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* 4 « —' E™ CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA, j FRIDAY MORNING, JUNjE 12. FOII PRESIDENT, | WILLIAM HENRY IIAIjtRISON, Os Ohio ; I The invincible Hero of Tippecanop— -the incor ruptible Statesnr an —the inflexible Republican— the patriot Farmer of Ohio. Foil VICE-PUF.SIDKNT JOII N TY U E b , Os Virginia; A State Rights Republican of the slhqol of ’9B— —of Virginia', noblest sons, ami emphatically one of America's most sagacious* virtuous and patriotic statesmen. | ! FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VI :E-PRESIDENT, GEORGE R. GILMER, of O jlethorpe. DUNJAN L. CLINCH, of Cn/dcn. JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Bvrhe. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, ts Clark. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock. SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin. CHRISTOPHER B. STROM , R Bibb. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Juscogec. EZEKIEL WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. ANDREW MILLER, of Can. WILLIAM KZZARD, of De Kalb. FOR CONGRESS, WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Hire me. F.. A. NISBET, of Bibb. j J. C. ALFORD, of Troup. R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham. T. B. KING, of Glynn. LOTT WARREN, of Sumpt r. R. L. GAMBLE, of Jeft’erso, i, T. F. FOSTER, of Muscogc . J. A. MERIWETHER, of I utnam. Desperation Indeed. We clip from the Charleston M • retry of yes terday, (a very appropriate sheet y the way, to give publication to such a thing/ the following affidavit. purporting to be made :a Cincinnati!. Verily, the party in Ohio are driv n to despera tion, when they stoop so low asi to procure the perjury of an individual to sust in their sink ing cause. The affadavil itself; tarries the he upon its very face, engraven so dt ep that he that runs may read. Does any man lydieve that if the contemptible creature,who sig! s himself Israel Brown, had ever heard such : conversation* that it would not long since have 1 juiad its way to the light ? and yet he says it i took, p’a'-a three months before he tnadJ the affidavit. But we suppose he is a modest vjouing man, and did not wish to see himself in prilit, aye, so mo dest that he would not swear tola lie, until he was paid for it. Another evidence of its being a base falsehood, is, that they have *ioti obtained the testimony of any other individual lo establish it. Does any man believe, that 6eo > Htrnfon ever uttered a sentiment on a Steam t; oit between his tesidence and Cincinnati, where t icirc are always crowds of passengers,that it was o ikj heard by one man, and that man, the couten ptjble alii lavij maker, Israel Brown 1 With th gjreat majority of thinking and reflecting men, fit/ h efforts toil recoil upon those who have beonjiustrumental in this work of degradation, and jui.ih redoubled force upon the party, for whosejbe-nefit they are designed.—Let them go on am? follow up this system of falsehood and false-swehring, and it will do more to secure General Harrison s triumph at the South, than any efforts his friends can pos sibly make. The State of Ohio, ) Hamilton County. S ' ; Before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, personally appear ed Israel Brown, Jr, and being (luiy sworn, says that about three months ago, hefwas on the Ben Franklin Steam Boat, in comliaiiy with Gen. W. H. Harrison, and heard himisaj; that he was an abolitionist, and that he was |cr|ain of getting the Stile of New York, becauscßhby knew him to be an abolitionist. j -; I SHE A L piOWN, Jr. Sworn to and subscribed before ine, on the Ist day of June, A. D. 1840. J. IT. GETZEN TINNER, Justic* if the Peace. i Mcssbs. Em to us—The noto <jf preparation for the celeb.alion of the appr la/hing anniver sary of our Independence, appearing to be ex tensively sounded in other quar erd, I have to ex press my surp ise that no ar •arcements have yet been entered into here. I cannot but hope that the political feelings which hc've so violently agitated our community recently. Rill be allowed to subside entirely on that guorous occasion ; and that our whole community yHI unite in di vesting themselves of every Jfutriy feeling, and join in celebrating with appropriate ceremonies, “ the greatest of all days” toia .true American. I do not entertain a doul t, bu'j that the hare mention of the occasion will stifape, to induce all who arc interested, to make |th|! necessaiy ar rangements, &c., tor ceßbiati.jg the day with all the enthusiasm and patrioti|; devotion which should he religiously observed, by all, (at least,) who are “ AM|taiitaar Bohn.” Which is thl Demochai| Gentlemen,” said Gen. Harrison to his brother soldiers when about to part with them at th<|d;ise of the North Western campaign—“ Gentlckneh, if you ever come to \ eniceunes, vou wiUjnot find the string of my latch pulled in.” —FeLpw.” said Van Bu ren's liveried servant to an !