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Another Letter from Southerner.
The following letter from “Southerner” to
the editors of the Richmond Whig, is out of its
regular order, having been overlooked on our
file. And although we have published the se
cond and last ielter ot the writer first, the first
letter will loose none ot its interest:
Patterson, N. J., Aug-16, 1845.
To Me Editors of the Whig:
Gentlemen :—I am now in this enterprizing
town. Through thekindnessof the Hon. Judge
Meigs, of the American Institute, who furnish
ed me with letters of introduction to some of the
principal citizens ot this town, I was induced
to take my valise and umbrella in hand and
jump aboard ot the terry boat at New York and
cross the Hudson to Jersey City, where I took
the cars to witness here with my own eyes, and
hear with my own ears, what 1 had so often
read ot the wonders ot this place. Wetravel
led on the Newark route for six miles, when we
“took to the right as the law directs.” We
soon emerged into a fine plain, along which the
Hackinsack and Passaic flow to the Newark
Bay. The landscape ot the plain, where Na
ture frorh her genial bosom had overspread the
surface with decorations of gorgeous green,
made the scene one of interest and beauty, while
upon my left the scene was reversed by the un
dulations of hill and dale, with here and there,
on some lone mound, a cottage and a palace.
These, thought I, are the results of education,
temperance and industry, and are the hallowed
homes ot peaceful, useful and happy freemen.
While these thoughts filled my mind with joy
and admiration, involuntarily my spirits sunk
when I thought of the “ home of my fathers,”
mv own beloved section of this illustrious U
nion: I thought why not we, too, enjoy these
blessings which Providence has so largely con
ferred on us, instead of neglecting and tramp
ling them under our feet, to become angry and
sour with our brethren of the North, because
they have improved theirs by being more wise
and industrious. After reaching Acquacka
nouck, five miles from Patterson, we lost the
drivers and the plains to greet the hills, along
which we dashed until we reached the depot,
where wedismounted and made through a crowd
its chartered limits parts of the counties ot Ber
gen and Essex, surrounded by a range of cliffs
and hills. The scenery around gives a roman
tic grandeur to the place: It has the appearance
from its position among the everlasting hills, of
a walled or fortified town. The Falls over
which the Passaic is driven, is certainly a pic
ture, in the curiosities of Nature of the greatest
beauty. While standing on the heights above,
gazing at the placid motion ot the stream as it
came gliding between the hills on either side
until it reached the precipice, over which it
was thrown some one hundred feet or more, 1
could not help believing that it was a scene of
the highest interest, and one that was calculated
to excite the most gifted strains from the pen of
the poet. The convulsions which have here,
in ages past, rent these rocks in twain—divid
ing the hills and forming canals through which
the waler passes, alter the tall, produced on my
mind, alternately, awe and admiration. The
hand of Divinity has been here, and there is el
oquence poetry and grandieur in the view. The
position of the rocks below have the appearance
that thebedot theriverhassuddenly given way,
and the rocks, by either losing their hold in the
sides ot the bank, or by the magnitude of the
convulsion, have been thrown from the cliffs
above the bank into the abyss beneath.
This now flourishing town is the child of
Gen’l. Alexander Hamilton. His creative
.genius brought it into being. He, with the
F er of his country, were amongst the ear
fit advocates ot home industry. It is some
what singular that the twoplaces which Wash
ington and Hamilton named, as in their opin
ion, would eventually become large manufac
turing cities, should be so signally verified.—
The first spoke of Pittsburg, and the other of
Patterson. In the year 1792, at the suggestion
of Gen. Hamilton, a number of gentlemen in
New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania,
formed a company, with a capital of $200,000,
for the establishment ot Useful Manufactures,
and commenced operations here, by opening a
canal from above the Falls. Almost the entire
capital was consumed in this undertaking. The
plan of association, and the charter was drawn
up by the General himself. On account <f the
incapacity of the Engineer, money was useless
ly squandered. The first mill which was start
ed, suffered from the same cause on the part
of the operators, and the exhorbitant wages de
manded by them. The Society finally though,
continued their operations under the prudent
management of Peter Colt, Esq, formerly
Comfitroller of Connecticut, until the year
1792, when the whole business was, by unani
mous consent, abandoned. In 1801, however,
business again commenced by individuals
leasing the mills, and buying other mill sites,
and erecting thereon. In 1811, Rosswell L.
Colt, Esq., the son ol Peter Colt, purchased at
a depreciated price, a large proportion of the
shares, and re ani mated the Company. He is
now the Governor of the Association. Patter-
has been vrowinv ever since, excent during
Were it not tor the manufactures of this
place, a town could hardly exist here. Being
located in a valley, between hills, it is difficult
of access. The roads leading from it in all
directions are-the result of great labor and ex
pense. The road to New York, and Newark
creates a great deal of travel to it, and loads it
with goods daily for each place. It has been
estab.ished upon the same principle that I sug
gested for the consideration of our citizens, in
my last letter. Although we would Dot have
the same expense and difficulties to encounter,
yet we would have an advantage in their expe
rience, and the acknowledged improvements in
their machinery. The clouds, difficulties and
embarrassments which hung around the early
introduction of useful manufactures into the
American States have been dissipated and over
come. The way is clear for patriotic and en
terprising men to step forward to animate their
countrymen, and benefit the poor.
Among all the manufacturing cities and
towns I have visited, I have no where felt so
gratified, or contemplate to be, as 1 was with
this place. 1 unhesitatingly express myself ir>
the belief, that it is the most creditable town
taking all the circumstances of its rise into con
stderation, of any place in the Union. If ever
1 felt admiration and gratitude for our illus
trious ancestors more than at any other time of
my yet but short life, it was while I was passing
through the forty-odd factories that rear their
towering heads to the heavens, and in walkin’
through the busy yet orderly streets of this
noble town. My reasons are in a few words.
1 here are but some five or six owners of mills
or factories here, that came to the town with
means to start business. The rest were all
mechanics and poor men—with no other means
to live, or to obtain a competency, but by the
hard toil of their hands. W'hen 1 commence
to notice particular factories, I will then specify
cases to verify my statement, and which must
now be left to a subsequent communication
If my gratitude is worth anything to these
men, it is most cheerfully given—although I
have to do it in the teeth of an ungrateful, "un
magnanimous and unjust warfare on the part of
our present rulers to break up these factories by
withdrawing the fostering care of the Govern
ment from them, and making them a prey to
congenial interests in foreign lands. That our
rulersshould prefer the prosperity and employ
ment of foreign factories to our own, is enough
to startle us for our future fate. We hope vet
to ward off the blow, and save the honor of the
nation. More than one-half of the buildings
ol this town, have been put up and paid for by
the operatives in these mills and factories.—
borne of them have fine gardens and walks con
nected with them—thus rearing up homes for
themselves and children, for, perchance, some
evil day. Many ol these houses, as 1 passed ,
along the streets at night, were vocal with '
music and joyous hilarity. There are no la
mentationsand wailings from penury and want. 1
No haggard faces, and ragged garments to add '
wretchedness to ignorance and starvation. No
thieving holdes or bawdy gangs make un the I
inmates of these houses. No. A people vir
tuous, happy and intelligent, shelter themselves '
•leie, and they deserve not only wealth, but the
Cl <IL >; ildt* ’>f t liPi t* nti.tr '
srau..uue ol their country.
While passing through one ot the factories, 1
was pointed to three voung ladies, not over 16
or 18 years ot age, who had from the money
they had saved from the work of their own
hands, obtained enough to purchase a lot each,
and rear on them a house for their widowed
mothers, and were now depositingall the means
not necessarily used for the family, in the Sa
vings Bank. Joseph Smith, Esq., the Secreta
ry of the Association, informed me that there
was hardly a week that some one of the ope
ratives were net at his office, to buy lots or
deposite money with him. Many of the opera
tives before they came here, were unable to
read or write, and at the very point of starva
tion growing up in ignorance and vice, whose
c° n “' llo n now is changed in all these relations.
On the Sabbath, you could hardly tell them
from the wealthiest families, and their demean
or is every way praiseworthy and commenda
ble. The prudent and indusrtious habits thus
instilled into them, prepare the young men and
young ladies at the ages ot 18 and 21 to have
a house and lot lor themselves, and the next
thing after that, is to get married, and by
economy and energy of purpose, they are thus
able tn a few years to start on their “own hook”
she as mistress ol the house and he as master
of a factory.
There are near five thousand operatives in
this place engaged in the factories, making
about nine thousand men, women and children,
who are dependent upon these establishments,
directly or indirectly, for support, and the whole
entire population is kept togeter [numbering
near twelve thousand] bv them solely. With’
out them the town would be deserted. There
is paid out to these operatives yearly, bv the
ne V- e i gh -' hn . ndred 'housand dollars,
ffir e th a e^^. ,!iroU,ateSarao0 < ,he ,armers
All the farmers around the place are rich and 1
are making ten times as much off their farms <
in proportion to the capital invested, as the i
manufacturers do. Hundreds of them make $
morefrom four acres of ground, and that all ?
hill, than a majority of ours do from their three t
hundred acres. Some of them from three
acres alone, in raising strawberries, raspberries
and dewberries, make over SIOOO profits per
year. And all this the result of about two
months’work. The most of them have their
carriages, and find a better market for their pro- '
duce here than they can in New-York. The ’
fruit crop alone, sold from the surrounding j
towns yearly in New York, is greater than the
entire agricultural crop ol South Carolina, and
the fruit and vegetable crop larger than the l
agricultural produce of the great State of Vir
ginia I! Ido not wish to terrify you, but they ?
are facts. Show this statement to our poli
ticians, and then tell them to go to the nearest
rum-shop and take a drink ot grog, and com- *
mence a lecture on the immorality of the Tariff, f
and then asked the tenants of dilapidated tents
and farms, ragged, starving, penniless and e
wretched millions of the South, to bend their ~
knees before them and supplicate God’s bles
sing on their rotten carcases for it, and they
will call you simple and unterrified Republi- t
cans 1
The difficulty lies here, our farmers and (
planters produce hardly anything else but cot
ton and tobacco, and these for foreign con
sumption, the price of which is regulated by
the speculators and manufacturers of Europe. ]
But the injury does not stop here. By pre
venting the increase of our own manufactures
(and t! e establishment of towns through them,) 1
we are unable to counteract these men, and in- |
jure at the same the value and demand of other (
produce from the soil. We are without towns
to create a home market for them, and of course 1
the farmers must suffer, and those towns can- i
not be erected without manufactures, and manti- (
factures will not be erected without being pro
tected. That is a very clear case. The injury !
is farther extended by the increase of the growth
of cotton, and the British Tariff which shuts
out our grain from her markets. But that 1
makes no difference, does it—we must let her
goods come in here free of duty. Must we
not? Shesavs so, and must we not submit?
