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THE HERALD:
For ihc Ditwn Herald.
THE EFFECTS OF AMBITION.
finlmsm has iu almost every age been a
theme for the poet and the htaloriun. In the
reoonU of every nation we may learn and ace
Ita effect* deaeribed. Iu ope ration*, however,
, ar< various corresponding to the character* of
the individual, and the circumstance* in which
he ia placed. If wc caal our eyes over the hu
man race, it* trace* will be aeen in every na
tion and department in life. Sometime* it
write* itself in character* of Idood, and spread*
destruction around the work* of God—-and ut
other*, flowing in a less destructive channel—
stimulating men to noble deed*, it prove* that
it i* not among the least important principle*
in our nature. Ambition when po*e**cd in a
proper degree i* doubtle*a stimulus, to noble
and proueworthy exertion*. It form* the
strongest spring in the machinery of mind, and
its vibration* have seldom bcenslmv or weak
in those whose characters have been distin
guished by great aud daring aehievement*.—
Whatever men may say of the inspiration of
patriotism, how much soever they may Impute
their timeless exertion* to a desire of benefit
ing mankind, still could we behold the secret
operations of their minds, we should find that
u desire of being distinguished is no slight iu
restive to action. It isiudoed a wise provision,
that the most desirable distinction is ncipiired
by enterprises which contribute to Ihc pros
perity and happiness of mankind—and fortu
nate indeed ia that people who niuke that des
tinatiou alone honourable, which is productive
of public good. Men seldom art without mo
tives. and these generally are the most power
ful, w lu-n great enterprises are undertaken.—
In fine take from n man ambition to excel, and
you will render him a weak, inactive, and ir
resolute being, lie will become a mere sub
ject of compulsion, acting only as stern neces
sity actually require*. Such are some of the
benefits and legitimate ohjecta of ambition.
Jlut when il is turned front ita proper course
it cease* to cheer and fertilize. But like Ihc
samon of the desert, scatters pestilence in its
course. Then it is, that nations arc prostrated
before it, and brought tu obey it* imperial man
dates, or are. buried iu their own ruins. Let
this spirit take full possession of a giant mind,
who shull predict the result I What human
barter shall slay it* march 1 (Infold the page
of history, and it speaks upon this subject, or
listen to the tale of some oriental traveller, who
Uum witnessed its traces in the magnificent
ruins of some ravaged town and plundered
country. Ambition when uncontrolled is nev
er satisfied with its acquisitions. It was not
enough for Alexander to ravage countries,
(tillage towns, and subdue provinces. The suc
cess of one enterprise only stimulated him to
the commencement of another. And when he
had extended his conquests over all the sur
rounding nations, and being informed that
there might be world* of which he was igmt
rnnt, he is said to have wept because he was
not muster of thn world to which his know
ledge extended. And having subjugated the
known world; he is said tu have sighed for
other world* to conquur. The enterprises and
daring designs of Napolcou, display In a strik
ing degree, the efforts of an ambitious spirit,—
Coming upon the stage during the scenes of a
tremendous revolution, nothing daunted by the
commotions, which were shaking to its very
centre the political fabric of an ancient mu]
(Miwerful monarchy, he seized with avidity an
opimrtunity for gratifying his restless and dar
ing spirit. What to other men would have
caused fear, to hint was delight. Scenes which
other men even viewed with lerror, he per
formed with pleasure. Conquests beyond the
conceptions of ordinary minds, he actually
effected. Legitimate king* and princes, he
made movements of regal ruins. And with
success which out rivalled all for new con
querors, he was still unsatisfied. All Europe
was his, in iminaginatitm, and could find no
rest so long ns his achievements were unequal
to his desire. From his characters, we may
learn the effects and tendencies of ambition,
and from the melancholy termination of his
career, we may learn the danger of obeying
implicitly the dictates of an ambitious spirit.—
Such are the evil effects when misguided—its
good effects when properly directed we have
before mentioned.
M ithout its infiuenre to stimulate men to ac
tive society would remain stationary, or re
lapse intuits former barbarity and ignorance.—
It was an honourable ambition which influenc
ed men to drive those plans, aud study those
inventions which have contributed to the ele
vation ©four race—and which still contributes
to the happiness and prosperity of mankind.—
On the other hand it is ambition which lias
caused so frequently useless revolutions in
stales and empires, and caused them to change
a happy and prosperous condition for one des
potic and wretched. It has caused the most
fertile portions of our earth to change their ap
pearance of planty and beauty forthat of want
and desolation. It has railed from ilieir peace
ful homos millions of men to die on the battle
Held fighting for u (Vaner, Alexander, or a Na
poleon. it has u■ rilWed at Hs un|iallowed
shrine, talents the most brilliant ami pruntt*.
thetr Rifted possessions have like I’ro
methi us been consigned to the vnllttre and the
rook Kuril hare been the effects of ambi
tion- such they probably will continue to be,
bo
tin* the conqueror ream live arch
(frtriuu'ph ’ and for this the tears.
