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l;*Ufi.t2U04 DEVICE.—TllO following Curious xtory
j, l0 | | 0 f .m old iadv in Buckinghamshire! (Bn-
gl.uiii.) Her husband had died without making his
will; in consequence of which neglect, his estate
would have pass d away from his widow, had she
not resorted to some expedient to secure it. She
hit upon the following. She concealed the death
of her husband, and prevailed upon an old cobler,
Iter neighbor, who was in person somewhat like the
deceased, to~go to bed at her house, and nersonatc
him; in which cldftacter, it was agreed that he
should dictate a will, leaving the estate to tlie wife.
An attorney was sent for to draw up the writing.
The widow, who on his arrival appealed in great
«tl! ; ction at her good man’s danger,-began to ask
questions of her pretended husband, calculated to
elicit the answers she expected and desired. The
cobler groaned aloud, and looking as much like u
person about to give up the ghost as possible, feebly
answered, “ I intend to leave you half my estate,
and I think the poor old shoemaker who lives op.
p >site is deserving the. other half, for he has always
been a good neighbor.” The widow was thunder-
struck at receiving a reply so different to that
whi’h she expect***!, but dared not negative the
will, for fear tiie pretended husband would expose
her, and she lose all. so allowed the attorney to record
it. Thus the collier, by a stroke of ingenuity which
the old lady dreamed not of, divided with her the
fruit* of a project which she had intended for her
sale benefit.
Nimrod in France.—Treatment of Animal*.—
l.i t i ir treatment ofunimnls the French people read
u> a b ssoti. Thev not only use them kindly when
arrived at maturity, but they absolutely pet them
when young, which n<v units for their extreme do-
< ..ity—in hor-i s < ;»'riuby. A short time back I
put a f jUi* year old lior.se into single harness, and al
though aware that lie had never known a collar
(having purchased him at two years old) s > eonii-
d n! was I that he would go quietly, that I put two lit.
tie children behind him at the first trial. Fat cattle
ar ■ als • ..ecu being /a/to the slaughter house, by a
lntclr'r ivdoV.it .f bis bloody oilier, and in no in-
s nnco .*av >no, hnvo I ^ on them ofTor tho small-
r-tiv i-: »r dislike. In the. .summer lime, too,
A.:ity, ;s j . form d towards ir.i: !i
« ),vs.ir u Ul r b •:ng drawn three times a tin/.
Tni: a!.s.i is a preventive of di i .eari ing Ir-nn
tlio extreme dist ntion of the nd-l-rs ofe
only twice a u iv, during the in mills wh<
is at its best, Tu \i bow pleasing is it t«
"dioep following their shejiherd, iusle/
limited before him l*\ dogs, as they are in •
try. Take my word (ir it, ruad tr, th • Fi
n tturalK u good and human.* people.
London Seir Monthh/ Ma :
\.« tb it a csirious I
h in 11 nigarv, b I we n a
111*r. The butcher bad lent
An I', ighsh p:
ovv.s milked
’•'I lhe grass
i behold I he
id of being
toll are
•mil i>
e.d
1.01:1 ll »
ills t
i at
soinctiiu * aft
dinner, and
! :.e; bin) at lb
d. b. im? one
laid
in'o tli
oid bolding it b\
d.'o.n oil' it win
1‘eiav iviug that
ited him ell', and
vim killed
eour.,e, by this
IIfston An/'ii/i.
IS .
I''.I e.v;,ig e\: imoi .. . .i v is related by tile Paris
M> .."or :—•• An 1 »\ i .t \ y» ars ago a girl in
of : . ; tr m is, alth uigli not fifteen yc ars of
, v . . .! ii\ «•)*< I of a male child, which she piaeril
in tii« foundling I lospital of tin* place, after having
made an indelible mark on its arm. She then
came to Paris, and entered into service. Having,
after some Mar-, ii‘*eiinnilnt« , »l about 1,0001'., her
thoughts were turned towards her child, hut, when
kIh* iiiquiri d I >r him, lie had left tho hospital, and
ied of him. A \ oiiug sol.
, by ii• • r little fortune. r<*
to her, and a few days ng«
• tiring to the nuptial chain
e arm ol' her husband tin
i the arm of her chili
> tidings could he obta
dicr. attract'* I, pi\dnh
cently paid his a*Mresse
tbes were married, t ).i
her, she discovered on t
mark w liicb s!n* lia I m i
twenty years ago.
diate tic facto dis or
marriage bet ween i
i d to tin. tribunals.
nude
I’ll.* diseov
*. and a d 1
•tlier and s.
*rv led to an imme-
iii uid of nullity ol
m lias been present-
The efficacy or Silk in retelling Musket
Sm-r.— \ veiy promising young ollieer of eugi.
liter.*., with w I ion i I lived in habits of the greatest
intiina y andfrietulslep, w liib* employed in repair
ing tin* breaches of (kudnd Rodrigo, consulted me
respecting an obstinate b adaelu* and giddiness,
v. Veil 1 found was principally occasioned by his
a tifl’blnck lenthor stock, I earnest ly ro-
Commended him to lay it aside, w hich In* rather
t< n; ejoii.-dy declined when, as a fiiither imill a*.
i:.» r. I told him that, in tin* event of substituting a
b'aok silk hankcrchicf. it might one «.ay preserve Ids
life, a., -ilk would certainly turn a ball which might
VM'-trai -leaihci*. \t length be complied, and, as
; Uv\ :
1 ■agues
Mirpris'
thre *
life.f ; lie
! of the first
was tb**'
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Our reader, will pcrtMo w ith interest, li.u fol
low ittg fnrewoll leltur IroiTi .Madame Vespucci.—
Till, distinguished lady depart, fur Europe to-day.
New Orleans Dee.
New- Orleans, March 30th, 1840.
As I am about to leave the United States and re.
turn tu Europe, 1.think it my duty to tender my
thank, and farewrcll to the American people, and 1
request you to permit me the uie of your valuable
journal as a mediumof communication.
