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OLD SERIES, VOL. LIX.
THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
n PUBLtBHED DAILY, Tnt-WSEtCLY, AND WEEKLY
BY J. W. * W. S. JONES.
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FRIDAY MORNING;, OCTOBER 10.
Extension of the State
itlhis road westward. To otir city particularly
Ms be most gratifying, as it
"ill open to us in its progress greaier facilities
• communicating with lhat fertile region, and
ng us into immediate and close communica
with the most densely populated portion of
fgia. Let otir merchants and traders be
rred for the event.
R Company Visitation. —The Charlestoh
Jr of yesterday says:—We are informed
that the Clinch Fire Engine Company of Au
gusta, are expected to arrive here this day, on a
complimentary visit to their brother Firemen
of our aneient efty. They will be received at
the Rail Road Depot by the Phwni.e Fire Com
pany, and be by them escorted to their quar
ters.
To-morrow, there will b- 1 a general parade
of the Firemen ot the City and Neck, in honor
of the Clinch Company The line will be form
ed in Cttmberland-’irect al 3 o'clock, P. M ,
and the procession march from thence down
Meeting-street to Queen, through Queen to
East Bay, thence to anil up Broad to King
street, as far as Haseli, through which to Meet
ing-street, and form square at the intersection
of Cumberland and Meeting-streets.
We are pleased to remark this commence
snent of an interchange of courtesies between
lhe Firemen of Chariest n and those of their
sister cities. Frequent association will be cal
culated to excite a commendable emulation a’
<o discipline and efficiency, as well as originate
and cement a friendly intercourse, always plea
surable and often useful.
Socah Cane. —The New Orleans Tropic of
the 4th inst. says:—We were presented last
evening, by the clerk of the steamboat Rich
mond with a fine specimen of sugar cane,
grown, as he informs us, on the plantation of
(he late Jesse 11. Willis, Parish of Pointe
' Coupee, ten miles below Re I river. This, we
Hielieve, is the first experiment which has been
made in sugar-raising in that region, and we
rejoice to I car that it is likely to succeed.
The passengers who left Boston on Saturday
morning reached New-York in nine hours.
Another monster steamboat, 336 leet long, is
going up in New-York lor one ot the-North
ft i ver lines. ,
Im-hm-A 01
tellßLitiiK ant'iracite
the base of theWvetrink Mount,din,
■fading, Pa., and owned bjTSlessrs. Frelrert &
has recently been put in operation. Il
Krosout weekly from 70to 75 tons ot the best
* “foundry iron.
The Picker Factory at Lowell, Mass., filled
•with valuable machinery, was consumed by
6re on the 2nd inst., together with its contents.
Nearly ten thousand tons ot ice have been
exported from Boston during the last four
BDonlbs.
J3rTbeNew Orleans Courier, mentions a
hoax, palmed off too successfully upon lhe gal
lant volunteers from lhat city now at Corpus
Christi. Anonymous letters were addressed to
many of them apprising them o! the death ol
near relations. A scene ol great distress was
the consequence. The motive for so vile a pro
ceeding we are at a loa< to conjecture.
During the last month, September, the Ame
rican Bible Society issued more than 50,000
copies of Biblesand Testaments, averaging near
!y 2000 per day.
There were issued at the Patent Oilice in
Washington during the month of September
last forty-nine patents lor improvements and
(hree lor design.
The subscriptions to the slock ol the New
York and Erie Railroad are announced to 1»
full—the required $3,000,000 being all taken.
The wetk will now go on to completion with
out delay.
Ck-T he editor ot lhe Boston Post is certainly
entitled to the ownership of that hat which has
been' so long in abeyance. The following is
from bis last paper?
"Sam, is you’ quaimed wid any legal gem
naan ob dis plan ■?”
"None, cept by repudiation- -reputation, I
•means."
“Well, den, wbv am lawyers like fish?'*
“I doe-n’t meddle wit dat subject, at all.”
“Why, bekare deyare fond ob<fc bail" tile
bale.) '
T«e Cotton Crop.—Gen. Jesse Speight, of
Mississippi, a cotton planter ot much ex
perience, gives it as Iris opinion, in a comimtni
■cation to the Cnln.nbus Democrat, that the
present cotton crop will r.ot much exceed
■2.806.0041 bales. He writes the communicn
anen from having seen in the Albany Argus a
statement to the effect lhat the crop would prove
a heavy oaa, Anitowwing tecs,.
intimates that the Argus is influenced by “man
fest misrepresentation, or the grossest igno
iane'e,” In its article.— PuMpcne.
An Extraordinary Case op Forgery in
N. Y.—Mr. J. Higgins, of Wall st., is accused
of forgery in endorsing the name of Lambert
Suydain upon two notes of S3OOO each. War
ner, lhe complainant, was only interested as a
brother in procuring the money upon the notes,
which were discounted by A. G. Thompson.
These notes were made to lake up other notes
■at the Mechanics’ Bank. Higgins in the first in
stance presented two notes at the Mechanics’
ißank and got them discounted, both of which
"more the endorsement til Mr. Suydam. A few
l dtaywaMrifie paper had been so discounted,
“ Mr. Stiydam, who is a stockholder in lhe Bank,
an coversaiion with the President, heard ot the
circumstance. The President Shepherd Knapp,
started in pursuit o! Higgins, who promised to
take them up if the President would keep quiet,
saying that he could sell stock and raise the
snoney. Instead, however, of selling slock, he
made two new (forged) notes, which he got
xliscounted by the assistance of Warner. War
mer, supposing the notes were good, took them
<o Thompson, who at once discounted them,
■giving his check ibr the amount. Higgins
then took up the forged notes. I: now appears
that Warner, being the loser, brings a suit
against the Bank tor the amount, and charges
nhe President with compounding a felony. -Ex
c-press.
1 The money attiele of the London Times
I gives lhe following as an estimate ol the condi
f lion ol lhe railway mania:
I Seventy tour railways c0mp1eted,.£103,165,320
| Branches projected, 35,01X1,000
I *707 new companies-, 461,608,656
/ Total capital, £602.861,876
This is independent of an enormous sum
I "which it is proposed to invest ::i foreign an I
I -colonial railways.
A Point or Order A debating society in a
. sown "down East," one evening undertook to
| discuss the question “ whether in'emperance or
I slavery is productive ot the most evil in the
r United Slates I” A~worthy deacon, contending
against the former, proposed to show its effects
on its victims "in eternity.” “Stop, stop,”
cried the chairman, “that’s out of the United
States!"
Ixovc and Gratitude.
an incident of the highway.
Il was on an au umn evening in the year 1815,
less than three months after that great victory
which gave peace la Europe, and re-opened the
continent to the inquisitive and rambling pro
pensities ol English tourists, that a commodious
travelling chariot was seen descending a long
steep hill upon lhe road from Lyons io Geneva.
The carriage had one occupant, a gentleman
between fifty and sixty yeais ot age, of portly
person, ann grave b it agreeable physiognomy,
and whose style ss and features, al least
a> much as the build ot ins carriage, and lhe
appearance oI the elderly servant who sat be
hind it, denoted him to be an Englishman. Al
though the wheel of lhe vehicle was careiolly
locked, the extreme steepness oi the descent, and
the badness of the road which had been much
cut up by the passage ol artillery and baggage
wagons, compelled the jack-booted postillion to
keep his horse at a slow pace. The traveller,
however, showed no ol impatience,
bur appeared rather to enjoy this trifling dciayj
which gave him an opportuniiy oi contempla
ting al leisure charming landscape that lay
spread nut helore him. . I'tiv road, running
their fuHage, of which the various hues
were already beginning to be softened by the
rt 'h red brown tints ofaiHnmn, and spread their
large limbs across the road, along the edge ol
which, encourage Iby the shade, a luxuriant
cropofgrass and wild flowers had sprung up.
The ground to the right had sloped downwards,
.also thickly wooded, till it terminated in an ex
tensive plain, highly cultivated, and exhibiting
an agreeable variety of vineyard, corn, and
pasture land. From out ol various clusters of
trees, and on the banks of a river that wound
its way through lhe level, tne spires and towers
of several village churches were seen rising;
white small hamlets and detached farm-houses,
surrounded I v barns, hay-ricks, and the other
evidence* of rural prosperity, were still more
numerous.
To one ol these I arm-houses, to which the
traveller was now approaching, his attention
was particularly attracted by its rustic beauty
and neatness. It was little more than a cottage,
but yet of comfortable dimensions fora peasant’s
dwelling, and it stood within a few yards oflhe
road, from which it was separated bv a small
garden—a perfect wilderness of flowers.
The setting sun threw a golden gleam upon
the whitewashed walls of the bouse, and upon
the bright panes c.f the window*, which were
embowered in honeysuckles; and its rays also
fell upon the lace< oj two persons who were
standing beneath the treiilsed porch. One of
these was a young girl, apparently about twenty
years of age, whose tight-fitting corsage dis
played a trim figure to the best advantage, while
her petticoat ol striped gingham revealed a
neatly turned foot and ancle. Her countenance,
which was pretty, was now clodded
by sorrow, and tears whip felling from her Large
blue eyes, over her healthy brown cheek. Her
affliction, whatever its cans?, seemed shared by
her companion, a young man some four or five
years older than herself, who stood beside her,
with a look of concern, almost of despondency,
upon his handsome sere. He was a# a
peasant, in jacket and trowsers ol
cloth, but the scrap of red ribbon displayed on
ais left breast, the old blue foraging cap that
covered his head, the moustache on his upper
lip, and still more his smart erect bearing, were
sufficient evidences of his having taken share,
like the majority of his countrymen of the sapie
age an * class, in one or more of Napoleon's
s.anguinary campaigns.
