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THE TIMES.
COLUMBUS, GA. I
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OUR SENIOR.
Tn answer to the many enquiries, we snate
(fiat (our) Mr. Forsyth, is absent u|on bu
kioaaa-io the Northern part of die State.
JEJ’’ We are indebted to the Hon. W. T.
*.'oh|'Uie for public documents.
(£/“” We are authorised to say that Mass
>eld Topra!ce, Esq. will serve as a Judge
f the Inferior Court of Muscogee county,
id elected.
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ire return a Printer's tfaauks—ever hearty
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HIE CONCERtT”
The Conceit wind* we noticed last week,
and which was given by the “Columbus
Guards Band,” was well amt fashionably
a.tended,aad the performers acquitted them
selves with much credit, maintaining the
interest that was manifested in the exercises
throughout.
Wo were pleased to find that our citizens
appreciate and gave such a demonstration
f their desire to aid the Guards itr sustain
iug the excellence of their Band.
TEMPLETON, THE VOCALIST.
Our citizens who delight! in music, will
hive an oppoMunity in a few days of lis
tening to one off the first English tenor sing- ,
ers of the age. Wherever lie has appear
ed, he has given the utmost satisfaction, the
Hyle of his Concerts being a happy mix- I
lure of English, Scotch and Irish songs,
Wc are not yet advised of the day of Mr.
Templeton’s arrival here, ami h may be
simultaneously with thd issue of our paper, i
lie gave a Concert in Macon, ou Monday
eight last. ;
We notice by the Savannah Georgian of
t'*o sth inst. that all vessels arriving at that
port from New York, Philadelphia, Boston, 1
and Baltimore, had to come under quarau-;
tine regulations in consequence of the pre
valence of the Small Pox in those chits.
C. M. CLAY IN NEW YORK.
We notice by the N. Y. papers that the
cbolitiouist C. M. Clay, has been delivering
Lectures in that city. lie bad also receiv-
Jan invitation fiom Albany, where the
Legislature are at present in session, signed
by 56 members. The New York Tribune
►ivs, ” every Whig gladly availed himself of
ihe privilege of signing.'*
ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTEERS.
In the House of Representatives on Tues
day the 27th till. Mr. Haralson from the
committee on Military Afiairs, reported a
bill to authorise the President of the United
States, under certain restrictions named, to
ccopi the services ol’ Volunteers.
The bill further empowers biro, to resist
.iy attempt which may be made by any
foreign Nation to exclusive jurisdiction
vver any part of tire United States, or any !
rritory in dispute between the U. States
nd any Foreign Government, as well, as
• i maintain tire rights of lire United Stales
•*. and to repel invasion upon the said ter
ritory; and for that purpose, to employ the
Military and Naval forces, and such |>or
tioDS of the Militia as he may deem neces
sary. i
The importance of the passage of such a bill
in the present posture of afiairs between the
two governments, will be seen at a glance; our
army is now upon the smallest peace es
tablishment, and in the event of a war, great
reliance must necessarily be placed ujkjii |
the Militia.
The bill also provides for the conver- 1
t ion of our merchant vessels and steamers ‘
into an efficient armed marine. Already, l
however, it is receiving opposition from the
Whig presses of (lie North, who favor the!
** Peace Parly”—a faction wbo go for peace
at alt events, whether the national honor be .
trampled under fort or no, and ate trilling
o pay millions for tribute, while they dewy
us a dollar for defence. Nothing is mote
despicable then such attempts to impair the i
energy of government, or by inactivity to
cripple and render it powerless—at a time ‘
•*>, when all its resources, may be required
•o be brought into action, and when confi
dence must be placed somewhere.
It cannot be denied that the posiiion of
afiairs between Great Britain and the Unit-!
cJ States, are ethical, peace or war, a
Breath may determine wltich shall be our
destiny. At such a time then, is it mu un-!
wise to re|ee iu sleepish apathy, with in*
difierance as to what may be the issue, ** tol
Jay supply upon our backs” and when the
Uur of danger arrives, (and who can mea
sure its distance from us) u> be found with
out preparation, and be made to suffer by
the useless delay ?
Let us prepare then wbitaajjhe distant
rhumietings warn us of the tfmphst, and if
it does come be found with sails furled, and
an unyielding front. We only regret, that
kc bi)l docs uot piovid* for the imined ate
—TT- - ■- , ■■■ 1 - ‘ .
raising of such a force, as to make our av
tny at least respectable in numbers, and
wtir Navy, with a number of vessstk and
guns, more proportionate wfib the force it
may have to cope against. The opposition
to the bill, argue, that it WilT place too much
authority hr the hands of the President, at
to ewe their own words “confer upon him :
rlie power of a dictator.” But the bill re- i
futes such an assumption. It is true, that j
| the peculiar nature of our iusrttmioos, op
pose too much reliance upon Executive ac
tion, but frame the severest code of a Re
public— place what guards you please a
round its head, and yoto will find at last,
that you must place confidence—you itiUst
give power.
MEXICO.
Affairs fa-Mexico still remain in a very
unsettled condition.
Paredes has triumphed over itfnd-dispos
sessed Herrara of the reins of Government;
almost’ too, without a struggle, the army as
if by pre meditated action declaring in fa
vor of the for mcr.
By many, Paredes looked upon as a
! mere tool of Santa Anna's $ however, this
may be, it is certain’ chat the latter has
jevimaed much interest in the contest, receiv
i ing despatches at his residence in- Havana
from Mexico', almost daily. We shonltl
‘grieve to see lire Government of Mexico
again iu his hands, wboee tyranny and dicto
rial assumption of power totally unfits him
for the ExeemrWe of a Republic.
Paredes has succeeded in gaining power,
under avowed hostility to the United States
nod the non-reception of our Minister, Mn
Slidell seems indicitiveof his future course!
should if prove so, the issue is plain, total
defeat to the barbaric Mexicans, and suc
cess, triumph and extended dominion to the
Ameiican arms.
