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POETRY.
Front the A T ?r Monthly Mncuiuc.
THE FALLEN LEAVES.
BY MRS. NORTON.
Wo stand among the fallen leaves,
Young children tit our play—-
And laugh to see the yellow tilings,
Go rushing on their wnv !
Right merrily wr lmt them down,
The autumn winds and wo;
Nor pause to gaze where snow drifts lie.
Or sum beams gild the tree.
With dancing f‘**t we leap along,
Where withered houghs are thrown;
Nor past nor future checks our Bong—
The pretent is our own.
Wo utand aptongthe fallen leaves
In youth’s enchanted spring—
When hope (who wearies at tlie Inst)
first spread!* her eagle w ing,
We tread the steps of conscious strength
Beneath the leafless trees,
And the color kindles in our cheek
Ami blows the winter breeze;
While, gazing toward the cold gray sky,
Clouded with snow and ruin,
We wish the old vear all past by,
And young spring come again.
We stand among the fallen leaves
In manhood's mighty prime—
When first our pausing hearts begin .
To love “ the olden time
And u wo gaze, we sigh to think
How many a year hath pass’d,
Since'nenth those cold and faded trees,
Our footsteps wandered last;
And old compnions—now perchance
Estranged, forgot or dead—
Como round us ns those autumn leave*
Are ( rushed beneath our tread.
Wc stand among the fallen lcavoa
In our men autumn dav—
Ami tott'ringon with feeble steps,
Pursue our cheerless way,
We look not back —too long ago
Hath all wo loved been lost;
Nor forward—for wo may not live
To see our new hopes crqy’d ;
But on we go—the sun’s ‘ beam
A feeble warmth imparts —*■
Childhood withcnit its joy roturna—
The present tills our hearts.
PTSESTH-.
From the Nttrbcm Spectator.
gTEAM I‘ACKKT HOME.
FARTHER PARTICOI.ABS.
From the survivors of the passengers who em
barked io this ill-fated vassal, we have learned
the fallowing particulars.
The * Home” left New York at 4 o'clock, P.
M., on Saturday, the 7th inst. Owing to inex
cusable carelessness, or a want of knowledge of
the navigation, she was run on the Middle ground
abreast ol Sandy Hook, where she remained four
hours, when the rising tide floated her olf. Af
ter this de’ention she pursued her voyage till Mon
day morning, without any farther disaster. On
that morning it began to blow fresh, and the sea
hecaiuo rough, or in nautical phrase, ‘‘heavy.’’
The unusual creaking of the timbers, and strain
ing of the fieil vessel, soon excited alarm among
rbe passenger*, and among the rest, two experi
enced sea Captains, from Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, became alarmed for their safety. As
the day advanced the sea became more rough,
ihe wind had increased to a gale, and consterna
tion prevailed among those on board, especially
nmong the ladies. A request was made to Capl.
White to “ beach” the vessel before night should
come on as the only means of cseape which hope
pointod ouf lie refused, stating, as we are in
formed, that Mr. Alliure, the owner nad inform
ed him that the “ Home” was not insured, that he
was determined, therefore to save I he vessel, that
she was new,'well built, andcapalleof weather
ing Cape Hat (eras, when the danger would be
over. About this time the alarming information
was given that the vessel had sprung a leak.—
Capt. Salter, a passenger, who was then \wtin
the consent of Capt. While) in command of the
“ 11.. me,” set all hands to pumping and hailing.
The leak increased rapidly, and although all the
passengers, the Ladles included, assisted in the
labour, the water poured through the rent sides
of the devoted vessel in such torrents that all
their efforts were unavailing. The person in
command had by this time thought it advisable
to mall 9 for ttl<S lawi,aiwi til# Pfliirif ivaa
altered accordingly. In a very short time after,
whonyet fifteen miles off Cape llatterass, the
water in the vessel had risen so high that the (lies
were extinguished hy it. and the machinery was
consequently useless. Two sails were now the
only means by which the shore could be reached,
one of which was blown away almost as soon as
it was set. Under the remaining one the boat
approached the land, and was kept aloat wiih
difficulty, by incessant labour. It was now night
anil the gale continued. Previous to striking the
beach, Capt. Halter requested the L*dies|io leave
the after part of the boat, and go “ forward,” be
lieving that their prospects of escape would be
better there, should she run “head on,” as was
expected. The awful moment was at hand !
terror prevailed, but fortitude and hope yet tent
pet ed'it to resignation. It came! the keel gra
ted on tite sands—the boat heeled” seaward—the
breakers passed over her, sweeping crowds of hu
man brings from her decks her timbers were se
vered by each succeeding wave—nearly one hun
dred souls were hurried into eternity—and in
less than half an hour from the time she struck,
the work of destruction was completed !
The scene of agony and despair, as depicted
by the survivors, dtfies accurate description.—
Mothers clinging to their children, childieu pray
ing protection front parents ns helpless as them
selves; husbands and wives, brothers anil sisters,
sustaining each other, as if they considered ilie
soc'al affections a barrier against the encroach
ments of Death—such scenes may be menially
conceived, but they cannot be spoken or written.
One mother in particular sustained the noble
character which in all ages has distinguished ma
ternal affection. Her infant was in her arms,
pressed cluse to her bosom, as if the whisperings
of her inspired the devoted woman with a belief I
that the feeble protection of a mother's love would ,
shield her child (rom the conflict of warring ele- 1
incuts, lint fur a moment did this dream of |
hope list; a wave wrested the iafant from her j
grasp, and plunged it into the foaming waters— .
