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i 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 f 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 \ 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. Inq. I % i 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 -6 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. 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