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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. * **• f " 1 - " Frcki V z New York Courier. ♦ 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 ' I i 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