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|r»OM THE LONDON COMMERCIAL LIST. MAT 17.]
Holsar* of Americas Msasfsctnres.
The Arrival of Itvgw quantity of manufactures
from lliu United Smtos, has lur some time been
tho general theme in the city. Producing as Am
erica docs the finest and largest quantity of cotton
in the world, there appears to us no reason why
the inhabitants there should not become extensive
manufactures; and, Uuwoveri it.jurous it may bu
to ouroonimrtr., iho lime will come when Amor
sea will require little from this or any other cuuutry.
The measures adopted by Congress arc calculated
to encourage industry nt home, by laying heavy du
ties on articles imported from abroad. We must,
however,admit that we were not prepared to hear
that the American manufactures were so far skilled
in tiie art as lo adopt the brands or marks of other
countries, in order to give their goods a false ap
pearance; for it appears that last week a latge
seizure was made,and wo extract the following from
Prince's Price Current of Friday, which was the
first paper to intimate it to the public. The follow,
ing is tile account:
“Extensive seizure of Foreign manufactured goods
■bearing British Manufactures, Brands.—A seizure
has just been made by the officers of H. M. cus
toms, of the large quantity of 400 Imle foreign man
ufactured goods, bearing the marks of a llrilish
manufacturer, imported by the house of Caring A:
Prathers, in the ship Ningaria, from Boston, United
Stales, now in the St. Katharine 1 :. Dock. It ap
pears the entry, was passed in the name of that
firm, for warehousing the goods nt the warehouse
■of Taylor & Bell, at the legal quays, not! 757fi hales
were in course of transit in lighters, belonging to
establishments; the discovery was male through
the simple inrident of one hale being landed on the
quay of the duck in error, when the officer on the
station caused it to be opened, and found each piece
to bear the brand of Stark Mi.Is, Manchester.
The 409 bales, each contaniing twenty pieces ol
30 yards in leangih, are now in the hands of the
Customs.!’
The value of the goods is supposed not to he less
than £10,000, and we caneot bring our minds to
think, that without some glaring mistake, with some
■extraordinary want of foresight, any person partiC'
ulariy Americans, should inlroduceee Urge a quan
tity of goods, with the almost certainty of their he
ing forfeited. The clause under which the officer
ol the customs soized the goods, is as follows :
“olh Victoria, cap. 47, and the 11;h clause is as
follows, viz : An I whereas, goods of foreign manu
facture Itnvo been imported into the United King-
dom, and into the British possessions abroad, bear
ing the name, brand or marks of manufacturers res
ident in tho United Kingdom, to the great preju
dice of such manufacturer*. And whereas, it is
expedient that regulations should be made for tlm
prevention of such importations, be h therefore ett
acted. Th it from an I after thoTith ■■! J mu.irv, 1913
any article of foreign manufacture, and any pack,
ages of such articles, imported into iho United
Kingdom, nr into the British possess;.ms nliroud,
bearimgany name, brand, or marks, purporting to
he tho names, brands or marks of manufactures
resilient in the United Kingdom, than be lot fulled.''
la the face of this act of Varliamem,an art so
recent, and to which so much publicity was given,
which we continued to print in this very paper for
three m unite, besides circulating a copy hi the
shape of a six penny book—in Ilia face of such ap
net of Parliament, wo must say lit t: we cannot be.
lieve that any man would tirarst his head into the li.
oil’s jaw with tho certainty of being devoured.
There am other strung reasons why we think that
in tins case the inlcutiuu of passing the goods oil"as
British manufacture was not entertained—because
persons so experienced ns the-consignees would
have advised the owners of tho risk,
it may be argued that as Mess s. Haring, Broth
ers were tho mere consignees, they had mulling to
d i with (he legality of tho matter; but common
sense and common prudence suggest, that if Ales-rs
Baring were awaie that the goods were really for-
-sign manufactures with english marks and brands,
they wouid have taken care that the goods were not
landed in this kingdom. However, if it can bo
proved tlmt tho goods are foreign, bearing British
marks and brands, they will become forfeited, but
we apprehend that tho difficulty will be to prove
that the goods are foreign, and it may lie Hint in
America thorn is a simitar mill and place to that in
Lancashire, for we cannot see why the United
States should not have ils'-Sinrk Mills, Manchester”
as well as Client Britain, and willin',it it can he pro.
Ved that the articles in question nre of foreign man*
iilaotum, imported into the United Kingdom, hear
ing any names, brands or marks, purporting lobe
tiie nnmes, brands or marks of manufactures resi.
dent in tho United Kingdom, 11 and further, " that
such gauds have been imported to prejudice such
manufactures,” we are of opinion that the goods
are not forfeited.
Tito Americans, it is well known, are not tiie sort
of people lo permit their fellow subjects lo bo wrong.
eJ ; and we believe it must be admitted that the
British authorities have always given the utmost
consideration in matters of e commercial nature.
Bo this as it may, it appears lim! the Americans can
not only grow corn, hut also cotton, and manufac
ture it too ; which is mure titan cun be done in Bri-
linn.
_ Tho following is a copy of a memorial in the
Times of yesterday.
"Hon. birs—We have a parcel ofColton manu
factures, as per particulars at foot, the delivery
whereof is stopped by the officers of customs on
the ground of tho pieces bearing stamped marks,
which they consider to be a violation of the recent
law 5:h and 6th Victoria, chop. 47, soc. 11.
We beg to inform your honors that these goods
are consignments to us by two highly respcctnble
firms in Boston, and precise!V similar in all respects
to tiie mnnunfactures they have been the habit of ex-
porting to various parts of the world for many years
past, and that the marks in question are legitimate
ly thuir marks, without the slightest idea ofimita-
tiug any of our-English manufacturers.
" We Imve inspected tiie samples of these cus
toms, and beg to add for your honor's government,
the exact words stamped thereon, which, so far ns
we cun learn, are ns dissimilar as they well can be
in matter, style and execution, to our brands ; ex
cept, indeed, tiie occurrence of the word “Munches,
ter,’* and being tile same language.
