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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTjk.
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FRIDAY MORNING.; jiPRIL 10.
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When “ J. M. E.” learns l|o* write a communi
cation worthy a place in ourjpiper, he shall have
a place. Till then, we canned consent to render
ourself and paper the subject,elf ridicule to flatter
his vanity to see himself in ph’jit.
Franking Prnjuege.
Much has been recently sai|l|on the abuses of
this privilege by members otillyongress, and the
administration presses have turned with abuse
of the Whig members, for fr|u|king newspapers
and other documents not stripljly Congressional
documents. One would supp o|;e from the tirade
which has been got up, that so :(je monstrous fraud
had been practised upon the c Wintry, which these
Argus-eyed sentinels had jusjiow. for the first
time discovered, when in tn ith the custom of
franking newspapers, &c. hit; been the constant
practice of the Government o liters to whom the
privilege is extended, since ll & formation of the
Government. That it is fie p.iently abused, no
one has ever pretended wit i\n our knvwledge
to deny, and that it is so ft abused is
really to he regretted, but tha . jthe abuses of the
privilege is confined exclusiv* It to the opposition
members of Congress we hav i jio idea. But we
suppose that it is perfectly ri£ hit on the part of
the Administration party, tc Jo that which, if
done by the opposition bee xjnes an abuse, a
monstrous fraud. This impi Lesion is made up
on our minds, from the extr; Ordinary efforts of
the Globe to attach odium come of the oppo,
shion who have franked the 1 ladisonian, a paper
published in Washington city so their friends.—
Really this has grown in the estimation of these
veritable and very honest eJ|tors to be a most
stupendous fraud, but if the| unfortunate mem
bers who have fallen undir; their denunciations
had taken upon themselves the labor of franking
the Globe, it would no doubii \vyre been perfectly
right, indeed a praiseworthy ret, and they would
have been lauded for their hit .Tigencc and noble
bearing in the House.
That this is the true state Ojfthings no man can
doubt, who has been observant, for, it is an every
day occurrence that members! sot Congress frank
newspapers to their acquaintances, simply be
cause the paper contains sc| ; ething which the
member desires his friend to |ci;. And we have
no doubt the Globe is as offer.; franked by the
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members as any other paper Washington. If,
therefore, it is an abuse to frank! the Madisonian,
is it not equally so to frank ih« Globe ? Most
assuredly it is.
But we do not regard it \ rliore an abuse to
frank a newspaper, or any pamphlet, whether
Congressional or not,, than it [a to frank the pri
vate letters of the members, unless the document
franked should exceed the weight which the law
stipulates ; and we presume tL fastidious edit
tors of the Globe would not pike exceptions to
their franking private letters, are expressly
included in the law. Wherp flien is the differ
ence to the department, whether the member
frank a newspaper-or a pamphlet, containing his
vie ws on any particular subjedj,! or whether he
frank his letter to his friendj t\ There is none,
and should be none. The effort, therefore, to
create any sensation upon thjj subject, is only
another attempt to draw the a.|t-fe;rjtion of the peo
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pis, from the raal-administrsjlabn of those in
power, and to avert, if possible,; ?heir indignation,
which they fear is about to be; visited upon them
with unsparing vengeance. j»
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Bank of Kentiijcrky.
The N. York American ol f’jriday afternoon,
says that about 5,000 out of t
shares of Kentucky Bank t> <|njk, issued by the
Ca4iier of the Schuylkill Bank, jin Philadelphia,
have been traced, principally, ilr that city. It is
believed that these will not by
the Bank of Kentucky. h
Pennsylvaniiis,
Governor Porter has signed Jtjtje Bank resump
tion bill. The National Gazi]l;tfj says that “the
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other Bank bill had passed the IMuse, being shorn
of most of its objectionable sea- lij es.”
The bill authorising the Blfii'ks to issue four
millions of dollars in small noi|<js% has passed the
Senate. | j;
The Flour Triple.
There were 254,458 barrtls|,i and 7,821 half
barrels of wheat Flour, iuspectjqU in the city of
Baltimore, during the quarter 'jibing on the 31st
ult. The editor of the Price! |<|’urrent, having
made an examination, reports 41bis as the largest
quantity of flour that was eveij suspected in Bal
timore, for the same period, llllii largest quanti
ty previously inspected, in ajp | given quarter,
was in 1812, when the inspeejibns of the quar
ter, ending December 31, amuijqted to 227,331
bbls. and 14,196 hf. bbls. flhk; »;ext largest, of
the corresponding quarter of the ydar, was in 1826,
when the inspections of the qcuij -er ending 31st
of March, amounted to 175,574! hbls.
