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J. W. &W. 1. JONES. AUGUSTA, Ga. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1840. V ol. IV.—No. 33.
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CH ROMCLE AN I BEST I X EI
AUG US' A .
WEDNESDAY MORNI ’G, MARCH 18.
'The 31 a s.
For the last two days wc have had no mail
JVorth of Richmond, or Zest of Columbus,
Georgia. Where or with \ iom failures so fre
quently take place, we are "i iablc to say. It is,
hoAever, astonishing to usathat the Northern
mail should ever fail at thisleason, now that the
transportation the whole roile from New York
to this city, is by.Rail Road.- and Steamboats.—
It is however, true that ill failures from the
North are more frequent th n from the West.
There is certainly culpable icglect somewhere,
and we should suppose if th« Post Master Gen
eral used ordinary diligence, the evil of which
the whole country complains so much, might be
corrected, at least on the g eat Northern and
Western mail route, which : certainly the most
important one in the Union. Bat nothing short
of such neglect of the public ntcrest is to he ex
pected of an Administration, vho heed no com
plaints unless they are made y some loyal, rank
and file administration man.
We are aware that it woi d be unjust, very
unjust, and illiberal to visit u on the head of the
department the sins of all its igents, contractors
and sub-contractors. But w cn we have such
frequent and repeated evidei es of the non-per
formance of their obligations i the public, with
out any appaicnt effort to cl rect the evil, we
must believe that there is a will of proper atten
tion on the part of those who l ontrol this impor
tant branch of the government*
Gen’l llarrif®>n.
In redeeming our j ledge t< present the views
of Gcnl. Harrsion on the su ject of Abolition,
we give place to-day to a lon article from the
Charleston Courier, in which ic Editors of that
press, who are supporters of tl present Admin
istration, admit that Gcnl. Har son now “ stands
h fore she republic “ redeemed regenerated and
disenthralled" from thediabol ulgenius of nor
thern abolitionism. We proc dm if, as toe pro
mised, and sound it trumpet■ >ngued, that echo
may take it up, and send it, f >m hilltop to hill
top, with loud and joyous t eals, in triumph
through the land.'
We cannot take leave of th subject without
inviting the attention of the A i Buren press in
Georgia to the article from th* Charleston Cou
rier. It will, we hope, give hem some new
lights on the subject of Genera Harrison’s opin
ions on abolition, and will prof bly enable them,
with some effort no doubt, to ex ibit a more strict
regard for truth.
In the first article which wc itroduced to our
readers, on this subject, we ex ~csscd the opin
ion that Gen. H. was unstain 1 with the doc
trines of Abolition. We think, v j have establish
ed conclusively to the satisfact m of all unpre
judiced minds, the truth of ou assertion, with
which we shall, for the present t any rate, close
the articles on that subject.
Should it be necessary, howev ,in our opinion’ j
to open again our columns, to v: tdicate him from
the slanders of a press that stop t nothing which 1
stands in the way of their party luccess, we shall
most cherfuliy do so. I
Prof. Davis’ Lee* ires.
Wc are requested to state tha the inclemency
of the weather on Monday, pre' mted the com
mencement of the course on the e cning specified.
It will be opened this evening at i o’clock, at the
Medical College, by an Introdi torv, to which
the public are respectfully invite .
The Silk Cullui
The National Silk Society has< Tcred numerous
bounties, varying from SIOO to 1000 each, for
the best specimens of raw silk, o be produced
during the coming summer. Th whole amouut
ol the bounties is $16,000.
The merchants of Havre, arc iraising a sub
scription to build a line of Ocea Sic mors, to
run between Havre and Nev "ork. The
French Government subscribes : large amount
of their stock.
Natal. —The U. S. Gazette sa s: Wc under
stand that Copt. M. C. Perrv hi been appoint
ed to the command of the steam igaß building
at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, anc has in charge
the superintendence of her equipi ent, &c.
The experimental gun practi b cot' menced
last season by Captain Perry, w,3 be continued
during the present year. The sranter Fulton,
under the command of Captain Join T. Newton,
will still be engaged on that selvice, together
with several commanders and lieulmants, in ad
dition to those of last year. Hie wlftle to he under
the direction of Captain Perry. K
No time to BEAD papers.—mil men find
time for every thing that is reallyli gratification
to them ; and hence the complainlof no time is,
in fact, no taste for newspapers, ll' ery man has
time to read a papet during a ifiny day, ora
long evening, or sometimes when S ailing for his
meal*. If he is not a slave, he ceriiinly can find
time to improve his mind. The (Mil industrious
people always find time to read,Sand it is the
idle and lazy only who have no tilts. —Raleigh
Register. I
SONG.
