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Chronicle anb Sentinel.
AUGUSTA.
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 6.
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
The veteran editor of the Constitutionalist, in
his paper of Saturday last, speaking of Mr.
Wdfoster’s Baltimore speech, makes a small ef
fort, as is his custom, to “throw dust in the
eyes of his readers. He would fain attract pub
lic attention from the most inconsistent and vas
cillating politician of the age-the greatest po
litical thermometer of the day—by endeavoring
to place him in company—by uniting him in
the same category—with “ other most eminent
citizens.”
The editor says:—“ln reference to great pub
lic' men having changed their opinions, Mr.
Webster is not alone. Other eminent men, now
on the stage of action, are equally the origina
tors of that changing policy which has been
the bane of the country. Has any man exercised
more influence in public affairs than Mr. Clay?”
“Was he not once opposed to the Tariff? And
Where is he now on that question ?” Will the
editor inform us when and how Mr. Clay was
opposed to a Tariff? We do not know the time
when Mr. C. was the opponent of American
manufactures and industry ; but the lact may
have escaped our observation. We know, that
during the administration of Mr. Madison, his
extraordinary powers of eloquence were thun
dered forth in favor of “Freo Trade, and Sail
or’s Rights;” tut does the “Constitutionalist”
suppose that Mr. C. meant “Free Trade,” as it
is now expounded by the self-styled Democratic
party, which prolesses tosanction the prohibitory
duties imposed by other countries upon the pro
ducts of their own—a preference and a solici
tude tor the manufactures of foreign hands, and
■the most utter abomination and disgust for the
products of American labor. Oh, Democracy!
thy prolific womb is ever rife with mischiefs,
and heresies are thy legitimate offspring.
• We are uot aware that Mr. Clay has ever
changed his • political opinions on any of the
important questions of the day, except on that of
a,. National Bank. And when he did change,
he manfully proclaimed the change to the world,
and with that noble frankness which has ever
the man, hie waUnowtedged that the
experience of years, and a thorough investiga
tion of the subject, had convinced him of the
error of his preconceived opinions.
How is it with your paragon, your metaphy
sical transcendalist, Mr. Calhoun? Did he ev
er own that he had changed an opinion? He
who has veered to every point of the political
•dmpass—he who has been for and against eve
'. ry prominent measure of American policy since
qJßll— he who has been for and against General
Jackson, for and against Mr. Crawford, and
'against, for and against Mr. Van Buren—he
who has never been a steady, constant and un
swerving advocate of any thing but Nullifi
cation—has he ever owned a change of opin
'■'•ion? And yet the editor of the “Constititution
alist” asserts that Mr. Calhoun altho’ “not free
from the charge” of contributing to the vascilla-
• ting and unsettled policy of the government, is
' chargeable in a “lesser degree than the other two
distinguished citizens,” Mr. Webster or Mr.
Clay!!
Change your spectacles Mr. Guieu. Gl.
.JJfSomeof the citizens of New York are a
bout to erect at their own cost a beautiful foun-
■ tain in the Bowling Green, at the foot of Broad
way. The Commercial Advertiser says that
the diameter of the basin is to be ninety feet.
The column of water will rise seventy feet
.. and is to fall upon natural rocks, formed into a
• grotto- of twenty-two feet base and fifteen feet
high. As the water falls upon the rocks, which
will be large, the fountain will present a cata
ract upon three sides. The effect will be fine;
and this will be the first fountain seen by stran
gers entering the city from the south.
Union Course—Second Day.—The weath
er was at ain cold. There was but a small com
pany at the races, and very little sport. For the
Jocky Club Purse of SBCO, 4 mile heats, Fash
ion was a! ne in her glory, having no competi
tor. She galloped round in nine minutes.—A'.
Y. Express.
JjyThe paragraph copied into yesterday’s pa
per announcing the death of Moses Dawson,
of Cincinnati, it now appears, is not true. —
Mr. D. is well and enjoying his usual good
health.
The damps of autumn sink into the leaves,
and prepare them for their fall; and thus insen
sibly are we, as years close around us, detached
from our tenacity of life, by the gentle pressure
of recorded sorrows.
From the Newark Advertiser.
The South Carolina Democracy.
The South Carolina Democratic Conven
tion, W. B. Seabrook, presiding, adjourned on
the 24th after a three days’ session. Various
Committees were appointed and reported. Mr.
Calhoun was nominated, of course, and May,
1844, was recommended as the proper time for
the General Convention: and it was agreed that
the mode of electing delegates to it should be by
Districts in those States under the District or
ganization, and in the others by the method in
general use among them: that the representa
tion be the same as in the Electoral College, and
that the vote in the Convention be taken per
capita.
To show Mr. Calhoun’s views of these Na-
Conventions, and party machinery in
general, we make the subjoined emphatic ex
tract from one of his speeches against removing
the Deposites: ,
“Mr. Calhoun said the Senator from Ken
tucky, in connection with this part of the dis
cussion, read a striking passage from one of tlie
most pleasing and instructive writers in any
language, (Plutarch)— the description ol Caesar
forcing himself, sword in hand into the Treas
ury ofthe Roman Commonwealth. We are at
the same stage of our political revolution, and
• the analogy between the two cases is complete,
varied only by the character of the actors and the
circumstances of the times. —That was the case
of an intrepid and bold warrior, as an open plun
derer, seizing forcibly the treasury of the coun
try, which, in that republic, as well as ours, was
• confided to the Legislative Department of the
Government. The actors tn our case arc of a
different character —artful, cunning and corrupt
polilinans, and not fearless warriors. They
have entered the Treasury, not sword in hand,
as public plunderers, but with the false keys of
sophistry, as pilferers, under the silence ol mid
night. The motive and object are the same,
varied in like manner by character and circum
stances. “With money 1 will get men, and
with men power,” was the’maxim ot the. Roman
plunderer. With money we will get parlizans,
•with parlizans votes, and with votes money, is the
maxim of our publi? pilferers. With men and
money, Caesar struck down Roman liberty at
the fatal battle of Phillippi, never to rise again
from which disastrous hour, all the power of
the Roman Republic were consolidated in the
person of Caesar, and perpetuated in his line.—
With money and corrupt partizans, a great ef
fort is now making to choke and stifle Ameri
can liberty, through all its natural organs, by
corrupting the press; by overawing the other de
partments ; and finally, by setting up a new and
polluted organ, composed of office-holders and cor
rupt partizans, under the name of a National Con
vention, which, counterfeiting the people, will, it
not resisted in their name, dictate the succession—
when the deed will be done—the revolution be
completed—and all power of our Republic, in
like manner, be consolidated in the President,
and perpetuated by his dictation.”
Little Rock, (Ark.) May 17.
The steamer Export brought us the news of
the death, by violence, of Andrew J. Campbell,
Esq., a highly respected gentleman of Van Bu
ren, formerly of the law firm of Paschall &
Campbell. He was known io be a diligent and
successful collector in that part ol the State,
and was just returning home from a ride through
his usual circuit of counties, and had arrived
within ten miles of home when he was waylaid
and killed. Suspicion was first excited in the
minds of the citizens by the return ot his horse
without him, and upon diligent search the body
was found in the woods in the direction of Fay
etteville, covered with leaves, brushwood, &c.—
Gazette. _
The Women of America.—De Tocque
ville, in his book on “Democracy in America,”
pays the following tribute to the virtue and
worth of the women of our land:—“As for my
self, Ido not hesitate to avow, that, although
the women ot the United States are confined
within the narrow circle of domestic life, and
their situation is in some respects one of extreme
• dependence, I have nowhere-seen women occu
pying a loftier position; and if I were asked to
’• what this singular prosperity and growing
strength of that people ought mainly to be attri
buted, I should reply— -to the superiority of their
-women.”
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
arrival ° f the
ACADIA. •
From the N. Y. Courier <p Enquirer qf 2d.
Fifteen days later trom Europe.
The steam ship Acadia arrived at Boston yes
terday. By Hamden’s Express we have Liver
pool papers to the IDth ult.
A very important debate took place in the
House of Commons on the Bth ult., upon the
annual budget being laid before that body. Il
appears that the annual revenue has fallen off in
ail its departments, and there would have been
a serious deficiency but for the increase of the
income tax beyond the estimate and the receipt
ot the Chinese indemnity.
The government has not succeeded by the
concessions it has made in the scheme for edu
cating the children ofthepoorin the manufactu
ring districts. The Dissenters, a hydra-headed
body, still regard it as violating the rights of
conscience, and foremost among them are the
Wesleyans, the most numerous and influential
of all the dissentients from the Church.
The agitation for the Repeal cf the Union is
making strides in Ireland very alarming to the
government. Instead ot attending to his duties
in the House ot Common’s, Mr. O’Connell has
remained at home organising his plans tor mo
ving his countrymen, and he has succeeded ef
fectually. The Catholic clergy have joined the
movement in great numbers. Tens of thou
sands are congregated at Mr. O’Connell’s beck,
and the country is in the same fearful state of
agitation as in 1'829.
Wilmer’s Times says: “The steam ship Bri
tannia, Capt. Hewett, arrived here on Sunday
last, alter an extremely rapid passage ol ten
days and a half from Halifax, bringing New
York papers to the end of the month. The
commercial accounts by this arrival are very
encouraging—more so, indeed, than any arrival
from the western shores of the Atlantic during
the preceding twelve months. They will react
upon trade on this side of the water. The Amer
ican papers talk of a commercial treaty, which
is on the eve of completion, between Great Bri
tain and the United States, connected with which
a special messenger arrived by the Britannia.—
But the belief here is, that it is mere tall. .”
