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the times. bs union ofih-3 slates and the sovereignty of the states COLUMBUS, MAY 6, 1941. From the Enquirer, of yesterday. COTTON. Bales Receipts, week ending April 17 • 37 Received previously - 34 971 Total receipts ..... 35,341 Total shipments .... - 32, c -3 Stock on hand - - - * - 2.&13 Received to April 4, 1840 - - * 4 ‘ ‘ Price 10 to K)J cents. The Editor Is still abeentT but will return in a day or two, when our readers may expect amendments for the jrast. We call attention to the notice given by the Mayor, in accordance with a resolution ot the City Council, setting aside Friday, the 14th inst., as a day of Fasting and Prayer. The occasion is a solemn one, and should not be neglected by the Christian or the Patriot — The notice will be found among the proceed ings of the City Council. The Democratic Young Men’s Convention assembled in Milledgeville on Mondy last.— We have not yet heard any thing of their deliberations, but have no doubt that they are all that the Democracy could wish. The annual celebration of the Female Be nevolent Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, will be held on the 13th of May, at the Lyceum Hall. At which time an address by Mr. F* Nisbet, answering to the occa sion, will be delivered. It will, perhaps, be requisite, that all may come prepared for the festivities of the evening, to mention an im portant requisition, which is, that admittance money will be demanded at the door, when each and all will, without further restriction, be admitted to partake of a sumptuous colla tion, and enjoy as they list, the abundant plea sures of the occasion.—Argus of yesterday. VIRGINIA ELECTIONS. CONGRESSIONAL RETURNS. Linn Banks, Dem., is.elected in the Spot sylvania District, over Wm. Smith, also Dem ocrat John M. Botts, re-elected in the Richmond District. Thomas W. Gilmer, Whig, elected in the Albemarle District over Jas. Garland, Cons Richard W. Barton, Whig, elected in the Frederick District, over Wm. Lucas, Deni., the late representative. Cuthbert Powell, Whig, elected in the Lou don District, to succeed W. M. McCarty, Whig, declined. John Taliaferro, Whig, elected in the North ern Neck District. Francis Mallory, Whig, re-elected in the Norfolk District without opposition. Henry A. Wise, Whig, re-elected. William L. Goggin, Whig. A. A. H. Stuart, Whig, elected to succeed a Democrat. G. W. Summers, Whig, re-elected. R. M. T. Hunter, Independent, re-elected. Lewis Steenrod, Dem., ro-olected without regular opposition. John W. Jones, Dem., re-elected. George B. Cary, Dem. W. O. Goode, Walter Coles, “ •E. W. Hubbard, J. L. Hays, A Democrat is also elected from Shenan doah District. This makes, in all, a gain to the Whigs of two members of Congress. We copy the following from the Richmond Enquirer, of the 27th ult.: “The work goes bravely on.” VIRGINIA ELECTIONS. With a variety of difficulties to contend witli ; a President elected in November last by an immense majority of the Whigs; with the sympathy produced by his early and melan choly death ; with a Vice President from Vir ginia to succeed him; with all those plausible appeals that have been urged upon us to give him the support of his own State ; with a par ty flushed with victory, and armed with the whole patronage of power—we have gone in to the late contest under every disadvantage. But we have trusted to our own good cause; to the devotion of Virginia for her principles ; to the indomitable energies of the Republican party. Our friends in distant States feared, that we could not maintain the ground, which we had won in November last. But we have dene more. We have gained stronghold upon stronghold from the Enemy ; and we are stron- Eer than we were at the last session of the egislature. We started too under this dis advantage, that we had some leeway to make up. We were in a minority of Borlo in the last Legislature ; but as far as we have already heard, we have extinguished that majority;— and if the counties yet to hear from should vote as they did last Spring, we have carried a majority on joint vote. It is too early, howev er, to calculate with certainty on the final re sult, as a variety of returns have yet to come iii. So far as we have heard, we have gained Petersburg 1, Powhattan 1, Caroline 1, Buck ingham 2, Prince Edward 1, 1 in Frederick, Nelson I—B. We have lost Fairfax 1, and Southampton 1, and Stafford 1. (Mr. Richard L. C. Mon cure, or Dr. Fitzhugh, could have been easily elected in Stoflbrd ; but Mr. Hedgman, though highly respected and respectable, is a gente ma i of retired life, and did not turn out among the People.) Nett Gain so far s—equivalent to 10 votes in the House. The defects of the Constitution have again operated upon us. That corrupting system of double and treble voting, which dispensing with residence as a qualification of the right of suffrage, allows a man to vote in as many coun ties as he pleases to purchase a small freehold worth 25 dollars, has enabled the towns to dictate Delegates to the counties. Richmond has elected the Delegate of Ilanover—Fred ericksburg has controlled Stafford—and Alex-j andria has elected the Delegate in Fairfax.—; Take the vote in Ilanover for example ; At the Courthouse, White (Dem.) had a ! majority of 5 At Negrofoot, a majority of 7 12 At Cold Harbor, Thompson’s majority 22 Thompson re-elected by a majority ot 10 Cold llarbor is the Precinct where the Richmond voters poll—and they have given more than 10 nett majority against us. Syd nor’s Tract alone has made 25 or 27 new votes—a small tract of land which has been carved up into little Whig freeholds, some what like the night-caps submitted to Sanco Panza’s inspection. An old man as he walks looks down and thinks of the past: a young man looks forward and thinks of the future; a child looks every where and thinks of nothing.