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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
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AUGUSTA|
TUESDAY MORNING 2t.
Public 3lee!ing|
We are gratified to learn, tha*|a pap- ; is now
circulating in this city callingle meeting, on
Thursday next, of the citizens of Richmond
countv, opposed to the adrri.niitration.—lt has
already numerous -names on it, a<|d will be pub
lished to-morrow. i
SherifTs Sales of Jfcriven County’
which will be found in this ilarning’s paper,
came to hand last night, havinc| a postmark of
the sth April, and. which was deigned for May
sale. I
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The individual who has taken-the responsibili
ty of removing from the reading room the late
numbers of Bently’s Miscellany and the Knick
erbocker, is notified to be careful in future, or he
may o K tain rather an unenviable notoriety through
our columns.
Advertising a Wife.
Wc received through the Ppet Office yester
day, a letter from a citizen of Columbia county,
who is unknown to us, inclosing a five dollar
bill, asking us tc advertise his Ivifc as long as
the bill would pay. While (|ir acknowledg
ments arc due to this individualaor this manifes
tation of his friendship to our taper, we must,
without desiring to express any fpinion as to the
propriety or impropriety of his bourse in the un
fortunate quarrel with his wife, Saost respectfully
decline inserting such a notile in our paper.
We may be in error in refus m| to publish such
advertisements, but while we citertain our pre
sent notions of the sacred chtralter of the matri
monial alliance, we cannot content to do any act
which may in any manner affect those relations.
Independent of this considera|ion, is another,
which, w’ith us, will always fori4 an insurmount
able barrier to such publications We feel that
there is a paramount obligation resting upon us,
both in cur individual and edit ffial character, to
protect the gentler sex, and wlu |i their depravity
is such that we cannot consist ntly protect, we
certainly never will consent to ;iid in crowning
their misfortunes with contur; ely and reproach
through our columns. The m*ney therefore, is
subject to his order. |
Hamburg Jourlal.
Is the title of a new semi-wci-kly paper which
made its appearance on Saturday last, in our
sister town. The Journal is ditvoted to commer
cial intelligence, literature, the Icneral news, &c.
and is a highly respectable she* t both in its con
tents and appearance. We ho ;»e it may receive,
as it no doubt will merit, the p: ronage of a liber
al public.
At a meeting of the Stockln ffers of the Geor
gia Insuranceand Trust Cerrrp -ny yesterday, the
following gentlemen wore el Icted Directors for
the ensuing year. |
Edw. Thomas, Jackson,
Adam Johnsron, Wr|, P. Rathbone,
T. S. Metcalf, S. 3i neeland ,
Hays Bowdrie, J. Adams,
John Phmizy, W.|M. Rowland,
A. J. Miller, W|H. Morgan,
A Gould, G. |l. Newton,
P. Fitzsimmons, I. f* Tuttle,
D.L. Adams, Thi. Bairet,
I. Henry, C. Greiner,
Geo. W. Linhr.
At a late meeting of those Opposed to the Ad
ministration in Mclntosh cyunty, resolutions
were adopted approving the lamination of Har
rison and Tyler.
School 800 js.
The publisher, S. L. Griffin, f Macon, Geo', has
laid on our table copies of the Southern Second
and Third Class Books, desigi j?d for the use of
Schools in the Southern andl Western States.’
The partial examination whi|h we have given
these two books, adapted to th<|younger classes in
schools, warrants us in recoinn-JJ?nding them to the
attention of parents and intruders generally,
througheut the South and Wes f They are got up
in a plain and neat style, and t fe selections are of
that character which are calcu! ted to interest and
instruct the pupil,
Rhode Island JEFection.
The New \ork Courier at d Enquirer of the
Ifilhsays:—“We have a lev returns from the
late election in Rhode IsJacd. \ The Democratic
Whig majority in Providence was 800 ; in Bris
tol 75 in Cranston 47. Th> re has been a gain
of several representatives -as fa as heard from.—
The Democratic Whig major ty in the State is
estimated at more than a thou and votes.”
The N.\. Evening Star >f the same date,
says—“ The Election, which ime off yesterday,
has resulted in a complete W ,ig victory. Prov
idencc was at least 600 ahea«| and several towns
have returned Whig member*; and the majority
will he 1000 in the State.” I
S. Jcnks Smith, formerly fjlitor of the Sunday
Morning News of New YorJt, died on board the
packet ship England, at sea, n the 3d of March-
The Army and Navy Chi htticle says:—“We
learn from out door rumor, lit in such away as
to leave on our mind no do bt of its truth, that
Purser J. Colston has bean dismissed from the
Navy, by the President, for \ defalcation in his
accounts. What the atnc-ui pof that defalcation
is, we do not know.”
