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Weather, Crops and Polltlca in Alabama.
A friend in Alabama, in a letter to the Editor
on business, adds the following remarks on the
weather, crops and politics in that State, which
we take the liberty of laying our readers;
“July, S2nd, 1845.
"We have had the hottest and dryest sum
mer that has probably ever been known here;
corn crops are literally ruined, and cotton, ex
cept in prairie land, is greatly injured. Dry
summers are much the Itest for the production
ot cotton on prairie soil. There is one conso
latir n and source ol hope, however; so many
of our people are down with the Texas fever,
that we have hopes that there will be corn en
ough left to feed tnose poor fellows ot us, who
have had no Texas lands annexed to go to.
“ We have not much political excitement here,
butsometun. Ourdemoeraticfri md->, asyuu are
aware, have two candidates lor Governor. The
real locotoco old-pannel, rag-money, ‘square
toed’ democracy support Maj. Nat. ferry, who
managed to get the caucus nomination, while
the chivalry, assisted by a portion of the • bone
and sinew,’ who really believe that f u demo
cratic doctrine to oppose Bank cn> 'it, and a spu
rious paper currency, are upporting Judge
Marlin. Bothsidesc)a : .u a victory in advance.
The whigs, I think, wno are not indebted to the
bank like Ter*., will vote generally for Martin,
but many will not vote at all. Terry is stump
ing un in the hills, but 1 have heard of no parti
cular doctrine, or measure that he has avowed,
except that he is hard to beat at poker, and that
he is unalterably' opposed to 1 goober-peas, and
ginger-bread.’ I suppose you have seen his
boasting—how he put it on to Sol. Heyden
fie’.diat poker for seven hundred dollars, and how
he sold his note for goober-peas, payable at dig
ging time, to feed his Carolina friends on, &c.
&c. If he is elected Governor, and we can get
Felix Grundy McConnell in the United States
Senate, with Bagby, I think our progressive
and harmonious democracy would be fitly re
presented.
"We have but two congressional districts
contested on party grounds, from both of which
•we expect to send whigs. Yet in all the other
districts, except Yancey’s, the leading locofocos
have got each other by the ears, and Yancey
would hate opposition in his own party, but
they fear him ‘elsewhere.’ This gentleman is
exerting himself, as he did last year, to prove to
the cotton planters that they pay all the taxes of
the under the operation of the tariff,
and I presume he is much astonished to find
that every heavy cotton growing county in the
State gives a whig majority—whilst the largest
majorities his party gets, are in counties where '
the least cotton is made—but such is the fact; ,
what an unbelieving set these planters are ? ;
“ Your obedient servant.” t
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The Explosion in New York.
The N. Y. Tribune ol Tuesday, speaking of 1
the explosion at the recent lire in that city, says:
The great subject ot discussion throughout i
yesterday was the cause of the explosion. Opin- I
seems to lean in favor ot Saltpetre, and it is /
now stated for a certainty that it will explode, 1
when heated to a certain extent, by adding a t
very small amount ol charcoal -say 4 per cent, i
-.-the proportion which is said to exist in gun
powder being saltpeter 85, charccal 4. This «
amount would be supplied by the burning bags /
and thus the explosion is accounted for at once, t
Messrs. Crocker & Warren state positively, r
both to their friends, privately, and to the public i
in an advertisement, that they had no gunpow- l
cer in their establishment, and never have had.
Yet we are bound to say that there are many i
persons of good judgment who still believe that (
such an explosion could not have taken place j
without gunpowder. t
The following remarks on the same subject •
are Iromthe N. Y. Post: ,
Can Saltpetre Explode?— This is perhaps the
important question >f the day. On its propet I
solution depend several results. The book, i
say that saltpetre, on being heated to 600° ot <
Fahrenheit, becomes convened into one ot the
most expansive gasses known : one which i
rarer and occupies a greater volume than any
other; but it is not inflammable ‘nor explosive.
After all, very little is known about this subject, ,
although great professions ot knowledge, ac- >
com pan led with high sounding phrases ol cat- r
banic acid, cartionic ovide, resulting gasses, ni
trogen and sulphurous acid gas are thrown ovei
it, rendering it still more smoky than ever. t
Who knows even what an explosion of gun ■
powder ie? Who can give us the rational' ? i
Does the fl re ol the charcoal enter into the body i
of the nitre, t.nd there cause a sudden expansion j
accompanied with a loud report, as one of the r
old writers says? And if it does, are we anv •
- /fearer an explanation than we were before 1
■/-Js a mere question offset, which can be bes'TfC
tested byexperiment. Let a dozen bagsof salij H
petre be charred and exposed to intense heat/
and see the res.ilt. Mr. Dodge, who suggests
this, offers to furnish one bag, and proposes a
subscription for the expense ot the rest. It is c
worthy the attention of the special committee to r
whom the subject is referred. ’
The Boston Journal, referring to the doubts 1
expressed in the New York papers respecting a
the cause of the explosion, remarks-
“Those who witnessed the effects ol the ex c
plosion of a brig at Central wharf in Boston, 1
several years ago, which had no gunpowder, *
but a large quantity ol saltpetre on board, will 1
readily admit that the explosion in New York, •’
described in another part of our paper, might
have teen produced by that material alone. ” 1
The Board of Aidermen met on Mon- '
day night. A communication was received
from the Chief Engineer ofthe Fire Department,
directing the attention of the Board to the ca- ,
lamitous circumstances attending the fire, and ,
demanding an investigation ot the cause of the {
explosion. He says, in his letter:-—“The j
zeal, fidelity, and daring ot the Fire Department <
have resulted from a conviction that the laws ,
relative to gunpowder and other explosive com- s
pounds, were faithfully observed, and should s
this belief be shaken, the system of extinguish- j
ing fires must be changed and property sacrifi- t
ced, rather than the lives of hundreds should #
be jeoparded. ” r
The communication was referred to a select -
•<ommiite. , .
The New York correspondent of the Phila- <
delphia U. S. Gazette, writing under date of J
Tuesday afternoon, says— .
A large number of workmen are busily em- J
ployed upon the ruins ot the fire, but the heat •
is so great, notwithstanding the continual
streams of water, that but little of the rubbish
has been cleared off. The number of deaths
is not yet known, but it is expected not to ex
ceed ten or twelve.
About 100 crates ot Cotton, saved from the
fire, were placed in Old Slip, and sold by auc
tion this morning. A few minutes ago [4s
o’clock, P. M.J one of them broke out on fire,
and in an instant ignited the whole lot. The
engines are busy protecting the property in the
neighborhood.
A New York letter ofthe same date, publish
ed in the Philadelphia American, says—
All is activity at the burnt district—a great
many stores are already contracted for, and full
one thousand men are now clearing oft the
rubbish to commence building again. Da
maged goods are selling by auction in half a
dozen squares of the city, but most of them are
not worth cartage.
Prom the Charleston Conner.
New York, July 32, 1845.
The loss by the fire is now supposed to be
about $7,000,000 of which our insurance com
panles lose about $5,000,000. They are all
terribly racked, except the New York (Marine,)
—-<ud stetrirhas none down to au incredibly low
point, some of lhe descriptions selling as low
as 3,5, 10 a d 12, instead of 80,90 and 100.
The amount of Cotton lost by the fire is
13,500 bales.
The body of young Cowdrey, Fireman of
22, has not yet been discovered. The Aider
men last night appropriated $250 to aid the
Firemen in digging for their lost brother. He
was a young man verv highly esteemed.
Messrs. Crocker ft Warren, proprietors of
the store in New-strect, where the explosion
took place, have been arrested and held to bail.
If it is discovered that there was gunpowder in
the store, instead ol saltpetre, they will be pro
bably indicted for a caoital offence. But thev
are both men ot the highest integrity, and both
declare in the most positive manner that there
was nothing whatever but saltpetre, and tha l
they had not, and never have had, a particle ol
gunpowder in their store.
Duelling in England.—Public sentiment in
England has become resolutely fixed against the
practice of duelling. The recent case in which
Mr. Seton was killed, without any complain'
as to the fairness with which every thing was
conducted, drew forth a coroner’s verdict from
which we make the following extract:
“We find that the immediate cause ol Mr
Seton's death was the result of a surgical ope
> ration, rendered imperatively necessary by th
imminent danger in which he was placed bt
the infliction of a gun-shot wound which he r
ceived on the 20th of May last, in a duel wit
Henry Charles Morehead Hawkey, ofthe Roy
al Marines. We therefore, find the said Lieu-
Hawkey and Lieut. Edward Pym, as well a
all the parties concerned in said duel, guilty o
K' wilful murder. ”
g Duelling will, we think, soon cease to be ac-
I knowledged in England as the means by whir
g a man mav seek redress for wounded feelings
g The public feeling against it is exceeding!'
| strong.— Pic.
i The New York Journal of Ccnme't
fe says"that the explosion in Brad-st. on Saturda
f morning was heard by troops encamped at
K Poughkeepsie, * distance of eighty miles.
From the National Intelligencer
Shaking in the Wind.
To lhe rumors which have been spread by
letter writers and others, chiefly through prints
hostile to Whig p inciples, of discord in the
Cabinet, of want of confidence in itself, and dis
sensions among its friends, we have hitherto
paid Tittle attention. But lhe f requent reference
to them, of late, by the government paper its
spasmodic exertions to persuade rhe public that
there is no foundation tor these rumors, so far
from convincing us, lead us,as wepresumethey
Will ; naVe done every one who reads them
very nearly to a conviction that there is more
in these rumors than we were at first inclined
to believe. If these rumors are merely gratui
tous and idle, why give consequence to them by
contradicting them, fur that purpose diligently
copying them into the government paper, anti
thus giving all the currency which it is the
power of that paper to impart to them ? Why
d w> the Government editor ext ibit anxiety so
dinost tremulous, now to quiet the rising dis
c-mtenis, and now to disprove lheir existence?