—Lacon. the races. Tiie Spring Racesover the IV cstem Course came off’ last week. Ihe weather, though veiv windy for a few days, was generally fine’ and the track in good order. The following is the result of each day’s race : Monday —Mile Heats—Purse S3OO. Col. Robertson’s b h Duke 1 1 T. C. Grimes’ c h Corydcm 4 2 Col. Campbell’s c f Modern Honesty 2 3 Stapler & Smith’s b c Giinbiet 3 dist. Tuesday, —Sweepstake 3 years old—Two Mile Heats—Purse S3OO. T. B. Howard’s b f Martha Raney 1 1 Col. Ciowail’s c f Enuna Crowell 2 2 Col. Campbell’s c f Letty Floyd 33 Time. 3 51—3 51. Wednesday —Two Mile Heats—Purse S3OO Col. Crowuli’s gc Nat Bradford 1 1 Thomas C. Grimes’ b h Dr. Hossack 2 2 Col. Campbell’s c f Letty Floyd drawn. Time, 3 51—3 53. Thursday— Three Mile Heats—Purse S4OO G. B. Roberson’s b h Duke 1 1 T. C. Grimes’ c h Corydon 2 2 Col. VV. S. Campbell’s c f Letty Floyd (list. Stapler & Smith’s c ni Miss Andrew dist. Time 5 57—6 m. Friday —Four Mile Heats—Purse S6OO. A. Iversoi’s c h Count Zaidevar 1 1 Kuberlson & Harrison’s b h Henry Crowell 2 2 Time, 8 U 2—7 53. Saturday —Mile Heats, best three in five— Purse $250. Col. T. B. Howard’s b f Martha Rainey 111 T. C. Grime’s b h Dr. Hossack 2 2 2 From the New Hampshire Patriot. BELA BADGER’S APPOINTMENT. The appointment of such an infamous tool of frauds and corruption as Bela Badger to be Naval office at Philadelphia Has equally exci ted the wonder and disgust of all honest men in every quarter. The correspondent ot the Journal ol Commerce, writing from Philadel phia, untler the date of April 14, 1841, says: “l’fieie is now much dissatisfaction that Ty son did not getthe Coileclorsliip, and, as much, or more, that Badger got any thing.” The New York Post calls him “one of the veriest party hacks in the country, one of the least scrupulous of his class, notorious even to iniamy, the Philadelphia associate of Glent vvotfr in the election frauds of 1838 and 1839.” He is the the same creature, who said to Sie venson, Looney was a good fellow and could be depended upon ; that lie (Looney) had often furnished him ( Badger ) with men ’ —that “Benjamin Bowue and Mitchell Graham might be registered in every ward aud then swear through if necessary Badger is the practi cal adept m crime, who procured and sent to New York City fraudulently lo vote the fed eral ticket a gang, composed as he said “0/ the most daring , desperate fellows in the State , who could iclnp their weight in wild cats, and if properly managed would vote in every ward in the city .” He is tire same who wrote to Glentworth, signing his name “George W. lihmwn.” —My partners are not icilliug to serve you oil any better terms than what th'y charged you before , and the same credit .” Who were his “partners?” — Glentworth, Swint, Looney, Bowne, Graham,Tyson, Gove and such worthies—federalism’s hope. The facts of his connection with, and that he was one of the main instruments in carrying on the New York election frauds, are given at length in Stevenson’s affidavit, published in the Pa triot, October 31, 1841. It should be recollec ted that a federal Grand Jury of New York city, has voluntarily certified to the world that the character of Stevenson for truth and ve racity is unimpeachable. In the Naylor case a witness tenth]t><l that Badger offered him S2OO, if he ‘■‘■would vote the whig ticket and e lectioneer it.” And this is one of the first men, whom Vice President Tyler appoints to offices of trustj It has been well asked if Badger was worthy j of office, for what did Mitchell abscond ? He had nothing to leer from our present 1 tilers in the General Government, but the bestmvment upon him of some responsible office ! It is ini- j possible that Mr. Tyler was ignorant of Bad ger’s character, and he cannot p'ead ignorance as an excuse. How can he justify to the A merican people the countenance and patron age, which he has in this instance, perhaps un advisedly, extended to crime of the blackest dye? He must remember that he fills the station of Chief Magistrate, not by the will of the people, hut by the operation of the Con stitution. He owes his present election to ac cident; to a freak of fortune. It was not ex pected at the time of the election, that John Tyler would act as President nearly four years, and of course no such expectation, or consid eration, had any influence in ihe election.— The weak and degenerate offspring of the en ervated and Witless monarchs of the old world succeed to the government hv the accidt nls of their own birth , and the death of the reign ing monarchs. John Tyler was not elected by the American people to occupy the place in which he now acts. He comes to it hv the death of Gen. Harrison. And from the char acter of one of his first appointments we should infer that he holds himself to he as little bound to regard the feelings and wishes of the peo ple, as the Kings and Queens and Emperors of the old world do. We hope, however, if he does think that he is not lo he controlled hv the people, because they did not elect him President, that lie will nevertheless pay some respect to justice, riirht and virtue in his ad ministration of the office of President. If the most responsible offices within his gift are to he filled by such men as Curtis, Draper, Bad ger, Blatcliford, Penrose, Ritner, the Looneys and Swints.then neither fists nor thanksgivings can save our Nation. With such men for ru lers, the prayers of the righteous will only con tribute to sink us to destruction. From the New Hampshire Patriot. DANIEL WEBSTER’S DEMOCRACY. It is but a few yfears since that Daniel Webster prided himself upon the consistency and antiquity of his federalism. The “ Essex Junto” counted it his chief title to their lavor and to political distinction in Massachusetts. The Boston aristocracy pronounced it one of the noblest qualities, which entitled him to the appellation of “ Godlike.” But strange to say, this man now claims to be a democrat. The old respectable and high feeling federal party has become reduced, and it is now ne cessary to seize hold of the name of democra cy and prostitute it to hide and sustain fede ral principles. Daniel Webster, the pupil, teacher and practicer of federalism, in the Patchogue speech, after making bare his arm, proclaimed himself to be a democrat. Web ster’s early speeches, his opposition to Madi son and the last war, his votes in Congress, and his .acts during hie whole life, stamp him as a federalist and an aristocrat. Yet, with these staring him ; p the face, known and no torious to all, he still lays claim to the virtue ot being a democrat. If his old or recent speeches are quoted against him to show his real political character, he denies that they are correctly reported and denies that he ever uttered sucn sentiments as are cited as his practice, w hen he is unable by twisting and miserable sophistry to explain away obnoxious passages. Sweeping denial is resorted to in such cases. This he and his friends have