Ton man like our traveller, who was of a
thoughtful and turn of mind, there
were the materials for a romance in the appear
ance and evident grief of his peasant girl and
soldier. Whatever imaginary history of their
sorroir, however, he might have been disposed
to build up, ha had little allowed him wherein to
construct it. Ills carriage ha. r J not passed the
cottage more than twenty yards when otU'tffehe
front wheels sank into a rut ot unusual depth
By the violence of the shock the axletree was
broken, the wfcfigl came off, and the vehicle, the
top of which was laden trunks, fell com
pletely over on one side. Before ppglillion
Vsrapvii with a rbllth? dus*, fi''«fened io the
carriage door to extricate his master, and almost
at the same instant the young peasant from the
cottage stood beside him with a sl&ilar inten
tion.
“•fs your lordship hurt?’' inquired the ser
vant.
“Not materially, Jarngs.” yvas lhe reply of
ihe traveller, who seeinea, howwer, tp have
difli'.u’ty in raising himself. “I believe that I
have sprained my ankle. Though,” added he,
as he got upon his feet, evidently with some
pain, “ perhaps you and that good fellow can
lift me out."
The servant jumped upon ihe P ide of the car
riage, ami took hold with both hands of one of
his master’s arm*. The peasant, apparently
understanding what was required of him, fol
lowed the valet’s example, with the exception
that he only made use ol his right hand _ The
traveller was a large and heavy man; and the
awkwardness of the position in which his two
bearers found themselves, standing upon the side
of the carriage, and having limited space to turn
in, rendered tfie task of his extrication no easy
one.
“Take both hands to it,” said the servant, in
French, and somewhat impatiently, lo his as
sistant.
The Frenchman held out his left aim, which
he. had hitherto allowed to hang by his side.
No hand protruded from the loose cutT; and the
traveller and h4s servant now perceived that the
limb had been severed nt lhe wrlsf.
“ Un snuucnir de vos cnmpalrinles" said thr*
soldier, with a slight and somewhat s'ern smile.
“ 1 lais h' imports I” added he to lhe surprised ser
vant, “the ri®ht will be sufficient.” And by a
vigorous exertion (hey succeeded in lifting the
traveller nut of the carriage. Supported be
tween them, fee reached the cottage door, where
he was received by the young girl, who with na
ioral courtesy and winning kindness . f manner,
ushered him into a neatly furnished apartment,
and brought him a large wicker chair, the best
wl ich the place afforded. The tears still wet
upon her cheeks, she seemed with true fcirinine
unselfishness to forget her own sorrows in her
symi athy with the suffering stranger.
The traveller’s bunt was now removed bv his
valet, and cold applications recommended bv
il e fetter; who pretended to some medic.nl skill,
and decided that (he sprain was not a severe one,
anil in all probability need not delay their jour
ney beyond the following morning. fl« ad
vised bis master, if the thing were possible, to
remain ai Jjie cottage until then, and to pas-? the
pvsHiiurhmMn? sqch rrrnedies as might be
likely to prevent inrtammal'on from ensuing.
This the traveller was at first nnwtUUg ip do:
but on learning from the postil I,ion that the near;
pm Uiwn, or even large village, was neatly four
leagues he seemed disposed to yield to his
servant’s penwtujons.
•‘There is probably s-oipe country inn within
a short distance, where 1 could g< t a ttfghi’s
lodging?” he naked of ihe driver, w!;o Mood
wailing his orders, and looking considerably
crest-fallen al tiie mishap that had occurred.
.. “ Jibu ti™, 4h*» reply- “-nor uiTelhnt Mon
sieur coufe lodge in. Nothing better than petty
auberges and wine shops, where they would be
puzzled t<» provide a detent bed, to say nothing
of other accommodafjons. But if Monsieur
would like to remain here,” suggested the man,
“ 1 am sure Mamselle Jeannette will get him a
bed as good as he could find from this to Geneva.”
“ exclaimed ihe young girl.
“ I should have offeted it sooner, but feared we
ha<] no room good enough for the gentleman io
occupy.”
“ Put, tnt, Mamselle Jeannette!” returned the
postilion ; “the gentleman naust be very difti tilt
to please if he is not satisfied wuh lhe neatest
and nicest farm-house in lhe country, though
there maybe larger. He is well to do iu the
world, le Pere Genton,” he continued, in a soil
cd’ a halt confidential lone, as Jeannette left lhe
n om; “ and his daughter is the best and pret
ties! girl for many a league round. But if 1 re
main chattering here Monsieur's carriage will
never be mended by to-morrow. There js a
wheelwright at the next pot house, and he shall
do it, if he works al it all night. Merci, Mon
sieur*.” ti*n.c)uded the garrulous fellow, pocket
ing lhe crown pie A e v.b.feh the Englishman
handed to him. “Very sorry feNh*; axident;
cursed roads! there has been nothing done al
them since the peace.”
And with a profound bow to the generous
stranger y/fio thus rewarded him lor having un
set him, he left the roop), and th ? next insjant
was heard clattering off wife the two bores.
While his servant was bathing and baudagirg
his ancle, the traveller rememb- red the < >:-?-
handed peasant who had assisted him out of his
carriage, and inquired what had become of him.
“He walked away, my lord,” replied the at
tendant, “ almost as soon as he had helped your
lordship into the house. He is as stidy as c. n
be about his hand. 1 asked him al what bait’e
he hnd lost it; but he looked blacker than thun
der, and I thought would nd have answered.
At last he muttered out something about la der
nier; so I suppose it was at Waterloo, i to'd
him he had better not go till your lordship had
seen him; but he turned his back upon me an i
went down lhe road as stiff and as prullJ as it
he had been Bonaparte himself.”
The nobleman stnited.
“ You can go, James,” said he, “and unpack
what may be required for us to pass the night
here. And request Mademoiselle Jeafilkt clo
come to me v. ben she is at liberty.
James left the room, and in another minute
the peasant girl made her appearance.
“You can probably (ell me,” said the stranger
where I can find lhe young man who v. as stand
ing al ihe door of your house when this un
lucky overturn happened. 1 should like io S'.e
and thank him for the assistance which he
readily afforded me.”
Ai this inquiry a slight blush suffused Jean
nette’s cheek, and the tears again stalled in her
eyes.
“ You wish to see Victor, sir?” she replied.
“He is gone home, and will not be here again.
I expect each moment to see my la bor return
and he is not pleased when he finds Victor at lhe
hots?.”
“Indeed,” said lhe stranger. “Monsieur
Victor’s presence,then, is fess agreeable to your
father than to yourself.”
“It is, sir, replied Jeannette, with a
sigh, “but it was not always so; only since
Victor lost his hand.”
“And when did that misfortune happen to
him?”
“ This summer, sir, in the great battle with
the English. He-was a long lime in hospital,
and has been home lor a month. W hen he
came back he found his father dead and lhe
farm sold; and then my father withdrew his
consent to our marriage; and Victor’s heart
*«>hSf>py be i". Ah, out, Mons.-Ttir, nous
sotnmes bion malhcureux !’’ said poor Jeannette,
struggling vainly to restrain her tears, and turn
ing away to conceal them.
The traveller spoke kindly and soothingly to
the weeping girl, assured her of his sympathy
with her sorrows, and urged her, if the repeti
tion of them were not too painful, and if she
could place so much confidence in a stranger, to
inform him more exactly of their nature.
“ You speak very kindly, sir,” answered
Jeannette Genton—" more so than any body else
has spoken to me, my father has looked stern
and angry because I cannot bear to give up my
Victor, and because although I try to look
cheerful before him, he sees that mv eyes arc
often ted with crying. The misfortunes of a
poor peasant girl can have little interest lo a
gentleman like you, sir,” continued she, trying
to force a smile; ‘‘but since you a re good enough
to say that they have, I will tell them to you,
for I think it does me good to talk ot them
sometimes, instead of keeping them to myself
till my heart is like to burst. Yon must know
then, sir, lhat it is now' four years since Vic
tor was taken by lhe conscription to be a soldier.
1 was then sixteen, and he was twenty, but we
had known and loved each other from children
up; and our fatbeis—both otir mothers were
dead—had agreed to marry us when we should
be a few years older. It was a sad parting be
tween Vicior Cazauz and inyseif, for there was
fighting going on everywhere, an,l scarcely a
week passed without hearing of somebodj' we
knew being killed or wounded. Victor was
loathe to leave me, but he had a fancy for a sol
dier’s life; and he told me so much how he
shon'd distinguish himself, and eome back an
officer with an epaulette on his shoulder, and
how 1 should someday find myself a colonel’s
lady, lhat he almost persuaded me lhat nothing
hut good could happen to one who was so con
fident in himself and his good foil;;,as.