Air —“ The Light Guitar.”
Ch ! leave that dull and prosy book.
Here’s Wine that’s sparkling bright.
At these “ Regalias” turn one look,
And ring Tom, for a “ light!”
Then as we sip the social glass,
Os “ Siltery ‘ Vic,” or “ Star ” —
Quick, with the Wine, rich jests will pass,
And smoke the light Cigar !
I’ll tell thee how a maiden slept
Who qualPd this nectar plain,
I’ll tell tnec how she woke and wept—
And quaff’d and slept again ;
And how her gentle “ Ma” cried ' ,i fye” !”
How darkly frown’d her Pa!
But here’s the “ stuff!” Jet’s both get high.
And smoke a light Cigar !
Then, as the circling wreathes ascend,
'l'he Wine’s bright bubbles rise,
The song and joke in mirth we’ll blend
With humor’s sparkling dyes !
We’ll drink— “ The Queen” —in foaming Vic —
Swear “ Vic ” shall be our “Star” —
“ Down” to tfe logucs who live on tick,
And smoke the light Cigar 1
The Disputed Tkuuitort ix Maine.—
The Augusta Age states, on the authority of
a report lately made to the Governor of Maine,
by Benjamin Wiggin, Esq., who has visited that
territory for the purpose of obtaining information,
under instructions from the Governor, dated Feb
ruary 6, that a house has been built and fitted ;
up for barracks, on the South side of the river St, j
John, 22 miles below the mouth of Fish river, \
and nearly opposite to the Madawaska river.
Tnis house is 60 feet long, 30 wide and two sto
ries high. It is built of hewn timber, and is fit
ted with bunks sufficient to accommodate 100.
It. is now under the charge of one man. Along
the Madawaska river a tow path has been con
structed on each side of the river, a distance of
26 miles. At the head of this low path, about
two and a half miles below the foot of Temiscouta
Lake, barracks were erected last season. 80 feet
long and 30 feet wide, with two small out build
ings. Here is stationed a guard, consisting of a
corporal and five privates of the 11 th regi
ment.
On the Western shore of Temiscouta Lake,
fifteen miles from the lower end of the lake, eight
buildings are erected, consisting of barracks foi
soldiers, quarters for officers, a hospital, magazine,
store house and commissary’s house, the whole
surrounded on three sides by ditches, breastworks
and blockades, —the works on the fourth side be
ing unfinished. These works were commenced
last Spring. The present force there consists of
175 men, exclusive of their officers and servants.
—The officers are Major Chamhri, commanding,
one captain, two lieutenants, and one ensign.
The British have also built on the lake the last
season, a numb r of flat bottomed boats, suited
for the transportation of ordnance, and a number
of keel boats, capable of carrying fifiy men. A
road has been laid out between this post and that
below the foot of the lake, a distance of 16 miles,
and put under contract, and about 10 miles, are
finished. The road from the lake of the river de
Loup, on the St. Lawrence, a distance of 34
miles, has been repaired the last season. — Bos
ton Patriot.
Tuscaloosa, (Ala.) March 9th.
Fatal Occurrence. —A difficulty between
Washington Moody, Esq., and Maj John Cant
ly, bo h of this city, led to ajrnost tragical issue on
Thursday last, slh instant. It is said, that Major
Canlly had threatened the life of Mr. Moody, and
was near the door of the latter, when Mr. M. pre
sented a donble-barrc led gun and lodged the con
tents of one barrel in the stomach of his adversa
ry ; and as Maj. C. turned to make his escape,
the other barrel was discharged, which took effect
in the back of his head, when he instantly fell to
the ground.
Mr. Moody delivered himself up to the civil au
thorities, and without a prosecution or warrant
against 1 im, entered into a recognizance before
Judge Williams and A. B. Meek, Esq., in the
sum of four thousand dollars for bis appearance at
the next Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County.
Maj. Canlly died of his wounds in ten or
twelve hours after receiving them. As the facts
will soon undergo judicial investigation, it is pro
per that public opinion should remain unbiased,
that the accused may, as he no doubt will, have
a fair and impartial hearing. We shall, therefore,
not enlarge on this melancholy affair.
The funeral services were performed onFri
j -day afternoon in the Episcopal Church, by the
i Rev, Mr. Knapp, attended by the Masonic Frater
' nitv ; after which the deceased was buried with
the usual solemnities of that ancient Order.
Owing to his misfortunes in business. Major
Canlly loft his family consisting of a wife and
seven children, in a very destitute situation. Pub
lic sympathy is much enlisted in their behalf, and
wc have every reason to hope, that all necessary
kindness will be extended to them in their heavy
affliction.