The Alexandria Gazette staUs that in the
quarter ending the S Ist March. |(4O, there were
shipped from Alexandria to FoJign Ports, (ex
clusive of coastwise shipments, ]; W. 511 barrels of
Flour. The navigation was c r|ly open since
February 11, so that the expons &ave been since
that period, or within six weeks;, \
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From the New York American.
British Navt.—The following recapitula
tion is formed from the statement; given in the
United Service Journal for Marcij:
The Royal Navy in commission on Ist of
March is stated as follows: j j
2 ships of 120 guns; 1 of id)’; 3 of 104; 1
of 92 ; 40f84 ; 3of 80 ; 2 of n\ ; 2 of 76 ;9 of
74 ; 2of 52; 3 of 46 ; lof 3 of 36 ; 12
° f . ° oT° V 2 ° f24 ; 3 SO. Hos 18;
’ 3of 2 ~ 141 f" l ,s * mopp|ing4lß4 guns.
Besides 27 steamers, force not lilted
The following is from the of the
Commissioners of the Navy £;,,| 1840.
The United States, second o:nU to Great Brit
ain as a commercial nation, c:>iio template keep
ing in commission during the bn <>nt year
I ship of 90 guns; 4of 52':;;! of 46; 12 of
24 ; 2of 20; 5 of 16; 7of b(|; 1 steamer—
-3i vessels, mounting S6S gunij. j |
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Mr. Forbes,
Our indefatigable manager takes his benefit to
night. Who will, or rather who wixx iror
so , to aid in making his benefit a bumper! The
evening’s entertainment will present a combina
tion of talent rarely if ever equalled to an audience
in this city. Uet the response prove our appre
ciation of merit.
The Albany Journal of the 4th instant says:—
We understand that the National Anti-Slavery
Convention which met in tl is city on Wednes
day and Thursday last, nominate., the Hon. Jas.
G. Birney of New York for President, and Hon.
Thomas Earl of Philadelphia for Vice President.
There were 121 Delegates representing six dis
ferent States.
The Indians at work.
The Tallahassee Star of the 28th ult, says :
Our latest intelligence is, that a train of govern
ment wagons, consisting of six, was captured by
12 Indians, between Forts Macomb and Barker a
few days ago, and one sergeant mortally wound
ed. A sergeant was fired on near Fort Pleasant,
in the neighborhood of Col. Davenport’s camp,
and escaped barely with his life; and also, that an
Indian camp had been discovered within about
fotfr miles of Colonel Robert Gamble’s residence,
where they had left their fires burning, and ap
pearances which indicated that some four or five
cattle had been slaughtered.—These depredations
have all been committed in the immediate vicini
ty of where the troops are most thickly stationed
—in that portion of country which is considered
as most securely guarde 1! How are these vaga.
bonds to be whipped and subdued ? We ask for
information.
Cheviot Speech.
As much has been said by the Administration
press throughout the country, in relation to this
Speech of Gen. Harrison, and many garbled ex
tracts taken therefrom, found their way into every
section of the Union, we regard it but an act of
justice to publish the following extract, which
we find in the Virginia Yeoman, together with the
remarks of the Editor.
We are gratified in being able to lay before our
readers that part of Gen. Harrison’s Cheviot
speech, in 1833, which relates to Abolition. The
reader will see how grossly this eminent patriot
hus been wronged, by the publication of the gar
bled extract which the Administration presses
have given, and which the Van Buren Conven
tion have also detached from its context. Every
impartial mind will be struck with the soundness
of Gen. Harrison’s views, and the forcible and
eloquent style in which he expressed them. Let
it be remembered, too, that this speech was deliv
ered the year subsequent to the memorable agita
tion in Virginia, when so many of the present
supporters of the Administration were clamorous
for Abolition.
Extract? from his Speech at Cheviot, Ohio, Ju
ly \th, 1833.
