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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
jAUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 20.
Our acknowledgements are due to Sex ex for
his able revievj of Judge Colquitt’s circular, we
had ourself coi|\mence.l a review arranged differ
ently, and shall take great pleasure injavailing
ourself of the Tacts presented to our considera
tion by Senei, and if our space will permit shall
also insert his communication in the Reformer.
Hamburg Meeting. '
The call of the friends of Harrison, Tyler and
Reform, for a public meeting in our sister
will tell well Carolina, and will show to
the spoils rae|i at Washington that the people,
the reflecting ]|oople, are not so easily gulled as
they would ho e. We have long since seen that
there was a powerful opposition in Carolina to
Van Burenisir;, such an opposit’on as could not
be controlled py political demagogues; and the
call in Hamburg, which comprises almost every
voter in the place, is one of the first impulses
given to a ball- which will set the whole State in
motion, and with proper energy on the part
of her Preston, Thompson, Butler, Legare,
Pettigru and others, will rescue her from the
embraces of Van Burenism and experiments.—
The people in Carolina are too intelligent and
too much devoted to republican principles, not
to come to the rescue in this important struggle
for liberty and the Constitution, and the memory
of her Hayne and Turnbull, are yet too fresh in
their recollections for them to remain inactive in
the coming contest.
For the Chronic' 4- Sentinel.
The Constitutionalist, speaking of the present
political discussions, says: “It is amusing to lis
ten to street declamation, especially when gestic
ulation and emphasis are improved by hard cider
and old Land particular."
Now, we feel no disposition to go into a dis
cussion of the matter just darkly hinted at, in
the above extract. But if Mr. Guieu is seriously
disposed to for-e it upon us, we think we shal
be able to show him, by practical illustration,,
the danger, to parties, as well as to individuals
of throwing stones at random in the neighbor
hood of their own glasshouses. There are otl. i
er liquors wh'h affect “gesticulation and cm
phasis,” bi sides HARD CIDER.
Popi, tr Vote of Virginia.
The Lynchbifg Virginian gives full return
of the result of the election in that State, with
the popular vote annexed. In counties when'
there was no political contest,-the vote of 1 836 i
taken. The editor gives the Whigs a majorit}
of 1669, and makes a Whig gain since 1836, o
8559 votes.
Correspondence of the Fhilad. North American.
New-York, 3 P. M. May 15, 1840.
The invoice of teas by the Oneida sold well tc i
day, to a large and spirited company. The whol
catalogue was disposed of. Some people had the
curiosity to note how long Hoffman was in th<!
sale. The catalogue had 133 lines, over 6000
packages, and was taken in perhaps 400 or 500
lots. The whole was done in 55 minutes. PH s
ces were the same with the previous sales, so
even qualities, except that Canton mades fie,’!
about one cent. There is to be another sale or i
Wednesday next, and still another on the Fri
day afterwards.
Genessce Flour <s now coming in abundantly!
anu goes off as fast. The receipts are from tei
to fifteen thousand barrels daily, and there is n i
accommodation. Prices reached their nadi •
yesterday at 4,75 a 4,88, and that rate had gain i
ed firmness at 2 o’clock to-day. The wheat
mentioned yesterday was good Illinois, and
brought 103 els. for exportation. Soulhcn.
Corn sold at 54 cts.
The sales of Gotten to-day are of little impor»
tance.
Domestic Exchanges- Philadelphia 5$ ; BaN
timore s£; Richmond a S|; Charleston 4 i
4$ ; Augusta 12 ; Macon 14 * Savannah 8$ a 9$ ,
Mobile 12 a 12$ ; New Orleans Ba 9 ; St. Loui <
10 ; Louisville 9; Cincinnati ; Nashville 1 •
Gen. Harrison no Federalist.
We publi a letter from Gen. Harrison to Mr.
Sloo of New -leans, conclusively proving that tin!
Old Hero, isj-ot, never was, and never can be a i
Abolitionist.l We now publish a letter from Judg
Burnet of Cincinnati, a man whose lofty integrit
even the mjlicious minions of the present part-1
dare not as .ail, utterly extinguishing the fals >
charge of his having beer a Federalist. No mao
who has a proper regard for truth, can, we suppose,
revive these e *cploded falsehoods.
| Cincinnati, Feb. 27, 1840.
Mr Dear i|ir: —I remark, in reply to your let |
ter of this raovning, that during the contest be-i
tween Mr. Jefferson and the elder Adams, General l
Harrison and myself were residing in the North
Western Territory, and of course had not the pri
vilege of voting. At that time, I was in habits of
great intimacy witn Gen. Harrison, although I was
a Federalist (honestly so,) and he a Republican of
the Jellerson school. 1 supported Adams warmly,
and he, with .-Kjual warmth supported Mr. Jeffer
son.—During the controversy from 1798, inclusive}
I convers d and argued with him times withou,
number —he sustaining Mr. Jefferson, and I Mr.’
Adams. You may assure your r lend, that there
was not amor?* consistent, decided supporter of Mr.
Jefferson, in £he North Western Territory, than
Gen. Harnsonf For the truth of this declaration
I most willingfy pledge my reputation.
I slate to yoli what I saw, and heard and know.
When the Ali|n and Sedition law passed, the Gen.
was not a member of Congress. He neither voted
nor had an op||)rtunity of voting on that law.
i out {friend, J. Burnet.
