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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
A U ii U 8 T A.
JANUARY 27.
To tke »f the Ckromicle and Sen
tinel*
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Georgia Rail Road.
It is gratifying to witness the success of this
important work. The receipts of the Road con
tinue to increase every month. We have been
furnished by the Agent of Transportation, with
the following statement. It will be seen that the
receipts for the month ot December amounted to
$32,100, being at the rate of $385,200 per an.
num. The nett profits must be very large.
Business done on the Georgia Rail Road during
the month of December, 1839.
Passengers and Mail $9,397 72
Fseight up, $5,551 04
13,048 bales cotton, 17,151 91 22,702 95
$32,100 67
Cotton received during the weekending 25th
January, 1840, 4,081 bales.
Henry W. Hilliard, Esq. has become joint
Editor and Proprigior of the Montgomery Jour
nal. Mr. H. is a very important accession to
Whig editorial corps of Alabama.
Virginia.—William M. McCarty is elected
to Congress from the Louden district, over Mr.
Powell, (Whig.)
Michigan U. S. Senatbr. —The Whig
members of the Legislature have in Caucus nom
inated Augustus S. Porter, of Detroit, to the office
ot the U. 8. Senator.
Correspondence of the Baltimore American. j
Washington, January 20, 1840. j
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr, Slade, of Vermont, after the reading of
the journal in the House, resumed the discussion
upon the resolution offered by Mr. Thompson,
proposing the disposition of the Memorials pray
ing for the Abolition of Slavery in the District of
Columbia.
Mr. Slade went further into the argument in
defence of the power of Congress to abolish Slave
ry in this District. He denied the implied faith
often spoken of in connection with the cession of
the District by Virginia and Maryland. If Con
gress was bound nat to abolish Slavery until Ma
ryland and Virginia had done so, he contended
that Congress wot Id then be bound to follow
Maryland and Virginia in their Legislation upon
the subject of Slavery. Mr. Slade is done speak
ing, and Mr. Garlaad of Virginia has the floor.
UNITE!) STATES SENATE.
Petitions were first in order in the Senate. A
large number were presented, but all of them
were of a private character, save a memorial from
New York, praying Congress to change the Cop
per Coin of the country to German Silver. The
Memorial was referred to the Committee of Fi
nance. An adverse report in answer to a similar
petition has already been presented in the Senate,
and the present petition will be considered in the
same light and negatively reported upon.
ARMED OCCUPATION OF FLORIDA.
This Bill, which has been before the Senate,
came up on its final passage.
Mr. Preston, of South Carolina, again made a
brief speech in opposition to the measure, upon
the ground that it was wholly ineffectual for the
purposes designed. It would be found necessary,
he thought, either to take the Indians or to kill
them. They would hold, in spite of us, the same
relative possession ta the whites in Florida, whe
ther the Bill passet or not, that the Indians had
held under other circumstances.—White settle
ments had not exterminated the Savages, and
would not. They went beyond a white settle
ment from choice, as well as from necessity, but
they wentjust so lar ahead as was required by
the progressive settlements of the white settlers.
Mr. Preston did not believe that the bill could
become a law, He did not believe that it would
pass the House, and not becoming a law he ho
ped the proper department should resort to some
measure in which the people could have confi
dence—to some plan that would bring the Florida
War to an end, and prove efficient. Any mea
sure which would terminate (he War would meet
with his hearty support.
The vote was then taken by yeas and nays up
on the final passage of the bill, and it was passed
by a vote of 26 to 15.
SUB-THEASURT BILL.
, The Sub-Treasury Bill was called up at two
o clock, upon its final passage, and the twenty
eight sections read lo the Senate by the Clerk
| A discussion was ei:pected on the Bill, and from
j eleven o’clock thegtdleries were filled with an au
dience expecting a speech from Mr. Clay, who
jit was rumored, would address the Senate. ’
The bill had just been read when Mr. Clay
; rose to address the Senate. His appearance up
-1 on the floor excited the greatest interest in the
j Senate. His speech was not commenced until
half past two, and 1 have not time to give you
more than a brief out ine of it.