Why, when he "has no room to spare” for lhe
iscussi-m ol questions <<l real moment, and
de ply affecting not merely the success of the
Administration but the welfare of lhe nation,
does he fill his columns with such labored ef
forts to quiet “the partv” as thus- which occu
py so large a space in “the Union” of Saturday
night ? Why travel off so far from home as
New Orleans to copy from a paper ot that city
such equivocal evidence ol unity, tranquility
.nd security as the following?
“ Nothing has occurred, nor is there anything
'ikelytooccur, to disturb th-- h rmony or divide
tne counsels of the Democratic party. The per
fect unum which brought it into power will be
maintained throughout. The struggle of 1844
was one fur principles, and the desire for their
establishment in the governmental policy of the
country is a feeling too strong and too general
among the democracy every where to make us
apprehend that it will ever experience defeat
Irom causes of a selfish or unessential character.
So far from their being any ground ot apprehen
sions on this or any other score, we are becoming
more united, and are gaining siren" !h every day.
The truthfulness ol our principles is constantly
making itself apparent to th se who have hith
erto taken position with our opponents. There
is no earthly prospect of -our dividing."
The Government editor’s misgivings are not
less apparent fi om hisoriginal articles than from
his copying snch as the above, which most plain
ly betrays convictions directly thwweverse of
those which it avows. Witness the following
passages from his own pen, (the italics ours:)
From the Union of Saturday night.
Mr Polk and his Administration.— The Whig
presses are showing us, by lhe game whieh
they would have us to play, some of the dangers
which we should be most anxious to avoid.—
They are not counting so much on their own
strength as on our divisionsand our weakness.
We were in no very imminent danger before;
for, as we said the other day, we would spare
no pains to keep down any feud, the elements of
which might be lurking in the bosom of our parly ;
and we added that we had never greater confi
dence in ourselves and our friends, or in our re
sources, because we were never so distinctly
imnressed with the clearness of our course, and
lhe strength of our cause. But every day is
shedding new light upon the tactics of our oppo
nents. Their seemingly exulting calculations
are pointing out the rocks which impede our navi
gation; and must be entirely blind to our
dancer, if we did not profit by the chart which
they have delineated for our warning and im
provement.
From the same paper, same date.
The “American” [Baltimore] grossly mag
nifies the “ disaffection” and disappointment of
Mr. Polk’s friends. His policy, too, is not yet
fully carried out. He may be too slow to gratify
his 100 eager friends; yet the very tardiness of
the operation isa sufficient proof that he has not
arrived at the end ol his journey.
The “American" mistakes the spirit ofthe
great body of the friends of Mr. Calhoun. A
few of them may murmur at the past, or suspect
the future; but the massol them utter no com
plaints, and all of them will probably be satisfied
in spite of the generous t fforts of the Whigs to
lan the flame of jealousy and discontent.
The “American’ may find itself mistaken in
its sanguine calculations upon the course of
Col. Benton and his friends. They will noi
join the Whigs—that is certain They have no
thing to expect from that party, either for their
own pany or lor the interests of lheir country.
vVe undertake to say that the present adminis
tration will do nothing tooffend them by injury,
T provoke them by insults; but they are perfect
ly willing to carry out, in good faith, Col Ben
■ on’s own celebrated maxim—“ Union, harmo
ny, concession; every thing for the cause; no
hing for men.”
It Mr. Polk has “ rival interests to conciliate,”
-hey are not as numerous and as irritating as the
“ American” anticipates; but he brings to them
also a heart anxious to conciliate—an equanimi
'V that is not easily ruffl -d—a clear head that is
not tery apt to misapprehend his duties or his
•burse. A man, who has no interests of his
>wn to mislead his judgment, or to bias his
policy—who goes iuto power at peace wiih all
•he party, and willing to please them all and
ueep his party united—to whose union he is in
I bted for his success—will scarcely be betrayed
into any resentments or partialities that may be
calculated to
MBKwMWWipWTOTnegreatest advantage
From thesame paper, same dale.
The question of the succession will scarcely
come up at this early period, [the meeting ol the
next Congress,] and if there be any aspirants,
whose friends are anxious to put them hereafter
in the field, they will be much more disposed to
advance their future pretensions by the noble
service of their country, than “lay out their
courses” and resort to lhe “hurly-burly of in
trigues.” They will soon perceive that the con
test is premature, and that they would only
jeopard their prospects bi/ the precocity of lheir
struggles"
Supposing that there are even aspirants in the
Republican ranks, theirown interests will teach
moderation and wisdom.
From the same paper, same date.
Look at the columns ol the “ Charleston
Mercury” itself, where complaints have been
made (in impressive an 1 detailed correspon
dence) of the removal of Cslhoun men by Mr
Jenkins of Portsmouth, Mr. Morton of Boston,
&c. The same complaint is made in the Ports
mouth paper, and we have seen it reiterated in
several private letters. A similar impression wa
stated to’ exist in Ohio, but we received a
fetter written by a member ot Congress front
that State this very day, within ten minutes
after we had received the “Charleston Mercu
ri,” which denies the accuracy ol the statement.
The impression does indeed, exist to some extent,
although it is incorrect; and Mr. Polk has
given no cause, aud means to give none, for its
existence. He means (as the “ Union ”of last
Saturday states) to treat every portion of the Re
publican party with the strictest justice.
From the some paper, same dale.
There seems to lie no end to the fables which
are pul forth by the Whig pre*s and its corres
pondents. For example, a correspondent of a
New York paper states that “Mr. Buchanan
will certainly resign”—that “ the appointment
ot Mr. McLane as Minister to England has
been the cause of much ill-leeling between lhe
President and Mr. Buchanan ; hence the shuf
fling of the ’Union’on the subject ot lhe Oregon
negotiations, with the professed object ot con
tradicting rumors, but with the real object ot
preventing an open rupture in the Cabinet.
Depend upon it, the South must be conciliated,
and Mr. Stevenson will be Secretary of State,
before a fortnight.” The whole is a fable—not
one particle ot truth in it.
From the same paper, same dale.
The “New York Tribune” may dismiss its
fears about Messrs. Buchanan and Walker.
They have not the most distant intention of
resigning lhe seals of office. There has not even
been “a spat, of course, ’’ to use its own classic
phraseology. There is perfect harmony in lhe
Cabinet. Mr. Walker is in no “trouble in
Mississippi, in Tennessee, and all over.” On
the contrary, the trouble t* "all over” with him.
An Ice Mountain in Virginia.—There is a
comparatively small mountain in Hampshire
county, Va., about 26 miles irom Winchester,
and on the eastern bank of the North River,
where there is perpetual ice. Our attention has
recently been’called to it for lhe first lime by a
note irom a friend who visited itduring a recent
tour through the State; and from whom we
learn that the west side ot the mountain, which
is some 500 feet in height, is covered with a
nass of loose porous stone, by removing which
pure chrystal ice can always be found in the
warmest days of summer. It has been dis
covered as late as the 15th of September; and
vet the face of the mountain is subject to the
tnll rays of the sun from morning to night.—
The owner, Mr. Deevers, has erected a milk
house over a bed of ice at the foot of the moun
tain, and near the river, which has an ice floor
'be year round. There is also a spring of cold
water on the same spot.
We find by recurring to Mr. Howe’s Histori
cal Collections ol Virginia, a va'uablework re
■ently published, a solution of this remarkable
uhenomenon. The ice is protected from ex
ernal heat bv the surrounding porous rocks, as
ce in a refrigerator is isolated and protected
rom the externa) temperature by the non-con
iucttng sides of the refrigerator. One side ol
he mountain consists of a massive wall many
undred feet in thickness, and heaped upagainst
his as an abutment, is a mass of rocks of seve
al thousand cul ic feet. As the mountain has
general direction from N. E. to S_. W., the
,lus heap containing the ice has a N. W. ex
■osnre. The cavernous nature ot this heap ad
nits the free entrance ot atmospheric waters,
which during the winter forms iee in the inte
ri ir of the mass.
The Ice Mountain is, in fact, a huge sand
one refrigerator, whose increased and unusual
fleets beyond those of the ordinary refrigerator,
re due to the increased and unu>ual collection
f porous conducting materials which forms its
ides. Such a huge, ever ready refrigerator in
ie neighborhood of Newark, or any of our
rowded towns, in this sweltering season, would
ne worth its weight in gold. Would that we
might have a “ tabernacle” there! — Newark Adv.
Gov. Crawford’s Administration.
The Whigs placed our present Governor in
V office by their votes in 1843. They expected,
’ when they elected him, that he would adminis
f terthe affairs of lhe Mate, with credit to him-
■ self, and advantage to the people. None, not
> even the democrats themselves, doubt that this
’ expectation has been realized. The confidence
s of the Whigs at the time of his election, has
t been more than justified by his acts, their hopes
■ have been more than fulfilled, and their prophe-
• cies have become brilliant realities. No parly
was ever more hard pressed for facts and char-
• ges with which to carry on the contest than the
! democratic party in lhe present instance. What
few and insignificantcharges they have already
raked up, show the poverty ol their resources
tor battle, and the admissions which they are
forced to make in favor ol Gov. Crawford’s po
licy, testily to the people that there is noneedol
change. The substance ot the positions taken
by the democrats is this: If Gov. Crawlord has
done well, Mr. McAllisier can do just as well or
better. Mr. McAllister is a Democrat and Gov.