A convulsive shriek proclaimed the agony of the ‘
bereaved mother, end ere the relentless surge j
had hidden Iter Inst one forever, she spiang j
amongst the breakers and perished! Who does
not almost envy the fate of such a woman, dread
ful though it seem? whu woultl not wish to enter
the presence of Almighty God as she did. a vol
untary sacrifice to the fits! of natural duties, a
duty deeply implanted in (he human bieast fur’
the wise purposes of Heaven?
\,Vhen the sea-drenched and exhausted sum- 1
vors reached their landing place, be
tween ton and eleven o'clock at inglu it was
found that but thirty eight had escaped, twenty
passengers and eighteen of the crew. The near-)
est assistance was six miles distant, at the Light
house, whither many of them went, and {were
hospitably received. Oil their return, next morn
ing,’to the scene of the sad disaster, many bodies
w ere washed on shore, among them 2 were recog
nized by Capt. Hill and Mr. Ileusry, those of
their late wives. Assisted by the residents of the
Island* who had collected, Ihe melancholy rites
of sepulture were performed as quickly as coffins
could be made. When our informants left the
latal place, two o'clock on Thursday, twenty
bodies had been found, and we hive since learn
ed that a portion of the cabin which was driven
oil shore after their departure, contained the life
less remains of fourteen ladies and one child !
A general regret prevails among thu survivors
that the chief mate of the ” Home,” (whose
name we believe was Matthews) should have per
ished after the noble exertions lie|made to save
the vessel. Many of them express their holies
that “ she would have been saved, had Mr. Mat
thews Item in command.” Such expression led
to the suspicion of inefficiency or misconduct on
the part of Capt. White, and when questioned
oil the subject, the passengers unhesitatingly
charged hr.il with being the probable cause of the
dreadful loss of life by his rejecting of advice,
and by his obstinately keeping the vessel at sea
nuer iho.e ou beard had ascertained (but alie was
until for the voyage, instead ol selecting the *a-
IVm landing place before tho night came on.—
They attribute the disaster chiefly to two causes.
“ tlte Inc.onipetcncy, artificial/}/ produced,” ol
Capl. White ; and the insufficiency of the vessel
for ocean navigation In rough weather.”
It is painful to us to have an agency in thus
publishing *o heavy a charge against the Captain,
but it i, a duty which we feel hound to execute
for the general good. Too many live* have
been sacrificed within a few year* by the impru
dence. negligence and inebriety of commander*
of ilea in ImaU, and if there he no penalty incur
red by such dreadful occurrence* it i* time that
the public should ceiue to risk their afety in
such hands.
Captain Alfred Hill of Portsmouth, who es
raped the fate of most of hi* fellow passengeis
lost in ihe Home, secured his wife upon a plank
and w ith her floated near the shore, when in p iss
ing through the breaker*, the plank overturned,
and she wits lost. Some years ago, Capt. Hill
was the only survivor on board a brig which was
captured by tlte pirates on the coa*t of Cuba ;
all ihe rest being murdered. Capt. Hill escaped
death by'seereting himself below; and as the vessel
gradually fi'led with water, having been scuttled
hy the pirates, he floated out on a plank, and
,m nine miles io the shore, exposed to contin
ual danger from sharks, ami then had to walk 40
miles through mangrove bushes, Ite, before he
came to any human habitation.—- Jonr. of Com.
[The following account of a pirncy on our const cren
ted con.idcrnble sensntion n few days since—but from
Inter intelligence it is now generally believed that the
storv linn originated in a misinke—that tbc vessel was
boarded by n n oyster Schooner instead of a pirate. A
few days will revcnl the truth.]
From the Haltimore American Oct. 24.
HOLD PIRACY.
Io a short Pontcript in this mornings American
we mentioned the fact of the piruticrl capture ol
the packet ship Susquehannah, off the Capes ol
Delaware. The ship it is said had a large a
inotint of specie on board, and there is no doubt
that the fact must have come to the knowledge ol
those oil board the pirate vessel. It is a most dar
ing outrage, and we cannot but hope that its per
petrators will he detected. Serioas apprehen
sions are entertained for the safety of the pas
sengerr, there being reason to fear that in their
desire to hide their villany, the pirates may have
been prompted to destroy all ‘.he witnesses of it.
They are as follows:
Passengers in the ship Susquehannah. sailed
from Philadelphia for Livetpool on Friday:—
May H timphrey, lady, two children and servant;
Ann Kawle, Mary It. Rawle, Rachael Sharp,
Henry C. Oorhit, Henry Maitin. Edward Pleas
ant of Philadelphia ; Esther’ lloppin of Provi
dence, R. I ; Mary Ann and Ann* Reilly, ol
Cincinnati; Win: 11, Gray of Norfolk, Va. ;
James Saul, ol New Orleans: Henry Fox, of
Bristol England ; William 11. McCrone of New
Castle, Del. and 40 in the steerage.
We annex the account, as we find it in a slip
received from the office of the Wilmington,
[I)e!.) Gazette.
fTilminglon Oc.l. 9S 11 A. M,
AUDACIOUS PIRACY.
An Express arrived in this city to day, about
10 o'clock, from Lewes, Del. where it left yester
day evening at 7. bringing information of the
capture of the packet ship Siislquehannah, bound
f iom Philadelphia to Liverpool, the day previous
by a piratical schr. within 30 miles of the mouth
of tlte Delaware Capes.
The .Susquehannah left Philadelphia on Thurs
day last, and New Castle on Friday Morning,
end could not have been more than a few miles
from the land, and even within sight of the peo
ple of Lewes. The information is positive, as i
will be seen from the following letter, from Mr. j
Rodney, the agent for the underwriters at Lewes, ,
accompanied by tiie notariel seal of Mr. John j
IS. Burton, of the same place. It is the j
most audacious nets of piracy which ve recollect 1
to have heard of.