Wilmington and Weldon Rail Road
open. — We mentioned last Thursday (says the
Wilmington Advertiser, of the 12th inst ) that
the cars upon this road would run over the en
tire line on Monday the 9th inst. The road in
fact was completed on Saturday morning, but as
some preparations had been made to celebrate
the event on Monday, it was determined not to
run the first engine from one terminus to the
other, until that day. Accordingly on Monday,
at noon, the first car ever propelled upon 161
miles of continuous rail road arrived at Wilming
ton, N. C., Lam Weldon on the Roanoke.
This proud day in the annals of our State, was
signalized by thundering demonstrations of joy.
The great cannon did tell it to the clouds in peals
of canhly thunder.
One hundred and sixty one guns were fired—
being one for every mile of road completed. 'Fhe
guns were managed with such skill, that we have
no accident to record. In the afternoon a general
invitation was given to go up to the depot and
witness a mixing of the waters of the Roanoke,
Fir, and Neuse, which had been brought down
for the purpose, with those of the Cape Fear.
The union was cemented with the best “ Old
Nash” —lo the most perfect satisfaction of all
the bystandeis, who hailed it as a consummation,
or rather as a combination, highly honorable to
themselves. At night the town was illuminated,
and the honsesof Messrs. Gwrxx, M’Rae, Cow
ax, and Owen were the theatres of revelry and
mirth until a late hour of the night.
Samuel Adams’ Confined Rifle and Shot
Gun. —Wc have had presented lo our notice the
above named ingeniously contrived improvement
in fire arms. It possesses the grand requisite of
all useful improvements in such things—perfect
simplicity.
The piece when used as a rifle, resembles ordi
nary arms of that description, and may he load
ed as usual, or at the breech by a metallic car
tridge. A small piece is unscrewed at the muz
zle which loosens the inner or rifle barrel. This
is kept in its place by means of an enlargement I
at the breech in that portion of the barrel in j
which Ihe metallic cartridge is fitted. The space j
thus left when the inner barrel is removed, leaves j
room for a larger metallic cartridge for the shot
gun, which may likewise he loaded in both ways.
I he rifle sight turns on a pivut, and may he
put out of the way when the smooth bore is used.
The perfect adaption of all the parts, renders the
united barrels quite as firm as if in one entire
piece—and as a rifle it is not heavier—or as a
shot gun, lighter than common arms of those
kinds.
W e consider it as completely supplying the
place of two distinct pieces, and combining econ
omy of space and money. For travellers such a
gun would prove invaluable—while the hunter is
thus enabled to command game of all descrip
tions by a single gun. The change may be made
in.half a minute, from a rifle to a fowling piece.
—Rail Road Journal.
Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.
Montevideo, Dec. 26, 1839.
Wc continue without any alteration in the
state of the country politically, except the arrival
ot Admiral Dupotet, with one frigate, one cor
ve te, and six small brigs of war, fitted as bomb
vessels. 1 his makes the French force in the river
La Plata near thirty square-rigged vessels. It is
understood the new Admiral will not take any
other steps than those of Admiral Lk Blanc,
and the bomb-vessels are employed cruising in
| shoal water, which their light draught adapts
j them for. There will not be any thing like the
I bombardment of Buenos Ayres, as the French are
aware they could not take possession of the town,
and the property of foreigners only would suffer
to any amount; so that here we are, and no more
prospect of the removal of the blockade than there
was a year ago. The port is full of vessels, some
ot them have been here a year, all waiting for
some movement,which has been hoped for “in
a month or two” for a year past.
The last news from the army of General La
vallk was rather unfavorable, he having had
several small parlies defeated,and some desertions.
In this province there has been no movement of
note —both armies remain within a day’s ride of
the city, and within sight of each other.
Habeas Corpus Case.— On Saturday morn
ing the Recorder gave his final decision’ in the
case of Ottaway, claimed as a fugitive slave, by
Mr. Hatcher, ot Chesterfield county, Virginia.
In giving his decision the Recorder stated that
the constitution and the laws of the United States
authorized the return to a slave holding state, of
a slave who escaped therefrom, but did not au
thorize his return to that state, when brought
therefrom by his master into a non-slave holding
slate. But inasmuch as the slave Ottaway had
been brought by his master f.om Virginia, to
Pennsylvania, from whence he escaped to this
state, and as the laws of Pennsylvania authorised
a master coining into that state with his slave, lo
hold the said slave to labor and service for six
months in that stale, it was right and proper and
in conformity with the laws of the United Slates
of Pennsylvania and this state, to authorize the
said master to take his slave with him back to
Pennsylvania, whence he escaped—and to give a
certificate accordingly. The Recorder therefore
gave a certificate to Mr, Hatcher to take his slave
Ottaway back to the. state of Pennsylvania whence
he escaped, and he will be taken accordingly.—
Express.
