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AUGUSTA.
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 19.
Botts vs. Tyler.
To the American citizen, who leels a just and
high-wrought pride at the contemplation of his
country’s jewels—her noble sons, whose distin
guished fame is the admiration of the wise and
the good throughout the civilized world—what
a picture does the expose of Mr. Botts, in an
other column, present! It is, indeed, food for
melancholy reflection: for, in whai<’’' pr "S' ll
such a man mar regard IhccljjutreW
cm,!,, Wshwacrof an inscrutable Prov-
- President of this vast repub
lic of freemen, —and, in some degree, is the na
tional escutcheon tarnished by whatever is cal
culated to detract from his reputation, as a man
of character, probity and integrity. For outsell,
we confess we feel no pleasure in spreading be
fore our readers such a record of iniquity—not
to say crime—for it is a record which, while it
blackens the character of John Tyler, lowers
through him the dignity of the Chief Executive
office of the nation: but it is doubtless a record
of truth, coming from such a source, and
avouched by such a man as John Minor Botts
—a man who, however he may be charged with
a zeal, amounting not unfrequently to rashness,
sustains a character in private life, for sterling
honesty, unyielding integrity, and strict veraci
ty, as unimpeachable as unimpeached. Vir
ginia, say those who know him best, contains
• not a son of more noble and generous impulses,
than John Minor Botts ; and he is the man
who makes this expose of President Tyler, un
der the solemn sanction of a sacred oath.—That
man must be base, indeed, who, filling such a
distinguished station, and affecting a most pro
found reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the
Universe, is so forgetful of all the laws of mo
rality, propriety, and the decencies of society,
as to outrage, by his blasphemous tongue, all
their sacred rights. But we pass over without
comment, —disgusting as it is to a well-bred
man, that exhibition of profanity on the part ol
one occupying such a distinguished position in
the country as Mr. Tyler,—and askthe reader’s
attention to the deep and damning perfidy ofthe
man, who could thus betray the confidence ol
his friends, and violate his own pledges made in
the most solemn and imposing form to the Ame
rican people.
There are other charges made by Mr. Botts,
against the President, of grave and fearful im
port; but the great length of his article forbids
its insettion entire in our columns, and we have
given the condensed, tho’ faithful sketch of the
most prominent, prepared by the New York
Tribune. • ■ ,
—-Lz—-—. n On.-,, Mar 15, 1843.
Messrs. Editors We desire, through the
medium of your excellent journal, to make a
suggestion to the Whigs of Burke County:
previous to making it, however, to present a
few facts lor your consideration. Is it not
strange, that the Whigs of Burke lost their
Senator last year by two votes, when the Con
gressional Ticket was elected by an average ma
jority of 77 votes I Is it not notorious that 13
Whigs, belonging to the Sodom District, went
to their precinct to vole, and finding that the
polls would not be opened, and not liaving the
means of conveyance to Waynesboro, had I > re
turn to their homes, without being able togi v
their aid to the good cause ? Has not rumor
(founded in this case upon a too sure founda
tionjproven to you, that it will not do to pin your
faith to any man’s sleeve ? Have not two prom
inent Whigs gone over to the ranks ofthe ene
my, and will be run upon the Democratic tick
et 1 Whigs of B urke, will you that this state of
things should continue ? Will you put on your
wishiny; cops, and lay supinely upon your backs,
and thus shrink from the contest, —or will you,
like good men and true, “up, guards, and at
them ?” So fully are we convinced of the fact,
that nothing but the will is wanting—that we
would respectfully suggest to you to hold meet
ings in every magisterial district, and appoint
three or more delegates to meet in Waynesbo
ro on Saturday, 10th June, for the purpose of
selecting suitable candidates to represent us in
the next Legislature. By such a procedure, the
* voice of every part of the county will be heard.
Bark Camp.
Whig Meeting.
Agreeably to previous notice, a large portion
of the Whig party of Jefferson county, assem
bled at the Court House in Louisville, on Tues
day, the 16th day of May, 1843, for the purpose
of appointing delegates to attend the June Con
vention to nominate a suitable candidate to be
run/or Governor: when, on motion of Dr. P. S.
Lemle, Col. R. L. Gamble was called to the
Chair, and Thos. H. Polhill requested to act as
Secretary.
On motion of Dr. Lemle, it was unanimously
Resolved, ’l'hara conx;v, t w«. .. _ . ~
fray the expenses of the delegates from this
county to said Convention.
On motion of E. 11. Carswell, it was
Resolved, That a committee of twelve Ise ap
pointed by the Chair, to nominate delegates to
said Convention.
The Chair then appointed the following gen
tlemen ;
E. R. Carswell, H. B. Toon,
Sam’l Denney, S. B. Tarver,
H. P. Turner, Jno. W. Whigham,
Wm. D. Stone, Sherrod Arrington,
Moses Brinson, Jno. Wren,
Robert Boyd, Jno. W. Alexander.
The committee, after retiring a few moments,
returned and repotted the names of the follow
ing gentlemen as suitable persons to attend said
Convention, viz:
George Stapleton, P. B. Connei.lv,
Dr. P. S. Lemle.
The report of the committee was unanimous
ly adopted.
On motion of J. G. Bothwell,
Resolved, That the proceedings of the meet
ing be published in the Augusta Chronicle and
Sentinel, and Sandersville Telescope.
On motion, the meeting then adjourned.
ROGER L. GAMBLE, Chairman.
Thos. H.
Good Advice—is thus given in the I «uis-
Ville Pennant:— “Cease your grumblirj about
dull times; bring in your advextisements, and it
you then have a complain of your bu
siness being dull, as much as you
please; bw means of what you
have ta.wybseot, btves.een resorted to, nevei
expect any improveinWin your business.
The dawn or HoneJwc.—The Miss. Holly
Springs Guard says: “We '<peak advisedly
when we say that the Democracy if North Mis
sissippi will support no man for a> importan
office who will not avow openly his tillingr.es
for the State to acknowledge and payyhest
binds.'’
More Tylerlsm.
We learn from the last “Dahlonega Times”
that Pall Rossignol has been removed as Pre
sidentof the Branch Mint in that place, to make
way for another member of the Tyler family, a
Mr. Cooper, a brother-in-law of Robert J’yler,
Jr. This is very ungrateful in Mr. Tyler, but
perhaps he did not know that Mr. Rossignol had
previously turned Tyler man. What a com
mentary is this upon the frailties of poor hu
man nature, and the allurements of office and
place I “OI Tempora, OI Mores I How we
should glory in the name of American Citizen
if we could efface the record of such servility,
and know that every man expressed his honest
convictions of men and measures, regardless of
Executive frowns orfavors.
Twenty-Eighth Congress.
The following are the results of the elections
for members of the 28th Congress, so lar as they
have been yet held.
A’cir Congress. Old Congress.
W. L. W. L.
Missouri 5 2
Georgia. 8 9
Arkansas, 11
New Y0rk........ 10.... 24 19.... 21
Delaware I 1
Massachusetts, 4 2 5 1
South Carolina 71 8
New Hampshire, 4 5
Connecticut 1 6 .....
Virginia, 3....12.... ....8... 13
•4 vacancies.
Whig loss 31; Loco gain 16. Making a dif
ference of 47 in the relative strength of parties.
The State which next elects Congressmen, is
Louisiana, in the month of July. She elected
three members last July, under the old appor
tionment; but that election has been annulled,
and a new election of four members, is to be
held as above.
In the month of August, North Carolina, Ala
bama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, and Il
linois, will elect their Congressmen.— Jour, of
Com.
Virginia Election.
We have now authentic returns from all the
Congressional districts, and the members elected
are as follows:
District 1. Archibald Atkinson, (L. F.)
2. George C. Dromgoole, (L. F.)
3. Walter Coles, (1.. F.)
4. E. W. Hubbard, (L. F.)
5. T. W. Gilmer, (L. F.)
6. John W. Jones, (L. F.)
7. Henry A. Wise, (Tyler.)
8. Willoughby Newton, (Whig.)
9. Samuel Chilton, (Whig.)
10. William F. Lucas, (L. F.)
11. William Taylor, (L. F.)
12. James B. Watts, (L. F\)
13. George W. Hopkins, (L. F.)
14. George W. Summers, (Whig.)
15. Lewis J. Steenrod, (L.F.)
The official returns give Mr. Atkinson (L. F.)
five majority; Mr. T. W.Gilmergets in bytwen
ty-one votes, and Mr. Jones by about thirty I
Here the Whigs lose three members by less than
sixty vJles. The election of Mr. Jones will be
contested by Mr. Botts.
The majority for Mr. Summers over his op
ponent was about 400 votes. One fourth of his
majority distributed in the first, fiftl and sixth
districts would have elected those three mem
bers.—. Vol. hit.
John M. Botts vs. John Tyler.
treachery unmasked.
