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OHRONICLK AN if SENTINEL.
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THUKSEAY MOR:|[X|, MAY 14
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“ Do ycu hear r|iav Boy« !"
Nearly Two HcsnntiijSn ies were added to
the list yesterday for the »Rei*>rmer, Certainly
the Ball is in Motiox. I »
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Georgia J^ar^aJ.
This able advocate ot rcjoitj has fioillj with
drawn from toe nciJ of its- cj.unias lue name
ofGovernor Troop, and ajinclanced its determi
natian to do battle for Hanlisoij ar. J Reform, in
the great contest which i| lLw agitating the
public (Bind from Mminel to*- Lagaani. Our
forces are bow all marshaled; and fairly in the
field, and if we can judge &onj the cheering ac
counts we receive daily from Almost every sec
tion of the Slate, we think Jhe<war is now being
“carried into Africa,V #1*1! a;f>rce that will tell
on the first Mondavs in o*toJ;r and November,
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■days which will be ever utmcpMe in the histo
ry of Georgia, as the days p n|.iich she denounc
ed a. the ballot box. an ajUmfiistration. which,
for prodigality and downrijbt Corruption of every
branch of the g:te nmen'j h|s hoi no_ equal in
this countrv. $ ?
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We cannot omit on th.v occasion to say a few
words to that portion of <Jhj« Sjile Rights party of
Georgia, who still mmifc;* a disposition to stand
aloof from this important c|ntc|it- —those by whom
we have stood side by sidy, iri ai> the great con
tests that have agitated luj pi!die mind in Geor
gia, since our entrance upln tie political stage in
1825. You are now I ; pon to discharge a
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most important duty to ye ur country, a duty, ti e
results of which, may tel; iso' only upon the im
mediate future, but upon Isf generations,—you
areailcd upon to choose grtiieeil Wilham Hen
ry Harrison,and Martin '*anißuren, for the first
office in the world, the ft’hner of which is a Jef
fersonian republican of |be school of *93,—the
man who has sacrificed Ehirliself in defence of
Southern instil utiuns—w£o Mu periled his life
in tiie deflate of bis coultrvjin two wars—who
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SI the advocate of a souni currency based upon
specie—the faithful admii|istfation of the govern- *
raent in its original punti|, aird who shared the
confidence of a Wathic,gjon| the elder Adams, a
Jefferson and Madison, frjiralall of whom he re
ceived the welcome j l.|ucii| ‘well done thou
good and faithful servant-” isho, through a long
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public career of neat forl> y.Jars in the field and
in the councils of his cotihtry. has shown himself
not only capable but Such a man is
William Henry llarriaori o A Ohio, and vou are
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4a choose between him Ja i Giartin Van Buren,
lie who, while Harrison r-a3|fighling the battles
of his country under the aefninistration of that
pore patriot Madison, vr j s devoting his energies
against Madison and ths Al’ar—he who, while
Hanison was sacrifisir.gjhiilself in his devotion
te the Constitution anil flauthern institutions,
was devising the destrujtiof of the government
of our fathers, by trying ito (Nciude Missouri from
the Union—he who '|ole|| to give free negroes
«n equal suffrage with Stree t torn white citizens—
he who voted against dies admission of Flori"
da into the Union, uti tss Ijavery was excluded
from her borders, —he * wlio has admitted the
Constitutional right of jporirress to abolish sla
very in the District of | Columbia—he who has
in the short space of fjdr y»ars cantributed more
to the present distresseslof the country than anv
other Executive officer, the Evhohas deranged the
currency of the CMBtik fnd hurled it from a
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system the m >.st perfect intothe utmost confusion,
and wno has corrupted jfevexy branch of the Go
vernment by the most dc.'|)ot!c proscription of
men for opinions saie--A| man who, however,
iong he m iy have been in riub ic life cannot j oint
to one single act whk r v? t il rescue him in after
Jife from oblivion, unlels die be dragged forth <o
receive the denunciatio Is of an indignant people.
Can you in such a strjggij halt ? Will you stop
•to calculate in such a momentous contest the ef
fects upon a local parm? We ml! not insult your
good sense and patriohsm by supposing such a
thing, but rather let |s endorse that you will
not—that you are still to your country
and its institutions, anl with the fires of the pa
triot lathers of 76 still! burning in your breasts’
you will rush to her n *>Se standard, and eradicate
Irom its folds the b!o;.| which has defaced it.
I hat such will be you if determination we do not
doubt. i
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The Miilcdgeville of Tuesday, says ■'
—VV e perceive, by a li|ller{ which is published in
the Columbus EnquirtJ", virittcu some time past’
by CoL Alford, that ht|de|lines in it, a nomina
tion, as a candidate We are au
thorized however, to i>ate| that Col. Alford, to
gether with Messrs. D|Ws?»n, King, Habersham,
Nesbil and Warren, v ,11 iLt decline, under exis
ting circumstances, an iacceptance of a nomina
tion, if made by the {.pn’|enticn.
The Southern Reco del says:—A draft of the
militia, from the coun iesfuf Thomas, Lowndes
and Decatur, for a eon pa|y of 90 men, has been
ordered by the ExecmAc-.jj It will be posted at
' Camp Gilmer, on the |UklTeuokte.
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A Real Tifcpf|canoe Calf.
