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Newspaper Page TextCHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUS TA . THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20. fob. president, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Os Ohio; The invincible Hero of 1 ippecanoe the incor ruptible Statesman—the inflexible Republican— the patriotic Farmer of Ohio. for vice-president, JOHN TYLER, Os Virginia; A State Rights Republican of the school of ’9B— —of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and patriot statesmen. for electors of president and vice-president, GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark. SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass. WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb. C. B. STRONG, of Bibb. JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Bmke. E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. for congress, WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene, R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham. JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup. EUGENIUS A. NISBET, of Bibb, LOTT WARREN, of Sumter THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn. ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson. JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam. THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee. In making up the form of our tri-weekly paper yesterday, the matter, in the first column of our account of the Macon Convention, was so trans posed as to render portions of it unintelligible, which was not observed until the paper was work ed oIL We have, therefore, had the same adjusted and, for the benetit of our tri-weekly readers, in serted it on the inside of the paper. Coporal Mum says—‘‘The whig presses always quote what suits them, but they invariably endea vor to keep their readers in the dark with regard to what would militate against their federal candi date for the presidency.” Certainly this is strange language to escape from the Corporal, who did not offer his readers more than half of the proceedings of the Ohio Legisla ture, showing lien. Harrison’s votes on the Mis souri question. Will the Corporal inform his rea ders why he desired to keep them in the dark? The editor of the Standard of Union, in the ex cess of his regard for the people, '‘the dear people is shocked at the idea of the Harrison men hav ing spent so much money in attending the Conven tion at Macon. Queie —Would it not be well for the editor to afford us some evidence of his sincei wish to carry out his principles, by advising his iocofoco breth ren hot to attend the dinner at the Indian Springs? M hat say you, Mr. Editor? The locofocos are even more dear to you than the Harrison men. Hon. R. W. Habersham. We are gratified in being able to lay before our readers the following extract of a letter to the editor, dated Washington City, August 15, IS4O. Sir —I am happy to inform you, and, through your paper, the friends of Mr. Habersham, that he is now recovering rapidly, and will be able in the course of a few weeks to return home, should no relapse take place. He has been very ill, and confined to his bed since the 15th of July, which will excuse his apparent neglect to those of his correspondents who may not have been informed of his sickness. “ No Changes.” The New York Time*, publishes the letter of one hundred voters in Cayuga count}', New York, former supporters of Martin Van Burcn, who have declared their determination to go for Old Tip. Still the Van Buren party say there are ‘'No Chan ges.” ' The Elections. The accounts from the West are not only aston ishing the Whigs, but they overwhelm the Locofo cos. From Kentucky, we have the returns of 58 counties and the city of Louisville, which give to Letcher, the Whig candidate, the trifling majority of 15,196 votes over his competitor, French. From 49 counties S Whigs and 1 Locofoco are re turned to the Senate, and to the House, 56 Whigs and 6 Locofocos. Verily the Locofocos have a well grounded hope that the vote of Kentucky will be given to Van Buren. From Illinois we have returns from 32 counties, which show a gain of one Whig in the Senate and ne in the House. We have no authentic return of the popular vote. Missouri,as we anticipated, has not shaken off Van Burenism, although their majorities are said to be reduced. North Carolina Elections. We are indebted to the Wilmington Chroni cle for a slip, containing results of the election in that State, from which, principally, we made up the following statement. In 31 Counties heard from, Saunders, the adminstration candid ate for Governor, has a majority of 3429 votes. There are are 37 counties more to be heard from, in whkh. in 1836, the Whig candidate for Gov-’ ernor had a majority of G 866 votes. Should therefore, there be no material change in these counties, the W hig Governor will be elected by 3000 majority. In the Legislature-, we have heard of the elec tion of 36 W hig and 45 Administration mem bers. In the same counties in 1836, there were 03 Whig and 48 Administration members. During the half year ending on the 30th June there were coined at the U. *B. Mint and Bran ches 4,117,724 pieces of money, of the various denominations ranging from half eagles down to half dimes—the total value of which was $ 1,517,- 035. ( § q. £} 5 3 Q A Word to Our Friends. We are