|.oriest and sturdy countrymen,who a month or-twj; ago, called at the White House, at 10 o’clock in the morning will have to come at a properihour.” Who is the Democrat ' Jfrenlice. We perceive by the New Orleans Picayune of the 6th, that the notorious Dr. David Hines has been arrested in that city on the charge of Negro stealing, both in New Orleans and Natchez. — Wo hope they will furnish him with quarters at Baton Rouge. Correspondence of the National Intelligencer, New York, June 6. The news from England received here yester day has very little effect on business of any kind. The improvement of American stocks in the London market is the only news that may be con sidered favorable. It is now pretty certain that no more breadstuff* can go to England for the present. The orders received by the Unicorn limit the price of half a dollar below the market ! rate. The Unicorn sails from Boston for Halifax on the 15th. The next ship of Mr. Canard’s line leaves Liverpool July Ist, so that the Great Wes tern, due about the I Dili instant, w ill bring the I next news. i The amount of specie exported the last week, according to the custom-house book, was $Bl6- ' 035. Probably over a million went out in the I British Queen and the packets. | Gov. .Seward arrived in town yesterday. Ihe ; State Senate as a court of errors, holds a session 1 here next week. Gov. Everett, ot Massachu i setts, is expected here on Monday, to sail in the ! packet ship luwa for France. There has been considerable improvement in domestic exchanges since last week. Theamount of notes and bills appearing here has become ve ry small. “Every surviving number of the Hartford Convention is now an active partizan ot Harri son.”—Seneca Falls Democrat. Quite a mistake. Henry Hubbard, a promi nent Van Buren leader in the U. S. Senate, was a delegate to the Hartford Convention from New Hampshire; Garret U. Wall, who has boasted that he was a federalist so long as the federal flag waved in New Jersey, is not a supporter of Har rison, but a zealous partizan of \an Buren. >Bo I are James Buchanan, Ruel Williams, John H. Prentiss, Aaron Vanderpoel, George Bancroft, James Hunter,Charles J. Ingcrsoll, Gov. Gray- I son, of Md., and Ex-Governor Chittenden, of Vermont, members of the old Federal parly, now “active partizans” of Vanßuren. —“This proves whose candidate he is.” —Seneca CO. Courier. The Baltimore Pilot quotes the following ar tide from the U. 18. Telegraph, of March. 1832. which gives some interesting facts illustrative of the character and history of the extra editor of the Globe. The Telegraph was supported by Mr, Calhoun and Ins friends ; —they now support Mr. Kendall and the Globe I Amos Keadull. “ This worthy, ever and anon, j>eeps through the loop holes of his retreat, as if fearful that his name would else be forgotten by his fellows, and appears,in propria persona, in the Globe. His I last exhibition of himself was under a pretence : of denying that he has any interest in the Globe ; j but, in fact, to court the admiration of the world by saying that he, amidst the conflicts of party . and the wreck us principle, remained unchanged! Indeed!! Was not Amos Kendall the partizan ot Mr. Clay, writing h ; s eulogiutn and laboring to promote his election to the Presidency. And 1 is he not now his bitter reviler and persecutor ! jls there no change in this? Was not Amos Kendall opposed lo the election of Andrew Jack son. active in the ranks of those who denounced him as incompetent to administer government, I and unworthy of the confidence of the people ? i And is he not now one of his most servile syco pliants ? Is there no change in this ? *• Did not Amos Kendall write to Mr. Clay, saying, ‘ vote as you p'casc. the Argus will not complain 1” Yel, although Mr. Clay voted in conformity to his imfructions, did not Amos charge him with bargain, intrigue, and manage ment, and turn State’s evidence to prove it 1 Is there no change in this ! When Mr. C.ay was appointed Secretary ol State, did not Amos hail it as an event most grat ifying, which should satisfy all who wanted a Western President! And did he not, after Mr. Clay refused to give him a clerkship with a sala ry of SISOO, cite his acceptance of that appoint ment as an argument against the re election of Mr. Adams; as a corrupt arrangement to appoint Mr. Clay his successor ? Was there no change in this I Did not Amos propose to come on to Wash inglon'and write in defence of Mr. Clay, upon condition Mr. Clay would give him an office with a salary of SISOO per annum 1 And Mr. Clay having refused lo give him the office, did he not most bitterly assail .Mr. Clay, condemning that which he had agreed lo defend ? Mas there no change in this ! When Amos was sick and pennyless, did not Mrs. Clay lake him into her own house, and there administer to his distress ; ami did lie not profess gratitude, respect, and confidence in her husband 1 And is he not now the hired scribe who assails his character and motives, with a milignilv unequalled ! Is there no change in this 1 When Amos was rewarded with the office of Fourth ~r, did