Arms and Munitions oi War.— The follow
ing statement exhibit* the Srcsent resources of
the United States m army ajd munitions of war
There are now in the arsen Is, 600.000 muskets
ready for use, besides 400, 00 that have been
distributed by the genera! g vernment to the re
spective states; 30 0 piece.- ‘of heavy cannon, an
abundant supply of ball an I all kinds of projec
tiles. There is a sufficient i store of materials to
manufacture 6000 pistols a -d swords per month.
The amount of gun-powde on hand is stated at
1 2 000 barrels, with matei ala for 4000 barrels
more.
Correspondence of the Philadelphia North American.
New-York, April 15.
The sales of Cotton to-day are sojae 700 bales,
prices rather drooping; the range ol ordinary sales
is 6 a 9d cts.
Flour stands as yesterday, scarce and at full pri
ces. New Orleans sold this morning at $5 37;
common southern, Georgetown, &c., 6 25. Nor
thern Corn commands 56 cts., and Rye 57 a 57 1-2.
Jersey Oats 2S a 30 cts.
Molasses droops. Sugar and Coffee sell fairly
at the established low prices.
Bills on London 7 I 2 to S, dull; bills on Paris
f 5,27 1-2.
Domestic Exchanges —Philadelphia 5 1-4 aoj;
Baltimore 5; Richmond 6 1-4 a G 1-2 ; Charleston
3 1-2, 3|, a 4 ; Augusta 10 all; Macon 11 a 12 ;
Savannah 7 1-2 a 8 1-2; Mobile S 1-2 a 9 ; New
Orleans 8 a 9,
Report of the Committee on Foreiern Re
lations on the Hotindary Question.
The Committee on Foreign Relations, to which
was referred the several messages ot the Presi
dent of the United Stales, communicating to
Congress, at its present session, certain official
correspondence in relation to the question of the
territory in dispute with Great Britain on our
Northeastern frontier; and also certain resol.i
tions of the Legislature of Maine on the same
subject,
REPORT.
Thai they have had the same under considera
tion, and now deeem it expedient to communi
cate to the Senate their views for not making, at
the present moment, a general report upon the
whole subject. They feel that they will best per
form this duty, by placing clearly and distinctly
before the Senate the existing state and condition
of the pending negotiation between the two
Governments.
The President of the Unitad States, in his an
nual message of December last, informing Con
gress that, “ for the settlement of our Northeast
ern boundary, the proposition promised by Great
Britain for a commission of exploration and sur
vev. has been received, and a counter project, in
cluding also a provision for the certain and final
adjustment of the limits in dispute, is now before
Che British Government for its consideration.”
The President has not thought it advisable to
communicate this counter project to Congress ;
yet we have his assurance, on which the most
confident reliance may be placed, that it is of
such a character as will, should it be accepted.
finaHy-seltle the question. This proposition was
officially communicated to that Government du
ring the last summer:
Mr. Fox, the British Minister, in his note of
the 24th January last, doubtless with a perfect
know edge of the nature of the pi eject which
had been submitted by the American Government
to that of Great Britain, assures Mr. Forsyth,
“that be not only preserves the hope, but he en
tertains the firm belief, that if the duly of ovgoci
atingthe boundary question be left in the hands
of the two National Governments, to whom alone
of right it belongs, lire difficulty of conducting
the negociation to an amicable issue, will not be
found so great as has been by many persons ap
prehended.” And in his subsequent note of
March 13, 1840, he states that he has been in
structed to declare, “ that her Majesty’s Govern
ment are only wailing for the detailed report of
the British Commissioners recently employed to
survey the disputed territory, which report, it was
believed, would be completed and delivered to her
Majesty’s Government by the end of the present
month, (March,) in order to transmit to the Gov
ernment of the United States a reply to their
last proposal upon the subject of the boundary
negotiations.” Thus we may reasonably expect
that this reply will be received by the President
during the present month, (April,) or early in
May.
Whilst such is the condition of the principal
negotiation, the committee have deemed it expe
dient, at this time, to report upon the subordinate
though important question in relation to the tem
porary occupation of the disputed territory-
They trust that the answer of the British Gov
ernment may be of such a character as to render
a report upon this latter subject unnecessary. In
any event they have every reason to believe that
the slate of suspense will be but of brief duration.
The committee, ever since this embarrassing
and exciting question has been first presented for
their consideration, have been anxious that tr.e
Government of the United States should con
stantly preserve itself in the right; and hitherto
the desire has been fully accomplished. The
territorial rights of Maine have been uniformly
asserted, and a firm determination to maintain
them has been invariably evinced though this
has been done in amicable spirit. So far as the
committee can exercise any influence over the
subject, they are resolved, that if war should be
the result, which they confidently hope may not
be the case, this war shall be rendered inevitable,
by ‘he conduct of the British Government. They
have believed this to be the surest mode of uni
ting every American heart and every American
arm in defence of the just rights of the country.
It is but justice to remark, that the Executive
branch of the Government has, from the begin
ning. been uniformly guided by the same spirit,
and has thus far pursued a firm, consistent, and
prudent course, throughout the whole negotia
tion with Great Britain.