Crawford is a Whig. The results ot the elec
tion may tell upon lhe national councils, and a
United States Senator is wanted by them, who
will carry out their views and not those of the
Whigs. We dont know that Mr. McAllister
will do as well as Gov. Crawford. Does any
body know this? To judge from the misrule ol
the democratic party in years past, we would
reasonably suppose that their ascendancy would
be again attended by evil and etn> arrassmenl,
a loss ol credit and character, and the reproduc
tion and accumulation of'lre public debi. Eve
rything is going on we! now. While the dem
ocrats spent, ann-ia-ly, for the Penitentiary
$18,625, Gov. Crawford has saved annually by
that institution, #25,369 52. For the printing
fund. Gov Crawford has spent but a little over
half of. muon as the democats ; for the contin
gent lund, nearly two thirds less. For the Legis
lature, the democrats $93,347, the Whigs $76,-
978. In the language of the editor ofthe Re- .
corder, Governor Crawlord has saved in twelve
months, “ Sixty-six thousand, eight hundred and
forty-eight dollars and. seventeen cents!'' “Well,
Gov. Crawford actually saves for the State,ot
what has been expended by the preceding admi
nistration, mure than two-thirds of the amount
which he finds it necessary to spend to carry on
the government efficiently, and to pay the Le
gislature!” Whatmord could lhe people of
Georgia want? Why should they desire a
change? This is Whigism, what tecs Demo
cracy? W.hy risk the fit st for the latter, when
experience has proven Its incapa' ity, or, cor
ruption. The same difference which marks
the administrations of the State have character
ized those of the general government also, un
der the respective rule of the Whigs and Demo
crats.
Under Mr. Monroe it cost $778,000 to collect
$17,000,000 from duties and other sources.—
Under Mr. Van Buren it cost 81,500,000 tocol
lecl $15,000,000, double the sum required under
Mr. Monroe to collect a larger amount. No
wonder, that while the Whig Convention should
confine itself to the interests of the Slate, the
interestsand happiness aHGeorgians, the Demo
cratic convention should shrinkaghast from the
contemplation ol the same, under the rule ofthe
Democrats. No wonder, that that body,
shonld strive to divert public attention from
home matters, aad onr domestic concerns, by tra
velling to Baltimore to hunt up the resolutions
ot that conven- ion, which resembled a mob in
the confusion and anarchy of its proceedings, and
rut forth doctrines that were held in estimation
>y one wing of the democracy, and detestation
by another— no wonder it should seek to over
shadow the afl'a irs ofone State by lhe broader
canopy of those; of the nation ! It all shows for
itself, and the people will see plainly, that it is
a subterfuge and a trick to gull them again with
the same humbugs with which they cheated and
deceived them before. We are notalraid of anv
issues which the democrats may make, but it
appears to us that those ot most material mo
ment to Georgians, are such as most materially ■
affect their collective and individual prosperity 1
and happiness. If the people ot Georgia wish
their affairs managed prudently, and not prodi- ‘
gaily, impartially, and not with favoritism, it
they wish lheir public debt paid off, their taxes
diminished, the honor and credit rd the State I
maintained unimpaired, then let them reward
by their votes and approbation the man who 1
has conformed to such a standard and signally '
cmlnbuted to such desirable and happy results.
—Southern Courant.
From the Nantucket Inquirer.
New Zealand.
We are indebted to Capt. Coggeshall for the
following account of lhe rising of lhe natives
at the Bay of Islands:—
In lhe latter part ot February, the natives,
governed by an old chief called, Cowetti, com
menced plunderingthe cottages in different sec
tions of the bay; stealing horses and cattle, and
committing many other depredations, breaking
and destroying furniture, sometimes leaving
the houses after staving in lhe doors and win
dows, and at other times burning them to the
ground; tbe inhabitants being obliged to flee to
Kararareka for safely.
About lhe 4th ot March, a launch from H. B.
M. ship of w'ar Hazzard had a rencounter with
■i plundering party of natives, and had one man
wounded. On the 6th a body of natives com
menced plundering a ooltage near Kararareka,
and were driven off by the English, with one
man wounded. Onthe7lha chief called John
Hfiri;.. a Hr”*-4Mr.dt>"| Hr .. I
called Pisneir, crossed over the bay with bis
tribe, bearingthe American ensign in his canoe,
and joined Cowetti’s tribe. The Government
itad recently built a block house, musket ball
proof, io which were stationed 21 men. They
likewise built a block house and battery of two
cannon between that and tbe town and with
in musket shot of the town, and a slight bre-zst
work with one cannon on the hill to the so u>h
ofthe town.
They also barricaded a commodious house at
the north part of the town, out of the range of
the guns ol the ship-of-war when firing into the 1
town, where the most valuable property belong- I
ing to the inhabitants was deposited for safety, j
and where the women and children fled for safe- a
ty at every alarm. This post was ptotected bv
a body ot 1000 citizens, calling themselves the I
civilians, and commanded by the first lieuten
ant ofthe Hazzard, and there were at other posts
about 39 regular troops. The 10th, a little be
fore break ol day, the picquets were surprised
and killed, and the natives got command of the
battery at the south of the town, under the com
mand ol the sergeant of marines ot lhe Haz
zard, a tnan much esteemed fur his bravery in
previous conflicts. He was shot through while
in the act ot spiking hts gun.
The natives then marched into the town, and
were met by Capt. Roberts ol the Hazzird, and.
about 20 or 30 sailors. Opposed to this brave
little band were two or three hundred natives,
nearly all with double-barrelled guns, in gocti
condition. Here the conflict was short and se
vere, the natives retreating into the Church, to
load, and returning to fire. Capt. Roberts soon
fell, supposed mortally wounded, having five
musket ball wounds, and was brought off the
field by some ot his little band, over the dead
bodies of his fallen comrades. They theft
opened a fi-e into the town from the Hazzard.
The natives retreated, fighting lheir way up the
hill toward the flag staff, and soon passed the
first battery; the person in command at the
flag-staff, seeing them approaching, imprudent
ly left his post to meet them with 17 men.
At the same time a body ol natives marched
up the opposite side ofthe hill, got command of
the flag-staff, and got them between the fire of
the two parties, and lhe report was that few of
that parly were ever accounted for. The na
tives then hoisted the New Zealand flag on a
pole, ar.d commenced cutting down the flag
staff, which took some time, owing to i'S being
guarded with iron, and the ship firing upon the
hill during the time. At 8 o’clock, A.M., the
flag-stafffell, and the firing ceased on both sides.
The guns were spiked, lhe town and fortified
posts deserted, the inhabitants taking refuge on
board the Hazzard and other vessels lying in
the harbor.
Soon after the flag-stafflell, the natives hoist
ed a flag ot truce, desiring a cessation ot hostili
ties, that each party might bury their dead.—
During the day the above mentioned storehouse,
where was a quantity ot powder blew up and
burned to the ground with its contents, destroy
ing much property, together with the lives of
three men and one woman, (residents ) Du
ring the engagement the ship of war had 10 or
12 men killed, and about as many wounded,
The natives acknowledged 7 killed and 9 woun
ded, but their loss must nave been much more
severe, as several were found alter the action
that had crawled into the houses and died. In
the afternoon the English whaler Matilda, Capt.
Bliss, anchored off the town.
Capt. 8., with two residents, went on shore
whith a flag of truce, and was kindly received
by the natives, and while in conversation with
them, from some unknown cause, there were
two guns fired into the crowd, loaded with round
shot; one struck a building and wounded one
native with the splinters. They immediately
pointed their muskets at their breasts, saying,
you have just told us that there was to be no
more fighting, and what does this mean ? They
were however soon pacified, but immediately
commenced plundering and firing the town,
which was soon enveloped in flames. During
this time the natives cleared some of the guns
on shore, and the Hazzard not being prepared
for an attack hauled off.
Onthel2th, the Hazzard and Matilda sailed
for Aukland, lhe seat ot Government, with part
of the inhabitant; the 13th, the U. S. ship St.
Lous sailed for the above port with the remain
der.
1 Capt. J. McKeever, ot U. S. ship St. Louis,
in a communication to our Government on the
I subject, expresses his fears that lhe result ot the
troubles mentioned above will be theextermina
‘ tion of the New Zealanders by the English, and
’ adds:- j
Os the high importance of the Bay of Islands
to our whaleman, and of the great value ol A
i merican interests involved here, (there being
not less than 70 to 80 of our whalers touching
and refitting annually,) 1 presume you are well
■ aware; and lam safe, probably, in saving that
I no other port or harbor in lhe' world competes
> in its importance to the American whaling in
-1 tetests, with the Bay of Islands.
! _____
r The receipts atthe New-York Custom House
1 last week amounted to $312,111. During the
E corresponding week last year they were $432,204.
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The Memphis Navy Yard—• Government
- Jobbing.
The Washington Correspondent of the
Charleston " Mercury" writing under date of
the 21st inst., makes the following comments
upon an advertisement in the National Intelli
gencer lor proposals for materials to build the
Naw Yard at Memphis.
While perusing this extract, we beg th» read
er to bear in mind that the letter, from which i*
is taken, was written lor a “ Democratic” pa
per, and by one who says he is "asgood a
Democrat as Mr. Ritchie, and has labored as faith
fully and zealously in the cause." This fact
must satisfy every unprejudiced mind, that it is 1
not the carping of a political opponent. The
expose of this transaction, on the contrary, comes
from a member ot the party, who more than in
sinuates that the whole thing is a mere game in
government jobbing, to give some tavori'e a
"fat job.” That such things are, and have
been, very common for years in Washington,
we have no dflubt, but tfiis is the first instance
in which we recollect that a member of the par
ty in power has had the independence to make
an exposure of them. We therefore commend
the extract to the carelul attention and conside
ration of the reader.
The writer says:
The National lufelligencer of this morning
contains an advertisement from the Bureau of
Yards and Docks, calling for proposals for fur
nishing materials,, excavating, grading, making
embankment, piling, &c. &c., for the Memphis
Navy Yard. Among the materials are quanti
ties of stone for walls, 800,000 bricks, 180,000
feet lumber, '3tc. The advertisement is dated
to-day, the 2kst July, and the time allowed for
the bids to be received at the Navy Department
is up to 3 o’clock on the 20th August next—
■—just thirty days. It is ordered to be published
in 3 papers in this city; 3 in New-York; 1 in
Bostoni 1 in Richmond; 1 in Nashville; and
lin M.emphis. It is not “to be published in any
other paper in Tennessee but the two last named
—nut at all in Missouri, Kentucky', Ohio or
any other ot the- Western States. The contrac
tors are required to give evidence of their abili
ty recomplete '.he work, to furnish good securi
ty, to havetha\ security certified as responsible
by the U. S. District Attorney or by persons
well known re the Government. The work is
very extensive- and will require the outlay ot a
large sum ot money. And what is lhe time
allowed by this advertisement to bring out lair
competition for the biddings? just thirty days.
