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[FROM TU8 CIT17.EN SOLDIER.]
T U E MAN OP P AO 1*1 AND OF STONY
,U POINT .
un, what art thou t Lo f
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» chi^n nfita pre»<*nc« ihoilni
Ai'mI the trembling world looks ort nghitif— ",
All 1i.ilfit .If «<*><■ or the
lliii! Ii isatill night, llie clear sky arches a.
I.ove, llic dim wood* are all around the field, and
in the contra of llio meadow, retting on the grass
crisped bv llio autumnal frost, sleep the lone vo.
terans of'tlie war, dishcartod by want, and wearied
duwu by llie day * march.
It is still night, and the light of llio scanty fire
falls on wan fuces, hollow eyes and sunkon cheeks;
on tattered apparel, muskols unfit for use, and
broken amts. It in slill night, and they snatch a
feverish sleep beside llie scanty fire, and lay them
down in dream of a lime, when ihc ripe forest shall
no mure ho troden down by the blood slalticd hoof,
when llie valley ehell no more.be haunted by the
Traitor-Refugee, when Liberty nnd Freedom sliull
walk in broadcloth instead of wandering about
with llio uitshodden feet, and the tattered mgs of
wnnt.
It i§ still nlgliiy and mnd Anthony Wnyne
wutchci boxido ilm cQiop'firt'i You cmi ninik liis
towering form, his breadth of shoulders, and his
face by llio light of the five—that manly faro with
the broad forehoud; llie marked eyebrows, over
arching the deep hazel eye, that lightens and
gleam* us lie gazes upon tho moil ol lus bund.
You can nolo the revolution, The wide coat
of blue, varieti by the buckskin sivord belt, from
which depends the sivord that Wayne ulono can
woild the facings of buff, the buttons rusted by
the dew* of llie night, and the march-worn troop-
er’s boots, rcneliing above his knee, with llio stout
iron spur standing out from each heel.
Hist I The night is still, the defcncolrss Con.
linentuls sleep in the centre of the meadow—nil
around j» dark. Tho sky above is clear but the
stars givu forth no light. Tho wind sweeps a-
rouad tho meadow—dim nnd indistinct it sweeps
and all is silent and still. I can see nothing.
Place your ear on the earth. Hear you no
thing 7
Yes yes, A slight sound a distant rumbling.
Tlicro is thunder glowing in tho bo*, in of the
cattli, but it is distant. It is like the murmur on
tSjoWconn, ere llio terriblo white.squnll sweeps a.
! commerce of a nation ; hut it is distant—
“fr* T “jj 1 ! 1 U»st t-uqr eyu to
fcket—see you notlNRg I '* " —
Yes there is a faint gleam liko the light tho
fi re fly—f ]a ! It lightens on tho night that quiver,
ing gleam ! It i< the flush of swords—tho glittor-
ing of arms !
Tho night is longer slill.
‘•Charge upon tho—Rebels ! Upon them—over
them—no quarter—no quarter I”
Watcher of the night, watching over the land of
the New. World, watching over the fortunes of the
stnrvod children of Freedom—ivhat sec you now 7
A band of armed men, mounted on stout steeds
with swords in their uplifted hands.—They swocp
llie thicket, they encompass tho meadow, they sur.
round tho Rebel Host !
The gnllant Lord Gray rides at their head. His
voice rings out clear and loud upon Ihc frosty
uir.
“Root and branch hip and thighs, cut thorn down.
Spare never a man—heed never a cry for quarter.
Cut them down—Charge fitr England and St.
George."
A net then tho to ivas uplifting of swords and butche
ry of defciiclois men, and then there was riding
over llio wounded, nnd trumpling over llio faces of
the dying. And llion there was tho cry for quar.
ter ami the response—“to your throat tuko that—
damned Rebel !’’
There was a moment whose history was after-
wards written with good sharp swords, on the vis
age of dying men.
It was a moment when tho defenceless Con
tinental sprang up from his linsiy sleep, into tho
arms of a merciluss death ! It was tho moment
when Wayne groqned aloud with agony, ns the sod
of Pnoli was flooded with n pool of blood that pour-
-— '** rffiisill Iliv — 1-T * r,l ‘- slaughtered soldiers of
his hand. It was llio moment when the cry for
quarter was inorked , when the rebel clung in his
despair the stirrup of the Britisher, and cluug i;i
in vain, it wns the moment when the gallant Lord
Grey, communicant of the Truo Apostolic Church
of Biiglund, educnlod in tho fiitll of Jesus, school.
eJ in the doctrines of morcy, halloed to his war .dogs
on to tli« slaughter, and shoutod up to the starlight
heavens, until tho angola of God grew sick with
llio scene—“Over them—over them—heed never
a cry—heed never a voice ! Root nnd branch,
cut thciiidowr^-e-efn quarter !"
Ii is « 1 11 > pqirl ] mtili d night, and the Voice of
Blood goes up t<M>«d.shrieking for vengeance !—
It is morning, ntffl the the first sunbeams shine over
the field which was yesternight a green meadow—
the field that is now mi Aceldama—a field of blood,
strewn with heapsof tho dead, nrms torn from the
body, eves hollowed from the sockets, faces turned
to Ihqearth, and buried in blood, ghnsily pictures
of death and pain; painted by the hand of ll.o Bri
ton, fur tho bright suu to slime down upon, for God
to avenge.
It is a sad and ghastly morning, nnd Wayne
stand* looking over the slaughtered heaps, «ur-
rounded by tile I tile baud of survivors, and as lie
gazes on this scene of horror, the voice of Blood
goes shrieking up to God for vengonncc. nnd tho
ghosts of the slain darken the portals of heaven
with their forms of woe, and their voices mingle
with the voice of Blood.