Webster—Clay—Calhoun.
The January number of the American Bibli
cal Repository contains an interesting article on
Ancient and Modern Eloquence, by N. Cleve
land, Esq. Newbury, Mass. After describing
the Eloquence and peculiar powers of Demos
thenes and Cicero—of the elder and younger
Pitt—and of ,Burke, Fox and Canning,— the
writer closes with the following graphic sketch :
“But it is time to ask, whose are the great
names of American eloquence Whom will pos
erity regard as the Demosthenes or Burke of
our age and Republic 1 Surely if facililes and
opportunites for public speaking, with daily and
nightly practice conjoined, are sufficient to make
great orators, our country must be the most pro
lific region under the sun.
Aside from the pulpit and the bar, we have
neither record nor tradition of American elo
quence, anterior to the disputes with the mother
country. These furnished the exciting theme—
and popular assemblies the most ample scope
for the first oiators of freedom. This was the
era of Quincy, Wafer, Otis, Henry, and the
Adamses. Os the effect produced by their im
passioned harangues, we have abundant evidence
—but the harangues themselves are, for the most
part, lost forever. We know not that this is lo
be regretted. Their unpolished though vigorous
eloquence was adapted lo the times, and accom
plished its objects—but had it been faithfully
preserved, it might have offended our more fas
tidious ears. 7’he vital interests involved—the
magnitude of the danger—the intense feeling of
an excited community, produced a sympathy
with the orator which could not fully realize, thus
in the estimation of his hearers, redeeming his
vehemence from the charge of extravagance.
But now the medium through which we behold
them is misty and dim. Time and distance have
surrounded them with a blaze of glory. We
wish in this case no dearer vision, for what the
eye cannot discover, fancy will supply.
With the adoption ot the Federal Constitution
and the organization of the government; the
parliamen’ary eloquence of our country may be
said to have commenced. Systematized opposi
tion and combined party action then first applied
the stimulus to debate,—a stimulus which seems
to lose none of its irritating properties by the
lapse of time. Were we called upon to select
from the great and good, who figured at that
lime in our national councils, the two hightest
names on the roils of eloquence, those names
would be Alexander Hamilton and Fisher Ames.
Our opinion of Hamilton’s eloquence must rest
mainly cn the testimony of those who heard him.
His speeches that have come to us, do not cor
respond with our impressions of his remarka
ble powers. Great and eloquent beyond n ost, if
not all men of his day, he certainly was, if we
may believe the concurrent statements of friends
and foes.
Os the powers of Mr. Ames, we have more sat
isfactory memorials. His eloquence is generally
flowing and delightful,— rising at times to pas
sages of great power and pathos,—and conveyed
always in a direction remarkably correct, terse
and beautiful. Like Buike, he is distinguished
by philosophic and comprehensive views. Such
is the skill with which he draws from human na
ture, and from history, his lessons of political
wisdom, that his orations and writings are as iu
t structive as they are pleasing.—Hence he is one
ot the few writers, whom we read with interest
long after the occasions and the excitements,
which called them forth, hi ve forever passed
away.
Wc will not, by a hare enumeration, (and
time would allow no more,) do injustice to the
many respectable, and the few brilliant orators,
whose names ap; ear in our Legislative and Con
gressional annals. Let us then at once ask.
Which is our trio of great names 1 Who are
the men who have betn allowed to seize and de- \
cide the triumvai honors of American Eloquence] i
Whom would the candid, united sense of this
wide empire, select as its ablest men, from among
those, who for the last quarter of a century have
swayed its councils] “Os the three huncrcd
‘name but three.' For whom, on entering for j
the first time the Senate chamber of the nation,
floes the stranger, whether native or foreign, soon
est inquire] Inquire! Nay, the pen and the
pencil, and wide-mouthed Fame, have made the j
inquiiy needless. How soon his eye recognizes
the features; how soon his whisper breathes the
illustrious names of Webster, Clay, Calhoun !
In contemplating the qualities of these extra- '
ordinory individuals, we are again struck with
the fact, that men may be eminently great, and i
yet eminently dissimilar.
Mr. Calhoun is the acknowledged chief of i
metaphysical orators. His mind is uncommonly
acute, with a rare faculty of seeing or making dis
tinctions. His reasoning is equally subtle and
plausible. He loves to revel and soar in the airy
regions of abstraction. He is the great Dcs
Cnites ol the Political Academy. His theory is
always curious— oltcn beautiful—sometimes sub
lime; hut it is a theory of “vortices.” The course
of his political fortunes may have affected uncon
sciously the hues of his mind, for his views are !
often sombre, and his anticipations of the future
ominous and foreboding.