We were yeste dal annVß, by Mr. Hibler of
this city, a thorough bled Jjurham Calf, 9 months
old, th r ee feet eight ilict{|:s high and weighing
five hundred and «i;|htj|-nine pounds. What
renders this Calf still tjior? remarkable, is the fact
that he lost his wljen he was only three
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weeks old, since wh.lh ie has been raised by
hand. I J
Asother tiL/A’Ti'BEu.—By the ship
Margaret Forbes, CatL. lying, arrived yesterday
from Liverpool, we i.lrnjlhat on the 18th April
she spoke schr. San f Aim, of New Orleans, in
cha-ge of Lieut. \V|!, a |ns of the U. S. schor
Grampus, having bcfi. captured off the coast of
Africa as a slaver. The. captain of tho Sarah
Ann had died about n ; previous to the above
date of the caast bw fc4ife» Orleans PicauMu
of the lih. f
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A CUTIOJ TO B»>ci|ti-ORS. —The Emperor
of has a of 500 men, all his
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frjm the Baltimore Patriot of Saturday. } South Carolina is Moving.
From the Baltimore Patriot of Saturday.
A Ten ponnder from Pennsylvania.
ThbxEJtDors M mo Gait. —It wil, be recol
lected that the House of Representatives of Penn
sylvania, a: its recent session, cI pc 11c J Mr. T. a.
McElwcc, (a Loco Foco) a representative from
Bedford county, for a gross outngo upon one o(
1 his brotbe.* J.oco Focos. An Election was held
lasi Tuesday, to supply the vacancy, and a U-lier
from Harruburg received on Saturday, stat slhat
the returns had been received in thatYity of the
election of a Whig cjn iidate by fr :n TO
| EIGHT HUNDRED MAJORITY!
List v?ar the Loco Focos had a maj wrty of
about liiree Lundterl; there has. th. refore, since
that tim a been a change in favor of the W bigs
from n ne 1\ a, id red to eleven hat-tired vole* J
A revolution in public sentiment aim »-t without
! a precedent in the history of the politics of the
country. - At this rate the major y for Harrison
in Pennsylvania wdl even exceed that obtained
by Jackson in IS2S.
Meetings of th? People,
Have been held in the counties of Cobb, Muu
roe, Greene, Newton, Twiggs, Bulls. Hail, Han
cock, t.'ass and Meriwether, and delegates appoint*
ed to the Convention to be held in Mitledgeviile in
June to nominate an Electoral and Congressional
ticket. In all the counties from which we have
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j yet heard, the delegates have been left to ihtir
I own discretion in the choice of an Electoral tick
: et, or instructed to urge the nomination of one
that would support Harrison and Tyler, except
Meriwether, the delegates from which are in
structed to urge the nomination of a ticket pledg
ed to the support of George M. Troup, and to
oppose the nomination of a ticket for Harrison or
Van Buren.
Rather Ominous.
Correspondence of the Baitimore Patriot.
Wash i vijTox, Mav 9*, 3p. m.
In the Globe of last evening, the Secretary of
State thus defines his position in reference to the
contest for the Vice Presidency.
THE VICE PBESIBEXCr.
The Convention friendly to the present Ad
ministration, which met at Baltimore on the sth
of Mav. to recommend candidates at the next e- 1
lection for President and Vice President, having
adjourned after declining to nomii.ate for the
« Vice Presidency, I c nsider myself authorized to
interfere in that question so far as I have been
made personally interested in it.
The Union party in Georgia, which did me
the honor, very unexpectedly, to make an uncon
ditional nomination of me for that office, last year
had the kindnts*; in conformity to my wishes, to
change that nomination into an expression ofpne
ference, and to refer the subject to the decision of
those who were expected, fairly representing tiieir
political friends, to decide upon it.
No decision having been made, union and con
cert of action a r e not now to be anticipated. Ac
cording to the present state of things jao friend of
the Administration can hope for arr ?leclion by
the people. The more fortunate can be thrown
only high enough on the electoral poll to secure
the chance of beingchosen by the Senate, Who
ever succeeds, then, will occupy his place with
the perfect knowledge that he owes his elevation
to the partiality of a fragment of hi* own party,
and holds it against the decision of a majority of
his fellow-citizens.
Withhold the sustaining power of public a
probation, and the honor and emoluments of
j public office in all free countries, and particularly
: in this, are but p >or re -ompenses f>r the labor
! performed, the responsibilities incurred, and the
: gross misrepresentations inevitably encountered
’in fulfilling its duties. During a large and not
unsuccessful public career, I have never vet Ikm n
; placed in a sittftlion to doubt that the position I
; occupied was agreeable t«> the wishes of th« great
) majority of those to whom belonged the to
! control it. I desire public station on no oilier
terms. Without denying to the Union party of
j Georgia, or to any other portion of my fellow
citizens, the right to use my name, if, in their
opinion, it will be beneficial to the piffilic, it will
not be further mixed up in wish
es a. e respect 1. AV hile conlinu *.
j it would be a source of vexation to me, and w
would be considered a succesful result, if a
i able, would aiford to me no personal gratification.
JOHN FORSYTH.
This card has excited, as ycu may readily ima
agine, a great deal of speculation here. Some
1 regard it merely as a temporary outbreak of the
Secretary’s scornful and irritable nature, soaa
ing under his disapp hutment. Others look upon
i it as another manifestation of his known hatred
:of minor} 's, which inclines him now to leave
| the Administration parly before they come
their fall, and of his willingness to s that party
1 tumble down to destruction, unices his longings !