Compelled to fly from mjr unhappy country, to
abandon ,y ftunily and friends, without support,
without protection, my thought, were naturally di.
recTod to America. From infancy l had heard of
the gloAus country to which one of my ancestors
had given his name ; I had learned in tender child.
Ly 4 fiucntl* A'< me Cor.-Mu.. aiJht.
’TnwwMillcdgcvillc Federal Cniou and Standard of
Dfiidn, arc pushing and urging the director, of tho
(Xplral Hank, to issue a large amount of the notee
of that institution, by a distribution, in loans, among
the citizen, of tho several counties of tho State.
One paper recommends a loan of one totwo millions
of duliurs, and the other puper maintains that the
nypoqpt of the loans should not he less than three
giillions. In the same papers wo find that the
grand jury, by a majority of the members, rccom.
,.|,S I
gallon
l,.niiiug paiiy a
Dali ilii il ai He;
I Ir licvt d him d,
L-i'ivinga letterfr
•ds, neipmiutiug i
I had la
at St.
ul. jndg.■ m\
m Iiini s ime
e lli'il, wla n
ngjnd such loans by the Central Bank. We admit Jj,jcal.
with the Millcdgevillo pipers, that a great number
of our fellow citizens are in very embarrassed eir-
curustauccs, and that they will have to make ruin,
oo-i sacrifices to meet their engagements, or to,
prevent tho sale of their property by the sheriffs,
hood to respect and cherish it, ns my second country; ! And woadmit also that if the slate, or more proper
1 had been constantly told that it was the ruin
misfortune; that all who hud suffered for liberty,
would fi.id hospitality and protection there. I im-
agincil that it would nut refuse to adoptun uiiliappy
ly, the Central Bunk, coil'd relieve those citizens
from their embarrassments, that it would be its
duty to d » it, even should the public treasury suffer
by such a course. But the question is, can the
Nile, a descendant of Amerigo Vespucci, and I I Antral Bank uflbrd that relief; and in .ll'ording
came full of confidence, to ask of it no usylurn. I lllut •'“■•of, will not ruinous consequences flow from
The title of A rienn citizen, it spot of ground ll,u cour8 ‘ 1 l ,ursue(i > which may place the state
where I might pass a tranquil existence—this was | Ircusmy and our citizens, in worse condit.on
.',1aarc Vs., JtiaxM.—'X no paid supporter.uud
the Ifetiiner* of Master Van Burcn pretend that he
i. > democrat,—a friend of the people. If this be
so, IJ* acts would certainly go to extend the privi
leges of the people and sustain popular rights.
Tlat is a necessary consequence of being a real
frirnd of the sovereigns.
Mow we ask his defenders to point out a single
net of his whole life going to sustain the impudent
pretensions claimed for him. He has been loud in
professions of democracy, but his acts are monar-
M Price .pie*—Not Men.”
MILLEDGEVILLE:
Tuesday Morning, April 1*1, 1810.
FOR PRF.SIDE.yr,
Gi:OK«E M. TROiP.
all that I asked from tho American people* It was,
however, more than the government could consti
tutionally grant.
But I was told that the nation itself would cheer
fully do whut congress had not the power to accom
plish ; I was informed that the world must not be
lieve that America had refused an asylum to the
descendant ol Amerigo Vespucci. I was advised according to tho representative population of the
to apply tu the people. The Senate of the United colll,lie3 - Thc representative population of the
States, through the committee tu whom the subject ,l '"" *" ,l " ..r iuia ... r - | is , i.>
than at the time tljc attempt to afford relief was
made ?
The wild-goose project of issuing at once three
millions of dollars in notes of thc Central Bank, is
so absurd, that we shall pass over this amount, and
consider tho relief which one million of loans might
afford. The loans of the Central Bank are made
he had been wounded with a
mii&Vet ball by u man outlie walls, lie instantly
f, V, covered with blood, which streamed i;i profo.
ion from his mouth and nostrils: one of his o.vn
corps dragged him into the trench, lie was car-
if i to his quarters.and his wound, on examination
was pronounced mortal ; tin* ball not ln’ing found,
v. b • supposed to Ik* lodged ill tin* v«Tteb'.jr ol the
neck, lie lived, however, for three <iu\ . and no
led ^ mptoms coming mi, the surgeons began lo
•. mu the accuracy of tlieir opinions. Tin* s;ij per
w bo saw him f: ll was examined. l<» a* ertain w belli-
er he had seen the bullet, which he instantly pro-
need from ms waist coat pocket, saying that on
un*\ ing Mr. B' id’s silk liauki rchicl lie found pait
of it car. ied into the w ound, and using a little force
in withdrawing it. the ball came out with it ; not a
>h V,.- thread of tin* silk hnukcrchicf liuving give!.
* appei
im. Mr. IM
mt-coiomi it
iTtnudas.—l);
h id been referred, encouraged me to make this ap
peal, and stated that it could not fail to be favorably
received. On this occasion, the Senate itself set a
generous example, and in the course of one of its
sittings, a national subscription was opened in my
beliull, to w liieh many of ilie members of that illus
trious body emit r i hi it • •« I munificently. This noble
example w'as unrated in various purls of the Union.
In many .states, liits of subscription, drawn up by
eminent individuals, were filled with the most hon
orable names in the country, and in a short time, a
\er\ (••x.isid'Tabb* amount was obtained. Although
the sum subscribed liir exceeded my expectation, I
co ild not if myself by accepting as a great
national gift, that which had proceeded from 1 ho
generous impulses of u certain number of indivi
duals. My object in coming to America was not
to acquire wealth, hut to obtain from the nation it.
‘c lf a spot of ground, where I might find repose
from the fatigues of my troubled existence and live
in peace. B it although the dosceiident of Amerigo
Vespucci would have been proud of u national do.
nation, slie cannot accept individual tributes. I
have, therefore, determined not to receive the
am unit of thc subscriptions collected in my behalf,
and I request you, .sir, to make known my resolu
tion to the public through the columns of yuur
journal.
