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THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
19 rUBLIfH»D DAIL, TP’ WEEKLY, AND WEEKLY,
BY JI. W. . S. JONES.
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AVGUSTA.
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 16.
The President of the United Stales left Phila
delphia on Saturday afternoon, for Princeton,
New Jersey, where he r?mained during Sunday
as the guest of Capt. R. F. Stockton, of the U.
S. Navy. He was expected to arrive at New
York on Monday about noon.
Tallahassee.
The Floridian of the 10th instant, says:—Al
though the business part of our city is a heap
of ruins, yet our citizens, undismayed by their
losses, have gone to work apparently in good
spirits, to make arrangements for future busi
ness. The City Council have passed an ordi
nance prohibiting the erection of any but Brick
edifices on the lots in the'burnt district, and in
consequence, those who cannot make immedi
ate arrangements to build permanently, have
erected temporary buildings on the two hundred
foot street and on the public squares, to be re
moved, al the. pleasure of the Council.
The brick store of Messrs. Lloyd & Rodgers,
commenced a few days before the fire, is in pro
gress, and we learn that several more will be
commenced in a short time.
Virginia Abstractions.
The Richmond Whig says, a writer in the
N. Y. American pronounces the idea that John
Tyler is entitled to attention, because he is Pre
sident, ‘a Virginia abstraction of the first water.’
He then successfully comb ts the notion that
the President for the time is entitled to popular
attention,.on account of the office he holds, by
much such arguments as we had the honor on
Saturday of addressing to the public.
But let lhat writer do Virginia justice. John
Tyler received no attentions in Virginia. No
private gentleman could have eome to Rich
mond with less eclat than President Tyler did.
It was not his fault, but that of the sturdy Re
publicansif Virginia, who will not consent to
honor individual profligacy because it is gilded
with official rank.
Can the American say so much for New
York 1 Tyler arrived here, unnoticed, unvisii
ed, except by a lew, (whom necessity enforced,)
shunned by the whole population, Whig and
Democrat! Can New York boast so honour
able a course of conduct? Can Philadelphia ?
Can Baltimore? Does not Cambridge mean
to degrade still lower its literary honours by
conferring the highest degree upon this most
stupid of dolts ?
Laugh, gentlemen, at Virginia abstractions;
there is too much of it we know: the thing has
been run into tlie ground: But emulate the con
duct of Virginians, and mark when it comes to
a practical issue, how independently Virginians
no militia gathering here—no speeches—no par
asitical attentions—no dinnering—no toasting
—no fawning—no demonstrations towards the
officer, when the man who filled the office, was
cordially and generally despised.
Imitate our conduct, before you ridicule our
abstractions. Better to be abstract and indepen
dent, than practical and servile.
Murders.—A slave in Washita county, Ar
kansas, to save his wife from punishment with
which she was threatened by her master, made
an attack upon the latter with an axe. The
master’s daughter, aged 15, interposed and was
struck down by a mortal blow. A son of the
master brought a gun, with which the master,
a Mr. Hill, wounded the slave. The latter ran
to the river and drowned himself and his three
children-. So says the Washington (Ark.) Tel
egraph of May 24.
The Locofoco Convention of New Hamp
shire has nominated John H. Steele, of Peter
borough, for Governor. There was some skir
mishing on the subject of a national conven
tion, and resolutions were passed admitting that
Mr. Van Buren is the choice cf the democracy
of New Hampshire. The Charleston Mercu
ry will please to note this, and be a little lavish
of its flattery to the “unterrified Commonwealth
of New Hampshire.”— Cour. <f- Enq.
Affray.—We learn that a bloody affray took
place at Lexington C. H., between Col. H. I.
Caughman and Dr. Benjamin. We understand
tKat Col. Caughman attempted lo cane Benja
min, when the latter drew a knile and stabbed
him in nine places. Caughman is not expected
to live.— Columbia Chronicle.
,-Common Sense.—The London Commercial
List of May 17th says : “The an ival of a large
quantity of manufactures, from the U. States,
has for some lime been the general theme in the
city. Producing as America does the finest and
largest quantity of cotton in the world, there
appears to us no reason why the inhabitants
there should not become extensive manufac
turers; antjjiowever injurious it may be to out
commerce, the time will come when America
will require little from this or any other coun
try. The measures adopted by Congress are
calculated to encourage industry ul how, by lay
..ingheavy duties on articles imported from
broad.
John H. Pleasants, Esq., has retired from
the Richmond Whig.
Fike.—A fire broke out in Lexington, (Ky/
on the 6th inst. which destroyed the Baggin*
Factory of Mr. Samuel Bedd, at the upper end o
Main street.
■ Count D’Orsay.—This distinguished leade
of fashion instead of coining to America, wer
it appears to Scotland to fight a duel with Lor
Milnebank. The London Court Journal of
late date speaksofa rumor that the duel ha
been foughtwith rifles on Lord Stermont's estat
near Loch Vess, in the Glamorgan tnarshe:
Scotland, and that Count D’Orsay had fallen.
The Influenza prevails in New York, and ai
lacks all ages and constitutions.
FreeTiiade.-- Lest some of our readers shou 1
forget what our Locofoco friends understand b
free trade, we repeat the facts that in 1841 th
whole importation into the United States wa
3126,945,000. The whole amount of duty o:
this was 814,487,000, or 11j per cent. Th
whole amount of our exports during the sam
time was 591,000,000; the amount of dutie
levied on these by foreignPowerjs was 8113,500
000 or at the average rate of 124 per cent.
To restore this condition of things, turn th
tide of specie from America to Europe, and in
port 537,i 00,000 a year more than we expor
the Locofoco press is vociferous in urging a “r<
peal of the existing tariff." True, some of thei
think very favorably of protection; but wh<
right had a Whig Congress to enact a good lav
Because they did it is a sufficient reason for i
repeal!— Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.
Disastrous Fire in Cheshire, Mass.—Tl
cotton factory, grist mill, saw mill and stor
owned by Mr. Elisha Jencks, in Cheshire, ne:
\ South Adams, in the. village calledrthe Harbc
were entirely destroyed by fire on Saturday 10
inst. Loss from 825.000 .to 830.000 Insur
for only 85000.
Pike. —We learn from the Pittsfield Mais.
Sun that the cotton factory, grist and saw mill
of Mr. Elisha Jenks, in South Adams, were des
royed by Fire on Sunday night last. Mi
lenk’s loss is estimated at 815,090. There wa
rn insurance on the property to the amount oi
35,000.
An editor out west having asked the consent
of a father to his daughter’s hand in marriage
the provident old gentleman inquired how mucl
money he could bring the bride. The editoi
said he hadn’t got any money, but he wouk
give her a puff in his paper. The father was
satisfied.
A Tornado.—A part of Marion county, in
Missouri, was visited by a severe tornado on
the 25th ult. For a space of a mile in length,
by 200 or 300 yards in breadth, it made a clean
sweep of everything, tearing up'and twisting ofi
the trees, and destroying every thing with fear
ful power and violence. A farmer’s boundary
line stone, weighing about 20 pounds, was car
ried forty yards into a neighbors' field. The
trees looked as though scorched by fire, so com
pletely were they divested of foliage.
Bank of Hawkinsville.
We find the following notice in the Macon
Messenger of llie'lsth inst:
According to an act of the last Legislature
amending the charter, the Bank of Hawkins
ville has been removed from Hawkinsville to
Macon, and re-organized by the appointment of
the following persons as directors: Jno. Rawls,
Thos. Butler, H. H. Tarver, Joshua G. Moore,
Wm. Gunn, E. Graves, and R. Collins.
John Rawls has been re-elected President, and
J. G. Moore, Cashier.
Their Bills of all kinds are redeemed with
specie or its equivalent, at the Bank i» this city,
or their office tn Savannah.
Cigar Smoking in London.—The London
Times adds the following comment, to a reproof
from a correspondent, of smoking, as it prevails
in steamboats, in the streets, and at places of
recreation in the vicinity ol London, which is
not inappropriate in this latitude: —
The nuisance indeed requires abatement. Not
only on board steamboats, anil in the streets, but
at every place to which the public resort to ob
tain fre-hair,some shopboy isfound, (no gentle
man ever is,) to pollute the atmosphere round him
wtihhis cheap cigar and to disgust every’ one with
in his reach with the stench he emits, as offensive
to his o .vn stomach as to all that are forced to
“wind " him or his nastiness. If men must in
dulge in such a vice let them do it in secret, and
not deprive their betters of the pure air they are
unable to estimate.
Fat.s '. Prophets.—Out of fifty-four authors
who have given their opinion of the commence
ment and the end of the prophetic numbers,
1,260 days, &c., the calculations ot thirty-two
have already proved false. These and others
have had their adherents; some of them a mul
titude, all of whom probably believed their
leaders, and proved as clear as daylight their
separate theories.
The United States.
The Baltimore American says:—
We find in a recent number of the Cincinna
ti Chronicle an able editorial dissertation on
the “Growth and Power of the United States.”