Mr. Botts, having been charged with false
hood “By Authority” in the Madisonian, in re
ferenced some assertions imputed to him in re
gard to the treachery of John Tyler, appears at
length in the Richmond Whig of the 10th in re
ply, traversing the whole matter in difference,
andclo.-inghisstatement with an affidavit of its
correctness. We extract the following passa
ges:
On ti e night ofthe 2d March, ’4l, Mr. Tyler
and myself slept, in the same bed, and talked
public and private—among those a
public nature, was the establishment of a Na
tional bank. There was a strong reason then,
to apprehend that there would be a tie in the
Senate on that question, which we both depre
cated: but said I, “Tyler, it will afford you a
glorious opportunity to immortalize your name,
if the establishment of an institution so indis
pensable to the prosperity ofthe country should
re carried by your casting vote: it will lay the
nation under’a weight of obligation that will
never be forgotten.” To which he replied,—
“That it was a responsibility he did not covet—
that he would rather avoid it; but if it did come
to that, they should find that he was capable, as
a national representative, of making a sacrifice,
or of yielding all his former opinions expressed
as a representative of Virginia.
Cto the next morning, a number of gentlemen
<-i . f and some of them introduced the subject
of a i at k, as I supposed, with a view of ascer
taining what they had toexpect from Mr. Tyler,
it he should have to decide the question as the
presiding officer ot the Senate—and I remarked
to them: “You need not indulge any fears on
that subject; Tyler will do what is right; he’ll
vote for a Bank.”
“Come,” said Mr. Tyler, “don’t you commit
me too far on that subject, Botts."
“Why," said I, “I can’t commit you anylar
therthan you have already committed yourself
fifty times over.’’
“Well, gentlemen,” said Mr. Tyler, “I’ll tell
you this much—if I am called on to give the
vote, I will give it without the slightest refer
ence to any opinion that I may at any former
period have entertained or expressed while a
representative of Virginia. I am now a Na
tional Representative, and will not allow old
opinions to have any influence on my present
course.”
AU seemed to be satisfied, and I do not believe
there was a man present (who believed Mr. Ty
ler trustworthy) that leit the room without'a
doubt that he would vote for the bill if he had to
vote at ill.
Again: Early in the Extra Session,which
foUowed, Mr. Botts called on Mr. Tyler at the
White House on business, when the following
conversation took place:
After getting through the business which car
ried me i aere, Mr. Tyler said:
“Well, Botts,-1 understand you have been de
nouncing my message,”
To which I replied—
“No, Mr. Tyler, 1 have said nothing about
your message that deserves to be characterized
as denunciation, though I am sorry to find you
have already established a back-stair influence
here, to communicate every whisper that may
be made. I’ll tell you candidly what I did say
of the m :s<age, when asked my opinion of it:
and not such as I had expected or desired to
see.”
Mr. Tyler said with some animation, but
guod-hmuorviiiy—
“Well, [an oath] what did you expect or
wish 1”
“Well, sir," said I, “I would have you to
have recommended a Bank of the United States
flat-footed, and in the most unqualified terms.”
“Now,” [another oath] said Mr. Tyler, “that
shows how damned hard you aretoplea.se. 1
have submitted toyourconsideration three plans:
the Bank of the United States, the State Bank
system, and the Sub-Treasury; and have told
you to take your choice, and I would be satisfied
with either.”+
“But,” said I, “Mr. Tyler, didn’t you know
that a Whig Congress would take neither the
State Bank system nor the Sub-Treasury 7”
“Certainly ! did,” said he, “and therefore you
ought to be satisfied.”
“Well,” I answered, “I should have preferred
that you should have recommended a Bank of
the United States outright, and let Congress
have come to your aid, and stood shoulder to
shoulder upon the question instead of saying
hat each had been condemned in its turn; and
we should then have escaped the taunt we now
meet with from our opponents—that we have a
Whig, President who dare .m - ' recommend a
Bank.” “But,” 1 there was anoth
er objection 1 had t, your message; 1 would
have had you ts-fecommend the distribution of
the sjlpsofale public lands, without qualifica
tion ■
“And so I have,” said he.
“Oh no,” 1 said, “you have attached a provi
so, that the duties to be le vied should not exceed
those contemplated by the act of 1833, which
you know they are obliged to do, in order to
raise enough revenue for the support ot Govern
ment.”
“There it is again,” said he, “why, [another
oath] sir, you don’t understand the Compromise
Act,” and stepping off to his table, he brought
he volume ot laws containing the Compromise
Act, and read from it the passage which declares
that nothing herein contained shall be so con
strued as to prevent the passage ot any act priot
to the 30th day of June. 1842, in the contingency
either of excess or deficiency of revenue, alter
ngthe rates of duties, &c.—so as to adjust the
revenue to suit eithet contingency.
“Now,” said he, “sir, has'nt the contingency
trisen? is there not a deficiency in the revenue
and what is there in this act to prevent you from
raising the duties to 20,30, 40, 50, or 100 per
cent, if it shall be necessary “without violating
, its provisions?” “Well, said 1, Mr. Tyler, if this
be your construction of this act, why did you say
' any thing about the duties contemplated by it, in
: connection with the subject of Distribution.”—
, “Oh," said he, “you know what a certain portion
ofthe country think ofthe Compromise act, and
> it is well enough to humor them.”
t And lor this it was that I denounced his phar-
I isaical and hypocritical cant about the Compro
"filise act when he vetoed the Tarifi Bill because
it violated, as he said, its provisions, and there-.
- fore required, tis to give up the Distribution
i clause. At this point there was a slight pause
, in the conversation, when I said, “Tyler, there
is one piece of advice I want to give you, and as
1 you have invited me to talk freely with you, I
t shall do so. You are a poor man, and will feel
it more sensibly when you retire from your pres
ent situation, than you have ever done before—
-1 you will find it necessary to live and entertain
in a style different from what you have been ac
customed to, and unless you provide the means
now, you will be placed in an embarrassing sit
; uation.
You ought to lay up from your salary $15,000
a year, which, in four years, will give you $60,-
000, and that, in Williamsburg, will be a fine
estate, upon which you can live after the pay
ment of all your debts, as will become your sta
tion.
“Botts,” said he, “why confine me to four
years?"
“Who, confine you to what?” said I with sur
prise.
“Yes, why, confine me to four years ? Why
(not twelve? lam now only finishing out the un
expired tena of General Harrison, and if I can
make my administration popular. vaNj- s*ould i 1
j —feld lion on my own account?
ana then if I couldfinake myself acceptable to
the people, why should 1 not serve out my own
eight years, as others have done before?”
“Why, Mr. Tyler,” I answered, “you target
the one-term principle?"
“No,” said he, “if every body else would be
bound by the one-term principle, so would I, but
nobody else is, and why should I be?”
“Mr. Tyler,” said I, “let me entreat you, even
in jest, never to talk in this way to any body
else.”
This having been said apparently, half in jest
and half in earnest, I was doubtful how he in
tended it, until in a more serious tone he resu
med :
“Now, Botis, don’t you gooffhalfcocked,and
oppose my administration—l had rather any
man in Congress should oppose my administra
tion than you—lam under greater obligations
to you than any body else, and 'here is no man
whose interests I should take greater pleasure in
promoting than yours. Now, sir, I have a Cab
inet around me not of my own selection; this is
Gen. Harrison’s Cabinet, and I donot know how
long I can live in harmony with them. I don't
know how soon I may have to call around me a
political family of my own choice, and when 1
do, where should. I look so soon as to my old friends,
from my own doors,” extending both hands to
wards me.
Said I, “Mr. Tyler, it is time you and I had
come to an understanding: You say you had
rather any man in Congress should oppose your
Administration than I. Now, sir, let me say to
you, if it is your purpose to act with strict fidel
ity to that great Whig party to which I am and
ever have been attached on principle, and which
brought you into power—if it is your purpose to
carry out in good faith those measures of relief
which we have promised to the country, you
shall never wanta supporter on that floor while
I am there and able to render you assistance;
but, [an oath] Mr. Tyler, if it is your purpose to
break them down and set up a party for your
self, I’ll be damned if ever you did see a more
violent and bitter opponent than you will find in
me; and as for office, to which you have allu
ded, let me say to you, that there is not an of
fice in the gift of the Executive that I desire to
hold, and not one that I would consenttoaccept,
if it were to be attended with the slightest sacri
fice of my political integrity, or of the confidence
ot my constituents.”
“Well, well,” said he, “we wo’nt talk any
more about this now. Come, take off your hat
and stay and dine with me.” I tried to excuse
myself; he insisted, took my hat and umbrella
from me, and I stayed and broke bread that day
with him for the last time in his own house.
