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have a more laughable effect than to see
the Chinese arrive with a carrying pole,
supporting two bird cages, which contain
dogs and eats, instead of birds. A small
thin sort of a spaniel, appeared to us to be
most in request ; they sit quite downcast in
their temporary dwellings, when they are
, brought to market, whilst the cats make a
dreadful squalling, as if conscious of their
fate.-* The flesh of the last, when they are
well fed, is much esteemed in China, and
they are often seen on the tables of the rich.
Other Chinese bring upon their carrying
poles many dozen of rats, which are drawn
quite clean ; and like pigs in our countiy,
when they have been opened, are hung up
by means of a cross piece of wood through
the hind legs. The rows of fats look very
nice, hut they are only'eaten by the poor
NEWS AND GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, GA.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1843.
FOR PRESIDENT*
uxmm? (Da&'jro
FOR GOVERNOR,
GEORGE W. CRAWFORD.
FOR CONGRESS,
ALEX’R. 11. STEPHENS.
ABSALOM H. CHAPPELL.
Legislative Ticket.
For Senator,
GEORGE VV. CARTER.
For Representatives,
ROBERTA T’ MBS
WILLIA*V! Q A 1 :. URSON.
LODOT . ‘LL
Oir* A sudden chat.;: of Temperature
The mercury in the the. nometer fell 89
*
degrees in about six hours yesterday morn
ing. The cold still continues, and the.’
quinoctial storm seems ‘b b on hand.
Whig TVoiuhiaGvxa.
The Whig Committee met at Milledge
ville last Saturday, and nominated ABSA
LOM H. CHAPPELL, of Bibb, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of the
Hon. John B. Lamar. Our ticket is now
full. Crawford, Stephens, and Chappell
are not to he easily beaten.
It is needless for us to say any thing in
praise of Mr. Chappell ; he is well known
to the people of Georgia, and is one who will,
serve them faithfully and with honor. We
often hear people saying that they care ve
ry little about politics—but wish to vote
for those who are best qualified. We in
vite all such persons to institute a rigid and
-impartial comparison between the Whig
and Democratic candidates.
{Kt” “ A Democrat - ’ has offered an ex
planation of the fact we mentioned in our
last, that goods under the present high ta
riff, are lower than ever before known in
Washington. In asking the explanation
from the. Democratic leaders, we did not in
tend to limit it to any particular portion of
the party. The “ Globe,” that great ora
cle of Democr.uiy, frequvntJy’speßk of Mie
“rank and file” of ils party, tljus dividing
it into two distinct classes. We supposed
an explanation of a difficult problem was
most likely to be obtained from those of
“ rank”—the leaders—rather than from
those who, it is not to he expected, have so
thoroughly studied the subject.
“A- Democrat” admits all we claim
when he acknowledges that “one dollar
will go as far now in supplying a farmer
with necessaries as one and a half dollars
would a few years ago.”. This is what we
understand by being cheaper. Nor is this
owing to any increase in the value of mon
ey, for facts show that the demand for mon
ey is essentially decreased ; that capitalists
have great difficulty in finding satisfactory
investments; that money, at the commer
cial points, was never more abundant.—
“ A Democrat” therefore, argues from false
premises when he ascribes the diminution
in the value of goods to the increased value
of money.
“ A Democrat’s” rule by which ■ ■■.
mine the value of goods is fallacious Ii
does not follow, because it takes as touch
or more of the farmer’s produce to purchase
his necessaries now, than it did two years
sineff ‘hat the goods are as dear or dear
er ; but it may be, and is, owing to the fact
that his produce is cheaper. The value of
a farmer’s productions is determined by
causes irrespective of a tariff, such as su
perabundant crop or an increased demand,
but the value of goods, as the Democrats
say (and in which we partly agree with
them,) is affected by causes with which a
tariff is intimately connected. A farmer’s
trade is governed by the same laws as oth
ers, and to show the fallaciousness of “A
Democrat’s” rule, we will suppose a simple
ease : A shoe-maker is able in 1841 to ex
change u pair of shoes, the products of his
labor, with the merchant, for a hat worth
-itH 50, from competition or other causes in
1843, the price of his shoes falls one half,
and he finds that the merchant, though he
stills asks $1 50 for his hats, demands of
him two pairs of shoes in exchange, will the
shoe-maker assert that the price of hats is
doubled ? lie should, if “ A Democrat’s”
theory were not unsound.
