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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL^
AUGUSTA.;
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 27.
Theatre,
Mrs. Fitzwilltam closes her * engagement
in this city to-night, when she takes her benefit, i
prior to her departure for Charleston. We have <
save, on a single occasion, forbore tol eulogise the
performances of this highly accomplished lady,for
we felt that her powers needed no eulogy, indeed
they are superior to it. To-night sh? presents an
attractive bill, and we trust that ouricitizens will
testify their sense of her merit by Joiaking it a s
real benefit. j '
The Tybee Light, |
Is the name of*a new Daily and Tri-Weekly
paper about to be issued in the city of Savannah, I
under the Editorial management of .Messrs. H. j
S. Bell and Charles Davis, the p ospectus of (
which is now out. We subjoin a paragraph from .
their prospectus, in which they ai nounce the !
political principles &c. of their forthc fining sheet. !
“Our combined efforts will, as h retofore, be (
devoted totne advancement of the g cat cause of ,
State Rights, and of retrenchment a;d economy (
in public officers, State and General— of purity in ,
the public and private morals of the ;ountry (so t
shamefully degenerated of late,) —tc the promo- (
tion of the cause of temperance and frugality— ,
and to the?firm establishment of law md order in
the administration of our institutioi s from the t
primary movement at the ballot bodies, to the
highest judicial tribunal of the country. And as
the surest and only available means of promoting
all these high interests, we will advocate the elec- (
tion of William Henry Harriso'i, of Ohio, (
and John Tyler, of Virginia, to the two highest (
offices in the gift of the people. (
Further of the Shipwretfh.
The Charleston Patriot of Wednesday says:— '
“We learn by the arrival of the Steam Packet 1
C. Vanderbilt, from Wilmington, that it was re
ported at Smithville that one of the Cape Fear
Pilot Boats had gone to the wreck; of the Br
ship Flora, wrecked on Frying Pan Shoals, and
succeeded in saving two of the crew, Heaving the
Captain and nine men still upon thelwreck. It
blowing a gale of wind at the time and a heavy
sea running, the Pilots were unable to save any
more. The Pilot Boat would proceed again to
the wreck this day, with the hope of saving the
balance of this unfortunate crew, if the weather
should prove favorable, but from the violence
the weather at this time, it is more than probable
no assistance can be rendered these unfortunate
beings, and that they will be left to their fate.
A bad Account.— The Patterson, N. J. In
telligencer says“ The greater part of the man
ufactories in this town have been lying idle for
months. There are, we understand, but two es
tablishments among the whole numbe j which are
making full lime; a few of the others (un part of
the time.”
A Post Office has been established at Camak,
Warren county ; Edward A. Cranda| appointed
Post Master. Also at Poolesville, DeKalb coun
ty; James Caldwell appointed Post Ar aster.
Ho n, Mr. Cuthbeut.— The \rashington
Correspondent of the New York Express, gives
the following description of Mr. Cuthhert’s man
ner of speaking in public; •
“ Mr. Cuthbert is an odd fish ; affected—vain
—ridiculous. He would talk for a month about
nothing, and in a manner so pompous and extrava
gant, that from his manner, you woulcl fancy the
subject under consideration, a question! of war or
peace. To-day, he was quite ultra. Maine was
threatened, if. And Georgia would h;lve a non
intercours?law with her, but. Mr, CUs a radi
cal Loco Foco : n perish credit system —a golden
humbug man—an advocate of the Sub-Treasury
and low wages.” * ;
Dry Goods Trade.
The New York Morning Chronicle of Satur
day, says;—“Since our last report on this branch
of trade, the stock in this market has been great
ly increased by the arrival of abouj; -a dozen
packets, ah of which have brought, sis we pre“
dieted in our last, fair cargoes of Dry! Goods.—
This addition to the supply of new anl desirable
goods, must naturally have some influence to re
vive trade among this class of merchants. The
merchants of the neighboring cities jiajve been
anxiously waiting these arrivals, and{ they will
now bo able to get in their Spring supplies,
whether large or small. The packeU; that left
Liverpool early in the season, have njt brought
so full cargoes as those that 'eft later. This can
only he attributed to the disappointment of the
manufacturers of Great Britain, in not receiving
more extensive orders from this country, and
which induced them to ship a considerflMe quan
tity on their own account. It is a fact why well
known among our leading merchants* that the
orders from this country which wont oiiljearly in
the season were very small, and the sudiieu in
crease of shipments at Liverpool, the hitler part
of January, cannot be reasonably attributed to
any other cause, than the determination? of the
manufacturers of Europe to ship theij- surplus
stock on their own account, which, if they do to
any extent, must create an overplus in-this mar
ket, injurious to the interests of this community
and to the shippers.” i i
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The editor of the New Orleans Sun! says he
will give $50,000 to any person who vlijl show
him a rich man’s epitaph without a lil i n it
if he draws the Si. Charles Theatre in the
$2,000,000 Lottery. i
From the Southern Recorder. | |
The Monroe Railroad Bank, on Thunihiy last,
made a demand on the Central Bank if.r settle
n-: !of her !• to ihe tune of fO.OOo} dollars
We are informed a settlement was wfuajd. We
hardly know how to understand thisi ; ccie of
course could net have been demanded, or it it was'
■was o. course refused, as the Rail.-oak!. Bank
must have anticipated. But they hud a hcht .vo
imagine to an exchange of our bills if’tlerired.
