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* . *vx c /./* c/L a J I ? r~l iSWSt Wisdom, Justice, ^Moderation.” VOL. I. ALBANY, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, MAY 7, 1845. NO. 4. THE PATRIOT, IS rum.istrED every wxdzesdat noa-crao, by NELSON TIFT fit SETH N. B0U8HT0N, Editors and Proprietors. TERMS. ! TWO Dollars per annum, if paid in advance, or Thrif Dollars at Uic end of the year. Advertisements not cxeealnig twelve lines, will lie inserted at One Dollar for the first insertion, and Fifty cents for cadi continuance. Advertisements i rot Wing the number of insertions specified, will Lite published until forbid. I Soles of Land and Negroes by Executors, Adminis- rators and Guardians are required by law to lie ilvertiscd iim public gazette, sixty days previous to ire day of sale. The sales of Personal Property must be advertised like manner forty days. Notice to Debtors and Crcdil >e published forty days. itors of an estate must Notice that application will be made to tlic Court if Odinary for leave to sell Land and Negroes, must • published weekly for four months. Monthly Advertisements, Ouu Dollar per square, r each insertion. XT'All I otters on business must be post paid. POETRY. Form the Philadelphia Saturday Courier. National Song. BY THOMAS DUSK ENGLISH. ,Vhat is that winch is heard at the rising of even, Vhun tlic stars are awake and high up in yon hea ven ; , - IVhcn the sun, sinking' down on tlie brood ocean’s breast, lanes a curtain of flame round the place of his rest; Vhon the twilight and darkness in silence arc meeting, And tlic day is saluting in sadness the sea? Tis the sound of a nation in sternness repeating, ”To arms for your fatherland, sons of the free! 1 rom the north to the south, and from ocean to ocean, Like a I tost of young eagles, our braves arc in mo tion. And the light which Sol’s rays castcth over each s as fearfully bright as the pride of our land, lurk! the drum's hollow note, and tlie clarion’s rude clangor, Give place to tlie warsliout which sweeps up the lea, The loud voice of a people uprisen in anger,— To anas for your father-land, sons of the free!’ B’uchley, March 20,1839. the perfume of the violet, that crept timid-; formalins, the priest started at beholding ly into life at the fountain’s side; loving, j the form of a palmer kneeling before the with equal intensity, (he crimson carnage crucifix. His dress was soiled and thin, of the Duitlc-ficld, or the bright mantling, his sandals worn with travel. Hisolivc- of a maiden’s cheek at the mention of the j branch was faded, as if it had been long dear one’s name. plucked, and the scollop shell was broken. But what have I to do .with blushes on j With one hand grasping his staff, and his ' head upon it, his face was completely sha ded by the wide brim of his weather-beaten hat; vet it was evident, from his slow man ner of counting his beads, and his Itced- lessnfem to all around, that he was deeply engaged in his devotions.’ Hour after hour passed on, and still he moved not. Mingling with the sounds of triumphant music came the glad slicuts of a multitude,' as the mighty Burcntnur advanced, bear ing the Doge and his Clarissimi, decked in the gorgeous robes of their offices, and blazing with jewels. Above them fell in heavy folds the regal banner of Saint Mark’s, while, far as the eye could reach, boat after boat, and gondola after gondola, each blazoned with the amis, and bearing the standard of its master, filled with the rich, the noble, and the fair—swept on with mirth, swelling the splendid pageant. There was a rustling of banners and a swinging of censors, as the Drgc and his train advanced and knelt before the altar! Again there was a rustling of banners and a swinging of censors, as the brides steed beside them! Far away in tlic dim arches was heard strain of'music, low and sweet as the spirit’s song that soothes the'dying. Now nearer and clearer, it swelled out into a full and harmonious tide, rich as the welcome of an angel’s harp, and loud and deep ns ocean’s w’intry swell. Then, with a burst of deepest melody, it died awnv, as fades a pleasant drcani. The solemn mass was said, the prayers were finished, and the rite began. The blessing that pronounced them one trembled upon the lips of the Cardinal, but it fell not! There was a spring—a cry—the flashing of a dagger— and a faint shriek, as the corse of one of the bridegrooms sank heavily upon the steps of the altar. The blood'gusncd forth upon the bridal vestments, and the holy garments of the prelates were crimsoned with its tide. “.Seize the murderer!” exclaimed the obey no voice but Hist and even the clouds are His ministers. 