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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. — . .1 , ■ , —. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNK 18. FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Os Ohio: Tiie invincible Hero of Tippecanoe —the incor ruptible Statesman —theinllexible Republican— the patriot Farmer of Ohio. for vice-president, JOHN TYLER, Os Virginia ; State Rights Republican of the school of ’9S— one of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and patriotic statesmen. FOR EI.rCTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT, GFORGE R. GILMER,of Oglethorpe. DUN3AN L. CLINCH, of Camden. JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock. SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin. CHRISTOPHER B. STRONG, of Bibb. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee. EZEKIEL WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass. WILLIAM KZZARD, of DeKalb. FOR -CONGRESS, WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene. E. A. MS BET, of Bibb. J. C. ALFORD, of Troup. R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham. T. B. KING, of G'ynn. LOTT WARREN, of Sumpter. R. L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson. T. F. FOSTER, of Muscogee. J. A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam. 44 Vaa Horen State Rights Men.” This is the imposing title with which a new class of politicians, recently sprung up in Georgia and Carolina, have modestly dubbed themselves ; they belong to tho genus (if they are to define their position,) • conscientious, or devoted to “ principles not men” politicians. How far they can with any'piytentions to justice prate about “ principles not *ucn,” and talk of consistency we propose to enquire. Without an exception then,so far as our know ledge of particular individuals extends, these ex traordinary politicians, were in all our former contests, generally regarded by all moderate men as ultraists, —tw;y were the loudest men in 1833-4-5-and 6 'n their denudations of Jackson and Van Curen, and the whole parly, then advo cating those two men, and their measures. The la-t four years eff the administration of General Jackson was pronounced by these very men as the most corrupt winch had existed in this country, and they not only sent out others, but they went themselves into the highways and byways, to de nounce Mr. Van Duren for promising to carry out the princples of that corrupt administration, and “to tread in the footsteps of his illustrious predeces sor.” They denounced General Jackson and his administration, for the violation of pledges enter ed into with the people when he was elected— those pledges were retrenchment in the public expenditures, reform in the administration, which it was asserted bad corrupted the elective fran chise and Congress, by the interference of Feder al officers with State elections, and the appoint ment of Members of Congress to high and im portant offices, find his implied pledge to confine the term of service of the President to four years. They denouncrjl him for his Proclamation and Force Bill, and-lhe Administration party as Fed eralists of the deepest dye,—they united with such men as Clay anff Webster and the whole W hig party of the Njlrth and West, in denouncing the administration |jr its attempt at executive dicta tion to the Senate —for the violation of the Coa slitution by expunging the records of that body— for removals from office of the most worthy men for opinions sake, and conferring it upon others as the reward for party services,—for its tinkering with the currency of the country, and for its at tempt to appoint a successor, thereby subverting as they said the principles of our Government and establishing on the ruins of the Constitution and Elective monarchy. And when Mr. Van Buren was elected, they charged that he had been M foisted into office by the fiat of the Administra tion at Washington, and not by the unbiassed will of a free people—they shouted huzzas tor the speeches of Messrs. Clay, Webster, Crit.en den, Porter, Preston, Wise and a host of others circulated read,and applauded them,together with those of Calhoun and Pickens, glowing and burning with the strongest denunciations of Mr. Van Buren, and pledged themselves to the peo ple of Georgia and S. Carolina, that these char ges were true, that they were-undeniable, unan swerable. and all efforts to repel them by the friends of Mr. Van Buren had been and would be fruitless. But Mr. Van Buren has been elevated, he has carried out the principles of his predecessor, he has followed in his footsteps, he has increased the public expenditure, he has permitted Federal officers to interfere openly with State elections he has continued to appoint members of Con gress to important offices—to remove from office long tried officers of the highest integrity for opinions sake, to appoint brawling partizans in (heir stead as the rewards for their degrading ser vility—to tinker with the currency until he has uprooted and entirely destroyed the best curren- cy the world ever saw, —he is