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CHRCjSICLE AND SENTINEL.
5 AUGUSTA.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 27.
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QCj’N - mail north of Charleston last night.
(XT An interview is desired with Bon Shout,
Jr. before we can give place to his article.
Loco Focos Cornered.
The Ljico Foco parly of Louisville Kentucky
recently Reputed Messrs. Chambers and Van
Buskirk, it committee to wait on Gen. Hairiaon
at his resilience, and ascertain his views on the
it.
subject o| Abolition. They accordingly called
on the General, and made known the object of
their visit? whereupon the General referred them
to his Vincennes speech as containing “ a full
and unequivocal exposition of his views on that
subject.” | The delegates replied they “had no
copy of tfcat speech,” “ I can give you one,”
said the (leneral, and he gave them one according
ly. Whereupon the gentlemen took leave of the
old General and returned to Louisville to make
their report.
Public fleeting.
At a meeting of the citizens of the 3d Ward,
friendly to the election ol Harrison and Tyler, held
at the Lafayeito Hail, on Friday evening, the 22d
inst.. Win. M. D’Anngnac was rail'd io the Chair,
and John S. Hutchinson appointed Secretary.
On motion, it was
Resolved, That we now organize a Club, Io he
called the Third Ward Tippecanoe Club, pledged
for the support of Harrison, Tuler and Reform, and
that a committee of three be appointed to recom
mend officers for the Club.
The committee appointed in pursuance of the
above resolution, after retiring for a few minutes,
reported the following nam s lor officers, which re
port was unanimously adopted :
John Carmichael, lis p President.
Dr. Paul F. Eve, Ist. Vice-President.
Dr. F M. Robertson, 2d da.
Israel Bond, 3d do.
John S llu'chi.iEon, Secretary.
A. G. Bull, Treasurer
Samuel Milling, Standard Bearer.
On motion, it was
Resolved, That a Committee of Vigilance be ap
pointed, consisting of seventy-six. Under this reso
lution, the following persons wore appointed to
compo e t hat committee, viz :
C J Jenkins, A Wallace,
John Wilkinson, II S Ho.iJiy,
John Hill, George Wyman,
Francis Midhim, John Mcßride,
James B Bishop, R V Harris,
J J Roberson, Terrance Doonan,
II W Uis ley, James McCafferiy,
• James Hulbert, G H Kcnnon,
John P Seize, A Lam aid,
J VV Walker, W H Rowland,
W T Adairs, James Hubbard,
I S Beers, ? Peter Houtet,
0 F'Carmichael, W FRaihbone,
J{ W F ores, Philip Mr Can,
B F Kennlk, J ii Crocker,
Robert Dolgiis, J W King,
1 A Hible;* R V Clarkson,
G I’ A W Smith,
J Siesidma* Clarke, r VV Walton,
Win lluu(|i, Joint Mi lion.
Louts Crcii, Junes M Harris,
George Rrl kelt, John C Leitner,
F II Cook*, Benjamin Conly,
Paul F E\ j, Samuel Milling,
I lays Bow l, re, J H i larke,
Joseph A >vc, John Timmerman,
WMi Crao •, L Bost.vick,
Wihiara Fowler, H il Hichmun,
W A RobfrL-on, John Finn,
William t Eve, VViUtam Bostwiek,
Bluster, II D Carmichael,
Isaac Hetty, L D Ford,
S G Colt, 7 (j Low,
Robert N i hob, A Baker,
G B Peas !% Ft; Kills,
PH Earl, i J 31 Parks,
Charles L jidsley, M Wilkinson,
A B 3!al!(| y, J A Sitnmons.
On raoi|»n, it was
Resolve. | That a committee consisting of eight,
be appoint* J to present the pledge to the friends of
Harrison » a d Tyler in the 3d Ward.
Ihe Clvur appointed t lie following persons on
that committee ;
John Hijl, T. S. Metcalf, Samuel .Milling, 1. A.
Fabler, O,|E. Carmichael, John VV. Walker, J S.
ilutckinscji, A. B Jlalfory.
T W- Jlaliet- Esq. from a Committee from the
oGddth DLvrict, announc'd to the meeting that fiat
district ha« 3 organized a Tippecanoe Club, and was
ready to c.i operate with us, for the promotion of the
cause of I f irrison, Tyler and Reform.
Mr. J. c Dunlap, from a comm nice from the Tip
pecanoe Ai tocia ion of Ward No. 2, made a similar
report inbphalf of ihat Ward.
Gn motion, it was
Resolve, |, That a committee of three he appoint
ed lo anmifince ihe organization of the Third Ward
I ippecan't'. Clu'> to the other Clubs and Associa
tions of he city, and extend to them the right
hood of f&l iwsliip 3
Tlie Chjdr appointed Messrs. D’Antignac, Bond
and Hible*, on that Committee.
After able and eloquent addresses from T. VV. Mil
lcr Fsq- Ml ij I sham Thompson, Mr. J. W. Walker,
VV rn. T. (Amid. Esq Jus. Gardner, jr. Esq and J as.
W. Jones,} ha Club adj mmed to meet again at the
call of the
% I. 31. RDBEiIFSON, Vice Pres’t.
JohnSI.H UTCHINSON. Secretary.
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Stats Rights Meeting in Troup.
According to previous notice, a large, respectable
ami enthusiastic meeting of the Bia(e Rights parly
of Troup tfouniy, was held a' the Court Hou e in
LaG range "on 'Tuesday, the sth inst., for the pur
pose of (-electing suitable Delegates to attend the
6ta;e Rights Convention,to beheld in MiUedgevilie
on Monday, the lir.-t day of June next.
On tnoli|n, Maj. Jarrel BeaHy was called to the
Char, ancyG. VV. Util appoint' d Secretary.
The obj Je t of the meeting having been explained,
the followjng resolution was otiered by Robert
Dougherty? Esq.