he not discontinue the news papers taken by his p edeccssor, on the ground that no new .papers should bo taken at the public expense, but such ns arc necessary to aid him in the discharge of his official duties 1 And docs he not now parti onize partisans and presses at the public expense, solely on the ground that they are partisans of this administration! —Is llicie no change in this ? Did not Amos discontinue sundry of his clerks on the ground that there should be no babbling politicians in his office! And is he not now one I ol the most active and malignant political parti i sans in the United States! Is there no change I in this ? Did not Amos send back to the city post office, letters transmitted under his trank to persons ; connected with his office, under pretence, that such enclosures were a fraud upon the Post office i Department ; And has he not franked hundreds ■ and thousands of electioneering pamphlets and newspapers ! Is there no change in this ? We might multiply these interrogatories al | most without number; but we admit that strong as the apparent contradiction is, Mr. Kendall is right. He has not changed. The Ethiopian cannol change his skin, nor the leopard his spots. Amos Kendall then, and Araos Kendall now , are one 1 and the same. He was then and is now, a pro found and accomplished hypocrite and, then as now, the appearance and language of indepen 1 dence and virtue were assumed only to deceive Phis contrast exhibits his character in its true ! light; the facts arc partly on record ; the proofs j cannot be disputed. New Cotton.— We copy the following fron j the Natchez Free Trader of the 3d inst, which shows the earliness of the season, and that we art likely to have new cotton in abundance before tin old is shipped off—and it show’s that the energici of the planters have not been deterred by low prices;— “ Mr. Thomas Gilbert, a planter of Louisiana some 20 miles below this city, has sent us severa cotton bolls, about two-thirds the ordinary sizt at maturity, as a sample ot his crop this year As his labors appear to he crowned with succes: in the cultivation of our staple, we wish him bet ter prices than there is now a prospect of obtain ing for the article when brought lo market Baltimore, June 5. Important Arrest.-—Jefferson Griffith, alias John Alexander, was this morning delivered to the court, under a Bench Warrant, issued by Chief Justice Brice, directed to Deputy High Constable Jeffers by that officer. We under stand Mr. Jeffers used the most indefatigable ex ! tions in ferreting out the offender, and having obtained proper testimony, sufficient for his ar rest, Messrs. Batchelor and Shelden were accor dingly directed to bring him in, which they suc ceeded in doing last night. The prisoner is charged with the wilful murder of Thomas H. Laughlin, on the 4th May last, while in the dis charge of his duty as marshal in the Whig pro cession. The prisoner has been committed to jail to take his trial at the present term of the City Court, should a bill be found by the Grand Jury, which is now in session.— Patriot. Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine.—The June number, published with its usual punctuality on the Istinst., closes the first year of the existence of this sterling Magazine. For zeal, usefulness and utility, it is surpassed by no periodical at home or abroad. We have not time to speak of the articles contained in the present number; neither is it necessary we should, as the table of contents, embracing the names of writers of high repute, carries with it prima facia evidence of its excellence. —New York Star. Original Papers —The Theory of Profits, No. 3. By Professor George Tucker, of the Univer sity of Virginia. II Causes of Unsteadiness of the Currency and the Remedy therefor, No. 2; What are the causes of unsteadiness! By Hen ry C Carey, Esq. of Pennsylvania. 111. His tory of Massachusetts Currency. By E. W. Stoughton, Esq. of New York. IV. The Con nexion of Commerce and Agricultmc. By Ai der! Bradford, Esq. of Massachusetts, V . Laws relative to Debtor and Creditor, No. 3.—The mode of proceeding in N. Jersey for the recovery of debts,and in general for enforcing payment and satisfaction of any claim or demand. By I John Chetwood, Esq. of Newark N. J. VI Mer cantile Law Report Cheating—Fraudulent en dorsement of a note ; Commission Merchants— Their duty to insure goods consigned to them ; Eastern Lands— Fraudulent sSa!es; Bills and Notes; Insurance—Common Carriers ; Insurance —Violation ot foreign tevenue laws—Confisca tion in. and jurisdiction of foreign courts. VII The American Merchant. VTfl. Mcrchantile Biography ; Richard \\ . Dow, by Rev. Fre !er ick W. Holland; Nathaniel Tracy. IX. Mer cantile Literature: Hints to. Tradesmen, and : Maxims for Merchants ; Agreement. Statistics o f Coinage. —Annual Report of the Directors of the Mint of the U. States—Coinage of 1839; A mount of Gold deposited in the Mint in Philadelphia, from the mines in the United States ; State of the British Mint. Statistics of Insurance.