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AUGUSTA.
TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 10.
ffj* See first page daily paper,
dj* No mail North of Richmond last night.
Health of the City.
A report, we understand, has gained a circula
tion in many parts ot the coqn.ry, that the city is
very unhealthy, and in som? instances has been
so exaggerated as to induce the impression on the
minds of the credulous, that the fatal epidemic of
the last autumn is prevailing to an alarming ex
tent. What could have influenced any one to
give currency t& such an unfounded rumor we
know not. for certainly nothing could be more
false. When we were first advised of the exis
tence of the report, wc supposed the good sense
of the people would at once |discountenance it;
but since we have heard of? its spreading still
more, and gathering more alarming features in its
progress, we notice it, to say to those who desire
to visit the city either on business or pleasure,
that the city was never more healthy, or at least
so say those who have the b»?st means of know
ing. For our own part, we fjave been in the city
now near two months, and vis have not seen a
funeral or even heard of a casjp of sickness of any
kind whatever.
Judge Burnell’*
We give place to-day to aji extract from the
speech of Judge Burnett, of'Ohio, delivered in
the Harrisburg Convention, af,er the nominations
were made for President and Vice President. It
is a brief sketch of the life and character of Gen.
Harrison, by one who has byen intimate with
him forty years. And to thjise of our readers
who feel any wish to become familiar with his
history, it is a document of no ordinary interest.
Lectures on Natural Science.
In another part of this day’s paper will be found
the advertisement of Mr. Richards, wtio proposes
to deliver a course of Lectures on natural sci
ence, in the Masonic Hall.
Mr. R. informs us that his apparatus is entirely
new, very extensive and complete, and much of
it was made with especial reference to lecturing
This popular manner of imparting information in
the various branches of science, has received al
most universal approbation in the larger cities
both in this country and Europe, and when pro
perly conducted, cannot fail to instruct and inter
est an audience. 1
Mr. R. proposes to give a gratuitous introduc
tory lecture on Thursday eventing, in the course
of which he will introduce sonje interesting ex
periments, and respectfully solicits the attenaance
of the citizens.
Pennsylvania.
1 he following article from the Philadelphia
National Gazette piesents, in a brief manne., the
distress which will overwhelm t!-is noble State, if
the dustructive policy of a portion of her legis
lators be carried out. The consequences will be
such, as even those who witnessed the scenes in
the days of continental money, cannot imagine*
To us it is passing strange thajt men, endowed
with ordinary intelligence, can contemplate the
ruinous consequences of such a measure, with,
out shrinking with horror from Hts adoption. It
certainly surpasses any measure, in its destruc
tive character, of which we have ever heard in
the annals of legislative history! in this country.
And if the consequences of it* adoption could
fall alone on those whose madness and folly have
led them step by step to this ruthless disregard of
the welfare of the people of the State, it would
be matter of gratulation rather than regret.
But this will not be the case. The ruin
•which will be produced, will be wide, and will
engulph alike the rich and the poor. We how
ever nope, that the bill has not, and will not pass,
but should our hopes be disappointed, and we
confess wc have reason to fear such a result, the
only ark of safety for the people, the institutions
and currency of Pennsylvania, is in the veto of
the Governor. And if he shall possess sufficient
moral courage to arrest the destructive measures
of the 5 gislature when passed, he will desene
as he will receive the heartfelt gratitude of a gen
erous and grateful people. \
The resumption bill is this day the order of
the day in the House of Representatives. Si.ould
it pass in its present shape, and receive the Go
vernor’s signature, the consequence will be
Either a forcible closing of, or voluntary as
signment by, many of the banks.
The notes or other obligation* of individuals
which they hold for money loaned, will as a
matter of course be put in suit. a;id the property
of the drawers, on judgments beijng obtained, be
sold by the sheriff. \
'The numerous branches of business, mechan
ical, manufacturing and mercantile now assisted
or sustained by loans from bank], will be arrest
ed or whollv prostrated, and the I,any thousands
of industrious men employed bij the principles
be turned adnll without the meatfs ofsubsistence
for themselves ami families. j
These are the first effects whfch must follow
•any forced or do tractive actuh in relation to
the banks, or more properly spiking, the cur
rency. From these must flow a wide spread in o
tide of distress which will overw helm in a coin”
mon ruin rich and poor alike, anil he who does
not forsee these evils from the ami career which
our legislature is now running, must be ignorant
of the first principles of the system of credit
which is allied to the best rewards of industry
and tfie most prosperous course |>f trade.
From the Savannah Georgian iif Saturday.
From Florida. |
By the steamer Isis, Capt-Chads, we yesterday
afternoon received the Jacksonville Advocate of
1 uesday last. It contains no Imjian news.
The following is an extract of ti letter dated
Garey s terry, March 4, with vjhich we have
been politely furnished. j
“1 he Luba dogs have proved ruite beneficial.
They caught «ve Italian, the othi, Jay in middle
Florida ; handsomely, they say.” 1
JACKsoyvnji.3, March 3.
Tlie . St ; -) U £ UStine Mail h * s furnished by
order of Col. Twiggs, with a guaVa of five men,
and we trust that no occurrence *ke that which
fias but recently appalled our citizens, will ever
again take place. We think, thai had there been
a guard with the mail before, it '-rould not have
.been attacked. t
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Congress.