“ The regiment of dragoons into which Vicior
was drafted was in Spain, and more than two
years elapsed before I again saw him; and al
though he often wrUe to tpp, many of his letters
did not arrive. Al the end of lhat time he re
turned to France and passed one day with us,
during which his regiment halted in "our neigh
borhood. Then came lhe Emperor’s misfor
tune when he was sent to Elba I There was no
mote fighting, and Victor was trying to get his
discharge, when Napoleon returned, and in the
battle by which be was a second time over
thrown, Victor lost his band. But this wss nett
his only misfortune. When he was taken tor
he kit behind his lather and his elder
Wither Louis, who were residing upon their
own land about a league from this. The father
whs old and infirm. After bis death the pro
perty wasto bedivided betweenthelwobrothers,
and would have enabled them lo live in com
fort. Bui soon after Victor’s departure Louis
look to bad courses, drank and gambled, and
neglected the farm. The fields remained un
tilled, disease sprang among the entile, and thft
riotous living of the elder son, added to ill luck
and mismanagement, were at last the causg,rim.
-j —, —, (..-..p,. ..... i^TveiTTsetz*mni7l sold for
it;.' paymmft or crmtßma. 'l'b? ‘Jitbef died of
grief. Louts Caaoux left the country and went
no one knew whither; and when Victor returned
a month ago, with a red ribban I and a corpo
ral's chevrotts for the sole recompense for his
wound" and sufferings, he found himself penni
less and without resources.
“And on that account your father refuses his
consenttoyourmarriage?” inquiredlh-.-t anger,
who hpd listened attentively lo this simple, but
touching nai rattac'.
’• He does so, sir,” replied Jeannette, mourn
fully; “and although his refusal cuts me to
lhe heart, I cannot deny lhat perhaps he is in
the right. Had Victor, he says, returned home
nnmajmed, ihe loss of his little property might
have been goi over, ffefpre he went in the
army he was well .‘■killed in farming j he might
still friave earned his living, and perhaps in a
year or t wo, bv economy and a liitle assistance,
have improved his position, and rented a plot
of land. But fur this it would be necessary
for him to have both his hands. A man who
is beginning the world with nothing!, says my
father, whether it be lhe first time or the second,
must be able to dig and labor for himselfj and
not look on while others do it for him. I have
three brothersyoungerth,an nivjelf, sir.” conclu
ded Jeannette; “my father’s farm is yery
s t art; and I cannot expect him to take away
from their inheritance to keep mv husband and
mvselt in idleness. The poor boys would be
willing enough that he should do so, but he has
forbidden them to talk to him about it;
neither woubl Victor consent lo such a thing,
I am sute.”
“Bin is there no pension given,” asked the
traveller, “to those who suffered wonnds or
mutilation during the late wars?”
“ The most wretched pittance,” replied the
gill; “a lew sous a day. And even that, it
is said Vicior will pet haps not get, because
he was one oi those that declared tor the
Emperor as soon as he landed from Elba.—
Sg he i hinks of setting out to-morrow for
Bari*, and trying io find hJs old colonel, whn,
he hopes, will perhaps gel him some employ
ment ibr which his maimed arm will not in
capacitate him. But 1 fear that this cohmel
will have too many such applications, and per
naps too Huie power, to do much lor Vicior.
Nevertheless, one cannot help hoping, you
know, sir.”
Any further inquiries that the traveller
might have wished to make concerning Jean
neite’s sorrows were cut short by the entrance
oi Pere Genton, a half, respectable looking
peasant of sixty. He mads his unexpected
visitor welcome, deplored the accident lhat oc
curred to him, and It listed that his daughter
had a '.tended to all his wants and wishes.
“ We are told feai kavp no particular
reason to love yonr countrymen, sir/ said he,
“and certainly there has been some, hard
knocks passing between us of laie rears; but
heaven forbid it at Paul Genton should grudge
assistance to a stranger in difficulty, whatever
hi< nation may be. All that is here is heartily
at geryjee.”
And mining to Jeannette, he desired her to
make preparations for supper, which was soo.i
displayed upon a coarse but snow-white table
cloth.
In the course of lhe evening, the Englishman
look an opportunity, when alone with Genton,
of adrojtly putting him upon lhe subject ot his
daughter’s interrupted marriage; and from him
he heard lhe same account of ihe affair which
Jeannette had already given. The former de
plored the necessity he was under of prevent
ing ihe union of the two young people, but had
no dittictiliy in proving, what his (laughter had
already admitted, that such a union would,
under the circumstances, be higl ly imprudent,
and indeed be unjustifiable. Victor’s unfeutu
nate loss would rendered it impossible for him lo
support n family unless he had a sufficient
capital io enable him to dispense in a great
measure with his own labor. The stranger
admitted thejustice of the argument, and the
sul j.ct was drop; cd.
Two wheelwrights, who had for some lime
been wording at the carriage, now depaited,
saying that they would tai4rn a; d/yhreak, and
complete the repairs. It was still early; but tiie
Englishman, fatigued by his day’s journey, and
desirous to repose his sprained ancie, which,
moreover, was already considerably benefited
by his servant’s piescriptinps, expressed a wish
to retire to bed His host fed the wey to a room
on the first floor, lhe simple fittings and scanty
furniture of whi.’h were fully redeeme.l by the
exquisite cleanliness and order that i re vailed in
it.
“ This js Jeannette’s room,” said Genton, as
he ushered in tt.c
have, and she thought Monsieur would be most
conifottable here. The bed nay not be as soft
as those he is used to sleep on ; but I am sure
Monsieur can never have had a cleaner one.
The sheets are just come from the bleaching
ground, and still smell of ihe thyme and rose
mary they have been lying upon.” And wish
ing his guest a good night’s rest, he left lhe
apartment.
On getting up the next morning, fee English
man experienced much less inconvenience from
his ancle, which appeared to be rather bruised
than sprained, and he made ro doubt ot being
able to continue his journey without risk, at
least as far as Geneva. While his servant
was assisting him to dress, and he himself was
musing over poor Jeannette’s story, which h«3d
interested him in no small- degree, he had his
attention attracted by a piece ol painted canvass
that was fastened by four nails against the wall
AUGUSTA, GA., THURSDAY MORNlft, OCTOBER 16, 1845.
in a recess of his bed-chamber, above a small,
rudely-carved slab, on which stood a crucifix
an I a receptacle Ibr holy water. The picture
had the appearance of having been cut out of
its frame, and afterwards subjected to consider
able ill treatment. The paint was chipped in
one or two places, and the corners were creased
and broken, but the body ot lhe picture remain
ed almost uninjured, although lhe various colors
were scarcely distinguish able through lhe thick
coaling ofdirt bj' which they were overlaid
Thexsubject was Christ bearing his Cross; and
the painter, whoever he was, had known how
to give to the countenance a terna kable beau
tiful, almost a painful expr<. sion of resignation,
and suffering—suffering mental rather than
corporeal. The physical agony endured, the
thorns that pierced his brow, tire grievous
weight of the heavy cross, the stripes and bruises
inflicted on him, seemed forgotten by the sufferer
in the far greaier anguish with which he mon; ti
ed for the people whom God had once chosen.
Dirty and defaced though the picture was,
and placed in the darkest corner id the low and
imperlectly-lighted room, the stranger remained
Ibr some minutes gazing at it, apparently fas
cinated by the beauty of expression already re
ferred 10. His toilet' being completed, he de
scended the stairs, and found that the farmer
i?as busied *preparing lor her gwfet _ iTie _ ue-.i
bfe.'ikfast that dairy, poultry yard, and orchard
could supply. While partaking of the meat,
he inquired of her whence sue had got the pic
ture that hung in the room in which he had
passed the night.
“It was Vicior who left it here,” replied she,
“when be returned from Spain. His regiment
had hada deal of hardship, always fighting, and
marching, and some of them were terribly rag
ged, their uniforms faded and equipment defi
cient. Victor’s valise was so tattered that with
the least rain its contents got wetted, and to pro
tect them he wrapped round it lhat old picture
which he had found in a house where he had been
quartered on the other side ot the Pyrenees.
When he came lose us here.be goi a new
valise, and threw awav the other; but 1 saved
the picture, because though old and dirty, I
thought it a fitting subject to hang up over my
prie Dieu.”
“You would probably regret parting with it,”
said the stranger, as it is a present from Mon
sieur Vicior.”
Oh, no, sir!” replied Jeannette, “it was no
present. He had thrown it aside and thought
no more of it —indeed, had left us before I per
ceived, and tool; possession of it. And if yon
would like the picture, sir, pray lake it. Il l
valued it more, 1 should still be glad togive it to
a gentleman who has been so kind lo me as you
have.”
“i ihoiihl li“e to Ijave it ” said the stranger,
“since you can give it without regret. I am
fond ot old pictures; and this appears to me to
be a curious and interesting one”
“Without another word, Jeannette lan up
stairs and returnd with the painting. The En
lishman took it to ihe window, examined it lor
a few moments with attention, and then rolling
it up desired his servant to place it in a corner
of the carriage, which was now standing at the
door with post-horses harnessed to it, and suffi
ciently repaired to continue the journey.
"1 think you said that ViCor sets oli" for
Paris to-day,” said the traveller to Iris yeung
hostess. "Though he came last night to take
leave of you, yet as his farewell was interrupt
ed by my arrival, he will probably wish to see
yon again previous to bis departure.”
Jeannette supposed—thought it likely—indeed
was almost sure that Victor would call at the
farm “ pour tin seul moment,” before he coin
tnenied his journey.
“ I have some friends al Paris,” resumed the
stranger, smiling benevolently at her embarrass
ment, “who I ata certain have it in their
power to be very useful to him in procuring the
employment he wishes to üb'ain. if you ttrnk
he would like to have a letter of recommenda
tion to them, I shall be happy to write one,
which he can take with him and present.’!»