We learn that there was a large amount of
snccic on board the Brisowebawiiab. a> <l <>*•
her ol passengeis, some or whom were citizens
of this state; and ihe piobabilily is that allot)
board have been murdered.
I.rws. Del.. Cape Henelope, f
Sunday, 7 o’clock, P. M. Oct. 22d, ISS7. (
To all whom it inav concern—l have this mo
ment received positive information bv two ve
ry respectable pilots. James M. West and Ed
ward Maull of lb* Pilot Boat Mary Ann, that
the packet shin Susquehannah hound Iron) Phil
adelphia to Live-pool, was captured hy a pirat
ical schooner yesterday afternoon, (Saturday,)
and the pirate vessel bore a way from off the Five
Fathom Banks to the South, and was seen j
at son down off to the south. She ha* a large!
quantity of specie on buaid, it is said, hv the
pilots.
The pirate vessel is a long fore topsail schoo
ner-
The wind to-day being Soiuli West, it is ho- j
ped that information sent to Norfolk, to any Uni- j
ted State* officer mav enable him to cut her off. j
HENRY F. RODNEY.
Agent of Underwriters.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO FIRE TIIE j
POST OFFICE.
The Post Office Department seems to be the ;
peculiar object of some incendiaty’s vengence. j
The fiist attempt was successful. Another has,
been made, and as it would appear from the fol- j
lowing article, was only frustrated by a sort of j
inspitetl prescience in Mr. Kendall.
Extract of a Letter from ll'ashinglon.
Rumor, who is always busy with other people’s
business, has been circulating some awful sto- j
ries, lor the last few days, about a most diaboli- j
cal attempt to renew the old laws against the j
j authors of “ blasphemous or seditious treatises,” (
, in the person of Amos Kendall, hy burning him j
! in his own loom, w ith all his huge mountain of:
I parchments and paper. In our endeavors to lol
i low the unceitiiiii dame through all her wide i
and various meandering*, we arrived at the fol-
J lowing astonishing fict. It appears that Mr. |
, Kendall left the Post Office op the evening of
; Sunday last, at a late hour, and on reaching his ‘
house, felt some inwaid impulse prompting him
to return to the office, lie obeyed its admoni
tion, and immediately retraced his steps, until i
, lie found himself again at the portals of the
“enchanting palace.” What was his astonish*
mem on opening and entering his o n room, to
| find himself enveloped in a dense mass of smoke.
1 There was no lime to bo lost—lie summoned
aid, and for once huflled the nparallelled villa
ny of the unknown incendiary, hy extinguish
ing the flames.—Srjnire Wharton was engaged
1 all day yesterday, in taking depositions—and
it is rumored that if the building bad been de
stroyed, the preceding and more recent confla•
gration were all directed hy the same master
hand.—The matter is yet confined among a
few—hut you shall have all the particulars, as
soon as they are fully Alexandria
Gazette.
Exploring Expedition,—From the day
this expedition was conceived until lliistime, we.
in common with nine-ieen-twentietht ol the
country at large, have taken the most lively in
terest in its affairs. We congratulate the coun
try that it has surmounted all opposition, and that
the day of its departure is now close it hand.—
The fleet of vessels destined for this important
National exploring expedition is now in our har
bor, under the command of a naval officer of
high standing ; all Its equipments are perfect; the
most experienced scientific corps is attached to
it; and the officer*, without an excep'ion. are l
not only wall qualified for the arduous expedisiou ,
in which they arc abe tit to embark, blit they arc
volunteers in the hazardous service, and inspired
w ith a desue to add to the honor of the count! v
at the same time that they avail themselves of
the opportunity thus offered to gratify their love
“•■adventure. We understand that our common
council have it in contemplation to testify their
the objects of the txti'-dumu. ,md
theil respect* for those who are ahiut'to embaik
in it, hy some appropriate compliment to the com
mander and his associate*, and we are quite cer- |
lain that their constituents will most cordially ap- j
prove ol their proceedings in so ;}jod a cause.—
.Xeic York Courier.
From the St. Augustine llerali Oct. 21.
(.loiiutts News—Ponci Taken.
An express lias just arrived ‘uptown from Fort
Pcy Oil* that Powell with fifty * afiiors have been
taken prisoners. They are now on their way to
town.
Since witting the above, the prisoner* have
lieeu brought to town and coufiard in tin* Foil.
Theie are upwards of eighty wa.riois. Powell,
Coahajo, and and several sub-chief* are among
the captured. The capture took place about a
mile from Fort Peyton. The talk wo a very
short one. They stated that they had been invi
ted by Philip to come arid hear what proposi
tions were to be made io them, that they did
not come to deliver themselves up as prisoners,
anu nothing was said tliat seemed to indicate that
they were conquer'd. As soon as this fact was
ascertained, at a pretonceited signal they were
surrounded hv our trotus and all laken|piisoneri.
—They were complete y surprised and captuied
without blood shed.
This is anotliei success upon which we have
reason io rejoice, and k will lead to still more
beneficial results.
Capt. Cock, of the fcxeainhoat Florida, who
airiver! last evening fron St. Augustine, informs
ua that Pnwell and all hit Warriors were safely
lodged in tha Fort.
Extract of a letter from i gentleman at SI. Au
gustine, to one in this cfy, dated Oct. ttd.
