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CHRONICLE A NO? SENTINEL. v i T-i~i : A U G U S if Ai. FRIDAY MORNLNt*, MAY 15. . >-—!■- lion. Walter T.j( olqoitt. c have received a Circu|ar from tnis gentle man. addressed ** to the peopfs of Georgia and es pecially to the Stale Rights in which he declares himself a thorough jfguing Van Buren man, and determined “ to u*e every honorable means for the defeat of Ge|i. Harrison.” He winds up a good long haraijguii! of devotion to his principles <kc., replete with the slang copied from the Van Buren press,; by saying be has endeavored to follow the *idr;se of Cicero “ ,Ve quid falsi dicert ne quid veri au deat. ' “Neither to dare ad vance what is false, nor to suppress what, is true.: We cannot pre tend to say how great an eiJort the honorable gentleman made to follow' th«| advise, but we will say that his effort has certain|y bpen a very un successful one. for though ht» may not have ad vanced any thing positively f*,lse| we know that he has suppressed the truths Whether he was conscious of it or not, we not “ from the light before us” pretend to sajr, but we certainly think he was. As an evidence of the correct ness of our position we wilt nc:w only refer to two instances in this document.! In the first instance he chpg-qs Gen. Harrison wi.h Federalism, and to susliln t| tat charge intro duces as evidence, jthe del a t t i*i the Senate of the United States l»etween Toljn Randolph, of V a., and Gen. Harrison, and?suppresses one half of the reply of Gen. HarriaLnJand that too the \ t particular portion in reply u» th|a charge of Fed eralism—Again on the sub;ectj of abolition, he charges Gen Harrison with l|ein|g an abolilionisti and to sustain this charge, iJnnj's to his aid the paragraph of an address of (Jlenj Harrison to his constituents, in whieh he |aiijhe had been a member of an abolition society in Richmond,Vir gin; a. What kind of an- Abolition Society, reader, do you suppose eiistfd in Richmond, Virginia, in the year 182-? (And Judge Col quitt in his great struggle t<f present “ truth un-varnished,” and supprcs| nothing, has suppressed the most importanjt portion of the letter of Genera! Harrisoi find excluded it from his circular. Had Jtidgjs Colquitt desir ed to present an “ unvarri ilhca) tale,” or to fol low up the precept of the greiat Cicero, it was due to truth and to candour, ijo less than to his professions in the beginning ajnd conclusion of his circular, to have given ‘j thr truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the thitlt,’’ and then his constituents.and particularly|tbe!statc Rights par ty'for whom he affects so tsii'bh ijegard, could have come to the investigation ?of jhe subject, with as would enable Haem to do justice to Gen. Harrison. Instead if such a course, however, he has introducld snto his circular, garbled extracts from the s|*e|h and address of General Harrison, which iiaccompanied with the other portions of those! d r uments, ore ca’- culated to lead the mind i*f t ic honest enquir er after truth, to the mo*; erroneous decision. In short he UecomesYhe rjpo pgist of the acts arid principles of Mr. \ an n, while the same principles on the suhjec. of the Proclamation and Force Bill are odious in |a-e|;eral Harrison.— He has no evidence, he sals, |hat Mr. Van Bu ren ever approved of thej fierce Bill and Pro clamation, yet, he will iiol * assert we hope; that he is ignorant of the f;*ct . oat Mr. Van Bu ren came into power undej ihji pledge to carry out the principles of lhos«i documents. There are still further evidences cT file suppression of truth in this Circular, as g : -an*ig as these, which we may hereafter notice. * | ~ H re hunts’ 3;jag£izine. In another part of this da j’s iper will be found the contents of the May of this excel lent periodical, which has lyeen on our table a few days. Like all that we seen, its contents are highly* interesting am! instructive, to every citizen who feels an intt Jest; n the commercial interests and statistics of (lie |ountry. The arti cles are well and ably writleo,jentirely free from politics, and abound with t!ie tjaost sound and lib eral views of commercial jiuWlure. We cheer .fully recommend the Mag:fzh& to the mercantile interest of the country, fojr whose immediate in terest it has been got up. I ' The editors of the Charleston Courier state, that they have been informed by a gentleman direct from Neva A ork, t|ml he came on in the cars to Richmond with; Dabny, the Virginia Bank Defaulter. It appears 1 that Dabney had gone as far as Canada, &nd whilst in that pro >ince, met with the appeal rniade to him through the papers to return, which > fie finally concluded to do. He then retraced; hh| steps advising his friends of the fact, who proceeded to New-York to meet him at the Astor Horise. He was found to be entirely destitute of jnoiiey, and his friends had to lurnish the means’of fettling his bill, and pay his expenses from there ;to Richmond. His name and identity were sedulously concealed, to prevent his being arrested b| any one, with the object of obtaining the large reward offered for his apprehension. It was Vis intention on the following morning to deliver himself up to the civil authorities. Fall of a Building.