He commenced with speaking upon the merits
of the bill and particularly in reference to the
practical character ol the measure. He felt sure
that prices would still go down unless the French
in Africa would make a further demand upon the
productions of the United States, and the com of
Europe should prove bad. All the staples of the
country, Mr. Clay contended, must still further
decline. Every part of the country is diseased
now, said Mr. Clay,—nay more, the country is
bleeding. The physician of the White House is
the only man who can help us, and the only man
who looks around without sympathy and without
feeling He who ought to be our common fath
er, folds his arms, wraps himself in his India rub
ber cloak and is indifferent to us.
Mr. Clay then stated what he believed to be
the causes of the present calamity. They were
speculations and were the efl'ecta if l °
ins oroof.be ro.W miniMmiMJ £%?£££■
the rebel desired, ami would not for h ° taffonl
that it appealed not to the interests and
of the country, but to the relief of the
money. It was an act which would tend to e *
we a greater demand for specie, and to draw ape
cie from ihe pockets of the people. lr ‘ atc * l he
remedies we had homilies-homilies
enormities of Banks, upon the beauUes of a bar
edv which the Administration had proposed t
redressing the grievances of the country. It wa
the Sub-Treasury biU which was to be the balm
of every wound. Such a scheme could afford no
1 ]*0l(0f
Suppose, continued Mr. Clay, you could get a
Haifa dozen States to say they would have no
other currency than this you propose to estabhsn
for the Government, what would be the ettect .
I Plead and play where, when, and how you any,
I you cannot destroy these corporations. 1 hey
! 'are fixed as immovably as the rocks. An A men
can statesman should see this and see the govem
i ment as it is. r ,
It was a reflection like this, that made me feci
; the value of a well conducted National Bank. I
have said upon a former occasion that I meant
not to propose a National Bank. I mean not to
do so nov». All I wish to say is what I have be
fore said, that forty years experience has proved
the necessity of such a Bank. In time the peo
: pie will see this, and have a Bank. —Till then it
I is not best to press the scheme.
But what does your Bill do ? continued Mr.
Clay.—lt separates the Government from the
people. It leaves them to take care of themselves
while you, in selfish security, are taking care of
yourselves.
I have heard, continued Mr. Clay, some extra
ordinary doctrines. A doctrine came years ago
from the resident of the Hermitage similar to this.
It was that the rich should be no richer, and the
poor no poorer. But how has it been maintain
ed 1 Here, upon the floor of the Senate the doc
trine is advanced that a reduction of wages is de
signed, and it is believed or professed to be belie
ved, that a reduction of wages will restore the
country to prosperity. It is not so, continued
Mr. Clay. That is the most prosperous country
where the poor are receiving the highest wages.
This is the happiest country upon the earth, and
one of its great causes of happiness is our vast
national domain.
Sir, I thank God that a day of reckoning is
not very far off. It is at hand, and will come in
March 1841, when the President of the United
States and this Senate will have to be tried by
the people, and the result of its mal-administra
tion proved.
Mr. Clay then examined the argument of the
President of the wrong money power which had
sprung up in London. And why 1 Did you hear
any thing of this before the destruction of the Na-
I tional Bank 1 No, sir, You ran down the Bank
i —you are responsible. I say you—for the Stu
arts are still upon the throne. Charles the Sec
ond of Charles the first—Martin Van Buren of
Andrew Jackson.
Mr. Clay then commented upon the oppo dtion
of the Administration to Banks and their friend
ship to the State Banks. The example shewed
I what all history proved—that a country should
! be aware of those who spoke of their apprehen
i sion of the objects of an opponent. We were
j now told to beware of the Bank of England. It
I is true that this Bank exerts a power over us and
1 to an extent that every American should be asha
i med of. But why was it ] Your fatal policy—
| the policy which has led to the buying of too
much from England, and the selling of too little
to England.
Mr. Clay is still speaking, and enlarging on
this subject of dependence on the money power of
England. His design is to show wherein the
Administration is responsible for it
Sub-Treasury Bill.
We annex, from the National Intelligencer, a
sketch of the proceedings in the U. 8. Senate on
the 16th and 17th, which preceded the vote order
ing this Bill to be engrossed for a third reading :
Thursday, January 16.
The Sub-Treasury bill being again Under con
sideration—
Mr. Benton moved to strike out those parts of
the bill which authorize the reception by Govern
ment. as money, of such notes as would be allow
ed by law to be received, and spoke at great
length in favor of the amendment, and of an ex
clusive metalic currency.