- -Massachusetts In surance Companies—Name and location, capi tal, average annual dividends for five years, and a'erage amount of dividends; Premium Credits on Marine Risks, Boston. Statistics A'arigation. — Lake Navigation i Number of vessels on Lake Erie, Michigan, and Superior, with amount of tennage and value ; Canadian Navigation. Mixed amyous Statistics. — Public Del t of Spain; Commerce of Great Britain; Commerce of St. Petersburg; Sugar Crop of Louisiana. Com nurd at Rig illations. —Consul a r < .'c ridi cules ; Laws relative to vessels engaged in the Whale Fishery ; Information to Masters of Ves- I sels. Mercantile Misclfauiet-*- -Canton; Currtmy ' of Cuba; AncienP Coins; Advice to Mtn in Debt; Insurance on Lives for the benefit of Mar ried Women ; Trade of Massaclrurett* in Ice ; The Brazilian Slave Trade; African Hemp; Valuable Invention. Mercantile Library Association cf New York; Conclusion of the lira? year. ; The Contrast.—The immense political rev olution which is now sweeping over the country f like a mighty avalanche, is too obvious and pal - pable to the senses, ope would think, to admit of i a question in the minds even of such whom pre . judice had blinded to conviction. Suite ar« so blind though, as those who will not see. Accor dingly, it is found, that many of the Locofocos f stoutly deny that the popularity of ll.eir candi t date is on the decline. They would at least per ; suade the public that such is their conviction.— At the same time, their looks and actions betray - too plainly for concealment, that a fcnrlut looking i for of judgment and popular indignation disturbs i and alarms their consciences. The party has ! been, hitherto, notorious for dexterity in {mlitical i intrigues and machinations, lor artful and wrll l contrived plans, and an admirable adjustment to ) all possible circumstances, however diversified.— Recently, though, a singular disregard to party I tactics has been manilesled—adaptation to cir -1 cninstances is forgotten, and a courss is pursued t better calculated to weaken than to strengthen r the cause. a A most striking instance of the prevailing fatu i ity, is the selection of Baltimore as the spot for i holding the Democratic Convention, and particu larly in fixing upon the day succeeding that cn f which the mighty gallic: ing of the Whigs was - to take place. The consequences of that hital cr -1 ror are already sufficiently apparent. The con : trast between the two Conventions of the 4th i and sth instant, connot fail to operate unfavora s bly on their prosperity. As compared with each s other, they are as the mighty Mississippi, “the l* Father of Waters,*’ hy the side cf the smallest ) rivulet that trickles down its bank, to be lost in its ocean current. The only way to account for s such strange mismanagement, is to suppose, that r a succession of seven defeats has broken down e the energy of the party, and paralyzed the “sin - ews of its strength,” Upon no other hypothesis e cm recent blunders be accounted for. Indeed, from what has occurred lately, the inference ■, might well be educed, that the Locofocos. finding s it idle to contend against the overwhelming pop t ularity of General Harrison, have concluded to e abandon the cause—as remediless —as hopeless— s and suffer the election in November to go by dc l fault.— N. U. Com. But. Illinois. — The “ Sucker” state appears almost g as enthusiastic in the cause of Harrison and Rc s form as Ohio and Indiana. A gentleman writing to the editor of the St. Louis New Era , says:— d “In Illinois I can find but one sentiment prev.Td s ing. The whigs are all life, the lories all di-pir e ited. I could easily enlarge on the topic, but on iy wished to give the result of my last week’s .8 observations. It is this —Illinois will give from 2000 to 5000, at leas!, majority for Harrison.” e A Faiu Specimen.—The Warsaw (Ky.) s Patriot says, that a loco-foco, the other, day went up to several gentlemen in that place, and began to abuse Gen. Harrison as a coward and a gran a ny. He swore that General H., instead of being h the Commander-in-chief at the battle of the c Thames, was only the aid nf old Cenerul T,p a pecanoe, who was as brave a man and great a s general as ever lived. This is about an average ,v sample cf Loco-Foco logic. i, Murderers Taken. —Major Hamilton, In ti dian agent, brought to St. Louis on th • 28th ulf. e an Indian of the Ohma tribe, who had murdered r. a white man. Another Indian, an accomplice in is the muidcr, was drowned. Major H. also had t- with him seven Spanish boys, who had been slo i- len from their parents by the Pawnee, and whom he bad rescued .Meeting m Campbell County. ; Pursuant to previous public notice, a meeting - of a portion of the State Rights party, opposed i to the present Administration, was held at the < Court House for the purpose of nominating and i appointing Delegates to represent the party of said county in a Convention to be held in Mil ledgeville, on the first Monday in June next, for • the nomination -of a