1 look upon the chain less things of Natme, and my poise leaps wildly, as the spirit within whispers— " Thou, too, nit free !” MISCELLANY. The Wanderer. Translated from the Mss. of an Italian Monk. BY D. A. CHITTENDEN. “On flic Fca And on tlic shore lie was a wanderer !”•—Brr.os. FRAGMENT FIRST. It hath l-ccn said that “there arc men by birth the favorites of heaven.” Cast in l mould of beauty they are all that is no lle and pleasing in appearance, and bles- ;cd with wealth, with talents, and with Fiends, life is to them but a splendid pa geant, and death the consummation of their men cherished hopes. Again, There arc 'there who, born to the enjoyment of wealth ind rank, having fine persons nnd cultiva ted intellects, live on like the deadly Upas ■tree, themselves bright, green dnd beauti ful, but scattering contagion nnd death to all who come within their influence* Such has been my fate. Though the inheritor of titles, honors nnd estates, I have been from my youth an unloved be ing. No fond - mother watched bside my infant couch with an untiring zeal, ana breathed into my waking car the gentle admonitions of soul. No form hovered like a guardian angel around my way, cheering a maiden’s cheek, or the .red turf upon a battle-field—1, over whose brow float locks whiter than winter’s snows, as if Time had flung'forth a flag of truce ere he surren dered the citadel of the heart to the con queror death! What have I, the holy ab bot of this sacred place, to do with human passions! Alas, nothing! Have I not broken my battle brand at the door of the sanctuary and trampled niy waving plumes licneath my feet on the threshold I Have I not wasted my days in penance, nnd my nights in vigil, until the brotherhood looked upon me ns a lining too pure for so vain a world? But for what did I keep vigil and do penance—gracious God ! for what 1 For what, if not to quell the memory of the past! to forget thnt passion ever dwelt within my bosom ; for the sweet streams thnt once' watered it have long been dry, but the fires of hatred and revenge that have since burned there can receive"no ad ditional torment from the flames of “ the second death.” Vainly do I strive to forget the past! to forget that I have loved—hate loved? that I still love! nnd at that word leaping at once from the hosom of the Adriatic, I be hold thee again, oh Venice 1 Home of my childhood, nnd place of my innoccncy and happiness, how dear tome now is thy me mory, thou “gem of the ocean”—thou bride of the deep ! Again, it. fancy, I be held thy marble palaces, thv lofty monu ments and glittering temples. 'Again I sec thy winged lion frown sternlv upon me from his lofty place, nnd hear the joyous “ All’s well!” of tlic watchman upon Saint Mark’s. And there are dearer and tender er associations awakened by the name.— How oft in childhood’s hour have I gaily wafted my mimic gondola over the bosom of tliy placid waters, while in the joyous ness of my heart I caroled forth the songs of thine own immortal Tasso! How oft in later years, when I knelt at the shrine of Znlcikn and poured the choice treasures of my heart like water at her feet—have I floated beneath the unnrhlo balcony of her father’s palace, and with my guitar breath ed forth the. impassioned lays of the divine Petrarch into cars that were ever willing to listen. Oh, those were happy hours! too happ; for one whose doom it is to suffer and the; pass away. But they have flown for ever, and with them every tic that bound me to existence. The stare of hope and love declined together, nnd my patli of life hath since led through a dreary wilderness un- checrcd bv flowers. I's thorns have been reaped by the sword, gathered by fire, and battled in blood ! But amid each scene of life, whether in the rush of conflict, the madness of victory, the gloom of the dun geon, or the high "sacrifice of the altar—I have had an attending angel. Thy mem ory, oh Zulcika! hath embodied itself, and hath been ever near, to smile or frown upon me ; and even now, in the solitude of my cell, with nothing but tlic skull and crucifix before me, thou art here* and I behold thee in all thy wild, spiritual beauty, v hirh pencil may never reach, nor pen describe. 