I for the distinction and lucre of place continue : ■>
| be gratified. This ranch is certain. There G
1 far more of dissatisfaction, than of patriotism or
i true dignity in this remarkable production.—
j Those who are acquainted with Mr, Forsyth.
! will recogn : ze his peculiarly disdainful dispoV
tion in every sentence. He does not actually *
dulge in sneers and insolence towards the Co. -
vention, but he lakes little pains to disguise his
opinions of their idleness and folly. He reminds
me of the old woman who was in the habit of
defaming the characters of her nei Jibors—but,
who, when asked her op' don of a o-rtaan person t
whom she did not like, hut yet was afraid to as
sail, openly replied, As to him, why sometimes ;
I think, and then again I don’t know; hut f rath- j
er guc she is just what I think him !*’ So with
Mr. F orsyth. he does not call his executioners
knaves and fools; but he evidently thinks so,
and rather guesses they arc just what he thinks
them. ;
H s rebuke of those who preven'ed any nomi
nation. and hope for the election of their favorite i
by tbe Senate, has annoyed Grundy and his I
brother conspirators. He has pr claimed that no
public man ought to consent to occup / the place i
when elevated to it by the partiality of a fragment
of his own party, and against the decision of a
m or' jol his fellow-citizens. This will be gail
and wormwood to the fri of the other candi- ,
dates who are determined to run, although they i
cannot hope for election by the people. Some- 1
thing more will come of this. I sviil he careful
to transact to you every thing calculated to tlm vv
lighten the purpose and views of Mr. Forsyth
in making this move.
Precious Metals.— The Mining ■Journal,
(England,) gives the following table of the pro
duction ot gold and silver for fifty years, viz:
fiom 1790 to 1840.
Gold. Silver.
Mexico, $28,616,569 $621,413,475
Buenos Ayres, 17,888,422 120,811.880
Russia, 10,461 OSO 6,679,916,
Chili, 12,314,390 8,19L805
$75,230,461 $767,006,156
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“A Clhiositt” Indeed.— The Baton
Gazette of the 11th says—“A gentleman in this 1 ' '
par sh has a rnare that a few days ago foaled two 1
colts, one a horse and the other a mule. The <
animals are all alive and kicking, and may be I
„ seen on the plantation of General Davenport.*’
South Carolina is MoTing.
The people in Carolina are becoming alive to
their interests, and sec at disposed to lake things
under their own controul, arid m the language
of Genera! Harrison “do their own voting.” At
a late meeting ia Cheraw, the following among
other spirited resolutions were adopted.
Res j t d, 11 int without enumerating in de'ail all
l!ie diHinies an i measures of the partv now in
power, which «t regard as obj-rrional—the mani
.«v. dele, imitation to perpetuate th*. ir power by a
r .rrnpt i:.rerference with the fr ora of elc-ciions;
li.e dispi-.'ilion to bring the oth b dies «-f the
(Miveimaeni in subjection n> the executive, thus
rendering i >t no»ff-cl ihe system of checks and
balances w iieh were so admirably contrived by t!ie
wi>H<»m ami ingenuity of our forefathers, • .d is es
sential to '.ha prr ;-rvation of our Fr ? Irislita ijus;
but chi fly ibe Sub T.-easnry, ifeir favorie meas
ure, whict they have titernselv *s taken issa? with
theiropponea belhre ih“ canary, fzrmsh suffi
cient re‘s >ns why we should rejoice ar, and parti
cipate. tae conviction which is spreading and deep
mug a.n rig the pfe lhai there rausr boa change
ot rulers.
Resolved, Tli-it the distinguished citizen who h .s
been nominated for the Chief Magistracy in oppo
yi ion to the present incumbent, we recog:jiZ3bom
amid the scenes of th» revolution ; educai i in ti.e
Republican simplicity and , Urr.ents of the period
iimnetiiiieiy succeeded it, and in closj intimacy
with some of its most- prominent actors ; one who
has ei joyed the example and confidence of Wash
ington, JeflVTs'onand Madison : who in repeared en
gagements with ihe foes ot i.is country, has shewn
hi. If an ardent patriot and a brave, gen ous and
compassionate soldier: in various civil offices has
manifested a sound judgment an intimate acquaint
ance with the true government, and a In-h ordf r of
laicals: who has pas*, d tliruugh aii the variety of
circumstances in which he ha % been placed vvttb
unimpeachcd integrity and honor, and against whom
the bitterest party hatred has uol charg d any thing
wrong.
Resolved . That we know John Tylerof Virginia,
as a disciple of the right poiincal school, and, m all
res pec s qualified to disi barge the office for which
he has been nominated.
Resolved, That while with unfeigned re-rret we
contemplate ih? iacl, mat the d 1. gates in Congress
irora mis Stale, in almost uanroken phalanx, ius
tain the injuiioiH measures of the Administration,
we regard w.ih lively sitisiaction the cour-e of
the lion. Wm. C. Pr tun in tiie Senate, and the
Hon. VVa.idy Thompson in tne II use of Represen
tatives ; and would earnestly commend to ihe at
tention of our fellow cit.z ns the recently published
address of the latter gentleman to his constituents.
From the Cincinnati Daily Gazette.
Di i) ror sef. that Buts T on thf. wit tuft
no things in Indiana.—One of the banners
used by a delegation from a county in Indiana to
the Convention at Connersville, in the same State,
was not only very ingenious, but so truly indi
cative of the fate which avails the Administra
tion in November next, that it should no: be
passed without a description.
In the back ground of ibe painting is pictu ed
a Lg cabin from which is apparently rolling,
with great velocity, a huge barrel of hard cider.
