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- I I 1 ♦ LJ ~ Ml /W ar 1 nt A I -fl 9 t i wk S 4 m H 6 H n H I fr tkWx Hr I H I El Mfl < I WOJI ML JO 4a/ 44 OLD SERIES, VOL. LVII. THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL IS PUBLISHED DAILY, TUI-WEEKLY, AND WEEKLY, BY J. W. «Ss W. S. JONES. The Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel IS PUBLISHED AT Three Dollars per annum—or one subscriber two years, or two subscribers one year for $5. Tri- IFeeA/y paper, at Five Dollars per annum. Daily paper, at Ten Dollars per annum. Cash System.—ln no case will an order for the paper be attended to, unless accompanied with the money; and in every instance when the time for which any subscription may be paid, expires before the receipt of funds to renew the subscrip tion, the paper will be discontinued. Depreciated money received at its value in this city. ebrontdr anb Srnttnrl. AUGUSTA. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15. jj*Hon. R. L. Caruthers. —In this morn ing’s paper we conclude the very able defence made by this gentleman of the Whig party and their measures, to which we invite the attention of every Whig. Which is the Bank Party t Which is the BankParty?—Let the record answer. During the twelve years of the Mon roe and Adams administrations, when the "Bankparty" had the control, there were char tered in the'United States ta banks with an ag gregate capital of S3,OtH>,ooo. —Daring the 12 years of the administration of the “Afo Bank party" was in power, two hundred and eighty six banks were chartered in the Union, with an aggregate capital of $363,000,000. So much for the sincerity of the party that p'ofess to be opposed to all banks. People of Georgia, have you any recollec tion which party was in power in Georgia when the host of Banks which sprung into existence from 1832 to 1838 were incorporated? What party was in power when the Monroe Rail Road Bank—when the Bank of Rome—when the Merchants & Planters’ Bank of Columbus —when the Chattahoochee Rail Road Bank, and many others, were chartered. Was the Whig partyof Georgia in power? or was the self-styled democratic, hard money, anti-Bank party in power? If the “democrats” were in power it should be a lesson to you—it should teach you what reliance was to be placed in their professions, and you should administer to them such a wholesome tebuke as will learn them to act out what they profess before the people—in short, that "honesty is the best policy." Vermont Election. The N. Y. Express of Monday says:—The returns to-day, though not yet perfect, are enough so to enable us to state with confidence that the Whig candidate for Governor, Mr. Matlocks, has received a handsome majority, and is elect ed. The Senate and House are both safe by handsome majorities. The elections of mem bers of legislature come in nobly—three to one. The abolition vote is much heavier than it was last year. Vermont is a staunch Whig State. The Congressional Delegation will stand 3 Whig, and 1 Loco—or more probably, no choice. Bunker Hill Anecdote. The editor of Hill’s Patriot states the follow, ing anecdote of two old soldiers, Mr. Beil, of Gofistown, and Mr. Burns, of Whitfield, both aged 88 years. The latter was a member of the last Legislature ot New Hampshire. They attended the late celebration On the 17th ol June. "Both of these old veterans, it will be recol lected by their fellow-citizens in New Hamp shire, went to Bunker Hill in each other’s com pany, under the escort of the Stark Guards ol Manchester. In personal appearance, they ve ry much resemble each other. —Upon their arri val at Boston, they were taken in a barouche drawn by a splendid pair of horses, and conduct ed under escort ol the Stark Guards and Wash ington Phalanx, lo lodgings which had been provided lor them at Concert Hall. Here they were almost lost in the crowd. On the morning of the 17h, the old sold ers—both of them were “as spry as cats”—got up early and “fooledit” all the way over to Bunker Hill and back, (be tween three am. four miles,) to “see if it looked as it used to,” as Burns expressed himself to us in giving a description ot the celebration when we met him at Lowell. “But it hits been consid erably built up since 1 was there" continued the old gentleman, (he had not visited Bunker Hill between the day of the battle and ihe morning in question.) “1 could see but one placethat look ed as it used to, and that was where the British ers landed.” From the Courier and Enquirer of Monday, we have the following particulars: The Saunders’ Forgery.—All of our read ers are well acquainted with the circumstances connected with me forgeries perpetrated on sev eral of the banks in tuts city, tn the name of Messrs. Austin, W ilmerding & Co., and we are pleased now to be able to state that all of the money thus fraudulently obtained has been re covered, except about two thousand dollars. It will be remembered that Saunders was ar rested in Boston on Thursday, and Mr. Clapp, the officer who made the arrest, reached this ci ty on Friday morning. On the aftei noon ot that day. Mr. Wilmerding started for Boston, and immediately on arriving there, he had an inter view with young Saauders. On that occasion, the youth made a full confession, acknowledg ed hisown guilt, and giving up the name of his accomplice, who turns out to be a dashing for eigner named Ragie, whoresided in Canal street. He stated that having formerly boarded in the same house with Ragie and his wile, a hand some young woman, he kept up his intimacy af ter they parted, and the plan of forging the names ot A. W. & Co., was first suggested and finally carried out by Ragie, with Saunder’s as sistance. The intention of the parties was, hav ing secured a sufficiency of money to escape to Europe, having first divided it equally, and then to purchase an estate and settle down near Ra gie’s native town in Germany. Every thing be ing arranged, Saunders ascertained the balanc es in the various banks on the day the forgeries were committed, which he mtde known to Ra gie, who forged the checks. These Saunders presented at the banks and received the money for them. Having exchanged as much as he thought prudent, he gave the rest to Ragie, which was to be divided, when they' met again. Mr. Wilmerding having ascertained the above par ticulars started at once for this city, arrived in time to learn, that by a chain of fortunate cir cumstances all had been discovered and the money recovered. The circumstances which led to the recovery of the money are briefly these: When the news that Saunders had been arrested reached this city, Mrs. Ragie, who had the 524,01)0 in her possession, fearing the possibility of having it traced to her, secured it in a small trunk, and sent it to her washer woman, a black woman named Augustine Orleans, living at 81, Mulberry street, bidding her to be very care ful of it, as it contained much valuable pro perty. The black woman not liking the idea of keeping any thing so very' valuable in her possession, went to Mrs. Hunter, the wife of a cooper in Division street, for whom she also washed, and relating the circumstances to her, requested that she would take charge of it. Mrs. Hunter very properly reproved her tor taking charge of what she had been told was valuable property, as an extensive robbery and forgery had both been recently perpetrated, but she took the care of it herself, and opening it ascertained that it contained a roll ofb.llsand gold. As soon as the black woman was gone she sent word to Justice Matseil, that a trunk con taining valuable property was in her possession under suspicious circumstances, and he at once despatched two officers to secure it—on opening it at the Police office it was found to contain 5'24,000 in bills and gold coin, which being counted and sealed u p was placed in the Mer chants bank tor safety. Mr. & Mrs. Ragie were at once arrested and committed to close confinement, and the black woman was also committed, in default of giv ing security to appear and testify against them. And thus by a chain of most extraordinary coin cidences nearly the whole of the money crimin ally obtained will be restored to the rightful own ers. Ragie and his wife will be examined as soon as Saunders reaches this city. Maxims. —Never expect your lands to give you m'uc/i if you give them litilc; nor to make you rich if you make them poor To ’save at the spigot and let out at the bung,’ will soon empty' the largest hogshead , so will economy' in small matters and waste in large ones, speedily squander the largest estate. The Anti-American Party. In 1840, the epithet of “Bnlish Whig" wasap lied daily and hourly by the Locofocos, as t term of reproach to the Whigs. Now, the Lo cos and the British ministry are both loud it their denunciations of jhe American Tariff— I iat bill which gives employment to America! labor and capital—which feeds and clothes th. laborer—which secures a home market for tin products of the American soil:—that is the bil. against which the British ministry have thuu dered with all ti.e powers of their eloquence, in the British Parliament, and whose speeche are quoted by the Locos, to support andsustail them in their opposition to the American Tariff Which, then, is the. British? and which thi American party in this country ? Let those an swer with whom the term “British Whig" was so familial in 1840. J-’rom the Constitutionalist. Spirit Creek Water-Melons. Mr. Editor:— Before entering on the subject in hand, allow me to thank you forgiving my former communication a place in yo ir paper, and for the flattering manner you noiice the writer. You say lam stubborn when I express an opinion. 