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by placing nay feel against I e oppposite wall. I
could brace my back against any human assail
ant, who had only his arms f< r a lever.
The perspiration of morta fear started thick
upon ray forehead as I hear the surpernatural
tread of that visitant approai ting the spot. It
seemed an age before his me* lured steps brought
him to the door. He struck it—the blow was
sullen and hollow, as if dealt by the hand of a
corpse. It was the dull soui dos his own feet
upon the floor. He struck th i door again and
the blow was more feeble, an< the sound duller
than before. Surely. I thoug t. the hand of no
living man could produce sue i a sound.
T know not whether it stru k again—for now
its thick breathing became so >ud, that even the
meanings which were mingle* with every suspi
ration, became inaudible. At last they subsided
entirely—oecoming at fust gra uilly weaker, and
then audible only in harsh sue] ! en sobs.wl.ose du
ration I couid not estimate, lr m their mingling
with the blast which still swep th j hillside.
The long, long night had at last an end, and
the cheering sound of the awa :ening farm-yard,
told me that the sun was ut>, nd that I might
venture from my blind retreat But if it were
still with a slight leeling of trepidation that I
opened the door of the closet, ’ .’hat was my hor
ror when a human body fell inv ard upon me, even
as I unclosed it. The weakm «s, however, left
me, the moment I had sprung rom that hideous
embrace. 'I stood for an insta tin the fresh air
and reviving light of the hall, a j then proceeding
to move the body to a place wh> re I could examine
its features more favorably. Great Heaven!
Great Heaven ! what was my ! orror upon discov
ering that they were those >f the interesting
stranger whom I had met on tl e road the evening
before.
The rest of my story is soon told. The house
hold of the inn were rapidly < ollected, and half
the inhabitants of the hamlet i entitled the body
as that of a gentleman well kr :*wn in the coun
try. But even after the coro icr’s inquest was
summoned, there was no light thrown upon his
fate, until my drunken landion was brought be
fore the jury. His own testii iony v ould have
gone for little but he produced i document which
in a few words told the who! story. It was a
note left with him the evening cforeby Mr ,
to be handed to me as soon as should arrive at
the inn. It briefly thanked me or the slight cour
tesy rendered him at the black mith’s and men
tioning, that notwithstanding : !1 precaution, his
horse had fallen dead lame, am he should be obli
ged to pass the night ot Wolfw Jd, he would still
further trespass upon my kindr ss, by begging to
occupy the same apartment w h me. It stated
that owing to some organic ailec ion of his system
he had long been subject to mo. t grievous fits of
nightmare, during which he sti! preserved suffi
cient powers of volition to mov« to the bed ot his
servant, who being used to his Racks, would of
course take the necessary means to alleviate them.
The note concluded by saying, I lat the writer has
less diffidence in preferring his equest to be my
roommate, inasmuch, as owing to the crowded
state of the house, I was sure c being thrust in
upon some one.
The reason why the 111 fatec gentleman had
been urgent to press homeward as now but too
apparent, and my indignation at the drunken inn
keeper, in neglecting to hand rn his note, knew
no bounds. Alas! in the years vhich ha v c since
gone by, there has oeen more t! in one moment,
when the reproaches which I th a lavished upon
him. have come home to mysel For the pite-
appealing look of the dying man, long haun
ted me; and I sometimes, still his moan in
the autumnal blast that wails ivound my case
ment.
Asmu Cottox. —In a i-cent number of
Chambers’ Edinburgh Journal, tpere is an account
of an insect very common in West Indies,
called the Capada worm, which] produces a sub
stance apparently equal, if not -uperior, to the
finest silk or cotton. It is of th; most dazzling
w.Jteness and of the greatest p irity, answering
the purposes of lint in the hospitf Is of the negroes,
when silk and vegetable cotton ierve only to in
flame wounds by the asperities of their filaments.
The Capada worm itself doer not yield the
substance here spoken of, but is he mere subject
of a most singular process by whi ;h it is produced.
