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' ■■■■—■■ dH , B ▼ • \ j > 11 i 4 ■ OLD VOL. LVII. 'l'riE (dKUAICLE & SENTINEL IS FVBLISHB »*>“> TBI-WESKLV, ASD WEEKLY, ypjr. W. «fc W. S. JONES. The Veekly Chronicle & Sentinel 13 PUBLISHED AT ThrefDGllars per annum —or one subscriber two yars, or two subscribers one year for $5. paper, at Five Dollars per annum. 2>i/y paper, at Ten Dollars per annum. Cash System.—ln no case will an order for the paper be attended to, unless accompanied with the money; and in every instance when the thru for which any subscription may be paid, expires before the receipt of funds to renew the subscrip tion, the paper will be discontinued. Depreciated money received at its value in this city. Qhjroriuic and Sentinel. 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.