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AUGUSTA.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 16.
Doings at Washington.
The subjoined correspondence of the Balti
more Patriot, exhibits a state of things at Wash
ington as melancholy to the heart of the patriot,
as it is degrading to the nation and subversive
of the morals of the people. Base and servile
as were the means resorted to, to obtain place
and power under the administrations of Jackson
and Van Buren, which, up to their time, had
had no equals in our annals, they no doubt soar
ed far above the present blood-suckers of the
country, under the administration of John Ty
ler, who, notwithstanding his repeated pledges
to the contraiy, is now, and has been for months,
endeavoring by all the means which power has
placed at his command, to corrupt the people,
wherever it can be accomplished by the bestow
al of office. Indeed, the principle of action is
openly proclaimed in the government organ,
without the slightest regard to the public inter
est, that the offices of the country are to be used
and distributed sot the purpose of raising up
and fostering a Tyler party. What a commen
tary this upon the honesty, integrity and veraci
ty of the President—what upon our boasted lib
eral and free institutions, which guarrantee to
every man freedom of thought and opinion upon
any and all subjects.-
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
Washington, May 9, 1843.
Mr. John C. Spencer may now be regarded
as de facto the chief of the Administration. He
will mould its character and direct its policy.
It remains to be seen whether he can obtain any
influence over the country as easily as he gain
ed the confidence of the President, and uncon
trolled dominion over his mind. He will play
a bold game, and his colleagues who have less
determination of purpose, and less practice in
party discipline, must succumb to his arrange
ments.
The Secretary of the Navy has ordered the
frigate Brandywine and sloop-ot-war St. Louis
to be m readiness for sailing for the Coast of
China on the 20th of May at the latest. Com
modore Parker is to command the Naval forces
on that statton. Letters for the East Indies
> may be. for«4(fded by these vessels iji scn| to the <
Navy Department, with proper directions super
scribed.
Mr. Webster will leave here on Monday next.
It is stated that he will stop a few days in Bal
timore. Mr. Cushing will not start on his China
mission until the first of July next.
Washington, May 10, 1843.
The report of the restoiation of Dr. Martin to
the Chief Clerkship of the State Department,
which was communicated by ene of your cor
. respondents, is not correct. Mr. Derrick, who
has long had charge of a principal part of the
Foreign business, and who carried the Ashbur
ton Treaty to London lor ratification, has been
appointed Acting Chief Clerk under Mr. Le
gare. The late Secretary often remarked, that
with plenty of merely clerical force, he had yet
no one who could relieve him, in any degree,
of the burden of composition—no writing man
to whom he could ei.trust the preparation of
state papers of any importance, from a simple
draft or verbal instruction from himself. He
had doubtless reason to complain on this score;
but it was his own fault. Previous to his ad
ministration it had been customary to confer
the office ot Chief Clerk upon a person fitted by
talents and education to discharge such duty;
as in the case of Mr. Asbury' Dickens, now
Secretary' of the Senate, Mr. A. Vail, who was
afterwards Charge to Madrid, and more lately
Dr. Manin.
The Acting Secretary of State has entered
actively on the discharge of his duties. Mr.
Webster still occupies a room in the Depart
ment adjoining to the Secretary’s official cham
ber, and is engaged in preparing for his depar
ture from the city.
With the separation of Mr. Webster from the
Government, there has been a most vigorous
renewal of the exertions ot certain Locofocos of
New York to procure the removal of the most
prominent office holders in that city. Delegates
from the “Tyler party,” as they call themselves,
are urging the claims of a Mr. Hallet for the
office of Collector, and of Aiderman Shaler for
that of District Attorney. They press upon
Secretary Spencer, who is now the fountain of
patronage, the strong argument that it was quite
useless to remove Lord and Taylor, (two friends
of Mr. Webster,) unless the work is togora.
If Mr. Curtis and Mr. Ogden Hoffman are to
be retained, they say, the Democracy will re
gard the declaration of the President being—
“one and indivisible” with them, as mere
gammon. Loud are their complaints of the Ad
ministration's want of decision. “Give us the
custom house,” they say, “and we will leaven
the whole mass of Democracy with Tylerism!”
That r. ible individual, “joe Hopkins,” has
received . job, belter than most offices, with
which he is abundantly content—namely, the
providing naval stores to certain national ves
sels at New York and Boston.
It is worthy of note, that the same worthies
who are insisting on the removal ot Messrs.
Curtis and Hoflman, are quite content that
John Lorimer Gaham should retain the post of
fice at New York, and Mr. Spencer says he
shall not go. You would be amused to see the
description of persons who are here besieging
the Treasury, and urging their pretensions to
direct removals and appointments. Among
their recommendations to a favorable hearing,
they generally bring placards of Tyler meet
ings, in this, that, or’the other ward, at which
they officiated as vice presidents or secretaries!
. When is this ridiculous and profligate abuse to
end ! A LOOKER ON.
The Southern Quarterly Review.
CONTENTS OF THE APRIL NUMBER.
Schlegel’s Philosophy' of History; Virginia
and New York Controversy; the Sources of
National Wealth; Inda, and other Poems; the
Criminal La,w; Construction of the Constitu
tion; Dickens’ Novels; Agricultural Survey of
South Carolina; Mesmerism; Life of John C.
Calhoun, &c.
Having heretofore spoken favorably of this
work, and expressed our wishes for its ultimate
uccess, it is only necessary now to remark, that
the present number is decidedly superior to its
predecessors. In mechanical execution it is al
most faultless, vieing in paper and typography
with the best publications in the country. Se
' veral of the articles in this number are distin
guished for ability, for justness of criticism, and
lor profound and laborious research, and bear
the impress of the best intellects and the most
profound scholarship of the land.
With this, our unstinted commendation of the
work generally, we must be excused from ex
pressing the apprehension that the Review is
becoming lino political, if not too partisan, in its
character. We refer especially to the articles
upon the “Construction of the Constitution,”
and the “Life of Mr. Calhoun”—the one of
which contains sentiments, or rather theories,
almost peculiar to the South Carolina school of
politics—the-other, though bestowing honor up
on a distinguished personage, is, nevertheless,
100 fulsome in its flattery, and too extravagant
in its praises. In olden times the sincerity of
flatterers was justly questioned when they min
gled no censure with their adulations. Happy
for Mr. Calhoun had this rule been observed
by the authors of his life and the reviewer in
question—tor verily, in their attempt to give
him fellowship with the gods, they have sullied
his humanity, and excited only smiles and
sneers at the portraiture of a character and an
intellect which might otherwise rank with the
purest and noblest ot the age.
Our object, however, is not to enter upon a
controversy which will properly come up when
Mr. Calhoun is fairly before the people tor the
Presidency, but only to express our regret that
the Review should endanger its own existence
by assuming positions and promulgating doc
trines tbreign to its true purpose, and inconsis
tent with the lofty and dignified character of
such a periodical.
A letter from Mr. Whitaker, the editor, thus
explains the late reception of the January num
ber by the Georgia subscribers generally:—“The
agent of the work at Hamburg, put the package
by lor six weeks, not knowing what it contain
ed. He was written to when it was sent, but
did not receive the letter by some mishap, and
the remissness was wholly from this circum
stance.” s , *
The St. Louis Reporter of the Ist instant
says: “We learn from the clerk of the lone that
Brown, one of the murderers of Charvis, the
Mexicta trader, was arrested at Camden on '
He got on board of the lone, but the !
boat, after having started, returned to the land- I
tng toplace him in custody of those on the shore I
Who were waiting to receive him. Tie had just j
sold his horse, and had with him about 3500 in (
silver. The two McDani els were arrested at ■
Liberty on the day previous. One of them en- I
deavoredto use his arms to effect his escape
but both of them were secured. They had -vith i
them about $5,000.
XT Ex-President Adams is spoken of as acan ;
dldate for Governor of Massachusetts.
The St. Louis Organ, ot the 3d inst., says:—
Gen. Gratiot’s trial closed on Saturday. The
jury, under the instructions of the Court, gave
a verdict in favor of the United States, for about
$30,000.
The Washington correspondent of the Phila
delphia United States Gazette says, that it is
now stated publicly at the Departments, that
certain individuals who have had the confidence
of President Tyler, in relation to removals and
appointments for some months past, have been
driving a thriving business, by selling their in
fluence to the highest bidder among the appli
cants for office. The writer asserts, that some
of the persons concerned in this business “are
persons hitherto of high standing, and themselves
bolding responsible offices under the General
Government, residing not a hundred miles from
Philadelphia.”
We have heard this suspicion from several
quarters, and our private information from
Washington, from one who has opportunities
ot observing how things are conducted, is very
strongly' to the point.
Solitary Confinement has been abandoned in
the Rhode Island Penitentiary. The Provi
dence Journal says it was found to operate un
favorably upon the health of the prisoners, and
frequently to induce partial and confirmed in
sanity. We think it must have been the disci
pline of the prison, and not the system of solita
ry confinement which produced these effects.
Bank Defalcations at St. John, N. B.
It appears, by the St. John New Brunswick
er ofthe 2d inst, that the Teller of the Bank of
British North America, in that city', has recent
ly been discovered to be a defaulter to the a
mount of about £600; the Teller ofthe Bank
of New Brunswick, to the amount of £1,217 7s.