1 freely acknowledge this; but if I know myself I advance no opinion whieh 1 do not firmly believe to be right, and for this rea son, 1 need no ingenuity or plausible arguments to maintain it. 1 have no interest to serve—l seek no office of honor or profit—and, I assure you, 1 would go for no tna’i or no party farther than 1 believe it to be tor the inteiest of the country. If I have other aim in view, before God, lam unconscious of it. Having said this much about my motives, allow me thank you again lor the friendly feelings you express to wards me; and be assured, sir, that 1 shall not knowingly do anything to change them. You ask me then to explain the meaning of the phrase “all other tilings being equal,” in my former communication. I will put the whole question in more precise terms. Would you rather encourage British manufacturers, than American, if you could be shewn that a given amount of the products of American labor em ployed in raising raw materials and bread stuffs, can be exchanged for as large a quantity of A merican manulacturesas of British, and ol equal quality? And as 1 anticipate, from the nature of Jour remarks, that you will answer that you would rather encourage American manufactures under such circumstances, 1 will proceed to shew you the use I mean to make of the admission ; confining myself at this time to cotton and its manufactures. And first, I refer you to thefol lowing extract: AMERICAN COTTONS. The New York True Sun, of the 11th inst., says: “There seems to be little doubt that we shall soon drive a profitable export trade with England in home manufactured cotton sheetings and shirtings. Orders from London for upwards of a thousand bales of hue priced cottons have recent ly been received in Boston. W ith China,too, there is every prospect of a brisk trade in the same articles 117/A the material, comparatively speaking at our own doors, and all the new improvements in machinery at command, we see no reason why we should not break up the monopoly which England and, France have so long enjoyed in supplying the western market with cotton fabrics. The inference in wages here anil in Europe is not of the sain : con sequence now that it was fifteen years ago. Man ual labor has been to a great, extent, superseded by machinery, and. all that is so be done by machinery can be accomplished as cheaply here as in Eng land.” 1 think this will prove conclusively that we can buy American cotton goods ol the above descriptions lower than we could English. The following extract is from the Georgian of the 9th instant, which paper should be good authority: “We would urge upon ourcountry fiiends the expediency of getting their crops as early as pos sible to market, to avail themselves of the open ing demand lor new cotton from the northern manufacturers; and would also impress upon them the important benefit of packing in square bales. “The demand from the north generally in sures full prices during the first few weeks of new receipts.” This proves that better prices can be got for the first of the c op from our own manufacturers than from the British; and he might have added that the competition produced by the purchases of our own spinners keeps up the price above what it otherwise would be, during the whole year. This is in strict accordance with the laws ol trade; they can afford to pay more for the raw material, and for our bread stuffs, than the Brit ish can; because the cost of transportation, as well as the time and risk are less; and the near er we bring manufactures to our own doors, the greater will be this difference. If free trade be the object, here is a fairchance, for a fair discussion of the question, by produ cing tacts against the theories, and I have abun dance of them in store. Being unwilling, how ever to trespass too long on your time at one sitting, I shall defer the introduction of any' oth er article till 1 hear what you have to say to this. CRAWFORD. Mr. Clay in Ohio. The following highly satisfactory information, otthe current of opinion among the Whigs ol the Stale of Ohio, is copied from the Ohio State Journal of the 29th Ultimo: “It must have been observed that every decla ration of mass and delegate Conventions throughout this State have been in favor of the great American statesman of Ashland. We do not remember having seen an expression, in a township, county, or district meeting, or meet ing ot delegates, (and nearly every one has spo ken,) but what lias been a clear and explicit commendation of Henry Clay, and an express ion of confidence in the'election of this favorite of all who are advocating a complete restora tion and establishmenl ot ihe policy of Wash ington and the fathers of the Republic—the A n.erican policy and Republican principles.— There is but one feeling among us in Ohio; and for this reason we have neglected to copy all the ex; ressions of public feeling, but have been content with recording those of Congress ional Conventions. Our friends in other States may rest assured that Henry Clay will carry this State against Van Buren, or any other by a single Locofoco, majority as overwhelming as did Gen. Harrison in 1810.” Hon. A. H. Chappell. The Savannah Republican, in announcing the nomination of this gentleman as the Whig candidate for the vacancy in Congress, payshim the following well merited compliment. “We place t'e name of Absalom H.Chappel, ol Macon, on the list of our candidates for Con gress, this morning. In doing so, we place be- Ibre our Whig tellow citizens a man who is well known and universally esteemed. Mr. Chap pel has long been a public man in Georgia, and we believe that he has the esteem and confidence of both his political friends and opponents. e is as sound a Whig as there is in the United States, a Hue Republican, a tervent lover of free institutions, and just the man to argue the point before any' body in the land, with any antagon ist who can be opposed to him. He is known by a large number of our fellow citizens who know that he is a man of clear and acute judg ment, of extensive and various acquirements, and what is more important than all else, of sound American principles, such principles as our ancestors contended for. Mr. Chappel is of that class of men, who think established laws better than eternal change, and prefers .being found in the broad, and straight national path ot “sate precedents” to the sinuosiliesof modern innovators. We are then most happy in recommending Mr. Chappel to the support of our whig friends. His claims have all been thoroughly investiga ted before, and let us give to him and that little war horse Stephens, our undivided and cordial support.” The Empire State. An article in Hunt’s Magazine for the present month, furnishes an interesting account of the onward progress of the Empire Slate. The first idea of a Canal in New Y. rk, was started in 1768, and now the Canal navigation from N. Y. extends in length, 713 miles, at an aggregate cost of $13,414,523. The Erie Cana! cost upwards of $7,000,000. The average cost per mile for repairs, from 1826 to 1813, was $572 21c. In 1799, the population of the State was 310,120; and of the city, 33,121. In 1810 the State 2,- 429,196; the city 312,932. In 1811, the real and personal estate of the Commonwealth was valued at $281,838,057. In 1840, $341,359,818. In the city’in 1814, the real an* personal e-tate was valued at $77,388,243; in 1840, $292,135,- The State of New Y'ork, says the Magazine, has completed, up to the present year, an ag gregate length of canals, navigable feeders, and slackwater navigation, ot aeeen hundred and twenty-eight miles. The Erie Canal is the main artery to which all the other Canals, owned by the State are tributary, except the Champlain Canal. New Caricature.—Robinson, 142 Nassau street, has produced in all its ric ness the scene at the meeting of the Irish Repeal Association lin Dublin, in which O’Cotmel lefused to suffer Bennet, of the Herald, to be presented to him. The likenesses of the principal figures are excel lent and the grouping is very effective. —N. Y. Courier <J* Enquirer. SATURDAY MORNING, sEP’IEMBER lb Mr. Weeds’ Letters. We commence this morning the publication of a very interesting series of letters from Eu rope, f rom Thurlow Weed, Esq. To those who iesire to see his impressions of men and thing' in the old world, we commend them. JjpHas any one heard whether Mr. McKin ney the contractor for that “free Democratic barbecue” and “several of the leading members if the party” are convalescent to-day. They were reported yesteiday to be seriously indispos ed—and fears were doubtless entertained by then anxious “Democratic” friends for their recovery. Our River.—The late lainshave swelled out river, so that we think it quite probable it will remain in fine boating order the remainder of the season. Cheap and Valuable Literature. —S. A. Holmes has laid on our table No. 13 of Alison’s History of Europe—Nos. 2 and 3 ot McCulloch’s Gazetteer, a most valuable work —and Change for the American Notes in letters from London by an American Lady. What, another New Hat t “My dear sir,” said a friend, who yesterday gave us a very cordial greetin-:, “I am rejoiced to see you looking so well’—Confused and blushing, we directed our fingers toward our hat, while we assumed an attitude to lay the flattering unc tion to our soul, when we were quite shocked to hear him exclaim in the most enthusiastic admiration, as if suddenly divining the cause, “What another new hat?” “Aye sir, “an other new hat,” and allow meto inform you that, I am indebted to the courtesy (these dealers in hats are very courteous gentlemen,) of my friend E. L. Ferry, whose compliments this morning were very appropriately' accompanied with this beautiful specimen ot American manufacture, the latest, the very latest fashion, alike credit able to the acknowledged good taste of Mr. F. and to American enterprise and industry.”