‘•We doubt not your honors wii! agree with ns
that the goods in question do oot bear marks &.r„
"purporting -to bo the names, brands or murks, of
manufacturers resident in the United Kingdom,"
and therefore be pleased lo order ait immediate re
lease.
••We have tho honor to be, lion. Sirs.
"Your obedient servants,
“ BARING, BROTHERS & Co.
HoN, John M. Nil&s.—We have already nolic.
cd the rumor ilia; Mr. Niles thought of resigning
his seat in the U. S. Senate. The Hartford cor.
respondent of New.Haven-Courier says;
“Mr. Niles lias for some three munllis past
been very much out of health, having been gradual,
ly sinking under a must distressing attack of hypo,
chondrin, until his general health is very much
impaired and li-s friends are seriously alarmed ful
fils recovery. So severe is his present illness that
fits friends are more or less apprehensive that lie
will sink into a state of idiocy .and I understand that
for sumc time past lie lias not been allowed to re.
mailt atone any length of time, for fear of his com.
mining suicide. Ho is now mid has been for some
lime, at the house ol'iiis brother in I'oquonuoek, and
has some otto constantly in attendance upon him.
There are various rumors afloat hereabout Mr.
Niles's attempting lo hang himself n few days
since, hut I Imve not been able to trace the slorv
to any responsible source, and doubt its trutli. At
any rate, lie is in n very bad wag, mid bis condi.
lion is n source of great affliction to bis frion s.”
Worms in a Bov's Eve.—The Med. Zeit.
Von Breuss relates the case of a boy, three years
rtf ago, In ought to I)r. Eilncr in the month of July,
1842, affected with violent inflamntion of tho left
eye especially, the child declaring that he felt
something "creeping in Itiseye.” The left upper
eyelid was enormously swollen, nnd nearly cover
ed llto under eyelid, Hie posterior extremities of u
mass of maggots were immediately brought into
view. Proper assistance having been procured,
twenty larnc ui \\\o common bluebottle, were ex.
tiucicd one after the ether ; they were half an
inch in length each, and required a tug to loosen
them IVom their position, From tiie inner camlms
of tho right eye a single larva »ns perceived nnd
extracted. The child recovered under ordinary
treatment; the sight of the left eye was very
long of being recovered, but the cordon regained
its transparency by degrees; and at the time of
the report being made, there was only a nebulous
rpul, about the size of a lei.nl, which also seemed In
bo disappearing.
Intkukstinci impeiis,—The Steamer Engle,
from New \ orlt, arrived at our wharves a lew
days since, with a largo quantity of paper shavings,
rags, iVe., consigned to a paper nmiiufuciuror ol
litis city. On opening the sacks it was found that
four ol them contained the papers of Aron Burr,
being correspondence on a variety of subjects le
gal opinions written out at length, briefs, letters
Irani the most disijnguisbed persons oI the age, co
pies of important wills, &c. In short, the papers
comprise almost every subject that would natural
ly lull in the tvny of that extraordinary man.
Many of our citizens procured front the deck of
tho boat, original letters from Gen. Washington,
gentlemen of distinction in Europe, private curies-
pomlence, Are. one gentleman told us that he pick,
ed up a deed, drawn more than two hundred years
ago, which conveyed a largo tract of land embrac
ing the spot on which the city uf Albany now
stands, for tiiu value of about $300 ; tho deed was
from the in Jinn proprietors, nnd contained thodrnw
ing uf a large turtle on its face. Curiosity soon
became active about the city with regard to these
papers, and many persons procured some of them.
The Connecticut Historical Society, however we
understand, puichased tile entire lot alter they had
been exposed two nr three days. We would »ug.
ge»t to those persons who procured any portion of
tiieso papers, whether it would not he butter for ail
concerned iltiicy would depusite them with tin:
Historical Society, so that all of them may be kept
together, i'iie depositor can withdraw them here,
ulter it lie pleases. We do nut know how
litesu papers, making in all something like u earl
load, came to the destination they were here found
in.—Hartford Tines,
The Siiamb or Enula.mj—Hunger and Cornu-
gal Affection.—Tile condition often millions of the
population of Great Britan is a disgrace to a nation
ea.liug itself civilized—3 nut of me 16 millions,
il British statements can be relied on, live ebiellv
on oatmeal and potatoes. Brougham, in one o*l
ins speeches, affirmed that there wore inslnncus
where seven or ten persons had remained whole
.lays without a morsel of food—laying on their beds
ol a,raw two days in succession, under the impres
sion dial a recumbent position lightened the pangs
ofliungor. A coroner affirms that in one district
hu lias recently administered in sixty three eases
where dentil was caused by starvation. Dr. Tnv-
h J i', an intelligent observer, lately published "a
“ lour through the Manufacturing Districts.” At
Culm , ho visiled eighty three dwellings ill hazard.
The furniture was huxos and stones, for tables and
eiiaits— straw and shavings fur bods. Thu meals
wi ie * oatmeal and water for breakfast! ualiiietil
with a little skimmed milk for dinner: oatmeal
and water for supper." But one answer to an in.
quirv was an alluding una. At Bolton, hu enu r
ed the dwelling of a young couple, six years iniir.
lied. On a clean table uf coarse wood Was the
only meal they had tasted fur twenty.four hours—
the o.ily one they had in prospect lur twenty.four
to come. It tvus nieul porridge, an oaten cake, leu
diiuiod until it wits nearly colorless, and u l.itle
coarse sugar in a broken' bowl. Their furniture
had been sold piece-meal and their clothes mostly
pawned for food. The husband might Imve etui-
grated,but he would not lento the wife to die.
The inquiry was whether he did not repent of his
early niumagu. "Uo paused—lucked fundiy at
his wife, who returned Ins guzi with u nielnncnolv
smile of enduring nfll-ctieii—Ito dashed the tear
aside, and with calm firmness replied—‘Never !