again seeking to elevated himselfto the highest office in the coun try and if we may anticipate the future by the past, we may safely a-sert that his last act in re peerning his pledge to carry nut the principles of his predecessor, will be to appoint his successor, —to foist into office another equally as capable as himself of corrupting the administration, throughout all its various avenues and ramifica tions, ns these new and zealous “ Van Buren State Rights Men,” have again and again asser ted. Notwilhsanding all these things, the truth of which not one man of them who values his re putation will have the hardihood to deny, these men who have been so loud in their denuncia tions of, and so ultra in their opposition to Mr. Van Buren and his administration, are now found rallying under his standard and are beating up for recruits in a seivice which they have so repea ted declared to be the most servile and degrading —they are not only allying themselves with an administration and a party which they have char ged with being so corrupt, but they are invoking the people to such an alliance, in the face of all these assertions made and repeated by them, and in their new born zeal, they are loud and vocif erous in denouncing those with whom they formerly stood shoulder to shoulder in battling against this same administration and its measures, as Federalists. Such is the history of their “consistency,” their devotion to “principles not men” and where and when, we ask, has there been a change of the principles of this administration, upon which these very devoted adherents to “principles not men” can found their claim to consistency ? What pledge or guaran.y have they, that the cor ruptions which they charged to exist will be re moved or repudiated 1 On the contrary, havewe not their own admissions that every pledge which this and the pieceeding administration made to the people, havo been violated and trampled un der foot? Is it not then reasonable to suppose I that any new pledge, if it were made, would share the same fate as those that have been made, and in the language ot these men violated, ruthlessly violated ? How, wc ask, are we to judge of the future, if not by the past acts of a man’s life 1 There is no other rule. If then, the people are { deceived once by the pledges of an individual or a | party, it is their own fault if they arc deceived a second time. But why this new zeal in the cause of one whom they have so often denounced as unworthy of Confidence, as corrupt, aye, more corrupt than even his predecessor. Why this denunciation of those with whom they have heretofore struggled as Federalists, and associated with abolitionists ? and this association with those whom they have so soon learned to call “ democrats ” the “demo cratic party” whom they so recently called | ** Federalists,” “ultra Federalists” the Federal i party,” and hard money humbuggeis, with the yellow boys shining through the interstices of their silk purses 1” People of Georgia, would } r ou hear the reasons for this change ! Change did wc say I Pardon the expression, in their vocabulary it would no doubt be “ consistency .” Ah, consistency ! Con sistency ili-fated word, in these days, wc think thou will he made to mean any thing but what Lexicographers originally defined. Reasons did wc say 1 and have they reasons fur such a course ? They say they have, and as we design on this occa sion to impute to them no improper motive, we will give you what they give us.—“ They have been forced into the support of Mr. Van Buren.h Forced into the support of Mr. Van Buren! and how 1 Simply because their old associates have determined to support General Harrison, they, rather than continue to associate with those they have heretofore admitted by their acts to be hon est, fall at once into the embraces of that party they have uniformly denounced in such terms as we nave repeated, end are now about forming a constituent portion of that party which they have admitted, were “ held together by the cohesive power of plunder.” But they offer yet another reason, “ Mr. Van Buren is the advocate of the sub-treasury” in other words he is the consistent “ democratic republican,” who has again, and again, presen ted another experiment upon tiie currency of the country w hich has as often been indignantly re jected by the people through their representatives- This is a democratic President for you. And for his support of this isolated question, a mere ex periment, a question which will in all probability be settled by Congress during the present session, they are not only willing and ready to renounce their old associates, but they are actually affilia ting with that party which is led on by Mr. Van Buren, a parly which many of their own leaders have denounced in the most opprobrious terms and such terms as they have sanctioned. The Sub-Treasury isperhapsthe only important meas ure of the administration which they have not condemned, and by their former opposition they have sealed their disapprobation of the general tenor of the administration, and what they have been pleased to term its corruptions. It is true they express a most holy horror of being merged with the “great Whig party of the North” Yet from 1833 to 1838, they have been battling shoulder to shoulder with this same party, in opposition to the administration, not only of General Jackson but that of Mr. Van Buren. Will any man believe that there is any sincerity in such professions as those 1 If they arc sincere in making them, let them account to the people for having previously made common cause with them I—ls they have just discovered any new, and heretofore hidden principles of this monstrous party by which the people of the South are en dangered, let them declare it to the world, or ex press no more sickly fears of such an alliance.