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Georgia Sr Statesman. TERMS,— 93 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE,] BURRITT & MEACHAM, Editor*.] gBOBMA STATBSMAir. is tvmmbwd ivui trum « jaiLLBDQBVILLE, CJI. opposite the Ragle Mote).. IT 8. VEACBAK. fjy 7Vmn....Thrac Dollars in advance, Cr Four Pollan if not paid in six months— tio subscription received for lem than one «cesr, unless (he money 4s paid in advance, end no paper discontinued till all arrearages -jp subscription and advertisements are paid. IT. B.—Notice of the sales of land and ae owß, by Administrators, Executors, or Guar dians, must be published sixty days previous to (he day of aue. . The sale of personal property in tike man ner must oe published fifty days previous to the day of sale. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary Tor leave to sell land, must ba poMbhed nine months. Notice that application has been made for letters of Administration, must also be pub*' Ushed/orty dags. *** Alt letters directed to the Editors on business relating to the Office, must be post A ■■■ Fcoru.thc Memorial, TSB sonr AOLS. The following narrative is from the Tips of a seaman, as related on board of a vessel upon the Atlantic, when indications of a storm wore upon the heavens, similar to those disclosed In the talc. To transplant it, from 'ho scene and circumstances of its delivery, detracts much from its ef fect. The scenery adds to the play, end both are dependant for their in teresting qualities! upon the state of (he listener’s mind. Let him who has but a single touch of romance | to bis composition, imagine himself on the relentless deep, away from aH that he holds dear, subjected to the dominion of wind and wave, end pas sing a vacant hour among the sailors on the forecastle, listening to their wild tales of storm and death, and he then may have a faint idea of that mute attention which was bestowed Upon this simple story. The author pretends to no other credit than that which is due to a translator “Alight in the binnacle.” This! order was given in that peremptory manner, which shows that a man is either ill at c iso with himself, or ■with thoso peculiar, circumstances In which he is then involved. He, from whose lips this order came, knew not but that it might be deem ed unmanly in him to begin, at that moment, to guard against tho worst. The topmasts had been struck, the rigging coiled away in the most sea manlike style, and the sun had now sunk beneath a chaos of pillowy clouds; leaving scarce a star, as a ratine! to watch over the dreary waste of waters. Yet, to the inex perienced eye, there was nothing to warrant any preparation against an approaching tempest. A summer evening breeze gently filled the reef ed foresail, and the helmsman was warbling snatches of sea-songs, in termingled with sundry and diverse musical caricatures of Anld Lasts Bat the captain ami mate were ob served to converse together in low tones, and often to look at the rig ging, and to cast stolen glafics to ward the sky, which was then dying every object with a fearful crimson. The expiring sun-light, as it fell up on the face of Cuptain Scars, gave in deep outlines, one oft hose expressive ''ountenances, which arc frequently found among the seamen of Nevr- Eogland; and one could almost trace marks of the storm upon his weath er-beaten visage. On board of his ship be ires a perfect autocrat -; but in the btKkna of his family, or in the social circle, he was the unaffectod, amiable sailor, protending to nothing la art or science higher than the truck or deeper than the keel of his own vessel. There was a beam hi his eye, at the momeot of which we have been speaking, allied to both of these qualities—a note of pre paration seemed to ring from bis strung nerves, while a stoicism, as to the rosuh, might have been drawn his open and tearless counte nance. The sailors followed with their eyes the direction of bis looks aud gestures, and with sedulous haste obeyed his orders, as given through the medium of his mates A gradual increase of the breeze Was noticed, and the hesitation of the commander seemed changed from doubt to certainty. He turned toa young man near him, and said, in an under tone, “do you mark that yoo der glim has shut in, that those clouds nre condensed, and do you see that -oathery maze approaching us at the *“ te of twenty knots an hour, upon our weather bow *” “And what thens was the reply, then ?