Business in the manufacturing districts re
mains stationary, the bulk of it being transact
ed at the minimum profits, and a good deal of it
on speculation.
The crops are unusually 'promising for the
season ol the ysar, not only throughout Great
Britain, but the whole of Europe. A project is
on foot for addressing the legislature of every
State in the Union which has repudiated. ,
China.—The oderland Snail which reached
London on the 4th ult. The news from China
is to the 22d March. It is favotable, no fact of
any importance had occurred up to that date.
The dates from India are to the first of April.
Ts e Governor General has declared that hence
forward the province of Scinde shall constitute
a portion of the British territory.
The Comet made a magnificent appearance
in India in the beginning of March.
It is stated in a postscript, that a steamer had
arrived at Bombay from Kurrache, which
brought intelligence to March 28, and mention
ed that a fight ol three days had taken place be
tween Sir C. Napier and the Amsers, in which
the British were successful.
There was great loss on both sides. Report
said the British general was slain, but this part
of the report was not credited.
The Beooches had thrown a chain across the
Indus, which they intended to delend by fortifi
cations on both sides.
The splended packet ship Liverpool, Captain
Eldridge, arrived at Liverpool on the 16th May.
An alarming fire broke out in Union street in
Liverpool, the day the Acadia sailed. An ex
plosion of saltpetre had taken place in one of
the buildings.
11 is expected that the following bill will be
come a law.
The crops throughout England still promised
well, though some of the southern counties were
suffering from the drought. The weather was
cold, and the season rather backward.
There had been severe frosts in the south of
France, and there were apprehensions that the
vintage might suffer.
The London money market continues with
out any material change, though a small decline
may be noticed in the prices of government se
curities, consols at present fluctuating between
95 } to 96.
A startling fact was announced at the meet
ing of the poor-law guardian s at Cork on Mon
day se’nnight—that they were £30,000 in debt,
£IO,OOO of which was due to their treasurer;
the fact being that the collectors cannot get in
the tax.
The difficulties in the Kirk of Scotland do
not seem to be settled by the late election. The
parties are more bitter against each other than
ever.
The last Liverpool assizes were the heaviest
•ever known. Upwards of 250 prisoners were
brought forward for trial in the Crown court.
The movements in reducing rents continued
in various parts of England. A large number
ot landlords in Lincolnshire had abated 5s to
the acre, with a promise of still greater reduc
tion, should the times require it. It was believ
ed that this movement would become general
throughout Great Britain.
Michael Hayden, the celebrated Irish pugil
ist, died in Cork street, Fever Hospital, Dublin,
of fever, on Tuesday.
The great “repeal” meeting on the Curagh of
Kildare was held on Sunday. It is stated that
about 70,000 or 80,000 men were present. Po
lice and military were near to prevent any pos
sible breach of the peace; none, however, oc
curred. Mr. O’Connell addressed the immense
assemblage at some length.
There is a sad hue and cry after Mr. Finn,
the new treasurer of the Dublin Corporation
who “levanted” by the Great Western, with
£5,000 or £6,000 of the corporations cash.—
They despatched a meecenger by the Caledonia,
which sailed five days after, to intercept him.
The Court Journal states that Prince Albert
is to be Governor and Constable of Windsor
Castle, vice the Duke of Sussex deceased.
Within the last lew days further frauds to a
considerable amount, have beeen discovered at
the Custom House. Several official persons
have been suspended from their functions in
consequence.
CANADA CORN BILL.
Resolutions of Lord Stanley to be presented in
Committees of the Whole House on the Act 5
and 6 vic. C. 14, importation of wheat and wheat
flour from Canada.
Resolved—That, on the 12th day of October,
1841, an act was passed by the Legislative Coun
cil and legislative Assembly of the Province of
Canada, and reserved by the Governor-General
for the signification of her Majesty’s pleasure,
imposing a duty of 3s. sterling money of Great
Britain on each imperial quarter of wheat im
ported in,o Canada, except from the United
Kingdom, or any ot her Majesty’s possessions,
and being the produce and growth thereof.
That the said act recites, that it was passed
in the confident belief and expectation that upon
the imposition of a duty upon foreign wheat im
ported into the province, her Majesty would be
graciously pleased to recommend to Parliament
the removal or reduction of the duties on wheat
Hour imported into the said United Kingdom
from Canada.
That in consideration of the duty so imposed
by the said act of the legislature ol Canada, it is
expedient to provide tnat, if her Majesty shall
be pleased to give her sanction to the said act,
the duties imposed upon wheat and wheat flour
imported into the United Kingdom from Canada
should be reduced.
That, during the continuance of the said duty
in lieu of the duties now payable upon wheat
and wheat flour imported into the United King
don} from Canada, under an act passed in the
last session of Parliament entitled “An Act to
amend the laws for the importation of Corn,”
there shajl be levied and paid the duties follow
ing, viz:
For every quarter of wheat Is.
For every barrel of wheat meal or flour, be
ing 196 lbs' a duty equal in amount to the duty'
payable on 38} gallons of wheat.
The British Parliament.—The most im
portant debate which has occurred in the House
as Commons for many a day, took place on the
Bth Inst., when the annual budget was laid be
fore the House by the Chancellor of the Exche
quer Sir Robert Peel, who developed the finan
cial scheme last year, has been sadly out in his
calculations, as Mr. Goulburn demonstrated,
every branch of the revenue, with the exception
of the Post Office, having fallen off. In the
Customs, there has been a deficiency of £750,-
6 JO; in the Excise itis even great- —£1,200,000.
The gross rev me would produce, Sir Robert
calculated, £47,610,000: it has only yielded
£45,600,000 —a falling off'to the extent of nearly
two millions. Fortunately, the Income Tax has
tar exceeded the minister’s calculations, and the
Chinese silver has come in very opportunely,
and the Corn duties, which were not calculated
upon, have realized a very handsome sum. But
for these resources, which could not have been
anticipated—God-sends they have been very ap
propriately termed—the actual deficiency would
have been three millions and a halt on the year!
Lord John Russell had given notice of an im
portant amendment on the Canada Corn resolu
tions.
Mr. S. Crawford hail brought forward his bill
for Parliamentary reform, proposing to secure a
full representation ot the people.
Sir Robert Peel, in answer to a question put
by Lord Jocelyn, relative to the course which
the Government intended to pursue on the sub
ject of the Irish Repeal Agitation, in a solemn
and emphatic mariner declared the determination
of the Crown to uphold the integrity ofthe Un
ion, come what might.
Mr. Villiers had brought forward his annual
motion for a repeal of the Corn Laws, and in
answer to a question as to the intentions of the
Government on the subject, Sir Robert Peel
said he had nothin? new to state.
House of Lords, May 8.
The House, last night, went into committee
upon, and was occupied with, the consideration
ofthe Townsend peerage case. Lord Brough
am proposed simply to declare the children hot
those of the Marquis ol Townsend, without
stating that they were illegitimate. Lord Camp
bell was left defending the bill.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Lord John Russell gave notice of an amend
ment on the Canada Corn resolutions, to follow
that of Mr. Labouchere; and also, that after
Whitsuntide he would move a committee of
the whole House to consider the act of last ses
sion with respect to the import of foreign corn.
In reply to a question, Sir R. Peel stated that
the first business to-morrow would be the Can
ada Com resolutions. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer stated that an import and export du
ty had been imposed upon Ningpo, and that the
inhabitants, to be relieved from the exaction,
had offered $1,000,000, which offer had been ac
cepted, but the money was not yet paid.
Money Market.
London, May 19.
The increasing value of money continues to
press on the Stock Market, and we may antici
pate a still further pressure, as the payments in
to the Exchequer are at the present moment very
heavy, and the capital thus absorbed is not like
ly to find its way into circulation until the Bank
Loans come in operation during the shutting;
the rate of interest willtherefore continue at three
per cent; which has been the rate charged on
Consols to-day. The present price is 95} to 95}
and 95} to 95} for Account; Bank Stock, 179
to 180 ; Reduced 94} to 94} ; 3} Reduced, 100}
to 101 ; New Three-and-a-half, 101} to 102;
Long Annuities, 129-16 to 12}; Exchequer Bills,
50 to 52prem.
The Slock Market continues heavy for Fo
reign funds. Spanish have undergone a sort of
panic; the sellers have been parties whose oper
ations carry considerable weight, and are sup
posed to be connected with an important ex
press, which, however, as yet, has not been
given to the public. We alluded yesterday to
the probable attack in the Cortes on the con
tract for the Almaden mines; this of necessity
has created some alarm, but we have no reason
to believe that whatever the fate of this ques
tion, the new Ministry is likely to meet with
greater support and sympathy than at first con
templated, and the measures of finance in em
bryo are of a more extensive nature than were
anticipated. •
There are rumors to-day of a split in the Cab
inet regarding the Canada com question, which
has been successful to some extent in favoring
the operations ofthe Bear party.
American State Debts.—The Hague, May
B.—We leam that a deputation of holders of
bonds of some of the States of the American
Union waited, on the 3rd of May, upon Mr.
Hughes, Charge d’Affaires of the United States
at the Hague, to present to him a petition in the
name of the persons by whom it was signed by
47 ofthe principal merchants.
France.
The notorious Vidocq has ffieen convicted at
Paris of swindling, and sentenced to five years
imprisonment. t
An emeute, or rather strike has taken place
among the dockyard artificers of Brest, incon
sequence of the dismissal of 700 or 800 work
men.
The Gazette de France contains the details of
a frightful accident to 50 workmen employed on
the fortifications ot Mount Valerien, who had
been buried by the falling in of a large bank of
earth. None of »he sufferers had been taken
out alive.
