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OLD VOL. LVII.
'l'riE (dKUAICLE & SENTINEL
IS FVBLISHB »*>“> TBI-WESKLV, ASD WEEKLY,
ypjr. W. «fc W. S. JONES.
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AUGUSTA.
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 12.
The Pic Nic.
For a few days past our city has been enliv
ened, notwithstanding the oppressive charactei
of the weather, with an unttsual influx oi
strangers —(strangers, did we say ? Strangers
they were, but they are so no longer,) drawn
hither by the stern demands of business, con
nected the great work of internal improve
meat usi«h is so closely uniting her with the
jfe»tew»4 U iSei.l iheir .de. c.ted ass
confiding matrons, and their beautiful and love
ly daughters, to mingle for a few fleeting days
in the noise and bustle of busy, dusty streets,
and lend theiraid in uniting the cit and the rustic
more firmly in the social relations of life, and
thereby impart new charms to the prosecution
of the great enterprize, and give to those to
whom its management has been confided a new
impetus to press forward. Harmonious, how
ever, and agreeable as were the mingling to
gether of congenial spirits during the progress
of the Convention, it was reserved for the eve
ning of the last day (Wednesday) to put the
seal of its kindest approval upon their cordial
and compromising deliberations, and by a grand
finale, a fete as brilliant as it was gay and beau
tiful, to crown as with a chaplet their labor.-
and their friendships. An entertainment which,
whether we regard it for the number who parti
cipated in its festivities, or the splendor ant.
beauty of the scene it presented to the eye ol
the enraptured beholder, or the joyous group ol
smiling faces, whose lustrous eyes beamed with
an effulgence that the highest state ot enjoy
ment alone can impart, has perhaps never been
equalled, cerufoly never surpassed in the an
nals of our beautiful city! How, then, shall
we attempt to describe it! How convey to the
absent reader a faint idea of its rare beauty,
magnificence and splendor! It were indeed thi
labor oi Sisyphus, for one who boasts no higher
talent than ourself, to attempt a graphic sketch
of a scene that would command the nicest touch
that could be imparted by the glowing imagina
tion and classic, ornate style of a Bulwcr to do
it justice. Few, indeed, can realize how utterly
incapable we feel to the task which duty im
poses; but if we may not present a faithful
picture, we may perchance convey to the readei
some faint idea of the reality, which could on
ly be appreciated by those who saw and min
gled in the gay throng that composed the scene.
But we have said, “duty calls,” and we always
essay to execute her commands as best we may,
whenever and wherever she invite. And as we
may not weary the patience of the reader with
a detail of the notes of preparation, although
sounded but a lew short hours prior to the bril
liant assemblage, wc invite you, kind reader,
to accompany us to the beautiful Park which
surrounds the City Hall, a little before 7 o’clock,
ofa serene, calm and not unclouded evening,
the balmy atmosphere of which was rendered
the more grateful to the feelings, because it in
spired the belief that a wise and inscrutable Cre
ator, delighting in the pure and innocent amuse
ments of his creatures, vouchsafed his smiles, by
sending upon us a most refreshing shower—there
behold, ere yet the brilliant orb of day is con
cealed behind abrightand beautiful western hor
izon, beneath the dense shade ot our beautiful
native forest oaks, a group of joyous laees, il
lumined with high hope, and intent upon enjoy
ment —the full fruition of which, the hearts oi
those who mingle in the gat' group can only
Ifeel—see there the gray-headed sire, and quiet,
ever watchful, floating mother, as their faces
beam with delight, and the tears ol joy rise ir.
their soft eyes, at witnessing the success ot a
lovely young daughter or a dutiful son, as
they make their first entree in this grand drama,
and challenge the admiration of the beholder,
while gracefully tripping thro' the mazes ot the
cotillion,or whirling inthcexcitingscenesof the
beautiful waltz. —See there, also, the mature
and middle aged of both sexes, whose dignified
self respect, and consciousness of approaching
age, render them “lookers on in Vienna,’
upon a scene which they love for its reminis
cences and associations of earlier life, when the
heart was yet buoyant with hope, and they told,
in soft yet fervent strains, their loves—scenes
upon which the memory delights to linger, ant.
recurs to with a heartfelt joy, known only
to the weary traveler, when his longing eyes
first flash upon the oasis of the desert—Behold
yet again that soul stirring group of grown U]
men and youths and blooming and beautifu.
maidens, charmed and fascinated with the gay
scene around, as they move, now so gracefully
now' so rapidly, and, again, so majestically
through the mazes of the dance —and then heat
the soft and melodious strains of the soul enli
vening music, as it swells and reverberates thro'
the beautiful grove—but stay' —watch with us
the calm and beautiful recession ot the twilight,
succeeded bv the soft light of a nearly toll moon,
shooting its leel.l ■ rays through the dense foliagr
of the grove- 1-t . heart I*.--; with -.J.-nt,
as you witness tne sudden lighting up of the
hundreds of lamps w hich are suspended through
the park, and the illumination, as if by magic, ol
that majestic and massive temple of justice, rear
ing high in the pure atmosphere of the moonlit
sky, the well poised scales of the blind godde-s
—walk with us through these delightful pleas
ure-grounds, dotted with grass plats, over which
is wafted the odors of a shrubbery that Shen
stone might have envied,—feast your ravishet
eyes to satiety, if such a thing be possible, upon
the hundreds of lamps and cantiles, as they send
forth their myriads of rays ot light like so many
bright stars in the heavens, to beautify and illu
mine the scene —And now walk w ith us into
the illuminated Hall, and look down upon that
delighted mass as they move on in the gay and
giddy dance, forgetful alike ot the joys anti sor
rows of the past, as unheeding the bright promi
ses or premonitions of evil, ol the future All,
all, animated by the same mirth-loving impulse,
enjoy the present—Look around—see in the
midst of the gay group—and again in the quiet
repose of a moon-light promenade,—the gentle
maiden, as she steals softly along, reclining up
on the arm ot her affianced lover, while he pour;
into het confiding ear a tale as tervent as it i
thrilling and grateful to her heaving bosom! —
watch them as their soft-beaming eyes meet in
alternate glances; and see their cheeks become
suffused with the crimson blush of modesty anc
conscious chastity—Go with us, we say, gen
tle reader, through all these scenes, and if per
chance you delight io trip the light fantastic toe
summon to your side that beautiful maiden
the lustre of whose bright eyes only flash up
on you to captivate, and whose movements it
the dance are as graceful and ornate as indica
tive of her virgin modesty—Hear the jocuni
merrv laugh as it bursts unhid from the crowd:
of delighted beholders, and you have the brief
out imperfect outline, ofa group, of which we
were', and which we have endeavored to sketch,
with what fidelity those only know who were
present.—Suffice it to say, it was the Pic Nic,
the entertainment given by the citizens of Au
gusta to their freinds, who aielinked with them
in a common destiny, in the success of a grest
work, and in after years memory will recur to
it as among the brightest, greenest spots in her
waste. >
Georgia Rail Road.
Altho' it has not been customary heretofore
to give publicity to any portion of the report
made by the President of this company to the
Stockholders at their annual conventions, never
.heless we consider the following extract from
.he very interesting report of the Hon. John P.
King, President, to the late meeting of Stock
holders, of such peculiar interest at this particu
lar time to every one who feels an interest in the
progress of the Road, that we have been permit
ted by the author to lay it before our readers,
and we cordially invite tbeir attention to its
consideration.
The Chief Engineer makes some very'perti
nent and striking suggestions upon the great
importance of completing our road. But for
the earnest request, however, of some ot the
Stockholders in the interior, that subject would
probably not have been adverted to in this re
port. The gre.rt importance oi this subject to
tie permanent value of the enterprize, must be,
.#u no doubt is, very generally acknowledged ;
jiore e pecially as the contingency, js now ren
dered c' rtain 4 jjpp£.w|iji4>.{heni'
_ Apeenefltyi .i a cbmplefioh has by many here
tofore been based.
A connected line of Rail Road communica
tion from the Atlantic coast south of us, to a
point beyond the Etowah, will be in operation
during the present year. The effect upon our
prosperity anil future prospects, is too obvious
to require demonstration. A single illustration
upon a very limited scale, to be more easy of
comprehension, must be satisfactory to all.—
I’hat portion of the up freight to Madison in
inc month of April, which was received from the
Carolina Hoad and shipped by the owners, a
■nounted to §4,976 —of this amount §2,298, or
nearly half, was for goods destined for Alabama,
Tennessee, &c., beyond the line of the other
road. To suppose that we can retain this trade
or any considerable portian of it, without ex
.endingour road, is to suppose the most impjs
sib eof all human events. Such a supposition
would, in in fact, be so palpably unreasonable,
as to require no serious refutation.
The above is a single hint at immediate loss
es from the division ol Western trade estimated
it its present importance, This trade is however
rapidly increasing, even from the partial devel
opments of the country' by the improvements
.vhich are beginning to approach it. That the
iron on the State road will be gradually laid
lown by the State, or some one else, at least as
ar as Cross Plains, receiving on its way a
□ranch to Rome, would seem morally certain.