6d.; and the Cashier of the Commercial Bank,
to the quite respectable amount of £4,325. This
latter sum was not embezzled, but was, it seems,
lent, from time to time, by the Cashier to his
brother, the Chamberlain ofthe City. The de
linquents have all received their “walking tick
ets,” and their “deficiencies” have been made
good bV their sureties. *
gj-The fashion of wearing bustles, says an
exchange paper, is now called “back-gammon.”
Millehism a century ago.—The Roches
ter Democrat has been told that a gentleman in
Marshfield, Vt., has in his possession a lew old
newspapers, and among them a Boston paper,
printed in 1741, containing a notice of a proph
ecy ofthe end of the world in 1843.
City of Brooklyn.—That part ofthe world,
known as the city of Brooklyn, appears to be
governed decidedly too much, as may be judg
ed from the annexed account irom the New
York Sun of Tuesday:—
“The grave and reverend fathers of our sister
city, have fairly split, separated, divided and or
ganized into two separate and distinct Common
Councils, each claiming chartered functions and
legislative prerogatives. Yesterday afternoon,
they met to try’ and adjust matters, but it was
the old story, 9 to 9, 9 to 9, every vote, and
nothing could be done. It soon became evident
that a storm was brewing; loud words were
flying, and gestures were being made, the im
port of which could not be mistaken, until, at
this critical juncture, an Aiderman more saga
cious than the rest, being anxious to ward off
the impending storm, moved that the “legally”
elected Common Council should adjourn to the
court room in Hall s buildings, which was car
ried, as the whigs contend, but the democrats
vow it to be illegal, because an aiderman voted
who had no right, as they state, to a seat in the
board. Both Common Councils then commen
ced work in a grand style, and, as appointments
will of course be made by both, we may now ex
pecta smart chance lor the lawyers. It was
truly exhilerating to see how actively both did
business after the separation.
The Providence Journal of Tuesday says:
We saw, yesterday, one of the Treasury Notes
advertised by the Secretary of the Treasury as
stolen from the mail, and which the government
appears not disposed to pay, or, in plain English
to repudiate.— The note which we saw was for
3500. and the closest scrutiny could detect no
marks of cancellation. It bears upon its face
the promise of the United States to pay fivehun
dred dollars, and no possible indication that pay
ment has ever been made. The ordinary mode
of cancelling is towrite “cancelled” on the face
of the note, and to punch a hole through as large
as a five cent piece. Nothing of the kind'is on
this; indeed the Secretary’s advertisement says
that the notes bear very littleifany marks of can
cellation.
Il the Collector of New Orleans has received
n ites and transmitted them through the mails to
the department without cancelling them, he has
undoubtedly been guilty of gross carelessness.
But if such is the case, and the government avails
itself of the mistake or negligence of its own of
ficer, to defraud innocent holders of the amount
of notes received on the faith of the Government,
it does just what Mississippi has done, and the
act cannot fail to have a bad effect upon its stock.
Who will take a Treasury note or a certificate
of the stock ofthe government, if he has to take
the chance of its being fraudulently obtained by
some person through whose hands'ithas passed?
Wc cannet believe that such an example of bad
faith will be set by the general government.
It is stated in a letter from Washington that
out of nearly SIOO,OOO of the notes that were
purloined in July or August 1843, only about
SSOOO have been presented to the banks for the
purpose of receiving the interest on them that
tell due on the Ist January last; and only about
S7OOO have been heard of as having been received
at the public offices or in the hands of individ
uals. The bulk, it is probable, is yet the hands
as the rogues.— Baltimore American.
TT The New York Aurora says it is estima
ted by the best informed merchants in New York
that the Western Railroad has drawn from the
natural trade of that city to Boston, about five
millions of dollars within the last six months.
Crumbs or Comfort|for John Tyler.
The New York Evening Post of Tuesday has a
leading article upon the subject ofthe Locofoco
National Convention, and among other reasons
which it gives why it should be holden in No
vember next, it urges the following:
“The early decision of a Convention will put
an end to certain practices of the present admin
istration which have a pernicious effect upon the
public morals. Os all the administrations which
this country ever had , it appears to us that Mr.
Tyler’s has made the most corrupt use of its pa
tronage. Never, wc believe, has the bestowal
of office been so much a matter of bargain—so
shamelessly coupled with the condition that the
receiver should exert himself to secure the elec
tion of his patrons. Mr. Tyler is looking to a
nomination by the edmocratic party —of which
there is not the remotest probability. By mak
ing the nomination in November, that hope will
be cut off, and the floodgates of his corruption
will be shut.”
JJTt is affirmed by some of the Washington
letter writers, that a system has been in operation
for months, by which persons, have obtained of
fice for others, with an understanding that they
were to receive for their services, a considerable
sum of money, or a certain per centage on the
salaries
Serious Accident at Strafford, N.H.—
A correspondent of the Dover Gazette says :
While raising a meeting house at Strafford,
(Bow Pond.) yesterday, 3d inst., the body of the
house was raised, and while raising the first story
ofthe Belfry, the timber being piled up almost
directly over one of the beams, the sill under
neath gave way, which caused the beam to break
and precipitated about twenty men with the fall
ing timbers a distance of about 35 feet, among
the rocks and timbers beneath. Several of the
persons were taken out mangled and injured in
the most shocking manner; two or three of whom
were considered in a dangerous situation by the
physician then present. One of the number,
Mr. Timothy G. Langlev, was entirely senseless
for several hours, it is hoped now that all may
recover.
Mr. Stuart, the Whig candidate for Congress
in the “Tenth Legion,” received about 100 votes
more than were ever before given to any Whi"
in Shenandoah. A correspondent of the En
quirer ascribes this increased vote to the fact
(by no means incredible,) that numbers ofthe
people did’nt know whether • Stuart or Taylor
was the Federal candidate! This is certainly
very complimentary to the intelligence of the
good people of Shenandoah—though friends, we
suppose have a right to “take liberties” with
each other. It may not, however, be so remark
able after all, inasmuch as Mr. Taylor, now a
Democrat, in the olden time, was a leader of the
Federal party. — Lynchburg Virginian.
Served him bicht. —We publish in anoth
er place a circular, w hich John Jolies, of the
Madisonian, has sent to all the office-holder*.
One of them was sent to Col. Hunter, Collector
ofthe Custom House at Savannah. He laid it
before the officers in the Custom House, all of
whom indignantly refused to subscribe for the
puerile sheet. lie then, on his own individual
account, advanced the SSO as requested, “by re
turn mail.” Notwithstanding, a short time af
ter this, he was removed from office. We have
not a -ingle word of complaint to utter against
this removal. He was removed because he
was the father in-law of Senator Berrien, but
in has reaped the proper return for his servility.
He has not only lost his self-respect, but his of
fice, and his case demands no sympathy.— Lex
ii.g/on {Ky.'j Intel.
Prom Rio Grande.—By the brig LaGrange,
Capt. Barr, we have advices from Rio Grande
to the 4th of Mai ch. Rio Grande was in a state
of great excitement; the rebels were every day
expected to attack the city with a force of 50,000
men, nearly all mounted on horses. They were
within thirty miles of Rio Grande when the La
Grange left, and were making all despatch to
reach that place. The Imperialists however
were well prepared to meet them. More than
60,000 troops had arrived on the 9th and 10th of
February from different parts of Brazil. On the
12th 8,000 men arrived irom Pernambuco, and
their whole force amounts to more than 85,000
men who are posted about the town. The only
advantage the rebels have is their horses, with
which they are well supplied. There had been
no engagement between them lately.
The officers of the rebels were some of them
in Rio Grade, watching the movements of the
enemy; tour of them had been taken prisoners
on the 30th January and tied to stakes, and there
left to perish.
The brig Premium, Capt. Davis, of Boston,
was sold to the Brazilians at Rio Grande. Bu
siness was dull in the foreign trade but brisk in
the domestic.— Trit nine.
Connecticut Legislature.
Message of the Governor.—Gov. Cleve
land transmitted his message to the Legislature
from his residence at Hampton, having been
prevented from meeting that body’ at Hartford
by illness resulting from the accident which be
tel him a few days since.
The Governor congratulates the Legislature
on the prosperous condition ot the State, —its
freedom of debt, sufficiency of resources, and the
possession of education and charitable institu
tions, commensurate with the necessities ot its
population.
“The receipts into the Treasury during the
year ending the 31st of March inst., (ineluding
the sum ot $10,845 43 received from the Treas
ury ofthe United States) amounted to $101,046-
49. The expenditures during the same period,
have been $*7,941 18, leaving a balance in the
Treasury of $23,105 31.
The School Fund under the prudent and skill
ful administration of the present Commissioners
has the past year, yielded the same amount of
means tor diflusing the blessings of education
among the children ofthe State, as was furnish
ed during the previous year. The Capital of
the Fund amounts to $2,043,354 87; and the a
mount ot revenue arising from it, and paid into
the Treasury the past year, amounts to the sum
of $240,890 50. This sum has enabled the,
Commissioners to continue to the various Com
mon Schools throughout the State, the sum ot
one dollar and forty cents, on each child enu-
Tnerated, amdunting to> ihe sum of $118,496
and exceeding the largest dividend that has been
distributed to the schools in any former year, by
more than one thousand dollars.
The whole number of children between the
ages of 4 and 16 years, according to the enume
ration in August last, is eighty-four thousand
six hundred and forty, exclusive of fifty-seven
belonging to districts which could not receive a
dividend on account of their schools not being
kept according to law.
The Governor recommends the appropriation
of the State’s share of the proceeds ofthe public
lands amounting to $12,180 70, to the augmen
tation of the School Fund.
