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establishing and continuing a School at this
place.
A sumptuous dinner was served up on
the occasion by tho patrons of the School.
’"At the close of the Examination^,Vne au
dience was favored with euPoCm by E. M.
Chapin, M. D., and an Address by C. R.
Strother, E.sq. Each possessed merit, and
added much to the interesting and instruc
tive exercises of the day.
•Jtln conclusion, wo may be permitted to
remark, that the character oftho Principal,
the healthy situation of the place, the very
reasonable price of board and tuition, are
considerations which entitle this Academy
to the favorable notice of parents and guar
dians.
D. G. COTTING, “i
E. P. NORTON, I „ „
W. F. BARR, f Cx ’ Com -
W. R, FOOTE, J
Bookorsville, Sept. 9th, 1842.
From the Macon Messenger.
THE HON. MARK A. COOPER,
vs.
TEA AND COFFEE.
Mr. Cooper is bent upon notoriety, how
ever it may be obtained. It is his ambition
to fill the public eye, and lie suffers no op
portunity to let slip, to keep himself before
the people. Let an Editor or an anony
mous correspondent comment upon a vot,e,
or presume to question the orthodoxy of a
sentiment uttered by the honorable gentle
men, however trivial, there forthwith issues
from his teeming brain an address to the
people, or a reply to tho Editor, Mr. Coop
er is a self-constituted martyr. lie is ir;
his own estimation, the very “head and
front” of his party. He has always assum
ed to himself the first rank in the delega
tion, however others may class him. Since
his first election and before his apostacy to
his party, he has been by no means back
ward in advancing iiis claims to priority—
his merit we will not gainsay, although we
cannot concede to him, what by some is es
teemed a commendable adjunct, modesty.—
He is in fact the very impersonation of a
newspaper politician—and lie is never
more delighted than when he can see his
name inprint. This Atlas ofGeorgia Deni
ocrary should assume as his crest, our old
State symbol of tho Rattlesnake, with the
significant motto noli me tang ere.
Mr. Cooper has made a discovery which
will acquire for him a greater degree of no
toriety than any fete he lias yet accomplish
ed during his brilliant political career—this
is nothing more nor less, tiian the discove
ry, that Tea and Coffee are manufactured
articles.
For some cause or other, Mr. Cooper has
voted to impose a duty upon Tea and Cof
fee : we are not finding fault with him for
this. A moderate tax on tea and coffee,
situated as the country is at present, can
I>c easily justified ; and we should have
honored him fur his manliness and indepen
dence, if, as is supposed, tiie present Tariff
will not raise revenue sutlicient to meet the
current expenses of Government, he had
given his ,vsle for a reasonable tax upon
these two articles, which cannot under any
cimnnstances'be regarded as protective ar
ticles. ft is For the disingenuous, evasive
and ridiculous manner, in which he attempts
to excuse himself from this vote, that we are
disposed to find fault with him. It is a
makeshift that Mark A. Cooper would not
have resorted to, had his solicitude for of
fice been a jot less urgent, or bad the ter
rors o'the popular displeasure been a little
less appalling.
A labored attempt has been made to mys
tify this matter. The history of it is sim
ply this, as we gather it from the journals
ofthe Mouse of Representatives now before
us.
The original tariff bill contained a clause
—(tiie second article of the eighth section,)
which imposed on tiie article of Tea, duties
ranging from 3 to 20 cents per pound, ac
cording to the quality of the article. This
article was amended in Committee of the
Whole, so as to vary in a slight degree the j
duties on Teas, and to impose a duty of two
cents per pound, on coffee, imported from
places other than Europe, and three cents
per pound when imported from Europe.—
These specific duties are, by calculation,
equivalent to ad valorem duties of from
thirty to forty per cent on teas, and from
twenty-five to thirty-three per cent on coffee.
When this amended article was reported
to the House, it was proposed to strike it
out from the bill—upon this motiofNi vote
was taken by yeas and nays—yeas 118,
nays SO. Mr.'Cooper voting in the nega
tive, and for retaining the duty on tea and
coffee. Mr. Black had some regard for
consistency, and voted in the affirmative and
against his colleage. By this amendment
therefore, there were no duties laid on tea
and coffee—they being articles not enuuicr
atafLjn flic bill.