— “Pardon me sir, spare me if you please a dis- I quisition. on taste, American manufactures and enterprise, altho’ I delight to sustain both the latter, and allow me to renew my admiration of your hat and to assure you I will forthwith give Mr. F. the most tangible evidence of how much I approve the “latest—the very latest" style of Hat—Good morning. A Clear Back-Out 1! That GREAT FREE DEMOCRATIC BARBECUE, which was to have been served up at the LaFayette Race Course to-day, has been, as is generally understood, indefinitely' postpon ed 1 For more than a week past, the BARBE CUE has been the talk of all talkers, the hope of the hungry, and the joy of the loversol politi cal excitement. What is to become of them ? How can their disappointment be reconciled ? How many, this day, will seek the Race Course as their “land of promise,” and, with watering mouths, congratulate their empty stomachs that the dinner hour is near at hand, when they shall be lined with savory lamb and youthful porkers— ginuine Berkshires 1 Some, perchance, in an ticipation of the promised feas’, had lost their appetites for breakfast, or refrained from grati fying them, lest they should disqualify them selves for the full fruition of democratic cheer. Alas! poor bellies! you can do nothing but complain. The watering mouths, and the dem ocratic hand-bill, have admonished you never again to give yourselves over to promises like theirs. You will never again believe their HAND-BILLS without a WHIG ENDORSEMENT. Q. We «opy the following annunciation from the Washington Globe. The friends of Science every where will receive with unleigned sor row the intelligence of the death of one of her most devoted sons. To Mr. Nicolet justly be longs the honor of having ascertained the true sources of the Mississippi river: DIED this morning, 11th September, at a quarter past 6 o’clock, after a lingering illness, Mr. J. N Nicolet, the eminent mathematiciaii and astronomer. Mr. Nicolet was a native of Savoy' and a cit izen of France but passed the last ten years ol his lite in this country, engaged in important re searches, chiefly under the auspices and in the employment if ihe government of the United Stales. The WalkinifMatch.—Ellworth and Fogg' completed their grand pedestrian tour ol one thousand miles in one thousand hours, at Chel sea, on Friday afternoon, and received the one a silver pitcher, and the other his wages cf $5 per day. Fogg has rathergained in flesh by the journey, and Ellworth has lost but very little. Wooden buckets are now manufactured to a large extent at Milford, in Maine. Hereto, fore the leading source ol the supply of this ar ticle was al Hingham, but the Bangor Whig says that Maine isnowable “toiurnishasupply for half creation.” Correspondence of the Baltimore Fatriot. New York, Wednesday, 4 P. M. The weather is now clear and sufficiently warm for the season—this appears to give ad ditional buoyancy lo business. The cargo of Teas per ship Coromando, was sold this morn ing by L. M. Hoffman & Co. This was the most spirited sale which has taken place this season, and full prices were obtained for the 7,- 839 packages sole. Cotton is active and prices continue to have an upward tendency. The sales to day amount to2ooo bales New Orleans ordinary to middling 6J ® 7f cts.; fair and good fair 8 J ia 10) cts. Upland, ordinary and middling 6J®7; lair and good fair B{®9icts. Alabama 6) ®ll cts per lb. 4 lour is improving; considerable sales were; made fur the Eastern pons and British Provinces at $4,50 ® $4,56f for Ohio and Michigan, and $4,62J for Genesee; Southern kinds are dull— Georgetown, $4,874 ® S - The trial of Shipman was commenced in the Court of Sessions this morning. Mr. E. H. Anthon, the First Teller of the Union Bank was examined on the part ot the prosecution, and testified to the delivery of the amount ol gold entrusted to Shipman, to deposite in the Mint in your city, and also to a confession made by Shipman to him while the former was in Moyamensing Prison. Tne prosecution examined no other witness, and the counsel for the defence, Messrs. Gra ham and J. T. Brady, raised a question as to the jurisdiction of the Court in the matter, staling tnat the proof of an intent to embezzle in the I State of New York, could not place the embez zlement when actually committed in another State, within its jurisdiction. Money at interest. —The Tax Collector, R. A. Watkins informs us that the amount of money at interest returned by the citizens of Richmond as subject to taxation is $644,000. Marriage.—l look upon a man’s attachment to a woman who deserves it, as the greatest pos sible saleguard to him in his dealings with the world; it keeps him from all those vices whieh unfettered youth t links little, of yet which cer tainly though slowly undermine the foundations ot better things, till’in the end, the whole fabric of right and wrong gives way under the assault ot temptation. Who would be a Tylerite?—The Phila delphia Chronicle asks a suspension of public opinion against the celebrated bigamist Dr. Ap pleton, and expresses the opinion that the Doctor will disprove many of the charges mad<. against him. The editor of the Chattanooga Gazette expresses his credulity and adds: “We have the papers to show that he has a living wife in one of the New England States; , anoth’r inone of the Western States, and he had a third, picked up in Charleston, S. C. when he passed through here. It is also in proof that he was a Temperance lecturer andreligious ex- L horter in some places, and a common street drunkard and blasphemer in others. If these ! are not offences enough to make a decent pub lic kick him well, he will have to turn Tylerite , > i render him sufficiently odious.” Steel Pens. —One hundred and twenty tons of iron are made up into pens in England, and three millions of the article produced from the iron used. This is the iron age revived. AUGUSTA, GA ; THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1843. No Barbacue—Democracy in a Stew. We have been requested to state that “in con sequence of the inclemency of the weath -:r” !! I (reader, little as you may think of it, thi' weather is very inclement, very inclement in deed,) that the “ Free Democratic Barba cue” 111! which was to be given to-day at the Lafayette Course has been indtfinitely postpon edllll! Well, well, was there ever a more thorough and entire back-out on the part ol any part} who expressed a willingness to canvass theii principles in open, free discussion before the people? Ever since the meeting at Windsoi the Locos have been promising to give a splen did Barbacue, and invite free discussion—the) threatened the Whigs with their champions— Colquitt, Black, Johnson, and even their new light McKinly, (not a word though about Ora tor Lawson, fearing perhaps the Orator would not have time to “touch the subject f) was to be brought down from Oglethorpe, and the poor un fortunate Whigs were to be effectually demol ished. About Sunday last it began to be whis pered about (very softly however,) that they had actually determined lo “come up to the scratch”—that the contract was already made lo give a splendid Barbacue on Saturday, this day, and invite the Whigs to a discussion—that so extensive were the arrangements that the contractor would be compelled to commence op erations on Monday morning—five days before the feast—at first the Whigs seemed incredu lous, and some ot the more anxious determined to enquire of the “democrats” themselves—the equity was made and although some evaded the question as to the lime, yet others less discreet, who were verdant enough to suppose that their leaders were really in earnest in their professed anxiety for a jree and fair discussion, disclosed the fact that Saturday was determined upon as the day—they should be backed by the champi ons, we have mentioned (Orator Lawson ex cepted,) and should challenge discussion. The Whigs eager fbr the conflict, determined not to be unprepared, and forthwith resolved upon bringing to the post seme of their best, tried nags. It was however whispered by some of the more incredulous, “better wait till you have the information in a more authentic form—wait till to-morrow, (Tuesday) and you will have a notice in the Constitutionalist.” Tuesday came —the Constitutionalist came, but 10, and behold, no notice of the great feast.—Whereupon, some ot the Whigs suspecting some trick, some un derhanded game, expressed the opinion that it was the purpose of the Locos, to keep back iheirnotice until the latest possible hour, and then when the Whigs were unprepared, challenge a discussion—this declaration reached them, and on Wednesday, the hand-bill which we copied in our paper of Thursday, was permitted to be exposed tb Whig view. This hand-bill was ve ry cautiously worded—it was a “Barbacue for every body," and they woulit “beglad to see all their fellow citizens of both town and country.— Not a word about discussion however, oh no, but some of their leaders, more learned in the construction of language than the mass explain ed that the words “for every body" meant discus sion. It was therefore as plain to us as the noon day sun, that discussion was designed and invited, and we felt quite ashamed of the want of sufficient perception to have discov ered it before this learned expose. The Whigs, as we have remarked, had de terminednotto be unprepared, and had invited those sterling Whigs, Dougherty, Toombs and Dawson, to be on hand; and, by Thursday night, it was generally understood that they jwould bn here This news lion in the “Democratic” ranks; and yesterday, bright and beautiful as was the day, we were re quested to announce that the “Barbecue was postponed in consequence of the inclcmeucy of the weather'.'