Wns the voice of Blood answered 1
* • » * * * *
A year pussvul, nod the ghosts of the murdered
ookevt down from the portals of the Unseen, upon
the lampn rts of Stony Point.
it is still night, the stars look calmly down up.
on the Broad Hudson, nnd in the dim air of night,
towers llie rocK and fort of Stony Point.
The Britishers have retired for rest,—They
sleep in their warm quiet birds. They sleep with
pleasant dreamt of American maidens dishonored,
uud American fathers, with gray hairs dabbled
with blood. They shall Ita.u merrier dreams
anon, 1 trow. Aye, ayo.
J. H. STEELE & P. THWEATT, Editors.
All is quit around Stony Point; the Scnlinol
leans idly over the ivall that hounds Ids lonely walk;
lie gazes down llio void of darkness, until hi. glance
falls upon the brond and magni ficenl Hudson. He
hears nothing, ho sees nothing,
it is a pity for that sentinel, that his glar.so is not
piercing. Had his eye-sight been burn little keener,
ho might have seen death creeping that Rampart
in sumo hundred shapes— ho might havo seen the
long lulon-like fingers of the Skeleton.God clutch
ing for hi* own plump British throat.—But his eye
sight wns not keen—more's llio pity furaliiin.
Pity it was that that sentinel could not hear a
little more keenly. Hud Ids ears been good lie
might have heird a-little w hisper that went from
that £wo hundred tongues, around llio Ram pan of
Stony Point.
'■General—what shall be the watchicord !’’—
And iIhid, had the sentinel inclined Ids ear over the
ramparts, nnd listened very attentively indeed, he
might havo heard the answer, sweeping up the
heaven*, like a voice of blood,
“Rb»emb'i;r Paul! J"
••Ho—ho ! And so Puoli is to bo remembered
—and so tho voice of Blootfuhrioked not ill the ears
-■*- *“ ’ - antBttiHHMiiiiii* H«»n
Thc^dlfiUwiJvns not blessed with supefuaturn
sight or hearing ; lie did not see the figures creep-
ii.g up the ramparts ; lie heard not their whispers,
until a rude hand clutched him mound the throat,
and up to tho heavens swept the ihoiidor.shout—
“RKHEMnEK Paoli !”
nnd than a rude hayonul pinned him to the wood of
tho ramparts, and then llio esplnnndu of the Furl,
and its rooms and its halls were filled with silent
Avengers, mid then came Britishers rushing from
their bods, cryiug for quarter, mid then they got it
—the quarter of Paoli!
And through the smoke nnd the gloom nnd the
bloodshed of that terrible night, with tile light of a
torch now falling on his face, with the gleam of
starlight now giving a spectral appearanco to his
fcaulures, swept, on, right on, over llio heaps of
dead, one magnificent form, grasping a stout broad-
sword in one hand, which sternly rose, nnd sternly
Tell, cutting a Britisher down at every blow, and
laying them along the floor of the Fort in the pud
dle of ilioir own hiroling blood.
Ghosts of Raoli—shout! Are you not terribly
aveliged 7
‘•Spare me—I haven wife—n child—they wait
my return to England ! Quarter-Quarter !”
I mind me of a man named Shuthnore—lie had
a wife and a child—a mothurold and gray haired,
waiting his return from the wars. On the night
of Puoli he cried for quarter !—Sucli quarter [ give
you—Remember Pnoli !”
“Sparo me—quurter I ’
How that sword hisses through llio air!
“Remember Paoli !”
“1 liuve a gray-haired father ! Quarter /”
“So had Dauuton at Paoli! Oh, remember
Paoli !"
Sparo mo—your see I have no sword !—Quar
ter !’’
Friond, I would apnre thco if I dared.—But
the Ghosts of Puoli nerve my arm—‘we had no
sivord^at Pnoli, and yc butchered us, they shriek
Oh, Hemrmbeb Paoli I”
Da. Lakbz’s Theory of the Earth. Dr. La
key, of Cincinnati, has fashioned a theory of the
earth, whicli he has sustained very ably by (acts
drawu from llio incxliaustiblo treasuros of reading,
aUserya^oUsSn'l ijHji&prjt.. It is nose ten years since
mlserfhtlondti tKe ctlusea of the inferiorlfyT of tfie
men of the Southern hemisptiere. His disserta
tion was appended to Dalafield’s Antiquities of
America, a work of high reputation, which was
published in Cincinnati, in 1830. In a recont Cin
cinnati Chronicle, we find the fullowing interesting
statement of some of the facts which Dr. Lakey
brings to support of his opinion.—Lou. Jour.
"Dr. Lakey maintains that tho northern hemis
phere is better adopted than tiio southern to devel-
ope the physical powers and functions of laud an
imals in general, and to avvakon and foster the in
tellectual fncultics of man in particular. This, he
continues, is strongly indicated by a view of liic
same latitudes in the two hemispheres. Whenever
similar land animals cun ho found, flourishing in
corresponding latitudes of both hemispheres, the
the northern aiiimu! has invuriably advantages
over the southern. Tho lion of North Africa, com
pared with the lion of the Cape, is one of the ma
ny examples that mny bo given. The rncos of
man imligeuious to tho northern, compured with
those of the southern hemisphere, offer striking ex
amples of this law of nature. Compare tho Cau-
cusses race of Europe and Africa, and even the red
mail of North America, with the feeble savage of
Cape Horn, llie Hottentot, and llio New Hollander,
and the correctness of the principle will bo strik
ingly manifest.