The tenth Section ofthe bill reads—
“ Sec. 10. And la it farther enacted,
That, on all duties not herein enumerated
or provided for, there shall be lovied, collec
ed and paid, a duty of twenty per centum
ad valorem.”
It was proposed to strike out the tenth
section and to insert the following in lieu
thereof.
“Sec. 10. On all raw or unmanufactured
articles, not herein enumerated or provided
for, there shall be levied, collected, and
paid, a duty of five per centum ad valorem;
and on all articles manufactured in whole
or in part, not herein enumerated or provi
ded for, a duty of thirty-five per centum ad
valorem.” _
It passed in the negative, yeas 99, nays
105—Mark A. Cooper voting in the nega
tive. Now had this amendment passed, the
effect would have been, to make tea and
coffee, being articles not before enumerated
subject to a duty oi'bper centum advalorem.
To men of ordinary comprehension, this j
clause can bear no other construction. But ’
what does Mark A. Cooper say about it.—
He voted against the duty of 5 per centum, i
(less than half a per pouild)) anJ as .
signs ft re'asSn, that lie was fearful the
Custom . jou.se Officers would consider cof
fSs a manufactured article in part, and
would therefore exact a duty of 35 per cent
um ad valorem. Raw coffee a manufactur
ed article!! Does Mr. Cooper think the
people of Georgia are fools, and that he
can cozen and humbug them as he pleases?
He may stuff his constituents of Upetoi and
Halloca precincts witli sucli absurd con
ceits, but lie cannot (member of Congress
though lie be,) make the people of the State
believe, that coffee before it is parched,
ground, and boiled with water, is a manu
factured article.
The mode in whioh coffee is gathered as
soon as it becomes ripe is very iuipie
The most common class of laborer, Ir. the
East, and the negroes in the West Indies
are employed in harvesting it, without any
of the aid or skill of the manufacturer. —
“When the fruit has attained its maturity,
clothes are placed under the trees, and up
on these the laborers shake it down They
afterwards spread the berries on mats, qud
expose them to the sun to dry. The husk
is then broken off by large and heavy roll
ers of wood or iron. When the coffi 3 has
been thus cleared of its husk, it is again dri
ed in the sun, and, lastly, winnowed with a
large fan, for the purpose of clearing 11
from tlie pieces of husks with which it is in
termingled.”
If tho coffee berry then, as it is imported
in sacks, and before it is roasted and ground,
be a manufactured article, so is corn, wheat,
and all kinds of grain. Cotton must cer
tainly come under this denomination, tor it
has to*undergo the nice process of gaming
before it is fit for use: and yet cotton has
always been considered a rare material, and
so was coffee, until Mr. Cooper discovered
it was manufactured. No! No. Mr.
Cooper, you must test your ingenuity and
invent some other excuse for taxing the peo
ple, for the tea and coffee they drink. They
are not yet prepared to surrender with their
political rights, all sense and judgment to
you—some of them can tell “a hawk from
a handsaw,” and tiiose who have tried it,
know ‘.lie difference between raw codec,
and code:; roasted, ground and boiled, and
manufactured into beverage. Try it again
Mr. Cooper; let the people have another
address before the election—-ibis very same
taxon tea and coffee, if not explained a
way, may blast your political prospects for
ever.
From the .'Savannah Republican.
Ha! Ha! Ha! —The wags of the Rich
mond Whig, have perpetrated a capital
hoax upon old father Ritchie, of tlie En
quirer They pretended that a plot had
actually heen hatched to carry off Mr Va.\
Buken, in case of his election in 1940. and
deposit? him at Buncombe iti North Caro
lina. The old man almost went into fits at
the idea.
Our neighbor of the Georgian, unwarily
fell into tiie trap also, and we suspect not a
few of his contcutpnrmri— wW .wise■
It was pronounced a hoax in our office as
soon as it was read, not by im, by - others
who heard it read alound.