Mr. Botts appeals to several gentlemen to
whom he has related the substance of this com
mi.niAaijryn after it took place, and cites
other conversations, intimations and corrobora
ting circumstances, but we do not think it ne
cessary to give them. There are very few men
in the Union who have paid any attention to the
course of public affairs through the last three
years who will need any additional evidence
that Mr. Botts’s statement is substantially true
It carries truth on its face.
tNoTB.—The language of his Message is—“To
you, then, who have come more directly from the
body of our common constituents, I submit the
entire question, as best qualified to give a full ex
position of their wishes and opinions.”
W. B. Bulloch—The Savannah Meeting.
The recent meeting of the citizens of Savan
nah, friends of Mr. Bulloch, the proceedings o
which we published some days ago, has called
forth the following remarks, which we extract
from an article in the Washington News, in
vindication of the conduct of the stockholders
in turning Mr. B. out of the Presidency of that
Bank. We know nothing of the facts, but
doubt not the Editor of the News was well ad
vised, or he would not have given currency to
the statement. Mr. Bulloch may well exclaim
“Sure me from my friends!" As we suspected
the real object of the wine pullers in this farce,
was to get up the cry of persecution and make
political capital for Mr. Bulloch—who we per
ceive has been warmly’ recommended by a S»-
vannah correspondent of the Sandersville Tel
escope for Governor of Georgia.
“As it has been publicly charged that Mr.
Bulloch’s defeat was effected by misrepresenta
tion and calumny, it may be well to make pub
lic some ot the reasons that influenced the Stock
holders in this section in their opposition to him,
and we think they’ will be found sufficient in the
opinion of every'person of sound judgment.—
Laying aside for the present a very singular
Circular promulgated by him some lime since,
which, instead ot operating in his favor, as was
intended, had an effect directly contrary, the
fact that the Bank had lost largely by him con
stituted a powerful objection against him. It
is probable this loss could not have been pre
vented by any effort of his, for we have never
heard a word breathed against his honor or in
tegrity; but men especially in the cases of Banks
and their officers, are prone to judge as harshly
of misfortune as of dishonesty, when the results
are equally detrimental to their interest. It was
well calculated to I:, j-- •* - -hasr-u-rof the in
stitution, that its chief officer was tuns— ■ „ ; -
l n.iw. that by his
own sh >wmg, his property was mortgaged to
the Bank tbr more than it is worth, and that it
would not bi log as much at public or private
sale as the Bank allowed forit. It was thought
strange that the principal officer of the Bank
should claim any merit to himself for having
borrowed from it, and should set down the a
mount of discounts he had paid as abenefit con
ferred upon the Stockholders, and the question
was asked, Has Mr. Bulloch’s connexion with
the Bank been of greater benefit to it than to
him?
The up-country people (uncivilized barbari
ans as the Savannah folk may think them,) had
no very favorable opinion of having the Insti
tution made a political machine for helping
along aspiring demagogues, they had some evi
dence that such a use was occasionally made of
it, and report told them that its influence was
babit ually used for that purpose. They had had
notable proof of the fact in the manoeuvres,
which took place re'ative to the Directorship of
the Branch at this place a few years since. Mr.
B. was accused ot having some agency in the
transaction referred to and the Stockholders,
bitter partizans as they might be in other mat
ters, knew neither Whig nor Democrat in their
pecuniary concerns; they wished to have no po
litical games in which they had to furnish the
stakes.
The claim to merit, by Mr. B. and his friends,
on the ground that he has been twenty-seven
years at the head of the Institution amounts to
nothing. Rotation in office was, and perhaps is
now, one of the principles professed by the dem
ocratic party with which we believe Mr. B.
claims fellowship; when a Democrat therefore
has been in office half of a long life, he should
not complain if he is made to “rotate out.”
Fire. —About one o’clock yesterday after
noon, the building formerly used as a hospital,
at the old U. S. Cantonment or Barracks, was
discovered to be on fire. As it was deemed im
possible to save it, there being no water in the
neighborhood, but little exertions were made,
and the building burned down. The soldiers
and firemen kept the two large buildings wet,
and they were saved uninjured. As the fire
was first seen on the roof, it is supposed to have
caught by a spark from the chimney, the recent
dry weather rendering such] an accident highly
probable. All tfie tire engines were out, but as
it was impossible to use them, owing to the
scarcity of water in the neighborhood, only two
i were hauled to the fire.—Snr. Republican'
AUGUSTA, GA THURSDAY jVKOING, MAY 25, 1843.
More Destruction bv EARTHQUAKES.--Capt
Avery of the barque Martin W. Brott, at New
York from Carthagena, reports that the Grand
Cayman, one ofthe three Islands called Cay
mans, lying between Cuba and Jamaica, was
sunk by an Earthquake.
Capt. A. reports having made the Island and
being boarded by several boats from the shore.
The (Grand Cayman is about eight leagues
long and two and a half broad, and is inhabited
mostly by the descendants of the Old Buccaniers
and by negro turtle fishers.
The Flag Struck.—The city election ol
Providence took place on Wednesday, and the
Law and Order party carried the entire city
without opposition.
Western Subscribers.—The Louisville
Journal says: “We take pleasure in acknowl
edging the receipt of a fine horse from nineteen
new subscribers at Bowling-Green, Illinois, in
payment of their first year’s subscription.”
gj- A right mind and generous affection has
more beauty and charms than all other symme
tries in the world besides; and a grain oflionesty
and native worth is of more value than all the
adventitiousornaments of estates or preferments
Correspondence yf the Baltimore Patriot.
New York, Monday,‘r. m.
The receipts of flour since Saturday amount
»o »5,1. M L*SeU ot Which bjotll 12,001/ bbls,
have-beer. Genesee $4,624 to $4,68’, and
JJIOO at $4,75. $4,68J is the present price for
common brands, $4,44® 4, 62j for Ohio and
Michigan.
Southern kinds remain without the slightest
change, and only a moderate demand.
The Cotton market remains inactive.
A large amount of business was done in
Stocks, but generally at a decline as will be seen
by the annexed quotations.
Exchangeon Alabama may be quoted at 13 ®
14 dis. Bills are extremely scarce.
Foreign Exchange are receding—bills on Lon
don sold to-day at 1084; Paris 5,30.
Another Revolutionary Patriot Gone.—
Died, at his residence in Monroe, Walton coun
ty, on the Bth inst., in his 83d year Henry Har
din, Esq., lor many years a highly respected and
useful citizen. He was one ofthe few remain
ing links that bound the present generation t«
that which passed through the storms and perils
ofthe Revolution. He had fought faithfully for
his country, and up to the period of his death
continued to feel the liveliest interest in its af
fairs. He was a most unflinching and decided
Whig in the days that tried men’s souls, and
died as he had lived an aruent defender of Re
publican doctrines and principles.
But the subjact of this obituary was not alone
a patriot; he was a Christian; for 35 years he
had been a consistent member of the Baptist
Church, and his walk and conversationgaveev
idence to all his acquaintances, ofthe sincerity
and truth of his profession. Kindness and hos
pitality were leading ieatures in his character—
and many a poor man’s cottage in his vicinity,
could testify to the generosity and kindness
which distinguished his lile.
Mr. Hardin has left behind him a numerous
circle of relatives, friends and children, in whose
memory his virtues and integrity will long be
cherisi.ln their severe affliction, they are
con led with the assurance that he died in the
triumphs ofthe Christian faith and is at rest it;
Heaven.
Money and Business Matters in Phila
delphia.—Bicknell’s Reporter of the 15th inst.
says.—“ Money continues abundant in Phila
delphia. Good paper is readily negotiated at
5 and 6 per cent per annum, while we occasion
ally hear of a transaction, under extraordinary
circumstances, at even lower rates. Business
is evidently improving gradually, but the large
amount of capital which is still comparatively
idle, and the low’ rates of money which have
prevailed for so long a time, show, in the most
conclusive manner, lhat trade is limited, as
compared with the life and activity which for
merly characterised our commercial thorough
fares. Still, the aradual improvent is a matter
tor congratulation, especially as it may be re
garded as sound and wholesome.”
The New York American of Monday after
imo-, she ir»ih-inst. says:—“ The specie tide is
already beginning to turn. Exchange on Lon
don, choice bills, has been sold at 1(19; and on
Paris at f. 5 22). The latter rate cannot be sus
tained, as it is better to ship specie; and even to
England we hear of one parcel of -£15,000 that
goes back in the Hibernia, rather than to take
bills at 109; so that the specie current may now
be considered as having found its level.”
Novel Entertainment.