Jeannette's eyes sparkled at this offer; and
she had no occasion to use words to express the
joy with which it inspired her. The English
man called lo his servant to bring him writing
materials, and sitting down at a table wrote a
few tines on a sheet of paper, which he Iblded,
sealed, and ari.-treaseil m V.’eior-c?*—
zaux.
".G-iveahi-. ‘o Victor," an.l k<ep
this fhr yourself,” he added, pressing upon the
hesitating git) a ring of some value; “it will
do for a wedding ting," were his last words, as
he got into Iris carriage, which lhe next instant
rolled rapidly away.
In lessthanan hour alter his departure Vic
tor was seen coming down the road, with a
knapsac on bis shoulders and a stout stick in
his hand. The expression of his lace, although
sad, was composed and resolute; he had nerved
himself fur a painful parting with his mistress;
and if was wjin much surprise that, rfn entering
the house he saw Jeannette advance to meet
him with smiles upon her pretty face, instead
ol the tears he had expeeled to find there. The
grave kind manner ot the stranger had in
spired her with confidence; she had faith in the
efficacy of the teller fie bad given her, an I hope
bad replaeeddespondency iri her breast.
“ I have a letter foryou, Victor,’’she exclaim
ed ar.soon as she saw her lover.
“ For me!” exclaimed lhe astonished Victor.
“And from whom.”
Without replying to his question, she handed
him lhe letter. He glanced al
the supersetiptjpn in undiminished surprise,
and then hastily broke the seal. But scarcely
hari he cast niseyes upon the co iiehts when he
turned very pale, ihe paper dropped from his
hand, and he sank, rather than sa’. down, upon
a chair.
The letter contained a draft upon a well
kno -n Paris banker, in favor of Monsieur
Victor Cazaux, and for the sum often thousand
francs.
TheiittU‘ history we have fold is no ficiicn.
In the small but choice collection of paint
ings formed by the late Earl of , a noble-
man known alike for his benevolence and his
emhusiasiic love oi art. m* y still be seen a
cabinet picture oi the Saviour hearing I.is
cross. It is one ol the scarce and beautiful
productions of fee Spanish painter Morales,
surnamed “the Divine.” Duringthe lifetime
nf ihe Earl, who was no braggart of his good
ejecds. only two or three intimate friends were
aware ci the cireqm*iapees ffp.ffer which it
had come into his possession. To those friends
it was well known, feat allhough he had
several paintings oi greater price in his gallery,
there was none he beheld with greater pleasure
than the one bv the purchase of which he had
effected the happiness ot two humble, but de
serving fellow creatures.
Prom the N. O. 'Tropic. 4th inst.
loiter from Texas.
By lhe sebr. Mary, Captain Brower, we have
received Galves-on dales of the 20th, and Mata
gorda papers of the I3ih. There is nothing im
portant or interesting. We are indebted to
Captain Brower for fete Galveston and Mata
gorda papers.
The News says the following troops are peing
raised tor the frontier protection, to be in the U.
S. service under Gen. Taylor, until relieved by
regular U. S. troops:—GO men, under Col. H.
P. Bell, at Corpus Christi; 60 men under Cap
lain Price, at Corpus Christi; 60 men, under
Capt. D. C. CaJy, at Austin; 70 men, under
Hays, at Bexar. Major Hays has the
command of the whole. Two companies of 20
men each, are being raieed on ihe Bravos and
Trinity rivers.
A writer in the News, judging from the fol
lowing, has but slight confidence in our Govern
ment :
“ I do pot wish to say anything discreditable of
our Fatherland; bnt “times are not what they
used to be,” and while an}’ man of ordinary ob
servation can easily predict that the Navy and
Army of the United Stales will be increased by
the addition ot Texas to her Territory, (as many
then wil! advocate it with fee hope of getting a
son or nephew in lhe Navy or Regiment,) “Jus
tice” will find that our deserving officers, many
of ufeom have identified their names wilh the
early history of our flag, will have tn go to work,
or fall back on Oregon or California for a pro
fessional career, and about the time they end
their labors il»ere, a pension will be granted to
them by the United States Government for being
revolutionary officers of Texas.”
The Matagorda Weekly Despatch says lhat
Judge Junes, on closing the session of rhe Dis
trict Court there, passed a very flattering eulo
gium upon the people, he not having found a snli
t<>ry instants of crime ou the docket. This cer
tainly speaks well for Texas.
The Despatch dots not relish lhe “hot ha&te”
in which the people are required to pronounce
on their new Constitution. It says:
“While the ha.-te may be censurable with
which they post to lake the popular suffrage on
its merits, it is desirable lhat in none of its fea
tures should lhe cardinal principles of republi
can institutions oe cunjpromjtted. ft would
hive been more respectful to the gteat body of
ihe people feat a more remote day should have
been selected for a final judgment in so im -or
tant a measure. As it is, with our defective
system of post-roads and lhe scattering nature
of our population, scarcely breathing time is al
lowed to investigate the real character of that
instrument before a judgment is demanded on
its merits. It is easy to perceive how the honesty
and intelligence of the masses may be abused
by such a course of precipitate action. There
inav be, and we doubt not there are many es
sential features of that instrument which do not
accord wife fee true nature of a democratic
form oi government.”
A mixture of metals, possessing qualities
anti-frictional, and cheaper, yet more durable
than brass, has been accomplished in France.
SATI.-Ri'A Y VOI’MNG. OCTGB.i i
Octi River gave promise la-
thing of a freshet, having been for
several hums at ihe rate of one anrba half u?
two feet per hour. This was prbcuccd by
what would be regarded in any market;■Watgy
having commenced about . in'ihe
morning and continued throughout'yfef .-dlty
slacking up a few minutes al interv, ■»,. -Apd
as this is the third day ot that charapi',: siJlf.'jßn
the list three w-ek", we may n
navi table river the remainder of thes;ason.
South Carolina Rail Road.—The QbarJes-
- '-iV, : \ ■;...::e • poi.
• ■ / u; ni-lir-ihe following statement o!
ceil is of the Rr.il Road since 1843
Receipt* fnr I lie culire ye Q r of]Sl2
no do do l&F,
do do do- V,7- ' L' ; '
do lor 9 months. F LS4S, >
Add 3 months lo come, »uppo»ed:y . /
same as lasi y«ar, :•■■■ -*.s'-WT'
ShGu-ins: an’.ncreajv? ! / ■' > '
ot 1845 over 1814 lhi» pre^ 1
sunning that the three n trontt.s in ihoyear are
m.i to exceed tlm-v ol last year.
The Clinch Fire Company.—The follow
ing notice is from the Charleston Courier of
yesterday:
The Clinch Fire Cbmpany of Augusta,
reached here yesterday, as was expected,
on a complimentary visit. They were met at
the Railroad Depot by the Phrenix Company of
our city, and escorted to the Phcpnix Engine
House, in Cumberland street, lor the purpose
of depositing their Engine,, after which the
two companies moved up to the Pavilion Hotel,
where the members of the Clinch have taken
lodgings. This day the parade and procession
will lake place as mentioned in onr paper ol
yesterday. The following is a list of the offi
cers and members composing the Clinch Fire
Company x . *, j: Ts ■"■.
Queers.—James Gardner, jr., President; F.
Lamback, Captain; C. A. Platt, Lieutenant;
Wm. Claggett, Pipeman: P. VV. Amen, Se
cretary.
ilJem/iers.—H. Blinn, J. E. Marshall, James
Hope, D. R. Sanford, C. Hamilton, W. T.
Sterling, A. King, Geo. R. Frazier, C. Marlin,
W. A. Young, A. Iversen, C. Leitner, E. B.
Dart, H. fl. Clapp, Jeta Martin, W. H. Tutt,
C. Lindslev, J. W. Spears, J. F. McKinnie, D'
N. Poore, L. S. Morr’ss, J. Hubbard, J. Welk
er, .1. Parr, G. C. Qordon, R. P. Spellman, E.
A. VVagnon, J. Hankcrsob.
An American ship-master writing from
Liverpool under dale of the 19ih alt. informs
the editors of the New York Courier of the ex
ertions now making by Great Britain lo add a
powerful and efficient steam marine to its
Navy. That government is building seventeen
steam frigates, each ol which will carry from
2ft to 30 guns on two deck-. It is also the inten
tion ofthegovernment to cut down some twelve
or sixteen of the 74 gun ships, and affix to them
screw propellers; they are to carry a battery ol
twenty-four 42 pounders and four 56 pounders,
Ten or twelve frigates are to be turned into
steamers, and are to carry a battery of thirty 32
pounders and four 56 pounders.
Tribute to the Memohv of Gen. Jackson
in a Foreign Port.—Twenty-one minute gons
were fired on the 11 th of August, bv the United
Stales ship Jamestown, Commodore Skinner,
in obedience to a general order of lhe Naw
Department, at Porto Grande, on the receipt
of the intelligence of lhe dearii of General
Jackson. Upon hearing the cause ot the
salute, the Governor of ihe. Isjand of St, Vin
cent, ordered, a salmv of)4ißiiaH.v.r>ne txe-
firect atific port of
the town of Porta Grande; and the Portuguese
colors wers hmsted at hall-mast for a week fol
lowing the salute.