“ There is, however, a subject now beginning
to agitate them (the Southern States,) in relation
to which, if their alarm has any foundation, the
relative situation in which they may stand to some
of the Slates, will be the very reverse to what it
now is. I allude to a supposed disposition in
some individuals in the non-slave holding States
to interfere with the slave population of the other
Stales, for the purpose of forcing their emancipa
tion. Ido not call your attention to this subject,
fellow-citizens, from the apprehension that there
is a man amongstyou who will lend this aid to a
project so pregnant with mischief; and still less
that there is a State in the Union which could be
brought to give it countenance. But such are
the feelings of our Southern brethren upon this
subject—such their views, and their just views,
of the evils which an interference of this kind
would bring upon them, that long before it would
reach the point of receiving the sanction of a
State, the evil of the attempt would be consum
mated, as far as we are concerned, by a dissolu
tion of the Union. If there is any principle of
the Constitution of the United States less dispu
table than any other, it is, that the slave popula
tion is under the exclusive control of the States
which possess them. If there is any measure
likely to rivet the chains, and blast the prospects
of the negroes for emancipation, it is the interfer
ence of unauthorized persons. Can any one who
is acquainted with the operations of the human
mind doubt this? We have seen how restive
our Southern brethren have been from a suppo
sed violation of their political rights. What must
be the consequence of an acknowledged violation
of these rights, (for every man of sense must ad
mit it to be so,) conjoined with an insulting in
terference with their domestic concerns 1
“ Shall I be accused of want of feeling for the
slaves, by these remarks ? A further examina
tion will elucidate the matter. I take it for gran
ted that no one will say, that either the Govern
ment of the United States, or those of the non
slave holding Slates, can interfere in any way
with the right of property in the slaves. Upon
whom, then, are the efforts of the misguided and
pretended friends of the slaves to operate ? It
must be either on the government of the slave
holding States, the individuals who hold them, or (
upon the slaves themselves. And what are to
be the arguments, what the means by which they
are to influence the two first of these ! Is there I
a man vain enough to go to the land of Madison 1
of Macon, and of Crawford, and tell them that <
they do not understand the principles of the j
moral and political rights of man; or that un- ‘
derstanding, they disregard them? Can they i
address an argument to the interest or fears of (
the enlightened population of the slave States,
that has not occured to themselves a thousand 1
and a thousand times? To whom, then, are (
they to address themselves, but to slaves? And ’
what can be said to them, that will not lead to an
indiscriminate slaughter of every age and sex, '
and ultimately tc their own destruction ? Should 1
there be an incarnate devil, who has imagined, .
with approbation, such a catastrophe to his fellow- ■
citizens as I have described, let him look to the
result to those for whose benefit he would pro
duce it. Particular sections of the country may
be laid waste, all the crimes that infuriated man,
under the influence of all the black passions of .
his nature, can commit, may be perpetrated for a
season ; the tides of the ocean, however, will not
more certainly change than that the flood of hor
rors will be arrested, and turned upon those who
may get it in motion.
“ I wi ll not stop to inquire into the motives of
those who are engaged in this fatal and unconsti
tutional project. There may be some who have
embarked in it without properly considering its
consequences, and who are actuated by benevo
lent and vinuous principles. But, if such there
are, I am very certain that, should they continue
their present course, their fellow-citizezs will ere
long, “curse the virtues which have undone their
country,
“Should I be asked if there is noway by which
the General Government can aid the cause of
Emancipation ; I answer, that it has long l»een
an object near my heart to see the whole of its
surplus revenue appropriated to that object.—
With the sanction of the States holding the
I slaves, there appears to me to be no unconstitu
tional objection to its being thus applied ; embra
cing not only the colonization of those that may
be otherwise freed, but the purchase of the free
dom of others. By a zealous prosecution of a
plan formed upon that basis, we might look for
ward to a day. not very distant, when a North
American sun would not look down upon a-slave.
To those who have rejected the plan of coloni
zation, I would ask, if they have well weighed
the consequences of emancipation without it?
How long would the emancipated negroes re
main satisfied with that 1 Would any of the
Southern Slates then (the negroes armed and or
ganized) be able to resist their claims to a parti
cipation in all their polical rights! Would it
even stop there'? Would they not claim admit
tance to all the social rights and privileges of a
community in which, in some instances, they
would compose the majority 1 Let those who
take pleasure in the contemplation of such scenes
as must inevitably follow, finish out the picture.
“If I am correct in the principles here advanced,
I support my assertion, that the discussion on the
subject of emancipation in the non-slavehol ing
States, is equally injurious to the slaves and
their masters, and that it has no sanction in the
principles of the Constitution. I must not be
understood to say, that there is any thing in that
instrument which prohibits such discussion. I
know there is not. But the man who believes
that the claims which his fellow-citizens have
upon him, are satisfied by adhering to the letter
of the political contract that connect them, must
have a verv imperfect knowledge of the princi
ples upon which our glorious Union was formed,
and by which alone it can be maintained. I
mean those feelings of regard and affection which
were manifested in the first dawn of the Revolu
tion, which induced every American to think that
an injury inflicted upon his fellow-citizen, how
ever distant his location, was an injury to him
self; which made us, in effect, one people, before
we had any paper contract; which induced the
venerable Shelby, in the second war for indepen
dence, to leave the comforts which his age requir
ed, to encounter the dangers and privations inci
dent to a wilderness war; which drew from the
same quarter the innumerable battalions of vol
unteers which preceded and followed him; and
from the banks of the distant Appomattox, that
band of youthful heroes, which has immortalised
the appellation by which it was distinguished.—
Those worthy sons of immortal sires did not stop
to enquire into the alleged i njustice and immo
rality of the Indian war. It was sufficient for
them to learn their fellow-citizens were in danger,
that the tomahawk and scalping-ki ife were sus
pended over the heads of the women and chil
dren of Ohio, to induce them to abandon the
ease, and, in many instances, the luxury and
splendor which, from infancy, they had been sur
rounded, to encounter the fatigues and dangers
of war, amidst the horrors of a Canadian winter.”