That the Chair appoint a committee of
nine to ascertain the sense of the meeting. (Intend
ed hy preamble and resoltui >ns )
'The motion was opposed by Gen. Haralson, as
being expand from the usual course of the State
Rights assignation, and addressed the meeting in a
very eloquent manner, blazing a line ofdem ircation,
which, (aifiirding to ifs views,) ilia rotate Rights
party shou if pursusin relation to the subj cl w hich
now begin to agitate the whole Union, which is
in opposition to the choice of either of the promi
nent candidates now before the American people
lor the Pit ;.i deucy of the United Stales.
He was followed by Robert Dougherty, Esq. it.
a very abkfand e:abora* a address, in opposition to
the course Recommended hyGe i. Haralson—-show
ing that ihy time ami crisis had arrived, when vve
should no linger stand aloof, but rise to the rescue
ot o r eomfoy from a ruin ms and disastrous Ad-
to oppose the present incumbent, in
supp irtoftfen. WILLIAM HENRT HARRISON.
After ihtjf close of the debate hy the afurcra n
tioned following rcs du'.oo, as a sub
stitute to lie one off) red by 3i;J. Dougherty, was
proposed t |i lie mce. mg ;
Res,,! ecf? That th ■ sc iso of the meeting be taken
upon the nsott>n offer 1.
W l;i h, fiPirgadopted, the motion first offered
was then put to the house, and carried by a la*ge
maj *rity. •
The Chair then apt) dated the fallowing gentle
men to compose that commute ■, viz.
Robert L|j tgiteriy, 1 foj., Maj. J dm C. Webb, Dr.
1 ' A ;, Ti ; f’ JohiiNO’i, S. T. Cuirig ih. Mj.
• ,n> . );• **f r S a b Jo 1 Ai. Clnvers, John Pkill.ps
and dr. Il|-'.i!i rn.
i he retired, and after a few minutes
returned cioj ©fi - ; , • following prramble an i
retoi Ji "iTr in- constd- ration of lie me • iug:
V ■‘ cre ' l i lh a n admin str.nion ut ,he lieu
oral Go\ci non: ts but a continuation of the pri-i
--ptes planstan.i nier.suv ao:■ h■ ; i-t; and wherets.
in iueo.-iiXm o. ecs meeti ih , mei ua’i on-i
prmc plc, Live ie da j, in a re.t de-nc. to -.nj
duce ill.' m->t ru no :s and di-ailro ia < Ildets,'n -l
vioy upon 4vary departtnebt ot commerce, but u-on
u .tv.uuii - te.lit and en«-'-rpr;Z5 —destroying panlic
f
ii
and private credit; and whereas, we believe a
change of rulers is indispensable to a restoration of
anything like former prosperity.
Resolved, 'Hint vve will use any hon Table exer
tion in our power to defeat the rc-elcclion of Mar
lin Van Buren.
Resolved , That we elect five Delegates to attend
the Convention to "oe held in Mtlledgeville in June I
nest, and that said Delegates be instructed to uso
t heir best efforts in fbi warding any p'an or scheme, \
said convention may adopt to oppose the re-election
ot the present Executive of the Untied 'tales
Which, after having been read, the House was
again addressed by Gen Haralson in opposition to
the Resolutions, q! was followed by Robi. Dough
erty, Esq., in a very able and enthusiastic manner,
in support ol them and Ins former views.
The meeting was also addressed elahoranly hy
Dr J E Scott, m support, of the Sub- Treasury and
Martin Van Buren, and offered, for the adoption of
the House, the late Resolutions ct 3Jr. Hovva-d of
Muscogee, as a substitute to those under considera
tion. 3Jaj. O A. Bull then addressed the meeting
in opposition to hath the original Resolutions ait i
the substitute, and in suppott of the views already
expressed by Gen. Haralson, and offered the flow
ing as a substitute to both the forego ngresolutions :
Resolved, That the Delegates to the Convemiou
bo instructed not to nominate either Martin Van
Buren or Gen. Harrison, for the Presidency ol the
United States.
The meeting was then address’d by Robert
Dougheity, Esq. and Dr. L. A Bond, in a yo yab'e,
eloquent and elaborate manner, in o p isilion to me
substitutes ofTere-J in lieu of the Resolution of the
Committee, and in opposition to the present AJ
ministration, and in support of Gen. V\ m
Harrison.
At tlie close of the last address by Maj Dougher
ty, the question was called for,and the resolutt.ms
of Maj. O A. Bull being first in order. Buy were
put to ihe House ami lost almost unanimously.
The Resolutions of 3lr. Howard of Muscogee,
offered by J. E. ScoU, as a substitute, came up
ngxt in order, and the question being put, they were
lost unanimously with the exception oltwoor three
affirmatives.
The first Resolutions proposed hy the Committee,
were then read and almost unanimously' adopted.
The House then proceeded to the election ot five
Delegates, pursuant to the above Resolutions, by
ballot, and on counting out the voles, the following
gentlemen were duly elected, to wit.— Robs. Dough
erty. Esq , Dr. L A. Bond, Maj. Jarrel Beasly, S.
T. Cutright, Dr. Win. P. Beasly.
On motion, it was
Resolved, That the Delegates elect shall have full
■ power tw fill the vacancies, should any occur, to
; attend said Co tvemion.
j On motion of Robert Dougherty, Esq.
I Resolved, That th; proceedings of this meeting
be signed hy the President and Secretary, and pub
lished in the Macon Messenger, Columbus Enquir
er, and Augusta Chronicle.
JARREL BEASLY, President.
G. W. Hill, Secretary.
A Gigantic Duel.—The New Orleans Pic
ayune says the preliminaries of the duel be
tween the Belgian and Kentucky giants have fi
nally been settled. They are to fight with thir
ty-two pounders, distance three quarters of a
mile, and are to fire between the words cme and
forty-five !
From the Lexi/igion (Kj.J Intelligencer.
Facts from History.