From Jamaica —We are indebted lo a com
mercial friend for a copy of lire Kingston
(Jam.) Morning Jcrurnalol the 20thulf. brought
by ihe Br. brig Alnlanta, Capt. Whitney, ar
rived at this port yesterday, in 14 days' from
lhat plane
We find no news of importance in this paper,
in reference to the markets, the editor says:
“In consequence oi the intelligence respect
ing lhe contemplated war between America
and Mexico, received by the late arrivals, lhe
provision"merchants of this city have become
unusually active; business is somewhat brisk
er than it has been latterly, and great altera
tions have taken place in the market price of
several articles of commerce. Flour, which
a few davs ago was selling at seven dollars,
rose on Wednesday to eight and three-quarters.
It is stated that the conremplated war has caused
some change in lhe shipping arrangements, and
that the sailing of several vessels, whiih were
loading in British ports for this fsjand, has been
coun'ermanded, t nd the cargoes already ship
ped dischatged.”
A rumor was afloat al Jamaica, on lhe 19th,
that the Pickle and the Hermes had been sent on
to Hayti, in consequence of the expected pre
sence ot a powerful French Squadrun in lhe
ports of that country for ijt? purpose of en
forcing payment for the remaining instalments
of the indemnity guaranteed to France. We
have learnt (says the Journal) lhat the former
vessel is gone to Port au Prince and the
latter to Aux Caves, relative to some affairs
there which the British Consul communicated
to Commander Allen, of Her Majesty’s ship
Tmaun, the present senior officer al Port
Royal, which would require the presence of
two British vessels of war at the two ports.—
Charleston Courier, 10'4 tasZ.
MiaAt.r.Au’s Eulogy on FtuNsr.ur. —The
following are the terms in which the Demos
thenes of the French Revolution speaks ot our
venerated Franklin :
On th? morning after the intelligence of lhe
death of Franklin reached Paris, when lhe As
sembly was convened, Mirabeau rose and spoke
as follows:
“ F>rmklin is dead! The genius lhat freed
America, and poured a flood of light over Eu
rope, has returned to the bosom of the Divinity.
The spge whom two worlds claim as their own.
the man for whom the history of sciences and
the hisinrv of empires contend with each pther,
held, without donht, a high rank in me human
race. Too lone have political cabinets taken
formal note of the death of those who were
great, only in the funeral panegyries. Too
long has ih*’ e'iquett-?- of r.utrts prescribed
hypocritical mourning. Nations should wear
mourning only for their benefactors. The rep
resentativesof nations should commend to their
homage none but the heroes of humanity. The
Congress has ordered throughout the United
Stales a mourning for one month for the death
of Franklin; and at this moment. America is
paying this tribute of veneration and gratitude
to one of the lathers of her constitution. An
tiquity would have raised altars to the mighty
genius who, to lhe advantage of mankind—
compassing in his mind fee heavens and the
earth—was able to restrain alike thunderbolts
and tyrants. Europe, enlightened and free
owes at least a token of remembrance and re
gret to one of the greatest men who has ever
been engaged in the service of philosophy and
liberty. I propose that it be decreed, that lhe
National Assembly, during three days, shall
wear mourning for Benjamin Franklin.”
A Deceased Wife.—Weld, of lhe Saturday
Post, thus eloquently and touchingly alludes to
the recent decease oi Mrs. W.
“Pardon us, then, if there be any short
coming or palpable error in otir labors. Think
of ihe head weary with long watchings—the
heart sick with loneliness—Lhe righthand weak
in the absence of the support which it received
from the dearest of friends and counsellors from
lhe earliest manhood. Think of the vacant
chair, to the occupant of which—now in the
silent grave—the writer had many years been
in ihe pleasant habit of referring his dilemmas
for solution —his difflcul'ies fur enlightenment
his course for approval; and, in nearly
t wenty years, it is his honest tribute to say, feat
he never did wrong when be followed her coun
sel, vhife her entreaties whe.l he was obstinate,
and her tears when he persisted in contumacj',
have often checked him in lolly or won him
from ill advised purposes.
“She is in Heaven. The sunlight which
had so long shone upon our path, is veiled but
for a season, to shine—and we trust upon us
—in the glory of ihe Redeemer, when earthly
sorrows shall seem but as lhe inconveniences
of a brief journey, ha‘ppily terminated in the
haven of rest. Her whole memory is delight
ful, though the deprivation of her presence, and
the loss to the children, be a terrible calamity;
and the hope of everlasting life, which found
utterance in fee last syllables which she articu
lated, consoles her friends, as in their thanks
givings to Him who gave and who has taken
away, they bless Him for those who have de
parted this life in His failhand fear.”
The three Great Naval Powers.
Baron Dupin has recently published in
France, an elaborate Essay entitled “Compari
son of the 1 hree Principal Navies ot lhe world.”
The edilorof the Revue Britaniqtie greatly ex
tols the picture it presents, in lhe various lights
of utility, commerce, and power; and it appears
that the proof-sheets were communicated to him
by the author as they came from lhe press We
make the following extracts.
Three great nations share among them the
dominion of the seas; they alone carry on more
maritime commerce than all the others put to
gether ; these are the English, the Americans of
the United States, and the French.
Population of the three Great Maritime. Powers.
British Empire 125,000,000
Kingdom of France 36,000,000
Republic ot the United States 18,000,000
179,000,000
These three great powers extend over one-fifth
of the population of the globe.
I have collected their imports and exports for
the last year from the official documents hitherto
published: that is, 1840.
Cpiitpa.i ison of the imports and exports together of
• ,a the three Powers.
tßrity® Empire 3 415,343,250 francs,
or France 2,063,208,552 do
Reptib) ic of the U. States 1,294,222,000* <lo
6,772,773,802
Consequently, considered relatively to the
amount of commerce, as well as ot population,
France bolds the second rank.
Let us see whether lhe strength of their re
spective commercial marines corresponds to
these first results.
France being at once both a continental and
maritime power, a considerable portion of its
exchanges is carried on by land, which does not
take place either in Great Britain or in lhe Uni
te t States.
External Commerce of France: fsl, by land; 2d
by sea.
Amount of exports and impoils.
Ist, by land 582 081,351
2nd, by sea 1,481,124 201
2,063,208,552
Although more than one quarter of the French
commerce is carried on by land, lhe rest, which
is effected by sea, surpasses lhat of the United
Slates in lhe total value of the articles.
But the commercial marine ot the ihree States
is far from corresponding to the numbers in their
respective maritime exchanges. It is to a simi
lar disproportion that I call the attention of the
friends ol the public good and ot the national
power.
of the great Commercial A/armes. —-
A mount of the arrivals and departures of ships
foreign os well as national, employed, in foreign
commerce.
Nations. Ships. Tons. Crews.
Great Britain 56,154 9,586,924 516,951
United States 23,948 4,715,333 234,476
France 36.237 3,737,197 320,258
Total 116,339 18,039,454 1,071,685
Here lhe tonnage ot France loses the second
rank which the value of its merchandize as
signed to its commerce. It is already tor us a
subject of deep meditation, to see this inferiority
of tonnage, compared even with the United
States
The disproportion is still greater and more
afflicting, when we consider separately the com
mercial business carried on—lst, under the na
tional flag; 2d under a foreign flag.
Amount m arrivals and departures of national
ships employed in foreign commerce in lhe three
principal Maritime countries.
Nations. Ships. Tonnage. Crews.
Great Britain 35516 6.591,738 353 981
United States 14 794 3,274,242 153,032
France 15,513 1,416,329 138,604
* Total 65,823 11,282.309 615,620
For men who know how to seek and discover
the causes of lhe inferiority of one marine be
low another, it is not requisite lo go beyond this
table, to perceive one ot ti e principal causes,
whieh p ace _Fra nce sojay. ,belo.w her two livalx
in the comparative scalecf thgir two commer-
II we take according tot this table, the mean
tonnage ot the shins and the mean number of
tons navigated by one man in each of these three
nations, we shall find the following proportions:
Comparative eKcncv of lhe. commercial marine of
the three Great Naval Powers.
I.—Comparison of the Tonnage.
Foreign commerce Total toimage
under lhe national Hag. of ilie mean ships.
Great Britain 185,559 kilogr.
The United States 211,170 do
France 91,195 do
The French ships therefore, employed in
foreign commerce, do not exhibit in their mean
size half the mean tonnage of the British Ships,
and a still less proportion compared to those of
lhe United States.
But the greater the size of the merchant ships,
the greater portion of tonnage will he assignable
to each man of the crew; and, in the same way,
the cheaper ihe means of transport, the more ad
vantageous for the ship owner and the mer
chant. The following comparison will show
ihe truth ol this observation :
Result of the compared ejflcacy of the commercial
marine of the three Great Naval Powers.
2.— Comparison of the Cars vino Trade.
Foreicn commerce Mean weight
under lhe nailonal 11 ig. per man.
Great Britain 18,053 kilogr.
The United States 21,039 <|q
France tt>, 'Ji’S do
Thus, in our commercial marine, the weight
transported bv each man of the crew is not
equal to evsn half the weight transported by
each American sailor, and is very little above
the halt ot lhe weight transported by the English
sailor.
This is one of the most deplorable facts lor
France—this is one of thecauses of inferiority
which we must endeavor, at any cost, id coun
terac. It explains to us, in great measure, the
dearne-s of freight, dearer in our ports than
among our rivals, and foreigners have the
largest share of the trade they carry on vyith sis,
even in our own ports.