I itmy wiili that timse gentlemen who have
be i kind e;iou.* i t > a: id • ft ike the collection of sub-
srnp*.io:imay decline receiving the sums subscri
bed. —With regard to the mu mul already collected, |
it will be reimbursed by the ilop jsitorics to those I
w ho have* coni i ilmied it.
I cannot
expressing my heartfelt gratitude to all from wh
state, according to the census of 1H38, is 559.475
The amount to which each individual would he on-
titled, on a loan by the Central Bank of one million
of dollars, would be less than two dollars. But
we are well aware that nine-tenths of the citi
zens would not apply for accommodation. If one
tenth apply, that would, at any rate, he 00.000
citizens ; and what would he the proportion of each?
Only twenty dollars. If 20,000 apply, the propor
tion would lie forty dollars; and if 0.000 only ap
ply, which is a small number, the proportion woul
be two hundred dollars. Are the editors of tl
Milledgevilie papers prepared to deny, that the.)
are not more than five thousand citizens in the
state, in embarrassed circumstances, and to wh
adequate relief would bo of great benefit? If the y
cannot deny the position we assume, then it is ik
cessary, as a matter of course, to inquire, whetlio r
a loan of two hundred dollars from the Centra I
Bank to each of those five thousand citizens, ca; i
afford a sufficient relief. It may afford relief t
very few ; but no one can controvert the assertio n
we make, that, if the loans of the Central Bank nr e
impartially made, with a due regard to the
of the institution, the loan of one million of dollai s
will not afford relief to the citizens of the .stall
need of it. We go fut tlier, we assert that the loa n
of two millions of dollars will noi accomplish th e
object intended by the loan. To illustrut
forcibly, the position we have assumed, w» shall
examine the adequateness of the amount loaned
several comities of the stale to give immediate
lief. Of a loan am muting to one million of dot-
lurs, Baldwin county would be entitled to about tojn
thousand dollars. That county contains JiH lam;.
dliri
mv iii.11 ) t s
i d for me ai
c mtinu illy
Mess.
Accept, s
eousideiMtii
ale tliia enirunumc'iitiuii with out I lli,M - As tho .alilora of tho two Mill«.t K ovillo H*
pars above mentioned reside there, it is reasonable
to presume that they are hotter acquainted with the
distresses of the citizens of that county than of any
other; and it is also reasonable to presume that at
least one fifth of the number of families an* in m ocl
of immediate relief. Say, then, that one hundred
apply for loans from the Central Bank, i low much
would each he entitled '! One hundred dollars. If
fifty only upp'i *•!. the proportion to each would be
two hundred dollars. Would one or two hundred
dollars relieve every applicant fora loan from Ids
present embarrassments ? We beg the Milledgo-
villn editors to reply to this question / Bibb county
would be entitled to about fifteen thousand dollars.
What relief would su. h ail amount afford to any
one of tin* 925 families in the county ? Bulloch
county would be entitled to about five thousand dol-
, and there arc in that county 979 families.
■ in tin* United States, I have re-
idm* :s and attention ; I thank them from
: soul f i. - tin; friendship they have display-
and on the soil of Old Europe. I shall
• *ri >li the recollection of their kind-
the assurance of my distinguished
M. ll. AMERICA VESPUCCI.
Abuse of Lawvuiis.—A very splendid and un
warrantable prejudice exists in (bis laud of freemen,
against tin* members generally of the legal prides,
.‘don. With a certain class, a Lawyer and u knave*
are almost synonymous terms; and the outcry
against their avarice and extortion is particulaily
unanimous ail I loud, ll may he rather an unpopular
avowal, hut in our opinion, no body of men, com
bining so mueh ( tak*nt, integrity and honorable feel
ing, is so unsparingly abused ; and all this, merely
because it happens to be afflicted, like all other pro.
fessions or callings, with unworthy members. The
profession is, however, in no danger from such vul
gar prejudices.—The very class of people, who have
mio.nI to say about Lawyers, are always the first to
seek their assistance when they get in trouble. Law
yers are “the devil” with them, and no abuse is
high-seasoned enough, until life, reputation or prop-
erty is endang red ; and then, forsooth, if they are
nimble to pay a Lawyer bis fee, his services w ill he
s mglit as matter of Charity, 'l'hcre are some well-
ui'-tming persons, who join in the abuse of the pro
fession, without due reflection or inquiry, as to
whether there be any foundation lor their preju
dices. We would ask such, who wore the most ef
ficient instruments in bringing about the Iml-pen-
d* uee of the United Slates ! Were they not Law
yers ? 'I’lie Declaration of Independence was pen-
lied by a Law \er; a largo majority of the body
which adopted and declared it to the world,wvre also
Lawyers; and all our IVesidi'iit.s. ivil.h one eveen.
n"ii,* unc mtminers ot file lnr. I lie prejudic
lure say, b
Joins early life lie practised thc law and was never
k^owu to voluuteor in tho defence of thc oppressed.
was always retained by tho rich against the
.poor. Nf5 burning zeal for the vindication of the
honest and poor citizen from the persecutions of
wealth over glowed in his breast.
When the war came, lie was found on the side of
thu enemy, deprecating u resort to arms and using
all his arts and cunning to disgrace his native land.
Patriotism never had a place in his cold and selfish
heart.—Finding that he was likely to be over
whelmed by the indignation of bis countrymen at
his dastard course, he sold himself for $*2000 to Mr.
Madison to prosecute the trial of Gen. Hull.
His political life is made up of a tissue of twis
tings and turnings more difficult to trace out, than it
would he to escape from the most complicated la
byrinth that could he imagined. Not the fox when
closely pursued ever made more devious tracks
tlian lie. Ail onward, upright course he despised.