From the Correspondence of the Charleston
Courier, we dip the following extract, as being
the onlv item of interest from Washington, since
our last notice of their proceedings. 1 his intel
ligence however, has not come upon us without
being anticipated.
Washisgtox, March 3.
After my letter of yesterday was closed, (and
the mail closes now between 4 and 6,) a very in
teresting discussion arose in the Senate. After
Mr. Fulton finished, Mr. Webster arose and re
plied to that part of Mr, Calhoun’s speech which
related to the Tariff, and which was addressed
( articularly to the North. He controverted Mr.
Calhoun’s doctrines as so the effect of the Tariff
upon the interests of the staple States, and main
tained that the country was never so happy and
prosperous as it was under the protective system.
Mr. Calhoun replied and reiterated his arguments,
but expressed his disposition to meet the question
in a spirit of conciliation, and to re-adjust the
Tariff with a view to all the great interests of
the country.
It is plain, from many indications, that the
protective Tariff, and a very high one, will soon
be re-established.
Routing the Gamblers. — A Vicksburg pa
per of the 13th ult., says:—There was a great
hubbub the night before last in this city. Our
city authorities, resolved to drive out the gamblers,
brought up one P. J. Hearn, before the Mayor.
He had been keeping a faro table in a room at the
Southern House for two weeks, and Marshal
George found him out. He was brought up and
ordered to jail, in default of security for 3000
dollars, when he made his escape by giving “leg
bail.” Officer Shockney fired after him twice,
when he fell, and was caught and lodged in jail.
The Southrons turned out to protect the city
from a mob; all was soon restored to peace and
quietness. A warning is given to those not ar
rested to “mizzle.”
The editor of the Vicksburg Sentinel, after ex
tracting the article relative to Uurgoine, killed in
an affray in the second municipality, some time
since, and whose heart, on examination by Dr.
Ker, was found occupying the right cavity of the
thorax, observes:—“Wc met with a similar case
in this city, in February of 1837. It was the case
ot a friend to whom we had been for years much
attached, the late R. B. Adams, a native of Phil
adelphia. He had longsutfered under pulmonary
consumption, but flattered himself tliat his disease
was liver complaint, and that he would ultimately
recover. During his last illness he requested us
to make a post mortem examination of him, which
we did, and we found h s heart in the right cavity
of the thorax.—iV. O. Bee.
The Vicksburg Sentinel of the 29th Feb. says
that the city of Cairo, at the mouth of the Ohio, is
entirely inundated.
Extracts from the speech of Judge Burnett of
Ohio, giving a brief history of the life and
character of Gen. Harrison.
It is, no doubt, expected, sir, that the delega
tion of Ohio will say something on this occasion
in common commendation of their favorite son,
on whom this Convention has just bestowed one
among the highest honors to which the ambition
of man can aspire, a unanimous nomination for
the first office in the gift of a free and powerful
nation. I hope, sir, I shall not he charged with
vanity when I say that I have been his intimate
companion and friend for more than forty years.
The free and continued intercourse that has ex
isted between us for so long a period, must ne
cessarily enable me to speak with some confi
dence as to his character, acquirements, and
course of life.
He is a native of the “Old Dominion,” and is
an honor to the State which gave him birth. He
is a son of Governor Harrison of Virginia, who
was a patriot of the Revolution, and a signer of
the Declaration of Independence, procla med by
the Continental Congress in 1776—by which
solemn act he pledged “ his life, his fortune, and
his sacred honor,” to maintain that declaration, i
and he nobly redeemed his pledge. His son of
whom I now speak, inherited from his Maker
an anient, active, penetrating mind—far, very
far, above mediocrity. That mind has been im
proved by a classical education, under the best
instructors of that day ; it has been stored with
valuable and useful knowledge, literary, scien
tific and historical. \ou can scarcely name an
important subject on which he has not read and
reflected, and on which he cannot write and con
verse with facility and clearness. He is a good
belles lettres scholar, a ready, correct and strong
writer, and must be ranked wherever he is
i known, in the class of men who are most distin
! guished for improved and cultivated intellect.
In the finer qualities of the heart, no man can
justly claim a preference. To borrow the strong
expressive language of my friend, Governor Met”
calf, “Harrison has an expanded heart, and it is
always in the right place.” Though brave as Na
polean, he has much of the milk of human kind
ness. Benevolence, and a desire to better the
condition of the whole human family, predomi
nate in his soul, and are constantly forcing them
selves into action. In dress, he is plain, and
i unostentatious—in manners, affable and unas
suming. \V hen seen engaged on his farm, which
1 18 lns dai, y employment, and necessarily follow
j ed to obtain his daily bread, you cannot distin
guish him by the appearance of his dress, from
any of his brother farmers who are laboring in
the vicinity. His l.ouse is open to all, and its
hospitalities free for all, whether high or low, rich
or poor. It is notan exaggeration when I say
believe, me. sir, it is not poetry or fiction, when
i I §a y< he had hu.one dollar, he would not, be
cause he could not, rei e to divide it with a
fi end in distress.