And Idood flow on aa they hare flowed
An unirgrsal deluge, which appears
Without aut ark for wretched man's abode’
And Mta tan Mrrfiow ! Renew the rainbow
Ood ’ S. S N
Oytmi, Ca idea Cos,
Ms rely for .itttneemrmt, —“You are a /'Aysi
rian I believe sir,” said • f CltfheiMUl to a dandy
hjltoetor who had introduced himself ‘•Ye*,bui
Rj merely prartier for amuscaieul., ‘Ah !. re
■pgdfti the gentleman, “something like the
idlefald<’ 1 imagine, thouth it may be
you. it \a,truth to > our jndM-M* “
TIIE VICrKHBIJRH DUEL.
We ropy ihe following account of the re
cent duel at Viekaburg from the Bouthern
Markaman, the editor of which received it
from a gentleman on the ground :
••They were to have fought at II o’clock
A. M. and many atarted acroaa the river
aa early aa day-break, thinking that the
time reported waa to evade the multitude
that would be aaacinblcd, and that the light
wiiulii take pl-ee ataunriae, and boata were
continually rroaaing from that time until the
ptirtira met on the ground for combat.
There were aa many aa thirty-five skiff* and
yawla rroaaing and recroaaing at one time,
until quarter pant 12 o'clock M, at which
time there were aaacmbled from aix to acv
en hundred peraona to witneaa the acetic.
Menifee and hia party were on the ground
before 11 o’clock—Me Clung and hia party
arrived about 12* Both partiea appeared
to be very collected, aud in fact in high
spirit*. The prevailing opinion waa that
!*tr Clung would be killed, aa he had pracli
ned tmt a few daya with the rifle; whereon,
Menifee ia considered a profieent in the uae
of that weapon. Me Clung took hia ntation
‘l or 3 mlnulea prevloua to the arrival of
Menifee on the ground laid out. On per
ceiving hia opponent (Menifee) dreaned in
u light nuiniuer coat, buttoned clone, he
threw of hia green blanket coat and taking
a howie knife and a piatol from hia boll,
deposited them on the ground, and went
through the preliminaries of the duel in hia
shirt sleeves, when his coal waa replaaed
by Ilia accond. At the aignal both fired,
Menifee's party having won the word, Me
Clung fired first; Menifee in a second af
terwards. McClung’s ball panning over
Menifee's head, and Menifee's ball passing
within an inch of McClung’s body, in the
range of ‘.he abdomen, as w discovered by
examination, an Menifee's ball lodged in the
fence in the rear of McClug, and directly in
a range of the line where he stood. Mc-
Clung appeared to be very iriueh vexed af
ter the fire, and threw hia gun (which waa a
U. H. Yaugcr) four or five feet from him,
exclaining that he had fired in the air, aa it
went off before he bad taken aim, but for
myself i thought he had brought the gun to
a dead level; and Menifee and some of hia
party heard the ball aa it whizzed by them,
and it passed aa they supposed witfiin two
or three inches of Menifee's head. After
this, both parties retired to their respective
cabins, and were on the ground in fifteen
minutes after, all prepared ; the word giv
en, McClung fired and Menifee fell; and
for one minute all supposed him dead, the
wound being directly above the right eye,
was supposed by many to have passed thro'h
the head ; but it waa different, as it waa on
ly a scale of the ball, the hall having struck
the extra guard that protected the tube of
Menifee’s rillle, broke it off, knocked ofT the
cap, and broke the hollow part of the ham
mer that preasea on the tube, thereby glan
cing and striking as above stated, the ball
being split. It was the opinion of many,
that had not the ball struck the guard it
would have not injured him. Mr. Menifee,
has shire diep of the wound received.”
Am lncoloreii account or a colored duel.
A duel between two darkies—a regular built
afTuir, romlurted according to the moat strict
and pimcliiioua provisions of the code of ho
nor, came ofT one morning last week. The
fight took place with pistols, of the most ap
proved fashion, at sunrise, on a small branch
of the Metairie road. We do not know wliat
the origin of the difficulty was except that one
of the partiea, to use the phrase of one of the
spectators, waa crossed in lnb by de odder,
and dat him Dina mus hah satisfaeshun.”