The worm is assailed by a swarnj of insects very
small, which drive their stings ijito the skin of
the victim over the whole extent!of its back and
sides, and at the same time depo.jite their eggs in
the wounds thus made. >
In the course of a fortnight these eggs are hat
ched, tha capada worm during il|at interval feed
ing upon leaves with great voracity; and the
animalcules thus generated without quitting the
body of the parent worm, elevate themselves on
their lower extremities and eiich proceeds to
envelope himself in a little coco* n. The forma
tion of these cocoons occupies mly about two
hours, and myriads of them bein i crowded close
together, form a white robe, will which the ca
pada worm appears elegantly md comfortably
clothed. As soon as this covering has been
completed and the little artists tl .it wove it have
retired each to his self made cell, ho .vorm endea
vors to rid himself of his officio is guests and of
robe which contains them ; and 1 e finally suceeds
after great efforts. {
The cotton p.oduced in this remarkable manner
may he used without any preparatory process, as
soon as the flies have quilted iheicocoons, which
is generally within eight or ten days after their
seclusion. It is not known thiit any attempts
have been made to weave this isilkv substance
into a wearable tissue ; but from; the description
that is given of its texture und consistency, there
seems to be no doubt but that it could be w mght
into a most beautiful and ensuring fabric.—
Baltimore American. \
A Moscow paper states that, i| short time ago,
M. Kochyntsof, a land holder of the small village
of Wojtowska, in exploring a foji’s earth, discov
cred in it a treasure estimated at? 600,000 roubles,
consisting of coins of Ivan IV. «nd several others
ot the early Czars. It is believe]!] that the money
was concealed by one of Mazepph.s aides-de-camp,
who took refuge in that country. The whole
was sent to St. Petersburg, but the lull value was
paid to VT. Kochyntsof, by order cit the Emperor.
It chanced one gloomy day Hi the month of
December that a good-humored irishman applied
to a l.rokei to discount a bill of Lchange for him
at rather a long, though not an jinusual date, and
the broker having casually remarked that the bill
had a great many days to run,; ‘-That’s true,”
replied the Irishman, “but then, my honey, you
don’t consider how short the days are at this time
of the year.” .
One of the genuine wits of London—a Whig
to boot, and, moreover, “of the doth”—was asked
the other day, with reference tojsome farce which
is acting at the Haymarket Theatre, “whether
he had seen Power on his last, legs 1 ’ i -\ es,”
replied the divine, “I have just parted from Lord
Melbourne.”— John Bull. I
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Gradxtioxs of DacsKK.vs’jss.—There is a
Rabbinical story told by Fabricus, which has
whim, ingenuity and humor, at j least to recom
mend it. “V\ hen Noah planted the vine, Satan
came and offered up a sheep, a lion, an ape and
a sow. The animals were to symbolize the gra
dations of inebriety. When a ni*;n begins to drink,
he is as meek and ignorant as a lamb; then becomes
as bold as a lion ; his courage isjsoon transformed
into the foolishness of an ape, add at last he wal
lows in the mire like a sow.” I
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The race horse Washington tvas sold at pub
lic auction on Saturday by Mr. if r nan for $750.
Purchaser a gentleman of New! York.— Phiiad.
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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 4.
Last Night of the Operas.
This Evening is appointed as the Benefit ol
that distinguished and charming vocalist, Mrs.
Segiun, and the last night of her performance, and
of Messrs. Seguin, Horncastle and Latham, whose
combined efforts have afforded our citizens so
much delight this week, that we may in vain, we
fear, look for in future times. This evening Fra
Diavolo is to be performed, in which Mrs. Seguin
will sing several of Auer’s delightful songs, and
Mr. Seguin will also sing the Brigand's Song,
for which he is so celebrated. Mr. Horncastle as
Fra Diavolo and Mr. Latham as Lord Allcash,
will sing several highly popular songs, duetts,
&c., forming altogether a musical treat of ster
ling value, which we sincerely advise our readers
to avail themselves of. Besides it is the only
opportunity afforded us of proving in what esti
mation a lady of such amiable qualities, as well
as great professional acquirement, is held by us.
The response, we are sure, will speak for itself’
and be commensurate with the universally ac
knowledged talent and superior worth of Mrs.
Seguin.
Livery Stables.
Mr. Ballingall makes his bow to the public in
this day’s paper, as the successor of the late Jno.
B. Guedron in the above businees, and thro’ us
assures the public, that if industry united with ex
perience and devotion to business, will sustain
the former high character of the establishment,
he flatters himself he will succeed.
The Whigs of Winchester have tendered to
the Hon. W. C. Rives a public dinner, to come
off about the 15th of April, which he has accept
ed. Mr. Clay, Mr. Wise, and others, are expect
ed to be present.
New Paper. —Gen. Duff Green has issued
proposals to publish a new daily and serai-week
ly paper in Baltimore to be called the Pilot,
friendly to the election of Gen. Harrison. He
brings ability and great experience into the field-
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
Philadelphia, March 30—8 a. m.
Within the last week the Western merchants
have arrived in rapid succession, and have been
making their purchases in this city, which with
the payment of former engagements, in many in
stances, has greatly relieved our business men
from an unpleasant pressure in their money con
cerns. The amount of business done the last ten
days far exceeds previous expectations. It is
quite cheering to view the mass of boxes, hhds.,
bbls., bales, &c. &c., that are turned out upon the
side walks in Market street.
Money comparatively speaking has become
easy ; it can be obtained on mortgage at 6 per
cent, or on U. S. Bank post notes at 8 per cent.