“But tho most ingenious part of the argument of
Dr. Lakey consists in the establishing the fact that
the Europoan raco do invariably degenerate, when
they colonize tho Austral temperate zone, and do
not degenerate when they colonize any part of the
Northern temperate zono. He appeals to the ac
tual condition of the colonists of Buenos Ayres, of
South Africa, of New Holland, and Van Dieman’s
Land, in proof of this position. It appears, then,
that the Southern zone is not only incapable as yet.
of producing the higher race of men and land aui
muls, but that even when they emigrate there it is
incapable of supporting them without deteriora
tion. Tho Dutch nnd French Imvo degenerated at
tlie Cape of Good Hope, and the Spaniards have
fallen into the ratio in the Buonos Ayros ; hut he
does not assort the degeneracy of the Anglo Aus
tralian or the Anglo African, and ngress that noi
sufficient time bus elapsed since the English settled
any pnrt ofthu southern hemisphere,
"Tho author of llio theory does nut ennsidor llie
degeneracy of the people of the southern zones
hopeless. It is, however, not for want of suffi
cient ferlility. The continent of Australia ex
ceeds in magnitude that of Europe. Lnto Geo
grsphers givo New Holland an area of 400,000
square miles. Its climate is good and its soil fer
tile ; hut Dr. Lakey contends that, notwithstand
ing thi* fertility, it does not produce in any abutt.
dance the food of man. it lias neither variety nor
quantity of good animal food, nnd although troes
and certain other vegetable luxuriate, few of the
species necessnrics of luminous arguments and in
stances, established Ihc general fact that the south*
cm zone does not or cannot sustain land animals
in the proper and natural vigor of the north ; hav
ing. in the language of Bacon, collected his instan
ces, the Doctor proceeds to assign possible or pro-
bablo causes for It.
‘*1. Tho elepticnl form of the earth's orbit, caus.
ing tho earth to be farther from tho sun, when the
latter is north of the equator, than when it is south
of it.
“2. Tho consequent greater length of lime
uliiclilhe sun acts outlie northern than on the
southern hemisphere.
*-3. Tlie immense proportion of water to land in
the southern hemisphere ; ulso, the sun’s proxim
ity from December to June, ho being lltruo mil
lions ufmiles nearer to tiic earth in tho southern
summer than in tl.o not them. The proximity of
MILLEDGEV1LLE, TUESDAY, NOVEMP.ER 7, 1843.
certain parts of the southern zone. Dr. Lakey
nootions Iho heals of South Australia, thn barren
Karroo plains of South Africa, and the naked and
treeless pampas of La Plata to sustain this Mrtr> <
ti ou.
“To which may possibly be added tlie grejtet*
magnetic intensity of tho northern hemisphere.^
CAPITAL.
Tho following •• peep behind the curtain,' 9 which
wc clip from no exchange paper, it is no doubt true
to tho letter, ami believing to be it «o, wo givo it as
pne of tho “ host things” of tho day :
Some yours ago, Edward Everett, our presont
distinguished Minister to the Court of St.Jumos,
uml Judge Story, wore sitim# together in a comfor*
talilo little parlor in Cambridge, talking ov«*r the
events expected to transpire on the day following,
on which occasion Everett wus to deliver an ora
tion before the Phi Bela Kappa Society of Harvard
University. “Story,” said Evorctt, filling his glass
with wine, "to.morrow will be a great boro, as I am
expected to sny something smart, to sustain my
growing teputution ; and thn fuel i«, my oration is
only common place.” *‘Ah,” replied Story with u
yawn ; “I am sorry for you my dear fellow ; thi *
speech making before the young ones of our old
Alma Muter, must be quite ns insipid as listening to
a dull luwyeron the merits of the Constitution, or
giving a charge to a grand jury.” "But it must be
got through with, though,”chimed ill Everett, open*
.mg n small drawer and taking out u quire of gilt-
i wirot -
Eleven Rcnsons for pnyiiiR Debt. •*
the Christian’s reasons. !
1. Tho Christian member uf society pays his.
debts first, because lie is ofderud to do so in ties
Bible, where tvo are told lu “ render unto CuBwlrf
llio things that aro Caesar's and to God - A!
things that are God's," and to “owo no ntao sit|-I
thing.”
2. The Christian hoars the eighth conimutidmoj
every Sunday: “Thou sliull not steal,” and ii
flauding n man of his due is stealing: for t
tradesman lends upon faitn and honor, and do]
not give
3. Tho Christian pays regularly oil ho owesji
cause he is a fiioid to justice nnd tncrcy. 7!
wishes both to 'love and suctor Id* jieighbor, VI
«ill not^havo file ruin oPuthers on lii/enrisci. iM.V
- .. -£HS j*tr*ot’b he .tit. _
1-ttrfm lit, .a 9*1 Inti one ac! or jilstwQRl' * l V 0 -’’ Hereupon GVorett contiwtlc.
oriTTsJx i,l charity, that justice l.elns the worWY"* A * hU'wont (W/llu kept su iting liTJjli-
ngeri pnper, fastened together with a blue ribbon.
Sgtsy. lisl.n-; I will road ,‘u lito parts I «.
T:t InGsP’fij talto.'' Heretmon ^Voratt commune-
YOU. XXXV—NO 6.
[rr.oM the coLUHims time*. |
Many well meaning individuals Ur whuni I en
tertain a very sincere respect, are laboring under
misapprehensions whicli 1 desire to correct. Va
rious false accusations uul misstatements were ex
tensively circulated against me, just before the first
Monday in this month,and to smite extent, effect
ed a lodgement in tho public mind.