Promenade Concerts are introduced into
use at Philadelphia and, the following notice
ofthejirst of these entertainments shows, with
great success:
“The Promenade Concert at the Ches’? 1
Street Theatre, on Saturday evening, beir..
first of the series, was very numerously a“/ aS |
lonably attended, and was in all respe " , Il ‘
ly successful commencement in this? )ve^e J" < ? rt
to provide for the gratification • l ? e P u ”“ c -
The house was crowdedtbroug“ utt lec . ven ' l ’e>
and the many ladies present <»' ne occasion add
ed much to the brilliancy of * e spectacle. The
house is fitted up for the< J ] lr P ose wlt l
taste and elegance, havij? l “ e appearance ot a
beautiful garden, with- 1 fountain of real water
and all other gracefi- appliances, and those who
have a fancy lor picturesque should not fail
to pay it a vis“ orchestra is strong and
excellent a>“ * n^e course of the evening gave
several o'- rtures an< * ot l lel ' pieces with great ef
fect. A'hough these ‘Promenade Concerts’ de
serve the most liberal encouragement, and we
prr.ume will be none less successful from the
f.ct that the saloons, under the care of Mrs.
Wood, furnish the choicest refreshments.”—
Pennsylvanian.
The Ruling Passion strong in Death.—
When Lawrence was lying stretched on the deck
of the Chesapeake, mortally’ wounded, and the
immortal spirit about quitting its frail tenement,
his last dying inj unction was—“ Don’t give up
the ship.”
When Bainbridge lay struggling in death, on
the bed of sickness, his memury r? verted’to the
•stirring scenes in which he had many years be
fore borne an active part. He imagined him
self in command of a gallant vessel, surrounded
by his officers, on the eve of an engagement—and
summoning all his energies for a final effort,
he exclaimed, "Call all hands to board the ene
my.”
When Porter, in a foreign land, was sink/
ing in the grave—his body’ w’orn out with the
exposures and hardships to which he had been
subjected tor a period cf many years, in the ser
vice of his country—in his last moments he di
rected that his body should be buried, at the foot oj
the flag-staff, that even after death the glorious
stars ami stripes of America might wave over him !
—Boston Journal.
Piratical.—lt is still ihoiighl tniirme—
chaser t.y the U. S. brig Boxer, off the Isle of
Pines, is a pirate, and that she is no oiher than
the missing.Ti x:.n schoonerof war San Antonio.
The government should send the On-ka-hy-e or
the Wave in search of her, as they are the kind
oi craft to overhaul a vessel of her descriplion.-
Norfolk Herald.
A Story of a Villian and his Victim.—
Woman’s Love,—A correspondent of the Bos
ton Bee gives the following account of one of
the inmates ofthe Vermont Lunatic Asylum, at
Brattleboro’:
Born of wealthy parents, idolized in youth,
gratified in the indulgence of her fondest hopes,
and perfected in every accomplishment of the
day, she was the pride ofhertamilv and the belle
it the social circle, whose destiny she controlled.
One of those enthusiastic beings, who are never
satisfied with divided affection, her mind was so
exquisitely strung that the least discord afflicted
it, jnd marred the music of the whole. Some
three years since she was introduced to a young
naval officer, who soon wooed and won her, but,
villain-like having sported awhile with the choice
flower which nothing but summer and sunshine
could gladden, and after having by sedulous at
tentions appropriated the rare gem to himself,
left it, exposed to the rude blast of winter, until
chilled and crushed, it had fallen to the ground
seared and blasted like the withered leaf of au
tumn.
The story of his perfidy reached her ears, but
woman-like, she would credit naught against the
idol of her heart, till her own eyes perused in the
papers of a neighboring citv his marriage to
another. The news came 'like a thunderbolt
upon her, withering and destroying her. Now
a blighted and spirit-broken thing, she no more
bounded on the green like the fawn, or carolled
in the sunshine like the lark w inging its flight
to heaven's gate; a fearful change had come over
her, and reason soon deserted its throne, leaving
her a maniac. She takes no interest in the
movements of the patients, but sits apart, all the
lay looking from a window, upon the boundless
prospect before her. Every attempt to direct her
mind has been, as yet unsuccessful, and though
passionately fond of music in her moments of
reason, the least sound is now displeasing to her,
and she retires to her apartment, closing the door
alter her, as-if to seclude herself from the socie
yof others. What has the man to answer for
who has thus destroyed a virgin flower in the
pride of its bloom and beauty! ‘
SATURDAY MORpiL, if'
O* The locomotive on Kjmßkioii (Ky.)
Rail road was thrown down artpbankment
last week by running over a li iriMp’he engi
neer was wounded, and a worlrmajimed Gar
nett, on the tender, was throwH(V*<< oC(jino
tive and killed. The passetfei’W W* attach
ed to the locomotive with a
which broke as it was intend the
instant the locomotive turnA<»J ? 'Wack. In
consequence of this not the (■RMjjfry was
sustained by any ofthe
Long Passage.—The
has arrived at Boston,
months frem Glasgow, S^otla^JW 1 which
place she sailed on the 12i1»4||HHMf
put back twice and finally r k, on
the 28th Feb., 1813. WhKttR Ut ’ she
encountered a seveie gale, tsails,
spar.-, &c—was obliged to■OWSW 1 °i her
cargo—and finally reachedinst.,
leaking 8 inches per hour.
No Tetotaller—A Trip toj4_vah..
The editor of the who
doubtless (for we do not to
the -laugh and grow
o'.iirr.ed f cm a ’• r ,
readers a sketch of its ple\ ■i ß! '' >
ductng Mine Host, of theiV tvWejyJd fa
vorably into lhe foreground pare, it
occurs to him —suggested perhaps Jtsj recol
lection of those delicious mint jt;—that
Oats, the bar-keeper, should occupy inspic
uous position on the canvass, and he intro
duces him:
“ Oats, although small grain, is n;‘ small
potatoes.” He can make as good 41ep as
any body thissideofthe Potomac. Sting of
juleps, we are forcibly’ reminded ot>w few
glasses of this delicious beverage werestroy-
ed by us while in Savannah. Those » know
us well would think, to see one of thetiorsels
made up of ice, strawberries, pine-aps, &.C.,
that we would tie the very devil on m, but
we can bear witness to our own moderin, and
think we deserve great credit—for, ton the
word of a gentleman, to the best of o know
ledge and belief, we drank during nop more
than fifteen or twenty glasses. We p;a visit
to Tybee on board a steamboat, withvery a
greeable company. We had music d dan
cing, (thermometer at 90 in lhe shp,) and
chatting with the girls. With an apide for
melting as great as that of the fat.ight of
Eastcheap, we took no part in the dandmt en
deavored to keep ourselves as cool th iced
drinks as our sympathy lor the votaries Terp
sichore would permit/'
Mr. Jaudon.—The United States Gazette
says: We cannotfeam that there isny truth
in the report, ciieulated in different ciles. that
Mr. Jaudon has been engaged by tlState to
proceed to England, with a view of njotiating
the sale of the main line of publiworks.—
When the bill shall have been signerthe hold
ers of stock here, and the representaves here
of the European stockholders, mq, and of
course will, act in concert, and my perhaps
send an agent to Europe.
A Discharge for Cause.—TheLouisvfle
Journal says:
It is said that a man of considerate literary
reputation, now in office atWashingtn, is about
to be dismissed. His offence is that, a a late ar
ticle written by him for a magazine, e spoke of
Homer, Virgil, Milton anil Shaksp.-ae, without
once mentioning the name of the autbr of “A
hasueras.”
O’ It there is one crea ure we ahamnate it is
he who will smile upon you and feed ;ou with
soft words, but the moment your back s turned
will thrust a dagger into your honor and reputa
tion.
Caution.—Sufficient ini|ortapce is notgen
erallv attached by the
of vaccination, and bene i
undertaking it, who njj
form it nor are they ”4 ese rcfleclsot , s have
quality of the whk*ji we have<
been suggested bf om responsible authority, to
recently receiygon the appearance of smallpox
the etteet, tiiajstrjct, a vaccine scab was pro
-111 berr aumbers were vaccinated from it.
| U J'•'“> ‘"happened that the matter was poison
ft howe’ man y p ersons W ere very seriously as-
? u ®L’by it, that five or six were compelled to
,% their arm amputated, and that several died
from the effects of the pmson.
This, we think, should be a caution to the
community, and no man should for rhe sake of
saving a couple of dollars incur the risk of los
ing life or limb by entrusting the operation to
unskiltul hands.— Charleston Patriot.
Floating Village.—A raft passed down the
Alleghany river, at Pittsburg, Pa., on Friday,
very thickly populated. It had on board thir
teen women, eight men, sixteen children, five
horses, three dogs and four frame shantees. A
perfect raft and no mistake.
The Steamer Htbernia.—Capt. Judkins, of
the British mail steamer Hibernia, at Boston,
gave an entertainment to a large parly of ladies
and gentlemen, who were invited to visit the
steamer on Friday. A beautiful flag, presented
by T. C. Grattan, Esq., the British Consul, was
hoisted on the occasion, and honored by a salute
from the wharf.— Tribune.
S.ad Loss or Life.—The Detroit Advertiser
publishes a letter from Capt. Wari, of the stea
mer Huron, dated at St. Joseph, April 30, stat
ing that a report had just reached flat place, that
the sloop Erie w as capsized on the night ot the
29 instant, near Michigan City. She was load
ed with pork, com, hams and flour, with six
persons cn board, all of whom are supposed to
be lost. The main hatches and part of the
flour has drifted on shore near Michigan City.