I We take great pleasure in presenting to our
readers the following extracts of two Orignal
Documents now in our possession ; which were
found among toe papers of the 1 ite Governor
! Scott, of Kentucky, and politely handed to us,
by a highly respectable gentleman of this city,
who is connected to our late gallant Governor
by marriage. Those who have seen the Decla
ration of Independence, (and what American
has not?) will instantly recognize the handwri
ting of Benjamin Harrison, Esq., one of the
signers ut that sacred instrument, affixed to his
letter to General .“Scott, which we now copy.—
Tnis letter proves a fact, of which wc were not
before apprised, that Gen. William Henry Har
rison first entered the service of his country as
a PRIVATE SOLDIER.
Exiractofa letter from Benj. Harrison, Esq.,
to Major Charles Scott, dated
“ October 10, 1793.
“DearSir; —And now, before I take my leave
permit me to tell you, my son, a youth of nine
teen years of ago, I have sent-forward m the char
acter of a private soldier under Captain Rollins.
Hts youth and inexperience, I make no doubt,
will stand in need of your friendship, therefore, I
pray you, teach him the duties of ins station,
and if any accident should happen to him, pay
some attention to him.
“ Your obedient and humble servant,
“ BENJ. HARRISON.”
It seems that young Harrison’s merits soon
caused his promotion by Gen. Washington, as
will appeal from the following extract of Gen.
Wayne’s general orders, dated
“Head Quarters,
“ Greenville, Dec. 28, 1793. 5
“ Tiie Commander-in-chief returns his most
grateful thanks to Major Henry Burbeck and
to every officer and private belonging to die de
tachment under his command, for their soldiery
and exemplary good conduct during their late
arduous tour of duty, and for the ready cheeiful
ness with which they faced and surmounted
every difficulty at this inclement season, in re
possessing the field of battle and erecting there
on Fort Recovery, (a work impervious to the sav
age foe) as also for piously and carefully collect
ing and interring the bones and pay ing the last re
spect and military honors to the names of the he
roes who fell on lhe4lh of November, 1791, by
three time three discharges from the same artil
lery that were lost on that fatal day, but now re
covered by this detachment of the Legion.
“ The commander-in-chief also request ?»la
jor Mills; Captains Butler and I)e Butts, Lieu
tenant Harrison, and Doctor .Scott, to accept of
his best thanks for their voluntary aid and servi
ces upon this occasion.”
It appears from the letter of the elder Dam
son, that he himself had received an appoint
ment under General Wayne, and intended ac
companying him in the expedition against the
Northwestern Indians, but was unable to do so,
from “ having,” as he says, “ three of his ribs
broken near the back bone, also loosened from
my breast, and one broken near the middle. As
there is not the smallest probability of my being
serviceable on an active campaign, and moving
would put me in great danger, it is prudent to
stay at home.” Unwilling however, that an up
per.unity for tho Harrison family to render some
service to the country should pass he determined
to send his son there, as he says a youth of only
nineteen years of age. Where were the Van
Burens at that time, and ail other times, when
fighting for their country was to be done ?
Melancholy Event.—We announce with
heartfelt sorrow the sudden demise of James B.
Anderson, editor of the Neiv Orleans Sun. Ho
was seized with a paralytic strose, while in his
office, at an early h»ur yesterday morning, and
died at 11 o’clock, A. M.
Mr. Anderson will he deeply regretted by all
who knew him. He was eminently endowed
not only with the sociaLvirlaes, but with those in
tellectual qualities which give raciucss and spirit
to a public journal. As a writer, he was bold,
independent and vigorous. His style was con
spicuous for its quatntness, genuine humor and
occasional infusion of keen and biting sarcasm.
He was a man of quick apprehension and ar
dent feelings. —New Orleans Bee of the 21s/.
The loco focos seem to have the same opinion
of old Tippecanoe, that the people have of Mr. Van
On t n. I ite locos say, t iat ci-J lip declines re
plviog to their questions, an ! wc know that the
people have made uo their minds that Mr. Van
Buren wool answer ai ail. — Prentice.
From the Chzrlesti n Courier. '
Political Paradoxes.
The late meeting in Charleston, furnishes the
mast extraordinary example of political paradoxes
on record. It was mainly and emphatically an
anti-bank meeting —and there was as much bank
stock,"debt, bank direction and bank salary, as
could he well collected in the city of Charleston.
The two Presidents of the two largest banks
comprising half the bank capital of the Slate,
conspicuously assisted—both these gentlemen arc
accustomed “jurare in verba magislre,” and the
master has said, ‘ the first and indispensable step
is a thorough reformation of the currency. With
out a sobd, stable and uniform currency, you
never can fully succeed. The present currency,
is incurably had. It is impossible to give it soli
dity or stability. A convertible bank currency,
iiowcver well regulated, is subject to violent and
sudden changes, which must forever unfit it to the
standard of value.” This i ; the creed of the
Presidents of the Banks. Now how do they re
concile political profession with official duty, their
party with their perquisites'! Do they preside
i over banks that they may perish or be preserved?
Is it their intention to use their position to abate
a nuisance in obedience to parly, or cherish that
nuisance according to trust. If banks are had
tilings, why take charge of them?—if they he
good things, why assail them? Is it right to mock
the meat one feeds on? The meeting was anti
abolition, and for this purpose, selected a native
of the North, and rejected a native of the South,
selected as the defender and guardian of slave pro
perty, Mr. Van Buren, who sustained Rufus King
in his opposition to the admission of Missouri,
and rejected General Harrison, who sustained Mr.
Lowndes in obtaining that admission.
It was an “anti-internal improvement” meeting,
and proposed to continue in powci a party, whose
11 year’s domination, have appropriated more mo
ney to “interna! improvement” than the aggregate
of all other administrations.
It was an anti-tariff meeting, and advocated that
man and that dynasty whose vote and whose pow
er perfected that system of abominations, and
presented the bayonet to the bosom of South Caro
lina to enforce it, which denounced and continues
to denounce the compromise act, that great char
ter of peace, between which and nullification, let
me tell Judge Huger, he wilt have to choose; and
this anti-tariff meeting rejected and denounced
Gen. Harrison, who stands pledged to sustain that
compromise.