Before the election, I was introduced to the pub
lic by suvorul writers (or "The Tltnos.” One of
the writers imd the presumption to appropriate to
himself tho signature of “Justice.” With wlmt pro.
priuty ho assumes such n cognomen,! have not been
able to perceive ; nnd fiom what follows, I am in
clined to think, utliors will regard the said “Jus
tice,” and “Another Voter," who nmdn his nppenr-
nnco in your paper of the 28th o( Slept, us unfair
if not untruthful writers, in roferoncu to "James
S, Cu/lioun and Sltylock,” "Justice” makes the fol.
lowing statement:
“it is said that he ined extraordinary privileges
from llio Legislature rivijeges denied at all tiroes to
all others) and sold I oiit tnr a large sunt of money,
lu other words, that I najictl thacharli-r uf the Wes
tern insurance, an
ShWoQ;, and sol
i ■»* ol charity, tlint justice helps the worti
and corrects thu unworthy, whilu charity too oftroi'
succors but the latter.
5. The patriot considers tlie evils that ensue frorr^
the more wealthy man leaving ids poorer neighbor
unpaid; that by that means the steps of tlie groat
louder of sooiety are broken—the first ruin begin-
njng with the roeiclmnt, who cun no longer pa) 1
his workmen, und continuing to tlie workman’,
child, who is deprived of clothes, food, or instruc
lion; or to tho aged father and mother, left to diu ou
a bed of struiv,
0. Tho patriot also pays, iiccauso tho system ol
non-payment to a certain extent would bring a goo
oral bankruptcy ou the nation.
the man of the world’s reasons For PAYINi
His debts.
7. The man of tho world pays because lie is con
vinccd that honesty is the host policy.
8. Tho nian of the world pays, because Ito
knows that curses will go with Ilia name if Iioj
docs not pay, instead of good will nnd good words,
which last Ito socures with a certain class by pay
ing.
D. Tito mail of worldly calculation is aware that
by the immediate payment of his debts as fast as
they aro incurred, liu purcliasos peace of iniud, ami
becomes acquainted with Ids income, ilia metuts,!
und his resources.
10. The man of llio world wishes for a comfort
able old age, und knows that ho lias hut little of it
from his surrounding family unloss lie train up his
children in habits of order and ecouemv.
11- Tho tnun of llio world knows the full forc<
of the term, “being nil honest man;” that it wil
carry him through political demeles and family die
putes; and lie cannot mako claim to that namo i
ho is the ruin of others.
Chris. Advocate ($• Journal.
An Ugly Customer—Don’f pul on no extras.-
A wngor was made a fow days sinco on board
sloamboat, between a couple ol jokers, one of who t
pointing to an extremely ugly man, kjt a bottle , f
wine that an uglier customer could not ho produi •
ed. Tho otlior, who Imd seen one of the fironitsi
as ho passed on board the boat—a man whose fuoe
wns screwed out of all shupc—at once took up thu
bet |nd started down stair* fiir his man. The
man and obluined his consenT
deciSe the wager. When inside th
latter, whose nose was on oco side of his face, i
lus eyes on the other, began to scrow and wfrk
(hem about to give his face a greater degree of ug
liness. “S-s-top,” said his hacker, “d-u-n’l puts,
n.no extras. 8t.st.and jest as the Lord made yD
you can’t be beat.—N. O. ric.
Avoid Quarreling.—There is much good sepso
in Iho fullowing, which, though old, deserves tube
repeated at least once u year:
“If anything in the world will make a man feel
badly, except pinching his lingers in the crack ff a
door, it is a quarrel. No man ever fails to think
less of himself after Ilian lie did before one ; it de
grades him in the eyes of all; and, what is worse,
blunts Itia sensibility to disgrace,on tho one hand,
and incronscs his temper and pussionate irritability
on the olhor. The truth is, tiio more quietly End
peaceably wo all get on, tho bettor—the belleffi'or
ourselves, the bettor for our neighbors. In nine
cases out of ten, the wisest course is. if a man chest
you, quit dealing with him : if ho be abusive, quit
his company ; if lie slander you, take euro to jiva
so that nobody will holievo him. No matter who
ho is, or how he misuses you, the wisest way islust
to let him alone ; for thero is nothing bettor than
this cool, calm, and quiet way of dealing with, the
wrongs wo meet with."
Speech of a Prosecuting Attorney ir Indiana.
—“Now, gentlemen of the Jury, this are a ease.
But I’ll first tell you ono tiling. Rver since I
jieoh prosecuting attorney, there is certain bi(
of the law that has tried to ride over mo rouglii
hut hear, I huve risen triumphantly over tho right*
and liberties of tho luw ; yes, I rise indignantly
above tho jurisdiction of civility, in a blaze of glo
ry."—lb.
1 Am.—Ha doth not suy, I am their light, tlioir
guide, thuir strength, or tower, but only I am. He
sols, as it were, Ins hand to a blank, that his peo
ple may write under it what they please that is
good for them. As if he would say, Are thoy
weak? I am strength. Are they poor! / am
riches. Aro they in trouble? / am comf -rt. Are
they sick? Iam health. Are they dying? I am
life. Have they nothing? I am all things. Jam
wisdom nnd power. I am justice and mercy. I
am grace and goodness. I am glory, beauty, holi
ness, emineucy, supremacy, perfection, all suflici-
enc). eternity! Ju'iovah, I am. Whatsoever is
amiahle in itself, or desirable unto them, that I am.