—you do not pre tend to be ignorant that an equinoc tial gale will be likely to give us a •et birth for supper—or that it is Oow coming on as though the very devil directed it ? Comc, Monsieur Melancholy, g,ve us a specimen of I*o3l Uiautvcd-jyou ore aware that THE FOLLOWING TABLE Exhbits, at one view, the prices of the various descriptions of Cotton , in Charleston, in each week* during the last ten years. 1816. 1817. 1818. 1819. 1820. 1821. 1822. 1823. 1824. 1825. Short Staple. Main <s* Santee Sea Island. Short Staple. Main k. Santee. Sea island. Short Staple, j Main & Santee.| Sea Island. Short Staple | Main Si Santee | Sea Island. Short Staple. || Main Si Santee | Sea Island. 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Was I not born to a fortune, and have I not endured penury ? Wore not these hands once soil with luxury, and are they not now hardened by toil ? Did I not love thee, Mary, and wert not thon, my bad of bliss, blighted by misfortune ?—art thou not the bride of another ? Why is it, that, heart less myself, others attach themselves to me, merely to be drawn into that vortex of ruin, which mine own go ing down has created ? A home un der these troubled waves, were bet ter than to live a thing without a hope under a seeming lair sky of peace, when the fiery demon of despair is burning all within me. Yet these poor fellows love me ; they love life —I must save them.” He started from bis musing posture and it was as if lightning had dashed across the decks. The cry was, “ Frederick sees danger, and we must do our utmost.” The foresail was handed, a balance-reefed storm staysail placed in i*s stead ; be was on the maintop, bowsprit, and in every part of the ship almost at the same instant. The excitement was such, that an indifferent observer would have thought that all was in sport—that a visitor was coming, or a merry-making on foot. The cap tain and mate seemed to have de legated their authority, and Fed crick, the moving cause of all which followed. An instant of stillness occurred after all was done, when Frederick walked leisurely op to the captain, and putting off all restraint, grasped his hand, and in the lofty tone of despair, urged him to state, when (if ever) be should sec his Mary, that she was the last object upon which his earthly thoughts had rested. The pressure was warmly returned with the reply. “ We have too long (duty to tho icontwy ootwitbstaoding) kept out* He tibieront artes, pacisque imponere marem, parcere subjects ct debellare Milledgeville, Tuesday, February 18, 1827. selves as strangers; should I not survive, you will find that I have re membered you. But 1 must attend my duties. Assist me look at yon mist, created by the storm, as it tabes off the tops of the sea. Fnrowcll.” Frederick repaired to his station, and viewed calmly the tornado as it came on. There were the unearth ly sounds of contest heard, as the winds and waters met in their fight ; the frighted sea-bird; as she Bed from the mad onset, was heard screaming in the distance ; the saddened look of the sailor, as he watched the approach of the elemental army, be tokened thoughts of his far home and fire-side all seemed like that instant, when the victim’s nock is ready and before the fatal axe falls. Yet Frederick cast but a glance at the mast, and again settled into a re verie, as an indifferent spectator of the work of the Almighty The first shock careened the ship almost to a level with the sea—she then went majestically onward, tri umphing over the waters like a war rior in the pride of victory. But on ward and more furious came the foes. Brace after brace snapped—sea af ter sea swept the decks, at, if sea and air were contending for the prize. The cheering shouts of Fre derick rose amid the roar and crash es elements, until one wave, more violent than the rest, tore tho cap tain from the deck, and he was seen amid the froth, struggling in the agonies of death. There was a wild shrink w; ich burst from the crew, as the ship settled under its burthen of waters, and when she arose from the blow, not a particle of rigging was standing—the masts were over the side, and the decks swept as closely as though some tremendous machine had, at one ouset, severed each timber and stanchcl. The mate looked fearfully to the situation of the captain, and then turned his eye toward the place where Frederick had stood In a moment he saw the latter buffeting his way toward tho formei, having in his hand the top