In politics, he has always been a Democratic
Republican of the school of Washington, Jeffer
son and Madison ; he detests the agrarian, infi
del pr nciples that the spoils belong to the victors
and that an executive or ministerial officer of gov
ernment may assume the icsponsihility of con
struing the Constitution and laws of the country
for selfish or party purposes.
I liese statements, sir, are not surmises, nor
are they taken on trust—they are gathered from
his long life of civil and military service, and have
been seen by all who have observed him. ei her
at the head ot the army—in the gubernatorial
chair—in the halls of legislation, or in a diplon a
j tic station.
In 1791, this distinguished >on of the venera
ble signer of the Declaration oflndcpendence was
. engaged in the study of medicine, under the care
ot Dr. Rush, of Phi adelphia. Hearing of the
murders committed by the Indians, on the de
fenceless inhabitants ot the Northwestern fron
| tier * he resolved to go to their relief. At his re
quest, his guardian and friend. Robert Morris, of
revolutionary memory, obtained for him from
President \\ ashington, an ensigney in the army
otthe L. bL With this parchment in his pocket,
-n o *fM eJ . t °. Cincinnali ’ but did reach it
till St. Uair had marched into the Indian country;
by which Providential event he was not on the
bloody held wnere so many of his fellow-officers
and soldiers found a premature grave. The first
tour of military duty lie performed, was in the
succeeding winter when he marched through the
snow on foot at the head of his detachment? with
his knapsack upon his back, to the fatal’battle
field to inter the bones of the slain. This was
his first military service. We find him after
wards in 1774 an Aid-de-camp of the gallant
Wayne, distinguishing himself in the battle at
the Rapids of the Maumee, where, for his brave
ry and good conduct, hr received ibe thanks of
the Gommander-in-Chief, communicated to the
army in general orders. In 1795 he was enga
ged in making the tr aty of Grenville, under the
superintendence of Gen. Wayne, which termina
ted the Indian war. He was soon after appoin
ted Commandant of Fort Washington, and had
the management of the public property, chiefly
collected at that post.
Early in 1798, the object being accomplished,
which prompted him to join the army, he resign
ed his commission and removed to his farm. The
next military enterprise in which we find him
engaged, was the expedition to Tippecanoe,
i The treaty which he had then recently made
1 with the Indian tribes had been violated. Te
. cuinseh, admitted by all, to be the mosts ntrepid
f warrior, and the most talented chief ot the age,
• had prevailed on the tribes who were parties to
i that treaty, to refuse its execution, and for the
purpose of insuring the success of his project,
, was attempting to form a union among all the
tribes from the lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. He
had visited the Northern tribes and had secured
their co-operation, and was negotiating with
j those of the South for the same purpose. Har
rison, who was aware of his plan, and that he
was actually engaged in the successful execution
of it. was not idle. He communicated the facts
to Mr. Madison ; stating what would be the con
sequence of permitting it to be completed. The
President promptly placed the fourth regiment
under the command of Harrison, then Governor
of Indiana, ordered him raise four hundred vol
unteers, and proceed to the Indian country. The
order was so promptly obeyed, that our gallant
little army of 800 men arrived at Tippecanoe, be
fore Tecumseh had arrived fora the South.
When Harrison reached the settlement, twelve
hundred warriors had already assembled. He
sent for the Chiefs ; they came to the camp ; he
told them their Great Father had not sent him to
fight, but to settle their complaints amicably;
and he invited them to meet him in Council ;
they promised to do so the next day, and then
return to their village. As soon as they were
gone, he told his officers he knew from their lan
guage and behavior that they intended to attack
him before morning. Confident that this was
the council they meditated, he encamped his ar
my in order of battle, and directed his men to
lie down with their clothes on. and their arms at
their sides. His predictions soon became history ;
an hour or two before day, in a dark foggy night
the attack v\ s made with great fury. The con
flict lasted nearly two hours, and until day light
enabled him to see the position of tlie Indians,
when a vigorous charge was ordered which ter
minated in their defeat and dispersion. The ar
my then marched to the village and destroyed it.
W r e may safely affirm, that this was the first in
stance in which American troops have sustained
themselves against a superior force of Indians
in a n ght attack of two hours continuance. As
a fruit of this victory, the treaty was preserved
and the peace and safety of the frontier secured.
It was from this battle, so important to the Gov
ernment and people of Indiana, and so brilliant
in the mode of its achievement, against a desper
ate foe, that General Harrison derived the appel
lation of the “Hero of Tippecanoe.”
The savages on the frontier of Indiana, having
been thus defeated and scattered, and Governor
Harrison .tearing that they were taking scalps
and breaking up the settlements on the lionlier
of Ohio, resigned his commission as Governor,
and superintendent of Indian Affairs, together
with their emoluments, repaired to Cincinnati,
and volunteered in our defence. In a few months
he succeeded in scattering the savages on cur
borders; a part of them he drove to the lakes,
and the residue he compelled to remove to a place
of safety within our settlements. By this opera
tion. the settlers on our frontier were relieved from
danger, and hundreds who had fled to the den-er
settlements of the State for protection, returned
to their improvements and occupied them in
safety.