I learn that’twooFmore of the monied institutions
of New York are now in Philadelphia, endeavor
ing to obtain loans from the U. S. Bank, and to
renew some engagements approaching maturity
—their prospects of succeeding, I should think
cannot be very flattering, after the course taken
by most of the moneyed institutions of their city
towards the Bank for some time past.
Mr. Bell’s amendment or substitute for the
bill from the House of Representatives, author
ising a loan, &c. was taken up again in the Sen
ate, on Saturday, at the fourth section. The
amendment specifying in what manner the mo
ney shall be applied—viz. to pay interest on State
loan ; pay debts due for damages, and the balance
for repairs of public works, &c.—was agreed
to by a vote of 19 to 12. The small note section
after much debate, was lost. The remaining
sections were agreed to, and the bill was ordered
to a third reading. This bill requires the banks
to loan the State $3,000,000,
Correspondence of the North American.
New York, March 30.
Affairs are all steady here to-day. The Bro
kers’ Board exhibited no feature of importance,
except that North American Trust, which has
been the principal foot-ball lately, so as even to
put Deleware and Hudson in the shade, run
down 3£ per cent., and is now 10 per cent cheap
er than it was a week or ten days ago, and as the
price is only about 50, the fluctuation is 20 per
cent on that, and all without the least change in
anything except the position of the “Longs’’
and “Shorts.”
Genesse flour is held at 5,75 for good brands
in store, and some sales are making at that price.
Southern sorts are as low as ever. Georgetown
has been sold this morning at $5. Southern
Corn is 52 a 53c.
The sales of Cotton are less than 1000 bales
this forenoon. Prices steady. The same rales
of freight continue to be asked as last week.
Exchange on Philadelphia dis. and all
stand just as on Saturday, except that New Or
leans and Mobile are lower, say 6 dis.
The Whigs are not a little perplexed with re
ports from Albany, which they feel obliged to
give some credit to, that Guv. Seward hesitates
about signing the Registry Law.
From the National Intelligencer of the 31 st
Congress.
We are obliged to defer to our next toe detai
of yesterday’s Proceedings in both Houses.
In the Senate, the bill for an issue of five mil
lions of Treasury Notes, which passed Hie Hous<
ot Representatives on Friday night last, was ta
ken up. debated by Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Webster
Mr. Preston, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Benton, ant
Mr. Smith, of Indiana, and was finally passed bj
the following vote:
Yeas—Messrs. Allen, Anderson, Brown, Bn
chanan, Calhoun, Clay, of Ala., Cuihbcrt, Dix
on. Fulton, Hubbard, King, Linn, Lumpkin
Nicholas, Norvell, Phelps, Pierce, Roane, Robin
son. Sevier, Smith, ot la., strange. Sturgeon
Talhnadge, Young—2s.
Nays—Messrs. Benton. Clay, of Ky., Claytor
Davis, Merrick, Preston, Ruggles. W .iie—B.
[The bill now wants only the President’s sig
nature to become a law.}
- We are indebted to a gentleman of this city, for
i. the Belfast “ Northern Whig” of tho 16th Janu
~ ary last, from which we copy the following table
of British and Irish exports for 1838, the coun
tries to which they were exported, and the amount
to each.
To those who are not familiar with the extent
of the trade between this country and Great Bri
.u tain and Ireland, this will be a very interesting
document, and we think will furnish the most
conclusive refutation of the rumors of a war be
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tween the United States and Her Majesty’s Gov
ernment. Nothing could evince greater folly on
the part of England than the serious considera
tion of a war with this country, which is the larg
\ est purchaser of her products of any nation on the
globe. Suppose for a moment that she should
make it a matter of calculation, and she certainly
will, the immense results upon the commercial
and manufacturing interests of Great Britain and
1
. Ireland, would be infinitely more destructive to
s her government than the loss of the entire territory
j in dispute, to say nothing of the deleterious effects
. in othei respects, provided the war should continue
1 but fora single year.