Immediately’ in advance of it appears Mattv Van,
striding like a Colossus, with his face turned
towards the people, crying out in a great agony
“For God's sake, stop that barrel of cidet !”
“ Roll it on.”
From the New York American.
The fierceness and intolerance of party spir
it have never boon more Hgnally, or discred
itably displayed, than in the mode in which the
past career and services of Gen. Harrison are now
calumnia cd and scandalized by the Van Buren
press—lrom the Globe, Richmond Enquirer, and
Evening Post, down to the New Era,—if, indeed,
on the low dead level of Loco Foco vulgarity,
and malignity, there be any inequality.
The contest against Gen. Jackson was indeed
a heated and a bitter one. —but in its extremes!
height, no one did injustice to his eminent mili
tary services and qualities. H:s want of self
command, insubordinate spirit.vindictive temper,
and turbulent life—general unfitness for the trusts
of civil government.—w ere largely dwelt upon and
illustrated; but New Orleans was deemed sacred,
—and even the sacrifices and hardships of his In
dian campaigns, stained as they were with cold
blooded slaughter of an unresisting foe, received
. 11 and cheerful credit.
Ihe il! ous annals of a nation are a part.
and not the least precious part of its treasures
and these annals are made up of the noble deeds
of its sons, whe rin civil or military life. It is
then, a public wrong—a wrong to the past a
wrong to existing times—a wrong to posterity
to desecrate such annals, and in the comparative y
paltry struggle of the hoar, to do injustice to the
service of oilier days.
No such consideration, however,appears tore
strain the desperate press of the desperaie
now in possession of the Federal Government—
and accordingly there is scarcely any li !■-,• of
falsehood that is not uttered through the organs
in depreciat’on of Wm. 11. Harrison.
Facts however, they cannot alter, though they
may mccal them ; and, relying in this, as ia
most er cases upon the ignorance and preju
dices to which these presses mainly address iliein
selves, they may. indeed, for a time, delude some
portion of their readers into a belief that
Har. ison is a coward—that he who, in carlv davs,
' the perils of Mad Anthony, as the gallant
Wayne was, for his great daring, called hv his
soldiers—and enjoyed his confidence—who* at a
later period, advanced the civilized frontier of the
\\ esl against an overwhelming superiority in
point of warlike for , of hostile or unfriendly
savages—and who, in the war of 1812 overthrew
triumphantly the combined array of British and
It lian enemies,—is an old woman, and destitute
of all skill and energy as a commander.
But Truth soon comes in to dispel the illusion
d to c tablLh, on the testimony of Mad Antho
ny him.. -on that of the early pioneers of tne
on tuat of such men us Uol. Groghun,
Major Fuller, Rich ird M. Johnson, Vice Presi
d it on that ot tire thanks of Gongress and a.
gold na Jul unanimously voted to himlfor conduct
and courage—on the universal contemporaneous
applause of the press, including that most eon
si., it and inder idant journal, the Richmond
L uirer and fi I?v, as here, ol even greater
pu ncy than all th e, ot his triumphant recep
tion at Tammany Hall, where a feast and illumi
nation in his honor were provided—un testimony
such as this, Truth comes in to vindicate the
claim ot Gen. Harrison to be enrolled among the
brave and successful commanders of the nation.
Again, his prosperous administration, a ; Gov
ernor for years ol the North Western Territory,
his discreet and sensible conduct as a member of
Congress, and the fact that so good a judge of ta
lents, integrity, and patriotism as John Q. Ad
an'-', selected him a M' ' er to Columbia ; es
tablish his right to be ranked honorably among
those who have distinguished themselves by their
civil services to the nation.
And yet such a man is now spoken of as a
cow ard, a dotard, an old woman; and the dignity
was even offered to American feeling just pre
vious to our late city election, of sending forth a
banner from that Tammany Hall, which had feas
ted Gen. Harrison as a hero, representing him
clad in petticoats and flying from an enemy. It
is added—as if to cap the climax of such an in
sult—that this banner was borne by a British de
serter : a lit instrument for so base a purpose,
and so base a rabble as could applaud such a pro
ceeding.
We do not, indeed—so far as the success of
the Whig party, and of Gen. Harrison as its can
didate, is concerned—object‘to, or complain of,
this mode of warfare, for we know that it re
dounds to our advantage; but as Americans, de
siring that our National Pantheon should not be
desecrated—and that no single bust or statue phi
ced there by a people’s gratitude, should be struck
down from its niche of glory—we protest against
the Vandal spirit of these a-saults upon a public
Benefactor.
1 British Stf.au Pi; kkts. —The Great W cs- '
tern brings letters from London under date of
April 14;h. to E. 11. Derby, of this city, which
state that the continued wet weather of list sea
son has a little re: ;rde 1 the steam packets, jhe
first will, however, be ready fur sea June Ist, but
will not commence her i-ips before June 15 i or
j Julv Ist, after which lh *y will sail for Ha'.hax
and Boston in reguiar succession every fifteen
davs. We learn from a g nllemeij who has re
cently examined these vessc's. that in symmetry,
speed, strength, and perfect adaption to the busi
ness, they are not rivalled by any steamer afloat.
The Hon. Samuel W. < ’unard will probably leave
England for Hallifax the 15to of the present
month, in a steamer of 300 horse power intended
to ply between Pictnuand Quebec, and may visit
j Boston with her about the Ist o f June. His
1 b other. Hon. Joseph G’unard, was a passenaer
in Ihe Great Western, and is now at the Tfo
ment H ouse.