in the midst of a contest which we have waged, and shall continue to prosecute with all ourenergics, and a zeal we trust commensurate with the importance of the great principles at stake. Thus far we have from all quarters the cheering consolation to the faithful “ Well done. For this we trust we feel grateful, but may we not ask for something more tangible —something which sweetens even more than applause oui labors ? We think so. No great work can be ac complished in this money-loving age without we are backed by “ the root of all evil So it is with us. Our paper costs money—our workmen who toil faithfully from morn till late at night, must be paid and well paid—and your humble servant must have that wherewith to feed And clothe him self, to fit him for this great struggle. These are solemn truths, and they press upon us the neces sity of making this more solemn appeal to our friends. We are aware that the times are hard, and therefore, the greater necessity for our sup plies of cash, because our expenses are very heavy. We therefore beseech our friends, as they would advance the cause in which we are earnestly en gaged, and above all, as they desire to do justice to us, not to imagine that they owe us but little, and hence, so small an amount is of no consequence. No opinion can be more erroneous ; it is of these littles that the great amount is made up, with which our enormous expenses are paid. The \an Buren men sometimes pay us, because they do not desire to icst under any obligation to us ; and will the Harrison men be less careful of Incurring obli gations ? We think not—we had almost said, we know not—but we shall see. In a word, our obligations for the first of Octo ber are great, and we shall feel doubly grateful to all our friends who will contribute their aid to knock us into the FIFTH of that month, with out bills all paid. A letter to the Editors of the National Intelli gencer, from a gentleman in Mississippi, dated the 28th ult, says “Harrison is gaining rapidly in this Stats. There is no doubt of his getting the State. In this county, two years ago, the Whigs only numbered about thirty. Now wc are certain of two hundred, and, before Novem ber, we hope to go over that number.” British Flao. — The Lancaster (Pa.) Demo cratic Herald says: “A British Flag, with the arms of St. George, &c. was displayed in the Van Buren procession of Wednesday last,” Josiah Caldwell, Esq., of Ipswich, for several years a Van Buren candidate for the Massachu setts Senate for Essex county, has come out for Harrison, and in a letter to Hon. Caleb Cushing, published in the Newburyport Herald, speaks ot other changes among his townsmen. The Standing Army—Beware of it. If Mr. Van Buren should be re-elected, is it not probable that he and his friends will Cjntenri,as they have done on other occasions, that the people thereby sanctioned his plan for organizing the mi litia —which he so strongly recommended to Con gress, (and urged its pa-sage,) and which, I under stand, his organ (the Globe) has pronounced a de mocratic plan, and less burthensorae than the pre sent system? Is not Mr. Van Buren’s plan (for it must be call ed his until he disowns it and the Secretary ol War,) the most despotic system that could be in vented. But at the same time, the despotic features are covered over and entirely hid from the eyes ol his frien Is under the cloak of Democracy. RutTl he should take it into his head and demand that the people should put a crown on his head, and call him our most gracious king, wmuld not many of his confiding friends and supporters very quicklv look at that project with their own eyes? and, supposing they could see with ten thousand of the clearest kind of eyes, could they see any end of limit to the despotic power which the 17th and 20th sec tions of that democratic bill would place in his hands? Would they not challenge the military code of Napoleon Buonaparte, or that of any other Emperor, King or Despot, within the last live hun dred years, to produce anything in the shape of law that could beat it? How would they view the power to punish the militia with death, for sedition against the President, Vice President, or Congress, Governor, or for striking or disobeying officers plac ed overjthem by the President or otherwise, as provided for by the rules and articles of war, which this bill dedaies in the 17th and 20th sections?— The militia, when called out to be trained, shall be subjected to—(see rules and articles of War, sec- 6, 7, 8 and 9.) However sweet and plea sant the punishment of death for sedition may ap pear when dressed in the name of Democracy, yet under the name of King Martin the Ist, it possibly might appear almost terrifying and despotic, as in the time of the “reign of terror,” when one man was lined SIOO, in Virginia, for publishing one of the most seditious books that human ingenuity could invent, he was also imprisoned 6 months or a year. Oh! my stars, who can help but feel for him, even at this late day, for having suffered such inhuman and cruel punishment under that federal administration of old John Adams, when, if they had only seen enough to have called it a democra tic administration, instead of being compelled to pay a fine and be imprisoned like a thief, he might have been tried by a court martial of the Presi dent’s selecting, or selected by some enemy, con demned upon the strength of negro