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NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
D.. LOTTING, Editor.
No. 1. —NEW SERIES.]
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Mail Arrangements.
POST OFFICE, )
Washington, Ga., Sept. 1, 1843. $
EASTERN MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Raytown,
Doable-Wells, Crawfordville, Camack, Warren
ton, Thompson, Dearing, and Barzelia.
ARRIVES.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 9, A. M.
CLOSES.
Monday’, Wednesday, and Friday, at 12, M.
WESTERN MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for all Offi
ces in South-Western Georgia, Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Florida, also Athens, Ga. and
the North-Western part of the State.
arrives—Wednesday and Friday, by 6 A. M.
closes —Tuesday and Thursday, at 12 M.
ABBEVILLE, S.C. MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Danburg,
Pistol Creek, and Petersburg.
ARRIVES.
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, by 1 I'. M.
CLOSES.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at G A. M.
LEXINGTON MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Oentre
ville, State Rights, Scull-shoals, and Salem.
arrives —Monday and Friday', at 9 A. M.
closes —Tuesday and Saturday, at 9 A. M.
APPLING MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Wrights
boro’, White Oak, Walker’s Quaker Springs.
arrives —Tuesday and Saturday, by 9 A. M.
closes —Monday and Friday, at 9 A. M.
ELBERTON MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Mallo
rysville, Goosepond, Whites, Mill-Stone, Harri
sonville, and Ruckersville.
Arrives Thursday 8 P. M., and Closes same time.
LINCOLNTON MAIL.
By tiiis route, Mails are made up for Rehoboth,
Stonoy Point, Goshen, Double Branches, and
Darby’s.
Arrives Friday, 12 M. 1 Closes same time.
O* The Letter Box is the proper place to de
posits all matter designed to be transported by
Maii, and such as may be found there at the
times .move specified, wiii be despatched by first
post.
COTTING &, BUTLER,
ATTORNIES,
HAVE taken an OFFICE on the North
side of the Public Square, next door to
:be Branch Bank of tiie State of Georgia.
October, 1843. 28
NELSON CARTER,
DEALER IN
Choice Drugs and Medicines,
Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
Surgical and Dental Instruments,
Perfumery , Brushes,
Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs,
Window Glass, #c. Spc.
KEOMOrTaR. \ Ga.
October 12, 1843. ly 7
HAVILAND, RISLEY &, Cos.
Near the Mansion House, Globe and United
States Hotels,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
DEALERS IN CHOICE
DRIIBS AND MEDICINES,
Surgical and Dental Instruments,
Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
Perfumery, Brushes, Paints, Oils,
Window Glass, Dye Stuffs,
&c. &c.
Being connected with Haviland,
CvJjln Keesf. & Cos., New-York, and llav
iland, Harral & Allen, Charles-
MTwt ton, they are constantly receiving
*■* * fresh supplies of every article in
qheir line, which they are enabled to sell at the
lowest market prices.
vCf All goods sold by them, warranted to be of
the quality represented, or may be returned.
Augusta, August 1843 51
iWfcccUanroMs.
THE MURDERER’S INN.
* * As soon as wo were once more on
a high road I could not help exclaiming,
‘Well, Pierre, here we are, you see, safe and
sound, and not eaten up, as I was led to
suppose we should have been. We are
out of danger now, I presume.
‘ I am not sure of that, sir,’ was the reply
of my companion ; ‘ we quay yet have diffi
culties to encounter.’
1 ridiculed the idea ; laughrd at him for
his folly, and putting spurs to my gallant
grey, desired him to follow me.
I had not cantered more than a mile af
ter leaving the forest, when at a turn of the
road, 1 came suddenly on a ‘cabaret’ or
roadside inn, as you call it in jhis country.
It might have been termed an ‘ auberge,’
for it gave promise of more comfort within
than the ordinary dram-shops which are to
he ibuud at every cross road in France.
VVe hud been on horse back for some hours,
and 1 was not a little pleased at the oppor
tunity which presented itself of rest and
refreshment.