Was this refused 1 We imagine so, as ftHis was
all that could have been expected by tHe Bank
making the demand. If the Central Bank has I
refused to exchange her bills for others when re- t
quired, we fancy her own bills will suffer from t
the operation. ... r
One thing at least strikes us very forcibly from r
this example. That is, that if the Central Bank a
either cannot or will not take up her hills when
other bills are required, we wonder at the recent t
Editorial articles of the Federal Union on this c
subject, advocating an extensive issue of these f
bills byway of distribution. If she fails in the i
first demand, and when but a very insignificant (
amount of her bills have been issued, we are at a r
loss to know by what possibility she could respond c
when the issue was extended probably five fold, t
From the Rational Intelligencer.
The State of the Country.
Such is, we know, the infatuation with which j
some men hug the trammels ol party, that they j
will follow its fortunes so nearly to the verge of {
ruin that nothing but the last step in the catastro- t
phe seems capable of bringing them to reflect up- £
on their dangerous predicament. t
Never did this observation apply with more s
force than to the supporters of the last and the t
present Administrations; for they have stood by j
the unwise measuiesof their leaders with unyiel- t
ding firmness until ruin has crushed its thousands
and they find themselves involved in the umver- t
sal desolation. By dint of mere suffering some ,
among them have been Draught to pause, and j
they begin to reason with themselves and with
one another. The lamentations over the dead
and the wailing of the wounded on a bloody bat
tle-field are not affecting than the cries of .
the ruined and the broken-hearted now heard
through the whole length and breadth of our
country. Whilst we deplore a state of things |
which we have done every thing in our power to
prevent, it is a subject of gratification to perceive {
that it has ai length roused in the less bigotted (
adherents of their party a spirit of inquiry into
the causes and the authors of so much evil. {
We ask once more of such of these as are in a J
condition to hear reason, to go with us back to j
the recollection of better days, and trace our his
tory up to the present time, that we may discov- (
er what have been the cause*, and who the au
thors, of all this mischief. ,
For the first forty years of our national exist- ‘
ence, the Government was administered by pro-
found statesmen and devoted and disinterested
patriots. During that period, a country so pros
perous and happy as our own, one that moved on
with so successful a developemenl of its vast re- !
sources, the world has never seen. No cloud <
darkened our horizon foi more than a brief pe- I
riod of time, and then from causes that no foresight
could avoid, and of a nature to which every Peo- 1
pie must be subject, however wisely its Govern- '
ment may lie administered.
The blessings of prosperity and happiness were 1
vouchsafed to us through all this space of time,
until the People, in an evil hour, with hearts over
flowing with gratitude to the founders of our In
stitutions, were cajoled into the belief that they
would find in Gen. Jackson “a second Washing
ton,” and placed him at the head of the Govern
ment, without his possessing a single qualification
for its safe administration.
Had Gen. Jackson been wisely distrustful of
his own capacity, he would have found in the
ample of his illustrious predecessors the chart of
safety. He had but to throw himself on the wave
that was carrying the whole country on to its proud
and enviable destiny, and all would have been
well. But the infirmities ot his character prevail
ed over the dictates of reason. With daring
courage, indeed, but yet with presumption which
ignorance alone could excuse, he approached the
most delicate and vital principles in the science
of Government, and determined to reform them,
though the wisdom of nations had declared them
good, and the experience of ages had pronounced
them settled. He took hold of the currency and
the finances of the country, and, in the absence
of both information and experience on the subject,
resolved to change them from their settled foun
dations. And this purpose he accomplished, in
violation of the sanctity of the Constitution, and
in disregard of law. Without a faltering step
he pursued his determination, which has been of
so much mischief the prolific source. The war
ning of wise counsels, the remonstrances offriends
and the predictions of evil, only made his resolves
the more inflexible, and his means of accomplish
ing them the more desperate.
Thus was laid the foundation of all the evils
which now scourge the coui.try; and our present
Chief Magistrate, by following in the footsteps of
his illustrious predecessor , has consummated the
work of mischief and ruin.
From the beginning of Gen. Jackson’s crusade
against the currency, the finances, and the insti
tutions upon which their successful management
essentially depended, must be dated the downfall
of our national prosperity and happiness. And,
if the wit of mankind had been taxed to work out
a scheme otthe quickest and most successful ru
in, none could have been devised more fatal and
efficient than that whose success Gen. Jackson's ■
flatterers madenim believe was to crown bis fame j
with unfading glory. We have but to cast our
eyes over our continent, and we behold in all di
rections the sad memorials of a desperate and fa
tal mal-administration of pubiic affairs. Our
commerce, that once floated on every sea, has
dwindled down to a mere remnant. Our manu- ;
factures, that erewhile were enlivened with the
busy movements of industry and piofit, are lin
gering out an unprofitable existence. Our agri
culture, that, until lately, was rewarded with a
rich return,seeks in vain for a market. Our in
ternal improvements, that recently stretched out
their thousand arras to embrace the Union in one
bond of fellowship and Intercourse, are abandon
ed, and many millions of their cost are already
lost to the country in consequence. The stream
of capital that was flowing in from its capacious ;
reservoir in the Old World to seek employment I
in the enterprise ot the New, is wholly cut off.