testimony’ and shot to death in such a mild, democratic style.that the punishment would have been a thing of noth ing, quite pleasant. Oh! names, what blessings yoif possess. ° From the Baltimore American. Direct Taxation—the Tariff. The coalition between Messrs. Van Buren and Calhoun, by which a union of discordant princi ples was effected for political purposes, will be likely to bring on a crisis of some importance to the country. We are to take one of two alterna tives. We must suppose either that the adher ence of the South to the Administration was in vited and icceived in good faith; or that decep tion has been practised to draw over the South ern influence for a temporary purpose, with the view of dissolving the connection so soon as that end shall have been attained. If we tiust to the appearances of things and take the first supposi tion as the true one. then we must expect to see Mr. Calhoun’s peculiar policy carried out by the Government to the extent, at least, of its power The tendency of the Administration has been unquestionably, that way. The hard money po licy of the Government, —which however "thus tar has consisted of promises only, so far as the people are concerned, and which will not consis probably of much eke,—its hostility to a National Bank, the course of Mr. Van Buren on the Taritl question and on other questions of public interest indicate a strong loaning on the part of the Gov ernment towards the favourite doctrines of Mr Calhoun. But leaving other questions out of view for the present, it is clear that on the subject of tht Tariff some decisive course must be taken speedi ly ; and it is important that the country shoulc know what that course is likely to be. The ne cessities of the Government will compel that ques tion to an issue. Revenufe must be had ; and to a greater amount than the existing sources of sup ply can furnish. The choice will be between an increased Tariff on the one hand, and Direct Taxation on the other. We are saying no more than whaf the Secretary of the Treasury said las' winter—nothing more than what the present ex igencies ot the Government abundantly promise It this point is beyond doubt, the policy of Mr. Calhoun and his friends is equally so, Mr. Rhett, of South Carolina, towards the close of the late ? session of Congress, advocated direct taxation in 1 an elaborate speech. Is this then to be the poli . cv of the Government I If the union between t the Administration and the Southern of the party be sincere, it must he so—for Mr. Cal ' houn’s hostility to the Taritf is known to be un compromising. We are authorized then to take it for granted I that direct taxation will be resorted to by the r \ Government, or attempted. Upon whom wnl - the burthen of this chietly fall ? W hat particu > lar interest will stand forth most prominently to receive the pressure ? The farmers ot the coun -1 try —the landed interest —the holders ot real es * late. It is this sort of property which is most 1 tangible to the tax gatherer—it is permanent, and t can not shift its place—substantial, and cannot . change its form. Stocks, money, notes, bonds, , &c. constitute a species of property which may elude the grasp of the collector —but the lands of the farmer can always be reached. r Now selling aside all other objections that , might be urged against the system ot direct tax - alion, the difficulty of making it bear upon all alike is one of so serious a kind as to render such , a system the very last that should he resorted to. Nothing but the most urgent necessity should in duce a Government to have recourse to it. Jhe 0 States, not having the power to lay duties, must d sometimes impose taxes. Hut a State Legisla !. lure being well acquainted with the interests and e business of the commonwealth, may exercise a much bettor judgement in the imposition of tax es within its own limits, than can be expected from the General Government, which must make * its levies uniform and the same in all parts ot the 1 Union, without respect to the particular capabili - ties or disabilities of the different sections. Bc c sides, the machinery of the Federal Government is ill adapted to the collection of taxes. It must either appoint agents of its own at a vast expense, " o, depend upon each State for its quota of money 0 to be raised by the State collectors—an uncertain o dependence if this tax should be an unpopular r one. For in the event of a deficiency, the Gov ernment would have no means of coercing pay ment. ■ The indirect mode of raising revenue by du ties on imported goods has always been the favour a ite mode in this country. It answers two good y purposes—first in supplying money to the Gov -- eminent by a tax which is voluntarily assumed 3 by the paver who purchases the article bearing 6 an impost; and secondly, in affording protection 0 to our domestic industry, either by diminishing 1- the force of foreign competition, or by counter acting the restrictions of other nations, and thus procuring a more favourable admission ot home productions in countries abroad. Articles of luxury are those which a good poli e cy would select as the subjects ot duties lor reve e nue. Fine broadcloths, silks, iaces costly wines, and such commodities which ncea be purchased only by the rich, may bear duties and yield a 1 large revenue without inflicting any pressure upon the poor man. He does not want articles