The Paris and Rouen Railroad has at last
been opened, with a good deal of ceremony,
pomp and magnificence. The Paris and Or
leans Railroad was opened on the day previous.
Spain.
M. Lopez is the newly appointed Premier.
There are various rumors respecting the new
ministry, and a Madrid correspondent of the
Paris Journal des Debats mentions the suppos
ed existence of a conspiracy to overthrow Es
partero. It is well known that a large portion
ot the old grandees of the kingdom are deadly
hostile to this adventurer, who has somehow
contrived to worm himself into almost absolute
power. His success against the revolutionists
at Barcelona created a momentary enthusiasm
in his tavor amongst the people; but there is lit
tle doubt that the influences now at work will
consummate his downfall.
A great commercial depression is still felt
throughout Spain and Portugal. The great
falling off in the foreign demand for the princi
pal articles of export has sadly diminished the
revenues of the country, and given a paralysis
to trade, from which it can never recover, unless
an entire change takes place in the order of
things.
Algiers.
The French have achieved another victory
in Algiers. After much marching and counter
marching, and the loss of upwards of thirty
men, they have succeeded in taking the city of
Tenoz. Gen. Bugeaud, after inspecting the ru
ins ofthe ancient Roman city, “which,” he says,
“were of considerable extent,” chose the spot on
which the new city should be erected. This
achievement will doubtless afford the fretful
Frenchmen a sufficient amount of good humor
to enable them to endure the chances of at least
one month’s mishaps.
A London commercial traveller was arrested
at Carlisle, last week, when ten bottles of Scotch
whiskey were found in his “carpet bag.” He
pleaded ignorance of the excise laws, and, by
way of practical lesson, the magistrates fined
him £25.
India. , •
The Overland Mail from India and China
arrived on the sth. The news from China is
not much later than that received byway of N.
York. There are details ot various military
operations in Upper India, but nothing of great
importance had occurred since the last previous
advices. Sir Charles Napier’s victory over the
Ameers is confirmed.
The Indian mail of the Ist of April brings a
confirmation of the brilliant successes of Sir
Charles Napier in Scinde, in the capital of
which, treasures and jewels to an amount con
siderably exceeding one million, have been dis
covered. Doubts have been entertained if this
treasure trove is to be considered prize money.
Lord Ellenborough has declared, according to
rumor, in favor of the gallant army that won
the city of Hyderabad. The matter has been
referred to the Gueen in Council. In the mean
time, the Governor General has declared Scinde
to be a British province, abolished slavery in it,
and appointed Sir C. Napier to be the Gover
nor ; and also declared all transit duties abol
ished, and the Indus open to the ships ot all na
tions.
A magnificent comet was seen throughout
India from the beginning ol March, and engag
ed the attention of all the astronomers, one of
whom actually declared it had become a satel
lite of the earth—a proposition which set thous
ands a laughing.
It is stated in a postscript, that a steamer had
arrived at Bombay from Kurrachee, which
brought intelligence to the 28th of March, and
mentioned that a fight of three days had taken
place between Sir Charles Napier and the
Ameers, in which the British were successful.
There was great loss on both sides. Report
said that the British General was slain, but this
part of the report was not credited.
The Beloochees had thrown a chain across
the Indus, which they intended to defend by for
tificatians on both sides. Her Majesty’s ship
Nimrod, and two small steamers were about to
foice the Belooches to leave the river open. 2,-
700 British tioops succeeded in routing 22,000
of the enemy, and capturing their guns, and
standards, after four hours of determined hand
to hand fighting. The account notices the gal
lant conduct of Major Outram, in the defence
ofthe agency in which he succeeded, with his
small band of 100 men, in repulsing 8000 Belo
chees, supported by General Napier.
Ireland.
The same uneasy and restless spirit continues
to .prevail in Ireland. We see the evidences of
it in almost every Irish paper we open. Yetthe
government, apparently feels no alarm, and pur
sues its usual course in conscious security. A
struggle for liberty is evidently approaching.—
We see no way to avoid it. The Repealers
have gone too far to retrace their steps and to
move forward is nothing short, if successful, of
revolution, and if unsuccessful, of rebellion.
There, were some serious disturbances at Ros
common on the 12th, but the precise nature or
cause of them we are not informed. They have
evidently, however, some connection with the
differences between landlords and tenants, and
the other questions which have so long agitated
the country.
Riots and Outrages at Manchester—Sever
al Men shot.
Manchester, May 15.—About 11 o’clock
last night, a most alarming and riotous outrage
was committed by a large body of men, princi
pally brickmakers, armed with guns, pistols,
bludgeons, pick-shafts, and other weajxins, on
the brick-croft of Messrs Pauling and Henfry,
a short distance from this town, on the Eccles
New Road. The mob made a forcible entry on
the premises, and in the most savage manner
commen-ed firing on the parties stationed there,
with the evident intention ot murdering or maim
ing them, and destroying every thing within
their reach. Owing to some disputes be.wixt
Mr Paulin- and his men, a turn-out of the brick
makers took place, two or three months ago;
their place was, of course, supplied by fresh
hands, and ever since a system of annoyance
and intimidation, ». tquenlly accompanied bv
acts of violence, has been pursued towards the
new hands; but in no instance, either in the cr se
ot this or any other tmr-out, so far as we are
aware, have the parties resorted to such whole
sale and deadly means of wreaking their ven
geance as in the instance about to be recorded.
Shortly after their entry on the ground, the
mob separated into two divisions, one of which
stood aloof, firing at the men, as above descri
bed,while the olherdivisions forced their way in
to Mr. Fletcher’s house, breaking the door with
a large pick-axe, which they had brought with
them for the purpose. Having thus effected an
entrance, the house was instantly filled with
armed ruffians, all of them having either guns
or pistols. Their avowed intention was to have
murdered Mr. Fletcher; but the only per
sons in the house were Mrs. Fletcher, and
a poor woman from Ireland, wlo being foot
sore and unable to walk any further, had been
taken in, through charity, on Sunday evening.
When the mob entered Mrs. Fletcher was seat
ed on a chair near the bottom of the stairs, and
a number of them rushed up to her, presenting
their guns and pistols as though to shoot her,
which they most likely would have done, had
not one, less inhuman than the rest, called out,
“D—n you, don’t kill a woman." One ruffian
however, struck her with the butt end of his
gun, knocked her from her chair, dashed her
head against the flags, kicked her, and dragged
her by the hair from the house to the brick-croft.
She was severely bruised, and left in a very
weak state. One of the mob ran up stairs in
search of Mr. Fletcher, and retui’ned exclaim
ing, ‘The b y is not here; he’s given us
the slip.’ They then broke into the house ad
joining, and attempted to set it on fire, by burn
ing some wooden seats; they also carried off a
portion of the furniture.
While these outrages were going on, the thir
teen men were engaged with the rest of the mob
outside. The ruffians made an attempt to sur
round them, but were prevented doing so by the
continual fire kept up by the men, who, notwith
standing some adverse circumstances, made a
most gallant defence. The soldier who had been
engaged as watchman, was knocked down and
disabled, and another man tumbled into|a gutter, ’
and his gun getting wet, was of no further ser
vice. Notwithstanding this and the disparity of
numbers, the mob were compelled to retreat
before doing so, they commenced pulling down
the new kilns, intending to destroy all the brick;
but here the fire ot the men proved too hot for
them, and they were compelled to relinquish
their purpose, after pulling down two or three ot
the fire-holes, were also compelled to evacuate
it; and they then effected their retreat, which
was done at the command of one who acted as
their leader, by the lower end of the croft, and
tookthe road towards Eccles. This wasextreme
ly fortunate, for Mr. Fletcher’s men had dis
charged their last shot, and must have been in a
great measure, at the mercy of the mob, had
they remained. Probably the ruffians had also
expended their ammunition, and hence their pre
cipitate retreat.
The number of bricks destroyed by the tramp
ling of the mob was about 94,000.—The parties,
it is thought must have fired upwards of 1000
shots, as the croft was in a perfect blaze formore
than ten minutes; and though the shots have
done comparatively little execution on thpse
against whom they were directed, in every part
of the croft, especially, in the doors of the build
ings and the kilns, there is abundant evidence
in the shot holes, ot the plentifulness with which
they have been scattered. Besides fire-arms,
the mob were well provided with pick-shafts,
the handles of pick-axes. The large pick-axe
which they brought with them, to break open
the doors, they left on the ground; and, on its
being examined it proved to be one that had
been stolen from the ground in a former affray.
Two pistol ramrods, and some other articles,
were also found after they had left the field.
Several ofthe persons engaged in this outiage
have been arrested.
The Repeal Movement in Ireland.—A
great number of Repeal meetings continue to
be held in various parts of the country. Two
of the most striking were those on
Sligq, and on the 7th instant on the CUrragb of
Kildare, both attended by Mr. O’Connell. The
numbers of the Sligo meeting are not stated;
but it appears to have been a very large one, in
. spite of bad weather. The Mayor presided,and
Mr. R. D. Brown, M. P. and Mr. J. P. Somers,
M. P. were in Mr. O’Connell’s train. After
wards, 170 Repealers of Sligo entertained Mr.
O’Connell at a banquet in the Hibernian Hotel.
The meeting in Kildare, according to the Pilot,
far exceeded in numbers that at the time of
George the Fourth’s visit, “long considered to
bear away the palm from all Irish assemblies.”