Jn the Convention to draft a Constitution for the
S ate of New York, lie showed his hatred of demo
cracy by voting always to restrict suffrage to free
white owners of property worth 8300, but free ne-
groes be was willing to admit to this great and
glorious right provided they had property to thc
Value of 8250!
He has all his life voted with tho abolitionists,
though he now professes thc contrary. lie voted
against admitting Missouri into the Union if it was
to have slavery in it. His opinions on abolishing
s'avcry in the District of Columbia, are in favor
of Congress having tho right.
At one time of his life he was for a high tariffnnd
voted for it. Now he professes thc contrary.
While abroad, he bowed the American Eagle to
the Lion and Unicorn of England. He sacrificed
the West India trade to his love of British interests.
Beware of Master Van Burcn, voters of thc* Unit
ed States !—True American.
Shipwreck and Loss of Life.—The New
York Com. A'ln rlt-ser of tin* I t inst, says.—“The
brig Escambia, Captain Dunham, belonging to
Messrs. E. D. Ilurlbut Arc. was lost at sea’on
thc 25tli of March, while on her passage from
Charleston to New York, and out of sixteen per.
sons who were on board, only one is known to bi
saved.
The E. left Charleston on the 24th. On the next
day while under poles, and being between Frying,
pan Shoals and Cape Look Out, the wind commen
ced blowing from the N. K. and increased until
7 o’clock, when she was knocked down on her beam
endu.
In this situation the brig continued until 9 o’clock
when she began to go down. The wind blowing
violently, and the sea running very liigh and making
a complete broach over the vessel.
Every one was washed from the wreck. The
mate clung to tli • taffrcl,and after the vessel had
entirely disappeared, lie succeeded in reaching
part of tho poop dock, which had been disengaged
by the violence of the sea, upon which lie remained
until Saturday, the 28th nit. at 9, 1*. M., when lie
was at that time taken off by Captain Whilden, of
the schooner Marietta llyaii.
The persons on hoard were Capt. Rufus Dun-
hum; tlie mate, Win. Bulkley; 2d mate, Edwin
Hull; .1. Chamberlain, conk and steward, Isaac
Traffic: Henry Johnson, John Williams, John
Fetors, James Lucas, and Allen Jackson, seamen;
Mr* Wilber, of Newport, It. 1., and two others,
names unknown, passengers. Vessel insured in
ibis eitv for $10,000.”
la
Muscogee county would be entitled to about twonty
six thousand dollars ; and the county contain.*
1,400 families. Richmond county would bccnti^ec
to about twenty thousand dollars, and this county
contains 2,229 families. Would that sum, propor
tionutely distributed, afford relief to our population !
Wo might go on in this wa v, until we huff passed ir
review all the counties of the state. The lewcoun -
ties woliavj cited will answer for our present pui -
pose.
Notwithstanding what we have just remarked, w*c
will admit that a few hundred dollars, may relieve *
from embarrassment or injurious sacrifices, and j»er •
haps ruin, many of thc poorer class ul the coniinu •
iiity, who may Imvc tlieir property encumbered wit i
mort« r a >T es or executions for small amounts. Ant I
wo admit that to such, small loans may bo of greu t
service. But arc tin* Millcdgevillo editors prepared'
to declare that the loans of liio Central Bank would
bo made to those citizens who belong to tho class
just mentioned ? Those editors, with much feeling
of commiseration, exclaim, that the poor would bt
benetitted by loans from the Centru! Bank. The
Door J The uoor b'V’e li**en lain-rlv ubiocts ot S* '
much sympathy with many editors and pmwt
ulicatid, but it is unjust ;! that we cannot help feeling some suspicion of tilt
nr tb«* gfinTul body of the profession is composed i sincerity ot such sympathy so lavishly expressed.
■1 men ol il;t* highest honor and intcgiitv. The poor / Thc poor and needy obtain loans from
rgnty.
lialeiiih lici'istcr.
cd, and is now a Lh*«
arinv, and Governor ol tlv
N(: j.
Increase of the F:.iTisn Navy.—The appro-
priulions required for the projected enlargements id
the i.aval force of Great Britain, amount to JC5,-
(*50,951 fur the present year. A naval architect is
to be employed in India, where* it is proposed to
construct large ships, and to convey home in them
the frames of men of war. The steam marine re-
ccivcs great attention. A new species of fuel has
been found fof steamers; it is made of eoal dust
and coal tar, by means of which it is said llmt ves-
sels may be kept oue third longer at sen, at a saving
of forty per cent.
The efficiency of steamers in naval combats has
never yet been fully tested. England seems to have
confidence in thc utility for such service—at all
events her preparations in the way of enlarging her
steam marine * ill enable her to try the i xperiment
on an extensive scale. As transport for the speedy
conveyance of troops, the superiority of steamers
oyer ordinary vessels is very apparent. An expe
dition despatched to & hostile country, might start
with a reasonable certainty of reaching thc point of
destination within a given time, and the first intel-
ligeoce that it hud sailed would be communicated to
the enemy by its appearance on thc coast.
