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MISCBttANY.
TAB CAPTAIN’*! BTORV.
*• Talking of circumstantial evidence. 1 ran tell you ,
a >tory,in point, ol an allair that happened within ny
nvn pergonal knowledge, if you wish to hear it.”
The rpealter wat one of a group that stood upon the
promenede-deck of th* Lmpue. one day lait summer* -
as she glided among the glories of the iiuiaon. on her \
downward passage from the political capital o! the *ute *
to the commercial and financial capital of the union.
This group had been collected by an animated discus
►ion between tno professional-looking disputants, re
• I'rrtinflr itm nn.-.***. iy unJ *j| killing uitin he
a punishment for murder.
The conversation, at fiist so spirited ns to excite the
intfic-at and attention of a number of ladies, who had
moved themselves up *o a* to be within hearing had
begun to flag. The argument* for and against had
been pretty nearly exhausted, and the combit'ants were
beginning in the lull of the liable, to draw off their po
ll ir.w a I cohorts, preparatory to a peace, h (h parties
satisfied with the utipossidetis although the aprciators
could distinguish no great difference between it and the
ilatu quo ante helium.
It w as at this opportune moment that the speaker, a
squat*-built, red faced, comfortable looking man, pro*
posed to tell bis story. Ol c <ur.e, theie was a general
expression ot talent ; so rle.ring his throat with a pic
paritory • hem,’ and stowing his quid s little more com*
partly, after sbif'ing it from sta bosid to larboard, he
began:
••i am a sailor, or rather was, for it is a good many
\ea a since I gave up | toughing the deep and took to
turning funuwv on the bind. Just forty years ago I
was m command of a little full-rigged brig, called the
Moresco, belonging to Bdi m re. We were Umml ,
for Liverjro and, and from there to the (’ape de Verdi*, for I
n cargo ol salt, and thence home. My crew confuted
• i three men and a boy, rather abort han led you may
think for a in demand Mid
lew to m inagc he r ; b* s!d*s, 1 wu. young then, and
felt myself about equal to the such of a small frig at I
flione ; and m a Iduion there was the mate, # who had ‘
come on board of me with the reputation of being as
active an officer at ever slipped across a ship’s gang
way. Mr. (Jink, J.mea 0. Clark. I think, was his
i.ame, was u young man, about thirty, but he had been
to ata pretty much u!l his Isfe. Report said, for I didn’t
know much of him per a mally, that he was a good sail
er, lut a regular marine Tartar.
This Mr. C’laik. a<* l was mentioning, bed the rep
utation r f being a good sailor arid an active officer. but j
it wia said that he nevei could got a crew to a*il w ith
him the second time; and that more than once he had
to secrete himself while his <ip was in port, and jon
her only at the. last n>(n nt. in order to avoid a* rest at
the complaint if sonic ot hi* misused men Hut so f
from this bring .13 tins* him. there were not a f-w old
rea-dogs who rcail) thought that ii wa. in h . favor;
and even I. at tint time, had no very dear idea of the
divtiuciion between . good officer sod a lin'd one.
GLd. t any rate, I. when Mr. Clark juried the
brig, at (I commenc'd helping stow the cargo. 1 soon j
found that icpmt bad not belied hi* character, and that
be was a thorough driving fcll**w who knew wh.it
work meant, and how t • h it*#* it done. Me wa - evident
ly ciisposid to severity, with carimen, stevedores, and
other* ; but I could perceive no evidence of cap icings-
Cfs or downrijht bad temper.
•• In a lew days, owing mamly to his *ctiv iy and
energy, the cargo was abouM and s'ow. and. and the brig 1
ready t*r sea Our crew con-dating, a. l have .aid, of
fhretj men and a h?y came on hoard. anti the wind \
shifting insmcdiaiety to free’ we * sheen d-hotne’ every i
thin’ and stood out to a a.
•* We ha 1 been out but a very f*w day* when I be*
came convinced ihut Mr. I ‘lark’s manner wn*tn the fu|,
as rough as 1 had hcirj it represented. Hardly an
order cam? from hi* ftps unaccompanied by an oath, or
some opp ohrious epithet. And but lit lie le-s liberal
v*ki* Je in lb? u-<* of blows. Upon several occasions I
remonstrated with bin, but he pleadr.-l so .Uonglv in ,
justification the necessity of the case, that I was com
pelled l > let linn have h wiy, Ii is always a delicate
t nng foi a caplin to m dHe with ani lie’s authority :
c’i dpi ne is the m *'• p tint, *ml upon any dis g cement
tvi.h the exe r ri-.e of Mr. (’lnk, of his authority in his
Own way, was the fact, tiia’ hU displays of bad temper
w re no; wholly unprovoked. Jlal I Job himself for
fret I.filler sure f am that h ■ well tried patience would
baidly have enabled him t* r sisl the temptation of
fl mushing a mpoVcmi. at ira-t a dozen times a day. ‘
1 wjs frequently provoked I eyond all bounds by the
conduct if the men.
•• 1* or a small c e v hardly a w one rould have
been selected. One of the three men was wilting
enough, but he was slow and stupid. The others ue r e
amrt, acive fellows, but rej] g umhliiig. growling iss*
cala w h ‘ had made up their minds, fn-m ‘he first, never
to lif a hand or stir a loot when thej could help it.
“To those two men, c hn-e names wore the u*ual
sad.ir bailing handle*, Jack and Bill, the mate ha i
tukcti a supreme d.alike, arid they to him. At last
things got mo ba 1, that not jn order of his did they pre
tend to obey, unle * it whs accompanied with a curse
and a blow ; and nut unlrequeni.y. in the night, during
the in a t * watch, v* hen only tnree (•eraona were on
J on jtej'sw'a
pain.
•’ M rti, in this war, cura-ni; an I grumbling, and
II iggiug, as IbnuMiml rf vessels have thru* airier-, vve
mail* “Ur enurai< across ihe Ailanlir. Had I known a*
Juuih tbrn ii I ilo ii.i, thing! w iil.J have been rhflt-r
----anl. I would have rat my Jare against Mr. Clark's
■•rtitjl an,] hadae.ing way a on the one hand, on the I
other I would ha e tiled up Mr. B II or Jack to the !
upnn the Inst sullic-unt piovoi etion, giving f
them three dozen with the rata, in regular men-o*-ner
ryle, ratted di a ro.imr aq ja •.antlnait.il them mil l
y ontd they had run up another arnre, to he wined off
in !.na Me wav. Ju y wou'J aj.in have umli-rs'cnl
how the land lay, an i have route In the roncluaion
that it tv a* lime t.i luff up a hit, and leave ~ff backing
atrJ fillinj round mutiny point. There , ever waa .1 j
fi.lor who wouldu't knack under to 3 due miziu.e of
severity and kindness; hut thia emi-lam hertorin; only i
tn iltra him feel bird and dupo ei him to run bis heail
ttgain-i a marling aptke o- a belay nj-jrin, whenever he
area l.i. tormentor haven 111 hand. However, I waa
young then, ai I have said, nnj didn't know as much
aa I <1 > now.