ot that sort, and therefore does not buy them. The far r mer, a man of plain habits, who lives and thrives . on his own acres—wears his clothes made from j. the wool of his own sheep—eats of the products of his own ground, and drinks cider of his own making—may be almost unconscious ot the fact that the Government derives any money from the people. He may, indeed, if he chooses, indulge * in foreign luxuries, and by so doing contribute pi to the public Treasury. But it is at his own . choice how far he will do so. Another thing to be .noted in connection with - i direct taxation is, that the taxes, if imposed, must - be paid in specie. When a State levies a tax, * the people are called upon to pay in such cur rency as they are iu the daily habit of using in their transactions with one another. But the Gei*ral Government has fixed a currency of its s own, and all dues from the people must be paid in if specie. The Sub-Treastffy, it is true, exacts for f the present only a portion of specie in the a e mounts payable to the Treasury—but in a short 1 time if it continues in action, nothing but specie ® will be received. Here is a feature of particular hardship which the farmers of the interior will j feel most sensibly, when a grasp of the Govern -3 ment, through its tax gatherers, comes directly - upon them. The selfish exclusiveness of the : Administration in thus securing our currency to themselves, if they can, will be disclosed in a most striking manner, ’ The question of Direct Taxation , if brought } up, will he of the Administration’s own raising, i It is time that the people should look to it. Let , the farmers consider it well—for it concerns them - much.—lt will he for them to say whether the 3 peculiar notions of a few politicians shall pre -1 vail against the great interests of the country and the settled practice of our Government, establish ed and approved for so many years. From the Newark Sentinel. I send you a few more extracts from the same i old papers from which those in my former com i munication were taken. An officer under Gen. f Harrison in Nov. 12,1812, wiites thus; -• “The Virginia troops are here in fine spirits, a r very orderly and promising set of men, of whom 1 Gen. Harrison speaks highly. The Government have been peculiarly for v lunate in yetting such a commander-in-chief as . Harrison , so completely is he riveted in the affec o lions of the people , and so deserving of it. t Every arrangement that the power of man could - effect is progressing rapidly under Hrrrison’s immediate inspection—the army will be ready t to march in a few days for Sandusky, and ex pectations of success are very bright .” s The real origin of the term Petticoat Hero, is shewn in these old papers: and it appears that it emanated from Gen. Harrison himself. On the 21st ot June, 1810, Gen. Harrison in a talk with several tiibes of Indians assembled in council d observed to them “that he had been induced to call them together in order to ascertain their real q intention. He informed them that a crisis had o now arrived which demand, that all the tribes w hich had heretofore remained neutral should .. take a decided stand either for or againgt the U . uited States. He also informed them that all those who shou dgo with him must follow his [. mode of warefare and not kill or injure old men, e women or prisoners—that no one but a coward' or a squaw would kill those who were unable to e defend themselves—and that as Gen. Proctor had agreed to deliver him (Harrison) up to Te e cumseh, if they had succeeded in taking Fort e Meigs, he promised them in his turn if he should r be successful to deliever Proctor into their hands j, provided that they should only put a Petticoat on j’ him!” s Gen. G. Clay, in a letter to Gen Harrison says e “" e bave every confidence in your exertions, 5t and it is through you that this army ( j looks lor triumph over our enemies.” ff Gen. Harrison's answer sent to Gen. Proctor t, wben .he demanded the surrender of the fort he ’- tb ® n occu pi e d, proves clearly that he was no: de r. ticient in courage, and that he was resolved on “defeat, before a base surrender .” Maj. Cham r bers was sent b y Gen. Proctor to demand the e surrender, which he did as follows: i- a J' Chambers “Gen. Proctor has sent me d t 0 deman(l the surrender of this Fort. He wish es to spare the effusion of blood.” - . Ge,u Harrison—“ The demand under present 0 circumstances is a most extraordinary, one. As Gen Proctor did not send me a summons tosur n j render on his first arrival, I supposed that he be :/ Ireved me determined to do .my duty; his present e | message indicates an opinion of me that I am at it j a loss to account for.” Maj. C.—“ Gen. Proctor would never think of . 1 saying any thing to wound your feelings, sir.— The character of Gen. Harrison as an officer is i welt known.