1 know that in other years, when this dark tale shall come to light, this will be regarded as exaggeration, but pause, ren der ! Hast thou never in some blissful its inhabitants! and while gazing upon those airy forms, Doge. They spinneforwardto erasp him, trut the palmer was gone! ' ’Twas night, and the shrieks of the tempest pierced even the thick walls of the dungeon that enclosed me, while the deep roll of the thunder shook its firm founda tions to its verv base. It was a night for fiends to work out their hellish designs, nnd inv fancy could almost distinguish their wild laughter, mingled with the gronnings and sodbings of the wind. ’Twas mid night and 1 turned myself wearily upon straw in my dungeon; for I was faint with the loss of blood, and my chains hung painfully upon my arms. The deeds of the day passed in review before me, and I shuddered at the result of my fierce pas sion. Reason resumed her sway, and I saw myself, not an avenger, but an assas sin, and one too of the deepest dye. I had desecrated to a bravo’s use a peaceful garb. I had polluted the sanctuary of God by on unholy deed. I had outraged that law which demands life for life. Then came From the Savannah Georgian. Discovery of America. The honor of having discovered Ameri ca is generally attributed to the great Ge noese navigator, Christopher Columbus, but this is a mistaken notion,which recently has been thoroughly refuted bv the society for Northern Antiquities, in Copenhagen, in Denmark. It has been sufficiently prov en that before Colom (or Columbus) set sail for his exploring expedition, in 1492, he must have been sure of hi9 success.— For already before Colom there were maps in existence on which purtenanccs of Ame rica were marked, for instance on a map of the two brothers Tcni from Venice, pub lished in the 14th century, two problemat ical countries, Estotiiand und Drogcn, were marked where Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New England are situated. Another map of a Venetian, Andrew Bianco, of the year 14SC, and the map of a German, Mar tin Dcliaim, of ilie year 1492, contain a large island, called Antillin, where the con tinent of America is situated. IVe know with certainly thnt Iceland, an island situ ated nearer to America than to Europe, and belonging rather to the former, was discovered by the Norman Ingulf in the space of time frem the year 860 to 872.— Greenland, undoubtedly*a part of America, was discovered and explored about the year 98G by another Norman, Eric the red.— About 16 years later, a storm drove away the Icelander Bioern, who was on a voyage from Iceland to Greenland, nnd carried’ him to the coast of Newfoundland. His son Lief visited this country afterwards,, and I rought there a colony or Normans. Even the continent of America down to Florida was known to Icelanders and Scandivni- ans; and a part of it, probably from Massa chusetts down to New York, called by them Winland. These facts arc now beyond doubt and they must have been known to Christopher Colom, for before he started on his exploring expedition in the West can part of the Atlantic ocean, he went to Iceland, knowing that the t cst information about • he Western conlincnLcpuld he l.ind there though Colom or Columbus is not the tojortilyhc^cotata ns. strongly as that of France or Removed as the United States are from European relations both in distance sad policy, they have not deemed it necessary to msintnin the some extent of preparation. They bavo wisely determined not to add largely to the nary—building Ships, fit time of peace, but they deem it the more important that ton imperishable material for a large fleet should bo con stantly accumulating; and that the facilities in tbs way of docks and other naval fixtures be creafed^o that, on a sudden emergency a huge, fleet may bo brought into activity in a short time. Hand in band with such preparation the defence of the naval de pots;—the large chics and strong salient points have progressed, ana there is much cause lot rejoicing at its advanced condition. Still much remains to bo done and the nublie eentbaent of the eonntiy ie dear ly in favor of its teocmplUnnenL. Congress seems to have understood, und r—pouted to this sentiment. Its hist session