ to the matter to be conveyed by this mail:
Post Office Department, ?
Oct. 22, 1836. i
Regulations for the Express Mail.
1. No letters will be sent by this mail,
except such ns have written upon them
, the words “ Express Mail.”
I 2. No free letters, nor letters contain
i ing money, nor letters exceeding half an
ounce in weight, except public despatch
es, nor any newspapers or pamphlets, will
be sent by this mail.
3. If letters bearing a frank, or con
taining money, or weighing more than
half an ounce," be put into post offices
marked «Erpress Mail,” the postmas
ters will erase those words,and send them tl
by the ordinary mail. . w
4. All letters and public despatches s
sent by this mail will be charged with tii-
pie the usual rates of postage.
5. Letters masked "Express Mail,’
and put into post offices not on the line of
the express, will be sent by that line I
when they reach it, ami will be charged, y
where put in, with triple postage for the
whole distance. . 11
6. Editors of newspapers have aright tl
to’receive free by this mail, slips from all il
newspapers which they may now receive *
free by the ordinary mail, but cannot re- j
ceive the slips and the newspapers both. k
ifholh coin® to them, the postmasters will n
charge the newspapers with postage. h
7. Slips from newspapers, and small 11
parts of newspapers cut out, or strips spe- |
dally printed by newspaper publishers,
to convey the latest news, foreign and
domestic. But one slip can be received
from the same newspaper; and in no case
must it exccd in size two columns of such
newspaper.
8. Newspaper slips must show on their (
face from what newspapers they come,
and he put into the post office open, with
the name of the editor or newspaper for ,
whom designed, distinctly written upon i
them.
9. Postmasters will put all slips for (he 1
same place into a packet directed to that 1
place.
From the New York Herald.
Wai.l Street, Monday, Oct. 24. ,
The crisis in our commercial affairs, so long ap- f
prohended, is now upon us. On Friday and Sat
urday probably about ten or eleven failures were ,
announced in Wall street. The names of a tow
are hcrewitli given:
Charles Do Forest, sugar refiner, 84 Maiden
Lane,
Thomas Hailing, 137 Front street.
Brinkerhoff& Wilaon, Commission Merchants
175 do.
Pitkin, Burr & Tisdalo, Hardware, 210 Water
street.
I.ycll A Johnson. Grocers, 228 Front at.
Farr & Farmeji, Dry Goods, 17 Platt st. (now
Pearl.)
B. Osbo-ne & Co. 232 Front st
Isaac Osgood, shoe dealer, 151 Water st.
Many mote have no doubt been wrecked in the
going hurricane.but their names will not be known
till to-day or to-morrow. When these names
and others were announced in Wall street, a gen
eral consternation seized upon (he public mind.
Men knew not wliat was corning. The best pa
per in the street was sold -at 2, 3 and 4 per cent a
month for short dates to raise money upon. Wc
saw the paper ofthe Josephs, of Haggerty Sons,
and others going at 2or per cent, yet it is well
known their acceptances are the best in the mar
ket. The general calamity appeared to paralyze
every one, hut the brokers who were as busy as
bees. “ We have had our day,” said they, “stocks
can’t go no farther down”—“ the derangement of
the money market now reaches the merchants.”
Stocks stand firm at the usual low prices.
The banks for several days past have boon un
der the influence of a general panic—particularly
since the interview between tbe Treasury Dank
directors, and (ho Hon, B. F. Butler. Little or
no discounts have been made by any of these in
stitutions. The Fulton and several other hanks,
met on their discount days, tumbled over their
offerings—opened not one—locked them up and
left the room. The Phenix has ventured a little
to relievo the distress—but the Stale Bank is ut
terly powerless. The Treasury Banks arc even
worse than the independent institutions. They
are in a slate of constant agitation. The drafts
of the government for the placing offunds, south
and west, to meet the requisitions of the distribu
tion laws, arc hanging over their heads like the
sword of Damocles. A committee has b'en ap
pointed— sent on to Washington— to represent
the deplorable condition ofthe city, and to invoke
the mercy—the aid—the clemency of the govern
ment. No relief—no remedy—no aid can come
from any quarter hut the Government—and may
ny doubt their power. *
Yet many (here arc who believe that it would
be wiser and belter to lot the storm have its full
sway—to interpose no obstacles to a hurricane
that cannot be stayed. Clear, good, pleasant
weather may follow. Any remedy to stay the
torrent, only protracts the evils, inflicted by an
overpowering destiny. The whole country has
been mad. They have traded beyond their means
and powers. The day of reaction is now come.