A large force of soldiers and police was con
centrated in the neighborhood, but the meeting
was most orderly. After the meeting Mr. O’-
Connell and Mr. Steele were entertained at a
public dinner in the Strand House. The num
ber of tioops in Ireland is in process of increase.
A battalion ot the 60th Rifles arrived at Dublin
on Tuesday; two other regiments are expected
from England; and three in Ireland, under or
ders of removal to England, have been directed
to remain.
Extensive Seizure of Foreign Manufac
tured Goods.—A seizure has just been made
by the officers of her Majesty’s Customs, of the
large quantity of 400 bales foreign manufactur
ed good*,imported by the house of Baring & Bro
thers, in the ship Niagara, from Boston, United
States, now in the St. Katharine Docks. It ap
pears the entry was passed in the name of that
firm, tor warehousing the goods at the ware
houses of Taylor and Bell, at the legal quays,
and 375 bales were in the course of transit in
lighters belonging to that establishment. The
discovery was made through the simple inci
dent of one bale being landed on the quay of the
dock in error, when the officer on the station
caused it to be opened, and found each piece to
bear the brand of “Stark Mills, Manchester."—
The 400 bales, each containing 20 pieces of 80
yards in length, are now in the hands of the
Customs.
Gang of Murderers.—The Kilkenny papers
give an account of the capture of a formidable
banditti, who within six months committed the
most appalling murders in that and the neigh
boring counties. It appears there is evidence
to show that they murdered the late Mr. George
Haly, of Johnstown, and after that set fire to
the body, to destroy all traces of the murder.—
They also murdered Mr. Mortimer of Freshod,
having hired themselves for a sum of money for
that purpose; they shot Gen. Kearney's stew
ard, butchered ti poorlarmerat Hoyne, at noon
day, in his own yard, and they closed their san
guinary career by attempting to assassinate Mr.
Shee.
From the Sentinel of Freedom.
Democratic Correspondence.
The official journal at Washington of Thurs
day, brings us a choice specimen of political
correspondence between two ofthe great men
of the “democracie,” which we hasten to trans
fer to our columns, though necessarily to the
exclusion of another article prepared for the
place. As a special :n of democratic courtesy
and diplomacy, it rather exceeds any thing that
has gone before it.
We scarcely know which most to admire, the
courtesy of Mr. Edmund Burke, (what’s in a
name?) who has figured some years in public
life, or the humility of the high functionary
who seems to have th .tight him worthy of no
tice. But let them speak lor themselves:
To the Postmaster General ofthe U. S.
Newport, (N. H.)Mayß, 1«43.
Sir: At the request ot several of the inhabit
ants of the town of Lempster, N. H., 1 send you
the enclosed petition for the establishment of a
new post office at East Lempster, and the ap
pointment of a postmaster. The petition is re
spectably signed by individuals of both politi
cal parties, &c.
The signers ofthe petition also reque t me to
add my recommendation to their own lor the
appointment of Mr. Samuel P. Caulkins, to the
office of postmaster. If he were an honest, true
hearted Democrat, Islumlil scorn to do it. Hum
ble as I am in the political world, I would not
now, for reasons which you can readily under
stand, recommend a friend for office to you, or
to any of the corrupt ami venal clique who consti
tute the preseitt administration. I speak politi
cally, and the epithets I use 1 apply to the ad
ministration as a whole, and not individually,
and ot course except yourself trom their appli
cation.
But in relation to Mr. Caulkins, it is suffi
cient to say, that he is one of the three Hill rene
gades in the town of Lempster, and, therefore,
a very proper man for you. to appoint. He pos
sesses the very qualifications lor which the
members of the present administration (yourself
excepted) are most distinguished, viz: treachery
to his principles and his party — and, therefore,
must be an acceptable acquisition, to the corps ol
office holders under the command of Capt. Ty
ler.
I hope you will appoint him, sir, for 1 know
of no man hereabouts who would represent the
Administration so well (always exceptingyour
self) in their two leading characteristics, viz:
deslilutionof principle and. political renegautsm.—
Your late appointments in this vicinity have all
been afthe ultra blue-light federal stampol pol
iticians, and the renegades have taken such
conduct ou your pan in higu dudgeon. Ido
not know what more 1 can add to recommend
Mr. Caulkins to your favorable consideration.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
EDMUND BURKE. •
Mr. Wickliffe's Reply.
Post Office Department, I
May 18th, 1843. J
Sir : I received from you two letters, one en
closing a petition for a new office, and the other
for the appointment ola Postmaster at the town
of Goshen, in the place of the present incum
bent, who is represented as insane.
These petitions are in respectful language,
signed, I have no doubt, by worth)’ and respec
table men, and shall receive the attention which
is always due to such applications. I have on
ly to regret that the petitioners hac not selected
some other organ of communicating with this
Department than yourself. Perhaps I ought to
xpress my regret that a man, who has the en
dorsement of a certificate as a member ol Con
gres- could so far forget (if he ever knew) the
com iesy_which should characterise a gentleman
in his official correspondence, though opposed
politically, or personally unfriendly, as you
seem to have done in this instance.
I have no apolog}’ to make to you for any of
ficial act, nor explanation to give, if you desire
it. No gentleman has the right to force his of
fensive language into my possession, under the
sanctity of a sealed letter, or under the privi
lege of official correspondence: and I should
regret to know if there be one of the signer* to
either of the petitions so constituted, so destit
ute of a correct sense of propriety, as not to ex
press his condemnation ot your conduct as their
organ in this instance.
Your favorable or unfavorable opinion of me,
or of my official acts, are alike indifferent to
me. I took to the judgment of good and just
men. In accordance with a rule I have everob
served in public and private life, in such cases,
I send you back your original letters to be dis
posed of as you please, and take the liberty to
inform you that any further communication
from you must be at least respectful in its lan-
K; if not, I shall pot give myself the trou
relurn it—certainly not to regard it as
worthy of official notice.
C. A. WICKLIFFE.
Hon. Edmund Burke,
Newport, New Hampshire.
WEDNESDAY MORNING JUNE 7.
■ ...tgl-
Delegates t*. the Whig Convention from
Burke.—J. M. Reynolds, R. W. Gilstrap, Ed.
Gresham, and ESj. Powell.
The woollen factory of W. & D. D. Far
num, at Waterll|rd Mass., was partially destroy
ed by fire on the bight of the 30th ult. The loss
variously estimated at from SIO,OOO to $20,000.
Corresponded of the Chronicle <f- Sentinel.
Milledgeville, June 5, 1843.
The Democratic Convention has met, and
Jos. Day is in the Chair—Mr. F. H. Sandford
is Secretary. There appears to be about two
hundred delegates in attendance. Henry Juni
us Black is here, a delegate from Scriven.
Mr. C. Hibberts, from the Gold Region,
(Lumpkin,) when starting for this city, had the
misfortune to break his leg.
Old man, parlevouz, Guieu, arrived this morn
ing, raped, with stick flying, and presenting a
golden spectacle.
The odds are against the nomination of Coop
en There are Warner men—and 1 have heard
of several Me Whorh r men, and others mentioned
—but the race is to be run with Warner and Coop
er—it is possible *that old “Wilson Governor will
be Lumpkin, of Georgia,” again. Considerable
mixture of sentiment —nothing tangible as yet—
to-morrow I may' communicate the awful in
formation of the nomination. If it should be
Cooper, there will be an awful flare up in the old
Democracy.’
Dr. Tomlinson Fort has been elecled Presi
dent of the Convention.
The Convention are wrangling about the
manner of appointing a Committee to select a
candidate for Governor, and pointing out the
proper course of the Convention.
Spalding and Sturges have just spoken, and
one of the Richmond delegation, Mr. Wm. R.
Me Law’s, has made quite a happy speech.
Owen Kenan followed, and is opposed to Cal
houn.
Mr. Cohen, iatham, has the floor now,
and as the mailpAbout closing I’ll just close
this lettf r.
CotaJt is aJull head of steam.
on the 2»Mt ult. the Committee appointed at a
previous meeting to ascertain the extent of the
loss by the late fire, by their chairman D. P.
Hogue, Esq. made the following report:
The committee appointed t inquire into, and
ascertain the extent of the toss of-properly in
curred by the recent fire in Tallahassee, Report,
that, in the discharge of the duty confided to
them, they have been governed by an anxious
desire to avoid an extravagant estimate on the
one hand, while, at the same time, on the other,
they were solicitous to approximate as nearly as
possible, and with the greatest degree ot accu
racy to the lossactually sustained. It is impos
sible to estimate the loss that has been sustain
ed, in rnanv points of view; the destruction of
the entire business part of the city extending
over seven squares and including several valua
ble residences, is a loss not to be measured by
the mere value of the material in the buildings
destroyed, norby the amount which might be
required tore-construct them with other, and
even better material; but by other considera
tions connected with the commercial advantages,
the mercantileoperations, and business facili
ties of the city These arc entirely gone. Not
a store, nor a »hop is left where all these advan
tages and facilities so lately existed. The in
jury, and disadvantage, ami inconvenience to
which merchants and others have been subject
ed, from privations ol this character, the com
mittee do not undertake to estimate. The loss
actually susttined, without reference to such
considerations as these, by the destruction of
pronertj’ caniot be less than $400,000. •
The committee, in the course of their inquir
ies, have found but two instances, in which in
surance had been effected, the one to the amount
of SIO,OOO, the other to about $15,000.
Revolvinj Steamer, or Marine Railway.