But even admitting the final terminus of the
State Road to rest at the Etowah, an event
carcely supposable, the entire trade constantly
increasing ol a vast and fertiler region, which
a-e see is already turning to the Southern At
lantic, byway of Madison, will be certainly'
secured.
Another important advantage of extending
jur road, is suggested by a remark in the Engi
neer's Report. A reference will there be found
lO the third terms, to which we are subjected as
•arriers of the great Mail, and to which we are
compelled to submit, or surrender this import
ant source of our income. The extension will
place our route beyond all probable competition,
not only for this mail, but for the Southwestern
travel, more especially, as it seems extremely
probable that the current of the latter will, at no
listant day, be directed by the way of Memphis.
I’he extension will also secure to us a day
route travelling North; an advantage which
can only be estimated by those acquainted, with
the manj' disadvantages attending night service
both wavs.
The completion of our enterprizc would also
give permanent character and improving value
io our stock. Its value would no longer de
pend upon fluctuating and various opinions, as
ro the effect upon our business by the loss of
the Western trade, and its monopoly by a rival
route. L ire income of the road, and conse
quently the value ot the stock, would go on im
proving with tire increase in wealth and popu
lation of the extensive and fertile region, winch
will be rapidly developed by commercial outlets to
the Southern Atlantic, coast. On the other hand,
if we fix our terminus, and limit our patronage
to the 01-i settlements of Georgia, a great deal
of which is already mueh worn, and no part
very remarkable for a durable fertility, instead
of improvement, we may reasonably look for a
decline, with the natural decay of the country
to which we shall be limited tor support.
Added to these considerations ot a permanent
character, which urge upon us the great, and
even critical importance ol reaching the end of
our enterprize, there has perhaps never, in the
aistory of Rail Road enterprize, been a period
when the work could have been executed at so
low a cost as at the present moment. It is as
certained tliat the work may be executed lor
about one half the average cost ot the road now
in operation ; though it is know n that this was
executed with an economy, perhaps unparallel
ed, when compared witli other similar works.
A useless lai or has probably been employed
in presenting the foregoing views. All must
agree in the abstract, upon the great importance
•o the Stockholders of an early completion of
this great work. The most difficult branch of
the subject is however yet to be considered—
that is, the mams by which this desirable object
mav be accomplished.
That kind of zeal and energy which have
jnished other roads, by expedients equally ruin
ous to stockholde's and their creditors, have no
advocates in our Company. If the road should
be built, it must be paid for, and if any credit be
employed, it must be a credit mutually benefi
cial to’ the creditor and the Company.
But two modee, then, of accomplishing the
work have been considered. The one by sub
cription to the stock; the other by loan.’ The
first has been found impracticable; the second,
if practicable, is attended with many diflicul
ties. There is a general repugnance in the
Board to contract a large debt under any cir
:umstances, and a fixed detei initiation to make
ao use of the credit of the Company that would
greatly postpone the payment of dividends to
he Stockholders. The prospect of large profits
it a future and distant day. would poorly com-
>ensate many of our Stockholders whose wants
ire pressing, and to whom the early receipt of
<mall profits would be more important than
large ones, which they might not live to enjoy.
A long loan, at a moderate rate of interest, and
.vhich ntight be extinguished, principal and in
terest, v itliout withholding dividends from the
Stockhol ters, has been the only kind of credit
rontempiaied by the Board; and such a loan
he Presi lent has been authorised to make. As
he Boa:d however were not unanimous, the
Preside! I from deference to the. opinions of a
-ninorit'. >as expressed an unwillingness to
resell, i -g ; ::ti>m. at least before ah oppor
:unirc i.~ o frre I :o tl:*» Stockholders to express
in opinion upon the authority which lias been
given him. He believes, however, that such a
loan may be made, and at an interest not ex
.ecding six per cent.
By the Engineer’s Report, you will perceive
hat the nett profits from the road for the year
■nding 31st March, is about §IIO,OOO, or about
ij per cent, on the original capital stock paid
n, and about 6 per cent, on the entire cost ot
ire road and its outfit including its Branches.
When we consider the condition of the country
luring the past year, this is a most flattering re
sult. For although a full confidence has always
been felt that the main stem of our road, would
even in times of the greatest depression, realize
r larger profit on the outlay titan the above; yet
it has been feared by many that the investment
in the branch to Athens, ’ would have reduced
our income to an average much lower on the
entile investment. The Directors are happy to
tate, however, that though the income from
his branch has perhaps not yet equalled the
expectations of some, it has very far surpassed
he calculations of others, and promises still
turtherto improve. This arises in some meas
ure from roads having been recently opened
liroiigh lire mountains from licit valleys of the
Fenncssee, Northwest of Athens; a country,
which though capable of a heavy production,
has heretofore contributed but little to the coin
neree of the country, from the expense of reach
ing a market. We’ hope that the ultimate sup
rort given us from this region, will afford an
ither'proof of the fallacy of estimating the trade
ufa new country—fertile in all the elements of
icultltral wealth, by its crude productions,
md limited commerce, before it is developed by
the .advantages of an outlet.
Quebec Canadian ot April 28th says
that the Rev. Father Dufresne, cure of St. Ger
■ ais, was drowned on the preceding day, while
•eturning from the administration of the sacra
uent to a sick person. The Canadien had not
eceived the particulars of this melancholy
event.
Newsf Areas. —A newspaper is a “bill of fare”
:ontaining a variety of dishes, suited to the dif
ferent tastes and appetites of those who sit down
to be entertained.
Retibemsnt or Mr. Webster.—We learn,
says the National Intelligencer of the 9th inst.,
that Daniel Webster yesterday resigned the of
fice of Secretary' of State, and that Hugh S.
Legare, Attorney General of the United States,
is appointed to be Acting Secretary of Stale foi
the present.
Caleb Cushing, of Massachusetts, is appoin
ted Minister and Commissioner to China, in
the place of Edward Everett, who declines the
appointment.
[We confess the intelligence of the retirement
of Mr. Webster from the cabinet of John Ty
ler is to us most gratifying, for it has always
been to us since the base treachery of the Pres
ident to his friends, a source of unfeigned, mor
tification that such a man as Mr. Webster, a
man who has so indelibly stamped the impress
of his genius upon the institutions of his coun
try', Who must for his enlarged and liberal pa
triotism lie [venerated throughout the ■ world,
wherever genius or distinguished ability has a
votary, for hi? splendid talents, should be asso
ciated with a cabinet at the head of which was
John Tyler, a man who conscious of his own
degradation is nowseekingbyalltheappliances
of office at his command to sink others tc his
own debased standard.
That Mr. Webster should have fellowship
with such a man, we repeat, has been to us a
source of deep mortification, not unmingled
with regret, for we frankly confess,as an Amer-,
h-™ Daniel
whatever may be the errors of his judgment;
we give him credit, full credit, for honesty ol
purpose, enlarged patriotism, and a mede of
greatness rarely attained and never surpassed
by any- man of this or any preceding age.—
Such declarations from us will doubtless aston
ish many of our readers, who know our supreme
contempt for John Tyler, and our earnest and
zealous devotion to the Whig cause, but they
are the sentiments we have long entertained for
Daniel Webster, the bare mention of whose
name rarely fails to thrill us with admiration for
his splendid genius.—Ed. Chron.J
From the New Orleans Picayune.
Important from the Western Prairies.
Capture of a Mexican Trading Pa-'ty from San
ta Fe—The Leader Killed—More of Col. War-
/<■?</.
The St. Louis New Era of the evening of the
29th ult., contains intelligence of great impor
tance from the prairies between Independence
and Santa Fe. The steamer Weston had arriv
ed at St. Louis from the Upper Missouri with
the news that a Mexican named Chavis had
been killed near the Little Arkansas by a party
of American?, and thatone of the latter, Wm.
Mason, had been arrested and brought to Inde
pendence a prisoner to answer the charge. The
New Era says, that the facts, in substance, are
as follows:
“Antonio Jose Davi Chavis, a citizen of New
Mexico, started about four weeks ago from San
ta Fe for this State, accompanied by 20 men.—
He had witli him a large sum of money, and
took two wagons with a number of mules.—
During his journey, fifteen of his men deserted
him, and returned to Santa Fe, owing to the se
verity of the weather. According to the con
fession of Mason, Chavis reached the Little
Atkansas, about 240 miles from Independence,
having with him five servants. His party was
there assailed and plundered, Chavis beingshot
by McDaniel and Mason, to whom that task
was assigned by lot. Mason says thaUthe ser
vants were driven back to New Mexico, and
that §32.000 were obtained in gold and silver.—
The accomplices, whose names he gave up,
were—McDaniel, o: Clay county, two men na
med Searcy, and one called I Jatris, residence
not known,,and Dr. Prefontaine, of Westport,
Missouri. These men were part ofa company
of fifteen or twenty, whicii left Independence
under the command of McDaniel, about the Ist
lilt.,for the Arkansas, to join Col. Warfield.—
Col. W. was. when Mason left, at the f.ittle
Arkansas with forty-five men, waiting to inter
cept a company of traders who were expectedto
leave Santa Fe about the Ist inst.”