. Russia, ----- £1,663,243
■, Sweden, - - ■ 102,647
Norway, 77,485
Denmark, ----- 181,404
i. Prussia, 155.223
Germany, ----- 4,998,900
Holland, 3,549,429
Belgium, ----- 1,068010
France, ----- 2,314,141
i Portugal, Proper, - 1,165,395
“ Azores, - 38,385
“ Madeira, - 34,947
* Spain and Balearic Islands, - - 243,839
• Canary Islands, - 47,693
i Gibraltar, ----- 894,096
Italy and Italian Islands, - - - 3,076,231
’ Malta, 226,040
lonian Islands, - 96,100
Morea and Greek Islands, - - 20,887
» Turkey, 1,767,110
. Syria and Palestine, - - - 188,440
Egypt, ------ 242,505
Tripoli, Tunis, Algieis aud Morocco, 74,013
Western coast of Africa, - - 413,354
Cape of Good Hope, - 623,323
Eastern Coast of Africa, - - - 10,569
[ African Ports on Red Sea, - - - 196
Cape Verd Islands, - 1,392
St. Helena, - 13,990
Ascension Island, - * - - - 1,075
Mauritius, ----- 467,342
Arabia, 167
East India Company’s Territories and
Cej’lon, ----- 3,876,196
Sumatra, Java and Islands in the In
dian Seas, ----- 505,362
Philippine Islands, - - - 31,780
China, - - - - - - 1,204,356
New South Wales, Van Diemand’s
Land and Austrilian Settlements, 1,336,662
South Sea Islands, - - - - 1,095
British North America, - - 1.992,457
British West Indies, - - 3,393.441
Hayli, 290,139
Cuba and Foreign West Indies, 1,025 392
United States of America, - - 7,585.760
Mexico, 439,776
Columbia, ----- 174,338
Brazil, 2,606,604
Rio de la Plata, - - - - 680,345
Chili, 413.647
! Peru, 412,195
Guernsey, Jersey, Man, &c. - - 343,854
Total, £50,060,970
The New York Commercial Advertiser of
Monday, says:—“We have a report that orders
have been received from Washington to prepare
for sea all the vessels of war now under cover at
the Navy Yard, Brooklyn.
We regret to learn, from Knoxville, that Judge
White’s health, since his return from Washing
ton, is extremely precarious—ro much so, that
his friends indulge the most alarming fears for
his safety.
The Globe of the 31 si ult. says :—The state
ment of the Detroit paper, that letters had been
intercepted passing between the British authori
ties in Upper Canada to raise the frontier tribes <
of Indians, we are glad to find is not confirmed.
It originated, we presume, in the circumstance of
the American Indians having been invited to the
British territories to receive presents.
St. Augustine, March 26.
On Tuesday, the 16th inst. Rev. Mr. Mcßae,
in company with Rev. McVeil, and a small boy*
were fired upon by Indians within five miles of
, Micanopy. Mr. Me Race was killed, and Mr. Me
. Veil received four hall holes through his clothes,
and one in his horse, hut made his escape into
* Fort Walker. The boy got into Micanopy.—
1 Herald .
, The subjoined extract from a recent circular of
r the Hon. Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, to his
( constituents, is the most felicitous compliment to
> Gen. Harrison which we recollect to have seen.
“ And now I add, with great pleasure, that as
soon as General Harrison’s nomination was
made, I immediately acquiesced iu it; and, com
• paratively ignorant before of his merits and pre
i tensions for the Presidency, I have since careful
j ’y studied his life, and I can, with the evidence
of history before me, and with the sincerest con
victions of the truth of what I say, declare that I
s believe there is not a man of our country now li
s ving who cat* point to a life of greater usefulness
and of more distinguished public services, both
civil and military, than Gen. William Henry
1 Harrison. The limits of this addresss will not
- permit me to enter upon the proofs, but I refer to
the history of the country, before, and during,
and since the last war, a great part of which is
his history, to prove him a patriot, a successful
0 soilder, a rt publican of the plain, strict, stern
s school; a statesman of enlarged views, looking
to his “ whole country,” and to all its parts, for
practical wisdom; a benefactor of all its parts
ever entrusted to his guardianship and care; a
scholar, a writer, an honest man, and a gentle
man, alike beloved in his private life, and glori
ously renowned in his public life. What more
il can be said of any man? Why. if you will lis
ten to the blind partisans or hireling millions of
“ power and the spoils,” much more can l>e said
; e of him. He is. if they are to be believed, and
I- a patriotic people unit permit a hoary patriot to
r, be belied in their presence —“ a vam, weak old
4 man. a petticoat General, who at one time voted
y to sell free white men at auction, and at another
time to abolish the slavery of bond black men ;
i- who is poor, lives in a hg-cabin , drinks hard ci
> c J zr, and would make a grainy President !”
»> Such will, doubtless, be said of him to you. All
i- of these charges I have not time nor space to no
>• tice now; but in relation to the charge of ahol -
tion against him, I ref-r you to his votes unoa
n the Missouri question, to his votes upon the ad
mission of slaves into .arkansas, and to his course'
t* in Indiana touching slavery ; I refer you to his
letter to his constituents in 1822, and to his Tkv
ccnnes speech. And, if all this will not satify
you, never let him, in his declining days, revisit
the tomb of his father, old Benjamin Harrison, a
signer of the Declaration of Independence and
a slave holder, whose bones lie buried under the
sod of Virginia, and whose faith his son has de
serted ; and scout from Old Williamsburg, and
out of my district, our friend, and neighbor, and
fellow-sinner in slavery, John Tyler, lor permit
ting his name to be put upon the same ticket with
tha't of such an abolitionist; not, however, until af
ter vou have helped with all your might to turn
Marlin Van Bunn out of the Presidency for his
instructions to Rufus King upon that same Mis
souri question, for his votes in the New 5 oik
Convention to give to free negroes the elective
franchise, and for not, even “ with the lights be
fore him,” denying the power to Congress to
abolish slavery and the slave trade in the District
of Columbia.”