The N. O. Tropic of June Ist says: “A young
man named Augustus Abbott, a carpenter by
trade, has invented a machine, now exhibited
in the bar-raim of the St. Charles Exchange,
which has attracted the attention of a large
number oi citizens and strangers. He calls it
a Revolving Steamer, or Marine Railway, and
if the opinions of several scientific gentlemen,
who have carefully examined the model, is to
be relied upon, it is destined to produce wonder
ful changes in river and lake navigation. The
principle is entirely new, two rows of air tight
boxes, seventy-eight in number, constituting the
boat, above which is the cabin. These boxes
are to be made of thin iron, connected by links
or butts, and are to revolve by means of two
fly-wheels, the engine being placed in the cen
tre. In the opinion of the inventor, the vessel
will run at the rate of forty miles per hour, a
gainst a strong current carrying nothing but
passengers and mail. The cost ot construction
will, it is thought, not exceed five thousand dol
lare, and the expense of running will be but
trifling. We have given but a bird’s-eye view
of the model and principle, in the hope that all
who take an interest iu the onward march of
art and science will paj- it a visit, and judge for
themselves. The object of the inventor is to
obtain, if possible, the means to make an expe
riment, and test the accuracy of his views. The
ingenuity ot the plan, at all events, deserves
favorable consideration, and we trust he may
meet with due encouragement.
From the Newark Daily Advertiser.
In the Newark Daily Advertiser of the 18th
inst., is an article headed ‘A curious relic found
in Ohio.’—Mr. L. M. Parsons, who communi
cates the discovery of the block of limestone ,(the
curiosity referred to,) states that the name of
‘Louis Vaquard, la France,’ is engraved on the
stone, and also in three places 1533.—He ob
serves, no other stone of the like quality is anywhere
to be found in that vicinity.
Ancient stones full as curious if not more so
than those seen by Mr. Parsons, were discover
ed more than a century ago by a French explor
ing party sent out from Canada by the Chevalier
Beauharnois.—The expedition was int- nded to
cross the contineqj to the South Sea, in order to
ascertain its distance trom Canada then a French
colony, and to find out what advantages might
accrue to Canada or Louisiana from a commu
nication with that ocean.
The expedition set out from Montreal, under
the charge ot M. Verandier, and went as far
west as the lakes, rivers and mountains would
permit. As they advanced in the country, they
met at times tracts of lands free trom wood, but
coveted formany days' jeurney with a tall grass.
In many of these fields furrows were visible,
which seemed to be formed bj - the plough, al
though it is well known that the inhabitants of
North America could not cultivate the land in
this manner, inasmuch as they had never used
horses, oxen, or instruments of husbandry.
When thej’ had arrived westward, beyond
wbeie any European had been, they found in
one place in the woods, and again in a large
j l.t in. greatpillars of stone, resting on each other.
1 iie pillars consisted of one single stone each,
tml the Frenchmen Could only suppose trom
ti.eir appearance that they w ere raised by human
hands. Sometimes they found stones of that
kind termed as into a wall; when this occurred
they could find no other sorts of stone.
They could not on these discover any charac
ters or writings, although they made diligent
search. At last they met with a large stone, like a
pillar and in it a small stone was fixed, which was
covered on both sides with unknown characters.
This alone, which was about a loot of French
measure in length, and between 4 and 5 inches
broad, they took from the pillar and carried to
Canada, whence it was sent to France to the
Secretary of State, the Count Mauamas. What
became of it after is not known. Several ot the
Jesuites who saw the stone affirm that the letters
on it were Tartarian characters, and that or com
paring them together, they found them perfectly
alike.
The people ot the country in which the pillars
were erected could give no account when or by
whom they we.-erected, who wrote the charac
ters, what kind of letters ti ey were, and in what
language they were written. On these points
M. Verandier could obtain no explanation. All
they could say was that the stones had been in
those places since time immemorial. The place
where the pillars were found was near 900 miles
west of Montreal.
The object of the visit to the South Sea was
not obtained. The people sent on the expedi
tion for that purpose took part in the wars be
tween distant Indian nations, which put a stop
to every effort made to advance further towards
the sea.
The above is taken from the travels of Prof.
Kalm, of Sweden, a celebrated naturalist, and
pupil of Linnaeus, whose travels were translated
into English by Mr. Foster. He set out for
North America jn the year 1757, and when in
Canada received from M. Verandier, the com
mander of the expedition to the South Sea, what
he has related, and it was repeated to him by
others who were eye witnesses of every thing
that happened on the occasion.
Mr. Foster the translator of Prof. Kalm’s
book, is of opinion that the letters found on the
stone by M. Verandier were Tartar characters,
and gives his reasons for this opinion. As they
are drawn from historical facts, they appear to
disclose the origin of those nations in South
America who may probably have constructed
those splendid ruins which have been so well
and so happily described by Messrs. Stephens
and Norma'n.
Trenton, N. J, May 22d. 1843.
Correspondence qf the N. V. Evening Post.
Climate of Florida—lnvalids*
St. Augustine, April 24, 1843.
You cannot be in St. Augustine a day without
hearing some of its inhabitants speak of its a
greeable climate. During the sixteen days ol
my residence here, the weather has certainly
been as delightful as I could imagine. We havi
the temperature of early June, as June is known
in New York. The mornings are sometimes a
little sultry, but after two or three hours, a fresh
breeze comes in from the sea, sweeping through
the broad piazzas and breathing in at the win
dows. At this season it comes laden with the
fragrance of the flowers of the Pride of India,
and sometimes of the orange I ree, and sometimes
brings the scent of roses, now in lull bloom.—
The nights are gratefully cool, and 1 have been
told, by a person who has lived here many years,
that there are very tew nights in the summer
when you can sleep without a blanket.
An acquaintance of mine, an invalid, who
has tried various climates and has kept up a
kind ot running fight with Death, for many
years, retreating from country to country as he
pursued, declares to me that the winter climate
of St. Augustine is to be preferred to that of any
part of Europe, even that of Sicily, and that is
better than the climate ofthe West Indies. He
finds it genial and equable, at the same time
that itis not enfeebling. The summer heats
are prevented from being intense by the sea
breeze, ol which 1 have spoken. I have looked
over the work of Dr. Forry on the climate of the
United States, and have been surprised to see
the uniformity ol climate which he ascribes to
Key West. As appears by the observation he
has collected, the seasons at that place glide in
to each other by the softest gradations, and the
heat never, even in mid-summer reaches that
extreme which is felt in higher latitudes of the
American continent. The climate of Florida is;
intact an insular climate; the Atlantic on the
east and the Gulf ot Mexico on the West, tem
per the airs that blow over it, making them cool
er in summer and warmer in winter. Ido not
wonder therefore, that it is so much the resort of
invalids; it would be more so if the softness ol
its atmosphere and the beauty and serenity of
its seasons were generally known. Nor should
it be supposed that accomodations for persons
in delicate health are wanting; they are in fact
becoming better with every year, as the demand
for them increases. TAmong the acquaintances
whom I have WF here, I remember many
who, having con» hither for the benefit of their
health, are detained for life by the amenity of
the climate. “It seems to me,” said an intelli
gent gentleman of this class, the other day, “as
if I could not exist out of Florida. When Igo
to the north, I feel most sensibly the severe ex
tremes of the weather; the climate of Charles-
Here at St. Augustine we have occasional
frosts in the winter, but at Tampa Bay, on the
western shore of the peninsula, no farther trom
this place than from New York to Albany, the
dew is never congealed on the grass, nor is a
snow flake ever seen floating in the air. Those
who have passed the winter in that place, speak
with a kind of rapture of the benignity ol the
climate. In that country grow the banana, and
other productions of the’West Indies. Persons
who have explored Florida to the south of this,
during the past winter, spea« of having refresh
ed themselves with melons in the month of Jan
uary, growing where they had been self-sown,
and of having seen the sugar cane where it bad
been planted by the Indians, towering uncrop
ped, almost to the height of the forest trees.
I must tell you however, what was said tome
by a person who had passed a considerable time
in Florida, and who had journeyed, as be told
me, in the southern as well as the northern part
ot the peninsula, “That the climate is mild and
agreeable,” said he, “I admit, but the annoy
ance to which you are exposed from insects,
counterbalances all the enjoyment of the cli
mate. You are bitten by musquitoes and gal
linippers, driven mad by clouds of sand flies,
and stung by scorpions and centipedes. It is
not safe to go to bed in southern Florida with
out looking between the sheets, to see if there be
not a scorpion waiting to be your bed-fellow,
nor to put on a garment that has been hanging
up in your room, without turning it wrong side
out, to see if a scorpion has not found a lodging
in it.” I have not, however, been incommoded
at St. Augustine with these varmint, as they
call them at the south. Only the sandflies, a
small black midge, I have sometimes found a
little importunate, when walking out in a very
calm evening.
Os the salubrity of East Florida I must speak
less positively, though it is certain that in St.
Augustine emigrants from the north enjoy good
health. The owners of the plantations in the
neighborhood, prefer io pass the hot season in
this city, not caring to trust their constitutions
to the experiment of a summer residence in the
country. Os course they are settled on the rich
est soils, and these are the least healthy. The pine
barrens are safer; when not interspersed with
marshes, the sandy lands that bear the pine, are
esteemed healthy all over the south. Yet there
are plantations on the St. John’s where emi
grants from the north reside throughout the
year. The opinion seems every where to pre
vail, and I believe, there is good reason Ibr it,
that Florida, notwithstanding itslow and level
surface, is muelr more healthy than the low
country of South Carolina and Georgia.