was dhtinauished for its important acts; authorizing new works, which directed a Navy Yard for the construction of steamers to be estalishdl at Memphis; increased appropriations foe the nurd arsenal at Pensacola; and the occupation of Tartu- ws and Key West and other available points of tbo Florida Reef; at once grasping all the points so tic-, cessary to tbo defence of the Mexican ecu and its vast tributary regions. The military defence of the Gulf coast within our limits, commenced when Mr. Calhoun was Secretary of War, and urged forward by that di*tinguiah«l statesman, has not been disregarded by the Govern ment, especially since the present able Chief Engi neer has been vs military adviser. The approaches to New Orleans and Mobile lave been occupied Ly strong works. Tho naval positioo at Pensacola u also unrounded with fortfScalion, the e^ppleflon of which rests with a small Redoubt in the progress of construction. The remainder of the works at Pensacola cr.d those designed far Memphis arc in the hands of toe Navy. 1%e defence of tho Florida Reef and am or two points within the Gulf of Mexico, necessary os depots far coal, remain to be oompletcd by the Engi neer Department In reference to the Florida Reef, the subject of de fence has been treated by military men of grout abili ty. No doubts exists in the mind of all as to the importance and pressing necessity of occupying tho prominent points of tiro Reef, Key West and the Tortugas speedily, and with such measure of defence os to render them difficult of siege or tho slower pro cess of blockade. Bahia Honda, another point on tbo Reef, may ho deemed worthy of occupation, as afibrding the only close harbor within tho Reef from Key West to Cbpe Florida, in which our vessels could find safe anchor- and refuge. The open roadstead at Knight's discoverer of America, to him helongs tho honor of having rescued it from oblivion, after tho moral darkness of the middle age. From the Floridian. MEMOIR Oil THE DEFENCE Or TltE GULF OF MEXICO AND TltE STB ACETIC FF.INC1TLES GOVERNING THE Na tional Defences. bt major Wm. H. Chase, II. S. E. Twenty-eight years of peace amongst the civilized nations have achieved a mighty, though silent change in the relations of those nations to each other. A change the phflanthrophist rejoices at, and feels that each year brings with it assurance of increased exer tions, means and hopes of the preservation of peace through oil times. Fortunately for peace, the great powers, England, France and the United States are striving far com merce at home and abroad and have, in respect to the latter, dependance on each other far profitable dream, been permitted to enter the confines character when I was gone? Alhs! the of the blessed and behold » the thought of what 1 might have been— eyhsnge of the prod.es of theroft sad machinery the companion of princes, the equal of kings, of what I was—a murderer, whose unhallowed corse would, on the morrow, be cast out to the dogs and the vnltnrcs ! And Zuleika. I how would she respect my memory—how would she dwell upon my me on with smiles in the path of virtue, or' hast thou not beheld some one whose sur- bedewing nay pillow with tears when I i passing loveliness exceeded thy loftiest heedlessly wandered from that path. Alas!! conceptions of beauty I Embody that form, they little know the bitterness of life who , and Zuleika stands before theel drink their first draughts from a mother’s! I gazed upon her until the thought of hand, for though after years may drug the I her became a port of my very existence.— cup with misery, still the memory of the' In the most secret recesses of my soul I first sweet draught will cheer them on to built n temple of cherished hopes, and rnis- » drink it to the dregs. But she who should ed an altar to her worship. My best nffec- have sweetened it for me gave me life, one j lions were her ministers; hour by hour I blessing—nnd then died! No father’s hand! offered incense at her shrine, until she bc- was near to guide me over the shoals of j came the god of my idolatry. To gain her youth, and the quicksands of early man- I strove more than for heaven; to lose her nood, and, like a skilful pilot, bring me 1 feared more than the soul’s loss. Life was but dust in the balance, and my fierce spirit whispered that I would win or die. Zuleika! idol of my soul! why did Fate weave the