On. W«, fLuTHGATE.
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Frcki V z New York Courier.
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The Postmaster General.—We publish
ed yesterday a nong the items received at a late
hour in udva .ce of the mail an address from
Amos Kendal to the Loco Focos of the U. S.;
or in other wr ds, the appeal of a member of Gen.
Jackson and Van Buren’s Cabinet, to the i
charity of to Cue Extra Globe lor ,
their support his family during the
general prostration of tne business of the coun- i
try producing py his and their infamous crusade
against the country and the institutions of the
country.
If there any, even among the most rabid 1
Loco Focos, vjho doubled the character of this *
adventure, the)/ must now be fully convinced '
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that he was, and is a disgrace to the country and
to the high station he has so long occupied.—
A more humiliating spectacle than is now pre
sented to the country by this miserable appeal
firotn a high Cabinet Minister, has never been
in any country. Worthless and un
principled as we have long known him to be, we
were not prepared for an act so disgraceful ao this
—and that too, on the part of an individual who
has for twenty long years been filling some of
the most lucrative offices of the Government,
and who if public report does not belie him, has
unscrupulously used all the funds under his con
trol in speculating in the public domain through
information obtained from his official station.
And then the impudent assumption of his
card while he humbly stands cap in hand, beg
ging for the crumbs of patronage from the extra
Globe , for the support of the family of a high ca
binet minister, who has for twelve long years been
speculating upon the people, he modestly assigns
as a reason for his appeal and new position, the
importance of letting THE WHOLE WORLD
know that it is not in consequence of any dissat
isfaction with the President and his administra
tion, that he has resorted to the expedient of be
coming a public beggar. The modesty of this
inflated upstart, is only equalled by bis falsehood
in attempting to screen from the public gaze bis
ill gotten wealth. But he is in all respects wor
thy of the administration of which he has so
long been the principal wire-puller, and while ?s
Americans we mourn over the disgrace which
through him, attaches to our government, we
cannot but rejoice in the fact that he is shortly
to terminate his career as a cabinet minister.
Mr. Price. —The New-York Evening Ex
press of Friday, says:
“ Few men could land on our shores of greater
notoriety. Since his departure there is not a press
in this country that has not mentioned his name
in a variety of ways. It was declared by many
that he would never return. Yesterday, howev
er, he landed at White Hall, with his wife and
flock of little ones. He never looked better, nor
appeared in finer spirits. He has returned to
meet his accusers, and invites the most rigid scru
tiny. Ho declares he does not owe the Govern
ment a penny.”
A Rumor. —A letter from Boston, dated May
14th, 3 o’clock P. M. says, “it is rumored here
that Mr. Dlake, President of the Wrentham Bank,
one of the passengers in the ill-fated Lexington,
was picked up at sea after being 5 days in the
water, and carried to a foreign port. He did not
speak for 20 days, but has returned to his family
in good health.” This rumor, we learn, was
heard of at Wrentham on the 13th, but was not
credited.— Jour. Cew.
Gen. Harrison’s Republicanism.
A late Richmond Enquirer has a long string of
inferences to prove Gen. Harrison to have been a
Federalist. The secret of this charge is that Gen.
Harrison is a candidate for the Presidency, and
stands in the way of the re-election of Van Buren,
in relation to whom the Enquirer has avowed the
slavish doctrine that he means to “sink or swim”
with him.
But what said the Enquirer on this subject be
fore Harrison was a candidate, and before the En
quirer had the slave of party ? See the
following, from the Richmond Enquirer of Oct. 2G
1813 edited then, as now, by Thos. Ritchie: —
“The Federal printers are impudent enough to
claim all the laurels of the war, by denominating
the most distinguished of its heroes as Federalists.
Hull, say they, is a F deralist, and so arc Chaun
cey, Decatur and Harrison ? Oh no, not Harrison,
because the Federal R publican has very lately call
ed him the ‘ Democratic General
“But how can those men be ca'led Federalists,
according to the definition of the Federal printers I
A Federalist, now-a-days, is synonymous with a
friend of pedee .”
Again in 1522, (Oct. 14th,) the political opinions
of Gen. Harrison, who was then a candidate for
Congress, were published with high commendation
by the same Richmond Enquirer, as “I? publican
Doctrines.”
But hear Gen. Harrison himself. On the 11th of
Nov. 1809, when Madison was elected President
by the Republican party, Gen. Harrison wrote to
Dr. Brownly as follows :
“Ire oice sincerely in the triumph of the Repub
licans of Maryland. I hate written to my friend.
General Smith, to congratulate him on his appoint
ment to the Senate without having any cvidciice f
it than the success of the Republican Ticket."
Again in 1822, Gen. Harrison said, in an address
to his constituents, “I deem myself a Republican
of what is commonly called the old Jeffersonian
School.”
Which will the reader believe, the Richmond
Enquirer when it had no object to slander Gen.
Harrison, or the Richmond Enquirer fearing that it
will have to sink along with Van Buren. — Fayette
ville Observer.
31 r. Pollock’s Testimony of Harrison’s
Hravery.