We notice with much pTeasure, the ac
cession’to* the Chair Editorial of the South
ern Couranfof James Roddey Sneed, Esq.
and we give liim a hearty welcome into the
fraternity.
Wc have the pleasure of an acqwakrfatiee
with Mr. Sneed, having been College mates
together, and know him as a gentleman of
high toned feelings, fine talents, and pure
moral character. We hope be may prove
j benefitted in a pecuniary po!nt of view by
■ the change, as wi.l the Courani be ele-
I voted under lira management,
THE “WESTERN CONTINENT,”
We acknowledge the receipt of anew
Literary paper under the above title, pub
lished at Baliimoie, under the Editorial
charge of Park Benjamin, long and favoro- 1
bly known as the Edilorof the New World. !
We wish it success—tire subscription is
s■ 2 per annum.
OUR COUNTRY.
“No pent up Ui:eu contracts our powers,
Bui liie whole boundless continent is ours.” ‘
The present is peculiarly a time, when 1
the l’atriot may indulge in fond anticipations
as to the future destiny ol his country. The
shadows of coining events are already upon
us, prognosticating a happy future, and the
Star of Empire is seen shining full and
Brightly in the Western sky. The march j
of Rvpub’ican Institutions is progressing ■
with that of civilization, and the late acquisi- j
tion of a large territory, and the assertion,
w it It a determined voice of our rights to an
other* are but links in the gieat chain that
rs to brinl the whole continent together, un
der one form of Gove mine ot, and the same
happy institutions.
Upon onr soil is the great experiment of
free government, undergoing trial, and here .
the eyes of not only the crowned heads
but of the ttodden down millions of Europe
ore turned with trembling anxiety. Already !
the sceptre wavers in the hands of mo
narchy, as the vision of free and happy
America, haunts tire wearied souls of the
white slaves of oppression j tire great truth ‘
has come tn their ear, that Fkbe America, !
is prostekovs America, and as Royalty or .
Nobility sweeps by them, with all the pomp !
and pride of haughty mastery, they turn.
with a fond longing to lire land of liberty ;
beyond the sea I Ami we invite them to
come, “chi’dren of sorrow, whom the old
world frowns u|non” a resting place, and
forme remains for you in the West.
As time is demons rating, the suitable
ness of Republican Government for our
race, extended territory is binding us more
firmly together. Toe cry of disunion which
once agitated nnr land, has sunk into a
whisper, and will soon be gone forever.—
The jealouiy of the Northern States,
which was excited by the increase of poliii- i
cal |>ower by the South, is hushed, as Ore- !
gon will restore to them an equality, and we ‘
may look forward to no distant day, when j
the Canadas, throwing off the yoke of Brit-1
tain, will rush into our arms to be embiac- j
ed as sisters.
’ Americans, yours is a happy destiny,
yonr country, a bright example, which oth
er climes have sought, and will again seek
to imitate.
THE WHITE HORSE.
A letter from Texas to tne New York I
Spirit of the Tiroes, says that, the “White
H >rse of the Prairies,” seen by the Ex-San- J
ta Fe Prisoners and other travellers, has i
been raught alive. The writer says ;
“I saw him a prisoner tied by one leg. deprived if
hbs freedom and visited by many as a natural curiosi
ty. lie L a flea-buten grey, about 14 hands high,
wett proportioned and hu It a good dead after the pat
tern of a Conestoga No. 2. iiis head and neck are
really beautiful—perfect Arabian—lacaimilie of the
fxodokdtin. Beautiful ears. Urge nostrils great
bna-Ui ul forehead, and a throttle as large as any I j
have ever seen in any blood nag. Bis beautiful j
wkfe* anane is two feet long, and Ins fordop in pro- j
per lieu. He was very much larcerated about hi* j
tread and legs, the efP tfVof fie lasso in ca'dnng bint.
Fmm has appearance be must be quite old—say SO •
or 85.'’
FISH STORIES^”
The above was formerly tire title under j
which to class all tales of a marvellous or
der. But the rage ol modern improvement j
—has rendered it obselete, upon animals of
a far more domestic nature, has fallen the,
cognomen—read the following :
” A gentleman in this city hat a lone leggad grey
boUnd, who perform* feats almost incredible. He
s very fond of raw rgga, and will siren them after
ikcmest approved w anner, He wi;| take change
from hi- m taler's pocket, go to market and bring bis
breakfast i can ran a mile in a minute, and jump over
a pole fifteen feet high- Hi< affection for the family
is uiibnintled. He uiU kelp undress tht children: and
trill nnt be content till he Aas e.xiraccrf fhent before tetir
11S to rcu. —Albany Alias,
The Magnetic Telegraph is now in full op
eration between Philadelphia and Newark,
N. J., and communications between N. York
and Philadelphia are made throughout the
day. Between Newark and New York the
communications are conveyed by private mes
sengers*
i RobEspikrre.—Thft following description
‘of the personal appearance of a great actor in
j the French Revolution, Robespierre, 19 taken ‘
from the “'Count tte Viney’s Consultations !
with Dr. Blead.” If the portrait is a correct
one, the countenance of the sanguinary nion- i
ster was as strongly marked as his character, i
“He Was thm in Ins39.h yeaV; hfefa'cc was erit-b l -!
ed between the forNtfead and the cbm,as though i
twoliandu had tried forcibly to unite them oyer the j
nore. The skin was of a papery paleness, dead. !
and as if plastered, moreover deeply indented with
tie mark of the small poi, Neither blooJer bile cir
culated. Hi3 Jiitle eyes,dull and heavy, never look
ed one in tbe and a perpetual disagreeable
winking lessened them yet rtiore, Whenever they
clianCed rtdt to be quite hidden by his green specta
cles. His pinched and wrinkled nroulli was convul*
sively contracted by ft- sort of laughing grimace,
whence Mwabevt likened him to a eat who had just
drank vinegar. Bis air was spruce, pompous, and
full of pretensions. His fingers, shoulders and neck
were trceasantly and involuntarily twitched, twisted
and shaken, by little spasms of nervous irrita’iou.—
He was dressed from early morning, and never did Ii
catch him in dishabille,”
THE PURSUIT OF WEALTH AND HONOR.