We object entirely to the standard of
value which “ A Democrat” would set up.
Let it he remembered that goods are not a
lone cheaper Acre, hut they are so through
out the Union. This cheapness then must
bo produced by a cause operating over the
whole country. “ A Democrat” therefore,
bayadopted an improper standard in Cot
ton, an article confined to a limited section
(and it is still more improper to take Corn,
whose value varies in almost every league
of our territory,) and it is wrong to attempt
to account for the fall of goods because of
the fall of that particular commodity. If
the staple of any State is to be considered
the criterion of the value of goods, Kentucky
may set up Hemp as a standard of value ;
Virginia, Tobacco ; Ohio, Pork ; Pennsyl
vania, Iron; New-York, -Wheat; Maine,
Timber—and the dwellers on Cape Cod
might say that goods ought to be cheap, be
cause the price of Mackerel had fallen.—
The fall of no particular staple can account
for the universal fall in the price. Some of
the before-named articles may ho low in
price, others may be high, at the same point
of time, yet the price of goods remain the
same, because the price is laid upon them
at a place where no such standard of value
is recognized, at the place of manufacture.
It is true that a variation in price of any
raw material, w’ill produce an effect on the
price of the article manufactured from it.
Yet a person first examining the subject
would be astonished to perceive how small
an effect even a great variation produces;
since ISIO, a duty r-i high as to be almost
prohibitory, has been placed upon cotton
goods, the raw material lias fluctuated in
value from 5 to 40cents, yet the price of
the goods has steadily and uniformly dimin
ished ; if we take Colton as an undeviating
standard of price even for cotton goods, eve
ry one can perceive that it would prove de
ceptive.
The Rule is still more fallacious when
applied to other articles—take that of Nails
for instance (an article which conclusively
disproves the argument of those who say
the consumers pay the duties upon taxed
articles, as they can be bought in New-
York at a price little exceeding tho duties
imposed upon them.) Does any one sup
pose that if cotton or corn should suddenly
rise to triple its present price that nails in
consequence would rise with it, and he sold
in Washington at from 18 to 25 cents per
pound ? Yet, if “A Democrat’s” rule were
sound, such would be the case.
We have reviewed “A Democrat’s” ar
gument somewhat at length, and have space
merely to glance at the other causes which
he assigns for the cheapness, none of which
fully accounts for the fact. The first is
that our currency is better, and that Ex
change is lower; in this we apprehend he
is, in some measure mistaken. The cur
rency of this part of the State was the same
, in September 1641, (the period he has cho
sen for comparison with tDo present) as now.
The bills of a'.! the Augusta Banks, of
which our currency chiefly consisted, were
quoted at par as they are at present. Ex
change was only 1-2 per cent lower. Our
merchants never did receive the manufac
tures of the Central Bank or other depreci
ated bills at any other than their regular
rate of discount. On this pejint, therefore,
“ A Democrat” fails in his explanation.
Says “ A Democrat” “ Tho friends of
a Protective policy, say that a high tariffby
promoting home competition eventually les
sens the price of the manufactured articles
—whether this be true or not is not materi
al, for the tarifFhas not had time to produce
any difference by operating in this way.”
The present tarifi'law has been in operation
more than one year and it is well known to
those accustomed to buy and sell goods that
the effect of a Tariff on their prices is instan
taneous and simultaneous with the pas
sage of the act, the effect of no law is so
suddenly and sensibly felt throughout all
I the ramifications of mercantile business.—
| ’ v e are surprised that it should now be said
.. at the tariff of 1342 “ had not had time”
to affect the prices of goods The follow,
ing remarkable instances of the sudden ef
feet of the Tariffof 1842, upon prices, are
given among others by “ Junius
“ The Birmingham Factory of pins, in Con
necticut, which, before the Tariff of 1842, was
able to turn out a million a day, and undersell
the imported pins, immediately lowered the prices
si* cents per pack, after the Tariff which impo
ses a duty from 20 to 30 per cent, on this article.