— Did they not in common with the whole oppose tion party at the South, boast of the services of Webster and Clay, in the great struggle on the expunging process, and on all the other questions which agitated Congress at that time'? most assu redly they did, and every man recollects with what interest the speeches of those men were read • and circulated at the South, and the mede of ap plause received from those very men that are now so alarmed at the idea of such an association. People of Georgia, weigh well these facts, be fore you suffer yourselves to become parties to such an unholy alliance, as that which is now sought to be formed by this new sect of poli ticians. Harrison’s Popularity at Home. One of the latest and most pitiful efforts to de ceive the people is, the repablication from the Globe, by most of the V r an Buren papers, of an article exhibiting the votes for Governor in Ohio 1 some twenty years ago, in which election some four thousand votes were cast for Gen. Harrison, when it was well known that he was no candidate. And so far from its proving what they desire to prove by it, the document establishes the very opposite, that Gen. Harrison was then as now the ■ most popular man in Ohio. In what election in | any State in the Union has any man who was not a candidate for an office, received four thous. and votes, when there were two other candidates for the office 1 And who will believe that under such circumstances, a man receiving such a num ber of votes could bo otherwise than popular 1 These very veracious prints, are very careful to omit telling their readers that Gen. Hanison beat their favorite Van Buren, near 10,000 votes in Ohio for President, at the last election.—Such news as that partakes too much of truth to find a place in their columns. Extract from a private letter received in this city, dated, Greenville, Tenn., June Bth, 1840. C. A. Foster, the Harrison Elector, is to address the people here to-day, and I suppose there will be two days speaking, as a number of other candi dates are present on both sides of the question. A Log Cabin loaded with hard cider within, and a pair or two of buck horns, a dead fox and a few ' I coon-skins will be attached externally, drawn by eight white horses. The people are gathering in from all quarters —I have no doubt but there will be more persons in our village to-day, than ever was before at any one time. There is groat ex citement in Tennessee, and Harrison will no doubt carry the State by 10 or 15,000 majority, if not more; he will beat Van Buren from sto 8,000 in this end of the State, this is not boasting but ° | true, O King ! I hope Georgia will do her duty in ‘ redeeming her State from bondage—things look well well for her doing her duty for the cause of freedom. We shall have a high day here to-day, the Whigs are determined to go ahead. Reform Meeting in Morgan. At a meeting of the “ Morgan County Tippeca noe Club,” on Wednesday the 10th inst, for the purpose of lecciving Ihc report of delegates to the recent Convention at Milledgeville: Major M. VV. Warren appeared in behalf of the Delegation, and gave a full and cheering account of their proceed ings. When the following resolutions were presented, and after being ably and eloquently sustained by Col. N. G. Foster, passed unanimously. Resolved, That vve the people of Morgan County, opposed to the measures and abuses of the psesent rulers of the General Government, do most cor dially acquiesce in and approve of the proceedings of lire Convention lately field at Milledgcville, as reported to us by our delegates. And that we will by every open and honorable moans in our power, strive to carry through triumphantly the candidates presented for our suffrage. Resolved, That we disdain all secret manoeuvring to obtain the votes of the honest and industrious portion of our people, who have not flic opportu nity of investigating fully the principles and prac tices of the different candidates presented for their selection, by misrepresentation or perversion ; lhat wo desire the use of but one engine to carry' for ward the cause wo advocate, —“THE TIIUTH, THE WHOLL TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.” Resolutions were then passed 1 1 celebrate the approaching anniversary of our national independ ence, and suitable committees were appointed to make the necessary preparation. On motion of Hon. A. G. Saffold, it was ordered that the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the President and Secretary, and published in the Augusta “ Chronicle 6c Sentinel.” On motion of Col. N. G. Foster, the Club ad journed. A. ALDEN, President. A. A. Overton, Secretary. P. S. The Committee for the selection of Ora tor, &c,, have appointed Col. N. G. Foster Orator, Alfred A. Overton Reader of the “ Declaration,” and William O. Saffold, Esq., Reader of the “ Fare well Address.” Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer . Washington, June 4, 1840. LEGISLATIVE USURPATION. Under the date of the 31st ult. I announced the arrangements of the Loco Foco party, for annihi lating the rights of the minority in the House of Representatives. They have executed the foul deed, it is the act of mad desperation. Perfectly aware of the fate that awaits them, in their fall, they will carry down with them, so far as they have the power, constitution, law, order and all that is estima'de in the social codes. The twenty-sixth Congress will form an epoch in the annals of our country. It commenced its demoralizing career, by' a gross violation of the Constitution —by' a despotic and revolutionary act that in 1708, when t c same party possessed pow er, would have severed the Union of these States. Steeped to tiie chin in corruption, as the dominant party' are, the recent conduct of their friends in the House of Representatives, exhibits such a de gree of bold usurpation, as would appal the stout est h iris among them, if they could be made to understand the extent of the wrong that has been wantonly indicted upon that Constitution which they profess to venerate. A calm and dispassion ate review of the proceedings during the present session, would be an interesting document; but it would not be read, and could not be appreciated. The angry passions must first subside, and men must be so circumstanced as to examine these pio ceedings without the fear of punishment, or the hope of reward, from the actors in the scenes. Mine be the task, for I have witnessed them all, to record the facts, and leave them to be read, when I shall go hence. The names of the most conspicuous shall be handed down for fame or fur infamy, as posterity may decree. By' the rules of the House, as they' heretofore existed, all the business must come up in regular order, unless the House, by a vote of two thirds agreed to take up a particular bill, for special rea son, which reason must be so cogent as to satisfy two thirds of the member* present. By the rule, as altered, a majority takes up any' bill, at any time it pleases, and then excludes from Legislation, or even a hearing, any' class of bills that are not palateable. Let me explain how this is to be done. By the present rules a majorily goes into committee of the whole, whenever they please. A majority can refer any bill to that committee ; and a majority of that committee, can consider such tills and such only as suit their own views. This will be the practical effect of the i alteration of the rules. Let us, then, hear no , more after this, of the minority embarrassing the majority. They are powerless. One movement yet remains; and one only, that the Whigs may' make. It is, in my opinion, their solemn duty to make it. Whenever a motion is offered, on Fri day or Saturday ( private hill daysJ to go into committee on the Sub-Tieasury bill, or any other equally odious measure, refuse to vote; and thus compel ihc attendance of a quorum of members from the ranks of the dominant party. If they' cannot form a quorum, it is because their own party'neglect to attend. They' have no right, to cali upon the opposition to enable them to commit, what that opposition considers an outrage upon the country. On all other bills let them aid in form ing a quorum, and in transacting the public busi ness. Another measme of oppression, is the previous question, which is constantly applied, whenever the majority become alarmed at the freedom of de bate. While another instrument of usurpation, is the appeal from the decisions of the Chair, which the majority overrules, on the clearest point of or der, whenever party phrenzy renders it necessary, or even expedient, to accomplish a particular ob ject. But I will drop the subject, in the review of which my r heart sicken*. THE SPY IN WASHINGTON. A Proper Rebuke. We copy the following brief but pithy paragraph from the American Sentinel (an administration paper.) It breathes at once an independent and a patriotic spirit. The cause of Mr. Van Buren coruot but be injured by the bitter and violent abuse in which some of the organs of the Ad ministration indulge, when alluding to the Hero of the Thames. “Crito” cannot be admited into the Sentinel.— Gen. Harrison is not our choice for the Presidency, but this is no reason why we should v give our columns to the propagation of slanders against him which have been a hundred times related. We may add that he who could write or endorse the assertion “that Gen. Harrison was always a coward, always a foe to the people, always as ra pacious as Verres, and as infamous as Arnold,” deserves the scorn and reprobation of every com munity in which the grateful remembrance of generous deeds is not a damning crime. 