As Pierre and myself rode up to the door
of this rural hotel, lie examined the super
scription, and exclaimed, Ccstedrole! the
landlord is,or rather was, an old comrade
ofours, at Mezieres many years ago—there
cannot be two Maxime Bourdons in this
pa/t of the country.’
We were in the act of dismounting,
when a barefooted urchin beckoned us to
ride round in the stable yard by the side
gate. VVe did so, and having directed
Pierre to look after the horses, I was on the
point of making my way to the front of the
house, when my attention was attracted bv
a female figure of no ordinary mould, on a
rude wooden balcony which ran round this
portion of the premises, from which a stair
case, or rather steps, communicated with
the yard below, and close to the end of this
open verandah, and with the sweetest tone
imaginable she said, ‘ Par ici; monsieur s’il
vous y!ait cl In three bounds I was on the
platform, and she led the way to an indiffer
ently furnished apartment which I was
given to understand was the salle a man
g* r -
Travellers of all ages front sixteen to six
ty, in all countries from time immemorial,
have assumed to themselves the privilege
of leasing tv iih chambermaids and female
waiters—Which not being interdicted, very
frequently has given a prescriptive right to
these ramblers to accost thus unceremoni
ously, every female who may be doomed to
servitude. The lovely countenance of the
captivating handmaid before me overturned
all mv philosophy ; a more beautiful crea
ture I never beheld before or since. There
was somthing so distingue in her face, the
outlines of which were the most perfect it is
possible to conceive—an expression I can
not describe; hut it was irresistibly win
ning. To my surprise, she repulsed any
playfulness in so determined a manner that
for the moment, 1 was thrown off my
guard.
There was nothing of prudery, or even of
j anger, in her demeanor, for she appeared
i to regard me with sorrow and a mixture of
pity. What is the matter—you look un
happy, said I.
She turned her eyes upon me, with a look
j I shall never forget to my latest breath,
i and exclaimed, ‘I am unhappy—wretched
miserable—and so would you he also if
you knew the doom tiiat awaited you.
‘And pray what is that V I asked incred
ulously, for I thought she was tripling with
me.
‘Only, ’she replied, ‘that you have not
three hours to live—by that lime you will
he a corpse. I know not what sacred im
pulse makes me say this to you, hut I can
not resist forewarning you of your inevita
ble fate. Escape is hopeless, and you will
meet with the same end as the other vic
tims who have entered this room.’
‘ This is some idle fiction you have con
jured up,’ I replied, ‘to deter me from
making love to you ; perhaps there is some
lover in the case, and you wish to frighten
me by this improbable story.
‘ I call God to witness that I speak noth
ing but the painful truth,’ she rejoined.—
‘But stop—you shall know all.’
Having said this, she went to the door,
and from thence into the passage, to listen
ifany one were within hearing. Having
ascertained that all was safe, site returned,
| and closing the door after tier, she came up
to me, and continued her appalling com
munication.
She looked at me with tears in her eyes,
and then pointing to the floor, said, ‘ look at
this sand—did you ever see sand in a salle
a manger (an eating room,) and that, too, on
a first floor? Alas, what scenes of blood
have been enacted here ! You have ordered
dinner—which is being prepared below—a
few minutes before it is ready, you will sec
three officers in the uniform of the Imperial
Guard, ride into the court-yard—they will
call loudly for the landlord-order dinner,
ehampaigne and other luxuries. You will
then lie waited on by the landlord himself,
who will announce the arrival of his dis
tinguished guests, and request, on such an
emergency that you will permit them to
dine in this room with you ; for although
he has dinner sufficient for five persons at
one table, yet if it were divided, it would
not suffice for three and two in separate a
partments—you must comply ; for a refu
sal would accelerate your doom ; by com
plying you will gain time, and God grant
you may devise some plan with your ser
vant, for frustrating the schemes of these
blood-thirsty wretches.’
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) AUGUST 29, 1841.