Tall Cotton. A friend in Texas has sent us a
specimen of cotton stalk, the growth of San Antonia
de Bexar, which he informs us was orginallv thir-
teen feet in height. The specimen now in our
office was cut off about three feet from the ground,
and it at larg* as a man’s wrist rv*y u
the Central Bank ! Ridiculous presumption on th
part of those who attempt to deceive by assertin. i
i whose name is Matlii-1 that the poor ill distress would be relieved by loans
from the Central Bank. Who would endorse for
a poor man—a poor farmer, who possesses only n
few acres of land and a few m grout, and who ha*
an ex* cation hanging over him tor four or five hun
dred dollars? lias the Central Bank ever dis.
counted the notes of tlu* poor farmers I Ifsueh
farmers have Imd notes discounted, it was after mort
gaging to rich neighbors, the small property they
ed ut pleasure, and directed to other places." Tiiis j |u,ssessed ; and the Millcdgevillo editors cannot
clock goes right, and its dial plate, w hich is fourteen j dony that of the cuits now pending in our courts.,
many are for the foreclosure of mortgages thus giv-
nty two | on, by which the rich neighbors will be able to ex-
with its 1 mud their estates by tin* .sacrifice of the po >r man’:
A clock maker of V n
as Uuizouhofor, has solved tin* problem proposed by
Professor Gruiilmuseu ut Munich, “To constructu
clock which shall shew at one*! the time in several
citi s, tlu* works of which shall not ho in any wise
hindered in tlieir movement, whether they put ir
m ition more or lower clocks for di lie rent places,
whether they are in Europe or in tho other quarters
of the globe, and tin* hands of which may Ik* chaug-
r, has in thc centre the dial for Vi
and around and radiating from i
ofiliffcivut parts of the world,
It shew s tlu* ; property and till he Imd to support his family. The
and the
ow n dial and tlu* name of the pim
difference of mean lime between \ i*
seventy tw o other towns, uud is set in motion by a Bank : so sav the Mill d
four pound weight only; all the other clocks, how
ever, are put In motion from the centre of theVien-
nii clock
more is i
make all tlu* other clock
I'rofosNor Gruitlmus
sal (ia/.etl
tliL clock
ID* We call thc attention of our readers to tie* com
munication signed “ Neckar,” the letter of Samuel T.
BEF.cHF.H.EKq. tothe editors of the Federal Union, and to
the article which wc copy from the Augusta Constitu
tionalist, all of wmich are richly worth their perusal,
and all of which relate to tlie expected distribution by the
Central Bank of “oceans of money” in thc shape
three millions** of it:. - bills !! !
poor in distress are to be relieved by the Central
villo editors. Will the
bank discount for the poor, without two good endor
sers ? Who will endorse for the poor, without suf-
tlml if the work stands still, nothing ffeiout security ? The hank will discount notes of
v than to set the Vienna clock to undoubted solidity, for the Milledgevilie editors say
indicate the true time, tlmt the redemption of the notes of the bank will
i letter to tho “ l niver- depend on the solvency of those who have notes dis-
d Augsburg* endeavors to show that counted. If this is the ease, what chance have the
poor to be accommodated and relieved from distress
t f i mid ruin ? We judge of the future operations of the
—uh dearest, (j*,, ntni | |j ;i iik, by the course it has hitherto pur.
sued; mul though the present directors may act
w ith more caution and prudence, yet we lielieve
I that, without giving relief to the people, they will
in inextrica
ble difficulties.
Wo shall continue the subject uud consider it
under nuothor point of view.
i;it lie intended*
* Flora-
Fixalf. to a I’m ktsuii*.—
Flora—1 am come—ah ! Flora—l umcoinc to—-oh!
you cun decide my late—lam come, tm FI n«—ah!’
* 1 see you, Malcolm, perfectly. You are come
«*■'! •■'•ril'gci'co ci'rtixiuK. |v«lvo llw* liuancial allUir*of tho atuto
Wi ll wlinl mutt
• Oh, Flora ! I am cornu lo—to’—
• To oiler me vour heart and liund. I suppose ?’
■ Vc«.’
• Well do it like n mail il"you can, and not like n
monkey.’
• l’iujruo take your self possession!’ exclaimed, l
suddenly starting up from my knee, upon which I
had fallen in an altitude that might liuvo won the
approval of Madame do .Maiilurd l'raser; ‘you
make me ashamed of invsclf.’
• Proceed, sir,’ said Flora.
‘ You like brev ity. it would seem V
• Y es,’ replied Flora.
• Then—will you marry me !’
‘Yes.’
• Will you give men kiss I’
' You may take one ’
Wool.—This is a valuable commodity—indeed
few are aware of its great value. A w liter csti-
mates the number of sheep two years ago in the
U. Suites at rd.000.000. and supposes that it is
not now less than 13,000,000. Allowing tho esti
mate offllbs. per head, the clip of 1830 would he
43,000,000 lbs. of wool. Tho average price of
wool for a few years past has been 43 ets. n pomid
At that rate the last clip of wool is worth more than
twenty millions of dollars.—American Farmer.
Deficiency in the Revenue.—The people should
not forget Mr. Van Buren’s boast, in his amnjtil
message to Congress, of the prosperous condition
say about a
is, he applies
in two seconds, instead of stuttering imd stammering j to Congress for some temporary resource, to in*,
two hours about it I Oh ! bow cordially do l hale ! ble the 1 treasury to meet the public engagements
all nia,series .«* exclaimed tho merry maiden, clasp, m March and May. I he Secretary of thei T reasu.
ing her hands energetically. ! O' "»de.tly asks for authority to issue Treasury
• Well, then,’ said I, ‘humbug apart, what day n>-te» to the amount of nearly Jive millions oj dol-
- - - - lars.—Richmond \ coman.
I took the proffered kiss. to congress, ol me prosperous
• Now this is going to work rationally,’ said Flora, ol the 1 misery. Not a word did he sa
•when u thine is to be said, why may il not be said deficiency.-Y et, in less than two m rntlis,
P i • , i.. f I'.,- onmit fount!irnt-v
ET We must brg leave to df cliuo publishing thc com
munication which has been forwarded to us, by Mr.
Maf.ciiman of Putnam county, even though he desires
us to do so, in our advertising columns, and under hit-
proper signature. The grave charges contained in the
communication, if published by us, would doubtless in
volve both Mr. M. and ourselves into an unpleasant de
fence of a prosecution for libel. In addition to this, wc
shall never consent to allow our paper to be made the
vehicle by which private reputation may be assailed.