Under the faithful and judicious management
ot the officer having charge ofthe State Prison
at Weathcrsfield, the affairs of that Institution,
during the past year, have continued to pros
per. The whole amount of the earnings of the
Institution for the year ending the 31st March
last was $18,889 40, and the expenditures for
the same period amounted to the sum of $12,-
020 15, leaving a nett income for the use ofthe
public Treasury.
The recommendation to abolish capital pun
ishment, and substitute therefor imprison
ment for life, is renewed and confirmed by the
consideration that “so long as the doctrine of
blood for blood” shall continue to be tolerated by
law, so long will criminals guilty of the high
est offences known to our laws, escape merited
punishment through the reluctance or unwilling
ness of Jurors to be instrumental in taking that
from man which God alone can give.— Journal
Commerce.
The Pope has issued orders for the comple
tion of St. Paul’s Church, at Rome, in order
that the jubilee of 1850 may be celebrated there
in. His Holiness is now in his 98th year.
Prom the N. O. Picayune.
Highly Important from Yucatan.
Capture of the Mexican Army at Merida•—Com-
Moore upon the Coast—Engagement with the
Mexican Steamers.
By tlie schooner Sarah Ann Jane, Capt. Col
fin, arrived last night ftom Sisal, we have dates
from that place up to the 2d inst. To William
Badger, Esq., who came passenger, -’•e are in
debted for full files of Campeachy and Merida
papers.
The most important item of intelligence is the
capture, near Merida, of the Mexican army,
near 2000 strong. They had been sadly in want
of provisions for several days, and desertions to
the camp of the Yucatanese had been frequent
previous to the surrender. By the terms of ca
pitulation the prisoners were to be treated with
all the honors of war, and were to march imme
diately for Telchac, where they would embark
for Tampico. These terms had been signed by
Gen. Barragan, on the part of the Mexicans,
and by Cols. Portilla and Baneneli, two Yuca
tanese officers, and the prisoners had started for
the point of embarkation. Some 2000 Yuca
tanese troops left Merida for Telchac on the Ist
inst., to see that the terms of capitulation were
strictly carried out, as it would seem that the
Mexican infantry were allowed to retain their
arms and two or three rounds of ammunition.
Why they should be permitted to do this we are
unable to say, unless the Yucatanese were glad
to get rid of their invaders on any terms.
The Merida papers are filled’ with vivas and
rejoicings at this success, and now feel assured
of soon driving every Mexican from their terri
tory.
Com. Moore arrived at Campeachy early on
the morning of the 37th of April. Unfortunate
ly, just as he was rounding Point Piny, near
the entrance to the harbor, he was becalmed.
While in this situation, he was attacked by the
Mexican war steamers Montezuma and Guad
aloupe. After a short action he was enabled to
drive them oft’, without sustaining any particu
lar damage. It is stated that he could outreach
the Mexicans with his cannon, and with ease;
and the result of this action would go far to
prove the assertion. The only fears that have
been entertained, were, that he might be caught
in a calm by the steamers. He has been placed
in this situation, and the Mexicans were unable
to do any thing with him. With a good stiff
breeze he can outsail the steamers, it is said,
and our next news will probably be that he is
in hot pursuit of them.
The Yucatanese made an attack upon one of
the boats of the steamer Montezuma near Tel
chac on the 23d ult., and after a short action,
were enabled to capture her, together with seve
ral bougos, or boats of the country. The First
Lieutenant of the Montezuma, Chas. Garenk'
(we give the name as the Merida journals print
it,) the surgeon, Edward Dickenson, two Eng
lish sailors, and a number of Mexicans were
made prisoners. Several were killed and woun
ded in the engagement.
We have no positive information as regards
Gen. Ampudia, but believe that he was with
the Mexican troops in the neighborhood of
Campeachy. Our next news will probably be
that he too is a prisoner, or else has returned to
Mexico in disgrace.
Bachelors.
McDonald Clarke, who was usually in
life, denominated “The Crazy'Poet,” once de
livered a lecture before a society, in New York,
on “Love and Marriage,” from which, the fol
lowing striking passage is extracted.—There
was method and fearful power in his madness :
A desolation blackens the memory of the bach
elor. Beautiful were the days of boyhood—but
they faded to forgetfulness. Few of the many
who loved him have gone to his neglected grave.
An old woman is seen, atsundown, leaningover
that lonely resting place—his mother! A youn
ger form of woman is sometimes there on pleas
ant days—his washerwoman!—a chalked-facc
fellow, with shanks like a handspike—poor
Shears his jailor. Alas! for single life! A
mother’s love vainly tries to embalm it, when
memory is mouldering in the filth of its vices.
A voice—a soft, sweet voice, trembles from
the arbors of his childhood. ’Tis his first love
—the maiden whose pillow is covered with
clods. That boy—that wild and wicked boy—
might have been the happiest of human beings.
His heart was once humid—his soul once stir
red by the warm freshet of truth and affection.
Eyes of tender darkness—lips of melting bloom
—hands of thrilling delicacy, once glowed, and
quivered, and trembled at his lootstep; but that
kind, kind girl has blossomed, and bloomed,
and withered in the cold sunbeam of feigned af
fection, unfbllowed by him even to her funeral.
O! man! —brutal and beguiling!— how much
must you answer tor, when the history of the
human heart lies bare on the altar of unredeem
ing judgment, and the treachery of earth grows
ghastly in the gaze of Justice.
Every Inch a Man.—The following interest
ing item was furnished to the Daily Kentuck
ian of the 29tli ult. by the gentleman who is
taking the census of Louisville:
Mr. Editor—\ came across a man last week
who is 55 years old; he has been married three
times; by his first wife he had eleven, by his
second wile he had ten, and twelve bv his last
wife, making thirty-tlire* children, and hi* Wil*
now in a most interesting state.’ Twenty-three
of his children were boys and ten girls: nineteen
boys and six girls are living. He married in
his 18th year, and remained in a state of widow
hood three years.
W e understand that in consequence of or
ders received from England, the steamers from
this port to Liverpool will not, hereafter, be de
tained inconsequence of the non-arrival of the
Southern mail on the day appointed for sailing,
except only by order of the British Minister at
Washington. To insure a passage, therefore
persons should be in this city at least one day
before the period of departure.— Boston Trans
cript.'
WEDNESDAY MORNING MAY 17.
••th what a row. - '
We received through the i’ost Office Yester
day, a very corteous letter, sporting tire impos
ing signature of “One of Many,” covering the
annexed paragraphs from yesterday’s paper, and
in rather a spirit of complaint, asking for the
philosophy ot giving place to such scraps.
“Are you the man of the house?" inquired a
stranger ot 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 down with the
same complaint’' he has no cause to murmur.—
Ed. Chron.
“One oe Many” should have accompanied
his very courteous communication with his
name, which would doubtless have drawn from
us a ful) reply, in that spirit in which we are
quite sure bis was penned. It, however, he
knows us well, he needs no assurance that we
never wantonly sport with the feelings of any,
however humble, or whatever relation they oc
cupy to society, in our playful comment, there
fore, upon the unfortunate “citizen," who ac
knowledged himself not the lord of his own
house, we designed not to .cast the slightest re
flection upon that most sacred of all relations in
life, the married state; and equally foreign was
it from our purpose to assail the humblest of
the gentler sex, whom we have ever regarded
with that tenderness, and treated with that
marked deference and respect, (our bachelorism
to the contrary, notwithstanding,) which in all
civilized society are so universally and deserv
edly accorded them. With this declaration of
respect for the sex, “One of Many” will doubt
less be inquisitive to know why we occasionally
indulge in a little sportive humor, at their ex
pense.
Know, then, that as the conductor of a news
paper, we become caterers for all tastes, and to
make our melange as agreeable as possible, our
arrows are sped occasionally at the maiden, the
bachelor, and those more fortunate, [?] j'clept
married —but above all, we are numbered a
mong that unfortunate class of gloomy, misan
thropic wights, denominated baAekjrs, (Unfor
tunate [?] whether it he their own or the fault of
others,) who are generally regarded fit subjects
for all the jibes, jests, witticisms, irony and sar
casm, both of the sex and married rnen, and
we hope that “One of Many” will not complain
if we occasionally give them “a Rowland for
[their] Oliver.”
Far the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Henry Clay.
Henry Clay has been before the jieople of
the United States in different capacities for forty
years. As a Senator, as a Representative, as a
Commissioner, or as a Minister, he is still the
same ardent lover of his country —he is still the
same devoted champion of liberty. Without a
solitary thought for himself, his whole soul be
ing devoted to his country and his country’s
weal, he has always thrown himself in the
breach, when destruction hovered over his be
loved land, and his at m has stayed the progress
of the destroyer.
Search this land from the centre to the cir
cumference, and where is the American—the
true American, that does not recognize in Hen
ry Clay a leader and a champion! Behold
him in every situation in which he has served
his country, and does not command your admi
ration ? An orator, a statesman, or a farmer,
he is still the same Henry Clay, “uncmiqueral
and unconquerable." The principles of liberty
and independence under which he fought in the
Congress of 1806, he fights under now.
In 1817, he was found exerting his utmost
energies in the cause of the South American
Republics. Spain, that cruel and bigoted land,
had held them in bondage for three hundred
years. Foremost in the rank of American
statesmen was Henry Clay, urging them on
by every means in his power, to free themselves
from their chains; and using his influence in
the halls ot Congress, to have their independ
ence acknowledged by America. The chroni
cler tells us that “his speeches were read at tlie
head of their armies; his name held in the pro
foundest veneration at their hearths and their
altars, and that Bolivar himself addressed him
a letter, expressing the highest admiration of
his ability, and the deepest gratitude ibr his
aid.”