The following are from the prices current of
domestic goods, at Lowell, Mass., immediately
before and immediately after the Tariffof 1842 :
Cts. Cts.
Cotton drillings, before the Tariff after 7
“ ‘ shirtings, “ do. 51 “ 5
“ heavy, “ do. GJ “ 5|
“ sheetings, “ do. (i| “ 6
“ “ wide, “ do. 8.) “ 7$
Flannel, “ do. 10 “ 8)
Woollens of different kinds fell from 18$ to
20 per cent.” Jr
Wo like to promote a free discussion of
the diflurenccs between the parties, and we
fear no attack which ca* bo made on the
principles of the Whig party. It shall not he
said bv political friend or foe, that wo have
prevented the promulgation of truth, or re
fused to afford to any one, speaking in dec
orous and respectful language, a fair oppor
tunity ofbeing heard. We therefore again
ofler our columns to “A Democrat” that he
may give publicity to his “remarks concer
ning the course pursued by the Whig party
of Georgia in relation to tho protective sys
tem,” reserving always the right of re
plying. While attacking the Whig party
on this subject, however, we must require
of him to declare what ground lie, and bis
party in these parts, occupy in relation to
this matter. Are they in favor of direct tax
ation, or a ‘horizontal’ tariff a-la-mode Cal
houn-, a discriminating tariff for revenue
like the Whigs, ora similar tariff without
discrimination, like the authors of the late
Democratic Address. We ought not be
made to stand alw’ays on the defensive, and
we think “A Democrat” should give us the
same ‘fair hack’ which we allow to him.
(K7”The “Orion” has been revived, arid
is now published at the reduced price of
Three Dollars per annum. The number
for September has a lithotint engraving, j
much better than its predecessors. Regu- |
larity in its publication will, we hope, oh- j
tain for it success, and that patronage
which, as the only literary periodical south
of Virginia, it should possess.
A Whig victory in Chatham. —At the e- !
lection for Aldermen in Savannah, the
Whigs elected eleven out of the fourteen.
The average gain to the Whigs, since last
year is 126. The contest was exceedingly
warm, and, it is probable, each party polled
nearly its whole strength. Chatham eoun
tv is decidedly Whic and will ffive our can
didates a respectable majority in October.
From all we can learn, there is much
more energy and excitement not only in
Chatham, but in every county in the State,
than in “Old Wilkes,” the Whigs are very
confident of victory here, hut if they do not
rouse up and bestir themselves a little they
will feel mighty mean when they go to bed j
on the night of first Monday in next month.
Wilkes, during the Revolution, was called
the “ Whig Hornet’s Nest,” because a To
ry oi a Briton couldn’t set his foot on its
soil with impunity. There are plenty of
“ Hornets” of the old stamp in the “ Nest”
yet. Whig, stir up your neighbor yon
der. tell him the Election takes place next
Monday two weeks ; tell him here’s his old
enemy Mark A. Cooper, who is blue-mould
ed for want of a heating, to bo fanned out,
if that don’t make him show his sting, why
he’s no true Whig—that’s all.
Oir The*Whigs of Baldwin county have
complied with the request of ihe Whig Con
vention, and brought out their best men for
the Legislature. They have nominated A.
H. Kenan, for Senate, and Millar Grieve
and J. H. Brown, for the House.
OCT The New York Locofoco State Con
vention met at Syracuse, on the sth inst. re
pudiated the district system of seleotingdel
egates to the National Convention and de
clared their preference to Mr. Van Buren.
The action of this Convention settles the
question as to the Democratic candidate for
the Presidency. How they have cheated
the “ chivalry !” Calhoun lias not the re
motest chance of getting th nomination,and
his friends in Georgia may as well take
sides at once, either for Clay or Van Buren; j
thi ir favorite is most irrevocably ruled off;
the turf in this race. Which bannm
you fight under, the Magnolia or the Slip
pery Elm ?
o&Another Candidate for the Presi
dency.—The Abolitionists and free negroeb
held a National Convention at Buffalo, N.