.” Not the least amusing part of the affair, however, was the desperate resorts to which the various head men and high pritests were driven to excuse their back-out—one swore most lustily the weather was or had been incle ment —another that there was some misunder. standing, the famous hand-bill had not been written right—and that “a barbecue for every body” didnot mean free discussion ; another that the contractor was violently ill, having been ta ken suddenly—and so on till excuses weie as numerous and various as those who offered them. But the most plausible and probable reason g'ven, was that offered by one of the leaders, that “it wouldn’t do to give a Demo cratic Barbecue, and let that d d fellow Toombs speak,” Thus has terminated the great “Free Demo cratic Barbecue ;” it is like most <. f their prom ises to the people, but to deceive. We. really pity the hungry portion of the Democrats, who may come up to the great Democratic feed to day—luckless souls, we fear they will return fjomthe feast importunate for more lamb, more pig—heaping curses upon the weather—with the unwelcome knowledge that the promise of a “Democratic Barbecue” by “ Democrats," does not satiate hunger. Postscript. Since the foregoing was in type, we have re ceived, just at night, the following notice, which we presume is the latesl excuse—and the result ol the day’s deliberations, finding that the peo ple would not countenance such a flat, unquali fied back-out. There is not, however, in this Card, as there was not, in the other, any in timation that discussion will be allowed; and, as there is said to have been various interpreta tions among the “Democrats” themselves, what “every body” meant in the ether card—some as serting that it meant discussion, and others that no such thing was designed or intended—the Whigs desire, on this occasion, to have a dis tinct and unequivocal avowal of their determin ation from head quarters. DEMOCRATICB IRBECUE, Postponed. Owing to the sickness of several of the lead ingmembers ot the party, and the late bad state ot the weather, rendering proper preparations impossible, the Barbecue intended to have been given to-day, at the LaFayette Course, has been unavoidably postponed to this day week, being Saturday, 23a inst. Hon. Mr. Niles’s insanity, it is said, is of a religious cast, and his mind, upon othertopics is rational and sound. He voluntarily placed himself with Dr. Brigham. Rightly treated, this malady, we belie ,'e, is not difficult of man agement, and we may therefore anticipate his ultimate recovery. that Mr. Miller, another mem ber of the Tyler family, the editor of the Co lumbus (Ohio) Old School Republican, is to take the place of Mr. Whittlesey, who has late ly resigned the Auditorship of the Post Office Department. Illinois Democrats. A South Carolina Democrat travelling In the west furnishes the following sketch ot the demo crat' of that State, as seen by him at a public meeting in Chicago. “On Saturday night previous to the late elec tion 1 attended a Democratic Meeting, and heard Wentworth advocate hisclaims. He spoke a bont two hours, appealing to the lowest and ba sest feelings ot the mob around him, making free use of the vulgar cant ol the day, and en deavoring to impress upon every Democrat the necessity ot “going the wnole hog, bristles ant; all, and putting the tail in his pocket.” His language shows' him to be a man of coarse m m ners, low habits, no education, and but little natural talent, except for humbuggery, but he i the “great gun” here, and 1 have no doubt suits the people he represents to a nicety, anil suet an audience!! ot all the mobs I have ever seen this exceeds any—the “subterraneans” of Nev York are gentlemen in comparison. I had wel nigh become disgusted with my democraticbreth reu and assumed the garb of Whiggery until 1 returned home.” MONDAY MORNINfggEPTEMBER 18. Hon. R. H, Wilde. The letter of our R. H. W ilde, to a committee of the *fSpnklin Society, by whom he had been invited t<|'deliver a course o. lectures beiore the Society, ,will be found in our columns this morning, id-'Which he makes known his intention to remove at an early day from the State, (his we believe is New Orleans,) intelligent which his numer ous friends and will learn with unfeigned regret, j®. career in Georgia may be truly said to have teen a long and bril liant one, and while he caries with him whith ersoever he may go the giSi wishes of hosts of friends, he cannot —in OEj-vast republic go, where his well merited iaflSe as a statesman and jurist has not preceded hiME Money in New Yo'i^;— The Express of Monday says : There is«B»provement what ever in the rate of inter Mun this city. The Banks loan freely at 3 at® per cent per an num, and large sums hal#t<teen loaned within a few days at the ol 3 per cent per annum. Persons money on bond and mortgage, are MMk ® P er cent on c *' ty property, but they cantteoblain it, and very large sums belonging toF3&i s h capitalists, as well as to our owp. seeking in- vestment. Formeny, was'oneand two per cent a month, it could always be had at 7 per cent on mortgage, as that security was preferred. Now, when money is obtained on notes at 4 per cent, 6 and 7 per cent is asked on mortgage. A change will no doubt take place- Five per cent on bond and mortgage, is a large interest in the present state of the money mar ket. Dreadful Rail Road Accident. The Baltimore American of Wednesday says: We regret to be compelled to record the occur rence of a very disastrous accident yesterday on the Susquehanna Railroad. When the first train from Baltimore, which left at 7A. M., with a large party of Defenders, Mili’ary and Citizens, on their way to the celebration at York, had reached a point about eight miles from York, the front axle-tree ot the first passenger car broke, throwing that car and thetwo follow ing it off the track and splintering all three cars, the first one being almost entiiely demolished. Ihe cars being crowded with people, a scene of confusion and dismay ensued which may be readily conceived. A number of persons who were imprudently standing on the platform in front of the cars, were thrown off, some ot them being caught be tween the cars, and others forced under them. Many, we are happy to say, escaped unhurt, but the following persons were found to have been more or less inj ured: — Michael Grubb, member of the Junior Artil lerists, a leg broken. Samuel Child, coachmaker, his left thigh broken, and so badly bruised that he is not ex pected to survive. David Pugh, agent for the Gas Company, both thighs broken. Peter MeKaid, employed on the Railroad, had both legs broken. Thomas Wilson, a j'oung lad, had his left knee fractured, and was otherwise much bruis ed. Ephraim Collet, a man whoresides about 25 miles from Baltimore, hurt, but not seriously. John Guver, Junior Artillerist, much bruised. David Letever, Junior Artillerist, severely bruised. Win. Allen, Sergeant of Junior Artillerists, much bruised. u. of j oxal n member of the Association of Defenders, very severely bruised and lacerated. He was taken irom under the car where he remained for near ly thirty minutes, although every effort was made to release him. Christian Meyer, a member of the German Yagers, slightly injured. All the persons injured were on the platform. As soon as the wounded persons could begot out, medical assistance was instantly rendered to them by Doctors Dunbar, Miller, Martin, Maguire, Hall and Ringgold, and, as soon as he could reach the spot, by Dr. McClellan of York. The wounded persons were soon after con veyed to York, and thence taken to the Hospi tal where they were well provided lor. At five o’clock their wounds were dressed, and they all seemed to be as comfortable as their condition would admit of. The Susquehanna Railroad Company have liberally tendered a free passage to York this morning to the families and friends of the inju red persons. More Forgeries.—An attempt has been made by a person of the name of Whitmore, of New Haven, Con., to obtain money at the office of Mr. Wetmore, Naval Agent in New York, upon bills for pretended supplies to the government of friction caps for fire arms. The names of officers at Brooklyn were attached to the papers, and banks to the eastward had ad vanced money on the bills. Amount of the forgeries $4,000. The perpetrator is J. C. Whitmore, the inven orand patentee of the “friction primers,” which are used for exploding charges of artillery, and who had a contract with Government forsup plying the article. The forgeries were com mitted by counterfeiting the signatures ot Col Craven and Capt. Stringham to receipts for “primers” purporting to have been delivered at the Brooklyn navy yard, which forgeries were cashed by the City Bank ot New Haven to the amount of $2,425. The presentation lor pay ment of one of these receipts at the office ot the Navy Agent in New York blew np the whole affair. Whitmore is among the missing, and the Bank has offered a reward of two hundred dollars tor his apprehension. The Cherokee Advocate of the 15th instant says:—G. F. M. Garnett, Esq., Chief Engineer oi the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, has just returned from the North, where, we under stand, he has made arrangements for iron to complete the 52 miles of the Road that is grad ed. He is also making active preparations for rebuilding the Vining Creek Bridge. Jj-The New York Courier & Enquirer of the 13th inst. says : “The auction sales of Dry- Goods and Hardware have been well attended this week, and the catalogues cleared off at full prices. The influx of strangers into the city is greater than has been known for some years, and an active business is going on in all depart ments of trade. To the Advocates of Free Trade. The following is an extract ol a speech de livered by John C. Calhoun, on the Tariff of 1816. Mr. Calhoun said: ‘That he was no manufacturer; that coming from the South, he and hrs constituents Siad no interest but in the cultivation of the soil? ‘That to afford manufacturers ample protec tion. would enable the farmer to sell his products iigh, and buv all his wants andconvenienciesoi lue cheap.' ‘That a Tariff of protection was of vital im portance to the security and permanent prosper ity of the Union? ‘That it would produce an interest, strictly A merican, as much as agriculture, and far more so than commerce and navigation? ‘That it would produce a new and most power ful cement, tar out weighing any objections that might be urged against the system,’ ‘ That it u ould preserve us irom a new and terrible danger -DlSUNlONagainst which we ought to be perpetually guarded. ‘And that it w-ould afford to the cotton and woollen manufacturers protection which icbul place them beyond the reach of contingency. 