It was a State Rights meeting, led by Mr.
Memminger, and advocating the proclamation and
force bill dynasty. It was a democratic meeting,
at which Judge Huger and Mr. Deas were na
med as parties.
It was a Van Buren and Calhoun meeting.
The latter said of the former (amongst other
things) that he was morally unworthy ol a for
eign mission on account of his connection with
the Eaton affair, and Mr. Van Buren through
j his accredited organ declared, that Mr. Calhoun
I would not tei! the U ntil when a falsehood would
serve his purpose, if these gentlemen told the
, truth of each other, it is an odd alliance—if they j
slandered cadi othei it is hardly less so.
The common ground on which the meeting
put these two gentlemen, isassuaicd by the meet
ing to exist in Mr. Van Buren’s inaugural decla
ration on abolition. Mr. Calhoun, in a public
meeting in the city of Charleston,in March 1837,
denounced these “inaugural declarations” as hy
pocritical and insufficient, il l have not forgotten
the report of his speech in the Mercury.
UP COUNTRY.
From the New Orleans Picayune, May 25.
Latest from Texas.
The Neptune arrived from Galveston last eve
ning, bringing papers to the 16th. We feel in
debted to Captain Pennoyer for the courtesy
which he evinced in sending files to our office.
General Canales and Colonel Carbajal, of the
Mexican Federal Army, have arrived in Houston
but rep >rt no late movements of their party.—
Their army on the frontier, they say. now num
bers 800 Mexicans, independent of foreigners
who have enlisted in their ranks; besides which,
the whole population of the frontier States is
ready to co-operate with them the moment they
can he supplied with arms and ammunition.—
The Centralists are about 3000 strong, stationed
at Matumoras, Monterrey, and Laredo.
Gen Canales has submitted an official report
to the Provisional Government of Mexico, of the
late encounter he had with Arista on the Rio
Grande. lie estimates the number of killed,
wounded and missing, on the part of the Fcdeial
isls at 81, and on the o'her side at 600.
The schooner Champion, from Velasco for
this city, was blown ashore on the night of the
13th inst. about 18 miles below Galveston, on
the gull shore. The vessel it is believed will be
a total loss. Passengers, baggage and cargo all j
saved.
The theatre at Galveston has re-opened—Mad
ame Thielman is the card.
Mr. Candy is sweetly concert-ising there.
They are out of icc in Houston ; a chance for
speculators in the article.
A man named Rowe attempted to desert from
the navy yard in Houston; he was pursued; ho
drew a knife on his followers, one of whom shot
| him. The reason he gave for his desertion was,
that they (the navy) “had snapped his grog.”
{ The invasion of Texas by the Mexicans—O,
| no, wc never mention it.
The condition of Affairs at Washing
rex seems to be ethical for those now entrusted
with the Administration. However bravely they
may talk, and by a swelling port endeavor to
keep up their own courage, and impose upon
the anxious lears of others, their dependents—it
is pretty clear to calm observers, that they have
seen the hand-writing on the wall, and that they
feel that in a few brief months their rule will be
ended.
It is to be anticipated, that, in such a state of
things, bickerings and recriminations will occur,
and that the Luiit will, by degrees, be broken in
to fragments.
Our apprehension is, that as the hour approa
ches which as we verily believe, will unveil scenes
of very gross corrup ion and malversation—some
accident may occur to the public papers, or the
public buildings, at Washington that will oblit
erate, not all the traces perhaps, but most of the
proofs of such corruption. Then, again, we dis
trust such retiring from office, just at this junc
ture, as that of Mr. Kendall, and would think it
highly expedient that the House of Representa
tives should immediately institute a close inquiry
at*l examination into the condition, pecuniary
and otherwise, of the Post Office department.
This could do no wrong to any one; and, if all
is right, would !>e of more real advantage to the i
late Post Master than any one else.
It may Ire, that the rumors from Washington
of dissatisfaction and difficulties in the Cabinet,
and discouragement in the broken phalanx ofihe
Administration troops, are exaggerated— yet we
suspect there is truth at the bottom and that he
i fore the close of Congress, the Saute quipent j
panic will manifest itself too plainly to ho mista
j kon.
Meantime the Whig cause advances steadily
! and assuredly.— N. Y. American.
From V.e New York Conner and Enquirer.
Massachusetts. — The election of a Loco Fa
ce Governor by a majority of one vole has roused
a spirit in Massachusetts which exceeds every
thing that wc have witnessed in the way of po
litical excitement. We shall be Jlsappoinld if
the Whig majority in that State at the next elec
tion should fall short ot 20.000 votes. The Ust
j sign from the Bay State is a popular Conven-
I lion in Little Franklin, at which 10,000 indi-
viduals were present. The Greenfield Courier
says:
As a convention we believe it was the largest
and most spirited one ever held in the Ray Stale# c«
and, with the exception of the assemblage on b
Bunker Hill on 17lh June, some years since,
when Lafayette visited this country, we can re- “
member no greater gathering called forth by a
political or national jubilee. Its decorations and |.
outward trappings passed away with the day ; \
but the determined spirit and fiery zeal, watch t
was developed and strengthened on the occasion '
must grow and extend itself till the 9lh No-
vember next shall record i.s results.’’ t
Loo Cabins.—The Buffalonian newspaper, •
speaking of the Log Cabin excitement, says in
future Chronicles it will read thus : i
“ And, behold, there were log cabins in those .|
days. (
“And those who built them did drink hard ci- t
der exceedingly, from the rising of the sun even |
unto the going down thereof, and into the far
watches of the night. \
“And for those who clave uno Harrison there j
was given corn dodger to ear, and they feasted s
upon it many days.
“And upon the gable ends of the log cabins !
were ’coon skins, and the likeness and similitude
thereof was sent over the land, from the east even (
unto the west. t
“ And it came to pass, that many did enter the i
log cabins, and tho glory of Harrison did increase, i
for that he never pulled in the string of his door
latch.”