“We made a glorious hail yesterday. Powell
and all the war chiefs excep three, are now lodg
ed in the Fort, with eighty rs their warriors—the
tione and sinew of their natron. Seventy Ne
groes came in a day or two since, and a large
nnmher are now at Volusia, w hither a steamboat
goes thismorning to gel them.
“Powell and his band came with the avowed
intention ol having a talk, but ptobably with the
real one of endeavoring to fescue Philip who fell
into our hands some days ago, asall were armed.
Yesterday they arrived about 9 aiiles bom here,
and sent in a messenger to Gei. Herkandez,
who went out to see them; —Gen. Jesup also
proceeded to the vicinity of their Camp, and
while they were talking with Gen. H. they were
suddenly surrounded by two bandred horse ; so
suddenly that they bad not time to raise a single
rifle, though all had one by their sides. Thay
wsie marched to town, and “erenow safely wilder
lock and key,” and there they will be kept, if
watchfulness and a strong guard can keep them
there.”
The writer says he does not think it will imme
diately end the war, but we have drawn the
fangs from the reptile so that he can nu longer
bite.”
The” Life Pieserver."— Another evidence of
the iuiportance of this humane invention, was
afforded at the wreck of the “ Home.” When
the danger became inevitable, a gentleman who
had purchased a “ Preserver” before’lie embark
ed prudently buckled it oil. When washed from
the deck of the boat, bis head came violently in
contact with a fragment of the wreck, which so
stunned h-m that he was (ora slioillime insensi
ble and incapable of any exertion. When he
recovered he found himself tossing among the
breakers, hut sosustained that he lelt no difficul
ty of respiialion. and in a few minutes afterwards
be reached the shore in safety.— yewbern Specta
tor.
i The spinsteis of YanUe* land are flood ing the
| halls of Congress with political petitions, on su'.i
jects of whose nature and tendency they a re wliol
i lyA'ignoraut. Mr. W ise, ever ready to oblige the
i Indies, introduced a memorial ol the “ Ladies and
gentlemen of Halifax county, Va,” as an offset
to the Cniitinx net it ions of the female descendants
oi me mgr im miners, in wlm.li Congiess Is pray
ed “to furnish husbands, at public expense to all
feingle petitioners upon subject* relating to sla
very, thereby giving a direction to their minds
1 calculated to make them good matrons, and
averting the evils with which the priestcraft and
! fanaticism ofthe Eastern States threaten the peo
ple of the South."— Nttcbtrn Spectator.
From the Phtlapctphia 17. S. Gaictle.
ANIMAL MAGNETISM.
As this is a subject which for some time past
has been engrossing public attention, a few re
mark* on the validity of its claims may not be
| out of place. In an article which appeared in this
paper on Saturday lasi, taken I believe, from a
I New York Print, it was said that no one had a
j light to decide on the merits of a science until lie
{ had examined it hilly, and made himself ac
quainted with its details ; and on this principle
< the writer of the article exclaims against those
1 who would pronounce animal magnetism a liuin
! Img, not having studied the science sufficiently
j to hove become acquainted with its merits. Non
however this may hold as a general proposition,
j (and as such we do not question its soundness)
; there are certainly cases where we may decide
j immediately upon the unsotindness of a theory
ior position without at all inquiring into the ar-
I ginnents on which it is based. Suppose, for in
> stance, that in following nut the principles of a
new science, we should arrive at a result which
| violated some well known physical law, we
should be justified in concluding, ipso facljj, with
out examining its positions, that the principles of
, that science were physically impossible, or in
; model n phraseology, that the science was l hum
hug. Now how does the casesl.mil with animal
magnetism ? A girl is by a certain process, put
into a magnetic sleep or trance; while in this
| state, she is transported, in spirit, to a place sev
eral hundred miles off, where she never was in
i liei lile before, sees and describes objects which
! she never saw or heard of, ami tells what is go
ing on in houses of whose situation and even ex
istence she is totally ignorant, besides pprpetia
{ ting oilier exploits equally monstrous and absurd.
Now if this statement of facts be true, here ate
j several well established laws of nature overturn
ed in a trice. For there is but one way in which
the mind becomes cognisant and receives im
pressions of outward objects, and that is through 1
the medium of the senses. Now it is evident
‘hat a girl in I‘rovidcnce cannot see what is go
ing on in Philadelphia— not front any defect in
intellect, or in the organ ol vision, but because
several laws of nature are directly opposed toil,
viz. the law that rays of light travel in straight
lines, and that consequently the rotundity of the
earth alone would pi event her seeing objects at
so great a distance ; the law that light cannot
it averse an opaque body, Slid others that might
be mentioned. Simtilar arguments might be us
ed witli’regard to the other senses. And it is to
lie observed that these impediments are entirely
external and independent of the extent and pow
ers of the human faculties, so that improve a
man's eye-sight and sharpen his wits to an infi
nite extent. you will never enable him by any
power inherent in himself, to see an object at the
. distance of 800 miles with Ins back turned to
wards it.
Now the magnetized subject must do this ; he
must eilber see, heir, feel, taste or smell the ob
ject lie describes, because it is only through the
lenses that he can become cognisant of them, anil
ns it is physically impossible that (lie seosrs can
act at that distance, he must perfoitu a physical
imnosibility.
‘l'his aigument may he more concisely staled
ill the following dilemma : •• The wonderful ef
fects of animal magnetism are either brought
about hy liuumi means or hy superhuman means.
II brought about by human me.ini, it must he
through the medium of the senses, through which
alone external impressions are conveyed to the
mind ; hot this is physicnHy impossible; they
must, theieforc, be the result of a supernatural
agenrv. Thin we are reduced to this aliening
r^mracTe.”
pomicAir
From the Augusta Sentinel.