Extract of a letter from a mercant ie house in
London to another in this ci*y. dated April 14th.
“We should menton that the boat Lnicorn.
taken uo by Mr. CunarJ. will leave Liverpool
j on the loth May, as a sort of pioneer to the un
' dtrtafing, which boat will remain permanently
at Halifax in event of accident, but w ill not be
considered as one of the line. Mr. Cunard is
most sanguine as to the speed of his boats, &c.,
&c., and says, that he expects to perform the pas
sage in ten days to Halifax, thence 36 hours to
Boston. They shall not carry, he says, over 80
passengers, and many of the rooms will con
tain single berths, and all other arrangements
shall be such as will insure comfort and elegance.”
—Boston Advertiser.
Yamraa.-Au Eastern Story.
The truth of the following story is avouched
by the author of the volume in which we find it.
I: is from “Sketches and tales of a Soldier's Life,” f
by the author of Fifteen yaars in India. “ I led
mv friend towards the Parsee cemetery on the
seashore. The Parsces neither burn nor bury
the bodies of their dead, but expose them in two
receptacl s, one for males and the other for fe
males, made of solid masonry, and open at the
top for the admission of birds of prey. Having
deposited the corpse in one of these sepulchres,
through a door at the bottom, it is left, slightly
covered with a muslin cloth, to be devoured. The
bones are then carefully collected and buiied in
an urn, with certain ceremonies. This mode of
sepulchre was common in ancient times, in some
parts of Persia. It excites surprise now by its
i seeming barbarism; and that it should be practi
j ced by such an enlightened, humane tribe as the
Parsees of Bombay, who are justlv tailed the
Quakers of the East, is strange. Precept and
' example will, however, school the human mind
to any thing, and therefore we need not wonder
at strange customs, when we reflect, that ourown
arc considered surprising and ridiculous in their
turn.
As we were approaching this place of ?epul- I
chre, we beheld about forty men and women, ;
whom we recognized as forming a Parsee funer- !
ai procession. Amidst them was a corpse, which
we afterwards found to be that of a young female, j
on a cot or low bed that served for a bier. Thev
all seemed to be her near relations; and instead
of all the solemn decency which I had before ob
| served at such ceremonies, this exhibited hurry
! and secrecy : the hour was unusually earlv; tiie !
lamentations were not loud; there was no beat- 1
mg of breasts by the women; but in long dre s- I
es smeared in ashes and paint, and with dishev- '
elled hair streaming to the morning breeze, thev
were uttering low’ groans and imprecations. Tears
were flowing copiously down two of the women’s
| cheeks and we could hear them lament that ever
i they had been born, and utter wildly suppressed
rejoicings, that she whom they bore along was
dead. Wheji they arrived at the receptacle, in
stead of unlocking the door, and placing the body
on the platform with tenderness, it was thrown,
with apparent detestation, from the parapet, and
we heard the echo of its fall with a thrill of hor
ror.
All this naturally roused mv curiosity, and
thro’ the instrumentality of Hormong c and
Monagee, to the latter of whom I promised my
interest respecting the canteen, byway of bribe
for divulging the secrets of his sect, I received
the following particulars, which I have every rea
son to believe perfectly (rue, and in strict accord
ance with the Parsee usage.
Limjee Doragee, a respectable trader in jewels,
had a daughter nam 1 Yamma, whose beautv
equalled the lustre of ilia finest diamond. She
appeared among the virgins of her tribe, as agom
Sot Goleonda amidst heads of glass. Her [.rtii
; saw in her, as in a flattering mirror, their ion
wishes. They pearled herjet hair with many a
! costly transparent row, their rubies’burningg w
i were pendant from her graceful no?e; whil; ma
ny a far firm* 1 mine glittered on her bosom, spar-
I kled on her fingers and arms, and shed its light
on her toes and ankles. This charming young
Parsee, or Peri, was about fourteen years old, an
age at which the female figure attains the sound
perfection ofbcauliful ripeness in India. Indeed,
marriage takes place generally at a much earlier
period in life; but, in \ amnia’s case the young
man to whom she was affianced, had been de°-
i Gined at »Surat nearly two years by important
: commercial affairs in which he was d ply c>
j eerned, and the expensive ceremony of solemni
zation of wedlock, had been postponed from lime
to time, in anxious expectation of his return,
i Parsees possess a number of strict and rez-
I u! ir usages, and oae of these is an obligation to
marry omy within the tribe. Any aberration
irom this practice is punished with immediate
death. Nothing can avert the fate of the unfor
tunate victim.
I he prospects of Y aimr.a were at the brightest.