Failures must be—persons must come down.—
Who can prevent it 1
The immediate cause of the present crash a
mong the merchants is the falling due of the
spring paper, which generally begins now and
will increase through the months of November
and December. Take this in conjunction with
the clihct of the Distribution Law—the conduct
of the Bank of England—the operation of the
Treasury orders—the foreclosing of the real es
tate mortgages—the dilapidation in the foreign
and internal exchanges, and wc have an accumu
lation of disorders sufficient to appal the stoutest
heart. ,
Where is the remedy 1 What is to bo done 1
What can the banks do 1 What the government!
What individual credit I All the disquisitions in
the Wall street papers are miserable trash. There
is no remedy. We must encounter tho storm and
try to survive it. The original causes arc pro
duced by the conduct of a miserable government,
both executive and legislative. The famous com.
promise Hill of 1833 is the mother of the whole
mischief. That law. caused the surplus revenue
—the surplus caused tho removal of the deposits,
and the quanols about the United States Bank
—these quarrels tho Distribution Law and the
Treasury orders—these laws and orders take $50,-
000,000 out ofthe business operations ofthe coun
try—knock up tho exchanges—cause specie to
1 he imported from abroad, and carted about at
i home. Xhe Bank ofEngland—tho Bank of the
United States, and tho politicians,, each throw
their scverakporlions into tho boiling chaldron as
tho witches do in Macbeth, and thus have we an
accumulation of disorders which nothing can stay
—nothing set a limit to. The great—theonly—
the all powerful cause of the present evils are the
want of enlightened Tariff Laws, and the viola
tion of the great principle that no government
ought to have a dollar more in its Treasury
than is sufficient to pay its expenses. Our com
merce suffers now, because we are governed by
politicians— not men of science and knowledge.
Alt parties arc alike. Clay, Webster, Calboun,
Jackson, and Van Buren—all—all are in fault
and the people in still greater fault that they
encourage and foster such wicked and miserable
conduct from their rulers and governors. If the
fifty millions of surplus, not wanted by (he gov
ernment, and about to be distributed to the cor
tupland ravenous states were in the pockets of
the merchants who paid it, no derangement could
have taken place—no disorder in the exchanges
no trouble in the money market. It is not—and
hero we are.
To-day look out for more failures. Prices of cv
ry thing must now como down. Nothing can
prevent it.
Race Extraordinary. —We understand, some
time last week, six Lawyers and the Judge, on
their way to Lincoln Court, in (his State, were
jogging along quite leisurely, in indian-file, when
the fifth florae became alarmed at something in
rite road, and started, upset the gig, threw out the
driver, and scattered books, papers, dtc. in everv
direction. He soon came up with the fourth
horse, who also took the alarm, and served his
driver in the same way. The two horses now
kept going ahead, and suceeded in overtaking the
third, second and first horses, all of which took the
alarm, and went ahead, but thinking their load
too heavy, and seeing the advantage their oppo
nents had over them, soon knocked sulkies to
pieces, scattered books, papers, lawyers and all in
the road, and than endeavored to overtake Nos.
4 and 5, but whether they succeeded or not, we
are uninformed. All of this look place within
four or five miles of the Court House, and at
though the five sulkies were all knocked into a
cocked-hat, we are happy to learn the lawyers
were worse scared them hurl. — Constitutionalist,
29, th uM *
JB|| CARRIAGMi jp|&
Repository.
THE subscribers have on ham), and arc con
slanlly receiving (of their own manufac
ture,) CARRIAGES of every description, which 1
they olfer for sale, on the most favorable terms, J
at their Repository, 303 Broad Street, Augusta, >1
viz: Coaches, Chaiiotccs, Dicky seat Darouehes, Y
Stanhopes, standing and extension lop Barouches, a
Phaetons, Buggies, Gigs, Sulkies, Wagons, ofall t
kinds, together with a large assortment of Har- t
ness. Persons wishing to buy will do well to a
look before they purchase elsewhere. Orders for 1
any description of Carriages will be thankfully f
received and executed in the best manner and at '
the shortest notice.