— The Charleston Cou rier of yesterday says —But a few days since we noticed the fall of a portion of the Hibernian Hall, in Meeting street, and we have now to record the like occurrence to a building almost completed, in the same street. About 4 o’clock yesterday morning, the entire fronjt and Northern wall, and about two-thirds of the -outhern and a portion of the western wall of a stcre in the progress of erec tion, on the west side oi‘ Meeting street, one door south of Hazal-street, fell to the ground wit i a loud crash. It is providential that this occur rence (lor we can hardly term it an accident) took place at the hour it did, for had it fallen when the workmen were employed, it could hardly have resulted otherwise than in the death of several of them. A New SocietC— A young lady recom mends to the clerks the formation of a society to l»e called the antigetting-out-of— patience-with-the pretty-young-ladies-who-return-their-calls-in-the- inorning-and-inok-over-the-goods-while-they-chat and-sometimes-buv-whit-they dont-want-Societv. — N. York Chronicle. ; . ; I Trom the New Orleans Picayune of the 9th. ASTONISHING and UNPARALLELED IVSASTER. Natchez in Rnins—City and Steamboats Destroyed by a Tanmdo—Destruction of Lite and Property almost incredible. Last evening we received the news of one the mast astoni>hing and extraordiary disasters that we remember to have met with or read of during our brief experience. The city of Natchez, at 2 o’clock, P. M. on the 7th inst., was visited by a tornado which swept complete destruction over the communi y; human beings and frag ments of buildings were blown through the air to the distance of one and two hundred yards. | the citv is in ruins and desolation howls through the streets. Flat boats were overwhelmed and their crews entirely lost. The steamltoal Prairie had her cabin blown away and many of her pas sengers are missing. In Natchez 20 bodies have j been extricated from the ruins, but what further destruction of life has occurred it is impossible to determine. The destructive Mast followed the course of the river, and it is estimated that not less than two hundred lives were lost. The Parish JuJge | of Concordia is known to have been killed. This is the brief announcement of misfortune received last evening. To-morrow it will be our painful duly to relate the further particulars j which are to be received to-day. Fro 7i the New Orleans Bee of the 9th. Awful Tornado—Natchez Destroyed. VV are indebted to the captain of Steamer Vicksburg for the following melancholy intelli gence of the destruction of Natchez ; The devoted city of Natchez was visited with j one of the most awful and distressing calamities ; which it has been our fate to witness. On Wednesday, about 2 o’clock, P. M., a dark cloud j made its appearance in the South \\ est, pre- i ceded by a loud and continued roaring of the winds; as it came on swiftly and with the speed of the wind, it was met by another, which was w-afled from directly the opposite point of com pass. A description of the sublime spectacle • which ensued is beyond the power of language to ; convey. At the moment of the concussion large masses of seeming white spray was precipitated j to ihe earth, followed by a roaring of the wind as if old Eolus was there guiding and directing _ the storm. Houses were dismantled of their roofs and then almost immediately leveled to the earth. The air was filled with bricks and large pieces of timber, and even large ox carts were uplifted and thrown hundreds of yards from their origimi position. About sixty flat boats lyingin port weredrrien from the shore and sunk. The ferry boat ply ing between Natchez and the opposite shore, was capsized and sunk, and every one on board is supposed to have perished. The steam boat ■ Hinds was capsised and sunk —crew all lost.— The steamer Prairie had her cabin entirely taken off; crew nearly all lost. The two hotels in the city were shook, one partly, the other entirely to the ground. Almost every house was more or less injured. It is impossible to tell how many were killed, as the steeets were filled with large piles of timber, rendering them impassable, and the work of extracting the bodies from the fallen houses were not completed when the Vickburg left; some fifteen or twenty bodies had been found. It was very difficult to find a landing, as everv house under the Hill, except five or six, i was blown down, and the river filled with floating fragments of houses and boats. The tornado in leaving Natchez, followed the course of the river about eight miles down the coast. The court house at Vidalia was leveled to the ground and the Parish judge killed. Tbe trees on the opposite side of tbe river, as wc’.l as those of Natchez Island were all torn up by the roots or deprived of ffieir branches. The damage done to the crops was very severe ; some planta tions were deprived of all their fences and others had every cabin taken away by the slornl* Bhandon Bank.