Y. on the 30th ult., and nominated one J.
G. Birney, of Miehegan, as their candidate
for the Presidency, and Thomas Morris, of
Ohio, for Vice President. So Henry Clay
will have them, and their candidate, to beat,
as well as Calhoun, Van Buren, Cass, John
son and Tyler. If there are any other
gentlemen desirous of a drubbing let them
enter their names on the list of candidates
and the glorious Kentuckian will accom
modate them.
o ir Bonnet, the notorious Editor of the’
New-York Herald, is now on a visit to Ire
land. At a meeting of the Repeal Associ
ation in Dublin on the 7th August, he soli
cited an introduction to Mr. O’Connell and
met with a very cool reception. The fol
lowing is the account of the scone, brought
by a late Steamer from Liverpool :
“ A gentleman, who # had for time been
sitting beside Mr. O’Connell, here address
ed Mr.Steele, and handing him his card,
required an introduction to Mr. O'Connell.
Mr. Steele accordingly presented the card,
and intimated that Mr. James Gordon Ben
nett, of New-York, was present.
“ Mr. O’Connell replied—He is a person
with whom I can have nothing to do ; he is
the Editor of the New-York Herald, one of
the most infamous gazettes ever printed,
and I shall have nothing to say to him.
“ This was the reception that Mr. Ben
nett did not count upon, and he forthwith
proceeded to take his departure. The
room being very full, his movement was
much retarded ; hut by the aid of the chair- j
man, he struggled out, amid the groans of j
the meeting.”
FOR THE NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
Mr. Editor :—Y ou expressed a wisli in
your last paper, that some of the Democrat
ic leaders in Wilkes county wolS’.d explain,
how it happens, since the Tariffof 1842 is
so high, that the farmer’s necessaries are
j lower now, than they have ever been be
fore. It may not he amiss, before I enter
upon tiie explanation, to mention that I am
not a leader among the Democracy of
Wilkes, and though the invitation to ex
plain is extended only to the “ leaders,”
yet I apprehend you did not intend that your
language should be strictly construed, and
that you aft willing to receive the explana
tion from any one who is able to make it.
You are mistaken when you say, the farm
er’s necessaries are cheaper now than they
have ever been before. 1 admit, that salt,
iron, bagging, &c. will cost less money now
than they did a few years ago ; but it is
evident to all, that the value of money has
increased—that is, one dollar will go us far
now, in supplying the farmer with necessa
ries, as one and a half dollars would a few j
years ago. The only true rule by which
to ascertain whether the farmer’s necessa
ries are cheaper, is this : Does it take less
of the produce of his farm to supply him
with those necessaries ? If the farmer can
| buy more salt, iron, or bagging, for a bush
| el of corn or a pound of cotton, now, than
he could in 1841, when the Tariff was low,
then it may be truly said that those articles
are cheaper : bnt if it takes the same, or a
greater quantity of his produce to supply
him, in what respect can it be said, his ne
cessaries cost him less now, than when the
Tariff was low ? The following short ta
ble, compiled from the Prices Current pub
lished in the Augusta papers, shows the
value of some of the principal, of the farm
er’s necessaries, in the year 1841, when the
tariff was low, together with the value of
the same articles at the present time. 1
have also included the prices of corn and
cotton at the same periods of time, they be
ing the principal articles produced forsale,
by the farmers in our State :
1841. 1843.
Bagging, 24 cents per yard. 20 cts. per yard.
Bacon, 9 “ per lb. 7 “ per lb.
Iron, 6 “ per lb. 5 “ per lb.
; Sugar, 9 “ per lb. 7 “ per lb.
Salt, 56 “ per bushel. 48 “ per bush.
Colton, 8 “ per lb. 6 “ per lb.
Corn, 08 “ bushel. 45 “ per bush.
The price of Cotton set down in theta,
hie is the average price of all the different
qualities of that article. If 1 had taken the
average price of Cotton during the years
’4O and ’4l instead of ’4l alone, which
mode of calculation would have been per
fectly fair, the difference between the price
at that time and the present, would be
greater. You will perceive from the above
table, that a yard of Bagging in the year
1841, would cost the farmer 3 lbs. of his
cotton, and for a bushel of Corn he could
purchase 2 5-6 yards. At the present time
a yard of bagging” will cost him 2 1-3 lbs.
of cotton, and for a bushel of corn he can
buy only 2) yards. By comparing the
prices of the other articles in the table, with
the prices of corn and cotton, you will per
ceive that they all cost the farmer more of
his produce now, than they did in 1841.