Mr. Wright said he thought it his duty to no
tice this motion to amend the bill, that the Senate
might understand its effect. For himself, he did
not consider it of the least possible importance
to retain the words which were proposed to be
stricken out. They were intended as a rule, re
quiring the Treasury to receive such paper as
was issued by and under the responsibility of this
Government. The bill, as it was now, would
come into operation on the first of July next; on
the thirtieth of June next the last Treasury note,
i issued on the authority ot Congress for the last
1 two sessions, would become redeemable, so that
! Mr. W. was not aware that, when the bill would
■ come into operation, one dollar of Government
1 paper would be afloat. Bnt, supposing Congress
at any future time should pass laws making paper
I receivable, it must be then receivable by such
■ laws, or thi i clause would not make it so. There
■ was no objection, therefore, to the striking out
the words, and yet there could be no great prac
■ tical mischief in retaining them. It was of little
1 consequence either way.
1 Mr. Calhoun was understood to concur entire
ly in the views of Mr. Wright.
Mr. Clay, of Kentucky. I would ask the
Senator from New York what is his understand
ing of the operation of the bill in a case of this
kind: The Secretary of the Treasury of the U.
States issues a warrant in the course of his dis
bursements on the receiver-general at New York,
and the holder of the warrant is perhaps in
Philadelphia, or Boston, or Chaileston, or New
Orleans; would he not be authorized with this
bill or warrant to make payment of his dues on
importations at the custom-house where he hap
pens to be, or must he go to New York to the
receiver-general to dispose of his warrant '
' M . r ‘ "£'*!*•;. 1 , not suppose Uie amend*
ment or the bill, as it is now, would affect that
’ ™ att ® r at alh The J now take such warrants at
Uiy ’ ? r m any P art of the country.
»i ‘ r ' f , ay ‘. • I /? len , * understand the construc
. rnlV! bC » r'l! b J the Chairman to be, that, the
collector at Charleston, or elsewhere, to whom a
warrant is tendered, drawn on New York while
he is not compelled torKeive it, yet is pro
hjbited from recemng it by this bill in either
Mr. Wright. Precisely so.
Mr. Benton. I believe I shall have a unani
mous vote on the striking out, opposition and all •
and that such an event may appear on the record.’
I call for the yeas and nays on the question;
which were accordingly ordered.
Mr.Norvell. In voting in favor of this motion
I wish it to be understood that under no circum
stances will I allow that this Government can
issue Treasury notes or other paper money to
meet any exigency whatever. ’
Mr. Calhoun. There ear. be no question on
that point; I reasury papers, of some kind, will
be sometimes indispensable.
Mr. Walker. I vote for the motion not only
with a view to consummate the divot ce of Gov
ernment from the paper of the State, but from
the whole paper system. At a late canvass in
i ’ thlS Part ° f the biM now proposed -
to be Slacken out was appealed to by the opposers
ot the Independent Treasury bill, as containing
the seeds of a Government bank; and it wa!
alleged that these very lines, though they did not
at once constitute a Government bank- were
plsced there with . view to the establishment of
such a system. S.r I wish the hill wholly cut
off from any such ob,ect.on; and let it show tha
z yrsisss, tsr ol ,he
Mr. CUv. of Ky. I would my vote un
the yeas and nays to accommodate almost any
body. But if the object now is to prevent he
issue of all paper by Federal authority, and the
I establishment of a Government bank, tnere n>u
be a great many more things .lone than this
striking out; two things more, at least; that is,
sundry other amendments must fce made, an
bill must declare that no future Congress shall
authorize the issue or the receipt of paper money
in the country. If the object is as the Sen» tor
last up has stated it, there should lie a prohibitory
clause to that effect.
