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CHRCjSICLE AND SENTINEL. 5 AUGUSTA. * WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 27. = I —===—= 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. i_ ' , 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.” ( 1 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«