-We leli Lit r-poo', and if it was bad before We got
there, ji bj, wore* alter we I. ft. Often end •flea 1
wiahed the voyage over, and that Ola k and hie two
bl.a drums, as he used to rail them, w. re paid off and
iliac barged, (ienorally I enjoy tha re t ;it i< aucll a
grind place fir aentnnent, like to come un deck, and
ullcr Jiving un 1 tiru pull m no upon the halyard and
braces, In wa k 1 p and do sn. aud study the freer has
|dsy of light upon the curling hissing lulls of water.
1 love to stretch myself upon ilia bonbv hatch nr hen
roup, and g ze up into the clear blue vault of heaven,
until the rta a vliow tbamaelvea in the daylight, and
you don't re much aa asy tnankye, bat look riglii put
them, up. op, in the pjre a ipplnre. valie.r no soul ra.na
are needed —where tin) here, end Ivo.'e o| ,„g. l* float
in bta breath at vund hie Eternal Throne | |,, v „ p,
lean over Ilia taff til, end love, r my eou! out Ik, a deep,
aca leal. down. and .vert into the tail).uiilr-e teves of the
Ocean f J lave all this kind of thing, and rtijov myaclf
• fry murli: not llial I suppose that my imagination ta
up to live flglda of many of our great American poet a;
or that I ran f el the sentiment of the situation as fully j
even as many a seasick gnl on her firat sovage; hut
still I love to mvi.dge myself, as far as my slemle. g fi,
in the sentimental line still (irrmil ; an), as I atid,
generally J fry .y myself at ,ea v.-,y n.uehl But tin.
voynge was an •iception—l rnulvl neither read, sleep,
■hr think j rid assn tly thing like quiet royimuniuo
with natura, it was out v>f thr question in such a list
feet qivrioa pieujemqpiOdl gs react-. .
••In three weeks we rfaeded Mev'o. the Isltnd to
svliicli, we. were J.ouud.oml an. hprriV'n he roads r ed.
” i.dr gr't.ing in oa. eefgstwl s.d . wi... 1 t, ill ~e 1 net
two week*. i.nng. brrff oßHilnr ir s.ro qoieity. lint It
wauirtyjil .il bvfuro the storm. Two drive obi from
il.sjonpr third naan.faJUick.gnd waa rosupellril to
keep hie b-Mb. Tina reduced the t.iste'a wsrrh InhiW
e*lf and TJ*it, wild* my w,cb waa cmp..,cd of Jack
and tbo boy. 1
•• it waa in the mate's middle w*trh, on ih* fourth i
oifht n(ter wr had started for hone, that 1 was sr.ina
r<l l.y thr usual emin.le of Mr. Cla-k'a eie*. in tones 1
t ‘ igUp vaanm 1 beard bins Mils with an oath
- i'll have you, Iff*. y„o sillair. I J’ff mu ,der y„„ '• |
—and 1 lien followed torreot iff lu-ipreraUM.e, To tjua
1 oii>n mulatsd repdy waa made, whh h, a* I was?..most 3
half asleep m the i.umciu, 1 could not under-tand and r
then canfe a quick, heavy tread of feel on deck. *D —n
you* exclaimed the mate, * i'll cut your heart out.* t
And then 1 heard a noise of a ‘utling— a choaking sound
—a crashing blow, and the fall ot a body on deck.
*• At this moment I wa* sensible, horn ihe motion
of the brig, ilint she was rapidly falling of from the
wind, aud fearing that she would come round by the
_ lee and be taken aback, I jumped from my berth, and
1 while slipping on my clothes, [ shouted to Mr. Clark
’ to mirid his helm; but he nude no answer.
•-1 slopped only for my lrowsera and p a-jiaket, and ■
hurried up. A 1 emerged from the companion-way,
1 liesrd a heavy splash in Ihe w ater, over the. ata 1 board* |
quarter, sod I w-w Mr. Clark leaning <>>*r tha holvwsrk,
and with one band holding os by tbc miintopmast
breaat bickstay.
“As I stepped tJWards him he turned, and a fltsh
from the binnacle-lanq) lighted up his countenance j
its expression wii awful—-a look of horror and far was
rapidly chusing from his features th ■ gnu ol rjgc and
the flush of physical cxcilioo.
•* Lower away the boat.” he suddenly shouted, in
accents of fim wildcat agony * lower away the boat,
qui<’k, quick —Bill has jumped ofcrboirJ—aave him, ]
for God's sake !’
•• Hold !* I rxclaimed, ’belay that,’ as Mr. (’lark
jumped to the taffrad, uii'J begin to cast oif the boat
falls.
* Into the boat! quick, into the boat !” shouted the
mate, in a hoirs • and con ulsed tone.
•• Stop Mr. C’lai k,’ said I, laying my lion! upon his ;
shoulder, end drawing him bick fioui the taftYail, • wi.at
shall wre man the boat fr!’
• For Bill*— Bill is overboard—he j.inipoJ ovcd aal.’
“If Bill is ovedard,’ intepos and Js-.k. in a surly
tone. * is the best place for bint, I guess : look at this
1 —and Jack stretched out his hand in the binnacle-light
•* Blood ! how is tliis V
*• Why, here on deck—and are, you can feel it on
ihe quarter-rail ; and bore U some hair in'xed with i .
Bill's b*. bv -- ,* ®'.rdaioiv.l Jack. hpldillZ a J'ck Ol
| w, mujr iiatr in me ligni 01 inn b-iu> v -;s:u*in, tnt t?.
1 old wooden legged black conk now brought forward.
“ And sea here, here ie hi* knife, ail covered with
blood—l hca r J Cluk ask him for it not un minuter
since.
*• Mr. Clark,* continued Jack, sideling up to the mate
with a moat truculent and lowering vi-age and lone,
4 you’ll awing foi this, it there’s any law in the laud
I hearj him cry murdei, and I’ve heard you threaten
to take his life more than once.’
*• Man the boat! man the boat!’ shrieked the mate,
wringing bis hands, and frantically C ra T iF *3 ‘be boa'•
j falls,
“ At tliis m ‘fQ’ nt it occurred to me, that perhaps he
sa or miaht have been merely wjurid-**!; and al'hough
* h•• ch nr eof pi king him up was so final), it was worth
the iittempf, if only for the mate’s sake, £O, directing
tiii* hoy 1,1 hoist u lantern into the rigging, while the
old cook was to min 1 the helm, ami keep ihe brig a
hack, t 1 t'oai was lowered, and jumping into it, wi h
Jack and the mate. I pushc J off. With such convuL
aive sir. Hath d.d Mr. CUrk bend to his oar. thv 1 ria I
to dire<*t the whole force of the rudder against him. t..
keep bun from pulling Jack round un i iound. Stout
ly we r-wed out in the blackness to leeward, nil ihe
distant brig shorn* like a fixed star, so small * lie panil
lex. or change in Ihe angle ol vision, as 11 rose and leil
on the undulating sea. Frequently we stopped anil
li-te.md; and frequently Ihe mate's ago used voice
went over the hissing waste of wate/s, hut no groan of
the dying came hack in reply.
•• The it;’i n-t much use in tide work/ exclaimed
Jji k.