And of that thirty days, twenty at least will be
consumed in going to and returning from Mem
phis to this ulace.
It a contractor in New York or Boston desire
to gu and see the natureofthe work and whether
he can undertake it, he will have to wait three
or four days before the advertisement is publish
ed in New Yoik, and then with the lime re
quired to go to Memphis and back he would
have perhapsyive days to examine the ground,
the plans and specifications, to make his esti
mates, find his securities, have their responsi
bility certified, obtain evidence of his ability to
completethe work, prepare his bids and calcu
lations and get them to the Department! If a
man in Nashville desire to see whether he can
contract or not, 11 relieve the advertisement does
notallow him time to go to Memphis at all
The same with otic from St. Louis and other
places. What th en is the meaning of this? Is
it a fact that some: person or persons have been in
formed of thenatmre of the work and materials
required? And have hid a hint of the time
which would be. specified in the advertiselnent?
Can it be that this short time was specified
lor the express purpose of shutting out competition?
Who are the favored individuals who are to
have the privilege of having this job at the pub
lic expense? Js that to be the way in which
contracts ate ra» be given out? To publish an
advertisemeßf <»st<’nsibly to invite public com
petition; l>»« th reality to shut out all comneli--
tion, and reenable
fat copurirey fn;ill iir !ta V ufile or other? Is this
w re lie rule?'
It so, letiebe known and understood, that in
future, these contracts for public work are jobs
for the Executive patronage, and not open to
public competition. I think, however, the po
sition' of the President and lhe Post Master
General as Tennesseeans, will require of them
that this barefaced mockery of the wholesome
law requiring public competition, should not be
permitted to obtain. The work is to lie per
tormed in their own State, and the one as head
of the Government and the other as one of the
Chief Magistrate's official advisers, will be held
i to a strict account with the public, if this be in
deed permitted to degenerate into a job! Giving
out contracts to reward political services, or for
any other purposes to make a job of them, has
become too odious to be undertaken with im
punity by any department of the Executive part
of the Government.
Louisiana.—The Whig Convention of La.
have nominated by acclamation, William
Debuys and Edward Sparrow, for the offices
of: Governor and Lieutenant-Governor.
Unbol’oiit Enthusiasm. The Cincinnati
Gazelle in speaking ot the proceedings at Phil
adelphia on the4th of July, well remarks:—The
man who is loved by his fellows has the richest
possessions earth may give. Nothing can com
pare, indeed, with that unbought enthusiasm
which arises from, aud grows out of, generous
be.sring, devotedness to country, and elevation
of character. And this is the possession of
Henry Clay ! He has won no battles—there
is around hts name no halo which follows the
warrior; —all that he has—all that he is—he has
made by honest service to the country, and a
loyal devotion to the best interests of man ; and
hent-e whenever his name is mentioned on fes
tive occasions or at public gatherings, it awa
kens the warmest, heartiest enthusiasm.
Arkansas Flood.—The Cherokee Advocate
of the 26th ult. says:—“The late excessive
rains have caused the streams in the Nation to
rise loan unusual height for this time of the
year. The Arkansas, the Grand river, and
other streams north of us are booming. It is
represented that the Grand river lacks but 3 or
4 feet of being as high as it was at the great
flood last year, and that it has swept away the
fences, and destroyed entirely the rich fields of
com growing on its banks. The destruction ot
property is very great, and has ruined the pros
pects, for another year, of many who, but a few
days since, hoped soon to reap an abundant
harvest.” At Van Buren, on the 12th inst., the
river had fallen 10 or 12 feft.
JJ-The Van Buren (Ark.) Intelligencer, of
the 12th inst., says: “General Jesup, Capt.
Coliinu and Capt. Armstrong passed through
this city this week. Capt. Armstrong had with
him th« money uut of which he pavs the Indian
annuities, etc. Gen. Jesup visits Forts Smith
and Gibson on a tour ot review of the United
States .Forts.”
For the Chronicle if- Sentinel.
Ma. Editor: —There is one matter about
which the Finance Committee of 1844 did not
speak, and of which “Piney Woods” of the
Constitutionalist,doesnot tell, though he might
it he would. I put to him the question- How
much did Gw. Crawford save to the State, by pre
venting that batch of Central Bant: debts going
info the how>s of Johnson and Bailey for collec
tion ?
“PineyWoods,” funderstand, resides near
Milledgeville, and as he has not the Financial
Report to misrepresent, and can have access to
the public documents, we mav set the truth on
this subject. RICHMOND.
Munificent Donation.—We understand,
says the Madison Miscellany, that James A.
Everett, Esq., of Houston county, a few days
since made a donation of eight, thousand dollars
to the Georgia Female College, al Macon,
which sum was necessary to relieve the College
from debt This is certainly one of the most
liberal and praiseworthy acts it has been our
good fotluns to record for a long lime. Honor
and long life to thedonor.
The U. S. steamer Princeton left Philadelphia
cn Thursday for the Gulf c' Mexico.
Harrisburg
Telegraph the State Treasurer that
there is almost enough at this time in the Trea
sury to meet the interest, and that there can be
no doubt of its ability to pay it all on the first
of August.
Worthy EntrxSmuze.—Five premiums of
silver cups, worth Irom $3 to $lO, have been
offered by an agricultural society in the Chero
kee Nation, tor, the best specimens of home
spun cloth, coverlets, belts and soeks.
■I tie satinet factory of Adessrs. Taylor, at
Plympton, Mass., was totally destroyed by fire
on Wednesday last.'
Revenue Laws over Texas.—The Union
intimates that upon official notice being receiv
ed bj lhe President, of the acceptance by Texas
of the annexation resolutions, the United States
revenue laws will be extended to Texas, and
United States casj^jihouse officers appointed
for her ports.
Mortality in New York.—The deaths in
the City of New Ygrk for the weekending on
Saturday the 19th inst., were 474, being an in
crease, says a contemporary of more than one
hall over the preceding week, and 275 over the
corresponding week last year. The increase is
mainly in the class of congestive diseases
which have been produced by the excessive
heat. Ofthe whole number of deaths lasi week,
57 were by apoplexy ; sun stroke 9; drinking
cold water 4; casualties 5; drowned 9; cholera
infantum 80; cholera tnprbus 7; consumption
45; convulsionss2; cholera 1; delirium tremens
5; diarrhea 8; dropsy in lhe head 20; dysentery
14; fevers 19; heart disease!); inflammation 19
—do. of bowels 20—do. of chest 2- -do. of lungs
18—do. of stomach 4—do. liver 4; marasmus
16; old age 2; palsy 5; scrofula 3; small pox
s;teeihings; unknown 7. Ofthe whole num
ber, 285, or more than half, were children.
TJhe Giiy no
dis>l tse adventitious I
circumstance of the extreme heat, the Bill of
Mortality would not begreater than the average
at this season ofthe year.
There were 206 deaths in Philadelphia, of
which 39 were Irom cholera infanturn.
Another Revolutionary Patriot uone.—
Col. Robert Love, of Waynesville, Haywood
Co. N C., died at his residence on the 17th inst.
in the 85 h year of his age.
“ Hewasbornin 1764, in thestate of Virginia,
and moved to this state at an early age. Col.
Love was a lieutenait in the revolutionary
struggle, and was also actively engaged in the
border warfare with the Indians for some time
with much success in preserving the new set
tlers from the tomahawk and scalping knife.
He was a member of the Convention of this
State that adopted the Federal Constitution,
and also a member ol the Electoral College from
the days of Jefferson’s first Presidential Term
to the close of Jackson’s administration. He
was in the Legislature of this Slate for upwards
of twenty years, and filled many other offices
with honor to himself and usefulness to the com
munitv he so faithfully represented.”
“Hedied as he had lived for many years, a
devoted and firm believer in the doctrines of the
Gospel, having been a member of the Presby
terian church, the faith of his Fathers.”
There died recently at Unity, in Maine, a
lady named Mrs. Hannah Chase, at the very
advanced age ot 106 years and 25 days. She
left 10 children, 66 grand children, 160 great
grand children, and 12 of lhe fifth generation.
There were about? 50 ol her descendants present
at her Ittneral, and 130 walked in the funeral
train. _____
Arkansas Hemp.—lt will be seen by the
following paragraph Iromthe Van Buren (Ark )
Intelligencer of the 12th inst., that some ofthe
Arkansas Planters are turning lheir attention
to the growth of Hemp, and that it can be
raised of excellent quality in that State. We
know of no more gratifying sign of the times,
says the Tropic, than that furnished by ’he
evidences on everv hand ot a spirit of laudable
enterprise, which, throughout the Southern and
Southwestern slates, is finding expression in
the endeavor to introduce into the agriculture
of those States, tbe production of articles for
which the soil is so well calculated, but which
have hitherto been neglected. Every diversion
ot labor and capital irom the already excessive
production ol coin n must prove beneficial.—
We bail these movements as the harbingers of
the Sonliteru
Planter was altogether on his cotton crop. The
Intelligencer says—
Scott, White & Co., lately shipped thirteen
bales of fine hemp to Boston. The hemp was
raised in the counties of Washington and Ben
ton, and is as good a raw article as that produ
ced on the shores of the Russian seas or in
Kentucky. We trust that the cultures of hemp
will receive encouragement from the United
Stales Government by giving preference, for
the use of the Naw. to American hemp; in
that event we think Arltawts can compete with
any. Hemp, tobacco and wool should be the
staple productions of the northern counties,
chiefly of the first and last named ; the more
that is raised of each, the more money will be
brought into the country.