A fire occurred in Baltimore on the 30th ult.,
which destroyed the German Lutheran Church
and the Cabinet shop of Mr,, Tarr. The Church
which cost $40,000, was insured for SIO,OOO. —
Mr. T’s. loss about $3,000, entirely covered by
insurance.
Col. Crockett Alive !
The following letter which appeared in an ex
tra of the Austin Gazette of a late date, we copy
from the New Orleans Bulletin. The story cer
tainly partakes largely of the marvellous, and will
require strong proof to give it credence, though
we confess it bears the impress of truth :
Comakgo, Tamaulipas, Feb. 6,1540.
To the Editor of the Austin City Gazette .-
Siu :—I was formerly, a citizen of the United
States, and have been living in Mexico for 17
years. My business in this country is such, and
has been, as to require me to travel from place to
place. I was, not long since, at a mining dis
trict in Mexico, in the neighborhood of Guadele
jera; and w hile there, a Mexican came to me,
and said that there was a man from Texas, work
ing in Salinus’ mine, who had requested of him
to ask the first American he saw, to come and
see him, as he wished to send some word to a
family he had left in the State of Tennessee. To
enter a mine in Mexico you have to obtain per
mission from the worker or owner, and he sends
with you the overseer, who is ordered to keep
strict watch that you lake out of the mines no
ores or ' aluablrs.
I went to the owner, and obtaining permission,
went with the overseer, and was taken to that
4 ! passage of the mine where the convicts are pla
ced to work. There were some 20 or 25 at
work, and amongst them I recognised the manly
form of one of mv countrymen, who, the owner
told me, was one of the prisoners brought on by
a part of Filisola s division, when he retreated
from Texas.
The American upon seeing me, stepped for
ward and grasping me by the hand, said, “Well,
stranger, you are the first American I have seen
in this damned country ; and I don’t think I
would have seen you, if I had not made a friend
of one of these devils that oversee the mine.”
“My unfortunate friend,” I replied, “ I have
been made aware of the circumstances that placed
you here, and they are such as to debar me from
rendering you any assistance more than bearing
for you any message you may wish.” “ I know
that,” he returned, “so let us go about it: my
name is David f’rockett—l am from Tennessee,
and have a family there—they think I am dead,
and so does every one else ; but they are mista
ken. I should have written to them, as the over
seer told me I might, if I could get any body to
take a letter for me : that was the reason I per
suaded the overseer to look out for an American
for me; and thanks be to God,l have got one at
la't.”
He related to me the particulars of his having
been taken at Fort Alamo, at Bexar, and sent,
together with two other men, to Loredo; from
which place they had been removed, with a part
of the army that moved to Monterrey—and when
the troops marched from Monterrey to Mexico,
they were sent to Guadeiejara, and placed in the
mine by the Alcalde, at which place they had
been ever since.
He wrote, by me, a letter, to be sent by to his
wife and children in Tennessee, which I sent
from Matamoras, with directions to mail it in
New Orleans, retaining in my possession a copy
thereof, for fear, by some mischance, it should
miscarry. To Lieut. Col. D. L. Wood, with
whom I met in Loredo, I gave another copy,
which he promised me to publish ; but I have
since heard he did not get in safe, which is the
reason I write you by a Mexican, going from
here to Bastorp and Austin. I have directed him
to give it to any American he saw in either place,
who would know where to send it.
In great haste, I am,
Your humble servant,
WM. C. WHITE.
Executive Department,
Milledgeville, 25th March, 1840. y
Hon. Mark A. Cooper:
Sir:—l have the honor to acknowledge the re
ceipt of your communication, making known your
determination not to comply with the request of
the Legislature, made of you as one of the Rep
resentatives of the people of Georgia, in the Res
olutions forwmrded to you on the Bth of January
last, and assigning your reasons for it.
It would doubtless have been gratifying to
those, by whom this request was made, to have
found that your opinions both of the expediency
of the measure proposed and the Constitutional
power of Congress to adopt it, so far coincided
with their own, as to have justified you in urging
it.
In your argument, you refer to a suggestion
made by myself, and which accompanied the res
olutions, viz: “that the third resolution if carried
out by an act of Federal Legislation, will deprive
the authorities of any State of the power of refu
sing to surrender a fugitive upon demand, be
cause the act, charged upon him as a crime, may
not be recognized as a crime in a State or Terri
tory to which he may have fled;” and you say
that the principle assumed by me is one on which
you cannot act, because you do not believe that
Congress can deprive the States of any power
thej may have.