We have learned from one who was present,
at the combat, the particulars as they transpi
red. They weresiihslnnlially os follows:
After having taken their stands 011 c of the
seconds noticed that, owing to their positions
the sun beams set his principal a winking and
rolling hia eyes. This was a sufficient ground
for interfering and he called out to the other
second with—
“l say, nigga, I put my weto on dat posiah
um. Its again de rales obeli de rode* ob bona
I'be olier seen. De free lion ob de sun shines
rndcr too seebere aud makes in> principal roll
him eye allogeder too much.”
“ Wy, look here,did’nt we chuck up a dollar
for de elioirc ob ground, and did'nt I get him
myself!”
“Yes, 1 know you did; but den fair play’s a
jtiba, and, I'se no nolioit ob aeein tny freit
composed upon and lose ail de adwantage.”
“Well, nigga, I’s no notion too, I’se jus as
good a right to halt no notion as you is, and I
sists on seltlin de matter just as we is—and—”
At this juncture a friendly cloud settled the
matter at once by stepping between the sun
and the belligerents. The two first causes
again look their positions and all the little pre
liminaries being settled, each one took his pis
tols ready corked from his second. Both man
ifested a tolerable degree of spunk, although
a bluish paleness spread over their black
cheeks. The second who was to give out the
fatal order which might send them out of this
world now look his ground. Raising his voice
ho begun,
‘‘Gentlemen, your time ant com.”
Both signified’ their assent.
“Is you ready ? Kish! one, two, three.”
Bang, pop, went both pistols at once, one.
tali raising a dust in Che middle of the road,
while Ihe other lHk a siamindioulnrcourse in
among llie bystanders, fortunately without
bitting any one. It wasuowlime to interpose,
and one of their seconds set himself about it.
After n little conversation the challenged dar
key stepped forward and said to hisnnugouim,
“Nigga, is you satisfied?”
“Yes.”
“So is 1, and Tse glad lo get off so. Next
lime dey catches dis nigga out on sioh a fool
ish exhibition ns dis dey'll hah to fetch me,
dat dey will for sartin.” ‘
“Dent’s my sentiments, exactly,” retorted
the other. “\Vhoo your onuiortal instrument
ob doth went off. I dedar I tho't I was a gone
.child; but Pse so happy now—gosh, let’s shake
hands and go back loour allocations.”
* * * * *
111 (He in)mites time nil hands—enemies,
friends, darkies, whites, and all—were on the
road horns lo work, perfectly satisfied with the
sports of ihe uiowung,—.V. O. Picayune.
Liability of Steamboat Otrurr.v.—We
learn from the St. Louis Republic that
Capt. farter, of the steamboat Diana, has
been arrested at New Orleans, and held to
bail jit the sum of #50,000, as one of the
ow ner* of lh unfortunate steamboat Gen.
Drown, the blowing up of which took place
some weeks since. The arrest was made
under the late law of Congress, making the
owners of steamboats liable for negligence
upon boats, by which loss of life is sustained.
Michigan. —The Legislature of Michigan
met on Monday, the 7th inst. Lieut. Gov.
Muody took the chair of the .Senate, and it
WPINTOSH popNTTr HERALD*
was ascertained that a quorum was present. —
In the House of Representative# a .Speaker
pro. tern, was appointed, and on the following
day Kingsley S. Bingham was re-elected
Speaker by a majority ol ten vote* over Daniel
S. Bacon, the Whig candidate.
On the first day of the session, Gov. Mason
delivered his annual Message. He state* that
the current receipts of the revenue had fallen
short of the current expenditures, the former
having amounted to £177,002, and the latter to
£185,908. The expenditures for internal im
provements had amounted to $888,301. The
only public work which is so far completed as
to produce ail income is the Central Rail Road,
part of which, 28 miles in length, ha* been
open from February last, and the receipt* upon
it have amounted to £81,004. The nutnlier of
passengers who have been conveyed upon it is
28,751; tons of freight, 4,8‘J0; and barrels of
flour 15,090. The works In contemplation are
I UK) miles 111 length, and Ibe estimated cost is
£7.704,430, exclusive of locomotives, cars, Ac.
The Governor gives an account of liia nego
tiation of the five million loan, In which lie en
countered serious difficulties. An attempt was
made to make Ibis negotiation in Isuidon, and
with such a prospect of success, that the sum
of £190,000 was advanced on account of it.—
The negotiation in Isnidon. however failed for
want of a pledge of the payment of the princi
pal and interest in London, except at par, or at
the rate of £4 44 per f. sterling. It became
necessary therefore, to refund the amount ad
vanced. Another sale of bonds to the amount
of £500,000 was made in Detroit, at a premium
of (1 per cent payable in the current fund* of
the Detroit Banks. But the purchasers, after
paying £300,000, was otdidged lo return the
bonds for the other £300,000, in consequence
of hi* inability to negotiate the stock in the
American or European market, Another con
tract was made with a gentleman in New York,
and £BO,OOO were advanced on account of it,
but this contract was subsequently cancelled,
on account of it, but tills contract was subsc
-1 ‘OKT.IIy cancelled, on account of the inability
of the contractor to complete it. Subaequent
ly, a contract was entered into with the Morn*
Canal Hanking Company, for £5,0U0,0U0 six
per cent, stock at uar, the .Ntate paying a com
mission, of which £1,300.000 have already been
paid into the treasury,and the residue is to he
received in quarterly payment* of $390,000.