Mr. Speaker,—l have listened to the debate*
thus far, with much patience. I have heard
abuse heaped upon Gen. Harrison, by men who
are comparatively young; and although I nm
unaccustomed to speech making, I hope the
House will bear with me for a few moments, for
I shall not trouble it long. I shall only reply to
some particular matters. I shall not deal in gen
eralities, we have had 100 many of them already.
Sir, I have heard members of tnis House charge
Gen. Harrison with cowardice, whom he defend
ed and protected from the war-knife and toma
hawk of the Indians, when they were sleeping in
their mothers’ arms.
Mr. Speaker,—l know something of General
Harrison, and something of his history, and some
thing of his deeds. I know individuals who
were with him during the last war; who were
with him in the battles of the Thames, Fort
Meigs, and Ft rt Stephenson. I know, sir, that
cannon-balls, and chain-shot, and bomb-shells,
flew thick around him in these battles. The gen
tleman from Clermont, (Mr. Buchanan,) said
that Gen. Harrison was not, during the batlle of
Fort Meigs, near enough to have the scales knock
ed off him. Well, sir, if he was not near enough
to have the scales knocked off, he was near
enough to have scales andd.rt knocked on to him
by cannon-balls. (Who saw it 7 asked some
member.) I saw it, sir. I was in that battle.
I SAW A CANNON-BALL STRIKE WITH
IN TWO FEET OF GENERAL HAR
RISON DURING THAT FIGHT. I w «
there. ISAW BO VIS-SHELLS AND CHAIN
SHOT FLYING ALL AROUND HIM.—
HORSES WEKS SHOT DOWN UNDER
HIM. I was also at the battle of Fort Stephen
son. I saw Gen. H. there, and he was in the
hottest and hardest of fight: and where steel
met steel the fiercest, there would you find Gen.
Harrison. I speak what my eyes have seen.
GEN. HARRISON IS NOT A COWARD;
and those who call him a coward know nothing
of him. He was a brave, prudent, and fearless
General. He took the right course during the
last war—he acted a noble part, and his country
has honored him for it. Ask the oldiers who
fought by his side; whose arms were nerved by
his presence ; whose hearts w ere cheered by his
valor; and who were led to triumph and to victo
ry by his courage, and bravery, and skill, if Gen
eral Harrison was a coward—and they, sir, will
tell you no!
Sir, I have done. I only wished to give my
testimony in favor of General Harrison, and to
state what I have seen, in opposition to the state
ments of those who are ignorant of his character,
and who know nothing of his bravery and skill.
Colleges.— The Christian Review states that
there are ninety-five colleges in the United States,
containing about 9,500 students,twenty-seven med
ical schools, with about 2,750 students, and eight
law schools, with 350 students.
From the Ohio Republican.
“ Boys, do you hear that!”
Twenty-six years ago last Autumn (said a
gentleman the other day,) I was a boy attending
school in a log cabin, with no other windows than
the logs afforded through the space between logs,
by the removal of a piece of the third, with
greasy bits of papers pasted on as substitutes of
glass. This cabin dedicated to learning, was sit
uated on the outskirts of a now populous town
in Pennsylvania. No state in the Union furnish
ed more or better soldiers for the defence and pro
tection of the northern frontier of Ohio during
the late war, than did Pennsylvania; not a few
of her sons were in the army surrender by Hull
besides numbers of her brave fellows who were
massacred and scalped at Winchester’s and Dud
ley’s defeat; still the after-call of Gen. Harri
son for more soldiers, was answered by large
numbers of Pennsylvanians,including several from
our village. The departure of these fellows from
their families and friends was then viewed as a
voluntary sacrifice of life for the defence of their
country, and the ‘farewell, God bless ye,’ was
uttered in a tone and teeling that sank deep in
to the hearts of the bystanders, and which will
never be effaced from my memory.
In these days our mails were few and uncer
tain, and it was only by the occasional passing
of a sick or disab ed soldier returning home, that
we heard from our army—Time hung heavy and
a deep gloom overspead our country —the last
news was ‘ a battle is soon expected between the
American Army under Gen. Harrison, and the
British and Indians under the blood thirsty Proc
tor and Tecumseh.’ Days and weeks passed by
and yet nothing was beard from our Army. Our
citizens eagerly hailed all strangers trorn the
West, with the anxious enquiry of ‘any news
from Gen. Harrison,’ and such was the delay,
doubt and uncertainty, that it was generally fear
ed, and by many believed that Harrison and his
Array, had like those before him, been defeated
and massacred. While I was silting (said our
informant) at the lung low windoto of our old
school house, and our Irish Schoolmaster was
busy repeating the A, B, C., to the smaller ur
chins, I suddenly heard the sound of a horn, I
looked forth and saw descending the hill, half a
mile distant, the mail-boy on his horse at full
speed ; at the foot of the hill he crossed the
bridge and the rapid clatter of the iron hoof re
sounded throughout our cabin; rising the hill
near us, his horse at full speed and reeking with
sweat, he again sounded hisshrill horn and when
opposite our academy he called out, “Harrison
HAS WHIPPED THE BRITISH AND INDIANS!”
Our Irish tutor, with as true an American heart
as ever beat in a son of Erin, sprang from his seat
as though he had been shot, his eyes flashing fire,
screamed out “ Boys, do you hear that!!!
caught his hat, darted out at the door and follow
ed the mail-boy at the top of his speed ; the
scholars were but a little behind him, the larger
ones taking the lead and shouting, “ Huzza for
Harrison, and the smaller ones running alter,
hallowing and screaming with fright.