Onerernaina. In all the qualities of the ora
tor and statesman, fitted to confer present power
and lasting tame, Mr. Webster’s pre-eminence
will be denied by few. In him we behold a mind
of great native vigor; early roused to energv by
the very necessities of his early origin;—discipli
ned to habits of severe thought by the laborious
study of law; —trained in all the arts ol intellec
tual warfare on the hard arena of forensic strife;
and finally expanded to its present mighty range
of eloquence, philosophy, and statesmanship, on
the broad and stirring theatre of the public coun
cils. Those who have heard Mr. Webster, are
well aware that be owes a portion of his power to
personal advantages. The lofty brow, the dark
and cavernous eye, and the heavy, deep-toned
voice, might alone enchant a gazing auditory.
These impart to his calmer and ordinary dis
course, a serious earnestness, and a Senatorial
dignity; but in moments of high excitement, hv
no means of frequent occurrence, they seem like
the blackness, and fire rolling peals of the o’er
charged and bursting cloud.
Not so with Mr. Clay. He loves to move on
the surface of our earth, and amid the throng of
his fellow men:—or if at any time disposed t>
climb, ’tis only to some sunny hill-top; that he
may get the wide view of the busy, happy scene
below. He is the orator of popular principles
and common sense. His views are expansive,
rather than deep—his grasp of subject not so
strong as it is broad. He needs no interpreter to
make more clear his meaning, nor any other in
dex to the kindness of his character, than bis
homely, but open and expressive face. Asa
speaker, his style is Ciceronian; graceful and
winning, rather than impetuous. Witty, and
prompt at repartee, he is more skilful and ready
in the sk.rm.sh of debate, than either of his great
competitors.
His style is remarkable for its simplicity. To
utter thoughts of the highest order, in language
perfectly simple; by lucid arrangement and apt
words, to make abstract reasoning and the most
recondite principles of commerce, law, and politics
plain to the humblest capacity, is a privilege and
p nver, in which Mr. Webster is equalled, proba
bly, by no living man. This simplicity, which
is apt to be thought so easy of attainment, is nev
ertheless, in this, as in most cases, undoubtedly
the result of uncommon care. Like the great
Athenian orator, Mr. Webster is always full of
his subject. Like him, when most simple in his
diction, he is yet admirably select. Like him too
he can adorn when ornament is appropriate, and
kindle, when occasion calls, into the most touch-”
ing pathos, or loftiest sublime.
As a public man, Mr. Webster is eminently
American. His speeches breathe the purest spi
rit of a broad and generous patriotism. The in
stitutions of learning and liberty, which nurtured
and cherished him—is his manly privilege to de
fend, if not to save.
In no emergency, on no occasion, whore he
has yet been tried, have the high expectations
formed of his abilities, been doomed to disap
pointment. The time-honored rock of the Pil
grims; Bunker’s glorious mound; and old Faneuil
Hail, have been rendered even more illustrious
by his eloquent voice. Armed at all points, and
ready alike for attack and defence, he has been
found equally great, whether wrestling with the
champions of the Law, before its most august tri
bunal, or contending on the broader field, and in
the hotter conflicts of Congressional warfare. We
cannot say that i t is matter of regret to us that he
is no longer a candidate for office, though that
office be deemed the highest. The Senate,—
the Senate is undoubtedly his true sphere of be
neficence and glory. There may he long he
found, foremost amid the mighty names, which
arc at once our crown of pride, and tower of
strength.
From the Charleston Courier.
The candor, which you have shewn, in regard
to the charge, attempted to he fixed upon Gen.
Harrison, of favoring the movements of the Abo
litionists, induces me to suppose you will do him
the jusice, to insert the following extract of a let
ter of his to a friend, accompanied by some evi
dence from a newspaper of the day.
I am one of those who thought with you, that
it was important he should hold a plain and deci
ded language on that subject. Not that I think
the South ought to count in the smallest degree,
upon the professions of any man, in regard to that j
matter. She must defend herself; she must rely
upon herself; she must lean on no foreign aid !
whatever, and above all,she must rejectand spurn
the idea of patronage and protection. With the
principle of instructions, universally received and i
acted upon, nothing is more empty than a profess
sion of the kind, on the part of most public men. [
It holds good, just so long as it ns not required to
be put in practice, and not a moment longer. So
long as public opinion at the North is against the ,
wicked movements of the Abolitionists, nolhing is
safer there, than to declare war upon them, but
should they get the upper hand, and instruct their
Senators and Representatives, you will see them
do, on that subject, what they did on the Tariff
in 1828—vote most reluctantly, no doubt but
still vote, against their professed principles, and
their Southern friends. The yeas and nays, at
such a moment are the only test, to be relied on.