Os this stock, £3,000,000 have been sold to the
Hunk of the United Htates.
Boston and Lowku. Rail Road. —The Mas
sachusetts railroads are decidedly the finest m
this country. Thu necessity of obviating the
ill effects ol the severe frosts, causes them to be
built in the heaviest and most permanent man
ner. Like all the other rail road* leaving Bos
ton, Ihi* crossc* the marsh, which makes Bos
ton so nearly an island, by means of long tra
de work. From Boston to Lowell, the dis
tance is 20 miles, and there are two tracks
nearly all the way. Both the T and fish-bel
lied rail is in use; the former preferred. The
rail rests on stone sills, firmly bedded, 3 feet
apart. The sills or sleepers are from Bto 10
inches wide, and at the joints of rails as much
as 12 inches, and in some cases, rest on paral
lel walls of masonry, sunk sufficiently low not
to be affected by the frost. The sleepers some
times alternate with rubes of stone, hut not
often. When the fish-bellied rati is used, it
rests in chairs on every sill, like those used on
the Philadelphia and Columbia railway. The
Trail is let into the atone sill three eighths of an
inch, and (‘oufined by spikes. Between the
chair and stone, thin slips of wood have been
introduced, but this does not prevent the disa
greeable iarring which seems incidental to ail
stona and iron roads. All the road bridges
across this road, as well as the Stnuington and
Providence roads, huve expensive abutments
of masonry. There is no vtadurt or other
structure of moment. The grades are very
gentle, probably in no case exceeding 10 feet
to the mile.
The income of this road Is derived from
travel, and front the transportation of the raw
material to, and of the manufactures from
Lowell. An idea of the business of this road
will be best formed from the statistics of Low
ell.
Lou ell is anew looking town, with unpaved
streets, which has sprung up on the banks of
the Merrimack, lo the water-power of which
it owes its origin, as well ae its rapidly increas
ing population. Its manufactures are so ex
tensive that it has been termed the “Manches
ter of America.” There arc not fewer than
38 extensive establishments for the manufiie
tureuud printing of cotton goods, and the man
ufacture of carpets and other woollen goods,
whose aggregate capital is uot much short of
£IO,OOO,OUtI, and which engage not many less
than 10,000 operatives and superintendents.—
There are nearly 5000 looms and more than
100,000 spindles m continual operation, which
produce, annually, the rise of 51 million* of
yards, aud consume more than Id million* of
pounds. Nearly 4,000 barrels of flour ttre an
nually consumed to make starch, of which
StKIOOO lbs. ore used in sizing, Ac. The wages
of the operatives amount each mouth to more
than £IOO,OOO. The manufacture of locomo
tives mid divers other smaller matters is also
carried on. Lowell now contain* upwards of
20,000 inhabitants, and it was only about 16
years ago that the first fuctory was established.
Extract from au old English publication.
Manly Beauty. —“ There,” said sir Benja
min one morning to me, a* we were riding
past the barracks, “look at that young sol
dier.” He wore the dress of a private of
the tenth hussars—his age might he three
or four in twenty ; his height lull six feet,
and he was just as slight as it was possible
to without injury lo his strength, or the per
fect manliness of his whole appearance.
His person appeared, and was acknowledg
ed by the whole regiment to be, faultless,
and moulded in the most exact symmetry. It
reminded one of strength, activity nndlight
ncss, all at once. His feet and hands were
small, tapered and beautiful. The man
was so accustomed to *e< people stop and
look at him, that he merely smiled, not af
fectedly, but with an appearance of good na
ture, jot.ted tc a .me little deg.ee of archness
Sir Benjamin called the titan to his side,
and I fancied, by his deep blush, that the
soldier guessed his motive in speaking to
him. Nature for once in her life, determin
ed to show the world what a man ought to
be, had given the soldier the finest, full, rich,
soli tone of voice, which could be well im
agined. He could neither read nor write;
vet either this man was naturally a gentle
man, or his perfect beauty made one fancy
so, for it was impossible for one to think
him vulgar. His hair, which absolutely
grew in lull ringlets, was of the finest silken
quality ; it was not quite black, for there
was a rich glow of dark reddish brown up
on it. Then for his eyes—it was almost im
possible to ascertain their exact trail—-they
were so bright and staglik. I pronoun
ced them decidedly purple, and was laugh
ed at for my pains. But there was nothing
equivocal about the color of his teeth, two
even rows of pearls, not too small. His
mouth, around which played many a dimple,
was large enough to add to that manliness
of expression for which he was so celebra -
ted. There was a peculiar character about
the upper lip,—one might have imagined
that it quivered with the ardor of some war
like command, just delivered—but then the
under lip was *o brightly read and pouting,
it ought to have been a woman’s. Hi* skin
was of the finest and most deliratc texture,
clear and olive colored; but then he was
always blushing. Hi* iiiustarliioa, of which
he was not a little proud, was like the hair !