But the case I will now put, is this: A man
conies to Washington and gets a gfiOO Treasury
wa. rant, which he wishes to transfer to A, >°*
C, and he does so transfer it, say to the hands ot
a merchant at Charleston. And there what is its
value 1 It is there worth just as much more in
specie as the difference in exchange; and if that
is one per cent., the warrant is worth one per cent,
more than the specie. Can there be a doubt that
the collector would receive it ? Or, take the op
posite side of the Union, and suppose a Treasury
warrant drawn on New Y ork is transferred to
Boston. There it is at par. At one place a
Treasury warrant on New York commands a
premium, at anotner it is at par, and it is no-wherc
below par. Now, if you want to prevent the
issue and use of such paper, you must, at least,
do the two things which I have stated : first pro
hibit such issue and use, and then you must in
sert a clause declaring that no future Congress
shall vary from the requisition of the bill in this
respect. ,
Mr. Calhoun was understood to say that he
was in favor of striking out, simply with a view
to prevent the re-establishing of bank paper in
our system. But as to an entire prohibition of
Government credit, it would be sure to cause a
return to the use of bank paper in our system ;
and if any gentleman was in favor of such pro
hibition, let him make a direct proposition to that
effect, and Mr. C. would venture to say he would
not get five votes in the Senate in its favor.
Mr. Henderson said he should vote against
striking out, and proceeded to assign his reasons,
but was not distinctly heard by the reporter.
Mr. Allen. This bill itself will be an act of
Congress when it is signed, and no more; and it
can, therefore, have no more force than any future
act of Congress. I have, therefore, risen solely
to say that this Congress has not the power of
binding any future Congress whatever.
Mr. Clay. The Senator from Ohio has not
heretofore remarked me as saying that this Con
gress has the power of binding a tutu re Congress.
Sir, I believe there is a Government bank lurking
in this bill. Gentlemen say no; we do not mean
to have a Government bank ; we will have no
thing but specie. So the Senator from Missouri
moves to strike out a certain clause inserted by
his friend from South Carolina, (Mr. Calhoun.)
which admitted the receipt of paper of certain
kinds. And I say, the gentlemen will not ac
complish their purpose by this alone, if they
would have nothing but specie. The paper will
be out. Supposing payment is to he made for
land ; is it yo ir purpose to prevent the drawing
out of specie by means of Government paper 1
Sir, I stated an impossible case (binding a future
Congress) to show that either that which is im
possible must be done, or this may lead to a Gov
ernment bank. Gentlemen may make their own
bed as they please, but they will find thorns and
thistles enough in it when they come to lie j
down. I understand the Senator from South j
Carolina, though he had yielded to the striking I
out, now objects both to the striking out and to 1
the insertion of a clause prohibitory on any future J
Congress. [So the Reporter understood Mr. |
Calhoun, but heard him indistinctly.] Sir, if j
this bill is simply a hard money bill, and there is j
to be no Government bank—but [striking the
bill with emphasis] there’s the bank !
Mr. Calhoun. I prefer to raise funds by Treas
ury notes for the purpose of a loan ; and I shall
hereafter be against any other kind of loan, be
cause a loan in bank paper is among the greatest
of frauds, and I shall ever oppose it. If we must
use credit, let that credit be our own. But I hope
that, by means of economy and reform, we shall
have no more occasion even for Treasury notes.
But what I wished to assert, and I now repeat it,
is, that paper, for large transactions, has a superi
ority over gold and silver, and the man who |
would abolish the use of it would, in the most
direct possible mode, bring us again to the use of j
bank paper. Sir, extremes often meet, and they
do here; and I, as an honest and sincere friend
of the divorce, would not tie up this body against
the use of Government credit. Sir, I have seen
this Government borrow bank paper, and I have i
then seen it dishonored by those very banks re
fusing Government paper. I hope it will be now i
understood why I vote for this striking out; and ■
if gentlemen mean that a deduction shall be ;
drawn from such vote, that we are never to use J
Government credit, I wish they would submit that j
proposition in terms, and see what will come of it. i
Mr. Walker. It might be dishonest on the I
part of the Government, if they had Treasury
notes out, and a small balance of them remain
ing out, not to pay that balance in gold and silver.
I am not willing, therefore, now to submit the
proposition that we shall never use Government !
credit. But now, when we are out of debt, there
can be no necessity for Government paper.
Mr. W. here entered into a long and elaborate
argument to show the great superiority of a specie
over a paper currency, in the course of which he
emphatically contrasted the commercial condition
of Cuba, where labor and capital are so low, by
means of an exclusive specie currency, that sugar
can be produced, as he alleged, for one cent a
pound.