Our credit, that once stood with proud respect in
all the marts of the world, is now dishonored.
Our enterprise, that was wont to explore every
avenue for profit, is stricken down in hopelossdes
pair. Labor, that brought its re'urn of happi
ness and comfort to tens of thousands of families,
now wanders about in rags begging for employ
ment. The exchanges of our country, which,
ten years ago. stood at less than one per cent- be
tween the extremes of the Union, ore now rang
ing, between places only a hundred or two miles
apart, at from six and seven to fifteen and twenty
per cent. In fine, a national paralysis, ruined
fortunes, gloom, suffering,and a bankrupt Treas
ury, are the prints of Gen. Jackson’s footsteps, in
which Mr. Van Buren has faithfully followed.
Such are the consequences of casting away the
valuable lights of experience, substituting for
them the crudities of ignorance, and experiment
ing witii the life-blood of a nation’s prosperity.
When this fatal purpose was first disclosed, un
der the administration of General Jackson, the
wisdom of our country pronounced it a heresy,
and predicted the consequences. These predic
tions have been verified to the letter. So uner
ring was their reach into the future, that the spirit
of ancient prophecy never foretold events with
more certainty. Against the rash and reckless
course of the Executive the warning voice of our
real statesmen was raised with earnest entreaty.
Their protestations against it were loud aitd long
and their resistance to it was of a boldness pro
; portioned to the magnitude of the evils which
they apprehended. But unhappily the persons
who conceived the mischief held the reins of Gov
ernment, am. they have driven headlong over the
ramparts of the law and the prostrate interests of
| the country.
S3r have things yet reached their worst uule s
the People interpose. The tendency of things
is yet downward. The same stern resolve that
S V. _ * t
has broken down (be prosperity of the country is
now at work to crush with it the spirit that dates,
to complain. Success in this last effort is all
that is wanting to perpetuate the reign of tyran
ny and op;f»ression. under which the country has
already groaned too long.
Surety, if there be any truth in the picture
which we have sketched of the present state of
our country —and that there is, we presume no
one will deny—and if the stale of things, be as
it undeniably is, th« fruit of maladministration
of public affairs, still willfully persisted in; what
reasonable or thinking man but must be satisfied
of the necessity of a change of administration,
to produce a change in the face of public af
fairs.
Setting aside all questions of personal prefer
ence, or party pride or predilection, is it likely,
we ask, that a dogged perseverance in a foolish
and ruinous policy will lead to a wise and pros
perous end 1 Is it not the known determination
of the now dominant power in the Government
to persevere in its present policy I Is there, then
any earthly mode of bringing back the country
to its former sound and happy condition, than, by
a concert of all men who see and acknowledge
these truths, to effect such a reform in the admin
istration of the Government as will give it a new
direction 1
These are questions which are put to our read
ers, and which we trust that those who yet doubt
will-think upon, and each one answer for and to
himself.
Congressional.
Among the petitions presented on Monday last
in the House, we perceive the following:
By Mr. Dawson : The following petitions, viz :
from Samuel Rockwell, Win Hanselt, and Wm H
Underwood, asking of Congess the payment of
certain claims against the Cherokee Indians as a
tribe, and assumed by the General Government
under the late treaty with that tribe.
A claim of the State of Georgia for money
advanced to the officers and soldiers of the Revo
lution. Referred select committee of five mem
bers.
A petition from the Commissioners of Pilotage
of the city of Darien, relative to a light-house, &c.
A petition from the citizens of Bucketsville,
asking a mail rout, &c, Greensborough, Georgia,
through that place, to Greensborough, South Car
olina.
Value of Water Power nr tiif. United
States. —ln a report made to the Senate of In
diana, we find the following facts recorded in re
ference to the value of water :
By an examination of the rates of leasing wa
ter power in other portions of the United States,
we find the following facts:
In Ohio, at large towns on the canal, the rates
per run of stones are, per annum, §l5O 00
In Ohio and Indiana, out of the
large towns, §IOO to 125 00
At Cincinnati the State leases at 250 00
At Lowell, Massachusetts, on
Merrimack river, 97 80
At Cohoes, near Albany, New
York, 189 00
At Patterson, New Jersey, 399 00
At Manayunk, near Philadel
phia, 555 40
Average of the whole, exclusive
of Indiana, 384 74
In this state has been leased at Indianapolis,
1 awrenceburgh, Harrison, Peru, &c., a total
amount of power equal to 30 run of stones, at
§l5O per year for each rnn.