Again, in 1823, when Greece was battling
with the Turk for her liberty, he took the same
stand in her favor as he had done in favor ot the
South American Republics, and with an elo
quence which is like the rushing ofthe moun
tain torrent, urged the cause of the suffering
Greek. It has been said “that to the mighty
logic of Daniel Webster, the mover of the reso
lution to recognize the Independence of Greece,
Mr. Clay brought the aid ol his trumpet-toned
eloquence, and in the same spirit which had
animated his efforts in behalf ol South Ameri
can Independence, he urged the cause, depicted
the sufferings, and pressed the claims ot those
struggling for that freedom which seemed their
birthright in the distant islands of the Aegean
sea.”
When the Missouri question agitated the
whole country —when the vital interests ofthe
whole South was at stake as regarded slavery,
where was Henry Clay ? Had he deserted
his post? No! Again was his voice heard
thundering in Congress, in favor of the admit
tance of Missouri; again did that voice, which
had so often before spoken in tones of unrival
ed eloquence, speak for her, and it was mainly
by his exertions that she was admitted into our
glorious Confederacy; a confederacy which is
held up as an example to the world, and which
proudly boasts as one of its chief supporters the
name of Henry Clay !
Not content with preserving the liberty of his
own native land, he casts his eyes to the farth
est corners of the earth, in search of those whom
he can succour. Like Washington, if the
honor of his country can be preserved untar
nished by peace, his voice is raised in strains
ot burning eloquence for peace; but like Wash
ington, if necessity requires, he too can draw
the sword, and defend his country from the rav
ages of the invader.
When America seemed destined, by intestine
commotions, to be blotted out from among the
nations of the earth—when the sovereigns of
Europe, jealous of her growing power, sent
emissaries here to precipitate her destruction—
there was yet on.: man found, who wastea iy
at all hazards, ■ io: r ; so bi -interpo
sition she was preserved—her honor remained
untarnished, and she still stood among the
proudest nations of the earth.
Fairly has he earned the glorious title of
“Champion of Liberty;” throughout the world
are to be found evidences of his spotless fame;
in every land where liberty has been the watch
word, there has Henry Clay directed his voice
—cheering them on by every means in his
power—holding up to them, always as the re
ward of their perseverance, the priceless boon,
Liberty, and never for an instant flagging in his
exertions to render them free and independent.
The Andes shout forth his name—the home of
Bozzaris catches it up, and joins in the cry—
and from land to land, from pole to pole, the
name of Hf.nry Clay is venerated and blessed,
as the fearless defender of the liberties of his
fellow men. D. L. R.
Jacob Shipman, the defaulting bank agent,
has arrived at Philadelphia and been commit
ted to prison.
The Tallahassee Star of the 11th inst. says:
Mr. Levy’s re-election may be set down, as be
yond a doubt, with a majority over his competi
tor of from seven hundred to a thousand votes.
External Application or Laudanum.—A
case of death from the absorption of laudanum
applied ensraally, hM ju»t occurred in Pari# .
A young dramatic writer, M. Camille Bernay,
whose first attempts had been ven' favorably
spoken of, was ordered by his father, who is a
physician, to apply for a slight indisposition a
poultice on the stomach, on which he was to
let fall a tew drops of laudanum. | To assuage
the pain, which was acute, the patient let fall
not four or five drops, but the contents of a
whole vial. The effect was almost instanta
neous after the application of the poultice.--
Antidotes were applied immediately, but M. C.
Bernay died shortly afterwards.
I LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
ARRIVAL CF FHE
great western.
The Great Western. Capt. Hoskins, arrived
at New York on Friday morning, in twelve and
a half days from Liverpool.
The political intelligence is not important—
the commercial is indicative of a progressive
amelioration in trade and manufactures.
From the Nne York Express.
The Great Weiteffl arrived about three o’clock
this morning.
The Great Western made her passage in the
unprecedented short time of 12 days, having sail
ed on the 29th ull
On the 25th of April the Queen was safely de
livered of a Prinaess, and both mother and child
are doing well.
At nine o’clodfthe Park and Tower guns an
nounced the joyful event to the inhabitants ofthe
metropolis, by a double royal salute of forty-two
guns.
Buckingham PaLance, April 25.
This morning'at lour o’clock, the Queen was
delivered of a Princess.
In the room with her Majesty were bis Royal
Highness Prince Albert, Dr. Lacock, and Mrs.
Lilly the monthly nurse; and in the rooms ad
joining were the other medical attendants, Sir
James Clarke arid Dr. Ferguson; also the Earl
of Liverpool, Loid Stewart of her Majesty’s
household.
The Duke of Sussex died on the 21st of April,
70 years old.
The Roscius, Europe, and Independence have
arrived out in safety.
Parliament met after the Easter holidays on
Monday, April 24, and the folio .ring night, Sir
Robert Peel entered into a somewhat detailed
explanation of the reasons which frustrated the
commission for forming a commercial treaty
with Brazil.
The discussion ofthe right of visit, ot the
right of search—has been revived with vigor,
upon the arrival of Mr. Webster’s despatch to
Mr. Everett.
India. —Calcutta papers to the sth ult. inclu
sive brought to Alexandria by the extra steamer
Tennasserim, to Malta, by' the Cyclops, and
thence to Marseilles by the Acheron, have been
received. AhNHM.
AMKrucAy Ship Hxwes.
- " J American ship
Hewesj from New York to Hull, was wrecked
on Goodwin Sands. Within twenty four hours
after striking, she was engulphed in the sand;
she broke her back.
The value ot the ship and cargo is reported
!• be at least £9OOO. The crew were taken off
by the Deal boatmen.
' Thames Tunnel.—From 12 o’clock on Sat
urday, up Io the same hour on Monday, 28,642
persons went through the tunnel, and since the
opening, upwards of 320,000. The holiday
folks have given employment to three or four
tollmen.
Ireland.
The removal of the mail contract from Mr
Purcell and his partners, keeps up a sensation
in Ireland, which has spread far and wide. The
papers ot the most opposite parties are ot ac
cord—and the general indignation goes to extra
ordinary heights.
France.
The Constitutionnel has lately taken up the
question ol persecution of Protestants in France,
as if, under Mr. Guizot, a Pretestant toleration
had been abandoned. The ground for the sup
position that Protestants are molested in the
tree exercise of their religion, is the confirma
tion by the Supreme Court ot Cassation, of the
decision of the respective tribunals of Nantes
and Versailles, in the case ot the Protestant
congregation ol Seaneville, that the authoriza
tion of the government is necessary before a
pastor can enter upon his duties.
That it would be desirable to have such a law
amended no one will dispute; but the law being
such, it is no proof of a persecuting disposition,
that, when questioned before the proper tribu
nals, the latter, having no discretion in fact, af
firm simply that the terms of the law are such
and must lie complied with.
The Monitetir publishes the details of the
marriage ol the Princess Clementine of Or
leans with Ptince Augustus of Saxe-Cobug,
which took place ar the Palace of St. Cloud.
Death of the Duke of Sussex.—An uni
versal gloom has spread itself over the nation,
occasioned by the death, on the 21st inst., ofthe
illustrious Duke of Sussex, uncle to the Queen.
From the liberality and munificence which was
characteristic of the royal Duke, his memory
will long be held sacred, especially amongthose
societies and charitable institutions of which his
support and countenance was never solicited in
vain. It has seemed to have been his principal
object billing a long and useful life, to break
through that hitherto insurmountable barrier
which custom has raised in this aristocratic
country between royalty and the body ofjlie
people. And thougii we cannot commend f ve
ry act of his life, may it tie far from us to with
hold from his memory that tribute of admiration
which is justly his due.
Chinese Ransom.-Ph Monday six wagons ar
rived at the Royal Mint with upwards ofone mil
lion and a quarter dollars worthof Sycee silver
being[the last moiety of thefi rst instalment, name
ly. dollars ofthe Chinese ransom The
silver, as on previous occasions is packed in
strong woalen boxes, bearing the official seal of
Sir Henry Pottingbr.
From the Liverpool Chronicle April 29.
State of Trade.
The general improvement which lias of late
manifested itself in our trade, has been progress
ihg slowly but steadily, though the price of mo
ney in the London market continues as low as
ever. There, securities and any fractiohal al
teration that may be noticed, has been the result
of more temporary causes which trom time to
time have a slight influence on the London mar
ket.
There has been a good demand for most de
scriptions of goods thia week, although the sales
have not been very extensive. There is a gen
eral impression that prices will advance as*the
season progresses.
Theexportof manufactured goods has l>een
extensive, stimulat'd by the unparalleled low
ness ol prices; and as the accounts from Amer
ica indicate that the crop of cotton will lie very
large, there is every probability ofthe. manufac
turer being able to continue his purchases of
cotton allow prices,
The price of previsions continue very low,
especially grain, which is causing much dissat
isfaction in the corn-growing countries.
The cotton market here has been rather dull,
though there has been little alteration in prices,
which may in a great degree be attributed to the
late news from America.
Two more private banking houses have sus
pended payment. The one Messrs. Clark & Co.
of Leicester; the other Messrs. Inkersole and
Goddard, of Market Ha-borough.