He contrasted this state of things with the
commercial condition of this country, and es
pecially of his own State, where labor and capital
are so high, by means of a paper currency, that
it requires some five or six times the amount, in
comparison of Culm, to command the use of
capital, and thus raise for the market our staple
productions. Thus, though, labor and capital in
this country are raised by paper to a very high
value, our products come into the market
disadvantage with those of Cuba, and our com
merce is consequently embarrassed.
Mr. W. expressed the ardent wish that we
might attain the same happy condition of the I
Island of Cuba, by means of' a purely metallic
currency. His argument was listened to with
much attention, and with strong and evident ap
probation, by a considerable number of Senators
Mr Clay of Ky. I will not embark on the
subject of the tariff except so far as I must that
I may not be misunderstood. But I would call
the attention of the Senate to the different posi
tions of the friends of the bill. Some of them
are against all paper, they would as soon have
the hydrophobia. Another (the Senator from
South Carolina) would have paper’; hut then it
must be his paper, that is, a Government paper.
Still, he would use a certain measure of paper.
That is the situation of the friends of this bill*
and, sir, I will tell you what will come. Before’
the Congress terminates, these gentlemen will
have the opportunity of showing their attach
ment or their aversion to the Federal paper sVs
tern; for I have no doubt that the Secretary of
the Treasury, long before this session is over
will have in a proposition for Treasury paper J
He has already hinted it in a manner sufficiently
intelligible, especially taking into view the man
ner used in expressing himself, by the head of
the 1 reasury whose perspicuity is known so
Wel event where in the public and political
world. \ es, before this session terminates in
June or July, you will find the Secretary 0 f t £“
Treasury asking fur paper to meet the expenses
of the Government. That will bring the mart
as to what course these friends of sperie
on the subject. And whsl courw wili’they take ■
when such a proposition eoraes lor i tfavury
notes !
Mr. Calhoun. If we must use credit. I would
infinitely rather use our own than that of Banks.
But as to the currency, I concur in every word
which has been spoken by the Senator from
Mississippi, (Mr. Walker.) He could do no
better than to contrast our own state with that of
Cuba. Cuba is now in a flourishing condition,
while the State of Mississippi is in a state of
extreme distress. That Senator cannot push the
specie currency further than I, if the country
were out of debt. I wish simply, if there must
be a temporary credit, that the Government
should use its own credit.
Mr. Clay. If the Senator from South Carolina
is for using the credit of the Government and is
opposed to notes and to Treasury notes, in what
form would he use the credit of the government.
This question caused a slight and rather gen
eral movement of excitement or impatience, (the
time being late,) and the question was now put
on Mr. Benton’s motion to strike out the provis
ion for receiving such notes as might be receiva
ble by law; and it was carried in the affirmative
by Yeas 33, nays 6.
Mr. Walker, after renewing the expression of
his wish that the divorce should be complete,
moved to strike out that part of the bill which au
thorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to contract
for the use of the vaults of individuals and cor
porations; and the motion was agreed to without
a division.
There was now, apparently, a general move
ment to finish the bill; but Mr. Henderson ex
pressing a desire to speak, the bill was passed
over by consent, and the Senate proceeded to Ex
ecutive business.
Friday, January 17, 1840.
The sub-Treasury bill was further amended, in
the course of which, the debate took a strong and
marked turn on the principles of currency and
political economy.
A motion by Mr. Davis to exclude in the bill a
Government paper currency, was negatived by
15 to 27. A motion by Mr. Crittenden, direct
ing the Secretary of the Treasury to guard, as
far as he might, against such a currency, was
agreed to. The bill was then ordered to oe en
grossed by yeas and nays, as follows :
Yeas.—Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown, Bu
chanau, Calhoun, Clay, of (Ala.) Cuthbert, Ful
ton, Grundy, Hubbard, King, Linn, Lumpkin,
Mouton, Norvell, Pierce, Roane, Sevier, Smith,
of (Con.) Strange, Tappan, Walker, Williams,
Wright—24.
Nays—Messrs. Betts, Clay, of Ky., Clayton,
Crittenden, Davis, Dixon, Henderson, Knight,
Merrick, Nicholas, Phelps, Prentiss, Preston,
Robinson. Ruggles, Smith, of Inch, White,
Young—lß.