Mexican Relations—A Washington cor
respondent of lhe N. Y. Tribune, writing under
date of the 21st instant, says:
With reference to our relations with Mexico,
the information which Government has re
ceived within the last few days, is regarded as
more favorable to the continuance of peace. It
is understood that Mexico exhibits some desire
to preserve an amicable faltering in het hostile
determination, attributed by some to a design to
lull us into security and thus prevent the trans
portation ofU. S. troops to the Mexican fron
tier, and by others looked upon as a sincere dis
position to avoid the certain expense which she
is ill prepared to meet, and the uncertain issue
of a collision. On the whole, the prospect ofa
friendly arrangement with that power is consid
ered much brighter than it was previous to the
arrival ofthese advices.
Mexico.—The schooner Sarah Ann, Capt.
Davidson, left Tampico on the Ist of July and
arrived at Philadelphia on Thursday. Such
was the fear of an immediate embargo being
laid on all the American vessels in the ports of
Mexico, that the departure of the S. A. was
hastened.
By this arrival we have copies ofthe “ Gegen,”
published at Tampico, in which are editorial
articles, strongly urging tbe immediate declara
tion of war on thepartot Mexico against the
United States, as the last and only appeal to be
made by that Government in the situation in
whichshe is placed by the consummation of
Texas Annexation.
On the 26th of June a small vessel from New
Orleans arrived at the bar below Tampico, and
sent up to the city a sealed package, supposed
tu contain despatches, which was immediately
forwarded to Gen. Arista. The vessel forth
with proceeded to Vera Cruz.
Captain Kidd’s Vessel.—Our readers are
perfectly aware that for more than a year past
a company have been at work in making pre
parations to raise a large vessel Ijing in the
Hudson, near Caldwell's, which is supposed to
have been lhe vessel sunk thg celebrated
Pirate Kidd. A company was organized, the
stock sold al high prices, an old canonade
raised from lhe sunken vessel, and then, as all
commotion on the subject ceased, we supposed
the bubble had burst.
In this we were in error. We found ourself
at Caldwell’s a fewdays since, and were great
ly surprised lo perceive that a coffer-dam had
been constructed around the sunken vessel, and
that the Engineer ot the work had that day
commenced pumping out lhe waler. We as
certained too, that al) parties interested in this
speculation, have the most unwavering confi
dence in this vessel being the identical one sunk
by Kidd, and that it contains millions of dollars
worth of treasures.
There is no doubt of the fact that Kidd did
sink his ship somewhere in the Hudson, and
that he escaped with his crew to Boston, where
he was apprehended, sent to England, tried and
executed in 1701. It is, we suppose, equally
certain, that inhering through the deck of a
vessel sunk at Caldwell’s, the auger has
brought up specimens of silver; and there is no
doubt but the vessel lying there is a large one,
that she is embedded some twelve feet in the
sand, and that they have raised from her an old
fashioned iron canonade.
All these facts have doubtless gi*Ml confi
dence to those engaged in the enterprise; but it
is curious that the principal cause of confidence,
and that wherein parties have expended nearly
thirty thousand dollars, is mesmerism and elair
voiance! Almost every individual in the United
States who pretends lo be clairvoyant under
mesmeric sleep has united in declaring that
this identical vessel contains an enormous
amount of treasure in gold and silver bars,
jewelry, diamonds and other precious ston.-s,
and gold dust; and they one and all, declare
their willingness to have mesmerism stand or
tall by this test! I
This is certainly a very curious fact, and one
which gives an interest to the work now rapid
ly progressing to completion at Caldwell's. We
certainly have no faith in the enterprise; but
we are perfectly willing to take the mesmeri
se rs at their word, and if they have truly fore
told the existence of great treasure in this
vessel, to admit their sbility to see invisible
things. If on lhe contrary, there is no such
treasure there, then by its own admission, mes
merism is a humbug.
Merchandize destroyed ir the Fire.—
The New York Shipping and Commercial
List of Wednesday morning publishes the fol
lowing statement of the goods destroyed by the
fire:
Coffee— l2,ooo bags (4000 Brazil).
Colton-1 1,000 bales,
Drugs and Dyes— 3 a 400 bbls, castor oil; 60
casks cream tartar; 150 cases essential oils;
250 do licorice paste; 350 casks Dutch madder;
130 do French do; 1200 baskets terra japonica
—besides large quantities ol other descriptions
of drugs, of which no definite estimate can al
present be given.
Fruit.— 2oo bales and 400 boxes Almonds;
60 cases Genoa Citron; 1200 bbls. Zante Cur
rants; 300 cases Bordeaux Prunes; 12,000
boxes Bunch Raisins.
Flour— looo barrels.
Hemp- 2500 bales American; 5 a 800 do.
Manilla.
Inaigo— lso cases and 150 ceroons.
Molasses -3 a 400hhds and tes and 2000 bbls.
Oil- -10,000 bxs. and baskets Olive.
Rags— loo Sicily; 150 bales Trieste.
Rice -280 tierces.
Saltpetre— lsoo bags.
Soap— lsoo boxes Castile.
Spices— lo,ooo lbs. Nutmegs; 500 bags Pi
mento ; Pepper and Cloves—qty. not ascertain
ed.
Spirits—9ll hf. pipes Brandy: 200 pipes
Gin; 100 puncheons St. Croix and Jamaica
Rum.
Sugars— l6oo hhds. and 1500 bxs.
Sumac — 3000 bags, mostly Sicily.
Teas— ls 000 hf. chests, say one entire cargo
and parrsofthree or four others, mostly green;
value SSOO 000.
Tobacco —34s bales St. Domingo.
IFtne—soo pipes, halves and qrs. Madeira
and Sherry, 100 pipes, 100 hf. do. and 1300 qt
casks Sicily Madeira; 3000 qr. casks Port;
1000 do. Sweet Malaga; 1500 do. Marseilles
White, &c.; 1000 cases Claret and Muscat;
5000 baskets Champagne.
Wool- 350 bales, mostly Smyrna.
In addition to the above, there were very large
quantities of Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods,
Silks, plare Glass, Carpeting, &c., destroyed in
whole or in part, the value of whieh cannot now
be estimated with any degree of exactness.
“ The statement,” remarks the Post, “ is, af
ter sll, onl>Ma*pj»roxiinatia«MOßMßMMfea
the loss on many descriptions of goods cannot
be determined for some time.” The Post adds:
In regard to the wholesale business of the
city, as affected by this disaster, it may be re
marked that the want of the numerous stocks
ot domestic goods destroyed will be immediate
ly supplfed from the manufactories, and, as we
have before said, the amount of foreign goods
lost, however large it mayseem, is a mere item
in the vast acgregate with which, at this season
ofthe year. New York is always supplied.
The N Y. Commercial Advertiser of Wed
nesday says:
We have just relumed from a tour of the
burnt district. There are from two to three
thousand laborers employed in removing lhe
ruins and recovering any property that may
still be made available. A good deal of sheet
iron appears but slightly damaged, and is in
progress of removal. A vast quantity, how
ever, is welded together, as are whole casks of
nails. A body has been found and is recognised
as that of a porter in one of the stores.
Money Matters in New York.—The Cou
rier & Enquirer of the 25th inst. says:
The money market is easy; there has been
no apparent increase in lhe inquiry since the
great fire; on the contrary, the expectation ol
being able to purchase securities at lower rates
has brought capital from other cities to be in
vested here.
It is mentioned that John Jacob Astor, Esq.,
has offered to purchase one million dollars in
bonds and mortgages f'om some of the Insu
rance Companies; and that the Stocks held by
them, being of the strongest description, viz.,
United States, New York State and City Stocks,
have been applied tor by some of the leading
houses in Wall-street. The feeling in the
street and with the merchants, is much more
favorable, and arrangements have already been
made tor rebuilding a numberol the stores. The
stock of goods consumed, though large, will not
have any permanent effect upon the markets.
The stock in the city is very great, particularly
ol dry goods; and the fall business, however ex
tensive it may be, will not be influenced by the
recent loss.
Emory College.
A correspondent ot the Madison Miscellany
furnishes the following brief account ol the re
cent commencement at this institution:
An immense crowd ot visitors were in atten
dance upon the commencement exercises of
Emory College. Its friends were there from the
seaboard to the mountains—from the Savannah
to the Chattahoochee—from South Carolina,
Florida and Alabama—a mass of gay and grave
and anxious iriends, prepared to greet each
Bishop Andrew, in his usuaTpTani
sivesiyle; it was appropriale to the occasion
and practical in its bearing.
On Tuesday an address was delivered before
lhe Educational Society by Lucius L. Wittich,
Esq. ot Madison, which occupied one hour and
forty minutes in Its delivery, and was said to be
a most impressive speech—happily adapted to
lhe occasion and very impressive.
The exhibition ot a portion of the Junior
Classcane oft’on Tuesday night, and it was
truly pleasant (if it had not been so hot) to wit
ness the performance ofthese young gentlemen.
All did so very well, that it would be cruel to
discriminate.
On Wednesday morning, about nine o’clock,
the procession was Im med on College Hill,
and, preceded by a fine band of music, marched
down to the Chapel, where an immense crowd
had already gathered. Prayer was made by
Rev. William M. Wightman of Charleston;
alter which the speaking commenced with the
Salutatory Oration and continued for some two
hours and twenty minutes -ending with the
Valedictory. To say that the young gentlemen
acquitted themselves with credit, would be but
small praise. Their speeches manifested more
than ordinary care in thecomposition, and were
shorn ot much of that tinsel which is usally hung
out in great prolusion to dress up and finish
off a graduate’s speech. They were most ex
cellent-some ofthem exceedingly so: they were
delivered in a style seldom equalled and (I will
take up jn myselt to say) never surpassed on such
occasions. Whoeverhe may be that has taken
hese Irom the quarry and polished them to their
present shape and proportions, deserves lhe last
ing gratitude of the student, the cordial appro
val of the parent, and the h gh tegard and ad
miration ol all.
President Longstreet was most happy in his
bacalaureate. Nothing could be finer in the
style, more appropriate to the circumstances of
the occKsion, or more eloquently and gracefully
delivered. It must have made—it did make—
a deep and pow’erlul impression upon the class,
and upon all.
Degrees were then conferred upon the gradu
ates, and also the degree of A. M. was con
ferred upon some seven or more Alumni of the
College, and upon Rev. Mr. Mell of Mercer
University.