Tiie following is from th ■ E -hromd
Whig :—“The ‘atrocious plot’ i... Uuown
the old mesmerised driveller oftho Enqui
rer into violent patriotic convulsions—the
Sweat House is stirred to its lowest depths
—and a double guard lias been mounted at
the White House in Washington! The
most successful hoax ever played off upon
human credulity—not excepting even tlie
Gun Powder Plot—never excited so much
sensation. The Alexandria Gazette savs
it has created a universal laugh. Wb will
try to make room to-morrow for some of
Ritchie’s ‘startling’ appeals. Poor old
man ! lie lias .had iiis day. For forty-years
lie lias been humbugging others, and now
thero is no trick, however shallow, which
cannot take him in. Three men kidnap
ping the Commander-in-Chief of tlie Army
and Navy, running him round to Albemarle
Sound, in a fast sailing steamer—thence to
Buncombe, and issuing a Proclamation, (to
Dick Johnson, of course, then acting Presi
dent—during the abduction of Van !) call
ing ffir anew election! Attrocious Plot!
Detestable Treason ! Why tin's is a falsi
fication of tlie ancient saying :—old birds
are not caught with chaff!’,’
Better Currency. —Keep it before tiie peo
ple, that when Gen. Jackson, Vac Buren,
Benton, Kendall, and their supporters com
menced a series of “experiments,” to fur
nish a “better currency,” there were only
350 bunks in the country, with a capitol of
about $150,000,000, and a paper circula
tion of about $00,000,000; and affording
discount facilities to tiie country of about
$260,000,000. These were all—or near
ly all—sound specie paying banks, inclu
ding tho National Bank, which furnished a
currency equivalent to gold and silver in
every section of the country. Then the
business of the country, of every kind, was
prosperous, and tlie nation was making
steady progress in wealth, individually and
Collectively.
Ja. 1837, after five years of experiments
-for a..“bettor currency,” the number of
banks liaiT -bpen increased to more than
700, with a capTtilJ~i',more tiian $350,000,-
000, and a circulation than $149,-
000,000, and discount facilitiesHofYC $525-
000,000. The national bank having
erusiifid, nearly one half of these 700 Stat;
banks were created on its ruins. Thus
the paper bubble—-the “better currency”—
having been expanded beyond its powers of
cohesion, burst, spreading desolation and
disaster over the country, which every
branch of business severely feels at this day.
Springfield Republican. ’
In the course of a Speech upon Mr. Ar
nold's bill, Mr. Botts said lie went for a re
duction of mileage. As it now stood, lie
mid, some gentlemen received for mileage
an allowance of #2,000, while their actual
expenses were not over #l5O ! He receiv.
id himself #IOO, while it cost him but #2O
ogo and return. The average of pay and j
mileage gave some gentlemen not less than j
a day, while Mr. B. received eulv #BL ;
From the Georgia Journal.
RELIEF! RELIEF! RELIEF!
Now, that tho elections aro so near at
hand, it would not be amiss to remind our
readers of tho shameful manner in which
the Democratic Party played off tiie hum
bug of “Relief” upon the people last year.
Bo it remembered, then, that there were
many promises made to -the people none of
which have been, or ever will be, by tiiat
party, redeemed.
It was promised that the ‘'PAXES’ should
be reduced. Instead of that, they have
been doubled —for the tax paid in 1841 was.
a tax for two years, 1840 and 1841 ; and
tlie same tax, which was paid for two years;
by the act of our Democratic Governor,
will have to be paid for one year. Thus
are tlie people taxed a hundred per cent high
er, instead of being relieved from taxation.
A pretty mode of “Relief” truly.
Tlie people were promised “ Relief”
through tho Central Bank. THREE
MILLIONS OF DOLL.AILS were to be
distributed among them, anH.to tlie voters
of Floyd county THIRTY SIX DOL
LARS per man. ‘Hits this pledge been re
tie- mod ? No ! When reminded of it after
the election, some of tlie leaders openly a
vowed that it was a humbug put forth to gujl
the peoble. They have gloried in their de
ception oftho honest voters of our State—
those who trusted to their pledges, and
whom they basely deceived.
Think of these things, people ofGeorgia,
before you cast your votes in October next.
If you can again give your support to a
party who thus shamefully deceived, and
will again deceive you, yours be the re
sponsibility. But we expect better things
of you, and hop-? not to be disappointed.
A CHANGE.
Tho Parkersburg (Va.) Gazette, whose
Editor was for Mr. Van Boren’s adminis
tration, lias declared itself for Mr. Clay.—
Tins seems to have been the result of cool
examination. He says:
“ The conclusion we have come to, to
support Henry Clay for tlie Presidency, is
not a precipitate one ; we have considered
the step well; we have examined, to tlie
extent of our abilities, tlie measures of the
two great parties of the country, and we
have been led to tho conclusion that of all
others proposed, the YVhig measures are
the best adopted to bring relief to tho coun
try, and give prosperity and happiness to
the people.”