MR. CALHOUN AM) MR KING.
The course pursued in ltie silliug Congress
the two gentlemen whose names si aml at tire
head of this article, seems to have startled their
respective parties not a little. It is the theme of
universal discussion, upon which every man des
cants according to his own Iniinnr. The prevail-
ing opinion, however, seems to he, that these gen.
tlrnten have changed sides: and neither of them
has entirely escaped the censure which usually
follows politic* apnslacy, Rut Mr. King li
laird much the worst ot the two. Ills parly have
almost to .1 man renounced him; and front ours
(tor I am a Slate Rights man) lie receives but
lit'le consolation or encouragement. We on tlie
other hand, from more prudence nr more policy,
ate not prepared to give tip Mr. Calhoun without
lurlhcr time for reflect ion, and an impartial hear
ing of him to the full extent of his measures,
and our adversaries are too much attracted by
the noble game to hazard the loss of it, by the
old line and cry, just as they think they are upon
the point of securing it. They have therelore
become exceedingly courteous, or most complai
santly mute towards this uiau, whom a little while
ago it w is their most grateful service to abuse.
With all Mr King's faults upon his head, (if in
deed there he any fault with either.) Mr. Cal
houn is much the most favored of the two. Still
however, he not entirely escaped censttie. even
from his friends. The distincti n which prevails
between them, is very much like republics; am)
the blame which has been imputed to them, is
very much like republican parties. Now it is
impossible tw give a plain historical statement of
the conduct ol these gentlemen without convinc
ing any candid man living that neither of them
lias done any thing to forfeit the confidence of
their friends. To he sure; selfish policy would
dictate, that I should endeavor to widen the
breach between Mr. King and his parly, and use
all means to win him to ours; for he certainly
would he a valuable acquisition to it. Old polit
ical hostilities would lead me to rejoice in his
overthrow, and to desire his banishment from all
parties; bnt I possess the little weigh; of integ
rity, which is not to be moved by these impulses
and therefore I will not obey them. Nor will 1
vindicate a political friend from unremitted cen
sure without dropping a kind word to a political
opponent, placed in precisely similar circumstan
ces. Let os examine the course of the two gen
tlemen in question. And fust of Mr. King.
This gentleman lias hitherto belonged to the Ad
ministration parly, as it has been called—that is,
he supported for the most part, the measures of
Ceneral Jackson while he filled the Executive
Chair. It is due to him however to say, that he
was decidedly the most fearless and independent
member of that party. Under the very eye of
Jackson himself, he rebelled against it, when he
believed it erred. The measures o( his party led
to the most riisastious results. They brought the
country to the very virge of ruin. So evident
was this, that the man must he miserably blind or
desperately wicked who would deny it. To ar
rest the spreading evil. Congress was convened ;
and before that Congiessthc President lays a tis
sue of far fetched wire-drawn falsehoods (I use
the term with regret, but any other would itself
he falsehood) in older to blind llie people to the
true cause of their distresses, and lie recommends
a measure of relief. This measure is concocted
by a few cooks at Washington, and all the faith
ful of General Jackson are required to swallow
it, whether they like it or not. Mr. King knows
that tits President’s mode of accounting tor the
distress is untrue-he says so, and he proves it. He
does not like the redress proposed, and lie oppo
ses—or rather desires a postponement of the lur
ther consideration of it unJ asks for it. And here
is the head and front of his offending. For (Ins
he is reviled, abused, denounced, and threatened
with expulsion (by the Virginian ostrccism) front
his seat in the Senate. The most refined and sub
•aw t ”•• or ■• • >-* Uu\
the very spirit and pi notice of the inquisition—
condemning and punishing a man because he
does not admit the iufalihilily of the President in
logic and in law. M irk it ! according to the ge
nius o'” our government, the Senate is formed to
be a check upon the President, and the popular
branch of the legislature ; and here is the most
active, energetic, independent, intelligent, Sena
tor the Union parly ever placed in Congress,
about to be crushed, because he refuses to be
come a mere passive instrument in the hands of
the President—a President 100, whom he knows
by infallible proof, is not the choice of the Slate
w Itich he represents ! The party that acts upon
such principles should be looked upon with ab
horrence.— It is a curse to any country. Its flag
is corruption and dishonor—its warfare is upon
the citadel of liberty. I am thankful I do not
belong to il; and still I would rather, for the
country's sake, reform than triumph over it.
Rut is the party to which I belong much better.
It certainly is. The great body of it have dealt
mote prudently and more chaiitably with Mr.
Calhoun, than the Union party have with Mr.
King. But tiiere are some few of us who would
put him too under the ban of his paity, and
among these, Mr. Jones, is your correspondent in
Washington, to whom I beg leave to drop a word
in passing. Who lie is Ido not know ; hut 1
know, that like most of his class, he assumes
privileges, of which your subscribers have just
reason to complain. They will all thank him,
if he will give them a condensed and impartial
view of what* is transpiring at the seal ol gov
ernment; but very few of them will consent to
be leil by him ig their political course, and still
fewer willyieltilo him in the prerogative of pro
scribing their political associates. Is it a great
thing to ask of you sir, that you kindly suggest
to your correspondent the propriety of his with
holding his stretures upon yourold friends, at
least until yon shall have distinctly renounced
them yourself? And once for all, would it not
be) better to* confine your correspondent at
all times to facts simply ; reserving to yourself
the exclusive privilege of commenting upon those
facts/ lint to return to Mi. Calhoun.