Whilst the committee can sec no adequate
cause, at the present moment, for anticipating
hostilities between the two countries, they would
not be understood as expressing the opinion that
the country should not he prepared to meet any
emergency. The question of peace or war may,
in a great degree, depend upon the answer of the
British government, now speedily expected.
Warilke.—The“ Buffalo Advertiser” copies
as follows from the Toronto Patriot:—
“ We stop the press to say that we have just
heard, from an authority which may be relied
upon, that His Excellency the Lieutenant Gov
ernor, has received important despatches from
Major General Sir Richard D. Jackson, in refer
ence, it is supposed, to the North Eastern Boun
dary question. Indications of activity, in our
military defences, have been manifested. Our
authorities are on the alert; and serious difficul
ties must therefore be apprehended.”
The leading article of the Fairiot strongly ur
ges the probability of a war between Great Brit
ain and the United States, on the ground that the
former country cannot give up the disputed ter
ritory, without at the same relinquishing the
Canadas, and concludes with the following ad
vices:
“ Our parting words to our loygl fellow-sub
jects are, keep your muskets clean, look to your
flints, and above all, keep your powder dry, for
a contest with the United States cannot be a
small war.”
The Toronto Colonist of Wednesday says an
order has been issued by the commander of the
forces, intimating that none of the officers station
ed in the provinces, can for the present be allow
ed leave of absence from their regiments. The
same paper says, the despatches above referred to
by the Patriot, are sa d to be of an important
character, but their precise nature have not trans
pired.
The New York Herald says: the English
prints, the Canadian, and many of the American
unite in thinking there will be a war. It is said
also that General Scott thinks so too. Well
be it so— we think otherwise—positively and de
cidedly—and we’ll see who comes out right
England and the United States can’t be kicked
into a war. It is all trick and political manceu
vre.
From Che Savannah ‘Republican .
From Florida.
We arc indebted to Captain Pearson, of the
steamboat Isis, arrived this morning from Black
1 Creek, for the following information:
Captain Pearson states that information reached
• Black Creek on the 16th inst.. by express from Fort
Fanning, that on'the 13th, as an Orubulance was
’ returning from Fort Griffen, escorted by a non
commissioned olßcer and six privates, (regulars,)
. it was attacked within about 8 miles of Fort Fan
nintr, by a party of about 15 Indians, as is said —
mules were killed, and the Ombuiance
burnt. From the teamster’s statement, there was
among the Indians, who fired first, a white man ,
5 (stout, well built and athletic) dressed with white
pantaloons, calico shirt,black vest, hat and whisk
ers. As the driver sprang out of the wagon on one
> side, the white man entered it on the other, who
i said, according to the teamster’s report, “Don’t
run, and we will not hurt you.” One ol the escort
1 was badly shot through the body, but he was taken
off by his comrades, who behaved wilh great cour
age and determination.
Letters received at Black Creek, 16th April,
from Tampa Bay, dated 9th April, says—“Two
Indians came there a few evenings before, at tattoo
—said they came from Hospitarka, exhibited white
feathers and other indications, desirous of being at
peace. The information does not say whether the
i commanding officer secured and confined tin se
hostile? ; the presumption is, that he did so, as it
was Gen. Taylor’s orders that all Indians coming
’ in to the different posts, should be immediately
secured and treated as prisoners.”
From the Buffalo Commercial Advocate £ Journal.
Actual Daily Expenses of President
Van Bureu’s Government.
Gentlemen: The follow ing table, carefully form'
ed from the government books in Washington,
shows tire amount of expenses of the administra
tions of John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson,
and Martin Van Buren ; by which a person can see
and know the increased and extravagant expendi
tures of President Jackson and Van Bnren’s gov
ernments, over and above that of J. Q. Adams. —
“By ye shall know them,” and by their
promises ye must judge them, in regard to Re
trenchment, Reform and Economy:
Expenses of the United States Government , under
J. Q. Adams. A. Jackson. M. V. Buren.
Total, 4 years. 8 years. 3 years.
$50,501,862,00 145.792,735,00 111,406.963,00
Year, 12,625,465,50 18,224,091.88 37,135.654,33
M’th, 1,052,122,12 1,518,674,32 3,094,637,86
Day, 34,590,31 49,929.02 101,741,52
Hour, 1,441,26 2,080,23 4,239,23
Minute, 24,02 34.67 70,64
Second, 40 58 1,171
By the above schedule it will be perceived, that
’ the daily expenses of Martin Van Buren’s gov
ernment exceed those of John Q. Adams, the en
ormous amount of $67,151 21 ; and the present
Administration’s expenses per year, are $24,510.-
188 S 3 more than those of John Quincy Adams per
year. Furthermore, every minute that takes its
flight adds $46 63 more to our expenses than it did
under Mr. Adams ; and every second of time,
cents more. About all the mints in the world will
soon be required to coin specie currency sufficient
to grease the wheels of our Loco Foco Government;
anil where, in the name of common sense, will r>e
found gold and silver bullion for the purpose ?