•• I know that he spoke the
h urs hard pulling, I *ie r nly sib need Mr Clark's re- j
monstrance-*, ind ordered the b *at hack to the brig. 1
As we mounted to ttie deck, the purpli-h light of dawn !
atreamed acro a the water. The murderer turned his
gli ally face Inwards me, and in a half inquiring lone. I
exclaimed, *tv jumped overboard.’ I looked him sicud
ily in the eve fur a moment, and dcliberat* ly shook my
h*ad. His lips bacoine of aMu sh white; his breath |
seemed to tail him; and staggering forw ird. he threw ‘
himself across Ihe comp inion-hatch on I sobbed violent- 1
ly. The stern, hard man was all gone.
“ All ilsy he sat in the cabin upon the transom, with I
his head boW'd upon bis hinds. I l*-fi him the cabin !
! ..j, w —* l-v n- r .--}>. I
the aky-fight. In the afternoon lie roused liimselt a j
littb'tuok u look o*4l of the caliui windows, got out his j
desk, and wrote ste.idilv lor an houi ; and supersc ib-I
ing several ledeis. directed one <*f them in woids, that 1
in the distance, locked vry much like my name. Toia 1
was suspicious, I sav that he had made up his mind |
to some hing—What was ill What could it be nut- •
• ide? It was clearly my duty to prevent this, or at
any rate to give him a longer time to think about it;
sojuat at sunset I called J ick and the boy, and went ;
down into the cabin. lat once addressed myself to tin* j
criminal, told him plainly my suspicions ; t<dd him
that I knew he intended to throw him-ell overboard;
and that ns I was determined he should Jo no such
tiling, at h ast for the present, I had come to ih> 4 re o
lution of putting him 111 irons;—he started, appeared
lor the moment somewhat astonished, but readily sub
mitted without saying a word.
” Che neat morning we were spoken by a brig,
vshich prosed to he ■ United ISiatcs man-of-war, five
days out front Porta Piayo, in the i-land of St. Jugo,
and hound for the (Jhesapeak. The first lieutenant
came aboard of us, and alter hearing my story, iook me
hack with b-m to see his captain, who decided at once
to transfer Mr. Clark to his vessel, end carry him home
for trial. At the same lime he loaned me three active
fellows, to supply Ins place, without which I couid not
hive got along at all, seeing that my third man was
likely 10 be, tor some lime, confined to lit. beith. W hen
nil was arranged, we filled away and atno.l on in com
pany, both being bound for the capeaof the Che.opeak.
J do man us-w ir, however, outsailed us. and it vv as not
until a week after her am.l that I col in with the Mo
resea. In tha meantime Mr. Clark had been handed
over to those who had jurisdiction on shore ; and aa
soon as we errived all hands were ordered up os aviinat
< s, ami preperutione for hia trial at once commenced.
Somehow or another they were not aa long shout such
hind of things then, as now. The lawyers were not
so eijrerl in st iving off these eaa-e and bamboozling
judges: and the juries just as leave hang a man aa
look at him, if lie had fully lhru-t fils head in ihe noose.
I lie e baa Irrt-n a change since then, whether for Ihe
belter or worse. 1 can't say, but I suppose for the bet- i
tei. Iha ttufh is. I'e seen o many thtinget, that in j
the beginning I was a little dubious shout, turn out so
wi II in the end, tint I am delnimnsd never to say any
thing new is wioiig again.
“ It is not necssary to go into a long account of Ihe
tri 1 1. Suffice it say, that my evidence, light at I could
make |i, waa heavy atsinat the prisoner, I was com
pelled to testify to ihe blond between him and the dead
man—the wnrdt and sounds I heard that night—thr
the splash in the niter— the attitude of Clark oeri tile
bulwark—the blood and hair found on the deck arid
rail. But if my evidence wus hard, J ark's wi.aa.ill
harder: he swots that ihe mate had told him. two 01
three itmes, that he, the. mete, -would base Ifni's |.fe.’
He swore that, not more than ihree minul ■ before die
row. he heard Mr. Clark a-k If. ll for Ins aiieaib knife;
dial shortly, he lieaid the mite say •!)—n you, 111
murder you ;’ dial there was n scuffling and Ihe sound
of two or three blowa, and a ciy of murder. In which
lie should have paid no attention, had it not have been
for die low end peculiar lone in which it was united ,
that upon this, lie sprung upon deck, and saw the mate
in the act of lifting the body over the bulwark
•- The evidence of the sick men, hoy end cook, waa
all, as fsr aa it went, to the same libel; and by the
lima it was •llln.it waa all up with Mr, Cla.k-he
dulii I nerd a long speech Imm the and strict attorney to
finish him ; without tbat, ho stood no more chance for
hu life than e flying fish does among a a. bool of dul
plffna 1 lie juiy brought him guilty, alter about fif
teen minutes’ dr hl-eratton, end neat day (he juJge
senlenccd him to bo hinged.
•• And he waa lunged ?’ demanded one of the group
of lieu new, sa ihe captain pulsed in bis vtory.
•• C. taioljr, ’ replievl the eaplant; .“they put a rope
amend bts neck, and, km-t king out ihe pisiform from
Irene Ith turn, lift bin) dancing lire pirate’s j y upon
nothing. Ue kt.krd aud struggled for a long timet
hot I suppose that made Ihe aijltl mote tneliucltve
a great morel leeenti. Oh * he was hang and try the neck
until he waa dead, Tor I saw the body -ffierwarj.
•• And it served him right.” rirlaimed the genlle
j “>• ~<d ‘**” advocate f capital punishment
in the recent dispute .... „ T vud him tight 1 it wa
; clear ceee of murder.”
• Ves, it wee • clear case - eery cW cue ( e„j
yet, to my certain knowledge, there wa* 11a murder
about ii.
#. H w riiV exclaimed a doxen voice*. “ Do you
ttiink Dial ht* did not to kill the sailor?”
•- 1 don't think at all; 1 know. I know not only
that lie oni not mean to kill thw man, but Hit no man
wa* killed.”
An expression of increased interest now escaped the
group, which gathered up closer around tie narrator.
♦ Listen, ’ he continued, “ and I’ll just reel off my
yarn, and whip ihe fig end of it in halt a minute.
••It wa* about fire years afterward# that 1 took a
cargo of tobacco to (JJ-b altar, to supply th e toeitrubun*
1 who. under the broad and powerful shi* ld of the
| Cnglih fl ig. made the K >ck a depot for goods to be
. smuggled into iSpain, We11,.1 was o-hoie one day,
* attending to the sula of some goods ni auction in Com
j rneicial ISq'iare. when, among the sailors who were
loitering about, J suw one whose face shock me is be
ing very familiar, but whose name I could not recol
! lect. He piss and on, end I should have thought no
■nor? %l> iul it, such things being common enough, had
| there not been something in the fellow’s look that
struck mr a* being veiy peculiar, and induced me to
’ pause and think where i had been him Suddenly, a
lecoliect on of the Mon aco busiues* came over me like
a blaz? of sheet lightning in a daik night. • Thai’*
either Bill, Bill’e twin brother, his ghost or the devil.’
si;d I. os i jump ’d from a tobacco hogshead, and almost
knocked down the American Consul, and fairly run
ning over two M ora, three Jews, and a j cka*, took
af er the sailor, who was slid in sight. As Icane up
with him, he turned, an.] I could see at once lust he
returns and me. He touched his tarpaulin, took **Y
ofle.ed hind, and called me by my nams;
t'C no doubt tha he wan the identical Bill.