In precisely the state of tilings w hich 1 have
described in speaking of Mr. King. Mr. Calhoun
was disposed to adopt, with certain modifications,
the measuie of redress proposed liy the President
and therefore, according to the ethicks of some
of our party, he :s an apostate from the true
faith, aod worthy to he excommunicated. Ills
sin is just the reverse of Mr. King's—it is itt not
j believing the universal fallibility of the President
—or in not opposing every proposition es the
President, whether lie believe it good or bad,
right or wrong. The fundamental principle then
of the two great parties in the United States is,
that an administration man must do as the Presi
dent bids, and an anti-administration must do
nothing that he requests. There is not a man in
the U. S. who would cheapen himself so much
as to avow this sentiment, and yet. there are more
than thirty thousand men in the State of Ceox
gia alone who npmily & tiiiblusliingly practice it.
While it continues to he (lie governing principle,
it is morally impossible that the country ever ‘ an
long command the services of ail honest linn ;
and wo to the republic in which this is the ease.
I have much to say upon the present position
of Mr* Calhoun. It will be seen before we con
clude, that fully surveyed, it is precisely the po
sition which the true republicans of Georgia have
ever maintained ; and which lime lias just clear
ly deruvnstrated to be the only safe position that
any party can occupy in tliise United States.
Vor ns now to abandon it, is to give up the post
of honor in the midst of victory. For the pres
ent however, I aim no farther than to inculcate a
good moral lesson upon all parties ; and to en
force it by the illustrious examples which stand
at tlieJiead of this article. To this end it is not
necessary tlirt I should fortify the ground which
either Air. King or Mr. Calhoun has taken.
\fkxvUiii lie or noLthey surely
poor pi ivMtfe off Min
-11 alienee
and at of
great and pressing emergency.
BALDWIN^
PARTIES IN GEORGIA. JT\
WNo State in the Union lias so
long distracted by political parties equal
strength as Georgia. The first ol Gov
ernor by the prop ie was in 1 825 the memo
rable contest between Troim^^WClark, llie lor- j
liter was elected by a mnjqJPFof 083 votes ai w hit'll
time there were 40 polled. In 18-27 j
John Forsyth was elected without any regularly -
organized opposition, two candidates of the op- I
pnsite party to Mr. F. having successively died
after their nomination and before the election.
These were Matthew Talbot, and Col. Duncan,
G. Campbell. In 1820 Mr. Gilmer was elected
over Maj. Crawford, both belonging to the Troup
parly, tfie Clark men generally casting their
votes in favor of Mr. Gilmer. 1831 Wilson
Lumpkin, the candidate of the Clark party suc
ceeded over Mr. Gilmer by 1500 votes, and in
1833 the same gentleman was again elected over
Maj. Crawford by 2200 votes. In 1834 old par
ly lines were pretty much broken down, a num
ber of the Troup party joining with the mass of
ihe Claik formed what lias since been known as
the Union party, and sustained the administration
of Gen. Jackson, while a smaller number ol
Clark men joined with the mass of the Troup
party, and formed what has since been termed
the State Rights party, which opposed that ad
ministration, Tlie fust struggle under this new
organization of patties resulted in the success of
llie Union Congressional Ticket by 5000 majority
and a majority of about 80 in the Legislature.
In 1835, Gov. Schley the candidate of the Un
ion party, beat Judge Dongheily 2.500 votes,
and the patty had a majority of about 60 in the
Legislature. In 18SH, the Union ticket succeed
ed with one exception for Congress, by an aver
age msjoiity of about 1000, ami a majority ol 40
in the Legislature. This year the Slate Rights
candidate for Governor is elected by about 750
majority, and the Union party lias a majority ol
SO in the Legislature.
Such is a brief and general aniline of the Itis
tmy ol parties in Georgia, so far as results are
concerned, for 12 years. The result of the last
, two elections, IBSC and 1837, wete to some ex
tent influenced by questions connected with the
Presidential election and the administration ol
Mr. Van Ruren.— Augusta Sentinel.
Candid Admission. — Mr. Cambreleng in pres
sing the immediate passage ol the Treasury note
bill said ;
••THE TREASURY WAS IN SUCH A
CONDITION Til AT THE SPECIE COULD
NOT RE OBTAINED FOR A LITTLE
DRAFT OH E/GHT HUNDRED AND
ELEVEN DOLLARS.”
And is it to come to this? The Government
of the United States without a national debt
with a surplus last year in the Treasury of forty
millions', is reduced—so bankrupted by corrupt
politicians, that it cannot meet the payments of
JIBOO in specie /! ! And are these tlie rulers to
be sustained by a free, honest, and a patriotic
people ?— Neuxiik Sentinel.
mowm
GOVERNMENT DOINGS.
Government Humbug. —lssuing ten millions of
shin plasters for the people, and Day ing members
of Congress in gold !
Government Justice. Promising to pay tlie
states some tony millions of dollars, and after
accomplishing three fourths of the pledge, sus
pending payment of the balance.
Government Wisdom. —Witholding from the
slates ten millions of-dolh rs in paper of the De
posite Banks, which the states would cheerfully
receive, and refusing to recit e it as funds but per
milling it to lie idle in the vaults of the De
posite Banks!— Newark Seutinel.
Instead of continuing to rim up the Mississip
pi, as was foolishly predicted, in violation both of
lne raws in ivarore aim ot iraue, tne precious
metals are now flowing in those channels which
they naturally pursue in seeking their proper
lerel. Ihe attempt to force specie into Western
depositories, and there lock it up and restrain its.
natural reflux, was about as wise as would he an
effort to counteract our inland tides. So. in spite
of the Treasury Circular, and all other Treasury
barriers, tlie specie correi cy is running the wav
prescribed to it by the course of trade.