The arncle in question commences with the re
mark that ever since the complete establishment
of the American cons.itutional government,
the future growth and ultimate power of the U.
States have been a problem both with philoso
phers and political economists. The specula
tions connected with this subject, it is alleged,
have two strongly exciting causes—the first a
desire t ■ discover the effect of the freest institu
tions mankind had ever adopted, on the happi
ness ana pre sperity of the people under their in
fluence; and the other a desire to discover the
natural growth of the only nation which, since
the earliest ages of the world, has been left un
disturbed in its natural progress. As yet these
problems have been only partially determined.
Half a century, however, has furnished some
elements of the ultimate results; aid those
beyond tiny disturbing cause, except thffiaf Di
vine Providence.
The v. riter properly deems the future prospect
highly i nporiant, in considering our relations
with other nations, and in determining our Na
tional i olicy, ana this it was which induced
him to l liter upon a “strict examination of the
natural capabilities of our country.” The in
vestigation has evidently been made with much
care, an I we feel no hesitation in presenting to
our rear ts, in a condensed shape, some of his
deductions.
The surface of the United States comprehends
a space of about two millions two hundred and
fifty thousand square miles, and is about one
twentietli part of the land surface of the Earth.
More th..n or.e-half of this surlace lies between
the 35th and 45th degrees of latitude, in the very
heart ot the Temperate Zone, where Nature
brings n en and fruits to the highest measure ol
compara live excellence. Os the whole two mil
lion two hunured and fifty thousand square
miles of surface, only about two hundred and
fifty thousand lie in the Atlantic slope, and two
thirds ofthe whole lie in the Valley ofthe Mis
sissippi. To estimate rightly the population,
which, under the natural laws of increase, will
arise ana be readily maintained on this surface,
it is proj er to consider the arability and fertility
of the great American Basin, as the Valley of
the Mississippi has been styled. In this vast
region, there is very little space occupied by
mountains, marshes, or lakes, incapable of pro
duction. Almost the w’hole surface is arable.
Its rivets are remarkably long. The main
stream of the Mississippi rises near latitude
48”, and joins the Gulf ot Mexico about 39 Q , —
thus running through about 20 degrees of lati
tude. The Red River of Louisiana is one
thousand miles in length; the Ohio, ascending
to the heads ofthe Monongahela and Allegha
ny, is also one thousand miles long. The rains
and melted snows, which occasion the annual
floods, fall oh distant mountains, and raise these
streams to great heights, pouring forth vast vol
umes of water, which irrigate and fertilize their
banks. These great facts, taken in connection
with its locality in the midst of the Temperate
Zope, determine the conclusion that this great
Basin is capable of producing more grain, and
consequently maintaining more people, tjian
any other equal space on the face ol the globe.
It is gratifying to know, too, that so far as culti
vation has extended, the practical result corres
ponds w nh the theory deduced from geographi
cal facts.
The circumference or border line ofthe Unit
ed States is about nine thousand the hundred
miles in length. It may be divided thus: Boun
dary in c.tinmen with British North America,
3,700 miles; boundary in common with Mexi
co, 2,300: coast ofthe Pacific 700; coast of the
Gulf of .'texico lOtXt; and coast of the Atlantic
J «00 it’, es. rire territory thus enclosed in
clude.- at o m arly ten thousand miles of River
and Lake navigation, of which two-thirds are in
the Valiev ofthe Mississippi. Geographers of
foreign countries have admitted that this exten
sive country has the most varied soil, climate
and productions of any country on the face of
the earth. The inevitable consequences of this
is that its capabilities for population and wealth
are correspondingly great.
A number ot estimates of the progress of A
merican population have been made. The w ri
ter is of opinion that two of these, —the one by
Darby, the other by Prof. Tucker,—-are partic
ularly worthy of notice. Comparing the esti
mates of these gentlemen, and taking the mean,
it may be considered certain, continues the wri
ter, that, without Divine interposition to the
contrary, one century will increase the popula
tion ofthe United States to three hundred mil
lions. We must confess, that, to our mind, the
mean estimate here given appears by far too
great.
Estimates have been made which render it
certain that the United States have an ultimate
capacity ot containing cigAr hundred millions of
people, which is more than the entire population
ofthe globe.
The Crops in South-Western Georgia.
Our farmers in this section of the State are
very much cheered up w ith the prospects of the
grow’ing crop. Notwithstanding the unusal
cold weather during the early part of the spring
and the very drv weather that has succeeded it,
event branch ofthe crop looks promising, though
it is from two to three weeks later than usual.
One of our planters informed us the othe: day,
that he saw cotton blossoms in his field two
weeks ago, and that, at that time, they were
quite numerous. The wheat crop has turned
out unusually fine for this country. Although
this climate is not so well adapted to the grow th
ot w heat as some others, yet our tanners can
raise a sufficient quantity tor their own con
sumption. it they will only take the necessary
pains. Many of them, because they meet with
an occasional failure, neglect altogether this
: branch ofthe crop, which we think is rather bad
, policy; for the amount of money paid out eve
■ ry year for flour, is no small item in ourexpen
, ditures. In the present embarrassed state ot
t the country, we should have a proper regard to
1 economy, and send Ss Tittle money but 'bi the
country as possible.— Albany Courrei. •
Correspondence of the North American.
New York,June 11,
We have a rainy day, with a few minutes oi
■unshine occasionally, and a very fair prospect
for a good hard rain to-morrow, which would b
. me oi the best things that could be for Cap an
lyler, as the spirit is quite languid here
nd some excuse must lie found for his cool re
eption. He will visit the Chatham Theatre
o-morrow night, it is said.
A very destructive tire broke out last night in
he steam planing mills at the corner of Mont
joinery and Monroe stree s. The fire, owing
o the combustible materials, soon extended to
ne block near, and the dwellings of some thir
y families soon burnt, leaving scarce time Ibi
he inmates to escape with their lives, much
less their goods. A very large amount of lum
oer was destroyed, and the loss above the insure
ance will not fall short of 310,000. The amount
insured was 8'15,000.
Owing to the violent changes in the weather,
there are more people sick with influenza am.
hronic diseases than tor a long term of years,
and great mortality prevails among children.
The keels of two brigs for the Mexican navy
are laid in the shipyard of W. Brown. They
are to be of the same size as the Libertad and
Eagle.
Our stock market has not changed much dur
ing the past week, but a feeling of mistrust exists
among operators.
Exchange on London has slightly fallen, and
Baß|isnowon the range.
A Western paper t in its notice to correspon
dents, says— ‘‘Truth ona Railroal shall soon ap
pear."—We are glad to see the old lady accom
modated with so rapid a conveyance. She lias
been travelling heretofore upon crutches.
prospectus of the
Savannah Republican.
TO OCR friends in the interior.
During the last three years the Savannah Re
publican nas been much increased in size, and its
editorial and working department have been so
organized that it has been in our poiver to dis
tribute a vast amount of useful information a
mong our readers in the low country, the num
ber of whom has more than doubled. Our cir
culation is not so great in the interior, however,
.as it ought to be. Hitherto we have been com
pletely cut off from the up-country, but now, by
the completion of the Central Rail Road, we are
brought near to it, and Savannah is from neces
sity and will lie its commercial mart. Hereto
fore we have made no efforts to extend our circu
lation in the interior, but the time has now come
and we call npon our friends of the State Rights
Party of Georgia to lend us a helping hand.
Our luture course may be known from what
we have done. To those who have not read
our columns it would be well to say, that we
shall prosecute the war that we commenced near
three years ago, upon “the People’s very Demo
cratic C rntral Bank. The neck of this monster
is now under the heel of the people, and itsprom
ises to pay are received at their just discount.
We now point to the borrowers from this insti
tution, who are suffering under its grinding ef
forts to collect money, inatime of unprecedented
scarcity. We shall continue to denounce the
Milledgeville Clique, who have so long lorded
it over our rights and fattened upon our substance
while they have bankrupted the Stale, and not
content with this, one ot their number has em
bezzled aboul $30,000 of the public money. We
shall denounce in bold terms such paltry subter
fuges as have been practiced by the Loco Foco
party, and expose the worthlessness of McDon
ald tea and coffee, the increase of taxes under
the promise to diminish them, the improvident,
dishonest, corrupt legislation, by means or which
a foul stain has been cast upon the escutchion
of this State,—such legislation as any set of men
ought to blush to be concerned in.
We shall occupy a moderate, defensible
ground in relation to a Tarift —equally free
from direct taxation for the support of the Uni
ed States Government, on a people already op
pressed, and its opposite of excessive protection.
The present tarift, with it high protecting duties
on woolens, cotton and iron, we object to. We
desire to see a tariffforrevenue, with only slight
countei vailing and discriminative protection.
Such are some of the general objects for
which we labor, and shall continue to labor,
and we invite all friends to the good cause—
that of law and order—to aid us in our efforts.
With regard to the News and Commercial
Departments ot the paper, we are determined
whTt w’> nave already done. We purchased
t&e'Republican with a “determination to build it
up and to make it the business of our lives, and
we see nothing to discourage us in our efforts,
but every thing to urge us on.