Opium Eating in England. — A London
paper of recent date says that the consumption
of Upium in England has increased to a great
extent; insomuch that the subject formed a mat
ter of discussion at a late meeting of the West
minster Medical Society. It was stated by a
respectable member of that body from his own
personal knowledge, that opium eating had in
creased in the country to such a degree as to
have become nearly equal in its proportion with
tee-totalism. The subject had become of such
importance that the different insurance offices
were about to hold a meeting in consequence of
their h iving discovered that they had sustained
considerable loss from, as well as that a new risk
had been created, by the enormous increase of
the consumption of opium.
The use of this drug seems to be the last re
son of a vitiated taste in search of unnatural
excitement. The statements above made, if
founded upon actual facts, may well cause alarm
in England, for there is no predicting how far
the dangerous habit may prevail if it once be
comes established. The experience of mankind
unhappily shows in too many instances that the
terrible consequences which follow unlawful in
dulges, are insufficient to warn effectually against
yielding to them, when once infatuation has pos
sessed the mind. If the fact were otherwise
there would need no other security against the
; habit of opium eating—for of all kinds of intem
; perance this appears to entail upon its victims
i the most dreadful species of suffering.— Bait.
American.
Destructive Hcrricase at Madras.—A
tremendous Hurricane, with an inundation of
the sea, occurred on the 16th November, at Cor
ing?, on the coast northward of Madras. Some
| particulars of the devastation committed were
| given in the Madras Spectator, on the authority
lof letters written on the spot. “The water from
! the sea rushed in with such violence, that the
, houses at Coringe, except E’s. large house, and
j three or four other brick houses, all the rest they
I say have been carried away. I have had two
| and a half feet of water in my garden and in my
! room, which is under my bungalow, one and a
| half foot. They say that more than2o,ooo peo
| pie have perished by this terrible hurricane, which
I lasted only five or six hours. There is nothing
to he seen in every direction but dead bodies and
drowned cattle. Sixty native vessels, which
were in the roads loaded with paddy, disappeared;
and they do not know what has become of them.”
Among the items of literary intelligence con
tained in the L verpool correspondence of the
N. \ . Star, it is stated that Bulvvcr has produced
another play. The title is “Cromwell,” and it
will be brought forward at the Haymarket in the
course of this month—the part of Cromwell by
Macready.
Theodore Hook has two novels in press. One
is entitled “Uncle Geoffrey,” and it will have
Hook’s portrait; the other is called “Precept and
Practice,” to be illustrated by Phiz.
Edward Howard, author of Rattlin the Reefer,
has also a novel in press. It will be called Jack
Ashore.
A Bishop’s Humility. —John Knox’s “Blast
of the Trumpet against the monstrous regimen.”
gave great ofience to Queen Elizabeth, who could
not bear to be bearded in her “ pride of place;”
and Dr. Aylmer, having written a courtly answer
to Knox’s wo,k, he was advanced to the See of
London. In his work Aylmer had advised the
prelates to be content with “ priest-tike and not
to seek after “prince l>ke ” fortunes; but when
he was made a bishop he forgot his doctrine, and
being one dav reminded of it, he replied in the
words of St. Paul, “When I was a child I spake
as a child, I tbougl t as a child ; hut when I be
came a man, I put away childish tilings!”
The affairs of Turkey have been managed in
a wretched manner. It has been demonstrated
that in a district which { a:d four millions in tax
es, only 35'J.000 reached the treasury of the Sul
tan ; consequently 3,650,000 were absorbed by
rapacious Pachas or their underlings.
From the New Monthly for February. \
Annette, or the Galerien—— A Tale.
1
BT THE COUNTESS OF BLXSSINGTON. i
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Annette Moran was the prettiest girl at a vil
lage in the department of the Isere, famed for the 1
beauty of i.s female inhabitants. She was the
only person who doubted this fact, and her evi
dent freedom from vanity, joined to the unpre
tending simplicity and mildness of her nature,
rendered her beloved even by those of her own
sex who might have felt inclined to contest charms
less meekly borne by their possessor. Among
the many candidates for the hand of Annette,
Jules Dejean was the one who had won her
heart. Their marriage had been long agreed on,
and they only waited to have a sufficient sum
laid by, the fruits of their earnings and economy,
to enable them to commence their little menage.