In the afternoon, the two literary societies
were addressed by William Sanford, Esq. of
Greenville, in a style worthy the high reputa
tion which he has already acquired as an Ora
tor.
At night, the Alumni were addressed by Rev,
J. Danforth which closed the exercises of the
day.
This College has made rapid advances in
usefulness and popularity, and deservedly so,
tor none can boast a more devoted or competent
faculty. Its march is onward! It already
stands side by side with the oldest institution in
the State, rivalling it in every respect. Its
Iriends are greatly encouraged. The day is
notuistant when, treed from all embarrassment,
it shall lift itself up, elevated by the prayersand
liberality of its friends, higher and yet higher—
a central light from which the light of intelli
gence and virtue shall be radiated toall portions
of our laud.
N. B. Ninety-five students have already en
tered for the next term.
Late and important from St. Domingo.—
The Brig Almaiti has arrived at Boston, with
dates from the ci y ol St. Domingo to July 7th.
We learn from the Boston Traveller that on
the IfitbofJune the Dominican army started
from Las Matas and stopped at Cammendador,
a Dominican post; from thence on the 17th at
6 o’clock A. M., they marched in three strong
columns, the first under lhe command of Gen.
F. Alfaii, to cut ofl the enemy’s retreat; the
second under Lieut. F. Pimenier, and third, be
ing Artillery with two field pieces, lo attack on
the right, under Gen. Duverge.
At 8 o’clock on the same morning, the third
column halted in front ofthe enemy, lorniing in
order ol battle, and giving time for the first co
lumn to arrive and cut off the retreat of the ene
my. Al 10 o’clock the signal was given and
the general attack commenced. The firing
commenced at three different points at the same
time. After a battle ol about two hours, and a
well sustained fire from the enemy, the Domi
nican army made a furious charge, completely
routing their opponents, who abandoned four
different points which they had previously occu
pied. Up to -the 22d, the number ascertained
to be killed amounted to 100, amongst whom
were two officers. Fourteen prisoners were
taken, 7 officers, a surgeon and 6 non commis
sioned officers and privates.
Somemunitionsof-warwerealso seized. On
the Dominican side, 2 werekilledand 8 wound
ed; andon the 10>h they were on the march
with orders to attack a villageabouthalla day's
journey to the westward; bat the enemy had
fled, and the place was taken possession of.
An official report ot Gen. Duverge, from Las
Caboras, under date ol June 25th, also states
that the van guard had taken that place, end
were in undispu-ed possession; and that there
was news that Lieut. F. Faberas, commander
ot Qndoballe, had attacked and completely
routed the enemy there.— Balt. Amo;
From, the N. O. Picayune Wlh inst.
I a test from Texas.
Annexation Ratified—Death of Vice-President
K. L. Anderson—lncursions and Depredations
of lhe Indians— General Netos.
By the arrival of the brig Hope Howes, Capt.
B. G. Shaw, from Galveston, yesterday, we are
apprised of the glorious and gratifying fact that
the question of Annexation has been finally
consummated. Thus, by the honest and un
wavering conduct of a free people, have the
machinations of traitors at home and enemies
abroad, been foiled and frustrated. Honor to
the republicans ot 'lexas for the part they have
taken in the achievement of Ute purpose!
We give our worthy correspondent’s letter,
which embraces a clear and succinct narration
of the proceedings of the Convention up to the
latest period at which it were possible to receive
Austin news:
Austin, July 7, 1845.
The Convention assembled on the morning
ofthe 4th, and unanimously elected G<-n. Rusk
to preside over its deliberations. On taking the
chair he made a short address, which was well
delivered and suitable to lhe occasion. A com
mittee ot fifteen was soon after appointed, who
reported by their chairman, Judge Lipreomb,
an ordinance assenting, on behalf ofthe people
ofTexas, to the termsof Annexation proposed
by the United States Government. It was
adopted with one dissenting voice—but five
members absent. It is nota little singular that
the only dissenting voice was Richard Bache,
the father-in-law ot your Secretary ofthe Trea
sury and brother-in law ol lhe Vice-President.
After the necessary resolutions were passed
lor the transmission ofthe ordinance to the United
Slates, a resolution was offered by Col. Love,
and unanimously adopted—“ That the members
wear crape on their left arm for one month, as
a testimony of regret for the decease of Gen.
Jackson.” Whatever differences ot opinion
may exist, as regards bis political acis, else
where, Texas owgs him a debt of graiilude.—
To him we are indebted for the privilege of be
coming a member ol the Great American Union
—a measure so important to us, and I hope to
you. The Convention then adjourned. It was
a novel celebration of lhe Liberty Day—to sur
render the Indeperdence ol our nation, and by
the aqf of the whole people, assent to its incorpo
ration with another, and offer a tribute of re
spect to the man, through whose influence the
consummated.
On the sth we appointed committees on lhe
plan adopted by the* Virginia Convention, to
report on the various subjects submitted. It
called forth some discussion which was credita
ble to the speakers—it was the skirmish that
precedes more heavy firing.
The delegates to the Convention, for intelli
gence, integrity and worth, would rank high in
any country. There is not, perhaps, much ol
brilliancy, but a great deal of rnatter-01-iacl
sense and sound knowledge; and 1 predict that
we shall form and send you a sound and sensible
Constitution, free from the worst features of ul
traism.
The terms of Annexation are not, perhaps
what we had a right to ask; but so anxious are
we to tree the subject from further agitation in
the Uoited States, that no conditions whatever
will be annexed to the Constitution differing
from the resolutions passed by the United States
Congress.
A despatch was received from lhe United
States in the morning, and Major Donelson
arrived on the evening <ff the sth, having been
detained at Washington by serious indisposi
tion. These despatches relate to the occupa
tion of our frontier by your troops. They are
n< won their march—the foot by waterto Corpus
Chrisli, on the west bank of the Nueces; the
dragoons by land to San Antonio.
The step is taken that wiH decide Mexico in
her policy. Foreign troops will soon be upon
the soil she claims. Her choice must be a de
claration ot war; or, if she is wise, negotiation.
She may acquire money by lhe latter—defeat
and disgrace only by the Ibtmer. To-day a re
solution was passed, requesting the President
of the United States, in behalf of the people of
Texas, to send troops forthwith to our frontier.
This resolution is a sanction, on the part of the
people of Texas, ofthe movement noted above.
The intrigue of those in power here, which in
its commencement was advised by theex-Presi
dent, has been dissipated by the power of the
people. The Executive occupies no envied po
sition; I am inclined to think he has been vic
timized by his friend and patron, as well as her
Majesty’s Minister. True to his faith, how
ever, he issued hi -Proclamation, admitting a
state ot war and a disputed territory, which if
not intended as treason to the country, or pro
ceeding from disappointed hopes, wasexcessive
ly foolish
Lord Aberdeen has avowed to Dr. Ashbel
Smith that her Majesty’s Government will not
interfere in the question, so he writes home.—
Tt is removes one ol the prospects of war; so
if you get to loggerheads with John Bull, it
must be about Oregon. Jonathan will fight
for whales and lumber, but seems to have but
little fancy for it it sugar, cotton or negroes have
anything to do with it.
This once flourishing village is in a state of
entircdilapidation and ruin—-the effects of an
arbitrary exercise ot power, without Cause and
.'Without precedent; and although the author of.
all t! is rujn is eleoud « ne will not 1
;take ,’n's seat; he cannot —he dare not look upon
which he has in his wantonness niin-
Gen. Tarrant, a delegate Irom Fannin, was
on a visit to San Antonio. He, with Mr.
Howard, delegate from that place, has for some
days been expected. Painful apprehensions
have arisen for their safety, as many Indians
are on the Irontier, who have committed several
murders lately.
VVe are entirely exposed to the attacks of In
dians and Mexicans—not a soldier on guard,
and but few fire-arms. So callous have the
people of Texas become to danger, that they
scarcely ever prepare to repel attack. On mv
way here I met a young man, with two young
girls, in a buggy, with no protection whatever
Irom attack, almost at the very spot where young
Hornsby had been killed two weeks previous
by the Indians. They were in high glee, laugh
ing and talking merrily; 1 could" ut think an
hour might consign them to death, or a worse
fate I
The Hope Howes reports only 40 hours from
Galveston to the Balize. The latest Galveston
paper we have is of the 12th inst. We are in
debted to Capt. Shaw and Mr. Nick Boilvin for
papers, &c
The British brig Persian arrived at Galve -
ton a few days ago irom Vera Cruz. She
brought despatches for lhe Government, and
was to return as soon as she heard from Wash
ington. It was rumored in Galveston that she
was there fur the purpose ot learning tbe fate of
lhe Mexican propositions to President Jones,
and it they were rejected, that the fleet ot Mexico
would be down on Galveston without delay!—
We hope the Galvestonians will not evacuate
their citv on lhe strength of this fearful rumor.
The Hon. K. L. Anderson, Vice-President ot
Texas, died on the 10th inst. at Fanthrop’s.
xMontgomery county, of fever. The papers are
in mourning for the sad event.
Ashbel Smith has recalled from England.
Speaking ot this, the Galveston News ot the
12th says:—“ We should like to know what he
went tor, what he Iras done, how much money
he has pocketed, when he is goingagarn, or what
plan will next be fallen upon to disburse our
public funds.”
The following appointments have been made
by the President :
Hon. Ebenezer Allen, Secretary ofState.
Hon. W. B. Ochiltree, Attorney General.
Hon. J. A. Greer, Secretary ofthe Treasury.
The reports ot the crops throughout the
country are highly favorable; Galveston and
the other cities and towns continue healthy;
emigrants are last pressing into the country
Irom the adjoining States of the Union; and
the prospects of Texas, view them through
what phase we will, are prosperous and encour
aging.