Gen. Harrison, in voting for the admission of
Missouri, in the face of the opinion of his own
constituents, and forfeiting his place in Congress
rather than violate the Constitution, and shake
the foundations of the Union,gave thestrongest, |
because a practical pledge, of what he would do |
in future. He shewed himself, at once, a brave 1
man, and a good citizen. .
But, although I think, so far as our
interests are concerned, neither his declaration,
nor Mr. Van Buren’s, on this subject, are likelv
to prove ot much practical utility, yet I agree that
j a public man, aspiring to the Presidency of this
great country, ought to speak out, on a subject so
tundamental, and so important to its future peace.
It is an issue no one ought to shrink from meet
ing, on whom any share ot public responsibility
is cast, least ot al . be that asks to he trusted with
j the chief Executive authority of the land.
Gen. Harrison’s declarations have been suffi
ciently explicit to repel the idea, that he has any
objections to make them, at a moment when they
j may be turned against him by an equally skilful
and unscrupulous foe. He stands as fully com
! milled as his competitor; and whether his prom
; ise ‘ s not at least as much to be relied on, he puts
himself upon the country to decide, on tl e evi
dence of their past coduct—the Missouri reslric
| lion, and the Tariff of’3B.
But I am lar exceeding what I had in view,
when I sat down to write these remarks—l will
| conclude by copying from a late letter from Gen.
; Harrison, to a member ot Congress from this
State, the following passage. You will see that
it has particular reference to you.
‘ I saw some time since «n article from the
Charleston Courier, stating that my Vincennes’
speech conta ned all that the South had a right
to expect on the abolition question. In a subse
quent article, however, the Editor says that I had
i concealed toy sentiments, on the subject, after I
had been brought out as a candidate for the Presi
dency. In this the Editor gieatly errs. The
speech was delivered at Vincennes, in June 1835.
At that time my name was upon every anti-ad
ministration paper in Indiana, as the opposition
candi late, and upon most of those in Ohio, and I
had been nominated, in a very considerable num
ber of public meetings, many months before. My
first nomination at Harrisburg, Pa. took place in
the fall ot 1835. I enclose you an Albany pa
per of Feb. 7, 1835, to shew how extensively I
was then regarded as a candidate for the Presiden
cy-” A SUBSCRIBER.
Gf.v. Harrison.— We cheerfully give place
to the remarks of our correspondent, “ A Sub
scriber”; and he would have been ju.-t as wel
come with any other title or any other name.—
It has been rendered manifest, we trust, by our
course, hitherto, that w-e are not among those
who, merely because we favor another candidate
for the Presidency, would vilify Gen. Harrison,
misrepresent his views, or rob him of the laurels
he earned so well, by his skill and prowess in
the wars of our republic, both against the ruth
less savage and the haughty Briton, or the civic
wreath to which he has so well entitled himself
by his eminent services in the civil line. We de
clare, in all sincerity of heart, that it affords us
pleasure to do'justice to Gen. 11., or to anv other
distinguished man to whom we may be political
ly opposed. It is with gratified, and not with
reluctant feeling, therefore, that we open our col
umns to the vindication of that tried and veteran
patriot against any charge affecting his fame, and
especially against the foul charge of abolitionism,
of which ever since our knowledge of his \”n- 1
cenncs’ speech, we have believed dm, and still
believe him, to he as innocent as we arc. No
one is more ready than we, to extol the conduct
of Gen. H., in Congress, on the Missouri ques
tion, when his sense of duty to the Constitution,
the Union and the South, induced him boldly and
fearlessly to oppose the infamous Missouri re
striction, against the sentiments of his constitu
ents of the Cincinnati (Ohio) District, and at
the hazard of political martyrdom, which was, in
fact, subsequently inflicted upon him for his
course on that memorable occasion and perilous
crisis. So, too, although we cannot but con
demn, and still do condemn the doctrines and
spirit of an oft cited extract, from his Cheviot
speech of 1833, in which he expressed himself
in favor of appropriating the whole surplus na
tional revenue, with the assent of the slave-hold
ing States, to the united purposes of emancipa
tion and colonization in inseparable connexion,
and broached the dangerous heresy that such a
measure, if assented to by the slave-holding
States, would be within the constitutional com
petency of Congress without an amendment of
the Constitution—which is equivalent to giving
Congress constitutional and therefore full power
over the abolition of slavery—the qualification
proposed by him being one, not of right, but of
expediency merely; yet we have always admit
ted and proclaimed that the extract in question,
was an isolated one—found in the midst of an