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Lou CabiN Raising.—On Saturday last, at 1
Jackson, Miss., about seven hundred people as- ‘
semlilcd, composed of Whigs and Locoibcos, to
witness the raising of a hag cabin in honor of t
General Harrison. The Hon. S. fc>. Prentiss :
(Whig) and Gen. Foote (Locofoco) adJreend 1
the crowd, and five hundred signed their names ‘
as Harrison men. They drank cords of hard ci- J
der on the occasion.— Picayune. .
Revf.usf. of foii tune. —The following state- *
merit should teach us a salutary lesson. The ,
changes of a day are indeed wonderful: j
A subscription has been opened at Paris for ! i
the benefit of Richard Lcoir, once,’ it is staled, j r
the first manufacturer in France, now, an old man ;
of 74, ill and destitute. He once possessed forty (
manufactories in different parts of France, cm- j ‘
ployed 10,648 workmen. “My properly,” he |
says in his memoirs, the first volume of which
has been lately published, “ was on the 22d of ’ i
April, 1814, about eight millions of franco (or i 1
near 320,000/.) On the 24th I was a ruined ;
man.” The only cause of this reverse, he states
to have been the sudden suppression of the du
ties on cotton by an ordiance of that date made !
by the Count d’Artois, since Charles X. then j
Lieut. General.— London Median. Mag,
China and England.—The well informed
j in England are by no means desirous of carrying
j things to extremities in relation to the Chinese.
They are aware that a power possessing one
third of the p apulation iu the world—one-third
of all tho money in the world—and one-third oi i
the fighting men in the world, is not so very eas
ily subdued. The Chinese are a cunning, w if ;
informed nation. They know that if England I
obtains a footing in the Celestial Empie, they |
will hold on, as they did in India. The appeal, *
therefore, will be made to tiie patriotism ot the
Chinese, to protect the independence of their
country; and although in a contest by sea, their
junks will be destroy id, and on land they may
suffer severely, yet they move in such immense
masses, and live so abstemiously, that no foreign
power can ever hold possession of any part of
their territory for any length of time. If there is
■any door opened to negotiation finally, there will
be no war.—JV*. Y. Star.
How is this?— i’hc Washington corrospon- !
tlent of the New York Evening Post savs :
“ Mr. Van Buren, is daily suffering* at the '
hands ofa body of unprincipled scape graces, who I
are in an incendiary manner daily engaged in
cutting bis throat, whilst they profess for him the i
warmest friendship, and avow that they would I
do aught to protect and advance his interest.”
What can this mean ? Which of Van Bu
ren friends are “ cutting his throat ?” We have
supposed Mr. Van Buren whould save the
trouble by cutting his own throat. At anv rate,
between friends and foes, lie is “ a gone cooh.”—
JW Y. American.
Bentonian Por.irr —Howit works in E:>
KOPK.-Extract ofa letter from an intelligent Amcr
j can'gentleman, travelling in Europe:—
“ I /cad Senator Benton’s speech, in which lie
| eulogises the hard money countries of France ond
] Holland, as evidences of the success of his schemes,
i lie says France has a specie basis of f 500.000,-
I 000, but he does not st.Ve that, alter wiping oil’
two-thirds of her national debt, she still owes
upwards of $700,000,000, which i.s nearly one
third more than ail the specie in the country, and
that, at this very moment, they are about expan
ding their paper circulation by reducing the low
est denomination of bank notes to 250 fr. instead
ol 500 fr.; and, as for Holland, her debt is about
1,800.000,000 of although, by an act of
arbitrary injustice, the King, when ho re-ascended
the throne, inter the downfall of the Bonaparte
dynasty, declared two-thirdWthe whole debt to
deferred, and now only pays interest on the one
third , and so little faitn have capitalists in the
public faith, that he was as hard run as Secretary j
Woodbury the other day, until he complied with
te requisition of the States Genera! that he should
renounce his proposed marriage with cm old
countess, whom he had fallen in love with, and
account for the money they gave him last rear,
before they would let* him have any more,* In
both countries wooden shoes and rope traces are
the fashion, and as they accompany the hard
money system, the Colonel had better set the ex
ample by beginning to wear the one and use the I
other, as a token ot his admiration of the iramu- I
table principles of which they are the symbol.”
M Eater. An East India Magazine >
describes an opium eater in the following terms:
i iiose who begin its use at twenty may ex- :
pcA to die at thirty years of age. The counten
ance becomes pallid, the ev es assume a wild bright- 1
ness, the memory fails ih e gait totters, mental
and moral courage sinks, and frightful marasmus
ot atrophy reduces the victim to a ghastly s cv
tacle who has ceased to live before he has eoased
to exist. J here is no slavery so complete as
I tllat 01 tho opium taker; once habituated to its do
ses as a fictitious stimulant, every thim- will he
endured rather than the privation ; and°the un
happy being endures all the consciousness of his
own degraded state, while he is ready to sell his
wife and children, body and soul, for the contin
uance of his wretched and transient delight—
; transient, indeed—for at length the utmost effect
j produced is a temporary suspension of agony ;
I an J finally, no dose of the drug will remove or I
relieve a state of suffering, which it is utterly ini- ‘
possible to describe. The pleasurable sensations 1
and imaginative ideas arising at first, soon p ass
away ; they become fainter, and at last ffive
[dace to horrid dreams, appalling pictures of
death, spectres of fearful visage haunt the mind
the l; 3 ljt ot lirav ™ is convened m to the gl mm of
hell,sleep,balmy sleep, has'Ced forever, nHu ~.c - cecds
cecds day only to.be clothed with new: emim.r
horrors, incessant sickness, vomitting. tlian hm t'
and total cessation of the digestive functUn
sue and death at last bring: ith it
oi the corporal stnv iure, ;he sffi.- f t , '[\‘ n j
victim of sensual and ciimin.d indulgence.” |
From the New Orleans Picayune, oj the 21a/.