—The Vicksburg Sentinel, says, that Wm. H. Shelton, President of the Brandon Bank, and Samuel M. Puckett and Richard Hobson, Directors of that institution, have left Mississippi for Texas. They took with them 300 negroes. Shelton armed fifty of his negroes, and procured ten armed white men, to enable them to force their way out of the State. The others withdrew in the Marshal went in pursuit but could not overtake them. From, the Pittsburg Gazette , May 4. General Jackson axd Martin Vaxßcrex. j Willis Silliman, Esq., of Wooster, Ohio, the brother-in-law ot Lewis Cass. Secretary of War j under Jackson, and now American Minister at Paris, has lately abandoned Van Buren and come I out boldly and manfully for Harrison. In a late speech he gave some interesting anecdotes of his experience as a \ an Buren man. He mentioned among other matters, that some time after the issuing of the Specie Circu'ar, he went on to Washington city, called on Mr. Van Buren, and stated to him that, as an American citizen, be claimed an hour’s conversation with him, to which he acceded. In the course of the conversation, Mr. Silli man condemned the specie Circular most emphat ically, and told the President that if it was not recalled the Stale of Ohio would certainly go against him at the ensuing election. Much conversation took place, and. in the course of it, Mr. A an Buren took occasion to re peat distinctly, Jive times, that Ac was not influ enced by Gen. Jackion. The annexed extract of a letter from a distin guished gentleman in Dublin, to a friend in this city, gives the most recent intelligence we have of the doings of Father Matthews :—New York American. Dublin, April 13, 1840. “We are at this moment undergoing one of the most extraordinary moral revolutions which the annals of the world narrate. I allude of course to the great temperance reformation effec ted by the Rev. Mr. Matthews, a Franciscan friar of the city of Cork, now justly styled the apos tle of temperance. Already have one and a half millions of pe-sons received the temperance pledge from his hands, and scarcely a defaulter has been found ; persons of all religions flock to him. He spent the week before last in Dublin, and there administered the pledge to 70,000 in dividuals. I have with my own eyes witnessed the most confirmed drunkards completely reform ed. I could not believe the accounts with which ihe newspapers teemed until I myself became a witness. He has visited the cities of the South and West with equally wonderful success. The police and militia are obliged to attend to prevent his being crushed to death by the multitudes who flock to pledge themselves to total abstinence from all intoxicating liquors before him. Many, (even Protestants.) floe v to him, thinking he pos sesses miraculous powers to cure diseases, and he has the greatest difficulty in persuading them that he assumes or possesses no such power. Carl Stanhope and the London Temperance So ciety have invited him over to preach the cause of temperance there.” All the loco focos. says the St. Louis Bullitine, are disappearing from Indiana. There is hardly enough now left there for seed. ExTRAOHni.VAnx Speed. —A speed of fifty six miles an hour has been attained by a locomo tive on the Great Western Railway, England, in consequence of the wheels having been altered from ten to seven feet dianu ter. From the Geneva (Hew York) Courier. What has he Done | When any candidate f->r preferment was pre sented to Napoleon, the first question asked by the Em{»eror was, QuVt il fait? What has he done? The principle, I, bt thkib fruit tk ■ BHU.IKSBW them,” is not more a precept of scripture, than a safe maxim of worldlv policy ; . nor is its application in any case more proper than where a candidate for popular favor presents himself to the nation, and claims the highest of fice in their gift. Let us for a moment apply the principle to Mr. Van Buren. Let us ask the question, and read its answer from the records of history. What has he done ? He has increased the annual expenses of the government from $ 13,000,000, to $39,0t!0.000 ! He has spent m the ordinary revenue* of the people, though out of those ordinary revenues , his three immediate predecessors paid off $210,- 000.000 of the National Debt; He has spent, in addition thereto, the follow | ing sums, which belonged to the people, and which, under a righteous government, would | have been distributed among the people, to wit: I In the Treasury when became into I office. $6,670,000 Withheld from the State®, the 4th instalment, 9,367,000 Paid to government by the Bank of the U. States for stock of U. S. 6,000,000 | Received on merchants I onds due in '35 and '36, but postponed to ’3B | and ’39, 7,000,000 - Making an aggregate of $29 037,000 i He has. in addition to these enormous expen ditures, run nhe people in DEBT, bv the issue j of Treasury notes to the amount of $15,000,000, ; whereof $7,750,000 are still due: j He has been instrumental in creating more i banks than any other man in the nation, and yet ! he is now engaged in a fierce crusade, not against hanks only, but against the CREDIT SYSTEM of the country; He has brought forward the Sub-Treasury, and recommended its adoption by the example of the HARD MONEY DESPOTISMS of Eu rope; and, though that measure has been three times REJECTED by the PEOPLE, he is now upon the eve of FORCING IT by PARTY DISCIPLINE through Congress; He has, in