The people of our village hearing the confu
sion and seeing the mail boy and horse at full
run followed by the scltoolmrTer at the top of
his speed and his whole school, screaming, shout
ing and running, knew not what to make of it.
The mechanic left his shop—the merchant bis
store—and the women stretched thtir necks out
of the windows, while consternation and dismay
was depicted on every countenance. The mail
arrived at e office, the carrier rose in his stir
rups and exclaimed at the same time whirling his
hat in the air, “ for Harrison, he has
whipped the British and Indians”—“ Boys do
you hear that?” A universal shout of joy in
voluntarily burst forth, bonfires were kindled in
the streets, and our village was illuminated at
night. In those days I heard no one say that
Harrison was, a ‘ coward, or a granny’ but I heard
many say “ God bless General Harrison.”
A PENNSYLVANIAN.
Contemptible Trick.
For the purpose of throwing ridicule upon the
Whig Convention, about to assemble at Balti
more, the Locofocos of Washington hired a gang
of negroes to parade the city with Harrison ban
ners and mottoes. The procession consisting of
about so; / carts filled with blacks, decorated
with badges, and carrying labels of “Hard Cider
and Log Cabin,” paraded up and down Pennsyl
vania Avenue. The miserable pageant passed
off without any notice from the Whigs but the
silent contempt it deserved. We are sorrv, how
ever, to perceive the use 'o which one of Louisi
ana’s grave senators would put this artifice off
on the Locofocos. He has wri.'ten a curious letter,
which appeared in yesterday’s Courier, describ
ing the procession as if gotten up by the Whigs
for parly effect, and lamenting with feigned sin
cerity, that the authorities in a slave-holding city
like Washington should have tolerated such an
exhibition.
Does Senator Nicholas suppose that his con
stituents can be gulled by such shallow tricks 1
It is painful to see men high in rank and dignity,
thus lending themselves to be the tools of party.
We cannot believe this letter from Senator Nich
olas was intended for publication.— N. Orleans
Bulletin.
Bank of Kentucky. —A letter from Louis
ville, under date of 6th instant, published in the
Philadelphia North American, says—
“ The stockholders’ meeting closed yesterday,
and all went off peaceably. But one opinion
was expressed on the subject of the liability for
the over-issues of stock in hands of innocent
holders—all concurred that the Bank was cer
tainly and justly liable. The Directors elected
will do all they can to effect a speedy adjustment
of the whole matter, and have already selected an
agent to proceed to Philadelphia, and ascertain
more fully the extent of the issues, and to have
the matter settled with the Schuylkill Bank.”
Anecdote.
Moves, speaks and lights, and is himself a war.”
Among the many pleasing incidents that oc
curred during our attendance at the glorious 22d
of February Convention, it did our hearts good to
hear Harrison’s bravo old soldiers describing
scenes of by-gone days.
They fought their battles o’er again,
With Harrison on hill and plain.
We will relate the following as we heard it,
from one who is too brave to depart from the
truth, and we do so with additional pleasure, be
cause theoffice-h ers and their dependents are
constantly laboring to prove that Genera! Harri
son is an “Old Granny” and a “Coward.”
At the period when Fort Meigs was beseiged
by the British army, under Proctor, and a horde
of savages under the most noted chiefs, General
Harrison received a message from Proctor, com
manding him to surrender, and at the same time
threa ning that in case he did not comply, the
fury of the Indians would not he restrained! The
fort was knee deep in water, the men were ex
ha«is by constant watching and exertion, and
the “ravages were yelling like so many Devils, ’
when the brave Harrison summoned his officers
to the Council table. Seating himself at the
head, he read Proctor’s massage, and beginning
with his junior officer, requested each to give his
opinions as to what course to pursue. Thinking
that, in this instance,discretion would be the bet
ter part of valor, and wishing to spare the effusion
of blood, a majority were in favor of surrendering.
When Harrison had ascertained this fact, he
arose and addressed them in this emphatic lan
guage:—“Gentlemen, I am charged by my gov
ernment with the' defence of this fort, and if it
were as deep with, blood, as it now is with water
I would not surrender it.” His officers, spring
ing to their feet, exclaimed, “If that is your de
termination, General, we arc with you!” —Tur-
ning to the messenger, he said, “go and tel! Gen.
Proctoi to come and take it.”
The result is recorded in history. The siege
ofFort Meigs was abandoned.—The skill and in
trepidity with which Gen. Harrison conducted
his defensive operations, in the face of a superior
foe, was eminently successful; and not only pro
tected our widely extended frontier, but eventu
ally forced the British and Indians to retire, mor
tified and humbled by defeat from our country.—
Log Cabin Herald.
Another Sign. — A backwoodsman of Illinois,
who keeps a “ Travellers Rest,” has this announce
ment inscribed over the clapboard door of his Jog
We have here in store for Travellers
Oats and chop for the aorse and for the rider,
Hog, homminy, and hard cider.
The politics of Harrison
Rules this little garrison.
7 hose of \ an Burtn
Is beyond all e.idurin, _ r . ,
The people will certify to the truth of this declara
tionof the honest pioneer, in due season.