address, replete with sound doctrine on the ques
tion of Slavery, and its constitutional inviolabili
ty in the several States, save by their own volun
tary action ; and when wc read his Vicennes
speech, of 1835, reiterating those sound doctrines,
lashing the abolitionists with merited severity,
for their fanaticism, folly, and infidelity to their
constitutional duty, and taking the high ground
that the discussion of the abolition of slavery,
in a non-slaveholding tSta.e, was an abuse and
violation of the constitutional privileges of speech
and the press—wc at once admitted and announ
ced, that the anomalous passage in the Cheviot
speech, the particle of chaff in the bushel of
wheat, was amply atoned for—and that it would
thenceforth be unfair and unjust to attempt to
identify Gen. Harrison, with abolition, or the
abolitionists, especially as those vile wretches had
then vilified and repudiated him, through the
Emancipator, their leading organ, and the anti
slavery Almanac, one of their insidious publica
tions, to abuse and excite the public mind of the
North, against the rights, institutions and inter
ests of the South. With unfeigned delight then,
not because we have at all abated our political
opposition to Gen. H. for the Presidency, hut
because we love to do justice, and we take sin
cere pleasure in arraying the distinguished men
of the Union in favor of the constitutional rights
of our own loved and cherished South, do we
| this day, in the communication of our corres
• pondent, give place to an extractor a letter from
Gen. Harrison, dated a few daps since , and ad
dressed to a distinguished member of Congress
from this Slate, (and which we know to be gen
| uine) record his full and unqualified indorsement
lof his Vincennes’ Speech. We said, a short
time ago, in one of our editorial articles, that but
a line was needed, from Gen. H., to clear his
skirts, so utterly and thoroughly from abolition
i ism, as to disarm even his bitterest foes of that
weapon against him, and to render them asham
ed to wield it any longer. That line has been
given ; and Gen. Harrison stands before the re
public “redeemed, regenerated and disenthralled”
from the diabolical genius of northern abolition
ism. We proclaim it, as we promised, and
sound it trumpet-tongued, that echo may take it
up, and send it, from hill top to hill top, with
loud and joyous peals, in triumph through the
land. We, at least, rejoice to be assured that
whether our own favorite candidate, Mr. Van
Buren, or his opponent, Gen. Harrison shall
i succeed, overwhelm ing discomfiture and defeat—
j that isolation of them far the scorn and indigna
tion of the republic which the gallant and gener-
I ous Henry Clay declared should be their merited
1 doom—awaits them ; and the rights of the South
will stand uninjured, unimpaired and in panolpy
of safety, under the sacred banner of the constitu
tion. We oppose Gen. H., therefore, not as an ab
ortionist, but as a tariff and internal improvement
man, and one whose views of the constitution,
generally, are too lalitudinarian for our creed of
“Union and State Rights,” and especially and de
cisively because he is in opposition to an incum
bent, who boldly and generously came to the aid
and rescue of the South, at a moment when her
rights or the Union were imperilled by the fran
tic efforts of criminal fan aticism, and because no
bly planting himself on the constitution, he free
ly and unequivocally, staked his political fortune
on the maintenance of the institutions of the
Sc-uth, in their whole constitutional integrity.
Here tha Courier assigns the reasons which
in'.uence it in preferring Mr. Van Buren to Gen.
Harrison for the Presidency, and defends itself
against the impression of Gen. H. that he wa s
charged by it with seeking concealment, both of
which we exclude as not necessary to our pur
pose, and then concludes in the following manly
strain :
We repeat, however, that Gen. Harrison now
stands rectus in curia with the South—he has
nobly scorned all concealment and thrown off all
reserve, and, occupying a position, by the side of
Mr. Van Buren, on the platform of the Constitu
tion, ho is justly and honorably entitled, so far as
the slave question is concerned, to compete, on
equal ground with Mr. Van Buren, for the votes
and favor of the South. Let either be elected,
and the Constitution is safe, the South is safe,
and the Union,—the b'ood bought Union—the
temple of Liberty—is safe and sanctified.
Single Womex,— Chambers’ Journal says it
is among the most vulgar of errors to consider
women useless because they are single. Only
look round your acquaintance—who is the one
universally useful, the one applied to in every
time of difficulty and trial ? The single sister of
the family.
Carter, at the last dates, was making a clear
profit of $ 1500 per week in Paris. Van Am
burgh had experienced another misfortune.—At
Rouen, a lion bit him in the wrist, and has ren
dered him incapable. The lion he took out origi
nally, died ; and was sent over. It was (his that
bit him. This s the second serious accident
which has befallcu him.