gallant-yard, and apparently swim ming from the vessel. Two seas more brought the captain on deck, nearly exhausted, who murmured “ Frederick,” yjd becugjy lusewr Hu. The gale died away by degrees, though the swell of the sea still con tinued, and the next morning dawned upon a mastless bark, which lay in her inefficiency upon the billows, with spars floating all around her. A disabled ship, with but a bare fore mast standing, was seen caprioling upon the waves astern, and the ele ments were gradually and slowly subsiding. Captain Sears' feelings were so goaded, that he was almost driven mad, wheu he recollected that his young companion had sacrificed himself upon the altar of romantic friendship. The last words which he had heard from Frederick’s lips, while they were on the waves to gether, were continually ringing m his ears, “you have competence and domestic attachments—l have nei ther; take this and be saved.” Jurymasts wero raised, repairs made, the sailors lamented the fate of their beloved comrade, and, at last, their destined port was reached in safety. I cannot describe Mary. It is woll known that a coincidence exists between man’s life and the seas and winds—upon the ocean, in one lati tude, the breath of heaven stirs not its face “too roughly”—in another, there arc the demons of destruction raging in their fiercest mood. With man it is thus—to-day his course is that of the placid river—to-morrow what once was peace, is thrown into commotion, and the original beauty is changed. On the evening of the shipwreck Mary was strolling in un easy listiessucss upon the margin of the sea, entirely unconscious that every part of it was not as quiet as that which met her gaze. 1 cannot describe Mary, as I have said ; but she was one who seemed born to cheer, and not to sadden—there was a joyousness in her dark eye, yet sorrow dwelt around her lip. It was not that her ringlets were glossy— nor that she was fair—not that her cheeks wore the hue of health ; I have seen many such, and forgotten them ; but it was the combination of all hor features, set off by a love ly form, which interested as a whole and which, once seep, would have been hold up, not as a standard of but at a jirototype of a bejpg [Vol. n. No. C. —Whole No. LVIH. by whom man would wish to be be loved. Her thoughts were upon the sea, upon one ship which was daily expected. The moon was then shining upon the white tops oftlie bounding wave; tho distant cloud just blushed the edge of the horizon with the damask tinge of lightning, and the mild wind, as it threw back herraven hair, blew auspiciously for the return of Fre derick. I will not say but that she more than once thought of an event which might follow. She coursed the winding shore, stopped to view n piece of the wreck of some ship which had just floated on shore, burst into tears, and went home to weep over the dangers of the sea There is a loveliness in the grief ol a beautiful womau, which interests deeply, although wo know not the cause of her sorrow ; it is not allied to love, when wc behold it, but it constrains us to vow that we will achieve impossibilities to remove it. Mary had a lively, but a sensitive affection, and that piece of perhaps antiquated wreck, which she beheld, was the harbinger of a destruction to her dearest hopes. Association, with its shadowy forms, will some times daunt the mind more effectually than when reality presents to one the tangible forms ofhuman wo. It was thus with Mary; a decayed piece of a wrecked ship which had long since been covered by the deep, awoke terrors for the fate of her lover which were not the less severe because they were the work of her imagi nation. A few years passed by, when the commander, who had not forgotten the perils of that night which have been faintly described, called togeth er, at an Inn, the crew who were his companions in the fearful scene. Ho sat at the head of the table, a true picture of the open-hearted, generous seaman ; with his mate on iiis right, and his hardy tars around him. He seemed sad, as if some as sociations connected with former years, had brushed a dark wing a cross his memory. Th careless jokes of his unthinking companions awoke no smile upon his lips. Hr had discharged his solemn errand fro© Frederick to Mary, w ho, even [OR' $4 Ip NOT PAID IN SIX MONTHS now, was exclusively devoted to the memory of hw first and only love, The death of her interested suitor previous to the binding of ttie