YVe are intimately acquainted with the individual*
Eatonton alluded to, and under no circumstances can
we publish charges of so grave a character against them'
So far as regards the individual alluded to, who resides
in this city, we have held a conversation with him on
the subject, and are satisfied that Mr. M. labours under
some misapprehension. - Upon the trial of Mr. Gar
rard, this gentleman assures me he made u*:e of no such
language, as is spoken of by Mr. M. Wc are therefore
of tlie opinion that Mr. M. has been misinformed, or that
he misunderstood thc remarks of the gentleman alluded
Khali we f)K for our marriage?*
Locusts at Ska.—A letter from the mate of the
brig Levant of Boston, to his friends in Beverly, da
ted Montevideo, January Iff, 1H 10, published in thc
Salem (Essex eo.) Register, states that after hnv-
ing encountered a very severe gale, on the 13th
•September, when in latitude of about eighteen de
grees north, and the nearest land being over four
hundred and fifty miles distant, they wore surround
ed for two days by large swains of locusts, of a
huge size ; and in the afternoon of tlie second day,
in a squall from the northwest, the skv was com-
pletcly black with them. They covered every part
of the brig. There was a land to the northwest for
several thousand miles. Two days afterwards,
tin* weather being modurutc, thc brig sailed through
swarms of them Hunting dead upon the waters.
The Levant was waiting for the raising of the
French Blockade, which event diil not seem likely to
happen soon. The FreneI) Imd some fifty sail of
in-*i) of war there. Thc writer says that he count-
ed. I n«in an eminence on shore, over one hundred
mid fifty vessels, most of them waiting. No vessels
except a lew small craft, attempted to run up, and
they were pretty sure to be taken.—N. Y. Evening
J *ost.
t*i r, t, a > * * 11 • j r, v.— I'lie Mow York Courier soys
“ W •* learn that there is too much reason to appre
hend that the pilot boat Sea Gull, attached to the
Expedition, us tender to the United States sloop of
war Vincennes, has been lost, and tlmt all on board
have perished. She lias not been heard of since
th*! month of June last. Then she left Orange,
Terra del Fuego, twenty miles north of Gape Horn,
in company with the 1’lying Fish. A gale soon af-
ter arose, and the latter succeeded in heating off the
shore. This was the last seen of the Sea Gull.
Lieutenants Reed and Bacon, two promising young
officers were on board. The l'orpoise had been
twice in search of her without success.
Browbeating a Law yer.—At a lute trial before
a Justice of the Peace in Mount Vernon, (Kv.) a
lawyer who was concerned in the case had the to-
mcritv to call the Justice n meddlesome fellow and
a rascal; upon w hich the dignitary arose, and, ta-
king up tin* lu nch upon which he had been setting,
with a single sweep brought it in contact with the
side of the lawyer’s head, with such judicial torce
that the learned counsel was prostrated, and thc
trial finished.
MARTIN VAN BUREN AND I1IS PARTY.
Never was there a time since Mr. Van Buken com-
menced his political career, in which he played so des
perate and unprincipled a part, and in which Ins follow
ers #o blindly and recklessly trod in his footsteps, as ai
the commencement of, and previous to, the present see.
sionofCongroF8. He well knew* that his popularity at
the North, NYh st and Bast, had diminished to an alarm
ing extent; that his followers there were getting to b*
few and feeble; that lie had, from necessity, thrown
himself upon the mercies of the South ; affected too, for
the purpose of adding to his popularity in this section of
tho Union, to bo a convert to the doctrines of tho State
Rights Party; and that he had already given the Cm
to his follow ers to cease their abuse of those principle
so long cherished, and alone promulgated by that party
What was his dismay then, ami thc dismay of those for
whom he worked the w ires, when he discovered that al
most tho very first act of his party in Congress, to save it
from being in a minority, would be to trample upon the
rights of a sovereign State, and at once toconvince thc
world of what many needed not the proof, that his prof
sions were, as usual, hollow hearted, and his boasted ad
vocacy of State Rights, a bait with which to entrap tho un
wary ! But did he hesitate 1 Did he bid his parti/ pause
ere they trampled upon the rights and privileges of N
Jersey, and gave the lie to all tlieir recent professions
about State Rights, State Sovereignty, ami State Heine
dies ? He, //icy, did not. The game, though desperate
was played, and another added to tin* long black cata
logue of his political sins.
Wc have been induced to give expression to these
reflections from the fact of our recent perusal of the
Address to the American People,” by the minority
of the Committee on Flections in Congress, togethe
with the suppressed report of that minority. We sin
cerely regret that circumstances have prevented our
giving to our readers this able and very convincing ar
gument of the minority. How any party, or any men,
could reject such an array of stubborn facts, and sound
logical reasoning, is to uj a matter of perfect astonish
incut. Acting contrary to the positions assumed by thc
minority, in the New-Jersey contested elec lion, we must
admit that a regard for tlieir reputation before tho coun*
try, might'have prompted the majority, to desire from the
minority, a suppression of their report—shame itself
might have prompted such a course; but to them it
mattered not—they had already “madded their coats,'
and were perfectly content alter that “ to icallow i
mire.**
We hope never again to hear of the State Rights
principles of Martin Van Buren and his party. Their
practical illustration of the fundamental doctrines of the
Constitution, does not come up to their professions ; and
for our part, wo prefer an open enemy, to a treacherous
and deceitful friend. We know of no circumstance
that could happen, through tho influence of w hich, we
would desire to act in concert with Martin Van Buren
and hit party. He, and his, should be avoided by all,
they wish to keep their bands clean. Let those of the
genuine State Rights men, and those of Mr. V'an Buren
but come together in friendly contact, and wc w ould
dislike very tnurh to warrant the former free from
tarnination. It is all a humbug to talk about this man
and his }>arhj, advancing, by their support, or even coun
tenance, State Rights principles, southern Institutions
or southern interests. Wc again say, that we hope never
again to hear of it from any source, and least of all from
those whose experience should have taught them better
His press, or, at least, thc press of the Van Buren
party in Georgia, inay prate as much as it pleases
about Mr. Y’an Buren’s State Rights principles ; but thc
editors in many instances, either do not believe it when
they make the assertion, or have become so accustom
to M tell the tale** that, like the sailor who “spun hi
yarn,** for many a long year, and to many a ines
mate, they may have reasoned themselves into the he
lief that it is the truth.