Ask our politicians I SOUTHERNER.
A Heroine.--The Wife of Lafayette.
The faithful and devoted wife of General La
fayette was a daughter of the illustrious house
wasmaxrietLaLlb*aa*
Os seventeen, rnut -eenreely had?he honey-moon
glided happily away, when her youthful hus
band left her side to fight for American inde
pendence. During his absence, Madame La
fayette ruled her household and numerous es
tates with wisdom and prudence tar beyond her
years. At length the husband whom she loved
so dearly, and of whom she was so justly fond,
returned, covered with glory, to lay his laurels
at her feet. Some few happy days were spent
together, and then the storm cloud of the French
revolution broke over their heads. Her hus
band was soon driven into exile, but it was
thought that Madame Lafayette, living quietly
and in great retirement on her estate in Au
vergne, ran no danger. But her love of liberty,
her high rank, her talents, made her an object
of suspicion. She was arrested on the 10th of
August, and soon after sentto Paris. Hermo
ther, grand-mother, and sister-in-law, all perish
ed on the same scaffold. Madame de Lafayette
herself was in daily expectation of death. She
made her will, and waited calmly and resolute
ly tor the summons to the guillotine. The re
volution of the 9th Thermidor preceded, by five
days, that appointed for her execution. As soon
as she was liberated, she sent her only son, then
in his chilhood, to the care of Gen. Washing
ton, after whom he had been named; and then
hastened with her two daughters to find her un
fortunate husband-—then languishing in an
Austrian prison. She reached Vienna by means
of an American passport, obtained an audience
ot the Emperor, and solicited either the release
of her husband or permission to share his cap
tivity.
“As to the release of General Lafayette,” re
plied the Emperor, “it is a very complicated
pice of business: on that point my hands are
tied.”
Madame Lafayette joyfully embraced the
other alternative—that ot sharing her husband’s
gloomy prison. Sixteen months’ close impri
sonment in France, the loss of all her kindred,
and her continual anxiety respecting her hus
band, had combined to affect her health, which
declined so rapidly in her damp prison of Ol
mutz, that serious apprehensions were entertain
ed tor her life. Feeling the importance of her
life to her family, and at their earnest solicita
tion, she wrote to the Etnperor tor his perrnis
sion to spend a week in Vienna for change of
air, and tor the purpose ot consulting a physi
cian. Her letter remained two months unan
swered, and then came in an imperial mandate,
forbidding her ever to appear in Vienna, but of
fering her freedom, on condition that she would
never seek to return to her husband’s prison.
Madame de L afayefte’s noble and touching an
swer to this inhuman proposition, fortunately,
for posterity, remains on record. It was as fol
lows :
“ I owed it to my family and my friends to
make some efforts for the preservation ol my
life; but they know me too well to suppose for
an instant, that 1 would accept it at such a price.
I cannot forget that when we were on the point
: of perishing, my husband, by his physical and
is were still in existence; and I will never, of my
lg own free will expose myself to the ago#y of se
ll paration from him again. However unsuita-
H ble this residence may be to my daughter, and
t- however unfavorable to my health, we will
k, gladly avail ourselves of his Imperial Majes
it U’ B goodness in allowing us to remain here
n and will never trouble him again with any more
j. petitions.”
n From that time Madame de Lafayette made
e no further efforts, but bore her sufferings firmly
r, and patiently until the victories of the French
t- Republic, and especially those of General Bona
n parte, changed the aspect of affairs. General
d Lafayette was restored to freedom, and with
y his devoted wife returned to his native country,
e and fixed his residence at La Grange—the ma
r- ternal inheritance of his wife—an estate situa
t- ted about twelve leagues from Paris. Here
ir Madame de Lafayette spent the remainder of her
short life in the bosom of her family, and in the
d practice of every Christian virtue. But the poi
o soned arrow of grief and anxiety had drank her
h life blood, and after many lingering months of
r» suffering this humble Christian, this affectionate
i, mother and heroic wife, closed her pure and ex
- emplary life on the 24th December, 1806. Pos
r terity has covered the name of General Lafav
. ette with glory, but surely the patient endurance,
f the self-sacrificing devotion of his noble wife
» deserve an equal meed of praise.
» . New England Sabbath.—A correspon
’ dent or the Rochester Democrat, writinsr from
Springfield (Mass ) says :
3 A New England Sabbath is something
, which can only be seen in New England. It
I is not an article of exportation. There is a
5 quiet, settled calm about it—a stillness which
» can almost be fell—unsuited to any other at
. mospbere. 1 arose yesterday morning oppressed
r by the solemn serenitv which seemed to per
t vade every object around me. In this busy
town at eight o’clock, not a sound could be
, heard. Silence pervaded its streets, and I could
scarcely make myself believe that I was in the
midst of a population of ten or twelve thousand
f souls. The green fields, the mountains, the
forest—stretching out in every direction as far
as the eye could reach, seemed praising God, in
, their calm beauty, and the huge elms of an
hundred years, lifted up their long arms towards
heaven, and looked devout as the ancient pa
triarchs. The very buildings—many of them
associated with stirring events of the past—be-
came sanctified monitors, as they say to the
contemplaiive mind, ‘This is the land of the
pilgrims—Remember the Sabbath day to keen
it holy.’ Whoever remembers the first Sabbath
in a New England town, will be able to under
stand what I have written, he must have felt
what I have attempted to describe.
a Tu her .. e is no in * ress nor e S ress here on the
Sabbath. All public conveyances lie by. For
merly a car passed over the road to Boston
and back with the mail. This has been dis
continued. ;
In these Yankee villages, one is always de
lighted with their magnificent shade trees
They constitute the principal beauty of almost
every place you visit—of this place pre .eminent
ly. Nearly every street here is shaded by
magnificent elm, sycamore, or maple trees.”
The Boston Atlas of Tuesday says:—
, e U. 8. frigate Constitution, Capt. Perci
val, on her passage from Borneo to Canton, put
nVn7m° n u ay ’ C .°! :h,n China, to refit and re
pamt the ship. Although this place it the
principle sea-port of the Kingdom of Cochin
China, vet there was not a foreigner to be found
e .F‘ ac ® alß i uo communication was to be
had with these natives, except through a ser
onlv f Th eol lhe . offi , ce s s . and that by writing
only. They remained three orfourdays, before
any of the authorities would visit the ship, (the
officers had been allowed to go ashore, but not
to walk about.) When the Mandarins came
on board, a letter was secretly delivered by one
of them, purporting to be from a Frenchman of
the name of Le Fevre, who signed himself
Bishop of Isauriopiles, and Apostolic Vicar jf
Cochin Chma, stating that he had been seized
by the Government, put in irons and conde.m
ned to death. The Mandarins had returned
to the shore, before the contents of this ' etier
were ascertained; when Capt. P. determined
to demand the Priest, in person, and pro-reeded
on shore with an armed force. As he could
get no answer, nor sight of the Highest , r Chief-
Mandarin, he seized three of the Mandarins
and subsequently took possession, wit'a three of
the ship s boats. Os three of their war junks
Jnd e rh^ nb ?a' Sfled a ‘ ‘ he a PP roach of our boats,
and 'h® soldiers were much frightened and fled
when our men charged them.
lyTe h |Za J sed kSand Mandarins were subsequent-
Drawing out a Needle by Magnet A
colored woman, at Frankfort, Kv. ran a needle
in the fleshypart of the palm, Some months a»o
Last week Mr. John Goodman, to whom the
woman belonged, knowing the needle would
not remain stationary, that it would produce
suppuration and gradually move from its im.
bedment, it struck him that it might be attract
ed to the surface or skin, and he produced a
magnet and applied it to the hand. Soon a sen
sation of pain was produced, and three davs
afier ihe needle made its appearance just under
the skin, when it was easily extracted.
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Hon. William C. Dawson.—The Madison
Miscellany ot Saturday says:—lt affotds us
much pleasure to inform the numerous friends
of this gentleman, that he has so far recovered
from his late severe illness as to attend to his
ordinary duties, and will, it is hoped, be able to
re-commence his duties as Judge of the Supe
rior Courts of the Ocmulgee Circuit on Mon
day next, to which time the Putnam Court was
adjourned.
The Whigs of Massachusetts have nomina
ted the Hon. George N. Briggs and the Hon.
John Reed as their candidates for re-election to
the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor
of that State.
UVThe Sangamo (Ill.) Journal says that the 1
wheat crop in that State, taken in the aggre- '
gate, has been unusually large. The corn crop>
it L^Ua»Gax>i(-l*t,,ajiiU.-hfl.xw4irenpilpnff > d-- , J
The Revival.—The Tuscaloosa (Ala.)
Monitor of the 24th inst. says:—Sixteen days
have passed since the beginning ot the great
religious revival, now going on in the city.
Within that time, one hundred and forty-three
persons have found pardon for their sins, and
one hundred and. three have connected them
selves with the Methodist Church. This in
cludes the exercises on Monday evening.