Whatsoever is pure and holy, whatsoever is great
or pleasant, whatsoever is good or needful to make
men happy, that I am.—liishop Beveridge.
ernnd hfgltor into tho regions of the imigiimtion
until he accomplished ono of those beautiful climax-
os of rhotorical composition for which Ito is unrivall
ed. Suddenly stopping, he dropped the MS. and
exclaimed, “There, Story I call that pretty good !’’
Story teas fust asleep ! The stopping to the hum of
Everett’s voice aivoko him up, and rubbing his eyes
with sumo confusion, ho told Evorett his speech
“ would not do; that it wanted some point that
would he remembered.” Everett groanod in spirit
knit his brows, and seomed to he wonderfully do.
jeeted. At last, breaking silence, ho said, “At the
dinner of Phi Beta Kappa Society, wo shall he call,
ed on for lonsts. Let us play into each other's
hands; nnd I think with n little management, we
might distinguish ourselves, nnd talto the pulm off
ol some of those fellows, who depend upon wine and
llio occasion to say good things. The idea acted
upon Story lilto a charm; his fine eye brightened
up; Itis forehead if possible looked more intellect
ual tlinn ever, and knocking his fist on the table, he
exclaimed with vehemence, “Ed, a most capital idea
I cover said a good thing nt a dinner table in my
life; Non omnia possumus omnes; let’s hatch up
something.
Story said fifty fine tilings, nnd so did Evorett,
hut none of them suited; they wore cither too sen
limenlnl, or too high flown, or loo common-place
and Story gnvo it ns his decision that they should
have to give up Iho attempt in despair. A brown
study succeeded for a long lime, when Everott
said, “ ho thought they might not only sny some,
thing smart, but ifn pun could bo made un Itis mime
thoy might not only ho witty hut say something
hand»omo about each olhor.*’ “1 hate puns," growl-
cd out Story. “Did I not hnvo to fight twenty
limes a week when I wns n freshman for tho out
rageous way they worked my name into misorablo
jokes. 1 recollect Gilbert, of Connecticut, once
said, beenuse I ivns rather slow of Rpeecli, that I
put him in mind of a dull Story; and I did not let
him treat mo to oysters und champaigns for a week
afterwards. Ami then thero was Smith, of New
York, and wltcu I appeared as marshal on com
mencement day, with corked hat and feathers, I put
him in mind of an illustrated Story -, und 1 recol
lect Saxo, from Vormont, ivlton 1 got a coat with
is h4<
'obi nine
laturo, (jirtvargesitcutett at alf times to all oth
ERS.) Prince’s Digest, pago 417, will show that
during the session of 183(1, the Legislature grnntcd
the charter of thu Western Insurance and f fust
Company,” better known as “Sltylock,” to Juntos
S. Calhoun, John Langdon Lewis, Thomas C. Ev
ans, John W. Campbell, Charles L. Bass, Joseph
Sturgis, M, R. Evans, Hampton S- Smith, Ed
ward Cary. John J. Boswell, Allen G. Bass, Ben.
jamin Fori, and Seymour R, Bonner. And yet in
neverJ
Elderly peoplo, who wore accustomed ta tho
snail’s paeo of the hinil conches of tho olden time,
can hardly gel their minds to ruulize tho rapidity
with which information is noiv-a-days conveyed
from one end of the country to iho olhor. We were
led to this remark by happening last evening to
glance at the date of no Augusta paper and finding
it the 9th of October. To hold in our hands here
in Washington, at four o’clock in the nfternooo, a
newspaper printed in Georgia the day before yester
day ! it scorned incredible, hut it is only one of
the miracles achieved by "all-conquering steam."
Nat. Int.
tlie sun scorches und parches instead of fertilizing day
To Curb a Cough ok Cold.—Tho Editor of the
lVilliinoro ‘Farmer nnd Gardener’ says, that the
best remedy he ever tried in his funiily for a cough
or cold, is a decoction of llie leaves of the pino tree,
sweetened with loaf sugar, to be freely drank warm
when going to bed at night, and cold through tho
long skirts, said i was then a Blory ann tails.
pi to tins day;'but, ^veft
remittances o m
distinguished friend with n smile and ubserved that
his namo boilicrod him nmazingly tu pun on. "Now
listun, Story, and hear if you can catch n double
meaning—Ever.ott, E ver.olt, 1 Imvo it! 'Eureka
Renooata nomine!’ 1 have found it—Ever-it Ever.
it—wot It it into a sentence, Story, and our fortune
is made.” Story reflected long, and did not speak
for fifteen minutes J finally lie oponud his mouth
nnd gavu utterunco to tiio following : " A speech
liko the ot-.e we Imvo hourd to-day cannot he heat,
en, whore Ever-il is attempted ; I think that is first
rato; how doo* it strike you?" Evorett fairly
sweat all over, and said llmt it was worso than ei
ther ‘dull Story, illustrated Story, ortho Story with
lilies.’
Ruminating for a short lime ho said, “I’ll get
John Neal—you know Siory, ho’ll do any thing for
an invitation to dinner—I’ll get John local! on you
when I wink for a sentiment, and you must say
“ Tho Orator of tho Day—Appluuso follow the
(ootsteps of fame where Ever it go08." Story lis.
toned, but his oyes did not lighten tip; lie evidently
did not tukc ; and finally ho told Everett ho wuuld
not say so dull a thing as that at u litornry dinner—
lie preferred saying something about Ilia ‘ majesty
of thu law.’ Evorett was n little chagrined at this,
for lie thought that Ito hud dono something hand
sumo, nnd went onto explain tho wit of tho thing
to Story. Story listenod and finally said he could
see the point and asked what was his nnswor. E
orett, after some hesitation, produced iho fullowing:
“The members of tho Legal Profession—Ho
ever lofty their aspiration may bo, they nover cun
rise higher than one Story."