The Senate then adjourned till Monday.
The New York papers mention she death of
Mr. Stephen Price, better known as the Manage,-
of the Park Theatre, in that city, and brother of
the Locofoco-leg-treasurer Price.
The Armistad’s Slaves. —The trial of these
individuals has terminated; and Judge Judson
j has declared them to be free, and ordered their
discharge, ordering also the President of the U.
i S. to send them to Africa.
j Fire. —About half past six o’clock last even
! ing the cry of fire was sounded. The alarm
was caused by flames bursting from the roof of
:of the large three story wooden dwelling, on
Planters’ Bank Square, owned and occupied by
Mrs. Thomas Bourke and family, and that of
Capt, Bourke. The Hose and Engine Compa
nies were soon at the scene, and with the manly
exertions of the members, aided by many active
citizens, fortunately succeded in arresting the con
flagration, after the upper story with the entire
roof, was consumed. The flames had burned
through the ceiling, in part of the second story
before they were extinguished. The sashes and
fixtures of the house were generally torn off;
those who did it, expecting the building to be
consumed. The insurance on the building, we
are happy to state, will cover the loss, but the
furniture, which was not insured, was seriously
j damaged by removal. —Savannah Georgian of
Friday.
i Mobile Money Market. — Tight! fearfully,
insupportably tight!! When will the money
! embargo be raised? is a question often and feel
i ingly asked, and echo answers when? The ex
i clamation is heard from our business men. “Oh!
j for the moving of the waters,” and still the “skies
I refuse to weep,” and the rivers remain tranquil
i and almost stagnant. A friend, distinguished for
| his indomitable spirit, draws comfort from a re
j port that there is enough wafer in the “cane
brake” for the use of the stock, and from another
report, that although the rivers are low, there is a
small rise in some of the creeks! We must be
of good cheer, things will brighten up ere long.
—Mobile Advertiser of 2\st inst.
Boundary Troubles again.—Gov. Boggs,
of Missouri, has issued a proclamation, in which
he dissents from the resolutions passed by the
Legislature of lowa, and adopted by the County
Court ot Clark Co., to suspend all hostilities
until the U t day oi July next; he farther calls
upon all the officers of the State, civil and mili
tary, to exercise their respective duties to their
full extent, in conformity with the laws of the
State. W e shall now have “marching and
counter-marching” of troops, and “rumors of
war” in abundance from the disputed territory.-
Philadelphia Gazette. J
“Bucks,have at ye all Shahs.
Messrs. Editors
Some days ago I chanced to meet
TJ® ° f “ Juven is” on your sheet.
Attached to what was meant for rhyme
But which had neither sense or time ’
I read it o’er, and once again,
To find the meaning of his strain :
Then gave it up and thought ’twas sad
shat you should thus mislead the lad
Thus early wean him from the nursery
To write such stuff, and call it poesy.
The child has strayed from home, no doubt
D’ye think its mother knows its out ? ’
IV ext Anna came, the smirking lass
And wrote the minstrel down “an ass •”
And scourged the boy with such good will
doubt he feels the smarting still
Be careful, Anna, my little elf.
Or you may feel the lash yourself.
hold a pen, and know its use.
Perchance they ’ll write you down a goose
A third is added to the train, * e>
Tripping ’neath the cloak of Jane
\ou need not raise that hood to scan
Her face to know she’s but a man
Wlt 2 at flows from w °man’s^tongue
Is never thus at random flun- - b
Th* K U u and u ev ’ r >' laten < s park.
The bolt will ever hit its mark •
Her ev’ry shaft its own will deal
T ™' a f‘ h ' li S h,nin Sto , hesteei:
“ U r " u d, e ress >"?—I must plan
Ha 22! £‘ S this "oman-man ■
He calls my sister Ann an ass,
But n imports, PH j et that pass ;
it will not her good nature vex.
Besides, the name don’t suit the sex.
And new, to make my duty plain,
1 11 give him back the name of Jane;
He’s doubly welcome, now, the ninny
Which leaves him not a Jack, but Jinny
The next attempt at wit you show 3
Remember iEsop’s fable, Joe. ’ Kitty
Note.—l have seen the rejected lines by « J ane
and Eliza.”