The other day I went out with a friend to a
sugar plantation in the neighborhood of St. Au
gustine. As we rode into the enclosure we
breathed the fragrance of young orange trees in
flower, the glossy leaves of which, green at all
seasons, were trembling in the wind. A troop
of negrochildren were atplay at alittle distance
from thecabins, and one of them ran along with
us to show us a grove ot sour oranges which we
were looking for. He pointed us to a copse in
the middle of a field, to which we proceeded.—
The trees, which were of considerable size, were
full of flowers, and the golden fruit was thick on
the branches, and lay scattered on the ground be
low. I gathered a few of the oranges and found
them almost as acid as the lemon.
A Touching Incident.—The New York
Tribune of a recent date, furnishes us with the
following touching incident,the result of crime
and depravity. The circumstance narrated is
but another of the thousand evidences we have
that in hearts the most callous and blackened
by crime, there is one green spot hallowed by
and dedicated to the purest and holiest affections
of our nature. t
On our way from Philadelphia to this city on
Friday last, upon our retuA trom Baltimore,
our attention was arrested by the appearance ot
a fellow passenger who chanced to sit near us
in the cars. He was apparently not over thirty,
dressed in coarse and seedy garments, and evi
dently in the last stage of consumption. Upon
his face was stamped the seal of death more
clearly and terribly than we have ever seen it
upon another living countenance. He was
wasted to a skeleton', and the livid paleness of a
corpse had driven from his face ever) hue of
health and life. II is eyes were restless, and
glared with dull but eager stare upon what was
passing aiound him. We did not hear him
speak till we had reached Jersey City, and then
upon the ferry boat, we observed him talking to
a number of gentlemen who were standing a
round him. Hespoke feebly, but with great ear
nestness and excitement. He said he had just
been released from the penitentiary, in Pennsyl
vania where he had been a long time confined.
He had never before confessed his shame, but
now, he said, he could not help it. He had
been a great villain in his life; but, said he, as
his eye.-, swam in tears, and his thin blue lips
quivered with emotion, that’s all past, and I
nave got to die in a day or two. His mother,
he said, lived at No. Greenwich street, hehad
not seet. hei formany years, and the only favor
he asked ot God or man was, that he might
reach In r home and die in her arms. He seem
ed in a pgrteet agony of apprehension lest the
police clficeis of the city should see him as he
landed, .ind detain him till it should be too late
to see his mother. They all knew him, he said,
tobeagr<;t i oi.- tie, and if somebody did not aid
him, he knew he stivuld die in the city prist n
instead of iiis mother’s house. He seemed
gteatly relieved and truly thankful when sever
al gentlemen offered to send him at once to her
residence. We know not what became of him,
but think it scarcely possible that he should be
living now. But who can picture either the
joy or the agony of that last meeting between
the widowed mother and the wretched son, com
ing from the dungeon to her arms only to be
laid somewhat more gently in the grave? The
excitement of the hope of meeting her seemed to
be all that kept him alive; and it appeared scarce
ly possible that his feeble frame could survive
the excitement of the meeting itself.
'l'topical Plant Office, i
Jacksonville, June 2d, 1843. j
Gentlemen;— With pain I have to record an
attrocious attempt at murder by Indians, in the
vicinity of Newnansville, on last Sunday or
Monday. Os the truth of the act, there can be
no doubt; unquestionable authority has been re
ceived at this office. The sufferer is a lady;
she has been dreadfully injured, but in all pro
bability will recover.' Os the band of Indians
(presumption) only two were seen. Sam Jones
and his gang should have been driven from the
Territory before the withdrawal of the Army.
Dr. Beauford, gave a lecture this evening on
Mesmerism,—his operations were failmes; of
the two, neither subject was placed in a mag
netic sleep. The audience, an excellent assem
blage, treated him kindly, and will attend a lec
ture on any future evening.
Business is first rate—plenty of country pro
duce and trade. Yours, ic.
Hydrophobia.—The Picayuneofthe Ist inst.
say:—William Hess, a German, died in Lafay
ette of this frightful disease on Tuesday. The ■
Advertiser says that about four weeks ago he
was bitten by a young dog which at the time,
had the “distemper,” but was not supposed to be
mad. The dog died iu a few days after inflict
ing the bite, but at no time showed any rabid
symptoms. Mr. Hess was first observed to be
unwell on Saturday last—was aflected with sud
den startings at every noise, and on Sunday he 1
ceuldnolongerbearthesightofanyliquid. All
medical aid proved unavailing.
JA=-As a looking glass, if it is a true one i
faithfully represents the face ot him that looks i
in it, so a wile ought to fashion herself to the 1
affection of her husband, not to be cheerful j
when he is sad, nor sad when he is cheerftd. 1
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE .8
Vacancy in Congress.
The nomination, by his party, of Mark A.
Cooper as a candidate lor Governor, will ne
cessarily vacate his seat in Congress; and, as
the Whigs meet in Convention on the third
Monday, the 19th June instant, it is quite im
portant that they should canvass the subject of
the nomination of a candidate to fill said vacan
cy, prior to the meeting of their Convention, in
order that a selection ofthe strongest man may
be made. <*
Irish Repeal.—Question Settled.
With what joy will the intelligence, that the
dawn of Irish liberty is at hand, transport every
warm-hearted, generous-souled son of the Eme
rald Isle! Withwliat fervency will they im
plore the choicest blessings ol an over-ruling
Providence upon their iaithful deliverers, as
they contemplate that Ireland, their own green
Isle ol the Ocean, no longer writhes under the
yoke ot British tyranny and oppression; and
that her sons, whose hearts are ever true to the
land of their birth, snuff' again the air of free
dom ! Long may they enjoy it; and, in the en
thusiasm of their rejoicings, may the memory
ol their deliverers live engraven upon their
hearts, while Ireland has a place among the
nations of the Globe, or liberty a votary among
hernoblesons. How will their grateful bosoms
heave with generous emotions, when they read
the proceedings of a recent meeting of citizens
of Milledgeville, to take into consideration the
important question of “Irish. Repeal," at which,
it was determined to hold another meeting on
the 4th of July next, and a committee i f seven
was appointed to extend invitations to distin
guished citizens ofthe State and Union ! What
a profound sense of gratitude will thrill the in
most recesses of their bosoms, when they ssan
the names of that committee, which arc array
ed in the following pompous style:
Col! Miller Grieve, Col 1! John G. Parke,
Col!!! David J. Bailey, Col!!!! Nathan McGe
hee, Col!!!!! Frederick H. Sandford, Dr. Thos.
F. Green, and James H. Shahan, Esq.
Sens of the Emerald Isle, in whatever land
you may be, or-whetever driven tty the oppres
sions of your own dear native home, dispel your
anxiety for the late of your common brethren,
who have so tong groaned under the tyranny ot
a British Parliament! The day of Ireland’s
deliverance is at hand! ftejoice I rejoice!! for
you have only to make the facts known to that
tyranising Parliament, that FIVE “ Georgia
Colonels UH!" one Doctor ! and one E—squire!!
have taken the subject into serious considera
tion, and the great and glorious “Repeal Bill,"
that bill which will secure to Ireland and her
oppressed sons liberty and the pursuit of happi
ness, will doubtless be passed without opposi
tion! In short, “little Vic” and her Parliament,
like Capt. Scott’s coon, will “give in."
Whig Convention.—Mr. Clay lit Georgia.
We would respectfully suggest to our Whig
friends, about to assemble in Convention al
Milledgeville, on Monday, the 19th instant, the
propriety of calling a Convention to be held at
Madison, Morgan Co., or some other place
equally convenient, about the middle of Au
gust or first ot September, and inviting Mr.
CLAY, together with other distinguished
Whigs ofthe Union, to be present on the occa
sion. The bare suggestion of such a proposi
tion, were sufficient lor every reflecting, intelli
gent Whig; and we need not, therefore, tres
pass upon the indulgence of the reader, with an
argument in favor ol its propriety, which must
present itself to the mind of every one, at the
bare mention of the proposition. We make the
suggestion at this time, that our IVhig breth
ren may give it that reflection which it merits,
and act upon it or not in Convention, as shall
seem to them fit and proper.
Irish Repeal Meeting.
The last Milledgeville papers contain the pro
ceedings of a preliminary meeting ol citizens
of that place on this, to Ireland, momentous sub
ject, to which weshall cheerfully give place to
morrow, altho’ we cannot justify the propriety
of the agitation by Americans of this question.
For however deeply we may be impressed with
the wrongs of oppressed Ireland, and however
we may sympathise with her generous an J brave
sons, we cannot perceive the propriety of any
interference on the part of American citizens,
with the internal policy ol the English govern
ment, with which we are on terms of the most
amicable Iriendship.
The impropriety of such interference is ren
dered the more apparent, by the following para
gragphs contained in the National Intelligencer
of Monday last:
The most important information brought by
the late arrival from England, is that of me ap
parently approaching conflict between the Re
pealers in Ireland, and the Government of the
United Kingdom. The movements of Daniel
O’Connell and his friends seem to have attract
ed the serious attention of the Ministry. The
Duke ol Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, in the
two Houses of Parliament, have declared their
intention of suppressing these disorders by force,
if necessary; and great numbers of troops have
been already ordered to Ireland. O’Connell de
clares that, though he will obey existing laws,
he will resist by force any new and unconstitu
tional enactments that may be passed against
the Repeal movements. Jhe following is the
emphatic language used by Sir Robert Peel,
W’lth reference to this question:
“Sir Robert Peel in a solemn and emphatic
manner, decl., red himself authorized by her Ma
jesty to repeat the language employed by the
Crown on this subject, in a speech which was
delivered from the throne during the adminis
tration of Earl Grey, and which expressed the
most resolute determination to uphold the Union.