H. S. HOADLEV & CO. (
Augusta, Geo. b
H. S. & 0. HOADLEV,
New Haven, Conn.
O-tobcr S 3 10
Administrator’* Sale.
On the first Tuesday in Decembcr'nexl,
BY virtue of an order of the Honorable the 1
Inferior Court of Columbia county, when
sitting for Ordinary purposes, will be sold at Co
lumbia Court House, between the usual hours;
All the Lots situated in tiro Town of Wrights- '
borough, which were held by Joseph Barnes, de- 1
ceased, at the time of his death, embracing the *
DWELLING, STORE HOUSES, &e. and '
which will be more particularly describod on the 1
day of sale.
AI.SO,
Three NEGROES, to wit, Ritty, a woman;
Tom, a fellow ; and Edmund, a buy ; belonging
to the Estate of Joseph Barnes, deceased, and to
be sold for the benefit of the heirs of said Estate.
Terms made known at the sale.
GABRIEL JONES, Adrn’r.
Pel. 5 3
m»ti'iaiiiJVtp .vo. ;s7~
linnk State «r (rcorgiii, ?
Savannah, 2lst October, 1836. 5
TER HE Board of Directors having this day
|| declared a Dividend, No. 37, of Four
Dollars per Share for the last six months, and a
Bonus out of lire surplus fund of six, making to
gether ten dollars per share on the Capital Slock
of this Bank. The same will be paid to the re
spective Stockholders thereof, or to their order, on
and after Wednesday next.
A. PORTER, Cashier.
Oct. 80 3t 0
ISaeon, €oru, Sugar, Arc.
«y V. I. Huntington, upper eml Broad
Street.
/Ch N LBS. Prime Bacon, as
(a further supply
daily expected.)
35 hhds St Croix, and Porto Rico Sugars
30 hags and barrels of Coffee
1000 Bushels of Corn (on the cob & shelled)
100 Bids of Mackerel, assorted
150 Pieces Hemp and Flax Bagging
125 Bids of Domestic Liquors
30 Quarter casks Wines
5000 Lbs Castings
1000 Sacks, for Salt and Corn hags
AI.SO
Ho i.mil Gin, Jamaica Hum, Cognac Brandy,
Cordials, Buckets, Tobacco, Candles, Soap, and
most Articles in the Grocery line, for sale on ac
commodating terras.
A. I. HUNTINGTON.
August 10 wlf 90
MEKICAL COJLIiECJE OF TUB
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ffn HE annual course of Lectures in this In
-51 stitution will be resumed on the second
Monday in Nov’bifW'cf,*iirrtlffollowing*lTeai)clies:
Anatomy —by J. EtrwAitns Homiuook,
Surgery-Giants Waoneb. .it. n.
Obstetrics —Titos. G. PnroLKAr, M. r».
Practice of Medicine —S. Huxnr Dickson,
m, n. f
Physiology— James Mour/nm;, Jun.
Materia Medica —Hen nr R. Fuost, ar. f
Chemistry C. U. Shepaud.
Demonstrator of Anatomy —F. Wujidkman,
m. u.
HENRY R. FROST, Dean.
August 17 92
A'OTMCMi.
TWO NOTES, for Twenty Dollars each,
dated some time in the spring of 1835,
and payable on the Ist day of Januaty, 1836, by
John Barefieldto Thomas Mallory, or hearer, are
either lost or mislaid.
This is therefore to caution all persons against
trading for the said notes, and the said John
Barefield from paying them, as there are reasons
for believing that they were not passed away try
said Mallory in his life time.
JOHN B. ROBINSON, Adrn’r.
Waynesboro’, Oct. 30, 1836 4tw 9
Administrator’* Sale.
On Wednesday the 7th day of December next,
WILL be sold, the remainder of the per
ishable property belonging to the Es
tate of Joseph Barnes, deceased, consisting of
such articles of Merchandize and Store Furniture
as have not been disposed of by previous sale ;
together with Household and Kitchen Furniture,
one pair of Horses, a few cattle, and sundry oth
er articles too tedious to enumerate. Sale to con
tinue from day to day if necessary. Terms made
known at the sale.
GABRIEL JONES, Adm’r.
Oct. 36 wtd 9
Burke Sheriff’* Sale.