Twenty persons were then at the altar for prayer,
and some were converted. The congregation
was large as ever, and the interest unabated.
“A Voter”
Has propounded, through the Constitutional
ist, certain interrogatories to Messrs. Miller,
Jenkins and Rhodes, for whom he will not vote,
under any circumstances, and has tailed to cate
chise Mr. Guieu on the same subjects, for whom
he certainly will vote.
It “A Voter” were sincere in his inquiries,
as to the views of the gentlemen he interrogates,
and really desired information to determine his
vote, he would have pursued a different course.
He is not without some sort of skill in the ex
amination ol reports, acts, and journals—and no
doubt knows the views of two of the gentlemen
named, who were members of the last Legisla
ture, and supported the measures adopted in
relation to the penitentiary.
The memorial of the mechanics of Augusta,
was sent to Mr. Miller, who presented it to the Se
nate, and it was referred to the Committee on
the Penitentiary—several others of like charac
ter having previously been sent to that commit
lee. The committee reported [see Senate jour
nal of 1843, p. 215,] ’and this report was subse
quently adopted.
It was generally conceded that as to the con
victs Men. in the Penitentiary, the Legislature
did not possess the power to change their
, term from “ hard labor in the Penitentiary at
( Milledgeville;” they had to serve out their sen
tence Merc. The Legislature, however, passed
■ a law [sec acts ot 1843, p. 60] under which the
place of labor, as to persons thereafter convicted,
might be changed. When these convicts be
> come sufficiently numerous, it will be proper
for the Legislature to determine at what other
place than Milledgeville, and how they shall be
t employed, so as not to be a burden to the State.
I Then it may be advisable to employ a portion,
iHbMAv, avtovi lO'iu, j;. j'iu.j
I extract the following from the report of the
Committee on the Penitentiary: “The Com
mittee are of opinion that the pursuit of many
of the branches of mechanics in the institution,
has been a mistaken policy,”—“that those
branches using costly materials, and requiring
skilful and faithful mechanics, ought to be aban
donedand after speaking of a change of em
ployment, “by thus directing the labor of our
convicts, we relieve that large and respectable
class of our citizens, the mechanical profession,
from competition with Penitentiary labor, and
that contact with degraded mechanics, which
to some extent must occur, so long as we con
tinue annually to turn them out” (of the Peni
tentiary) “to earn their bread by the trade which
serves as a badge of their disgrace.”
These quotations show the estimate in which
l he honest and industrious mechanics were
held by the Legislature of 1843, and the desire
entertained to advance their interests.
All I have stated is no doubt known to “ A
Voter”—and it he were as desirous of benefitting
the mechanics as he is of making political
capital, he would cease his attempts to array
them against those who have always been
friendly to them. ANOTHER VOTER.
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
SSOO.OOO-Lost! I
Messrs. John F. Lloyd, James Hunter and
Jeremiah Beall, the Committee appointed by
Gov. Crawford to examine into the condition of
the Central Bank, report a loss of ufßvards of
half a million of dollars by bad debts—and
the people will have to make up 8346,000 ot it.
A heavy lax this, occasioned by loans made
to secure or continue Democratic ascendency!
A “liberal .reward” will be paid to the editor
ot the Constitutionalist, or any of his political
friends, who -will suggest tbe means whereby
this burdensome tax will not fall on
THE PEOPLE.
A greatly unproved sash fastener has been
invented in B oston. It is neat, compact, and
will secure the window so that when required,
it cannot be opened without a key.
The three million subscription to the New
York and Erie Railroad is rapidly .drawing to
a close. The N. Y. Tribune of Thursday
says—
The subscription to the Erie Railroad is now
nearly $*2,61X1,000. One capitalist to-day took
$40,000. At the meeting ot the Mechanics
there wilj probably be at least SIOO,OOO subscri
bed. S uch, at least, is the determination of
some o>f our leading Mechanics, who feel the
paramount importance of this road.
The Tribune adds—
It i s proposed to build a branch of the Erie
Rail ro ad to Newburgh, and the Erie road
agrr ,-e to furnish two thirds of the means. A
me eting has been held in Newburgh and the
to- en was pledged for SIOO,OOO. Os this sum
Sf <9,000 has been already subscribed. The
ei uire cost of the road is estimated at $300,000..
Improved Fise Engine.—The N. Y. Express
says that Mr. E. Mars, of that city, has invent
ed a mode of working the Fire Engine, by which
it ca n be operated by a less number of men, and
with much greater ease than by the brake, the
press nt mode. By means of a screw turned in
a moment by a crank attached, the machine is
lifted from the ground when required to be set
in me tion, and the hind wheels made to serve
as fly- wheels. With the aid of a rope attached
to the fly wheels, the machine can be worked by
8 men, or 200, so that any person at a fire dis
posed io lend a hand has only to lay hold of
the ropeand assist to give motion to the fly
wheels. Mr. M. has obtained a patent, and a
machine on his plan is in process of erection
and will b.J ready for service, under the direc
tion of the Fire Department, in a few days. It
will save the almost insupportable labor now
experienced .by firemeu, and be, without doubt,
a most invalmable improvement.
Essence or Coffee.—Mr. E. L. Szadeczky
has commencea' among us the manufacture of
this article, which he says is already in exten
sive use in Europe among the higher classes.
A quart bottle of this essence costs but six
shillings, and wih’ make from one to two hun
dred cups of excelle.nt coffee, according to the
sizeofthecupand the taste of the drinker.— N. Y.
Jour. Com.
From the N. O. Picayune, September 23.
Sixteen days Later from Mexico.
The U. S. steam Irigate Princeton arrived at
Pensacola on the morning of the 20tli instant,
having sailed from Vera Cruz on the evening
ot the 15th. Our previous dates were brought
by the Mexican schooner Geraldo, which left
Vera Cruz on the 30th of August. By the ar
rival of the Princeton we did mot receive our
regular files, and gather the following items of
information from our correspondence and some
chance papers:
The French Minister, Baron Allye de Cip
rey, having been again refused the reparation be
demanded for the personal indignities offered
him some mouths since, has demanded and re
ceived his passports. He wasexpected to leave
in the next packet from Vera Cruz. The Si
glo Diez y Neuve makes an elaborate defence
ot the action of the Mexican Government, in
sisting upon it that the demands of the Baron
were beyond reason, and could not be granted
without trampling upon the inviolability of the
power of the judiciary and the social guarantees
which repose thereupon.
By the papers received at Vera Cruz on the
14th from Mexico, it appears that a despatch
had arrived al the capital, stating that 3000
regular troops of the United States and 1500
Texans were on the march for Matamoros.
By the returns Herrera has received 110 out
of 130 votes. Only one department remains to
be heard from.
Tobasco was still in the possession of the
Federalists, and as yet the Government have
been unable to despatch any troops to put down
the revolt. The revolution at Tobasco is re
pudiated by the Federalists of Mexico.
Paredes was at San Luis Potosi with a force
of 10,000 men. He was ostensibly making
preparations to march for the northern frontier;
but his designs are suspected, and he has been
accused in Mexico of aiming at a military
dictatorship. A division under his command
have pronounced against the present Govern
ment, and in favor of a military system.—
Paredes has written that he has succeeded in
restoring order, and professes to be favorably
disposed to the present Government; these pro
fessions a de, however, distrusted.
The order for establishing the Defensores has
- -been unsuccessful in most of the departments
beaferrrom.
enlisted a single person. Toe terms ot the en
listment have in consequence been modified.
The system of voluntary enlistment has been
regarded by the supporters ol the army with
great jealousy, and was denounced as intended
to supplant and disband the regular troops for
political purposes 1
The Santa Ana party are in favor of post
poning the declaration of war against the Uni
ted States to a more propitious time, in view of
the present distracted and unprepared condition
of the country. The Siglo XIX still contends,
as it did in the outset, that as the war with the
United States is a war of defence solely, the ob
ject of which is to recover a portion of territory
which has been wrested from Mexico, that an
express declaration or announcement ot war is
not necesaary; that the previous protests and
solemn declarations ot Mexico cover the whole
ground.
The Government is so beset with difficulties
and embarrassed in its resources, and the coun
try is in so distracted a state, that it is believed
that another revolution is inevitable, and that it
may occur al any moment.
From the antl-Mormon Kioterp.
The steamer Die Vernon, which arrived at
St. Louis on the 18ih inst, brings the melan
choly intelligence that one life has already been
■ sacrificdd to the disturbances which are yet
, agitating Hancock and Adams counties. A
few days since, Franklin B. Worrell, a young
1 man of Warsaw, 111., and'one who had been
- conspicuous among those who called themselves
, the “old citizens,” was waylaid and shot dead
near Carthage, while riding with an acquain
tance. The fatal shot was fired from a hazel
, thicket, by some person unknown.
The editor of the Warsaw Signal attempts to
lay the crime upori* the Sheriff of Hancock
1 county, as he had been seen in the same neigh-
- borhood that morning.
From all we can gather, we should think that
the last struggle between Mormonism and out
lawry were at hand.
The St. Louis papers all agree in pronounc
ing the outbreak as being without any substan
tial cause, and that the alleged attack on the
’ “ convention” assembled near Carthage, was a
e mere pretence to give a coloring to the violence
r intended against the Mormons. Up to last
advices, at least fifty houses bad been de
* slroyed, and with them several slacks of hay
- and grain.
d The following interesting items, we extract
from a letter from the editor ot the St. Louis Re-
e publican, dated Warsaw, 17th inst:
I, In this war of extermination they include
.. not only the Mormons, but all who' are sus
pected of favoring the Mormon cause, or of
harboring Mormons about. The reports vary
r very much as to the number of houses burned,
e At Quincy the number was stated at from fifty
to sixty; but 1 tbinkthis a large estimate. The
Anti-Mormons, I am told, are divided into two
’> companies. One is known as the “ Fire and
.swrnmniiitr-wiiwcquii it is turn u’
guards, generally not appearing or taking a
very prominent pan.”