Pottawattamie Treaty.—The St. Louis
New Era says—“ The tending treaty between
the Commissioners of the United Slates and the
Poltawattamies has been broken off. The Pot
ta.vattamies own about five million acres ol
land, which the Government desired to pur
chase at ten cents, but the chiefs would not take
less than fifteen cents per acre. The principal
objection of the Pottawattamies was that they
did not desire lo remove to the south side of
the Missouri, in the vicinity of the Pawnees and
other hostile tribes. The failure of this treaty
will be a great disappointment to the traders
and harpies ’rho have claims against the In
dians, and others who manage commonly to
appropriale to themselves a large share ot the
money paid by the Government for the use of
the Indians.”
A Curious Relic.—Whilst some persons
were digging a well on lhe plantation of Mr.
Cahanin, on the Teche, some eight miles from
this place, when about twenty feet below the
surtace, they came across an iron spur and an
iron stirrup. The spur is nearly a foot in
length, and the length ot the rowels, from the
centre, is about three inches, or six inches in
diameter. The stirrup also is of curious form
and very large. Both articles were much rust
ed. How they came into the bowels of the
earth, or when, no person can tell Thev are
no doubt, ol Spanish make, and were used, we
suppose, for breaking horses. The “oldest in
habitant” tells us he never saw such enormous
ones before. —St. Landry Whig.
Tue Great Artesian Well.—lt was an
nounced in this paper lhe othet day, that a com
pany was forming to sink a great Artesian
Well, in Boston—one that shall be equal in
capacity to that ol Grenelle. It is gratifying
to learn that the proposition meets with general
tavor from all classes. The construction of
such a well would, indeed.be ofthe utmost im
portance to the city, and atthe same time an
object of uncommon interest to the scientific
world and the public al large. The famous one
in France, it will be recollected, furnishes an
incessant and vast supply, rising an hundred
feet above the earth—while the water which thus
springs f rom the bowels of the globe, is about
half boiling hot, and of the softest and purest 1
description.— Boston Trarellcrofllie "ith i-s(. '
The groat Fire in New York.—Further
Particulars.
We subjoin from our various exchange pa
pers farther items ot news, incidents, Sue., in
reference to the great conflagration in N. York.
The Courier and Enquirer ol Tuesday morn
ing says:
Estimated Eoss by the late I-'ire.—yVe are
stjongly impressed with lhe idea that the amount
of loss by tne late fire is greatly over-estimated.
Assuming that the value ol the buildings de
stroyed would avetage seven tbomunddollars—
and this is a very large estimate considering the
amount of available matter on the ground—the
loss in buildings is about a million and a half.
Add to this three millions lor the goods destroyed,
and lhe loss falls short of five millions. VV e are
happy to add that probably nine-tenths of this
loss falls upon men of wealth who will in no
way suffer Irom it. The Insurance Companies
can pay, and their stock since 1835, has not
been held by widows and orphans, but by men
ot large means who could afford to risk a few
thousands in the hope of getting very large pre
miums. The effect of this great fire, therefore,
upon the business of the ’city, will not be per
ceptible alter it has ceased to be a subject of
conversation.
Insurance and lasses.— The Journal of
Commerce of Monday afternoon says:
The following insurance companies have re
solved to windup. They retuse to issue more
policies, and ask that all policies now out may
be cancelled, though they will be able to pay
nearly or quite all the losses by the late disas
ter, viz: lhe American Mutual; Meichants’
Mutual; Merchants’ Fire; Guardian; East
River; Manhattan.
The rates of premium demanded by offices
which go on are double the rates ol last week,
and our citizens are rapidly paying the rates.
The correspondent ofthe Philadelphia Ledg
er, writing at 4 o’clock on Monday afternoon,
says:
The insured partieswill, however, it is be
lieved, in nearly if not all instances, realize the
full amount of their policies. A statement in
the Journal ol Commerce this morning makes
tbe destruction ot merchandise amount to $4 -
058,600; and ql 200 buildings, at $7,500 each,
sl,soo,OOO—making a grand total 0f55,558,600.
Perhaps this is as correct an. estimate as.could
be formed under the circumstances, but as fur
niture and many other sources of loss are not
included in it, $6,000,000 is a safe estimate lor
the entire destruction. Besides the insurances
in this and neighboring cities, large amounts
were insured in England and France; and the
insurance altogether is probably equal to the
amount destroyed.
Killed and Wounded.— The Tribune says:
“The number of lives lost it is al this mo
ment impossible to estimate. Probabilities are
in lavor ol its being very considerable—but no
cases are known save the following: Peter A.
Johnson, porter of Dwight Johnson, who has
left a wile and three children. He was found,
together with a colored man, (name unknown)
under the ruins of 42 Broad-street. A married
lady, sister (we believe) ofthe wife of officer
Marlin, it is ascertained, was buried in lhe ruins
ol 37 Broad-street. Mr. A. L. Cowdry, a mem
ber of engine company No. 42, who perished
in a house in New-street, and whose remains
have not yet been recovered—although the fire
men were al work all day searching lor them.
Mr. Von Groening, ofthe firm of Pavenstedtft
Von Groening, 94 Pearl-street, who was blown
up in the store 42 Bread-street, but whose body
has not been found. The other cases ol sup
posed death are only reports.
The True Sun says:—A man’s head was
found by the side of engine No. 22, just after
the explosion.
Owen W. Brennan, assistant engineer, says
he is pretty confident that a man and his wife
and fi 1 e children, were buried in the rums of a
house in Exchange Place.
In a house in Greenwich street, at the back of
lhe Mansion House, a chest of drawers was
thrown out of the upper window, and killed a
boy passing by at the time.
A German jnerchant named Aldrich is said
to be missing*
The Journal ol Commerce of Monday after
noon, says:—
“ The great question now is, what caus-d the
explosion? The general opinion seems lobe
that it must have been gunpowder. Yet, Crock
er & Warren state explicitly, that there was no
gunpowder in their store, and there is no good
reason to doubttheirdeclaration ; lor there is no
evidence of any gunpowder having been put in
lhe store at anytime. There was a large quan
tity of saltpetre there. The building was strong
ly inclosed by iron shutters, but before any ex
plosion took place, there were brilliant flames
issuing from the crevices, and so filling the air as
to alarm the people on the neighboring roofs.
The first motion was the bursting open ofone of
the iron window shutters, andlhe ponringout of
an unusual smoke, which alarmed thejtfemen
and others in the
followed by a the
building, whirtiwbwd the eff w**#in>yioft(ler”
uuegeutleinan cameout from an
Store afid ran halfway to wansf., perhaps a hun
dred and fifty steps, before the great explosion
persons report several preli
iffflffry explosions. These kind premonitions
saved hundreds of lives; for when the grand ex
plosion came, the stores tor two or three num
bers each way from Crocker and Warrens, were
instantly prostrated, and the flame passed like
the blaze ot a cannon across the whole breadth
ol Broad-street, and in an instant tte buildings
on that side were on fire. A thorough investi
gation will no doubt be had, and it will perhaps
be found that the heat had prepared gates and
other materials, which by their own combina
tions, produced the terrific result.
Mr. Feuchtwanger, a chemist, says the explo
sion at the fire was caused beyond a doubt, by
saltpetre He says where the saltpetre is put
in bags, the great heat fused the saltpetre, con
sumed the bags, formed charcoal, and lhe ex
plosion was inevitable.
We saw a dog yesterday afternoon, that was
taken away with much difficulty from Broad-st,
where he had stood for 36 hours, watching the
ruins of his master’s property.
Messrs. Kingland & Co., 55 Broad-street, had
the value ot SIOO,OOO in books, money and ac
counts in their salamander safe. Tbe contents
were found in good condition. The store was
burned down.
One gentleman saved $70,000 in bank bills
and notes by means ot Wilder’s patent sala
mander safe, and, in consequence, bore the des
truction of his place of business with cheerful
ness.
A great number of masons and carpenters ap
peared here this morning from Philadelphia,
ready to go to work. Mechanics and laborers
are pouring in from all parts of the country.
A Sketch—By Hawser Martingale.— l knew
him in tbe morn o! life, when his education was
completed, and he was prepared to appear pub
licly on the theatre of the great world. He was
about entering the arena to struggle for fortune
and lame «uh hisfellow-men. The path to dis
tinction seemed open before him—his genius
was of the highest order—his person was a
model ot manly beauty—his manners were
gracefu l , and bis disposition kind and generous.
At this time his heart throbbed high with ambi
tion. and his eye kindled with hope.
Years passed away, and 1 again saw him.
He was then the husband ofa lovely wife, and
the father ofa group of cherubs—he possessed
a competent fortune, the reward of enterprise
and industry, and sustained an elevated character
among his tellow-men. No wish vzasapparent
ly ungratified, and I almost envied him his hap
piness. But at times I fancied 1 perceived an
unnatural flush on his cheek, and an unwonted
fire in his eyes. “Can he be intemperate?” I
whispered to myself. “Impossible!”—and I
dismissed the ungenerous thought.
A few years after, business called me to the
village where lhe companion of my youth re
sided. 1 called upon him, anticipating a glo
rious scene ot domestic felicity. Bat confusion
reigned in that mansion, which was once con
secrated to happiness. The satellites of the law
had possession and were taking an inventory of
the contents, preparatory to the approaching
auction sale. I was received by my once wor
thy, proud and high minded irlend with an air
of reckless levity, which shocked me—l gazed
full upon his countenance, and started with hor
ror.
His features, once lhe abode of health and
beauty, seemed now entirely changed—they
were coarse and bloated! His cheeks were ol
a crimson hue, and covered with blotches, which
too plainly denoted tbe impurity ofhis blood.-
llis hair was uncombed-—his lace unshaven,
and instead ol the brilliant glance which once
shot Irom his keen black eye, telling a tale ol
intellectual capacity and genius, was seen the
stupid idiotic stare, which marks the habitual
dunkord.
His wife seemed bowed down to the confines
of the grave with grief. Her features were pale
and wan, but she still looked lovely atnid her
sorrows, and I could not help whispering,
“Shame on lhe. wretch who caused these charms
prematurely to wither, and blighted that inno
cent heart. ” His children were ragged and de
jected. Then were the children of a. drunkard.