"I think," said Story—perfectly innocent of tiio
double meaning—“I think ‘higher’ hud hotter come
in after Story, I recollect a suit for some real estate
onfio that was lost by tho wrong use of that very
word ‘higher.’ ’’ Everett wns almost insano, and
wont iuto explanation on explanation ; hut Story
was too dull to see any merit in wlmt lie was to sny
or in the rejoinder, hut finally consented to repeat
his part, if Everett would pludgu Itis honor dial if
they wero ever laughed at he would come out and
say it was aj] a joke. That night Evorett went home
smiling atid'snnpping hi^iigers at tho impression
he v.-as to fflnko the next day. But llio thing full
still born, tlhi people at the dinner wore as dull as
Story; and we should never have oxposud tho way
the joke was got up, if it Imd not recently boon go
ing thu rounds of tho papers as a remarkably hnp
py retort courteous, and understood to ho got up ox
temporaneously—“llio result of witto and tho occa
sion “
A notorious toper used to inonn about not having
a regulur pair of eyes—one being black and the o-
ther hazel,
“It is very lucky for you,’replied a bystander
‘for if your eyes had been matches, your nose
would have sot them on fire long ago.’—Sun,
Western Politics —"Aro you a democrat ?”
“No, stranger, l*m n shoemnkor.”
‘ Oh, you dun’('understand me. I mean what
part do you take in politics ?”
“Polly Ticks, 1 don’t know uny gal by that
name, I reckon sho don’t live in these cro dig
gins."— Gat.
“You’re rather touchy,” said tho print ing to the
match. “Go off with yourself," said tho match in
reply.—Gat.
To delicate minds the unfottunato aro alwtiy
objects of respect. As the ancients hold sucrud
those placet which had been blasted by lightning,
so the feeling heart consider* thu afflicted a* hav
ing boon touched by tiio hand of Godjhimself.
Gat,
From the foregoing notes, it will be perceived,
that I was not a member of the Legislature that gran
ted the charter, as represented and believed by ma
ny ; and I add to the beat of my knowledge aod be
lief, I never requested a solitary member to support,
tho application, nor wit, l at Milledgevilie at the -
time the bill passed. So much as to my agency in
procuring the charter.
I have but a few words to say in relation to tho
sale of the charter. Tho thirteen individuals to
whom it was originally granted were unable so to
orgunizo as to justify an expectation of profitable ‘
results. Most of the persons named in the charter
sold out their interests, and ultimately, I became the
purchaser of stock sufficient to control—and subse
quently, and before it went into operation, I sold the
charter to Maj. Mark A. Cooper. This simple
statement, I doubt not, i* quite sufficient to satisfy
the minds of all who desire to know tiio truth, as to
the manner by which I obtained the charter. Tho
following is another extract from “Justico."
1 It is also said, that in 1838, while lie was in the .
Senate, ho made a motion which prevailed, to lay upon
tho table (or the balance of the session, a bill winch hail,
passed llie House of Representative*, the object of which
was to repeal so much of the charter in question as
granted the privilege ofloaning money at usurious in
terest.’
And it is sakl, that this fact appears upon tho
Journal uf the Senate of that year, on pages “309
and 310.”
Tlie render mny bo surprised to learn that the
Journal of the Senate does not show, that any such
bill passed the House of Representatives, os is sta
ted. Indeed, the Journal of tlie House will show
that no such bill was ever presented for the consider
ation of that branch of the General Assembly—and
tho staternont to the oontrary, ia a sheer Inbrica*
The true history of tlie matter is briefly thia:
3ol!i section of t|>o,ficl, sets forth wliot the
lion may pmong other
ia "provided always, that itlKatl ft
- emit any notes or make any contracts for
meat of money only except unites ihe sale of file *aia
corporation.” Every body will perceive nil onco,
that llio word sale should havo been seal, tiijcl it is
known to have been a clerical mistake, nnd Ito cor.
red which, a bill did pass tho House 'of Rt- >resen.
lativcs, ill which not one word was stud about re.
pculiag“so much of the charter in question, tjs gran
ted the privilege of loaning money at usurious inter-
Iosl" Tho object of tho bill, wns to render it “law.
the fnco of this page, “Justice” lias wi iiton and j ful fan 1 '* “'<1 corporation to deal or use or em
published that 1 “obluined extraordinary privileges
from the Legislature, (privileges denied at all times
to all others! j Ou this point, further comment is
unnecessary, for the object of the writer is fully ex
posed.
As in my ogency in obtaining tho charter, I pre
sent tho following notes, from Judge Sturgis and
Dr. Boswell. b b
Columbus, Oct. 18th, 1843.
Sir :—Your note of to-day, in which you say “For
the information of the ci,rious. and those desiring to
know tho truth in relation to my agency in obtaining
tho charter of the Western Insurance and Trust Com
pany, from tho Legislature of Georgia, I pray you to
state,” “1st, Were you not the Clerk of the House of
Representatives during the session of the Legislature
that granted the charter. 2d, Do you know of any ef
fort on my part to procure the passage of the hill, hut
that of being one of the applicants for said charter:”
In reply thereto, tho charter was granted by the Leg
islature in 1830. i was the Clerk of the House of Re
presentatives ; Muscogee county was represented that
fear by Geu’l. Allen Lawhon in the Senate and Wil-
iam Holland and Samuel W. Flournoy, Bsqs. in the
House. Vouweronota mctnbei-. The only agency
you had, that I am cognizant of, in the ohtaiuing this
charter was this——At an interview between yourself,
Dr. John J. Boswell, Col. John W. Campbell, nnd my
solf in relation to business unconnected with this char-
ter, either Col. Campbell or yourself, suggested at the
close ol that interview, the policy as well as propriety
ol asking of the Legislature fora charter of this kind,
for tho benefit of the city of Columbus, and as the grant
was doomed to be valuable, we agreed upon the names
of such persons, our mutual friends, as beneficiaries.