It is expected that the troops from Adams
and Pike counties will be immediatey called
out. A messenger was despatched to Governor
Ford, at Springfield, on Sunday last.
A number ol people, especially women and
children, are leaving the county as fast as they
can get away. I found a number, with their
baggage and household affairs, on the bank of
the river. Thus far the Mormons have fled in
every instance, making little or no resistance;
but they cannot flee much further, and they
must either stand and fight shortly, or leave the
county.
It is reported here, and credited, that the same
process of burningout the Mormons, hascom
menced in the upper part ot this county. It is
said that they have commenced burning the
Mormon houses in the La Harpe, and Camp
Creek settlements.
Alarm and excitement pervade all classes,
and terror is depicted on the countenances ot
all the families I have yet seen. This week I
believe must bring matters to an issue. From
the apparent concert with which tbe Anti-Mor
mons are acting—their simultaneous attacks—
the deep and deadly hated which they entertain
to the Mormons—the fact that the Mormons
from all the settlements out of Nauvoo, are be
ing driven into tbe city—l judge a fight must
cotne off this week, which will probably give a*
predominancy to one party or the other.
From the Philadelphia North American.
New York, Sept. 25—p. m.
The Stock market has recovered a little from
yesterday’s decline, and can be called fiHiii, but
nothing more. Er ie Railroad old stock has ri
sen I}, and is in good demand yet. The sub
scription now reaches over #2,600,000, and good
inclination yet on the part of the public to sub
scribe. A small meeting of merchants took
833,000 last night. Thebooks will close on the
Ist of October.
There is a rumor of another large forgery in
Wall-street of 86,000, in which a broker and
some bank officers are likely to be entangled.
As it is not certain the arrests have teen made,
I forbear to call the names.
The Episcopal Convention continues a point
of much attraction. After considerable trouble
this forenoon, Dr. Creighton (high church) was
elected presiding officer, and the old Treasurer
and Secretary retained. A warm debate sprang
up upon a series of resolutions from the Hon.
Luther Bradish, that the Bishop of the diocese
could not officiate with any effect, il reinstated.
After considerable debate the resolutions were
laid upon the table, and the regular business
proceeded. The whole affair was referred to a
committee.
One of the late London papers has the fol
lowing paragraph:
Transition of Canals into Railroads.— A gene
ral inclination appears to exist on the part of
canat proprietors to convert their canals into
railways. The proprietors of the Kennet and
Avon canal have agreed to apply to Parliament
for power to make their canal into a railway.
The Great Western Railway company had
nearly ruined their carrying trade to and from
Hungerford. The canal is ninety-three miles
lone, that is, fifty-seven cut, from Newbury to
Bath, and thirty-six of river navigation. The
intention, is to convert the fifty-seven miles of
cutting into a railway. The proprietors of the
Somersetshire canal purpose to convert it into
a railway.
The Heart.—A modern writer thus beauti
fully treats of that “ harp of a thousand strings,”
the human heart: “What an odd thing expe
rience is! now turning over so rapidly the book
of life, now writing so much on a single leal.
We hear of the head turning gray in a single
night—the same change passes over the heart.
Affection is the tyrant of a woman, and only
bids her to the banquet .to suspends cutting
sword over her head, which a word, a look may
call down to inflict the wound that strikes to the
death or heals but with a scar. Could we fling
back the veil which nature and society alike
draw over her feelings, how much of sorrow—
unexpected because unexpressed, will be found!
—how many a young and beating heart would
show disappointment graven on the inmost
core I what a history ot vain hopes, gentle en
deavors. and anxieties and mortifications laid
bare! There is one phrase continually occur
ring in conversation—‘Oh, a woman never
marries the man to whom she was first attach
ed.' How often—how lightly is this said! how
little thought given to the world of suffering it
involves! Checked bv circumstances—aban
doned from necessity-, theearly attachment may
depart with the early enthusiasm which youth
brings, but leaves not.”
Not Generally Known.—We find the fol
lowing in the St. Louis Reveille :
“The parent who would train up a child in
the way he should go, must go in the way that he
would train up the child.”
Emigration—The number ol passengers
from foreign ports arrived at the New York
Quarantine from Ist April last to 15'h inst., was
60,384, which is an increeasof nearly 8000 upon
the arrivals during the corres ponding time lasi
year. About 25,000 of thase were Germans.
From the Southern Literary Meheenger. I
The Battle of King’s Mountain. !
Mh Editor:—The following account ot the '
battle of King’s Mountain is a copy ot the ori
ginal paper, drawn up by the late General Jo
seph Graham, father of the present Governor ot
North Carolina, the country in which the site ol
the battle is located. This graphic account,
given by an uninterested individual, ot the battle
that led to the retreat ot Cornwallis, then on his
advance through Carolina, nny afford interest
ing information to your readers, that love to
dwell upon the scenes cf the Revolution.
Very respectfully, yours, » • ♦
Alter the defeat of Gen. Gates and the army
under his command, on the 16th of August,
1780, and the defeat ot Gen. Sumpter, two days
afterwards, near Rocky Mount, by Col. Tarl
ton, the South was almost entirely abandoned
to the enemy. Most of the troops, both officers
and men, who had escaped from Gates’ defeat,
passed through Charlotte, N. C., where most ol
the militia of Mecklenburg county were assem
bled in consequence of the alarm. The regular
troops chiefly passed on to Hillsboro’, where
Gen. Gates finally established his head quarters.
William L. Davidson, who had served as Lieu
tenant Colonel of the regulars in the Northern
army, was appointed Brigadier General ol the
militia in the Salisbury District, in the place ot
Gen. Rutherford, who was taken pfisoner at
Gates’ defeat. He formed a brigade and en
camped cn McAlpin’s creek, about 8 miles be
low Charlotte, and in the course of two or three
weeks, was reinforced by Gen. Sumner, (a con
tinental officer,? but having no regulars to com
mand, he took command of the militia from the
counties of Guilford, Caswell, Orange, &c.
After Gates’ defeat, the attention of Lord
Cornwallis was chiefly occupied with burying
the dead, taking care ot the wounded, and for-
warding, under I suitable guards, the great num
ber ot prisoners be had taken, to the city ot
Charleston, and regulating the civil government
he was establishing in South Carolina, and ex
amining the state of the posts occupied by his
troops on the Congaree,.-Ninety-Six and Augus
ta. By the Ist of September, he had his ar
rangements made, and detached Col. Ferguson
over the Wateree with only 110 regulars, under
the command of Ca&D.Upicsier, and about the
intercept the rstrencof ft partv of romihtain men.
who were harassing the upper settlement of lo
ries in South Carolina. Failing in this, be af
terwards moved slowly, and frequently halted to
collect all the tories he could persuade to join
him. He passed Broad river, and before the
last of September encamped at a place called
Gilbertstown, within a short distance of where
the thriving village of Rutherfordton now stands.
His forces had increased to upwards of 1000
men. On his march to this place, he had fur
nished arms to such of his new recruits as were
without them. The greater part of them had
rifles, but to a part of them he had them to fix a
large knife they usually carried, made small
enough at the butt end for two inches or more ot
the handla to slip into the muzzle of the rifle, so
that it might be occasionally used as a bayonet.
Although Col. Ferguson failed to overtake
the detachment of mountain men alluded to, he
took two of thenvnrisoners, who had become
separated from their comrades. In a day or two
he paroled them, and enjoined them to inform
the officers on the Western waters, that if they
did not desist from their opposition to the British
arms, and take protection under his standard
that he would march his army over the rnoun-,
tains, hang their leaders, and lay the country
waste with fire and sword.
Col. Charles McDowell, of Burke county, on
the approach of Ferguson with so large a force,
had gone over the mountains to obtain assist
ance, and was in consnltation with Col. John
Sevier and Col. IsaaeShelby what plan should
be pursued, when the two paroled men spoken
of arrived and delivered their message from Col.
Ferguson.
It was decided that each of them should use
his best efforts to raise all the men that could be
enlisted, and that their forces when collected,
should meet on the Wataga, on the 25th of Sep
tember. It was also agreed, that Col. Shelby
should give intelligence of fheir movements to
Col. William Campbe l of the adjoining county
of Washington, in Vijginia, with the hope that
he would raise what force he could and co-ope
rate with them. •
They met on the Wataga the day appointed,
and passed the mountain on the 30th ol Sep
tember. where they were joined by Col. Benja
min Cleveland and Major Joseph Winston,
from Wiks and Sorry counties.
On examining their fvrees, they were found
to number, as follows:
From Washington county, Virginia,
under Col. W. Campbell, 400
From Sullivan county, North Carolina,
under Col. Isaac Sheby, 240
From Washington, North Carolina, un-
der Col. John Sevier, 240
From Burke and Rutherford counties,
N, C., under Col. Charles McDowell, 160
• From Wilks and Surry counties, N. 0.,
, under Col. Beniamin Cleveland and
I Major James Winston, 350
■ txu.i+J I 390
of the force co’tectwg against him, early on the
4th of October, ordered his men to march, and
remain half an h<4ur alter they han started,
writing a dispatch tdLofd Cornwallis, no doubt
informing him of his situation, and soliciting
aid. The letter was committed to the care of
the noted Abraham Collins, (since of counter,
feit memory,) and another person, by the name
of Quin, with injunctions to deliver it as soon
as possible. They set out and attempted to
pass the direct road to Charlotte, but having to
pass through some whig settlements, they were
suspected and pursued, and being compelled to
secret themselves by day and travel by night,
they did not reach Charlotte until the morning
of the “th of October, (the day ot the battle.)
Col. Ferguson encamped the first night at the
noted place called the,Cowpens, about 20 miles
from Gilbertown. On the sth October, he
crossed Broad river, atwhat is now called Deer’s
Ferry, 16 miles. On the 6th he marched up the
Ridge Road, between.the waters of King’s and
Buffalo Creeks, until he came to the fork turn
ing to the right, across King’s Creek, and through
a gap of the mountain towards Yorkville, about
14 miles. Then he encamped on the summit of
that part ot the mountain to the right of the road,
where he remained until he was attacked on the
“th.