This is a sad loss— the trew were nostly young
men and but little acquainted withsailing.
Small Pox.—We are happy to It able to state
that not a single case of Small Ibx exists at
present in Columbia or its vicinity ! Three cases
were imported here from Charlestcn, and it was
communicated to three other pefeons, all of
whom, with one exception who ded, have re
covered some time ago.-— Columbia (S. C.)
Chrdniclr.
Important Decision.—Dana, rs. the Pres
ident, Directors and Company of the Bank of
the United States, defendants, anc James Dun
das, and others, garnishees.—ln tfis ease, the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvaua yesterday
-pr.inoiii.j.pil their, judgment in fdror of the de
lendait.-., thereby sustaining the Validity of the
assignment made by the Bank ut the United
States, dated the Ist of May, 1841, commonly
known as the assignment made o secure the
Banks of Philadelphia for the advances made
by them to the Bank of the Unit*; States. The
validity of the assignments on theith June, and
4th and 6th September, 1841, wi not brought
into question, and the Court abstahed from any
Opinion on their effect.— Phil- G<4,
Q’Died at his seat of Smitjifield, in the
county of Montgomery, on the 4ti inst, in the
69th year of his age, Col. James|P. Preston,
formerly Governor of Virginia, jmd who, for
more than 40 years, has enjoyed m almost un
bounded personal popularity, tht highest re
spect of his country, and the mog enthusiastic
affection of a wide circle of frienls.—_V«t. Ini.
We learn through the Natchittnhes 'Herald,
that the Choctaws have raised 841, 't* build
a college for the education ot theiryputh, The
Choctaw nation numbers 17,000 souls. They
have a press which last year prirted more than
hree million pages of books and pamphlets.
Tj’ The loafers who congregate in Lafayette
Square during these hot days, ate about peti
tioning the Council to have awnir.gs and shades
erected in different parts of the grounds. They
say that the trees afford a very good shade for the
time being, but that it is too much like work to
roll round with the suo, and that it interferes too
much with their sleep and comfort.—.V. O. Pic
ayune.
Kendal Course Races.—Tbefourmile race
on Thursday, was won by Col. Thompson’s
Register, beating Col. W. R. Johnson’s Blue
Dick. Time, 7.50—7.49. Blue Dick was the
favorite at long odds. The race was well con
tested, and’run handsomely.
Calhoun and Van Buren.—lt is a singular
fact says the Louisville Journal, that Mr. Van
Buren is now a competitor for the Presidency
against Mr. Calhoun, who voted in favor of hi’s
rejection as minister to the Court of St. James.
They are now both of the same party, and both
looking to the same convention for support!
What a prospect of harmony!
9 teamboat Accidents.
The steamboat Zephyr struck a snag in the
Ohio last week when within five mites of her
destination, Portsmouth, and sunk immediate
ly. She had a valuable cargo on board, a large
portion of which will probably be lost; the boat
will be raised.
The St. Louis Era says that the steamboat
Dove w’as sunkin White River, about 20 miles
below Batesville, on lhe 2d inst. The cargo
and l(pat arc both a total loss.
Good enough to be leaded, altho’ stolen.
—A gentleman the other day, on asking a mar
ket man the price of eggs, was answered, “Eggs
are eggs now.” “I am glad to hear it, with all
my heart; lor the last I bought of you were half
chickens.”
From the New Orleans Picayune.
From Yucatan.—By the arrival yesterday of
the schr. Octavia we have received full files of
thn Bolehn del Espiritu del Siglo ol Campeachy
up to the sth inst.
By the kind permission of a gentleman of
this city we have also been allowed to copy a
tetter received by the Octavia, giving full par
ticularsol the movements ofCom. Moore since
his an i val upon the eoast of Campeachy. This
account will be found in another column of this
paper.
The appearance ot Com. M'bore_pff Cam
j: a by has virtually broken the blockade, and
■''•‘ihoui (Umte*
Gen. Ampudia is still in the neighborhood of
Campeachy, but his men were daily deserting
him and going over to the Yucatanese. Previ
ous to the arrival of the Texan squadron the au
thorities of Campeachy, and Gen. Ampudia had
nearly settled an amicable treaty; but on the
appearance of Com. Moore the conference was
suddenly broken oft’. Some thought that Am
pudia was anxious that the Yucatan gun-boats
should take no part in any contest that might
take place between the Texan and Mexican
vdssels—in other words that they should remain
neutral. This clause was promptly refused by
Gov. Mendez, and hence the part the gun-boat’s
took in the action w’ith the steamers.
The arrival ofthe Texans appeared to create
great joy among the Campeachanos, and they
now look upon the war with Mexico as nearly
atanend. Cut off from his supplies, as Ani
pudia will be, we can see that he can do noth
ing except come to such terms as the inhabi
tants of the peninsula may dictate. A few days
will tell the story.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
Commodore Moore and the Mexicans.
Full Particulars of the Recent Action.
—A gentleman in this city has kindly furnish
ed us with a letter from a triend ot his on board
lhe ship Austin, dated “Off' Campeachy, May
5,” giving full particulars of the recent action
between Com. Moore's little squadron and the
Mexican steamers. Such is the interest felt by
all in the movements of the Texian fleet, that
we give copious extracts from the letter.
It seems that the Wharton parted company
with the Austin on the 19th ult., the day the two
vessels left lhe Balize, but rejoined heron the
27th off Telchac. Nothing of interest occurred
on the passage down with the exception of the
hanging the four mutineers, who had been con
demned to death, and whipping the two otheis
in pursuance of the sentence.
On reaching Sisal, on the 28th April, the news
of Barragan's surrender to the Merida forces
reached Com. Moore, and also the information
that the steamer Montezuma was expected at
Telchac in two days to take the Mexican pri
soners to Tampico, according to the terms of
the capitulation. Sail was now’ immediately
made by lhe Texian vessels for that port, where
they arrived on the evening of the 29th. At
day break the next morning lhe Mexican fleet
was observed standing out from Lerma with
the evident intention of attacking the Texans.
It consisted of the Montezuma steamer, meunt
ing one 68 and three 32 pounders; the Guada
loupe of one 68 and six 32 pounders; the brig
Yucateco,of 12 guns; brig Iman, of 7; schooner
Eagle of 7, and Campechanoof 3.
At this lime the Texian vessels were standing
to the land, on the starboard tack, the Austin
some little distance in advance, and lhe wind
aboufJS. 8. E. At half past 6 oclock, A. M.,
th»-nlaintopsail of lhe Austin was hove to the
U1 IUU W clri UUVC IU UIC
ed and stood for the Mexican fleet, trying to get
• the weather guage of them.
At 5 minutes past 7 o’clock the Texianensign
was hoisted at the peak and mizen, the English
and American ensigns at the tore, and broad
pennant at the main, when the crews of each
vessel gave three hearty cheers. Ten minutes
afterwards, the Yucatan schooners Independ
ence and Sisaleno, with 5 gunboats, hove in
sight and bore down to the assistance of the
Texans. The Mexicans, finding the Texan
vessels approaching too near, now bore off to
the Southward. About half-past 7, the steam
ers finding this had increased their distance to
long range, wore round and stood towards the
Texans. Five minutes afterwards the Guada
loupe opened her fire at a distance of something
more than two mites. Some of her shot went
over, some fell short, and one fell close under
the Austin’s counter, baptising, as he termed
it, Com. Moore and other officers standing on
the poop. The Texans immediately’ exchang
ed hve broadsides from their larboard batteries
with the steamers, the Mexican sail vessels in
the mean time keeping up an incessant firing.
Two bow guns from the Austin soon silenced
the battery and induced them to haul off. At
ten minutes after 8 three broadsides were ex
changed with exchanged with the Mexican
steamers, when they wore and stood off to the
Southward after their sailing companions. The
shot from the steamer generally passed over
the Texans without doing the least damage.—
At halt-past 8 the Campeachy gunboats passed
the Texans, exchanging hearty cheers. At 9
o’clock the land breeze died entirely away, when
the Texan vessels came to an anchor with
springs upon their cables.
At a quarter past 11, and white it was a dead
calm, the two steamers again approached the
Texans, and opened a fire at long range. The
gunboats on the larboard quarter of the Austin
returning the fire with great precision and gal
lantry. In fifteen minutes after, a light breeze
sprung up from S. W., when the anchors of the
Texans were shipped and they bore down upon
the steamers, exchanging several broadsides. A
68 pound shot from the Guadaloupe cut the aft
er shroud of the mizen rigging ot the Austin
white Com. Moore had hold ol it, passed bet ween
him and Lt. Grey, and within a foot of each,
then went down through the poop deck and stern
post above the transom, destroying a quantity of
brandy, and doing but little damage.