I was thunderstruck, as you may sup
pose, and could hardly believe my senses.
I desired this lovely girl to send m v servant
up to me as soon as she could, without ex
tiling suspicion. This she did ; and I re
peated to Pierre every word she had told
me. He was incredulous for a long time ;
hut upon my dwelling on every minute
particular, he became more attentive, al
though he conld hardly believe that his old
acquaintance of Mezieres, who was the
landlord, could lend himself to such a san
guinary plot. •At all events,’ he said, ‘ I
will go back to the stable, under the plea
of looking to the horses, and return with
our pistols, which I can conceal in mv
pockets.’ In a few minutes he rejoined
me, and wc had scarcely begun to talk of
the extraordinary tale that had been com
municated to me, when the trampling of
horses’ feet was heard, and three officers,
dressed as the girl had described, entered
tile yam] of the inn. Thus far her story
was confirmed. Conviction of the truth
now took possrssion of Pierre’s mind.
‘lt is too true,’ he said. ‘I will go back
to the stable and think of what is best tone
done. In the meantime, the landlord will,
doubtless, come to you ; and it is better we
should not be seen together.’
He had not left the room five minutes,ere
mine host made his appearance. A more
specious and obsequious Boniface I never
beheld. As the girl had predicted, his o
pening speech was to the eflcct, that I
would, he trusted, pardon the liberty he
was about to take in proposing that three
officers ofthe Imperial Guard should dine
in my room. He had dinner for five cer
tainly; but if the repast he had prepared,
were serVed up in two separate apartments,
there would noi be sufficit nt for either par
ty. He assured me, moreover, that I could
not fail to bo pleased with the society of
these gentlemen as they were officers of
rank, du bon ton and lien comme ilfavt.
Putting as good a face as I could on the
matter, I expressed my willingness to meet
his wishes and those of his officers. 1 ad
ded, however, that I trusted the newly ar
rived gentlemen would excuse my servant
sitting at the same table with them ; that I
was travelling for my health, and he was
seldom from my side, as 1 was subject to
sudden attacks of spasms. I thought the
fellow appeared rather disconcerted at this
announcement ; but pretending not to notice
the effect my communication had produced,
1 requested him, as lie left the room, tosend
rny servant up stairs, as I wished to take
some cordial before dinner. Pierre soon
made his appearance, and putting my pis
tols into my hand, said :
‘AH is hut too true, monsieur; courage,
and we shall be masters of the field. I
have arranged my plan, and you must fol
low my instiuciion. The captain of this
infernal band of cut-throats, you iTiust re
quest to sit on one side of the table, while I
take my place opposite them. As soon as
I have helped myself to a glass of wine,
after the desert is placed on the table, you
must shoot the scoundrel facing you !
shrink not, for on your nerve and presence
of mind depend your safety. Leave the
rest to me ; we have a desperate game to
play—eoolncssand courage alone are want
ing to ensure success.
I promised compliance, and was pictur
ing to myself the scene in which I was soon
to play so prominent a part, when the three
soidisant officers made their appearance,
ushered in by the landlord. The fellows
were dressed to perfection—rather outre as
to dandyism, for they were oiled and scent
ed as the veriest petit maitre in the recherche
salons of Paris Their address was rath
er of the free and easy school, somewhat
overdone, perhaps, but still there was noth
ing offensive in their manner. They were
profuse in their thanks for the honor I had
conferred upon them by allowing them to
dine with me ; in short, they acted their
parts to the life. The glances they had
interchanged amongst themselves as they
entered tlie apartment, when they beheld
Pierre, had not escaped mv observation. I
therefore, as soon as they had expended
their volley of compliment and thanks,
apologized for being compelled to have rny
servant at the same table, assigning the
same reason 1 had given the landlord. At
length the soup was served, then the cut
lets, a fricandeau, stewed ducks, and a
roasted capon. Every mouthful I took I
thought would have choked me; and my
want of appetite, which was remarked, I
attributed to the state of my health. The
fellows a*e, drank, laughed and chatted
away in the most amiable manner possible.