“ Who can tell how hard it is to climb
The steep, where fame’s proud temple shines afar.
Ah ! who car*, tell how many a soul sublime,
Has felt the inffoerice of malignant star,
And v aged with-foitune an eternal war.”
The folly of striving day and night, heed
less of all enjoymel*t, for years, 10 gain the
acquisition of wealth, or the acquirement of j
honors which load the brow with care, is 1
I strikingly exemplified, by cases that are j
i daily occuring throughout ottf land. The’
| peculiarity which marks the age ib which ■
iWe live, Is, that folly, instinctively ir.oVes !
with the train of advancing civilisation! and
i progress in arts and sdfeiiefes.
j The unadorned and simple hdblts of otir
J Fathers has become obsolete in our day;
and raetr endure privation and mortification,
. in the endeavor •* to keep up an appearance'’
Jas it called, or aepire to- assume stations,
i which they can never creditably fill—hence
jis it, that the learned professions ate crowd
ed, while the plain and-honest way which
formerly gained a good and independen l
livelihood, is scouted at, and turned from,
while those who unfortunately still cling to
them, have stamped upon their brow, in the
estimation of some, a mark more odious
than tiiat of Cain, and avoided as a pesti
lence.
Tie sons off our mechanics and farmers ‘
throw off ihesteady habits of industry and j
| sobriety, acquired at home, and rush to large *
! cities for employment, they have heard of 1
! the fortunes that have been made, of the i
I honorß that have Been acquired, they see ;
the penniless lad who thus embarked into j
active life, the possessor of a fortune, and
I point to the friendless boy, vt bo is now lire
, distinguished statesman—without remem
; bering that such instances are rare indeed,
and such persons but one out the thousands
and tens off thousands, who fail and drop
down,and perish by the road side, unheeded,
and trampled upon by the moving mass, j
And how often is- it, that persons whose hap
py lot (unfortunate estimate) excites envy }
and admiration, strut but *‘tbe brief hour”!
upon tbe stage of action, the star of a day,’
a-nd-are then hurried by a reverse of fort tine j
into tire depths of poverty and wretclred. 1
ness! Young men, who now possess a con
stitution unimpaired by dissipation and ex
cess, who are happy in the love of confid
ing friends, and whose ambition but aspires
to a good name, and honorable action, be
assuied that a thousand times better is tbe
condition, and happier the lot of the farm- ;
er, who ploughs bis fields, and gathers the
rich harvest; or the mechanic, who earns !
the bread moistened by the sweat of iadus-
try. and sleeps with a quietness which la-!
bor and contentment alone can give, to those .
ho vainly strive for honors and wealth,
beyond their reach, and at last are victims ‘
to the repentance which comes 100 late to
soothe the bleeding heait.
GOOD TEMPER. )
Ngtldng is more essentially requisite to the !
enjoyment of domestic happiness, than a good j
temper. We may practice every oilier vir- j
tue, be kind and charitable to those around’
us, but if subject to be disturbed in fee4mg!
upon any little emergency; we have with J
in us ajhorn which will ever rankle, and the •
pain of whicli can never be allayed.
It is said that “Habit becomes a second
nature,” and we generally find that those
who are troubled with the fretful, peevish,
spirit to which we allude are those who al- j
low themselves, to be disturbed by events]
which the person of mature judgment, and i
sound discretion would allow io pass by ur>
noliced, as unworthy of seiious thought, or
the causing of another unhappiness.
It is related of a Philoscpher of Geneva,
Abauret, that be had never been known to be j
| out of temper. Some persons were determ
ined to put him to the proof, ant] forth.it pur
pose offered his servant who bad been his at
tendant for thirty years a large sum of money
! if she could succeed in making him angrv.— ‘
i She agreed, and knowing that lie was partieu
| larly lond of having Ids bed well made, upon
’ a day appointed, neglected to make it. Abau
j noticed, aud the next morning remarked
; it, she replied that she had forgotten it, but
’ the same evening again neglected it, the same
excuse was made on the morrow, but in a
cooler manner than before, on the third day :
he said to her, “you have not yet made my
bed and have apparently come to some reso
lution upon the subject, or you probably found
’ that it fatigoed you, but after all it is of no great
| consequence, as I begin to accustom myself
|toitas it is.” She fell at his feet and dis
closed tbe whole plan to him.
We are often betrayed into a loss? of our
j temper by attacks which may be made’ upon ;
• “p* in fbeir nature false, and being of a maii
’ tendency, ut>*.il the facts become known ;
| subjects us to a temporary inconvenience; btq
even in such instances it is for better, to abide
| the course of time, which ever avenges tbe
° i
wrongs of the innocent, with a mind compos* ‘
cd, and spirits unruffled, falsehood and slan
der recoil with tenfold force upon their mak
ers. v ;
The following incident as illustrative of a j
good temper, is related of the English states-1
man Wilberforce, “a gentleman found him,
one day in great agitation looking for a dis
patch which, he had lost, one of the Royal
Family Whfc waiting for it—lie had been delay
ed ift the search until the last moment, and
appealed vexed and flurried. At this unlucky
moment, a disturbance'occurred in the uurse
ty over head; now for once, thought the
gentleman, Wilberforce’s temper will give
way; he had scarcely thought thus, when
Wilberforce tamed to him” arid Yttildly said:
! *-What * blessing it is to havO those dear
; children amid other hurries to hear their voices
and knoWr that Hiey afe v^ell!’ ! !
j 2’he person with such a happy disposition,
i has a prize we, all should strive to be the
i possessor of.
Edward Evkrett was nominatedas Pres
ident, and Benjamin R. Curtis as Dane Pro
fessor of Law, in Judge Story’s place, at the
annual meeting of the Board of Overseers of
Harvard University. The nominations, bn
der the rules, lie on the table for A forthiglit
but of course will be confirmed at the next
meeting of the Board,
The following “goed ’uu” is going the
roundsj “Mexico begs the United Slates to
exfcuse her, rdie has so mnch trouble at Home
as to be unable to attend to Foreign Rela
tions
IMPORTANT FRUvi BRAZIL AND THE
RIVER PLATE.