A person who has not an accurate knowledge
of the condition of the Northwestern portion of
Ohio, at the time of the late war. when it was an
unbroken wilderness without inhal itanls, other
than aborigines—without roads, bridges, Cnees,
I or improvements of any kind, cannot form an
idea o! the difficulties Gencr 1 Harrison encoun-
I tered, in feeding, sustaining and keeping together
his army. Ihe difficulties and perplexities which
beset him during all his campaigns are known to
but few, and cannot he justly appreciated by any ;
yet by unceasing activity and by the efforts of his
powerful mind, he overcame them all. But it is
impossible io dwell on minutiae—a volume would
not contain the half of such a detail. Pressed
down by all these difficulties, he kept the field ;
lie never despaired for a moment; and such was
the confidence reposed in his bravery and skill by
both officers and soldiers, that their spirits never
flagged—their hopes never sunk.
It is not generally known that the fleet built at
Erie, by which the command of the Lakes was
obtained, was a project recommended by General
Harrison, and that it was adopted by Mr. Madison,
in consequence of his unbounded' confidence in
the prudence and sound judgment of him who
proposed it. Before the period of which I am
now speaking, General Harrison had been ap
pointed a Major General in the militia of Ken
tucky, by a law of that State, and had been ap
pointed a Major General in the army of the U.
States, by Mr. Madison.
Passing over a multitude of affairs of smaller
moment, let rne point your attention to the mem
orable siege of Fort Meigs; that work of defence,
consisting of a mud ( mbankment, and an enclo
sure of piquets, was defended triumphantly and
successfcUy by about a thousand men, for many
days, (it I mistake not, seven or eight,) against
! lof Proctor, commanded an army
i of British and Indians, at least four times the
I number of the besieged, which was furnished
with all the material necessary for the occasion,
j Such was the kill, the br»vny, and the imlefa
i tlgahle e f[ ts of Harrison-such was the
i success of the repeated sallies ne made, that he
compelled the enemy to abandon the siege in
crpau. It is worthy of remark, that on the
second day of the attack, Proctor C u. an officer
with a flag to demand the surrender of the post.
| Phe grounds of this demand were that the Amer
lean force was too weak to def*nd the works
and n thJ h^° Ver p helmmff f ° rCe ° f ,he Riegers,
and that Gen. Proctor was anxious to save the
1 e*. sion of blood. The intrepid Gen. Harrison
I P ro,n l ,t| y replied : “If Gen. Proctor knows the
usages of wai, as I am bounu to believe he does
he must either have considered rne ignorant of
them, or he must have intended an insult It
was his duty to make the demand before he c-om
tnenced firing on the works.— But sir (said he')
go hack and tel your General that I know
own force and his, and that I shall defend the
works tothe last extremity. Tell him, further
that if he ever possesses the Fort, he shall obtain
it » away that will give him more honor in "
estimation of his Government than he could de
rive from a thousand surrenders.”
Another incident is also worthy of no , ice .
After the enemy had retired, a number of Indian
who had left them, came into the Fort and stated
that a contract had been entered into between
Proctor am Tecumseh, that as SO o n as the fort
surrendered, which they considered inevitable
Harrison should be given up to the Indians, to be
disposed of as they might see nroner H
replied : -Then den nei er'™
soldier, nor a man. But if i, sha „ ever ( , *
toe o surrender lo me, his life shall be
but I will dress him .n a petliepat, and eeliver
h„n io the squaws as being unworthy to ass,,,
ciate with men. On this slory, fou „j.
ed an infamous slander on Gen. Harrison and a
base insult to the ladles of Chillicolhe. fal.Hr.lcd
by a person whose name I will not st.op to men
tion, and published by the administration press.
i It was not long af-er the successful defence of
this Fort, that our honored nominee led his vic
torious army into Fort Malden, recaptured De
troit, and the Territory surrendered by the un
fortunate Hull, and pursuing the enemy to the
Thames, subdued the United forces of Proctor
and Tecumseh, and captured the entire British
army !
The war having been thus gloriously termin
ated in his own district, Harrison repaired to
Erie, and tendered his services to the army op
erating in that quarter. Unfortunately the Se
cretary of War was there, who felt some private
griefs unredressed, and was mo eover envious of
the laurels which Gen. Harrison had so dearly
and justly won, being unwilling to see another
added to the wreath, he oidered him to repair to
Ohio, where he had no further duty to perform,
having already brought the war to a close in that
quarter. 'Phe ordei was obeyed. He returned
to his family, and immediately resigned his com
mission, declaring that he could not honestly eat
the bread of the Government when he was de
nied the privilege of rendering service in return.
Here, sir, terminated, forever, the brilliant milita
ry career of a hero who had won many victoiies
but never lost a battle.
Now, sir, look at this distinguished man in a
political and private life. Time forbids to do
more than name the stations he has filled. When
he resigned his first commission, which was
given him by the “ Father of his country,” he
was appointed Secretary to the North-Western
Territory. The Governor being then absent, he
was ex-oj/irio acting Governor, and vested with
all the executive power of the territory, which he
executed with great prudence, and to the satis
faction of the Government and people. In 1779,
the Territorial Legislature, (myself being one of
them.) appointed him the delegate to represent
the Territory in the U. S. Congress. His elec
tion had been opposed by a numerous class of
men, who had purchased land from his fatner-in
law. and had settled on, and improved it. They
had failed to obtain a title from the vendor, and
were at the mercy of Congress, liable to be dis
possessed moment. They wished to’obtain
pre-emption rights and other indulgences. It
was the interest and anxious desire of the vendor
to defeat their object. On this account they en
treated the Legislature not to appoint Mr. Har
rison, believing that he would be governed by
views of his fa;her-in-law, and oppose their claims.