When the troops irpm the different counties
met, at the head of the Catawba river, the com
manding officers met, and finding that they
were all of equal grade, and no general officer
tocommand, it wasdecided that Col. Chatles
McDowell should goto Head Quarters, suppo
sed to be between Glrarlo'te and Salisbury, to
obtain General Suiutter or General Davidson
to take the command. In the meantime, it was
agreed that Col. William Campbell, who had
tbe largest regiment, should take the command
until the arrival of a general officer, who was
to act according to the advi e of tbe Colonels
commanding, and that Major Joseph McDowell
should take the command of the Burke and
Rutherford regiment, until the return ol Col.
McDowell.
Shortly after these measures wete adopted,
intelligence was received that Co). Ferguson
had left Gilbertstown, and it wasdecided that
they would march alter him, by that place, and
on their way receivedevtdence that it was his
design to evade an engagement w ith them. On
the evening of the 6th of October, the Colonels
in council unanimously resolved, that thev
would select all the men and horses fit for ser
vice, and immediately pursue Ferguson until
they should overtake him, leavingsuch as were
not ablejn go, to come after as fast as they
could. The next evening, the selection was
t made, and 910 men including officers, were
marched before, leaving the others to follow.
They came to the Cow pens, where Ferguson
had camped on tbe night ot the 4th, and there
met Col. Williams, of South Carolina, with
near 400 men, and abont6ofrotn Lincoln county
who had joined them on their march, under
Coir Haiv-hriteuunl M<yor Chronicle. After
drawing rations of beef, the whole proceeded
on, a littte before sunset, taking Ferguson’s
trail towaids Deer’s Ferry, on Broad river.
Night coming on, and being very dark, their
pilot got out of lhe right way, and for some
: time they were lost; but before day light they
reached near to the ferry, and by direction of
the officers, the pilot led them to the Cherokee
ford, about a mile and a half below, as it was
not known but the enemy might be in posses
sion of the Eastern bank of the river. It was
on the morning of the 7th, before sunrise, when
they crossed the river, and marched about two
mires, to the place where Ferguson had en
camped on the night of theslh.
There they halted a short time, and took such
breakfast, as their wallets and saddle-bags
could afford. The day was showery, and they
were obliged to use their blankets and great
coats to protect their arms from wet. They
nassed on a dozen ot miles without seeing any
person', at length, they met a lad, in an old
field, by the name of Fonderin, about twelve or
fourteen years of age, who had a brother and
others relations in Ferguson's camp, and who
was directly from it, within less than three
miles. A halt was ordered, and the Colonels
met in consultation. Several persons knew the
ground well on which the enemy was encamp
ed, agreeable to the information given by the
boy of their position. The plan ot battle was
immediately settled, that the force should be
nearly equally divided, and one half would
take to the right, cross over and occupy the
Southeast side of the mountain, and that the
o her should advance to the Northwest side,
and that each division would move forward
until they formed a junction, w-hen all should
lace to the front, and press upon the enemv up
the sides of the mountain. Orders were given
to prepare for battle, by laying aside every in
cumbrance, examining well their arms’and
guarding against alarm. The orders were
speedily obeyed, and they moved forward over
King’s Creek, and up a branch and ravine, and
between two rocky knolls, which when they
had passed, the top of the mountain and the
enemy’s camp upon it, were in full view, about
100 poles in front. Here they halted, and lied
their horses, leaving the necessary guard with
them It was now 3 o'clock in the afirnoon.
The enemy’s C r.mp was to the right of the
road, 70 or 80 poles in length, and on ihe sum
mit of thg mountain, which at this place ' ■
runs nearly Northeast and Southwest: (the
shadow of the timber at half-past one P. M.,
ranges with it.) The troops were led on in the
following order:—To the right, Major Wins
ton, Col. Sevier, Col. Campbell, Col. Shelby
and Maj. McDowell: —To the left, Col. Ham
brite, Col. Cleveland, and Col. Williams, of
South Carolina.
Each division moved off steadily to the place
assigned them in the order of battle. Some ol
the regiments suffered much under the galling
fire of the enemy, before they were in a posi
tion to engage in the action. Some complaints
began to be uttered, that it would never do Io be
shot down without returning the fire Col.
Shelby replied, “ press on to your places and
then your fire will not be lost." . .
The men led by Shelby and McDowell Were
soon closely engaged, and the contest from the
first was very severe. Williams and Cleveland
were soon in their places - , and with the utmost
energy engaged the foe. Ferguson, finding
that the end Os his line was giving way, ordered
forward his regulars and riflemen, with bayo
nets, and made a furious charge upon Shelby
and McDowell, charging down the mountain
some 200 yards. A united and destructive
fire soon compelled him to order his party back
to the top of the mountain. To ward off the
deadly attack from Col. Williams, Ferguson
again charged with fury down the mountain.
When Shelby’s men saw this they raised the
cry, “come on men the enemy is retreating.”
They rallied by the time Ferguson returned
from the charge against the South Carolinians,
and renewed 'heir fire with great resolution.
Ferguson again -harped upon Shelby but not so
i far as before. Col. Williams’ men, in turn,
called out, “ the enemy is retreating, come on
I men.”
At this stage of the action, Hambrite and
Winston had met, and a brisk fire was poured
upon Ferguron’s men all around the mountain.
Ashe would advance towards Campbel), Sevier,
Winston and Hambrite, he was pursued by
Shelby, McD' ell, Williams and Cleveland.
When he wou. i -urn his forces against the lat
ter, the former would press on in pursuit. Thus
he struggled or, making charges and retreats,
but his left w:.s rapidly losing ground. His
men were rap.dly falling before the skillful aim
and nnbendir. r courage of the whigs. Even
after being wcii.r.ded, he fought on with courage.
iM—■Mk-o-s-vw., , : ’hMifnnJf] he done by a
brave and skillful officer, according to his Twmr—
tion. At len -’i he was shot dead and his whole
command driven tip into a group of 60 yards in
length, and not 40 in width.
The British officer, Captain Dupiester, who
took the commmand, ordered a white flag to be
raised, in token of surrender, but the bearer
was instantly shot down. He soon had another
raised, and called out for quarter. Col. Shelby
demanded, if they surrendered, why tbeydidhot
throw down their arms. It was instantly done.
But still the firing was continued, until Shelby
and Sevier went inside the lines and ordered the
men to cease. Some who kept it up, would
call out. “give i.tem Beaufort’s plav.” Allu
ding to Col. Beauhwt’sdefeat by Tarlton, where
no quarters were given. A guard was placed
over the prisoners and all remained on the
mountain during the night.
The party which led the left wing under Col.
Hambrite, suffered very much, having to pass
ground to reach their p.ace of des
tination, and within 80 yards of the enemy’s
marksmen. Col. Hambrite was wounded, and
Major Chronicle was killed. Col. Williams,
of South Carolina, a brave and efficient officer,
was also killed. The loss of the whies was not
exactly ascertained, but believed to be about 30
killed and 50 wounded. The enemy had about
150 killed and all the rest taken prisoners.
On the morning of the Bth, a court-martial
was held, several of the prisoners who were
found guilty of murder and other high crimes,
weie sentenced to be hanged. About twenty
were executed.
At the forks ot the branch where Major Chron
icle and Captain Mattocks were buried, a mon
ument was erected. On the east side is the fol
lowing incription:
“Sacred to the memory of Major William
Chronicle and Captain John Mattocks, Wil
liam Robb and John Boyd, who were killed at
this place on the 7th October, 1780, fighting in
defence of America.”
Inscribed on the Western side of said monu
ment, facing the battle ground:
“Col. Ferguson, an officer of his Britannic
Majesty, was defeated and killed at this place,
on the7thof October, 1780.”
Some Additional Anecdotes.— To the preced
ing account, permit me to add some traditionary
facts. It is said that Col. Ferguson, when he
encamped on King’s Mountain, after some days
of retreat before the gatheringxnilitia, exclaim
ed to his men, “Here is a place God Almighty
can not drive us from.” He never left the
mountain; he fell the next day, in battle.
During the action, Col. Campbell rode down
two horses in performing his duties on the
mountain side. His own bald face black horse
proving skittish, he exchanged him in the be
ginning ofthe action with a Mr. Campbell, who
was in his corps. In the heat ot the battle, he
was seen on foot at the head of his men. with
his coat off and his shirt collar open. Some
two hnndred yards down the mountain was
.bald face, mounted by the Colonel’s servant, a
had coir'.’ 't '■ s: ■ ——oft .itasiet ant! IheresT
were doing.”
Ex-Senator Preston, of South Carolina, a
grandson of Col. Campb< 1, in his youth, stop
ped at a tavern in South Carolina, near the
North Carolina line, in sight of King’s Moun
tain; and while breakfast was
ved that the landlady frequently turned to look
at him. While ealing his meal, she asked bis
name, —and observed, byway of awkward
apology, that he was very like the man shemost
dreaded on earth, “And who is that)” said
Preston. ‘ Col. Campbell,” said the woman,
“that hung tny husband at King’s Mountain.”
Col. Campbell was appointed commanding
officer of the militia in Eastern Virginia, after
the bailie of Guilford, in which he acted a con
spicuous part, and died in the service, of a fever,
while yet but a young man, and was buried at
Rocky Mills in Hanover county.
After an interval o! 40 years, his remains
were removed to Washington county—the
bones and hair undecayed, Ihonghthey had lain
in a moist clay soil,
Col. Campbell was a native of Augusta
county, Virginia, ard removed early to Vx ash
fngton' county; a bold and active man, extreme
ly popular with the militia of his county, and
an untiring enemy of the tories, who hated hint
as much as he loved his country.