Comparison of the nationo,!. tonnage with the for
eign tonnage in the commerce peculiar lo each of
the Great Maritime powers.
Powers compared. Naii »nal flag. Foreign flag.
Great Britain, 6,591,738 2,995,186
The United States, 3,274.212 1,411,(19!
France, 1,416,329 2,320,868
We shall render the disproportions contained
in ibis table much more evident, by giving the
amount of tonnage under the national flag, com
pared with lhe corresponding quantity of ton
nage under a foreign flag.
carried zinder the national fas, in cam
parisan wtJh a million of tonnage under a for
eign /lag, in the respective commerce of each if
the (treat Maritime Pouters.
Powers compared. National flag. Foreign flag.
Great Britain, 2 206,778 1,000,000
The United States, 2 272.058 1,000,000
France, 610,258 1,000,000
Under such very unfavorable results lo France
the first desire oi a friend to his country must
be, to ask himself with anxiety whether the sad
inferiority of France in this competition with
foreigners be simply a transitory state arising
from casual circumstances?—whether this in
feriority be ot long standing ? whe. her it be de
creasing or increasing?
Let us throw light on these important ques
tions. The comparative lesufts which we have
been exhibiting belong to the year 1810; let us
go fifteen years further back. Let ns compare
the progress made since that epoch.
In England, and the United States, in 1840, for
eigners have not even one-third of the total
weight olthe carrying trade; whilst in France
they have nearly two-thirds at it.
This melancholy disproportion, far from de
creasing, inclines to increase; it is a compara
tive decay which I have already pointed out.
There has been a vain endeavor to contest it,
injudiciously founded on versatile diffetences
lhat occurred in two or three consecutive years.
Comparison of tonnage carried under lhe national
flag) and. under a, foreign flag, witdi a lapse of
sixteen years. Ships in ballast are not included,
or lhe disproportion against France would have
appeared still greater.
Epoch. French flag. English flag.
1841 1 20i>,193 1,886,985
< 1825 751,321 815,11
Progress in 16 years, 454,872 1,071.875
Consequeniiy, in 1825, the foreign tonnage
exceeded the French only by one-eleventh, but
now it surpasses lhe French by more than half.
Whilst we gain lour hundred and fifty thousand
tons, carried by our own ships, foreigners have
acquired nearly eleven hundred thousand!
This wound must be probed, in order to dis
cover on what side lie the remedies. Alter
what we have estabjishefl, we shall no longer
be surprised at the I: ightlul inferiority in num
ber, and especially in size, of lhe vessels con
stituting French commerce, compared to ihe
similar materials possessed by Great Britain
and the United States.
Comparison of commercial vessels by the three Great
Maritime Powers.
Maritime Number of Total Mean-tonnage
Powers. Vessels*. tonnage. per vessel.
G. Britain 20,912 2,420 759 115 8-10
U. States 2,266 322 160(apr rox >"
France 21,178 699,152 33 [mate)
Including 5578 fishing boats, total tons, 36,252.
What renders this disproportion still more
deplorable is the excessive inequality ol the
new const ructions requisite to keep up, and
gradually to increase, these maritime mean*.
This may be seen by the following table, calcu
lated, like the preceding, for the year 1840:
Comparison of the new vessels built annually, re
qinsile for the support and increase of the com
mercial means of the three Great Maritime Pow
ers.
Maritime Powers. No. of vessels. Tonnage of lhe vessel*
Great Britain 1448 223 507
The United States 679 116 344
France 807 43,035
Here, again, vve find the melancholy inferior
ity of tonnage which places the commercial
vessels ot France below those of her foreign
rivals.
Comparison of ths meansixed vessels annually
amstnicled try the Great Maritime Powers.
Year 1840.
Powers compared. _ Tonnage.
Great Britain 131,568 kilogr.
The United States. 171.317
France 53,314
Thus the mean tonnage of the new French
vessels is not even the half of the new English
vessels; it is not the third of the new American
vessels.
By lhe necessary result of these great ine
qualities, we see lhat the same number of
French sailors transport an imcomparably
less weight than the sailors olthetwo maritime
rivals.
Let us remember these two great tacts; we
shall soon see their consequences applicable to
the commerce of the colonies, and of all the
countries whence we can obtain cane sugar.
s”}’We see by the following from tie Cin
cinnati Herald that Cassius M. Clay declines
taking possession of his press and types re
cently shipped to Cincinnati against his will:
C. M. Clay very properly refused to have
anything to do with the press and type of which
T. F. Marshall, J. B. Clay, and their coadju
tors took possession, and which they stripped to
Cincinnati. We presume, ol course, he will
bring an action for damages against those
gentlemen, so that they may yet have to pay
dearly for their whistle.
Manufactures in the South.
Weare pleased tosee the “South Carolinian”
taking a position in favor of lhe establishment
of Manufactures al the Sotiilt. The Editordis
courses lo the Carolinians in his last paper
thus:—
Manufadmies. — It does not necessarily in
volve a departure from the true principles which
govern the Free Trade party, when we utter a
lew words in favor of Manufacturing establish
ments in South Carolina as one of the means of
inducing property aaain to exhibit itself in our
midst. That South Carolina needs something
lo excite a spirit ot activity and enterprise
amongst her capitalists and people, no one tor a
moment doubts. More inattention has charac
terized our people as to this most available of al
resources., than the people of any other State of
thesamuag?; it we except New Hampshire,
and there the suicidal system adopted l>y her
law givers in relation to what should be legiti
mately the natural occupation ol her surplus
laborers is plainly pointed out by the general
poverty ot lhe people and sterility ot tiie soil,
which is observable as soon as th< traveller
cresses the line of that little Slate. Go else
where in the North, and prosperity smiles on
all sides—the soil once sterile is now rich and
productive, and contentment adds a thousand
charms to lhe security of the happy laborer.
Even in lhe efforts lhat have been made here,
the greatest negligence has characterized their
beginning and their ending. The only anxiety
on the part of lhe stockholders was to pay up
their instalments, and when this was done, or
even before this, they cast all responsibility upon
some itinerant machinist; who was interested
in making all operations of ihis kind as unpro
ductive as he could possibly make them; not
looking to the fact that a disciplinarian, an ac
countant, and a tnan, who xyas strictly honest
and patriotic, was to be depended on, and that
he should have been advised by_an. enterprising
"'council.
Such gross negligence as t!rt», was lhe
history, also, of a sister State, until she dis
covered lhat any oversher who made large cotton
and corn crops, and justly merited a high reputa
tion as anoverseer, could also make large, (we
may say in some instances enormous) dividends,
at the head of Cotti n Factories
It is much easier to learn to arrange ths me
chanical construction ofma?hinerv, than it is to
fcarn to discipline and have a sufficient amount
of labour done to the hand. Indeed to control
labourers well is a thing somewhat dependant
upon peculiarity of constitution, and not to be
acquired easily,
In our journeyings to and fro, we have long
since been assured lhat no investments could be
made which would pay half so profitably as
Cotton Factories well attended, fn this opin
ion we find otir capitalists here, all concur; but
some ot them prefer shaving paper at 20 or 25 per
cent; others neither have the elevating spirit of
enterprise nor the qerye io embark in anything
new or anything productive of benefit to the
State at large.
It ought to be remembered, apart Irom the
immediate, dividends, that capitalists would in
calculably enhance the value ol real estate both
in and for miles around <>ur city. Indeed our
whole up country would realize this result if
even lhe Factories should be confined to Uns
vicinity.
It is a business c[ cnujpetiitoo and would aid
the n’prs it we eotthl have many erected in one
place, and not only would the market be bellt r,
hut we would have the best machinists located
in our midst, a desideratum, the value of which
could not be well computed until we enjoyed
their labour. If our smaller but more efficient
capitalists (because more dependent on their
resources) could confer and negotiat. with
machinists, a proper and uncontrolable direc
tion would be given tothe erection of col'on ar, d
all other kinds of manufactories.
But it is much to be regretted, that those who
have the capacity and means of conferring witlt
machinists abroad, prefer to continue uring
their capilal in the various devices of extortion,
than using it in away, in the aggregate, more,
profitable to themselves, here, as well as lo the
poorer classes.
We heard an old friend the “flier day, i't
speaking of this lukewarm and unpatriotic feel
ing among our capitalists, remark, “that it
Ainsley Hall had lived to this day, Gill’s Creek
would have been lined with Cotton Factories
and our population ten timesits present num
ber.”
I!"capitalists will not embark in such enter
prises, we advise those who have energy to go
in the business forthwith. bJiicray is capital.
Credit based upon character and enterprise is
cnpiial and will be appreciated by our Banks.
For such persons they are intended most es
pecially to aid, and their officer’ know too well
the great good that would result to our Stale lo
withhold their fostering kindness.
We have the material, the water power and
the health, and nothing is needed but a clo.w in
vestigalioninto the fad; lo f-eente our Stale from
utter ruin.
Since writing tire above we bad a conversa
tion with a full handed capitalist in Charleston,
who is willing to invest fifty thousand dollars in
Manufactures immediately, and from his known
discretion in the investment of funds, and the
management of fiscal affairs, we regard it as a
good omen, for at least candid confidence in
this work.
Concerning the payment of interest on Penn
sylvania bonds, the Money article ot the Lon
don Times for Sept. 19, contains (lie following
paragraph :
The creditors of Pennsylvania who were dis
satisfied with the terms on which their arrears
of interest were to be converted into the five per
cent slock, are also displeased at finding that
stock to an income tax. which reduces
the interest to 4J. The circular of Messrs.