By the afrival at Baltimore’ of thb brig
Argyle from Rio Janeiro, whence she sailed
jon the 18‘h December, 2nd the brig Saldam,!
i also from the 6ame pldce, having sailed on i
j the 20 h Dec., the American has advices bf !
|an important character. It will be 6een from i
j the annexed letters that the combined forces
,of the English and French had achieved a
j victory over the Argentine tfoops, and cap
i lured the forts at the liidiitli of tke river Pa
rana.
Rro de Janeiro, J7ih Dec. 1815,
Tbe all absorbing lojiic of tin: day is tiie late fre
mendousengagenianf.baiwoen the Anglo allied lor
cis at the Kiver Plait, arid Some of beaus’ batteries
at the mouth ol River Parana. The newspapers w ill
doubiie3S teim wiih ihe paiticulars of the proceed
ings on both sides. On the part of ihe English ond
French the victory was comp eie indeed ; not, how
ever, wiihout seri >us losses its regards life, and pro
periy in the way of skiiping.
The English brig ofwar Dolphin alone, received
107 round shot in her Bill ah ! rigg ng durino the en
gagement. The French steamer Fulton 104 B hot ;
aud a French Vessel, er at least a vessel manned by
Frenchmen, hut formerly belonging to the Bueno*
Ayreans, was completely liddh-d. The total loss of
t ie albes amounts to about 150 killed and wounded
whie on the part off the enemy no correct statement
has yetbeen made pubhe. Report says that unward
of 800 men aie missing. Certain p i s tl, at one
tort Roless ihan 251 bodies were f jund, and in anoth
| er some 150 or 160, aud what is still .ore strange
; t hey were all b!ack3. To account for this, it is said*
| that fas’ as a white man fell, ki'led or wounded he
I was immediately carried off’, while the poor blacks
i were kept at it and lay where they fell.
■ Once or twice these inise able wretches attempted
to i’ee from the forts, but no sooner d.d they attempt
it, than Kessas* cava'ry charged on them *and com
peted them to return to their guns at the point of tile
i a rice. Rosas seemed to have anticipated the fl ghl
of hia men, and placed these cavalry there on purpose
to keep them in cluck ; fir on the ’landing of some
450me.n from ihe vessels of war they met with veiy
liule opposition.
Riode .’ANEiftOy Dee. J 6 1845.
W iftffn the last few days prices of Flour have un
dergone a slight advance, owing to the falling off
of supplies and the achlitfonal purchase of 5000 t.hls
Richmond Flour by a speculator at from 1811 oCO ‘
eajh to I9||ooo credit. Some 2500 bbls. Baltimore
sold at 161|500 a 17||000, the latter rate for an eiira
brand, and 1500 bols. Gallego lVcia the hands of
speculators at 10||5(!0 credit.
Brices of Jessee have not varied. The ffnrr yrarfes,
continue scarce, and we quote superiors at sjbiOOf a
3|| 400; good first SffiOO a b[|K)o Ex :hange on Eng
laun 261 firm Freights 60 a 65s nominal.
Mon'evidco advices to tbe Ist nit says/ “tVc have
news font Parana, stating (he entire destruction of
the principal batteries at the Tonetero. The loss of
ihe French and English amounted to about 150 Rifled j
and wounded. Flour is teljrig at Sl2, to set £6 i
Sjiftu sh.” v ’ j
We have nothing new from Rio Grande.
Extract of another lett< r dated
Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 18 }B4S.
Since our last of of the 16th inst. we have’
nothing new to note. Prices of Flour remain at last:
quotations, and business gxnerally not very active,
. FATAL DUEL A T WASHINGTON,
The correspondent of IN'ew York Com \
merciul Adcerliser of the date of the 2J inst.,’
gives the following account of a duel fought!
there, which proved a fata! one, to one of the !
parlies concerned:
“There was a duel, this morping, near fhc city, :
befveen two gentlemen lrom Nonii Carolina—*Mt, ‘•
Jones and Dr. Johnson. The Inner was killed.
‘1 he carriage ilia: took him out this morning came
back wi h the bloody corpse about 9 o’clock—so tue
business was done with despatch, and to use the
wotds of a second on a firmer memorable occasion
‘•with strict regard to this principles of humanity.”
! The pariies were strangers here, and pro
bably came for the very purpose.
The telegraphic correspondent of the
I Baltimore ralriot furnishes the following
| more extended account;
! 11 Thomas F. Jones and Dr. Daniel Johnson, both
jof Elizabeth City, North Carolina, (oifgbt a duel
‘lns morning at Bladensburg. On the fir.-t trie, J ,hn-
I son was stitick, and billed. His body was brought
‘to the city this morning. Mr. Jones gave the chal
, lenge, on account of some mailers affeciing Mrs.
Jones. Johnson withheld his file, and when “he fell
iriorta ly wounded, protested his innocence of the
charge brought against him in regard to Mrs. Jones,
and so died.’ ’
| Os the baud of heroes who achieved the
independence of our country but few linger
: atnong us—we chronicle the death of Dr.
James Stewart below.
-“Death of another Revolutionary Patriot.
—-Orr Monday, Dr. James Stewart di< dat Baltimore,
rn his 9fst year. He was born at Annapolis in 1755,
received hiaeadeti>ic and professional education in
, Scotland, and in the year 1780, prompted by a lauda
; ble impatience to take part in onr struggle* for Na
tional independence, found the means (then difficult
of attainment) of reluming by a circuitous Voyage to
his native land where he arrrived in time to do hfs
Uuiy in defence of our country’s rights. In our last
war, though nea ly sixty years old, he was found in
, the midst of danger. —N Y Ncwa.
THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT OF THE
Yankees.