. Shelby was afterwards Governor of lhe State
of Kentuckv.
There are,.’ Editor, a multitude of interest
ing particular: spectinglhe men of the revoln
lion, which, w. n gathered, will from the his
tory of that epech, that are now scattered here
and there, an’ Hkely soon to perish from me
mory of the ’ ving. May tour efforts to collect
them prove successful. They will come in, one
by one, but ch. pters from the history, as drops
i* the ocean. Very respectfully, yours,
♦ * *
Democracy in Onto.—The principles of
Locofocoism in Ohio are set forth with a naked
ultraism which disdains all reserve or conceal
ment. The official orders to the party from the
leaders ofthe canvass now going on in that State
announce their purposes to be—first, to put
down the Ohio Banks, one and all ; secondly,
to require all taxes to be paid tn gold andsilver:
thirdly, to require the Legislature to prohibit
the Courts ot Justice from enfotcing any con
tract or transaction based on paper money.
The terrors ofexcommunieation are held up
to awe the faithful to obedience; tor it is solemn
ly declared by official resolution that if any man
of the party comes short of lhe full and entire
requisitions above set forth, or falters or hesi
tates, he “shall be henceforth and forever an
outcast and exile from democratic honor and confi
dence." Do’s not the red cap begin to be visible
in the gloomy light which throws ominous
shadows over these conclave decrees?
This movement in Ohio is doubtless a part of
a general system ot operations. The re-estab
lishtner t Os the Sub-Treasury must of course
be preceded by a revival of the metallic cur
rency humbug, and by a general denunciation
of Banks. We may take it tor granted that the
administration has resolved upon throwing all its
force into this movement. The sub-Treasury—
metallic currency—war against lhe Banks—
these are to be the watchwords and the orthodox
cry; and the more emphasis will be laid upon
this demonstration in order to cover the retreat
the Administration may be obliged to make on
Ute Tariffplatform. All other questions will
be made to assume a subordinate rank in the
scale of importance, for it will not do to have too
many tests of fidelity. The Administration
would no doubt gladly make any measure its
prominent measure which might have the effect
of uniting the party; and the Sub-Treasury pro
mises to do this better than any other. The
feuds, however, among the rival aspirants for
the succession are bitter, and not likely to be
reconciled.— Baltimore American.
Anecdote of Gen. Jacxson.—A letter from
Pensacola says that a gentleman sojourning
there has amused his leisure hours in hunting
up the legendary history of the place, and has
picked up the following:
Gen. Jackson, during his exploits in Florida,
wishing to get the most accurate information
respecting Pensacola, loaded up an old country
wagon with chickens, and under the guidance
of an Indian, and the disguise of old clothes and
a long beard, fnade his appearance here as the
pedlar of a rare species of game chickens. Hav
ing demanded a pretty high price tor his game
cocks, he was long enough in selling them to
gain a pretty thorough knowledge of the place,
and finally returned without being suspected.
Whether he succeeded in selling his chickens
or not, be ceitainly succeeded in the principal
object of his visit
If this is true. it is singular that it has not be
fore found its wav before the public, but there
are old citizens here who vouch for the story,
and as every reminiscence tespecting the “old
Hero’, is interesting at this time, I give you this
lor what it is worth.
The Kiss.—A lover who had gazed in lhe
eyes of his mistress until she blushed, pressed
her hand to his heart and said. “my looks have
.planted roses on thy cheek—he who sows lire
seed shall reap the harvest.”
WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCT. 1.
Southern Cultivator. an
The October number of the “Southern we
Cultivator" is ready for delivery to subscri- pa
bers. The table of contents will be found in p r ,
another column. A few copies of the present co
volume, including all the back numbers, can be on
furnished subscribers at the subscription price rs,
—one dollar per annum. p ol
New Books.—Mr. Richards has favored us
with Morrell's "American Shepherd,” being a his- nc
tory of the sheep, their management, &c. with in
engravings, a very handsome octavo volume, al
which willdoubtlessbevaluabletowoolgrowers. se
Also No. 11 of the" Wandering Jew,"and Nofl
of Harper’s Library of select novels, “ The Bosom ir
Friend.” 0
We are indebted to C. E. Grenville for No. v
38 of “Harper’s Illustrated Bible.” 11
L tl
Sir. Walter Scott —The publishers of the 0
"Anglo American" have presented us, through s
Mr. Richards, with a splendid line engraving of i
the distinguished novelist in his study at Ab- r
botsford, designed to be presented to the sub
scribers of that excellent paper. Subscribers ,
are requested to call at Mr. Richard’s book >
store and obtain their engravings. f
O’ The election in the State of Maryland ‘
for six Representatives in Congress, and for
members ot the Legislature, County Sheriffs,
&c., will take place this day, the first day of 1
October.
—— |
Hon. Levi Woodbury.—We learn (says the
Washington Journal,') that this eminent jurist
and statesman will accept the appointment of
Judge of the Supreme Court, and will imme
diately enter upon the important duties of the
high station to which be has been called by the
' Among .the gentlemen named to
succeed him in the United States Senate,—We -
i hear the names of the Hon. Edmund Burke,
( Gov. Hubbard, Hon. Harry Hibbard, &c. men
. tinned. As the New Hampshire Legislature
r does not meet until June next, the vacancy in
r the Senate will be filled by an appointment from
t the Governor.
’ State or the Crops.—The Concordia (La.)
e Intelligencer of the 20th inst. says:—We have
1 had another favorable week for cotton picking
j which has been taken full advantage of by our
j planters. All our information (and it has come
- from many sources) confirms the impression
previously entertained and recorded that the
j crop must be a light one here, —even should the
;. weather continue as favorable as we could wish
s it. The scorching heats of July and August
. and the pelting rains in the beginning ot this
r, month worked irreparable havoc with the forms,
>t and in many large fields in this parish which
® were so full of promise in the early part of the
season, scarcely any thing is left to pick. We
sincerely wish that we had it in our power to
set it down otherwise.
We learn with regret that in Madison and
Carrol parishes in this State and in Warren,
Claiborne and other counties in Mississippi,
the Worm has been very destructive to the cot
ton.
Steamboat Sunk. —The steamboat Lexing
ton, on the 16th inst., grounded on Rockcastle
bar, on the Missouri river, and in backing out,
her stern flanked down against a snag, knock
ing a hole in her hull opposite the alter hatches,
and breaking her timbers some three feet from
the knuckle to the kelson. All efforts to stop
the leak proved unavailing, and the boat isa
total loss. He cargo, part of which was some
one hundred and twenty hogsheads of tobacco,
is also lost. There is insurance on the cargo to
the amount of $8,690 in St. Louis, and the boat
is also insured for $5,000.
The steamboat Mutual Safety has (says
the New York Express of Thursday,) succeed
ed in getting off the ship Southport, which has
been ashore near Barnegat. The ship was
towed up to the city yesterday.
From the N. O. Picayune, of the %s'h inst.
Ten Days Later from Texas-
The pilot boat L. N. Hitchcock, Desdernier,
veston, and we have dates by her to mEMt'ro
inst. from Galveston. Our previous papers
from that city were down to the 6’h instant,
brought by the Hope Howes, which left there on
the 7th.
The National Register, published nt Wash
ington, states that lhe President ol Texas has
authorized Col. Clark L. Owen, of Jackson
county, to raise one thousand men by voluntary
enrolment, to he mustered into the United States
service under Gen. Taylor. Maj. Hays, with
his command, is also to co-operate with Gen.
Taylor. Active measures have been taken to
recruit the number of men required.
The Civilian of the 13th mentions that Gal
veston continues to enjoy uninterrupted good
health, and that as far as accounts extend, the
entire country is as healthy as any region of
the world. The editor can hear of no sickness
in any direction.
Jac.'b Jean, a German who went to Texas
with the Prince of Solms, died by' a stroke of
the Sun in Galveston on the 10th. It is said to
be the only case which has occurred at Galves
ton this season.
The Hon. J. B. Miller, of Fort Bend, has
consented to become a candidate for Governor
of the State of Texas.
The National Register says that Col. Albert
C. Horton is spoken of for Lieut. Governor of
the State ol Texas. .
The Register confirms the Indian informa
tion which we gave on Friday last. The Ca
manches are divided among themselves, form
ing the peace and the war parties. The peace
party is now sai l to be in the ascendant, and
manifest their fidelity in various ways. They
were all expected to meet in a general council,
to be held on Towaccano Creek, at Post No.
2, on lhe 15th inst. The chief Santa Ana was
expected to be present, and unite with the others
in a treaty of amity with us. The late expedi
tion, under the Chief Buffalo Hump, against
tbe Mexicans, is said to have been crowned
with success. They returned from beyond lite
Rio Grande loaded with spoils. The other
tribes, says the Register, are progressing in lite
agricultural arts, and beginning to enjoy the
blessings of civilization.
I Dr. Ashbel Smith attracts a good deal of at
tention Irom the press ot Texas. His long
letter is copied at length, but elicits comments
the most unfavorable to the doctor’s purpose.—
It is a singular fact that men of sense in this
part ot lhe country, and a large portion of the
Texans, do not believe in the sincerity of Ash
bel Smith's assertion that he was and is in favor
of lhe Annexation of Texas. We have not
room for such extracts on this subject as we
might readily cull from the papers before us.
The followingare the names of lhe members
elect to the Tenth Texan Congress:—Archi
bald McNeill lor the county of Montgomery ;
Dr. C. McAnelly for Harris; Gen. W. S Fish
er for Galveston; J. P Hudson for Fayette;
R. M. Williamson lor Washington ; and S. W.
Perkinsand W. B. P. Gaines for Brazoria.
The schooner Boston, Capt. Wm. L. Hurd,
left Galveston for Port La vacua on the Hth
inst.. and on the night of the 13th fell among
the breakers at the west end ol lhe island, about
6 miles from Velasco, and soon became a total
wreck. She was frighted principally with lum
ber belonging to Maj. West o' Lavacca, most
of which, we understand, was drifted ashore.—
The vessel belonged to Capt. Hurd. The pas
sengers were all saved.