1 This same Calhoun is now opposed to all rotection, and is one of the leaders ofwhicjjh' ■nee said—“ The only cement which unitec diem was the cohesive powers of public plunder —Boston Atlas. Letter from the Hon. R. H. Wilde. Gentlemen:— l am bound gratefully to ac knowledge the honor done me by your commu nication, in behalf of the “Franklin Society o Augusta,” advising me, that they purpose to in rite the delivery or Public Lectures, by severa. Literary and Scientific gentlemen, and request ing me to be one of the number. Not having the least pretensions to science, and very slight ones indeed to literature, I rnigh well excuse myself upon those grounds, as on< filter to learn than to teach. But as you havi been kind enough to adopt a contrary opinion, this apology might not be satisfactory, and would certainly come with a bad grace, from one to whom a compliment was intended. lam compelled to otter you an excuse, however, bui one which you will hold sufficiently valid. It is my purpose, early in November, to re move from the city of my boyhood, and to re sume upon a new and distant theatre, the cares and labors of my profession. I shall, of course, be inevitably absent, during the season of your contemplated lectures, and however great the pleasure it would otherwise afford me, to com ply with the request of any portion of my fel low-citizens, especially at the moment of sepa ration—it will be manifestly out of my pow er. Entertaining the best wishes towards your praiseworthy enterprise, its prosecution will give me the liveliest satisfaction. Whatever withdraws lor a moment, the minds ol our people, from the harassing cares and absorbing material interests of common lite, is a means of health and happiness, far from undeserving the time and thought of a good citi zqn. Its claim to indulgence is undoubtedly in-* creased, if Desiaeaftonnhg' 1 raftonal entertain ment, its object is to extend the influence ol arts and letters. Generally speaking, communities advance in prosperity and greatness, as long as civilization and refinement can be carried forward, without corrupting public er private morals, and with out impairing the military spirit ot the people. But barbarians are often as dissolute and selfish as the most cultivated and luxurious societies, and it by no means follows that men retain the arts of war, by neglecting those of peace. This is eminently worth remarking in Commercial and Agricultural Commonwealths, where the chief or only objects ot vanity and ambition are wealth and office How far the eager puisuits ol these, by the means generally in use lor their attainment, is calculated to exalt the character of a nation, or to preserve the purity efits insti tutions, you are as capable ol judging as I am. War, even foreign war, which Lord Bacon con siders the healthful exercise of States, is too great a scourge ol humanity, to be frequently employed, even as a means of corroborating patriotism, or of overshadowing with its lau rels the baser pretensions of money. Besides, its frequency would create a thirst for conquest, augment unreasonably the public burthens, and in the end, overturn our prt sent form ol govern ment. Estaolished rank is incompatible with Democracy. But though all are equal in rights before the law, a practical equality of ricnes, talents, and acquirements, is evidently impossi ble. W hat would be thought, for instance, ol a proposition that no man should enjoy more property or be better educated than another ? And yet whocan deity that wealth, talents, and education, do create a diversity in the conditions of men, not to be prevented except by equalizing their advantages. This again could be at tempted only by levelling downwards, lor as it is impossible to exalt all men to the highest point ol intellectual, moral, and material wealth and worth, in or.ierto obtain equality, you must reduce ah to a veiy low standard. This would be the equality of universal poverty and barba rism. Education among other things, lending to raise some above others, if any prove too in dolent or stu id to learn the multiplication ta ble, no one should be allowed to teach any thing more. Supposing it possible to carry out such extravagant schemes, u here would they end ?. Certainly not in exalting but in degrading out species. What is our just boast ? The spring and impulse given by liberty to individual ex ertion. And yet weneed only open our eyes to remark, that while all praise Equality, the great struggle of each individual is lo rise above his neighbor. This impulse is indeed the motive power of our Republic. Every mother expects her son may be President. It is plain then, that by Equality we only mean a fair start—a clear course —and a like chance for the same prizes, or allot' which is inscribed “To skill and la bor.” But if you were to declare, and as far as pos stUfe pien'G'r; uratno one nlionlde.XL'et Ottiers, you would destroy that very emulation which nas made us great. And it, by constitutions, laws, and public opinion, above all. you say, in effect, that no one shall attain superiority, ex cept by wealth or office, doy.m not unwisely increase the fierceness of the strife, whieh is al ready demoralizing our population? # 1 have come, then, somewhat circuitously perhaps, but as it seems to me, not the less clear ly, to the conviction, that additional excite ments, besides the mere pursuit of riches and power, are wanting. This analytical deduc tion is greatly strengthened by looking at prac tical tacts. Os these 1 will note only one- - namely, the vast extent given in our country, to the principle of voluntary association for pub lic purposes, and the amount of wholesome or harmless fondness, lor distinction thus gratified. It is not lo be doubted that these Societies have been sometimes perverted to evil ends, as what has t ot? There are but modifications of Hu man Power, and all the fruits cfiliat tree are Good and Evil according to their use. Expe rience teaches, however, that a power gained is never abandoned except for a higher or a better one. While it lasts, it will be used, or abused. The province of wisdom, therefore, is to era pl y it beneficially. For these reasons, we should cherish every in stitution whose object it is to honor and exalt science, literature, tne arts, and every other no ble end and aim of human aspiration, so as to set them in counterpoise to the present over whelming influences of avarice and ambition. Bj' doing so, we shall engage some superior minds in a struggle tor true and permanent glo ry, and though irom the nature of things, some must outstrip others in this career, winning il lustration as the rewardot their genius—let not lheir fame be envied, since the tendency of their labors is to xall the intellectual character ofall their fellow citizens. 1 hey are—they must be in advance it is true—but they go forward only as pioneers to facilitate the match of the main body. They ascend higher than their compeers, but it is onk to help others up. How much more laudable and patriotic is the effort thus to exalt, though unequally and by degress, tne sol id and graceful fabric of Civilization, and how much more worthy of freemen, than the Gothic fury, which w'ouldsttew all its materials, equal ly, upon the ground! While the World continues little more than semi-barbarous, military glory will ol course hold the first place in its esteem. Mankind, as the misanthrope would say, have, in the aggre gate, a just and lively sense ot their own mer its—they worship those who slaughter them. But next undoubtedly te the fame ot a conquer or, is that ot a great Philosopher, Historian, Poet, or Artist. One nun.ired i ears hence, not one man in an hundred, will be able to tell who was Chief Magistrate of the United States .at this moment, and who that has a just appreeia t on of renown, would not rattier sleep beside Michael Angelo, in the church of Santa Croce, with a fame worthy of the spot, than enjoy the honors of all our politicians since Washington. This, however, is by no means a general feel ing. Few carry their minds forward to that re mote and visionary existence, which consists merely in a name when the original is dust, and with the million the present will always predominate over the future. So long, therelore, as individuals find the mere acquirement oi wealth the easiest and speediest road to respect—so long as they per ceive that flattery of the Sovereign, whether he be one or many, is the most certain means of favor—so long we must expect that compara tively a small number of persons, will sacrifice to public virtue—philosophy, or the Muses, whose tattered garments have, in all time, been the theme ot pleasantry to the worldly wise. “Apparel virtus arguiturque malis,’ howev er, and “the fewer men the greater share ol hon- Nor let it be thought by sloth or scorn, that an undue importance is given to a slight move ment, in the village-city of a region remote from the great capitals. There is but one cause for all things.