IVe have been happy and have suffered together she
has been the same to me all through.” Such is a
specimen of the nature's noblemen that are crush
ed by the hoary oligarchy tlmt rule Great Britain ;
thousands of thorn, to sustain life, work so snvs
Brougham, for less than a penny a dav !—Boston
Post.
A Hi ill Ventriloquist*
Granville, (N. C.) May 29, 1813.
Messrs. Gales & Seaton : On a visit to Oxford,
in this county, a few weeks since, I was shown u
chicken with four feet, and a terrapin with two
heads ; tho former, which wo must call a quadrup
ed, and tho latter a young janius were both in good
health nnd doing well. But one of tho greatest
natural curiosities which I have ever seen is a red.
breast, which has taken up its residence in the
grove of Rev. Josuli Crudup, a gentleman in
whose family 1 am now living. This bird, which
insiz*\ slnpe, and color, resembles the common
redbreast, nut only sings very sweetly, but frequen
tly crows like a domestic cock.—Its note generall v
is that of a young cock just learning to crow,
though it sometimes sounds like old Chunticleer
himself, when heard on a still morning nt u distance
of about half or three-quarters of a mile* But the
most singular unit in its chatactcr appears to be
that of n ventriloquist. This was first discovered
l*y Mr. Crudup, who noticed it perched on a tree
not far distant, working its mouth, bat could detect
no sound. Ho observed another bird not f,ir
distant, which he supposed to be the one which wu*
singing and crowing, hut Ims since discovered his
mistake. I have just been listening to it, in com-
pany with several other gentlemen. One moment
liis voice appears to bo in one part of the grove,
the next il seems to be exactly in an opposite direc
tion. Had not these facts come within the limits
of my observation, I should have fell considerable
hesitancy in spreading them before the public;
but I will not only pledge my honor ns n Christian
minister fur the truth of these statements, but can
prove them by several others who have witnessed
the same facts which I here disclose.
Yours, very respectfully,
• L 1C. WILLIE.
Judicious Remarks.—The Columbus (Ga.)
Argus in commenting upon the late extraordinary
verdict of tlm Jury acquitting John la. Lewis,
makes the following very just remarks which
should bu read by every lover of order :
“But it is our opinion that the holiest nnd intelli
gent portion of tho community nre much more cul
pable for tho escape of criminals than any body
else. Many of them express opinions to avoid
serving upon the jury, and scarcely one of them
express opinions to avoid serving upon the jury,
and scarcely one of them who does not escape it if
ho can—they run and hide from the Sheriff" when
they see him coming to summon talesmen. If
such men will not serve upon juries for the trial of
criminal cases, if they who have so much interest
in the pur*: administration of tlio criminal justice of
the country are not willing lo bear their share of
the labor, if they are determined by disqualifying
themselves from serving, or by evading the service,
to leave no body to make juries out of but such nt
have out little interest in the matter, nnd those
wlio Imve money and friends and influence wi l
escape. Then let the reformation commcuco nt
the cause of the evil—it never aids in the couvic
lion of felons for men to express opinions as to the
guilt or innocence of the accused, on tho com ran
when suspicion has fallen upon a man, it is most
generally unjust either to him or to tho country, to
express any opinion ns to his guilt or his innocence
until ho has had his tna 1 .”
Money.—The rales of interest s'.iU have a sur
prisingly downward tendency. Tho New York
Express states that on Saturday last 850,000 were
loaned on Federal Government security, at two^
nnd n half per cunt. The same paper statea that
Eastern capitalists whnjmvo returned to that city
within u few days past, to procure business paper,
nave been entirely unsuccessful, although they
offered thuir money nl four per cent, per an.
II u 111.
Living without Sleep.—A recent number of
the Boston Medical ami Surgical Journal contains
a letter from Mr. Robert E. Gourlny, giving
an uccount of his extraordinary sleeplessness.—
According to Mr. G.’u own account, lie was first
bereft of sleep in the year 1833 for six weeks,
when about 40 \ ears of ago. Prior to that time he
hud never suffered for want of sleep, although nt
times a little sufficed for refreshment. Mr. G.
was confined in Loudon, as lie alleges, by British
tyranny, three years and eight mouths, utul it was
during this period, he thinks, that u Imbit of living
without sleep began Ho form. During his con
finement he felt very little need of sl< ep, and
the greater part of Ins time in bed, which was no-
ver more than six hours in the twenty-four, wns
given to reveries, chiefly, ho declares “as to
schemes for bettering tiie condition of tho luboring
poor of England,” &c.
Soon after his liberation, having first visited
Scotland, tie left Edinburgh for America, lie had
no sleep until he reached Liverpool, whore lie
took a warm bath before going lo bed. This
had tho desired effect, and procured him a few
hours of repose. Tho next morning hu embark*
ed for Now-Yoik, which he readied in 42 days,
without having had one wink of -sleep. Imtnedi-
ately after landing at Nuw-York he procured a
warm hath, got into a comforinhlu bed and slept
soundly. From that time forward he did uni
sleep for three years.* Ho took laudanum, but
tlmt bad no effect ; lie drank whiskey, in tho hope
that it would induce sleep, but it only made him
sick.
In trio enrly part of 1837, while in Ohio, he was
attacked with erysipelas in the leg, and during
five months was without sleep. Mr. G. had re
covered his health in some- degree, when he receiv
ed intelligence of the death of two of his children,
lie then lay two weeks in great iigonv, and from
that time to this, u period of four years and six
months, he has been entirely deprived of sleep.—
Tho last six months of his life have been ipent at
Boston. His health 1ms much improved, and lie
•'Utcrtaiiis a hope tlmt ns soon as lie is able to take
exorcise In* will recover.—On various occasions
of laic ho has been asleep,
Georgia Sewing Silk.—A gentleman, who has
always manifested a desire lo encourage domestic
industry, politely presented us with a skein of sow
ing siik, prepared by Mrs. Baggs, lady of David S.