To the politicians of our party especially, it
must be a matter of importance to extend the
circulation of the Republican, be ause we are of
course and of necessity, the medium of commu
nication between the sea-boatd and all the oth
er papers ot the State. As we perform our du
ty to the public and our own party, so will the
people and that part)’ fare well or ill. One
thing all may rest assured of, even if our pre
vious course was not already a guarantee of it,
we will pursue an independent, straight-forward,
honest course, or at least, that which we believe
to be so, and that is synonymous with the mo
ral principles of the Whig party. In short, we
will do every thing which lies in our power to
enlighten and instruct our readers. We may
not always come up to the demands of party ex
actions, but when we deviate from them, be
sure that we feel that our country has higher
claims, and should always be served before par
ty-
We feel that we have a right to call upon our
Whig and State Rights friends in the interior
to furnish us the means of increasing our influ
ence. Let each ot our present subscribers pro
cure us one or two more and the thing is done.
We pledge ourselves to give a good account oi
them.
We prefer this mode of communicating with
the public lo sending out an Agent, as the ex
pense attending such a proceeding is generally
too heavy to be borne. We intend however, in
a few days to publish a Circular embodying the
above, copies of which we shall take the liberty
of forwarding to some of our friends in the in
terior.
We have only to add the terms of subscrip
tion, which are, for the Daily Paper $lO, and
for the Country, (tri-weekly,) $5, per annum.
Payments in all cases to be made in advance,
or what we consider equal thereto, a City refer
ence. LOCKE & DAVIS,
Editors and Proprietors Savannah Republican.
-Aaron Burr’s Papers.—The New York
Courier states that such of those papers as late
ly found their way to Hartford, Ct., are of no
consequence whatever. They consist merely
of copies of old law papers, which, having been
carefully culled ovei, were given to a poor man
to sell us waste paper. All the letters, deeds,
documents, &c., which were deemed to be ofthe
least importance, are said to have been careful
ly presetved, and are under the control of Col.
Burr’s executors.
The found papers, however, cannot be desti
tute of iiiere.-t, nor wholly barren cf fruit, if
they contain many such passages as the follow
ing, which is a copy of a note to a written opin
ion in the celebrated Livingston steamboat case:
“P. S. I have endeavored to render these re
marks intelligible by avoiding technical expres
sions, and think I have succeeded, except w here
it became necessary to speak of special plead
ing, which defies equally common sense and
common language. The jargon of this science
(as it is termed) is like the slang of highway
men, invented lor similar purposes, intelligible
only to those of the jgofession. A. B.”
A Long Island minstrel thus delicately
alludes lo a husband’s nether garment, among
a number of other equally pathetic stanzas. —
The modesty of expression is only equalled by
that of some very fastidious ladies.
“And while retreating through the woods,
And through the tangled fern,
He tore his musn’t mention ’EMS,
And had to put on HERN.”
A True Wife.—The Buffalo papers an
nounce the death, on the 21st of May, of Mrs.
Maria. Wait, wife of Benjamin Wait, one of the
Canadian political convicts. An obituary no
tice in the Buffalo Commercial says:
“She was a woman of very uncommon pow
ers of mind, amiable in her deportment, ardent
in her affection, and of untiring energy and per
severance of character. Her exertions in be
half of her husband and his tellow prisoners
who were under sentence of death for political
offences committed during the winter of 183 <
and 1838 in Upper Canada, seemed almost su
perhuman. After having procured a commuta
tion of the sentence from death to perpetual ban
ishment to Van Dieman’s Land, she went di
rectly to London, where she continued ten
months her unwearied exertions for their final
release. She wae most kindly received by the
Queen, the heads of Department, and all the
offi ers of the Crown. Through her exertions,
the freedom of the island was extended to them
and all the liberty they could enjoy in the land
of their exile, and but for their escape, she soon
would have procured their final pardon. Het
trials and sufferings during this period of inces
sant toil and anxiety are most afl’ectingly and
graphically described in her letters to a friend,
published in het»husband’s narrative.”
AUGUSTA, GA rHURSDA\WORMNG, JUNE 22, 1843.
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 17.
I'lie President’s Reception In New York.
The ‘welcome to John Tyler,’ on his arriv; 1
on Tuesday the 13th, was a tame and flat affair
There was about halt a turnout of the military
looking well as usual, and a very good ‘show
.ng’ of the Irish Repealers, who rallied rathe,
to exhibit their strength th in from any great
love for ‘the occasion.’ Then there was a pretty
good gathering of miscellaneous people, as there
■lways is when there is a show to be seen—not
so many as there would have been to see a col
ored gentleman hung, but still very fair consid
ering. The spectacle was very late in reaching
the city, having lo stop at New Brunswick and
Perth Amboy on his way from Princeton yes
terday, so that a great many grown people, to
say nothing of the babies, were kept longer
standing in the sun than would have been con
ducive to health or good temper. Jtivasfive
o’clock when the procession began to move up
Broadway, and after eight when it got back to
Howard’s Hotel, way-worn and thirsty. It
passed-up-Chatham street, Proxirtpnt being
placer!—as we are told —in the midst of the
Spartan Band, while Ahasueres rode ahorse
somewhat in advance.
A coufiwed noise, that mi,)ht have been mis
taken for cheers, alarmed his Excellency as he
passed Tammany Hall; but he soon recovered
his self-possession and his hat—which had acci
dentally fallen from his hand. The procession
doubled Union Square in the most solemn silence
which was well maintained till they were well
down Broadway. A friend who chanced to be
passing, cried out ‘three cheers for Henry Clay;’
they were given with good will, and the effect
was electric, especially upon the Accident. The
great charcoal cart, known all over the city, we
understand, rather wickedly brought up the rear
for a part of the distance—endorsed ‘The Biges t
Rogue in the World.’ The ‘Truth should’utbe
spoken at all times.’
John Tyler and Ahasuerus, so far as we
could judge, were not in their best looks; w-hich
is not to be w ondered at, the coldness ot the so
vereigns being taken into account. Now if the
office-holdeis and seekers will only let our dis
tinguished visitors have a little command of
their own time, we doubt not they will be obli
ged. Wc give this advice “free gratis,” and
shall set an example ol the way it should be fol
lowed. Greatness and the delicate attentions of
those who w ant to live at the public expense,
are doubtless fine things; but a man wants time
to think and turn around if he is President.— N-
Y. Tribue of the Vhth.
Jj-The Secretary of the Treasury of the U.
S., through the Madisonian, acknowledges the
receipt of two hundred dollars for the credit of
the government, in an anonymous letter, dated
June 7, 1813, and post-marked, “New York.”
Freshet in Ohio.—The Cayahoga, 0., Star
mentions a disastrous freshet in that vicinity,
caused by violent rains; a number of saw-mills
were carried away—a large breach was made
in the Canal at Campbellsport, a warehouse of
R. B. Campbell,a dye-houseofMessrs. Alisons,
and one or two other buildings were carried away.
Henry P. Thayer of Campbellsport was drown
ed in attempting to save some property .-Several
flock ol sheep were carried away.
The Horrors or War.—A letter from
Buenos Ayres, published in the New York
American, says that the “Britannia, of Monte
video, of 4 h March, gives the depositions of a
highly respectable man who was a prisoner in
Oribe’s camp. The assassinationsand murders
co mmitted by that invading army are most hor
rid. prisoner seas had hiajthixuu.
’fs niartSdt blootl. In fact, the policy of this
Government is to let no one live who may be
opposed to them; and with the knowledge of
this, foreigners have been obliged to take ann
in self-defence.”
The New York Evening Post, in the fol
lowing article, shuts the door as closely as it
has the power to do, upon all the hopes of Pre
sident Tyler of obtaining the support of the
“Democracy:”
“ In a print which we receive from another
State, we find a complaint that Mr. Tyler does
not take sufficient pains to conciliate the Demo
cratic party, by removing Wh-gs from office
and appointing Democrats in their places.—
The writer appears to think that Mr. Tyler, in
order to secure the support of the Democratic
party, has little more to do than to scatter among
them liberally tire rewards of office.
“It is a great error to suppose that the votes of
the majority of the people of the United States
are to be secured by such methods. Even if we
suppose every one- of the eighteen millions of
people who inhabit the United States to be ve
nal, the patronage of the Executive is not large
enough to buy the support of one in a thousand.
For one whom you content by bestowing an
office, there'are ten whom you disappoint. The
man whom you turn out of office will probably
be more zealous in his enmity than the man
you put in will be active in his friendship.
“The people general!}' are jealous of the do
ings of office-holders. It requires great ac
knowledged integrity and purity ot character in
any man who takes an office under Government
to enable him to retain all the political influence
he had before. The lower class of placemen,
ot doubtful sincerity, who have been found some
times on one side and sometimes on another,
who clamor in public meetings and march in
processions, are always looked upon as labor
ers for hire. When they are particularly loud
and importunate, they produce no effect upon
public opinion, except to disgust the people with
them and with their employers.”