Col. Campbell or myself I am not certain which,
presented a printed copy of a charier in the city of
New York from which this charter was copied ; lean-
not say which of you drew the charter, i had it copied
and I think the same was introduced by Mr. Holland
into tho House, Gen. Lawhon ako had a copy which
fie liad engraved by wavoi an aiHSodmetn, to a charier
LXimilar cha.a^lfis.-for tOp-Hiy of Macon, it) the l”'.,*” i
- ! t he liotisie, V nlttod
which amondinont was concurred in by tho House, and
passed ; but was vetoed by Gov. Schley, on the ground
that the grant was unlimited as to the period of ita ex
ploy, any of the stock, funds or money, in buying
or selling any goods, wares or merchandize, or in
Ihe purchase or sale of any stock or funded debt,
contracted by, or under any net of tiio United
Status, or of any particular Stale, or to emit any
notes or hills, nr make any contracts for the pay.
inont of 'money,' provided it should bo done under
the seu/of the said corporation- When this hill
came tip in the Senate for disposition, Mr. Sayre
offered the follow ing proviso :
“That said company shall not make any notes or
bills payable to order or bearer, or in nny mode
negotiable, nnd that said company sliull not receive
interest on loans at a higher rate than eight per
cent p :r annum, except on loans on bottomry and
respon leniia.” This proviso wus agreed to, 45 to
18—I voted in tho negative.—Maj. Cooper was in
the Senate Chamber at the very moment this vote
wus taken, and so soon as llie result was ascertained
he called me from my seat ami requested me to make
a m lion to lay the bill on the tab e for the balance of
then session ; and to oblige him, I matlo tltut motion;
and, for thus obliging him, ( am misrepresented by
some of his friends—with what jtuffes, others may
determine.
I ask tlie cantfid reader to remember, that some,
time before Ike motion which Idid make, wus sub
mitted, I had sold out to Maj. Mark A. Cooper, and
in this mailer, I acted as his friend, and in strict
compliance with his wishes ; having no interest di
rectly or indirectly, in the question.—It is true, it
uffoidcd me great pleasure to oblige Maj, Cooper
in this matter.—He desired the correction of on*
word, that lie might exercise tho powers, intended
to bo conferred on tlte corporation, by tho Legisla-
turo of 1830. I' 11,ought tho request was but rea
sonable, and not in llio slightest manner, in conflict
with the interest of the People of Georgia.—On tiio
contrary,^ then believed, if the Legis'aturehad per-
lo have allowed the
pat-sed bore a different name
to the present charter. A Bill having passed the Sen.
ate to confer similar privileges on certain persuns of the
city of Savannah, a copy of the vetoed act was made
out changing the name of each, the Macon and Colum-
bus companies to their present names, and limiting the
existence of the charter of the Westere Insurance and
Trust Company; and the late William W. Gordon
then a Represeutalito from Chatham, when the Bill to
incorporate the Savannah Company came up, niuved to
amend tho same by engrafting on to it, Ihe present char
ter of the Insurance and Trust Companies of Macon
and Columbus, which was ngreod to by tho House, re
turned to the Senate and there concurred in, and which
became a law. At the timo the auiendmem was adopt
ed in the House, Mr. Early a member from Walton,
caused it to be read twice audibly front Ihe desk, and
so fearful was ho that it wns not sufficiently restricted
relative to real estate, that you will see by reference
to the charter, the restrictions arc repeated in the same
act.
You here havo a full history of the manner in which
this "frightful monster” was obtained. I did not then
nor do 1 now doom that this charter contained any pe
culiar or extraordinary privileges. It may havo served
for Demagogues to harp upon, but it contains privileges
of greater value or importance than the Insurance and
Trust Company of Augusta, or the Muscogee Insur.
ance Company. It you had any farther or other agen
cy than hero detailed, 1 havo liu knowledge of it what
ever.
You will excuse tho length of this, hut as you are
disposed to make this letter public, it is but just that
all the facts should he given to tho public.
I am very respectfully, your obedient servant
JOSEl’U STURGIS.
Hon. Jas. £J. Calhoun.
Columbus, Oct. 23,1843.
Deau Sir .-—Your note of the 18th inst. has been
received, and had it not have been from nty constant
attention to my professional engagements at this timo,
your note would hare received a prompt and decisive
answer at an earlier date.
Your note contains two enquiries couched in tho
following torms. "1st. 1‘ioase to stale what ageucy I
hud in the procurement of tho passageef an act to incor
porate tho Weslorn Insurance and Trust Company of
the city of Columbus, parsed by the Legislature of
Georgia in 1838. The 2d, was 1 a pm “-birr of ilia I-og-
Jslaturo during that sessiouIf'.- —*-Nt
* Tu your first enquiry, I state distinctly that' I was
in Milledgevilie, during tho season, of '30. ami nva con
versation with yourself, Col.'oho W. Campbell,.Judgo
Sturgis and mysolf, upon tho Rilurc pro6pecia of the
city of Columbur, it was thought hy us, if tho L:-gi*la-
ture would grant a charter to take risk upon msnraucc
of every description, it would bo the direct means of
keeping in circulation tome tH(H),(XX) per annum,
among our own citizens, instead of letting that large
amount pass into the pockols of uur Northern friends.