These are the particulars as given in the
New Era. The editor of that paper, .speaking
of Col. Warfield, then says :
“It can be no longer a matter of doubt that
Wat field has organized a corps ot banditti for
the purpose of plunder. His commission by the
Texan government cannot save him, if he and
his accomplices are taken, from the punishment
due his crimes. He was in this city several
months ago, and prevailed on a few persons to
accompany him on what he termed an expedi
tion for the capture of New Mexico. His plans,
however, seem to have extended no farther than
robbery and murder, or to have tailed for want
of means to accomplish the object entrusted to
him by the Texan government. At any rate,
it is important that he should be arrested, and
that President Houston should disavow having
commissioned him for the business in which he
has been engaged/’
It would occupy more space than we could
possibly spare, were we to go into lull particu
lars in relation to Col. Wartield and his move
ments, but this much we must say, that in Au
gust last he informed us that he was anxious to
act against New Mexico, and that if he could
obtain a regular commission from the President
of Texas he would do so. He expressly stated
that he w ould engage in no hostile acts unless
with full sanction of the Texan government,
and to procure that sanction he wuele to Gener
al Houston, and finally obtained a commission
from him as Colonel, and blank commissions
for such under-officers as he might himself se
lect. Col. W. had been a resident of New
Mexico. Calitbmia and the Rocky Mountains
forseveial years, knew the country well, and
was intimately acquainted with the unfortunate
Howland, so inhumanly shot in the Plaza of
San Miguel in September, 18-11, by order of Ar
mijo. 't he latter, it may be recollected, wasat
tacbedh'tlie Texan Santa Fe expedition, and
to obtain some satisfaction and atonement tor
his base murder, was one of Col. Warfield's
principal objects. Whether the latter has trans
cended the instructions given him by Houston,
we are rniable to say; but our opinion is that
he has not. He is no bandit, no murderer; but,
on the contrary, is a young man of gallant bear
ing, is giea’t favorite Avith all the American
Santa f e and Rocky Mountain traders, and
has not ibe least intention of interfering with
their rights and property, even should he make
a descent upon the settlements of New Mexico.
We our; eh es do not think he will be very par
ticular, In.'tltl he meet with Mexicans far from
the pab' i civilization, whether he attacks them
on the ! xi' in or United States side ot the
line—h ■i .V not stop to take an observation or
reckon 1 ■■■ ■•. tn.’ • should he come acrors then
on the Catena or Pawnee hunting grounds—
but he will invariably respect the property of
Americans, meet them where he may, and will
moreover confine his operations as much as
possible to the territory of Mexico. Let it be
understood that we are far from giving sanc
tion to any acts of hostility Col. W. may com
mit on tfie American side of the line; but we
would ask whether an officer ot any government
would really act differently under the circum
stances. We have not to look far into the his
tory of France, England or the United States to
find precedents for conduct much worse, and we
doubt not that either of the two first menuoned
countries would make “high seas” of the im
mense Western prairies at once, would it sub
serve their ends —they are little else than “high
seas” at best.
We do not knott that we have ever seen this
man Chavis, who. it is stated, has been killed;
but we have seen several members of the fami
ly—a rich and powerful one in New Mexico—
and have not a word to say in their favor. One
of them was extremely anxiousthat every mem
ber ot the Texan Santa Fe expedition should be
tried and shot, and this after Col. Cook and Dr.
Brenham had purchased a large number of
sheep of hi m and paid him his own price in gold.
We shall look with much anxiety tor the next
news from the Westem prairies, and for more
full particulars in relation to the recent events.
We sincerely hope that Col. Warfieldmay con
fine his operations exclusively to the south side
of the boundary line—any news of his success
among the barbarians of New Mexico certainly
will not grieve us much.
The Rothschilds.—Ajiurious fiact appeal's
in the' ! ‘(Jccide’nt,” translat’Srfbr tliat work from
a French publication. “The widowed mother
of the wealthy bankers Rothschilds, while
her sons inhabit palaces in London, Paris,
Vienna, Naples, and Frankfort, still resides in
the small house in the Jewish quarter of Frank
fort (on the Maine) in which her husband lived
and died. Upon his death she declared that she
‘would only leave for the tomb the modest dwel
ling that had served to cradle this name, this for
tune, and these children.’ This house is so re
markable for neatness, that it forces the atten
tion of the stranger. It unfolds a trait of the
Hebrews, as old as the affection and respect of
the wives of the Patriachs for their lords. ”
AUGUSTA, GA TIIURSI). Y MORNING, MAY 18, 1843.
SATURDAY MORNING; MAY 13.
W. B. Bulloch.—Savannah Meeting.
At the request contained in the following
proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of Sa
vannah, called without distinction of party, we
give them a place in our columns; but, as it
might be inferred, were we to give them with
out comment, that wc entered into that mawk
ish, sickly sensibility which may have been op
erated on, to suggest the call of such a meeting,
we avail ourself of the occasion to demur to any
such inference. So far as the resolutions ex
press the partiality of the meeting for Mr. Bul
loch personally, (for we only know him from
character) they are doubtless all very proper,
and may serve to soften, in some degree, his
mortification in his defeat: and if this alone
was the object of the meeting, it was an act ol
courtesy anil kind regard on the part of his
friends, of which, we do not disapprove, and
for which he should, and doubtless does, feel
very grateful. But if, on the other hand, there
was a design to create an impression of persecu
tionoi Mr. B. by the Stockholder! of the Bank,
the effort will recoil most certainly upon those
who participated in the meeting. The State
Bank is now almost entirely- the property of
private Stockholders, who have the perfect
right, and it is their duty, to manage their own
private affairs as may best subserve their own
views of prop, iety, provided the policy- adopted
by them conform to the laws the fend'"’ fi’f
therefore, in the exercise of an undeniable right,
they regard it the interest of the corporation to
turn out a man who had been at its head even
fifty years, he or his friends have certainly no
good cause of complaint, unless improper
means had been resorted to for the accomplish
ment of the object; and even then it would be a
matter about which the public care very little,
and should be confined to the immediate parties
who participated in the arrangement. Os Mr.
Bulloch, we know nothing personally-, and there
fore have no feeling in the matter; in the pri
vate relations of life, we have always heard
him spoken of as a kind, amiable and honora
ble man : we only know him in his character of
Bank President, and we very frankly c.ntess
we have never witnessed any display- of such
distinguished financial talent in the manage
ment of the Bank at Savannah, as should have
entitled him to the office as long as he has held
it. We know nothing of the new President,
Mr. Cumming, but we doubt not the change has
been a very good one, and that the Bank will
be managed with equal, if not greater ability
than under the former administration—at any
rate we hope so.
Public Meeting.
A meeting of the friends of William B. Bul
lock, Esq., late President of the Bank of the
Stale ot Geoigia, was held at the Long Room
of the Exchange on Saturday evening, fith inst.,
pursuant to a call in the public gazettes of the
city-.
The meeting was organized by calling Joseph
Cumming, Esq. to the Chair, and appointing
Henry R. Jackson, Secretary-.
A motion was made by Gen. Rabun.to ap
point a committee to report a preamble and re
solutions expressive of the objects of the meet
ing, which was carried.
Dr. Arnold moved that that committee consist
of thirteen, which was agreed to.
On motion of Mi. John J. Waver, the Chair
man was authorized to appoint the committee.
The following gentlemen were then announ
ced as that committee:—J. W. Rabun, J. C.
Holcombe, F. Densler, Isaac Cohen, John Bos
ton, Isaac Minis, A. J. C. Shaw, Thos. Purse,
A. Champion, Wm. Remshart, T. W. Flem
ing, A. Low and R. A. L. Atkinson.
The committee retired, and alter a brief in-',
terval reported the following preamble and re
solutions, which were unanimously adopted:
The recent change which has taken place in
the direction of the Bank of the State of Geor
gia, resulting in the retirement of W . B. Bul
loch, Esq. from that institution, is a fitting occa
sion on which to express the undiminislied re
gard and unshaken confidence entertained by
the mercantile and other classes of this com
munity, in the character ol their distinguished
fellow citizen. The connexion of Mr. Bulloch
with that institution, embracing a period of
more than 27 years, being characterized by a
frankness and unyielding integrity, has won the
confidence of the bill holders of the Bank, and
has commanded the approbation and esteem of
all. Having, through a long life of usefulness,
enjoyed the confidence of the good people ot
Geoi gia, and believing that he is still entitled to
that high and honorable position in which his
private worth and integrity had placed him, it
affords us a pleasure as his’neighbors and fellow
citizens, knowing and apj reciating his worth,
to make this public expression ofourconfidence
and good wishes, sincerely- regretting a dissolu
tion of that connexion which has so long ai d
so harmoniously existed between him and this
mercantile community:
U'berciipon Resolved, That the citizens of Sa
vannah have the highest confidence in the hon
esty and unyielding integrity ol W. B. Bulloch,
Esq.