Annette might be seen, every evening, busily en
gaged in spinning the yarn that was destined for
the linen of her future establishment, while Jules
sat by her, reading aloud, or indulging with de
light in anticipations of their marriage. How of
ten did he endeavor, during the period of their
probation, to persuade his Annette that they al
ready had sufficient funds to commence house
keeping. Charles Vilman and his Marie, with
many other notable examples, were produced to
prove that a couple might marry and be happy
with less than five hundred francs, and Annette,
half convinced, stole a timid look at her mother,
who answered it by shaking her head and saying,
“Ah! that’s all very well, because Charles and
Marie have no children as yet, so that they are as
free to work as if they were single. But people
are not always so fortunate as to be married three
years without having a family; and when a young
woman has one child in her arms, and another
beginning to walk, she can attend but little to her
work-”
This reasoning never appeared quite conclu
sive to the comprehension of the lovers, though
it brought a brighter tint to the cheeks of Annette,
and a roguish smile to the lips of Jules, and nei
ther seemed to think it was peculiarly fortunate
for married persons who loved each other not to
have children, though they did not dispute the
point with la bonne mere Moran,
About this period the care of the village died,
ad his place was supplied by a young clergyman,
who came from a distant part. The regret felt
by all his flock for the good pastor was not light
ened by seeing in his successor a man whose
youth excluded the hope that bis advice or expe
rience could replace that of him they had lost.—
Nevertheless, the urbanity and kindness of Le
Pere Laungardsoon reconciled them to him, and
he became popular. Le Pere Laungard was a
young man of prepossessing appearance, and
some natural abilities; but with passions so vio
lent and irregular, that they rendered him most
unfit for the holy profession he had adopted.—
Like pent-up fir. s, they raged but with more vio
lence because they were concealed; and hypocri
sy and artifice were called in to assist aim in
hiding feelings that he took more pains to conceal
than to suppress. Some irregularities had mark
ed his conduct at the cure he had left, and these
had been represented to the bishop of his diocese;
but that prelate refused credence to any state
ments against the young priest, and looked on
him as a persecuted son of the church, whom he
was called upon to protect against its enemies.—
Le Pere Laungard had no sooner seen Annette
than he became enamour.-d of her and it re
quired all his powers of duplicity and affected
sanctity to veil his passion, while in his heart he
cursed the profession that rendered this duplicity
necessary. When he became acquainted with
the affection and engagement of Annette and
Jules,the most ungovernable jealousy was added
to the stings of unlawful passion; he abandoned
himself to plots for breaking off the marriage, and
a thousand fearful and horrid thoughts passed
through his ill-regulated mind.
At times, actuated by the stings of conscience,
he would throw himself on the earth, and with
burning tears bewail his wretched fate, and hav
ing humbled himself to the dust, he would pray
for power to conquer this fatal and unhallowed
love. But some innocent proof of affection giv
en by the lovers in his presence would soon ex
cite afresh all the evil of his nature, and he would
look on them as did the serpent in Paradise, en
vying the happiness of our first parents, until
overpowered by the feelings that consumed him,
he would rush into solitude, and abandon him
self to all the violence of his disposition.
He used every effort in his power to insinuate
himself into the good graces of Annette, and. by ;
the softness and impassioned earnestness of his
manner, he succeeded in exciting an interest in
her mind—the more readily accorded, that her
whole heart being engrossed, and the passion that
filled it being fully reciprocated, left her disposed
to think well of, and feel kindly towards, all the
world. Often did Annette, in the innocence of
her mind, and with that complacency which a ,
mutual affection engenders, observe to Jules, what
a pity it was that Le Pere Laungard, a good
looking, amiable young man, with so much sen
sibility, should be forever excluded the pale of
conjugal ties. “To live without loving,” said
the pure Annette, “ appears to me to be impossi
ble; and though he may like all hisflosk, as 1 do
my friends and companions, still that is so differ
ent, so cold and unsatisfying a feeling in compar
ison with that which you, dear Jules, have awa
kened in my breast, that I cannot hut pity all
who are shut out from entertaining a similar one.
Jules felt none of this pity or sympathy for
Le Pere. Laungard, for, with the furtive glan
ces of the "young priest directed to Annette,
his disordered air and changing countenance,
his agitation and tremulous voice, when ad
dressing her, and he liked not the flashing
of Laungaid’s eye whenever, as the affianced
husband of Annette, he availed himself of the
privileges that character gave him of holding her
hand in his, or encircling her small and yielding
waist with his arm. *The purity and reserve of
Annette imposed a restraint on Le Pere Laun
gard that but increased the violence of his pas
si n, and as the time app.cached for her nuptials,
it became more ungovernable.
According to the usages of the Roman Catho
lic religion, persons about to be united confess to
their priest .he night previous to the marriage
ceremony, and receive the sacrament the next
morning prior to its celebration.
Annette went to the church, which was about
two miles distant from her home, accompanied
by a female neighbor; and on arriving, was told
that Le Pere Laungard could not receive her
confession until a late hour in the evening.—Her
companion becoming impatient to return to her
home, quitted Annette, who informed her that
Jules would come to conduct her back to her mo
ther. Her friend left her in the twilight, in the
church reposing on a bench, and met Jules on the
road, whom she advised not to interrupt the devo
tions of his fiancee , as it would he some time ere
she would have finished. He loitered about, and
at length becoming impatient, proceeded to the
church; where not finding Annette, and conclu
ding that she had returned by another route, be
hastened to the house of her mother. She had
not arrived here, however, and the most fearful ap
prehensions filled his mind. He returned again to
the church, and knocking loudly at the house of
Le Pete Laungard, which joined it, demanded
when Annette had left the sacred edifice. The
priest replied thiough ’.he window, that she had
left the confessional at nine o’clock and that was
all he knew. Agonized by the wildest fears and
suspicions, Jules aroused aii his friends in the
village, and they proceeded in every direction
| calling aloud on Annette ; and the night was pas
sed in searches for the luckless maiden.
i Morning, that morning which was to have
I crowned his happiness for ever, by making An-
I nette hi« own, saw Jules, pale and haggard, dis
traction gleaming in his eyes, and drop* of cold
perspiration bursting from his forehead, approach (
with bis friends the hank of the river, which they
proposed to draw with a net, as being the only
place as yet unexplored.