GOOD NEWS FROM OHIO.
If our cotemporary of tlie Ohio State
Journal, have good grounds for the follow
ing annunciation, which we have no reason
to doubt, no fears need be entertained tiiat
the Whigs of that State will give a good ac
count of themselves at the election which is
to come off in tlie beginning of the ensuing
month : Savannah Rep.
“ One ‘ €hnt. Apathy,’ heretofore an off:
ct rof high rank and extensive influence in
tlie Whig piy’ty in this State, iias been for
several weeks past missing, and is supposed
to have deserted and gone over to the ene
my. No reward will be paid for liis appre
hension, but if any intelligence can be ob
tained of bis whereabout, bis regimentals
and side-arms will be conveyed to him.
“ Gen. Enthusiasm, formerly an officer of
distinguished merit, but more latterly retir
ed from the service, has succeeded to the
command. His appearance again in tlie
field lias inspired our troops witli invincible
courage, and struck terror to the hearts of
all their foes. Under the auspices of this
tried leader, tM s division of the grand Whig
army will be (bund unconquerable.”
THE EAGLE. ‘
Among the multitude of pleasant occur
rences and coincidences on Thursday after
ternoon, while the Whig members of Con
gress were entering the city, was one which
is worthy of special notice : A fine gray
eagle, “ Jove’s own bird,” came down from
his mountain eyrie, and sailed magnificent
ly among the assembled host,until iie found
it convenient to rest the “sole of his foot”
upon the topmast round of some ship’s top
gallant-mast, whence lie would flutter to
another, screaming at times liis freedom
notes, as if in the fastnesses of the rocks,
and in concert with the huzzas of tiie crowd
and tho roar oftho artillery. It was a fine
sight and a glorious omen. The bird of
liberty found tlie atmosphere congenial,
when it was rent with the cries for tlie prin
ciples of freedom, and freedom’s noblest son,
Henry Clay. Phila. U. S. Gazette.
The Protest and its Author. —lt must be
universally conceded that Mr. Botts’
up” of the Protest anu tiie autiior of it, is
the most perfect tiling of tlie kind, which
lias transpired in our day. Tho bringing
forward tlie identical resolution to condemn
Tyler, for which Tyler himself had voted
to condemn Gen. Jackson, in a similar,
though not quite so flagrant a case, was ex
quisite ! And then to quote tho unanswer
able speech of Mr. Tyler’s Prime Minister
in condemnation of the Jackson Protest—
which fits tlie present occasion, precisely,
was a master-stroke!
It is said that the refreshing of tlie public
recollection as to the part which'Mr. Tyler
enacted towards ilie Jackson Protest—i”
y*iiiexion with his approval of a Tariff
Bill, whish-conflicts with “the saef-ed and
inviolate compromise”—lias rendered him
more odious, if possible, to the Locos than
to the Whigs. Richmond Whig.
Longevity. —Among the Revolutionary
pensioners in Georgia, are eight persons o
ver the age'trf .oae hundred years. The el
dest is an hundred amUiime years.
As an evidence of the cbeapiTPsajjfpro
visions in the West, it is stated i ! n
Louis paper of the 23d uit., that fresh beef,
best pieces, can be had in that city at 5 ets.
a pound, fowls at 50 cents to $1 per dozen,
potatoes at 12£ cents a bushel, 20 large
loaves of wheat-bread, or 40 small loaves
for Si, and good peaches for cents per
bushel -
HENRY CLAY.
The claims of this distinguished patriot
Olid statesman to tire Presidency are thus
set forth in the closo of the State Address of
(tie Whigs of Maryland :
Wo have one duty :noro, fellow citizens,
|to discharge in this Address. YVe have set
bolero you tlie principles nnu measures
maintained by tlie Whigs and bo!i£ v ed by
them to bo conjoined with tho best interests
efthc people. Wo have now to announce
to you tlie Man selected by your represent
atives in State Convention assembled, us
tho one best fitted, and the most worthy in
their judgment,to be our leader in tlie great.
struggle that is coming for tlie predomin
ance of those principles and measures.—
We name to you, as the candidate of the
great Whig party for the next Presidency,
HENRY CLAY, of Kentucky.