Buggs, Esq. of Liberty county. Tno material was
produc ed from the common white mulberry. We
understand that Mrs. Baggs has a considerable
quantity ofthis beautiful article in course of pro-
partition. Sim spins and reels it with ease, and
thinks that in the course of next season, slio will
prepare a sufficiency to manufacture several arti*
e!es of apparel for her family. Tiie specimen be
fore us is ofa brilliant pearly whitish tint, uud has
all the rich floss lustra and clusiicity of the costly
Italian article. Wc hope that others of our fair
friends will emulate Mrs. B igg’s laudable zeal in
this elegant department of female enterprise.—
Sav. Gear.
The Sandwich Blands.—England will Imve
some trouble to retain possession of these Islands.
The N. Y. Journal of Commerce ad Is to the sure-
moot it made a few days ngo, that England and
Bianco recognized the Independence of the gov*
eminent of tho Islands. France has n« reed
to nullify the treaty forced on King Kume*
Immclm by Captain Laplace, !,o far at least as it
permits tiie introduction of French brandy into the
Islands. A commercial company in Belgium has
entered into some important arrangements for trade
with tiie Islands, in which King Leopold takes n
deep interest. Their independence und in-egritv
are now, therefore,guaranteed by four natKins.-l
These recognitions took place in Europe in March,
a month after the Elands had been captured by
Lord George Runlet.
Mr. Clay at Home.—'I lie Western Christian
Advocate, one of the organs of the .Methodist Epis-
copal Church, is published weekly in Cincinnati.
Its editor has recently visited Kentucky, and from
an iutcrcstii.g account of his journey, wo extract
the following, to ijs, very interesting paragraph
concerning the great man of the nation and his
household :—
A person who sees so many newspapers as an
editor’s exchange list furnishes, comd sen reel v
visit Lexington without muking some inquiry coil*
corning Ashland and its proprietor. It happened
that our well tried friend, brother Ifuscoui, was the
long and intimate friend of Mr. Clay. Their ac
quaintance was formed when the former travelled
Danville circuit in 1810, who, by his powerful olo*
quence,cogent reasoning,und overw helming Scrip
tural authorities, gave a death-blow to tho rile
Animism of that country, which threatened to
overrun Kentucky. Our kind host conveyed us to
Ashland ; but the proprietor was not at home. On
hearing, however, of our visit, wo received a most
cordial invitation to dine at Ashland, of which we
availed ourselves, and spent three.lull hours iu
very pleasant chat w ith our kind entertainer, and
three more agreeable hours we never spent in nil
our life. Mr. Clay is sixty-five years of oge, but
might pass for fifty, and will, iu all probability, be
well capable of public business till four-score pass
over bis head, if God spare him that long. IJis
manners are as plain and republican as they ate
gentlemanly and uiiuffected. The moral principle,
producing honesty and conscientious fi Jeiitv to his
trust, seemed to us to have taken deep possession
of his mind, and we believe governs his heart. He
is now closely engaged in his duties as a lawyer,
and does not forget his farm, which is in admirable
order.* 11 is house is plain indeed, and bis improve
ments around it, consisting of grass lawns, and
rowsofsliude trees planted by his own hands, are
in good taste, and in complete keeping with his re
publican principles and manner of life. And then,
Mrs. Clay is more than a pattern—she is an exact
model for all the ladies iu the laud. She minutely
superintends all her household affairs. ii r litt.e
green house, and collection of flowers and shrubs,
arc most tasty and well selected. But her butter
—yes, her butter (for wo eat some of it)—is supe
rior. From her dairy, conducted under her eve,
she supplies tho principal hotels of Lexington ; und
it is no small glory lo her, that her son Thomas
showed, the other day, the suit which his mother
purchased for him with the avails of her butter.
Whether her first name be Lucrclia or not, we can
not say ; but then we are sure slio deserves it. The
topics of conversation were, moral, religious and
miscellaneous subjects; and we were glad to learn
to our satisfaction, that Mr. Clay was a firm be
liever in the Christina religion—that be read his
bibio, and attended, with his excellent Indy and
fumiiy, tho Protestant Episcopal Church in Lex
ington, nnd frequently hears ministers of other
Churches.
The following anecdote has been told before, but
not in so felicitous a manner.—somebody abridged
it, but in so doing, lost much of the point. It is
from the Liverpool Times :—
Stilling Scale uf the Press—Dr. Il called
at the London Times office, to inquire tin* price ol
inserting the death of a relative.—“Ten shillings,”
said a surly clerk. Tli a docior remonstrated, und
said lie had only paid seven shilling for the last.
“Oil,” said tho clerk, 4 * that was a common death,
hut this is sincerely rrgrctled 44 Well, my friend,”
said the doctor, laying down the ten shillings, “your
executors will never ue put Vo that expense !”
The Stolen Treasury Notes.—Tho Mndi.
souiun contains a letter of nearly a column in
length from the Secretary of the Treasury lo the
President ofthe Bank of New York, respecting the
stolen Treasury notes. The New York Coinmcr- of Augusta, Snvammh, Charleston, Millcdgeville,
. . .. . i .... vi i f i i .
cial says, that the Secretary takes tho ground, that
tho Treasury Department has no power to redeem
tho notes a second time, and that the hunk having
purchased two of the stolen notes mu it seek roliei
from Congress.
[FUOM THE NEW GENESEE FARMER.]
A Rural Picture.—I recollect on one occn.
sion passing the night at the house of an iigncuitu-
rul friend in another State. He had been l ruuglu
up to tnerchantilo life in England, and was u mini
of excellent education and extensive reading. IL
had retired front business to a farm, whero he de-
signed to pass Iho evening of his days in the calm
pursuits of rural life, to which hu was cntliusiuMic-
ally attached. lie possessed an iudependen:
fortune; but his sound judgment and e.\j»eric;.-v
admonished him that un entire remission of luhm
would he fatal to his peace if not to his health ; uud
that the true secret of rational and solid enjoyment,
lay in the constant, reasonable, and healthful t xer-
tion of tho bodily and mental powers, in the puisuii
of some worthy object. Without regard theie-
fore to his fortune, he determined to devote n rea.
solvable portion of his time to the improvement of
his farm, to cultivating it in the bust maimer, and to
make this an object ol pursuit ns he woliS haw
done if his living had depended upon it. II ■ had
three grown up daughters, w ho hud enjoyed nnd
improved the best advantages of a polite end sub.
stantiul education which wealth in England could duetivc of more evil th;:
afford. They sympathised in tln-ir fathers’* vi-ws, | But wo cu
Mucou uud of Florida.