This is show n l.y a|lelter of the 14lh instant,
from the Collector of Pittsburg, published in a
Harrisburg paper, which stales that twenty tons
of specie had been foi warded theme from the
West across Ihe mountains to various hanks of
Philadelphia.
Thus the Specie Circular .having failed, the
business of the country may he expected gradu
ally to revive, and assume something’ of that high
stale of prosperity which was so cruelly blighted
by the Government. The ruin in which the
community was involved will in time be prepair- I
etl; and'aniongst the earliest evidences of reiimi
ing health in the body politic, we may hope to
see the resumption of specie payments bv the
hanking institutions.— National Intelligencer.
Treasury Notes.—A letter from Washing
ton from an official source, says the Alexandria j
Gazette of the 21st instant, states that the Presi- j
dent has authorized an issue of Treasury Notes j
to the amount of 5300,000, in sums of SSO and !
SIOO each, to bear an inrerest of two pet cent,
per annum. It is supposed they will be ready j
in all this week.
1 ‘ ■ | i
Texas.—By the arrival nftlie brie Charles Ed
monson, nt Nesv Orleans, front Onlve-ton accounts
were received from Texas as late n the llhli iost.
The recent Ifale, which did so much damage in
I.miisinnn and this tSlale, had swept along- Hie
const of'Texns, destroying buildinrr*. public works
and vessels in every direction. The fine fort at
Galveston, and nearly the whole of the improve
ments ollhe lieniililiij island upon which it stands
have shared one common ruin.
TheTexian Congress convened on Ihe27lh lilt.
No business ol importance, however, had hren
Innisncteil. Gen. Knsk had proposed no investi
gation ol'nll the land script which hnd been issued
and of the purposes which the proceeds hnd been j
applied to. It was also proposed to recall all the
agents who were authorized to dispose of the J
same.
The tnrilTand land laws, nod (he subject relative
<o the boundary ol that country and the United
States, were occupying n considerable portion of
the attention of Congress.
‘1 lie corps ofTexas arc very nhund.-.nt, and the
country is lust becoming tranquil—no danger he- 1
ing apprehended from any of its enemies.
I lie message of the ['resident ofTexas is very i
explicit, and is remarkable lor nothing so milch ns j
its brevity. Home ofour own ilistinguished clficers |
might learn a great deal on this subject, from those
of the infant Republic ofTexas,
Mobile Chronicle Ocl. 30.
Railroad It r.rr.Kvr..— The Philadelphia Wil
mington It.illiinore K.iilm.ul waiopened fur gen
eral travel on the 31st of July, The receipts lor
the month of August, including the last day of
July, and making 8-2 days, were $18,500, avera
ging about JI4OOO a week. The receipts for the
month of September, (80 days) arn $43,400,
making an average of more than SSOOO a week!
Several of our cotenipornries, in classifying
the members elected to the approaching session
of our Legislature, do injustice to some of their
State Rights friends, by placing them on the
wrong side in politics. Although the Union par
ty have a decided majority, still weeunmil, from
the best information we have been able to ob
tain, make that majority, on joint ballot, exceed 1
TtVKNTr. Even that number, we lancy, it will I
bo found upon trir.l, cannot he made subservient
to the accomplishment of purposes not, in their
beliel in accordance with the will () f their con
stituents.— Milteilgcvillc Recorder.
Ezra Dargett. his postmaster
at M illjulgei iIle, by the ntMu-e and con
sent uflflie Senate. Jfns is done inform.
Renton of g.
We very much to find a few of our
colei lain the opinion, that one of j|, e
’ il to he accompli-hed by the con-
merchants and others, recently asseni
hied in tlnkcity, was to sever the commercial re.
lotions nowA-xismig between the South and t|, a
.North, and to substitute others for them with a
[foreign nation.—Those citizens who entertain
! such an opinion, are, we believe, greatly mista
ken. If the object of the convention had been
sticli. we should not have advocated such a meet
ing so zealously and earnestly. The object of
the meeting, as clearly and unequivocally staled
by the speakers, and as pointedly told in the re
pott and lesolutions adopted, is to render the
South independent in regard to the import trade
as well as to the sale and disposition ol Southern
products, AI! the foreign productions consumed
in the South are not imported by Southern
merchants; they are imported by Northern deal
ers, and sold with a profit to the South. Cer
tainly there is no lack ol patriotism in the South
if the Southern merchants perform with much
profit, in supplying the South with foreign mer
chandize. If the object of tiie convention can
be accomplished, tlie. Southern merchants will
import their own supplies, instead of paying a
commission and profit to tlie northern merchant;
to undertake the saute adventure. Willi respect
to Ihe sale of Southern products, the Southern
merchants should havethe sale and disposition of
what naturally beloog to them. In the South,
at (he present time, hardly a hale of cotton can
be sold for export, unless it be done through the
means of not them merchants.—Why should the
Southern merchants not have the sale and dispo
sition of the products of their own section of the
onion? The South does not possess the advan
tage of selling to foreigners and disposing of Nor
thern productions, as the North possesses the ad
vantage of selling to foreigners and disposing of
Southern productions! The operation for the
sale of our products is circuitous, and attended
with heavy charges. A Southern speculator who
wishes to purchase cotton, has to obtain the mo
ney first in some wav or other. Then he ship;
the cutton to Charleston or Savannah. This cot
ton is shipped to Liverpool and a bill of lading
forwarded to the owner in Augusta. This own
er transmits this bill of lading to a Northern
house; and on the reception ol this bill or la
ding. the Northern house accepts the drafts of
Augusta owner of the cotton for a specific a
moiint. The Northern house then draws on the
cousignees of the cotton in Liverpool. This is
the usual operation at the present time. If the
object of the convention cun be accomplished,
Augusta speculator will he enabled to ship his
colionto Liverpool himself, and to draw tor the
amount, without the interference of northern
merchants nnd without additional charges. These
drafts, drawn by Southern merchants, will bo
purchased by Southern importers of British
goods.— Augusta Constitutionalist.