The dinner was by this time nearly
brought to a conclusion. The girl had
waited upon us; and during her absence
from the room witli the remains of the din
ner, one of the miscreants opposite to Pierre
appeared to be searching about his person
for some missing object; at last he said, ‘ I
have lost my snuff box ;’ and addressing
himself to mv attendant, adding, ‘I will
thank you to go down stairs, and on the
dresser in the kitchen you will see a gold
snuff box—for I must have left it there—
and bring it up to me.’
Pierre, however, to my great delight, ne
ver quitted his seat ; and very quietly re
marked, that he never executed any orders
but those of his master. The person ad
dressed looked confused at this reply, and
bit his lips with rage. Turning to me, he
requested very politely that I would send
my servant for the box in question. To
my infinite relief, and as good luck would
have it, the girl re-appeared with cheese
and some fruit, and I observed to the gentle
man of the missing snuff box, that la fille
[ would fetch it to him.
Mademoiselle was accordingly commis-
I -sioned to execute the errand ; but she pres
j cully returned, saying there was no tabati
i ers t” he found below,
j ‘No matter,’ said the fellow : ‘ bring us
l cliampange.’
While this very pleasant beverage was
gone for, the officer on rny right hand dis.
covered that his pocket handkerchief w as
gone without leave, and ordered Pierre to
go to the kitchen and look for it. This
command, however, was obeyed in like
manner, for rny trusty follower replied,
‘ The servant will he here directly w ith
j the wine, and she can bring it to you.’—
j The champagne was brought, and ore the
I cork was let loose from its confinement, the
! pocket handkerchief was accidently dis
covered under the table.
The girl now left the room ; and never
shall I forget the look she gave me as 1
closed the door. It seemed to say, the
world has closed on you forever—we shall
never see each other again !
The bottle was passed, and as Pierre
’ helped himself, he turned towards me, and
the glance of the eye told what he meant.
He put the glass to his lips ; but placing it
suddenly on the table, said to me, I hope
you are not ill, sir?’ ‘No,’ I replied. I
knew what he meant, but 1 was powerless.
He added, ‘ Monsieur must take some cor
dial ; lie put his hand in his pocket, and
drew forth a brace of pistols, and leveling
them with a deadly aim at his opposite
neighbors, shot them botli through the heart
at the sqrne moment. He then sprung like
a tiger on the captain at the foot of the ta
ble, which was upset in the melee, caught
him by the throat, and called me to come to
his assistance. 1 had in some degree re
covered from my stupefaction, so” my senses
had been paralyzed, if I may use the ex
pression, and ran to the faithful fellow.
We contrived to pinion the scoundrel be
tw'een us ; and to make assurance doubly
sure. Pierre bound one end of the table
cloth over the villain’s face, while with
the other he fastened his arms behind him.
Now', monsieur, said he, stand over tiiis
sce/c rat with your pistols until I return
from the stable with a cord. He rushed
down the stairs and was back with me in
less than two minutes. We bound our
friend fast, head and foot ; and now, said
Pierre, you must remain here till I have
ridden (which I will do soon) to the nearest
post town, which is not above two leagues
from tiiis. 1 will bring back assistance,
and give our prisoner into safe custody.—
There is not a living thing below the house
is empty. Y’ou have nothing to apprehend
—not a soul to molest you. We have
cleared the house. 1 must first catch a
horse for you, for ours have been turned
loose. There was one in the yard just r.oiv,
and you may rely upon it, 1 will lose no
time in returning with some military and
police, and release you from your unplea
sant situation. I had the satisfaction of
seeing my bravo and faithful attendant
gallop off in a few minutes. My position
in the meantime was none of tlie pleasant
est. I made up my mind to sell mv life
dearly, in the event of any attempt at res
cue, and what with watching tiie door and
the wretch at my feet, had no very agreea
ble time of it. The two hours 1 thus
spent, 1 thought the longest 1 had ever ex
perienced. Thanks to a merciful Provi
dence, the trial I had undergone was
brought to a termination.