Camman, Whilehouse & Co, of New York,
calls this proceeding a “partial repudiation.”
On the other hand, some endeavor to justify it
by reference to our own income tax, which is
borne by the foreign bolder of our stocl.s. This
defence is worthy of consideration, as the prin
ciple is the same in both cases, but practically
there is a great difference between the foreign
creditors of England and those of Pennsylvania.
The latter is chiefly indebted to foreign money
fur her improvements,and her English creditors
form a most important body. The English
stocks are chiefly held by the English them
selves, auJ the foreign holders are a compara
tively small number, who, without solicitation,
have purchased our securities. Add to these
considerations the fact that Pennsylvania sus
pended payment altogether for some'i me, and
that, qnder these fircujnstances, a reduction of
interest immediately upon resumption comes j
with a very bad grace.
From Vera Cncz—By th? brig Petersburg
Capt Shapiev, arrived yesterday morning, we t
lein tbatrnon<’y isscarceand business very dull
at Vera Cruz. No importations on account of j
a new Tariffdaily expected. The weather was :
extremely hot, sultry and rainy, and sickness .
had greatly abated.
The war fever had rather calmed down, al- J
though the Mexicans had a large force of some
ft) or 12000 men ready to march on Texas, as I
soon as means could be raised. The troops ap
pear to be willing to march it their rations and
clothing are furnished.
There had been but four foreign arrivals at
Vera Cruz from 7th August to 16th September.
—Cour. <f- Enq. 10th msl.
MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13.
The Eighteenth Annual Fair of the Ameri
can Institute was opened at New York on Mon
day. Among the many beautiful spicimens of
art exhibited was a chrystal vase, weighing 240
pounds, and valued at ©2,000. it was manu
factured at Wheeling, Virginia.
Further Arrests of Counterfeiters.—
The Charleston Courier of yesterday says:—
We understand the Bank ot Charleston has
received a letter from Gen. Bailey, their agent
in Columbus, informing them of the arrest, in
Kentucky, of two more ot the gang of counter
feiters we alluded to a short time since; but the
most important part of the intelligence is, that
with these counterleiters there has been cap
tured the whole of Uieir plates and a large number
of counterfeited banknotes. We expect soon
lobe able to report farther arrests of this widely
extended gang, as we learn from the President
of the Bank of Charleston, that they are in pos
session of information, and have adopted mea
sures, that will lead to the total extirpation of the
most extended gang ot counterfeiters ever or
ganized in lhe country. It is sincerely to be
hoped lhat the good people of Kentucky will
not permit the morals ot lhat good Stale, lo be
again degraded by their magistrates in admit
ting to nominal bail, the culprits lately ar-ested.
Health of New' Orleans.—The Tropic of
the 6th inst. says:—lt is now lhe 6th day of
October, and we have the authority of many re
spectable physicians, for believing that there has
not been a real genuine case of yellow fever in
the city this season. It is now rendered nearly
certain that we shall not have any. The wea
ther lias been rainy, cold and disagreeable for
two or three days, but yesterday it cleared off,
[ leaving the atmosphere delightfully cool and
bracing. The city is believed to be perfectly
healthy, with the exception of slight colds, and
perhaps an occasional instance ol ordinary (ever.
Absentees, whether acclimated or not, may hur
ry home as fast as they wish. The business
season is opening under very favorable pros
pects, The number of buildings erected du
ring the summer, and still going up, is unusu
ally great; and yet, judgingfrom appearances,
the new dwelling houses and stores will not
supply the demand. Strangers are beginning to
rush into the city, so that we anticipate a lively
winter.
I* cortant Scheme.—The PostniasterGene
ral lias issued an advertisement, inviting propo
sals for carrying the mails of lhe United States
to the following places :
1. From New York to Liverpool, in England,
and back, or to Bristol, in England, and back,
or to Southampton, do. do.; 2. From New
York, by Cowes, in England, to Antwerp, in
Belgium, and back, or to Bremen, in Germany,
and back, or to Hamburg, in Germany, and
hack; 3. From New York to Havre, in
France, and back, or to Brest, in Fiance, and
back; 4- From New York to Lisbon, in Por
tugal, and back; 5. From New York by
Havana, in Cuba, to New Orleaas, and back ;
6. From New York, by Havana, to Cha
gress, in Columbia, and back with joint
or separate offers to extend the transpor
tation lo Panama, and up the Pacific, to
lhe month of the Columbia, and thence tothe
principal port in lhe Sandwich Islands, or from
Charleston to the same, and back, or from
Pensacola, do do. do., or from Mobile, do. do
do., or from New Orleans, do. do. do.; 7. From
New Orleans to Havana, and back, with an
oiler to extend lo Kingston, in the island of
Jamaica, or from Mobile to the same, and
back, or irom Pensacola to the same, and back,
or from Charleston to the same, and back,
with an offer to supply Key West.
The acceptance or non-acceptance of the
bids will be determined by the Stst day of
January next.
The Boston Courier of Monday says:—
Speculation, to a very considerable extent, in
mining companies, is now carried on, not only
in the great slock dealing cities, but in fact, all
over ihe country. Copper slocks command
high premiums. The shares of the Lake Su
perior Company', on which a small assessment
has been paid, are selling at SSOO each; Isle
Royal al $140; Pittsburgh at SBS; Union at
«50, &c.
Great Fire in .Montreal. —We find the fol
lowing paragraph in the Montreal Courier of
Saturday last:
Fire, Fire, F.iie.— We stop lhe press to say
that a fire broke out in Grifflintown about three
o’clock this morning, and has continued to burn
to the present hour (ft; o’clock,) and is not yet
got under. About 100 buildings have already
been destroyed. When we left the ground it
was in contemplation to blow up one or two
houses, to prevent its extending further.
A letter in ihe New York Commercial Ad
vertiser gives ihe following particulars:
The fire oi iginated in a building on Qpieen
street, occupied as a coffee manufactory and
coppersmith’s shop, where it could have l.een
confined had there been decision and power to
demolish a tew small wooden buildings in the
vicinity. The ftre spread rapidly from building
to building over the entire block, from Queen
street on the North to Prince street on the South,
from Wellington street East to Gabriel street
West; one house at the corner of Queen and
Gabriel street, and part ol a building at the cor
ner ot Queen and Wellington streets were
saved in a damaged condition; the part of lhe
one at the corner of Wellington and Queen was
cut in two and the burning end severed from lhe
other.
The lire crossed Prince street, consumed the
next block through to Nazareth street, and
crossed Nazareth street, burning one or more
buildings on the South sirle of that street; two
or three were blown up lo arrest the fire.
The buildings consumed were many ol them
of a rather ordinary kind, occupied by families
in ihe humbler walks of rile, the distress and
privation therefore caused by this fire are great.
There were a nail factory and casting shop, se
veral grocery and tavern stands, dwellings occu
pied by numerous poor families, a building
where Church service lias been held during the
Summer; also a handsome Methodist Church
and parsonage, several fine stone and brick
st< res and dwelling’, and quite an amount ol
property destroyed.
Letteii from Mu. Clay.—hi answer to the
resolution adopted by the Maine Whig Sffite
Convention, Mr. Clay returned lhe following
letter. The terms and sentiments ot the letter
are honorable to Mr. Clay's position, and ad
mirably consistent with his lifelong devotion
to the best interests ot his friends and his coun
try :
Ashland, Sept. 12, 1845.
Gentlemen:—! have the honor so ackoow- ’
ledge the receipt of your ofliciaUetter, trans
mitting to me a copy of a resolution adopted.by
the Whig Convention assembled at Portland on
lhe 7th ull., in which pleased lo ex
press ill continued confidence in me, and to de
clare its conviction that a majority of the Ame
rican people is in favor of the principles of the
Whig party, and that lhe issue rd the last Pre
sidential election ought not lo be regarded as a
proof to lhe contrary.
This testimonial, emanating from a body so
patriotic and distinguished as was iliat conven
tion, is received and will be cherished by me,
u ith feelings and sentiments ol profound grati
tude, and 1 request j’ouracceptance in behalf of
the Convention, of my respectful acknowledg
ments.
Believing, as I sincerely do, thatthe the policy
and principles of the Whig partyare best adapt
ed lo the welfare of our country, and that its
present pros; erity is a'tiibutable lo them, 1 hope
that the Whig Convention ol Maine may have
correctly interpreted the opinion ol a majotiiy
ot the American people. So far as legislation
is conceined, w better there will lie a conformity
or notlo these principles and lhat policy, by the
I dotnir ant party, will he probably demonstrated
j during ihe approaching session of Congress. In
: any event, let us all unite in prayers for the liap
i piness and glory of our common country.
‘ I anr, gentlemen, with high respect, your friend
and ob’t serv’t, d. CLAY.
. Messrs. William Paine, Andrew T. Dole,
; and Oakes Angier, &c. &c. &c.
A perfccf copy ol the fitst edition of the En
' lish Bible, printed by Miles Coverdale in 1535,
i was recent’y discovered in the bottom of an old
I oak chest, at Holkharn Hall, the seat of the
Earl of Leicester. There are numerous imper
fect copies of this edition in existence, two be
ing deposited in the library ol the British
Mtt’enm. one in the Bodleian library, one in
the Cambridge University library, bnt a perfect
1 copy is rare >1 not unique.