Resolved, That the thanks of the mercantile
community be tendered to him lor his liberal
and courteous deportment towards them, while
a Director and President of the Bank ot the
State of Georgia, for a long period of years.
Resolved, 'i hat a committee of five be appoin
ted by the Chair, to convey to him this expres
sion of our best wishes for his future happiness,
and our sincere desire that his “last days may be
his best.”
R solved, Tliat the foregoing preamble and re
solutions be signed by the Chairman and Seer -
tary, and that the newspapers of Georgia be re
quested to publish the same.
After some remarks by the Chairman, the
meeting adjourned.
JOSEPH CUMMING, Chairman.
H. R. Jackson, Sec’y.
JT’rWe learn, says the Columbia (S. C.)
Chronicle ol' the lOtli, that the training stables
at the race course, belonging to Mr. John C.
O’Hanlon, in this vicinity, were burned down
on Sunday morning last—supposed to be the
work of an incendiary.
“The glorious uncertainty op” office. —
The Savannah Republican of Wednesday says:
“We understand some ten or a dozen men con
nected with the Custom House in this city, were I
yesterday removed. Those who have taken I
their places, without exception, were opposed to I
the election of Tyler, and those who were turn- ;
ed out, with p.rhaps one exception, were his I
supporters.
Wh: t a pity it is that the name of the creature
who nr . :.ll- the Presidential Chair, will here
after be in mt' ■ down and associated witli those
who have j re, e,icu him in that exalted office.—
It lessens me dignity and respect for the station.
We prophecy that the old plates, with Tyler’s
head blotted out from among the real Presidents,
will yet command a premium. At all events, in
the next new- article of the kind, let him be stuck
into one if. Tack Downing’s "nota. benes" as the
acting President.
U. S. Treasury Notes.
The New Y’orkExpresscontainsaletterfrom
Mr. Smith Register of the Treasury, in which
he states that no Treasury Notes have been is
sued in mistake; but attributes the error to the
tact that an over-issue of stock on account of
the loan authorised by the Act of August, 1842,
recently took place through a clerical error.
He adds:
“Before the whole of the certificates were issu
ed, the clerk who committed the error, detected it,
and I immediately communicated the fact to the
present Secretary of the Treasury, who, upon
ascertaining the excess, (amounting to a frac
tion over two hundred thousand dollars.) took
prompt measures to have the certificates can
celled, aad the surplus deposit returned to the
party who had taken the loan. Th us correcting
the error without difficulty, and with the concur
rence of all the parties interested-”— Phil. In
quirer.
53” The New Y’ork Courier & Enquirer of
the Bth states that the Legislature of Connecti
cut convened at Hartford on Wednesday last,
and organised by the appointment of the Hon.
Charles B. Phelps, President ot the Senate, pro
tem. —there being no Lieutenant Governor elec
ted by the people, and by the election ot Noyes
Billings, Esq., of New London, Speaker of the
House of Representatives, by a large majfijity.
Mr. Billings is a highly respectable man, and
will make a good Speaker.
From Canton. —The ship Mary Ellen, Capt.
Henry, arrived yesterday "from Canton tvith
dates to January 22d. two days later than had
been before received.—The papers contain no
intelligence of an v interest. Rumors were prev
alent ot an intended renewal of the riots, but
there was no ground lor immediate apprehen
sion. In coming down the river the Marv El
len met a steamer on board of which Sir Tleniy
Pottinger was supposed to be. He was daily
expected at Canton when the vessel left.—-V. Y.
I Tribune.
The Baltimoreipat lot of Tuesday says:—A
letter from Wasbiftgi'tS, after stating the retire
ment id' Mr. Webber and the appointment o.
Cushing, says: “Mr/vlushing reached Wash
ington on Sunday,’ appointed on Monday,
and the same evenpig drew his draft on the
Treasury for hi? outfit. Dr. Martin has beet,
re-appointed to the orice of Chief Cleik in the
State Department. Dr M. held this office when
Mr. Webster became Secretary of State, andon
being removed, acted i'S one of the editors of
the Globe, in the colitmns of which paper he
thereafter abused Mr. -Webster without stint.—
Mr. Webster now resigns the Secretaryship,
and, as may be presumed, to give him evidence
of the estimation in which he is held by hiscol
leagues and the President, the man who had
daily abused him in the grossest manner, is re
stored to the office from which Mr. Webstet
bad removed him! Ta) ing this as a sign, how
long will it be beiore Mr. Webster is himself
attacked in the columns ol the Tyler papers'?—
Mr. Cushinghas selected Jno. Tyler, Jr., as his
private secretary-. Mr. T., the elder, goes to Vir
ginia in a few days and will return in about a
week. He will then be prepared to make his
contemplated electioneeringtour to Boston, os
tensibly to take part fr (tie Bunker Hill celebra
tion of the 17th of Ju He is to be accom
panied by .Messrs, ■ W<'k-
chusetts. He held on as long as he could with
out changing bis politics as a Whig. The Lo
cofoco tendencies of the Administration became
too strong for him, and he therefore reluctantly,
and after great personal effort, cut loose from
the office. Ido not doubt that he now “breathes
freer.” What will be his future course, is per
haps uncertain to himself as it is entirely un
known! to the public.”
gj- On Monday, the 9th instant, the following
gentlemen were elected Directors of the Steam
boat Company of Georgia:
At Savannah.—A. Porter, F. Sorrel, S. C.
Dunning, M. Dillon, R.M. Goodwin,!'. Purse,
E. Snider, J. Balfour, *P. M. Kollock, »E.
Padelford.
At Augusta.—R. Campbell, J. Bones, P.
Fleming.
' And on Tuesday the 9th, R. M. Goodwin
was re-elected President.
•New Directors.
Shipman.—The Louisville Journal of the sth
instam, says:—This man, who absconded with
the funds of one of the New York banks, and
whose arrest in Illinois, by some of the citizens
of Terre Haute, we recently noticed, arrived
here yesterday in the steamboat Vigilant on his
return to New York.
He is returning voluntary; being unaccompa
nied by any officer, and entirely unrestrained in
his movements. He gave up §19,000 in Terre
Haute in various kinds of funds, for which he
took a receipt, and the gentleman to whom he
surrendered tlie amount, gave him §250 to defray
his expenses to New York.
Florida Election.—T he Tallahassee Flo
ridian of the 6th inst. says that the returns re
ceived give satisfactory assurance that Mr. Le
vy is elected Delegate to Congress by a respec
table majority.
Interesting Relic.—Royal R. Hinman Esq
has presented to the Historical Society of Con
necticut a heavy silk Military Sash, wont by
Gen. Richard Montgomery at the time when he
unfortunately fell fighting for American liberty
in Canada, during thq war of the Revolution.
O"The only way sot-a rich man to be healthy,
is by exercise and ausT.seiice—to live as if he
was poor: which are esteemed the worst parts
of poverty.
5N The Gswego (N. Y.) Whig says, that an
application will be made to the next Legislature
lor the chartering of a company to construct a
plank road from that place to Rome. It is esti
mated to cost about §150,000.
The Globe and Fletcher Webster.
The following is the article which recently
appeared in the Globe, on wjiich Mr. Fletcher
Webster has directed proceedings to be instituted
against the Globe, for libel, as stated in a para
graph copied in our paper from the Madison
ian. The Globe states that one of Mr. Blair’s
sons wrote the paragraph :
“We copy from tlie Washington correspond
ent of the New York Express the following
budget of news, or rumors, or whatever else it
may turn out to be—Mr. Fletcher Webster, it
will be seen, is spoken <>f as likely to be sent to
China as Secretary of Legation. Such an ap
appointment is not easiy reconciled with Mr.
Tyler’s Democratic professions. No worse
appointment could potsibly be made; and
apart from the inconsistency, nay, the down
right dishonesty, ol calling such an appointment
the deed of a Democratic President, we think
that no man who had respect for himself—re
spect for his country —reipect for anything which
is respectable in the sigjit of man, would have
dreamed of giving his country such a represen
tative even among barbarians, tie has nothing
but his father’s vices to qualify him for this sit
‘uation; and, young as he is, lie has given a deep
er dye of infamy to his already polluted name.
Whilst this young man remained at home, «e
cared nut to dragthe private profligate before the
public. But, when this frequenter ol “hells” is
proposed as a fit representative of our proud Re
public among the “Celestials,” it is high time
for all who proffess to have the honor of our
country at heart to speak out, and tell those who
dare to inflict this insult upon the American
j eople, that they shall be held guiltless. The
other appointments mentioned as likely to take
place are not mueh belter than that of Mr. F.
Webster: they are precisely such as we expect
ed from Mr. Tyler, and precisely such as a
Democratic President would never have made.”
Loss of the Brig Lancet.
Extra'’ ofc letter reccivcit in Charleston, dated
New York, May 6.