Natchez. *
For the purpose of procuring the fullest ami most
•orreet particulars relative fi» the Isle tarnado at
Natchez, and the extent of its ravages,one of the
’dilors of tho Picayune has passed a few days in
hat city, from which place be returned last eve
r.tng.
'i he former accounts which we have given, ta
ken from the newspapers and private scources, con
veyed most that is important The statements of
the tremendous force of the storm, as well as the
dow us ill and destruction of buildings, we arc sorry
in say has not been extggerated. The once beau
tiful “ City of t lie Bluffs,” with its thousands of
Beautiful buddings and green trees, is emphatical
ly a “rni: c l pile !” 'l’here are many houses which
are but s’igiith injured, and mure that were not
blown down ; Sot scarcely one is left that escaped
without some damage. The loss oi property in
houses, goods provisions, &c , is not. so great as
has been estimated ; it is ascertained and stated by
competent judges, who have taken pains to inform
themselves on the matter, that the loss does not ex
ceed two millions of dollars ; nor is the number
killed and wounded supposed to be so great as was
at first believed. 11 ;t this, however, modified in
numbers, is the most melancholy part of the ca
lamity. Hundreds of poor human beings were in
stantaneously hurried into eternity. W lii’sl some
were in an instant crushed to death, otlic s v.ete
roar glad and lacerated, and after lingering in
agony for hours, expired. Scores were as suddenly
strangled in ti c angry waves of the river, whose
deep and muddy current still holds and sp rt.s with
them as its v» tms. What the number is, or what is
near the number of deaths caused by the tornado,
must forever remain unknown.
The present situation of .Natchez cannot be d *-
scribed, nor can the awfultury ot the whirlwind I e
conveyed by a description ; to be realized it mast
he seen It looks as it an enemy, in retreating m>m
it, had blown it up with powder I here is not a
single street or avenue oi any ft scrip ion winch is
not. blockaded up wish rubbish; rows and groves ot
summer trees, once the pride and ornament of 1(10
devoted city, are uprooted, turn limbless, or swept
away. Nothing is as it was. Temples of the Al
mighty have IrcrnMcd and lall.n htf re the power
of His oreatii. Tiio storm and whirlwind have
parsed over Natchez and her proudest monuments
o! architecture now iiebefore the eyes of hercili
zms piles of crumbles runs. The course of the
tornado was front the Southwest, striking Natcnr z
Island, about five milts below the city. The island,
which was once a dense forest, has not a standing
tree upon it. Those which were not upr-oled, and
it appear that very few were, weretw-isud off and
splintered in the most, remarkable manner, and not
a particle of bark is left upon the remaining s un:ps
From t lie Island the storm passed up the river, lev
elling houses and every thing in its way on each
side, until it struck the city, where the work of
death and destruction was completed—and all in
tic.- sho t space of two minutes !
The < il zens ot Natchez are tin intelligent, warm
hearted and generous community, ami they bear
their ea’amiiies with a cheerfulness) truly adorn h
itig. They have hearts to fed, and the gratitude
they evince r or New Orleans and oilier places Horn
which they have received assistance, is a gold* n
reward to the hen. volenl donors.
Those in.fortunate persons w ho were wounded by
the tailing of walls and taken out alive, are earo
luily and t nderly nursed, and it is thought that ad
but one or two wilt reeov, r. They are placed in
the city Hospital and Tremont House, under iho
e >re ol Dodo s Folhwd and Johnson. On many
of them operations had tube performed*, nod every
case ol amputation is dr ng we !. The physicians
and citizej s generally express great.gratitude lathe
Belief ( omnuitoe and medical get tlemen from this
city, fur the assistance which they render-d.
Already tin; work of clearing the streets and re
pelling buddings has commenced, and ilie inhabi
i >nl. appear a Boost to have forgotten their losses ;
hut ii must l;e long ere Naiehez is again hcrselt.
Onet f the mo t extensive and splendid edifices was
r. Parker's exchange, which was entirely demol
ished. J lie damage to Noah Barlow's Hotel, as
well as to tlc.i jidii'iiKi Home was very eon-»idera
hio, but to each tepnirs r.rc being made. In a fi-iv
weeks the roof of the City Hotel will be repaired.
The following may be considered the most moderate
and perhaps die fain, si estimate of the damage done
by the tornado: —Loss of property $2,050,000;
number of killed in I he city 48; number of wound
ed 72, these so far ns found ; and from 375 to 3 b)
are suppo-ed to have per shed in (he rivt r. When
we consider tint oil this done in a few moments,
we may linen faint idea of the fury of the storm.
Many astonishing ana all but incredible circum
stances arc related oi p rsons es well as cows and
horses being blown to great distances, and escaping
with but iiule injury. In some instances the very
clothing was stripped from persons, and iadi.s’
dresses were literally split into ribbons One lady
in particular, ru.-.hed i;.to a house aft.-rihe heaviest
>T rile storm, di vested of every thing hut her corsets.
But the tempest lias pn&>eu away, the nciso of
the loud ihuu.t ris hushed, anil Natchez will yet
rise like u Pi,con x from t.er ruins. May the bright
est days if l.er prosperity again dawn above "her
fallen cd.itci , u; d the smiles of prosperity ar.d
gladness again light up the hearts of her citizens.
Girls! Do You hear that —The war depart
ment has do Irred, in vesper I to the appointments
in the army mat “no candidate vnll be ex nnin:d
icho is married ” Exceeding wisdom, gallantry,
and patriotism all com' hied ! Grand recipe for
making excellent soldiers' Verily it weird scorn
that there is to be no im ter under the sun which
is net to become a subject of experiment with Mr.