- Gen. Proctor’s force is very re- i spectable, and there is with him a larger body ot i Indians than have ever before been embodied. Gen. H. —“l believe I have a very good opin- I ion of Gen. Proctor’s force; it is not such as to < create the least apprehension for the result ot the contest, whatever shape he may be pleased here after to give it. Assure the General, however, that he will never have the fort surrendered to him on any terms. Should it tall into his hands, it will be in a manner calculated to do him more honor, and to give him larger claims on the grat itude of his government, than any capitulation could possibly do.” Every paper has more or less concerning Gen. Harrison, and not one sentence is to be lour.d speaking against him, except some extracts from a Boston federal paper, which are clearly proved to be untrue. trom the Pennsylvania Old Guard. Col. Johnson and Gen. Harrison again. Col. Johnson’s late visit to this city, annoyed the Locos here very much. They could not pre vail on him to say one word disrespectful to his old commander. He was honorable and high minded in the extreme, and nothing could induce him to tell a falsehood, even to please those who were hanging about him during his stay here. We find that in other quarters, he has been equally sincere, and expresso* himseli treely and openly on all occasions, in favor of Gen. Harri son. He recently, on his way home from W ash ington, City attended a meeting at Washington in this State. The Pittsburg Gazette says in relation to it: “We are informed by a letter, from a gentleman of undoubted veracity, that Col. Johnson acquitted himself nobly at the meeting on Saturday at Washington, Pa. “HE DECLARED that HE WOULD SOONER BE DEFEATED, THAN SAY ONE WORD DISRESPECTFUL TO THE SERVICES OF HIS GALLANT COMMAN DER AT THE THAMES. “Never,” says the writer, “shall I forget the flash of the old man’s eye as he dwelt on the bat tle of the Thames. No, never shall I forget the indignant curl of his lip, as he pronounced all those as falsifiers who would dare to pollute his name by saying that he accused Wm H. Harrison of being a coward. “No,” said he I love Billy Harrison, and have always loved him: he was my companion in arms, and is an excellent man. The editor of the Gazette remarks that “the Vice President seems to grow more Harrisonish as he approaches more nearly their respective homes. It is probable that he is continually ur ged and pestered to come out against Hanison, and becomes more resolute not to do so. He seems to say to them, “The more you urge me to slander Harrison, the more I will not do it.” Now those are the sentiments of an honest man —let the Van Buren men ponder on them, and they will at once see how much they have been deceived by the dastards who endeavor to detract from the fair fame of one who was ever at his post in the hour of danger, and who never, in all his battles, sustained a defeat. “.A House divided against itself. ,> If ever a house was divided against itself it is the White House wdiich now supports Martin Van Buren. Aside from the discordant materi als of which the Cabinet and Council are com posed, the party men, the rank and file, are lite rally compelled to pull the bandage over their eyes, and, like criminals, to walk blindfolded to execution. To-day all who can he persuaded to follow are called upon to approve the sub-treasu ry in a mass meeting at Utica. Some wont go at all, some go grumbling, some pass along de jected, all the while thinking how cheap they have parted with their humanity, when they have been obliged to surrender their own proper selves, slaves to parly. And all who allow them selves to feel, and all who are permitted to think, hold this language: that “it isa bitter pill, but the doctor says vve must take it.” Every time the banker cries, up with the sub-treasury, his ear catches the echo of his own hurra, “perish our Slate institutions.” When the merchant shouts for the sub-treasury, he is met in his own re sponse, “perish commerce.” Every time the far mer raises his voice for that detestable scheme of aggrandizment for office holders, he cries down the value of his lands, and the produce of his farm. When the laborer lends his manly voice for the support of the sub-treasury, he calls loudly fora reduction of wages. Not a young man who has not a fortune in the world but will sooner or later find that every effort to sustain the sub-treasury is a blow upon his own credit, his own prospects, his condition as a freeman. In this situation can a party stand, or can men stand when they do one thing and think another, when they are divided against themselves? ought they to stand when they are for putting down every thing else? What say you farmers, me chanics and laborers? —Roman Citizen. Correspondence of the New Orleans Bulletin. From Havana. At Ska, off Havaxa, August 2d, 1840. Messrs Editors. —The affairs of Havana re main without any serious variation up to the pre sent date, notwithstanding the rebellion of 200 of the troops at the quartel, the many bands of robbers that prowl about in the interior, and the herds of pirates that infest our coast. The six pirates convicted of piracy and mur der on the English brig Vernon, were on tue 22d ult, shot, pursuant to the sentence given by the Auditor of War. The sentence of the Criminal Court was, that they should suffer death by the vil garote, and the heads of three of them se vered from their trunks and placed, elevated on posts and fastened by iron hoops, one at the Re guls, another at the Panta, and the third at Cape St. Antorio. But sympathy was excited for these unfortunates , and an old law of 1744 was pro duced, that changed their punishment to a soldiers’ honorable death. These were the first pirates that were ever executed on this island, therefore the concourse of people to witness this last act of the tragedy was immense. The shore and the bay were covered with thousands of human