He was, notwithstanding, chosen, and to the sur
piise of those men, he volunteered in their cause,
and though against his own ultimate interest, he
procured for them, the boon they were so anxious
to obtain.
At the same session he procured the passage
of an act, requiring the public lands to be sur
veyed and sold in small tracts. Under the for
mer laws it was impossible for a poor man to be
come a purchaser from Government-—he was
compelled to purchase from the speculator, at an
advanced price. But by the amendment, every
poor man in the nation, if industrious, might be
come a freef.olders; and sir, it is public history,
that thousands of thousands have become so, and
every emigrant who now removes to the West,
from any part of the Union, has the same privi
lege.—The benefit which has been derived by
the industrious poor, from that successful effort
of Gen. Harrison, is beyond the power of num
bers to compute. Having accomplished these
.mportanl objects in Congress, he resigned his
seat, and was appointed Governor of Indiana.
He administered that Government twelve years,
with such ability, benignity and success that all
that portion of its present population, who resid
ed there, under his administration, look upon him,
as the political father of their state. We next find
him representing the people in the Legislature of
Ohio —then in the House of Representatives of
the United States—afterwards in the Senate of
United States—and lastly we see the Ambassa
dor of his Government, at the Court of the
haughty Bolriar. In ail these sections he has
received from the Government and the people, the
plaudit of • well done, good and faithful seivant’
—and it may be added, this has been his only re
ward.
Suffer me to say here, that it is the settled and
publicly expressed opinion of Gen. Harrison,
that no man, however great, wise, and good,
should be re-elected President of the United
States. To the prevalence of the opposite, opin
ion, he ascribes most of the corruption and strife,
which have agitated and disgraced the nation—
and I add, that if elected, he will enter on the du
ties ot the office, having no griefs to avenge and
no obligations to fulfil, in relation to individ
uals.
And now, sir, what more can I add—l have at
tempted to throw a ray of light on the almost for
gotten life of one of the most useful, virtuous
and patriotic citizens our country ever produced.
From an intimate and confidential acquaintance
with him, ot more than forty years standing I
can s| eak ex cathedra. The single fact, that
ai er he has held all these offices, with abundant
opportunities of accumulating wealth, at the ex
pense of his country, he has retired to private
j b! comparatively poor, is enough to place him
j on a level with Aristides’
I Had he nothing to complain of the blighting
negligence of his own government, that has com
: pelled him, Cin.mnatus-like, to labor at the
i plough, tor the bread which feeds his family, it
might be endured. But sir, it is not so : malice
has assailed his character, and thousands who
know him not, have innocently yielded to it
heir assent. An attempt to refute charges against
his bravery would be as insulting to him as it
would be ridiculous in the eyes of the world.
nsinuations have been made injurious to his
moral character .- those who know him personal
1} smile at the folly ot such efforts— and let me
say to all others, that a man of purer moral cha
racter does not n ’it our laud. When everv
thing tails they proclaim, at the top of th./r
voices, he is an imbeci'e old man. Sir, I had
he p easure of taking him by the hand the morn
wh; I 1 i P | home- scarcely a week passes in
ich I do not see and converse with him, and
let me assure you and this assembly, and the
American people, that Ins mind is as vigorous as
active and as discriminating as it was i„ t fam e !
ndian of his days; that he enjoys fine health
I , and ® U the bod,l - v v 'g°r and activity which be’
lon g to a man of sixty-five or sixty-six.
In Hood’s new work, entitled the “Upper
Rhine, the following amusing description of a
a ,ettcr fr ° m Martha -
nmy s 1,n„,. l ,n„,. ” Such a tmUficle storm*
I hey do say elevin other v - h fir! ! ,
•to Hooks of Holland in the
all their cruise. It fie<mn in P 1 w,th
pvaled a,' nits-sneh a nite O t
dred times over and ne,erT„„ ce r l' “ v"'
may judge by that of my orrifide , , T,° U
ringing my hands till L n S w bes ‘ des
black. Hevin nose wat else I sed for in *
agny I confest every particle I h*i “f ,ast
about John Futman a"d all. Lurklv Mb n ~
too much decomposed to attend i K V s8 ! 18 Was
be a Warnin for"the rest mv dayl 'n « ”1"
its awful work when it comes to sich a sass
zeimng, and you stand before your * UZ *
stnpt naked to the very bottom* ks eyes
Wat seemed the innocentest thino- / your l ßo|e *
as coles. Even Luvyers look ? V lrn as b,ack
ant when all their kissL cum so 7 *
face. Makin free with triffl ln your
Little did I think when I gave n 116 *ame
it would lay so heavy Then T ay an °‘ ,d ,4 »fe
lOf Missus's 5 tea and a„g4 asel V " ‘ ***
seema no grate mat
■ ter partickly if youve ag f ead to find yure own, I
but as I no by experenc e evry ownce will turn
to a pound of led in repent. That wickid caddy
Key giv me inenny turn and I made a pint as
i goJn as the storm abatin to hack it into the bot
• tomless otion. Ido trust Becky you will follor
i my example and give up watevergoes agin your
conshins. If I name the linin I trust youl ex
cuse. Gharrilty kivers a mullitud of sins, and
> to be shure its a charrily to give away a raggid
- shurt of Masters providid its not torn a purpos,
witch 1 sea. is sum times the case. Pray say
; the like from me to Mr. Butler up at the Hall, i
f he will take a Miss I no,—parlickly as I hav |
r drunk unbeknown wine along with him but wen
r yurcatyure last pint wat is port in a storm!