A late number of the Knickerbocker con
tains some amusing adventures of Yankee
Doodle, Fhe following is a specimen of
their roving character ; it seems indeed, as
if they were endowed with übiquity.
“It is harder than a Chinese puzzle to put your
finger on a bit of territory, disputed or undisputed
wh .-ie the Yankee Doodle is not. If you go to the*
Land’s Kud, he is there . to Mourn Ararat, he is
- lucre ; to (Jhiinboiazo, Himalaya, the Mountains of
ihe Moon, or the Pyramid of Cheops, lie is there,
any where,in fine.wticre an ark, a dove, a camel, a’
snake can arnve by their several faculties, bartering
and scratching his name on irees, stones, and Af i
can slaves. He knows ih • v hole map of the ancient
domiriious of Prester Jehn, and every nook and cor
ner of Mozambique, aud he is haud-and-glove with
all the savages in the world He has been to ichahoe
unit he has scraped it perfectly c ean ; and it your
J English trader has discovered anew ba..k ofGuano,*
and is getting ready to lire 3 go or two and lake !
possession of it it* ihe name of be r Majesty, imagine j
; his concernment to discover a dozen of these lelfjws |
; twenty feet deep in a guano cavern, sloping it out ‘
with their fingers, ami at Bangor schooner, bouncing |
up and down in a httle cove like a duck among bul- i
rushes. Now if you walk on the seaport; at Biloa
. raxa, you wdi find that you are not the first there,
* perhaps to your great sorrow, as Captain Jis sw re
violeuily. when 111 walking through the atrectrof
Rwtknva, at the very limits of the dominions of
Prince Fompatfc Hu, in Africa, l.e heard a sharp whis
tler going through (he tuue off Yankee Doodle,” with
an easy execuPo 1, and a develi.-h unconcern, which
j threw hiui at once inio a const fever. And just so it
j was with the po-ir sou! who discovered Binijiaz, and
! was just uncoikiiig a botile of Mad’ ria in cuimiieino
la’taii of the event, wli, n he saw a Yankee on a liill
. j-kle admiuistu mu’ the cold--voter-piede to three na
tives,” n
Correspondence of the “Colambus Times.”
WAsriurcToir, D. C., Jan. 30, 1846^
Dear Star—The discusslbns in the Senate
from Monday to yesterday (Thursday) in
clusive, have been quite attaaclive, and, if i
may be permitted tolis'o an oft repeated phrase
i applied to other havg drawn
| full houses. . *
> It seems Ui4e prettf generally mfri^ted,
!tliafUribe debate of Mondiy f*St,
lution of Mr. Allen relating tr> the interfer
ence oi European nations with the of
the independant nations of th. continent, Mr.
Calhoun came off second best. Even sdririe
most ardent admirers admit 1 , that he
did not sustain himself in the Jrsitidn that he
asstamed on the first introdueftn of the reso
iutioiv. that the Senator frowOhio, in taking
upon himself the responsilymty of presenting
it*, vVithout the on
Foreign
ry roles. lie ymaiutawd that any subject
contained in a Message of the Executive,
and referred so a stanAg committee 1 , could
1 no* be introduced to notice of the Senate
by a member, by resolution, without violating
parliamentary rules. This position wassl.own
lobe incorrect by the precedents presented
by Mr. Allen. Messrs. Cass; Breese, Wood
bridge and SimrnoHs fffgtle'd against such
i a singular constructiori of the long estab
i lished righto Os Cach individual senator ; and
,it is a renidrfeable fact, that Mr. Calhoun.
! though strenuous and unyielding in asserting
| his parliamentary Jatv, never gave a solitary
| argument or presented a solitary precedent in
support of it; 1
The debate on Mondjr &a§ interesting on
another account. It Arm forth the opinions of
Sen a citing the
conjprexion of the JMglish news brought bi-
Hibernia—-andflnose opinions wbre far
from being The former could see
nothing in the news which indicated any dis
position on the pari of England to recede one
jot or tktie from her indefensible elakns to
territory in Oregon; & therefore he still Ifi-ged
that there should bO no relaxation on otir part
in any of the preparations which tile imlifce of
our dispute may have seemed to demand pre
vious to the arrival of the Hibernia.
On the other hand, Mr. Calhoun viewed the
news as having quite a pacific complexion.
The failure of Lord John Russell to form a
ministry “the restoration of Mr. Peel—and
the tone of the British papers, he eaid, were
all favorable htdicaiioys; and he saw no reason
to doubt of a peaceful issue to the dispute be
tween the two countries*
Another point of the debate is important,
and doubtless will often be referred tu in fu
ture, should Messrs. Cass and Calhoun ever
stand befote the people for a station more con
spicuous than that they now occupy. White
the former gentleman contended strenuously
and ably for the resolution, and argued that
it was proper# that the government of the Re
public should at th:tiruc, and through its le
gislative Organs, reiterate the doctrine declar
ed upwards of twenty years ago> by Mr. Mon
foe# tltat we tteuld not recognize the right of
tire monarchical nations of Europe to extend
further their institutions by coioffiZifioft cm
the North American continent, nor their
right to change or suppress ttie free govern
ments of flie nations of the South American
continent, While, I sav Senator Cass pur. j
sued this course, Mr. Calhou.i contended as !
strenuously against the recognition of any ;
such principle by our government; and main- !
tabled that so latr from producing any benefit! i
its adoption would be productive of mischief
—wouldstand in the Way of reconciliation
with England, and draw upon us the jealousies i
! of ali the powers ci Europe.