Daring Attempt at Robbery.—Last evening about
7 o\ lock a desperate villain by the name of James
Cowles, entered the Broker’s office of George P. Bnche,
No. ITS Greenwich street, presented a loaded pistol to his
breast and demanded an immediate delivery of his money.
Mr. Radio’s suspicions had been excited in reference
to Cowles, and by some means or other the attempt had
’been suspected, and, adequate preparations made to
ruard against it. Officer A. M. C. Smith, with his broth*
«?r, one or two other police officer* were accordingly
Concealed upon the premises, in order to take part in
t.lie proceedings when it would become necessary. As
loon as the villain ; resented his pistol Mr. Bache diver-
r.cd him with a pretence of giving up the money, when
t.he officers came forward, secured him, and conducted
laim to appropriate lodgings in the “Egyptian Tombs.
-Y. Y. Sun.
Dreadful Mortality among Children at the Long
Island Farms.—We learn from an eye-witness that the
greatest d.stress prevails among the helpless little or
phan children at the Long Island Farms. Up to Friday
tlie 0th March, there had been according to the register,
SEVENTY-EIGHT deaths since the 1st. Jan. 1840;
and there was then on tlie sick list nearly two hundred,
—there were then three of the Jittie sufferers dying. It
is thc opinion of our informant that this unprecedented
mortality is owing to tho want of milk and vegetables,
Wid the had quality of the provisions ; the bread is botii
sour and musty.
Facts hke those ought to arouse tlm indignation of
overv individual in the community. It is distressing
beyond expression, that these little orphans should be
shut up to d.e. We trust that some gentleman in the
Common Council will move an immediate inquiry into
the matter.—.V* V. Express.
Quf.en Victoria.—A letter from Ixmdon, in the Phil
adelphia Gazette says : I have seen her Majesty several
times, and whatever the papers may say to the contrary,
she has not the slightest pretension to beauty. She
has goggle eyes, and a squirrel mouth*—Her stature is
low, and her person heavy.
CONGRESS.
The failure of the Northern Mail on yesterday ha
prevented our placing before our readers any proceed
tug’s of this body. Our exchange papers, received dur
ing the past week, contained nothing of an interesting
character.
SOUTHERN THIRD CLASS BOOK.
Through the politeness of the publisher, Mr. B. F.
Griffin, this little volume is before us. YY’e have exam
ined its contents, and consider them not inferior to those
of its predecessor. The volume taken as a whole
good, well adapted to the comprehension of those for
whom it is designed,—fully equal in every respect, to
similar productions of Northern importation, and, in our
humble estimation, suj*'rior in at lea^t one essential
particular, that it is a Southern work, and, of course, free
from the offensive and dangerous matter alluded to in
our notice of the second volume in the present series.
We again avail ourselves of the occasion to call upon
our citizens to encourage and sustain the enterprising
publisher of these volumes.
HO.
[communication.]
Eatonton, 8th March, 1
Eiiitors */the Georgia Journal:
Gentlemen—ill your publication of the presentment
of the Grand Jury of Putnam comity, you have given our
professions of patriotism rather a‘local habitation.’—
After alluding to several subjects of an interest ing char
acter, we avow our intention to do our duty when
conies to our turn—which vou and the Federal Union, as
wc suppose, copying from you, publish our town. \V<
prefer, in profession at least, to give our patriotism
more of the diffusive character.
ONE OF THE JURY.
Accidents will happen in tlie best regulated families-
but are certain to happen often in a printing office. We
plead guilty to the above charge, and as nn act of jus
tice to the Grand Jury of Putnam county, subjoin below
the paragraph in wh.cli our turn was made to read our
town.
“We cannot muke the hank* pay specie—create a sub-trea-
,n r y_—c|rt*t Van Buren or llnrriflon, or cIom tlie Florida war.
'•’heae matters we nre content to leave to the country: not
doubting but thev will be as well iiiHimgcH, i\* the\ would be
by us. But as citizens we are ready, and intend to do our
part when il comes Ioovr turm."
THE CONVENTION, UL’R DELEGATION, Hon.
M. A. COOPER, Hon. ED. J. BLACK.
A Convention of the State Rights party, as our readers
well know, is to assemble in this place on the first Mon
day in June. Its object is two fold. First, and, as we
conceive, the most important duty that the delegates
will have to perform, is to nominate a Congressional
ticket; and, second, to take into consideration thc Pre
sidential election—nominate an electoral ticket that
shall be pledged, if elected by the people, to vote for
that individual whom the Convention shall designate—
not to nominate a ticket at all, if, by so doing, injury
may accrue to tlmt cause which the State U ; ghts party
have ever been foremost to maintain.
With regard to our Congressional ticket, there ap
pears to be some diversity of opinion existing among
individual members of the State It ghts parly. \\ T c con
ceive, and we speak with due deference to tlie opinions
of others, that the best course for the party to pursue,
will be to run the old ticket. YY’e are aware, that, iu
assuming this position,we shall meet with warm opposi
tion from many of our political and personal friends.
But this ought not, and, indeed, must not deter us from
giving expression to an opinion formed with all duo de
liberation, and expressed alone for the purpose of accom
plishing good. YY’e therefore say, that it is our dcliber-
erate opinion that a re-nomination, for election, of our
present Congressional ticket, (unless some one or more
of our representatives should positively decline to ac
cept a nomination, and we think that wo arc authorized
to say, that at least one will decline) will be tho best
thing that the party can do. To “dictate” is not our
purpose. It is to reason with our friends upon this sub
ject that we write; for whatever the Convention deter
mines upon in this matter, and whatever names it limy
put forth tothe people,as candidates of thc State Rights
party, to represent the people of Georgia in Congress,
that ticket will the Georgia Journal unhesitatingly sup-
port. But. it is because we think we can perceive that
there if a disposition to proscribe a certain portion of our
delegation—the evil consequences of which, all, when
il is too late, may deplore—that wo now feel bound to
speak out plainly upon the subject.