VOL.IX.--NO. 42.
Attention the World!
Kingdoms “ Stand aside and i.et Old Chat- f
Ham Speak.”
"Ascoes Old Chatham so goes tiif. State.”
Cock-a doodle-doo 11
( It is strange, passing strange, lhat lhe people
who have been told so often, that as “goes
’ Chatham so goes the State, ’ will not rest satis
fied so soon as they get the Cl.-lham vote. On
Tuesday every one had an extra with the pic
ture of a chicken cock flapping his wings, autf M
crowing as plainly as a chicken cock could B
crow, "Stand asule and let Old Chatham ■
speak.” "As goes Old Chatham bo ooeb fl
i the State.” Still the people will not be fl
t content, they will seek for news from Chero- fl
kee, Richmond, Muscogee, Elbert, Greene, fl
1 and other small counties jus tas if the election W
- was not determined by the vole of Chatham.
, Chatham however we are bound to say, like
other republics is ungrateful. Upon " her san-
1 dy.soil, which is not congenial lo Whiggery,”
- her “ selected standard liearer, destined to grace
r the Executive chairot Georgia,” received a beg
garly majority of fifteen votes! and yet the
1 Chatham cock proclaims that the Democracy
r of‘Old Chaiham’ have achieved a glorious
t victory,”—“ one more sneh victory,” our friend
of lhe Georgian, may say with old Pyrrhus, he
remembers the rest of >l.
• Id lhe meantime all disquietude should be al-
> layed. Let every anxious, uneasy soul wrap
himself up in the mantle of sleep, and here- 7a|
signed. Aleajacla— the die is cast, ibr “as •
s goes Chatham so goes the State.”— Macon Mes- a
1 senger. ■
e &’ A New-York physician gives notice that I
. he has engaged a clairvoyant, who tsnow ready ■.
i to look into the system ot invalids and prescribe fl
for their maladies. ™
f From Chambers' Edinburgh Journal.
f Jugglers ot India-
- [The convention of a friend recently arrived
s from India enables us to notice one or two of
the surprising performances ot the jugglers ot
’ that country, which, though familiar lo per
; sous acquainted with eastern matters, may be
_ new to many ot the readers of these pages.]
A party ot jugglers came forward on one
r occasion to perform publicly in the yard i f lhe
", barracks of Madras. Many hundred of people,
j ot all kinds, ages and denominations, including
the soldiery of the establishment, assembled to
’’ witness the exhibition, and some little ternpo
-1 rary arrangements were made that all might
hear conveniently. The leader of the jugglers,
who were all, of course, natives of Hindustan,
requested the commanding officer lo place a
5 guardot men around the scene of display—a
. precaution which was adopted, and proved it
very wise one. Tiie floor of the court, be it
observed, was composed of sand, firm and well
- trodden. On this ground then, alter some pre
i, liminary tricks of an inferior kind, one man
t was left alone with a little girl, the latter seem
ing about Bor 9 years old. Beside them stood
0 a tall narrow basket, perhaps 3or 4 feet high,
f bj’ little more than a loot in width, and open at
the top. No other object, living or inanimate,
appeared upon the ground. After a short
period spent by the man in conversing with the
girl, he seemed to gel angry, and began to rail
loudly at her for her neglect of some wish of
• his. The child attempted to soothe him, but he
continued to show an increased degree ot irrita
tion as he went on. By degrees he lashed
’ himself into such apparent futy that the foam
J actually stood upon his lips, and beingnatural
; ly of an unprepossessing countenance, he look
ed to the white spectators al least as like an en
-1 raged demon as might be. Finally Iris wrath
i at the girl rose seemingly to an uncontrollable
j height, and he seized her and pul her beneath
the basket or rather turned the open month ot
j the basket over her person. She was thus shut
; entirely up, the turned bottom of lhe baskt t
. closing her in above. Having thus disposed
t of the child, in spite ot her screams and en
. treaties, the man drew his sword, which was
> as bright as the surface of a mirror, and he ajv
; pea red as if about to wreak some further evil
i on the object of his ire. And after some mo
i ments, during which be talked to himsil! and
to the et closed girl, as if justifying his anger,
i hedid actually at length plunge the sworddown
i into the basket and drew it out dripping with
f blood, or at least blood-ed drops! The child
I screamed piteously from her prison, but in
vain; for ihe man plunged the weapon again
’ and again into the scene of her confinement.
As be did so, lhe cries ot lhe girl became taint
e by degrees, and in the en I died away alto
s gether. The deed of death was consummated.
So, at least, thought most of the horror
struck persons who witnessed ihis action. And
■ well it was for the chief performer in it lhat
i he requested a guard lo be placed, for it re
, quired all the exertions ol this guard lo prevent
lhe aroused soldiery, who believed this to be no
trick, but a diabolical butchery, from leaping
I into the arena and tearing the inan to pieces.
The excitable Irishmen among the number in
particular, ground their teeth against one
another, and uttered language r.ot very compli-
• mentary to the juggler. Even the officers,
; whose better education and experience made
them less open to such feelings, grew pale with
uneasiness. But observe the issue of all this.
When the man seemed lo have carried his
rage to the last extremity, warned, perhaps, by
1 the looks ol the soldiers that it would be as
well to close the exhibition without delay, he
raised his bloody sword for n moment before
the eyes ot the assemblage, and then situck the
basket smartly with it. The basket tumbled
over on one vide, and on the spot which it had
covered, in place ot the expected eotpse of the
girl whose last groans had just been heard,
there was seen—nothing ? No vestige of
dress, or any other thing lo indicate that the
girl had ever been there. The amazement of
the spectators was unbounded, mid it was it
possible, rendered more intense, whe», after the
lapse of a le’v seconds, the identical little girt
came bounding from the side ot the court-yard
—from among the sp< editors, feet, it seemed,
and clasped the juggler around the knees, with
every sign ol affection, and without the slight
est marks of having undergone any injury
whatever. We have said the astonishment of
the assembly was immeasurable ; and it might
really well be so, seeing lhat lhe feat was per
formed in the centre of a court every point oi
the circumference of which was crowded with
spectators whose eyes were never ofl the pat
tormers for one instant. As lo lhe noth# of a
subterranean passage, the nature of the ground
put that out ot lhe question, and, besides,, that
nothing ol that kind existed was made plain tv
all who chose to satisfy themselves on lie
subject, by looking at thesceneof pertormanees
when they had closed. Every one was sure
that the girl had been put below the basket, and
that she did not get out of it in lhe natural wav.
But she did get out, and how? It is impossible
to say, though there can be no doubt that it was
accomplished by some skilful matiunivre.
A somewhat similar feat is sometimes pen
formed with animals. A juggler will place a
lean dog below one ol the baskets, and presto.
pass! when he lilts up you Mill tie It old'a lilter
of as fine pups as ever whipper-in could desire.
But most people wilt probably think the tree
trick a more wonderful one than any ol these.
A juggler in performing this, chooses either a
small spot of earth, ot the etxent of bwo or
three feet square, or tills it w ith mould for his
purpose. Either of lhe ways will do. Having
this small plat ot earth before him, and bis
spectators ranged around at a distance of two
or three feet, the juggler shows to the company
a mango stone, or the stone found in the centre
of ihe eastern fruit known by that name, which
varies in size from that of an apple upward.
This stone the juggler then plants in the earth
at the depth o£several inches, and covers it up.
Not many minutes elapse until the spectators
behold a small green shoot arise from the snot.
V increases visibly in height and size every
I moment, until it attains the altitude nf a toot or
so. It then begins to send off branches from
the main stem ; on lhe branches leaves begin to
appear, bearing the natural hue ol vegetation.
Buds next prest nl themselves; the whole nflair,
meanwhile, assuming the regular aspect in
every particular, of a miniature tree some four
feel high. The buds are followed by blossoms,
and fiuallv the green fruit ol the mango meets
lhe astonished eyes of all lhe spectator.
“Look, but touch not.” is all the lime the jug
gler’s word, and he himself also preserves the
character ol a looker <n. When the fruit
has arrived at something like a fair growth for
suclr a (tee, the originator ol this extraordinary
vegetation plucks it, and hands it to the spec
tators. This is the winding tip of the charm,
'l he assembled persons handle the finlt, and
see nothing in it, in the slightest degree different
from lhe ordinary rioditre of the mango, ela
borated by the slow vegetation of months.
Our informant on these points ate a poitir tt ol
the liuit brought fourth by this jugglery, and
found it to taste exactly like lhe raw mango.
Tire whole precess now detailed, usually oc
cupies a quarter i f an hour, from ti e planting
of the stone to the production of the fiuit.—
Though he gives away the fiuit, lhe pierformer
dors not part with the tree. This feat tvldrh
is perfectly familiar to all who have Iren in
India, is certainly an extraordinary one,, and
affords the most effectual evirh nee rd" the power
of deception which the race us juggins has at
tained.
Growth of a Manufacturing Town.—A
single senes'll district in the town < f Manches
ter, N. H., whii ii eiglr' years ago contained but
one hundred and twenty-five inhabitants, all
told, now has within its limits a busy popula
lion of nearly ten thousand, lhe whole
amount ofcash disbursed by manufacturing es
tablishments Is not far from seventy-five thou
sand dollars pier month—sixty-four thousand
dollars of which are paid to the operatives
alone!