The indefatigable Pierre returned at
length with a jad de pais, and a whole pos
see of officers on horseback, besides a troop
of mounted gendarmerie. The prisoner
was secured, and the house searched from
top to bottom—not a soul was discovered ;
but in large vaulted, under ground cellar,
were many skeletons and human bodies.
These were subsequently removed by order
of the authorities, and interred in the ce
metiereof Mezarics ; the house was rased
to the ground hv the infuriated populace.
Strange to say,the landlord and the love
ly girl who had been instrumental in bring
ing these dark deeds to light, have never
been heard of from that day to this ; and I
much fear that the latter perished by the
hand of the wretch who kept the house. I
have sought by every means in my power
to gain some tidings of this beautiful crea
ture, but in vain; for to her I owe my pre
servation. My tale is done.
AN AFFECTING SCENE.
The New Haven Courier relates the fol
lowing :
“ In a lawyer’s office in a remote part of
this State, lay a mortgage for eleven hun
dred dollars, which was within a few days
of being due. One morning the man on
whose place the mortgage was held, called
and inquired if the payment could not be
put off a short time. He was a man some
what advanced in life, and very intemper
ate. The lawyer in reply to his inquiries,
said that the man who held the mortgage,
wanted his money—that he was sorry, but
it could not be extended. The tears came
to the old man’s eyes, and after standing a
few moments, a perfect image of despair,
turned and left the office. He returned
home, believing that in a few short days
his aged and infirm wife and invalid daugh
ter, would have to quit that roof which had
so long sheltered them, and seek for a home,
he knew not where.
He could say nothing to them about it,
it would cause them so much grief. The
mortgage became due, and in the morning
early, the farmer again repaired to the law
yer’s office. He pleaded for time, but to
no purpose. Overcome with emotion, the
old man sank into a chair, and there sat a
bout two hours, apparently unconscious of
any thing that was passing around him.
when a carriage drove up to the door, and
a lady stepped from it. She entered the
office. After standing a few moments, eye
ing the old man with interest and emotion,
she spoke. The old man looked up.
‘ Father, how do you do ?’
‘Oil! Sarah, lam well, hut sad. lam
glad to see you, but full of sorrow foryour
aged mother and invalid sister I cannot re
turn to them, for it will be to tell them they
have no home, and this I cannot bear. It
will kill your poor mother.’
‘ Father ! father ! said ihe daughter, could
you livea temperate man.ifthis were paid?’
‘ Yes 1 oh, yes, 1 would ; but it cannot i
he, for I have nothing to pay it with.’
The lather was violently opposed to the ‘
Tariff. In the village was a factory doing
a good business. This daughter worked
in it.
‘Father,’ said the daughter, ‘here is the
eleven hundred dollars,’ (taking it from
her pocket,) ‘of my own hard earnings,
which I have laid up while working at the
factoiy. Go home—he happy—and never,
no never raise your voice against that which
has raised you from ruin, and is the great- j
est blessing your country can enjoy.”
Ludicrous Transmutation ok Names.- :
The following amusing story is told by j
Mr. Livingston, in his admirable answer to i
Mr. Jefferson’s defence of his conduct to i
Mr. L. for ousting him from the possession j
of the famous butture at New Orleans, pur- 1
chased by Mr. Livingston from Gravier. It !
is intended to show how, by translations and j
re-translations, a troublesome word may be |
made to mean any thing : “ An unfortunate j
Scotchmon, whose name was Ferguson, j
was obliged, in pursuit of fortune, to settle j
among some Germans in the western part of j
New h ork. They translated him literally I
into German, and called him Fcueresltin. ;
On his return to an English neighborhood, I
his new acquaintances discovered that Feu. j
erstein in German meant Flint in English.