We ’Viet to inform you of the 1< ss of your
brig Li. ■ . Vi> have this moment seen a let
ter from ti v. ek master, at Abseeom Beach,
about 49 miles SaMhof Sandy Hook, which,
state the brig Lancet, from Charleston to this
port, came on shore there early on Friday mor
ning, and is bilged. Some cotton had drifted
on the beach, and the wreck master adds that he
will use all efforts to save the cargo. The wea
ther has been foggy for several days, which was
the cause of the accident. We have not heard
from the Captain—in case he requiresany assis
tance, we shall send to him such aid as he may
need. The vessel having bilged, sails, rigging,
chains and anchors are all that can be saved.—
We hope you are fully covered by insurance.”
[The brig Lancet was owned by Messrs. Jno.
L. Pezant &. Co., of this city. The cargo con
sisting of Rice and Cotton was insured in New
vessel was insured here.]— Mercury
Fatal Steamboat Accident.—On Friday
evening : the sth instant, about 8 o’clock, as the
steamboat Forrest was lying to, to put out a
passenger in a skiff, about twenty miles up the
Alleghany river, the steamboat Pulaski, which
was coming up with about one hundred and
fifty passengers on board, ran into her, the bow
of the Forest striking the side of the Pulaski
opposite her boilers. The boilers were imme
diately thrown down by the concussion—tlie
steam pipes separating, and the hot steam lush
ing among the passengers and scalding them
severely. The Pulaski, whose side was broken
in bv the bow of the Forest, immedately sunk
to her boiler deck. We are indebted’to the
Pittsburgh Chronicle for a slip containing the
following particulars of this dreadful casualty.
—Balt. American.
From the statements of Mr. Enos, a hand on
board the Forrest, and of several other passen
gers. we think that certainly two and probably
five or six were thrown overboard and lost.
The names of these, of course, it will be difficult
to ascertain, as there were so many passengers
on board the boat. One of them was said to be
a hand on the Pulaski. Another person was
seen floating past, calling pi'eously for assis
tance, and he sunk before it could be rendered
him. Another went under the wheel, and three
or four others were seen in the water, apparent
ly making very little exertions to save them
selves; but we are inclined to think that some ot
these latter were good swimmers and reached the
shore. One young man we saw who swam a
shore. having jumped from the cabin windotv.
At a meeting of the Whigs of Richmond, hek
in that city on the 3d instant, a Committee wai.
appointed who made the following report:
That from various sources of information,
his Committee is of opinion that there is gooi
eason to believe that John Minor Botts has re
reived a majority of the votes of the qualifies
Rectors of this Congressional District. It there
.ore recommends to the consideration of tin
nesting, the passage of the following resolu
ions:
Resolved, That it be recommended to Mr.
Botts, that if upon a full and fair scrutiny of the
polls, to be made by him, with such competent
aid as he may call to his assistance, he shall be
satisfied that he has received a majority of the
legal votes of the District, that he contest tin.
seat of John Winston Jones, if he should receive
he return of the Sheriffs.
Rcsoh-cd, That this meeting, considering the
cause of John Minor Botts, will support him bj
all honorable means in his efforts to sustain it.
The report and resolutions were adopted.
Rhode Island.
The government of Rhode Island, under the
new constitution, has been organized, and is now
in full and successful operation. The celebra
tion of the demise of the ancient charter, and the
institution of the new government, has taken
place, and was marked with due solemnity.
The Providence Journal thus speaksof the cer
emonial :
The Celebration at Newport went off' in the
happiest manner, and everything w«sconducted
in a style suitable to the interest and dignity ol
under the escortof the Newport Artillery, to the
North Baptist Church. After an anthem by the
choir, and an impressive prayer by the Rev. Mr.
Leaver, Mr. Goddard delivered the cration.
The large house was crowded with a most intel
ligent audience. In the front ol the pulpit hung
the venerab'e charter 0f!663: and on the cushion
was placed the box in which it was brought by
Baxter, “the most faithful and happy bearer” of
the freest and most democratic instrument of its
day.' It is beautifully engrossed on three sheets
ofparchment, which have become somewhat
worn and decayed by the lapse of a hundred and
eighty years; a part of the seal has been broken
oil, nut is preserved with the rest.
Mr. Goddard, alter an elegant and eloquent
introduction, referred briefly to the history of the
state un. .er the first charter, and under that of
1663. He th n glanced at the main provisions
of the present constitution, and particularly upon
its admirable union of conservative with liberal
principles. He spoke of the difficulty through
which the state had so triumphantly passed, ol
the gallant stand which her citizens had main
tained, and of the glorious vindication which
they had afforded of the great principles ofliberty
and law. Upon all these subjects he seized with
greatskill the prominent and striking points,
and the whole was clothed in a style of surpass
ing beauty and faultless taste. Every sentence
glowing with the true Rhode Island spirit, and
was full of admirable doctrines., admirably en
forced and illustrated.
The closing portions were truly eloquent, and
the allusion to the distinguished "men who had
contributed to the honor oi the old metropolis of
the state, was one of the finest passages that we
ever listened to. The publication of this oration
will add much to the reputati'-n of Mr. Goddard,
and will contribute much to a right understand
ing of the real questions which have been at is
sue in this state. No person has witli morezeal
or more ability entered into these great questions;
and no man lias done more toward arousing that
spirit which has borne us in triumph through a
crisis which once threatened the most disastrous
consequences.
From the N. Y. Thnbune.
General Sol. Van Rensselaer, late Post
master at Albany, appeals by acaidin the Al
bany Daily in answer to tlie imputations cast
on liis official conduct in the Aurora. He adds
that he was present at a conversation, in May,
1840, between John Tyler and Silas E. Bur
rows, in which the latter spoke of a lettei lie
once received from President Monroe, main
taining tlie constitutionality of a National
Bank, which Mr. Tyler de.-ired to see, and Mr.
Burrows handed it to him. A conversation en
sued on the propriety of creating such a Bank,
which Gen. V. R. will publish in due time. He
closes with the filllowing interesting reminis
cence:
“At the Harrisburg Convention of December,
1839, on the morning after Gen. Harrison had
been nominated lot President, the New York
delegation, of which I was a member, were as
sembled by themselves and were considering
the question ot a eand dale for Vice President,
when I joined them. As 1 entered tlie room,
oneot them observed that they were waitingfor
me; that as tlie Convention had united so har
moniously on my nomination for President,
they wished me to nominate a Vice President
also.
1 replied that I did not wish to name a candi
date, but tliat 1 should join them in any one they
would be pleased to present. I bis my colleagues
declined, and again urged me to offer a nomina
tion. 1 then said that if such was their wish, I
would name several individuals from whom
they could make their choice: and accordingly
I presented the names ot John Tyler, Governor
Owen ot North Carolina, and John Bell of
Tennessee. They still declined making the se
lection, and wished me to designate the candi
date. I then named John Tyler, and he was
unanimously accepted. He was on the ground
and knew what course I bad taken. Had I de
signated either of the other two gentlemen nam
ed, he would have been accepted with equal
readiness and unanimity.
May God and my countrymen pardon my
grievous error in this matter, which 1 shall ne
ver cease to, deplore. But I did it for the best.
I had served in Congress with him, in years
gone by, and I then deemed him an honorable
man; and as Virginia was nearly balanced, I
hoped the nomination of my amiable friend
might incline the scale in our lavor.
Such is a brief statement of the manner in
which John Tyler obtained his nomination.—
How grievously he has deceived and disap
pointed expectation, the whole country can tes
tily. But retribution is drawing nigh, and the
tokens cannot be mistaken. A lower fall awaits
him than has overtaken any public man who
has ever betrayed the misplaced confidence of
the countrv.
’ SOL. VAN RENSSELAER.
A Sad Disappointment.—When it was an
nounced tliat tlie Hon. Henry Clay would ad
dress the citizens of Fayette county, Ky., on the
16th inst., the Hon. Thomas I’. Marshall, with
that vanity whichformshismoslprominenlcliar
acterislic took it into his wise head that Mr. Clay
was going to reply to some of his speeches! 1 —
with this idea the great apostle of tetotalisin was
vastly tickled— so mueh so that he perambulated
the streets of Lexington, boasting that Ac bad “a
roused tlie old lion:” that to counteract his influ
ence it had been deemed necessary to bring Mr.
Clay himself into the arena! • Filled with such
notions of his own importance, be went to hear
Mr. Clay's speech: and for two hours sat, sur
rounded bv a crowd of his satellites, expecting
to hear hi . if attacked. At length Mr. Clay
commem •'!, proceeded and concluded his speech
oiroe having alluded in the most remote
degree to tlie Hon. T. F. Marshall! His sur
prise and mortification was complete, if it could
not be heightened by the tact, that Mr. Clay's
conclusion was followed by a call for Marshall
from his friends. He rose confused, and stam
mered out some few remarks, and left the room
looking very much like a dog just deprived ofa
portion of that ornamental appendage known as
the tail!—Kcnludty paper.
Great Freshet in New Brunswick.—The
St. Johns river has risen to an unusual height,
and in many places has overflown its banks and
destroyed much property. The Town of Shef
field and several other settlements on the river
were completely submerged about the 28th ult.