[ The bill for the increase of tire naval force*
I reported last wock firm (be committee on
j naval affairs, lias been debated three days in
* the Senate (Tuesday, Wednesday tfrtdTi>re*
day.) Messrs. Benton, Bagby, and Speight
have spoken against the bill, on the ground
j.bat tiiere are no indications of war,-and that
the proposed expenditure would be too great
for any peace establishment. The bill ap.
propriates five and a half millions for the pro-’
posed increase; but leaves it wholly disere
j tionary wiffi the Executive to make orwiih
liold the appropriations—being guided by the
situation ofrthe country in view of the designs
| and intentions of foreign nations. It was
! supported by Messrs. Fairfield, Dickenson,
| and Cass. Mr. ilannegan, of Indiana, witli
j the characteristic generosity of the west, has
j proposed an amendment to the h-rll,- yielding
[all the proceeds oi the public lands for the
I increase of our tnaraffme defences; and itt
a truly eloquent speech, prompted
by the belief that war vvasnot distant, support
ed an immediate preparation. He could not
stop to ask what it would cost to protect out
l shores irom the pollutions and depredations
|of foreign mercenaries !—he would uot, tba t
j the Capitol oi the Republic should be* again
i blackened by the brand of the incendiary foe,,
nor her fair daughters be agamtbreatened or
exposed to the insults of a foreign soldiery !
i Ihe Senate, on Thursday, adjourned over
i to Monday, when Mr. Westcolt, of Floriife
[ has the floor in continuance of the debate on
1 the bill.
In the House the dt bate on the Oregon
j question was resumed on Monday, and will
be continued until towards the close of
next week, when the question will be taken
cn the resolution to give the notice to Englaud ;
which will pass the House by a majority oj
some 50 or 60. It is now thought, however,,
that the resolution for giving the notice wilj
be defeated in fi.e Sanate by means of the
whig voles and those of the democrats which
Me. Calhoun can influence. Yours, Z.
FOR THK TIMES.
Messrs. Editors : —Arriving hi town a few
days since, good fortune led me to the Cornu
copia, kept by Messrs. White & Ferrell#and
iit yon have an epicuriau taste to gratify; I
advise you to drop in some idle moment# and
I you will come away wt.h an elated step and a
! happier feeling.
1 The establishment teems to be fittel up
without regard to expense, and with art eye j
single ‘o the accomnmifci ;r. of the public. Ii
found every variety, of '*fell fiesfi and fowl”
good liquors to wash down with# and a prime
“Havana” as a topper.
Really Messrs. \V. & F. deserve the pat.
ronage of the citizens of Columbus, as they
shall receive that of mine and friends when
business calls us to town. Yours.
HARRIS. .
Columbus, Feb. 10, I$4G.
Florida Contested Election— llte
Washington correspondent of the RiclV&ond
Enquirer says:
i -rbe list act performed by the ttolise of
; Representatives yesterday was, to vote Mr.
Brocketabrough into the seat from Florida, by
a majority of fifteen. He immediately iriaVctt
ed up to the Clerk’s table and was sworn in.
I'his contested election Ins excited touch
feeling here; more especially as the Whigs
as far as their votes could go, made it a party
question. A few of the Democrats voted for
Mr. Cabell- believing, that the law was on his
side*. These were principally lawyers who
are apt, on occasions, to look ritiier to law:
than Justice, whett l law point is in abey
ance.” 1 ,
We'clip the following from a distant ex
change, read and sympathise :
EDITORIAL LIFE.
Reader, have you evtt been of the •‘cofrps
Editorial” if yoU have not*, thriAk your lucky
star, and giVe the professional wide berth ;
Saw wood. Set pins for ap bowling alley,
try “Broadway right up” Mr a New Yoik
Onutabtis; go clerk of aJßteato Boat, any
thing in short; if you Fahp peace and quiet
ness, but keep out of Jnie editorial chair:
But if the lata^willi it jm, bid a fond adied
to tiribre to
stop lha/5 the notoriety,
or the critniffal at Ue treadmill, who must
go his rounds undj#the Irish of liiS driver fj
Mere iuleliectjal ability is not of itself a
sufficient quahiicßtiori for an editor. Nor
even if supported by a liberal education, will
it enable him to cater successfully for a fickle
public. The furious politician who eagerly
devours the latest “congressional” and the
literary genius, who delights in tales and the
muses ; one who finds faulf With you as be
ing rob rinirril and rbligious; while aHother
searches your columns for moral essays, and
ihe s ate of the church. One wants ail the
tin dits and proceedings of foreign eouris;
while a third assails you as ariStecratie; anti
“apeUijt” “ foreign manners. The Ladies
tadioSblaVoi* you are coiirtiflg, want
all the “Romances in real life” and tduch :
iug incidents,” while your staid old subscri
bers who pyy in advoce and rrilist be obliged#
can “never set the 6enSe of filling up a paper
with such trash? ilnd It must be put a slop
to.’ 1 And Whilfe fully upon these
things ivith an earnest desjp to please all,
and your head filled wiMr foreign news,
etectibn returns# suicides and
“startling And in doubt
which to take hold o\\m fustics life printers
<l devil” with his “More copy,
sir, liahdS all Waili jm for while at
the door? yffu Bewtff& habitual smile of a
dreaded “dun,” ‘Miote Cj pay, been Cal
culating on you,” and you have in vain been
pushing up your subscribers.
Is awful !
Fiom the Washington Union. *
RESPECT TO GEN. JACKSON.
“Long lice the Argentine Confederation .”
BeFartmeht Os F6relgn Affairs#
oUEi<os Aviifcs. September 9, 1849. the sGth
year of Liberty, the 30, /i of Independence,
and thelGth of the Argentine Confedera. j
tivn.’
In consequence of the ifeeply regretted
death of Gen. Jackson,- an illustrious states
man,-and an eminent scdjlijfr of lh£ fepublicol
the United Stales of America#(he gov-,
eminent,- desirous of shbwing that itpfofoond-’
ly participates hi the of grief and
mourning of the gottenmC.. tai and people of
the United State^^JT that it dedicates es
pecial respect and merits of
those distinguislpl AmJ'frCSiis who have
flourished in of the New World
and honored the cause of liberty ams teffft
pendence, has promulgated the fallowing de
cieer .
Art. 1. Tlie civil and military officers (ero
pleados) shall wear ihe customary mark of
mourning the lOthday of the piesenl month
in testimony of their grief for the death, and i
of respect to the memory of General Andrew
Jackson.