A DemaAiue.—The Cincinnati Gazette
gives the following as the reply of an orator to
the question asked by a friend, how he could
speak so often and speakto any purpose? How
perfectly the speeches of our Locofoco orators
are here described!
“Why, when I am at a loss for ideas, or ar
guments, or don’t know what to say to the peo
ple, I get upon my liberty key. I strike that al
ways with effect; Rome, Greece, Poland, our
Revolutionaries, my boy, help out amazingly.
Ifthat fails, I set up a regular built howl in fa
vor ot Irish Repeal, and against the English
all hate them, you know—an t I walk into the
Whigs, as British bought and Bank bought.—
It this don’t answer, I get against their prejudi
ces ; the Rich against the Poor, that’s my theme;
and the way I talk about palaces, and nabobs,
and all that sort of thing, is a caution; but I can
tell you I am sure tt> see the greasy countenan
ces of the Peeps lighten upon some of these
points, and then, my boy, I know where I am.”
Huzzah for Van Buren.
Out of sixty-seven land receivers under Van
Buren, sixty-four were defaulters I three only
were found honest! 1!
More ot this: It is a fact that in 1838 the
Locofoco Land officers, in and out of office had
in their hands the enormous sum of one million
nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars, that the
defaulting Locofoco Custom House officers had
in their hands the round sum of one million four
hundred and twenty-seven thousand four hundred
and tendollars, making in all THREE MIL
LIONS, THREE HUNDRED AND SEVEN
TY-SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUN
DRED AND TEN DOLLARS!!!
These are the gentlemen who talktof two dol
lars a day and roast beef and who ask for pow
er again.—lndiana State Journal.
Gifts.—Gifts however trifling, add to the ge
neral stock of harmless pleasures, by quicken
ing the affections, and nourishing the grow'h ot
those sympathies which bind us to each other.
They are eloquent in their silence, and speak
most unpretendingly of love, friendship, and
kind remembrance. The affection is poor which
can be told, and so the youngest of Lear’s
daughters felt when she resolved “to love and be
silent,” but it will, nevertheless, find ways of
indicating its presence, as a violet reveals itself
by its perfume. When it speaks to us by gifts
they should be welcome, for they are the sun
shine of a loving heart, and like sunshine should
be received as heavenly visitants, bringing with
them warmth and gladness.
The Weather. —Since Saturday last we
have had an abundant supply of rain, which
has been of great benefit to the oatcrop which
was suffering; the Corn has a fine appearance,
considering the backwardness of the season, and
in fact all the crops, in this vicinity, promises
an abundant harvest. The wheat crop has
turned out remarkably good.— Edge/ield, Adverti
ser of Wh
From the American.
Irish Jt-rijgal-
This question, so font agitated by Daniel O’-
Connell, has at last assißiied aserious aspect.-
It is resolved into a qumtion of might. Kight,
>n which ever side it iiffi’" exist m >. e abstract
must yield to the strongests •*> tb e contest. W,
cannot as Republicans ijilie any other ground
ffian in favor of ol equal rep.
resentation in the makes laws atiu
levies taxes. Hence, -fjjßfr'- as foe movement
made by the O’Connell jwrty in Ireland has tbi
its object the political elevationot the Irishpeo
people, so far it must excite the sympathy—we
do not say the interference—of every true Amer
ican. But we are at a l<*l»fospe cl ‘ng Mr. O'-
Connell's sincerity. He.feSaniis a repeal ot
the British and Irish Union, btit beyond that
change he lias given no steady pools of a desire
to etiect political amelioration. The utter in
justice of the Reform Bilj’inabi operation, still
limiting the right of .suffrage to sosmall a num
ber of voters that a majority canalways bi
bought by any candidate for’-Pwliament, has
attracted li’tle, if an*, of thegreWAgitator’sat
tention. Yet the *n Great
Britain appears to sos every
mi! iim-nt mimat,and
tin c mliiinii of the
'll--; -.-JsjgSfegXl-it'; m l.tig
l.:n,l i- imw vested in itA-,-.
According to the
ness in human nature, Ifiie ity jre.'f*--
linn ■ to I .: . laws lor il» .•V'Cjwhtij’*
Until the itttfTion bave a'vofcc in’’Farljament,
they will look in vain for a re IresS ofgrievan
c-s - ■ A,'
This object, so far as we arsMamiliar with
Mr. O’Connell’s course, lie has not sought.—
When occasion has offered, he may havegiven
it partial and momentary supportj ptit never has
he brought to it systematically ana "steadily the
energies of his mind. It is on this Account that
we ate not entirely satisfied thathe is sincere.
His abuse of the people is another
reason for the doubt. Were hothe friend of
liberty which he professes to'be, he would have
felt an interest in the moral and national char
acter of this republican Uniom' It would have
been his care to extenuate its errors, and to have
magnified its worth. He'would have recognis
in the progress of the United Sfttes an impulse
to civil freedom throughout the world. He
would have rejoiced in pointing to that progress
as an evidence of the virtue demicratic in
stitutions. But thishas nevir *been Daniel O’-
Connell’s mode ot action asa popular leader.
He has uttered again and .igqriti .ferocious in
vective against this country. He'has held itup
to odium, derision, and contempt.' He has pla
ced a weapon in the hands of monopolists ot
power to strike down his owb followers. Can
we, with these facts before u»,'.avoid the suppo
sition that he may have “repeal” less at heart
than some other purpose whidi the agitation of
repeal secures?
Whether O’Connell is in ihrnest or not, the
movement which he leads isapproaching a cri
sis. At all events, the Irish people of his party
are in earnest. They reallr are anxious for
repeal, and seem prepared w hazard every thing
at his bidding to secure it. But theßritish Go
vernment seem indisposed t«4>e any longer a
quiet spectator of the game. Recent expressions
of ministers in both branches jf parliament leave
no doubt of the course wijch they will pur
sue. On the 9th of May, in t|e House of Com
mons, Sir Robert Peel usedfte following lan
guage .
“I here subscribe to and Bpeat' tlje declara
tion made in this place on a brmer dtcasion by
Lord Altborp, that all war, ancles
pccially deprecating civil war,there ignei-crtheksss
no oiler native which I should consider prefera
ble to the dismemberment of thereat empire f but
I hope, sir, that our forbearar.i# will not be mis
construed; 1 trust that weshalionly obtain addi
tional strength by deferring «ur call for new
powers until more urgent necAsity shall arise,
and meanwhile I hope I have given proof that
■we shall not fail to as/c for these powers if it shall
be found necessary to demand taem, m order to
fulfil the desire expressed by Pirliament in the
year 1834”—(the desire to suppress the rtpeal
sedition.)
Sir Robert Peel, after efiiphattc declara
tion, ivas asked,by amembei wfeeiher Lord As-.
thorp had said that repeal woild be allowed,,
provided all the Irish members fotedfor it? To
this the Premier replied: I
“1 do not remember that the <oble Lord (-AJ
thorp) made any such admission but, if he did,
there can be no aotfr t wowfoiiatch
the word, In the Lord Broug; -
am spoke in a similar s-Among his re
marks are the following: i ’
“No man can doubt thaVtipt event such a
catastrophe as a repeal of the Union, the utter
most exertion ol the power of this country —its
moral force, Us legislative fora, and its physical
force — would be put forward chterfuUy, and anx
iously, and heartily, at the first iitimation on the
part of Her Majesty’s Govenment that any
such exertion was by them deened necessary.”
♦ ♦ » “He (Lord Broughan) entertained no
fear whatever of the result of frese agitations;
but il he entertained no such bar it was be
cause he knew’his noble- frienls opposite too
well to believe that they were (apable, for the
sake of courting any fleeting, temporary, base
popularity, of taking a cottrse'tf what was call
ed concess-ion and conciliation, tovards those who
wished to destroy the empire—a course which
had the uniform and inevitableeffect of making
enemies of your friends and mak-ng your enemies
despise you."
To press the repeal agitation much further
will be to excite the Govcmm°it to suppress it
by -force, 'and then, as we remtrk above, right
will be merged in might. Thearms of Great
Britain cannot be resisted for asingle week in
Ireland. Thecontestfcould haw but one termi
nation—the utter prostration ts the O’Connell
party and ofhimself with it. Ein 1798 Eng
land could put down the Irish rebellion when the
obstacles to her success were incomparably
greater than at this lime, there :an be no ques
tion of her ability to suppress any present or
future insurrection’. ? It appears to us, therefore,
that the truest friends of Irelandwill counsel no
step which may bring her unarmed peasantry
into conflict with British soldieri. Heartily as
we wish civil, and particularly religious liberty
to the Irish nation, we cannot perceive that the
mere agitation of repeal will conince to the ac
quisition of it. The people stani more in need
of education, and of the mental enlightenment
which will enable tl em to think forthemselves
instead of acting blindly at the beck of chiefs,
clerical or political, than of any other change
in their conditions
From the Journal of Commerce.
Repeal of the Union.
Several meetings of Irishmen and others have
been held in this city lately, lor the purpose of
promoting-the fiepeaZ of the Union between Eng
land and Ireland.