beings, but among them not a single female, white, black, slave or free, was to be seen. The place of execution was the Machina, a naval de pot fronting on the harbour, and situated at the east side of the city. W hen the extreme law had been put in force, the four fishermen who assisted in the piracy, were sent on board a Span ish man-of-war, to serve one, two and three years as sailors in the Queen’s service. The chief of this band of pirates is still at large and roaming about the country. He was allowed to escape during the journey from Cape St. Antonio to this city. He is a mulatto, with whiskers and mustachios, and probably |W ill try to find his way to the United States. Therefore look out for him—his age is 24 or there abouts—he is tall, well made, and a shoemaker by trade. Fhe Matanzas mail to day brings news of an American brig having been chased during two days, by a pirate sloop filled with men. Two Spanish men-of-war having just left the habor in search, but I feel confident that the pirates will never be taken by them. I think that Mar tin V an Buren is greatly to blame for persuading the Secretary of the Navy to recall our West India Squadron home, in order to get a few more \otes, w i e American life and American proper ish rascals* ** Teckless, y des troyedby these Span- Land robberies are very common. The tra veller, who thinks of going by land from Matan zas to Havana will, ere he starts off on his jour ney ot only 60 miles, first make his testament, and then bid ameu to his Inends, as if doubtful if they meet again. The Prison is crow deJ, and every day more prisoners arrive. i\or are robberies confined to tile country .. Mr. Lear in*l, a clerk in ihe house L. Marltatlgue & Co., waa attacked the other night close to his own house hv two genteel looking robbers, who aim ed knives at hi. heart and back, and demanded ns property. In a few minutes Ke was minus his watch and money.' During this robbery a vo lant" with two gentlemen, in, it passed, also an individual within two yards of the trio, yet the robbers ran not, but remained firm and still, and threatened to dispatch their victim on the spot if he uttered a cry for help. A month ago, four robbers entered the cathedral, situated in the heart of the city, and placing the oflioiating priest on the altar, they asked him if he wished to live or to to to h—II. If he wanted the former then he must instantly produce the treasures ot the church. The priest did so, and the robbers re tired loaded with booty, and made their escape unmolested. This has excited as much wonder as the execution of the six pirates. News has just reached us from Porto 1 rinci pc of the shipwreck, on the night of the Hth July, of the Spanish merchant brig called Paque te dc Cadiz, proceeding from that port and I orto Rico and. round here, (Havana.) She struck on the edge of an unknown bank, almost out of water, situated near the Mucares, and about 16 leagues from the mouth of the port of the Neu vitas, leaving little or no chance for saving the vessel, cargo or the lives of those on board-con sisting of a crew numbering twenty-three indi viduals, and more than fifty passengers; among whom were many women and g ivernment offi cers. t In this embarrassing.period, Capt. D. Lucas de Lucas, master of the stranded vessel, ordered the second mate, with five sailors, to proceed in the brig's boat Neuvitas for assistance ; wheie they arrived in ihe afternoon ol the next day, (July 12,) and presented themselves before the Military Commandant of Marines and the Ma triculas of the place, to whom they gave the a bove intelligence. His honor immediately or dered the only vessel at his disposition, called the sloop Carmitta, under the command ot Captain Barbosa, to proceed to the aid of the ship wrecked, and to take along with him the second male and the five sailors, for the object of desi gnating the locality of the disaster. On the ! 7th the sloop returned, having sailed over and round the spot indicated bv the mate of the biig, with out finding any vestiges of her, save some bar rels of bread, garlic and beans, and a few other things floating about. This is all that is known of this sad affair. Clegg’s Atmospheric Railway. It is gratifying to find this really wonderful discovery has met with the greatest success its warmest friends could desire. Half a mile of tlie railway laid down from the Great Western cross ing Worhnholt, Scrubhs, near Uxbridge Road, was opened on Thurday week, and a large at tendance of the members of both Houses of Par liament honored the exhibition with their pre sence. The vacuum pipe, through which the piston is sucked by the action of a stationary air pump, worked by an engine 16 horse power, is nine inches in diameter, and will, of course, be laid down the whole length of the way, Upon the half mile now finished, the speed of 25 miles an hour was obtained with carriages of 10 tons weight; hut when a greater distance permits of increased impetus, the speed may be at will in creased, at least fourfold. The rise upon the present portion of rail is one foot in 115, and down this the carriages descended by their own gravity. The cheapness of first cost in this piinciple is a great feature < f recommendation. The ease and absence of noise with which the carriages travel is perfectly delightful, and then this mode is attended with no risk of collision. The absence of smoke is an additional recom mendation, and the impracticability of the car riages getting elf the rails ensures safety on that head ; in fact, it does not appear to us to possess one single objection, and in point of public safe ty and convenience its general adoption will be highly desirable. The carriages arc capable of ascending any inclinations, and the rail can adapt itself to the undulations of a hilly country with out the great expense of embankment or cut tings. It is calculated that 10,800 passengers can travel every twelve hours in trains starting every live minutes.