Messrs. Couter and Black are thc individuals
against whom severe anathemas have been hurled;
and opposition to their re-nomination by individuals of
thc State Rights party will be most certainly made, un
less ilmt feeling of disapprobation and discontent ex
pressed in so many quarters, at their vote for Blair &
Itives, should temper down, or be subdued. Now, it is
well known, that we, in common with others, disaitkov-
EDof the vote given by both those gentlemen for public
printer; but wc have never had any disposition on that
account to drive them away from us, or to dispense with
their services as our representatives in part. The doc
trines that we sent them there to maintain, they have
most ably maintained. The principles that we sent
them there to advocate they have most ably advocated.
The State may well be proud of tlieir efforts on the
abolition question, and the party that sent them to Con
gress to sustain its principles, and maintain thc rights
of Georgia and the South, have not been disappointed.
It is true that these gentlemen voted for Blair & Uivos
contrary to the wishes of a majority of those who sent
them to Congress; but, we have no doubt, that their
error consisted more iu making a choice of acknowledg
ed evils, than from any intention at all on the part of
either, to do wrong, or what was contrary to tho will of
their const itucuts. Wc must confess that we are pleased
with the defence which both of those gentlemen have
given to Southern Institutions and Southern Rights;
more, we are proud of it; and should very much regret
to sec either of them proscribed by tho party when as
sembled in Convention, on account of tlieir vote for pub
lic printer.
Mr. Cooper has addressed the people of Georgia upon
this act of his, together with bis other official acts dur-"
ing the present session, in that address we see much
to applaud ; hut candor compels us to say that we re
gret the conclusion which he arrives at, in relation to
the Presidential contest. In our opinion, whenever
State Rights men argue themselves into a belief that it
is proper for their party to select, from the ranks of their
enemies, their rulers, because this one, though bad, is
not so bad as that one, they may as well dissolve their
connection with each other as a party, and each one
make his own selection and act accordingly. Let us see
how this way of acting will operate in the approaching
Presidential election. Ill this State, the two parties
are nearly tlie same in numbers. It is indeed exceed
ingly difficult to determine which is in the majority.
Now let thc Y’an Buren Party, as they will, support Mr.
Y'au Buren. Then let a portion of the State Rights
party support Van Buren; and another, support Harrison,
each one warmly contending that its candidate is the Ics-
scrovil, what will be the consequence? YVliy, the Y’au
Buren party must succeed in tho State. YY r hat then is the
inevitable consequence resulting from this practical
choice of evils ! Why, the Van Burcn State Rights men
must belong to a different party from the Harrison State
Rights men, and the old State Rights party of Georgia
will be destroyed, or, what is the same thing, rendered,
by repeated divisions, unable to effect any good what
ever. Who does not dojdoro tliia dionbtroua result ?
Surely there is not one, who has the true interests of
his party at heart, but will deplore it, even though lie
may not be prepared to admit the correctness of our po
sition.
\\ e regret too to differ with Mr. CoorF.n in another
respect. Wc allude to the following paragraph:—
“ Thi- tendency, being cheeked in fonn, haw been nmnifett
in our action, mini your oppoiicntn hi Iioiiik are seen to plant
ibeniselveH on \ our o*vn ground, ns you recede, and claim
with exultation tlmt they ure the :Siitie Rights men. This
they n I a a \ m did,but certiiiuly wiili more propriety, now time
they occupy jour ground,iliuu when you stood firmly on it.”
Now we know of no such state of things existing
here at home. Our opponents here, whatever they may
be in Washington city, are as far from embracing our
doctrine of State Rights, as the party en masse are from
receding from their old position. YY'e look upon tins po
sition ol .Mr. Cooper as being rather a gratuitous assump
tion on his part, and improper, sent as he has been to
Congress to represent the State of Georgia, bj the State
Rights party. It is enough for us to repel such charges
when made by our political foes ; and although it is
doubly imperative upon us to repel them when made
by one with whom wo have always actod in support
of correct principles, it yet affords us any thing but pleas
ure to do so. It maybe that Mr. Cooper has discovered
an individual here, and a press there, that differs with
him in points upon which even State Rights men have
always differed ; but these instances are few, and do not
at all affect the political integrity of thc great body of
the party. And as for opponents “at home” planting
themselves on our ground, it is only necessary, wc can
assure Mr. Cooper, to whisper the word Nulification
in their hearing, to become convinced of their hatred to
ourdoctriues. YY’e are eatified, however, of one thing,
and that is, that in Mr. Cooper we have a cons stent
and able advocate of the fundamental principles of the
constitution’; and we would feel very loath to see either
imusclf, or Mr. Black proscribed for an honest difference
of opinion, in a matter ton, involving no pr.nciple em
braced within the party creed. YY’e hope, therefore, that
unless a portion of our delegation decline, the Conven
tion will ; nominate the whole ticket, as the candidates
of the State Rights party for rc-election.
The success of our ticket, let it be composed of
whomsoever it may be, depends upon the act.on of the
Convention with regard to a Preaidental candidate, if
the party cannot be brought to unite on one individual,
defeat is certain, not only to an electoral ticket, but il
will greatly endanger thc success of our Congressional
ticket. It is therefore absolutely necessary to view
this whole matter as it really is, and not as wc, or any oth
er individual, would wish il to he. The Convention
should be numerously attended, and its members Hiould
come prepared to stay sufficiently long together, to ena
ble each one to act knowingly as regards the probable
result. Business of this character is generally despate) •
ed in too great a hurry. It should not be so done, at tho
Convent ion in June. A free interchange of opinion is