. What need wo say of trim ? His name
is itself a history. His life, his character,
his services, are known to tho whole coun
try—(or he has belonged to the whole coun
try nearly forty years Every measure of 1
national importance, that iias been for tlie j
general good, since hisconnection with pub- 1
tic affairs, lias borne the impress of his ge
nius apsi patriotism ; every measure that
lis brought alllictionto the people li"as been
marked by his opposition. Oftho very pol
icy which“bscontended for now, as essen
tial to the restoration of the publio prosper
ity, Henry Clay was the triumphant advo
cate, more than twenty-five years ago. Its
adoption then was followed by a succession
of national blessings; its overthrow since
has brought ruin and distress. Let tiie
author of that beneficent policy be now its
restorer; so shall tlie close of his political
ife vindicate the labors of its earlier days,
i and tiie services of belli periods be blended
with the happiness of his country.
Fellow Citizens, it is with pride and plea
sure that mo place tlie name of this illus
trious citizen before you as one worthy to
hold the high station of the Chief Magistra
cy. Magnanimous in character; frank,
open, and” kind in demeanor; decisive, yet
prudent in ac'ion; with courage undaunted
and fortitude that fails not; a mind endow
ed by nature with tho choicest gifts of a
practical intellect improved by years of ex
perience—a heart generous, liberal, and
thoroughly American, subject to no nar
row sectional prejudices, but tilled with a
noble patriotism; of integrity which no vi
cissitudes of political fortune can shake;
I true to himself, to his friends and to his
country in ail contingencies; bearing litm
j self with a manly front through difficulties
in the public councils that brought despair
\ upon thousands, and vindicating through
! life, with a devotion that none could emu
late and with an eloquence beyond that of
, other men, tho true principles of sound poi
, icy and of constitutional freedom—with
these characteristics, illustrated hv tlie tri
i als, tlie services, and tlie storms of a forty
: years’ career, Henry Clay stands before tiie
country distinguished by every cyjality that
j slriftfhffeuristitt.rte a ruler among (VceinrTl
■ Crowned by the honors which his own gen!
life has won, no man can add to his renown.
S It is for the good of the country and not for
’ his own glory that we would place him at
1 tlie iiead of this great nation ; the crisis de
j stands his services; the Republic calls up
-lon him once more for deliverance. It is
j for us also gladly to do our part iou’ards
j rendering to him tlie acknowledgements of
I a free people for his long and arduous ser
; vices—towards repaying to a time-honored
patriot tho full measure of a nation’sjustice,
tlie long arrearages of a nation’s gratitude.
Wo invoke the gallant spirits of the land ;
v;e appeal to every patriotic heart; we
summon all who would put down the grow
ing influence of destructive principles which
threaten ruin to our institutions and aggra
vated sufferings to the people, to unite with
us in heart, in hope, arid striving, that with
such a cause and such a leader, we may
-go up once more victorious to tlie Capitol,
| and plant tlie banner of the Constitution !
! where tlie hand of Washington first upheld
it ■
In tlie final predominance of our princi
ples, Fellow Citizens, we have an abiding
faith. We believe them to he inwrought
with the substantial arid permanent inter
ests of the country. They must prevail.
But if we would have them triumph at our
hands we must show that we appreciate
them; we must stand by them firmly ; we
must sustain them with ardour, with ener
gy, with a watchful and a determined spir
it. Along with ..re inheritance of freedom
bequeathed to us by our fathers, the sacred
duty of guarding and defending it was also
transmitted; with the privilege of self-gov
ernment came its responsibilities too. Let
us not prove unworthy of the trust. Let
1 no exertions he considered painful, no sa
crifices hard, no duties irksome, in tho work
to which we are devoted. Success will re
pay all and more. Checking the onward
progress of destructiveness, and Venerium
’ the threatened approaches of anarchy, let
us strive to give a period of repose to the
distracted land, that the people, realizing
the blessings of good government, and grow
ing in knowledge and virtue, may stand j
hereafter doubly strong against the insidi- j
ous arts of demagogues that would court to
, betray them. Wliig.s of Maryland ! you
i owe it to yourselves and to the country to
I vindicate your cause. One triumphant vic
| torv now, sucli as you know how to achieve,
Will sound like a re-animating tocsin j
throughout the land. Let us make some- I
thing more than a Thermopylae of our po- j
sition. We cannot only stop the advance
of our adversaries ; we can rout, them, as
though tiie shouts of 1840 were ringing in
their ears. We have a leader that knows
no faltering. Let us stand by him us he
has nobly stood by his country. Tiie day
of the People’s redemption will surely
come!