On the first Tuesday in November next,
WILL be sold at the Court House door in
the town of Waynesboro,’ between the
usual hours of sale, the following properly, viz:
One hundred and twenty acres of Land, more
or less, adjoining lands of Joseph D. Thomas and
others, levied on as the property of John Good
win, Administrator on the Estate of Turner B.
Moore, deceased, to satisfy sundry ft fas in favor
of Samuel Andrews, and others, vs. said Admin
istrator-pointed out by the defendant.
JAMES A. STRINGER, Sh’ff B. C,
Sept. 38 wtd 1
* VOTIVE.
fN conformity to the Proclamation of his Ex
cellency the Governor, on Election will be
held at the usual places of election in Richmond
county, on Monday the 7th day of November
next, tor a Representative to the Congress of the
United Slates, to fill the unexpired term of JOHN
COFFEE, deceased ; also, for eleven Electors of
President and Vice-President of the United States.
Given under our hands this 13th dav of Oct.
1830.
VALENTINE WALKER, i. r. c. n. c.
ABSALOM RHODES, j. i. c. n. c.
JOHN P. EVE, j. i. c, n. c.
EDWARD THOMAS, j. i. c. n. c.
Oct. 33 8
Id min istrator’H Sale .
On the first 2'ucsday in January next,
WILL he sold at the Court House door, in
the Town of Wnyncsborough, within the
usual hours of sale, agreeably to an order of the
Honorable the Justices of the Inferior Court of
Burke County, when sitting for ordinary pur
poses :
Three negroes, to wit: Hale, Dick, & Martha;
also, one hundred and fifty-two acres of Land,
adjoining Arthur Bell, John Reddick, & H. v!
Mulkey, belonging to the Estate of Thomas s!
Burke, deceased; sold for the benefit of said
Estate.
MICHAEL WIGGINS, Adm’r,
S«pt. 28th, 1836 2
•JOB PRIJVTIoYG
Neatly Executed at this Office.
|Q Watches,
(j'Q\ SilvcrWare,
„ 1 \* 1 yliMg AND FANCY GOODS,
U.yV si f Os THE LATEST
Importations W Fashions j
J. 15. MURPHY,
NO. 242 BROAD ST.y
One Door Below Blands Baoiflotc;
Respectfully informs the citizens of
Augusta and Hamburg, that he has taken
lire Store recently occupied try Messrs. Morgan &
Wyatt, whore he is now opening a new and rich
assortment of goods in his line, consisting of
Gold Patent Lever, Gold Guard, and Fob
Chains, Ladies’ rich wrought gold neck Chains,
a variety of rich Ear Kings, Breast Pins, and
Finger Rings of the latest patterns; Silver Lever
plain and fall Jewelled ; plain Silver English
Watches, rich mantel Clorks, Silver Tea and
Table Spoons, rich silver mounted Castors and
Cake Baskets, with almost every article in the a
bove line, which will he sold very low for cash.
J. B. MURPHY’.
Oct. 15 6
New and S'asliiouable
GOODS.
B. ES. I£lß TJLAJ\'If A' €O,
Mr:nr:h int Tau.ous, 250 Broad-St.
A RE now opening a very extensive assort--
ya merit of GOODS in their line, which they
will he happy to dispose of to their friends a tub
the public in general, on the most favorable
terms. Their splendid assortment is com pose, I
in part of the following articles, which arc wcl(
worthy the attention of all in want of.
BROADCLOTHS.
Extra superior Blue
Do Wool dyed Black
Do Fashionable Mulberry
Do do Green
Do do Invisible
Do do Brown
Do Cadet Mixt
And various other colors.
CASSIMERES.
Exlra superior Clarendon
Do do Fitz Clarence
Do tlo Melbourne'
Do do Zebra Check-
Do do Niagara Snipe
Do Jo various colored Buckskin'
Do do Plain, Black, Blue, Drab, and tfixl'v
VESTINGS.
Plaid Silk Velvet
Plain do do
Woolen do do
Texian Check. Silk, and Challas
FOR OVER COATS.
Double Milled Drab and Olive Cloths, and Mo
hair, a new article,
GLOVES.
Genuine Buck Skin
Do black and colored Hoskin do
PREMIUM STOCKS.
A large assortment of that desirable articles a
good and handsome stock, call and see,
ALSO,
A great variety of fashionable Silk Cravat,
and Pocket Handkerchiefs, Collars, Bosoms,
Suspenders, &c.; ready made Linen, always on
hand ; Fancy colored Shirts ; Merino under Vest'
and Drawers, Silk do; Umbrellas, Walking
Canes, &c.
ffj’ A few ready made Coals, Over Coats, Pan- r
taloons, and Vests, made by ourselves.