When near 12 o’clock, and finding it impos
sible with the little wind then prevailing to gel
within effective shooting distance of the Mexi
cans, Com. Mipore bore away for Campeachy,
his men being now completely exhausted. Not
a soul was touched on board the Austin, but
Capt. Lathrop, on board the Wharton, had two
men kilted and four wounded. The latter were
all doing well. It was confidently stated that
the Captain of the Montezuma was kilted, with
11 of his men. The loss on board the oilier
Mexican ves-els had not been ascertained. The
firing of the G uadaloupe was said to bo very ac
curate.
Thus terminated the last interview Commo
dore Moore has had with the Mexicans up to
the latest advices. He has, on everv occasion,
offered the steamers battle, but they Lave refus
ed the invitations, and on the sth inst., the Tex
an squadron was lying at anchor 2 miles from
Lerma, while the Mexicans were nearly hull
down to the N. W., probably with the intention
of collecting their squadron. On the arrival of
the steamer Regenerader and brig Santa Anna,
hourly expected from Vera Cruz, it was thought
the Mexicans might pay Com. Moore another
visit.
In the meantime, should a strong Northeast:
wind arise, the Texan fleet would at once sail
in quest of the Mexicans. All the men want is
a stiff breeze and close quarters.
The Hartford papers announce that Mr. Jno.
M. Niles, U. S. Senator elect from Connecti
cut, is in a very’ feeble state of mind and body, in
consequence of recent domestic affliction; and
it is intimated as not unlikely that he may ten
der his resignation to the Legislature before its
adjournment. W e had previously heard it said
that the Senator was absolutely insane.— Char.
Cour.
The Difference.
The following very nicely drawn distinction
between a man and an ass, as w’ell as pithy but
just rebuke of the goatish appearance of the
would be fashionable, soap-lock gentry of the
present day, is from that most excellent periodi
cal, Blackwood’s Magazine:
“ There is an affectation among the vulgar
clever, of wearing the mustache, which they clip
and cut ala Vandyke; this is useful, as afford
ing a ready means of distinguishing between a
man of talent and an ass—the former trusting to
his head, goes clean shaved, and looks like an
Englishman; the latter, whose strength lies al
together in his hair, exhausts the power of Ma
cassarin endeavoring to make himself look as
much like an ourang-outang as possible.”
It is said that one thousand buildings will be
erected in Cincinnati, Ohio, during the present
year.
Monday morning, may 22.
*1 uw them there, how like Spring of Life—
How like the dawn of young here,
While yet the unsuspecting heart ls r [f c
In all its joys, unsullied and sincere.”
The Spring, the gay and beautiful season of
flowers, is rapidly passing away, but the recol
lec lion of its gaieties, its sports and pastimes in
this city, will not soon be erased from the memo
ries of those who have been actors in the grand
drama.—lt has, indeed, been a season of pleas
ure, of continued and almost unalloyed delight
to the young and buoyant, the more mi.tured
and the middle-aged—and even age itself, with
its accumulated years, has drank deep at the
fountains of pleasure, which a succession of en
tertainments have afforded to those whose lamp
of life, tho’ flickering in the socket, ever and
anon sends forth a raj’ to gild the scenes of ear
lier days. Such, truly, has be«n the Spring of
1843 in Augusta,—a season, during which, fete
after fete ot almost unrivalled brilliancy, have
followed each other in such rapid succession,
that the mind is scarcely left free to contemplate
the beauties of either separately, hut with a rail
id glance it surveys the whole sceue, and gath
ers b\ the way-side, from each particular enter
tAiuxumt, allvatrtfig intheir character and ob
ject, si'.iVii’—and deli
cate flower, which serves as a SouvefiiT "Or-nnr.
spot from which it was culled. To a winter,
unmarked bj* any of those brilliant entertain
ments, which delight and captivate the young,
succeeded a Spring, o’er which hung the lower
ing clouds of Millerism —Suddenly the Rubicon
is passed—The 23d of April was among the
things that were; and lovely May day was wel
comed by one of those entertainments which,
under the supervision of hor whose good taste
directed it never fail to please—This was suc
succeeded by Pic Nies ; and par y after party,
in which were grouped together the j’oung and
the middle-aged, the chaste and the beautiful,
and the gay and the grave, in scenes as fascina
ting to the eye of the beholders, as they were in
teresting and grateful to the senses of the actors
—Then followed the grand climax ofthe series
—And last, tho’ not least in beauty or interest,
the entertainment given, on Fridaj’ evening, at
the spacious hall in the Academy, by the Pupils
of that institution, after the termination of their
scholastic exercises for the term.
The avenue through the beautiful grove to the
Academy was tastefully lighted up, reminding
you, as j’ou approached the brilliantly illumi
nated Hall, the flickering rays from which
gleamed through the thick foliage ot the trees
like the soft moonbeams, of one of those fairy
spots which fiction has rendered familiar. The
Hall itself was most beautifully and tastefully
decorated with wreaths and flowers, and filled as
it was with all ages, from sportive childhood to
those whose whitened locks gave earnest of
mature age, all mingling in the mazes of the
dance, or joining in sweet and social converse,
rendered the more sprightly by the bright eyes
and smiling faces flitting before them, in such
sylph-like beauty and gaiety, was a scene of
rare and dazzling beauty, upon which the eye
could dwell with unmingled delight for hours
together. But we must not weary’ the patience
of the reader with a more minute detail; suffice
it to say, it was one of those scenes in the his
tory ot the pupil’s life, to which the memory in
after years will recur as one of the greenest
spots in the bright and sunny season of youth.
The Blind Musician.
Those who are moved by the concord of sweet
sounds, and who is not? and above all those
and melodious intonations of that most exquis
itely touching instrument, the Accord) on, will
doubtless welcome to our city the Blind Musi
cian, the greatest master of the instrument we
have ever seen. A German by birth, reared
and educated for the better circles of society, he
was fitted by his accomplishments lor its associ
ations and blandishments—but the loss of sight
that most severe of all dispensations of Provi
dence, has shrouded lhat future, which to the
buoyant heart is ever rich with promise, in one
continued, eternal night—with no ray of light
to penetrate its deep and unvarying gloom. De
prived as he is of looking abroad upon the beau
ties of nature, and enjoying those scenes which,
white they delight the ravished eye, impress up
on the reflective mind the sublime truth of the
existence of a deity, he is not, however, cut off
from that high degree of enjoyment, which to
one thus shrouded in darkness must be a source
of ineffable delight—for in the inscrutable and
beautiful economy ot an all wise Creator, he
has been blessed in an eminent degree with a
power to charm by his melodies, and to excite
within the swelling bosoms of others, a new
passion for the exquisitely soft and beautiful in
music. He has taken lodgings at the United
States Hotel, from whence he will be pleased to
call on families at their residences, and minister
to their enjoyment by an exhibition of his pow
ers over his instrument, and while he spreads
before the benevolent and philanthropic a repast
as touching as beautiful and soul thrilling, an
opportunity will be afforded them to gild his be
nighted path, and excite within his heart those
emotions of sincere gratitude which a generous
and impulsive soul can only feel.
The peak of one of the Helderberg moun
tains, about 12 mites from Albany, is still cap
ped with sr.ow.
Withdrawal.
The Pennsylvanian of Saturday says, “prep
arations are being made to withdraw Mr. Clay
from the course.”
Our neighbor is, in some degree, right, more
neaily right than he intended to be, we fear.—
Preparations are being made to get Mr. Clay off
the course—and the preparations are not confi
ned to a single place. —In the South, Mr. J. C.
Calhoun and his friends are stirring lhe earth—
they’ have, we suspect, no influence above—to
get Mr. Clay ofl the course. They are denoun
cing him as the enemy of their “peculiar insti
tutions,” the father of that system by’ which the
lordly planter is made to understand that he is
a man amenable to the laws of the country —a
system which provoked the southern candidate
to denounce war against the nation, and led his
friends to declare that they would “go to the
death for their sugar.”
In the middle States, the “artful dodger” of
Kinderhook has been preparing his mischievous
machinery to drive Mr. Clay from the course,
by representing him as the man who dared, in
the worst of time, propose a temporary act, by
which peace should be restored to the nation—
as the man, whose deep hold on the affections of
the people, and influence over the popularmind,
stirred up the free men in 1840, to break up the
nest of leeches that had gorged upon the public
body, and drawn the life blood from the nation,
sapping not only its wealth by their cupidity,
but weakening all the relations of its parts, by’
grossly wicked abuses ofthe power they had by
deception attained.
In Pennsylvania, Mr. Buchanan is the stalk
ing horse by which thegallantsteed is to be forc
ed from the course. The Federalist, when
Federalism had ought to bestow—the Demo
crat, when Democracy was triumphant; and on
account of the former, the best of all the instru
ments y’et used, and hence also, the least likely
to succeed.