of hi* head. There wa* much about the
face of this young man which reminded one
of Lord Byron.
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Prom the Savannah fieorgian , 31*1 a It.
MILK CULTURE.
Our reader* who are interested in the cul
ture of silk will highly appreciate the praeti- 1
cal knowledge of Mr. Spalding, embraced in
the following note, with which we have been j
politely furnished by Mr. Bond.
.Savannah, 20th January 1830.
Dear Sib— At your desire, I say that my i
Mnru* Multicauli* plants are altogether derived
from a single tree which my friend Dr. Fort of 1
1/illedgevtlle, obtained at an early period from
Mr. Prince from New York. Mr. Wylly's
are derived from mine; Mr. Couper’s are al
together from three plant* brought by the
Rev, Mr. Bartow, from Prince’* Nursery. Mr.
Coupcr and myself, for two year* past, have
premed our neighbor* to the culture and have
given away thousand* of plants. I have now
23 acre* containing about 22. IKK) young trees
planted at 5 feet by 10. This distance has been
selected for tile greater convenience in gather
ing the leaves into small carts provided with
wicker basket* for the feeding of the silk worm
and is a distance adapted to the sixe of the A/cv
ru* Multieaitiis which I*in truth rather a shrill)
than a tree, My mode of pluming, if a nursery,
; after digging the soil well, to trench about
three inches deep two feet apart, then place u
two budding cutting in the trenena foot apart,
giving a little upward inclination to the cut
ting, so a* to meat the .season whether wet or
i dry. When the cutting* are placed in the
trench, I strew over them a little, well prepa
red niaituer aud then cover them about two in
! cbe* deep with soil, marking the spot where
the cuttings are placed by a small stick, that
■ the gras* may be more carefully hand-picked,
i I find that a sandy soil i perferable today,
and I believe it will be belter and safer to send
plants or cutting* from the south to the north,
because m preparing them here, they will ar
j rive at the north while the season is yet soft
and the soil in a good situation to receive them,
whereas in bringing them from the north here,
before they have had time to root, our season
become* hot and dry. I draw tins conclusion
from my son tlirce years ago having imported
from Prince’s Nursery, through the medium
j of Major Bowen, of Savannah, £IOO worth of
cuttings, my 1040. They looked well when
they arrived on the Ist of May and although
carefully planted, not more than sixty of them
grew. In my own case I rarely lose more than
lor2 in 100. In cultivating them in the field,
root crops, s.iv potatoes, turnips or callages
may be growen with them udvantugeotisiy,
but beware of rulmiferous or grain crops, such
a* corn, rye, oats, Ac., for the roots spreading
over the surface will actualy either kill, or
greatly injure all young trees. —Y’ou may
make what use you please of this letter, if you
believe it can be of any service,
I remain dear, sir,
Y'our obedient servant.
. THO 1/AS SPALDING.
Thomas P. Bond, Esq.
The Russian Hkrf System The New
York American is publishing a series of
“Letters from the Old World,” by a lady
in New YorAr, which are of a most Intereet
‘ ing character. They are written with great
vivacity, spirit and ability. The writer has
an admirable faculty of avoiding tedious
ness in detail. Her description* are full of
life, spirit and interest, and proclaim the
author to be a lady of a high order of genius
and acquirements. We have derived much
pleasure and instruction from a perusal of
her letters.
From one of them we copy the subjoin
ed highly interesting description of slavery
as it exists in Russia. The letter from
which we make the extract, describes, the
writer’s journey (in sleighs) from Moscow
to Odessa, over the wide extended Russian
steppes, or prairies, as we would call them
in this country. She says :
“We pussed through the numerous villa
ges of peasants who belong to the various
estates. These villages are composed of
rough log huts, thatched with straw, and
are all situated on some long street, some
times a mile in length. Some estates have
a population of a hundred thousand serfs,
who belong to the soil, and work the ground
either for their masters or for themselves.