There are several causes which have
contributed to lessen the prices of merchan
dize, but for the operation of which the in
crease of prices would have been greater.
Otso is, our currency is better; the mer
chant can afford to sell iiis goods cheaper, j
I when paid for them in specie-paying hank J
WRs, than when he has to receive in pay
ment depreciated paper. Another cause
is, Exchange is lower, and the merchant
does not have to demand so great a profit
on the price of his goods, in order to coun
ter-balance his expenditure in this particu
lar. But even admitting these causes have
no influence, and that goods are really
cheaper than they were a few years ago,
it is utterly impossible that the TuriffcoulJ
have produced this result. You will not
contend, that the addition of 5 cents to the
cost of a yard of bagging, will enable the
importer to sell it cheaper? The friends
of the Protective policy say, that a high
tariff by promoting home competition, will
eventually lessen the price of the manufac
tured articles. Whether this he true or
not, is not material, for llio tariff has not
had time to produce any difference by ope
rating in this way. I should like to add
some other remarks concerning the course
pursued by the Whig party of Georgia in
relation to the Protective system, but as
your invitation extended only to the matter
of explaining the apparent decrease in the
prices of goods, I fear I should abuse your
indulgence by touching upon matters not
necessary for tiiat explanation. Permit me
sir, before closing this communication, to
express mv admiration of your honorable
course in tiius opening your columns to tiie
investigation of truth—it proves that, though
you are on the wrong side, yet your devo
tion to the principles of the Whig party is
sincere, and your confidence in the recti
tude of those principles such, that you are
not afraid to have them examined.
A DEMOCRAT.
Did you pay for this paper like a gentle
man. or borrow it like a sneak 1 .
for the news & planters’ gazette,
i To the People of Wilkes county.
■ Feller.Sitizens :
i Both parties have held Konventions
i for the perpis of nominatin kandidits to run
i at the ensuin Election. Asa lover of my
■ country, and considerin myself capable to
fulfil any office, I expected these konven- 1
j tions to nominate me as a kandidit for yore 1
; sufridges. But, feller-sitizens. you sec \
J sich has not been the case. No! they ‘
j huve, unceremoniously and rough.shod, j
j trod upon my rights. But lam tarmined !
not to he sheered out of om. These kon- |
J vontions aint to he trusted no how ; they j
■ are semhlages dangerous to the interests of I
this country—and mind I tell you, my dear !
countrymen, you had better keep yore eyes i
skinned, and take a proper peep at cm ! j
Need I refer you to any other evidence of j
their dangerousness, than tlisflr negleciin !
to nominate me ! Where! Where! is proof
I more positive ? Only ecko answers,
where !
j Well, feller-sitizens, knowin the great i
i need the country lias for the survices of sich j
| men as me, and disregards the hipsedixy I
of any set of men, I now, in the good old I
fashioned way, propose myself as a kandi- j
dit for yore sufridges ; and when I make
known to you my views, I am sertin you !
j will vote for me : So,
I am in favor of a Republican Govern
ment—Liberty—and the Constitution of the j
United States.
lam opposed to Konventions ; but am for
every man comin out that pleases : that’s
the way our forefathers, who fit, hied and
died, for that liberty we now enjoy—used j
to do. “ Them’s iny sentiments.”
I am opposed to Banks—for there's one
of the bigest sort near my house, and I have !
bin tryin to dig it down, hut can’t do it— j
and, think you, I want sich a thing all over j
the United States. This is what I under- j
stand by a United States Bank—and, there- I
fore, am opposed to it.
lam opposed to the Tariff—l don't know
what sort of a wild crittur it is; but 1
know it ain’t a human. One of my neigh- !
bors won’t go out a’ nights without his gun |
for fear of it.
I am opposed to Rail-roads—for there is
one on our road, and it keeps two of my
niggers busy half their time cuttin and
splitin rails to keep it iri order, and then
they can’t do it; besides, when a wagon
goes over it, it makes an oudacious noise
as if the world was bein destroyed by an
yerthquake—and old aunt Betsy says when
she rides over it in her buggy it nearly
jolts the life oul’n her.