done in relation to the views he expressed in the Massachusetts Convention upon the ques tion ot requiring a property qualification os voters and the influence that property ough; to have in government Although his speech was published at the time and parts of it re published in the N. A. Review and commen ted on in the same year, and, no question ot the truth and perfect correctness of the speech made at that time and no denial by him, yet it is now denied that he entertained or ex pressed the material sentiments contained in that speech. But we now happen to have be fore us the July No. of the North American Review for 1820. in which we find an article written and furnished by Daniel Webster himself. The article was written in reply to remarks in the Quarterly Review for May, 1819. The sentiments, language and forms of expression in the article, where property is mainly considered, and precisely similar to those of his reported speech in the Massachu setts Convention, and establish its fide'i'y and correctness beyond a doubt. We extract the following passages as well to show this as to exhibit specimens of Webster’s democracy. Let any man, prejudiced as he may be, read them and then say, if he can, that he believes Webster did not say that it was the part of political wisdom to found government on prop erty.” “ It is not less the language of reason than of experience, that property should have influ ence in the State, whenever such a state of things exists, as that military fame is not su preme. If the tendency of the laws and insti tutions of society be such, as that property ac cumulates infew-hands, areal aristocracy, in effect, exists in the land. This not a merely artificial, but a natural aristocracy : a concen tration of political power and influence in few hands, in consequence of large masses of prop erty having accumulated in such hands.— There is not a more dangerous experiment than to place property in the hands of one class, and political power in those of another. Indeed such a state of things could not long exist.” “It will be disastrous, indeed, for this lat ter country (Great Britian,) whenever a sepe ration shall take place between the influence, the indirect, but natural and salutary influence of property, and political influence of property, or political power. They would not, and as we have already observed, in the absence of direct military despotism, cannot be long sep. erated. If one changes hands, so will the oth er. If the property cannot retain the political power, the political power will draw after it the property. If orator Hunt and his fellow laborers should, by any means, obtain more political influence in the counties, towns and boroughs of England, than the Marquis of Buckingham, Lord Stafford, Lord Fitzwilliam, and tne other noblemen and gentlemen of great landed estates, these estates would in evitably change hands. At least so it seems to us; and therefore when Sir Francis Bur dett, the Marquis of Tavistock and other indi viduals of rank and fortune, propose to intro duce into the government annual parliaments, and universal suffrage, we can hardly forbear inquiring whether they are ready to agree that property should be as equally divided as political power ; and if not, how they expect to sever things, which to us appear to be inti mately connected.” “ Whenever the people are not subject to military rule, the goveromei t must in a great measure be under the guidance of that aggre gate of indiiect but salutary influences, of which property is an essential ingredient.” SENATOR CUTHBERT. The Republican may rest assured that while we feel that Mr. Cuthbert needs no de fence for his open and manly course in the Senate in regard to the constitutional opin ions of Mr. Webster, on a subject in which the readers of the Southern press, such arti cles, and Congressional debates, as will, bv vindicating Mr. Cuthbert from the aspersions cast upon him by presses which are inimical to him, do him that justice which we would be unwilling to withhold from one politically op posed to us. The controversy between Mr. Cuthbert and Mr. Webster, grows out of the tortuous curse of the Federal Premier on a subject on which the people of Georgia desire no special pleading or evasions. The opinions of an officer so high in the Government as Mr. Webster, cannot but ex ercise a powerful influence, whether iorgood or for evil, to the National Confederacy. One of our principal objects in noticing the contro versy is to prevent afaithlul Senator from be ing condemned without a hearing. There are others also. Could we believe that a knowledge of the course of our esteemed Democratic Senator would redound to his discredit, we might, as a personal friend, overlook his claims to be sustained by a press whose political course, we trust, will never be less manly than the course of our honorable Senator. But we believe that his conduct defies the cavils of those who would from political feel ing deny him every thing that makes manhood honorable. We thank Heaven, Mr. Cuthbert is to be judged by constituents who never yet convic ted without a hearing, and by jurors too, who will require more than the ipse dixit of the Republican to make them feel that he had “ disgraced our State”—that he had exhibi ted a “ want of manliness,” &e. If the Republican was so anxious to draw a veil over the scene, why did lie give vent to expressions, which all Mr. Cuthberi’s acquain tance, not to say his numerous friends, know, are founded on party hostility to the Demo cratic Senator. Neither Mr. Webster, or any other officer of the Government, is precluded from sat is fying the Southern people on certain points. Let him meet the questions put to him by Mr. Cuthbert, and he will reap the reward. More anon.-—Savannah Georgian. Unequal partition of Punishment.