fetal knot, had absolved her from the ne cessity of obeying her parents. Sbg was alone, "a mere waif upon fljo world’s wide common,” the mistress (ola iortune bequeathed her by irtt I ! ate *y deceased parents, and thou-U m the bloom of youth and beau*, ! Was . »™ous to join in the world <£ -spirits that one who in death court!' not forget her. The recollection of these things weighed down the spirits oi the captain, and the shade of Fre dcrick seemed to upbraid him for tho present apparent festivity. Twico had he left the table, with his hand upon his brow, and walked in agita tion across the long room of tneifr entertainment. He gazed from tho window, and the moon looked down, in her effulgence upon the frost as it spangled the meadow, and glitter ed upon the trees ; in the distance, the rude sea gamboled in its frolic; ; the lighthouse twinkled on the beetl* ing bluff, and his own ship rode ma jestically at her moorings. The teat stole down his bronzed cheek, as bo thought of his young friend, and a reverie ot painful reminiscences was fast coming over hiir when doty, i tb c seaman’s watch-word, recalled j him to a sense of his situation, and j w ‘*h an eflort he returned to his ! scat; and filled a bumper “to the memory of Frederick.” They all < rose and a trembling in the baud, and : a quiver of the lip could be seen a* j meng them, as the cup was slowly j raised to drink an almost sacred toast. They were scarcely seated, ■ before the rlnnr opened, and a sailer, in a neat, yet coarse dress, accom panied by a cabin boy, apparently a bout eighteen years of age, came in, and the sailor, without ceremony, took a seat at the foot of the tabic, still keeping on his shining tarpaulin while the cabin-boy stood bebiud hi}! chair. The Captain seemed to think this an unwarrantable instrtision, and in his gruffest tone observed, “ship mate, you bear down upon us with out showing colours ; come, give US a toast, to ascertain whether you are not a pirate ; as for your Bob-o~lm coin, yonder, lie appears to be in a dead calm; send him round under my lec.” The cabin-boy went be i h* n d the captain, the can was filled and all were in readiness for the , stranger’s toast. “ I will give you,’ said 110, ”.2 h’ght in the binnacle t” The scene was picturesque. Tiro Captain dropped his glass, and lean ed forward with a superstitious ear nestness in his gaze. The sailarfe looked alternately from the Captain to the concealed countenance ot tho stranger. “By ,1 see his cloven foot,” quoth an Irismnn, as he peep cd under the table ; a sound box, well applied to the ear of the captain i from the pretended cabin-boy, and. a. loud laugh from the stranger, reveal* ed Frederick and Mary to the as tonsished listeners. The binnacle, and the ship astern, had saved Fre* derick on the night of the storm : fortune had favoured him with riches, lie had returned, the master of a no ble ship that every evening ; Mary had welcomed him with rapture ; and their little plot of surprise, to Cap tain Scars and his crew, had been carried into happy effect. Mary suffered for her bravery in masquerading, by a loud smack from, the Captain, before she effected her escape. Frederick was doomed to pay the whole of the reckoning; anfl every sailor, together with Captain Sears, received an invitation to the wedding, which was held in jovial style, at a scat adjoining to the Cap, taiu's, which Frederick had purchas.) ed with the fruits of of his sea voj age. IchabodJ “ MY AUNT SHAKERLY.” “ From Hood’s tVfcims and Oddities. “ My aunt Shakerly was of an Cf normous bulk. I have not done jus tice to her hugeness in my sketch.- for my timid pencil declined to haz ard a sweep at her real dimension?. There is a vastness in the outline, of even moderate proportions, till the inass is rounded off by shadows, that makes the hand hesitate, and apt to stiut the figure of its propet breadth ; how, then should I have ventured to trace, like mapping in a continent, the surpassing boundaries of my aunt Shakerly! What a visagp was bers !—the cheeks a pair of hemispheres ; her neck literally s»val lowed up by supplementary chin; her arm cased in a tight sleeve, was as the holster; her body like tho feather bod, of Ware. The waist, which in other trunks, is an isthmus, was in hers only tiic middle zone of a continuous tract of flesh; hor an kles overlapped her shoes. With such a figure, it may be supposed that her habits were sedeotafy W bcu tho did V'alk, tfcc Toi»©r