) Won minii your a livin cretur and the next you
, may be like’sick id Jonas in the belly ot Wales,
t The only comfort I had besides Christianity was
1 to give Missus warnin witch I did over and over
again between her altax. No wagis on earth
t could reckonsile me to a sea goin place.
- * * But I mile as well have tould the ship
• to soot itself as mv Misses.
I verrily beleave from her wild slarin at mo
s she did not no wether I talked English or French.
At last Martha says she we are going to a world
i where there is no sitiwations. Whatanidear!
v But our superiors are always shy ot our society,
i as if heaven abuv was to good for servants. * *
3 “ Howsumever here vve are thank providens
j on dry land if it so can he canid dry that is half
r ditchis and cannals. at a forrin city by name
Rotter D—m. But I should’nt prefer to settle
i in Holland for Dutch plaices must he very hard.
3 O Becky such moppin and sloppin such chuck in
- up water at the winders and squirtin at the walls
, with littel fire ingins, but I suppose with their
f most climit the houses would’nt he holesum il
t <hey warn’t contiually vvashin off the damp.
- Then the fumiter is kep like span new without
f spek or spot, it must, he somehoy’s work to kill ,
i all the flies. To my mind the people are over
t clean as John Futman said when his master oh
-1 jected to his thumb mark on the hedge of the
• plate. * * * As respect vittle, we do verry
1 well, only lam shy of the maid dishes, hein sic a
t mashy forren country for fear of eatin frogs. Tal
r kin of cookin, wat do you think Beky of sittin
• with a littel charcole stow under yure poUicols ?
• Its the only way they have for airin their linnen
r —tho’ : t looks more like a new cooky receat for
• howto smoke yure Hams. But I hear Missus
• bell, so with kind hive to all, including John Fut
, man, I remane in haste my dear Becky Youre
‘ laving friend,
s Martha Penny.”
Advertisers. —Some men advertise tor cus
tom. ethers wait for custom before they will Ad
vertise. Which are the most sensible! Those
who take lime by the forelock.
I
I
Fashion makes people visit when they had
rather stay at home, eat when they are not hun
j gry, and drink when they are not dry. She ru
ins heahh and makes fools ot all hei followers.
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool, Jan. 7
s Latest dates from Havre Jnn. 10
;—— ■ ~ 1
AUGUSTA MARKET.
| Cotton. —In our notice of the market on Satur
day morning, we mentioned the hrmness which
had characterised the market the two previous
1 days. On Saturday and yesterday it was still more
f apparent in the anxiety of buyers and the evident
r
1 indifference of holders to realize. The conse
quence lias been that an advance of an g to a |
} of a cent on ail descriptions has been realized,
i and the market closed last night very firm, and
3 holders were looking for still better prices. The
hope for which, the news from Enrope now daily
expected will dispel or realize. VVe now quote
I 5s to SA as extremes of the market, remarking
that very little is sold as low as and it requires
, a choice lot in square bags to command S^.
I Ordinary to middling, 5$ to 7£
Fair, to 8
’ Good Fair, 8 to
Prime and choice, 84
j i Freights. —To Savannah,7s to 100 cents per bale.
Groceries —The improvement which we noted
on Saturday in this branch of our market, was sus
tained, we believe, by the transactions of yester
day. The supply continues good, without any va
riation in prices from our quotations of last week.
> Exchange. —On New-York at sight, 7a 8 per
t cent, for current funds; Charleston at 4 a 5 per
1 cent; Savannah 1 al| per ct.; Philadelphia 2a 3 per
1 ct.; Lexington, Ky. 1 per ct.; specie commands 6
per cent, premium.
Bank Notes. —
Savannah Banks, 1 per cent. prem.
Columbus Insurance B’k 2 “ “ “
Commercial Bank, ’.aeon, 2 “ “ “
Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 6 “ “ “
, Agency Brunswick, “ 6 “ “ “
i Planters’ and Mechanics’
: Bank, Columbus, 3 “ “ dis.
; Milledgeville Bank, 3 “ “ “
Ocmulgee Bank, 3 “ “
Monroe R.ail Road Bank, 4 “ “
Hawkinsville Bank, 3 “ “
. Chattahoociiie R. R. & B’k
Company, 10“ “ “
Darien Bank, 15“ “ “
Bank of Rome, 25“ “ “
All other Banks now doing business, at par.
Specie Paving Banks. —Mechanics’ Bank, Bank
of St. Mary’s, Insurance Bank of Columbus, Com
mercial Bank of Macon, and Brunswick Agency in
; this city.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Savaknah, March 7.