Natural Soda Fountain. —The Rev. Mr.
Spalding, Mtssionaiy of the American Board of
Foreign Missions, to the Indians west of the Roc
ky Mountains, in a letter from Fort Vancouver,
(extracts of which are published in tlie last num
ber of the Missionary Herald) mentions, among
other remarkable objects discovered on hisjoui
ney. a Natural Soda Fountain, which he and
his party passed, three davs journey from Fort
llall, that may lie considered one ol the wonders
of the world. The Fountain had several open
ings. •• One of them,” says Mr. S. “is about
fifteen feet in diameter, with no discovered bot
tom. About twelve feel below the surface aie
two largo; globes, on either side ol this opening,
from lnch the effervescence seems to rise. How
ever, a stone cast in, after a lew minutes, throws
the whole fountain into a violent agitation.
Another of the openings about four inches in
diameter, is through an elevated rock, from which
the waters spouts at intervals ol about forty sec
uurise Tiic water, iii dll iis |>ro|>en)f\ is rqiid
to any artificial fountain, and is constantly foam
iug and sparkling. Those who visit this foun
tain drink large quantities of the water with
good effect to health. Perhaps in the days when
a rail road connects the waters ol'lhe Columbia
with those ol the Missouri, litis fountain may lie
s source of great gain to the company that shall
accomplish such a noble work, if they are before
hand in seeming it. For lain sine, if visitors
can go from the far east to see the Niagara Falls,
they wonlrl|not value a few more nules to visit the
west and see the gieat soda fountain of the
Rocky Mountains."— Boston Transcript.
GEOLOGICAL WONDER.
We have lierelolore alluded In the *• holt
Mountain,” in Missouri, says the Boston Times,
a Geological wonder, which is certainly desen
mg of a more lengthy notice. Mr. Fe.il hersto'i
augli, an eminent geologist, who visited this
mountain in the employ ol the Government, gives
an internet mg account of it in his report to Con
gress. It is situated some ninety miles Solliii
west of St. Louis, and the chain extends many
miles in a North-east and South-west direction.
The rocks upon the slope of the mountain con
tain well-defined siemte. Oneol the hills of
seinite contains immense breadths ofsilicious
lock, ponderously impregnated with iron. One
or two of the higher eminences bear traces
of the crater of the volcano. But the greatest
mineral spectacle of all, is on a mound, sparing
ly covered with trees, w here a vein-like mass of
almost perfect iion is discoverable to the naked
eye beneath the roots of the hushes. This one
vein has been ascertained to extend 1900 leer.
Some of the black pebbles of iron rise above
the surface and are rolled about like
stones of twenty pounds weight. It is doubted
whether so peilect and inexhaustahlc a mine of
any kind exi-tsin any oil er part of the world.—
Mr. Fealherslonaugli says the phenomenon filled
him with wonder and admiration. The reason
that this immense mine has not been worked
long ere this, was the existence ofan old Span
ish claim, which the Government has hill recent
ly acknowledged, and which the iron company
have now purrhdscd. They have also purchased
another small mountain of the Government, at
the graduated price of land, and upon close ex
; animation, they find it to be as valuable as any
I part ol the purchase.—7Te People's Press.
Ocniiilgec Bunk, I
October 22d, 1837. )
mill’, stork holders of this Bank are notified diet n
I diction will he held on the first Monday ia
j vrmher next, at their banking house, for seven Direc
tors to serve for twelve months thereafter.
JOHN T. I, AM AR. Cashier.
Pet 25 _ ‘“•‘■E
Oriniileec Itnnk;
fIiHE stock holders of this Itnnk who have noi re
JL reived their certificate* of stock, nre requested
present thoir Scrip to the ('fishier, and get certifies U*.
JOHN T. LAMAR, Ua.lner.
Oct 25 3w ~-
Ccntrul Hnil-Kond A Hankins Co
s. of Georgia.
BAV Aa a AH, Sept. 20,1#* •
AN Installment of Ten Hollars per share on the P
iml Stock of this company —one-half l be ■l’d
to hfinkimr iiiml tlie other half to Ihe Kail , TT/ ,i„y
quired lobe puid ir, on or before Monday* t P J 1 " 1 *
of December next. Stockholders reaiding 11 , t s
its vicinity, cun mnke .payment at the B*wch l“ n
this institution al that place.
lly order ofltio Board of Hirer lore.
JOHN OLM STEAD, Cathierpr§tern-
sept 27 £-
Tlonrot* Uail ICoad Jk Bnnklnjf
Macon October 12,137.
IN obedience to ft resolution of the Convent ton
stockholders of this Institution held on 21st ‘ u *,
last, it was “ ordered that on instalment olhvf (
i on the whole capital stock he puid on the first day
I comber next —and u further instalment offivfl per c
the first day of Feb. next.” Published by >rdcr <>
Hoard. On, 12 33 I'KTKK HOl.QMON.endn
O’ The slips In the new I’rcsbyWTC
mn Fliiin li, will be Hold on Saturday the I
November ut 10 o'clock A. M. , 35
October 26. 1