Sept. 24 103
PLANTATION FOB SALE.
P—The Subscriber oilers for
u sale, his Plantation, lying in Colum
m;H| bia county, about six or seven mile
■warajagS. from Appling, on the waters of
many's I}ig Creek, containing eight hundred ami.
eighty-five acres of adjoining larida of
Randolph. Burch, Boyd, and others. Also, six of
seven likely NEGROES.
(E/’Aiiy person dispose to purchase, will of
course examine the property, therefore a further
description is deemed unnecessary.
WILLIAM BELT,.
Columbia county, Oct. 1, mtf 2
#SO Ifi EWARD•
Runaway from the Subscriber,
ISS/js. at her plantation in Striven coun
ty, on the night of the Blh instant,
\ two NEGROES, one a fellow
named Majou, of a yellow corn-'
plexion, and is lame in the left foot,
——»3S«SBfc caused by a burn, not yet well.
Said fellow is about five feet five or six inches
high, and is about 30 or 25 yearn of age. Tha'
other is a woman by the name of Crr aiiuott r,-
from 20 to 35 years old, of a dark yellow com.
plexion, formerly owned by Thus. Walton of
Augusta, and is known by the name of Charlotte
King, in and about that city. The said negroes
took off with them a large bay Horse, with a'bull'
tail, and carries his head very high. I will give
the above reward for the apprehension and de
livery of said negroes and horse to the
her, at her plantation in Scrivcn county, or in any
safe jail in this State ; or twenty dollars for cith
er of the said negroes, and ten dollars for the
horse. It is thought the negroes are in or about
Augusta. All persons are cautioned against har
boring said negroes, as the law will be rigidly en
forced against them.
MARTHA OLIVER.
Mill Haven, Scriven Co., Geo. Oct. 12 1m 5
(ff The Horse mentioned above has been reco
vered, and the Negro Girl is supposed to be now
in Columbia county.
To Country Merchants.
CHIJTA, GLASS,
AND EARTHENWARE.
Subscribers have just received, direct
J(L from the Potteries, (Staffordshire, England)
a new and splendid supply of Goods; and from
the arrangements they have made, they will keep
constantly on hand a full assortment, and sell as
low as any honse in the United States. Their
present stock consists of a full and well selected
assortment of Glass Ware, cut, plain, and mould
ed. Also, a splendid supply of fancy goods,
printed Dinner and Tea Setts, Toys, and Mantle
Ornaments, and a large assortment of goods im
ported expressly for the country trade. Call be
fore you buy.
WILLIAM WOODBURY & Co,
Broad Street, opposite J. W. & I. T. Heard.
CCT W. W. &, Co. would call the attention of
those in want of a splendid dinner sett, to a new
article they have just imported, called Iron Stone
China, of which they have several complete din
ner setts.
August 31 96
Executrix’* Sale.
On the first Tuesday in November next,
WILL be sold at tire Market House, irr
Louisville, within the usual hours of
sale;
One tract of Laud, containing (250) Two
hundred and fifty acres, more or less, lying with
in two miles of Louisville, adjoining lands of
Wm. Schley, Tiros. W. Battcy, S. W. Robbins,
Asa Holt, and John McKinney.
Also, at the same time and place,
11\ E NEGROES—Jim, a man ; Fanny, a
woman, twenty-five years of age; three boys
Arthur, Frank, and Henry, Sold agreeably to
an order of the Inferior Court of Jefferson coun
ly, when silting for ordinary purposes. Terms
made known on the day of Sale.
ELIZABETH PENNINGTON, Exrx.
July 20 wtd 84
GEORGIA, Burke County;
WHEREAS, Evan C. Glisson applies for
Letters Dismissory on th# Estate of
Jeremiah W. Burke, deceased.
These arc therefore to cite and admonish, all
and singular, tho kindred and creditors of said
deceased, to be and appear at my office, within
the time prescribed by law, to file their objections,
if any they have, to shew cause why said Let
ters should not be granted.
Given under my hand, at office, in Waynes
boro’, this2Blh day of May, 1836.
J. G. BADULY, Clerk.
June 1 6tm 70