Wo at once determined to draw up a charier for that
object, and I think Col. Campbell was selected to do
so, bocause ho had moro time than any of us ; you said
vou had to leave Savannah to attend tosoinc important
business, and did not expect to be in Milledgevilie
again during tho ei'ting of the Legislature. Judge
Sturgis was the Clerk of the House, and was wholly
occupied, aod I whu had been deputed by the consum
ed authorities of the city of Columbus, to go to Mil-
ledgcvillc for the purpose of getting an appropriation
lor the settlement of expenses incurred by our city for
tho cure and prevention of the Small I’ox, The char
ter was drawn by Col, Campbell, and presented I think
by Mr. Holland, and who was one of tho Representa
tives from this county. Yuu left for Savannah in a day
or two after our conference, and I nover saw you ill
Milledgevilie again during that session, I having ru-
mamed until it* adjournment.
To your 2d enquiry, I state you was not a member
of thu Legislature in 1830 ; and if
compan
lltoro wi
io correction, so as
to tssui notes for eirculhliyn, i* desired,
id have been a better circulation and less
shaving in this part of the Slate , and no one could
havo boon injured by those who loan money nt usu
rious interest. Tile vole to lay this hill on tho ta
ble for the balance of the session, wo* unanimous,
ns tho Senate was unwilling to exhibit the folly of
enacting a luw, which would remain a dead letter
on tho Statue book, since thoy could neither amend
or modify the provisions of the charter, without the
consent of the corporators, and that consent was
withhold.
1 have now a few words to say on the subject of
dealing in charters. It is intimated, that I am quite
expert in obtaining charters, nnd somewhat shrewd
in soiling them ndvanfageousiy—this may bo truo.
But, if wrong in me thus to deal, it must be equal
ly so for others to act in a like manner.
I suppose it is known, that my houuruhle oppo
nent nt the recent election in this county, has also
been a dealer in charters—and tliut at some timo
during the year 1833, by purchase or otherwise*,
Judge Iverson obtained tho control of the ohnrter
of the Farmers Bank, of Chattahoochee, and call
ed to his uid hi its naanagonient, Gun. Sanford ;
limn whom, in my opinion, a more iiouorablo and
upright nmn does not live. Tho Bank, however,
failed in their hands, and at a subsequent period, L
nnd others became Ihc purchasers from Judge Iver
son, for tlie suriLof fifteen thousand dollars. This
I suppose, will account for tho manner by ii liicli i
obtained an interest in this charier.
These facts nre mentioned, not only to show tho
manner in which L became interested in tlie Far
mers Bank of Chattahoochee but, also, to exhibit tho
disingenuousness of my adversaries. I fool assured
that Genera! Sanford and Judge Iverson, acted
faithfully to tho public. Tlie Bank broke in their
hands, because their means were exhausted. Judge
Iverson, sold to me tlie charter, because he thought
it ivas thu most profitable disposition ho could muko
out of it. For thn very same reason, 1 sold the
chatter of the Western Insurance Oi Trust Co.,
alias “Sltylock,” to Maj. Cooper. Now, if it was
wrong in me to buy a charter from Judgu Ivofsott,
then it was wrong in Maj. Cooper to buy from me—
and if it was wrong in me to sell to Maj. £Loper,
then if wni Wrong in Judgo Iverson la sell tit am-
Wiiat is the opinion of unbiased minds 7 Wi ll the
full truth before him, no honest man will censure
either of us, so fur as dealing in charters are con
cerned.
Here I would cioso this communication, but for
tlie following extract from tlie lion. Mark A. Coop,
or, Addross “ To Ihe Voters of Murray County."
“It is true, that certain of Mr. Stephen's Whig
friends mainly procured that charter. I bail no hand iu
asking for it, or obtaining it. That his Bank friends
for two years advised, urged and persuaded me to i*soo
“ something” as circulation, and for that purpose, it is
also true, that I always refused to thu last, saying, it
could not beuefil or relieve the country, but must in
jure it.”
If tile reader wishes to know who it was that
“ mainly procured that charterI refer him to the
names of ihe thirteen applicants, and ho will find
live Whigs and eight Democrats—certainly induc
ing tlie belief, tltut if there was preponderating id*
fiuuiico, it was Democratic, and not •' M r. Sicpncns'
Whig friends mainly." 1 freely acquit Mr. Coop,
erofany and all agency, in “asking lor it, or ob
taining it "from the Legislature.
lu reference to thu balance of thu quotation, my
impressions are ot vurionco with bis—and until I
suiv it from uudor Maj. Cooper’s hand, a doubt nov
>' ou had any further u , cr , l!lSU ,| ,„y n ,; n d that the object iu ul'cirpling
agency in llio matter, 1 ain nut cognizant of it, fur I can- , , > i *, re
cd so ootent a, influence ! " , COrr cl lllu cUr,cal * «»/« '
not see bow you could have used so potent an influence
at 100 ntiics distant, as lias been charged upon yuu.
I aui sir, very respectfully,
J. J. BOSWELL.
lion. Jab. 8. Calhoun.
to seal, wus tu
I allow the corporation, uuderseal, to anil -‘ notes or
bills, or to make any contracts for tho payment of
| money, that inigli' be deonted advisably by the cor,
poraiioil,”