-more Remarkable Ruins in Central
have lately looked over
some drawvj^n lac ; e !>y a traveller, recent
ly returned America, repre
senting the ruins of city, not yet
visited by any traveller, whuift arc perhaps
more remarkable time even tmN*vi s ; e rj bv
Stephens and Catherwood. They have tho
same general ciiarncter, but their preserva
tion in some rt speots is more perfect. Tlie
principal of these ruins are at a place call
ed Chichen ; situated in the midst of a vast
plain, almost midway between tlie two o
ceans. On tlie tops of the pyramids, re
sembling those which Mr. Stephens mot
with in other places, and which lie conjec
tured to be tho bases of public buildings,
this traveller actually found massive edifi
ces in a state of tolerable preservation. A
rnotij them was one differing from the rest
in having! a circular form, and in being
rounded at tiV® top, in a manner somewhat
resembling a don? - He found walls, vaults
and floors covered tf'Uh a high finish, col
ored interior walls, sculptures in has relief,
stone rings for the hanging V's large doors,
and various other oonvonieiipies’ of art and
skill in the construction of habitation's. We
understand it is tiie intention of iljr- Ger
man, tlie traveller in question, to publish an
account of his visit to Y'ucatan, and a its
scription of these curious remains.— N. Y.
Evening Post.
GEN. JACKSON’S OPINION OF JOHN
TYLER.
The Louisville Journal, as a set-off to
the fulsome adulation bestowed upon Gen.
Jackson by Mr. Tyler’s Madisonian, tells
tlie following story:
A few days ago, a lady, (taring a short
call at tlie Hermitage, took occasion to ask
the General in tlie presence of General
Armstrong, “ What, sir, do you think of
Mr. Tyler ?” “Oh, he is nothing, madam,
sail the old veteran ; he has no party, and
I suppose the people are right ; iie is a mis
erable creature, a miserable creature!”
THE CURRENCY—HISTORICAL
TRUTH.
The following brief sketch of the history
of the currency question is true to die life,
and we commend it to tiie reader’s attention,
as one of the boldest sketches of Prentices’
graphic pen.
“If ever a party in tiiis world opposed
i with determined zeal the rag money policy,
! that party is tile Whig party. When Gen
eral Jackson took tiie Presidential chair,
the country knew not the curse of rag mon
ey. Our currency was then the best in tlie
world. “But,” said General Jackson and
liis Locofocos, “tlie U. States Bank must
be destroyed.” “Destroy tiiat bank,” said
tlie Whigs, “and the land will be filled with
rag money.” “Indeed you are mistaken,”
said General Jackson and iiis Locos, tlie
j currency is not now good enough to please
us, and our object is to improve it. Just
: lot tlie United States Bank go out of exis
tence and local banks spring up in all the
I States to supply its place, and you will see
a better currency tiian you ever _yet saw in
all your lives. ” “You are mistaken,” re
sponded the Whigs, in tones of solemn
warning; “a deluge of money will ffo]-
low the adoption of the measures you pro
pose, as certainly as an army of frogs and
vermin followed the waving of the arm W
Moses.” “Pooh! pish ! nonsense!” ex
claimed General J ackson and iiis Locos:
| “let us have full swing with our local banks,
I and, in less than a year, the whole nation
1 will be knee-deep in gold!” Well, thev
did have full swing; they carried out their
policy; they put down tlie national bank
and built up Slate banks; and the result
was just what the Whigs had predicted—
tlie country was covered with rags like a
beggar’s back.
We Whigs want no rag money. We
want exactly what we had when General
Jackson and his Locos commenced their
foolish and miserable interrneddlings with
the best currency in the world. We want
a circulation made up of gold and silver,
the notes of a sound national bank, and tlie
notes ever payable in specie on demand, of
a few State banks restrained and kept sol
vent by tlie operation of a national bank.