33r. Lincoln of 31 ass. The federal loco foco papers are highly de lighted with the speech of this gentleman, in de fence of sonic of the appropriations for the Presi dent’s furniture. They publish it with high ap probation, but vve do not find in any of them the following remarks, as delivered by Mr. Lincoln, and contained in the report of his speech. “Mr, L. commented with great severity on the conduct of the Secretary in this matter, declaring that, should this amendment fail, he never would vote another dollar for that (the Treasury) build ing. If the chairman chose to stop the work, let the responsibility, he on his own head. If there was a change of administration on the 4th of March next, as he trusted in God there would be, he would vote one more appropriation for this building, and that should be to fix on the front of it a tablet, and inscribed thereon, in large letters, the “Sub-treasury,” and then let the building stand without ends, without a colonnade, without a roof, without access or recess—with no stairs to the upper story, and no light in the lower, it would remain to posterity an appropriate monu ment of the Van Buren Sub-treasury administra tion.” Festival at Clarksburg, Tennessee.— There was a great gathering of the people at Clarksburg, Tennessee, on the 28lh ult. and no ble indeed (says the Louisville Journal) was the festival on that occasion. From all quarters the delegates poured in, till the congregation number ed upwards of eight thousand. A hundred ban ners gleamed in the sun, among which was one inscribed with a majestic eagle bearing in his beak this sentence from the Louisville Journal: “In war, Harrison defended the Log Cabins; in peace, the Log Cabins will defend Harrison.”— Prominent among the Hags was one trimmed with black crape ; dark black ground, with a monu ment surmounted by an urn; inscription; “In memory of Hugh L. White,” Wherever that solemn emblem moved, abash as ofdcath perva ded the assemblage. Tennessee’s noblest orators were present, a d nobly did they sustain themselves, and their cause in their addresses to the multitude. Not a man left the ground but with an abiding and undoubt ing conviction that Tennessee would go for Old Tippecanoe by a majority of at least 12,000. Who is Ahnkh Lacock? —And who is this Mr. Abner Lacock, who made the motion in the Senate of the U. States, to strike the name of Gen. Harrison trom the resolution proposing a gold medal and the thanks of Congress to him and Gov, Shelby 1 He is the same Mr. Lacock who once moved to censure Gen. Jackson lor his con duct in the Army ; the same Mr. Lacock whose ears Gen. Jackson once threatened to cut off. He is the same Mr Lacock who was a contrac tor for furnishing the army of Gen. Harrison with provisions, who was so negligent of his duty that the army was obliged at one time to subsist for days on raw beef; aud who for this neglect was, through the influence of Gen. Har rison, deprived of his contract. When the people arc once informed that Mr. Lacock had been previously disgraced for just reasons by General Harrison, they wdl not he surprised at the circumstance of this same Mr. Lacock striving, at a subsequent period, to fix the badge of disgrace on Gen. Harrison without any just cause whatever. We copy the following from the Vicksburg Whig. Don’t they cornel Scarcely a day passes without our hearing of some new accession to our ranks. x\s one deserv ing particular notice, we will take the liberty of mentioning that the gentleman who some weeks since declared, when excited, that “he would lose his right arm before a log cabin should be raised in Vicksburg,” came forward on Tuesday,stated the fact of his having said so, hut added that he had became convinced that a change of rulers was necessary, and that he would assist in carrying up the logs, and would vote for old Tip. Attempt to illow up a Steamboat. We learn from Capt. Childs of the steamboat Oneida, which arrived at this port yesterday fore- I noon, that as the s’eamboat Great Britain was about leaving the wharf at Oswego, on Saturday last, a Trunk which had been brought to the wharf a few minutes previously, and which was soon to have been put on board that boat, explo ded—injuring two persons slightly, and doing some little damage to the boat. Upon examina tion, a parcel of G pounds of powder was found, to which the fire had not communicated. There can oe no doubt that the explosion was intention al, and that it was caused by a slow match being placed in the trunk. 'The Great Britain, as hei name imports, is a British boat, and it is supposed that this fiendish attempt to Mow her up, or at least to injure her and those on board of her, ori ginated in ferocious feelings toward that govern ment, or some of its subjects. Lett, the murderer of Capt. Usher, has been arrested on suspicion of having been the getter up of the plot.