*• I suppose, captain/ said tie, ‘that you t^ at
I had g*mo to i)jvy Jones’ long a7O; bu/® u Rl ’ v . * ,r J
nlive and fl if p og. How have you becOtl 1 * 4
how ;a my <l 1 fiiend. Mr. Clark V %
“ Mr. Cl.rk !’ said I. Mr. ClarV Innged .
“ ilanced ! the d-l ? why that's “oraeluck than I
ever yviabcd. Lttn. * -y d that hi. watch |
uiJ pill n him overboard some dmls mg Id. Bui wliat
was lie hanged for ?*
•• For murdering you,’
“ For murdering me !’ evcUimed Dll. ill astonish
<ncnt ; anil hnd to repeat (tie asseithn, with an ac
r ount of die w hole afl iir, to convince 1.111 of its truth.
4 Ami now/ said I. • how is it tint I ses 300 alive ?’
•• We walkea * ut upon the bastion. a>d t*iok 0 scat
upon the banquet'e, when Bill tegau hit story, which
II would be tiresome to till in hi. o.*n word.. The
amount ol it was, that he had frequentlyihmalend Mr.
Cl. k that he would jump overboard, aid that he had
I.early made up hi. mind severul times t> do so; that
ne came on deck * ia! night, feeling sore from u receni
fl‘ggtng, aid somewhat rxi iud uy dunk.which he ami
Jack had bnheJ the old cook to steal Iron the cabin :
• bat for some time Mr. Clark hud Hie Irlm, ami that
•ft r asking f.r his knife and letumug it ag. n. Mr.
Clmk otdeied him to take the wheel <• which tie. Bill,
iephei tint it w'a. not hi. turn yel, am] that he. the
male (night ia hit or leave it. and bed ned. Upon
this, the row commenced. Mr. Clark jump, dat him,
struck hi n a blow in the face, and knocked him Jwo;
and that, in fading, his knife came out *f ’die sheath,
and gelling utitFr him, influ ted a wound in hia side ;
that, as soon a. he could g t upon Ins bet. iuadd< ned
hy rage, pain, and duuk. and reckless of life. tut anx
ious to spite Mr. Claik, he had jumped upon the but
w,nk, res Ived to .brow Ihu.mll mlo the sea ; t!.a Mr.
Cimk . iz- and him. and endeavou.ed to diag him hack ;
a f, d ttia’ it w*s Mr. Cl ok*, voice that cicd for help.
With 1 a uiden effort. Bill lore from the mi e’a grp.
and sank into the water. In falling, he struck his head
in the main chains, and for a long time was insensible
j Upon coming to himse.f. the love of life icturned, and
1 induced liim to exert his powers a. a swimmer to su -
; tain I iim df upon the ru face, lie kept up until ju t
at and .y light, when, his strength bt ing quite -pent, he
’ saw a large ship hearing down upon him. &lie came
|so close as to heir hi-i feeble hail, and lowering:* boat,
picked him up and took him on hoard, where rest and
kind nur.mg soon restored him to stiength. The
wound 111 his s de was slight, sod healed up complete
ly before the ship rs tctnd Liverpool. Since that time
Bill hdd been knocking about the wo<ld from various
| ports, until at last bis luck had brought bun to liibr
j .liar; and the c he stood before me, a living proof of
I *!*, ♦•y.i., t j, >1 ol txuman testimony, and the danger ot
I don 1 want to see any more hanging matches.’
said the capta u, after a pause, thawing a piece of cav
endish from his packet, and politely tendering it to his
auditors; * 1 don t want to e.; any more great moral
lee-on* pre.u-hed fiom tne gsflowa or yud-arm / and
twisting off a niece of the dainty weed, the captain I
inarched off, with ilie conscious air that always marks
your habitual raconteur, when bethinks that he has
told a story in point. — Democratic Review.
PkCOUA IT SkNHITIVk a co*l stftry is told in
ih* Coutner 1-fes E nth Unit A v■•iinic lady endow- ;
• and wnh tie * 1 ► 1 (leinaie nerves iiieuiioned one eve
ning, to lew t leiula a>seint.|e<l lit her drawing-room,
tn it eh** ii and u horror of tue lose, v'l’jie piifume of
this fl * w r’ >,nd sue • g’ves me lll** vertigo. The con
veisilion w ts mteirupiej he ihe vi%i* of * fiiend. w!io
wat* gniog iii n l>a I, hin I vime a f• • e-hud in her bend
• *ire?s Our f,ir heroine turned p ile dimllv, tos-ed her
1 inns. Hud lell gracefully in 9 syncope upon the *>tt<>-
• 111. in. * W hut it s rung* rnovous *usc*'pfibi!uy J \\ hut
; U delicate and
Dun l you see Hint you hive caused this spaiitm V *I V
replied the hdy. • Ves, of course, it is ihe
fierluine of the ruse-buJ in your hair.* f{*‘al|y if it is
so, I will sicrifit'e the guilty flower—-hut judge b fore
yu sentence.’ The flower, detatrh'd front the head
Hre*i, was passed from hind to bund among the spec
ti'or-*, i’u 1 aoHi it. tie a*Hm uhvi’ way to u |riiflarent
emotion. —7 he fatal rote-bud wa* an artfeial one ! I
I ulaski, *,§ i well known, wis is adroit a sword**
man as he wa* pertert in h9rat*ni*iiNhi|>, and he ever
rode a powerful and fleet charger. During the retreat
of the American army through New Jersey, in (he
darkest hour of our nation 1! adversity, was
wuh t small paity of horsemen pursued by a large body
of Itritidh cavalry, the leader of which was a pood
lioraemjii and mount* J nearly ms well as i’uhtski. i’u* ‘
I ivki rode in the rear of Ins detachment, and the Brit
ish captain in advance of those he comnunded. The
morning sun waa shining hrighily, ranting oblique
shadows, and as the pursued party entered a long nar
row lane, !*ul*ki, having suisfied himself of the stipe*
, rior speed and copinnnd of hia over tbat of his
pursuer,slackened his pice and kept his home o ih* aitlo
!of ihe lane farthest from the sun. The pursuing efficer
t nine up in hot h isle, hu awoid slevated to ■ ti mike
•he decisive cut upon I'ulaski as soon as he could resch
him. I’uU-kl to.le as though he heard not the udvance
upon him— >et kept his eyes sited warily upon the
ground on the side of hia horse towards the suii on hia
‘•ant. As soon in ho saw the shadow of ins pursuer's
h is gam upon him, Hnd found that th borer's head,
hy iIm * • gained about half the length of hu
“Wo 1.0 ac s body, lie gave the sudden Woid*CUt of lit,
(iemge wuh hia pownful arm, and saw the decapitat*
ed lirad of the English officer fill .w ihe *tr,*ke.