In the centre, John Tyler and his sons have
formed their balls with which to pelt the racer;
but the materials are not sound, and only cohe
sive, from their common rottenness. They are
rolling these balls on the track, but the hoofs of
the gallant courser will tread them down with
the fungi in the route.
The East is to be baited, with abolitionism to
one part, and solid protection to the other. -And
when the gaunt form of Mr. Calhoun, and the
once beaten personage of Kinderhook —the
better propertiesol Mr. Buchanan, and Ac of
the Presidency now, are all used up by their
mutual collision, (for there is no affinity beyond
the advantage which each might hope for the
other,) then Clay will be seen at the “winning
post,” ready for the oath and the duties of the
President.
Withdraw Henry Clay !!!—W e know not
what in the councils of Providence is to be the
fate of men, of parties, of nations; but we do
know that no portion of the great AV hig party
that has ever bean friendly to 8
tion, has any idea of withdrawing his ,name
from the listot candidates. Phil. L. S. Ga...
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 23,
Loeofoco Harmony.
That onr readers may team something of the
state of things which is now rapidly approach
ing a crisis between the Calhoun and Van Bu
ren wings of the great locotoco party, we give
place, in another column, to an article from the
Charleston Mercury, the southern organ of the
Calhoun squad, which shows the estimation in
which this arm of- the “indivisible democracy”
hold Mr. Van Buren, whom they so zealously’
supported in 1840. In their feuds and dissen
tions we of course take no part, and, like the
wife who looked unmoved upon the fight be
tween her husband and the boar, care not which
is triumphant in the struggle. We are perfectly
willing to enter “Harry of the West” against
either or both of them, though we should prefer
a fair contest, in an open field, with but a single
competitor. In either event, however, we do
not doubt the result, for the people have been
too long groaning under lhe misrule of them and
their adherents, to desire to place them in power
r- at any rate until the Whigs have had a fair
opportunity to test the efficacy of their measures
in the administration of the government.
O'We acknowledge the receipt from A. Her
bert, the Principal ai£pjumbia, of a pamphlet
lhe amar£ AeaA.
The Treasury Note Bobbers.
Breedlove, Jewell, and Rynders, lhe per
sons arrested in Washington City, undercharge
of stealing the Treasury Notes in New Orleans,
passed through this city on Saturday evening
last under the charge of a U. S. marshal on their
way to New Orleans.
TV It is stated in several of the Washington
letters, that Mr. Tyler, who is now on a visit in
Virginia, has paid off his debt and bought an
estate for $20,000, with the savings from two
years’ salary as President.
Dinner to Mr. Webster.
Mr. Webster on his way home from Wash
ington, and from public life, accepted ofthe
compliment of a Public Dinner offered to him
by a number of merchants and other leading
citizens of Baltimore, without distinction of
party, in token of their estimate ofthe services
rendered by him in the statioh which he has
lately resigned. Robert Gilmor, Esq., presided.
We gather the following particulars of it from
the Baltimore Sun of the 19th.
The Dinner on Thursday evening took place
at the Exchange Hotel, and up wards of a bun
dled citizens were present. After partaking of
the dinner provided on the occasion, the follow
ing regular toasts were drank:
First. The Union—now and forever one and
inseparable.
Second. The President of the U. Slates.
Third. The Constitution of the U. States,
its authors, founders and defenders.
Fourth. The memory of Washington.
The fifth toast in order was prefaced with a
few remarks from the Chair, appropriate to the
distinguished statesman whom the gentlemen
present had assembled t» honor. It was as fol
lows:
“Our guest, Daniel Webster.”
After the applause, which followed the an
nouncement of this toast, Mr. Webster rose and
addressed the company in a speech occupying
about an hour and a half, adducing a series of
facts concerning our commercial relations with
several foreign nations, the unfavorable posi
tion which was occupied by the United States,
in consequence of the present policy observed
in the intercourse by treaty stipulations, and sug
gesting such changes as appeared to be more
likely to conduce to the national and commer
cial interests, &c.—abstaining from all allusion
to party topics. On concluding his speech, fdr.
W. submilted, “in all sincerity, truth, and hear
tiness,” the following sentiment:
“Prosperity to the inhabitants of the Monu
mental ciixA distinguished alike for en
terprise, public spirit, and the wannest and mo<d
cordial hospitality.”
Alter the conclusion of Mr. Webster’s re
marks the sixth regular toast was announced,
viz:
“England and her Q.ueen.”
The national compliment implied in this toast
was duly acknowledged by Mr. McTavish, the
British Consnl, in a neat, pertinent, and brief
speech.
The seventh and last regular toast was:
“Lord Ashburton.”
This was prefaced by some remarks from the
ehair, complimeptary to the character of the
subject of it, and received with vejy decided
marks of respect.
A number of other toasts were drank, of
which we shall have in due time a full account.
China.
The Salem (Mass.) Register contains the fol
lowing extracts ot letters received by the ‘Mary
Ellen:’
Canton, January 15, 1843.
The clipper ‘Anonyma’ arrived irom Calcut
ta about me sth inst. in the extraordinary pass
age ot 34 days, up the China Sea, against the
monsoon, bringing part of the October mail, by
which we learn oi lhe imposition of a Tariff.
The ‘Natchez’ arrived a day or two since in
42 days from lhe West Coast of America—the
shortest run on record.
The soldiers were withdrawn from the front of
the factories several days since, and in their
stead we have now some 50 or luO Hong Coo
lies, valiant men, all ready to run away in our
defence. No danger, however is apprehended.
Elepoo has arrived, and his presence, it is said,
will be sufficient to restrain the mob. Nothing
has yet been done in the way of negotiation, and
little or nothing about indemnity claims lor loss
es. Pottinger still at Hong Kong with .
Com. Kearney is lying at Macao Roads in the
Constellation. We have appealed to him, but
what he will do in the premises no one knows.
He ‘keeps dark.’
A most atrocious act was committed a few
days since by the local Mandarins. Our Coo
ley, a fine young fellow, who stood by us during
the whole of lhe row, was sent for by the Nam
boi to be interrogated on the subject. They
wished him lo say that the house was tired acci
dentally, and not by' the mob, in order that they
might make use of his evidence to evade paying
the losses. On his refusal to do this, he was
bamboued across the face, and kept in prison sev
eral days. This, too, by the very Mandarins
who evinced such a laudable acZm/y in flying to
our rescue on the 7th.
Canton, January 12.
A few days since, as Capt. Cecille, and some
other officers of the French frigate Erigone,
were walking near Macao, they were attacked
by a band of Chinese, and Capt. C. was very
roughly handled, receiving a terrible wound or.
the head, and other damage. The frigate has
come up to Whampoa, and Capt. C. is here to
demand satisfaction for the insult.
On Sunday last, Bth inst., an awful affair took
place near Macao. A Lorcha belonging to
Capt. Sharpe, white on her way' from Wham
poa to Macoa, loaded with the ‘drug,’ was at
tacked near the Nine Islands, and Capt. 8», to
gether with Mr. Wilson, Tea Taster for Messrs.
Turner and Co., two English sailors and four
Manillau«en murdered, the cargo stolen, and
the Lorcha set on fire and burned up. She was
taken through the treachery of the Chinese.—
Capt. S. and the others were asleep, leaving, I
suppose, the charge of the deck to one of the
Englishmen or Manilla men, who got asleep,
when the Chinese, seeing their chance, altered
theirconrse for the Ladrones, and the result was
the massa ere of the whole. Several Chinese
weretakenup inMacao, who on Mondaymora
ing were offering the opium at a very low price,
so low that suspicion w as excited and they were
arrested.
From Hayti.—By the Vulture from Jeremie,
we have accounts to the 22d ult. We gather the
following from “Le Manifeste,” published at
Port Republican, 9th April.
The Haytiens have entrusted the administra
tion to a “Government Provisiore,” composed of
five distinguished individuals from the civil and
military. They are Imbert, Voltaire, Segretier.
Guerrier, and Riviers. The latter was the com
mander of the revolutionary army, which in the
space of about a month from its first outbreak,
has just overturned the government of Hayti,
and driven the President, Boyer, out ot the coun
try, after three battles with the loss of, as far as
we learn, some 2 or 300 lives only, on both sides.
An election is to take place immediately
throughout the island of an “Assemblee Cpnsti
tuante.” This body as soon aschoeen, willmeet
at Port Republican and form a new Constitution,
which will probably differ not very much from
the old, excepting in limiting the Presidential
terra, probably to five years, and in the mode of
electing the Senate, which will now be by the vote
of the people. The “Manifeste” rebukes the
people for being 100 clamorous for office, and
asks, very properly, how they expect to have an
economical government, if every needy man ex
pects to be fed from the public crib! A Council
Board (of nine prominent revolutionists) is cho
sen to act with the m munis: ion.— Boston Mercan
tii- Journal.
VOL. VH.-NO. 21.
From the Charleston Mercury.