C itizms’ Meeting*
CoLUMUUs, June 1,1643.
So soon as the verdict ofthe jury in Iho case of
the state vs. John L. Lewis, was generally known,
the city hell mum lolled, nnd immediately, almost,
every citiz ui of the county, then iu the city iu.
paired to the Market House, and exhibited one of
the largest meetings ever held in this county.
Our valuable and venerable fellow citizen, John
Beth uni:, wns called to the chair, and JostAU
.Morris, requested lo act as secretary. Tho ob
ject of the meeting u as then stated in brief, clear
and eloquent terms by William IS. Morton, Esq.
und upon his motion, u committee of eleven was
appointed to prepare u suitable expression of the
opinion ol the meeting then assembled in reference
to the result ofthe trial of the said Lewis—to ro
port to .'iiill meeting on the ensuing morning at 9
o’clock.
Friday Morning, 9 o\ lock.
A numerous meeting of citizens wcio again iu
a.leiulauco and tno following report w.ts offered hy
tiie committee, through A. II. Cooper, E>q. who
prefaced its reading m lih a few chuate and jiufi-
full slime of tin
nnd wiih their brothers took tin
labors of the farm.
1 found the house as 1 expected to fuff i'—-in a!
ness,and order, uud simple elegance pre-i iii.g i
every dcpartmuiit, and books, and w nrk, and licnltli
ful play” dividing tho hours, and placing lEtiossu's
and iVet ful ness, and ennui ai defiance. Myutten
tion was first directed ton beautiful mahogony 1» ■
Wl feel u.s good ciii/. Mis that wo arc bound at
times to KtlbrnU lo tiie majesty of the laws, us-
red as wo are that any violent intoferencu oil
the part ofthe p 'oplt*, would in the main be pro-
nul.
tlie present occasion
from cxpresMng our uiiqulilicd disapprobation of
the verdict of tiie j iry, in tho case of the state vs.
John L. Lem j<, We are not disposed to judge n
juiy acting mi oath harshly ; nnd had tho testimo
ny been of a character as to admit of the slightest
possible doubt of tho guilt of the accused, our feel
ings would not have been outraged—the principles
of just ice so palpably trampled under loot, nor
hivo of three stories, and so attached to one of tn*' j should wo have condemned the jury for giving the
windows, that it was easy at any time, by removing , prisoner the benefit of that doubt.
a slide to see tho busy and indefatigable colonists at
their tasks. The order and industry of this lioi.i-.u-
hold, “.skilfully building their cells and gathering
honey all the day from every opening 11 nvor,” were
an index to the condition of the well regulated
family whose hospitality l wns enj »ying.
I shall say nothing of my dreams that night, for
that I confess was the golden ago of you’ll and tin
Tho evil of which we complain—the esenpo of
vvuil known felons—wo think mise.s from tho pro-
aunt mode of selecting jurors in orimii ui cases.
Gilder tho present system, vvea.ih, power nnd
friends, never fail to secure one from the righteous
penalties * f offended .avvs, while they full with pe
culiar power on the feeble, friendless and needv.
Phis is u great evil of which wo complain, and
starry season of tho poetic fancy and illusion. I | v.e d .cm tais a favorable time tocuil tho attention
will not say what angels in white hovered around my of the people to it, and to suggest tiie propriety of
bed, decked my chamber with the fairest flowers,; petitioning the legislature to'take the subject * into
mid shook from their lilly white hands the sweetest j consideration, and if possible, to adopt some system
perfumes over my pillow, 1 rose nt tho peep of] bettor calculated lo mete out equal justice to tho
dawn, while as yet night was struggling with the powerful and the weak, tho rich niul the poor,
moi t*iiig as if reluctant to quit her hold ; and old- j the influential and the friendless. Wo regard such
jocis were yet covered with that grey light which .i mc.usure as indispensably
forms # tho transition state from night to day. 1
was determined to ransack the premises before the
family should be stirring; ami my visit was to the
barn-yard to sec the cows, which I have always
regarded us among the best benefactors of man.
and with a veneration approaching alanst the idol
«try vv it Ii which the same bcm ficient animal is re-
garded by tho natives of Hindustan. But I found
that I was anticipated ; for the well known sound
ofthe streaming milk at once struck niv enrs, and
us I entered, the vision of one of those charming
girls who had bill me a kind good night a few
hours before, presented itself before me, not in my
mind’s eye, but in real form and substance. Wi'ii
a nea 4 tye-eap, mid a plain enpe-bonnet partly and
1 believe u little, slyly thrown back, a short loose
gown, a white apron tho very emblem of purity,
her locks neatly combed on each aide of her high
forehead after the style ofthe Madonna, nnd her
face ns radical vvitii the freshness of health as now
the morning became radient with the purest light,
vv lint object could have been more beautiful ? E
ven my kind wife would have forgiven my admirn
tion. Hers, she told me, was the care of the milk
establishment; and never did I enjoy a higher hon
or limn to carry her full pails into a dairy-room,
presenting iu its fixtures uud products, in its white
uud golden treasures, tho perfection of neatness and
order, This was the first duty of the morning ;
and when the breakfast hour arrivcd,thesumo bright
vision iua.stylo ofa -simple elegance, 44 when least
adorned, adorned the most.”presided at the cheer
ful meal, dispensing not merely the products of her
dairy skill and the delicious bread uud condiments
made by oilier fair hands in tho household, hut in
termingling with these the brilliant treasures of a i i-
pened intellect and a well cultivated mind, and the
charms of an unaffected and improved politeness.