violation of established precedents, and every principle of justice, deprived a sover eign State of her REPRESENTATION in the National Councils ; He has. through his friends in the Senate, ad vocated a REDUCTION IN THE WAGES OF LABOR, and THE PRICE OF PRODUCE, as one of the blest results of his Sub-treasury' scheme, and as the strongest argument in its fa vor. He has, through John C. Calhoun, introduced a bill to DEPRIVE THE OLD STATES of their RIGHTS in the PUBLIC DOMAIN, though those rights are expressly reserved iu their several deeds of cession, and it is not within the constitutional powers of Congress to take them away; He has LOST more public money by the DE FALCATIONS of his agents in three yeiirs, than any previous president has done in eight. He has, through Mr. Grundy’s report, endea vored to blast the credit of independent commu nities, by falsely insinuating to this nation and to the world, that the American Stales had peti tioned the general government to assume their debts: He has strongly recommended the adoption of a military system, which raises and places at his exclusive disposal, an effective STANDING ARMY of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND men, with a reserve of one hundred thousbnd more; He has practiced the most shamelest corrup tion in every department ol his government ; ap pointed men to, and removed them from office, solely in reference to their political sentiments; : continued known defaulters in office; prostituted honor, the interests and the dignity of the na ‘♦on to parly purposes; and. in fine, proved theft, in sou?® rnen, the virtues are like garments to he put on ana at pl easure * w kile intrigue and cor ruption constitute body of their political char acter. Amid the disastrous influences of his malign administration, it may l>e some con eolation to reflect that his example has inculcated S* 1® 951 one truth, important for every people to kno ’ v :o wit : that HIGH station does not secure man from low arts; that it is possible to pos sess all the subtlety of a serpent', without any of its wisdom—all the apparent simplicity of a dove, without any of its innocence—to be a DEMOCRAT in NOTHING but profession, and a FEDERALIST in every thing but NAME. Sisrulah ccsto* in regard to Crimin als. — We extract the following from a new work recently published, entitled “Pilgrimage to Jeru salem and Mount Sinai,” by Baron Gerambs. There prevails at Lucerne a very extraordinary custom, a custom that makes one shudder, and that exists nowhere else. The law directs that sentence of death shall not be pronounced upon any who have not confessed their crime. Con victed criminals, from whom no confession can be obtained, are punished with hard labor only. But what a horrible condition is tacked to the mis erable life which is left them! At the next execution, the last condemned criminal is com pelled to repair to the spot where the scaffold is erected, to catch the head as it falls, and to carry it to the grave, in the presence of the whole pop ulation. Some months ago. an unfortunate young woman was convicted of infanticide, and executed. Her wretched accomplice, condemned only to forced labor, because he would not con fess his crime, was therefore obliged, as the last person condemed, to lake the head of her whom he had loved, whom he had seduced, whom he had ruined. At the sight of that pale end lived head, of that blood-stained hair he started back in horor and affright. In vain he refused to obey ; the application of the whip forced him to perform rhe task. “Four Bears, the last op the Masdaxs,’ ’ is the title of one of the best Indian tales we re member to have read, in the May Knickerbocker. It is a fitting tribute to the last of a noble race of aborigines ; a people “ To whom nor relative nor blood remain ; No,not a kiudied drop that runs in human veins!” They were swept from the face of the earth, three years ago by the small-pox. They knew not the disease, nor its remedies ; and the terror it created was in proportion to their ignorance.— The mother forsook her child, the wife her hus band, when smitten, as they conceived, by the hi nd of the Great Spirit: and the men of the last seven surviving families, after having slain their women and children, slabbed themselves upon their dead bodies, in the frenzy of utter des pair. So perished a tribe who could muster four thousand warriors; the most gentle, the most civilized, and most chivahous of the North-west. The following picturesque description of a mounted Mandan warrior, would make an admi rable subject for the pencil of Chapman, or some other of our talented artists: * * “The Mandans were uniformly well and even gorgeously clad. The fops of our cities would have made a pitiable figure among their flowing robes, and fringed tuaics and leggings. The men killed the buflalo, the deer, the elk, and the antelope, and the women converted the skins into garments goiter, finer, and much more dura ble than cloth. The white clay of tho prairies them the whiteness of snow. There could not be a nobler or more picturesque figure than a Mandan on horseback, in his gala dress. \Ve have him before our mind’s eye now. From the I crown of his head to the