While we leave them employed in this melan-
choly office, we must return to the lemale friend 1
who had left Annette, at the Church. Bhe I
sought an interview with the servant of the priest f
whom she closely questioned, as she maintained >
that the unhappy girl had decided on returning
by a certain route, and had she done so, she
could not have failed to meet Jules, and conse
quently suspicions of foul play were excited in
her mind. 1
The servant stated that Le Pere Laungard had '
give her a commission to execute at the village
the evening before, and had told her she might
remain there until twelve o’clock. This unsolici- \
ted permission struck her as something extraor- ]
dinary, and she did not avail herself of it to the 1
full extent. She returned about nine o’clock,
and having let herself it, was eating her supper,
when she heard a violent struggle in the room
above that where she was sitting, and a sound of (
stifled groans. She ran upstairs, and findingher ‘
master’s door fastened, she demanded if he was )
ill, as she had oeen alarmed by hearing a noise. He j
answered that he had merely fallen over a chair;
but there was a trepidation in his voice which s
announced that he was agitated. i
This was all that the servant could state ; but *
it was enough to point the suspicions already ex- I
cited, still more strongly to the priest. j
The river was drawn, and close to its bank was
found the corse of the beautiful and ill-fated An
nette ; her disheveled hair, and torn garments,
bore evidence to the personal violence she had
sustained, ere she had been consigned to a watery
grave, and the livid marks of fingers on her throat
induced a belief that her death had been caused
by strangu alien, ere she had been plunged into
the river. Fragments of her dress, found attach
ed to the briers, and locks of her beautiful hair
caught in them, gave indications of the route by
which her corse had been evidently dragged along, '
and were traced even to the door of the priest’s |
house; but when the servant came forth, with a
fragment of the kerchief Annette had worn, and (
which she had found in the ashes where the rest ,
had been consumed, there was no longer a doubt j
left in the minds of the spectators, as to who was 1
the perpetrator of the horrible deed. >
The murderer fled, pursued by the villagers;
but having rushed into the river, he gained the
opposite side in safety, ere they arrived to see him j
again resume his flight. He passed the frontier, ,
entered Piedmont, and there overcome w th the ,
sense of his guilt, and nearly dead with fatigue,
he gave himself up to the civil authorities.
He was soon after claimed by the French, tried,
and condemned to the galleys for life; where he
still drags on a miserable existence, not daring to
lift his eves from the ground lest he should meet
the glance of horror his presence never fails to ex
cite in all who see him, and know his crime.
Jules no longer able to remain in a spot now
rendered insupportable to him, gave up his little
fortune to the mother of his Annette enlisted at
Grenoble, and soon after met his death, gallantly
fighting at Algiers.
The house of Le Pere Laungard, has been ra
zed to the ground by the inhabitants of the village;
and a monument has been erected to the lovely
but unfortunate Annette.
Tailor Defended.—A tailor, instead of be
ing the ninth part of a man, possesses the qual
| ilies of nine men combined, as folio .vs;
! Ist. As an economist, he cuts his garments ac
cording to his cloth.
I 2nd. As a gardner, he is careful of his cabbage.
3d. As a cook, he provides himself with a hot
goose.
4th. As a sheriff's officer, he does much at
sponging.
stb. As an executioner, he furnishes many gal
lowses.
|||6th. As a general, he brandishes not a sword
but a bare bodkin.
7th. As a sailor, he shears off whenever he
thinks necessary.
Bth. As a lawyer, he attends to many suits.
9th. As a Christian and divine, it is his chief
aim to form good habits for himself and others.
I think enough ha# been said to do away with
the oj probrium so often cast upon the knights
of the thimble and needle, to induce the fraterni
ty to unite and contribute a suit of clothes to
their friend and humble servant.— Exchange.
Soap Locks.—The Boston Times gives a his
tory of the origin of the soap locks—a class of
gentlemen who have become somewhat noto
rious in New York. The first of the “order,” it
is said, was a famous thief in the English metro
polis, who after having for a long time succcss
i fully carried on his exploits, was at length caught,
and sent to Botany Bay. He could not subscribe
! to the doctrin of “honor among thieves,” but
I soon engaged in his old practices, and having
j been delected, he submitted to ihe punishment of
having his ears cut off by the authorities at that
place. After living at that interesting colony
some lew years, he contrived to effect his
j escape, and made his way to New York. In that
city he found that cropped ears were by*no means
j fashionable, and in order to hide the deformity, ho
suffered his locks to grow to an inordinate length,
and, to keep them from blowing about in every
breeze, soaped them until they assumed a firm
and sleek appearance. This fashion was soon
followed by “exquisites” and some who were not
“exquisites,” until finally, the wearers have be
come a class distinct and to themselves, known as
the greatest scoundrels in the mercantile empori
um—the dread of honest people, and a trouble
| to the police.