The present Government, he said, would exer
cise for this purpose all the powers vested in
them under the existing law; and, though not
desirous of disparaging the Constitution by ap
plying lor new and extraordinary powers until
those of the existing law should be found prac
tically insufficient, they would not hesitate,
should that insufficiency become apparent, to
appeal to Parliament for such enactments as
would effectually obviate the evil; for they were
persuaded that the object attempted was not
merely, as some called it, the repeal ot a statute,
but the dismemberment ts the empire. The ap
plication to Parliament, should it come to be
necessary, would be made, he was sure, with
the greater success, in consequence ofthe for
bearance of Ministers to make it until the ne
cessity should have been manifested by exjteri
ence ofthe inadequacy of the evisting law.
Sparta Female School.
This institution, under the charge of Mr. and
Mrs. Wayland, closed, last week, its first term
ot the present year, with a public examination
of its pupils, which centinued three days, and
resulted very much to the satisfaction of parents
and friends present.
The second term commences on Monday, the
12th instant; and if capacity to teach all the
branches of education, devoted attention to the
discharge of their duties, and a proper regard to
the deportment of their scholars, on the part c f the
principals, combined with the reasonableness oi
their terms, and the healthiness of the lociition,
be regarded as inducements, this school will re
ceive the patronage it merits.
Another Fire in Tallahassee.—The Star
of the Ist inst. says, the alarm of Fire was again
raised this morning about half past six o’clock.
The buildings in the southwestern extremity of
the city, formerly used as a grocery and nine
pin alley, now in the occupation of Mr. Fair
banks, were discovered to be on fire. They
were entirely consumed with about 300 bushels
of coni, and 1200 lbs. fodder. No other build
ings were burnt.
Escape op Convicts —On the afternoon of
the 291 h, just before the hour at which the. con
victs are usually committed to their cells, while
the door through the back wall was open, and a
portion ot them employed there at work, the a
larm of fire was sounded by a few in the black
smith shop* contiguous, to draw off' attention,
when some half a dozen gathered up
axes, &c., and made their escape. They were
joined by several ot those outside, and eleven in
all escaped. They were fired upon by the guard
and one is supposed to have been wounded.—
Five have been subsequently retaken. In effect
ing this, in a contest between some of Mr. Wil
liam Sanford’s negroes, who were ordered to aid
in the matter, a knife was drawn and resistance
made by one ot them named George W. Crow
der, committed from Muscogee, when a blow
was inflicted on him, as the Coroner’s inquest re
turns, by one or more of Mr. S'snegroes, which
which has subsequently caused bis death.—
Crowder is said to have been ot notoriously bad
character, and among the ringleaders. Graham,
lately committed lor negro stealing from Wilk
inson, another among the worst, is said to have
been among thase retaken.— Southern Recorder.
Locofoco Convention.
Below will be found the letter of our Mil
ledgeville correspondent, giving a sketch of the
proceedings of the self styled “Democracy,” in
grand convention, up to the hour of closing the
mail. From a passenger, however, who came
by the railroad yesterday morning, we are in
possession ot later intelligence, by which we
are advised that Mark A. Cooper was finally
nominated as the candidate of the party for Go
vernor, and that a meeting would be held on the
evening of Tuesday, to nominate a candidate
to fill his vacancy in Congress. We did not
learn what was the final action on the report in
favor of the nomination of Mr. Calhoun for
President. We shall probably be advised on
this subject by this morning’s mail, and if so,
will give it in a postscript to our weekly patrons.
Correspondence qf the Chronicle <f’ Sentinel.
Milledgeville, June 6, 1843.
Knowing that your ten thousand greedy read
ers are anxious to hear from the Democratic
Convention, now in grand Sanhedrim in Mil
ledgeville, I embrace the opportunity of commu
nicating to you. This body of democrats is the
most respectable in appearance, and talented,
which has ever congregated here. Os course,
they are not such “confounded fat dog skins” as
might have convened, but the /ow 4 ensemble, is
indeed cheering, as an omen of belter things for
Georgia, than Democrats are in the habit of af
fording. It will bother the Whigs to excel this
Convention in talents, numbers, order and gen
eral appearance.
The only member who has bordered upon the
ridiculous, and he said many good things, was
one who declared yesterday, that he came to
Milledgeville, fresh from the people; that he
was then ready to go into the election for Go
vernor, and did not want to put it off until Tues
day, in order for caucuses and electioneering
machinery to be put into operation. “He was
ready now,” he said, “to vote for Governor—he
desired to get through to-day, and start home to
morrow, for he wanted to sec his wife!" This
was followed by a general laugh and applause,
and the dealing and feeling husband took his
seat. Wfell, his heart kas in the right place,
and we often laugh at what we are bound to
commend.
A committee ot twenty one were appointed
yesterday evening, to select sbme suitable per
son to be recommended to the democracy of
Georgia, for,Prssident of the United States.
The committee reported this morning in favor
ot John C. Calhoun; and recommended the de
legates appointed by the Democratic party in
December last, to attend the Baltimore Conven
tion in May, 1844.
They bound themselves to abide the decision
ol the National Convention.
The report was simply received; and as there
has been no final action up to the present wri
ting, I will not anticipate their action.
A delegate from Crawford county, offered a
resolution, in the shape of a protest, declaring
that the citizens of Crawford county would not
consider themselves bound to sustain any can
didate for Governor, who was not publicly and
unconditionally pledged against the expediency
and constitutionality of a United States Bank.
This was regarded as a thrust upon the nomi
nation of Judge Warner: lor he is supposed
here to be somewhat of a United States Bank
man.
The names of the following persons were an
nounced, as being handed in by gentlemen, as
suitable lor selecting a candidate for Governor
—Judge Warner, Judge Andrews, Dr. Wc-
Whorter, Hon. M. A. Cooper, Hon. G. W
Towns, and Col. Lawson of Burke.
The first ballot has thus resulted:
Lumpkin 1 Towns 31
Shly 2 Andrews 46
Howard 3 Warner 65
Lairson 5 Cooper 89
McWhorter 5
They are now proceeding with the second
ballot. They vote by counties, and where there
is not a full representation, the delegates are al
lowed to poll the full number of ballots their
county is entitled to.
The second ballot has thus resulted:
Lumpkin I Andrews 40
Howard 4 Warner 77
Towns 21 Cooper 105
The name of Mr. Towns was withdrawn as
Wr the second ballot. They are now progress
ing with the third ballot, at halt past 11 o’clock,
and I doubt if I will have time to give you the
result.
For fear I may loose the mail for this letter,
I drop it in the Post Office—if I have time 1
[ will send you another. H.
Postscript.—Since the foregoing was in
type, we have received through the courtesy of
a passenger, thefollow’ing additional particulars
from our corespondent:
One O’Clock, p. m.
The third ballot thus resulted :
Cooper 110 Andrews 35
Warner 86 Towns 1
Howard 13 Lumpkin 1
The fourth ballot thus resulted :
Cooper 119 Howard 2
Warner 96 Lumpkin I
Andrews 27 Blank 1
The fifth ballot thus resulted:
Cooper 130 Andrews 20
Wainer 97 Scatterin 3
Cooper nominated.
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Mr. Calhoun and Ills Biographer.
It would have been remarkable if the late
| Speaker of the House of Representatives of the
U. S. in his “ Life or John C. Caliioi n," had
■ not involved himself in contradictions.
He had rather an inconsistent. hero, and the
> spirit of inconsistency would as naturally guide
I the writer as the hero in his “ life.'’’
The biographer says, at page 22, “The Ad
j ministration was in favor of a Bank, and the
. Preside nt (Mr. Madison) recommended one in
his message al the commencement of the ses
sion. The great body of the Republican party
in Congress concurred in the views of the Ad
ministi ition, but there were many of them who
had, on constitutional grounds, insuperable ob
jection to the measure. These added to the
Feders party, who had been against the war,
and w« e, in consequence, against a Bank, con
stituted a .iirmidable opposition.” Mr. Calhoun
was th nst Republican and in favor of a Bank —
the Fe. enjists against it.
Again, at page 25, it is stated that Mr. Cal
houn, in December, 1817, entered upon the du
ties of the .department of Secretary of War—
“ after six years of distinguished service in Con
gress, during which Mr. Calhoun bore a prom
inent and etiicicnt part in originating and sup
porting all the measures necessary to carry the
country thro ugh one of the most trying and dif
ficult periods: of its existence.” Mr. Calhoun
then had his part in the establishment ofa Bank
and a Tariff’, both measures of Mr. Madison’s
administration.
At page 07, speaking of the extra session of
the Whig Congress, in 1841, it is said that “the
majority boldly assumed the old Federal posi
tion upon the Bank, the Tariff, and the distri
bution of the proceeds of the public lands.” —
Now where does Mr. Calhoun stand? Is he
Republican #r Federalist? He never changes,
and yet, according to Mi. Hunter, his biograph
er, he bore an efficient part in the origin and
support of two prominent measures, once Repub
lican but now Federal. Cons istency.
O" Accounts from the Pacific state that the
yellow fever prevailed in Guayaquil and its vi
cinity. A letter from Talcahuana says that two
thirds of the population of Guayaquil have per
ished, and th at the authorities meditated burning
the city. Vessels coming from any port in New
Grenada, and along the coast as far south as
Tumbez, are subjected to quarantine in the
ports ofChili.
A Washington letter, published in the New
York Express, says that Mr. Waggaman, a
nephew of the President of the United States has
been appointed to the vacant post of Navy Agent
at Washington, left so by the decease of Major
Selden. The salary is SI7OO per annum.