— Rochester Democrat. At the lime of the explosion, Lett, the reputed murderer of Capt. Usher, and who it is said boasts of having blown up Brock’s monument, and for the apprehension of whom, wc believe about £IO,OOO reward has been offered within the * two last years by the authorities of Upper Cana (la, was seen walking upon the Jock at no great distance from the boat. He was soon after arres ted in front of the U. States Hotel by constable Reid, to whose promptness and energy on the occasion much credit is due. Lett was armed with four pistols and a bowk* knife, and made a desperate but unavailing effort to use them and escape. The carman immediately recognized Lett as the person who employed and paid him for carrying the trunk on board. Such was the excitement and indignation among our citizens, that Lett was forthwith tendered to the captam of the British boat Gilderslceve, then in port, bound to Kings ton, on condition that he should lie surrendered to the Canadian authorities. —Very properly no doubt, the Captain declined the proposition, and Lett was well secured in jail. Suspicion also settled upon a man by the name of Dafoe, supposed to be an accomplice of Lett. He was discovered and arrested at tHe Centre House in the village and committed to jail. Lett and Dafoe arc Canadian refugees, who we understand have been lounging about this vil lage for some days.— Oswego Herald, From the Spirit cf the Times. Gano’s Challenge to the Union ! To run Four Mile Heats for SIO,OOO a side. Augusta, June 6th, 1810. W. T. Porter, Esq : Dear Sir, —The friends of GANG are willing to back him to ihe amount of Ten Thousand Dollars a side, half forfeit, against any named horse, mare or gelding, in tho Union, Four mile heats, agreeable to the rules of the ('lab over the Lafayette Course, on the day preceding the next Fall meeting. This challenge will remain open until the first day of August next, subject of course to be with drawn should any accident happen to him previ ous to the acceptance, which is not likely to oc cur as he is not in training. The forfeit shall be arranged to the satisfaction of the acceptor. Any communication on the subject, addressed to the subscribers will receive prompt attention. Yoms truly, Taos. J. Waltos. Augustus Lamkix. We have great pleasure in laying this spirited challenge before the Sporting Woild. It will he accepted at once. Two hours after its receipt here there w-cre among the crowd of gentlemen in out office no less than three who would have taken the responsibility of accepting it with a certain horse, arql doubled or trebled the stakes. AVe should not he surprised if the match was taken up by three dillerent horses, and in that case beg to suggest to Gano’s blends that they make a Post or Sweepstake of it, with a subscription of SSOOO each. Play or Pay. This would ensure four subscribers, and the terms of the race being play or pay, of course four horses would start. J ho certainty of this fact would cause more ex citement than any race ever got up in the coun try, and thousands would assemble to sec it from the remotest sections of the Union. The high mettled Racers of Virginia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana, would proba bly be represented, and the race being a post match, the very best horse in each State would contend lor the meed ol honor and applause. The Philadelphia North American of Friday says— Col. Isaac Wayne, who presided at the late Harrison festival, in Chester county, is the only son of General Anthony Wayne. He has repre sented his natne county several years in the State Legislature and in Congress, and was an active and slrcnous supporter of General Jackson, in 1828. It wa* owing very much to his influ ence that the county then gave its vote to Gener al Jackson, and we are pleased to find that the same influence is about to be exerted against his successor. The enfeebled health of Col. Wayne lias prevented him from taking an active part in political life, and nothing hut the belief that it is the duty of every man in the community to exer cise such influence as he possesses to change the present state of affairs, could have on the present occasion drawn him from his retirement The same paper says— We are informed by a respectable gentleman from Chester County, that of the 150 Delegates from Phoenixville to the great whig gathering at West Chester on Tuesday last, furty-two had seceded from the Van Huren ranks since the Ist of Jlprll last. Jewish Marriage at Whitchurch. —On Sunday last, a circumstance, as novel as pleasing, took place at Whitchurch. For the second time, the interesting ceremony of an Israelitish wedding was there performed. Every lover of scriptural antiquities must venerate the ancient customs of the patriarchs of old. These customs have been preserved by the Jews to this day, as confirmed by the lawgiver of Moses. Through all the vicissitudes and persecutions of their nation it is almost miraculous that they should so carefully have adhered to the customs of their fathers with out the slightest deviation, yet such is the fact. None amongst nations have been so strictly zeal ous as the Jews of their ancient ceremonies, to remain in fact a “peculiar people.” The marri age of the Jews in itself has so much scriptural in terest from the circumstance of its being perform ed precisely as it was some 3000 or more years since, that a correspondent who was an eye wit ness on Sunday, has favored us with this account of it. On entering the room was seen Rabbi L. Chap man, priest of the Jews, from Binningham, oc cupied in writing the marriage contract upon a parchment. The Rabbi having concluded the contract,.handed it to others to read and then to the bridegroom, who, after apparently well consider ing the contents, which were written in the He brew language, signed the same, as also did two witnesses. This being duly executed, the bride groom was conducted, from the room again, the bride being all this time invisible. A canopy was then erected, being supported by four persons of the Jewish faith, and solemn strains of music an nounced the approach of (he bridegroom. The reverend officiate having placed himself beneath the canopy, the bridegroom was introduced, sup ported on both sides by two male frien Is. Again the sound ot music proclaiming the ap proach of the bride, who was similaily supported, hut by two ladies. The bridal dress was strictly scriptural, the maiden was attired in pure white, covered with a veil, as in Genesis 31, 65. The music having ceased, the bride, still supported as before, was thrice led round her future husband. We believe this emanates from the marriage of Jacob and Leah, Jacob having his bride veiled married Leah instead of Rachael, Genesis 29.26. For this reason the bridegroom has an oppor tunity ol ascertaining from the gait or figure of his intended wife, as he has no opportunity of reading her countenance through the folds ot her veil. Having thus circled round him, she was plac td on the right side of her future Lord. The priest proceeded then to pronounce-a bles sing upon all present, holding at the lime a gLss of wine in his hand which, alter the conclusion of prayer, was handed by a friend to the happy couple, in token of peace with all the world; they, having sipped lire same, modestly returned it. The reverend and venerable Rabbi then pro ceeded to read aloud the document before descri bed, and then a second glass was filled, and a prayer offered up for the future grace of the new couple, and the second glass was tasted by both the young people, in token of consent to each other. Then followed a solemn silence a mo ment of suspense—the ring was to be placed on the bride’s finger. The fair hand was extended (as wo thought) rather willingly, and the ring being handed to the Rabbi, he lir'st exhibited it to the others, and then examined it himself p then gave it to the bridegroom, who p! a L. 0 upon the finger of the right hand of his i,I- 1 11 pronouncing the talismanic words. “Hah-tv* kadasilh Leh, Bethubath Zu Kadth Most v , Yesrael.” (Anglice—Thus I wed thee accord?’ to the laws of Israel as 1 v Moses comm mi?? left the ring on the hand of the bride. A A-u *' placed upon the ground, and in a moment— • >a , s —the brittle vessel was shattered in ath . ' 1 pieces by the right foot of the bridegroom aSt n ' ken of the uncertainty of life, and that n all our joys may bo shattered in a moment. The sudden change of this solemnity to ' was electric ; no sooner was the glass int) ie than the music struck up in lively note, ih e .| Ust j sounded with the words “MozklTouh” /• ,UC( ,’ joy!) echo upon echo seemed to sound' *' our ears, congratulations were heart-felt-\ T exhilarating was tho scene. The veil of bride was in a moment respectfully nioV( . ( j she stood before us with eyes streaming t!i'. u ful yet happy and fearful, yet smiling on^th o py husband. A look—a prayer—they wercMiu rieJ—all the ceremony was over. The lady is Miss Priscilla Lazarus, of AVI-.it church, the gentleman, Mr. Adolph Cohen,of fib. mingham. The reverend Rabbi was ex press Birmingham for the occasion. —Salopian J oi , r " Hazardous Adventure.—A correspondent of the Madras Herald gives the following account of an adventure with a cobra di capello, which ocrurred to a gentleman who was reposing under a (an irind tree alone, after a day of shooting •I was aroused by the furious baying ofniy don on turning round, I beheld a snake of the cobra di caj ello species, directing its course to a point that would approximate very close to my position In an instant I was upon my feet. The moment the reptile became aware of my presence, in nan tical phraseology, it boldly brought to, with ex panded hood, eyes sparkling, neck beautifully ar ched, the head raised nearly two feet from the ground, and oscillating from side to side, in a man ner plainly indicative of a resentful foe. I seized a short bamboo, left by one of the bean rs and hurl ed it at my opponent’s head. I was fortunate enough to hit it beneath the rye. The reptile immediately fell from its imposing attitude, and lay apparently lifeless. AViTumt a moment’s reflection, 1 seized it a little below the head, haul ing it beneath the shelter of the tree, and very cooly sat down to examine the mouth for the poisoned fangs of which