Capt. Pierce, of the whaling ship Gen. Pike,
of New-Bedford, publishes in the Mercury an
account of certain violent treatment which he
received from the commander of a British Sloop
of war, ihe Hazzard, at New Zealand, in April
last. He put into one of the ports to procure a
supply of water, of which he was entirely des
titute, but on approaching the shore, he was
peremptorily ordered by the British officer not
to land. He made known his necessitous con
dition, but was forbidden to land on the ground
that it e natives had cut down the English flag
pole, and that all trade, therefore had been for
bidden.
The Gen. Pike afterwards sought to board an
American vessel which lav in the bay, but this
he was peremptorily forbidden to do, under a
threat that he would fire into him if he persisted
tn holding communication with any person in
the bay. He was thus finally obliged to go to
sea without lhe supplies of which he and Lis 1
crew stood in need.— N. Y. Cour. <f- Enq.
From Corpus Christi.—There were several
arrivals yesterday from Corpus Christi, but lhe
news is not very late or important. We have
seen letters dated Corpus Christi the 9th inst.
which report “all’s well” with the troops.—
A’. O. Pic... 25’A inst.
Kanawha Gas.—The Republican states that
when the workmen who were engaged recently
in boring one of the sail well of Wm. Tomp
kins. Esq , reached lhe reservoir ot gas at a
depth of 1400 feet, the augnr, wiih an iron sink
er weighing 500 pounds, and a pole of 1500 feet
long, was shot up into the air, ami a terrific
blast of gas continued for 36 hours, when it sud
denly ceased. it seems that the gas is still in
full play in most of the wells.
The export ol specie but week from
New York was $116,767-chiefly in French
silver to Havre.
A Western City.
The Dayton (Ohio) “ Journal," contains the
nnexed statistics ot that county town! which
recommend to the attention of our citizens, as t
articularly worthy of their consideration in the
resent crisis of our affairs. Dayton is the
ounty town of Montgomery county, is situated
n the great Miami river at the junction of Mad
iver, which affords extensive waler power
or propelling machinery, and isconnected with
Cincinnati by the Miami Canal. In 1810 this
tow- populous town contained 383 inhabitants—
n 1820, 1,339—in 1830, 2,954—in 1840, 6,067
ind in 1845 the total population is 9,792! The
secret ot its success and rapid growth is to be
lonnd in the annexed table of statistics, show
ing conclusively that she contains within her
own borders the elements of her prosperity.
What Dayton now is, Augusta might long ago
have been, had the energies of her citizens and
their capital been directed to the establishment
of a wise system of manufactures, and what we
sincerely believe she will be at no distant day,
if we but improve the water power, which is
now’ being made available.
Had we searched the United States through,
we could not probably have selected a place
which better illustrates the advantages resulting
from manufactures than Dayton, or one better
calculated to arouse the energies of our citi
zens to action. With a position not half so fa
vorable for commetce, anti probably not having
more than half the commerce ot Augusta, she
has been enabled by the application of her wa
ter power to the purposes of manufacturing, to
far outstrip us in population and the extent of
her productions from industrial pursuits. But
we need not enlarge upon this subject—the ta
ble of statistics presents to the intelligent mind
all that is necessary’ to convince, that we are
but just entering upon a work, replete with im
portant results to Augusta and all who are
Identified with'liFfsiiccesSL " — ——
Population.
Males. Females. Total. Voters.
5,029 4,516 9,548 1,614
Blacks, 112 132 244
Total number inhabitants, 9,792
Number of Buildings- Brick 880
Frame 1086
Stone 6
Erected in 1845—Brick 119
Frame 60
Store'.
2 Dry Goods Stores, 2 Hardware Stores,
wholesale, 6 Clothing do,
4 Grocery do do, 5 Drug do,
20 Dry Goods Stores, 5 Stove do,
retail, 3 Queensware do,
36 Grocery do do, 2 Hat do,
3 Iron Stores, 3 Merchant Tailors,
14 Boot and Shoe do, 3 Confectionaries,
[ln three of the Boot and Shoe stores, Eastern
work almost exclusively is sold. The remain
der are kept by those who manufacture at their
own shops here the work they sell ]
Mills, Founder ies, Factories and Machine Shops.
3 Flouring Mills, 1 Carpet Factory,
2 Oil do, 1 Sash do,
3 Saw do, 1 Plane do,
2 Paper do, I Edge Tool do,
5 Machine Shops, 1 Hat Body do,
2 Iron Founderies, I Brush do,
1 Brass do, 1 Wro’ht Nail do,
1 Lard Oil Factory, 1 Plough do,
3 C. tton do, I Broom do,
2 Woolen and Cloth do 1 Organ do,
1 Scythe Factory, 1 Piano do,
1 Star Candle do, 1 Match do,
1 Lastand Pegdd, I Table Cloth do,
1 Soapand Candledo, 1 Cap do,
I Gun barrel do 1 Glue *do,
1 Clock do, 1 File do,
Mechanics’ Shops.
18 Tailor Shops, 6 Watchmakers Shops
13 Carpenter do, 4 Cigar do,
14 Blacksmith <io, 8 Currying do,
1 9 Cabinet do, 6 Tinner do,
4 Hatter do, 2 Coppersmiths do,
, 4 Carriage do, 2 Sign Painters do,
9 OakCooperdo, 4 Painter andGl’r do
1 4 Pine do do, 6 Shoe do, ■
5 Wagon do, 2 Gunsmith do,
5 Saddler do, 2 Whitesmith do,
i 4 Chair do,
Miscellaneous.
s 3 For’d’g and Com- 3 Rope Walks,
5 mission Houses, 2 Basket Makers,
14 Taverns, 5 Pork Houses,
7 Lumber Yards, 1 French Burr Mill
3 Coal do, Stone Factory,
7 Brick do. 1 Planing Machine,
4 Tan do, 3 Pumpmakers,
, 2 Marble do, 5 Livery Stables,
ft flnt rln VVpavprs
11 W?iR e ttH; muajins? l
3 Breweries,
[The principal business of the “ Marble
Yards” as they are called, is lhe making of
Monuments and Tomb Stones. Although other
varieties of work are executed when ordered.)
Public Buildings.
15 Churches, to wit:
2 Presbyterian, 2 Lutheran,
2 Methodist, 1 Episcopal,
1 Baptist, f Dunkers,
1 Disciples 1 Christian,
1 German Reformed, 1 Catholic,
1 Allb’ ight, I African (Baptist.)
[There are other denominationsorganized as
Societies who have not yet erected meeting
houses. The Associate Reformed Presbyterians
worship in the German Lutheran Church, the
New Jerusalems assemble at private houses,
and the Universalists at the Court 1 louse.)
Female Academy, I 2 Market Houses,
Male do Town Hall,
Public School Houses | Jail.
Ao Court House or Public Building deserving
the name.
[Although there are but two public school
houses owned by the city— yet other buildings
are rented so as to make the whole number of
schools 5, one ol which is German. There are
also a number of private schools for both sexes.]
Canal.
15 Freight and passage boats,
6 Packet boats.
There are 7 turnpikes leading from lhe city,
3 Bridges over the Miami,
1 Bridge over New Madriver,
10 Wooden Bridges over the Canal,
1 Slone Bridge, a fine structure,
A Railroad four miles in length for transporting
stone from one of the quarries, terminates at
lhe Canal.
There are 29 Lawyers, 22 Doctors, 24 Dray
men.
r Farther from Delaware—Attempt to Shoot
e one ofthe Guardi
e We have received the Delhi Express, Extra,
ot Wednesday, says the Tribune of the 27th
, inst., from which we glean the following:
s On the evening of lhe 23d, one of the picket
- guard, when patroling some 3 miles from lhe
s village up the river on horseback, was fired
' upon by some person unknown, the ball passing
through the skirt ol his overcoat, which he had
• at that instant thrown over the holster cap to
keep it dry; lhe ball passed so near his hand as
I to be sensibly felt. The night was rainy and
very dark. He was sitting in the road upon his
horse, listening to learn the cause ot some little
noise which he had just heard; and the other
sentinel had advanced some 8 or 10 rods for the
same purpose. On account ot the darkness,
no one could be seen.
The guard shot at stopped by the way to keep
a lookout, while the other sentinel hastened to
the Head-Quarters ot Major Marvin to»report
the circumstances. Maj. Marvin immediately
despatched some 30 or 40 men, about half of
them mounted, to make siich discoveries as
would, if possible, lead to a detection of the vil
lian that attempted ihe murder. They found
the track of one man through a field just plow
ed, in the direction where the noise was heard,
and the gun fired. The track was accurately
measured, and the next morning a pattern
taken.
On the following morning Judge Parker de
livered a special charge to the Grand Jurv, in
which he instructed them to give immediate at
tention Io the outrage.
The Court was to proceed to day with the
trial of John Van Steenberg, for the murder of
Steele. Seventeen others were arraigned for
murder, who plead not guilty.
An Interesting Relic.—Dr. F., of this city,
says the Mobile Register, owns a watch be
queathed by Dr. Franklin, at his death, to his
only surviving daughter, Sarah Bache, who
gave it to her second daughter, Elizabeth Har
wood, from whom it passed to Richard C. Pot
ter, anil through the hands of his daughter, a ,
resident ot Mobile, to Dr. F. There is conclu
sive evidence to establish the identity of the ‘
watch in lhe possession of Dr. F. as the one ,
given by Dr. Franklin to his daughter, Sarah, c
Sufficient remains of the flower originally 1
wrought upon the casing in blue enamel, to give J
an idea ot its antique style and beautiful ivork- s
manship. Every thing is interesting that comes
as a relic from Dr. Franklin, who has passed _
into the history of his country as a pure and en- h
lightened patriot, and into the history of science 1
as a profound philosopher.