Unless new mines are discovered, it cannot be
; done. Think of this, ye advocates for an entire
metallic currency.
Great Britain.
Commerce and Navigation.—By order of
the House of Commons, a return has been made
containing six several accounts relating to the
trade and navigation of the United Kingdom for
the year ending January 5, 1840, compared with
the year ending January 5, 1839. These ac
counts are —Ist, of the imports of the principal
articles of foreign and colonial merchandise; 2d,
exports of such articles ; 3d, exports of the prin
cipal articles of British and Irish produce and
manufacture; 4th, gross and net produce of cus
toms’ duties; sth, number and tonnage of vessels
entering inwards and clearing outwards, exclu
sive of coasting vessels ; Gth, number and tonnage
of coasting vessels. By the first of these ac
counts it appears that the gross amount of duty
received on the imports of the principal articles of
foreign and colonial merchandise was as follows :
1839 £22.966,214
1840 23,278,089
The total value of the exports, the principal ar
ticles of British and Irish produce and manufac
ture, was:
In 1839 £43,344,631
1840 45,28 ’,254
A few of the chief articles exhibits more speci
fically the difference of the two vears
1839, 1840.
Cotton manufactures £16,715,856 £17,694,303
Cotton yarn 7.431,869 6,857,826
Hardware and cutlery 1.498,327 1,809 000
Linen manufactures 2,730,272 3,422,488
Woollen manufactures 5,795,069 6,278,099
The gross receipts of the Customs’ duties in the
two years were as follows :
1839. 1840.
Duties inwards £22,966,214 £23,278,089
Duties outwards 115,586 127.18.2
23,081,800 23,405,271
Deduct for payment
for drawback, &c. 844.978 323,591
Nett receipts 22,236,822 23,081,680
The account of the number and tonnage of ves
sels entered inwards and clearing outwards gives
the following sums total:
ENTERED INWARDS.
Ships. Tonnage.
1839 19,639 3,501,254
1840 23,114 3,957,468
CLEARED OUTWARDS.
Ships. Tonnage.
1839 17,204 2,916,302
1840 18,423 3,805,752
The last account, which is solely confined to
coasting vessels (excluded from the sth,) is as fol
lows :
ENTERED INWARDS.
Ships. Tonnage.
1839 128171 10,491,752
IS4O 130,254 10,610,404
CLEARED OUTWARDS.
Ships. Tonnage.
1539 137,803 10,825,523
1840 142,895 11,266,073
A Pacific Tone.
Lieut. Gov. Harvey, in his speech on dissolv
ing the Legislature of New Bruns.vick at its re.
cent session, thus alludes to the Boundary Ques
tion :
“The prospect of any further disturbance with
the neighboring States appears to have greatly
diminished, if not wholly to have vanished, in
consequence of the prudent course adopted by our
more immediate nelgl hors of Maine, in having
. placed the conduct of the Boundary Dispute
■ wholly in the hands of the General Government
of the United States—thereby affording to both
> countries the most satisfactory guarantee that the
- peace and friendship now happily subsisting be
tween ivvo of the greatest and most enlightened
- nations of the world, and in the maintenance of
- which their best interests are acknowledged mu
r tuallv to consist, will not be suffered to he dis
i turbed or interrupted on light or insufficient
grounds.”
i
B From the Providence (R. I.J Journal.
Dreadful Shipwreck.—On the 6th instant
* on Connecticut river, Rhode Island light bearing
e eas t within nine days sail of Rhode Island elec
o IWn having for a longtime been on allowance of
t provision and water , the hermaphrodite brig Lo
i- co Foco, Captain John M. Niles, was knocked
on ner beam ends duiing a tremendous squall ,
h remained in that position twelve hours, when she
n began to settle and went down head first, a num-
J her 0 f passengers were taken off by the relief hfe
1, i oa t Constitution, in charge of the well known
pilot old Tip — Crew and officers all lost.
t. Capt. Niles has left quite a number of friends
J in this place, as also at the Boston Custom House,
i* on whom the announcement of his dreadful end
must -have an heart rending effect.
It is said that the Whig young men of Boston j
will send about two hundred and sixty delegates i
to the National Convention in Baltimore.
The Sentiments of a Patriot. — We in
vite attention to the fodowing extract of a com
munication, published in a Cincinnati! paper as
long ago as 1822. It indicates the lone of sen
timent at that time, of the People’s candidate
for the Presidency of the U. States. W e have
seldom read any thing in the same space, that
embraces more genuine republicanism.