There is a whole text-book of true republican
ism, as applied to the politics of the day, in the
following passage from the Boston Mercantile
Journal ;
“ We acknowledge no aristocracy but the aris
tocracy of intelligence and virtue, and, least of
all, the aristocaracy of weath. But we despise,
from the bottom of our heart, the levelling doc
trines of the moden Agrarians, who wish to put
all men on an equal fooling by levelling down
wards; by degrading'the highest instead of eleva
ting the lowest, & inculcating sentiments, which
are at war with all the dictates of reason, morali
ty, or religion. And we still more heartily despise
those men, who, knowing the dangerous tenden
cy, lake their propagators by the hand, and im
pelled by a morbid thirst for popularity, urge
them forward in their degraded work.”
Masiuttan Bank. —ln reviewing the late
expose of the operations of this Bank, much is
set down to the loose conduct and favoritism of
the officers, yet we apprehend that one of the
true causes had not its full weight. When Gen.
Jackson withdrew the deposites from the United
States Bank and placed them in State Institu
tions with a recommendation to discount freely,
he gave to those Banks additional facilities which
could not be advantageously used in business
operations;_and hence every wild visionary specu
lation was encouraged—loans made on town lots
and Bank stock in the far West; the nature of
the security was never closely examined, and the
result was that the Deposites ruined the Banks
while their withdrawal ruined the country. The
present administration see and admit all these
difficulties without being able to affmi relief.
The tinkering of the currency by Gen. Jackson,
should be forever held up by historians to the
world as a warning to avoid such folly and mis
rule hereafter.— N. V. Star.
The Louisville Fire — The Advertiser, two
days after the fire, and after time had been given
to look about, gives the following as a fair esti
mate of the losses : F urniture, fixtures, and mis
cellaneous moveables, $20,000; buildings destroy
ed $150,000; merchants goods s2Bo,ooo—total
$450,000. Upon this there was an insurance of
$330,000. The Advertiser adds; “Under a ca
lamity of such magnitude, it is consoling to be
able to state that the energies of our city are by
no means paralised. The most active prepara
tions are already in progress for re-building the
business stores, and it is confidently believed that,
in less than two months, Pearl and Main streets
will present a considerably improved appear
ance.”
Tub Three Friends. —Trust no friend
wherein thou hast not proved him. At the ban
queting-table how many more are found than at
the door of the prison !
A man had three friends, two of them he dearly
loved, the third to him was indifferent, although
he was the most true-hearted of the three. On a
certain occasion he was summoned before a Judge,
and was, although innocent, cruelly accused.
“Who among you,” said he, “will go with me
and be a witness in my behalf] For I have been
cruelly accused and the king is angry,”
The first of his friends immediately excused
himself, saying he could not go with him on ac
count of other business. The second accompa
nied him to the door of the Judgement-hall, then
turned away and went back, fearing the anger of
the Judge. The third, upon whom he had re
ckoned the least, went in, spoke for him, and so
joyfully bore testimony to his innocence, that the
Judge released him and sent him away.
Three friends has man in this world, and how
do they bear themselves toward him in the hour
of death, when God summons him before his
judgement seat 1 Wealth, his most cherished
friend, first forsakes him and goes not with him.
His relatives and friends accompany him to the
portals of the grave, and turn back again to their
dwellings. The third that which in life was most
frequently forgotten, is his good works. They
alone accompany him to the throne of the Judge;
they go before, speak in his behalf, and find mer
cy.
A Fire Engine for Steamboats has been made
in Boston by Mr. Creed. It can be worked by
the steam engine at the rate of 400 gallons per
minute, or 200 gallons by sixteen men. It may
be put in operation five minutes alter the discov
ery ot a fire. Should a boat strike a snag and
leak, the engine will also pump out the water at
the same rate.
A tavern keeper in Illinois advertises a young
lawyer who has left his house without paying
his bill, under the following expressive caption :
*• Absqualulando damnum et Swartwoutandi
bus in transitu, non est inventus ad libitum scape
gootum, non comealilms in swampo.
Proceedings of Connell,
i Council Chamber,?
• April 8, 1840. >
1 Council met pursuant to adjournment.
Present—Aldermen Hitt, D’Antignac, Harper,
[ Jackson, Thomas, Dye and Dortic.
The Mayor being absent, on motion, M. M.