The same letter says that Professor Moss, of
Virginia, will probably be appointed Chief En
gineer of steam machinery in place of Col.
Thompson. /
ColnmbuH Trials.
We avail ourself of the following correspon
dence of the Southern Recorder, to afford the
reader a more detailed account of the trial of
John L. Lewis, than we have heretofore given.
Although he has gone unwhipt of justice by
the laws of the country, we hope most sincerely
that the press will “place a whip in the hand of
every ho*est man to lash him naked through the
world.”
Correepondence of the Southern Recorder.
Columbus, Ga., May 17, 1843.
The Court, upon showing, continued the case
of McKeen, who is charged with robbing the
Trust Company; and Col. Lewis, uho stands
charged as accessory after the fact, waived his
right to have the principal first tried, and de
manded his trial. The State having announced
herself ready, the Court proceeded on Wednes
day morning with the trial, and after passing
upon seven pannels of forty-eight men each,
succeeded in getting a Jury by Thursday 12
• clock. So far as politics are concerned, 1 be
lieve the jury are perhaps, all Democrats; but I
must say that there are some, perhaps a majori
ty ol the jury, who are well known throughout
the county as honest and clever men, and I know
of no charge against any of them, which could
induce the belief that they could act corruptly
in this case. Many legal points arose in the
selection ol the jury, as to their qualifications,
which were uecided by Judge Cone with ability
and promptness. 1 cannot enumerate all, but
will state one. A juror made himself compe
tent by answering the usual questions. The
State, however, wished to exclude him for
cause, and extended his examination, by which
it appeared that he had resided in Texas for
sometime. That he was thereat the time ot
the adoption of their Constitution, by which all
persons, then.in Texas, wereconstttuted citizens
of that Republic. That he had manifested|his
willingness to enjoy the benefits conferred upon
him by citizenship, by receiving and holding of
fice in the Republic. He had subsequently re
turned to the State, and had exercised the privi
leges of a citizen. Judge Cone decided that,
having thrown off his allegiance to the United
States, as he had a right to do, and sought the
protection and given his allegiance to another
power, he was no longer a citizen of the United
States, and not entitled to exercise the privileges
of c.tizens, until he conformed to the requisi
tions of our naturalization laws. He was there
fore declared incompetent to sit upon the trial
as a juror.
The Stale commenced the examination of
her testimony, and first introduced Wm. N.
Jackson, whose confession you have heretofore
published. He confirmed his former statement
in every particular. TBo Statets still (Satur- '7
day, I o’clock,)examiningtestimony. Thtsmor- ’Jw
ning has been occupied in the examination of
Col. A. K. Ayer, who, in connection with Rob
ertson, the late Marshal, found the money, and
upon both of whose testimony it is expected to
convict Lewis as accessory after the fact. If I
understand correctly, Lewis has never denied
that he had a knowledge of the whereabouts of
the money, and has always insisted that he de
rived that knowledge from McKeen alter Mc-
Keen was arrested, on Saturday, being the next
day after the robbery. That McKeen commu
nicated to him this knowledge under the hope
and belief, and with the understanding, that he
should be set at liberty, if he would pioduce the
money, and divulge the names of his associ
ates. That Lewis promised him that he would
try to effect this purpose, and a written obliga
tion of the officers ot the Trustees of the Trust
Company, was produced in Court this morning,
pledging themselyes that McKeen should be
set at liberty, if these purposes were accom
plished. Thisobligation was given by the com
pany to Ayer, who showed it to McKeen. Up
on an attentive hearing of Ayer’s examination
so tar, 1 am constrained to say that it does not
contradict in any important point, Lewis’ver
sion of the aflair. It is certainly not as strong
against Lewis as I had heretofore understood it
would be, although there are some circumstan
ces which require explanation, and which Lew
is and his counsel express themselves very con
fidently thay will explain. Robertson’s testi
mony is yet to be taken, besides other witnesses
on the part of the State, before the witnesses
will be examined on the part of the defence. I
presume the Court will be engaged in this case
until Thursday next.
A most singular and awful circumstance oc
curred in the Court House yesterday. It seems
that the sheriff had arrested a man by the name
o: Smith, who lives in the upper part of this
county, or perhaps has lately moved to Harris
county, on a charge qf stealing corn. That im
mediately after the arrest, he went with the she
riff to a drug shop and purchased some prussic
acid, and then went with the sheriti to the Court
house. That he sent into the Court room for
Judge Colquitt, and told him that he was arrest
ed lor corn stealing; that whilst he lived at Mr.
Russell’s, he had frequently gone to the crib be
longing to the stage stand and taken com to feed
his hoi se, and that the drivers frequently took
corn from his crib also. That no thought of
stealing entered his mind, nor did he charge
them with stealing his corn. That he was a
practising physician, afid it is known that he
was a young man of fair prospects and good
properly. He appeared, however, to Judge
Colquitt, to be exquisitely alive to the very awk
ward predicament in which the charge placed
him, as the public mind was now so much ex
cited on the subject of crime. Judge Colquitt
told him to make himself perfectly easy on the
subject—that if the facts were as he staled, he
could not be hurt. He then sent up town after
the driver w’ho had prosecuted him, but failed
to find him; he sent again, and during this time *
his excitement seemed to increase. When bis
messenger returned without the driver, he at
tempted to swallow the prussic acid, and did
succeed in swallowing a portion ol it before he
could be prevented. He then commenced cut
ting his throat with a knife; when prevented
from using that hand, he took the knife in the
other hand, and continued his efforts at his
throat. Before the knife could be taken from
him, his throat presented a very awful appear- I
ance. He fell ujion the floor in the passage of
the Court-house and expired in the course of an
hour. He had been married but a few months
to a daughter of Mr. Russell, a very respectable •
citizen of this county.
It is probable that our Court will adjourn for
a few days after the trial of Col. Lewis is over,
as our Judge, andsc .eral members of the bar,
wish to attend the Democratic Convention in
your city on Monday week.
Columbus, June 2, 1813,
Messrs, Grieve if- Orme,
After a most laborious investigation of eight
days in the case of the Slate against John L.
Lewis, the Jury returned their verdict of "not
guilty" yesterday. It is impossible for lie to
portray the mortification which tnaniiested it
self in the countenance of almost every person
upon tl e announcement ofthe verdict; not 'hat
any person desired the conviction of an inno
cent man, but because every one who heard the
evidence believed the defendant to beguilty, aid
that guilt should be punished.
It is impossible to account, upon anyjmt
princi; le. why the verdict was so tendered.—
The State’s Counsel exhausted their challenge,
agains: that class of jmors who might by any
possibility be suspected, not only of improper
motiv.s, but of a want of intelligence: and
whenever a juror presented himself as compe
tent tviio was considered ordinarily intelligent
and w:.s held and esteemed by his neighbors as
an honest man, lie was deemed acceptable to
the prosecution without regard to political bias
—(and I it ill here remark, once for all, tl.at so
far as I could observe, politics has had no'Jiing
to do in this trial.) Manyof the jurorsarcwell
known in the county, and were men of standing
in soci.ly; among them, 1 will mention Mr.
Helim.au intelligent and honest farmer; Mr.
Covin, ton, do; W. W. Pool, a mem tier of :be
Legisl .tuie from this eounty last year; Capt.
Davis, a lespectable farmer, and once a candi
date 1 r the Legislature in this county, and
many . eats a Justice of the Peace ; Mr Park
er, sain to lie an honest man and a minister of
the G< pel; Mr. Oneal, a respectable farmer,
many years a Justice in his district, and last
January warmly supported by bis friends for
one of the county otnees; and Mr. Thomas,
well known as an honest man and good farmer.
With such men as these for jurors, could it
have been supposed ihat crime could go un
whipped of justice ? And after hearing all the
testimony which convinced every one who heard
it ot the guilt ofthe accused, is it at all strange
that mortification should have pervaded the im
mense crowd who heard the verdiect announc
ed? It is truth and no fiction, that the people
left the court house with the slow, solemn mo
tion, sad aspect and mortified feelings, akin to a
procession from the grave of some beloved
friend: indeed, the laws were outraged and
justice buried beneath the verdict of that jury.
The verdict is, beyond doubt, a salvo to the
feelings of the accused, and may white-wash
him in his own estimation, but in the estimation
of 99 out of every 100 in this community, of
whatever party, he is damned to all intents and
purposes.
This was manifested yesterday evening by a
call for a public meeting of the people at the mar
ket house, which meeting appointed a large com
mittee to report this morning at 9 o’clock upon
tin subject, to a meeting called for that purpose.
At the ringing of the bell, the people gathered
from all quarters of the city, and appointed ane
of our best beloved and most popular citizens
old John Bethune, as Chairman. Mr. A. H.
Cooper then reported from the committee a pre
amble and resolutions very appropriate to the
occasion. The principal object was to ask of
the next Legislature a change ot the manner ot
selecting jurors forthe criminal causes; also,
requesting John L. Lewis to resign his office of
Solicitor General of this Circuit. The meeting
then dispersed in the greatest order, and without
manifesting any feeling or passion common to
such exciting occasions.
tur S es > yesterday, passed sentence on
the following persons convicted during the pres
ent term, to wit: Bennett Weaver manslaughter,
four years under the kind care of General Nel
son; this was lor the killing of Sheppard Rilev
in November last.
Patrick McCarty, manslaughter, four years
ditto; this for the killing of Thomas Fleming a
short time since. Robert W. Greene, murder of
Arnett, sentenced to be hanged on the 21st Julv
next. J
William Reaves was sentenced, a few days
since to five years imprisonment in the Peniti
tiary: Larceny from the House, two offences.