— London. Pape". The Execution of Siu Walter Raleigh. —Sir Walter made no more of death, says the Dean of Westminster, than if he were going merely to take a journey ; “ not,” said Raleigh, “ but that I am a great sinner, for I have been a soldier, a seaman, and a courtier.” On the morning previous to his execution, they brought him a cup of sack ; being asked how he relished it, he replied, “As the fellow that, drinking of St. Giles’s bowl, as he went to Tyburn, said, ‘ that was good drink if a man might tarry by it.’” He invited his friend, Sir Hugh Beeston, to see him die. Sir Hugh was unable to obtain a seat, and Sir Walter, observing him in the crowd lamenting his diappointment, said “ Fare well ! I know not what shift you will make, but lam sure to have a place.” On the scaffold he embraced all the lords with “ such courtly com pliments, as if he had met them at a feast.” On taking off his gown, he called to the headsman to let him sec the axe, which not being immedi ately done, he said, “ I prithee let me see it; dost thou think lam afraid of it I” He passed his fingers lightly over its edge, and smilingly re marked to the shcrill—“ This is sharp medicine, but a sound cure for all diseases, ’ and kissing it, laid it down. When he had laid his head on the block, the executioner desired him to turn it toward the east. “It was no great matter,” re plied Raleigh, “which way a man’s head stood, so the heart lay right.” He ordered the heads man not to strike until ho gave the signal. Having lain some moments in prayer, he made the signal, which the headsman not perceiving, Sir Walter exclaimed—“ Why dost thou not strike I Strike man !” Two blows severed his head. Coincidence between the pulsation of the HUMAN BODY AND THE HOUR OF THE DAY. The following is from the London Sun : You will oblige a constant reader, and one who has made the ex periment, by giving it a place in your paper.— Journal of Commerce. Seat yourself at a table, having placed your elbow on the table, attach a piece of metal (cay a shilling to a thread,) hold the thread between the points of the thumb and first finger, and allow the shilling to hang in the centre of a tumbler the pulse will immediately cause the shilling to vibrate like a pendulum, and the vibration will in crease until the shilling strikes the side of the glass ; and suppose the time of the experiment be that hour at which I am writing, between half past six and half past seven o’clock, it will so strike the glass seven times, and having done so, lose its momentum and ruturn to the centre. If you hold it a sufficient length of time the ev penment will be repeated; but not until a suffi. cient space has elapsed to convince you it is most complete. I need not say that the thread must be held with a steady hand; otherwise the vibrating motion will be counteracted. - tin g At whatever hour of the day or nightthe exner same ” e COmcidence wi U be found The ♦v, The Halford Courier states that the shock of „f,h 1 T occurred, there was a l.ght breeze nh scattered clouds from the S. W. Ther ~oN. W.~ T!le motion “Pfcarcd to be from ■ The 3lacon Convention, The necessity of affording our readers an I count of the events of this vast assembly. poses on us a dutv which far outstrins m, ' ' . . . OUr powers ut delineation, nor is it in the power of ] an j to convey to those who were not mesons : ’ Ua ? e 1 .. r ■ . nt,an yjust or proper conception of ii, it required to bo appreciate it in all its greatness, At hour on Wednesday, as our readers have been apprised, the delegates began to make t M advent into this hospitable and noble city long ere night closed upon it. the city and Pv ' d avenue to it, for miles were crowded with • ' patriotic of the land, forming such a mass ** have never before seen, and as has never h'* witnessed South of Baltimore And onThurs 'a " up to a late hour in the day, “the cry Was ,V’ they' come.” We have heard much of the 0 dour and sublimity of such scenes, but we con ft” \ ourself an entire stranger to the imposing c hara of such a scene, until we saw- Macon in all i le | . splendor, during the memoiable three days of Wednesdnys Thursday, and Friday. The pieces sions, the beauty and splendor of th„ anJ banners, the enthusiasm of the people, and th swelling strains of music as they united with the shouts of thousands ol freemen, all animated and cheered by the thousands of blight eyes rosy cheeks, and approving smiles of the gentler sex who ever and anon waved their handkerchiefs 1 from almost every window, in token of their kind approbation, all combined to render it the moq grand and imposing scene we have ever beheld It was in truth a glorious occasion for Georgia and long will it be remembered by the advocates of Reform, as forming one of the brightest eras in her I history. The events of Wednesday, although