I believe that the preservation of the Union
of the States depends upon the existence ot our
civil and religious liberties ; and that the cement
which binds them together is not a parcel of
words written upon paper or parchment, but the
brotherly love and regard which the citizens of
the several States possess for each other.—De
stroy this, and the beautiful fabric which was
created and embellished by our ancestors crum
bles into ruins. From its disjointed parts no tem
ple of liberty will again be reared. Discord and
wars will succeed to peace and harmony—barba
rism will again overspread the land ; or, what is
scarcely belter, some kingly tyrant will promul
gate the decrees of his will, from the seat where
a Washington and a Jefferson dispensed the
blessings of a free and equal Government. I be
lieve it, therefore, to be the duty of a Represen
tative to conciliate, by every possible means, the
members of our great political familv, and al
ways to bear in mind that, as the Union was cf
\ fed ed only by a spirit of mutual concession and
! forbearance, so only can it he preserved.
j W. H. HARRISON.”
Destructive Freshet. —The Batesville,
| Ark., News of the 19th gives the following partic
ulars of a great destruction of cal'le, horses and
other property by a late freshet in St. Francis
river:
Every day brings us additional accounts of the
losses of stock by the late freshet. Capt. Tunstall
lost some hundred head of cattle, and several fine
horses, among them Etna, the Volcano Filly, that
won the sweepstake over the Batesville Course.
Charline, we understand, was in the water some
48 hours, but like a “ game un,”as she is, came
out unscathed. Mr. Samuel R. Hinton thinks
he has lost some 30 very fine brood mares and
colts- With his, was C. F. M Noland’s Colling
wood filly Rhody. The loss to Randolph and
Lawrence counties is immense—sso,ooo would
baldly repair the damage done.
Ethan Allen in England. —Col. Ethan
Allen was a man destined to strike the world as
something uncommon, and in a high degree inter
esting. He was but partially educated and but
obscurely brought up—yet no man was ever
more at ease in the polished rank than he. Not
that he at all confirmed to their artificial rules and
I titled etiquette; but he had observed the dictates of
J natural good sense and good humor. His hear
ing was in total defiance of fashion, and he look
ed and acted as if he thought it would be a conde
sccnsion tnus to trammel himself. It is well
| known that in early life, in his own country, he j
{ acquired an influence over his fellow men, and
led them on to some of the most daring achieve
ments. He seemed to have possessed all the ele
ments of a hero—a devoted patriotism, a resolute
and daring mind, and an excellent judgment.
His conduct as a partisan officer is well known
in this count r y, and was of great service to the
cause of liberty during our revolutionary strug
gle.—He was taken prisoner and carried to Eng
land—where his excellent sense, his shrewdness
and wit, introduced him into the court region. A
friend of our earlier life, who was well acquaint
ed with this part of the history of this singular
man, used to take great delight in telling us some
anecdotes of Col. Allen, while a prisoner in Lon
don. We have before mentioned the firmness
with which he resisted the attempts to bribe him
from the cause of his country, and the caustic sa
tire with which he replied to a nobleman, who
was commissioned by the ministry to make him
formal offers to join the British cause in Ameri
ca. The incident is a striking one, and it will
bear a repetition:
The commissioners, amongst the tempting
largesses, proposed that if he would espouse the
cause of the king, he might have a fee simple in
half the State of Vermont. Tam a plain man.’
said Col. Allen in reply, ‘and I have read but few
ho ks, but T have seen in print somewhere, a cir
cumstance that forcibly reminds tie of the propo- j
sal of your lordship : it is of a certain character !
that took a certain other character into an exceed- j
ing high mountain, and showed him all the
kingdoms of the earth and the glory thereof, and
told him that if h*? would fall down and worship j
him, this would all be his; and the rascal, added j
he, '•did'nt own a foot of them!'
His interview with the King at Windsor is j
mentioned as highly interesting. His Majesty ;
asked the stout hearted mountaineer, if they had ;
any newspapers in America. ‘But very few, and i
these are but little read,’ was the answer. ‘How
then,* asked the King, do the common people i
know of the e grievances of which they complain
and of which wc have just been speaking?’ ‘As
to that,’ said he, ‘I can tell your Majesty, that
amonust a people who have felt the spirit of lib
erty, the news of oppression is carried by the
birds of the air, and the breezes of heaven.’ ‘That
is too figurative an answer from a matter of fact
man, to a plain question,’ rejoined the King, j
‘Well, to be plain,’ answered the rebellious sub- !
ject, ‘among our people the tale of wrong is car
ried from man to man, and from neighborhood to i
neighborhood with the speed of electricity; my ;
countrymen feel nothing else—out of the abun- j
dance of the heart the mouth speaketh. I will ,
add, with great respect to your Majesty, that such
a people cannot be put down with the sword.’