naturalists speak, so much. \\ hile iu the act of forcing the mouth open with a stalk, I felt the head sliding through my hand, and to my utter astonishment, became aware that I had now to con tend against the most deadly of reptiles in its full strength and vigor. Indeed, I was in a moment convinced of it; for as I tightened my hold of its throat, its body became wreathed around my neck and arm. 1 raised myself from my sitting position to one knee; my right arm, to enable me to exert my strength, was extended. I must in such an atti tude have appeared horrified enough to represent a deify in the Hindoo mythology, such as wc see rudely emblazoned on the portals of their native temples. It now became a matter of self-defence. To retain my hold it required rny utmost strength to prevent the head from escaping, as my neck became a purchase for the animal to pull upon. If the render is aware of the universal dread in which the cobra di capello is held throughout In dia, and the almost certain death which inevi'a biy follows its bite, he will, in some degree, be able to imagine what my feelings wcie at that moment; a shudder, a faint kind of disgusting sickness pervaded my whole frame, as 1 felt the cold clammy fold of the reptlc’s body lightening round my neck. To attempt any delineation of my sensations would be absurd; let it suffice, they were most horrible. I had now almost resolved to resign my hold. Had I done so, this tale would never have been written: so no doubt the head would have been brought to the extreme cir cumvolution to inflict the deadly wound. Even in tho agony of such a moment, I could picture to myself the fierce glowing of the eyes, and the intimidating expansion of the hood ereit fastened its venomous and fatal hold upon my face and neck. To hold it much longer would be impossible. Immediately beneath mv grasp there was an inward working and creeping of the skin, which seemed to be assisted by the firmness with which I held it—my hand was gloved. Finding in defiance of all my efforts, that my hand was each instant forced closer to my face, I was anx iously considering how to act in this horrible di lemma, when an idea struck me, that if it was in my power to transfix the mouth with some sharp instrumcnt .it would prevent the reptile from using its fangs, should it escape my hold. My gun lay at ray feet, the ramrod appeared to he the very thing required, which, with some difficulty, I succeeded in drawing out, having one hand disengaged. My right arm was now trem bling from over-exertion, my hold becoming less firm, when I happily succeeded in passing tin rod through the lower jaw up to its centre. I: was not without considerable hestation that! suddenly let go my hold of the throat and seize! the rod with both hands, at the same time bring ing them over my head with a sudden jerk, dis charging the fold from neck, which had lutteilj become almost enough to produce strangu lation. There was then little difficulty in free ing my right arm, and ultimately throwing tin reptile from me to the earth where it continue! to twist and writhe into a thousand contortions of rage and agony. To run to a neighboring | stream to lave my neck, hands and face, in i L ‘ | cooling waters, was my first act after despatch- J ing my formidable enemy. Steam Frigate.— lt is stated that (wo hun dred and fifty men are now employed uponthrp steam frigate now building at the navy yard in B Philadelphia. The engine of the frigate is to k t ot GOO horse power ; and she is rated at two thou- H sand tons, and will, it is said, be the largest steamß frigate afloat. Fire.— N. U. Chaffee’s distillery, on Penn sylvania avenue, was burned to the ground»boot two o’cloak this morning. The grain house at tached was also destroyed. The distillery ** worked by steam. Loss about eight (house I doollars, and said to be insured to (be amount - seven thousand dollars, in the Western In su: ’ a nee and Trust Company Columbus, (^ r gia. — Baltimore Pul riot of Sa-turday• Nothing exceeds the modesty of the Ha" 1 ' girls. They wont be courted by daylight, no- - tiie evening unless t re candles are extmg uis “ Chicago Democrat. And here in the Granite State the girl s ntU pretend to waste candies in such business by,” said a certain old lady, “Debby, don t '' me catch you burnin’ candles out a-spaiiO 1 " tallow is scurse, and perhaps vou mayn t get 1 '* schoolmaster after all /” Debby dutifully o®*? ed her ma’am.—iY. 11. Argus. Bombast. —Visiting the Mount. St. I? rn we found a parly of Englishmen at the co»«f One young man having signed his name in traveller’s book, put afle?r it the letters M- P* . S. Curious to know what this signified, the liberty of asking him. “Oh,” he replied* is proper to keep up one’s consequence a" 11 these foreigners.—The letters 1 have added ton. name signify ‘Member of the Paddington lu3 " ing Society.” , Dinner Fashions. —Gov. Cass, in bis r work on “France, its King, Court and s ment,” mentions,in reference to the ready of European customs in our country, that knife is used in the best company in Europe serving the mouth at the dinner table-