Ilia mathematical eye had m< asurrd ihe distance hy
1 the position of the shallot*, to accurately, and hie |o*
sition giving a long hack reach to his right arm, while
j the cross stroke of hi* pa*suer must have been made
j 1,1 * much shorter distance to have taken rlffct—that
the pursuing officer l -sl his h* ad before he suspected
• hat his proximity was known, oi that a blow was in*d*
lUtfde
INDUfIj'RY.
mu-l bate an meupatmu or he mmerahle. Toil
•• tlie price of sleep and appetite, of healt.i and enjoy,
inent. Ihe very necessity which overcome# ur nalu*
ol rloth ta a blessing. I’he tghild docs not contain a
briar or a thoru thst Divine rh*-rcy could hare spared.
r §l * h*Pi *^ r the sterility which we can neer*
et%m * h T industry, than we could lie with ihe mott
opontanrout aud unb undt and profusion. T|tJ body and
the mind sh\ improve*! by tin* i<pl *h a fatigue* them;
ti> t toil is a thousand Hines rewarded by the pleasure |
wh'ch H
o ealili can purchase them, no insolence rnrrh them.
I hey only flow fioia the ciertioue which they rep y. ,
AHT.*-!f you are for pleanure— marry. If you
j te Uealth*-inar.y, And een if money he your ob- ,
j jcl—marry* If you loe the Cieator. you ought to
marry 9 to raise up more Worshipper*. If you love the
ladle# you ought to marry Ut make them happy.—if
you love your country you ought to mary, to raise up
•okliors to <Ufci*J it| m flue, if you wish well of csrUi 1
Afl<i lift *u, you ought to iiiirry, to gt*c u.J eit m< 4
to tlu* one end glory to the other. I
AGRICULTURAL. 1
To Farmers.— Consider your calling the most le- 1
votfd and nn;>ort^i; nrvcr b* athamel, nor afraid of <
the old bat or ibe working close apron. Put off do I
business for to-rnorruw that can be done ta-dsy. t
A* soon a 4 Ihe spring opens and the trot is out of 1
the ground, pul your fences in order. i
PI nit no more ground ih m you can well manure 1
aid cultivate to ndvaiit ige. Ji
Never bbe a nun to do a piece of work which you
can do yourself.
Cvery day tu* its appropriate duties—attend to them
in succession.
K fjr no more stock than you can keep in good or
der, and that of tile treat kind.
Never “run in defit** without a reasonable probabili
ty of paying at tire time ag>ei a d.
Remember tint economy and industry are the two
gr> at pillirs of the funnel's prosperity.
Take some good family lu-w-paper, unJ pay for it in
1 advance. Also ho agricultural paper.
Never carry your notes m \our pocket-book, for the
desk or trunk is a more appropriate place.
Keep them on fl.r- and in order, to be found when
wanted.
Never buy rrny Ring at auction bee an c the article
is going cheap, UoiffM* you hive ur f : it. Keep a
P** - e f ,,r > *ur Mot- :ud your tools in their places*
Instea I of rig a isuiy and y idle, repair whatev
er want- mending or pu-tyuiir a< ci u its.
By and iving your bus ness b f *re, end not peimiliing
your business to iliivh you, you will h•<: opp.rtunities
to indulge in the luxmv of well aDpiicd leisure.
Ne v er trust your money in (tie bauds of that man 1
who wi | put bis own nt hajtird.
When inti lest or debt b comes due. pay it at the
time, whether your creditor wants t or not.
N ver ask him to wail till next week,” but pay it.
Never insult him by saying •• you do not want it.**—
Punctuality is a key to every man's chest,
i liy ioostaut tC'itpeiance, liab.tual moderate rxer
iije, and s'rict honesty, you will avoid the lee- of ih.*
lawyer and the sheritl, gain a gootl repn't. and proba
bly add to vour p esent existence years of acliv# life
When a friend calls tu see you, treat him with the
utmost complaisance, hut if important business calls
your attention, politely excuse yourself.
Should you think of building a house, be not in a
burry, but fi.et have every material uij the spot, and
have your cellar as Urge bp the frame.
Keep a memorandum book—-enter all noe*, whether
recei vector given—ull moneys received or paid out
all expanses—and nil circumstances of importance.
In December reckon and settle with all those with
whom you have accounts pay your shop bills and
your mechanics, if .not promptly done at the lime.
On the fi st of January reckon with yourself, and
re hori honestly bring into view ull debts and credits,
notes and accounts. Ascertain to what amount your
expenses were the lad year, ami the loss and gain
make out a fdr sta'einent and enter the whole in u
book for the purpose.
Having arrived st this important know)* ‘ge, you
will imitate the prudent traveller who always keeps in
viow where be is next to move. You will now look
f.irwar i and calculate in what way you shall best meet
and prosecute the busines of the en-uing season.
AuJ lastly, whm the final of winter shall arrest
your out door labn s v and the (hi|tmg blast shall storm
your dw limg, let your Ho side be ft yourself and your
wife, and your children the happiest spot on earth ;
an i let the long esenincs. as well as the short da\ s, be
appropriated 10 the mutual preparations for that • eter
-1111 sp.mg.” which sooner or later shall open in nil its
freshness to those who ha\e 1 and *ne justly, loved meicy,
and walked humbly with their tiud.”
t'rftm the Savannah t\c/)ubl : can.
THE COTi ON CROP—PRODUCTION AND
CONSUMPTION.
Messrs. Editors . —Allow me, through vour paper,
to present to Colion Planters a few remark- on the
prospective pric es of Colton for the remainder of th>
I season and (tie next. In Hunt's Merchants’ Maga*
TAR <I.-1 .you, s >ery careful ns*
The results aie the*>e: Haiti.
Total supply from all countries, ... 2720000
Demand, 2,000.000
Decrease of atock, .... 180 000
This is the estimate of Prof. McCay. of the Uni
versity of Georgia, who-e reputation for carefulness
nnd ♦xa ness in his estimates, is well established. Il
is hue Ill.lt ms rstimu e of the |r•< nt crop of the
1 Unit O fci.aie.* is n •* pr. ttv well underntood to be 100
l..re by about J 15.000 bales. r I bis error, however,
may be en on account of the impoaibility of as
j eertaining at the date of bis article, the curtailment of
the crop by ilte di-uatrous drought in the Atlantic
55 aes u 11. g the ius eunimer. His estimate of the
demm l n et.* nj*ii s mn*r basis, and is uninfluenced
bv prt carioys -i- ins. or the uncertainties atlentling
liie supply **r protlucti>>u. Indeed the demand or con
j is mine iikcly to exceed than fall short us
the .•mount be *uppoes.