Mammoth Grapes.—A correspondent ol
lhe Philadelphia North American says there
is in the Vinery of Dr. A. Mitchell, near the
city, a bunch of Grapes three led wide across
the shoulders and twenty-eight inches long,
(perpendicular)—no mistake in figures. It is
the genuine giapeuf Palestine, and called La
Palestine.
The March of the 2d Dragoons.
We take great pleasure, says the New Orleans
Picayune, in publishing the following letter,
describing the march of the 2d Dragoons from
Fort Jesup to Corpus Christi. It shows the
regiment to be in a thorough stale of discipline,
and full of alacrity to meet the enemy:—
Corpus Christi, Texas, Sept. 2d, 1845.
To the Editors of the Picayune:—
Gentlemen-For the purpose of correcting
the reporlsin circulation re
lative to the march of the 21 Regiment of Dra
goons through Texas to this place, it is the re
quest of the officers of the Regiment that you
publish the following:
Anticipations and predictions of a disastrous
march for the Dragoons, on account of the
drought and warm season, weterile among cer
tain wiseacres; and verifications of the same,
in the shape of vague rumors of sickness and
distress, were accordingly sent abroad ere we
bad fairly started; indeed a report reached us
before we left Fort Jesup, that Col. Twiggs,
who had preceded the command an hour or two,
was lying dangerously ill five miles on the
road. This we discovered to be utterly false;
on the contrary, or gallant Colonel never flag
ged or wavered, notwithstanding a slight afflic
tion at the commencement of the march; but
conducted the command to this point with a
rapidity, energy and masterly ability, in the
highest degree creditable.
Passing through a comparatively unsettled
country, a Southern clime, a six weeksdrought.
the month of August, the various and contra
dictory reports in reference to forage, Ac., with
seven companies of Dragoons and a train ol
sixty wagons, might well have staggered a
firmer and more practical mind. Butthetask,
voluntarily tindertaktn, has been accomplished;
and the Regimenland train of wagons present
ed to the commanding General m such fine con
dition as to have elicited the admiration of our
friends ot the Infantry Regiments, and a compli
mentary order from General Taylor himself.
True, we encountered difficulties on the route,
and obstacles that seemed insurmountable; but
nothing impeded onr progress. Starling al 3
o’clock in the morning, and frequently at 12,
our marches of twenty-five and sometimes thirty
miles, were terminated before the heal of the
day. Upon our arrival at the towns and vii
' lages we were greeted by the acclamations of
the multitude assembled to welcome us. Balls
and parties were immediately gotten up, and
committees, composed of the magi of the peo
ple, sent to solicit our attendance. The ladies,
God bless them, we found always first and most
enthusiastic in the expressions of their joy and
gratitude.
Our losses upon the route were principally
from desertion—only three deaths haying oc
curred on the march ; one, the first day, was oc
casioned from over-heating himself and drink
ing eold water—and two others from a stroke of
the sun, having been obliged, on account of the
soreness of their horses’ back, to walk across a
prairie fifteen miles wide, on the borders of the
Guadalupe. Indeed much of the distress, and
the consequent desertions, may be attributed
mainly to the circumstance, that duringthe first
six days over sixty horses'backs weie injured
by the miserable saddle lately adopted by the
Government, and the riders consequently dis
mounted and made to walk the remainder of
the way. More upon this subject anon.
An amusing circumstance, and one that is
more flattering to the Regiment than any other
occurrence on the route, took place at San
Patricio. The Regiment had made an early
start (12, M.,) in order to accomplish a distance
ot twenty-seven miles to San Patricio, and
cross the Nueces by means of a raft, which had
been previously constructed by a party thrown
forward the night and day before. We arrived
about BA. M By 9 every Dragoon had swam
the river, with his equipments. During the
whole morning, and especially at this hour, had
been heard what was at first supposed to be the
firing of a salute at Corpus Christi. The con
tinuation of the distant report, however, together
with the absence of Gen. Taylor, who had in
formed Col. Twiggs by express that he should
meet him at San Patricio that day, confirmed
even the most sceptical that Corpus Christi had
been attacked “To horse," was immediately
sounded; then “the advance," and the sick and
convalescent were ordered to remain as a guard
to the train. When we had got fairly under
way, however, and the stragglers were all up
the officer left in charge reported that there were
no sick, the number having been suddenly re! "
duced from 50to0! We had scarcely proceed
ed three miles, however, before we met the
General himself, and soon discovered, that in
stead of the enemy, we were about to meet a
violent thunder storm. We were not much
vexed, as the occurrence displayed to us the
alacrity with which our men would prepare tn
meet the enemy, and the stuff the Regiment is
made of. Nous verrons.
Ere I conclude it is but just that I should in
form the public, that to Lieut. George Stevens,
of the 2d Dragoons, acting Topographical En
gineer, is due the credit of surveying anti mea
suring the entire route from Fort Jesup, La., to
Corpus Christi—having with his own hands
constructed a vlometer for that purpose. The
distance to this point has been thus ascertained
to be 501 J miles. The Rcgtajentlelt Fort Jesup
ran nf* Tnlv nt
<hi lilt' ui iiuq Hiryum s
eisht days on the march.
No Mexican news of importance* The last
catnp rumor brought tn by a party of traders is,
that troops are assembling in such numbers,
and so rapidly, on the Rio Grande, that they
(the traders) will he enabled to make but one
more trip. The General and his staffare busily
ensaved organizing the troops into brigades -
the 2d Dragoons on the right, forminlga dis
tinct corps, under its Colonel, with orders to act
at hissliscretion in case of alarm.
In haste, yours, VERITAS.
From the Boston Daily Advertiser.
The Funeral of Mr. Justice Story.
“I have just returned from the last sad cere
mony of lhe interment of this great and good
man. Under that roof, where I have so often
seen him in health, buoyant with life, exubertwit
in kindness, happy in his family and friends,.-!
gazed upon his mortal remains, sunk to eterMßl
rest, and hung over those features, to which SiO
regards had been tur« I so fondly, from whiajL >
even the icy touch ol math had not effaced tflf
the living beauty. The eye was quenched, and
the glow ol lite was extinguished; but the noble
brow seemed still to shelter, as tinder a marble
dome, the spirit that had fled. And is he, in
deed, dead, 1 asked myself;—he « hose face whs
never turned to me except in kindness, who has
filled the world with his glory, who has drawn
to his country the homage of foreign nations,
who was ol activity and labor that knew no rest,
who was connected by duties of such various
kinds, by official ties, by sympathy, friendship
and love, with so many points”—has he, indeed,
passed away! Upon the small plate on the
coffin was inscribed, “Joseph Story, died Sept.
10th, 1845, aged 66 years.” These tew words
might apply its well to the lowly citizen, as to
lhe illustrious Judge. Thus is the coffin-plate a
register ofthe equality of man, when he has f
laid aside lhe brief life.
At the house of the deceased we joined in re
ligious worship. The Rev. Dr. Walker, the
present head ol the University, in earnest prayer,
commended the soul of the departed to God who
gave it, and invoked a consecration of their af
flictive bereavement to his family and friends.
From the house we followed the body, in mourn
ful procession, to the resting-place, which he
had selected for himself and his family, amidst
the beautiful groves of Monnt Auburn. As
the procession filed into the Cemetery T was
touched by the sight of the numerous pupils ot
the Law School, with countenances of sorrow,
ranged with uncovered heads on each side of the
road within lhe gate, testifying by this silent and
unexpected homage their last respects to what is
mortal in their departed Teacher.
Around lhe grave, as he was laid in the em
brace of the mother earth, was gathered all in
’■ our community that is most distinguished in
law, in learning, in literature, in station, the
P Judges of our Courts, ihe professors, ot the Uni
versity, surviving class-mates ol the deceased,
and a thick cluster ot friends. He was placed
’. among lhe children, who had been taken Irom
him early in life, whose laces he Is now behold
ing in Heaven. “Os such is the kingdom of
’ heaven,” are the words which he has inscribed
over their names on the simple marble which
now commemorates alike ihe children and their
; father. Nor is there a child tn Heaven, of a
more child like innocence and purity, than he,
who, full of years and worldly honors, has gone
to mingle with these children. Os such, indeed,
1 is the Kingdopr of Heaven.’
There is another sentence inscribed by him on
this family stone, which speaks to us now with
a voice of consolation “Sorrow not as those
without hope,” are lhe words which brought a
solace to him in his bereavements; from his bed
beneath he seems to whisper them among his
moutning family and friends;—most especially
to her, the chosen partner of his life, from whom
so much ot human comfort is apparently re
moved. He is indeed gon"; hut we shall see
him once more forever; in (his blessed confi
dence, we may find happiness in dwelling 03
his virtues and fame on earth, till lhe great con
sider Time shall come with healing on his wings.
From the grave of the Judge I walkeda lew
short steps to that of his classmate nnd liiend,
the beloved Channing, who died less than three
years ago, aged 63. Thus these companions in
early studies, each in after life foremost in the
high and important duties which he had as
sumed, pursuing divergent paths, yet always
drawn towards each other by the attractions of
mutual friendship, again meet, and lie down to
gether in the same sweet earth, in the shadow of
kindred trees, through which the same birds
shall sing their perpetual requiem.”
Three cannon balls, one weighing fourteen
rounds, were taken from lhe walls ol an old
’’Hiding now being pulled down in Boston.
I’Lcy were fired by the American troops. Irom
Roxbury heights, al the British, who had pos- .
Session of Boston. They are the first pills
which Washington administered lor the cure of
flu: scarlet lever, then so prevalent.
A d< wn-east chap, walking with a lady, ac
cidentally stumbled and fell. The lady, think
in - to commiserate his mishap, observed that
‘ -h ■ regretted his unlucky faux Pas."
"1 didn’t hurl my tore-paws," replied he, “it
was my knee.”