Dye, Esq. was called to the chair.
The minutes of the last macting were read
and confirmed.
The following Report was received from the
Committee on the purchase of the Water-works.
The undersigned Committee on the Water
> works, respectfully
> report.
That on Tuesday last the equity of redemp
[ tion in the Waterworks, was sold at Sheriff’s
sale, to perfect titles, and was purchased for the
' City Council of Augusta. The Deed of the
Sheriff to the City Council of Augusta, dated
the 7th inst. will accompany this repoat. as well
as the bond of Samuel Hale and EJward Tho
mas, dated the 261 h day of March last, condi
tioned for keeping the waterworks and their ap
purtenances in good order and repair until the
first day of October next, under the pena’ty
■ ten thousand dollars. Also, a Deed from Sam
t uel Hale to the City Council of Augusta, dated
the 26th March last, for the Waterworks and
their appurtenances, with about two acres of
land, in fee simple, around the spring and along
i both sides of the spring branch, as far down said
branch as the first road below the spring. Also,
a circular lot of land around the reservoir below
the spring, containing one acre 59-100 , both
which parcels of land arc fully 'and clearly de
fined on a plan and section of the waterworks,
made by Wm* Phillips, dated 29th February
last, which plan and section your committee re
commend should be recorded with the other pa
pers appertaining to the purchase.
A Deed of relinquishment from W. H. Jones>
for that portion of the two acres near the spring’
which may belong to the lot recently purshased
by him, dated this day, will also accompany this
report, also a release from the Bank of the State
of Georgia, from a moitgage which that Bank
formerly held on the Water-works, dated 291 h
February last. The mortgage which the Bank of
Augusta has on the same property will be released
as soon as that Bank shall receive the scrip which
the City Council is to give, and which Mi- Hale
desires that institution to receive. The titles to
the Water-works and their appurtenances being
thus cemplcte with the exception of the claim of
I Dr. Turpin, to cover which the City Council have
resolved to reserve the sum of fifteen hundred
dollars, the undersigned recommend the adoption
of the following resolution :
Resolved. That his Honor the Mayor be au
thorised and requested to p epare and execute
bonds of the City to the amount in all of sixteen
thousand five hundred dollars, of such description
as is provided for in the resolution of the 20th
day of April, 1839, in favor of Samuel Hale’
Esq. or Bearer, and in such sums as the said
Samuel Hale may designate, and deliver the
same to the Cashier of the Bank of Augusta on
receiving from that Bank a release from the
mortgage which that corporation holds on the
Water-works and their appurtenances, and the
deeds, releases an J bond referred to in the prece
ding report.
James Harper,
G. T. Dortic,
M.M. Dre.
Committee.
Augusta, April Blh, 1840.
Which on motion was received and the reso
lution adopted.
Council adjourned to meet on Saturday even
ing at 7 o’clock.
S. H. Oliver, c. c.
The Great St. Bernard.
A few yards from the Hospice itself stands the
charnel-house, a low square building, distinguish
ed only as to its exle.-ior by a ma)-sy grated win
dow. Here repose and have reposed for centuries,
the bodies of all those who have met their fate on
this mountain from frost or accident. Decompo
sition goes on, of course, verv slowly here, and
though the floor of this apartment is covered to
some depth with confused bones, the bodies which
still stand against the walls, or lie. reclined in
great numbers, are in a state of preservation;
the flesh still remaining upon the bones, has the
appearance of shrivelled parchment, and notwith
standing the nicest sense of smelling could delect
nothing offensive. But the eye is the organ that
is offended in entering this dead house; the teeth,
and the hair and even eyes, still remain upon all
that have not actually fallen to pieces, and the
expression of the countenance, yet more horrible
than death, is still there which it had at the mo
ment of dissolution. The more general expres- j
sion is that of grinning, (the effect of the extreme j
cold upon the jaws:) but there are some faces (
among them not to be overlooked, which give
horrible evidence of the acutest suffering. There .
is one corpse, in particular, a woman enfolding
in her arms her infant child ; she is in a kneeling {
altitude, and the expression in the face of the (
dead betrays the most extreme mental anguish
that could be conceived. Even in death the ,
child is folded to the breast with a mother’s last ,
grasp, and it never was attempted to loosen it.— (
In the centre of the room, upon a shelf, a little ,
elvated, lies the last victim of death, in his wind
ing-sheet. The body at present there is that of a |
servant, wha died some yea's ago—there being
no other burial place even for the domestics of
the Hospice. The monks themselves are, of !
course, buried in the vaults of their chapel. '
The fraternity consists of fifteen persons in- !