— Wo read in a New York paper that Oliver Majors yvas sent to the city prison for thirty days for stealing one boot; Cornelious Sulli van to Blackwell’s Island for three months, for stealing three Guernsey frocks; J e Thompson lor sixty days for stealing one ham. W e suppose that the first yvas barefooted, the second bareback, and the third hungry. In the same paper we read that the Newbury port Bank, in Massachusetts had failed with about one hundred thousand dollars of imme diate liabilities, and about thirteen thousand of immediate means, that its notes were offered at a discount of fifty per cent, with no buyers ; that one poor man, who had been saving mon ey to pay his rent, had S3O of its notes, for yvhich he could not obtain more than $8 ; that another poor and old man had just been paid $lO in its notes, which yvas his all: that ma ny widows and orphans were holders of its notes, on the very afternoon before its failure, in sums of from $3 to sl2, to the amount of S3OO. Here are the beauties of the promise banking system ! Theft and robberies by who'esale! Now, if either of these poor men, or of these hands, had stolen one boot or one ham, what an outcry justice would have made, and how promptly she would have sent them to prison! But when a bank director, who employs many hands whose daily labor is all their means of daily bread, deliberately swindles them with the notes of a bank which, as he well knows, wiil explode in a few hours through his own management, he is still allowed to strut thro’ society, followed by no curses, excepting from the poor whom he has plundered, and greeted with the adulation of all who found respecta bility upon wealth.—Philadelphia Ledger. According to the A Lie He du Nord, M. WeschininkofF, of Sainl Petersburg, has dis covered anew combustile matter, which he calls Carbolein, giving a stronger heat and occupying much less space and the best coni. It will, it issaid, he of great advantage n steam navigation,j having been used on hoard theSirus on a passage between Cron stadi and Copenhagen, and produced the All owing result; In an hour only lour pounds ind a half of Carhalein were consumed, the paddle-wheels turning thirteen times in a min ute. and giving the vessel a progress of seven miles within the hour, being half a mile more than she would have gone with a coal fire. Fiom the Richmond Enquirer. LET VIRGINIA SHEAR OUT! The N. Y. Herald says, that “ Mr. Tyler | himself is unwilling to act on any of the pro- j jected measures of the Cabinet, until the State of Virginia has spoken on the subject. ‘ I must have Virginia with me before 1 can go for a Bank.’ This, we are told, is the Presi dent’s private opinion.” If there be any truth in this assertion, then it becomes more important than ever for \ ir ginia to speak out. We publish a communi cation below which breathes the true spirit. We are for action, action, action, before they fasten upon us their mischievous and ne farious measures. Action every where —in May and in June—or, it will be too late. If we have carried the State at the Thursday's polls, still let us act, and press on our victory to its legitimate fruits. If we are beaten, still let us act, and rouse up our friends, and try to save the country and her Constitution.— Let us put forth our creed, speak boldly, and crowd the tables of Congress with our vigor ous remonstrances. Let us tell Mr. John Tyler, that it he goes for a United States Bank, he will not “have Virginia with him.” We again warn the Democracy of the State. Trust not the Cabinet. Beware of the vague generalities of the Acting President. Your strong, clear, united voice, (the voice of every State Riglrts man in Vrrgiia,) may have some effect upon him. If you do not stay the tor rent at Washington—if Virginia does not speak ; trumpet-tonged into his ears, he will be swept j off’ into the Federal cataract. Webster and Clay, and the Federalists, and the Bank men ; will have him to themselves; and a National j Bank will be fastened around your necks and the necks of your children, Be warned in time! Do you not see that the Chamber of Commerce of New York have appointed a Committee to petition Congress for a National Bank ? Have any of our rea ders seen the April number of the New York Review? It gives a most portentuous plan of a National Bank, to be located in the City of New York, for fifty years—or a charter of indefinite duration, subject, every ten years, to the prospective action of Congress, to take effect at the end of the ensuing ten years— the Mother Bank to have a “ board of Gover nors,” who shall determine what supplies of paper currency to allow to the branches, and the State Banks to sink and degenerate into the mere re-issuers of this National Bank pa per. Thus, the whole exchange, commerce, &c. of the whole counlry, are to be controlled by a board of governors in the city of New York ; and the whole South to be ruled by a great, irresistible, centralizing influence in New York ! Aud this is the change that the New York financiers sincernly propose; and this is the Reform that they would bring us ! See too the movements and resolutions of the Whig members of the Legislature of New York. These men (who back Gov. Seward in his unholy aggressions upon the rights of Virginia) met at the Assembly Chamber of their Capitol on the 21st inst. (John W. Tay lor in the chair,) recognize John Tyler as a determined Whig, and pledge themselves to stand by him. They resolved, “ that President Tyler, by promptly adopting as his own the cabinet which had been formed by President Harrison, declaring to the Heads of Depart ments his desire and request that they would remain in their places, and his confidence in them, has left them no room to doubt that un der him the administration will be conducted on the same general principles, and with re ference to the same general policy and mea sures as if President Harrison himself had lived to conduct it;” and they “cordially ap prove of the just, dignified and Republican sentiments of the recent address of President Tyler to the People of the United States.”