Gov. Ellsworth’s Message to the Legislature
of Connecticut represents that the State is free
from debt, and has besides, $18,544 in the Tieas
ury. The school fund amounts to $2,040,000; the
dividend made last year $lO3 ,345, which has been
divided among 82,676 children. The State prison
is in a flourishing condition ; number of convicts,
169 ; profits last year beyond expenses, $4,500. —
The militia numbers 40,000 men, who are gener
ally well armed and equipped.
The Chinese Empire. —ln the course of a de
bate in the House of Commons, Sir James Graham
described the Chinese Empire as inhabited by three
hundred and fifty millions of human beings—all di
rected by ihe will ol one man—all speaking one
language—all governed by one code of laws —all
professing one religion—all actuated by the same
feelings of national pride and prejudice. They date
iheir origin, not by centuries, but by tens of centu
ries, transmitted to them in regular succession, un
der a patriarchal government, without interruption;
and boast of education, of printing, of civilization,
of arts, and the conveniences and many t f the lux
uries of life ns enjoyed by them when Europe was
still sunk in barbarism, and when the light of
knowledge was obscured in this.our western hem
isphere.
“Rut,” he added, “not only to their number—not
only with regard to that unity which is strength,
but I call the attention of the house to their im
mense wealth. They possess an animal revenue of
£ 50,000,000, regularly collected—they have no
debt—they inhabit the largest and fairest portion of
Asia, in nearly one I bird of that w hich is in the
tropical climate—they cultivate a most fruitful soil,
which is watered by tha largest rivers, and inter
sected by a canal 12t)0 miles in length, which is one
of the standing wonders of the world, and in every
portion of this immense empire, there is one uni
lorrniiy of system—one jealous suspicion of stran
gers, even both on the shores ol the Yellow Bea,
and all the confines of India, and the boundaries of
Ava, Tebet, and Nepaul.”
“Site would be a Soldif.r” — The following
tnrilling anecdote of a young South Carolina girl is
copied from a work entitled “Tales of Marion’s
Men.”
“Sally St. Clair wa* a beautiful, dark eyed creo’e
girl. The whole treaMiry of her love was freely
floured out to Sergo.. nt Jasper, who on one occasion
had the good fortune to save her life. The prosjieel
of iheir separation almost maddened her. To sever
her long jetty ringlets from her exquisite head, to
dress in mule attire, to enroll herself in the cor|»s to
w hich he belonged, unknow :i to him, was a resolu
tion no sooner conceived than taken. In the camp
she attracted no particularattention except the night
before the bat le, when she was noticed bonding
over his couch, like a good and gentle spirit, as if
lislening to his dreams. The ‘Camp was surprised
and a fierce conflict ensued. The lovers were side
by side in the thickest of the fight; bur, endeavor
ing to turn away a lance aimed at the heart of Jas
per, the floor girl received it in her own, and fell
bleeding at his feet Alter the victory, her name
and sex were discoverer! ; there was not a diy • ve
in the corps when Sally 8t Clair was laid in ucf
grave, in a green shady nook, t hat looked as if it
had been stolen out of Faradtse”
A Rum-atic Affair. —It appears from the
Cincinnati News, that an old gentleman, pretty
I well offin the world, fell in love witc a young la
dy on board one of the steamboats while travelling
up the river, and so“iauiethe agreeable” over her,
that she consented-to be his when they arrived at
Cincinnati. The marriage was consummated, and
the bridegroom became lively, and then joily, and
then stupid,and then dead drunk. He was put to
bed —and when he woke up in the morning, not
from a dream of bliss, for he was too drunk to
dream, he found to his great mortification that his
maiden bride with her mother had Swaitvvouted,
leaving him all “alone in his glory ” Nothing
had been heard of her up to the latest dates. Prob
ably she has G. T. T.
The National Debt ofGreat Britain.
According to the London Weekly Review, “of
127 years terminating in 1815, England spent 65
in war and 62 in peace. The war of 1688, after
lasting nine years and raising the expenditure in
that period 36 millions, was closed by the treaty
of Ryswick in 1697.—Then came the war of the
Spanish succession, which began 1702, concluded
in 1713, and absorbed millions |of money.
Next was the Spanish war 1739, settled finally
at Aixly-Chapelle in 1748, costing 54 millions.
—Then came the seven years’ war of 1756, which
terminated with the treaty of Paris in 1763, and
in course of which were spent 112 millions.
Tne next was the American war of 1775, lasted
eight years, costing 136 millions. The French
Revolutionary war began in 1793, lasted nine
years, and exhibited an expenditure ol 464 mil
j lions. The war against Bonaparte, began in
I 1803 and ended in 1815 : during these 12 years,
the nation spent 1159 millions, 771 of which were
raised by taxes, and 388 by loans. In the Rev
olutionary war we borrowed 201 millions in the
American war, 104 millions; in the seven years’
war 60 millions; in the Spanish war of 1739, 29
millions; in the war of the Spanish succession,
millions; in the war of 1688, 20 millions.
Fotal borrowed in the seven wars during 65 years,
about 834 millions. In the same time we raised
by taxes 1189 millions ; thus forming a total ex
penditure on war of two thousand and twenty
three millions of pounds sterling.”