Have the authorities of one State the right to
refuse to surrender to the Executive authority of
another upon demand, a fugitive from justice ?
Have they the legal, or Constitutional power to
do it ? Have the States not surrendered the
power of refusal by the adoption of the Constitu
tion, containing the provision, that “a person
charged in any State with treason, felony, or oth
er crime, who shall flee from justice and be found
in another State, shall on demand of the Execu
tive authority of the State, from which he fled, be
delivered up” &c. &c.? If the States then by
a (opting the Federal Constitution, yielded this
power and right of refusal, have they at any sub
sequent time, resumed it? There has been no
resumption of it, and the amendment of the Sta
tute of the United States, as proposed by the Le
gislature of Georgia, would not deprive a State of
any power which she possesses, and could not
therefore conflict in the slightest degree, with the
principle which you have laid down and which I
admit to be a sound one, “that Congress cannot
deprive the States of any power they may have.”
It cannot have escaped your observation, that the
Governor of one of the States of the Union, has
refused to surrender a fugitive from justice, be
cause the act charged a-- an offence, is not consti
tuted a crime by the Jaws of the State whose Ex
ecutive officer he is. It must he admitted that
each State of the Confederacy has power to enact
I all laws necessary to protect its citizens, in the j
enjoyment of their civil rights. The States have
conceded no such power as this. As the objects
of property are different in some of the States the
laws intended to protect the rights of the citizen
must varv. What is made penal by the laws of
Georgia or Virginia, is no crime in Maine or
I ]Vew York. — But it was never intended by the
framers of the Constitution, nor the States which
adopted it, that Georgia or Virginia, should not
in all respects have the same means of giving ef
ficiency to their laws, protecting the property of
their citizens respectively, as the States last men
tioned, because those States have no necessity for
enacting the same penal laws.
Hence the propriety of the amendment propo
sed by the 3o resolution, that when the act char
ged as a crime is so declared by the laws of the
State or Territory where the accusation is made,
the fugitive shall be surrendered. It leaves no
discretion, and deprives the authorities of whom
the demand is made of the power of saying that
the act charged in the affidavit or Bill of Indict
ment is no oflence by the laws of the State or
Territory in which the criminal has taken re
fuge. As I think I have answered your objec
tions to the suggestions made by myself I might
stop here; but as I believe you misapprehended
the object of the Legislature, I will oiler a few
more remarks for your consideration.
The Constitution of the United States is ex
plicit. that the demand of a fugitive from justice,
shall be made by the Executive authority of the
State from which ht' fled, but it does not declare
upon whom the demand shall be made.
The act of 1793, which you consider nugato
ry. requires the demand to be made upon the
Governor of the State, to which the criminal may
have fled. The cases to which reference is made
in the Preamble to the resolutions, certainly “de
monstrate the utter inefficiency of the law for
carrying into effect the provision of the Consti
tution,” on this subject. It has been disregarded
and you assert that “a State has the right, under
its sense of obligation and duty to judge when an
alledgcd fugitive shall be delivered.” I cannot
admit the correctness of this position,—for if one
State has the light to refuse, the deman ling State
has no right to comp ain. The right to demand
and the obligation to deliver must be reciprocal.
These antagonist and inconsistent rights to de
mand and refuse, cannot be derived from the same
supreme law. The State making the demand,
does it under the Constitution; and the obligation
to deliver is imposed by that instrument, and
does not rest upon implication—the language is
imperative, “shall be delivered,” &.c. But who
shall deliver I Congress, it was believed by the
Legislature, could, without an usurpation of pow
er, or an infraction of the reserved rights of the
States, enforce this clause of the Constitution.
The amendments proposed, if passed by Con
gress, would confer no additional judicial author
ity. The Judges would be required to perform
a ministerial not a judicial act. Thecommitmcnt
of an offender is a ministerial act. The Circuit
or District Judge would be required to cause the
individual charged, to be arrested, and committed
or delivered to the authorities of the State where
the offence was committed. The nature of the
case excludes the idea of a judicial investigation.
The warrant would be issued against the culprit,
who, I apprehend, it will not be contended, con
stitutes the State, and whose arrest and delivery
to the offended State, cannot be tortured into an
infraction of State rights. No process would be
directed against a State, or the Executive Officer
of a State, as in the Tassolls and Missionary ca
ses. It would proceed against the individual. It
is true, a State might constitute itself an accesso
ry to felonies committed out of its jurisdiction, by
enacting a law. that it will give protection to all
felons who will escape from a State where they
are accused, and take refuge within its limits. It
is scarcely conjecturable that any State of this
confederacy would enact such a law. It will be
time enough to consider that case when it arises.