— And will the Republicans of Virginia see these proceedings, and slumber in inglorious, deadly repose ? Will they not counteract these sin ister designs by speaking their own State Rights, manly sentiments, in the bold language of I ruth ? The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald writes: “With respect to a National Bank, Presi dent Tyler will assent, to a national charter, if it shall be carried through Congress. The only doubt is respecting ils fate in the Sen ate.” We say, then, to the Republicans of Virgin ia—Rouse, rouse, before the Philistines have shorn your hair, and bound up your limbs with their gigantic withes. Would that our voice could reach to every log-house beyond the mountains ! In the name of the Constitution —in the name of the South—in the name of Liberty itself, we call upon Virginia to be up andadoing. Prove themselves worthy of the confidence, which your brethren in the other States are willing to repose in you. Let us show ourselves, by the energy we now display—by the measures we may now adopt —entitled to the compliment, which is paid to us in the following cheering note from the Nashville Union: “Stand by the Old Dominion,” is the rally ing cry. “She is our natural leader,” says the Mercury. So say we. There are many reasons why the entire South should recog nize the lead of Virginia. Orthodox to the core, she cannot, while the lights of Republi canism burn so brightly upon her altars, de sert the principles of her memorable resolu tions of the other century. Firm and unyiel ding when principles are at stake, she cannot be shaken from her Jeffersonian foundations ; and confidence in her course may therefore be safely reposed. “Stand by tho Old Dominion,” and let the principles of that law meet with a hearty sup port from the Tennesee Legislature. They are the sheet-anchor of our safety—the main chance of the South —the cement of the Uni on. We have every thing to fear from apathy. “Up and onward!” are the words. Inroads are constantly being made upon Southern rights with apparent impunity, and we” ought not to regret that an issue has been made by Virginia to test an important point of the great question. “ Stand by the Old Dominion,/’ and Democ racy will triumphantly rise again in 1844. “She is our natural leader.” The Office-Seeker. —The following ex tract from a humorous s’ cry entitled “ The Politician,” written by Paulding; is forcibly brought to mind by the unprecedented rage for office that. now pervades all parts of the country. It represents a conversation between a member of the Cabinet and a hanger-on for office. The Secretary was called from his bed one cold winter morning, to attend to business of the “ utmost importance.” He found a queer, long-sided man, at least six feet high, with a litle apple head, a long queue, and a face criti cally round, as rosy as a ripe cherry; and the following conversation ensued: “ Well, my friend, what situation do you want 1” “ Why-y-y I’m not very particular: ‘out some how or other, I think I should like to be a Minister. I don’t mean of the Gospel; but one of them ministers to foreign parts.” “ I’m very sorry, very sorry indeed ; there is no vacancy just now. Would not some thing else suit you ]” Why-y-,” (answered the apple-headed man,) “ l would’nt much care if 1 took a situ ation in one of the Departments. I would’nt much mind being a Comptroller, Auditor, or some such thing.” “My dear sir, I*m sorry, very sorry, very sorry indeed, but it happens unfortunately, that all these situations are at present filled. Would not you take something else ]” My friend stroked his chin, and seemed struggling to bring down the soarings of his high ambi-! tion to the present crisis. At last he an swered : “ Why-y-y, ye-s-s ; I don’t care if I get a good Codectorship, or Inspectorship, or Sur veyorehip, or Navy Agency, or any thing of that sort.” “ Really my good sir,” said the Secretary, “I regret exceedingly, that not only all these places, but every other place of consequence in the Government, is at present occupied.— Fray, sir, think of something else.” He then, after some hesitation, asked for a clerkship; and finally the place of messenger to one of the public officers. Finding no va cancy here, he seemed in vast perplexity, and looked all around the room, fixing his eye at length on me, and measuring my height from head to foot. At last putting on one of the drollest looks that ever adorned the face of ! man, he said: “ Mister, you and I seem to be built pretty much alike : haven't you some old clothes you can spare J” From the <iloLe. UNITED STATES MARSHAL. Our information from Washington leads us to believe that Silas M. Stihvell will be ap pointed United States Marshal of the South ern district. Those who know and appreci i ate the political services of Mr. Stihvell, and duly estimate his active benevolence, togeth er with his sound political character and abili ty, will feel gratified that this Republican of the old school has been designated for that | office. The marsh alsh ip of the city of New York is a very valuable office. It will be seen that the Tallmadge Journal, the Times and Eve j ning Star, distinctly awards this office to Stil j well as a price for Iris “ political services.”— The editors “appreciate the political sevices of Mr. Stihvell” to the full amount of the Marshal’s office, it seems ! What a capital paymaster Conservative principle would make the President. Arnold was duly paid his pension by the British Gov ernment. Why should not the deserters and betrayers of the Democracy each have their pension ! If Whigery pays Mr Stihvell, it will show itself possesed of both the attributes of a good paymaster. It would not pay him before hand, Mr. Stihvell asked a nomination for Govenor as the pr ice of ills desertion. Whig ery would not .rust him, but made him serve first. In paying off his political services now, it makes it apparent that tins duly impressed with the double caution of the proverb ; “lie is a bad paymaster who pays beforehand, or who never pays.” Ever since that honest man, Andrew Jack son, caused the public money to be taken out. of the keeping of men who are now provoked and acknowledged to have cheated the stock holders of their Bank out of about “ nineteen Millions of dollars” and the people of this Re public out of many millions more, we have heard a constant din about “ Executive usur pation” and the union of the purse and the sword.” Many men have been deluded by this cry, and Mr. Tyler may be or.e of them ; but the real object of its cunning authors, is to get the public money back into a position where it will have no responsible keepers at al', that it may be used and plunderd with im punity. To whom would the President and other officers of the United States Bank have been responsible, if they had squandered the ten millions of public money General Jack son caused to be taken away from them, as they have done the funds of the Bank I—Ken dall’s Expositor. More Loans to the Devotees of the Tank. —Joseph ltitner, the Anti-masonic Govenor, under whose auspices Mr. Biddle’s Bank was rechartdred in Pensylvania, has received from the General Gvernmont, the appointment of Treasurerof the Mint. Daniel Webster takes good care to provide for all those who have been faithful to the “monster”—Albany Ar gus. Dreadful