The houses were entirely isolated, and there
were no means of communication from one to
the other unless by boats. In Fredericton the
water was within a couple of feet of over
flowing the town, and rising. Above Freder
icton several barns and houses, of one kind and
another, situated on the low lands, had been car
ried away. The freshet is said to be the great
est for the last forty years. The bridges over
several of the small streams, both on the east
and west sides of the river, have gone entirely,
leaving scarcely a single|vestige behind to mon
ument the spots. It is also stated that the bridge
over the Aroostook, which cost an immense sum
of money during Sir John Harvey’s time, has
also been swept away; and several very excel
lent and substantial mills have been more or
less injured, according to their positions. The
freshet of the Maguadavic river has destroyed
property at St. George, in mills, lumber, bridg
es, &c.. to the an ount of several thousand
pounds. »
3“rHe is a public benefactor who, by the pru
dent and skilful outlav of his time and money,
shall make a single field yield permanently a
double crop; and he who does this over a square
mile, virtually adds a square mile to the nation
al territory—nay, he does more: he doubles to
this extent tlie territorial resources of the country,
without giving the state any larger territory to
defend. All hail, then, to the improvers ot’thc
soil! Health and long life be their fortune—may
their dreams be few and pleasant, and their sleep
the sweet repose of the weary —may they see the
fruits of their own labor, and may their sons
reap still heavier harvests.— Black. Magazine.
MONDAY MORNING, MAY 15.
“That Hat”—A Scene.
We had just taken our seat in our office or
Saturday, when a friend, whose good taste it
ill matters pertaining to dress is universally ad
milted among his associates, entered, and as h.
gave us a most cordial shake of the hand, direc
ted his eyes upward, and remarked, “I have jusi
called to admire that hat, and to complimen:
vour taste in making the selection.” This put
ourmodesty to the blush, and while we muttered,
in quite a subdued tone, our acknowledgements
for such a compliment from one so capable ol
judging, endeavored to make one of our most
obsequeous bows. “It is indeed,” he rejoined,
manifesting a most enthusiastic admiration,
“one ot the most beautiful and handsomely fin
ished hats I have seen during the season, and,
withal, the very latest touch. I admire it for its
shape; the beautiful lustre of the finish, and,”
taking it from our head, “its soft, silk like tex
ture—so flexible, so light, so decidedly genteel,
and you” “My dear sir,” said we, clearing
our throat, for, strange as it may seem, we al
ready experienced some difficulty in swallow
ing, “allow us to arrest you in this paroxism of
admiration, and to assure you that all the com
pliments you have bestowed on our taste, are
properly due to our friends, Messrs. Boggs i.
Autxn, who, knowing our nsed of that article
so essential to decorate the upper mam have
"fiSS'thi’iicurfesymoiifegi-Ta saiad’ aS ifewn
the one you so much admire, which is of the
latest importation. We fully concur in the
correctness of your taste as to its beauties, and
—ahem” “My dear sir,”he interrupted, “I
can wait no longer”—shaking us by the hand
and bidding us good morning, in a manner which
showed at once how much he valued the infor
mation, he wended his way immediately to the
store of Messrs. Boggs & Auten.
Awful Effect of Intempsrance.—The
Apalachicola Journal of the 6th instant says:—
On Thursday last, a man by the name of John
Larkin, a native of Ireland, after having been
in a constant state of intoxication for several
days, laid a wager that he could drink a quart
of whiskey in the space of half an hour, and not
be injured by it. He drank the quart in the
space of from 6 to 8 minutes, at two draughts, a
pint at a time, which caused bis death in about
two hours. We hardly know how much to
scorn the wretch who, for the paltry sum of
§2,50, (the amount of the bet,) would seal the
late of one already far gone in that road of ruin
and misery from which few return. The fate
ot the common murderer is far too good for him.
The deceased has left a wife and two children
in a destitute situation —living curses to the
fiend who has morally been the murderer of him
who should have been their protector.
gro’The Canada papers bring accounts of
great destruction by the freshets in the rivers
which empty into the St. Lawrence. Stores,
wharves, houses, bridges, &c., have been swept
away.
“Are you the man of the house?” inquired a
stranger of a citizen one day. “No, but my
wife is,” was the subdued response.
Poor fellow, we sincerely pity him—but if it
be any consolation to him to know that thou
sands of his fellow beings "are drnon with the
some complaint," he has no cause to murmur.—
Ed. Uhron.
Havana Races.—The steam-packet Alabama
arrived in New Orleans on Sunday evening,
having left Havana on the 2d inst. The same
unfavorable account as that below copied from
the Bee, is given in all the New Orleans prints:
On the first day the attendance was very large,
but subsequently it fell off to an extent that the
proprietors were unable to make up the purses,
owing to the members of the Club not having
been punctual in paying up their subscription.
At a meeting of the jockey Club on the second
day, themselves to guarantee to the winning
horses, the amount of the purses advertised. At
the dose of the races another meeting was con
vened, in which a committee was appointed to
arrange the unsettled affairs of the Club.
We regret to learn that George Martin, the
winner of the celebrated four mile race on the
Louisiana Course, was so severely kicked on
the shoulderblade, while in walking exercise
with Ran Peyton, that it is doubtful whether he
will ever appear again on the turf.
Mr. L. Coch, late owner of Miss Foote, met
with a severe, accident whilst starting his horse,
Joe Chalmers, on the second day’s race. In
turning his racer, he was thrown down and run
over by Ran Peyton, by which accident his col
lar-bone was broken, and besides, severely
bruised in different parts of the body. We are
glad to learn that when the Alabama left, he
was gradually recovering.
It appears from the great hnrry with which
the races were got up, that they have resulted in
a partial failure, but we learn that arrangements
will be made next winter towards placing them
on a permanent footing.
Four of the race horses which were sent to
Havana, arrived yesterday in the Alabama,
viz:—Creath, Sally Shannon, Lady' Jane and
Norma. Sandy Young and Monkey Dick were
sold at Havana.
“Anglo American.” —The Mobile Adverti
ser has the following, in which we fully concur:
Such is the title ofa week'y publication, by
E. L. Garvin & Co., New Y’ork, edited by A. D.
Paterson, favorably known as the former editor
of the Albion. The first number was issued on
Saturday the 29th ult. It is published in the
super-royal octavo form, containing 24 pages,
and is furnished to subscribers at the low price
of §3 per annum. The number before us is ex
ceedingly rich in tlie variety and character ot
the articles composing itscolumns.
S. A. Holmes is agent for this city.
Judge Colquitt.
“Judge Colquitt having already been paid for
his services in our ranks with something more
substantial, and without intending to disparage
him, we would suggest, that a seat in the Legis
lature of the Stale, or in the Representative Hall
ofCongress, and finally the snug place of Sena
tor for six yeai sto come, in the United States
Congress, was tolerably good pay, for two years
servitude in these hard times.”
The above is an extract, says the Macon Mes
senger, Irom a very sensible communication in
the last “Telegraph.” The writer, we have not
the least doubt, expresses his honest indignation
at the truckling sycophancy of a portion of his
party, for formally inviting a new convert to
Delo.icracy, to attend m person, at Milledgeville,
and instruct the Democratic Convention in their
duty. It is a candid avowal on the part ol the
Democracy ot Georgia, that they need instruc
tion, and it is a handsome compliment to the in
telligence of their opponents, that they have cho
sen as Mentor, one, who but two years ago, was
their most uncompromising opponent and most
illiberal maligner. The “old Sachems” are
laid upon the shelf, they are out of date, behind
the age, and incompetent to teach, “the young
democratic” the science ot politics ! The New
school are far ahead of “the old hunkers,” and
are not disposed (and rightly enough) to respect
or yield any obedience to age, which will not be
come enlightened with experience. The pres
ent generation is clearly, wiser than the one that
preceded it. The old Clark and Union Men are
incorrigibly stupid and perverse, for not yield
ing freely to younger and fresher “intellects—
Colquitt, Cooper mA Black, have, as we might
say, been liberally educated in the science of
politics—they have graduated in a good school,
and are fully competent to bend the yowug hvigs
of Democracy, and to incline the old and stub
born trees. Judge Colquitt is a lucky man, and
deservedly so, and we feel a kind of negative
pt ide in the idea, that the great Magog of the
Democratic party, was at one time, although a
zealous, but an' ordinary member of the old
Troup and State Rights party.
“See how wrong you are to drink,” said some
one to a man who was then drunk. “Wine
causes you' to stumble at every step.” “It is not
so,” an.swere the drunkard, “I uo not err in
drinking, but in attempting to walk when I am
drunk.”
The Oldest Man of Modern Times.—lt is
stated, in a foreign paper that the celebrated
Thomas Parr was bpm in the reign of Henry
the Fourth. He was taken to London by Lord
Arundel, in 1635, and introduced to Charles the
Second; but the change of situation and his al
tered mode of lite, particularly drinking wine,
soon proved fatal to a constitution accustomed
to more abstemious habits, and hedied the same
year, at the age of 152. One of old Parrs sons
died at the age of 109. A grand son died ae«
113, and Robert Parr, great grandson to okt
Tom. died at Bridgnorth on September'.?!, !.->/,
aged 124. A peculiar trait in the character ol
these lour generations of Parr’s was their tem
perate habits, amounting almost to total absti
nence.