K.
The navigation of our river above and 1 ‘
the city as far as we can see i: blocked viip
and at present is permanent. The bout wi I!
New York passengers had great ditfi c * |,
crossing—at BA. M., they had succeded.—r!
mometer at M. stood 7 degrees a ,
and at 12 o’clock, 18 degrees above zero * 7 t 0 ’
City Ice Boat has proceeded down to as- *
the stale of the ice at the Horse Shoe.—piu 11
delph ; a Inquirer of 20th. i ‘ Q *
The following is a capital hit. No p eon i
more apt to find fait than those who havj^
right to complain. n °
Subscribers will confer a favor by not !enl
their papers. Borrowers are always turnip,
their noses at something it contains A7,,.; 1
port Herald. ir 'h
TO THE PUB Lic7~
It becomes my duty, as I have been advised
the absence of legal remedies—localise ati
of my fellow-citizens in this public way, to e ® tl0!1
ter involving a difficulty in which Hiave^* 1 '
some time placed ; the mention of which is n ° ecn
to me, but which is now necessary-, in 0 ° ain f>il
justice may be done to myself by those • ,lat
ed with the circumstances. lam induced . ,nt "
pursue this course, in consideration of the fp S r l °
0' my family, and that my friends may learn tP *
truth oi this matter. lam influenced to male tr
publication by no other motives than those to A
-1 have alluded. Whlch j
Some time in the year 1536,1 became acau 9 ;„. '
ed for the first time with Mrs. Eliza Michael ’ >
the county of Richmond, the daughter of M rs t’°‘ \
Simons. I was but a boy at the time,but sevp
teen years of age, of a wild, ardent and impulse S
temperament and disposition; and of course posse?
sed of a!l the inexperience and folly which naturai
ly attach to a youth of such an age, and character
My acquaintance with Mrs. .Michael, influent
by her arts, and stimulated by my
and inexperience, soon ripened into frequent a
intimate intercourse. When I first became Z
quainted with her, I supposed that she wasth*
wife of one Wra. H. Michael, formerly a resided
of this place, and that she had been deserted tv if,)
husband. But it was not long before she and b*>
mother both assured me, that her marriage win
Michael, was not lawful, because Michael himself
was a married man, and had a wife living at th i
time that he contracted marriage with her* anH
1 was persuaded that this was the case. It was I
then, that influenced by her wiies I unhappily- |
greed to marry her, and accordingly at the solicit*!
tion of her, and her mother, I went to Hamburg 1
South Carolina, and there the forms of matrimonia l
alliance were solemnized between us. It wa!
their proposition that we should go out of the
State to be married ; but I was so young and incy.
perienced that I did not then understand the me.
five which dictated this proposal. I afterward!
discoverd that she was the lawful wife of Wm. H
Michael, and that a gross, cruel, and criminal dt!
ception had been practiced upon me. Immediate!?
after I became satisfied, that Mrs. Eliza Michae'
was the wife of Wm. H. Michael, I left her and
have not seen her since.
I have been informed, (and the certificates ap
pended show the information to be correct) thy
Mrs. Michael afterwards applied to the Superior I
Court of Richmond county, tor a prosecutioD
against Wm. H. Michael for Bigamy, influenced bj !
motives, which may be easily infered; and thy !
by a witness who was probably suborned, she I
procured a true bill against him for that offence; I
and that Michael came afterwards, demandeda ;
trial, and the prosecutrix failing to appear, the bill j
was dismissed by the Attorney General.
I now submit this statement to the public, to
gether with such evidence of the fact of her being
the wife of Michael, (which though it might not t«
sufficient in a court of justice to convict her of
Bigamy,) will still be strong enough, I think, to
satisfy every reader of this publication, that she
was at the time I went through the forms of mat
riage wit a her, the lawful wife of said Wm. E
Michael. If I could have prosecuted her for Big
amy in this State (which 1 could not do as we were
married in South Carolina,) as the witnesses resid
ed here who are cognizant of the facts to which!
have refered, I should perhaps have contented ray
self with that remedy for the wrong done to me,
and have thus made manifest to the world my true
situation in this matter; but as this could not!*
done as already suggested, I have deemed it my
duty to resort to the course I now pursue, fortk
purpose of placing myself, and my conduct ini
proper light before those who may be interested!
understanding them.