From the London Athenaum.
To an Old Pen.
What no! Come father, my grey-goose quill!
Why dost thou on the giound lie low?
I’ll have thee, shape thee, use thee slid;
Thou shall not die, and ’scape me so.
Come here, old friend; I’ll force thee trace
A dream of words, all soft and deep.
Such as throw morn on maiden’s face.
And carry joy into her sleep.
I’ll force thee sing of love, my dear,
< f gentle, tenderest, truest lo"e;
How gentlest gil ls are faiiest here,
And angels afterwards above.
Perhaps I’ll bid thee chaunr of war.
On land, or on the howling sea, —
Os wonders, born in regions far, —
Os courts, or crowned pageantry;
Op else—sweet music be our theme,
The music of the heart or ear;
Such as once taught my soul to dream
It dwelt upon a fairy sphere.
Dost thou remember—j r ears ago.
How thou and I through night did run
(Ah, none but thou and I shall know!)
Singing of love, from sun to sun?
Thus will we sing again. Old Time
Shall never cramp my heart again,
But let me loose, to laugh or rhyme,
D Wdth thee—with thee , mine ancient pen.
L
I Yet, no; —grave thoughts must now be ours—
■ A graver, plainer, purer page ;
1 WVU give to youth its world of flowers,
, And feed upon the fruits of age.
Tun Packets are coming.— The New York
i Morning Chronicle of Saturday says;—We quote
a fleet of packet slips arrived yesterday, all with
large cargoes of dry goods, viz:—Toronto, Gris
. wold, from London, Feb. Ist; Europe, Marshall,
from Cork, Feb. 2d; Cambridge, Bursley, from
Cork, Feb. 2d; New York, Barstow, from Cork,
I Feb. 2d; Sully .Thompson, from Havre, Feb. Ist!
Consignees per South Carolina Rail Road.
Hamburg, March 26, 1840.
T Dawson; Gould & Bulkley; J VV Cunningham;
B Piquet; VV E Jackson; Bently fit McCord; J C
Leaner; B & Munday; G R Jessup; J M Smith;
Russell & Hutchinson; Stovall,Simmons & Co; J e s!
fers & Boulware; Maher & Rhoney; Anderson fc
Young; J F Benson.
COMMERCIAL.
Lafest dales from Liverpool, Feb. 29
Latest dates from Havre Feb 25
Macon, Narch 24
Cotton— We quote the prices of yesterday at 51
to 7s, dull and a downward tendency in the mar
ket. During the week a choice lot of the Mono- ion
brand went off at 0
New York, March 21.
Coffee. —The demand from the trade continues
quite limited. With the exception of Brazil the
stocks are very light The sales have been swam
confined to Brazil, of which 5 a 6U‘)U were
taken by the trade at
for very prime.
Cotton —Since our last, the market has been quiet ‘
and though prices have remained with >ut material
variation, the tendency has been in favour of pur
chasers : the sa.es comprise 800 bales Upland at
a9 ; 200 do. Florida, a9 j ; 150 do. New Orleans
7 a 10 ; and 10.> do. Mobile S a lOf cents, forming
a total for the week of 2900 bales.
The arrivals have been —from
Mississippi 637 bales.
New Oilcans 2,777
Mobi'e 1,440
Florida 3.170
South Cajo'ina 2,263
North Caioliua 151
Total 10440
Flour —We have advices fiom England to Ist
.March. Prices in London and Liverpool were firm,
with rather an upward tendency: several thousand
barrels of American Flour have been sold, to ar
rive, in bond, at 30s. 6d. a 31s. In Havre, 1300
bbls. Rochester Flour sold at 38 francs.
These accounts have produced no visible effects
on this market, the high rate of freights precluding
sales for export. Since our last there has been an
increased demand for city consumption, principally
for Southern description, though in some instances
at a reduction of I2i cents per bbl. Common brands
Western Canal may be quoted $5 50 a 5 but
holders generally demand the latter rate.
Sates also of Georgetown in lots at $5,25; 300
bbls Howard street $5, 12£ ; 500 Philadelphia
$5; and 3 a 400 Richmond Country at $5 12L all
cash. Rye Flour is dull of sa eat $3,75 for North
River; and $3 a $3,25 for Southern. Os Corn meal,
160 hhds Brandywine have been taken for export at
$15,50, 4 mos; barrels are steady at $3,50 at $3,-
62*.
Molasses. —Since our last, the sales to the trade
have been more extensive, and embrace, in lots,
about 300 hhds Porto Kico at 30 a 31 cts. princi
-1 ally at the former rate, a reduction of 1 cent per
gallon; 10 do Matanzas, 24; 120 do old crop Cuba
Muscovado, on terms not made public, and 200 bbls
New Orleans, 30 cts. all on the usual time. An
invoice of 30 hhds and 600 bbls New Orleans, just
roceivecl, xvas sold some time since, to arrive, at
something under the present market rate.