eluding a principal; their ranks are supplied, in
case of death, from the priesthood of the canton
below, and though it would seem to be a change
for the worse, yet it is looked upon as promotion
to become a brother of the convent. The brelh- j
ren are obliged to go down at intervals to recruit
themselves at the valley, either at St. Pierre or
Martigny, for otherwise it has been found that |
the human frame is incapable of standing such a
continued siege of frost. Certainly, the ex is- (
tencc of such an institution as this, and the fact
that men can be found to live under it, speaks for !
humanity ; for in fact what higher effort of phi- 1
lanthropy can be carried ] The monks seem to '
spend the greater part of their day in prayer, and 1
service appeared to be constantly going forward *
in their chapel. Their profession if faith is
Catholic; but be their creed what it may, these ec- ‘
clesiastics seem to comprehend the true spirit, the
best part of religion “loves towards one anoth- |
er.” For the entertainment of their guests no
charge whatever is made by these hospitable men, ,
from the poorer or larger class no remuneration 1
of any kind is expected. There is indeed, fitted
up in the vestibule of the chapel, a box (having |
in its lid a small aperture) “for the benefit of the ,
unfortunate,” and it is usual for the richer visit- \
ors to testify their gratitude in this way; but ,
even if the proceeds of this collection were ap
plied towards supporting tho expenses of the es
tablishment, they would supply a very inadequate
fund indeed. Provisions and even fire-wood are
forwarded from Martigny, of course with great
labor and at considerable expense ; and for such
purposes the mules and servants of the society
are under the necessity of descending the moun
tain every day. There is always an average
nu her of guests to entertain, for even if the
weather be too unfavorable for travellers (o make
the pass, then the persons already there are
snowed up, and must of course be fed and cater
ed for daring ther stay. The truth is such an
establishment is not, and never could be main
tained by the chance contributions of any passing
strangers; a tax is laid in the first place upon
the inhabitants of the Valais, perhaps in the
shape of provisions; and secondly, it is support
eel by bequests and the liberal donations ot patri
otic individuals.
From the Phila ielphi i North American.
The Disputed Boundary.
As all who are desirous of “keeping up with
the news,” should have the leading facts in rela
tion to the history of the Noith Eastern bounda
ry fresh in their memories, and as some of our
readers may not yet have had an opportunity to
gain such information, we present a concise state
ment, gathered from public documents.
The treaty of 1793, in defining the boundary
of the United States, thus defines the North East
ern boundary ; “from the North West angle of
Nova Scotia, viz: that angle which is formed by
a line drawn due north from the source of St.
Croix river to the highlands; along the said high
lands which divide those rivers that empty them
selves into the river State Lawrence from those
which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the north
westernmost head ot Connecticut river.”
It is well ascertained that the commissioners
who formed the treaty of 1783, made use of a
map called Mitchell’s map, published in 1755.
When this map was published, the British did
not own any territory north of the St. Lawrence.
Nova Scotia then included the lerrit >ry now call
ed New Brunswick, and extended to the St.
Lawrence on the north, and to the line drawn due
north from the source of the St. Croix, on the
west. This line is distinctly marked on the map
above mentioned; and on the west side of the
line is printed, in large letters “ New England,”
and on the east side, “Nova Scotia.” Accord
ing to this map (1755) the North-Western angle
of Nova Scotia would be on the banks of the ri
ver St. Lawrence. Butin 1763, Great Britain
acquired Canada from France by treaty. Cana
da, Nova Scotia and New England being all sub
ject to the British Crown, that power could di
vide the provinces as it pleased; and for conve
nience, the southern boundary of the province of
Quebec was carried south of the St. Lawrence,
so as to include the valley of that river. The
King by Proclamation dated Oct. 7, 1763, de
clared that the province of Quebec should be
bounded, south ot the St. Lawrence, by a line
crossing that river and Lake Champlain in forty
five degrees of north latitude, and passing “along
the highlands which divide the rivers that empty
themselves into the said river St. Lawrence, from
those which fall into the sea, and also along the
north coast of the Bay des Chaleurs and the
coa.'-t of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, to Cape Ho
siers.” Let any one take a map of this part of
America, and see if there can be any doubt where
the North-Western angle of Nova Scotia would
fail, according to this proclamation.
In 1774. an act of Parliament was passed, in
which the Southern boundary of the province of
Quebec is stated. The following language is
employed, viz: “bounded on the south .»y a line
Pom the Bay o: Chaleurs along the highlands
which divide the rivers that empty themselves
into the sea, to a point in forty-five degrees of
nothern latitude on the eastern bank of the river
Connecticut.” Here the ends of the boundary
are fixed with great definiteness.
The commissons of the governors of the pro
vince of Quebec, from 1673 to 1783, described
the southern boundary of that province in the
same manner.