JOSEPH A. MAGRUDER.
• Augusta, January 24th, IS4O.
GEORGIA, } At the request of Mr. Jla-
Richmond County. 3 gruder, I cheerfully certify te
the following facts.
At the January Term of the Superior Court, held
in the county of Richmond, in the year 1837, Mrs.
Eliza Michael, and her mother, Mrs. Simons, ap
plied to me, and requested that as the prosecute
officer for the State. I would make out and send to
the Grand Jury, a bill of indictment against Wn.
H. :Michael, for Bigamy. They charged him with
having married Eliza Ochiltree, one of the persons
applying to me, whilst he had a wife living, wilt
whom he had before contracted marriage I asked
for their evidence, and after a delay of some day*
I think, a witness was procured to prove the forme
marriage of Michael, with whose testimony I was
not satisfied ; for she appeared to me to be a wo
man of doubtful character, her statement I thought
suspicious, and affording even if it were fullv cred- j
ited, but slender evidence of the facts sought tote
proved. I determined however, to send her to the
Grand Jury, and let them hear her statement,me
decide. A bill was accordingly prepared again*!
Michael, charging him with the crime of Bigamy,
in marrying Eliza Ochiltiee, and placed before the
Grand Jury. That body returned it into courts
true. Information was given to me, that Michfc
was not in the State, and accordingly no steps were
taken for his arrest. At the court after I think,
Michael came with Mr. MeLaws, the Clerk of out
Superior Court, to me, stated that he had come to
meet the charge which had been made against bi®
(I think he had come from Florida,) and was anx
ious for a trial. I waited the appearance of the
prosecutrix, and her witnesses. They did not j
appear. And becoming satisfied from tills circuit-1
stance, taken with the probable character of the
witness for the prosecution, and the manly ant
proper conduct of Michael in the affair, that I
could not convict, and ought not to convict him,!
moved the court to enter a nolle prosequi, andthf
case was dismissed.
KBEN’U. STARNES,
Attorney Gene. a!.
GEORGIA, ✓ Ido hereby certify, that 2! ,
Richmond County. 3 the time stated, Mr. Um. H. .
Michael, came to me, (and that he came from Fieri- 1
da)and with me went to the Attorney General,ami I
in my presence stated to him that he was anxiou s
for a trial of the prosecution against him for Big' 1
amy.
JAMES MoLAWS,
Clerk Superior Court, Richmond county, j
Consignees per South Carolina Kail Road-
Hamburg, January 25, 1840.
, T C - S * Bre <J cn ’> G - B- Camplin; J. L. Fraser;Clark, I
McTier & Co.; Marshall & Crim; Rathbone &B* j
ker; J. Davidsen; E. T. Hall; J. M. Cooper £- Son;
K. Allen; D’Antignac & Hill; E. D. Cooke; Sto*
van. Simmons fit Co.; G. T, Dortic; A. I. Hunting* ;
ton & Son; L. Hopkins; A. Picquet; I. S Beers x |
Co ;W. E. Jackson; W. Hattier; R. Peteis, j®-i |
Bolling &.H.; G Parrott; H W Sullivan; Jeffers S 1
J J* Beason.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
„ Savannah, January 23.,
Cleared Ship Howard, Mills, Liverpool; brl »
L. Baldwin, Bassett, New York ; schr Gen. War
ren, Baker, Havana.
Arrived Brig Independence, Evans, Havana.
Went to sea Brig L. Baldwin, Bassett, N l ol *'
2^*
Cleared Ships Tacitus, Moore, Liverpool; OH* 1 *
10, Tucker, Havre.
Arrived Steamboat Chatham, Wray, August*
H ent to sea—Schr Gen. Warren, Baker, Hav^-
. Charleston, Jan. 2o-
Arj ived yesterday —Schr Ajax, Wheeler, St. J l '
go; Br schr Racer, Smith, Nassau,(N. P.)
In the offing —Br ship Helena, Drenning, Li ver ”
pool,
At Quarantine-Ship Stephtn Phillips, Thom* 5 '
from Boston. f
Cleared —Schr Elizabeth, Thain, W. Indie*.