Mr. Van Buren on the Tariff;
We hope every body will read this extract
from the Ex-President’s Letter —there are good
thoughts there, notwithstanding that in some in
spects
• “cloud* and darkaoM rwt upon it.”
As to the precise effect of it as a whole, we can
not say that we have very positive conclusions)
and it any of our readers shalfpoe more fortun
ate in the pursuit, we beg them to give us brief
ly and pithily, the result. Ila man will go out
and try io measure the shadow ot h tree-top, in
a windy day, he will find two difficulties— tint
to fix the exact place where it begin., and sec
ond, to fix the exact place where it ends. W e
have experienced a little of this in assigning lhe
boundaries to Mr. Van Buren’s principles of ta
riff taxation—they all seem to oe tn motion.—
We are consoled, however, by the moot solemn
assurance from the Albany Argus, that upon all
lhe questions, it is rare lo find views “presented
with so much force and (we are
thanks ul that the answer was not long, it this is
what they understand by short,) “or that posi
tions are taken so truly clear, just aud convinc
ing.” It was doubtless owing to the want of
time, that the Argus did not tell ua what those
“clear positions” are, and that especially upon
the all-absorbing question, ii had only leisure io
remark—“ Upon the Tariff aueetion, it will be
seen that Mr. Van Buren withholds nothing."
We hope this is not to be interpreted by the crit
icism ofthe N. Y. Express, which accuses him
of taking all sides of the question. The Argus
continues emphatically ; “in this respect partic
ularly the reply is as full and direct as Ui»
particular lucidity and unequivocal directaeM
will be all a matter of course to those who
know how very downright and plain-spoken a
man Mr. Van Buren is; but to those who have
not given him full credit for these qualities, “it
will be at least a disappointment.” We are
sorry, as we said above, that the Argus, instead
of impressing upon us how very clear the tariff
part of the answer is, had not had time to state
what it is that is so clear.
The Madisonian had a notice of Mr. Van
Buren's reply before the letter itself had reach
ed us, in which the principal topic is thus dis
posed of:
He is decidedly in favor of a Tariff’ which
will protect domestic manufacture, (35 per ct.)
and yet endeavor* to conciliate free trade mea.
This is, by no means, a fair representation, as
it seems to imply that he is in favor of duties as
high as 35 per cent, and levied for the purpose of
protection—neither of which does he say.
The New York Evening Post, a very staunch
and consistent advocate of free trade, and a
warm supporter of Mr. Vanßurentarthc,Pre»-
idency, taxes this view of it:
On the question of a protective tariff, Mr.
Calhoun and Van Buren are the only ones who,
if we understand them rightly, declare them
selves unequivocally hostile to the principle of
protection.
There is a doubt implied in the phrase, “if
we understand them rightly," which is equivo
cal, and may be applied either to the gentlemen
not named, or to Mr. Van Buren— for it would
be ridiculous to apply it lo Mr. Calhoun.
On the other hand, the (Boston) Bay Blate
Democrat, also a warm supporter of Mr. Van
Buren, and not a very staunch advocate of free
trade, seems to be gifted with the power of see
ing also what it likes in lhe tetter. It defines
Mr. Van Buren thus :
“The tariff' question is treated by Mr. Van
Buren with remarkable clearness and force.—
He expresses himself, as heretofore, favorable
to a sufficient tariff to provide an adequate rev
enue for the Government, which, uuder lhe pre
sent exigencies oi the Treasury, he considers,
would be furnished by an average rate of 25 per
cent; and he is favo able lo discrimination for
the protection of American manufactures, be
low the maximum rate of duties. He presents
some views upon the subject of the degree of
protection incident to a revenue tariff, which are
of the first importance, and claim tho earnest
attention of those interested in manufactures.
So much for Democratic sentiments. The
N. Y. Tribune, the special organ of the Whig
Tariff party, in a pretty extended analysis of lhe
letters of the Democratic candidates, speaks
thus ofthe tariff part of Mr. Van Buren's.
“We have at last reached'the tariff queeiion,
to which the Ex-President devotes two long col
umns, after lhe manner of his famous "sheep
Speech” of 1828. He is a little more anti-Pn>
tective now; and yet we cal find in hi* two col
umns no clear avowal oi ‘Free Trade' senti
ments, like Mr. Calhoun’s, oitof protective prin
ciples like Messrs. Johnson’s,Case’ or Buchan
an’s. His paragraphs are laboriously construc
ted so as to mean little or much, as shall be de
sirable. The Evening Post says Mr. V. B. ‘de
clares himself unequivocally hostile to the prin
ciples of Protection.’ We tried to prove the
same to a Van Buren Protectionist, with whom
we differed, on our first receiving the letter; but
we could not make it out very clearly, while
out opponent insisted that the tetter favors Inci
dental Protection.
The Tribune adds more of the same sort, con
trasting the declarations oi Mr. Calhonn with
those ol Mr. Van Buren. Another Whig pa
per, the N. Y. Express, takes an amusing view
of it, and we conclude with a liberal extract
from that paper:
Mr. Van Buren, in all his communications
addressed to the ‘dear people,’ ever reminds oae
of that eloquent and plausible friend of afflicted
Job, who was so remarkable ibr ‘darkening
counsel with words.’ He seems to be a believer
in that definition of the term language, » hich
the satirist gave,—a gift to enable man thereby
to conceal nis thoughts. The more imminent
the necessity of correct intoimation to the en
quirer, the more impenetrable is the meaniagof
the reply ; the more direct and simple the inter
rogatory, the less categorical is the response.
We have seen a witness put upon the stand,
before now, lo testify before a jury concerning
the facts in a pending case, whose conduct white
under the screw of a cross-examination, is very
like that ol Mr. Van Buren, white replying to
the Committee ofthe Indiana State Convention.
The witness has no objection to reply, but be
will take bis own time, and then must have his
own way in phrasing and explaining his testi
mony. Being told to go straight forward, and
tell his story, he says, ‘Certainly, sir, I aia 1’
and then on he goes, as before, giving the court,
and the bar, andjury, and auditory, a vety inte
resting narrative of events, and incident, and
opinions, altogether irrelevant lo the subject
matter of the questions he is pretending to an
swer; till human palienee can endure no more,
and the sly rogue, liaving carried his point of
bamboozling his interrogators, by telling them
everything excepting that which they alone wan
ted to learn, is bidden to come out ofthe witness
box, and go about his business.”
I nil one half ofthe seven mortal columns fill
ed by Mr. Van Burei, in his recent exposition
of political opinions, is occupied in a labored
argument against a United States Bank; as if
the question, lo which all this was a reply, was
anything more than a matter of form, on the part
of the Committee, so far as he was concerned.
And what he vouchsafes to say upon the more
important inquiry (just now) relative to the Ta
riff bears about the same proportions in meas
ure, to this long and gratuitous bank tirade, as
did Falstafl’s poor penny-worth of bread to ‘such
an intolerable quantity of sack.’
But having pushed off the matter as long as
he could find a decent pretext foi doing so, (like
the clever witness alluded to,) be is forced at last
to say something, or to seem to say something,
upon the subject matter of the enquiry he was
pretending ts answer. And what does he say,
or seem to say ?
A little against, and a little for a Tariff; some
thing adverse to, and something in favor of the
principle of Protection; a bit here upon one
side, and a bit there upon theotbe’; a rare piece
of Mosaic, with no two stones alike, yet all, to
a casual observer, looking like a very fine arti
cle of bijouterie. .There pro and con passages
are the bold outlines, the fight prominent points
in the composition; the shades are delicately
worked in with what ihe artists call "neutral
tints,” and, white they baffle close examination
by their individual minuteness, so aubtly are
they blended, give superb finish to the work, in
the estimation of the casual and uacriticising
reader.
This portisn of the tetter of Mr. Van Bures,
is evidently intended to please three classes of
readers, those who believe in the constitution
ality of a Protective Tariff; those who lelieve
in the principles of unadulterated free trade, and
those who cannot exactly tell what they do be
lieve or desire in the premises. Os course it
occurs, that a portion of the tetter is ptys Tariff,
a second is anti-Protective, and a third is on
both sides at once, for aught any body can see
to the contrary’ upon perusing the paper.
Tur Pirates off Cuba. —The following ex
tract from a letter dated at Mansanilla, Aptil 6,
gives another story of the pirate br pirates lurk
ing at the smith ot Cuba:
“A fisherman from the Twelve League Keys
(the first to the westward of Cape Pmz,) m me
here last evening to inform the Captain of the
port, that about the 14th March, a pirate brought
a vessel, (hermaphrodite brig) close into the
Keys, and in the course of the night burnt her.
What became of the men he knows not. Faw
her burning in the night, and nothing is sight
next morning.”
Specie going back again.—Sixty thousand
Mexican dollars were yesterday shipped oa
board the Silvje de Grass*, for Havre, at use
i half per cent prem.— Sf. Y. Express of 17/A.