We sincerely regret these movements; and
especially that any American should be con
cerned in them. What have we to do with the
repeal of the Unioh between England and Ire
land ? Just as much as Englishmen in Eng
land have to do with a repeal of the Union be
tween the 26 States of this Confederacy ; and
no mote. Suppose that during the Nullification
excitement.,*, iftle there was apparently some
..utiget J glorious Uniotk would be rup
tured. tqcetinsi had been held in England for the
purposqtbf aiding the movement; suppose that
resolution, inflammatory addresses and money
had been rirwarded by those meetings to one ot
the contending parties, say South Carolina,
with the promise of other aid if needed. Would
not the besom of every American burn with
indignatiai at the outrage ? Even South Caro
lina would have spurned the proffered sympa
thy, as a reflection upon her honor. Foreign
interference in family quarrels is always offen
sive—exceedingly so to one of the parties, and
not untreqiien'ly’ to both. We are now, as a
nation, iiting in peace with England, and it
does not bfeome us to act towards her the part
ot incenditries. Besides, in our judgment, no
thing coud be more cruel to Ireland herself
than the fomenting this alienation between her
and Eng laid. For good or for evil those Isl
andsmust always exist side by side, and in all
probability will always be politically united.—
Any attempt to repeal the Union by violence,
(and no other method can avail any thing,)
would dduge Ireland with blood. She has been
grievously wronged, it is true; but of late there
has been a disposition on the part of England to
redress ier wrongs and do her j ustice One af
ter anoter, she is regaining her rights; and
unless tfie spirit of rebellion is infused into her
by Daniel “O’Connell ana his associates, the
prospect is, that she will soon have little to
complaia of. But as certainly as she raises the
stanaani of rebellion, «o certainly will the blood
ol her sens flow like water, and flow (there is
reason to believe) unavailingly. The determi
nation of the British government is firm as the
Andes, that the Union shall not be dissolved.
The ground has been taken, —deliberately fii
nalty.
If only peaceable measures are contemplated,
there are agitators enough in Ireland, without
our help. If it is expected to bring about a re
peal with the consent of the British government,
that consent is not to be gained by popular eb’
nllitions on this side of the Atlantic. On the
contrary, nothing would so much embarrass
and retard the measure as interference from this
quarter.
Tha Grand Jury of Kiygs county, have pre
sented tae Brooklyn CommonCbubcil for keep
ing disorderly houses—to wit, the engine hous
es. ■ ■ /
From the New Ch-leans Courier of the 1011.
Late and Interesting from Yucatan.
We are informed by Capt. Jefferson, of th
ehr. Washington, from Campeaehy, in si:
.ays, that, on Hie is: June, propositions Ibi
essation of hostilities and lor a permanet;
eace between Mexico and her revolted confei
rale, had been oftred, and were under the con
ideration of the government of Yucatan. 1
was proposed by Ampudia, commander of tin
Mexican forces, that he should be allowed U
evacuate, without molestation, the Yucatanesi
territory; that the government of Yucatan shoul
appoint two commissioners, and that they shouk
oejoined by two on the part o.
Mexico; and that these cumiiiissfoners shoul.
agree on the basis of an arrangement lor the at
commodation of all tiifferences between th.
contending parties, it was said that this propo
sition was made under the direction of Sant:
Anna. The Yucatanese seemed to be weL
pleased with this arrangement, and ready to en
ter into it. Some persons were uncer the iu,
pression that this offer of peace was only a lein
on the part of Ampudja; and that his object was
to gain lime, to retreat to Lerma, where, it was
supposed, he would be able to effect the debark
ation of his troops. Their opinion was baser,
on the critical position in which he found him
self placed. Eight hundred of the Yucateco
from Merida, and the bal
aibx •: >.. ’ --esthzpMkoaaam! were
Commodore Moore was ready for action; the
injury (according to the information obtained bv
Capt” Jefferson) suffered by the vessels, in the
late action, under his command, was but trifling.
He had an excellent crew; and they were quire
tsanguine of victory. It was his intention to
have given the enemy chase on the 2d; but on
account of the negotiations pending, he had for
borne doing so.
With reference to the engagement between
Commodore Moore and the Mexican steamers,
we interrogated the captain, with the view ol
elicitin’the truth, and arriving at the actual re
sult. He knowshothing of the matter himself,
not having reached Campeaehy until after the
battle; but his information is, that the Mexican
sleamyrb received the greatest damage: that one
of them lost one hundred and fifty men; and
that Commodore Moore chasedthem for several
leagues, and had it not been for an adverse
wind, and the superiority of steam power under
such circumstances to escape, he would have
captured them. The Guadaloupc had since the
engagement remained at her moorings omside,
and the Montezuma had only cruised about at a '
distance. They had received a challenge from
Com. Moore, to meet him in battle, and were so
afraid ot him that they would not intercept the 1
schr. Glide, although they intended doing so,
upon learning that he was ready togo to her as
sistance. ' ;
By the Washington, we have received Cam- I
peachy papers to the Ist inst. They represent
that on the succeeding day after the occupation
of the trenches of San Roman, Gen. Ampudia
had addressed to the Yucatecos, a proclamation 1
asking them to return to the paths of duty. This i
document appears in the Independant of Meri
day, of the 23d of May, and seems to ex- '
cited only the ridicule’arid contempt of the in- 1
habitants. .
During the nights of the 18th and 19th, and
the morning of the 19th, the Mexicans stationed
on the heights, had kept up a regular and inces
sant firing and bombardment of the Yucateco t
camp of St. Anna. They haddirected towaids c
the Yucateco vessels, the fire of a 24 pounder
placed in the entrenchments near San Roman!
The artillery of the insurgents had not ceased i
to return the firing upon the ramparts and fort
of St. Charles. The Yucatecos acknowledge 1
one man killed and five wounded. ° f
On the satne day, the steamer Regenerador ;
and thebrig-of-w'ar Iman anchored a’ongside of 1
the Guadaloupe and the Montezuma, which '
were stationed at a snort distance from the other
Mexican armed vessels.
Theindependencia, printed at Merida, ofthe
23d ot May, contains the following article:
“The Texian vessel [meaning, probably,
Com. Moore’s flag ship,] had twenty-three men
wounded, of whom three have since died. The
other vessels suffered no damage. Wc are still
ignorant of the loss of the enemy.’’
In addition to the news communicated in the
foregoing extract from the Courier, we have on
ly to add the letter which follows, from a Tex
TwsrXS“Sc-iir. cfp War lN erTi 1 , 1 !
■a iMrk- off's;..!, wray 28, 1843. (
7b the Editors of the Tropic:
You will not be a little surprised at hearing
of our being here in this vessel—it is Boylan’s
craft—but loaned us by the Governor, and com
missioned by Com. Moore. We left Campea
chy on the2lst, to cut out the steamer Regener
ador, supposed to be bound to Telchac, togeth
er with some transports. On the 23d we fell in
with the schr. Glide, from Orleans, bound to
Campeaehy—your humble servant was ordered
to take charge ol her. Lt. Grey conveyed m'e
down. On the afternoon of the 24th, we rijn
the blockade, the three steamers chasing u's.
The Glide was drawing more water than anv
vessel that has sailed from New Orleans this
season bound to Campeaehy. On the 25th I
delivered the schoone- to her captain, and after
receiving the thanks of himself, crew and pas
sengers, we returned on board this vessel to pre
pare for another cruize. On the night of the
27th, we again l«ft—run over a fishing boat in
the dark, (fortunately saved all hands) proceed
ed to windward; yesterday spoke to the French
brig Eclipse, from Havre to Vera Cruz; and this
day at 4 o’clock arrived here—finding a vessel
bound immediately to your city, I determined
to drop you a line, but was most soundly puz
zled to find aught to write on. I know that you
are very punctilious, but trust you will excuse
my paper as a few leaves out of i»y blank book
are all I can raise. To-night we get under
weigh, bound to windward. I supposeyou have
heard of our last fight—report now says there
was upwards of 150 killed and wounded on
board the two steamers.
Yours truly, L.
Flood in Pennsylvania.—The Beaver Ar
gus speaks of a destructive flood which has re
cently visited that region. On the 3d the rain
poured down in torrents; all the streams in the
vicinity were greatly swollen; bridges, mills,
dams, &c. were swept away, and property des
troyed lo the amount of many thousand dollais.
Two bridges on Little Beaver have been car
ried ofi’; arid not one is left on Hickory Creek
while most of those on the smaller streams arc
destroyed. The most serious individual loss is
that of Mr. Jonathan Evans, whose large stone
flouring mill, near the Beaver, has been Oom
away, with all its contents. Several saw m ftfe
were also carried ofl by the sweeping mas s o f
water. At two points a drowned man w as ob
served floatingamongthedrift. Several! reach
es wet e made in the Beaver Division of the Ca
nal near the mouth of the Mahon? ,-, We
have had accounts from the Cross C
which was said to be all under wate’ One ac
queduct, we learn, at Newton Fal’ 1S evas tom
away.