Congressional ticket, Presi dent and Vice President of the United Sute|, and Electors for the same. On motion of Dr. Edward 11. Glentworth, William Davenport was called to the Chair, and E. W. Maxwell appointed Secretary. Resolved, That the Chairman appoint five gentlemen as a Committee, to nominate three suitable persons as delegates to represent said county, viz : Henry Paulett, Ur. \Vm. Bomar, Benj. Camp, Lemuel Black, and E. H. Glent worth. The Committee appointed, after retiring fqr a few moments, nominated the following gentlemen to represent our party in said Convention ; Mar tin Kolb, Dr. W». Bomak, E. W. Max well. The meeting was then addressed hy several gentlemen on both sides of the question, right and wrong—Executive power and equal rights —when on motion of Dr. Glentworth, the fob; lowing resolutions were read and adopted : Resolved, That we are firmly opposed to the > administration of Martin Van Burcn, and that f we will resort to the best and most efficient ' means within our power,"to defeat his re-elec- j tion. ami that our motto shall be, Mene, mene, j tehel upharsin , viz: weighed in the balance and | found wanting. Resolved, That having confidence in the un sullied patriotism, Republican principles, ster ling honesty, and public services of Gen. Will iam Henry Harrison, will contribute all our ef forts through the pen, press, and stump, to the diffusion of sound principles during the ensuing i campaign. Resolved, That we admire the very dignified ! course pursued by some of our members in Con gress. and pledge ourselves to use all our influ ence to secure their re-election. Resolved, That this meeting deem it expedient j I to leave the action of our delegates upon the great j questions that may be presented lor their consid- | eration, to their sound discretion —untrammelled I by instruction—but that they will he governed hy ; what will be deter l ined upon at said Convcn- J lion. Resolved, That the delegates who should at tend, be authorized to fill any vacancy in the del- ! egation, or to vote in place of any member ab- | sent. Resolved, That we as a party deem it ail visa- : ble to disseminate the truth among the people, so I far as in our power during the present Presideu j tial campaign. Resolved, That we sustain the Slate Rights | . press of the count') - , and recommend to this I meeting, patronizing the new weekly called the : Reformer published in Augusta, Ga., advocating j the cause of the people, Constitution and Laws against Executive encrouchm nts, ursurpation and power. On motion of Dr. E. H. Glentworth, it was j Ordered, 'That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the State Rights' papers of this State, Southern Recorder and Georgia Journal, Millcdgevillc, Messenger Macon, and Chronicle & Sentinel, Augusta. On motion, the meeting then adjourned. wm. davenport, cnv. E. W. Ma x well, Secretary. Pur the Chronicle ami Senltntl. Fi.nev Woods, bth June, IS4O. Messes. Editors:—The following lines were written impromptu, on reading Amos Kendall’s 1 Address to the People of the United Slates, in which he condescends to acknowledge that Gen Harmon did wear the uniform of his country ! To Amos Kendall. Amos , tl.ou’lt surely get thy fen in’, I In H-ll they’ll roast ihce like a herrin’. — Burn;. Haply, these lines thou may’st peruse, And thou wilt cur>c my humble muse ; Beware, thou bast one great man made A greater, by thy foul tirade ! Thy trembling fears have turn'd thy brain. And madly thou rave in vain. “Who speaks ; ” the reader of your tra-h will ask» And Horn the demon's face is torn the mask ! Go, hide thy craven head, thou sordid tool .' We know not which thou art,more knave or fool' Who epo’d for thee the friendly door ? And who betray’d his fnend of jore ? Whose way-worn feel and weary frame Received a home, when first he came From Northern zone in search of rest. To clime more genial in the West ? Who found a hearth and bosom warm. Hound which to coil bis serpent form I Whose giant ami and generous hand Rais’d thee to notice in the land ? Envenom’d adder —shameless thing, Thou didst thy benefactor sting ! Ingratitude the bitterest fiuit (if blackest heart—cans! thou refute ; Thou know’st the mark of Cain is on thy blow, And party shade no more conceals it now. 1 know thou hast no shame —thy cheek forbids that life’s warm current speak: Rut some, thy comrades, may, perchance, be found, Whose eyes from scanning thee, must seek the ground. Still thou hast revell’d in the spoils, Ry deep, dark perfidy achieved ; Unconscious or unheeding of the toils Which retribution silently has weav’d. Thou canst or sick or well, at will become Rut by a touch from the Magician’s wand ; Thou canst thv place resign—anon resume, If “lights” before thy master should respond ! Richmond. “My Mother learned Me to work.” —Such was 'Hie remark of one of our Roston matrons, who had graced the first circle of society, whose hus band was reputed to be rich, but who, in the com mercial pressure of ’37, had, in common with many others of his class, all the profits of years swept away. “My mother learned me to work-’—and her face looked as happy in her cheap lodgings, as ever it did when surrounded by the paraphernalia of luxury and pride. Such a wife is a treasure; but what would she have been, had not her mother learned her to work ? — Boston Times. One of the best houses in Mobile, w hose repu tation says the Advertiser, has stood unscathed during all the storms which have swept over our city, on Tu sday, offered a planter of Wilcox county, for his coming crop of cotton, eight cents per pound; but in the event of the election of William Henry Harrison, he pledged himself to give nine cents. Piracy.