Art. 2. Let this be communicated, pub*
lished, and inserted in- the official register.
(Signed) ROSAS,
_ FELIPE ARANA j
A WHIG OF 1840 ON THE INDEPENDEN f
TREASUHV.
We find in ihe Union a long tetter* an- i
nounced as from “a old and able politician in ;
Kentueky of the Jefferson jscliool, who was a
supporter oj General Iffrrison in 1840,” !
winch eomintMutes thu^
Vac. 23, 1845.
(year Sfr: The Preskfont’s message, so deserved y ■
1 pojiular for its t. ue American sen imems ha- bv this
nine, l uii igine, been published in tvery pdiiical I
journal in the Uirled Slates. The documents ac
companying it, from the heads of departments, are
now all oefore- ihe public, and liave vv.lhotft an x
---cepiitn arfw as heard from, b en most favorab'y
received.- Th--re Is nol a siatement or a remark in
either ; f.heirf that the Whigs cart battle successfully
against. As long as there was even a remote prba
iniiiy lira! a bank of (he Urjiied States-cjuW- be
chartered, a*v*at lo ihe kiiile’ was waged against the
e.slab ishmetil of a sub treasury ; but as the- friends
of an incorporated national institution from’lhe re
peated and overwhelming demonstrations wwde at ibe
baliol boxes adverse to such a m.-asute’ dearly jter
ceive that it is an ‘obsolete idea’—a forlorn hope”
they are less feiocmiis in their denu.iekitioß,! of an
independent government depository than at any peri ‘
od etiufe it *s originally proposed. To and spassion- !
ate minds, in the ranks of the opposition, it is becom
ing more and n ore appar lit limt the public money !
should be sp'eedi y and Irrevocably separated Irom ,
b inus of d.scouqt ;, because their having its custody
engenders t-vils which couvulft not unfretpiently the i
eomnrtrcial interests of the j*ire Union. The rates
of interest are ruled bv bonJßrs in New VorK, in pro- j
porirovt to the requisition jMt may be made* upon the
‘pels’ by the United Treasury for the depo j
s'tes. One tfctty rAundxCnt { five per rent !
!ttin:im | irmf. thirl,/ m eight. Loans are
chet on -Monday
on the foimer their par Valsc,
while before -Saturjay arrives, they are 01/ain'ed re
luctantly at the laAr, on the sanve securities, at S3! >
Flour is up one ok and down another ; porn is tip
one week and dwti another; tobaccod's up 1 one week
and down another; cotton is up one week and down
“another; and adventurers in trade are up one week
and down another. There can be no business sta_
bility while tire gqnetal -government gives encourage
ment by its money to this demoralizing system. r |n ‘
justice to its eon.-tiiumts, it should sever Usclffrom
banks and theii influences, as distinctly as rt is sever- ‘
c<* Irom a county treasury m omeofihe States. Aifcl t
swch a measure, I confidently hope, will be eonsum, f!
tinted by triumphant majorities in both houses o. ’
Congress, before ihe first of April; and a mint etab”
lished in the city of Gotham, for the repository of the
revenue as it accrues. <
Well, this is all gooti cfoct/ine, but
what business had its writer to be “a sup
porter of General Harrison in 1840 1 He has i
not the excuse of youth & in experience, for
he is introduced as ‘‘an old and able politi
cian.” If it had not been for lirtn,and such
as him,-all* these reforms to which he justly
attaches so high a value, would have been
years ago the settled and peaceful law of the
laud. edo not quarrel with the change i
of sentiments which must explain this anta- i
gonism* between- his present precept and !
past practice. On thetteontrary, we ap
prove and applaud it. We notice it inci
dentally owly as one of the passim* evidences
which have ever since abounded, of the
gross injustice done in 1940 to Mr. Van j
13uren s and to the Demorralic party, and of
ths virtual confession of that injustice by ,
many of its authors. SffckclotU and ashes •
should be the penitential garb es this class of j
“old and able politicians of the Jefferson i
school.” |
SENTENCE CM r ~$tfRNS AND LfVER
iJan.
O.i Saturday thesf two unfortunate men,
wito had been the session
of the of ‘"Voluntary
yho other of “murder,’’
weres^ffeiked b# Judge Gamble. Barns
touto penitentiary for 4 years,
<4m<! Liveitnatr fotllife Chr Quisle ct Senti
nel- i
LATER FROM TEXAS’;
. By the afrlval ol the steamship New York,
Captain Phillips, late last evening, iq 3<jh
houw* from Galveston, we have dates from
Galveston; to.the 28th; and from Corpus
UhHatl to tl>e 22J. Wy giVe all the news
ive. have iroom for, below. %
‘i’lie Corpus ‘Christi- Gazette of the 22tl
ihst. says:
“We are happy to say to their absent
friends, that the general health of the camp
is very good. We have seen ail the great
encampments in Europe for several years
past, and in beauty of situation, excellence
of dfrattgeinenf, cleanliness and good order
it will bear a favorable comparison with
that of iiny other nation. It confers great
credit not tirily upon its commander, and offi.
cers generally, Bbt upon the country whose
cause they have comb here to sustain.”
“A train of thirty left here on the
18th inst, laden with military stores for the
detachment of U. S troops at San Antonio.-
Otit last advices left the troops in oood
health.” °
The Gazette dik'd States: ‘‘\Ve have just
been favored with the perusal cT a letter
from our mucii esteemed Cotastil at Matamo
ros 1 , J. P. Scatrell, LstJ„ to a gentleman of
this place 1 , tri which he says; thbt ‘Tampico
is the only place we have heard of that has
pronounced in fervor of Paredes. Our place
Matamoros, is strongly in favor of supporting
the Government. They wish for peace, and
hope the revolt will t>e of short duration.’—■
Upon this information every reliance may
be placed.”