Heavv Fire. •1 he large slea m cotton mill at
Bristol, R. I. was struck by light*. im<, on the night
of the 9th inst, and the interior, ofthe buildin"-
ivas entirely destroyed—all tt e cloth was savech
Theeuti e'fo.-s iu machinery, &c. is estimated
at about 8120,090, on wbir.n there was an in-ur
ance ot Sbb’bOO. No person was injured, and
the fire as the air was so rtunately calm, was con
fined to the mill. The. loss will be severely felt
in the neighborhood.--A’. Y. Tribune.
Horrid Tragb.dy. —We learn from the
Fredericksburg (Vii ginia) Democrat of Friday,
the following pajticulars ol a most attrocious af
fair, which occurred in Madison. It seems that
a young mzn named Ford was severely cow
hided for some offence, by a man named Back.
The brothers of Ford, two or three in number,
were highly incensed on account of the occur
rence, and threatened revenge. One day last
week, the parties met by agreement, some miles
from home—near Janies City—armed, and ac
companied by friends. Efforts were made to
prevent a meeting; but to no avail. Back cooly
ordered a coltin, and went to the place appoint
ed, armed with pistols and a scythe. One of"
the Fords approached him with a cowhide; with
a pistol in his other hand, to be used, if Back
resisted. Resi-tance being made, the pistol was
discharged, and Back tell, the ball having enter
ed his head. The parties, we understand, have
heretofore sustained a good character, which
makes this transaction doubly barbarous.
y>The locusts.have made their appearance in
myriads in the neighborhood of Ne.w Haven.
Ratehr Cool. —The Mobile Herald contains
the foltowingnotice ofa piece of ‘‘coolimpnidcnce,"
which in these sultry times is quite refreshing!
Wonder if there are any sacti gentlemen “in these
diggings ?”
Cool Impujwmce.—-We saw the coolest piece
of impudence and ill manners yesterday morning
that has laltea under our observation lor many
months. A gentleman (?) who lives next door to
one of our subscribers on Dauphin streeet be
tween Joachim and Jackson, had taken his
stand to took out for cur earner—and as the
boy approached and was about throwing the
paper into the subscriber’s store, the gcnlleman
stepped up and took it away from him—leisure
ly seated himself in the store, and read the Herald
through, before he handed it to its rightful owner
—who had to wait the convenience of the intru
der before he could get it.
MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 19.
Baker Superior Court.
The Albany (Geo.) Courier ofthe 13th in; ■
•ays: —During the sessnn of our Court la:
>eek, James Burn wasconvictedofmanslaug.
•r, and sentenced to four years imprisonment!
he Penitentiary. This makesthe fourth worth,
ent lo Milledgeville from Sumpter, Lee and B:
ter, during this sitting ol the Court. A fei
nore such examples will place South-westei.
Georgia on an equality with other portions-o
he State, in point of morality and good ordei
n the last six years th rteen murdeis have bee,
a nnmitted within these three counties—some o
hem of the most brutal, horrid and maliciou
haracrer, and other crimes adinfinitum of evt
.y grade and dye, yet such has been the syrnpa
thy of jurors, and the maukish sensibility of tbi
public in regard to criminal punishment, tha
heretofore all have escaped unwhipped of. jus
tice. Thank God, evenhanded justice is being,
meted out at last, and we trust, will be until ev
er} - malefactor is snugly lodged within the wall
ot the Penitentiary.
N. Y. Commercial Advertiser) that the loss o
the Grampus fs considered questior
by the Navy Department; so we are informed it
letter from Washington, the writer of which
lasjust been conversing with the acting Secre
tary of the Navy.
The Commercial learns from the same source
that the naval constructors have agreed lo buik
several ships of the size of the Saratoga, each
upon his own model, and that the best sailet
among these new ships will be adopted as the
model in future constructions for the Navy.
Mississippi.—The Governor ofthe State of
Mississippi has issued• a proclamat ion requir
ing the Legislature ot that State to convene in
extraordinary session on Monday, the 10th day
of July next. “Various important matters,” the
Governor says, “claims the attention of the
People’s Representatives.” The laying oft’ the
State into four Congressional districts, in ac
cordance with the late h.w of Congress, is sup
posed to be one of the important matters refer
red to.
The Columbus (Ga.) Times ofthe 15th inst.
says:—The Superior Court, Judge Sturgis on
the Bench, is again in session.
The cases pending against the Bank oi Co
lumbus—the Planters ■& Mechanics Bank—and
the Chattahoochee Ra il Road & Banking Com
pany, of this City—in the nature ot Writs of
Quo Warranto, enqu iring by what authority
they still retain their Charters—have been tried,
and judgments of forfeiture rendered against all
these Institutions.
Their effects, by a law of the last Legislature,
will now pass into the hands of assignees, to be
selected by the Governor of the State.
U’Orlando Allen and John R. Lee, formerly
Vice President and Cashier of the Bank of Buf
falo, were arraigne#at Buffalo on the Blh inst.,
for perjury in swearing to the amount of notes
in circulation. Bail w;.s refused, and they
were committed to jail. .
Tied up.—The brig R uggles and schrs. Wy
andot and Starkey, have been seized by some of
the Western collectors, in consequence of be
ing commanded by aliens. It has caused con
siderable inconvenience already, and must sub
ject the owners to fartl» er detention, but nothin g
more.— Buffalo Oommeircial.
An action v,as brought into the Court of
Common Pleas, at Cincinnati, last week, by a
steward on? board the steamboat Monarch,
*ftSinst th -r
recover d amages forinjuries sustained by a col
lision between the two boats. The Court char
ged thr; Jury that if the collision was the fault
of the Georgia, or the fault of both boats, the
plai ntifi was entitled to damages. The Jury
reentered a verdict of s7oodamages tor theplain
> iff’. The case will be takenup to the Supreme
Court.
Shipwreck.—On the 30th ult., a small vessel
about forty tons burthen, owned in Chicago,
was lost near Michigan city on Lake Michi
gan. Three men were lost in her, one of them
a Mr. Conklin, a gentleman much esteemed in
the latter place where he resided.
XJ»Passengers are taken from Boston tb
Portland (112 by rail road, for one d ol
lar, the distance being run too in five hours.
Solitary Confinement.—The Mobile Her
ald remarks that the re has been but one birth in
the village of Lee, Io wa, in the past year.
Court Etiquette .—The New York Com
mercial gives a full account of the reception of
the President in New York, and after descri
bing the scene at the introduction ofthe Mayor,
says:
“ After this ceremony was concluded, the
President w as introduced to s veral persons near
him, while Mr. Robert shook hands with sever
al of his acquaintances, and in reply to the in
quiries , after his father’s health, invariably an
swers d—‘My father, THE PRESIDENT, is
rery well.”’!!
’’-'he New York Commercial learns that the
T vler party closed the grand procession in New
’ifork, and filled one entire cab—and there were
four personsin an omnibus “who are said to be
also ofthe Tyler party.”
Jj*The Columbus Times ofthe 15th says: —
We have been shown by Mr. Bugbee of this
city, a bill of the Marine and Fire Insurance
Bank of Savannah, raised from one dollar to
five dollars. It is ofthe emission signed Edw-
Padelford, Prest. and J. Olmstead Cashr.
The alteration is affected b\ obliterating, by
some chemical process, the denomination of the
bill in the circle, on the right and left at the top,
and by inserting the figure sat the left, and the
letter V. on the right—and by substituting the
Avord five in the body of the bill in place of the
word one. This added to the word dollar is ex
ecuted badly in the bill shown to us.
TV There were exported fiom Boston, during
the week ending on the 10th inst. 2039 bales
of domestic goods: Os these 1767 bales were
shipped to the East Indies, 260 to Rio Janefro,
and 12 br.les to St. Thomas.
TV Money continues abundant in New Yo rk.
—The Express of Monday says that almost any
amount can be had at percent, on undoubt
ed avai table securities.
SVThe President left New York on Wed
nesday afternoon for Providence and Boston. —
He was expected to arrive in the latter e:ity at
10 o’clock on Friday morning.
TV’l’he New York Courier says that the stock
of specie in that city is unusually large, and
- that there is no foreign demand whatever.
1 Murder in Scotland.—A report has pre
vailed for some days of a dreadful mi irdei
‘ which was committed in January last, neai
Paisely, in Scotland. The one committing' tire
: horrid act it is said, was the wife of the mm tter
-1 ed man. He was wealthy and died suddr inly.
Suspicion recently was excited, and the 1 jody
exhumed and when the stomach was found io
1 be full of Arsenic. The vvife fled and took pas
sage for the United States, but a messenger was
immediately despatched by the Acadia an d the
guilty one demanded under the terms of ‘ ,he re
’ cent treaty. The vessel in which she ei nbark
ed has not yet arrived, but she will no do .übt be
! arrested, and meet with the punishment which
, she appears so truly to deserve.—A’. Y. Express.