In the latlerease, thev have commuted their
services for a specific sunt per annum in
money, seldom over #5, per head. The
income of many of the fcndal lords is im
menee, though sometimes when a succes
sion of short crops produces a drouth, the
lord of the soil is bound to purchase and
transport from a distance the means of sub
sistence for those serfs ami their families
who have not commuted their time. In or
der to give you an idea of the wealth of
some of these nobility, I will mention one
of them. Prince Chcremetrif owns 180,000
male slaves, (the females of the family are
never counted.) All bis male slaves pay
him a capitation often roubles, (two dollars)
and all they can earn beyond is their own.
Some of his slaves, as well as some of those
belonging lo other nobles, have acquired
immense wealth by turning their attention
to traffic in the Bra/ars ; but as slaves they
can uever belong to the caste of merchants,
nor aspire to any employment under gov
ernment, neither can their children. They
also are slaves, and either they or their pat
ents could be sent back to work upon the
estate at the w ill of their master, unless
they have commuted for life. This, l think,
is the hardest part of the Surf system of
Russia. —I think that whenevera slave, who
has commuted either for life or a term of
years, has by his talents and industry ac
cummulated a certain sum, (to be fixed by
government,) he should be permitted to buv
his freedom or that of his children. Many
proprietors receive large sums from suc
cessful slaves, who buy their freedom.
Prince Cheremetief, it is said, has refused
from several wealthy slaves 260.000 rou
bles each for their liberty, which he refu
sed upon the plea that he was proud to
have it said, that his slaves were so well
off. Much larger sums than this have been
offered and refused in other cases. Avery
extensive building was shown me. in Mos
cow. as an Hospital, built by Cheremetief,
for sick slaves from his estates. In gene
ral. the Serf system is preferred bv the peas
antry. as it rids them from many burthens
which the government imposes on the free
citizens. They can always commute their
tinte for a very small annual sum, and, in
case of sickness .or accident, can come back
upon the estate for support. Those who
have not the ambition or desire to com
mute, (aud the mass is composed of such,)
must be supported by the estate lo which
they belong when the cross fail. With
such any attempt to abolish the Hurf sys
tem would create a revolt. Before emanci
pation could lake effect, and the seeds of
civil liberty be sowen, the surfs would have
lo receive the schoolmaster in place of the
ignorant and debased priesthood, who en
thral their tniuds and perpetuate their igno
rance. Perhaps their is not in all Chris
tendom, a more priest-ridden people than
the mass of the population in Russia. This
is the true policy of despotism. Light and
liberty will never originate with either ex
treme of this system. From the middle
ranks must emanate the spark that at one
time or other will set this nation in a blaze,
and which will purify it from the remains
of its ancient barbarism.”
Afalai hicola River. —Commerce on this
river is getting into very bad repute here. The
premium of insurance on property transpor
ted upon it which was once half of one per cent
has been put up to three per cent., aud it is
not certain that at that lngii rate much insur
ance could he effected. The difficulty is not
the discovery of any new intricacies of navi
gation, or natural difficulties of any sort, but
dissatisfaction with the manner lit w hich prop
erty is managed by those who have it in charge.
Losses sustained long ago, when property was
sold for the benefit of all concerned, are some
of litem not yet adjusted ; but the little amounts
due to those who had otherwise lost all, are re
tained by the owner* or masters of steamboats,
who are yet men of property and who pass
a* respectable ill the communities around them.
Some resent losses have been managed in a ve
ry unsatisfactory maimer. It is reported that
the cargo of the steamer Tempest, which cost
some £30,000, was sold by the captain, against
I the protest of the accredited agent for the un
derwriters, for £750. —The clerk of the boat
bring the purchaser. It became necessary to
employ the U. S. Marshal to seize the cargo.
The underwriters have paid a total loss on two
cargoes by one boat, and we believe the boat
is still not lost. Not a great while ago, we arc
told, a steamer loaded w ith cotton got around.
A time was fixed for the sail of the cargo. At
the hour appointed a nothern cotton buyer was
present, but he was told that as only one other
person was there to bid, it wits not deemed pro
per to proceed w ith the sale. He went aw ay,
aud within an hour the cargo was knocked off
lo the other person, (he being connected w ith
the boat, jat three cents per pound. The cot
ton w as really but very little damaged and w as
proahahly worth twelve cents at least. So it
would seem that the difficulty was not, that two
persons were not too few to compose an auction
company, but too many , These are samples
of many transactions w hich have distinguished
the Apalachicola river from ail the Southern
rivers, or rivers any where on this Continent.
W hatever may have been the real motives
in the various cases; the transac lion* were ex
ceedingly unfair, and give abundant reason for
the worst suspicions. If practices of this sort
are permitted by the people in the neigborhood
to be continued, (for we cannot control them
here,) it is evident tint) they furnish such strong
inducements to dishonesty, that men however
honest themselves, will scarcely be tainted, less
the temptation should be too strong for their
virtue.