Manchester, Friday evening.—The demand
foi cloth this week, and especially since Tues
day, has been more limited than has been the
case for many weeks past; but there is not the
least change in prices for goods of any descrip
tion. Twist is decidedly lower, why it is hard
to say, as this is the season generally when ship
pers ot the article are busy.
Rochdale Flannel Market, Monday—To
day there has been rather more done in the piece
market, but prices have been extremely low.
There is also a little improvement in the wool
market, and the dealers are asking rather higher
prices.
Halifax, Saturday.—We have no new fea
ture to rcpoi tof the slate of this market. There
is a middling demand tor most goods, and prices
without change. Very few goods continue to
be bought < n American account, and without
this tr;.<i'-re. ives we need not flatter ourselves
v ilia t.-r i ireiii! hpvii<’:- profitable Ims: tress.
Leeds, l uesuay.—We are glad to liaveto re
port a very brisk demand in goods of both halls,
and that on both Saturday and to-day. What
are called the dres(#w -are now in pretty full
work, and much more confidence now exists in
every department ofthe trade. It is the opinion
of many that things have now taken a decided
permanent improving turn, and that we shall
now regularly, though slowly, perhaps, advance
in the right direction, after so many years of
suffering and depression.
Manchester, Tuesday.—The goods market
continues firm and healthy, and a considerable
is doing at the prices ol last week. Yam on the
contrary, owing to the inactivity of the German
buyers continues flat, with a slight tendency to
decline in some descriptions.
Bradford, Thursday.—There was a full
average business done to-day and at full prices.
The prospects here are still encouraging, but
that is all that can be said. Yarns—Prices
steady, with a good business doing, with a pros
pect ot an advance. Wool—There is no deci
ded change in the value of any kind, but a large
quantity has changed hands at previous rates.
From the Mark-lane Express.
Re view of the British Corn Trade for April.
The temperature rose considerably in the ear
ly part of the week, since when the weather has
been extremely fine. Upto Friday we had warm
sunshine and it was already beginning to be fear
ed that the spring-sown com might be injured
by drought; this morning, however, a gentle rain
has fallen in the metropolis, which it general in
the countiy, must be productive of much benefit
to vegetation, and the season appears likely to
maintain the same auspicious character for
which it h»s for Many years b*en
The sowing of spring com, an J most kinds ot
grass seeds, nay now be considered as brought
to a elose. Even at th® existing low range of
prices, neither merchants nor farmers appear at
all disposed to be holders; all are anxious to sell
and the slightest improvement in demand is so
eagerly met as soon again to force down prices.
Such has been the case this month; in the ear
ly part the growers were, owing to pressing en
gagements in the fields, unable to supply the
markets; and while Ibis lasted, an advance of
about Is per quarter was established on wheat,
1 ut no sooner had the spring seed been deposi
ted in the groi ( nd : than threshing was actively
resumed, and increased supplies have b**, ’
brought forward at all the leading narke* in
agricultural districts held this week. This,
withthejextranrdinary[fmcnessofthe weather, has
hau a depressing effect on the trade, causing the
prices to recede, and the value of the article is
not higher now than it was previous to the late
rise.
With regard to the actual stocks in the hands
of the growers, reports still vary much; but it is
well known that millers and others have for a
longtime confined their operations from hand to
mouth, so that farmers have become nearly the
only holders of English wheat in the country;
this does not however seem to inspire them with
much confidence; and, while the growing crop
continues to wear a favorableaspect, we believe
they will continue to sell as long as they have
anything to dispose of, under the conviction that
it will be better for them to meet the next “peri
odical revulsion" the government may deem it
expedient to make in the corn laws, with as low
stocks as possible.
The quantity of barley and oats remaining on
hand is universally allowed to be very small;
and the retrogade movement in the priceof wheat
has failed to have any effect on the value of these
articles, previous terms having been supported
in all parts of the kingdom.
In looking over our market reports we per
ceive that the decline on wheat has within these
eight days amounted from Is to 2s per quarter;
and this has not been the case alone in the agri
cultural districts, where somewhat increased de
liveries have taken place, but also at the princi
pal maritime ports, where no such cause for the
reduction can be assigned.
Our advices from Scotland inform us that the
weather had become favorable there for spring
sowing, and that great progress had been made
in the previous fortnight in all out doorcceupa
tions. Meanwhile the markets had been mode
rately supplied: and notwithstanding the dull
reports from the South, prices of most kinds ot
grains had been tolerably well supported.
In Ireland rain appears to have fallen earlier
than here; and having been accompanied with a
high temperature vegetation had, we are inform
ed, been surprisingly stimulated, the oats and
barley but recently committed to the soil having
in many parts ofthe island made their appear
ance, presenting a healthy aspect. The autumn
is also described as luxuriant. The
favorable prospect for the future, and dull ac
counts from London, Liverpool, and other En
glish markets, had given a downward tend incy
to prices, although the stocks were exceedi ugly
small at the principal towns, and the delivi tries
from growers had rather fallen off than increas
ed.
Singular Occurrence*--Re-Marriag e.
The Mobile Herald says:—Women arc queer
creatures, and no mistake. On the 22d of las
month, an elderly matron at Glenn’s Falls, in
N. York, who had been living with her lord and
master, Mr. Joseph Francis, for the last iwen
ty-three years, took it into her bead that sh e was
not his wife. It appears that the former mar
riage was solemnized according to the rites of
the Catholic Church, and at this late day, the
wife began to have qualms of conscience about
the scriptural legality of the ceremony, and
strenuously refused to share the “bed and board”
of her liege lord “another night” unti'i the knot
had been tied “in language she could under
stand." Reduced to this alternative,’the discon
solate swain with his old sweetheart, started on
foot through the snow for the village, a distance
of two miles, where the ceremony wa s perform
ed. The wife-bride bl ashed, the husband-bride
groom looked tender and salutexl her, the cler
gyman declined a fee, and tiie nappy couple re
turned home—the wife being cured of all scru
ples with regard to the legality of her title to
“bed and board” and all the privileges and plea
sures thereunto “appertaining.” We trust they
may enjoy- a happy “honey-moon.”
The Magnolia.
Mr. Simms has withdrawn f ro m the editorial
charge ofthe Magnolia. Tne following notict ■
appears in the May nunilx r (not yet received a t
this office.)
“Mr. Simms’ Withdrawal.—With the forth -
coming, or June is>',ueof the Magnolia, Mr.
Simmd withdraws from its editorial manage -
ment. He begs t’aat correspondents -will keep
this in mind, and. address, hereafter, all commit-*
nications, intcri-fled for the work, to the publish
ers thereof, in Charleston.
“ Woodland. May 4, 1843.
Jesse. Hoyt.—The Albany Evening. Journal,
after setting forth the enormous defalcation ot
Jesse. Hoyt, as declared by the Jury ad. is:
The People, may thank Martin Van. Buren
for this heavy loss. The appointment of Jesse
Hoyt as Collector of the Port of Ne w York,
was made by Mr Van Buren against the advice
of the respectable men of the partv, and with a
full knowledge that Hoyt was overwhelmed
with debt, and bankrupt in credit, at the very
time that this most responsible trust was com
mitted to his hands. But Hoy! had one .oeculiar
qualification for the office, which, in Air Van
Buren’s estimation, more than counterbalanced
all deficiencies of character or capacity. As a
shrewd and reckless political manager, he was
almost unrivalled. The New York Custom
Hou.se afforded a fine field for the exercise of
liis partisan skill. A small per centage on the
vast sums passing through his hands, would
furnish an ample corruption fund for party uses.
The result proved, in this respect at least, the
wisdom of Mr Van Buren's choice.
During Hoyt’s collectorship, large supplies
were constantly drawn from the New York Cus
tom House, to defray political expenses. In the
great struggle of 1840, the New York Custom
House was laid under contribution to furnish
the means ot’ purchasing Mr Van Buren’s re
election Os the total defalcation of $223,000,
doubtless one fourth, if not one half, is to be
traced to this single campaign. Nor would the
loss have been disclosed to the public, if Loco
Focoism had can ied the day. The peculation
would have been covered up, and the defaulters
continued in office, to devise and earn out fur
ther schemes of public plunder for party benefit.
But the triumph ofthe Whigs in that great con
test, made it necessary tor Mr Van Buren to go
through the star of removing his trusty follower
from the New York collectorship, and led to the
detection and exposure of the monstrous fraud
by which the people have been robbed of two
hundred and twenty-three thousand dollars,
through the agency' of a Van Buren office-hold
er.
“Locust Year.”
The Hartford Courant contains the following
communication in relation to Locusts:
“We frequently' seek announced in the news
papers that this year has been, ‘Locust Year,’ fol
lowed by the story of their returning only once
in seventeen years; and as these annunciations
appear in different pares of the country oftener
than once in seventeen years, it has been stated
that there are different tribes ot locusts, and that
although the appearance of locusts in different
places may be oftener, yet each tribe appears
but once in seventeen years. What people in
general think of these stories 1 do not know; but
I should think they would be read with doubt
and indifference at least.