—Whenever in HIS wisdom an end is to be effected, and the time approaches, the place and the instruments of its beginning are nothing—nothing in opposition to them, the wit of sages and the strength of empires. Whether we have yet arrived at the proper period maj' well be doubted, but it may not be doubted that every one is bound to exert his best abilities towards opening the way for such an era. Andas none sharethe secretsol that coun cil where the seeds ot the future are prepared, it behooves all who have learne I tneir own ignor ance, to discourage no good deed. In this work the humblest maj- have his mis sion. That 1 cannot be one of those to join you, in promoting to the extent of my capacity, a more wholesome public taste, is a matter of sin cere regret, but since imperious private duties deny me that satisfaction, nothing remains but :o assure you of my best wishes, and ol the re spect and regard, with which I am, vervfaithfullv, yours, RICHARD HENRY WILDE. Summerville, August 19th, 1843. To Messrs. Alexander McKenzie, Jr., John Phinizy, Jr., Geo. W. Morgan, Wm. A I Walton, and James L. Houston, committee Mr. Weed’s Leiters from Europe. Correspondence of the Albany Evening Journal. NUMBER 1. Prcket Ship George Washington, I At Sea, June 21, 1843. J Having paid the Landsman's tribute (sea sickness) to Neptune, I am now sufficiently re covered to get on deck in pleasant weather anu enjoy fresh air and sea-views. We have been ‘afloat’ fourteen days, with light but favorable winds. We are about 2,400 miles from New York, and only some 800 miles from Live pool! This enumeration of mik-s seems formidable to one who has been accus tomed to run either to New York with Captains McLean or Brainard, ot to Utica, Auburn or Rochester upon the Railroad. The passage so tar has been auspicious. The -hip has been headed d.rectly to Liverpool from ttie moment she was put upon her course, anu except lor two or three hours, in what threaten ed to be a gale, the large sails have not been ta ken in. When the kind and beloved friends who ac companied us down the Bay had, on their re turn to the city, passed out of the reach of my strained vision, we fixed our eyes upon the re ceding shores, until object after object grew first indistinct and then disappeared. Long belore twilight all the traces of land had faded away. We continued to east long, lingering, last looks homeward until Night lei down her curtain. — And then, separated lor the firm lime, by a li quid element, from Family, Friends, Home, anu Country, came a sense of loneliness to whieh my soul had been a stranger. Anxious to be alone to indulge “thick coming fancies,” 1 lighted my segar, went forward and seated my self upon the wirdlass, lor a long, quiet sei communion, which, however, was almost ab rubtly terminated by a wave that, dashing over the bows, gave me. ttie ill-timed luxury of a shower-batn, and drove me, dripping wet, back to the quarter-deck. During the night the wind lulled, and soon af ter sun-rise, when 1 came on deck, the Captain pointed me to the land-shade of Montauk Point, within about twelve miles of which we could see. Our course had been parallel with Long Island, keeping about twenty-five miles irom the shore. We were torty-five miles from San dy Hook at sun-set he first day. 1 happened to be forward when the Mates were dividing the Crew into ‘watches,’the First and Second Mates choosing (as we choose sides in ball-play) the best sailors for their respective Watches. It was a novel and amusing scene. I’he sailors gave tpeir names ‘Dick,’ ‘Bob,’ ‘Bill,’ ‘Charlie,’ ‘Tom,’ ‘JacK,’ as they were asked. One gave the name ol ‘Howard? The Alate replied:—‘Your other name?’ ‘Zeb, sir,’ vas tne response. The Mate, shaking his hand, said:—‘Zeb is not a ship-name; let it be Howard.' Another gave the name of Van Schoonhoven. ‘Ohl’says the Mate,’ ‘belay that name and unship yourshort one? I’he boy then gave ‘George,’ wnich proved more salistactory. Aller a brief outline of duty, announced in a seaman’s manner and language, from the Chiel Mate, (Mr. Gibbs,) the second Mate’s Watch was sent below. Among the duties enjoined upon tne crew were ‘strict obedience to orders, a origin look-out, no swearing in the tops, and no bawdy songs when Ladies and Gentlemen are on deck? i The s ap’s crew consists of the Captain, 3 Mates, 17 able seamen, a Carpen er, 3 boys, a Steward, Look and 3 Walters, and a Steward ess. Our crew seems an excellent one. Two i of the jailors have been former Mates of ves sels; but, tor want of such situations, and rather . than be idle, ship on board the Liverpool Pack ets. These Lines ol Packets, by tne way, are i nurseries tor Ship-Masters. I’he Captains ol i all these noble vessels, like Bonaparte’s best I Generals, have risen by merit from before the : mast to the quarter-deck. C a pt. Burrows, who i commands our snip, first came on board the Si- i las Richards, Capt. Hoidridge, as a ‘boy,’ and i passed ft oin sep to step through the grades of i ordinary seaman,able seaman, third, second and first Mate, to the high and responsible station he ; now occupies, so honorably lo himself and use- t tul to the owners ol bis ship. His predecessor, i Capt. Holdridge, who came from the same ' town (Groton) in Connecticut, rose in the same < way, and is now fitting out the, ‘Victoria,’ a i magnificent new ship, to be placed in the same i line. Capt. Burrows succeeds in turn, to the i next new ship,though he will leave with regret, i as did Capt. H., his favorite ‘George Washing ton,’a snip that has done her work so tar, faith fully and gallantly, and that has been the scene of sb many of their trials and achievements. It is a very remarkable fact, and one of which Connecticut and Massachusetts may be justly i proud, that almost all the packet-ships belonging to the several lines running between New York i and Liverpool and New York and London, are ; commanded by natives ot those States. Indeed, ; most of the Captains of the London ‘Liners’ ; are natives of the same town (Lyme) in Con- i necticut! This fact shows that, withtne advan- i tages of a Common School Education, fortified : by ‘steady habits,’ a New England boy will < carve out liis fortune even in a profession where | humble merit encounters the most formidable i obstacles to advancement. t For the first ten days our ship bounded gaily t over the bihows with lair and lies winds. But i we have been becalmed for two days; and at < this moment the mighty elements, that may be i so soon lashed into terrific rage, sleep as sweetly i and breathe as gentty as an infant or a zephyr. Yesterday large schools of Porpoises disport- i ed themselves around us tor hours. To-day : the marine visitors of yesterday are succeeded ; by whales, real whale', though 1 cannot voucn i lor their being ‘right sperm? The first one ‘spouted’ within a bundled yards of the ship, i passing along lazily astern. Another soon ap peared on tne starboard side of the ship, amt , still nearer, which was followed by two others, all continuing spouting and spouting for two houis. 1 his display ol Neptune’s curiosities was crowned, after tea, by the appe ranee of a huge Shark in the ship’s wake and but a lew leet astern. We are a large, but exceedingly harmonious community. Ine steerage passengers number over 150, most of whom are disappointed emi grants returning to tne Old World, without hav ing lound in the New me “ready uug” gold mat seduced them across the Atlantic In talking with some of these people, I find that they re turn more because they cannot reconcile them selves to our‘social leiorm,’ than lor the want ol employment. Some, it is true, are unfortu nate, assume always must be in a world of vi cissitudes. The returning English emigrants go home in g eat disgus. with Brother Jonathan, they concentrated atl their hatred of our coun try by saying that “.very thing in America snnks, but Hie Vinegar, and that is swee<." But even this picture has its bright hues as well as its dark shades. There are, among the steerage passengers, an old Irish lady anil gentleman of the name of l obin, from Cincinnati, who go back to the Green Isle to die where they were born, that their dust may rest where rests the dust of their Fathers, i’hey have lived pros perously in America, but they could uie happy only in Ireland. Six children are leit in Amer ica; and one daughter, with that filial devotion which hallows a daughter’s affection, accompa nies her parents on this sepulchral pilgrimage. Noticing an intelligent looking Scotchman forward, 1 inquired it he too was tired ol Amer ica? ‘Na, na, friend. Its no that way wi’ me. I’m but running o’er on a matter o’ business, and to make a short visit. From the first day 1 set loot in Oneida coumy, Mr. Wolcott—a vara nice man he is—(perhaps you ken something ol the Wolcott’s—they are Manulacturers at York Mills,) gave c e employment, and 1 have not seen an idle hour, or lacKed any of the enjoy ments of life since. The last win.er 1 purchas ed a farm in Clinton. The crops a’ in and growing, and wi’ God’s blessin’ 1 will be back to harvesting o’ them. 1 have help enough in my own family to work my farm. Three sons are well grown lad', and others are coming up after them. Thegude wife nas fourteen bairns? Much agreeable conversation passed with this industrious, thriving, cheerful Scotchman, (Mr. Brydan) who represents a numerous and valua ble class of our emigrant citizens. With the habits, principlesand temperament of the Bai lie Nicol Jarvies wnoare to be met in our ‘Saul Markets,’and the‘Dandie Dimnonts’ who fer tilize our soil, no stranger need turn hungry or naked from our shores. There are, by the way, two classes of steerage passengers. My Scotch friend and several oth ers have large rooms partitioned off from the steerage proper, with the benefit of good air and light. They however ‘eat themselves,’ as Pat says, and paj - SSO lor their passage. A second class steerage is but $lO. Among the Ist class steerage passengers 1 was net a little surprised to find the ‘Columbian Minstrels,’ for whose high vocal powers our triend Meech of the Museum, has so often made the Evening Journal voucher. They are on a professional visit to England where Mr. Rice, the original ‘Wiiginny Nigger’ was emi nently successful. As these Vocalists can ou. ‘jump Jim Crow,’ and give ten songs to his one 1 hope their success may be in We are indebted largely to Europe lor her Fannj Ellslers, Mad. Celestes, Mons. Adrents, &c. &c It is a