; when as the narrative proceeds, “ it was her fate
; to be rescued liom imminent peril by the intre
pidity of Gapl. E . She had accompanied
her mother, in a covered and gorgeously dccora
; ted hackery, to a garden house which belonged
' tol cr father, on G’alabath. They staid in The
| garden rather longer than the attendants wished,
pleased with its cooling fruits, neat walks, silve
ry streams, and shady trees. The golden ban
dana, glittering mango, and imperial jack, at
tracted their gaze and touch. At length their
bullocks, in splendid housings, proud of the mu
sic of the silver bells which played in suspension
from their necks, approached the bed of the tide,
which I have before described as separating the
island of Colabath . ora Bombay. The rail was
begining to ply in the lower part of the channel;
but the carriage road along the crest of the high
rock, was practicable, though the rising tide might
be seen glil oring in the stream across its black
ravines. The drivers and runners calculated ihat
the bullocks would cross before the tide covered
the rocks, and they urged them at full spe-.d.—
A strong breeze, however, came into Bombay
harbour, with the flow om the ocean, and before I
1 the hackery reached the shore, the ladies saw i
with terror that the devouring element was float
ing them, that their footmen wore swimming, and
in great agitation striving to keep their bullock’s
heads towards the land. Alarm soon finds ut
terance. The mother and daughter mingled their
cries, and wept, more in piiy fur each other than
for themselves; but their agony was drowned by
the roar of the flood the crowd at the ferry were
too much absorbed in their own views, and 100
distant had it been otherwise, to afford them any
aid. y
At this awful moment Capt. S Was o^j.
loping from the fort; and hoping that be should
be in time to cross the rocks, he made directly
lor the course ot the hackery, saw the life strug
gle of the men, heard the piercing cry for help
by the women, and plunged in to their assitance
His horse was a strong, docile Aralian, and Cap-
Uti S , being exceedingly fond of field sports
had accu-tomeu him to «wim rivers, and even
the lower part of the ferry, though a quarter of a
miie wide. The horse, therefore, swam as direct
, Iv to the hackery, and Capt. 8 . having per
| feet confidence in his strength and steadiness
I placed the daughter, who was as light a* a fairy,
| behind him and with the mother clinging beh nd
| gained the shore in safety, while the hackery and
; bullocks were swept away by the force of the
tide. The terror of the animals, prevented their
el dual struggle, destroyed them ; for a moment
. cr the perilous escape pf the ladies, the hack
ery was upset and the bullocks were drowned.
Many battles and dangers require a lunger
time in description than in action. It was just
so in this case. Short, however, as the time had
been a crowd was gathering ; and not only the
ladies, hut all the tongues were loud in thanking
Capt. 8 for his gallant conduct. Meanwhile
he gazed on Yamma with wonder, and she on
. him with grateful surprise. Many of the Parsees
have lair complexions, and Yamma's was trans
parently so. Indeed she looked, though pale
with fright, and dripping with brine, so much
like Venus, rising from Ocean’s bed, that Capt.
8. pronounced her in his own mind the
loveliest of the creation. He galloped so the fort,
procured palanquins, and saw the fair Parsees
i conveyed home in safety.
I wish, for Capt. 8 'spake—l wish for the
| happy termination cf my story—that his ac
quaintance with Yamma had here terminated ;
but l am impelled by the laws of history, and the
nature of my information to proceed, not with
the wing of fancy, but with the plume of plain
, mailer of .act. In short, then Capt. 8 used
: every means in his power to win the love of
Yamma. He corresponded with her through
the medium of fakiers, or religious mendicants
and fortune tellers. He loved her to distraction,
be offered to marry her, for 8 had a soul too
j noble to ruin tne object of his adoration. Bhe
| listened to the magic of his address, she forgot (
all the customs of her tribe; she offere I her
lover opportunities of seeing her; he visited her
in the guise of a H ndoo.astrologer, and she
j *fd to leave her father and mother and follow
him for life. L nfortunatelv they were disco'er
| ed, and so promptly followed by three stout and
well armed Parsees. that 8 was nea-ly kil
! led in an unequal contest to preserve his prize;
and poor \ arnma was returned to her enraged
I family’.
The reader may conceive her terror and con
fusion—how she protested her j urity and inno
cence—how she was disbelieved and upbraided
how 8 strymed and raved—how he offer
ed her fimily every reparation that an honorable
man could m ike, and bow they spurned bis terms
with contempt and indignation. He cannot,
however, so ea-ily picture what followed ; for he
may not have believed or know that such scenes
occur in the world. Well, I must briefly de
scribe—no, I cannot dwell upon it—l hurry over
it, merely sketching the outline, and turning with
I horor oven from my own faint colors.
The heads of the tribe were assembled and an
oath of secrecy having been taken, the fair Yam
ma was introduced, arrayed as a bride, and de
corated as a daughter of the ric h jeweler, Limjee
Doralqec. Alter certain ceremonies, her mother
and grandmother approached her where, she sat
as a beaut tul statue, and representing a poisoned
bowl and a dagger, said in a firm tone. “Tahe
your choice.” *‘ Farewell, mother ! farewell, fa
ther! farewell, world !” replied the heroic Pur
j secs daughter, taking the deadly cup. she drained
he contents! Her leaden eyes were watched
till they closed in death ; she was then s ripped,
as a corpse, and conveyed to the receptacle of the
dead as already described.
V> hen S heard that \ amma was gone,
and suspected that she had been murdered,
r cording tr the customs of the Parsers, the
noble fabric of his brain gave way, and reason
fell from her throne.—•• My horse !my horse !”
: cried he; and as he patted the neck of his ani
mal. the attmdant saw the fire of his eye, and
trembled. Away went horse and rider—far be
; hind ran the groom. He heard the hoof of thun
j der on the ground, and his master’s voice urging
his spirited steed towards the foaming sip.—then
a loud explosion of foaming billows—r.nd on
gaining the s .-shore, be saw a black point on
j 'he stormy surface of the ocean, but he never
saw t «e brave 8 and his Arab more,’"—
j Chamber's Edinburgh Journal.