web of our destinies so firmly together, when they were to be so terribly sundered? Or rather, why ever permit that love to be thwarted, which had be come from its own intensity, a desperate safely to the haven of honor. No! I was cost loosely upon the tide of life, like a stately, but deserted ship, to be the sport of every breath of fortune, however angry or adverse. But why was I deserted ?. Why from ny boyhood friendless 1 I had companions, fold ha s ever sueh. Why then was I friendless ? Was it because my wild, ini- j tiling 1 perious will, rendered me unnt for man’s To-morrow is' the feast of “ the brides,” society, ana made all tremble b) its fierce! and she whom I have so madly worshipped, outbrenkings 1 Yet there were hours when! whom I have loved as mother never yet I was like the dove; as mild as other men, j loved her first born, is then to become the save that I would never stoop ns low, for: bride of my deadliest foe. She hath told with all my fault* I had a soul high and [ uic of her passion, and bewailed her desti- —vM *>-- —*—*—*- ' —*-•- ■*"-■* ny with tears. 1 know that her heart is mine, and who dare snatch it from me ? Though 1 stain with gore the consecrated pavements, and shed blood upon the shrine: though I forfeit my own life, and draw down upon my corse the dread ana thema of the churchyea, though I close the gates of heaven against my own soal, none sholl snatch her from roe. cap of misery that I had filled for another, was pressed to mv own lips, nnd I compel led to drink it. In the anguish of mv soul, I (Braved for death, and cursed the life that mv own actions had made miserable.— And then I thought of the morrow—and weptl ’ • • • * • There was a faint glimmer of light in my dungeon, a door grated harshly on its hin ges, and roy stem father stood before me, clad in the robes of the powerful Ten.— Silently he unlocked the chains that bound me. and motioning me to follow, left the cell. Once more I was in the open .air.— A boat noiselessly approached. The giv en signal was exchanged, and it stopped at our feet. My father gtasped my hand, and for a moment the sternness of his nature was softened, as he whispered hurriedly dnd with strong emotion: “Go, roy son, and for ever!” noble ns the aspirations of angels ; filled with affections warm os the breath of sum mer, strong and unchangeable as the sleep of death ; with love for the beautiful things of earth, whether seen in the starry banner of the quiet night, or the mirror-surface of a summer lake, with a wild, free spirit, to worship Nature in her fiercest moods, or love her when she wreathed her face in smiles; happy, whether watching amid the crash of the tempest, the deadly lightnings that the storm-bend hurls, Or drinking in It was tho morning of the festival, and as the belldf San Pietro de Costello rang f, at tlie west end of Key Vschoe, affords a good honge and is slcltercd from north winds, but is jenly exposed to other winds. In northerly winds shelter is found under the Keys along the whole n*. C, mr timt XCssfglst’B Key ufibidu nu wJvmatauc Ou this -core. Its defence, or rather that of its depen dent anchorage, would be difficult, and it is thought when it is further considered, it will bo deemed un worthy of occupation. Boca Grande is a wide channel lying west of Key West sad connects the Reef channel with the Gulf of Mexico. Vessels may pass through this channel drawing no more than 14 feet water. It cannot l« defended, lacking any possible site for a battery, nor is it necessary in respect to a harbor, for it aflbnls no better one titan can be found at any point within the Reef. A site would bo desirable for occupancy to prevent a communication on a shorter line, between toe divisions of an enemy’s fleet blockading tho north and sonth channels of the harbor of Key West. So to do would afibrd a great advantage, seciiw that exclusion from the Boca Grande channel would farce the enemy to double the quick-sand within 20 miles of the Tortugas. Bat it cannot be done. Considering that war steamers would enter large ly if not exclusively in ear naval foroes in the Gulf of Mexico, it is important tost convenient depots far coal should be established. Deposits far coal would be made at Bahia Honda and at key West At Tor tuga* a three years supply far thirty steamers Should be constantly maintained. A position for a coal de pot