“I well remember three ‘locust years,’ in the
years 1792, 1809, and 1826, and my father told
me that he remembered one in the year 1758,
and another in 1775. There being seventeen
years between each of these dates is strong evi
dence that they return once in seventeen years,
and accordingly the present year 1843 may be
expected to be locust year. I wish you to publish
this at this time, that the etymologists may have
an op; ortuuity to make observations, anil if it
should be a locust year, publish the result of their
observation.-. ‘lt a prophet prophesy, and that
which lie prophe-ieth cometh to pass, then shall
-ye know in.. ’ >- :- a true prophet,’”
in: ausiol at;i jj OH this
subject, a portion of which we subjoin:
“The Seventeenth Year Locust!—This is
the year and this the month for the appearance
of the seventeen year locust. In a few days the
woods will be thronged, and he who hears their
accumulated hum tor the first time will be as
tonished. Unless prepared for it, he will not
know how to account for it. Formerly, they
appeared in such countless multitudes as to fat
ten the swine of the country, to whom they are
a chosen food, as they are also to foxes, racoons,
squirrels, crows, and every forest bird. At their
two last appearances, in 1826 and in 1809, their
numbers had much diminished, compared with
former periods, owing doubtless to the clearing
up and cultivation of the face ofthe country.
“This remarkable insect is fully described by
naturalists. It closely resembles our autumnal
fly of same name. Its wings have the appear
ance of a W, and hence, appearing in the midst
of the Revolution, the superstitious interpreted
those venous resemblances of a W to imply
'War and, Want.’ The Gentleman’s Magazine
for 1781 contains an exact cut ofthe insect, and
an accurate description of its habits. It bores
through the earth in the chrysalis state, and,
climbling upon the next tree or fence, there de
posites its shell and takes wing.
“The singular part of its history is, its appear
ance only once in seventeen years—no fact is
better established than this. JFiiy it should be
so —whether the eggs require that period of in
cubation, or whatever the eau.se, the fact itself
is certain. The writer of this remembers them
in 1826 and in, 1809; his father and grand&ther
remembered them in 1792 and in 1775; his
grandfather in 1758. They appeared at no oth-
V In the interval* of these periods, except
a few straggle: s in the succeeding rear, left bv
chance or injury.
“This theory has been doubted. This year
will test its truth, and as assured!v verily it hs
that the sun will set to-night.”
Smugot.ixg.—A seizure to a large amount,
■■as been made by the vigilance b? Col. Brooks,
r coasting of drv goods
of all descnpiioiH, ° J °
Official Rce^ EHy _. A clerk in the Treasury
Department at Washington, of the name of Ray
las*.d P. Dowden, was arrested on Thursday
last, charged with the embezzlement of certain
cancelled Treasury notes.
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 18.
The June Convention.
The near approach of this event admonishes
us to avail ourself ofthe occasion to say a few
words to our Whig friends, throughout the
Stale, upon the subject of the nomination for
Governor. We are not ignorant ofthe fact,
that whenever the press assumes the discussion
of such a question, and suggest a candidate, it
is the province of many to raise theory of dicta
tion to the people.—Such a cry, however, has no
terrors for us, and we shall proceeil to urge up
on the consideration of the Whig party through
out the State, the necessity of canvassing the
subject, in order to give some positive direction
to the action of the Convention, and secure the
nomination ot the most popular candidate.—
W e are quite familiar with the manner of mak
ing nominations at such Conventions, and are
well aware that unless the people give a direc
tion to the action of such bodies, prior to their
assemblage, little opportunity is afforded to the
members, after their arrival at the seat of Gov
ernment, to make the most judicious selection.
Indeed, if they do make a happy hit, it is sheer
good luck, particularly when public opinion is
so much at sea as now, with regard to the can
didate ; for the members generally assemble on
ly the evening before the Convention meets in
the morning, many of them on the same morn
ing ; and without an opportunity to mingle with
each other, and interchange views, they enter
upon their duties, and the consequence is, that
the active friends of an aspirant not unfrequent
ly give tone and direction to the deliberations
of the body. We make these remarks in no
spirit of opposition to a nomination by a Con
ven lien; on the contrary, we are in favor of
such nominations, but we are always desirous
that ai nple opportunity should be given for a
full an d fair expression of public sentiment;
and as, in all probability, such time will not be
afforded to the members duringthe continuance
of the Convention, which is generally only a
day and a half, we desire the people to agitate
the subject at home, aud leave their delegates in
no doubt, as to their wishes. (This policy will
certainly secure the nomination of the strongest
man in the Whig party.—and he, and he alone,
should have the nomination—although he may
exp ress some unwillingness to its acceptance.
W J have no prejudices or prepossessions on
thi s question; our only desire is, that the strong
est man, whoever he may be, may receive the
no: nination, —and no man, whose circumstanc
es in life will admit of his acceptance of such a
nomination, will decline it. This is an impor
tant period in the history of the State, and she
has. a right, not only to ask, but to demand the
servic es ot her sons, in the administration of
her affairs; nor do we believe that any true
hearte d Whig, upon whom the people shall de
tennin e to confer the nomination, will decline
for ligiit and trivial causes, —indeed, we cannot
conceive how he can decline a nomination
made in such an imposing form. It is no pe
riod fe> ’ the consultation of the wishes of this,
ot th:t;i individual, who may be ambitious of,
•and seeking a nomination, —on the contrary, the
claims of all such should be made to yield to
the necessity of the occasion, and a zealous and
united effort should be made for the success of
our cause. Such a policy, and such alone, will
crown our efforts with success; without which,
that success will be most certainly placed in
jeopardy.
We pretend not to suggest the name of any
particular man, nor are we tenacious of his lo
cality in the State.—We want a good and true
Whig, a reliable man, in whom the people have
the highest confidence in his sterling integrity,
capacity and sound Whig principles Such a
nomination will receive the warm support of the
party in all sections of the State, and of the dis
creet and reflecting among the opposition, for it
is not to >be concealed that a goodly number of
those who have heretofore acted in opposition to
the Whig party in Georgia, have become disgust
ed with th<: management of affairs by those whom
they contributed to elevate, and feeling a just
and patriotic indignation at the deleterious in
fluence which ha s been produced upon the hon
or and faif-h of the State, are desirous to place a
man at the helm who will rescue the State from
dishonor aud her citizeils from reproach. Are
not these sufficient indue tments to impress upon
the Con vein ion and the people the necessity
such a nomination and the j/doption of such a
policy in making the nomim.'tiou as we have
suggested? We think so, an.J we think that
every Whig in ihe State will co.acur with ns
fully. Let then that policy be adop and suc
eess as certainly awaits our strugg 1e« as we
make the necessary effort to merit a triumph.
We are well aware that almost all m.’-H l> av ®
their preferences for a candidate, but then ’must
be concession and forbearance; and thos • if
there be any such aspiring toanominalion,u <io
cannot unite the party in a zealous
should be told so in plain terms, and admonished
not to oppose any obstacle to the nomination of
the most efficient and popular candidate. This is
the true princi pie,—it is due to ourselves, to our
cause, to justice and candour, —and, above all,
is it due to tho se of our friends, whose nomina
tion might operate prejudicially to our success;
and it is certa inly a course to which no true
Whig can object.
New Books.
Mr. T. Richards has laid on our table No. 5
of Harper’s Family Library—lieing the second
volume of Lockhart’s History of Napoleon;
also Sir Edward Seaward’s Narrative of his
Shipwreck, and consequent discover}’ of certain
Islands in the Carribbean sea; with details of
his residence there, and of various exti aordina
ry and highly interesting events of his life, by
Mis Jane Porter.
We arc indebted to S. A. Holmes, for an ex
tra Brother Jonathan, containing a new 1 'lay by
J. Sheridan Knowles, in five acts, entitled the
Secretary; also an extra New World, cc ntain
ing “the Home, or family cares ami family joys,”
by Frederick Bremer.
Monroe Edwards.
“The Galveston Gazette says, that in the let
ter of Monroe Edwards to Mr. Willis, .attorney
in this city, there are several substantiti' te facts,
and th it he has a rightful claim to muci i ofthe
propel ty which he describe - in that lettear. Vi
cious is lias been the co urse of Mom »e Ed
wards and rile as have be en his scheme s, there
has bi m one bright spot in his charade, • which
his ca ee’i'l crime has Dever darkened— benev
erfortaiiiisag.il mother, nor omitted to render
her j ni.'iy ssi.-::;r ee when it was in his
power lu uo so.
This is indeed a red eeming trait, a brig Irtepol
in the character of th is wayward man, ai id one
on which in his long confinement his min «! can
dwell with those feelings of melancholy ] Meas
ure, which never frdl to thrill the bosom of a
son, however, he may have been estranged . from
tho path ol virtue and honesty, when he re curs
to the manner in which he has discharged the
sacred obligations of son to that doting mot her
who has watched with such ceaseless anxi tty
over his infancy and earlier years.
That man is a monster indeed, who can nc g
lect oromitthe sacred obligations due to a mot ti
er or a sister.—Ed. Chron.
Central Bank.—The Federal Union of t he
16th instant says:—“We give for the informa
tion of lhe public, the amount of the bills of tl ris
Bank that have been redeemed by bonds, pa} 'a
ble at five years, agreeable to the act of 1840..
Ol the amount of bills burned that were
redeemed at the bank from Ist Nov.
to 25th April last, there were receiv
ed for bonds $126
And lor collections on notes due the
bank 35f {.025
Total burned $179(( 182
Small bills, I’s and 2’s on hand, not
authorized to be burned 90,( >OO
•669,4 <B2
"Thus it will be seen that the total amot mt
of the collections at the bank, including i the
change bills, was up to the 25th of April, . the
sum of $442,925, and for bonds issued ia re
demption $126,757, making $569,582.”
P. N. Snow, late American Consul at Cam ton
died at Providence (R. I.) on Sunday last,ai the
age of about fifty-eight years. Mr. Snow re
turned to the United States about two wet 'ks
since in the Valparaiso, arrived at New Yo rk.