Cleared —Br brig Robert Burns, Messenger, Liv
erpool; sebrs Francis,Cook, Boston; foster, Col
cold, Pi evidence.
Arrived —Brig G B Lamar, Risley, New York.
Went to sea— sdiip Balance, Browning, Liver
• pool; brig llooert Burns, Messenger, do; schooner
Francis, Cjok, Boston.
I Charleston, March 9.
Arrived yesterday —Line ship Niagara, Smith,
N. York; ship Ganges, Jones, Norfolk; brigs Only
f Son, Blanchard, Matanzas; Smithfield, Wakefield,
i Providence, (R. I.) UL brig George, Hull, New
York; C L brig Emily, Sherwood, New York; brig
Virginia, Talbot, New York; schr H. Lawrence,
Townsend, New \ ork; schr Edward Kent, Win
chenbaik, Apalachicola.
Cleared —schrs Comet, Lebby, New York; Con
i stitution, Stott, Boston.
i Went to sea on Saturday —Ship Olympia, Gray,
■ Havre;sw brig Helena, Headlund, Hamburgh; schr
Ajax, Wheeler, St. Jagode Cuua; schr S. Rockhill,
I Walpole, Mobile.
, j At Quat online —Line ship Congarce, Doane,
\ from Boston.
Cffßr. C. W. WEST offers his professional
■ services to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity
> ; His olfice is in Mclntosh-street, opposite the office
of the Constitutionalist: residence at the Eagle and
Phoenix Hotel. feb 13—trwlm
| Doctor J. J. WILSON offers his pTof^.
i siou.il services to the citizens of Augusta and its
■ vicinity. He will be found at his residence the
• . first brick building above Guedron’s stable on Elli
j street, recently occupied by John L. Adams " S
■ 1 augl7 ’ f
TilK REAIMNb ROOM
Attached to this office is open to subscriber
strangers introduced by lliem, every day
ning (Sunday evenings excepted) until 9
Subscription $5 ; for a firm of two or more
Off MRS. INGRAHAM has justopenei '
French Printed Muslins and Lawns, ScoUh
haras, light prints, and elegant French Capes
dies are invited to call. U.
Found at Mrs. Ingraham’s store, a Go! I- ■ •
ble, which the owner may receive by p,y;
j this advertisement. may jy • n^J°t
iCr THE FARMERS’ HEGis'J'Eli~fZ~
i publication, devoted to the improvement ° t 1
practice, and support of the interest of tr ‘ e
| tore; published at Kiclunond, Va , at’xfi up? 11011
j Edmund Ruffin, editor and propiietor Per^est
(ry EXCHANGE ON NEW
j and at one to tw ty days sight. For sale
j nov 23 GARDELLE &
j J. W. TONES, is my a, f j
! adjustment of my unfinished business b * UI
raar3 william k J OXES
Cf NOTICE.— From this dateTi^i^Tlrr^
per S. C. C. & Rail Road Co. is reduced to forty
cents per hundred lor square bales, a-jj • • .
cents per hundred pounds for round. 5 *
A B. ST'CRge-s; ,
Hamburg, March 4,1540. ’ ASeut
! “ G yRAIL ROAD FREIGHT f--
i artic es usuaby earned by weight to Hatnlm'
| be charged at 4U cents per Ibu ponnds
00 cents as customary,) till further notice °
lr>ar3 JuHN KING, Jr., A gcnt
C O'TO THE LOVERS OF THE A Rr<T i 1
The Paintings at Mr. Richards’Drawing AcademT
(Masonic Hall.) will hereafter be opened to viT f
tors, every Saturday afternoon and evening hi 1
2 o’clock until 9 o’clock p. m. At night U* ml
will be well lighted. _ ° de c7® s I
; G. NIMMO, General Commission jC” I
! chant, office on .Mclntosh street, next door I
Constitutionalist. nnr |
- HUV I
CT Dr. VV. FLINT offers his services to thT
tizens of Augusta in the different ! ranches of! I
profession. He may be found at all hours a #
late residence of Mr. A. M. Eger ton, seconddoc 1
from the corner of Mclntosh and Reynold sr.pp, 1 i
nc v 29 I
NOTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger T r ~ r f
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave -"
follows: —
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a m
“ “ Summerville, “ - -S 30
“ “ Georges’. - “ - io 00
“ “ Branchville, “ - jj qq
“ “ Midway, - “ - n n
* “ Blackviile, - “ -1 (JO «
“ “ Aiken, - - “ - 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 4 inj
DOWNWARD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a v
“ “ Aiken, - “ - 730
“ “ Blackviile, “ - . 9so
“ “ Midway, “ - - 10 30
“ “ Branchvill “ - - nOO
“ “ Georges’, « - -1200 m.
‘ “ Summerville,“ - - 2 OCp. m.
Arrive at Charleston not before 300
Distance —130 miles. Fare Through—slo 00.
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 2t
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not
longer than 5 minutes for wo * and water at am
station.
'To stop for passengers, when a white Jhtg is
hoisted, at either of the above stations; and uiso at
Sinealhs, Woodstock, Inabinet’s, 41 mile T. 0.,
Rives’, Grahams, Willeston, Windsor, Johnsons!
and Marsh’s T. (1.