Mob Law.—The citizens of Merc >r county
: Ohio, living in the vicinity ofthe r< -servoir, a
; few days since collected in consideral ,le numbers
• demolished the embankment, and d rained it of
> the water. This reservoir covers m immense
tract of country, and has inundater 1, it is said,
> several excellent farms, and renderr .-dthemalmost
: useless. The owners, and those who felt them
: selves aggrieved in other respect s, were’ unable
i to obtain that recompense from t J>e State author
ities which they considered wa s due them, and
I finally, as a dernier resort, tool; the law into their
own hands to right themselves » It is said that
many of the most respectable men in the county
were actively engaged in th' e business.
The Kentucky Tornado.
The storm which look place in Kenluck
wo weeks ago last Sunday, was one of th<
iost violent ever remembered in that State.—
.n immense amount of property wasdestroyei
ireat damage was done to timber and crops, a>
•ell as by washing away the soil. The farn
f John W. Hunt, Esq., of Fayette, was injui
dto the extent of 520,000. Not a timber tre>
a left standing; and out of three huncred fim
fruit trees only three remain. The Frankfort
ommonwealth of Tuesday last says:
“The tornado passed from west to east. It:
vorst ravages, so far as we ase at present advis
d, were in Anderson in the west, in Fayette in
ne centre, and in Bath in the eastern end of it
ath. We have not heard of its excessive vio
ence at points farther east or west than in Bath
nd Anderson. We have as yet learned no
articulars of personal injuries any where but
n Fayette We have been informed that the
ornado struck a part of the town of Owings
ville, in Bath, destroying and injuring sundry
rouses and crippling several children in one.—
From one point in Bath, a new view has been
•pened of four miles, in which not a stick oi
timber opposes the sight; and the altered appear-
ance ot the coun ry, from the destruction of the
.TOrrauUnrluu-ccuntY is described as having the
S' °hM
niles net er secfi ftom the same pointe before?’
Courage.—We admire the courage of Green
of the Boston Post, he has no idea of “giving
in” without a “fair shake.” He says:
Some astronomers think that, in the course of
time, our planet will be destroyed by coming in
"ontact with the sun. How do they know but
he sun may be destroyed by coming in contact
with the earth? Who is a going to give up be
fore the fight? Let us have fair play, and old
Sol may wish he hadn’t enlisted after all. Ad
am’s farm is not to be crowded out of sight as
easy as some suppose.
Washington Irving.—We learn from the
New York Mirror, that this distinguished gen
tleman has lately received a large legacy from
the late Mr. Hicks, of Waverly place, N. Y.
and that he is about to return to the United
States on account of his health.
In the Legislature of New Hampshire, on the
7th inst. a resolution was introduced, having for
its object to extend an invitation to the President
of the United States to visit the capital of that
State. It was laid on the table for the day, and
on the following morning, when called up it was
voted down. The correspondent of the Boston
Atlas says —
All, or nearly all, the Loco Focos and Con
servatives voted in the negative, while most ol
the Whigs voted in the affirmative. This act
would seem pretty decisively to indicate that
Mr. Tyler can expect nothing from the Loco fo
cos of New Hampshire.
All Gone !—The National Intelligencer an
nounces the departure of Mr. Legare to attend
tlfe Bunker Hill celebration. He was the last
of the Government, left at the Metropolis.
Hope on! Hope Ever!—How seldom things
tur?l out as badly as we have expected! And
how soon we forget it! Our worst trials and
our worst sufferings are cruelly exaggerated by
our increasing tenors. Recall the heaviest and
the sorest of alljthe afflictions you may have been
called upon to bear, and acknowledge the truth,
anti then—go to your chamber,'betake yourself
to your closet, and acknowledge your unthank
fulness. Hope on! Hope Ever!
Another Discharge.—Aiderman Dalton,
of Detroit, who tried (osteal, the Corporation
Bonds, has been discharged! Reasons: Ist.
The crime is not known to the laws of Michi
gan; 2nd. The Aiderman could not be pun
ished, as they were legally in his possession,
and because they were of no value! So the
Court has decided.
American Manufactures.—Our readers will
.find_amusemera in the account of the seizure
q hich the London custom fajuse officers "liavc
sent as an adventure from Boston. A striking,
and similar incident occurred a lew years since
on the arrival ol the first bale of cotton in Eng
land from this counfry which was seized in like
manner and under kindred impressions. A hint
may be taken from the amount to which the trade
has since been extended, as to what they may ex
pect from the further results of American inge
nuity and enterprize. Having the raw material
in greater abundance and perfection than any
other people, we will not be long in fabricating
whatever can be made of it. The annexed lact
goes somewhat toillustrate.
“On the first day of February last, a new pat
tern of Mousseline de Laines arrived at New
York, and was offered by the importer at 14 cents
per yard by the case. The agent ofa Rhode Is
land calico printing establishment forwarded a
piece of the new style ot goods to Providence
the day after their arrival, and in 16 days he had
the same style of goods and of equal fabric in
New York, selling at ten cents per yard. The
manufacturer had but 12 days to engrave the
new pattern on a copper cylinder from which the
engraving was raised on a steel cylinder, then
hardened and ready for impression; the com
r *ound of ingredients for color discovered by
clremical experiments—the cloth printed, dried
an. I cased for market.
T’he seizure of the bab-s of cotton goods above
allu.ded to, wasmadeon the ground thatthemark
u . on them—“ Stark Mills, Manchester, N. H.”
J-wa s fradulently intended to designate Man
chester, England' The Boston Atlas, alluding
to this laughable mistake of the British custom
house o fficers, says:
“Poor Johnny Bull!—It is a bitter pill foryou
to swallow, this attempt ofyourofl’spring to rival
you in your own home. The American tarin
policy, ad opted in spite of your utmost efforts,
and those of your agents in this country, has
enabled us to match our manufactures with
yours even in your own markets. That intima
tion in the letter of Messrs. Barings, that the
seized goods, “are as dissimilar as they well can
be in matter, style and execution,” to the English
brands is peculiarly significant. The goods are
unquestionably of much better fabric than the
same class of goods turned out from English
looms—and an impartial examination would
doubtless convince the examiner that the marks
which the American manufacturers have at
tached to the goods, “are legitimately their marks
without the sligbtesl idea of imitating any ol the
English manufactures.” — Niles' Register.
Death of Dr. Hagan—By the steamboat
Gloster arrived on Saturday, we learn that Dr.
James Hagan, editor ot tbc Vicksburg Sentinel,
was killed in Vicksburg on the 7th instant, in a
street renconter with D. VV. Adams, Esq. It
appears that in the Sentinel of the stli or Glh, an
e iitorial article was published reflecting injuri
oi tely on the character of a near kinsman ol D.
W * Adams. The latter gentleman met Dr. H.
on the afternoon of the 7th, and attempted to
ca oehim. A scuffle ensued, and both parties
closed clinched and fell—Hagan being up
net most. In this position, Adams drew a pis
tol and placing it against the back part ol his
ant agonist s head, fired. The ball carried away
ap< .rtion of Dr. Hagan’s skull, killing him in
star, tly. Mr. Adams was arrested and held to
I bail in the sum of 86,000. _
T he Senhw.l ot the Bth describes this fatal af
fray in nearly the preceding terms, adding that
Dr. H.tgan was unarmed at the time, and no
one nea rto render assistance.
Dr. H agan was a vigorous and able writer,
but a tna n who appeared entirely under the des
potism o» violent passion. In polit cs he be
longed to the ultra democratic school; was an
immoderate partizan, and is generally regarded
as the father and founder ot the doctrine of re
pudiation—A doctrine which triumphed in Mis
sissippi at th.e last State election. Mr. Adams
lelongedto the same political partyt' at Dr. Ha
gan did.— N. O. Bee.
Mr. Clay in Michigan.—The Detroit Ad
vertise! of the 7th instant says:
“Among the Whigs ol Michigan, so far as
ti -e have heard an expression of sentiment, there
is uo conflict of choice, all are united, warm,
rte-i'dfast and decided in favor of Henry Clay,
tl >eir candidate for President of ihe United
eL,/™ And althongh we have not yet placed
his nat ue at the head of < ur columns most em-
L<■ ’lv is he our choice, and cordially can
we unfte «’ith our friends in doing battle in his
? . in the coming contest. VV nh this able,
f 1 ss b t west and straight forward champion
le fVVhi“ pr ’neiples, come success or defeat, we
° ■ willing. ua X anxious, to risk our political
rertunes VVc* have no desire to tamper with
the devil, or i'un after strange gods, and be
cheated with the syren-song of “availability.”
We believe the i host worth is the most availa
ble, and that that inan is Henry Clay.
We leair that the contract for the transporta
tion ofthe Great Southern United States Mail,
recently made with the General Post Office De
partment, provides for its being earned by the
upper or inland route between a "' l
Weldon- that is, bv the way ot VV ashmgton.
Fredericksburg Richmond and Petersburg. The
contract is forfour years.-B<i/'. Amencan.
VOL. VII.-NO. 25.
From the Savannah Georgian.
El Dorado.
AN interesting sketch.