If we 1 ouect the *bv# mtimite by deducting the
aseertMined drfii iency, we shall have
Supply from all countries, C. 376.000
Deuiaud, - • . . . S 900,000
Ufcieiw f stock, .... 525,000
Or from Hi*- crop, f list jh ir, 2 395,000
Uodur.l d.fitrniy in leceipl*
| (Ills year, ..... 0 60.000
Crop of the U. Slain. 2.0*8 000
Supply from other countries, 310 000
Tela! 2 375.100
Demand, .... 2 900 000
Deere see of Unck 625 000
It is nl lull)* cn-rqutnr whether Huai’ figurra are
rjai lly irr rvrti nrarljr cn ifri, liui n r ..f cmuHunw
lira’ llip great ile-id’ ra'inn ha. been arlailn and (as it un
doubtedly Ima ) anil Hal llnr m min.l .I,mild have over
iai.ru the supply. I’ I,a. n t ••■•lv dmie au, hut will
exceed the .uppjy a'oi ii ! i u,(i> amount, the
lie.vy Stuck mi h.r 11. >iyn rrlwr 1847, tlitra
probably will urn .ii | l,^ M Colton, uuleaa
the emp fur 1846 <h .v tar .e one.
iii ahuiv Ibai tu<a . • r .
statement, I will iiui.i k il a t • r. .nipt, have hern
laaa in the til.unit* pn I. and nn’airr m .nurr ut the
VVratern |ntrto limn I i.i it.n a .o*lo4 euneHleuhle rey.
ulanly ami igrrctna >cty writ wnii the previous ac
; run nl. Ilf 111 piri a tencr nl ihr ilmualii uml ihe atale
111 Ilia cnijia. Wr May ihrrrlnir I im. 1u.1,-Ihnl thing,
j have had llirir natural i-nuiar. and i|m| tns i| ficirnry
111 ihe r-I• |la h.a ni been cats il by any cumhina
lion m uiolua influence. Again in g a ami South
Carolina, when the g rate.i ill fin mm., ih n*rra
ha*e b- rn in gnnd bnaling unlai ihe great, r part ul the
winter, ami Ihr low f eight*. in i <vo*eq tiros* n| compr
••••*“ tn tween 111 via and Kailrnads, bare been an in
ductnn lit 10 forward ea<ly wine i was nnl Inal aiglrt of
by planlrra or cniloii buyers; and llimughnnl the
country a lulls anxiety on tbs subject nl war, and the
high price, in Ihe beginning ul the season, no doubt j
had Ihe ellecl of expe.titing Ihe crop to market, |r t ,
therefor# likely that ihe percentage us the crop delr
cred lo dele ra greater than in former yeare, and that
the deli it aa compared with last year, will cuniinue In i
Incrraae rapidly. We deem il sale at any rale In place !
Ihe present crop of the United States al 2 000 000
bales.
In regard la the demand, we rone der ihe ealima'r
of Prof. McC'sy, aaexceedingly mcdeiaie. While ihe
consumption of England in UJI4, eaceeded that nf
1813 by 220,000 b.lea, and the rnneumpiion of 1646
eaceeded that of U 44 by 276 000. Prof. McUay rati.’
matea the increase nl lontumptwn of 1646, it only
50,000 bales. If lie bad placed it wt 150 QUO, he would
hae etill been within ntuleraie trounds, ae il would
hae beew much Iras that the proportionate increase of
Ihe iwn preceding veara. Tine would give for the to
lal Consumption, 3.000,006 bales, instead of 3 900,-
0110. and would mcrrae ihe reduction of stock to 625,
00 I ales Aa during lire high prices of Uotton. me
mere .as ul production racer deal the mnsl liberal ex
peehnien and and, h ah and Ihe calculation- us epeeulalore,
so during the prr.atenee us low pricea, conaumptiun
ni l genet.by | w found to OUlatnp (be ealiwalea een
of rile nin.t i autlnua.
The f rmer reduction nf the British Tariff nn pro
aistooe, luiOicdutely tocreaaid lire burn* ton.ump mn t
of Cotton !#, and we may what are wo lo ex
pect from the great revolution now shout to take place
by the repeal of the corn laws? Though I propose
uot |o moot ttie question whether the American Farm
ers will be henedtied by the r< suit, 1 hold that the |
cheapness of provisions will enhance the ability of the j
lower classes to purchase comfortable clothing, and ‘
consequently increase consumption. All over the con- 1
linenl of Europe, a num ficturing spirit is displaying
itself; even pblegirianc Germany is entering into the
contest of spindles and water wheels, tiud grasping at
cotton bags, as if seized with the univetsii spinning
mania. By the way, a tendency to yarn spinning
seems to be the idiosyncrasy of the age.
In our own St ar, and in every Mato in the Union, ‘
new factoiies are being built, and those in operation
are dnven ot ti e top of their speed aud with great pro
fit. We read of no mills idle, or working half time.—
Ip some towns in England, cHorls ure being made to
induce the factory operatives to intrease the hours of
labor by additional compensation, and yet there is no
glut in the markets of manufactured goods; they are
taken off aa fast as oflVied,
In cons dering these ci cumstances —the liberal esti
mate of die crop, the moderate estimate of the demand,
the great proba'l.* reduction of (tie stork, and the rap
idly increasing consumption—it is impossible not to
come to the conclusion, that the prospects of the Cot
ton Planter, for a fair remuneration of bis labor, ore
la? better than they have been for years. We tillich
great impo'tancs to the fact, that consumption has fair
ly overtaken production. It exceeds the crop of die
I st yesr, ami is eqnal to the largest crop we can pos
sibly make (bis yvar. Indeed it is very doubtful if the
crop of 1846. even if it should be a goo l one. will
equal (lit oop • f 1844 ; lor we know that a general
and. sire has inurnfivted Hself, (and very proper!) an,) to
do any thing else than plant Cotton. Il is said that
bundled* of plantation* in Louisiana are being turn and
into sugar estates; many a*e beginning to plant to-i
btcco; the high pnc* sos ta< and torj ent nf h.ivegi *
eu u iivity to that business, and same enterprises < f
‘.he k nJ have been comm nce.i in ibis “late and in
Florida. The diveis on of lhur into ro many new!
channels, must bav> its ill ct on the Cotton crop of ,
the country. It 1* not likely, tin rt lore, that so I irje a
crop can he mude as to ib pr;c< * as inueh ms I >r
inerly. The accounts we have lately received from
L ver pool conceming price-*, are based op m the
news ca ried from this country nearly two months ago.
and hetore the great ! ficit in tile crop rhi known to
rxi*t. When they have ascertained what we now
kn-nv, prices will probably immediately g up. unu it
catierpillers or any general disaster Rboubl beluli die
oop of this year, (si tting aside the speculation that
rimy be induced by the probability of a war,) prices
may be higher than will beadvantug ous u our coun
try.
lam not in favor of cxtn rnc piices, bd coßru.Tp
tion and production k< i p pace, and prices r main mod
erate. A lair remuneration lo both manufacturers and
planters will most conduce to the good of each. Peace
being preserved, n another year does not m ike a change
iii the prospect* of the producer, l am no prophet, but
A I“LA.\ i‘KH.
Mi. McDuffie’s speech in the U. ft.Senaten Fat
urd y, on the Oregon Question, is thu6 n diced in the
N tiiunal lntt-liigt’iicet:
% Mr. McDutiie spoke for about an hour and three
quarters on the Oregon que.-ti n. We should have
fr-ared that bis impared health would be unequal to
such an exertion, and we were glad to Hud that so
protracted an ctf ot did not appear to exhu-t or He
iress him. VVe >-ugur well respecting bis improved
h dily health from this gratifying circumstance, whilst
we do not lemeinber ever to have witnessed in him a
gu-aler exhibition of intellectual power und argumen
j tative condensation than on this occasion
Mr. McDuffie went fully into an examination of the
title of the Lint and States lo U*eg *n. and thought that
gentlemen who had taken part m the and scussion had
1 helped to lead the public mind to conclude that our
claim to the w hole of Oregon was unimpeach si ie, be
cau>e they had not controverted it. He argued that a
title to a country from discovery was valuless, unless
bdlowcd up by possession and settlement, and 3pain,
he believed had never mndo a settlement on the north
west coast; Great Britain acquired no title ly the
No >tka Sound convention ; the other < oulratling par
ty (Spain) had i.one to £*'*• Our tiile in like uian-
‘**
fc|an ced and to ua •• claims and preten inn.,” but no
right.*. The treat, perhaps lire mly tt'le we had.amae
f on. ti ay’s di-envery nf tire m< uth of the Uulumhia
river, and |„ wis and Clarke's exploratory tour. We
Il Unwed up our illcove y by theaeitlrmcnt of Aaloiia.