The Innocent Cannibals.— The chief phy
sician of one of the hospitals in Paris, having, a
| few weeks since, invited a great number of his
medical t »cnds to witness an anatomical demon
stration on the liver of one ol his patients, who
had died, and which ,ro:n its enormous size was
an object of great medical interest, first regaled
them with a copious and splendid breakfast.
The breakfast being over, he sent a servant to
the cellar to tch the liver which he had placed
there. In a few minutes the poor fellow returned
in a fright, and said it was no longer in the cellar.
An inquiry took place,from which it appeared
that (he cook, seeing more guests arrive than he
had expected, and thinking that the liver which
was in the cellar was that of a call, dressed it in
order to make up the efficiency of his provision.
The feelings of the guests at the discovery were
not ol the most enviable description.
Bill Grimes.—This worthy, who at ’lection
time appeared so well pleaded with himself, the
world, and all tilings that live, move, breathe, or
have a being therein, seems now to be a most un
happy individual. His ardent spirits, and his an
imal spirits have ucpancd from him, and.
“ Blacit spirit*- and white, blue spirits and grey”
hover round his perturbed imaginations.
“This world is ail wani y and wrxation of
spirits,” says Bill, as he sat last night on one of
the benches of Lafayette Square, apparently puz
zled as to whether he would commit sui ide or
continue to sleep in the market. “I fiudsit’sa
wisionary idea,” says Bill, “ to calculate on per
petual happiness when a feller haint got no wit
tics. Besides treats is riz and that makes it
d d bad again. Riz ! there a hit none to
be had ; 1 haint seen one since the 'lection—then
they w ere just as plenty as creole eggs in the
lower market; it warn’t nothing but. Bill what'll
you lake, here, and Bill what’ll you lake, there,
till I took so many that they were near taking
me off. Now it’s tv'sa icersa —l dont get no one
to ask me to take nothing at all. I begins to
think ihtres’ a genera! eye distemper prevalent
and that folks cant see as well as they used to
when they shoul< d whooraw for Gin-u-aw !
Whooraw for Gan-ye ! Whooraw for Frav-ret!
Whooraw for Kandy ! Why, men that used to
have their hand then stretched out to shake mine,
before they came within an arpent of me, and
w °u!d say, ’excuse my glove, Mr. Grimes,’
would’nt now tutch me with a ten foot pole.
I often fancies myself a lion or some vvhiid hani
| mal, broke out of a managerie, fokes shun me
|so ; ami I’m Llowcd if I dont more times think
I in my own ghost, and that I'm inwisible to
e\eiy \ou hut myself. Lvcry feller seems to
■cut me, and it I cuts into a b Her s fixins at 1 I
o clock when the spread is laid, d dont call for
nothing to drink, he says, ‘Mr. you may cut this
time but you needn’t trouble yourself to come
again ; e iwjde your patronage with other men in
my line ; 1 likes to live and let IGe.’”
“ 7 here suit no disguising the fact; good na
ture ha* attached itself to a locomotive, and is
running out of the world on an inclined piane,
and there aint no one to sing out stop h(r !”
“Jim,” said I to Jim Brown, as wc aveke from
a snooze, where we have joint apartments in the
market by night, end where the butchers have
joint apartments by day—“ Jim," says 1, •• there's
a great rewoiulion taking place in men's minds’ j
“ Bo you mean since the ’lection ]” says be
“Yes,” says I. -j
“ It aint no more than nat’ral.” 5a ,...
as easily explained as rolling r ; ff a | O J', le ’ “an;
“ How do you sifer that! ’ saVs
“ Because as bow.” ea :d l )P< ' .u
--second thoughts of the people.” * 1 ‘ 5 *ol*
“ O that aint a log ical argn-n Pn . «
how you cm fix it.” s
“ Nor it aint. But it’s all U p with
Bill.“ I cant get no toddies on tick, 53 - ,:
write no poetry about log cabins or n o!^' ! . lca '
out them. \ es, I finis my dissolution
table, and that the act for the relief of V' lfle *
debtors, nor sarsaparilla, cant do
going, going gone I b
And Bill fell into a slumber when
; him, to dream of futurity.—,v. q p r We iff
Tomato Wine.—Dr. Horace C. f, i
East Windsor, informs us that he has <,
1 in producing, from the juice of the q-f
liquor scarcely to be distinguished, in t
ance and flavor, from some of the l>est s 3^r ‘
; pure wine. At the close of the last *
it was becoming difficult longer to p re J"
i ripened uil from decay, he took a, . ,!)t
Tomatoes, byway of experiment, anj ‘ "r
the juice by simple pressure until he bad
■ about two quarts. To this, after havi n *
it and put it into a glass bottle, h e a\ i nf
; pounds of sugar—the common article uV ‘ '*
molasses sugar. It was then set aside ? &!
to so through the natural process of
and, being out of sight was soon out'of lUU - 0C:
On recurring to the i xperiment a few dav
the result was found as above stated ’ 5
If the medicinal properties of the Tomato ■ ■
j are now generally understood to he v a i Ul ,
! in no way impaired or lost by this oner
| distove y of Hr. Gillette may be of ,! 0
| vantage to medical practice; inasmuch -
’ ders it practicable, with very litde i.rauble
pense, to retain the essential virtue* ol d <
! table in a state ot verfcrt preservation, arj
j form most agreeable for use by invalids *
Since the above was in type Dr. Gillette \
I presented a specimen of the r.rw article •
office. Though it might 1* inferred f rom '
; foregoing account, yet it may well to state
pressly, that no alcohol has been aided to •
in the preservation ; and that no <uch addr!
seems to be necessary to prevent acetous fennel"
tinn. towards which scarcely the slightest
dency is discovered.— Connect , .