cr ipper of his horse streams a long tissue of swans’ feathers. The steed wears a coronal of the same material, and prances proudly l»enealh his rider. He de serves the distinction, for he is of the best blood of Barbary ; in no wise deteriorated by its trans mission through Andalusia and Mexico. His saddle is a cushion of the softest doe-skin, his crupper of the same; both as well the reins, cu riously inwrought with porcupine quills. A hun ‘ Jrcd hawk bells jingle from the bridle. From each corner ol his mouth depends the scalp of a slain foeman. The rider wears a loose, white tunic, which leaves the arms bear, and over it is a rope, which rather graces than hides his per son. In bis head are the feathers of the war eagle, denoting the number of the enemies he has slain, otherwise he wo.ild not dare to wear them. The women of the village would pluck them from his head. Certain small painted sticks, af fixed in like manner to his lop knot, indicate the number and manner of his woo ids. A necklace of grizzly bears’ claws encirclts his neck. His robe is covered with hieroglyphics, and tells the his s tory of his life. His leggings are fringed with J scalp-locks each of which is the price of a horse. • On his left arm is his shield, of tough bull-hide, r which will stop an arrow, or turn a bullet. At 3 his back hangs his bow, which will bury every ? one of the sixty shafts in the quiver beside it, to ] the feather; and his right hand grasps his quiv } ering lance, twenty feet long; its head an entire sword-blade, rusty with Hood. Such is the cos :} tume of the‘poor Indian.’ { Contents of No. V. of the Merchant’s Magazine. j Original pavers. —Domestic Industry, by n James H. Lanman. Esq; Moral and Political Freedom, by Rev. Henry VV. Bellows of New i j York; Causes of Unsteadiness of the Currency, and the remedy therefor, by H. C. Carey, Esq. of Philadelphia ; Rate of Interest—Usury ; The Opium Trade—Englanl and China, by E. W. f ’ Stoughton, Esq., of New York; Mercantile Bi- | | ography ; Laws relative to Debtor and Creditor, | No. 2,; (Missouri.) 1. Suits on bonds, bills, and no‘es; 2. Suits by capias; 3. ‘ i uils by at tachment; 4, Proving endowments and partner- j 1 ships; to which is appended a list of places of h holding the courts in that Slate. ( Mercantile Law Reports. —Fire insurance— l! extent of the powers of insurance agents to bind L their principals; Important decision on a fire poli || cy ; Insurance—general average—technical total • ; loss—} artial loss—abandonment—sale of vessel by the master—valuation—marine interest. Commercial Regulations. —An ordinance con ceming the levee duries in and for the port of New Orleans; Hospital Money. Commercial Statistics. — Commerce of Con-I necticut, trom 1791 to 1838; Commerce of the L nited States; Bankruptcies in France; Value of j xportsfrom the United States; Commercial Progress of France; Cotton Trade. 1 Rank Statistics. —Condensed View of the - Condition of the several Banks of the City of I Baltimore, on the 6th January, 1840; Bank of I England. Insurance.— Annals of Insurance in the West. Statistics of Navigation. —Steam Navigation; (■ French Steam Navigation ; Light-house at the i Peninsula of Jutland. Miscellaneous Statistics. — Table of Revenue, 1 Expenditure, and Public Debt of France; Ca nals of Ntw \ ork; Extent of the Fishing Inter- ‘ estin Massachusetts;Silk Manufacture in France. Mercantile Miscellanies. —Foreign Importa tions; Commercial Relations with Foreign Coun tries; Importance of African Commerce; Duty on Saltpetre; A Bushel of Grain; Donations to ; the Mercantile Library Association. A Town Desthotld bt Fihe.—We learn from the Hero, published at Shippensburg, Cum berland County, Pa., that the town of Spring field about 7 miles from this borough, was visited i 001 Saturday last, by a most destructive fire 13 houses, 1 store, and S stables and barns, togeth -ler with all the furniture were totally destroyed. The fire commenced in a stable about I o’clock in j afternoon, and the wind being strong, it was 1 found impossible to extinguish the flames. A Turkish Apartment. From Miss Fordoes “Beauties of the Bosphorus “ The moveables were prodigally rich ; Sofas ’twas half a sin to sit upon, So costly were they; carpets everv stitch Os w? rkrna nship so rare, that made you wish You coulu o’er them like a golden fish.” Byron. Nothing can exceed the beautiful cleanliness of a Turkish harem, save its order: not a grain of dust, not a footmark, sullies the surface of the Indian matting that covers the large halls whence the several apartments branch off in every direc- j tion, while the furniture of the rooms themselves ! is always fresh, and scrupulously arranged. The ceilings are elaborately ornamented ; and in the houses of the rich, where the apartments are of great size, a curtain of tapestry is frequently used as a raeaus of reducing their extent. The win dows are always closely set together, and very numerous; and when the room chances to be sit uated in an angle of the building the three un connected sides have very much the appearance of a lantern. At the lower end of each apartment are large closets for the reception of the bedding (for none are appropriated