Large Cargo.—The ship John Bolton, Capt.
Toulon, cleared at New Orlerns on the sth inst.
for Liverpool, has on board 2013 bales, or 1,276,-
408 pounds of Cotton. This is said to be the
largest cargo ever shipped in one vessel from that
port.
A Liverpool letter writer says:—“You can have
no idea of the ferment of “loyalty” which has
agitated England. Ireland and Scotland, on the
recent “happy occasion.” From London, the
modern Babylon, to the pettiest village, Monday,
the 10th of Febru ry, was kept as a general
holiday. For the British people are exceedingly
“loyal”— to the latest occupant of the throne.”
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Savannah, March 15.
Cleared. —Ship Hamilton, Kilham, Liverpool;
Ship Argo, Farcly, Liverpool; Hr. ship New York
Packet, Downing, Liverpool; Br. ship lien Nevis,
Burns, Liverpool.
Arrived. — Brig New England, Colley, New
York ; Brig Augusta, Sherwood ; Steamboat Chat
ham, Wray, Augusta; Steamboat Hamburg, Wood,
Augusta. ...
( harleston, March 17.
Arrived. —Ship Duchess d’Orleans, New York ;
Schr. Mary, M’Curdy, Maracaibo; Schr. America’
Somers, Bicltmcnd.
Cleared. —Brig Tjbce, Herbert, Havre ; Brig
Delaware, Ross, Havana; Schr. Virginia, Antoin
ette, Place, Havanna.
Went to sea —U. L. brig Moses, Loveland New
York.
At Quarantine. —Ship Adrian ; and barque Po
tomac, Gorham, from Boston, and Schr. Emma, from
Philadelphia.
CLOCKS, WATCHES, & JEWELRY.
No. 242 Broad street, near the United States Hotel.
ftp* rf/Kyfy The subscriber having
bought out Mr. John B.
ff Murphy, now offers, at the
old stund > a lich and sash-
L *7 ionable assortment of GOLD
I ' VH and SILVER patent
It \ / ’m LEVER S, DUPLEX , L’-
v : EPINE and VERTICAL
—ll.. Wa IVATCHES, of the most
approved manufacturers; —
also, fine MA A TEL CLUCKS. A gcnci a 1 assort
ment of JEWELRY and SILVER WARE, with
a variety ol other articles, which lie will sell on
reasonable terms, and respectfully solicits a shaie
of public patronage. G. C. GORDON.
(Tj'Clocks, Watches, and Jewelry repaired.
feb 1 w2m
From an acquaintance of six years with Mr. G
C. Goiden. I cheeifullv recommend him to my old
customers, as oeing wortny of tueir confidence and
patronage, and respectfully solicit lor him a share
of the same. JOHN B. MURPHY.
BALLOON ASCENSION. ”
THE undersigned announces to the citizens of
Augusta and the adjacent country, that his
third and, from the United Stales, (for the present,
at least,) his last “Baboon Ascension” will be’
made in a silken Balloon of mammoth dimensions,
on Friday, March 27th. For the production of
hydrogen gas for the inflation of the Balloon, an
extraordinary chemical apparatus will be crap.oy
ed ; and as all the operations will be conducted in
the spacious warehouse of General Dawson, through
whose politeness the use of the warehouse has
been tendered lor the ascension, it is needless to
add (when the expense of such exhibitions is con >
sicered,) that those who visit Augusta to witness
his voyage, will be expected to purchase admission
tickets. Those will be so d, both on the day and
previously, in the city, at $1 ; Children admitted
at half price. No fire will be introduced, nor smok
ing permitted within the warehouse. For other
particulars see large kills. S. HOBART,
march 3 —w3t
MULBERRY AND SILK CULTURE.
WARD CHENEY & BROTHERS
MASON SHAW, have now grow •
ing, in the most Nourishing condition, j i
il Augusta,Georgia, adjoining the llarai-
Race Course, about 80,000 Moris
M ulticaulis Trees, which they offer for sale in lota
to suit purchasers. For further information enqui
ry may be made of Messrs. Cheneys, at thoircocooi
ery rn Burlington, New' Jersey, or of Mason Shaw
at the Eagle and Phcenix Hotel in Augusta.
Having had several years experience in cultiva
ting the morus rnullicaulis from buds, cuttings, &r.
they will lurnish each purchaser with printed in
structions ol the best and most approved manner of
planting and cultivating the trees, the kind of soil
most suitable for growing the same; and also for
rearing the silk worms and reeling the silk. They
will also have for sale. Silk Worm Eggs of (he
most esteemed varieties, from moths selected with
great tare for their health, strength and perfection
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