In like manner Ureal Britain r.labli.lieil hereeif on
Fr Ze *• river. ‘l’heae .elite neiila would, independent
nl all uilier circunrManci a. point out ihe latlitude of
f irry nine degrees aa Ike | nper basis of a boundary
line. H - Hgreid fully on this tu jxt with the Sena
tor from M.iasac ueena (Mi. Webs rr ) and he believ
ed that, if a tan statement nf our tt le wi re mad - out
and submitted to the people, ninety-nine out of evey
hundred wcuid fro of lb.* same opinion.
There were no two countries on the earth, he said, 1
between whom war would be attended with so many
ilreaitfjl cnnsrxjut n. fa and elf, cla a. Ureal If mam and
the United Stairs. There were no two countries be
tween whom pence would cm duce to so much real
good. If war did not cause the lo.a of a single lit.,
the capture of a .hip, or the destruction us a dollar's
worth of proper.y, atill the ruin and deveatal nn art -
ing from the prostration of commerce would he ul the
most a j pall ng description. Ii would be well to count
the cost of a war. There was no point of honor in
volved. The quea ion must, llie.elorr. Ire looked at aa
one of prudent calculation. Mr. McLfntfie read from
Mr. Creenbow s book on Oregon, describing the bar
renness of the greater pan of t lie soil, the uncnngi ni
ality of Ita climate, and its Unfit liras, except in a very
small part, lor agriculture and the residence of cii
ize I man.
He shnu'd vole for notice being given to Orest B i
( tain solely and enlitely aa a peace, notice; and he
shnald voto for that firm of Notice which would em
body in it the m ret of a peaceful tone and character,
and give to Ihe I'rrstdent Ihe fullest power to negoti
ate and settle the question* We commend the speech
lu the careful perusal nf all readers.
Mr. Breese read firm Vancouver's Voyage to me
pass gi's in prove that Mr. Uiecuhow's view of the soil,
Climate, 6lc , of Oregon was an erroneous one,
Mr. McOufbe replied that the passages reed by Ihe
Senator from Illinois lad ref. mice only to dclached
and probably vary small puitiuns nf Hie country. Cap
lain Fremont, in tiavrlltng over the Rnrky Mountains,
sometimes found beautiful little valleys, filled with
flowers, in the defiles between lire bills. Ha believed
tlral Mr. While, lire agent lor a company m Oregon,
had sard in th a city witlnn the last month, that lor
agitcul ural purposes the Oregon territory was not
worth contending lor.
The New \ nrk Journal oj C ‘inmcrcc, eaye:
“Lai. 49 is nearly lan degrees higher than the
Nofthern-muat angle nl Hie Hi e of Maine, n ore than
two degrees higher than Q. eh t. higher than lb. Nmu,.
ern-inuat angle ..f Lake Huprrtor, Higher limn ihe cm
lire of Newfoundland, and very rear as high ut the
HeulLrrn part us Labrador And yr I ilia ultra war f.e
turn pretemi that West of the K <ky Mount ins we
! should insist on a boundary 6 deg. amt 4b mm. still
j further north; which would carry nlo Hie latitude of
j Hudson's Buy, and the centre ol Lah edor.
RivrnTLD I.a ess.—Tone remains of (ienrgVa
Lauda, about right lliou-and Lota to grant. Hi lire Hie
j first ol February there have Irer n granted over three
thousand Lola, and by tire first us May, another thou
sand may fur granted, if applications are aa numerous
aa they have lain for the last two weeks. After tbo
fitel of May.lbtfanl fee will In-only 65 per Lot, when
it is ex pec ad that tho wbi la of Cherokee, Car mil, and
in fact all the lands lotttriedoll in 1627, and 1b32/il|
be taken up by oui ii izona, aa the law permits only
such to grant ruverled l ota (ituigia will iben hove
disposed of a valuable territory, which eiturlrd in some
ol lire old Stair# would t o sought after with at much
easerne.s aa some of onr own mix u- se- k after|W iund
ol Mississippi ynd Texas. N'ever have a peopit td over
look. and Ihe liberal gill, ol a dial.—travel haa a hi.la so
lavishly bestow, da. Georgia haa her lands, hi,, ha.
nut only relinquished lu the Fcdersl (iavrrnnivol mil.
liuiie en I millions of scire, but wliel baa she retained
wilhm her prcsenl boundary, al>e baa since I6UU, lot.
leritd * IF. Baking /mm the recipients ts bar bounty only
a .mall fee, upon taking nut Ilia grant. Ho la-isir waa
all th'i. that thousands ol t arsons esliemed Ihe gift ea
lire man did who appreciated every Hung according In I
the pine act upon It, and acting upon this principle ,
•liber than pay the lea they peiuti t. and their Lula to re
vert back tu the giver—they have lost a treasure • r
it i. not extravagant to eay that thousands us these
vertej loti are non ...teemed ae valuable Unde ,J
bundieds of them enreedingly go.
If not quite aa valuable us those alreijy disposed U
the remaining l.ote ate well north the attention of our
citiiene. The reeoorcee of Georgia ore daily develop,
ing. Hail-Roads are making sections of the tSt,t r da.
Strahlo for resilience, cullivttion, ami mining, that ler,.
tofore were little thought of—and what nhh the n ,m.
eral wealth of our mountain country, the fertility of
the soil, and the timber in oar midlands and lowland,
there is more than enough to tempt the capitalist to
make a clean sweep, as wo learn .nine of them lulend
doing, when the Grant Kee is reduced to $5,
One word of advice to the poor man who is waiting
to get a peiticular lot at $5. At that price you msy
look for greet competition, and you tnav hoe it. \\ e
would therefore aiv lo you, do not wail until thin ■ if
it be iinpoit.iil to you to have it, grant it at rnce, for
the clnnees are that you will lose it, if you wail until
the giant fee is luitbei reduced.— MiUcdgerille JuuruuL
From the Savannah lieputil can.
THE COTTON CROP.
Mestrt. Editor! .- A communication in vour paper
of yesterday morning, over the signature ol A I'lan -
er,” has conveyed eomo very erroneous .stimates a.
icgarjs the consumption and supply of Cotton fu
Europe, and announces, aa u probable fact, •• that bv
tile 1-t of Sept., 1847. there will not be a surplus beg
in all Europe, unless the crop for this year should be
a very large one.”
From a circular now before tne. of undoubted an-
Ihorily, I derive the following facts, f.om which it
would appear almost cerium that on the Ist January,
IBt7, they will hive a slock ill Eu ope of at least on,
million bags, and in I.iverpoul alone probably 750,C00,
which may relieve them from any eeiioua appiehen
’ stone.