I cannot consent to the soundness of the ar- j
gument, which is drawn from the supposed pre
judice or corruption of the officer who may be
charged with the execution of the law. All laws
are passed upon the presumption that the public
functionaries, to whom is committed the duty of
executing them, will discharge iheir trust wi»h fi
delity. If the law maker had abstained in all ca
ses fiom the enactment of wholesome laws, from
a fear of their mal-adrninistration, many of the
statutes contained in our own Digest, intended to
pro note the happiness of the society in which we
live, would never have obtained a place there.
One department of the Government should never
shrink from the performance of its duty, from an
apprehension that another to whom is confided
| the power of gi\ ing effect to its acts may be too in
efficient, prejudiced, or corrupt, to carry out its
measures.
I cannot conceive that Georgia has weakened
, her cause, by her efforts to obtain her constitu
tional rights, by the use of pacific means. She
has acquired strengih by her course; and what
ever measures it may he her policy hereafter to
adopt, she cannot fail to have the approval, if not
suppo r t, of her sister States of the Union.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully, your obdt. servt.
Cuahles J. McDonald.
Pope’s Willow.— We arc informed that Mr.
Custis, of Arlington, has presented to the Hon.
J. K. Paulding, to Washington Irving, Esq. and
to Mrs. Sigourney, each, a case containing slips
from the veritable descendant of Pope’s Willow
the slips to be distributed by the distinguished
authors above named, and charming poetess, to
the most worthy of the Litterateurs, male and
female in the United States.
The history of the descendants of Pope’s Wil
low, implanted in the American soil, is as follows:
In 1775, John Park Custis, the father of Mr. C.
of Arlington, while on duty as Aid-de-Camp to
the Commander in Chief, at the seige of Boston,
had an opportunity of showing some civilities to
: a British officer, made prisoner in a transport.
Upon the evacuation of Boston, and march of
, the American forces toward New York, the Bri
ton, grateful for the kindness he had received,
presented to the Aid-de-Camp a small oil skin
case, hermetically sealed, containing slips, cut by
the officer’s own hand, from Pope’s celebrated
Willow at Twickenham, observing that, as he
. (the officer) on his embarkation from Europe, had
believed that the troubles in America would soon
cease, and he saoull remain with his regiment
• for a good many years in the colonies, he bad
brought over the willow to adorn some little es
, tablishmenlhe proposed to purchase in ihe vicini
td of Boston, and thus implant the descendants
of the great poet’s favorite tree in the Western
hemisphere.
On his return from head-quarters. Mr. Custis
brought with him,in his portmanteau, the British
officer’s interesting present, and, sixty-five years
ago, planted the Willow of Twickenham on the
banks of the Potomoc, some magnificent speci
i mens from which are now flourishing near Arling
ton h ouse.
The Weeping Willow is said to be of Asiatic
origin, and first introduced in England from
. a slip found i*a package of Smyrna figs. When
Pope’s Willow decayed, it was dug up by the
roots and conveyed into the Grotto, and innum
erable were the relics cut from the lifeless sub
stance, to be preserved in veneration of the illus
trious Bard. —National Intelligencer.
A king of Persia sent to a tribe of Bedouins
the Caliph Mustapha, a very celebrated physician,
who inquired on arrival how they lived, “We
never eat till we are hungry, and then not to
repletion,’ was the answer. -I may return then,”
said the doctcr, “ I have no buisness here.”
DIED, L
At Baltimore, on the 25th ultimo, John Tl p
ney, in the S6th year of his age. He was bm»?*
of the late Com. Barney, and the last su V i-
member of (’apt. Gist’s company, which
out. on the news of the battle of Lexington real
ing Baltimore, in support of the rights \
lean colonics. * mer "
At Exeter, N. H., Miss Martha Rogers a »
78 years. She was a daughter of the late Rp„
Daniel Rogers, of Exeter, who was the son \
Rev. John Rogers, of Ipswich, Muss., who \ °
son of President John Rogers, of Harvard L’mv I
sit)', a preacher of the gospel, who was a soiw
the Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, of Ipswich, who w °
son of Rev. John Rogers, of Dedham, Eng v**
was grandson of Rev. John Rogers, the mart °
who was burnt at Smithfield, Eng., Feb. sth 1555’
COMMERCIAL^
Latest dates from Liverpool, March 2
Latest dales from Havre * ||
AUGUSTA MARKET
Cotton—We have no change to note in p r j Ces ||
since our report on Thursday; the market is j )OH .
ever, more firm, with an increased anxiety on th* It
part of buyers, while holders and factors manifest
little disposition to sell at present rates, ami sec ci
disposed to await an advance in the market f
to the time our enquiries were made yesterday a
heavier business iiad been dor*; than any prevLut
day for a considerable time; sales of Uo 500 bale*
had transpired, at prices rangi; g from 7} to 7} ct *
for crop lots, in round bales. We continue ou r
quotations as on Thursday.