Consignees per South Carolina Raii p, (
Hamburg, May 13. IS4O.
T Dawson; Rankin, Boggs k Co; W f: J ac^st
II Caffin; Reese k Beall; B Harris; \V Hattie: [
D Cooke, J P Seize; Pomroy; T N Poulhuei
Son; J S Beer-; T Kneeland; Bolling k g. j
Ci ay ton; J Levy; J F Benson.
Consignees with attend without f-irthsr notict
COMMERCIAL. "
Latent dates from Liverpool, April 1,
Latest dates from Havre iprill’.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Cotton. —T he high rates of Exchange- for set
days past, has operated materially upon our;,
ket, and we note an advance upon the hirers
sciiptions, while the lower and middlii.gquiut
are dullj at our quotations. We quote sto s
extremes for round bales; and we hear of isa j
of a choice lot in square hales as hi di S.
Ordinary to middling, o 106*
air > 6| to
Good Fair, 7- to^f
Prime and choice, to!>‘
8 3
Groceries. —We have no change to notice, b
market is generally well supp'ied with ill th
leading arlic.es, and prices are as low as thede
ranged state of our currency and the exoroiu;
rates of exchange will allow.
Eicon —Is in better demand, and is sold free
from wagons at 9 cents,hog round.
Freights —To Savannah, cO cents per b
to Charleston, by rail road, 25c per 100 lbs. k
square, and 35c per ICO lbs. for round bales.
Exchange. —On New-York, at sight, 12| p:
cent, for current funds ; Charleston at — a Sjptr
cent; Savannah SAperct.; Philadelphia—alp;
'.t.; Lexington, Ky. —a 4 per cl.; Richmond 50
cent; specie commands 9 a 1 1 per cent, premia;
Bank Notes. —
Savannah Banks, per cent pru
Columbus Insurance B’k 4 “ “ “
Commercial Bank, Vacon, 4 u “ *
Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 9 “ “
Agency Brunswick, ** 9 “ “ “
Planters’ and Mechanics’
Bank, Columbus, 2 “ “ to
Central Bank, 3 “ u “
Milledgevi!le Bank,
Ccmulgee Bank, 3£ “ “
Monroe Rail Road Bank, 4 “ “
HawkinsviFe Bank,
Chattaliooc hie R. R. d: D’k
Company, 3 “ “ "
Darien Bank, 20 “ “ rs
Bank of Rome, no sale.
All other Banks now doing business, at par.
Specie Paying Banks. —Mechanics’ Bank,L
ranee Bank of Columbus, Commercial Bank of’
on, cand Brunswick Agency in this city.
New York May 9
Coffee —We notice a moderate demand from
trade, without change in prices. The sales inch*
1000 bags Brazil at9j a cents ; 40i Cuti
a«ll; 300 Laguayra, 11; 150 .Manila, 13; 1
Maracaibo, U y a'i 4 ir.os ; and 400 M. Hiniii.'
84 a 9 ca*h.
Cotton. —bn the date of our last publican'
V ere was an active demand, and the sales for n
day large; since then there nas been rather
inquiry, prices, however, has been weh maint2n r
and on the good and fine qualities aa advance
fully y of a cent per lb. ha* been realised dub
the week. The sales include 2500 bales. I?' 11 "
and Florida at a 6 a cents ; do. .Mobile, h 3
and 500 do. New Orleans. a 9^ —fornunj
for the week of fully 750Jbale c .
Molasses. —There is a fair demand from the
and we notice in lots of 200 hhds. Porto K ICC ’
30 cents, 200 received coastwise, -8 aSOL*
Matanzas, 23 a 23A ; 270 New Iberia, ‘
hhds. and tierces Mariegalante, 23 all 4 mos.
auction, of New Orleans, from inferior to good,
tierces and 448 bbis at 25 ai>A, 3 mouths.
Flour and Meal The market for Genesee F
since our last has exhibited no material '-hn"- 1
Owing to the temporary suspension of the ns" 1 '
tion of the Erie canal, no farther supp ies ol
sequence have been received, and nearly "■
maining in first Ivaru s has been disposed ot t°/
Eastern markets and city consumption at
common brands ; with occasional panels.
some not in the best order, at <4 94. \ e ’ ter '-
however, in anticipation of abundant receipt s
the interior, holders were more anxious to reri
and parcels, to arrive next week, were
still lower rate, ts ( liio, via canal and *‘ l
there has been but little received, and our
tions are nominal. Os Ohio via New Oilcan- ,
j this, have been sold at $4 For Souther '
which the stock continues moderate, there ha> 1 .
very little inquiry and we have only to noh 1
; sale of 500 bbis. Georgetown, and for C> T l^
! France, at £5; common kinds of Southern “
included within the range of $ t>7 j a j 5.
Sugars —The market since our last ' aS^ 0 ~ ■
! ueJ inactive, excejit for low priced New 1 r ‘
vvliich have been in rather better request.
tice sales of 200 bhds. Porto It is o at 5A a 1 f ,
I 100 Sr. Croix, 7A a Si; 2‘JO New Orleans
200 boxes White Havanna and Trinid-tJ- '5
250 Brown of the same descriptions 7 a <3 ’ (
1 150 bags White Brazil, sj- a SA cents, ah o.
j usual time. Hy auction, 100 hhds. New
! sj} a 3a I mos.