exclusively as sleeping cham bers,) and the slaves of the household no sooner ascertain that the visiter has risen, than half a dozen of them commence r moving every vestige of the couch, and ..epositing within the closet the mattrasses of embroidered satin, the sheet of gauze or worked muslin, the half-dozen pillows of bro caded silk, and the wadded coverlets, rich with silver fringe, and gay with party coloured nee dle-work, which have formed the bed. A low sofa or divan runs round the other three sides of the apartment, luxuriously supplied with cush ion;, and richly covered with cut velvet or em broidered satin; and the floor is invariably spread with soft and handsome caipets. ■ It is an amusing fact, that an idea of impro priety is attached by Europeans who have never visited the East, to the very- name of a harem : while it is not less laughable, that they can never give a reason for the prejudice! How little foun dation exists for so unaccountable a fancy must : be evident at once, when it is Elated that the ha • rem, or women’s apartments, are held so sacred \ h y the Turks themselves, that they remain invi i °latc even in cases of popular disturbance, or in dividual delinquency; the mob never suffering j their violence to betray them into an intrusion ' on the wives of their victims: and the search after a lugitive ceasing the moment that the door of j the harem separates him from his pursuers. • It is also a tact, that although a Turk has an : undoubted right to enter the apartment of his wives at all hours, it is a privilege of which he i raf ely, if ever, avails himself. One room in the j harem is appropriated to the master of the house, ; and therein he awaits the appearance of the indi | vidual with whom he wishes to converse, and who is summoned to his presence by a slave. Should be, on passing to this apartment, see slip pers at the foot of the stairs (a token that a fe male visitor is in the harem) he cannot, under ; any pretence whatever, intrude himself into her presence; it is a liberty- which every woman in the empire would resent; and when guests are 1 on a visit of some days, he sends a slave forward ; to announce his approach, and thus gives them time and opportunity to withdraw. Every- good harem has a commodious bath and a garden gay- with flowers and fountains at’ tached to it. where the women may wander a 1 will among the leaves and birds, or dream ihe sultry hours in their pretty kiosques overhanging tl • Dosphorus; wherefrom behind the shad* of their latticed casements they cm breathe tHe cool air from the water, and mark the arrowy speed of the graceful caiques, as they fly along the channel. The amusements of the harem are few and simple;—the path is the greatest luxury, the re mainder of the d<y being spent in lounging on the di van, listening to the music of the xebec, play ed by one of slaves, and accompanied by the voictsof others; in the arrangemant of the jew els worn upon the turban ; in playing with the birds whose gilded cages glitter upon the walls; in spoiling all the children within reach; in eat ing sweetmeats and drinking water; or amid the cool shadows of the garden, hearing to the fall of the fountains and the whisperings of the _ leaves, or listening to the wondrous tales of the Massaldjhe, ever a welcome guest in the harem, where her marvellous narrations are icceived with a deep attention and a perfect faith eminent ly inspiring.—Then then* is the namaz or pray er, five times a day, never neglected by Tuikisb women ; when deeply veiled, as unworthy to ap pear before Allah with a bare brow they spread their prayer carpet, and turning their faces Mecca ward, they humbly and earnestly perform their devotions. These are their home occupations; but it is a great fallacy to imagine that Turkish females are like birds in a cage, or captives in a cell; —far from it; there is not a public festival, be it Turk, Frank, Armenian, or Greek, where they are not to be seen in numbers, setting upon their carpets, or in their carriages, surrounded by slaves and attendants, eager and delighted spec tators of the revel. They have their gilded and glittering caiques on the Bosphorus, where, pro tected by their veils, their ample mantles, and their negro guard, they spend long hours visiting acquaintances, and gathering and dispensing the gossip of the city. All this may, and indeed must appear startling to persons who have accustomed themselves to believe that Turkish wives were morally man acled slaves. There are probably, no women so little trammelled in the world ; so free to come and go unquestioned, provided they are suitably attended ; while it is equally certain that they enjoy this piiviledge like innocent and happy children, making their pleasures of the flowers and sunshine; and revelling like the birds and bees amid the summer orightness. profitting by the enjoyment of the passing hour, and reckless or thoughtless of the future. Correspondence of the Nation'll Intelligencer. New York. May 9. The anniversary of the battle of Fort Meigs was celebrated by the Tippecanoe Clubs last night in an appropriate and imposing manner. ; A procession was formed, composed of the clubs j for each ward, with banners