The King made a long pause, as if strongly !
impressed with the truth of his remarks. At
length, changing the subject, he asked Col. Allen
if he knew Dr. Franklin; and being answered in
the affirmative, inquired concerning his experi
ment with electricity, and expressed a curiosity to
experience an electric shock. The British sov
ereign seemed to take pleasure in the conversa
tion which he kept up for moie than an hour, and
at length made Col. Allen promise to visit him j
with his countryman. Dr. Franklin, at his palace
in London. Some weeks after that, he was re
minded of his promise by the nobleman above
menti med.and an hour fixed for the home-bred
philosopher of America to explain the mysteries
of a new discovery in the science to the royal fam
ily. They attended accordingly, and with an ap
paratus chiefly of his own invention, Dr. Frank
lin exhibited many of those simple and amusing
experiments, for which he was so noted, and at
which the royal children, even those of a larger
growth were much delighted.
In this playful way, Dr. Franklin took occasion
to convey instructions as to the properties of this
astonishing fluid. While the royal habitation
was thus in a most unkingly uproar, the Premier
was announced as in waiting. The king seem
ed for a moment disturl>ed. ‘I forgot my appoint
ment wilh the minister,’ said he, ‘but-*M» matter,
I will eschew business for once, and let North see
how we are employed.’ Accordingly the minis
ter was ushered in with little ceremony, and it
was. soon concluded that he should have a shock.
Allen whispered to the Dr. to remember how he
had shocked us across the waters, and to give him
a double charge; whether it was designed on the
hint of his friend or not, was not ascertained, but
the charge was so powerful on the nerves of his
lordship, as to make him give way in the knees,
at which all, especially the princesses were almost
convulsed with mirth.
Some of Col. Allen’s happy retorts at the clubs
and fashionable parties are still remembered and
often repeated. On one occasion he waschallen
ged to a glass of wine, by the beautiful Dutchess
of Rutland, who seems to have been particularly a
pleased with his independent manner, ‘you must t
qualify vour glass with a toast’ observed the lady. £
The Varmounter, very unaffectedly observed that t
he was not used to that sort of ceremony, and t
was afraid he might give offence. If, however, {
the lady would be so good as to suggest a subject, ,
he would endeavor to give a sentiment. ‘O, yes’ ,
said she ‘never mind the subject any thing will ,
do, so that it has no treason in it.’ ‘Well,’ says ,
he, ‘this may do for a truth if not for a toast,’ and
fixed his eyes adoringly on the far-famed court
beauty, he proceeded.
‘lf any thing could make a double traitor out
of a good patriot, it would be the witchcraft of
such eyes as your ladyship’s.’ _ *
The blunt sincerity with which this was spoken,
together with its exact fitness to the occasion and
the person, caused it to belong hailed in the beau
monde, as an excellent good thing; and although
it had the effect of heightening for a moment that
beauty to which it was offered as a tribute, it is
said the fair Dutchess often afterwards boasted of
the compliment as far beyond all the empty
homage she had received from the glittering cox
combry of the city.
A lady once snecringly asked Col. Allen, in a
large assembly, at what time fashionable ladies of
America preferred taking the air. He perceived
her drift, and bluntly answered. ‘Whenever it was
necessary to feed the geese and turkeys.’ ‘What,’
inquired the lady, do the fine women in your coun
try descend to such menial employments v Allen
was always aroused at any attempt to depreciate
the fair ones of his own country, and with a great
deal of warmth he replied, ‘American ladies have
the art of turning even amusements to account.
Many of these ladies could take up the subject of
your Gf race’s family history, and tell you of feats
of valor and bursts of eloquence to which your
ladyship is probably indebted for your distin
guished name, most of which it is likely would be
as new' to you as the art of raising poultry.’ The
sarcasm produced a deep blush in the face of live
fair scoffer, but it produced for the captive and his
countrymen an indemnity against court ridicule
for the future.
A Chivalric Sailor Scenk.— ‘ When I was
a poor girl, working very hard for thirty shillings
a week, I went down to Liverpool during the holi
days where I was always kindly received. I was
to perform in a new piece, something like those
pretty little affecting dramas they get up now at
the minor theatres; and in my character I repre
sented a poor, friendless orphan oirl reduced to
the most wretched poverty. A heartless trades
man prosecutes the sad heroine for a heavy
debt, and insists on putting her in prison, unless
some one will be bail for her. The girl replies:
‘Then I have no hope—l have not a friend in the
world.’ ‘What! will no one be bail for you to
save you from prison!’ asks the creditor. ‘I
have told you I have not a friend on earth,’ was
my reply. But just as I was uttering the words,
| 1 saw a sailor in the upper gallery, springing
; over the railing, letting himself dowm from one
; tier to another until he bounded dear over the
orchestra and footlights, and placed himself beside
me in a moment.
“ Yes, you shall have one friend, at least, my
poor young woman,’ said he with the giatestex
pression in his honest, sun-hurnt countenance, ‘I
will go hail for you to any amount. And as for
you (turning to the frightened actor,) if you
don’t bear a hand and shift your moorings, it will
be the worse for you when I come athwart your
bow’s.’