Slock in Europe, Ist January, 1845, 1,101,000
I olal import into Europe in 1815, of
whih 2,038,000 from the laiiitisl
3,575 000
Consumption of Europe in 1845, - . 2,366 000
ibo, kin Eutppe, Ist January, 1641, . 1,213000
Probable eiport lo Euiope front the U.
<ates in 1846, (being 414,000 less
than lust year.) ... 1,624000
Other quarters, same as last year fi 13 Ot 0
Soppty for 1846, .... 3 350000
( uiisi inptioo of Euro| e. same aa I ist year, 2,356 000
Probable giuck in Europe. let if January,
1847, • - 1 000.000
INDEX.
The value of foreign meiclimd i- imported into New
York dunng the qnartet ending on the Ist natant. Is
ereater by $2,414 368 than that of tbe inipnita in the
rorres|Huidmg qua ler of 1845- The New Yoik Et
press, having this fact in view, goes on to say :
That the imports aro us Urge as the country oogU
to p iv for.even under wlist Is nfiten cilled a •■pr.dub.
it Far fi,” is shown hv the rate of eachange. winch
is now full up to, if not beyond, the Specie point, end
which has a tendency upwards. Again, when our im
puM ore Hills increasing, and our rvports decreasing,
it is s> eo that we ate buying more than we can psy
In . without specie. The quesiton thou is. shall us
r. duee the Tariff, buy our fine c olons m Euium,
ii uch of oui iron, dec , and pav foi them in S| eric, ot
as to h ive rngt only for ounelvrs, vshdt f reign
lions are taking from us our specie 1 Such is ll,e
b mptation in this enuntty to the ovei-im; orlationt #f
luiuries, that tendency ran be c e. ke.l only ly I
duties, which have also the eood iff ct of cr. ariog iivv! I
inaiiufsctun rs if such luxuries her. arid It,us in Ibg I
end, if we must have them, of keeping our specie ml
the country. j
Specie tu pay for these Inunes ii alreedy on the I
move. Tue l.ondon pat krl suiling 10-monow, Inker I
out about t ree hundred thousand doll irs in sovereigni, I
shipp'd by a large bill drawn in this market, mid fl
exchange keeps up lo ten per cent, end above, fu'tlietl
shopmen's will, without doubt, hr made, lo millanrril
t to Europe, in payment for recCHt impoi tatitms.niiisi isl
large lor sere al packets, and there is every porjcrß
. ..f i to* rule* 1.0 alttitllte I-11 tea COA'toniria high. Ti.lß
, banks will, in self tit fence, he compelled in draw is I
i Ihrir loans, soil ketp ibeinselves to n very eontrsctcdß
cond't on, until the demand for ex. barge or fur spcsl
. lean Haute cesses. I
J lie pr rp< ct of linving a specie Fob Trcsscrt :.il
commctic •tu June, i. not without aorne t fleet ujt) ol
money markel here, even now. htliievtil men l .<-k ;; I
the t'hies of impoi Is and exports, ant! see rig the inpH
amount the Government lots deposited oiioMsorl
are wtll aware what t fleet th.e exaction of specie Ini
duot's is going to have upon the currency, and steproH
paring lor it, i hrec millions of dollars now iiMbprsH
il in txur Bai ks are not lo ho taken from ihein.rnjH
locked up in the Custom House vuul a WitbsvriH
presume, when the time comes. I
COM regional decorum.
WV le.tn hy a gentleman frooi Wnahington, tSitti
dtpge..ful aci ne was enacted in the House of Rrprt*
m n a ive* on ‘I hurday last at t le of thed.kK
on t e sw ndling bill t<* pay fr certain illegal eipenw
incuirod ill the Texas War [!]
I *” hocofocoib were trying, about the aametiin#.k
get the H or, and both weie no diunk that Ihev aeme
tn.nc likoly to get it horisontally than pe pendicuhM
One of ihem gd the floor and spoke a Itw minu'M
amid criea >f order and lauuhler. W hen he lunal
clear round and looked into the guile y in vain stiemi'ti
lo tee the clock, there was a tegular U.d'tl of
and confusion. ’l’hia man wrap one of those orkovnid
to expel our Kepotterp for telling the truth, under
pretence ol vindicating the dignity [?] of (lie Hnu*’
Mhall the liheity of the Pro** he duelled because IN*
who respect our National Kama remonstrate ochi
•uclt pmcii.es s- tome of the memltcia daily indvl;*'’
El/'ulsion and personal vnrlence are threatened srfflß
letter writers txpose these Whs’ w
the country sty if all the truth were loid!— N> 4
Tribune . I
Miro.v A. WcaTr.NN Halt Roin.—A loconHfß
engine for th ip Rond has Ireen receiverl al thisf I ’'®
from New York, arid will he forwarded forthwith.
Central Rsilroad. ‘J’tio huihiera are Messrs. I
Ketchum At (irosvenur, of New Yuik. Savuri’
Georgian. I
Amur —The ('olumhua Times of ilia 6th infl
Nil—On* of ihoif bloody rmronirfi which
ii* ihe aie in which we live, ton'* |Uce on
Inal between b. K. Wingate and John CmilfV ]
: originated in an old quirrl which btoke out reehi
, a billiard room—Conley n* paid lo have barn ib fl j
’ E r *pa*r. and after ►ome word* and a aeiffl 1 .
fire.l at the bend of the other at the diaunce ol 1
feet, and ahoilered hip jw. Wingate ecif>d • 1
b tiiiii and Conley ia in a |necariuua atluauun* I
The Knm* ((ia ) Journol of the 4di iriant,
“Tiit pieambovit Coops antved on Thumday
lal, loadeJ with rottou for the tn^fkrt.
will leave thip evening with poma twanif •<• ‘ *’•J
rhmd zf.r Double fcijifiiigp and tniennedia'a
We noti< Oil that tho good* were all from Chad** 1 ®
and Auguulu Huuaea.” I
Tho Brmklkn Kulr M 8-turday laal
learn from ftiiVMiu airtirreo tbvl the Hmril'y 11 1
Navy lids deppatrhetl Pined Mtdaht|*oan
Woodworth, hp vjo tal meaaengei, with to*truci <**■
(Jonnmxioro hl*t, of the Ptnfic aquodruo* J
Wood worth departed on Wednesday (••* “ ,l 1
take the overland route througti Oregon. J
of court#, ta known, of tho eiacl naiw
deppa'chce ; but a eowjecluro loaf It# t 1 ■
ndopion io conuocled with our Mottcin rtU ll *® 1, I
They hivo a mathematical gan|o lo
New Haven. Ho Uao put forth a tatialj P f j
•ttch a* theea :
*• sea man aver joatifiihlo in #'ihf f 40 I
Uikick 7 fgy %i'mm UuTg r
•* If o ba*d kno: ho tied on a cat** tail. * H
how long, and with whet aui coee will *ha run ■
A 100. wtio tied the knot !’*
N tftlpfMioo a canal boat beada weat-nori • w
the horee'e ‘ail. and haa the wind a*
rommg up in the Mouth ; would the captain
to m't’HiiMe Uw, le juptifiahlo in taking • I
•tuve-pipo Without taking tbacook