Van Burcn. Not let a young officer in the army
take to himself a wife from among the brave
daughters of the land, who wou.d follow him to
the cannon’s mouth —bind up his wounds, inspire
him with courage—live for him and with him—and
it needs be, die with him ? Was it ever known
before that a man’s wife and children made him a
worse soldier in the hour of battle ? Have thev
not heretofore teen considered the best pledges for
a man’s fidelity to Isis country ? And what is (lie
reason for this extraordinary order ? The reason
assigned, that the pay of a lieutenant is not suffi
cient to enable him to support a wife ! The de
partment considers that S7BO a year wont do ! A
young officer and his young wife can’t live upon
$750 a year! Nowit might so happen that the
young lady could add a little from her own patri
mony to the stock—if she could not do than she
could make the coth.es, sew, knit, and sing and
ke: p the young .officer in good heart while he is at
his 'onc-ly -tat ion in the Western forts. She could
keep him from becoming a brute, a drunkard, and
Pie whole routine ot military vices, where the re
fining influence of femrlQs is withdrawn. Where
is the authority in aw or constitution for this
stretch of gel -miry ? We believe that the ad
minßßation is now afflicted so terribly-with the
ticmoi- tnat it has got afraid even of the women.
1 hey think that they deserve to be “brained with
their ladies’ fans,” and they are, therefore, for
keeping them off at Jic point of the bayonet—
Love used to rule the court (and T.lr. Van Boren
sutler it to remain there still)—it «el also “to
ruT the ramp,” hut Mr. Van Burcn means to dis
lodge it Born all the ratifications which have been
time out ot mind its strongest defence. “ Barney ,
the girls alined’’ — Fran'-fort Commonwealth.
JHE wc: QCLMAsrt;it Aituoiii.—*l he School
master can ce.tainly not have wandered so tar
from Lond n as Vv indsor; nor have the “Society
fur (he Diffusion of Useful Knowledge’ any
agent there, if ike following be a correct transla
tion. I? purports to he a copy oi a notice, posted
on the two doors of the church in Burnham near
Windsor :
“Burnham, Feb. 29, 18L0.
The Inhabents is rcquistnl to meat
in I nc vesterv roome on
Fryday next at 10 o Clock
x o Depot the Mapp and Plann
Os the parish
By requist of the
rev. T. Carter,
Vikar.”
1 *“■ lATK li.UK ox Lake Mirtif:; AX. —By
xcstcruay s western mail, we have received lur-
; ::Vi information inspecting the disasters f.om the
i v.e Jtau‘ on Lake Michigan. The steamer
Cnampiain is ash ire four miles south ol :S{ Joseph
high and dry, and broke amidships. Several
Bunks belonging to passengers lost overboard.
Sli ; seriooner ..Itncrv.r Smith lost nearly all her
t.v. it !o i.i. at.u pin into St. Joseph in distr> ss.
-he arr:ved*:ti Chicago on the Gib, with captain
•>u 1 crew of the Champjptn. Tiio steamer Gov.
Mason went, ashtfre in a sale• n the fi st, at the
m ; iU !l ' river, a so ul wreck.—New
1 ovh ( oracle nj iho 2 !*/.
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool , April Ijj
Latest dales from Havre April n-j
New Orleans, May 2o
Cotton— Arrived since the loth inst.of LouDa
and Mississippi 4384 bales, Tcnnessc and N.
bnma 37-1, Arkansas 78, Mobile 125, Texas l a"
together 5094 bales. Cleared in the same lirr.c f, ’
Liverpool, 10555 ba Vs, Glasgow 15U5, Havre 4rr>7
Marseilles 1300, West Indies 254, New York"' 1
Boston 57, Baltimore 310, other ports 13, toget!
J 8320 bales —making a reduction in stock ofY > J
bales, and leaving on hand, inclusive of ah " 0 .!
shipboard not clcaicd on the 19th ii.st. a stock ?
176073 bales. 0!
Since our review of Saturday morning In-t th
has been only a moderate business doing i n c ’ o . to> e
but Die market Iras continued remarkaffy f U;n
every grade, and prices for the fine qualities have
improved a quarter of a cent. The demand f
some days past has been principally for clean ri., r
cottons for tbcContinental markets,but them h
so been a very active inquiry forstrietly r l{;e ~ j' a fi“
of supcrioi stap’e, both for England and our nv , n
factories at the North. The market continues >*
be very j o rly supplied with the belter sort,
the great demand for these has caused scveiai j.
to be re-sold, so that a portion of the busker 4
the last three days consists of classed cottons—
strictly fine parcels can scarcely be procured at al 1
and. when offered, will command prices cons;.; ■*! ’’
bly above our highest quotations. Holders are » '
cecding-y firm lor every description, and itisowipJ
mainly to the high rates which they are askiV'
that the business has not been larger. Ti J s
of Saturday amounted to 3000 Dates, and on '
day and yesterday to about 2000 each day mai b''
in all 7000 for the three dai s.
LIVERPOOL CL USiFIC.VTIOKS.
Louisiana and Mississippi —Ordinary, ~A a V .
Middling, Gj a 7; 1 air, Sj a 9; Good fair, 9< a'li’
ttood and t nc, 11 a—. Tennessee and A. ALtbc’.
ina— Ordinary, —a 5; Middling, a 6 Fair, oi'i
7|; GogJ fair, 7$ a S; Good and Fine. p.‘.
STATEitEXT OF COTTON.
1539. Oct. I, stock on hand, " Iss-q
ileceipta three dai s 5094
“ previously, 856754 861 S>2S
~ 577652
Exports last three days, 18329
do. previously, 682650 70C573
Stock on hand *l7C67j
Sugar Louisiana —The improved demand n»
ticca in our last has since continued, and a v en .
fair business has been done on the Levee, durir
tlic last lew days, genera iy at an improverncVo?
about a quarter of a cent at which advance holder*
are firm. We however, do not alter our hiriieo
extreme, as we are not aware of any sale nl ove
that rate. Cur quotations are now 3 a .pi ctn -,
tin plantation several further sales leave been nviV
among which arc 313 finds, at 3f, 70 at 1, 55 at ii
to at 4, and 20. jat 4 cents. Havana Sugars con!
liuue d ill, without change in prices.
dhda ses ihe stock on the Levee continues
moderate,and the puces last quoted are still mair
tained say 19 a2u cents per ga.lon for barrels
the rates on plantation a;c 14 a 15 els pei
winch some further transactions have bccn'nrU
within liie last few days. The latter price wu
paid for a :ot below Iho c.ty.