Mr Combe, the phrenologist, thus comments :
| —“The national debt of Britain has been contrac-
I ted chiefly in originating in commercial
I jealousy |and thirst for conquest; in short, under
“the suggestion? of Combaliveness, Destructive
ness, Acquisitiveness and Self-Esteem. Did not
our ancestors, therefore, impede their own pros
perity and happiness, by engaging in these con
tests? and have any consequences of them reach
ed us, except the burden of paying nearly thirty
millions of taxes annually, as the price of the
gratification of the propensities of our ignorant
forefathers? If the twentieth part of the sums
had been spent in effecting objects recognized by
- the moral sentiments—in instituting, for example,
seminaries of education, making roads, canals and
and public granaries—how different would have
been the present condition of the country, which
exhibits the spectacle of millions of men toiling
to the extremity of human endurance, for a pit
tance scarcely sufficient to sustain life.”
From the American Traveler.
The Capture.—The “Amiable Julia” was a
fine brig, of 500 tons burthen, built at Baltimore,
but owned in Boston. She left the latter place in
August, 1812, for the port of Rochelle, in France,
commanded by Capt. Leatherbury, a man of great
experience in sea matters. He was about 45 years
of age, tall, and rather lean and lank ; but he had
a genius within that j-tarted not at trifles ; he had
an eye like an eagle, and could face the broadside
of a74 without winking; he had a voice that
would drown the sound of a spvaKing-lrumpet
ana he could wield a handspike like
Her crew consisted of about twenty men, native
Americans, except one, an Irishman, a true son
of Erin, who had deserted from his Britannic I
Majesty’s ship. Antelope. The brig was armed
with a 9 pounder al he.* bows and stern,and moun
ted a long-tom at midships. She arrived at a place
of destination, after a pleasant run of 25 days
without interruption. She discharged her cargo,
and took in one of wine, grapes, raisins, &c.; and
after c, stay of about one month, she unmoored
from Rochelle, and with a fair breeze stood cut to
sea * ith all sails sot, and the beautiful brig “walk
ed the waters like a thing of life.” But she was
not destined so to proceed a great while ; for on
the second morning, the man at the mast head
descried a sail bearing down, with all the canvass
she could carry, upon the windward quartet. j
She soon pioved to he a ship of war, and by noon |
she came within hailing distance, when she ran |
up the royal cross of St. George. The American 1
cleared her decks for action, and ran up the stars t
and stripes—when, immediately, the Briton s ent ,
a shot across her bows, and ordered her to heave ,
to. But Lcatherbury commanded as yet, and in
stead of heaving to, he ordered her a dose of can
ister sweetened with grape, from long-tom, which
made work for the surgeon and sailniakers. This
so exasperated the Briton, that he hove his helm
bard aport, and gave Jonathan a broadside, which
cut the sails and rigging, hut injured no one.
The Irishman was now in his element, for he
knew the ship as soon as she showed her broad
side. It was the Antelope, from which ho had
deserted. Jonathan gave the Briton another dose
from long-tom, which drove in the counter, and
killed the man at the wheel. The Briton now
gave them another broadside, which carried the
fbretopmast of the Julia by the board. The latter
by this time brought her other two guns to hear
upon the foe, which did considerable execution.
Meanwhile Patrick was not idle ; he had supplied
himself with a musket, and every shot of his told
among the enemy. But now came the third broad
side of the Briton, which unshipped the rudder of
the Julia, and carried her foremast by the board,
which rendered her unmanageable. The Briton,
taking advantage of this, ran down upon her,
driving his bowsprit into her mizen shrouds. And
now followed a scene of slaughter not to he des
cribed. The Americans fought with the despera
tion of madmen : and though small in number
they lacked not in courage. The Irishman fought
like a desperado, and killed a great many with
his own hand. The British had recognized him,
and determined on taking him alive; but in this
they were disappointed ; for in the midst of the
. battle a person leaped from the shrouds of the
Antelope upon the deck of the Julia, by the side
of Patrick, who immediately stabbed him to the
heart!—and as he fell to the deck he cast a look
into his face, and in it beheld the face of his own
brother ! He dropped his weapons, caught up hit*
brother in his arms, and tried to staunch his
wound ; but his life was fast ebbing away. At
' this moment a shot irom the Briton laid the poor
fellows by the side of his brother, and (heir spirits
went together to their great account. The Julia’s
men being nearly all killed or wounded, the rc
, mainder surrendered to the British, who lost more
i than one third of their men.
G. S. R., Ho****ton.
i .
A Beau Hunt in Lapland.—A peasant gen
erally goes out in search of bis trail, and having
. found it, moves in a ring some miles in circum
i fcrence to make sure of having him within it.