1 atn opposed to clearin rogues and mur- j
derers. j
I am opposed to a man’s chargit) morn j
20 per cent interest on money.
I am opposed to Millerism.
lam opposed to dog-days comin in the j
time of year they do; and, if elected, I
will have them changed to a time more I
! suitable to the feelings of the people.
I am for taxin soap-locks, huge whiskers, j
goatish knots under the chin, and old bach- j
. elors—(all except the Editor of the News I) I
1 am in favor of rnakin Little River nav- j
igable.
I am in favor of Dehatin Societies.
Lastly—l atn Opposed to every man that !
is opposed to me.
Now, feller-sitizens, I know that vou j
wi I approve of my principles-—how can |
j you help it ? I, therefore, expect a hearty
support from all—and that for iny election,
every lover oi civil and religious liberty
will make “ a pull, a strong pull, and a
pull altogether.”
Your friend and felier-sitizen,
JOSHUA WISHFUL.
Specie in the World. —The entire specie
of the world is estimated by Jacobs, at sl,-
900,000,000 In Europe there is supposed
to be $1,000,000,000; and Mr. Merrill, of
| Union, Penn., says, that according to the
! best authorities, the paper circulation of
Europe is fourteen times the specie cur
rency.
In the year 1834, Mr. Calhoun declared ;
in the Senate, that Gen. Jackson, “ in pro- ‘■
nouncing the United States Bank to be un
constitutional, had of course, according to his
ou-n principle, impeached the conduct of
Washington and Madison, (the former of
whom signed the charter of tho first bank,
and the latter of the present,) and all the
members of both Houses of Congress who vo
ted far the acts incorporating them ?”
We believe that since 1834, Mr. Calhoun
has himself attempted the same “ impeach
ment.” Alexandria Gazette. ]
1 1
Gen. Jackson. —A gentleman who visited
Gen. Jackson at the Hermitage a few days
ago, reports the old veteran as exceedingly
feeble in body, though vigorous as ever in (
mind. He lias not this year been over his ,
grounds to superintend his business,'and i
said he never expected to do it again ! The <
visiter being a Philadelphian, the General
inquired about Mr. Biddle with kindness;
said he regretted iiis reverses of fortune; in
quired solicitously whether the report was
true that Mr. Biddle’s mind had become im
paired, and said that he could not believe
Mr. Biddle a corrupt man, but thought he
had made great mistakes.
N. F. Journal of Commerce
(Mr. Biddle, like almost every body else,
probably has a similar opinion of General
Jackson, his mistakes being most inexcusa- ;
We and most disastrous to the country.)
I lie Richmond Enquirer calls Mr. Clay
recent letter, “ A BLAST FROM THE
BUGLE ’. It is. A trumpet sound never
called horsemen for the battle together,
with more spirit stirring music, than will
; this blast from the bugle rally the Whigs of
I the Union, fliov nocept thy word. They
1 have heard the BLAST FROM THE BIT-
I GLE I —Alex. Gaz.
At tho Calhoun meeeiing, in New York,,
| on Monday, Mike Walsh was called upon
for a speech, when he came forward and
said—Fi llow-citizens ; I come before you
‘as an indivi iuul. I was not consulted con
| corning this inerting—and I shan’t speak.”
East-India Cotton. -Tho cessation ofhos
| tilities in China caused a decrease in the
, exports ot East-India Cotton to England,
[ which iiad become much greater than usual
j ou account of the war which had closed the
| Chinese market. From January to May
last this diminution in the receipts of India
cotton in Great Britain was marked. But
since the month of May it appears that tho
quantity this article in the English ports
i has increased as compared with the imports
!of last year. The accounts state that be
j tween the 19th of May and the 22d of July,
1842, there were imported into Liverpool
38,374 hales of East India cotton ; and be
) tween the 19th of May and the 22d of July,
! 1843, there were imported 43,344 hales,
j Here is an increase of 4,960 bales, nouvitli
j standing the demand of other and more ac-
I cessihle markets in China.
Baltimore American.