“The Mexican trade continues lively, as
there ate daily arrivals. Parties of traders
front all the settlements for three hundred
ill ties on the Rttt Grande; arid as lar inlahu
as Montery, have visited this place during
the past week. They hatte little news—a
feport had reached Arietta at Mohterv, that
Mejia, ai” Matamoros, had declared war a
gainst the Goverrirflfeut,-in fator ol Paredes
a force of 2000 was orOefed by the former
til thatch oh Malaunuos for (lie purpose of
fuelling the revfiit. By an arrival tlyfimorn-
from Mier, we learn that Geg. Aristd
wilßkhis whole force was still av*Montery?
and that the report of Mejfers treachery
was f
‘J'lie News of \Mo ST'th, says r
“It is by the paafengers arrived
in the Ctnhmijfti, (from Corpus
Christi,) J’awt had expressed h
deiermlriatibn to the
Rlcr Otaudfe in overthrow of Hes-
The Corpus Gazette
nou rendered Cejpin Wiki Gen. J. P. Hen
derson is He6lbwbove\or of Texas, and
but little dou lucent a ins Gen. N. 11. Dar
nell is chough Lieutenair^^ovemor.
THE PIUBIDEN-T AND Jim OREGON
JF QUESTION.
TheJrnig papers ol New York ifed Bos
ton araagaiu teeming wuh idle fanl&iiiHdh*
abouylr.. Polk’s ambition. An arlttlk Ht
the York Express charges him wirh a
thrsiri-of keeping the Oregon question “op#n
lor me next presidential canvass, in order
that upon eveff lucofoco banner may be iu
! scribed ‘Polk arid the Whole of Oregon,’ as 1
Tblk and Texas’ was inscribed upon the
banners in ihe canvass of 1844.’ y A corres
pondent, of the Boston Alias has the folly
to assert, what every tfian acquainted with’
the Wishes of Mr. Polk, knows to be untrue,
that “the course ol’the present incumbent,-
in this teepect, (as to peace or war,) has been
indicated man>lestly, fror# the inaugural ad
dress td the pfesent hourj and st no stage in’
the proceedings has h b'CCn with him I't-sj *
game of personal ambilfon than at the pre
sent moment, w’licu the fact is riot eoncevrlod
from the eye of even the obser
ver.” Now, the most vigilant Ob iTvel, arid
the aSiost famiTiar friend of the President,*
knows tWat this siatemeut is precisely the
teverse of the t#uth.- He does uot desire a
re-election —v>e have said it repeatedly,-
and now we confidently repeat’ t'frestaieinent.-
[ Washington Union.-
INTERESTING INDIAN INTELLIGENCE,*
BaTJLE BETWEEN THE BLACKFEET AND
Crow Indians.
! A gentleman from Fort F. A. C., near the”
Falls of the Missouri# and upwards of 27
I hundred miles distant from St. Louis, recewl
| ly arrived here, has kindly furnished us, says
; the Reveille of the 22d u/t., with the following
information : On the 17. h of last June, some
I sOvern hundred of tlie Crow's tell upon a
| small party of the Biackl'eet, who had en
! camped about seventy five miles from the
fort,and in advance of the main body. Thu
Crows killed twenty two, wounded as tnanv,
l t ook upwards of a hundred women and chil
dren prisoners, and succeeded in capturing
three bundled horses. Intelligence of their
disastrous defeat having been couveyed lo
the main body ol the Blachfeeifthey came up,
and, though-less inhumbers tfran the Crowe,-
altarked them in turn, and fougiit so des
perately that the latter were compelled la
retreat to 1 a place they had strongly fortified,
1 which they succeeded in reaching with all
tl.eir plunder, though most ol their prisoners
escaped. The Black feet were mrt strong,
enohgb to dislodge tf.e C-ovVs from their po
’ silion.-and ultimately fetired. Thd battle
[ continued between various parties of each*
tribe for quite four days. The actual num-*
her of killed in the affair it was d.fficult to
’ obtain. The Crows acknowledged a loss of
; eight or ten killed and several w ounded.
, Our informant stales that the Blackfot t
i intended to revenge themselves upon their
( enemies the ensuing spring. It appears
1 that the majority of tire tribe were on the
other side of the mountains near the head
waters of the Cofom-bia, whither it is their
custom to go every spring,- and those who
were engaged in ibis affair with the Crows
were hut an advanced party who-had reeross
ed the mountains somewhat earlier than 1
usual. The Crows had been driven into the”
neighborhood where the fight occurred—
w hich is called, in parlance, the “Blackfoot
country”—*by tlx* Sioux, who were out in
great force aga:ret them. They usually’
,-visit lhar section of tlm country, likewise,.
! w hen the Black-feet are absent.- About a
’ fortnight before the night, a 1 small party of
ti e Blackleet attacked the “horse guard,” at
i Fort F. C. A., a trading post of the American
Fur Company, killed one man, named James
Riquelt, whose family is supposed to be in*
this city, seriously wounded another, and sue*
1 ceedcd in stealing 30horses belonging to the*
post. The Crows and Blackfeet, as may be
known*, are bitter enemies, always assailing
each other whenever ’.hey can get an oppot
tunify to do 60, with deadly hostility. The*
former are very friendly to the whites, and}
the latter tribe directly the opposite.
EDUCATION—AN EXTRACT.
If the time shall ever come when this
mighty fabric shall totter, when the beacon
of joy that now rises in a piller of fire, a-sign
anti wonder to the world, shall wax dim, the
cause will be found in the ignorance of the
people. If our union is still to continue to.
cheer the hopes and animate tine efforts of the
oppressed oleveiy nation, if our fields are to
he untrod by the hirelings of despotism, if
long days ol Wessedwess are to- attend our
country in lier career of glory, if you wmuld
have the sun to continue to shed-his uncloud
ed rays upon the fare of freemen, lhen*ft/u
----rate all the children in Ihe land. This alone
startles the tyrant in his dreams of power,,
and rouses the sfumbaring energies of an
oppressed people* k is intelligence that
reared’tip the majestic’ columns of our na
tional glory, and can prevent their
crumbling to ashes.
Somebody said of a Mt-s Lucy of thirty
fire, “She promises lo he Miss Lucy Long.