—Captain Truman, of the bng Pe uraza, from Muyaguez, reports that while he was at Mayaguez, the schooner Caledonia, of Jersey City, came in there, reporting 45 days from Cuba, and shurt of provisions. The Caledonia had on board several French passengers and a quantity of specie. After remaining at Maya guez two or three days, the C departed for St. Thomas; the night after the Captain and crew seized the passengers, tied them, and put them ashore, after which they continued their voyage. As soon as this intelligence reached Mayaguez, a Spanish war schooner was sent in pursuil of J the Caledonia. The specie belonged to the pas- t sengers.— N. Y. Commercial. a __ A Convention of States. —Arkansas propo ses a convention at Nashville, Tenn. of the Whig citizens of the Stales of Ohio, Kentucky. j Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Alabama, J Mississippi and Louisiana, on the third Monday c in August. i Jhe Louisville Journal, on the authority of 1 Captain Dunham of the Steamboat Gen. Brown, 1 states that two-thirds of the growing Cotton on ’ the Mississippi, from the mouth of White river ‘ to Vicksburg, was overflowed when he passed. The river was still swelling at White River, though it had commenced falling at Memphis. From the New Orleans Picayune. Land Cruize of an old Salt, Laughable Account of a Shipwukck on Terra Firma.— The eccentricities and whim sicalities of old salt water captains, from the days of‘Commodore Trunnion down to the present, aje well known, and hundreds of amusing anec dotes have been told upon the subject; hut as we have never seen the following in print, and in the 'total absence of news—foreign, coastwise or oth erwise—we have been induced to devote a col umn to its recital. ' The lieiO of our story was an old hero of both the revolutionary and last war—and who had la bored hard, suffered much, and often received tlie thanks of his country. Years and exposure ha ving finally rendered him unseaworlhy he brought his water tacks ashore and settled down in a plea sant part of the country to spend the remainder of his days. After so lung a residence upon the water it is not to be supposed that the old gentle man found every thing ‘ ship shape” on land, but with the assistance of a couple of old sailors, one of them an Irishman, who he had brought ashore with him, he in a short time made out to intro duce man 01-war fashions, so far as practicable, I upon his premises. 1 Among his other eccentricities he had a car- I riage built upon a plan entirely new—purely ori- I ginal—and vve doubt if even among the thousands i ot useful, ornamental and nonsensical articles in ; the patent office at Washington its fellow can be found. It was nothing more nor less than a ; regular nnn-01-war, on a small scale, completely riggeil with sails, hausers, anchors, &c. This ho had set upon springs, the whole confined upon ' four common carriage wheels. Mike, his Irish I sailor, was soon let into the secret of driving lour in-hand, and two or three little jaunts we'e made in the neighborhood with complete success. One fine morning in summer the old commo- I dore invited several ladies to take a cruise with him in his vessel to some springs situated about twenty miles off*. Fearing, that some accident might occur they politely refused. He set forth, in glowing terms, the pleasures of such a cruise, ; said it was a conveyance decidedly safer than any that could he procured, and used everv argument to induce tin ladies to take passage, but all to no purpose. Some gent emeu finally agreed to ac company him. and taking Mike along to sit on . the bowsprit and drive, and the other sailor to hand sails, &c. the parly got under way an 1 set | sail for the springs. The road for the first ton miles of the journey was level or slightly ascending, and this part was got over smoothly and without accident. Occa sionally. as tiie road turned to the light or left, the old commodore would sing out to Mike to hani in or slacken his larhoa r d or starboard bra ces, and as so far it haJ been perfectly ‘ plain i sailing.” every thing woiked to a charm. They i bad now airived at a point of the voyage wheie the road began to descend. The horses dashed offal a more ra; id rate and the whole party were exhilerated as they fiew past rocks, liees and fen ces. The farther they advanced the faster went the horses, and from ,x brisk trot they at length got into a canter. “ Haul taught the fore braces.” said the com modore, alluding to the lines which were attach ed to the leaders. “ Aye, aye, sir.” responded Mike, who was now holding them in with all his might. “ Slacken the larboard fore brace, there—hur ry !’’ continued the commodore, as the leaders were approaching 100 near the brink of a preci pice which stared at them from the left. “ Aye. aye. sir,” said Mike. “ How fast are we going now !” said the com ; modore to the other tar. “ About sixteen knots, sir,” continued Jack, who was holding fast to the little foremast, to pre vent being pitched out, as the wheels would oc casionally hit a stump or root. The p ice had now become absolutely terrific, j Single-trees and double-trees* were rattling, tra- I ces were swinging about, hold-back straps were i strained all hut to breaking, and still the mad 1 steeps kept on down the declivity. To the left was a steep «nd gloomy precipice, at some points a hundred feet high, and to run oil here—to meet with a shipwreck at such a point—would involve the certain destruction of passengc rs and horses, officers and crew. The passengers were alarm ed, and even the brave old commodore, although he showed no fear and appeared perfectly cool and collected, began to think it time to “haul in sail.” “ How docs she head now !” shouted the old fellow to Mike. “ Right on to that howlin’ precipice, there. Be me sowl it wocld’nt be our mothers that ud know us if she sinks in that ugly spot,” was the an ’ i swer. ? ! “ Let go the mainsail,” sung out the commo dore, who was all the while working at a sham rudder aft, imagining he was keeping his craft from going over the steep. “ Aye. aye, sir,” and down came the sail, rat tling and fluttering with the current of air raised by the speed at which they were going. The noise frightened the horses still more, and down they went at a pace faster than ever. “ Let go the topsails, Jack,” was the next or der, and they were soon fluttering and flapping about. “ Keep her steady, there, Mike.” “ That’s jisl what I'm afther doing, sir, but x the divil himself could'nt keep a craft steady in j such a rough time as this. ’ “ Jib, there—lot go and haul the jib,” sung - out the commodore. In less time than it takes f us to tell it the jib came down upon the wheel f horses, who, receiving an additional fright, start \ ed otf moie furiously than ever. Things now looked alarmingly serious, and the gentlemen . passengers were trembling with fright. The commodore had one more experiment to try, and as shipwreck now appeared inevitable he sung out “ Let go the anchor ! Be quick !” No soon er saitl than done, for before the words were fairly j out ot the commodore’s mouth Jack had pushed a smail anchor from the bows of the craft.— About fitteen fathoms of rope spun out with great velocity, when the anchor caught in a tree j. by the road side and hn light them all up. It did not bring them up all standing, however, hut all tumbling; lor‘.he sudden jerk sent the leaders over the precipice, dragging the other horses and the novel cralt—passengers, baggage and all—a - distance of about thirty feet after them. Three s of the horses were killed. Mike Lad his shoulder r put out. the old commodore was seve.ely and his i friends slightly injured, and even the Guerriere, i after having been battered all to pieces by the i Constitution, did not present such a melancholy - looking wreck as the old commodore’s man-ot • war pleasure wagon after the accident. Thus i ends our story of the “Land Cruise of an Old i Salt.” married, On Wednesday evening, 3d inst. by R* v \r Neufville, Oliver A. La Roche, Esq. of \ u ‘ntt Ga ,to Miss Eliza M. Watkins, of Beaufort sr* and daughter of the late Col. George Washing Watkins, formerly of Augusta. ° 1 DIED. At Culloden, Monroe County, Ga. on the 2d inst Mrs. Hammond, consort of Amos \V. Ham-r4n < Esq, leaving a disconsolate husband, three* chi! dren—one an infant —and numerous friends and re atives to mourn her early departure. Dee l afflicting as this dispensation of Providence t/ been, it was a source of consolation to her bereaves friends that in her last moments, while in the fui possession of her mental faculties, she rejoiced * the prospect of eternal felicity beyond the grave* 11 COMMERCIAL. Latest dates from Liverpool, p, Latest dates from Havre April* <j New Orleans, J Une 6 Colton —Arrived since the 2d inst. of Louiq a and Mississippi 1557 bales, Tcnnesse snd N.if 1 || bama 207, Arkansas SS, Mobile 62, together 21 si bales. Cleared in the same lime for Liverpool i bales, Glasgow 3407, Havre 1954, Marseilles’^jo Antwerp 311, Havana 1544, New York 8, lioston I 570, Baltimore 127, Portsmouth 453, other non 399, together 1390b' tales —making a reduction : stock of 11724 bales, and leaving on hand C elusive of all on shipboard not cleared on the an* I inst. a stock of 11G561 bales. 