The subject is of much more importance to
the people whose imports and exports pass up
on the river, than it is to the citizens of New
York, or any otli, r portion of tin country.
Cotton w ill not bring a fraction more in any
inurket because it has encountered great risk*
or lieen protected by heavy expences. The
mischief, therefore, though at first it may fall
<m underwriters and dealers at a distance, will
ultimately fall on the plainer* and consumers.
| Their cotton w ill he wurth its value in market,
less tile charge* and fair calculations of profit.
| and the goods they iin|>ri will be enhanced in
i price by the rev erse operation of the same rule,
| So it need not lie supposed that these losses
are to come out of Northern men. It will take
more safe voyages to restore a good reputation,
than it has taken ofbud voyages to run it down ;
and all these must be paid for at a high rate, so
that very likely the underwriter will in the
end come out safe. The merchants of Colum
bus have a great stake in this matter. Two
! and a half per cent each way on all the busi
j ness of a town, is quite enough to give rival
| places a great advantage in the trade. So hav-
I mg given them what we deem a suitable war
j ning, we must leave them to take care of their
own affairs, and bring hark their river to the
! rank and reputation of other rivers, by stteh
| measures as in their wisdom they may deem
| best. A e ip York Journal of Commerce.
The soldier's death. —One fine morning
about a vvecA after my meeting with the
handsome soldier, I was a good deal affec
ted by witnessing, from my window, a fu
neral procession which was passing. There
goes a poor soldier to his last home,’’ said
my maid, who happened to be setting with
me. It was a stormy day, and the wind
whistled mournfully among the trees. “He
hears it not, poor fellow, “said I : “nor
wind nor weather can disturb hint now.'’
As they passed slowly by my window. I
observed that the funeral was attended by
one of the officers of the tenth hussars, to
which the dead soldier had been attached.
I loolrcd again, and discovered him to be sir
Benjamin; he looked unusually melancholy
and,for my part, though 1 always consider
ed this a mournful sight, I had never been
so affected by a soldier's funeral until now.
“It is the dull weather which disorders our
nerves,” said I, brushing away a tear. I
was going from the window, when my at
tention was arrested by a wild, beautiful
young female, who rushed on toward the
coffin. Her hair was dishevelled, and her
eyes swollen with tears. My husband soon
returned, and informed me that the girl was
the bethroded of the “handsome young
soldier,’’ whom he has just followed to
his last home. This man had stood be
fore me with all his godlike beauty but a !
few days, past, and now r feeling the
tears again rushing to my eyes, I hastily j
left the room. 1 learned afterward that he
had been ill but two days with a brain fe
ver. Sir Benjamin visited him at the death
bed. His Ute pale cheek was now flushed
with a bright crimson glow, and the disor
der of his fine dark auburn ringlets seemed
i but to increase the beauty which could not
easily he disfigured. As the poor maniac
struggled in the arm of the men who vain
ly endeavored to confine him, by means of a
strait waiscoat, he offered some of the finest
models for the statuary art which could
well be conceived. His beauty acquired a
character of more sublimity fronuhe disor
der of his brain, and all that supernatural,
glow ing ardor that immense bodily strength
the youthful fire of that sweet counte
nance—the eye which flashed such wild in
dignation on his fancied tormentors—the
blood rushing through the transparent veins
—all this became a mass of cold, senseless
clay, to mingle with the clods of the vallev
before the uext revolving sun.
HOUSE, SHIP, SIGN, AND
(Dvwamnttai
PAINTING.
FBI||K SUBSCRIBER respectfully informs
■*- tile putdie that he has established himself
In this city, and will be happy to execute any
orders in his line, such as House, Ship, Sign
and Ornamental FAINTING, Oil Gilding,
Graining. Glazing, Papering, Coloring, Sc.
it.?* Paints. Oil, Colors, Window Glass, &e.
constantly on hand.
All orders punctually attended to, and Jobs
executed in a vvurkmi alike manner.
N. H. All orders from the country punctu
ally attended to. Thj subscriber w ill be found
at the Alatamahi Ho el,
GORHAM SAWYER,
Hefercm e:
Rogers Crane, Darien.
Col. D. M. Stewart, Liberty County.
lii 1 . v 2 : i -sl'.i _
NOTICE.
TIIE UNDERSIGNED, being desirous to
close his pr< sent but mess the ensuing Spring,
will dispose of his seek at low prices for cash
only, or for lha r laat ihortsight on Brunswick,
Savannah, or Charleston.
He will in all citses decline the usual credit
business. SAMUEL PALMER.
January* 22-4 y y-
PLOUGHS, Ac.