Ordinary to middling, , 0
Fair > t 6* to 7
Good Fair,
Prime and choice, 7 5 to g" 1
Freights— To Savannah, 75 to 100 cts per bale;
to Charleston, by rail road, 30c per 100 lbs for
square, and 40c per 100 lbs. for round bales.
Groceries. —During the week, the transactions
have been very limited, produced in a great degree
by the unpleasant state of the weather, which ren
dered all out-door business very disagreeable.
The market is, however, well supplied wi h all de
scriptions at our quotations.
Exchange. —On Ncw-York at sight, Sj p Pr
cent, for current funds; Charleston at 5$ p er
cent; Savannah 2 per ct. ; Philadelphia 3s a4 per
r t.; Lexington, Ky. per ct.; Richmond 4 per
cent; specie commands 6 per cent, premium.
Bank Notes. —
Savannah Banks, 1 a 1 \ per cent, prem-
Columbus Insurance B’k 2A “ “ «
Commercial Bank, Macon, 2 j « “ » j s
Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 6 “ “ «
Agency Brunswick," 6 “ « “
Planteis’ and Mechanics’
Bank, Columbus, 2 J « « dis.
Central Bank, 2} “ « «
Millcdgeville Bank, 2A “ “ “
Ocmulgee Bank, 4 “ “
Monroe Rail Road Bank, 5 “ “
Hawkinsvilie Bank, 4 “ “
Chattahoochie R. R.& B’k
Company, 6 “ “ “
Darien Bank, 16 “ “ “
Bank of Rome, 33 “ “ “
All other Banks now doing business, at par.
Specie Faying, Banks. —Mechanics’ Bank, Batd;
of St. Mary’s, Insurance Bank of Columbus, Com
mercial Bank of Macon, and Brunswick Agency in
this city,
■
New Orleans, March 2S.
Cotton —Arrived since the 24th instant, of Lou
isiana and Mississippi 10237 bales, Tennessee and i
North Alabama 1518, Aikansas 167, Mobile 713,
together 12535 bales. Cleared in the same time, 1
for Liverpool 13828 bales, Havre 1912, New Fork
940, Boston 15, Philadelphia 12, Baltimore 344, N.
Bedford 21, together 17072 bales —making a reuui- "
tion in stock ot 4437 bales, and leaving on hand,
inclusive of all on ship-board not cleared on the
27tb instant, a stock of ]52 47 bales.
The firm, and rather buoyant character which
the cotton market exhibited at the time of making 1
up our report of last Wednesday morning, has
since been fully maintained, and transactions have
again been quite extensive. The sales of Wednes
day amounted to 4500 bales, and generally at rates
showing a slight improvement on ordinary to mid
dling fair qualities. On I hursday the activity in J
the market increased, purchasers having operated
to the extent of 6500 bales, and an ad vanes of ful
ly Jc was established on qualities below fair— ■
Yesterday’s business showed the continuance of
an ac ive demand, about 6UUO bales having been
disposed of at the full prices current on the day
before; and we have, consequently, advanced our >
quotations for the crdinaiy and middling grades a
ic. The stock on sale, though still tolerably fair,
is reduced much below what it has been for some
time past, and there is less eagerness evinced on
the part of holders to realize. Notwithstanding i
the active business which lias been doing in cot
ton, there is not much going on shipboard, buyers
generally preferring to store it, in anticipation of I
lower freights. Tne sales during the week amount
to nearly 34UU bales, and for the last three days to -M
16700. *
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATIONS.
Louisiana and Mississippi —Ordinary, 5 a 03; *
Middling, 6 J a
Good ami nnc, a —. Tennessee and N. Alaba- |
ma —Ordinary, 5 a sj; Middling, 5 j a 6; I air, 6j a
6f, Good fair, 7 a Good and Fine, j
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Savannah, April 1. II
Cleared —schr Good Intent, French, Philade!- |
phia. t
Arrived —Ship Nathaniel Hooper,Freeto, Havre ■
via Portsmouth; brig Robert Wain, Matthews, S'
Boston; schr Lurena, Svvasey, St Augustine; steam- I
boats Erin, Hubbard, Augusta; D \V St John, I
Pundt, do.
Below —4 square riged vessels. I
Went to sea —Ship e,ia, Porter, New York; trio
Wilson Fuller, Thatcher, New York.
Departed —Steamboat Erin, Hubbard, Augusta.
Charleston, April 3.
Arrived yesterday —Line ship Lafayette, Eller)')
New York; brigs Chapman, Thompson, New Or
leans; Action, Hunt, Boston. |*
Cleared— Ship Cabot, Sumner, Mobile; Br barque ,
Amazon. Pitcaime, London; brig Chili, Morris, oa fl
vana; U L brig Lawrence, Cobb, New York; scW <|
Mary, Griffith, Matanzas. , |
Wem tosea yeeterday —Ship Sarah Sheafe, Graj, I
Liverpool.
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