at some point on the western coast of Florida is certainly necessary. Tampa Bay would probably But though peace appears resting oo a torn foua- ition, yeta must not be denied as a part of wisdom, proposition made hi too English Parliament, and strongly advocated, to fortify existing harbors and to Again docs the breath of morning fan create new cnee far deputsana refuge fiwthrir war my check,* and fling back the clustering vesselsaa ^llalao togniud them against toe sud- locksfroro my brow. The snowy canvass ^‘^ti^^mriity naval contests, depended feels its power, and the tall ship rushcsfor- a ] ro ^| exclusively farthe defence of her c cast upon ward like a fiery steed, on its destined her ships. London, Hull, Bristol, Liverpool, Dublin, course. The fear of death is removed, and Cork, &c., were open, harbors, yet -perfect security life is to me all brightness. My ears drink was felt in toe power of the “wooden walls.”, Vet, iQ the glad music of the dashing waves, “ histotafiwms ns,.u» despite of ^t rovreT. ^o and mv heart beats time to their joyous j h cT trS/ST play. ^Thcdeep vault of- heaven smiles h^^and mostly conceived nar^ rtratsirem of above me, and the few fleecy.clouds which rj aP olcon combined with the army assembled at sail rapidly across it, seem spirits of delight Boulogne, had succeeded, toe French would have beckoning me on to a brighter shore. The been masteraof togEnglito choral, andarngmy ut the blunder of the admiral VeUcneure Hero ore no drains, no. dungeons and no rock! The blue waves nppFe and curl on- ri.fefd’mmw of the matcfitmn dfthe are. Eng- ly ns the breath of the Omnipotent sweeps laml clow . d llic successive contests proudly boasting over them, or spread out their mighty ; uur-| that in their course no hoetilo foot ever preened her ror to reflect back the azure arch upon soil. But that security no knuror exists, and the which He builds his throne. The winds equalizing power of steam wtU compel England of their respective countries. The interest of these nations lie in the peaceftil prosecution of commercial pursuits, without interruphoo either from a vicious ^ *jtm'for the depot and its defence! pdfeyof one or more rfj**rrondierwhj]r toe Tta , ^ w<mH ^ gj££otectioii toreiwb r^ton P S^un^^.^fhSyde- ot.” AndwhcnaiB^foo^^rpretrestoclWcr wou ld bTcaslcr of access than the one at Fort Jmok- tore^roal^rep^«rai»itmurttohrid kmo,them.steri f p|,andwouldafliedsUpeBescot ■n restraint nsffl only to the light steamers cruizing aloof thereast, safe its honor and its interest*, and tho world's quiet, fat to those of the heaviest chss. Adspot at Fmt Jackson would be necessary to enable the steamers demending frem Memphis to Uke in atoll supplyof &tSSSSa*SnXrl»dimegmdednOT coals before proceeding to sea. England, Fiance and ether naticoe of Europe have ^ ootsmeo 1816, and in profound peace, intermitted canpfefed wfthm the Gnlf ^ their exertioMi for supremacy of defence. large ad- and those necesmiy to be executed, ditions have been made to their navies, and to their At Fort Livingston, (may he completed strong placet inland and on their erdst*. in one year) $300,000 The navfee of England and France were never AtFoitJieT stronger or better organised than in 1845. Steam has given an immense advantage not only in the conflicts of ships and squadron*, but aa means of transporting considerable armies. Steam has equalized the chances of future con tests between England and France: if other evi dence were wanting of this, we could refer to the madem _ At Fort Jackson, (in course of regalia) '700j>op I At Fort St. Phillips, do. do. 51 £00 .*’ Bicnvtnue, 120,000 “ Dupre, 35,000 “ Pike, 400,000 “ Wood, 410,000 * Morgan, (in cetaao of repairs) 1,100,000 m ne55y. " 740,000 “ McRee, 335,000 “ Barrancas, 334,000 Advanced Redoubt of do. ffn econo of construction) 150,000 Amount of fortifications, $4£C4,000 Probable amount expended at the Navy Yard, Pensacola, $000,0001 Sundry additions and improvements, ex- ’ ' elusive of docks, 1,000,000 For three Dry Docks, 2,100,000 Total for Pensacola, $3,7Q0,00O A Dry Dock at Key WC6t is indispen sable, '' , Store houses in connection therewith, Two floating docks of some description must bo arranged for Tortugas, say of iron, ’' r. Store houses in addition to what may be afforded by tlie works, ' “ ' ' Establishment at Memphis,. Total of naval fixtures rtfhs." 300.0&0