They re translated instead of restoring his j
name, and the descendants of Ferguson go j
by the name of Flint to this day. I ought,
however, to except one of his grandsons,
xvhosettled at the Acadian coast, on the
Mississippi, whose name underwent the fate
ofthe rest of the family ; he was called, by
a literal translation into French, ‘ Pierre a
fusil,’ and his eldest son returning to the
family clan underwent another change, and
was called Peter Gun /”
The eaee ofthe worthy Irishman Mr. O’-
Trotter is not so remarkable, hut it is suffi
ciently ludicrous. He started out upon!
his travels as Mr. O’ Trotter. In Scotland
he was called Mr. McTrotten. Arriving!
at Paris, lie was saluted as M. Trottignac, j
and in another part of France M. Trottin-\
ville. He went to Italy, where he was ad- j
dressed as Trottini; subsequently, in Ger- j
many, he was designated Van Trotten ; in
Poland it was 7 rottinski; in Russia Trot.
tingoff ; and when at length lie reached the
Celestia Empire the Chinese immediately
transformed iiis plastic name into Trottin
fou !
Another instance of the curious changes
to which names are incident in their pas
sage from one language to another is that
of Campbell, derived from the French Beau
champ, through the Italian Campo hello.
So Duponceau is in English Bridgewater.
From the Augusta Chronicle rj- Sentinel.
ENGLAND AND EASTERN
AFRICA.
Ambitious England, after having pushed
her aggressions in India and elsewhere, to
the utmost limits, is now turning her gree
dy eyes upon Eastern Africa. And why ?
Perhaps the following paragraph from an
article in the London Morning Chronicle,
speculating upon the amount of English
and India manufactures that Southern A
byssinia would consume, may give the peo.
pie cf this region some idea as to her de
sires.
“ The list of commodities, were wo to
give it complete, would be a long one ; hut
we may memiou among thett principal the i
best coffee in the world, some of which has j
long found its way into this country under j
the nameofMociia coflee; myrrh and frank- j
incense, with many other preciousgnms, a
hound in the kingdom of Adel ; and from
the countries lying immediately to the west
; it may be obtained au inexhaustible sup.
ply of ivory, hippopotamus teeth, rhinoce
ros horns, musk, civet, ostrich feathers, and
panther and leopard skins of the greatest
beauty. Gold dust also, and gold in bars
are brought from the country ofthe Shan
galla, while the neighboring regions fur
nish the most cestly spices. To Great
Britain, however, there is not one of these ar
ticles which can be considered of equal im
portance with the cotton of Abyssinia, and the
states lying immediately contiguous. This
may he regarded as the finest in Ihe world,
almost as fine as silk, and producing fabrics
scarcely less lustrous and delicate.”
There it is—“ the cotton of Abyssinia !”
For these many years, notwithstanding the
United Stales have been the best market
that the British manufacturers have had,
lias England been using every means, and
trying every experiment, within her reach,
to obtain a supply of raw cotton without pur
chasing that grown in this country. She
has spant thousands to perfect the growth of
the long staple article in her India posses
sions, and is now urging onward the exper
iment. She has used for her manufacto
ries the cheap cotton grown in other coun
tries, whenever she could obtain it, in prof.
n. J. K APPEL, Printer.
I erence to the poorer qualities grown in the
Untiled States. Our finer cotton she could
i not do without; and therefore has she
bought it to the cxt< lit required. But
would England have taken it, if she could
have procured it from her own possessions,
or from countries over which she' exerted
a controlling influence ? Let her experi
ments in India and elsewhere answer:
and here let this plain hint about Abyssin
ian cotton also be taken into consideration.
But what shall the cotton growers of the
United States do to counteract the move
ments of England ? There is but one way ;
and that is to create and cherish a home
market. If we can spin and weave at
homo, the whole or a greater part of the
home growth, then may our planters hold
at defiance the efibrts of the British to injure
them—hut not otherwise. It is not for love
of American planters that English manu
facturers buy their cotton, but simply be
cause they cannot do without it.