1 As stated in our report of la«t Wednesday mom. i.tg the cotton market was very active in the first of the week, and clos.ed remarkably him on Tues day evening at an advance of fully a j of a ctn" Since then the maiket has been less animated tho> the demand has continued good, and transactions I would no doubt have been on a much more exten sive scale but for the comparatively light stock oa ' sale, and the very high rates which holders of dc- * sirabie pare*ls insist upon obtaining. The sales of I Wednesday amounted to ful y 3UtObales; on Thurs- I day to 20UU", and yesterday to about 15 /0 I the business of the three days amount to 6500 bale’ of which some 2000 bales were composed of what M aie termed classed cottons. Nothing has occurred m that would warrant our making any change in quo" H tations, but we may observe that prices continue exceedingly firm, and that the maiket, especialh for clean, snowy cottons, is, if any thing, rather J tending upwards. The stock of Louisiana an-' Mississippi cottons on sale is very light, and prin- I cipally in the hards of a few factors, who do riot 1 seem at ail dis, osed to press sales. Os Tennessee m and North Alabama there is more ofl'erin-'- theuei ■ i the supply of these is modciate and holders firm 1 The sales for the week ended last tvenire amount I to 20,000 bales, in which are eraLiaccd the 65C0 I bales mentioned above. LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATIONS. *' Louisiana and Mississippi —Ordinary. 54. a64 • j Midd.ing, H a If, Fair, 9 aftL Good Fair, 10a loV- j Good and line, 114 a—. Tennessee and X. Alabc'. I rna —Ordinary, 5 a of, Middling, (j‘ a 7- Fair 71 * if; Good fair, a9; Good and Fine, 9^l STATEMENT OF COTTON. 1539. Oct. 1, stock on hand, 15524 Receipts last three days 2!St “ previously, 390197 592351 _ 908266 Exports last three days, 15908 do. previously. * 77773 d 791644 * Stock on hand 116761 K Sugar Louisiana —Since our report cf Wednes day last, th re has been only a limited buMre/s lyj transacted on the Levee, butlight receipts, and the 1 shipment of some parcels to the North,have further U reduced the stock, particularly of prime sugars, 1 which have improved slightly in pro e, theugh we j do not advance our range cf quotations, as wear'* i aware of but one sale above them, which was» i small lot of very choice at 5 cents. The transai- | lions generally have been made at 3a 4| cents. h Some further sales have been made on plantation, JB among which we note the following, viz—lSObhds M l at cents, 249 at 4 and ‘230 at 4 cents. 1 Molasses —'l here is only a moderate stock cm ft* H 1 Levee, but the article meets with very little it- 3j mand. Our last quotations, however, are still * maintained—say IS a 19 cents pergalion. Wear? not advised ol any further transactions oa plant*- g| | ticm MARINE IVm.LKT.NCE. 1 Charleston, June 11. Arricid yesterday —Ships Richard Anderses, Bennett, New York; Washington, Ti;uiber, Phils- | j delphia ; line brig Gen. Sumter, Bennett, Haiti J , more; sebr Kovveua, Young. Boston; laique Brigb ton, Nott. Boston i Went to sea yesterday —Ship Meridian, WiFp|i liarns, Liverpool; schr A A Pendcrgast, Groves,® Rich mend. THE HEADING KOU.II ; Attached to this office is open to subscribers,and 1 strangers introduced by them, every day and -eve- By ! niug (Sunday evenings excepted) until 9 o’clock. SB Subscription •fd ; for a firm of two or more (ffpr. GARDNER, formerly resident sur.Ht»f n the New York Hospital, and physician at i vuc Hospital, New York, tenders to the pub&Wsß I professional services. Office in Washington street, between Broad and J Ellis streets. Residence, I nited States Hotel. a P 2 gfp Pr. J. J. WILSON has removed for tie® bummer to the house cf James Gardner, Esq., door below the Academy. jure 6 * • j Pr. JVM. FLINT, member of the Massi-§ chusetts Medical Society, would inform his friend | that lie has removed his place of residence to tfcijg I boarding-house cf Mrs. Camfield, at the corners; H Jackson and Broad streets, where he may bo low* 11 at ail hours during the summer season. His pro* I fcssional sendees are respectfully tendered to the citizens of Augusta. if —BH DR. 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Not to leave Charleston before -‘ “ Summerville, “ ■ " jl . “ “ Georges’, -“ - l ' ] “ “ Braneiiviiie, “ - D * “ Blackville, -“ - J ' | ,a “ “ Aiken, - - “ - 3 w in Arrive at Hamburg not before - „ ** DOWNWARD. , 1 g. Not to leave Hamburg before 6w A ’ ™ “ « Aiken, - “ - "3b N “ “ Blackvillc, “ _ . 9 L i " “ “ Midway, “ --lb 3 .*■ ■ « “ Branchvill “-- Hy, if. « “ Georges’, “-• l! T? I “ “ Summerville,“ - -1 , ’ ,-fc Arrive at Charleston not before - mo 00. 9'^S Distance —136 miles. Fare Through—4 . j Speed not over 20 miles an hour. 1 01 j p minutes each, for breakfast and tllnnei, longer than 5 minutes for wo • and wa L J station. ...kite Ps T »» To stop for passengers, when a u , an hoisted,at cither of tlie above stations; • ( u of Sine at hi. Woodstock, liiabinets, Rives’, Grahams, Willestou, W indsor, and Marsh’s 1\ 0. toi Passengers ud will breakfast at \ . yifct* dineat Ulackvule; aown, will DreaKiasi | in d dine at Charleston.