pleasure, therefore, to send abroad, in re ’ turn, these‘Columbian Minstrels,’ whose sue cess, if there is taste and sentiment in Englan to enjoy the music of nature, will be more that triumphant. , , , Nor are these Yankee Minstrels theoMyna tional novelty the ship George Washington i watting to England. We have two thousa« ) ir»*» Clo:ks on board! These ‘notions are 0 Massachusetts fabrication, and find, I am in lormed, a ready market with John Bull The urchasers are among the humblest of the mid •ling classes, who iorm clubs of 12, 15 or 20, >aying sixpence a week into a purfor the pur ■hase of clocks, which are drawn for by Lotle ery, the contribution and the drawing continu ng until each member of the Club rejoices in t wooden Clock. This is one of the triumphs jf American Manufactures. Wednesday, June 28. Our good ship George Washington has al* »vays been a lavorite packet. On her June passage of last year, Charles Dickens returnee in her to England. Capt. Burrows informs me that he made himself extremely popular with all n board. In his ‘Notes’ he speaks in highly complimentary terms of the ship and her com mander. Grant Thorburn, the well known Seedsman and Florist, returned to America in this ship, and I make the following extract irom his Book tor the purpose of saying that every word of it is as applicable io her presenL captain and crew as to her former excellent commander: “If you have a friend in the world to whom you wish well, and that friend wants to cross the Atlantic, tell him to wait for the George Washington, Capt. Ho!d ridge and crew. We have been nine days out, and have not heaid an o from an officer oi a sailor; some times making twelve knots an hour, with the waves as high as Hnake Hill in Jersey, and neither a sigh nor a groan has escaped the ship’s timbers. Her sneets ot canvass swelling lo the breeze, are moved by her sturdy and willing crew, without noise or confusion —as if impelled by the god of order.” The same spirit of order and the same pro prieties of language and temper reigned through out the vessel during the 21 days we were on board of her. But enough for this writing. So adieu for the present. NUMBER 11. Packet Ship George Washington, ) At S«a, June 23, 1843. J Our noble ship has been reposing, for three days, upon the unruffled bosom of a slumbering Ocean; and although we number more than 200 souls, all is quietness and tranquility on board. I he Captain and Mates pace the quarter-deck, looking anu whistling, rather impatiently for wind. The passengers at their books, shuffle ooard, back-gammon, chess or checkers, seem alike content with wind or calm. Much of->ur conversation, however, consists in discussing the probabilities of our arrival at Liverpool be fore the steamer that left Boston nine days after us, and the ‘Akbar,’ a fast sailing snip that left New York thirty hours before us. The first predictions of taose who ha ve ‘crossed before’ werelora passage ofl'Jdays, butsince the calm they are willing to compound for a 21, 22, or 23 days’ run. Our ship has passed every thing she nasencountered solar; but without wind, the steamer will pass us the day after to-morrow. The Sea, like politics, makes ‘strange bed lelluws? Our cabin passengers have been diawn from nearly all the different points of the compass on the globe, and are as diverse in cha racter and pursuit, as in birth and language.— But we all affiliate and harmonize wonderfully. 1 here is not an ill-natured or querulous spirit among us. This, lam told, is unusual, and my own slight experience in travelling has •huwn ‘a black sheep’ in almost every flock.— In addition to our own party of tour, we have a quiet iLiiglishman who is returning from a visit lo a sister in Canada, surprisM and gratified to nave tound a large and flourishing town (New York) Between Loudon and Montreat! Tuere is an affable, talkative old gentleman from Shel ffeld (a Razer manufacturer, 1 believe,) return ing from a visit to Ne v York. He went out in the Racket ship North America last spring, and was beacued near San. y Hook. There are two young officers ot the British Army return ing home witn chilling recollections of a Cana dian winter; a Scotch man and his niece, from tiaute, Indiana; a Pennsylvanian and his sister, .loin the good VV hig county of Somerset, going to Ireland, after a legacy, I inter, their lather having been an Irishman and their mother scotch; an Englishman from Boston; a partner in an extensive Merchant Tailor’s establish ment tn Park Place who goes t r London and Paris to purchase clothes and ‘catch the fash ions as they change;’ a Dry Goods dealer in Broadway, who, though born in Holland, per sists in claiming America as his native country; a young gentleman, who, though born in Balti more, gives himself out as an Englishman. He was left with a fortune, partly on this and partly on the other side of the Atlantic. His habits, in some respects, are most thoroughly English, lor he sits up until 4 o’clock in tne morning, ris es at 1 P. M., breakfasts and drinks porter inor dinately. But he is intelligent and agreeable. We have a gentlemanly English merchant and his accomplished lady,changing their residence irom New York to Liverpool, the Tariff hav ing destroyed his business in America; a com panionable, frank, honest Yorkshire man, con nected witn a Cloth house in New York, and re siding in Brooklyn, who is going to Leeds fw his wile and child! a retiring Partner in the great Iron house ot Sanderson & Brothers, Sheffield, who, alter a residence in New York, goes lo the Island ot Jersey to enjoy the fruits ol his enterprise and industry. This gentle man is one of Jotin Bull’s legitimate sons. His aversion for Brother Jonathan is purely nation al. His most formidable charge ag inst Re publican Institutions, is their relaxing influence upon domestic discipline. He attributed the recusancy of a son and tne elo, ementof a daugh ter wholly to these causes, and will never learn that the “iron rule,” in the government of chil dren, is quite likely to have occasioned the dis appointment ol his parental hopes. This gen tleman is, however, an agreeable companion, with kindly feelings, and, 1 doubt not, a worthy man. He has an inexhaustible fund of cheer ;ul conversation. We have a young German gentleman, who has passed four years in the commercial cities of England, France and A meriea, and is now returning to Hamburgh, to commence his own commercial career. He is very generally inlormed, and has, in the broad est sense of the term, completed his education, We hare also a Catholic Priest, (a native ot Bavaria,) who was some time at Detroit, but now irom Cincinnati, reluming home out ot health. Fatuer Sme, a native of Belgium, and a Missionary of the Jesuits, is returning from a four years’ re-idence among the Indians beyond the Rocky Mountains. His errand was one of Christian benevolence; and in searching the wide woild, few men could be found so richly endowid with tile qualities and so deeply imbu ed wnh the principles of that Divine Missiona ry, who wa" sent to proclaim peace and good will to man. Father De Smet belongs to a family possessing rank and wealth. He gave his loilutie to his brothers, (reserving only what was necessary to defray his expenses,) and de parted for the New World audits wilderness, giving up the remainder of his life to the im provement and the amelioration of the condition of the pour Indian. He went among tne most savageol the tribes, with no defence but th cross, and though constantly passing thro’scenes ol violence anu outrage, and living amid slaugh ter and rapin**, nut a hair ol his head has been injured. We have been delighted, during the passage, with his recitals ol Indian habits, cus toms, wars, worship, &c. &c. On his recent return to St. Louis, where he contributed large ly, by his efforts in Europe, to endow a College, Father De Smet traveled, with an Indian com panion, 3,900 miles through the wilderness by a pocket compass. His Letters to the Superior oi ids Order, recently published, make a volume of exceeding interest. He is laboring, with in telligence and zeal, to introduce the virtues ol civilization, without its vices, among the In dians. He first impresses the truths or Revela tion upon their minds lhen instructs them in the pursuits of Agriculture. His present visit to the Old World is connected with his philan thropic duties. He returns to the Rocky Moun tains in Novembei by ttie way of the Colum bia River. My travelling companions have made a donation to the good Father for the ben efit ol his voyage. We have also as companions duvoyage, Bish op Hughes, of New York, and Bishop Purcell, of Ohio, two eminent and excellent tcclesias lics of the Catholic Chuich. As educated and enlightened men, they have been conversed with and listened to by us all with pleasure and ad vantage. But as Ministers ol the Gospel, the presence has imparled a still higher interest. — On the first Sabbath out, Bishop Hughes preach ed a sermon, standing at the step of the mizen mast, which was most attentively listened to by a congregation of over two hundred. The sub ject (St. Paul’s epistle tothe Romans, mh chap, from 22d to the last verse.) was appro priate, and his commentary truly impressive.— He made the ocean a witness in tavor of the Revelation. He spoke of it, too, as a glorious page in the great book of Nature, which could not be contemplated without exciting more ot aomiration than of awe. Man, he said, may boastof his power and wisdom as displayed in ,he construction of this strong and beautiful -hip, but hyw impotent is man s power and how fruitless his wisdom, until God in his abound ing goodness fills our canvass with his winds! On the following Sabbath the same community ■ e-assembled for Divine Worship. Bishop Puicell officiated. His sermon was designed as i vindication of the truths of Revelation, and o enforce the duties of faith and obedience.