Furthermore, in a few years, whether
Texas becomes an integral part ofourterri
tory or not, she will throw off large quanti
ties of cotton. In either case, that country
would become a formidable rival of the
present cotton growing States; hut much
the more injurious one, if annexed. If not
annexed, her cotton cannot come into com
petition with ours in the home, market, in
consequence of the prohibitory duty upon it,
and therefore would our planters have the
exclusive American market to themselves,
while the competition of Texas would be
no worse for them abroad, being under a
separate government, than would he the
case if she were annexed to the United
States: nay, not so dangerous, as we could
easily show, were that the object of our pre
sent article.
In view, therefore, of all the premises—
taking into consideration all the efforts of
England to supply herself with cotton from
other countries than ours—vvc hold that the
securing of a good home market for their
cotton, is the only wise course to he pur
sued by our planters. We can control this
market, but not a foreign one. Why, then,
should Southern cotton growers be called
upon to run into a crusade against Ameri
can manufactories ? It would be the ex
treme of folly for them to do so, upon the
hope that England would continue to buy
of us a moment longer than until such time
as she can get her supplies elsew here ; and
if she cannot get them in other regions, then
she must continue to buy of us. By hav.
ing a home and a foreign market both, do
not the planters see that they have “two
strings to their bow ?” But suppose the
foreign market cut off. w hat w ill ho iht ir
condition then ?
Answered at last. —Who is James K. Polk ?
Has been a question often asked by the
Whigs, without getting the desired informa
tion, until Mr. Van Dyke, the Comptroller
of Public Accounts of Alabama, tasked I:is
energies to work out a satisfactory answer.
A published letter from this gentleman to
the committee of a Democratic Barbecue at
Eutawa, very explicitly states who James
K. Polk is. Mr. Van Dyltc resorts to the
Yankee mode of answering questions, to be
sure ; hut, then, the facts he discloses to
identify James K. Polk, and to silence all
inquiry as to character, are so minutely
descriptive, that we cannot, in justice to
him and his candidate, omit, giving in his
own language. In reply to the insolent
Wiiig question, who is James K. Polk ?
Mr. Van Dyke says :
“Who is this that comet!) from Edom,
with dyed garments from Bozrah ? this that
is glorious in apparel, travelling in the
greatness of his strength ?”
Every body of course, after seeing tiiis
picture, knows James K. Polk, lie is the
man that cometli from Columbia, with gar
ments dyed with Poke berries from Balti
more, travelling in the greatness of his
strength to Texas, on a pony stolen from
Mr. Tyler. With such marks on him,
James K. Polk cannot fail to he recognized
in future. Mr. Van Dyke is a painter,
worthy of his eminent namesake.
Tuscaloosa Monitor.
Hurrah! how they cornel —The Ameri
can Whig, printed at Baltimore, has about
eight columns in small type, giving accounts
of changes from the Polk and Dallas tac
tion to the Whig side —in numbers as large
as five hundred in some cases.
Circumstantial Evidence. —I have heard
some very extraordinary cases of murder
tried. I remember, in one where I was
counsel, for a long time the evidence did
not appear to touch the prisoner at all, and
he looked about hie sv h the most perfect
unconcern, seen ing to think himself quite
safe. At last the surgeon was called, who
stated the decease had been killei’
shot, a gunshot, in the head, and
duced the matted liair and stuff .
and taken out ofthe wound It was an
hardened with blood. A basin of warm
water was brought into cm and as the
blood was gradually sot'-.: ( j, a piece of
printed paper appeared -the wadding of
the gun, which proved to ho halt a ballad.
Tiie other half had been fin;’ . in the man’s
pocket when he was taken. He was hang
ed.—Lord Eldon's Note Book.
A pretty good Reason. —A woman i:
Connecticut, lately attempted suicide by
cutting her throat. A physician clos'd the
wound ; and being questioned as to her mo
tive for the act, she assigned the continued
intemperance of her husband
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