Passengers uo will breakfast at Woodstock and
dine at Blackviile; aown, wi! 1 nreauiasi at Ate
anu dine at SummerviJ e. may SI
A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS.
DR IV. EVAJ\S > CELEBRATED SOOTHDG If*
SYRUP, for Children Cutting their Teeth.- Tbs
infallible remedy has preserved hundreds of chil
dren, when thought past recovery, from convul
sions. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the
gums, the child will recover. The preparation is
so innocent, so efficacious and so pleasant, that no
child will refuse to let its gums he rubied with il
V. hen infants are at the age of four months, though
there is no appearance of teeth, one botbe of the
Syrup should be used on the gums, to open the
pores. Parents should never be without the Syrup k
in the nursery where therearc young children j for 1
if a child wakes in the night with pain in tire gums, |
the Syrup immediately' gives ease, by openini’the
pores end healing the gums; thereby preventing 1
I convulsions, fevers, &c. Sold only at Dr. Wm.
Evans’Medical Office, 100 Chatham street, iNew
York, where the Doctor maybe consulted on ill
diseases of children.
PROOF POSITIVE OF THE EFFICACY OF
Dr. EVANS’ SOOTHING SYRUP.—To the Agent
of Dr. Evans ’ Soothing Syrup: Dear Sir—J he
great benefit ailorded to my suliering infantbj I
r our Soothing Syrup, in a case of protracted and 1
lainful dentition, must convince every toelingpa* |
enthow essential an early application of suchai isl
1 ivaluable medicine is to relieve infant misery an |
arture. My infant, when teething, experience! I
inch acute sufferings, that it was attacked wiiii I
convulsions, and my wife and family supposed that f |
death would soon release tire babe from anguish- -
till we procured a bottle of your Syrup; whkb ->■ |
soon as applied to tire gums, a wonderful
was produced, and after a few applications >i |C
child displayed obvious relief, and by continuing n
its use, 1 am glad to inform you the child has ecu'
pletely recovered, and no recurrence o( that aw 1"
complaint has since occurred; the teeth areen'- 1
naling daily and the child enjoys perfect hen 11
1 give you my cheerful permission to make 1 ' *
acknowledgment public, and will gladly give a» n
information on this circurnst; nee.
WM. JOHNSON.
TONIC PILLS.— The power of Evans’
Pills are sucii, that the palpitating heart,the trem
ulous hand, tlie dizzy eye, and the fluttering niin
vanish before their eflects like noxious vapors b
fore the benign influence of the morning sun. •
They have long been successfully used for the cinr | ;
of intesmittents, together with fevers of the imv
lar nervous kind, accompanied with visceral P I
structions. . |
Ibis tonic medicine is for nervous complain'.p :
eneral debility, indigestion and its consequence
or want of appetite, distension of the stomach, an■ |
ity, unpleasant taste in the mouth, rumbling neb’
in the bowels, nervous symptoms, languor, wb : 1
the mind becomes irritable, desponding,thought!
melancholy, and dejected, Hypochondriucism, ran- I
sumption, dimness of sight, delirium, and all ol!« 1
nervous aliections, tjlrese pills will produce a sak
and permanent cure.
Evans ’ Camomile Pills were first introduced i
America in 1535.
EVANS’ FAMILY APERIENT PILLS *i»,
purely vegetable, composed with the strictest ji' I
cision of science and of art: tiiey never pru.l :|,c
! nausea, and arc warranted to cme the folio»»“-
diseases which arise from impurities of the bio 1
viz:— Apupuxy, Bilious Affiectiuns, Coughs, < |l,,v
Ulcerated Sure Throats, Scarlet Fever, Asthma, <
leva. Liver Complaints, Diseases of the Kidnie* " 1
Bladder, Affections peculiar to Females, ai d :i
those diseases of whatsoever kind to which bui l >
nature is subject, where the stomach is aliccini
More conclusive proofs of the extraordinat y f’
caey of Dr. Wm. Evans ’ celebrated Como mile
Aperient Anti-Bihous Pills, in alleviating ap' U ‘
mankind. —Mr. Robert Cameron, 101 Bowery j
Disease—Chronic Dysentery, or Bloody H ll ' 1
Symptoms, unusual llatuleucy in the Lo«<0 5 "'(
vere griping, frequent inclination to go to steal h
nusmus, loss ot appetite,.nausea, vomiting) 1,1 (
quoncy of pulse, and a frequent disc arge i’i ?f *|
culiar fee lid matter mixed with blood greatdcb| ■
sense ot burning heat, with an intolerable
down ot the parts. Mr. Cameron is enjoy*! 1 - I‘
ect health, and returns his sincere thanks i
extraordinary benefits he has received.
Sold by ANTONY & HAINES,
Sole agents in Aug l '' i
J. M.& T. M. TURNER,
P. M. COHEN & Co., Charlcsto*'-
SHARP & ELLS, Aiiliedgcvrhe-
C. A. ELLS, Macon,
A. W. MARTIN,Foist th
Woi. £. L'ruggL't - I '* ll ga
MARK A. LANE. Washington
jury 23