— dis language and manner were fervent and af ectionate. He ntered upon a train of argtt nent, to show how reason and philosophy ex lose and confound their teachers, in which he was truly impressive and conclusive. Not a vord was uttered by either of these good Bish ips to which all Christians would not heartily espond. I had often heard of Bishop Purcell of Cin i.nnati, as a man much beloved by his own wn people, and as much respected by all oth ■s. He is worthy of affection and regard, loi II the kindliest elements are mixed up in hi* character. VOL. vn-NO 38. a Ol Bishop Hughes, to whose enlightened conversation upon various subjects 1 derive much instruction, I shall speak in another Let ter. Sunday Afternoon, June2s. The calm was broken yesterday by a fresh south-easterly wind, which compelled us about 3 o'clock, P M. to shorten sail. I laid on deck —it blew rather too hard tor landsmen tostand— while the sailors were taking in, first the light sails, and then resting the larger sheets, and caa now sympathise understandingly with those who admire and celebrate the sailor’s enthusi asm and gallantry. The wind seem their ele ment. The men who had been lounging lazily about the ship during the calm, when a young tempest came, sprang lightly in o the tops, some laying out upon the yards, and others ascending higher to furl the main-top-gallant sail; the ship, in the mean time bounding over billows that made her bow and s .ern alternately describe an gles of 45 degrees. The easterly wind is driving us off our course. The Captain’s observation and reckoning at 12 o’clock to-day, brought us within an hundred miles of land, and about 30 miles northward of Cape Fear, the entrance to the British Channel. With the wind as it is now, we expect to make the land to-morrow morning, and lhen to decide whether it is best to attempt the South, or take the North Channel. I have been struck with the variations in time as we have been running down from a longi tude of 59 59 into ne of 14. Bishop Hughes, who has a truth-telling watch has kept his New York time. Bv his watch it is now 9 o’clock, P. M. And yet you at Albany are just coming from the afternoon Churches at 5. Wen we were at breakfast this morning, at 8, tew if any of you had opened your eyes, and before the sentinel in Sheriff Adam’s belfry sings ‘past eleven o’clock, and all is well,’ it will be day light here. Monday Morning, June 26. We went on dock this morning, expecting to be greeted with the view of land, but were sad ly disappointed. The wind came off dead ahead about midnight, since which time we have been heading to windward, and are yet some forty miles from land, without any hope of getting into the Channel until i he wind chang es. 12 o’clock, M. The Captain, who was intent yesterday and to-day upon his charts, &c., has just taken an observation. His reckoning shows us about 25 miles from land, and about 35 from Valentia, a small port on the North West coast of Ire land, whence he has concluded to run, and where many of us intend lo land, anti make an excur sion through the Green Isle. 4 o’clock, P. M. The wind has baffled us. By drawing round two points to the north and east, we are defeated in our intention of making the harbor of Valen tia. She has been put aboutand is now running south along the Coast, with the hope of such a change of wind as will enable us to get into the British Channel. 7 o’clock, P. M. We are just called on deck from the tea table to see land. The outline ot what seems a high mount in was first discovered. High, bald head-lands in the County Kerry were soon distinctly seen. Then came the Sk> lligrocks looming up like‘Butter Hill,’at the mouth of our own Highlands. One ot these high pro montories, in the distance we are viewing it, as sumes the form ot a majestic mansion of fine architectural proportions, with roof, chim neys, &c. Tuesday Morning, JuneS7. We have been all night struggling with a head wind, and find ourselves, tnis morning, more than seventy miles from Cape Fear. Tne Irish shore is but ten miles off, and its mountains ot rocks, with their Druidical towers, are in full viow. The coast is barren and frowning. 5 o’clock, P. M. We have been all day ‘dragging our slow length along’ the coast ol Ireland, and though most of our passengers have been restless and impatient, to me it has been a day of interest anti enjoyment. We have passed the Bay ot Bantry, and several bold head lands of which the steerage passengers, who are going back to ■sweet Ireland,’ have been giving me iradirions and legends. A bright sun and balmy atmos phere have enabled me to remain all day on deck enjoying these nigged views. At 3 o'clock the steamer Acadia, from Boston, came in sight, pushing directly for Cape Clear, the point at which we are aiming. Her appearance was indicated lung belore the vessel could be seen, by a black column of smoke streaking the hori zon. She passed within 7 milesof us and push ed up the Channel. The Acadia left Boston on the 16th inst. She will therelore make a 12 days’passage. But for head winds and calms we should have been in Liverpool on Saturday last. 6 o’clock, P. M. We are are at last opposite Cape Clear, with the ship’s head to the Channel, but there is only a breath wind. This comes, however, Irom the right quarter. If we should get becalmed off the Cove of Cork, which is some 60 miles Irom here, we go ashore there with the Bishops. Wednesday Morning, June 28. We have been three weeks at sea, and are still becalmed in the British Channel, 290 miles irom Livei pool. Last evening, an hour before sunset, a small boat Crook-Haven Harbor came along side us, with fresh fisn, as we supoused, bu: as it turned out with potatoes only. They offered to take passengers ashore, and Mr. To bin, the old gentleman referred to in another letter, together with his wife and daughter, find ng themselves within a few miles ol their na tive town, left the ship. In reply to our ques tions lor news, they said that troops had arrived at Dublin, and that O’Connell was at Bkibbe reen, his place in the mountains, where he had made a speech to 300,000 people. 12 o’clock, M. An Irish ‘Hooker’ came along-'ide after breaklast, with whom 15 emigrauts concluded to land. The Captain in the 'Hooker’ informed us that there was a tremendous and destructive gale here on the 7th of J une, the day we left New York. Much shipping was lust, and a nong other vessels one American; bm ol all this you will have accounts. Ihe Captain of the‘Hooker’ informed us that O’Connell was .u address a mass meeting at Kinsale on Mon day. My desire to see him is so great that I went below to pack a few changes in my carpet bag nd go ashore, but while we were getting rea dy, the ‘Hooker’ was cas off, at the instance ot •ume friends, who were unwillingtu let us go off with ‘wild Irishmen’ in a crazy craft. V e intend, however, to avail ourselves of the next opportunity of landing. 5 c’clock, P. M. A row boat has just come alongsiue, and I close this fetter to get a few “ traps” ready for a descent upon Beland. The boattnt n are to row nine ol us ashore lor ten shillings sterling each. So good-by lo the George W ashington. NUMBER 111. Courtmasherhy, (Ireland) June 28,1843. I am here, my loot upon tue Green isle—-the land ol my admiration and sympathy from boy hood to trie maturity ol hie. I felt our good snip beatin; up the Channel against an ousnnate i.ead wind at 5 o'clock, P> M. yesterday, in a small boat that came off to us; and, alter a pull ol tbiee hours, made this port before sun-set. It is a delightful spot, lue village is situated in the elbow of a deep bay, and consists of a row ot continuons block of stone cottages, all on one side ol the street la cing the w ater, while the terraces rising back of the village are dotted with cabins, anti pauJud, with fields clothed in verdure and Iruitlulness. The arrival at an obscure town upon th* coast, ol nine strangers, with a formidable ar ray of trunks, &c. created quite a stir; but wliet*. it came to be known that two Catholic Bishopt from America and two Priests from trance, (though une ol the latter is from Belgium ant the other from Bavaria,) were among us, th sensation was truly amusing. Ihe ‘Repeal ers’ gathered about us in swarms. The Goas • Officer and the Constabulary Guard appeare I embarrassed and excited. 1 called upon tb • Excise Officerand invited him to examine ot ? luggage. In walking with me over to the H< • tel, ne remarked that, as our landing there 11 ihe somewhat excited state of the countty, wuul I occasion inquiry and remark, it would be h » duty to make his examination more rigid tha ■ under ordinary circumstances. He then pn • ceededtotake our names, places of resident t and vocation, and to examine whether we ha 1 arms or munitions concealed. He then inqui • ed the object ol our visit and the length of tin » we intended to remain in trek nd. All this wi « cone in the utmost delicacy and propriety on tl ■ pan of the officer. We informed him that w« took advantage of calms and head winds U> leave our ship and run through Ireland to Liv erpool, hoping that we sboulu be so fortunate as to hear O’Connell, and to sec Father Maihew. The Custom-House examination over, we were sealed to our first supper in Ireland. It consisted of bacon and eggs, fried in the bar room, (a small 7 by 9) where twenty men were smoking their pip es; served, however, upon a clean linen table-cloth, with a fresh roll ol but ter and a strongly malted loal of bread. Alter supper, the Bishops went with the resi dent Catholic Clergyman, others were sent to a neighboring house, (two only lodged at the Ho tel,) and 1 accepted the invitation of the Com man tant of the Coast Guard to take abed at liis house, where 1 passed the evening and night very pleasantly. The only mode of conveyance, in the morn ing, was ah Irish ‘Jaunting Car’ with one horse. Nor could a second vehicle be raised to th* vU lage 1 A messenger was therefore daepMchaA