Diplomatic Faces. —Saturday’s number
j of the Anglo-American (says the National
j Intelligencer) contains the first of a series
of original papers by the late Commodore
Porter, writing during his residence at Con
stantinople. There is one passage des
! criptive of the physiognomy of the inhabi
! tants of the diplomatic quarter of Pera,
• which may be amusing in the court atmost
j phere at Washington. The brave old Com
| modore seems to have had a great contempt
| for the tricks of his latter trade. He says:—
“Diplomacy, the art of concealing tho
J thoughts, and of producing false impres
| sions, is the greatstudy of Pera. This stu.
j dy gives a particular cast to the counte
nance ; and almost every man who has been
long in the diplomatic corps has it, hut
more especially the Turquemans. The
all look as if they were big with something
j that required all their prudence to conceal.
It is natural that this cast of feature should
descend to the child. If 1 were asked to
describe, it, I should reply, ears long and
elevated, drawn forward by the muscles of
the forehead, which, by constant exercise
have furrowed themselves on each side into
three or fourdeeply indented semi-circular
wrinkles, divided by some perpendicular
furrows over the nose ; eyebrows draw n up
to a high point, the eyelid fallen, so as to
conceal the expression of the eye, the ball
of which is projecting, so as to catch, thro’
the lashes, a view of every object near ; the
! nose somewhat large, and pressed a little
I over to the left side of the face, by the fre
quent application of snuff with the thumb of
| the right hand ; the sides of the mouth ra
! ther drawn together, the lips parting, reu
| dy made up for a broad smile, if necessary,
j on the shortest notice; the corners of the
I mouth sunk, and flanked on each side by
[ two verticle trenches which, in their youth
| ful days, may iiave passed for dimples.—
j The whole ruminative, staid, and a reflec
’ tivo cast. The head a little declined on one
side, and forward, ready to catch the sligh
j test sound, or how to the slightest attention,
j The ears have a slight movement in differ
• cut directions, to facilitate the reception of
! sound. The head long, and disproportion
jed to the body. Tiie whole appearance
j asinine. In the presence of an ambassa
dor,-the angle of inclination of the body is
j fort v five <!e r ••; to a minister pleoipo-
I i-.: ■ dry, thirty-five degrees; to a minister
j resident, twenty.five degrees ;to a charge,
fifteen degrees; to equals, perpendicular ;
to their inferiors, a hollow in tho hack.—
There is one extraordinary faculty these
people have acquired, that of conversing
with one person while they are listening to
tiie conversation of ail others within earshot
range.”
Tricks of the Trad. . —John Wentworth,
commonly called Long John, (being the
tallest man in Illinois.) who is elected to
Congress by 1500 majority in the Chicago
district, had a good many obstacles to con
tend with. Among others, was a letter re
ceived in Vermillion county, purporting to
come from the Democratic Committee nt
Chicago, announcing Wentworth’s death ;
and stating tiiat in consequence of this mel
; ancliolly event, it had been determined to
! vote ffr R. Murphy as the democratic can
didate. Other obstacles grew out of the
matrimonial relation. In his Democrat of
the 10th ult. John says:
“ We lost about 200 voles for Congress
because we were an old bachelor ; and the
only wonder is that we did not lose more
on that account. But the cruelty of the
whole matter is, tiiat, while some were op
posing us because we were unmarried, oth
ers were because they believed the story
tiiat we were in the habit of whipping our
wife.” 1 ‘
MMjß—PMß—————a
ADMINISTRATOR’S SaLeT
\\f ILL be sold on Friday the twenty-seventh
* * day of October next, at the late residence
of Daniel Thoenton, Jr. deceased, in Elbert coun
ty, a parto! the Perishable Property belonging to
the Estate of said Daniel Thornton, Jr. deceased,
consisting of Horses, Cows, Corn, Cotton, Plan
tation Tools, and other articles not here mention
ed. Terms will be made known on the day of
LUCY C. THORNTON, Adm’x.
JEPTHA M. BRADLEY, Adm’r.
September 9,1843. It 3
■ft OUR months after date, application will be
XT made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
of Eluert counry, while sitting as a Court of
Ordinary, for leave to sell a Tract of Land con
taining one hundred Acres, more or less, in El
bert county, belonging to the Estate of Rhcdy
Eates, deceased.
’ WILLIAM EAVES, Adm’r.
September 9, 1843 rim 3