In various ways the interpretation which we
give to the treaty has been impliedly given by
Great Britain. In 1797, an agent of the British
government endeavored to show that the point
intended by the source of the St. Croix was far
ther west than we claimed. In sustaining his
position he argued in such away as to acknow
ledge that if the source of the St. Croix were
placed where Great Biitain vow places it, the
boundary, according to the treaty, would “ cross
the river St. John within about fifty miles from
Frederick!on, &c.” and, in short, would run just
as we now claim that it does.
When it is asked on what grounds Great Bri
tain now claims a different boundary, it is almost
impossible to give an answer. Her claim is ri
diculous. As a specimen, however, we may
mention her pretence, that the River St. John
cannot be cons dered as emptying into the Atlan
tic Ocean, because it discharges its waters through
the Bay of Fundy ! The truth is, the boundary
is fixed beyond the possibility of rational dispute,
by the treaty of 1783. That Great Britain
should wish for territory is not strange ; because
the direct communication between Quebec and
New Brunswick i* interrupted. But she should
not attempt :o procure it unfairly. To us it is
of little value, and we could undoubtedly make
an exchange in such away as to benefit both
parties.
Axis, Poor PotAxn!—The cruelty of the Go
vernment of Russia towards unhappy Poland,
is an historical sact —and this feeling is still cher
ished, and is exhibited whenever an opportunity
offers. An English paper, the London Sun,
gives the following account from an unquestion
able source of a barbarous transaction.
“The son of Count Miontzynffski (a retired
officer of distinction) was lately returning from
college, in Germany, to his farther’s house at
Warsa.v. His luggage was searched at the fron
tier with the usual strictness; unfortunately
there was found in one of his trunks printed por
traits of Kosciuszko, Poniatowski, and Skrzy
necki. The poor lad was instantly taken into
custody, and sent to Warsaw under a guard. On
his arrival there his farther wa arrested, by order
of Marshal Paskiewitsch, who after a brief in
quiry into the affair, sentenced Count Mont
zynffski to be imprisoned in a fortress, and his
son, a youth of sixteen or seventeen years of
age, to be transported to Siberia for twenty years.”
Produce axd Wages.— The Sub-Treasury
orators in the Senate say, ‘‘reduce the prices of
produce and the wages of labor to the standard
throughout the world.” If we may judge from
what we hear and see as to the price of produce,
and the wages of labor, that “standard” will soon
be attained. The people will ther*be enabled to
appreciate its “blessings and benefits.” The
Cincinnati Gazette of Tuesday says : “In all sec
tions of the West from which we receive direct
information, the prices of her staples are still ten
ding downward. There was a sale of good flour
in this city yesterday, at two dollars and fifty
cents per barrel! Pass that word along. We
wish it to reach the Hermitage and the While
House.”— Baltimore Patriot.
The Legislature of Ohio have passed a severe
law against the issue and circulation ot Post
Notes, and of bills under the denomination of
$5.
Fact.— When a feller is 100 lazy to work
(says Sam Slick,) he paints his name over his
door, and calls it a tavern, and like as not he
makes the whole neighborhood as lazv as him
self.”
r StfXDAT TRAVKXt.tSG.--A judicial decitt
of some interest to those who furnish means *
appliances for Sunda> travelling, was lately M
at Philadelphia. “In a case before the Di t •
Court, to recover damages for injury doneV"*
pair of horses by several young men who had I *
gaged them on the sabbath. Judge Stroud nu] 1
ed a non suit to be entered, on the ground
contracts made for the performance of work
the Sabbath was not legal, and therefore V’
plaintiff could not sustain his case.”
Centenary of Printing — The German
are making great preparations to celebrate th
fourth centenary of the discovery of p nnt
Leipsic, the central point of the literary woH?’
will celebrate this glorious event on the 24 h
25th, and 261 h, of next June, with great s'l ’
dor, and Felix Meudlessohn Barthol.lv en '
writing a new oration tor the occasion.
Moke Indian Removals.— The Senecas *1
reside near Buffalo have concluded a treaty 'l
the U. States, by which they are to remove .
ward, and receive as a compensation a au " eSl *
of land, equal to 320 ac res for each sous^ 11 ' 1 !
about $400,000 in money. an “
The Ccsakii Steam Packets.—Tj )e t>
ton Courier says, the following is stated pA
arrangement of Mr. Canard’s steam pactJT *
The Unicorn to sail 25th of April for H
the Britannia was launched at Greenock \n pV
ruary, to sail about the 15th of May : the A v
Columbia, and Caledonia to follow. ° a U ’
The Loco Focos now build all their hopes un
on the idea that the enthusiasm of the VVh
will by and by subside. Did they ever hear of
the fool who stood patiently upon the bank wait
mg for the water to run out.— Louisville Jour.'