State Banks without a National Bank
to keep them in cheek, are no part of tlie
policy of the Whigs, they are of tlie very
essence ofthe policy of Locofocoistn. Tlie
Whigs have ever said, they say now, they
ever will say, tiiat the creation of a multi
tude of local banks, unregulated by a na
tional institution, can end only in delusive
inflations, bankruptcy, ‘and rag money.
The Enquirer asks who have counte
nanced tiie suspension of specie payments
by tiie banks. Well, if there is a Locofoeo
State in the Union that has not authorized
the suspension of specie payments by tlie
banks, we are yet to learn the fact. And
where shall we tiud the most rag money—
in Mississippi, Alabama, and Michigan,
three Status in tho front rank of tile pha
lanx of Locofocoism, or in Kentucky, tlie
banner State of tiie Whigs ?
A medical gentleman of this city, a row
days since visited the Lunatic Asylum on
Blackwell’s Island for the purpose of rna
.king some inquiries as to the mode of treat
ment of those unfortunate individuals who
j are at present confined in that department
j of our City Government.
| After being shown into the department
assigned for the care of the male portion of
the Asylum, he was guided into the part
allotted for the females, where he was ac
costed by an elderly lady who was in the
| highest degree of insanity, when the follow
ing conversation took place between our
j viSrter and the lady in question.
Lady—Sir: approach me not; I am'the
wife of Mr. Tyler, President of the United
States.”
Visiter—Ah ! How is Captain Tyler ?
Lady—Don’t Captain him, sir! Mister
Tyler, if you please, sir. *
Visiter—l beg your pardon, Madam'.—
How is Mister Tyler i and when do you
expect to see him ?
Lady—My husband is well, sir—very
well. The President, sir, will be here in
a few days. He is to sign the Tariff, with
out Distribution, and then, sir, be will come
here. He is the fittest man in the country to
grace these halls, and when he comes J shall
he happy. — N. Y. Tribune.
Light Coin. —lt was a trick in England,
in times of old, to place gold coin in coarse
bags, and by shaking the bags for some
time, the friction of the pieces would rub
off a considerable portion of tiie precious
metal in fine particles, which, adhering to
the bags, was burnt and collected, by fus
ing in a crucible, and found to yield one
guinea in every hundred, witlrout apparent
ly diminishing the rest.
Tlie vigilance of tlie British police, and
■ the heavy penally attached to the crime, it
| being a capital offence, soon made it too
i hazardous for persons to attempt shaking
! the sovereigns of their country in so ungra
! cious a manner.
-
Death of Mr. Reeside. —We understand
| that James Reeside, Esq., died on Saturday,
j at his residence in the north part of this
I city. Mr. Reeside lias been for some time
j failing in health, and yielded at length not
i so much to active disease, as to increased
j debility, Few men were more extensively
I pnoM il throughout the middle, the Western,
a lift southern Slates, than Mr. R. For ma
ny yeai“’ he was a contractor for carrying
i tlie mail or> several important routes, and
: was remarkable for the energy of iiis char
acter, and tlie suo‘-e ss °f Ms plans. Mr.
! R. was a sufferer by It*, 1 ’ arbitrary decisions
of a former Postmaster Oeneral, and iiad
recently received judgment against him,
I (officially) for a very large amount due
from the Department. We hope ihat jus
tice will be done to the family which was
j long denied to its head. —U. S Gaz.
M A It It I F. r-.
011 the 13th instant, by tiie Rev. Wesley P.
Arnold, Mr. THOMAS V. I'RA THEft to Miss
| HARRIETT 1,. BROWN, 1 • ibi- county.
ois i1 \ar u.
Died, at tiie res.- -of her iinliCr i.. T.. .
! ferro county, on ti.e sth instant, Miss JAKiil-
ETT TINSLEY, m the eighteenth year 01 her
j age, after an illness of about- one week. Those
: M-lio were acquainted with the subject of tins no
! Uce—her kind and generous disposition— her
iniuhmss, amiability anti nobleness of character—
! her intellectual excellencies and accomplish
j incuts—but, aboie all, her filial devotion and
i sisterly kindness and affection, can form some
idea of tho grief and the depth of affliction which
lair family and relatives sustain iu this solemn
| and inscrutable dispensation of Providence. ‘
j tlie highest order of intelligence and accomplish
| meat of mind and person could have foiled the
1 arrow of death, then this lovely and interesting
1 girl would have still lived tlie pride of her faini
j ly and friends, and a bright ornament of society,
j She would have still lived to cheer her fond pa
| rents, and to improve and bless tier vounjrer
i brothers and sisters by the tin •. • :
1 sels, the beauty of her iiii.nnoi.-.