Shipwreck. —The brig Francis, Captain Chamberlain, which arrived this morning, thirty-two days from Pensacola, re ports the loss of the brig Opulence, Captain Hawkins, in latitude 34 10 and longitude 7d 50. It appears from the statement of Cap tain Ilawkms, that the Opulence saiie.l on the 26i.h of March, bound for Apalachicola. On the day she sailed, she experienced very heavy weather, which continued with more or less severity until the 3J inst. About ten minutes before four o’clock in the morning, the vessel was struck by a squall from the south-west, which threw her upon her beam ends. She i was then sailing under topsails and coursers, but such was the violence of the gale, no sooner had the topsail halyards and sheets been let go, than the brig filled with water and sunk. As she was sinking, the sea washed off the upper part of the cabin deck, on which Captain Hawkins and the second mate sncceeded in fastening themselves; but there were two of the crew in the forecastle, and the steward, a hand, a’d a passenger on ueck, who went down with the brig. In addition to their other sufferings, they now began to feel tiie pangs of hunger. They had been three days without a morsel to eat, every hour growing weaker, and the prospect of instant death pressing .upon their minds. Asa last resort they were compelled to put the dog to death, and cut the body up in pie ces, by which they were enabled to subsist two or three days longer, until the 6Ji inst. when they fell m with the Francis. They were then unable to stand, but Captain Chamber: Lin, by his kind attention and the ; timely aw ilication of remed.es, restored them j to life. The persons lost by this disaster were H. Thompson and Isaac Hicks of this city, Peter of Manilla, Robert Truxton, the steward, all blacks, and George Miller, a passenger. N. Y. Post. A new Musical Instrument. —A Rock Harmonica formed of stones, found in the neighborhood of Skidd aw, (king.) and played upon by the discoverer’s three sons, is now performing at Liverpool. The Whitehaven Herald says : “ The inventor of this strange work of art, is a plain Cumberland yeoman, from near Keswick, and the rude materials from which he contrives to extract the must enchanting harmony are nothing more than a collection of slates or stones from the more unfrequented part of the mighty Skiddaw. — These are arranged in such a manner as to en able tiiree persons to beat upon them at the same time with small wooden mallets; and this is accompanied with so much dexterity and skill, as to distill from the rudest possible materials the richest and most delighllul mel ody of sweet sounds that the ear ever heard, or the imagination conceived. The effect is perfectly magical, and the listener stands en tranced and wonder-struck. Men of undoubt ed musical science have inspected this novel instrument, and have given the most flattering opinion of the work which the inventor has achieved, and also ot its vast capabilities. Shakspeare talks of finding sermons in stones, and why not music l Lake Michigan. —Low Water. —At no I period since the spring of 1333, has the water in Lake Michigan been so low .. as a the present time. The past winter has been ex cessively dry, with a clear sky a greater por tion of the time—in fact, there has been no rain in this region since November last. This doubtless, has had some influence, though the lake appears to have been declining from other causes for the last two The I weather is now quite warm. So says the last I Milwaukie Advertiser. Anecdote.—A parishioner complained to his minister that his pew was too far from the pulpit, and said that he must purchase one nearer. “Why,” asked the clergyman, “can’t you hear distinctly I” “O yes 1 can hear well enough.” “Can’t you see plainly ■ ’ “ies, I can see perfectly well.” “W ell then what can be the trouble 1” “Why, there are so many in front of me, who catch what you say first, that by the time your words reacli my ears, they are as flat as dish water.” During the services of the 46th regiment in America, Gen. Washington was initiated into masonry in their lodge. Wlien war broke out between the States and the mother coun try, he became divided from the brothers of his adoption, in feeling—in communion of soul, he was their brother still. The masonic chest of the 46ih, bv chance of war, fell into tiie hands of the Americans; they reported the circumstance to Gen. Washington, who di rected that a guard of honor, under the com mand of a distinguished officer, should take charge of the chest, with many articles of value belonging to the 46th, and return them to the regiment. The surprise and the feelings of both officers and men may be imagined, when they perceived the llag of truce that announced this elegant compliment from their noble op ponent. The guard of honor, with the Hates playing a sacred march—the chest containing the constitution and implements of the craft borne aloft equally by Englishmen and Amer icans, who lately engaged in the strife of war —now marched through the enfilated ranks of the gallant regiment, that, with presented arms and colors, Hailed this glorious act by cheers. When in Dominicia, in 1805, the 46th was attacked by a French force, which it gallantly repelled ; but in the action had the misfortune again to lose the masonic chest, which the enemy succeeded in securing on hoard their fleet, without knowing its contents. Three years afterwards the French Govern ment, at the earnest request of the officers who had commanded the expedition, returned 1 the chest with several complimentary pre i sents. Indian Battle. —The recent Indian en gagement on the Perdinales, resulted as such meetings have always done in Texas—the In dians.were routed oil the first brush. Only 18 minute men left Austin on the 2i)th March under Captain Dolson, in pursuant of a small body of the enemy, who were reported to have left a trial near that place. After 3G burs of hard riding they overtook the Indians. They were Tovvaccsnies, 84 in number, who immediately opened a (ire with titles. The gallant volunteers fired and charged, lead by l Heir determined Captain, who though severe ly wounded in the breast and thigh, could not be kept from the melee. The natives fieri; and though attempts were twice made to rally them, they were ineffectual. Seven savages were slain, but their wounded were carried off by them, and their number could not be ascertained. The