> He then gradually contracts his circles till he
comes to the retreat itself of the animal. Weeks
* are sometimes expended in this search; the pea
santry are then summonsed to a skall by the lands
[ hofoding, or governor of the province, and put
1 under the direction, of the jagtmaestare, or ran
* ger of the district, who marshals them and com
mands their movements. The peasants are gene
rally formed into circles, and come armed w ith
whatever weapons they can procure. Though
opposed singly to a whole host, the hear often
spreads havoc among his assailants. Every hall
'hat enters his huge carcass hut adds fire to his
lury.and wo to the individual whom his wrath
has singled out! It ceases to be a mere pastime,
and nothing but the greatest self-possession can
save him from a miserable death. While at Hir
’ nosand. I saw a representation of an event that
that took place at a skali in the neighborhood in
’ 1831. aid which shows that bear-hunting mus*
I be quite equal to tiger-hunting in excitement a a
1 peril. The bear on this occasion was very large;
' nothing like an American bear, with which an In
dian can grapple, hut an enormous beast able to
[ carry off a pony under his arm. His temper,
probably never very good, had been ruffled by
1 ten shots lodged in different parts of his body ;
' all present entrenched themselves, and awaited
some desperate effort on his part, should not a
lucky shot through the head speedily give him
his quietus. At this moment a man bolder than
p his companions advancing before them, the hear
j rushed upon him, tore his gun from his hands,
r and began to wound him with his tremendous
, claws. The wretched man was unable to con
j tend with his muscular antagonist; already his
? wounds were letting out his life, when a young
j Norrlander, unable to look quietly on, rushed to
his assistance. Besides the danger which he
j himself incurred, and which, of course he ha-j no
feeling of, there was some difficulty in shooting
j the bear without striking the man. As he advan
j ced, the bear rose on his hind legs to meet his
new opponent; his victim dropped before him; the
j Nolander seized the favorable opportunity, rai
j sed his gun with both arms high above his head,
B to bring it in a horizontal position on a level with
. the boar’s, and, trusting to feeling more than
j sight, d scharged his piece. An immediate death
wound could alone save either from their
b enemy. The success, which the brave man
, deserved, attended him, and the ball passed
2 through the brain of the bear, which fell dead on
* the rescued man.— Dillon's Winter in Lapland.
)
, A Romantic Adventure. —An English pa
. per says the following adventure has of late been
, the subject of much conversation. On an even
i ing early in Ma*ch last, about dusk, a commercial
- traveller was proceeding from Cheltenham to
- Gloucester in a gig, when he was accosted by a
respectably dressed lady, who informed him that
: she had been disappointed by the coach, and re
- quested him to give her a seat in his gig to Glou
-1 cester. Commercial travellers are proverbially
r gallant and good matured ; and the gentleman of
- the road in this instance possessed all the best
t characteristics of his ‘ord ;r.’ He was happy at
- the opportunity afforded him of being of the least
- service to the lady, whose petition was couched
- in ' e most moving terms; ami, delighted rather
/ than otherwise with his good fortune, which had
e thrown such a companion in his way to beguile
t the solitariness and tedium of his journey, he at
s once granted the request, and bunded the lady to
j the at at his side.
The lady 's proportions w ere somewhat of the
J largest, and the arm which the traveller assisted
e as she sprang into the vehicle appeared capable
i of defending its possessor from any improper lib
r enies. Whether this circumstance induced the
- traveller to cast his eyes downwards, to observe
whether all proportions corresponded, or whether
like many other gentlemen of his craft, he boast
ed of being a connoisseur in tine ank'es, we do
i not know, hut the story goes that, wuile his eyes
> did wander toward the feet of his companion, his
i sight was far from being gratified by detecting
, something which bore very much the appearance
t of a man’s trousers peeping from beneath a silk
s cloak and flounced petticoat-
AH the comfortable reminiscences of past dan
-1 gers, ana all the anecdotes which he had ever
> heard or read from the “Newgate Calender,”
t came fresh to his recollection. He had no doubt
, he was riding cheek by jow 1 with a second Dick
Turpin, who was only waiting a suitable oppor
i tunity to rob, and perhaps to murder him. A
i lucky idea rose in his mind; he drew his silk haml-
! kerc!licf f ro ™. hi 3 it fell into the road- "
j was a B|dend,d“wi [e ,”and as valuable as the '*
that an Egyptian gave to Othello’s mother?
could not think of losing it, hut his horse Wa l t
hasty-tempered to allow him to trust the reins i !°
strange hands—a thousand apologies, but S
t ie lady be kind enough to step out and pick u t)
the handkerchief, which was now some van! 1
the rear of the gig. The lady readily LenfiJ
and while she was performing the errand th
commercial gentleman gave the whip to hisfieiv
comser, and soon left his supidons fellow rvv
gear far behind.— When he felt it prudent to
moderate his speed, he discovered that the JaJ v
had left in the scat, when she dismounted *
handsome muff, and, putting his hand inside ot\\,
he found a brace of pistols, loaded, capped, airi
bulled; and with the muff and its formidable con
tents the traveller arrived safely in Gloucester,
congratulating hiniselt most heartily on the nar
row escape which he had experienced.
Dreadful Instance of Revenge
John had - demanded the eldest son of William do
Braose, Lord of Bramher, in Sussex, as a
to wait on Queen Isalretla, meaning him in reali
ly as a hostage for his father’s allegumee. When
the King’s message was delivered at Bramher by
a courtier, who bore the ominous name ofMalue
the imprudent lady de Braosc declared in his hear’
ing that she would not’surrender her children to
king who had murdered his own nephew- Tho
Lady de Braosc repented her rashness when it
was too late, and strove in vain to propitiate
Queen Isabella'by rich gifts. Among other of!
ferings, she sent the Queen a present of a herd „f
four hundred cows and ono beautiful bull. Xhi
peerless herd was white, all but the ears, vv],;
were red. This strange present to Isabella j; j
not avert the deadly wialh of King John; f or
seized the unfortunate family at Meath, in Ireland
whether they had fled for safely. The Lord of
Bramher, his wife and children, were conveyed i„
the old castle of Windsor, and enclosed in a
strong room, where they were deliberately starve i
to death, father, mother, and five innocent liu t
ones, who suffered in our country the fate , f
Count Ugolino and his family; an atrocitv com
pared with which the dark slain of Arthur’s mur
der fades to the hue a venial crime.— Miss Ulrich
land's Lives of Queens of England.