’ dice of her brig!;’ exam; .e, f . t..
g'anog jit the cold and seen: gr.v. .
eolation of her parent:-, reLt.vc . : friends
must be the hope ot again Uriic.cr
more to part, in that world > : . y :
bliss, to which there is every
1 her immortal spirit lias winged r. it:
“ Peace be to thee ! theyoun
The bright, tlie noble-hearted ,
I Peace to tho beings lell on earth,
] To mourn o'er the departed.
Peace to the hearth where tears are shed,
Peace to tlie circle riven,
Tho’ cold in dust that beauteous head,
| Tiie spirit rests in Heaven.” S,
DIED,
Oi Congestive Fever, at his residence in Ran
dolph county, Ga., Mr. THOMAS 0. HKMP
! HILL, lately of this place, aged 23 years.
it'd’The funeral of Mrs. ANN S. KAKE
i STRAW, will be preached in tiie Methodist
! Church, next Sabbath. Her friends and ac
quaintances are respectfully invited to attend.
. ‘! .I.—i.i 1 ‘
• Voticce
4 MEETING ol the Male members of the
“ Washingtonian- Total Abstinence Society,
| will be held in the Baptist Church in Wasliinrr
! ton, THIS EVENING, at 71 o’clock.
JOHN 11. BURKS,
Chairman Standing Committee.
September 15, 18-12. it 3
•lltemiimt:
r pBR Subscriber will furnish a BARBECUE
DINNER, at Ylanburg, on Friday the 23d
instant. The Candidates for the Legislature are
j desired to attend, and oblige many Voters.
S. DANFORTII.
J September 15, 1842. St 3
J\‘cw Goods! .Yeti’ Goods!!
A T
H. S BELCHER’*
CHEAP CASH STOHEI
JUST received at the above named place, u
supply of
j Fall and T Vinter, Staple and Fancy Dry
Goods, 4‘C. fyc. fye.
| which ire offered for sale Cheap {or Cash. Bar-
I gains ! are to be found there and no mistake
| All those persons who have so long sought to
• find such “ can now have an
j opportunity of laying .'iChds upon them. The
I following are a few only of ilia nignerous art;.
I cles ou hand, viz.:
Cloths, Cassimers, Pilot and Flashing, for O
ver-coats; Satinets; Keut’y. Jeans ; hin'seys dp
Kerseys; Flannels; BLANKETS; brown and
bieached Shirtings and Sheetings, from 0) to 25
cents per yard ; Bombazines, Merinos, Circas
sians, Alipacca and Orleans Cloth ; French,
English and American Prints, from B.j to 37, in
great variety and latest styles; Scotch and A
ii'erican Gingham ; a beautiful lot of plain and
figured Sii KS; the latest and most fashionable
vie of Bonnets and Ribhons; HOSIERY in
emlie: variety, from 12 to 50 ; Ladies’ SIfOES;
V. nlking; Ties, Gaiters, Fr. Baskins, &c. &e.;
Children’s Morocco and Leather Shoes ; (Gent’s.
Boots and Shoes, shortly expected ;) Laces,
Bobinets, Trimmings and Insertings; Ladies’
Silk Work Bags ; Scarfs, Ties, Pelerines, Ye!-,
vet Points, Fr. Worked Collar:;; Shawls;; Cam
brics; Cambric Dimity ; Swiss, Book, Mull &
Jaconet Muslins ; Bishop Lawn; L. Cambric
Hdkfs ; Clark’s super. Thread; Needles, Pins,
Tapes, &c. &c. &c.
AI.SO, ,
Shortly expected an assortment of
Hardware, and Cutlery, Boots, Shoes, Hats ,
Crockery and Glassware,
Drugs, Medicines and Dye Stuff's, c)-c. d-c,
Lj'Just call at BELCHER'S for Bargains these
j “ hard t “flies.”, rj
September 15, 1842. 2: 3