From the Mobile Advertiser.
Is Henry Clay a Federalist I
The reckless flippancy with which thepnpi?.
jav politicians of the present day denounce Hen
.y Clay as a federalist, is most ridiculous an.
tisgusting. Do these men know any ahin,
about federalism, or Mr. Clay’s connection will
it, when they make these unfounded assertions :
or do they intend, wilfully and knowingly, tc
impose upon the public, by the palpable falsifi
cation of history ? They are compelled to take
one horn or the other of the dilemma; for, ii
federalism is what it used to be, it has no more
zealous opponent in the universe, than Henrj
Clay. He came into public life, as every one
knows, an ardent republican, and sustainei
with devoted enthusiasm, the republican admin
istrations of Jefferson and Madison. It is un
necessary'to dwell upon this fact, for there are
too many proofs of it recorded on the pages ol
American history, for any one to doubt it. Was
Henry Clay a federalist, when, near thirty years
ago, on the floor of Congress, he defenced the
character and fame of Mr. Jefferson against the
violent assaults made by Josiah Quincy, then
the leader of the federal party in the House of
Representatives 3 The following was the lan
guage of Mr. Clay on that occasion:
“Neither his retirement from public office, his emi
nent services, nor his advanced age, can exempt this
patriot from the coarse assaults ol party malevolence.
In I®l, he snatched from the rude hand ol usurpation,
the violated Constitution of his country, and that is his
crime. He preserved that instrument in form, and
substance, and spirit, a precious inheritance for gener
ations to come, mid for Ih.s he can never be forgotten,
how vain and impotent is party rage, directed against
such a man!' When the gentleman, to whom 1 have
been compelled tofeUude, shall have mingled his dust
with that of his abused ancestors, the name of JefiTer
son will be hailed with gratitude, his memory honored
and cherished as the second founder of the liberties of
the people, and th-; period of his administration will
sandy desert.”
And this is the language of a man whom the
upstart politicians ot the present day—men who
at the ime Henry Clay was thus boldly defend
ing the political opinions of Thomas Jefferson
were “puling and mewing in their nurse’s arms”
—are stigmatising as a federalist.
Again—we presume no grown man is so ig
norant as not to know the part taken by Henry
Clay in favor of the last war with England, and
it is also known that never were the lines of
party more distinctly drawn than immediately
preceding and during the continuance of that
war. At this critical period of our country’s
history—(to use the language of an eloquent
writer) —when every artifice was resorted to for
the purpose of alienating the confidence and af
fections of the people from Mr. Madison and
his advisers—when Nullification and Secession
were threatened in New England—when a Hart
ford Convention endeavored to produce a disso
lution of the Union—and when “Peace Candi
dates” for the Presidency were brought into the
field, backed not only by New England, but by
N.York—when no effort was unessayed, to effect
the overthrow of the Administration of Mr.
Madison, and withit the republican doctrines
of which it was the offspring and the champion
—when even the “favorite son ot New York”
was leagued with those who declared it to be
“unbecoming a moral and religious people” to
rejoice at the success of our arms —who threw
every obstacle in the way of the successful pro
secution ol a war waged in defence of the na
tional rights and honor—preventing loans,
checking enlistments and denying the obliga
tions ol the militia to obey the requisition of the
President —while, we say, Mr. Van Buren oc
cupied this position until he saw that the ma
jority was fixed and immovable against him,
when with his usual dexterity and treachery, he
deserted his allies— Mr. Clay stood up on the floor
of Congress, the main pillar of the Administra
tion, cheering the country in the hours of dark
est gloom and most imminent peril, infusing
confidence into the timid, confirming the waver
ing, and repelling evdry assailant by the thun
ders of his eloquence and the lightning glance
of his indignant eye. He thus depicts the con
duct of the Federal party at that day:
“The course of the opposition bv which the admin
istration of the government has been unremittingly
impeded for the last twelve years, is singular, and I Be
lieve unexampled in the history of any country. The
administration has not been forgetful of its solemn ob
ligations. Noart has been left unessayed—no experi
ment, promising a favoiable result, left untried—to
maintain the peaceful relations of the country. No
matter with what unfeigned sincerity, with what real
effort, the administration cultivates peace, the opposi
tion insist, that it alone is culpable for every breach
that is made between the twn countries. Restriction
after restriction has been tried—negotiation has been
resorted to, until further negotiation would have been
disgraceful. While these peaceful experiments are un
dergoing a trial, what is the conduct of the opposition?
They are the champions of war—the proud, the spirit
ed, the sole repository of the nation’s honor—the men
of exclusive vigor and energy. The administration on
the contrary, is weak, feeble and pusillanimous—‘inca
pable of bcmg kicked into a war.’ The maxim, ‘not a
cent for tribute, millions for defence,’ is loudly pro
claimed. Is the administration for negotiation, the
opposition is tired, sick, disgusted with negotiation.—
They want to draw the sword and avenge the nation’s
wrongs. They are for war and no restriction, when
the administration is for peace. They arc for peace
and restrictions when the administration is for war.—
You will find them tacking with every gale, displaying
the colors of every parly, and of all nations, steady on
ly in one unalterable purpose, to steer, if possible, into
the haven of power.”
Is this the language of a federalist 1 But pro
bably we shall be told, that Mr. Clay has chan
ged his opinions, that he has abandoned the re
publican party, and-jeined the federalists. —
Wherein has he changed ? What single opin
ion does he entertain now, what measure does
he advocate, inconsistent with his opinions at
that day ? Search the annals of his life, and,
with the exception oi a United States Bank, the
incorporation of which he opposed in 1811, there
is no great subject upon which he has ever
changed an opinion, since his first entrance into
public life, down to this day—notone! He
stands now where he stood in ’9B, by tlie side of
Jefferson—where he stood in 1812, by tlie side
of Madison. And, indeed, it is but a few days
since a Locofoco paper in this city absolutely
urged it as an objection to Mr. Clay, that h’e
had been consistent I that he had never changed
his opinions! And yet the same paper yester
day, presumes to talk of his “separation from
ihe republican party,” and actually fixes the
date of that “separation” at 1824 ! He has ne
ver changed, but still he separated from the re
pMican parly in 1824 ! How could he separate
from the party without a change ot opinion ?
What constituted that separatum? By wh..t
process was Henry Clay transformed from a re
publican in 1812, to a federalist in 1821, without
a change of opinion on any important princi
ple ? If Henry Clay was a republican from
1798 to 1816, as all admit, what made him a fed
eralist in 1824? We want no evasion—we de
mand an explicit answer.
We care nothing about the term federalist — it
is used only by demagogues, and excites nothing
but disgust for those who use it, in the minds of
all high-minded and intelligent men. And
whatever of odium formerly attached to the
name has been lost of since the inception
of Locofocoism—the enormities of which have
caused even the old federalists to blush for
shame. But we are determined that the calum
nies that have been, and are still daily uttered
against Mr. Clay, shall be repelled; that the
truth shall be told and his true character placed
honestly and fairly before the people.
Mexico.
We are indebted to Mr. George B. Crittenden,
son of the Hon. J. J. Crittenden, one of the
Texian prisoners in Mexico, who arrived in
this city yesterday, byway of Havana, in the
steamship Alabama, for" the following verbal
intelligence:
Mr. Southall, bearer of despatches to Mexico,
arrived at Vera Cruz when Mr. Crittenden left.
The Falmouth was in port awaiting the first
payment of the Mexican indemnity. The pre
vailing opinion in Mexico was that the pay
ment would be effectuated. It is confidently as
serted that Gen. Waddy Thompson was deter
mined to demand his passports and leave the
country in the event of the non-payment of the
first instalment.
It was also currently asserted that Santa Ana
would be invested with the dictatorship of Mex
ico by the Junta.
Sixty-two Texian prisoners were in Mexico,
among whom were Col. Fisher, George Green,
George Van Ness and Thos. Hatch, who were
compelled to work in the streets, and exposed to
every kind of tyrannical treatment. Very little
hopes of their release from captivity was enter
tained by tbeir friends.
Messrs. David Morgan and Geo. C. Hatch,
two of the San Antonio prisoners, who had es
caped from the Castle of Perote, arrived also in
this city yesterday.
The accusation against President Houston,
of sending a letter to Mexico, declaring the ex
pedition of Colonels Green and Fisher unau
thorized, and not entitled to the benefits ot the
Mier capitulation, was fully borne out bv evi
dence obtained in Mexico, and generally be
lieved.—-V. O. Bee.
The Irish Character.—Charles T. Wood
man a reformed inebriate, has written his own
life. The Bay State Democrat says of it—“l he
work is well prepared, and forms a highlj inter
esting volume. which may, we think, be produc
tive of much good. Mr. Woodman, in speak
ing of the various vicissitudes of life through
which he has passed m his slavery to the bowl,
pays the following warm tribute to the Irish char
acter:
“The Irish character I learned how to appre
ciate in my dark and desolate hours. I have
been used better by the sons and daughters of the
Emerald Isle, while in my misery, than by ray
own countrymen. They would cast a broad
veil over what they termed a good man's case,
and share their pittance to the last with the un
fortunate.”