A Veto in Mississippi. -Governor McNutt
recently transmitted a veto message to the Levis
lature of Mississippi, which, fur ns brevity. /Z
lor the order or arrangement of its reasons, micht
serve as a model lor all similar slate papers,
is in the following words.
To the House of Represent at iv s :
Veto Message.—l return to the House for
further action a bill entitled “an act to amend an
act to confer the power of justices and notaries oa
the president of the board of police and for other
purposes, with the following objections •
First. It is unconstitutional.
Second. It is inexpedient.
Third. It is McNutt
Executive Department, 0 f J dckson Feb
ruary 22. *
“ My dear Julia,” said one pretty girl to anoth
er, “can you make up your mind to marrv that
odious Mr. Snuff?”
“ Why, my dear Mary,” replied Julia, “I be
lieve I could lake him at a pinch."
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates front Liverpool,.......,.March 4
Latest dates from Havre March 3
Macon, April 7.
Cotton. —The receipts to Ist April amounted to
92,896 bales —stock on hand, 10,526. For the
same time last year receipts 62,215 —stock 6874.
There has been a regular and rapid increase in the
receipts from the first organization of Macon up to
the present period. We quote for yesterday, 4a 7
more corning in than at any previous period for
the season.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Savannah, April 7.
Cleared . —Br Barque London, Scot! Liverpool;
Brig Morea, Clapm.m, New York; Schr North
St u - . Smith, Bath.
Arrive —Br. ship Frances, Brown, London;
Brig L. Baldwin, Basset, New York; Schr. Belle,
Howes, Baltimore.
Went to Sea. —Br. ship Washington, McLay;
Br. Barque London, Scott Liverpool; Schr. North
Star Smith, Bath.
Charleston, April 9.
Arrived yesterday —Schr Virginia Antoinette,
Place, Havana.
Cleared —Ship Anson, O’N’eill, Havre; schre
John Estelle, Mobile; Ceylon, Merrill, Apa
lachicola-
Went to sea yesterday —Fr brig Grenouille, Ha
mouiny, New Orleans.
At Quarantine —Ship Corea, Jackson, from Ha
vre
The ship Switzerland, Hnnt, from Boston, re
ported in the offing, yesterday, has proceeded to
j New Orleans.
The Brship Robert A. Park, from Liverpool,for
Savannah, touched off the bar of the latter place,
6th instant; and was ordered to this port
Mr. Editor —The following named gentlemen
are recommended as suitable persons for members
i of Council, for Ward No 4:-
JAMES HARPER, P. FLEMING,
PLE ASA NT STO VAL L , Jr.
j They will be supported by Many Voters.
j ap 10
We authorised to say that C. B. HITT is
not a candidate for Council in Ward No. 4. ap 10
(£7’ We are requested to announce THOMAS
W. MILLER as a candidate for Council in Ward
No. 4. aprii 7
Messrs. Editors —Seeing in your paper
of yesterday, that the Hon. A. Oumming declines
a re electian for Mayor of the city, at the approach
ing election, we. therefore, take the liberty of sug
gesting the name of JOHN PHINIZY, Esq., a* a
person well calculated to fill the office,and he will
he supported by (mar 13) Many Voters.
Messrs. Editors:—Observing in your paper the
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—The following named gentlemen
are recommended as suitable persons for Aldermen
of Ward No. 4, for the ensuing year;
JAMES HARPER, ROBERT PHILIP ,
mar 21 EDWARD THOMAS.
U j = We are authorized to announce the followi
ng gentlemen as candidates for men hers of Coun
cil in Ward No. 2:
B. H. WARREN, JOHN BONES,
mar 31 JOHN G. DUNLAP.
Mr. Editor —Please announce the following
gentlemen as suitable persons to represent Ward
No. 2 in the next Council:
B. H. WARREN, A. READ,
mar 31 S. M. THOMPSON.
VVe 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
Mr. Editor —You will please announce Dr. F.
M. ROBERTSON, JAMES B. BISHOP and F.
H. COOKE, as candidates for members of Council)
at the approaching election, in Ward No. 3. tn'H
Mr. Editor, please announce the following
named gentlemen as candidates for election a3
members of the city council fro n ward no I at the
approrching election in April next.
GAREYPARISH. WM. E. JACKSON.
mar 18 PHILIP CRUMP.
Mr. Editor .-—Sir, I see a notice in . v ( °^ r
of the 12th instant, stating that our wort 0 > - 3 ,
declines being a candidate for re-election * th
ficc he ha. so wort .!>• tilled, and as .1
citizens should fix on a suitable petson, 0 P
sent them as Mayor for the next year L nV ., .
to recommend the name of MARI t A M H***
a suitable person, and who will serve tl e[ cc •
y Many \oters-