We recollect, once, to have witnessed n similar
scene in a wealthy Quaker family, of high respect
ability, iu North Caroiinu, the daughters of which
family, in like manner, practically asserted the dig.
nify of labor.—Ed.
[from the southern whig.]
The Fire in Tallahbssee.—This interest!
place, where the stranger has so often met with ;
warmest reception, and where tin; suffering invalid
in his flight from a severe north*• rn climate, h
so frequently found u home, is a srnouldeting
heap of ruins. Tallahassee, as to all the hu
of the City, is in ashes. Considering the size and
the population of liio place, never iu the Uni . I
Slates, lias tho destruction of any town hy fi < .
been so near complete, as in the recent dreadful
conflagration of Tuliuliussce. The sufferings ol
that community must he almost uiiparaluded. A <
the writer has spent a great part uf the past vviutei
and spring iu Tullahussee, and therefore well un
derstands the condition of the place, he hopes lie
will be pardoned by the pub ic for venturing upon his
own responsibility, to p.cad the cause of those dear,
hut now suffering 1'rieuds in Florida.
'Pile people in T.illuliassee and its vicinity, in
common with their fellow citizens throughout the
country have been suffering most severely from the
pressure of the times. But possessing a great
deal of tact and energy, they were beginning by
industry nnd economy, to rise above t‘»cir misfor
tunes. Moral reform was rapidly on the increase,
nnd the three churches in the place, were in a flour
ishing, prosperous condition.
Sucu was the intelligence and Hie hospitality of
tho people generally, uud such the reception which
they gave to visiters from abroad that no imeliigom
stranger could spend three weeks iu tiie p.acc
w ithout bcconiMig interested in. and uiiachcd to Hie
community. That generous kind hearted p -ople
have not been 44 forgetful to entertain sira.-.gers,”
though they may never have been so foil‘.mate as
44 to entertain angels unawares. 1 '
But in tiie injsterious providence of G * I thi • in-
terestiug place is now literally * wept u it ii the bosom
of destruction. Lovely families, who a few day
ngo, were living in comfort und case, are now
houseless and homeless. There are deep anguish
and suffering among that people, such as seldom J day, alter s-ju.i; s . tp o;
falls to the lot of man even in tins rough, storm) j R neu loot the House,
world. No one, who is ignorant of the locality and °f”l mem j .ts, was raised
former condition of Tallahassee can property n;
predate the distress which ha-, been >rouglit upon
the inhabitants by the recent calamity which has
fallen upon them.
I rejoice that the eloquent appeal uf Mr. Jones,
Editor of the Chronicle ami .Sentinel iu Augusta,
meets with a generous response from the benevo
lent, kind-hearted people of hi* city. It tho
authorities of other cities, towns, and villages’
throughout the United States vv ill only fob m tin*
noble example of the City Council of Augusta, ami
without deiuy, efficient relict vvili undoubtedly be
extended to our suffering friends in Tullubassce.
And Bhuli not our buiievoleni people lirouglr ut
the length and breadth of tho land, come forward
like Christians and philanthropists and enj jy tiie
luxury of lifting and removing i u mountain pres-
sure from their suffering, weeping hrethern ii.
Florida? God grant that ail our poop c may prac-
tically prove iu this instance, that they consider it
41 more blessed to give than to receive.” If we
will do this, Heaven will smile upon u» and the
blessing of many (in Florida) now ready to perish,
will conic upon u>.
NATHAN HOYT.
Athens Ga. June Oth. 1813.
Will oile r papers please to copy, especially those
purpose uf tho Gallic,
nomiimtu Mr. Calhm
and of the; i
n*:nrdloss
-SHIOII
and p:
vhicli
of O’lJ
•it inn U j:.» »orut
Mu'iy-pv.ihy iv
o tio on the tab!
• was over. P.u
c; Van Burr ii P.u
C11noun mi i f
O i Tm > lay ui luting. tVT" u
port was received, mid ordered i
until the nomiuusion for G »vc*ru >i
ty machinery had decreed that th
ly of Georgia sliouiJ nominate a
Governor, anJiheu mmiinato Mr. Giihoun himself
for President. At it the Co.iven’ion went, and af.
ti'i'Mimo four or five lulJoujng'-, Mark A. Cvjpkk,
K> p, was nominated ns the candidate of the I) rn-
ocr.itic P.u tv for G iveruur, by a m;<j »rity of some
twenty vote* over Jo Ige Warner, M ij.C toper's
iiomma'.imi uas urged in i in ly hy thu nullifying
Democrats, u ho are far front being willing that
their h*adt rs shall occupy a subordinate station m
the ranks fu the Dunucrucv they profess to love so
much
inry to tho pro-
tectiou of life uud the securiiy of prupei tv.
Therefore re sol red, Piiatwo recommend to the
next legislature the propriety of altering the pre
sent mode of selecting jurors in criminal trials, so
thu*. the honest and intelligent portion of the com
munity may not be rendered incompetent to serve
in siiclt cases, by a meio expression of opinion
founded on vague rumor.
Uesolced. That until such alteration bo effected
we will refrain (as far as possible) from expressing
any opinion iu relation to the guilt or iunocrreo of
persons charged with crime, even when familiar
with all the lads attending iis perpetration.
Resolcdl) T lmt the testimony taken in iho case
of the Kiuto against John L. Lewis, ought to be
published fur.hwilh, believing us we do, that it will
demoiiKtrato to the people the necessity of tiie an-
tion wc here recommend.
Resolved, That wc ilopiccatc any violence to the
jury or the acquitted, hut recommend that every
honest mail give them the notice and considera
tion their conduct deserves.
Resolved, That wc demand of John L. Lewis,
that he forthwith resign his commission ns Solici*
tor General of the Ciiattnlioochre (’iicuh
Resolved further, That in our udion on this sub
ject we by no menus relh ct upon the conduct of tho
lion. Fmucis II. Gone, the able and distinguished
jurist who prodded in tho case, of Col. James
Gardner, jr. the Attorney General ofthe state and
wc take tlm occasion to render our hearty thanks to
each t f them, and to the associate counsel Col.