volunteers received no injury except that infleted upon Capt. Dot son. We are happy to learn that he is in a fair way of recovery. The $25,000 lost by A. Brigham, Esq., while Treasurer last spring, was found a few days since by Mr. John Green, near Austin, and immediately returned to the the owner. —Houston Telegraph, 14th inst. Poverty. —We too often complain of pov erty —and yet it is one of the greatest bless ings that the world at large boasts. Distres sing for the individual—of immense benefit to the community at large. There are number less souls whose intellect is more precious than the mines of Golconda, and whose rich ore is only discovarable when worked upon by ad versity. In a state of continuons prosperity, these mines would never be worked—adversi ty calling into action all the noble attributes of the soul, bid it unbosom itself to an admi ring, delighted and instructed world. Won derful dispensations of Providence! “You OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOUR SELF.”—How very common, and at the same time how very absurd it is for a girl, after she has been kissed by a chap, to turn round, pout her pretty lips as though she was mad, and say, “you ought to be ashamed of yourself,” when every one must know she means noth ing by it. It is all nonsense, girls, to make remarks of the kind, and you really “ought to be ashamed of yourselves” for using them.— Why don’t you “come right out,” like the Yankee girl who was kissed by her lover, and tell him “you darn’t do that again !” That’s the way. If devil should lose his (ail, where should he go to get another ? Answer—To agm shop ; uecause there they re-tail bad spirits. Ephriam says, that ladies with long tongues are liable to indictment, under the law against carrying concealed weapons! ‘My dear,’ said a lady to a little girl, ‘what is the matter with your mother V ‘She’s got the rebellious fever, ma’am.’ “I was terribly put out about it,” as the fel low said who was kicked down stairs for mak ing a row. A Race for a Husband.—A curious scere occuredon Friday morning week, in Robert street, Chelsea, illustrating the old adage, •• There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip.” Between ten and eleven o’ch k, a well looking young couple, gaily attired and ac companied by several male and female friends, were seen wending their way along the st reet in question in the direction of Chelsea New Church, for the purpose, as it was supposed, of being joined together for better or for worse. For some time before they reached the church, the future Benedict was observed io keep look ing behind him in a strange manner, and ap peared to regret that he had proceeded so far on the ma'rimonial road, and was evidently desirous of beating a retreat. Just before the party arrived at the gates the faint-har ted young gentlemen took the opportunity to unlink the arm of his “intended” from his own, and then ran back down Robert street into King’s road as fast as his legs wonld car ry him, and refuged i:i a public house. The as tonisinent of the wed 1 n g party, at this extra ordinary conduct, can be better imagined than described. The grief and disappointment of the damsel, who was about to exchange her state of sin gle blessednsss for matrimonial felicity, knew no bounds. When she first saw her faithless swain bounding off with the fleetriess of a grey hound, she burst into tears, and implored some one to fetch him back, but as her wishes were not complied with, she scampered after him herself, and was followed by the rest of the party, and they found him at the public house above alluded to. Upon being asked to ac count for his strange behaviourthe young man said he had changed his mind on his way to church, and was determined to wait a little longer before he got married. The party en deavored to persuade him to proceed to the church then, but he resolutely refused to do so, This strange proceeding excited a good deal of laughter amongst those who saw it. The parties, whose names did not transpire, ap peared to bd respectable.—English paper. The Thames Tunnel. —The English pa pers contain an intesting account of a meet ing of the proprietors of the Thames Tunnel Company. From the report, it appears that, this stupendous work is now nearly finished, the tunnel having been brought to within twelve yards of Wapping High-street. The footway descents to the tunnel on the Wap ping side are expected to be finished by the the middle of the present, year, and by its temi nation it is expected the cnmpny will be in the receipt of toll trom passengers. The length of the tunnel at present completed, is 1140 feet, and the foot passengers’ shaft is sunk to a depth of 23 feet, 50 feet being the depth require ‘. The number of visitors last year was 34,000, being 3000 more than in the year preceding; and the amount received from them was £I7OO. Tiip balanoe sheet seowed a sum in hand of £14,009. It appeared that the total cost of this undertaking to the pres ent time is about <£400,000, induing the gov ernment grant and that it islikely to be finish ed for less than half a million. From the New York Herald. TETER ‘ROBINSOn—HIS CONFESSIONS. New Brunswick, April 12. I have just lett Peter Robinson’s cell. His father was with hon, and cried bitterly. Pe ier said, “it’s no use to show so much sorrow, father; 1 don’t deserve it; can’t feel it; and it’s all thrown away on me.” After his lather left, he said, ‘what an old fool my father makes of himself; lie comes here and cries; he goes home and drinks ; and if he had bro’t me up properiy 1 should not have been here now.” i observed to him that he ought to show less levity, and be thinking of more serious mat ters if ever lie meant to. lie laughed, and said, “oh you know I’ve got four days to live yet ; and tiie parsons tell me that the thief on the cross didn’t begin to repent till ail hour before he died, and yet he went to heaven they say ; so I’ve got plenty of time. But old Judge Hornblower ought to have given me a little more time ; l ought to have load a couple of months. However, I've settled all my wordly affairs now ; 1 was a bit worried about them tools; but that’s off my mind, and l shall be serious now and prepare for death. 4 ’ Here lie paused, and mused for a few mo ments, and then burst out laughing. ‘What are you laughing al, Peter !’ said I. ‘Why,’ said he, Tm laughing to think what a terrible hard head old Snydani had ; lie had an uncommon hardhead; 1 had to hit three tunes with tiie mallet as hard as 1 could before I cracked his skull.’ ‘Why did you kill him:’ said 1! ‘Why, sir,’ he replied rather sorrowfully, ‘I made up my mind to kill that man entirely tor that $75 on that note, and nothing else. It was the first note I ever give in my life, and I did’t know how to meet it, and I was worried to death about it. and so 1 resolved to get it by killing him. The fact is, I've been m hell’s kitchen ever since I begun building that house; 1 sunk all my money tiiere that I’d saved; 1 knew 1 could never get enough to finish it; every body kept seizing and selling my furni ture for debts 1 owed ern’ ; and at last 1 got the horrors. But if I’d known that things were a going to turn out so, I'd have played the rogue on a big scale ! why I’d have laid a dead man at the corner of every street in New Brunswick.’ As he said this, his eyes flashed fire. I then • aid to him, ‘Peter,f didn’t you intend to lay a trap for old Mr. Edmonds, and murder him too, if possible }” He smiled bitterly, and hissed out between his hard set teeth, “It I’d known that he was going to have me arrested, ‘‘l’d have made him show his manual strength,” and here he burst out laughing, and rejoined, ‘ 1 wouldn’t mind selling my body to the doctors, only I should’t iike my boy to know it. I wonder what they’d give for it. Tiiere isn’t much llesli on the bones.” At this moment the jailer and one of the judges came into his cell; they said a jfew words to Peter, and as they were both very bald, Peter laughingly said, -judge as you and Conover are both pretty bald, and 1 have a good head of hair, I’ll give you my scalp after next Friday ; you can divide it between you ; there’s enough for both.” “Peter,” said the Judge, “you ought to have more anxiety about next Friday than you have.” “Well,” said Peter, with a provoking sang frnid, “4 do think about it with a good deal of anxiety; I’m to be hung that day, and if the Sheriff don’t fix the rope right, 1 shall have more anxiety ; I hope lie wont tickle me with the rope; it lie does I shall lie sure to laugh, i hope he’ll grease the rope, so that it’ll come well down under my ear, and then put a 56 pounder on to my feet, and so pull my head off at one jerk. But it’s a shame to coop me up and hang rue in this little place, where nobody could see me. 1 expected, at least, to have 20,(M)() people to see sue hung.” 1 then asked him whether he didn’t feel sor ry that he had killed Mr. JSuydam. “ Yes,” said he, carelessly, “ but not on my own account, nor on his; but I feel sorry for his wife and children.” “ B-ut, Peter,” said I, “ they charge you with other murders.’ 4 “Oil yes,” said lie sharply, “but I didn’t kill the pedlcr. And though I might go on and tell a whole lot of crimes that 1 never did, taint, a going to make myself out a greater rogue than I am. I’ve lie on had enough.” “ Did you never think of escaping !” said I. “Oh yes,” said he brightening up, “and if I was to get loose y >u’d see the prettiest fox chase you ever saw in your life; but they havn’tgot hounds enough in New Jereey to catch me though.” Here the jailer, who had gone out, again returned. Petar cried out, “ Here, Conover, this snow storm makes it dreary and feel cold ; pile on the coals, make the stove tire red hot; l’in going to a warm place in the next world, and want to get used to it,” “Peter, i’eter.” said the jailor. “Oh, well,” said Peter, “I know I must put on a sober face, because we’re going to have a prayer meeting here presently; and they’ll ask me if I’ve thought seriously about ie latter end ; and 1 shall say, Oh, yes. deeply ! deeply!” Here I lelt him, as a Quaker lady entered the cell to pray with him. It is a little singu larthat the bank on which he slept in this cell he made last April, being hired as a car penter to do the job. One prisoner has since hung himself on this bank, in this cell, and Pe ter lias attempted to do so; he has made three different ropes, of his blankets, tore up and twisted hard, and hid them away ; but the jailor detected him and found them, lie once hid the towel to make a rope of, and begs for a cravat or handkerchief, but they allow him one none, and have taken away his bank, so that he sleeps on the floor, lie scorns afraid to hang himself at night, and always hides his head under the blakets the whole night long ! Charles V.— When Charles V. returned from Tunis, he travelled by land through Ca labria and to Naples, and did much good by (he road. At La Cava, the town council met to consider what present they should give the Emperor. Some were lor pine-apples, the I kernels of which are of a vast size; but the i majority carried it in favor of a kind of fig, I winch they cover with mats in winter, and in March, (the lime of the Emperor’s passing) the fruit is very ripe and delicious eating.— The E nperor received the deputies very graciously, and expressing great surprise at ihe fineness of the fruit at that season of the year, inquired whether they could preserve any quantity of them, and whether they were in abundance. ‘Oh!’says the wise mayor, “we have such plenty that we give them to our hogs.” “ What,” said Charles, “lo your bogs?—then take your figs hick again and so saying, he flung a ripe one full in the face of the orator. The courtiers, following the example of their Sovereign, the poor deputies had their faces all besmeared and their eyes bunged out with the fruit. As they returned from i lie audience, one of these sapient sena tors, taking ihe whole to be part of the cere monial of a reception by an emperor, ob served to his brethren how lucky it was they had carried the point in favor of figs; for, had they presented pine apples, they would undoubtedly have had their brains knocked out. —Swinburne’s Courts of Europe. It is stated, whether waggishly or not we cannot say, that a Farmer at the North re cently had his Apple Otchard cut down, “lest the Apples might he ground into Cider, the C ider be distilled into spirituous liquor, and the liquor make somebody drunk!” It reminds us of the old story of a girl who, while baking with an Oven, stopped and burst into tears. — On being interrogated as to the cause, she answered—“l was thinking that if I should get married, and have a pretty baby, and the baby should gel into a chair, and should climh into the Oven, and get burnt to death, \vhal should I do—Oh! Oh!”