and music, and. after marching up Broadway, entered the great Sa loon of Xi bio's garden, where an immense | crowd was already assembled. I never saw such a gathering before. The extensive garden was j fiNed in every part, and thousands in the street could not obtain admittance. The spirit and en thusiasm exhibited was unbounded. Among 1 other speakers were Governor Pope and R. Wick- Hffe.jr., of Kentucky, Mr. Humes, of Tennes see. Mr. J. X". Reynolds and Mr. E. G. Austin, of Massachusetts. Mr. Slade and D. E. Warnej, i of \ irginia, and Mr. Eldridge, of Connecticut. .There is an arrival irom Panama to-dav, which brings news of the breaking out ofa revo lution in the Southern provinces of X~ew Grena da. The city of Popyan had been attacked by about 400 men, but they were repulsed by a su- I perior force. Slippery Woxex,-The aborigines of Hay ti, believed that men were a long time destitute 1 ot women, but happening to wander near a small lake they saw certain animals among the bran ches of the trees, which proved to be women. They attempted to catch them, but found it im possible to get any hold of them, as they were as slippery as eels. At last, they employtnl a num ber of men whose hands had been rendered rough j b >' a klnd of leprosy, and who succeeded in catch ing four of them from whom the world was peo pled. There seems to be an idea, as well amon~ savage as civilized men, that woman is rather a slippery animal. We asked a gentleman who leans toward Van Burenisiti a little, on his return from Ohio how j lhe P ar, y flourished there. His repl y was “Dont talk to me of the party in Ohio, I have seen but three Van Buren men since I left home.” We have since learned that two of them held office and the other was so sick be could not stand ex cept by bidding to a lamp poet.— Wheeling Times. A coon JOKE.—Prentice says The office holders are actually calling the log cabin boys “Me ruffle-shirt gentry.” Isn’t that laughable I T£IE_READING ROOM Attached to this office is open to subscribers, and strangers introduced by them, every day and eve ning (Sunday evenings excepted) until 9 o’clock. Subscription $5 ; for a firm of two or more $lO. Doctor J. J. WILSON oilers his profes sional services to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity. He will be found at his residence, the first brick building above Guedron’s stable on Ellis street, recently occupied by John L. Adams. * u g 17 ts CCT CXJH iNGE ON NE W YORK— Vt sigh and at one to tw ty days sight. For sale by ° nov 23 GARDELLE & RHLVD. Kr THE FARMERS' REGIS TER, a men th ly publication, devoted to the improvement of the practice, and support of the interest, of Agricul ure; published at Richmond, \ a , at $.3 per year. Edmund Ruffin, editor and proprietor. m 6 DR. MONROE, Surgeon Dentist. Office on Washington street, near Ellis, residence at the house late'y occupied by Mrs. Savage april 20 ° Qff During my absence in the interior of the State, Force, Brothers & Co. are mv duly author ised attorneys. ENOCH W.SPOFFORD. april 21 GARDNER, formerly resident surgeon n the New York Hospital, and physician at Belle vue Hospital, New York, tenders to the public his professional services. Office in Washington street, between Broad and Eilis streets. Residence, United Slates Hotel, ap 2 iff* NOTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger Tram between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as follows: UPWARD. Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 am, “ “ Summerville, “ - -S 30 “ “ Georges’, - “ - 10 00 “ “ Branchviile, “ - 11 00 ‘ “ Blackville, - “ - loop. M “ “ Aiken, - - « - 300 Arrive at Hamburg not before - 4 lyj downward. Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a « “ “ Aiken, - “ . 7 30 * “ Black ville, «* - . 915 “ “ Midway. « . .1030 Branchvill “ - _ 11 00 “ Georges’, “ - -11 4.3 m. “ Summerville," - - l 15 P . M . Arrive at Charleston not before 2 1.3 Distance—l36miles. FareThrough—slo 00. Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 20 i minutes each, for breakfast ami dinner, and not 1 longer than 5 minutes for wo 1 and water at any 1 station. J To stop for passengers, when a white flag is hoisted, at either of the above stations; and also Sioeaths, Woodstock, luabinet’s, 41 mile T. () Rives’, Grahams, Willeston, Windsor, Johnsons’ and Marsh’s T. O. Passengers nv will breakfast at Woodstock and dine at Blackvuie ; aown, will DicaKlast at \,ken 1 and dmc at Charleston. may 4 MEETING. The friends of Harrison nnd Tvi*. tier, u Richmond county, are requested to n, eet at the MASONIC .HALL, oa SaiQ next, at three o’clock, P, M., to the Report of the Delegation to the ) at Baltimore Convention, and to such other business as may be desirable. From the Bridgeport Seniinei" Whig .Song. Tune — Marseillais' Hymn. Rise ! rise 1 ye freemen, once ’twas gi orv For man to oppose a tyrant’s power And who resisted, lived in story ; Oh ! seize then seize, the present hour 1 Say, shall we slumber, while around us A)ppression’s galling chains are ca 1 5 Say, will they lighter hang at last, To call them gold when they have No, no 1 no, no ! then rise For our forefathers’ laws ; March on, march on ! resolved to wm Uur favorite hero’s cause .' Will flatt’ring tales of coming pleasure When plenteousness and peace shall rein And all be rich in glitt’ring treasures, * ’ The poor man’s present wishes gain 5 Will’t slay the tide of desolation, 'That sweeps so strongly o’er our land, To gorge an office-holding band. And rob the pockets of the nation 5 No, no ! no, no ! then rise, fcc. Ob ! freemen, up ! let widely flowing Your banners to the breeze be thrown. Your love of worth and valor showing: Your scorn for tyrant-knaves make known 1 Shall men believe their voices telling In syren tones, your ship of state Is safe, when all around, dark fate Frowns out in ev’ry wave that’s swelling s No, no ! no, no ! then rise, Sac. The statesman-chief who led undaunted, And cheered in strife his warlike band, Whose praise a grateful nation chanted, Who ti*ls, a farmer bold, his land, Shall we neglect for one, who seeming Our rights, the people's cause. Who dares to trance on our laws, ' Nor lists their prayer, their threats, nor waning s No, no ! no, no then rise, &c. Da Capo Chorus. Then rise, rise all for one Who ev’ry sufferage claims, Huzza ! for him a loud huzza ! Who conquer'd at the Thames. j C.F.S. j Consignees per South Carolina Rail Road. Hamburg, May 14,1840. L M Wiley; G L Cannon; W E Jackson; Havi land, Risley, & Co ; Rankin, Boggs, & Co.; J M i W Adams; T Richa.ds; Stovall, Simmons,&Co; J A H Horn; T Dawson; I S Beers, k Co.;WJ Vincent; D H Silcox; Pomeroy; T N Poullain;J Davidson; Rees A Beall; J F Benson; Holiing&Gg D Plunkett. ; —■!» COMMERCIAL. Latest dates from Liverpool, April 14 | Latest dales from Havre April 13 New Orleans, May 9. | Cotton —Arrived since the sth inst.of Louisiani and Mississippi 1646 bales, and N. Ala bama 714, Arkansas 216. Mobile 231, Florida 65, 1 together 2872 bales. Cleared in the same time lor j Liverpool, 4467 bales, Havre 2657, New YorksS, Philadelphia 45, together 7288 bales —making 1 reduction in stock of 4416 bales, and leaving on hand, inclusive of all on shipboard not cleared# the blh inst. a stock of 199067 bales. In our report of last Wednesday morning we ob served that the market for inferior and iniJdlh cottons was remarkably dull, and that prices for those sorts seemed to have rather a down war! tec dency. During that day, however, a more attn; ■ and general demand sprung up and about 5000biifl ! were disposed of, including parcels of every descra [ tion, though principally of qualities above middlffi j fair, not differing in any material degree from th» | current for three days previous. On Thursday tlx market was again quite active, sales having j made during the day to the extent of fully 450 C ‘ bales, and, in most instances at rather fuller prices • ( than prevailed on Wednesday. Yesterday tier* i was only a moderate demand, and holders of ordi nary parcels appeared rather more solicitous ofoi , taining offers, while for the finer grades they coc tinued extremely firm, those being still j also in good request. The sales at the time ■ closing o ir inquiries, only amounted to 2530 bales. Our quotations, it will be perceived, remaintix same as previously. The sales during the wrt* amount to 16700 bales, and for the last three da« to 12000 bales. LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATIONS. Louisiana and Mis<issippi —Ordinary. 5| a 5; Middling, 6i a7; Fair, a Good fair, 9i »?;■ j Good and fine, 10 j a—. Tennessee and N. AI& ; ma —Ordinary, —a 5; Middling, 5$ a 6; Fair,6s> 7; Good fair, 7j a 7s; Good and Fine, STATEMENT OF COTTON. 1539. Oct. 1, stock on hand, I^*’ Receipts last three days 2572 “ previously, 541770 544642 5604» Exports last three days, 7283 do. previously, 654111 6’l* Stock on hand Comparative Arrivals , Exports and Stocks ojW ton , at New Orleans, for the last nine ye irSr from October 1, to date. Years. Arrivals. Exports. Stocks. 1840 844642 661399 1D9067 1839 526287 407 823 1838 629911 5 2 4 399 103103 1537 539125 473723 " 4|t . 1836 442161 3.3U660 953 b 1835 498790 415675 SIJJJ 1834 426078 346210 1833 372147 329983 4 * 93 : 1832 288308 206.70 Sugar — Louisiana —A better demand and a s ing off in the receipts within the last three have again caused a reduction in the stock ot- J Levee, which is now diminished to a veiy ate quantity, and, as has been the case for 50 time past, consists principally of inferior to , qualities. The higher grades continue sc jrcf , j , when brought to market they readily eo® m3 ®“ j a cents, in limited parcels, for the city trade \ f Several lots have been taken fur shipment to northern markets, besides a tolerably fair de» “ for the upper country. Most of the transa' have been at 3 a We. however, re *- our former extremes, remarking that though ta are no sales higher than our highest, occasion* 1 ot very inferior are disposed of at rates lower our lowest figures. We notice a sale of 3t* on plantation at 4 cents. In Havana Sugar 5 ■ is very little doing. Some limited sa | es White and Brown have been made within the of our quotations . yt t Molasses — The rates for barrels from continue the same as before quoted —say per gallon, with a f.iir demand. J#v «, Flour —The market, during the past has been less animated than for some time there having been very little enquiry foi