VOL. VIL-N0.20.
Vlrgiuia Kleetloiu
The next Legislature, in joint vote, will most
ikely stand:
Democrats. Whigs.
Senate, 20 12
douse, 75 59
95 71
Democratic majority 21— last year 42.
For Congress.—We have now all the re
urns and the result is 11 Democrats, 1 anti-CUy
and 3 Whigs.— Richmond Inquirer.
Further from the Western Prelrtee.
Our latest accounts from St. Louis give fur
ther particulars in relation to the recent events
on the great Western prairies. The New Era
of the Ist inst. says that three individuals, in
addit on to those previously taken, have been
arrested near Independence, who are said to
have been engag’d in the killing of Chavis, the
Santa Fe trader. Upon their persons some
§5,000 only was found. These men were act
ing on their “own account,” and had not joined
W arfield when the attack upon the Mexicans
was made.
Os the movements of Col. Warfield, the New
Era thinks that he intends hoisting the Texan
banner, and robbing the Mexican traders who
were supposed to have left Banta Fe about the
Ist of April. The salne paper states that W.
had declared his intention to warn the Ameri
can traders to fall in the rear of the caravan,
and that their property would be respected.—
Mexicans would be handled roughly. The
caravan, it is throught, would have property to
the amount of §200,000 principally tn specie.
The editor of the New Era appears to blanie
Col. Mason,' the officer in command <4 the U.
8. troops at Fort Lcavenevort, for remisaaess
H'l f rslsctii’g arofoa S S.inu Fe toadora
Had the company sent outfrora the Fort, coa
tinues the editor ol the Era, kept on one day
longer, they would have reached the place
where the attack upon Chavis was made. The
editor appears to be very sore about this business
ot Warfield’s attacking the Santa Fe traders,
and calls him all sorts of hard names— bandit,
murderer, robber, &c. &c. We can easily
enough imagine, that the diverting the immense
amount of specie which yearly finds its way to
St. Louis from Santa Fe, is one great source o
all this uneasiness, and hence Warfield himself
is stigmatised as any thing but an honest mu.
Our own opinion of Warfield’s movements,
and we have had every opportunity of ascer
taining them, k this:—He will commit no arts
of hostilities on this side of the American line,
and his objects are not so much the attacking
the trading companies as bringing Santa Fe
and the other principal towns in New Mexico
under the Texan flag. He has, in his pocket,
full power and authority from the Texan go
vernment to wage war upon New Mexico;
and that he will do it to the full extent ot his
abilities wc have not the least doubt Enrob
ed under his standard, we believe, are many
members of the Texan Santa Fe expedition,
whose objects, in again visiting thatsection, are
to look after the property they left there and
to obtain some redress for the outrageous and
inhuman manner in which they were treated by
Salezar, Armijo, and other officers—treatment
unparalleled in the history of the world for its
more than savage barbarity. In addition to
these men, he will have a large body of free
trappers and other residents of the Rocky
Mountain regions—the best kind ot men for
such an undertaking—and it is all folly to de
nounce Warfield as a bandit for doing what has
been done every year for the last eight. If the
building and manning those steamer in Eng
land last season, destined to act against Yuca
tan and Texas—if the departure from tie Uni
ted States of numerous bodies of armed men,
under the denomination of emigrants and volun
teers, and commanded by such men as Gen. Fe
lix Huston and other distinguished officers—it
these acts are justifiable, then is Warfield in a
great measure blameless in his enterprise. All
accounts say that he had no hand in the attack
upon Chavis, or Charvis as his name has been
erroneously spelled, and when his future acts
are well weighed, it wi’l be found that he his in
no way earned such appellations as have been
bestowed upon him by the St. Louis editors.
In saying this we are farfrom justifying the kill
ing dfChavis, of whosedeath Warfield is per
fectly innocent according to all acconnts. Be
fore the summer is over'we shall hear of great
doings in New Mexico, or we are mueh mista
ken.—N. O. Picayune.
Q-Mr. Walsh, in a laic Paris letter says:—
“The old castle of Louis XI, near Tours, and
which Sir Walter Scott has immortalized in
‘Quentin Durward, is offered for sale. I be
came iondly ihmiliar with tha curious structure
and adjacent grounds three year ago. They
will be consigned to some modern uses, not at
all kingly or romantic.”—- Nat. Int.
jfj-Gov. Thomas, of Maryland, has address
ed a letter to the Editor of the Baltimore Repub
lican, in which he complains that his rencontre
with his father-in-law, the Governor of Virgin
ia, has been badly misrepresented, and promises
to “unveilin a becoming manner, every fact
and circumstance necessary to establish the true
character ot all concerned in bringing about
and dissolving his ill-fated marriage.”
Dr. Richard Eells, has been tried a
Quincy, 111., and sentenced to pay a fine of §SOO
and be imprisoned six months tor aiding a negro
slave in escaping from Missouri— served him
right-
Isothereal Lines, are those ‘circuits around
the earth, where equal degrees of heat are expe
rienced. These lines are parallel each side of
the equator, until the -2d or 23d degree of lati
tude; at those parallels they begin to diverge, and
at 36 deg. and 40 deg. begin to be altogether ir
regular. in the northern hemisphere, one line
of equal annual temperature, runs through
Rome and Florence, in latitude 43 deg. north;
ana through Raleigh, in North Carolina, in lati
tude 36 deg.; and through the Netherlands, lati
tude 51 deg.; and Boston, in New England, lati
tude 42. Edinburg, in latitude 55 deg., averages
also with Boston. Ulco, in Lapland, latitude 66
deg., ranges with Lake Winnipeg, in latitude 54
deg. M Kupffer, the Russian traveller, states
that the temperature of the air and soil varies
the mi st rapidly, near and beyond the 45th de
gree of north latitude in America and Europe.
Tlie difference will be more readily appreciate!
by comparing Edinburg, with all its elegance
and luxuries, its palaces and hails of learning,
its gifted scholars and polished society; with
Labrador in the same parallel of latitude, on the
eastern side ot the West continent, locked in
the silent thraldom of icy desolation; inhabited
by a few straggling Esquimaux, in huts of snow,
with no other clothing than the skins of wild
beasts, and depending for subsistence on sea
dogs, and other ocean monsters.
The heat and weight of the atmosphere di
minish as we ascend Irom the level oi the sea.
These facts are proved by the observation of
travellers, ascent in balloons, by the zones of ve
getation on the sides of mountains, by the rari
ty and want of elasticity in the air, and by the
excessive cold at great elevations as well as
those under the line as those near the pole. At
the toot of mountains, under theequator, spring
the fruits and flowers of the tropics; then fol
lows a zone of the olive and the vine—then the
leaved forests—then the fir and the pine
—then the dwarf willows, stunted shrubs, ever
greens and mosses; and last, the crests of never
changing snow.
There are yet other known causes of the va
riations of temperature, but why the air in any
given place should be mild and genial one day,
and chilled by frost or scorched by beat on the
next day following, or why one period should be
occupied with one extreme and the succeeding
by another, or why one season should be racked
with all extremes, in quick succession, are
mysteries which neither chemistry, mathema
tics, nor natural philosophy has ever yet pene
trated, or revealed. Electricity is known to
have a powerful agency in atmospherical phe
nomena, and doubtless extends its invisible in
fluence over every part of organised matter. It
seems to be a kindred element with heat, and
what are now the obscure results oi their joint
action, may at some future day resolve the mys
teries of meteorology, in connection with the
variations of temperature.— Hunt's Magazine.
There is a sort of lunar-erratic love which cau
ses its victim tosighlikeacooingdove, and sing
soft psalms to the moon, and to wish himself
seated with his Dulcinea in her far off' moun
tains oflight. Now this sort of love will not
suit for these hard times. If folks could clothe
themselves with moon beams, and live on air,
it might answer; but those who have to hoe
corn and dig potatoes, or are buried in their
work shops, or behind their counters, or sweat
ing over Blackstone, or peradv mure scratching
their noddles lor new ideas to grace their editori
als—all these we say canhave nothing tq do with
this sort of love - it is altogether too etherialand
expenssve.—‘Love, and'.thsfrttpfFr,’“‘Mould suit
the present hard times, as well asthecold weath
er, much better than ‘love amongst the roses.’
Molasses.—A great loss in this article is ex
perienced in hot weather by fermentation. An
intelligent friend communicated to us a fewdays
ago a mode of effectually stopping this, and in
asmuch as it may not be generally known, we
give it publicity.—lt is simply to introduce into
everv hogshead that threatens to buret its bonds,
a tallow candle. In a short time, the process ol
fermentation will entirely cease. It needs to be
repeated as often as occasion may require.—
One candle, however, will last forty-eighi boars.
—iV. O. Papr.