Rob!. A. Toombs of Will, •*, Col. J, C. Alford
ol Trou.*, Messrs. Holt & Alexander, Johnson Isz
W il.lams, and Gen. S. A. Bailey of this city, for
the prompt, ci:e. :die and decided manner in which
they have p riormed the arduous duties that have
devolved upon them.
R< solved, That wc request the editors of the
ci'v pan s to publish th"*e resolutions.
WILEY E. JUNES, Chnir’.i.
OWEN THOMAS, W. S. MORTON,
STERLING F. GRIMES.JNO. WARREN.
I*. A. CLAYTON, HARVEY HALL,
A. li. COOPER, U. S. SMI I II,
i*. B. MOODY, ED. BARNARD
Tiie Preamble and Resolutions passed w nimbi
a di- senting voice, and without the slightest confu
sion, or un exhibition of any intemperate beat—•
and the meeting turned.
John bethuxe, arm
Jos IAII Mounts, S e’ry.
[FROM THE MACON (liA.) TELEGRAPH.]
I’he recent Democratic Convention.
| A t'orrespoede: t who was present duiing tho
deliberations ol into Com option, has presented
us with the billowing synopsis of the proceedings
of that b uly, which we publish w iili pa:n and re*
luctancu. The want of harmony and unanimity
which it exhibits may be fairly attributed to the
impolitic and indiscreet course which has been for
•sunn; time past pursued by sevu ral of our own jour
nalists it arraying the claims of Mr. Calhoun
against those e| Air. Van Huron, and vice versa*
But wo lu pe for tlio hen, as wc b- lievu that the
dissection w inch has been created wiil be tempor
ary duration ouiy We have a strong and abiding
confidence in the prudence and moderation w hich
w ill undoubtedly ciuuncterise the action of the up*
preaching great National D unoeratic Convention,
under whoso harmonizing influence we must
sustain the principles ui the constitution, and pioud*
ly march on to victory.]
The Ifou^o was called to order at 10 o'clock,
A. M., on Monday, hy the appointment, tempjrari.
ly of Joseph IV; , Esq., of J »ues, as Cnairmum uud
F. II- Sanford,u> > erctury. in a short lime, tiie
Convention.proceeded to ballot for a President,
f ito name ol Dr. FOR I' was -suggested and he
was inunimnusly chosen to preside over tho delib-
j (‘rations of tho Convention. F. 1J. Sanford was
( leinincd as Seen tary.
•Mon lay w as ue : qiie I in tl.o orgimzution f the
* if »usc, appoi itm uil »>! committee's, Ac. Oil Mon-
nsiiiou from the Van
Committee, consisting
t * i(.‘port to the Con.
Ne xt in programme, enmo the Calhoun R eot ,
ami Resolutions. Tlio excitement wo, now ™
louse; und as sunn ns the Report mul
'"•'".road, Mr. Ken,lull, 0 f Upson, submit,!?
substitute, proposing the name ol Mr. Van |) urai . 1
the must suitable candidate lor the Dt-mucrmie p
iv to rim for President. Dr. Kentlull m.-ido .A"
pirtinent remark* in favor of bis substitute 1°’
was follow ed bv tile lion. Unwell Cobb, in ml ,,
eolUtit speech on the same side, nnd in favor of M
Vuu Utiren. When Mr. Cobb bad concluded l'
speech, Mr. Hunter, of Crawford, offered u sub.
lute for the Report and Resolutions nf tho Cumuli,
tee. and for the substitute of Dr. Kendall. ’('!
substitute proposed that a Convention should il
held in November next, iu Millcdgeville, f or ft
express purpose »f malting it nomination of enn,*
dale for President and Vice President; and ilin,tl,
Party lie requested to hold meetings duringtl»
summer nod lull, and express their preference, &
Mr. limiter spoke at considerable length, in su ,,
port of bis substitute—denying the authority of ^
Convention to act upon the question of the ncj
Presidency—denouncing Mr. Calhoun—nnd expre.
sing bis preference for Mr. Van Ruren. The sir.
stitutu was lost, and the question then itroseonlfi
Kendall's substitute ; nnd tiie yens and nays beinu
taken,there were, I think, 68 yeas and 93 n# J
The !>'-! yeas, however, represent a minority nf pj
Democratic Party. Grscne county, with her 10o
Democratic voters, went for Mr.Caliioun, giving In,,
live votes in the Convention, while Iluben-huin »i,
her 1.060 Democratic voters, went fur Van iiuru
and was allowed only a single vote in theConu-nl
lion; tlio privilege ol giving the full vole of tl, e '
county hat ing been refused ilie only number in at.
tendance. Tho nomination of Mr. Calhoun, uatlci
tho circumstances, is therefore not binding, as |
conceive, on the Democratic Party—having l, ecn
made without authority, and without knowing the
wishes of the parly on the subject. Mr. Van Durtr,
is the choice u! the Democracy of Georgia for Pn
idea!.
J.ums II. Staiik, Esq. of Butts, was nominated, „
till the vacancy occasioned hy the nomination of .Maj ur
Cooper. SPECTATOR,
We extract the following from “Travels ia Egvp-,
Arabia Pelrne, ai d the Hoiy Land,” hy the Rev. "ipe!
plica Olin, D. 1)., President of the Wesiyan Uaiversi.
t.v. The author thus desc. ihes Alexandria, as seen it
the municnt of his landing;
“We thuit set off for our hotel urging nur wav
through dense crowds, whose strange looks uu'd
costumes assured us tlmt wc were nt length Qmnng
a race of moo unlike any tiling wo had seen before,
"W u passed through the bazaar, which I pcniin
luted twice more in the course of the day. The
streets are very narrow, and appeal-much more so
from projecting casements on either side, which
nearly min t. The gloom is increased hy awningi
of boards, and sometimes of palm-leaves, extend,
ing across tiie street, nnd forming n kind uf roof
w liicli excludes the rays nf tho sun, without, how.
ever, bning so well constructed as to shed rain,
Tin- g unis me exhibit for sale in stalls of very j,,,
considerable dimension open in front mid even vvitii
tlio street. The seller commonly sits cross legged
within, upon a mat or carpet. The customer dues
not enter tho stall, for which there is not often suf.