20 PLOUGHS, No. 10 and 12, with extra
poiuls
40 kegs NAILS, sizes from 4 to 20
40 do Brooklyn WHITE LEAD No. 1
and extra
For sale by 11. W. HUDN'ALL,
j a 22
- ‘ *ure Liquors.
’ JJLjW CONSISTING o# Cognac Bran -
a*S%ffifcsls,ly. 11. Gin, Jamaica Hum, N. K,
Hum and Gin, Teneriffe, Port, Madeira, and
Malaga Wines.
For sale wholesale or retail by
ja 22 H. W. HUDNALL.
N. THOMAS &. SON,
Merchant Tailors,
II AYE for sale at their Clothing Store in
■ * Darien, HEADY MADE CLOTHING
of almost every description, with every article
usually called for at Fashionable Clothing
Stores: Consisting of Caps, Storks, Suspen
ders, Bosoms: Collars, Gloves, Hosiery, &r.—
Together with a very handsome assortment of
GOODS to be made to order by the best of
Workmen, and in the most FASHIONABLE
stylf,
N. 11. They are constantly receiving Goods
from New York, and are prepared to sell
wholesale or retail, und run furnish its low as
any other similar establishment in the State.
Ja 22 N.T. &S.
Ilay, Brick# and Pork.
TONS prime Northern Hay,
” 20 M. Hrirks.
10 Hbis. Mess Pork,
For sale bv
jan 22 2w WOODBURY & HTACKPOLE,
GEORGIA LUMBER COMT,
FB4IIE subscribers, agents of said company,
-B- offer to contract for delivery at Darien, or
elsew here, of hard Pine lumber of the best
quality, sawed to any dimensions that may be
required, and at low prices. They will have
on hand at their depot in this cilv, a good sup
ply of lumber of various sizes.
WOODHIRY STACK POLE.
Dariet), Jan. 22, 1839.3 w
1)01101 STEAM SAW MILL,
WW'II.I, keep on hand a large supply of
* LUMHEllofalldi’scriptions. Cargoes
will be sawed to order. Fiv e wharves are at
tached to the Mill, and lUe Lumber will be de,
livered witjiin reach of the vessel loading.
Apply to
P. If. YONGK ft
Agents.
Darien. January 22, 1839.
NOTICE.
A LL persona IU arrears for PEW KENT in
- * the Presbyterian Church, are respectfully
solicited to call and settle the same without
delay as the funds are particularly wanted to
discharge the obligations of the Church.
By order of the Board of Trustees,
11. A. CRANE, Secretary and
Treasurer.
Darien. Jauy. 22, 1839.
SO A I*. (A MILLS, Jtc.
•>|k BOXES “Duwa, Sauger & Cos. r No. j
OV Extra SOAP
10 boxes MOULD CANDLES
10 half Mils. Fulton Market BEEF
5 kegs superior ‘Gosham Dairy’ Butler
5 kegs New LARD
10.000 superior Old Havana CIGARS
For sale low bv
ROGERS os CRANE.
Darien, Jany. 22,1839.
CHEAP LUMBER.
100,000 SEKra
| inches thick, well seasoned, an excellent arti
| cle for building. For sale by
ROGERS & CRANE.
Darien, Jan;. 22 1839.
Notiee.
THE undersigned intends keep-
Oli frl” f a Complete and general us-
TjHjEjm.sortment of
“SSa DRY GOODS. GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, CROCKERY, BOOTS,
SHOES, &c.
at his store ia Darien. Persons wishing to
make purchases will do well to call and ex
amine for themselves.
SAMUEL M. STREET.
Darien Jan. 1,1839. j. 22—ts.
JVoticc.
nPIIE copartnership heretofore existing un
* der tije firm of W. &S. STREET, is
this day mutually dissolved. All persons hav
ing claims will please hand them in and all
indebted to make payment to either of the forr
nier partners. W. C. STREET,
S. M. STREET.
Darien, Jan 1,1839. j. 22—ts.
OF every description executed at the of
fice of THE DARIEN HERALD.
.1 ustiffs Court for 1839.
4 COURT far the 271st District, will lie liolden
at ihc Court House in the city of Darien, on the
Jill Monday of each month— to w it
Monday- *2Bth January, 1839
Monday 25th February, “
Monday 25th March, “
Monday 22d April, “
Monday 27th May, “
Monday 24th June, “
Monday 2*2d July, “
Monday 2fith August. “
Monday 23d September. “
Monday 28th October. “
Monday *2sth November, “
Monday 23d Decernber, “
A panned of 7 Jurors, will be drawn at curb term
after the tirst.
NELSON W. CARPENTER.
Justice of the Peace for 2/ln Dist lict.
Darien. January 29st. I*3!*