About twelve months afterwards, 1 again
passed that way, and forgot not to inquire after
the fate of this unhappy family. Eugenia, the
once gay, artless and lovely Eugenia, after
vainly exhausting all a woman’s at’s to reclaim
her infatuated husband from the paths of intem
perance, seeing want and disgrace surrounding
her, died a lew months before, of a broken heart.
Her children were scattered abroad on lhe
earth; and her husband, the intimate friend of
my early years, who seemed formed by nature
to be an ornament to the human race, with a
constitution ruined, and a mind prostrated by
intemperance, was at lhe ti ne actually dying in
the Work-house.-—Boston Mer. Jour.
A Most Incorrigible Scamp.—While lhe
Rev. Wm. Eltgerbolt, pastor of the Calvary
church in 4th avenue, corner ot Twenty-se
cond street, was performing divine service in
the pulpit, on Sunday, some rascal entered the
vestry-room, and arguing that as tbe Reverend
gentleman had on his surplice and gown, he
could not possibly w ant bis ooat and vest, he
took these articles, irom the jeg on which they
ting, and walked off' with them.— Morning
Hrs-
most famous watering place in Germany, » n d
is described as a very pleasant spot. It is, how
ever, as such places are apt to be, polluted by
some crying vices, among which is that ot
gambling, which is practised Io a frightful ex
tent. A correspondent ofthe New York Obser
ver gives a graphic description of some ofthe
gambling scenes he witnessed there. The ex
tract below is from his description. The Kur
Saal spoken of, is a magnificent hotel
baden:
“In the public rooms of lhe Kur Baal are
roulette tables and other apparatus tor gamb
ling, which after dinner, and especially in the
evening, are surrounded with persons ot both
sexes, most ol wl om Make more or fess money.
Directly opposite me at iltnner, sat a young
man whose countenance instantly attracted v,y
attention.—He was very pale and thin, while
his cold blue eye, high cheek bones, and al ost
marble whiteness and hardness ol features, to
gether with a sullen, morose aspect, made me
shrink from him as from some deadly thing.
Added to all this, when he rose from lhe table,
I saw he had an ugly limb, which made him
seem more unnatural and monster like than be-*
fore.
“ Wandering soon alter through the rooms,
seeing what was to be seen, I came to a roulette
table around which were gathered gentlemen
and ladiesot all nationsand ages, some of them
staking small sums apparently lb.- mere amuse
ment. Just then, this sullen, cadaverous look
ing young tnancaine limping up, and deposited
a roll ol twenty Napoleons or about SBO. A
single turn of the wheel, and it was lost. He
quietly drew forth another roll, which was also
quickly lost. Without lhe feast agitation or
apparent excitement he thus continued to draw
forth one roll after another till twenty ot them
or about SBOO were gone. He then os quietly,
and without saying a word, limped away. He
had not spoken or changed a muscle lhe whole
time, and manifested no more anxiety or regret
than if he had lost only so many pe nnies:—
‘There,’ said I to myself, as he itaunfered
away,‘goes a professed gambler, and he ..has
all the qualities for a succeseful one. Perfect
ly cool and self possessed under the most ptom- . -
IringTevetSHft,Tsf'does not get angry and rave at
fickle, perverse fortune, but takes it all as a
matter of business. ’ I then knew for tbe first
time, why I telt such an antipathy towards him.
A gambler carries his repulsive soul in his lace,
in bis eye, nay, almost in his very gait. He
makes a chilling atmosphere around him that
repels every one that approaches him. Gt tnb
ling seems to metamorphose a man more than
any other crime except murder.
“At night the Kur Saal is thronged with per
sons of both sexes, and as 1 strolled through it
1 came again upon a gambling table, around
which were sitting gentlemen and ladies of every
age and nation. English girls were teasing
their 1 papas’ for a few sovereigns to stake on
the turning of a card, and old men were watch
ing the changes of a game with all the eagerness
of youth. One lady, in particular, attracted my
attention. She was Irom Belgium, and her
whole appearance indicated a person Irom lhe
upper ranks of society. To an elegant form
she added a complexion of incomparable white
ness, which contrasted beautifully with her rich
auburn tresses that flowed in ample ringlets
around her neck. Clad in simple while, and
adorned with a profusion of jewels, she took her
seat by the table, while her husband stood be
hind her chair, and with her delicate while
hand on a pile ot money before her, entered at
once into the excitement of lhe game. As she
sat, and with her small rake drew to her, or
pushed from her, the money she won or lost, I
gazed on her with feelings with which I had
never I efore contemplated a woman. I did not
think it was possible for an elegant and well
dressed lady to fill me with feelings of such ut
ter disgust. Her very beauty became ugliness,
and herauburn tresses looked m< re unbecoming
than the elfin locks ofa sorceress. Her ap
pearance and her occupation presented such an
utter contrast, that she seemed infinitely uglier
to tne than the cold blooded, cadaverous looking
gambler I had seen lose his money a few hours
before. While! was mentally comparing them,
in he came limping towards tbe table. I was
half tempted to peep round and see it he had
not a cloven foot. With the same marble-like
features and forbidding aspect he approached
and laid down a roll of twenty Napoleons. He
won, and putting down another won again, and
thus he continued winning one after another,
till he had got back the ten rolls he had lost be
fore, and two in addition. Then, without wait
ing for fortune to turn against him, he walked
away without saying a word. ”
From the Columbus Enquirer.
Democratic Modesty*
To hear the Democracy ot Georgia claiming
lhe credit for all the good that has attended
Gov. Crawford’s administration, would be truly
amusing, if it was not so supremely ridiculous.
Democratic policy, and conforming to Demo
crat ic legislation. This very modest assumption
suggests reflections not altogether compliment
ary to these usurping chameleons.
Before we proceed further, we desire to re
mark, there are many noble, liberal and just
democrats, who are able and willing to award
to Mr. Crawford, a just meed of applause lor
the wise and happy discharge ot his Executive
duties. Such honorable opponents do not
justify the hold and unjust assumptions of their
more unreflecting and inconsiderate associates.
It is not regarded as important, at this time,
to point out in precise terms the fraud that is at
tempted upon the credulity ot the people, in lhe
particular to which public attention is now ca'l
ed. if it be true, that Governor Crawford haa
carried out the policy advocated by the Demo
cracy, the conclusion is inevitable, when in
power, Democrats did not practice what they
preached. This truth is established beyond all
controversy, as will be confessed by those who
are honest and have mind enough to perceive
lhe different results of tire present and preceding
administrations.
It sometimes occursthat man is most eloquent
in discussing correct theories, when he has not
the slightest intention ■ I being governed by his
own dogmas. So it may be with this erring
party. It follows, then, that Whig practice is
Democratic theory.
Il is wisely written that men should be judged
by their actions; and it is fortunate for all men
that beautiful theories are made to yield to prac
tical results. If it were true, that democratic
policy was more orthodox in theory than that
advocated by the v hig party, yet the practical
results of whig action is so much more benefi
cent than democratic action, it is impossible to
hesitate which of lhe two is most worthy of the
confidence of the people.
Consistency is a virtue of great merit; and
wise men prefer to secure the fruit of good con
duct, rather than to hear all the canting of the
Simon puns, whose consistency consists in never
acting out the doctrines which they proclaim,
to their credulous partisans.
But tnese modest gentlemen have not shown,,
and can not show, in what particular Whig
practice varies from their principles, as public
ly avowed; and it is a task, the execution of
which, they will refrain from attempting. The
Whig party assured the people of Georgia, if
they would adopt their policy, the credit of lhe
State and lhe prosperity of her citizens should
be restored. And has not this promise been
faithfully redeemed? This happy restoration
occurred .n lhe face of denunciations by the
democratic party, loud and deep, that ruin
would ensue, if the Whig party obtained the
ascendancy. Has this prophecy been verified 1
—Truth answers, no.
The Whigs ventured predictions in relation
to Governor McDonald's adtniwodraxum -Ttre
peoplewere warned oFcoming evils—of a de
preciated currency—of the loss of State credit—
of inextricable confusion, and a general derange
ment of the affairs of the State, and of the peo
ple. The history of the democratic adminis
tration, established the truth of Whig prophe
cies.
In every aspect, in which the claims of the
two parties to the confidence of the reflecting
citizens ot Georgia, can be truthfully presented,
it must carry conviction to sound minds, that
Whig principles, and Whig policy, and Whig
action, will best promote the general good, and
secure the happiness and prosperity of the peo
ple. We submit it to the people of Georgia—
Was Governor McDonald’s democratic ad
ministration, a fortunate anti successful one for
the people ?
Truth must answer, no.
Again, it is inquired—
Has not every interest ot the people of Geor
gia been promoted by Governor Crawford’s.
Whig administration 1
Truth will answer, ves.
The treeis to be judged by its fruit. Let this
rule obtain, and none but the obstinately blind
will err, unless with malice prepense.
Things lost forever. —Mrs, Sigourney, in
one ot her admirable reflections upon human
life, its great duties and its vast concerns, makes
the following just remarks :
“Lost wealth may be restored by industry—
the wreck of health regained by temperance—
forgotten knowledge restored by study—alien
ated friendship smoothed into forgetfulness;
even forfeited reputation won by penitence and
virtue: but who ever again looked upon his
vanished hours—recalled his slighted years
stamped them with wisdom—or effaced from
heaven’s record the fearful blot of wasted life. ’’
The Cherokees.—There was to have been
a meeting of the delegates of the Old Settlerand
Treaty Parties, ot the Cherokee Nation, at
Fort Smith, on the Bth inst., at which the Su
perintendent, Capt. W. Armstrong, and the.
Cherokee Agent, Gov. Butler, were to be pre
sent. The object ot the meeting was to press
upon the attention ot Government the early
settlement of the difficulties existing among the
Cherokees.— Picayune.
Or,The Hoh. Samuel Appleton has lately
made a donation of one thousand dollars to the
Boston Females Asylum. This sum makes
three thousand dollars which that gentleman,
has given to litis Institution.