This is a Spanisn phrase, that being freely
ranslated into our language, means “die goloen
r gilded.” it is often used by writers, wireu
■esci ibing regions supposed to yiild an abund
nce oi the precious metals, and is sometimes
pplied tacountnesor districts said to be rich in
oil, and salubrious in climate, and abounding
n corntpcicial or agriciiliural advantages.
During the war between the Crusautra and
he Bar; cens, a sanguinan conflict, remarkable
tor the prowess dis; layed by the combatants, in
which Richard Cceur de Lion ana Melek Adhel
were the commanders, terminated in favor ot the
.nglisb hero, wno captured an immense cara
van of nearly 2000 camels and a vast drove of
mules, laden with coin, ingots of gold and sil
ver, superb armor, p irffie eye, (such as was as
ed by the Tyrians,) rich robes, eipl>ossedaush
tons and spices. 'I his vast booty, deemed suf
.icient to purchase a kingdom, was on its way
trom Babylon to the camp of Saladin. Rich
-rd distributed part of it among his followers,
-nd despatched the remainder, in charge ot a
confidential escort, for England, but it was
thought much of it never reached its destination.
•Jn the cessation of hostilities, and t revious to
the Crusaders’ departure from the Holy Land, • I
the splendid encampment ot the Saracenic ar
my, who wfoe entertained with all the gorgeous " ’
pageantiy and sumptuous hospitality ofthe Ori- I
thefr foratnes, by developing*the commettial re- I
sources of Palestine, than for the purpose of
wresting Jerusalem from the Sardfen; and these S
having seen the rich-spoils'teken-'bv Richard
and other leaders, on their return to England,
France, Spain, Germany and Rome, gave such ’
enthusiastic accounts of the products and treas
ure of the Eastern Empire, that a spirit of en-
and an association formed
ot merchants of London, Hamburg,
Lubec, Bruges, Antwerp, and other cities for
the of their mercaiMile relations. '
This grand copartnership, while it formed a
bond of friendship, and was a source of great
wealth, cofifrihuted to the Acquisition and diffu
sion of scientific knowledge, and the expansibn • ‘
of European commerce with the natidnsof Asia
and Africa. Il was called the Haifteltfic League.
The confederates were endowed with unusttal
privileges by several princes, to whom they
loaned funds, shipping and munitions of war.—
Their possessions and influence, obtained fcy
wisdom and enterprise, at first elicited admira
tion, but ultimately, tbeir vast power alarmed
the ruling Potentates, and as the confederation
prudently declined supporting some insolvent
principalities, despotic mandates wi-rtf ’issued,
threatening the leaguers with severe penalties,
including the forfeiture ol their municipal char
ters, if the league continued alter a certain date
—and thus was this noble association dissolved,
after flourishing nearly three centuries. But,
though the Hanse Towns preferred allegiance
to revolution, their enterprising spirit still per
vaded the public mind, and a new impulse was
given to commerce by the noble Florentine
merchant, Cosmo De Medicis, who was grate
fully called the “Father of his Country, be
cause he expended the vast wealth acquired by
trade, in patronising industiy, fostering foe arte,
founding literary institutions, presciying the ’
peace, and promotingthe prosperity ol Florence. •
He died in 1464, and was ably succeeded by...
his grandson, Lorenzo de Medicis, who barter
ed the fine linens, velvets, and woolens of Flo- ■
rentine manufacture, for the rare and valuable
commodities of Egypt, Persia and other coun
tries, he was a merchant prince in 1490 About
this time, Christopher Colon or Columbus, a
Genoese navigator, determined to seek a’new
route to India, by sailing in a westerly direction,
and unsuccessfully applied to several
kings and princes, who haughtily derided him
as an inf mated visionary, he was co” soled and
palroniied l.y thfferuaite and generous Isabelle,
consort ol Ferdinand, who although engaged in*
the expulsion ofthe Moors from Spain, enabled
him to sail from Palos, in 1492. As the fortunes
and fate of Columbus are interwoven with the
history of America, we will not pause to sketch
them here; suffice it therefore that to the com
prehensive viewsand munificent patronage of
a noble minded woman, is justly to be ascribed
the discovery of the new continent, that is now
the asylum ofthe oppressed of all nations, from *
the despotism ot the old world, and although the
vena) adventurer ob
tained copies oi his nautical charts, and lor'a
the sculptor, and the bard, will yet do justice'"to
the memory of Christopher Columbus. The
discovery of the new continent, and the mone
tary tacilities granted by the Bankers of Lom
bardy, singularly identified with the late Os., the
powers who had crushed the Hanse. Towris
now divided public attention, and for a season,
the desire ot obtaining 1 ans of money, to ex
tend their territories, and the restless spirit of
adventurethal pervaded princes and people, gaye
rise to a series of extravagant speculations;
soothsayers were consulted, estates mortgaged,
and connections formed that proved like the
South Sea, Yazoo, Choctaw-, and other bubbles,
utterly di-astrous to all concerned.
At this extraoidinary era, the fable of El Do
rado was invented by a reckless imposto-, who
had visited Guiana and obtained specimens of
rare birds, plants, minerals &c.; aiuottg other
curiosities, some of the shields, bracelets, and
gilded weapons of the Peruvians and other In
dians. The exaggerated representations of the
boundless wealth and.magnificence ot the gold
en region, spread contagiously from realm to
realm, and inflamed the imagination ol naviga
tor* and statesmen, ’hat in 1595/ Sir Waller
Raleigh obtained permission ol Elizabeth
to equip an expedition to explore the dominions
ol the gilded king. Elizabeth shrewdly remark
ed that it looked very like romantic knight er
rantry, and required a description of hisiair land,
and the history of its sovereigns, trade, products,
&c. Sir Walter stated that travellers who had
been there, gave him the following narrative:
“After the.fall pf the Incas of Peru, a prince
named Atabalipa, collected all the treasures he
could lay his hands on, and fled to an inland
country, where he was kindly received and be
came king of Manoaor El Dorado with the ti
tle ofthe Great Moxo, or Great PartT; that his
subjects gave him control of inexhaustible mines
of gold, emerald, adamant, rubies, &c. that his
palace was built oi porphyry, alabaster, ebony
and cedar, with massive cornices, pillars, &c.of
brilliant marble cased with gold; that the coun
try abounded in valuable perfumes, wonderful
animals, delicious fruits, and spontaneously
produced all the luxurious delicacies of every
clime; that the king s robes, furniture andpalan
keens were enriched with gold, silver and pre
cious gems; that the royal household and tem
ples of the sun, the magi and vestals were array
ed in the most gorgeous and most beautiful attire;
and that gold and silver was so little valued, that
their weapons, armor, and household ‘vessels
were mostly formed of those rich material's; that
the Great Pam, was desirous ol forming an al
liance with some ofthe nations of Europe, and
that the treasury and commerce of England
would be vastly enhanced by snch an alliance;
that the kingdom was situated in a delightful re
gion near Guiana, and when his majesty went
to the temple of the sun, he was sprinkled all
over with gold dust, and his path strewed with
delicate and fragrant flowers, Ac.
Elizabeth knew well the romantic nature of
' her favorite, and told him that he c>uld not re
alize all the wonders he had heard of, but hoped
■ he would make discoveries and form alliances
1 favorable to the commerce oi England,'find that
’ it was principally with that object in* view, she
• sanctioned his advc ture in seatch ofthe king
> domol’El Doradc History informs' us, that
after encountering perils and f rivatidns,' wast
ing his health, at.d expending his resources,
1 Raleigh returned to England—dejected, leni
} pest-worn and disheartened. But Elizabeui’s
object was accomplished, for the embryo trade
’> of her reign was the basis ofthe stupendous
commerce that exists at this day between* Great
- Britain and the Governments of Peru, Chili,
I Bolivia, Mexico, &c.
1 The fate of Raleigh is an epitome of what
- befel other adventurers, and when wccontern-
- plate the evils of indulging in such chimerical
S projects, and compare the disastrous spejcula-
- lions of the 16th century with many splendid
bubbles that we have seen burst within a few
years past, we easily perceive that peaife and
■ competence await the patient and industrious,
while those who reject the advice of prudent
s friends and the dictates of wisdom, generally
. share the fate ot those adventurers who sought
the delusive region of El Dorado.
A Df.c sign.—We learn trom the lowa Ga
zette ofthe 2Uth ult., that the Supreme Court of
that Territory, at its late se‘sion, decided that
the President ofthe United States has no aulftp
ntv to lease lead mines in lowa Territory. ?
Rain! Rain! Rain!—For three consecutive
days and nights, the atmosphere in this vicinity
has been almost constantly surcharged with the
watery element; sometimes falling in copious
showers ot rain, and sometimes in rois's and
distillations. The showers of Friday and Sat
urday were quite accep-able—the parched and
thirsting earth having need of tbeir moisture,
and the atmosphere sultry w’th heat and murky
with clouds ot dust, requiring their cooling and
clarifying influences. The outpouringsof the
third day were a moiety over and above what
was needed in the mundane department of ha
ute, and more by ccnsidernble than we wbffuld
have bargained for, could we have stipulated in
the measurement— Mobile Advertiser of 13M inst.