(iciulit room, hut stands iu the sircet while lie ex.
mines thu articles which he wishes to purchase, and
negotiates the price. When nut engaged, the Mil-!,
chant commonly lias a long pipe in his mouth;
with the howl resting on the ground. Clad in a
! -ng fhn-i’ig robe which is confined just above tho
hips with a broad silken girdle of the most showy
colors, his head adorned with huge white or scar
let turban, his logs uncovered almost to the knee,
his leet also hare, or iu red or yellow slippers, ho
sits listless and at ease. Ho makes no demonstra.
tion of eagerness lo sell his wares ; beeves
coldly—you are apt to think contemptuously us van
pass. Ho smokes deliberately und incessantly,
and now and then strokes Ins long beard, which
fails down upon his bosom.
“An endless train of camels, laden with immense
leathern bags full of wnter, building materials,
sacks of Hour, barrels of sugnr, and everything
which in other regions is transported in carls, fills
iho narrow street, threatening to overthrow you
and your diminutive stood, A host of donkeys and
their drivers ; women, their logs hare to their
knee,but with their faces carefully veiled;
j proini.-c.umis crowd of men nf all colors and all
costumes—georgeous, fantastic, wretched, many
ulTueiii nearly naked—with their loud confused
din of outcries mid vociferation; form tt scene
that is quite indescribable. One’s head soon grows
dizzy w un iho strange sights and strange sounds.''
Of the domestic moraisof tho Arab Egyptian, the
foiiuwiiig passage gives one an amusing glimpse
calling completely one’s tiinid those proofs oi nffvclinn
winch were toriucrly said to be considered indispensa
ble ui -. Russian household:
•• A nul her exhibition equally characteristic of tho
nianin-rs of tho country, which we tool witn in the
Minin excursion, was much more serious. We were
-lopped hy a large crowd which quite filled tlio
struct near one uf the public warehouses, I heanl
heavy blows, followed hy piercing cries, in the
midst of the throng of shabby looking people, bilg
ing on my donkey lo the spot, I saw an athletic man
inflicting merciless blows upon a feninle with a hea
vy slick. She cried out petitiously, bu! without any
i tfi-ct. Tlio crowd looked on with interest und ap
parent satisfaction, und no one attempted to inter*
I'cre. 1 enquired of n young Arab, whom wc had
employed as a dragoman, tvhal wns tiie meaning nf
this outrage- He answered with an air of great
indjfll-rt-nce, iu iiis had English, ‘It is an Arab man
licking his woman,' I asked him if it was a com
moil prndico. Ho answered, ‘Yes, the wife da bad,
and tlio Arab lick ’em.' I afterwards learned that
(liis sort of domestic daciplitie is universal in tkh
country'. No one supposes that it is wrong, or
that the conjugal relation can exist on better terms
A European lady, resident in Alcxamlrin, who Imp
period to be with us nt that lime, informed uslhat
she had lately enquired of a favorite servant alter
the he illli of liis wife. Very well, ho said—heller
than common tiie Inst two days, since he hod givtn
tier a good flogging. She told him that English
men d-d not whip their wives. Hu replied that it
was indispensable to whip Arab women, otherwiso
their husbands could not livo with them ; they were
not like Frank women..
The wives thus excellently managed seem occasion-
ally to be come by in a manner equally little European
or American. Witness the foiiuwiiig 6tory,
••Mr. L related an anecdote illustrative
of the character of Maliummed Ali und of the man
nors of the country, lie received it from a Bey
who liinisi If obtained a wife by the method which
the story describes. About three years since, tlm
I’aehn’s Ii
vico of hi
mioii, whether it was expedient to iiominute a
candidate lor tlio Fiosideney, and who tiio enudi.
dale should ' , dec., I; is rein irkuhle that oil this
Committee, hut one V-m li iron mail, wo believe,
(Judge Kenan.) was put—the b.iunce being nil
Calhoun men, 'idle prove- li.tigs attending the up-
pointin '.,t of this Commilleu, pluiuiy indicu'utl the
ward,
of tin:
ilii declined, and lie resorted to tiie ad-
physicians. They rucummciidrd a suit-
•ii, and among other tliii gs. the grra 1
ion in his pleasures, lie soon after'
icd to reduce his harem, nnd lodiM' 1 * 0
r umerarv inmates of il among theom-
oils ofi.is court uuti nriny. Iii pursuance of do*
de-inn, he urdorc d ail the unmarried men w ho were
of Miffi.-ini'. merit and rank to receive this lake" 0
liis favor, to assemble at nil appointed hour ta*"®
gulden of otto of Ills palaces. They were-odvi**
of iiis gracious intentions, and properly arinngc
l r tho Hindu of procedure which hud been elm-''
as most favori thlc In a judicious selection ol let
ban is for thu fuir brides.
I nc I i.ely who Imdtlie careoflhe liarem.fi™
a | oiitiu-i whero she was concealed from
amineii liu phvsiognoiliy and port of eiieli “f 1 1
ns,miibied bachelors, wild, without further cerv
UIOI.V, wrote down tho miiiiu of iho ladv whom "
tliou’gni best suited to n man of such develnpnic" »•
Pho assembly was then dismissed, nod “ntm
on going to his iiouso, received his liiidt.
ii,ui'ir was nut without its disadvantages;
it sdi-Hild '.niaccmmtahly happen that u tuuti wa* ^
. xaetlv soiled in liis now wilb,lie was deprived
lie- di.iiaguisliing privilege of oilier Mussub**- •
Ha hud token her for hotter or fur worse,®*
prudent courtier would incur tl.o displeasure
I’aelui bv divorcing a wife ttccivcd under »ac>