- our—An unusual degree of dullness has char
acterized tnis artic e, during tiic pcr.od which has
elapsed since our las; report. 4he entire with
dravvai of Luyets for the Engli-h market, and the
absence o! any demand of importance for West In
dia [ -’its, have roamed the business of the la<t
fe.v days to very limited sales for the consumption
of the city and of places in the immediate neigh
borhood. lu toe moan time more Jioerai sm Ics
liavc considerably increased tSi stock on sale a-d
holders yesterday cou d find no purchasers of large
pa reels at $3 8i j- for Superfine, which figures we
quote as the current price for the limited tmn-ac
nons that take place, temarkir.g that the market
Ira., ei idcntly a dow n:vard tendenev
Lacan \Vc h.iie nothasige tomake in our c.ir.-
tations lor the different varieties of tiiis article,
wlpdi arc lor canvassed Hams 10 cents, uncanvtn
ed do Sa 9, bides aS, shoulders 4A a5 c. T!te
receipts have been light tor some days past, but C«
market has a goad supply, considering the limited
demand.
U Itiskcy —l he supplies have somewhat incmas.
ed within the last low days, but prices arc Til
maintained at 23 a 24 cents per gallon for Beet Del
with a moderate demand
Exchange We have no alterations to male in
1 Sterling Exchange. The supply continues limited
j and the demand tnoderarr, at B e rates last quoted
I l~y al3 per cent p: . for the best nrivate
bills. On France, there are at trie moment,no Elis
offaring, and our tjnotations, therefore, arc tnerc-lr
nominal. i.i.niteU sums could probaidy be .'i«; o-ei
of at 5f a The demand lor Northern K>
change continues moderate and the rates have
s’iight'y given way—6l) day bills o.t New York
have been sold at 41 n 5 per cct.t prem.—SOda’s
:nd -uott sight bilts ’ a Cj- per cent, prein, with
scarcely any transactions.
ircignts An American ship lies been taken f :
Liverpool at 15- 1 6 d lor cotton, and British vesses
are obtaining the same rate, 'ihe ships now un
engaged Daim a further adv tnce
b ince writing the foregoing, we •learn that sn
--unci icaii bark lias been taken for Liverpool at id
for cotton.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE, j
Chart.fstox, May 26.
Ai rived yesterday . —Line Ship La Favette, E.I
ery. New \ork; ship Catharine Jackson, Loire;
oo; ship < hicora, Rodgers. Liverpool; s; hr Bronx’
W ashington. Nlil'cr, Providence.
In the (ping —ship Bray, Wood, New York, 4
days.
At Quarantine—bi ig Howe'!. Leslie, from Wcdi
Indies; Line brig Cervantes, Tufts, front Boston.
U3* AUGUSTA BENE VOL ENT i. VCIETI
—The following are the Committees for tae et.“ -
month
H erd No. I—P.1 —P. H. Mantz, J. P. Hendrick, Nc I
P. ( i urnp, I\iiss lie.i v v\ iglitman.
Da d No. 2—Benin tl iiarris. J. P. Garvin,C. 3-I
i Latimer, Mrs 'J'. 8. Slby, Fits, bars lx Tahaftm |
Mrs._Cornelia Cohen.
i Ward No. 3 —John Cashin. Jsmrs Pantcn, Mr-s
j J. C. Snead, Vrs. Hannah ! fiotnpson.
(ZT'l'lie gentleman who hot rowed a Gun
accoutrements irom V*m. (,». Nirnnio, last I'eceS’
ber, will comer a favor by returning the same,
may 25 2t
Cj MISS TRAIN commences her Satan*
I 1 v l l n, at the Sand Hills, on Monday, June Ist
i.i. >V 25 ' 2w
j C-ri xr. ii .S. TONES fenders his pn fessW
I ser\i cs to the citizens of Augusta and its iki:s
j Be rani le found at his cilice, No.
10l a{ !;is rcshierce, United Ftates Hotel. ?p 24
j Vector J. J. lx If SOX otfers his profs
| sional services to the ettizens of Augusta andi:
viainUy. He will Lc found at b.D xtsi.!oiwc, ■
j first brick I.utiding above Guedrou's stable on U-
I stxect, xreentiy occupied by John L. Adams,
aug 17 ' ts
(pri ’ During my absence in the interior of D
State, TOicc, Biotlicrs 8; Co. aterrtv du’v aitt' ■’
red attorneys. EN(/Cll W. SPOFFUfi! 1 .
npril 21
CJ'D. GARDNER, formerly resident smgf
n the New ork Hospital, and physit ian at Bei>
vue Hospital, New York, teudcis io the public N
professional set v ices.
rib lice in Washington street, between Broads®*
Ellis streets. Leri ienoe, L nited 8 tates Hotel-
*P_2
Cj* r - }, ' r - h'LL\ 7’offers his services to tise• '
tizens of Augusta in the different branch, s if
profession. He may i.cfmir.dat ail hour- .: ■
ate residence of Mr. A. M. Egcrton, second
from the corner of Mclntosh and Dcvnoid
ntv29 * " iv
I4K« SiPi) !{{)*], Surgeon Dentist*
i Office on VVasSringten sired, near Ellis, reside: -
at the iiousd lato’y occupied ly Mrs. Savage
apri! 2 >
THE F. ! RMFRS' REGIS’i . .
publication, devoted to the improvement cl ! ■
jsiactice. a-J sop;c-H of tiio interest, of Agric^
• u.o; pablisiicd at Dieliuicnd. va , at $5 pm}”
i KujiUXD 1 ufmx, editor find proprietor. ta«