Every creature in the house rose, the uproar
was perfectly indescribable ; peals of laughter,
screams of terror, cheers from his tawny mesmates
in the gallery, preparatory scraping of violins from
the orchestra, and amidst the universal din, there
stood the unconscious cause of it, sheltering me,
the “poor distressed young woman,” and breath
ing defiance and destruction against my mimic
i persecutor, lie was only persuaded to relinquish
his care of me by the manager’s pretending to ar
rive, and rescue me with a profusion of theatri
cal bank notes. —Dutchess of St. Albans.
A Yankee M ks. Malaprop.—The philoso
pher tells a laughable lapsus linguae, which hap
pened to a worthy spinster in Middlesex county,
several years ago. Counsellor S . a very
i dark complexioned man, in whose family she rc
i sided, had joined a “ Society for propagating the
Gospel among the Natick Indians. ” One d«.y,
| wdiile he was attending a meeting of this Socie
i ty, a gentleman called at his house for him, and
the lady in question said to him—“ The squire is
not at home ; for he is gone down to Natick to
attend the meeting of the Society fur propaga
| ting Indians." I ' —Boston Post.
I Benjamin Franklin.—The type of hones
ity and *of his profession. Every §of his life
; is without a|j ; and though the rfj* of death
j struck ay to his heart and put a . to his exist
ence, his deeds should ever remain a “ copy ” for
; the craft 2 m
Ex-Sheriff Parkins, of London, died on Sun
day 13th at Newark.
Last Words of Cm met.
“ Let no man write my epitaph —for as no man
who knows my motives date now vindicate them,
i so let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them Let
■ me repose in obscurity and peace, until other times
: and other men can do justice to my chaiacter ;
i when ray country takes her place among the na-
I tionsof the earth, then —and not till then—let my
epitaph be written.”
He stood before the assembled crowd,
And not a glance had quaiied;
Nor his lofty heart in high re.-olvcs
Had for an instant failed :
The haughty sou’s of bitterest fees
Within their bosom shook,
As he bent his clear eye proudly round,
With such a fearful look.
And these were the high words he spoke—
“ Are not these lips as free
To bear their witness to the cause
Os glorious liberty,—
As free to speak the sacred words
Which only tyrants fear,
As those which coldly break the rights.
Os injured freedom here ?
And they will speak —the fires that glow
Within this breastof mine,
Were kindled at the holy blaze
Os freedom’s hallowed shrine;
And till the heart itself be dead,
Its beatings throb no more,
Its pulses, still to freedom true.
Will tremble as before.
Ye have the power if not the right
To crusli this feeble frame, ° ’
But ti e high spirit’s fiery zeal
It is not yours to tame:
And while ye dare to brand with crime
That never strained my brow,
I too may dare to brave the power
To which 1 will not bow.
Yes, do your worst —ye may spread your pall
To darken round my name,
But the fearless spirit ye cannot bend—
That still remains the same—
And for that name I would not stoop
To ask one memory.
Till every rock and blade of glass
Upon this soil is free !
Let not my martyr’s fate be read
While Erin wear’s her chains:
I would not ask one friendly hand
To wipe away the stains ;
And o’er the pillow of my rest
One tear must not be shed.
Till the holy cross of freedom may
Be placed above the dead.” *
TheG Watch.—l have now in rr, t
a gold watch, which combines embellisl *
utility in happy proportions, and t* Us
sidered a very valuable appendage to'th *
of a gentleman. Its hands, face,°ch : Perßo t
are of chased and burnished gold, jj? ar,(^c *st,
sparkle with the ruby, the topaz. the Sold se as
emerald. 1 open it and find that
out which this elegantly chased casi " or * Cs ’ vtitjj.
mere shell, these hands motionless W |
ures without meaning, are made of 1 ese in
vestigate further, and ask, what j s . 1 i
which all these works are PUt in “!- Sprin &l)T
of! lam told that it is „ Jade made
what is steel 1 The reply i sth;j( ■ S,e °‘- la*
has undergone a certain process V Sl f° n
that the main spring, without wh‘ h 1
would be motionless, and Us h a i . 6 vv aicii
embellishment, bul'toys, j s figures and.