He was greatly enfeebled by a disease so
which he had long suffered.
List of Delegates to the Whig Convention
Baldwin— Miller Grieve, Seaton Grantland
Iverson L. Harris.
Bibb —A. 11. Chappell, Washington Poe,
Thomas M. Ellis, Major Moore.
Jones— lsaac M. Moreland, James T. Furlow,
Richard Blow, F. S. Johnson.
Houston— Eli Warren, Levi Ezell, Samuel
Felder, David O. Smith.
Morgan— Thomas D. Speer, Wm. O. Saflbld,
Azariah Bostwick, Jno. Bioughton.
Richmond— Geo. W. Crawford, AlexanderC.
Walker, Porter Fleming T. W. Miller.
Saiven — Thomas H. Bums, Jr., Solomon C.
Bryan, Cuyler W. Young.
Greene —Wm. L. Alfricnd, James M. Porter,
Y. P. King, Henry Sanford.
Clark—Chasten Dougherty, James Camak,
James Hendon, Greene B. Haygood.
Newton— John Webb, Esq. Gen. John N.
Williamson, Manson Glass, Esq. and Thomas
F. Jones, Esq.
Wilkinson— Julius L. La Taste, Will is Allen,
and Geo. A. Whipple, Esqrs.
Oglethorpe—Maj. W. Rembert, Jos. H.Echols,
Wm. Blanton, Mial Smith, Esqrs.
Henry— Duncan McVicker, Wm. Kimbell,
H. G. R. McNeill, Esqrs., Dr. Francis E. Man
son.
Columbia— N. Crawford, Isaac Ramt.ay, G.
W. Hardwick and S. A. Gibson.
Elbert— Young L. G. Harris, Stephen W.
Horton, Alfred Hammond and Jeremiah S.
Warren, Esqrs.
Chatham- Hon. J. M. Berrien, Asa Holt, F.
S. Bartow, John M. Clark, and Geo A. Reed.
Crawford — Samuel Rutherford, Samiael Hall,
R. Feagan, Esqrs.
Muscogee— S. W. Flournoy, R. T. Marks,
K. McKenzie, E. R. Flewellen, M. Williams,
Esqrs.
Randolph— William C. Perkins, Zarhariah
Bailey, and Mason Tiller, Esqrs.
Hall—C. Peeples, J. F. Trout, E. Palmer,Col.
E. Buffington.
Harris — Benjamin Henry, Taliafirro Jones,
Jno. White, Jno. L. Stephens.
Troup— Micklebery Ferrel, Wm. A. Johnson,
Dr. N. N. Howell, Leonard H. Clark, Stephen
W. Beasly.
Monroe— Littleton Johnson, Leonard F. Doy
all, Josiah G. Jourdan, David Ogletree, Wm.
S. Norman.
Mclntosh-AWen B. Powell, George T. Wing,
C. H. Hopkins.
Floyd— Judge Hooper, J. W. M. Berrien, Dr.
Miller.
Cass— W. E. Alexander, W. Akin, L. Wil
liams.
Macon— Dr Miles K. Harmon, Wm. Felton,
George Patten.
Georgia Journal for sale. *
The last number ofthe Journal contains the
following card of the Proprietor:
Jj The Proprietor of this paper desiring to
remove west, has determined to offer the whole
or one-half of this office for sale. The paper
has a steady circulation of about 2,000, with a
very respectable advertising patronage, which
can be seen. Connected with the establishment
are a Napier, an Adams, and a standing press,
together with a large assortment of News, Book
and Job Type. The paper is a profitable one,
and will yield a very handsome per cent, upon
the amount for which the Proprietor is willing
to dispose of it. Any person desirous of pur
chasing can obtain any further information they
may wish, either by an examination themselves
or by letter.
Milledgeville, May 16th, 1843.
Arrest of the Sheriff or New York.—
Sheriff Hart, of this city, was yesterday taken
into custody by lhe Coroner, on numerous writs
issued against him by persons having execu
tions in his hands, amounting to many thou
sands of dollars, for which his securities are re
sponible.—N. Y. Herald.
IC>The crew of the “Two Pollies,” a missing
vessel, from New York lor Baltimore, were ta
■ ken into Havre by the Christopher Colomb,
from Charleston. They were taken off the
wreck 130 leagues east ol’Cape Hatteras.
A Runaway Paymaster.—The London Can
. ada Inquirer states that Captain Wells, pay
. masterofthe 2d Battalion Militia at Sandwich,
has runaway to Texas with all the money.
Providence City Election.—The Hon. T.
M. Burgess has been re-elected Mayor of Prov
idence without opposition.
I Stolen Notes in Circulation.—The Bos
i ton Post of the9th says:—“Ten thousand dol
lars in bills ofthe Bank of Norfolk, al Roxbury,
i were stolen from that institution in 1833, we be
t lieve, and bearing date that year. Several men
were afterwards sentenced to our Stale prison,
who said that the bills were buried at Cincinnati,
and never would be put into circulation. Sav
eral of them, however, have appeared within a
few days, and although the bank has redeemed
them in one or two instances, it refuses to do so
any further. The bills, we understand, are all
in 810 and S2O notes.”
Freshet in thf. St. Lawrence.—Many vil
lages and towns between Quebec and Montreal,
on the St. Lawrence, have suffered severely
from the freshet in that river. At Three Rivers
several buildings on the wharf were earned a
way. At Berthier the water on the 27th ult.,
was in every house in the village, and the in
habitants look refuge in their garrets. The wa-
J ter has not been so high for twenty-six years.
A. light house and wharf at Pointe du Lac, was
can'ied away.
Ai.bf.marle District.—The Charlottesville
Advocate states that Mr. Goggin has given Mr.
Gi lmer notice that he will contest his right to a
seat —and in his notice gives eighteen objections
to the- validity and legalityofthe election. Mr.
Goggi u had no alternative. He was compelled
by the public sense of wrong and injustice to
resist th is fraud upon the ballot box.
The Advocate states various particulars con
nected with flu’s affair, of high interest; some of
which reflect the highest honoroil Mr. Goggin—
which will be published to-morrow.
From, the N. O. Picayune.
Later from Texas.
The steamship Neptune, Capt. Rollins, arri
ved yesterday ftvm Galveston, bringing dates to
the 9th instant. The news is of but little im
portance.
Among the passengers were Mr. Burnley and
Capt. Elliott, H. B. M. Charge d’Aft’aires to
Texas. The latter gentleman, we learn, pro
ceeds from this to Havana. I nt returns shortly
to Texas.
The British frigate Spartan, the Hon. Chas.
Elliott, commander, touched at Galveston on
the stb inst. She was from Vera Cruz, but her
dates aie not so late as those we have received
di ect. There was great rejoicing at the city of
Mexico about the last of April, caused by news
of the success ofthe Mexican arms in Yucatan
and the I aking of Merida. They will probably
rejoice the other way when the recent intelli
gence from Yucatan reaches the capitol of
Mexico.
Stragglers from among the Mier prisoners
were o:-i asionally arriving on the western fron
tier of t ’X'l-.
! The ' .'i< iph, in n cool and well wrillen
article, uuv-. c.s tlie invasion of Mexico, anu
says that the inhabitants, almost to a man, are
In favor of it.
Gen. Burleson was out on an expedition aftei
a pasty of thieving Indians.
The additional duty of five per cent levied by
law on goods introduced into Texas from coun
tries with which she has no treaties, began to
be' levied on the sth inst. on articles from the
Un'ted States. Messrs. Durst & Kuhn were
the fi’ T -st “vict.ms,” paying the additional sum of
$143 oN on an invoice to the amount of $2,866-
89 per b ’iff North Bend from this city.
Issie In. Mans in the West are giving serious
annoyance t « lhe settlers in that region.
Major Jain * 5 H. Cocke has been appointed
by the Pre‘id<Mit Collector of the port of Gal
veston, in the p?B cc °l Gail Borden, Esq,, re
signed. _ _,
The grand jurors Red River county, at the
last term ofthe Disti iet Court, nominated Gen.
T. J. Rusk as a candidate for the next Presi
dency, and a resolution’ was adopted to request
him to permit his name t o be used for that pur
pose.
Speaking of the quasi alii ance between Texas
and Yucatan, the Houstonia.l. an organ ol the
President, says:— “Our connection with Yuca
tan has certainly been any thing else than cred
itable to Texas as a nation; it was induced by
improper motives, and it has been productive ol
injur}-.”
The people of Austin still hold on to lhe gov
ernment documents.
It has been satisfactorily ascertained, says
one of the Texan papers, that the nett proce<#d.s
of cotton which has been shipped from 'I exa*
to New York, New Orleans, and other ports of
th* United Stale* thi. ha » >«« than
4 cents per pound, while the nett proceeds of the
cotton shipped te Bremen have amounted to 6|
cents per pound. The same paper then sug
gests, as a relief to the Texan planters, that
means be adopted to have the tonnage duty on
foreign vessels removed. The project of trans
porting the cotton from the upper seltlci.nents on
the Brazos to the mouth of the river, by means
of gum-elastic bags or floaters, has proved en
tirely successful. The Planters’ Gazette noti
ces the arrival at Columbia ot between four and
five hundred bales, the greater part of which
was floated down the river in gum-elastic bags.
Cotton can be conveyed by means of these bags
from any point where six inches ol water can
befdlind, and the cost is not greater than if it
were transported on fiat or keel boats.