Sponges. —The correspondent of the \Vorcc«.
ter Spy fell in at Malta with a Greek merchant
engaged in the trade. It appears that two me
thods are pursued in the fishing for sponges
CTne by diving and pulling them from the rocks
with the hands; the other by an insliumcnt with
five lines fixed to a long handle. The former is
preferred, as the sponges are less injured by it,
The divers pursue the business as a regular trade,
They commence it very early in life, but such is
its effect on their constitution, that they rarely
if ever, survive the age of forty-five years.
A spot being fixed on, oil is poured on the sur
face ot the water, in order, by rendering it ntarlv
tranquil, to Jet in the light of the sun. Thedi
ver “squats” near the side of his boat, breathes
violently several minutes, and then, taking s
deep inspiration, darts suddenly down. Notwith
standing this precaution, in more completely or
ganizing the blosd by rapid respiration, his body,
when becomes from the water is nearly as dark
as that of a negro—owing to the predominance
of arterial blood. These divers will desceud
about 40 feet, and remain under water from four
to five minutes. They work hut two hours a
day, their wages being sl4 a month. About
seven years since, it seems, they commenced div
ing for the purpose of bringing up merchandize
from the wrecks of vessels, and have pursued the
business w ith very great profit.
Finding a Sincere. Friend.— Madam Mali
bran, about this time, made the acquaintance, or,
perhaps I should more properly say, gained the
friendship, of M. Viardot in rather an extraor
dinary manner. Aslhe friendship formeda fea
ture in her after-life, I may relate the anecdote
here. Madame Malihran was remarkably fond
of riddles and charades, and delighted in puz
zling people to guess them. One evening she
was repeating a number of ingenious riddles, at
a soiree, given by M. . AH were laughing
guessing, and applauding her to the skies, when
she perceived M. Viardot quietly seated in a cor
ner of the room, apparently taking no interest in
that which amused the rest of the companv.
This piqued her. It is true, M. Viardot was al
most a stranger; but then, again, no prettv wo
man likes to he neglected, even by one out of a
thousand. Maria again uttered another sally of
wit, but in vain she looked for a smile from the
sedate gentleman in the corner. Determined no
longer to hear this, she rose after her next char
ade, and, appoaching him, asked in a low voice.
“ Give me your opinion of my last.” “It was
not good,” gravely replied M Viardot, “ because”
condemning it. She listened to him attentively,
and when he had done speaking she could not
help remarking on the singularity of his disap
proval, since every one else applauded her.
“True,” n joined Viardot, “they seek to please
you by flattery. But I really esteem you ; there
fore, prefer telling you the truth, even at the risk
of displeasing you.” For an instant she lookaJ
attentively at him; then holding out her hand,
she grasped his saying, “ At length I have found
sincerity. Grant me your friendship—mine is
yours for life,” — Memoirs of Malihran.
A New Colony.— The Chilicothe Gazette
states that a portion rising of t one hundred per
sons, who arc about forming a colony in a remote
part of lowa Territory, left that place by canal on
the 24th ult. Others are to follow during the
present month, others in June, and the remainder
in the fall.
“ The whole,” says the Gazette, “are league?
together for mu'ual assistance and defence, and a
part are handed for manufacturing purposes,—
though nothing like a community of goods is cor
templated. The settlement is proposed lo I*
made near the centre of what will probably be the
Mate ol lowa, at the head of navigation of the
Des Moines river. The march of empire contin
ues westward, and probably during the lives o'
many ot the picsent generation, the passes of the
Rocky mountains will he paved with stone of
shod with iron, and the hum and turmoil of com
merce be heard on the shores of the Pacific.
England and China.— The Philadelpbi*
American Sentinel indulges the following J 0 * 1
sentiments on the subject of the hoslili'.— l
tween 1 ngland and China :
In our judgment a more heaven-daring wror£
was never proposed, than the British war w |ta
China. We blushed for our kind, when
the French frigate L’Artimise showed her broad
sides belore a feeble, serai--ivilized islanding
Pacific, threatening immediate destruction ot tbes T
town in the name of the great French nation, un
less the chiefs would again sanction the traffic r a
brandy. But worse than this is the present p”
sition of England. She denies to China tb*
right of protecting her own children from an « vli
worse than death. She insists upon pouring‘ D
the damning drug, and because a few
chests have b en seized, after every remonstrant
and interdiction had proved unavailing, is
to launch the bolts of war at this miserable
pie. Such a wrong heaven and the
science forbid.
W e cherish no ill-will towards England
feel a child-like wonder and veneration when ' u
contemplate her hoary grandeur and youlblui ■
gor, her massive strength, her march upon 1 ‘
mountain wave, her wide-reaching sway, cnc! ”
cling the earth with the emblems of her
eignty—above all when wo think of hw riK 1
strength and greatness. But just in propor^ 1