not sufficiently good,
do—but ot iron. Iron is therefore ti ° U 1101
cious metal; and this watch is ana \ pre *
society. Its hands and figures, which un? 601 of
resemble the master spirits of th e lae b°lir,
movements every eye is occasionally E ’- to * bose
Its useless, but sparkling seals,
topaz and embellishments, the arist o ’ fUj|es '
works of brass represented the middS*' h> *
the increasing intelligence and power Wk
the master spirits of the age are moved- i *
iron mainspring, shut up in a box, constant i r
work, but never thought of, except when •
disordered, bro*e, or wants winding U p sv U
ises the laborious classes which, like
spring, are wound up by the payment of
which classes are shut up in security,
constantly at work, and absolutely viecessa^iS
the movements of society, as the iron
is to the gold watch, are never thought of ex 'K
when they require their wages, in -P
want or disorder of some kind or other J?®
gli&h paper . "~ L *
A “Nigger” Verdict.—About the co > 1
mencement of the present century, a black m a #■
who had lived at the north end of Boston Ji
denly disappeared, and it was thought hei
drowned himself. Accordingly, diligent sea-"-;
was made, and at the end of two days his b-t
was found in a dock in Charlestown. As ism
in such cases, a jury was called together; and'*
the story go3s, (which is true for all we’know
they were all « men of color.” After some
liberation, they brought in a verdict somethin* *
follows : “ Dot, going home one berry dark |
knight, he fell from the wharf, ami was killed
and the tide coming in strong, it floated himovei
to Charlestown, and he was drowned ,- datthe
wedder being beny cold, ho froze to death 1 ' |
The coroner who was very waggish, notwith -
standing the solemnity of the occasion, said,
“ You may as well add, died in the wool!"
Slide of Earth in Canada,— On the worn
ing the 4th inst, a large tract of land several hun
dred acres, near Three Rivers, Lower Canada, slid v
offinto the river. There were upon it two houses,
several barnes. 40 horses, cows, and other demesti,- £*
animals, and 500 fine sugar maple trees. Th? *
land went off gradually, and the inhabitants
(including the men employed in making su*sr
who took the alarm as soon as they saw the tree
moving,) made their escape.
Novel Enlargement.—An editor in Pm:- f*
sylvania lately announced to his subscribers
he was going to enlarge his Sheet. He gotiM
ried the week after.
Naked Justice.—TheN. Y.Chronicle slate
that Justice Bloodgood in attempting to arresti ■
rioter was so severely handled by the mob thit
* he lost his shirt and a majority of his panta
loons.” Bloodgood, however, showed good blood
and justice was triumphant.
A Prf.cious Genius.—‘Where islhe Easlf
inquired the mistress of a school of one of he:
young pupils, whom she was questioning on the
situations of the points? North, South, East and
West. '•ln the Jug!' answered the little geogra
pher.
A Hint from Judge Lynch.—At a meeting
of the citizens of Natcbes, recently held for (he
purpose of devising means to rid the town of in
cendiaries. the following resolution was passed:
“ Resolved, That the pickpockets, gamblers, ,
and loafers who have no ostensible mode of mi
king a living, be allowed forty-eight hours to
leave the city, and qll those remaining alter tbit ■ &
time, may expect to receive their just dues.
■ ♦ •
The Rev. Mr. Fielding, a Roman Catholic Pne"*”-
who had been residing in this city for some tiraf.
as assistant Pastor in the Roman Catholic
lias, a few days ago, renounced the Romish faith-*
and, we arc told, has i« ade a profession of tti,
Protestant Episcopal Religion. —Savannah Rcput
Not Married Vet*
Not married yet! ah, let me think .
How horrid is the thought,
That eighteen summers have escaped,
And still I am not caught;
And sti!l--and still —’tis like to be,
If things don’t alter soon
No matter —I’ll live on in hope,
At least another mcon !
No offer yet I—ah, what a thought,
For maiden past eighteen,
With face and form as faultless too,
As any ever seen ;
Ah, wherefore do they keep me back,
Ah, why this long delay i
No man need ask this maid but once,
To name the wedding day.
_
From the New Orleans Picayune.
Sonnet to the first Musquitoe. .
Aha ! you herald of a race accurst, . i
I hear your trumpet! Now 1 feel your sting, m
You ravenous, b'ood-thirsty little thing- p
You outlaw little devil you ! How .. W
You drink my blood to quench your raging wi - V
Come, “blood for blood,” you wretch. J
hard to kill, Mg
When ’tis my own blood I am doomed to
Drink deep, and quaff the red wine till y ou tu ‘ ‘
’Tis your last belly-full, as ’tis youi first;
You’ve got to cie—you’re standing on the •
Os deatii: and all because you took
Come, say your prayers ; be ready for the w .
Once —twice —one instant only to repent } j
D.e, wretch ! Go down somewhere, ana •
sent you. f.
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(Fj* The friends and acquaintances 01 ‘ . „ er .
Mrs. Benj. Hall, are requested to attend
al of their daughter This Morning, at 9 0
from their icsidence, without further notice^^
MARRIED, t M
In Jefferson county, on the 9th instant, V
Rev. Joseph Polhili, Major John C. B aB .‘ j p o l-
Miss Henrietta A., daughter of Na‘baui *
hill, Esq. both of said county. p, ||
On Wednesday, 15th instant, by the
Duncan, S. T. Chapman,‘Esq. Editor, of
bus Enquirer, to Miss Cornelia J- P uk ’
well, (S. C.) , I
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Consignees per South
Hamburg, April -L ’
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