Sugars. —The market is vety dull, the demand
for Muscovado from tho trade being quite limited.
The sales embrace about 300 hhds. Porto Uico at
a cents; 100 do New Orleans, 5; and 45 do St.
Croix, 8 a Of new crop Havana, about 1000
boxes have been received, of which one half has
been disposed of in lots, at and 7|, with some
very common at 6 a 6-f; and 50 do prime White at
11 2 cts per lb all on the usual time.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Savannah, March 24.
Cleared —Ships Ocraulgee, Leavitt, Liverpool;
Hanover, Sheldon, Mobile.
Arrived —Ship Hanover, Sheldon, Boston; brigs
Woodstock, Bragdon, Montego Bay; Jane, Mm
mons, BaTimore; Clitus, Antony, New York; schr
Freeman. Spears, Thomaston; stramboat Chatham,
Wray, Augusta; Weaver’s Box from Augusta.
Went to sea —Schrs Mary Heed, Gray. 80-ton;
E iza' eth, Reynolds, New York; South Carolina,
Goodwin, Philadelphia.
Charleston, March 26.
At Qnarantins —Brig Action, Hunt, Boston.
From this Port —Schr Only Daughter, Know’es,
New York; Sp steamer Alraendares, De Soto, Ha
vana.
Mr. Editor—Allow us to suggest .4. J. MIL
LER, Esq., as a suitable person for the oflke of
Mayor. (mar 25) A Majority
Mr Editor, please announce the following
named gentlemen as candidates for 'election as
members of the city council fro n ward no 1 at the
approrching election in April next.
GAREY PARISH. WM. E. JACKSON
mar 18 PHILIP CR UMP.
Mr. Editor —You wid please announce Dr. F.
M ROBERTSON, JAMES B. BISiiOF and F.
H. COOKE, as candidates for members of Council,
at the approaching election, in Ward No. 3. m 23
Mr Editor —PETEß BENNOCH, Esq , is re
commended as a suitable person for Mayor, for the
ensuing year, and Hie following named gentlemen
for Aldermen of Ward No 4: JAMES HARPER,
EDWARD THOMAS and ROBERT PHILIP,
who will be supported by
mar 2 1 ALL UP TOWN.
'XT We are authorised to announce JAMES B.
BISHOP, THOMAS RICHARDS, and Dr. F. M.
ROBERTSON, as candidates for Members of Coun
cil in Ward No. 3. mar 21
IMr. Editors—The following named gentlemen
arc recommended as persons for members
of Council, for the Upper Ward:-
JAMES HARPER , C. B. HITT.
They will be supported by Many Voters.
mar 20
Messrs. Editors—The following gentlemi n will
be supported for members of Council, in Ward No
2, at the approaching election: B. 11. WARREN,
JOHNG. DUNLAP, GEORGE M.NEWTON.
mar 2d -
Messrs. Editors : —The following gentlemen
will be supported for Members of Council in Ward
No. 1, at the approaching election:
G. F. PARISH , W. E. JACKSON,
mar 18
£3* Messrs Editors—Seeing from your paper
of yesterday, that the Hon. A. Cummins declines
a re- cloctian for Mayor of the city,at the approach
ing election, we. therefore, take the liberty of sug
gesting the name of JOHN PHINIZY , Esq., as a
person well calculated to fill the office, and he will
be supported by (mar 13) Many Voters.
Messrs. Editors; —Observing in your paper tho
names of several gentlemen suggested as candi
dates for Mayor at the approaching election, we
take the liberty of proposing the name of Dr
DANIEL HOOK , as one well qualified to fill that
office and who will be supported by
March 18 ts Many Voters.
Mr. Editor :—Sir, I see a notice in your paper
of the 12th instant, stating that our worthy Mayor
declines being a candidate for re-election to the of
fice he has so worf'i'y filled, and as it is time the
citizens should fix on a suitable person, to repre
sent them as Mayor for the next year Allow me
to recommend the name of MARTIN M. DYE, a*
a suitable person, and who will serve if elected.
Many Voters.
«r THE FARMERS * REGISTER, a monthly
publication, devoted to the improvement of the
practice, and support of the interest, of Agricul
ure; published at Richmond, Va , at $5 per year.
Edmund Ruffin, editor and proprietor. m 6
CLj • Doctor J. J. WILSON oilers his profes
sional services* to the citizens of Augv-fa and U-.
vicinity. He will be found at his fcsi<!encc, t,ie
first brick building above Guedron’s -tjihh' ° n *- u "
street, recently occupied by John L. Axon*.
17"
PUBLIC NOTICE.—Dr. Ml nk ’F-- *•«
Dentist, has returned to Au£usta, an • '’ a ' -y ,?f*
his operating rooms to one door below - ui uU ‘ “
erict’s Confectionary, and opposite Lie o
1 Bank Building. XeK> 1