\ Retirement of Mr. Webster.
ThVleorgia Journal of Tuesday, thus al
ludes tXhe retirement of Mr. Webster:
It has\t last, boon officially announced that
the distiiMished American Statesman, Daniel
Webster, Vs retired Irom the present Adminis
tration. lUs resignation has been tendered to
the Preside! accepted by him, and the country
has lost, >n\e administration of the govern
ment, the abfa man among those who were
placed at its hfa. Many have wished that this
occurrence hafaken place when the old Har
rison Cabinet reAned their places; and denun
ciations ot the biVrest character were heaped
upon Webster’s fad, lor not acl j ng a , did
those whom the Rented Harrison called to
preside, with him, oV the affairs of State.—
Disgusted with the edto uct o f John Tyler, the
resignation of his Cabfat officers was looked
tor by most of the peoplAas a matter of course.
It was thought so by th A. who resigned; and
then-opinion, together wit\ W hat one or two in
dividual members thereof was due to
their own selt-respect, cause\their retirement to
m P w m E t ’ and L sati ’ fec ‘oD lithe country. But
Mr Webster thought, and aAd differently.-
, ° r , th . ls > he wasgreatly census. Time, how
ever, has moderated this feclmA an d the great
services which he has rendered iN country, by’
S± 1D ?r m lhe Cabinct ’ is hls jn»«-
fication, if any were really neceX v fo r re
maining in it as long as he has doit He is
now again in private lite, and of ft™ it may
well be said, tliat he done the ronntrffaithful
L T!I’’ 1 ’’ Ashburton Treaty alone was con(ucted
by Mr. Webster, with an ability that woud im
mortalize any Statesman. What would John
Tyler have done, when this important Regula
tion was going on, had his Cabinet been dc-pn
ved ofthe services of such a man as Mr. Web
ster ? What would have been the force of such
men as Spencer and Upshur in conducting so
momentous a treaty? Mere playthings would
they have been in Uie hands ofthe cool-headed
British Statesman and those who were his advi
sers. No! Daniel Webster was the man for
the dav, when the Boundary Question was to
be settled—Daniel Webster has settled it, with
honorto himself and lasting benefit to his coun
try. When he could no longer be of service—
when he could no longer act in a capacity
where his powerful intellect, and his consum
mate statesmanship were to be brought into re
quisition—he then thinks proper to resign.—
And it he was not right in remaining so long in
the Cabinet—if some still entertain this opinion
—let him lie forgiven, for the good that he has
done, and for the reputation which he has con
ferred upon the.character of American States
men !
The Philadelphia Inquircrotßaturday says:
“There was a rumor on our Exchange yester
day afternoon to the effect that Mr. Jaudon, late
of the United States Bank, is going out by the
‘Hibernia,’ to negotiate in some way with Euro
pean holders of the Pennsylvania State stocks,
in relation to the public improvements and debt
ol the State, and with a view to place the whole
matter in a position that shall be mutually ad
vantageous to both the State and her creditors."
New York Money Market, week ending
May 13.—The general appearance of business
is daily improving, and the community are re
covering from the depression and gloom which
have so long prevailed ; a better feeling is evi
dently arising, and more disposition is manifes
ted to engage actively in business. The long
continued abundance of money, and the favor
able terms upon which financial operations can
be effected, have exercised an important influ
ence in reviving business and restoring confi
dence. The movements in Wall street have
been such as rather to stimulate lhe dormant
energies of the community, and arouse a dispo
sition for business, not to say speculation.-Cum
Adv.
Conviction of Lefevre.—The Rev. Ames
Lefevre was iried a few days since in Bradford
County, charged with the seduction and ruin of
Miss Woixiburn.—This, it will lie remembered
is the painful case in which the father died of a
broken heart, and the mother was reported to
have lost her reason. The heartless villain was
fully' convicted.— Phila. Inquirer.
From the National lulelligencer.
Apprrhcnsion of Breedlove, Jewell, and
Reiner; charged with suspicion of stealing a~
bout or upwards of One Hundred I'housand
Dollars in Treasury Notes at New Orleans in
July lust.
In consequence of information rc-eiied and
affidavits lin warded from the authorities in New
Orleans to lhe Secretary ofthe Treasury, that
John .17. Breedlove, Joseph H'. Jewell, and Saw
yer Rciws, who are charged with stealing, on er
about the 26th July, 1842, in New Orleans, large
sums of inonev in Treasury Notes of the United
States, viz. $99,006 or therealiouts, were in the
city of Washington, the Police, aided by Capt.
Goddard and the Auxiliary Guard, were put on
the. alert for lhe purpose of apprehending lhe sus
pected criminals. A warrant was issued to
officers Burr, Waters, and Dexter by Justice
Giberson on Friday last, and the next day, about
eleven o’clock, Breedlove, Jewel), and Rein**
were arrested and taken before Justice, Giber
son and Goddard for examination. Breedlove
was ai rested by Captain Goddard, who was at
tended by officer Burr and W. H. Howiaon, one
cf the Auxiliary Guard, at a well-known house
of ill fame situated south of the Washington
Cana), on Four-and-a-half street.
On the examination of the prisoners, who em
ployed Mr. Hoban as their counsel, after the
testimony of McClintock Young, Esq. Chief
Clerk ofthe Treasury Department, who produ
ced the necessary affidavits and papers receiv
ed from New Orleans, had been taken, and that
one or two other witnesses, the magistrates de
termined to commit the priseners lor further ex
amination. Andon its being suggested by Mr.
Hoban that bail could probably lie obtained fur
Reines, and the Justice* being desired to state
the amount ofthe security which would be re
quired the sum of one hundred thousand dollars
was, after proper deliberation, demanded.
In default of bail, the three prisoners were
committed to jail.
On searching al I’rown’s Hotel the room*
which Breedlove i.u<. Jewell occupied, there
were found in the trunk of the former SSO la
bank notes, 1 Mexican doubloon, 5 Ameri
can eagles, 3 half-enirlcs, 1 large gold stud,
29 sovereigns, 1 gold watch chain and key,
SI,OOO in American gold, and a quantity of
very elegant clothing. In Jewell’s trunk va
rious ar’icles ot wearing apparel, but no money.
Washington Parish Troi bi.es.—The New
Orleans Courier says:
A gentleman who arrived on the Jacques Du
pre, this morning, informs us that he passed
through the scene ofthe late disorders about one
week ago, and that he met 60 or 70 men, armed
with rilles; they were the party that had sought,
and justified the life of the Adamses. He de
scribes them as being very desperate, and dis
posed to resist any attempt to take them. The
inhabitants generally of the parish, and those
living on the Mississippi side of Pearl river ap
prove of the summary manner in which they
had dealt with the Adamses.
By another and a later source, we understand
that the Sheriff, and his Deputy, repaired to ar
rest the ten individuals implieateu in the murder
and that upon their approach, the ringleaders
disappeared, and the balance of the party return
ed io their occupations. Quiet and order now
prevail.
Money Matters.—The New York Express
of Friday says—The tendency of every thing
in lhe moi ey marketis upward. There has not
been so .nncti good feeling, or confidence for a
long time as there is at present.
The movement* of the Secretary ofthe Trea
sury le tiri 11 be looked to with a good deal of
interest He i> making an effort which will
rrobal !'. 1 r ssliil to convert 100,(MX)ol'
Picas • ml ’ .on or before July next, into 5
per ceiiHAOveinment Stock. The money has
not yet been obtained to meet the payment, but
an arrangement has been made with certain
banks to redeem and hold all such as may be
presented previous to that date. In the mean
time an invitation for proposals to loan to the
Government the amount at 5 per cent, payable
in ten years, in Treasury Notes, or otherwise,
has been issued.
Treasury Note Found.—The Louisville
Kentuckian says:
“One of the missing Treasury Notes said to
have been cancelled at New Orleans, and for
warded to the Department, hasturnedup here,
and is in the possession of one of our citizens.
It is for 18100, No. 3,500, letter B, bearing 6 per
cent, interest, payable on its face to George Cur
tis, Cashier of the Bank of Commerce, New
York. There is no receipt on the back, and,
where the cancelment should have been written,
there is a greasy appearance in the left of the
centre of the note. It was received here for
canal 101 l from the South Western steamer, and
has been held for several months by the gentle
man who holds it, in consequence of his not
having the endorsement of the Captain.
Later from China.—TheshipZenobia, Capt.
Putnam, arrived last evening from Canton, froni
which port she she sailed on the Ist of February
last. She brings therefore intelligence ten day*
later than had been received before. Before she
left, a skirmish took place at Whampoa between
the Chinese and some English smugglers, in
which five of the former were killed. Sir HenrV
Pottinger liad come up from Macao and hail
held an interview with the Chineae Ciwglt.
sioner Elepo; but th*y had bee* unable toheree
upon the terms of a commercial treaty, and Sir
Henry had therefore returned, without having
settlei the entire difficulty.— -N.Y.'Tritmne.
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachu
setts has recently made a decision of considera
ble interest and importance. The case arose up
on apetition of the town of Worcester against
the \\ cstetn Rail Road Company, and was ar
gued by Mr. Merrick for the petitioners, and
Mr. Mashburn for the respondents; and the
eotirt held that the lands within the limits ofthe
location ofthe road and the buildings erected by
the company thereon, necessary for the us* and
accommodation ofthe road were not subject to
taxation as real Rotate, by the towns in which
they are siiaate.