thrilling in a very high degree, dwindle into com parative insignificance with those of Thursday . j n the afternoon of Wednesday many delegations reached the city, which were received and march ed through amid the shouts of thousands, only three of which we propose mentioning here as T being the m st soul-stirring events of that day. The Troup Delegation was large and highly res- * pectable, composed of the Yeornany of the county in the procession was a beautiful Log Cabin drawn * on wheels, which with the size of the Delegation and the thrilling banner, (which we shall notice in its place,) which waved over them, created quite a sensation. After them came the Muscogee Delegation, whic! M was also very large, respectable and enthusiastic, K They too, had biought forth that imposing embieu I a Log Cabin, and had manifested a high order of I taste in the selection of their flags. Next came the Houston Delegation, numbering five hundred of the hardy Yeomanry of that fertile County. This procession was proceeded by i [ large Log Cabin, decorated as was the others, with ? | various skins, and had mounted on its top one of 1 the stoutest and sturdiest looking Blacksmiths we have seen this many a day, who appeared to have come directly from his anvil to bear aloft in the air her beautiful flag, all which produced a most thrill ing outburst of feeling, aud thus passed the day until night. Thursday, soon after breakfast, the immense mass, which was variously estimated from 12 to 18,000 of the hardy sons of Georgia, commenced moving in processions to the place appointed for the assemblingof the Convention; but it was soon perceived that it was impossible to forma grand civic procession in so short a time, and hence its | organization was reserved until they should move to the dinner table. When the procession had reached the very large warehouse, and had gained an entrance for as many as it was possible to crowd themselves into its spacious walls, live immense :j body' was called to order by Gen. Beall, and after i ihe throne of grace was most fervently appealed j to by the Rev. George F. Pierce, President of the Jf Georgia Fenale College, the Convention unani- * mously called the Hon. John M. Berrien to preside over its deliberations, and appointed Messrs. T.N Beall, S. B. Blake, S. M. Strong, J. G. Gresham and | J. H. Steele, Secretaries. The Convention was *1 then called to order by the President, who deliver- j ed a most powerful and effective speech, and con- 9 eluded by introducing to the Convention the Hon. I W, C. Preston, of S, C., who was received amid | the most deafening applause from every portion of I the multitude. Os the masterly production of | this distinguished and worthy descendant of Tat- , rick Henry, we will not insult the good sense of |j our readers by'attempting any description. Indeed, a description of the powers of such a man is be- 4 yond the power of language. There is an elo- ■ quence in his very look, gesture, and even his po- I sition, which defies description. He held the im- I monse concourse in almost Breathless silence, as I for as he could be heard, for near two hours, when I he concluded for dinner. Then it was that the most grand and sublime ] scene that our eyes ever beheld, was presented to our view, in the grand procession which was form ed to repair to the dinner table. ' " 1 Puobakle Piracy and Murder of Mavt Passengers. —The French ship La Lise, from the Mauritius for Bordeaux, was wrecked 011 llm Agulhas Rocks, not tar from the Cape of Good Hope, in Feburary last. A great many pa= ; ‘ engers, both at the Mauritius and the Island oi Bourbon, had embarked in her, relying upon her , known good qualities, and the experience of C apt- Lccacheux, who commanded her. From causes hither inexplicable, the captain, all the officersaiw passengers, and the cabin servants, have perished, while the whole of the crew, including a nian who had fallen before the wreck and broken one of his thighs, together with a man who had taken his passage in the forecastle, and of course live** | and messed with the sailors, were saved, and have leached the Cape, and made a declaration as to the loss of the ship. The English authori ties, however, observing that the sailors ha brought with them all their own cflocts, the trunk of the passengers, and other Valuables, and that they were spending-money very freely, enteno upon 0 rigid inquiry. While this was pending, the sea cast on shore the captain and several 0 the passengers, who exhibited numerous vvoum * and bruises, evidently inflicted previous to the wreck. Measures have accordingly oeen taken to discover the truth, and punish whoever may H found to have been guilty. Interesting Circumstance..- —"W en ‘ Coombs was delivering a speech in Boone count) a few days since, he had occasion to describe t e scene of indiscriminate carnage and slaughter o>i the part of the Indians in the employment ol tie British, that ensued after Dudly’s defeat. M oun* | ded and exhausted with the loss of blood, he " ,l9 lying among the mass of slain, expecting ever) moment the application of the scalping kinie. W hile the General was describing the scene wi) 1 graphic powers, one old man was seen lobe'* 0 lently excited, and finally, unable to conceal 13 emotion, with the tears rolling down his cheeks, he cried aloud—“ I was there, old comrade, 0 you not recollect me ? It was I who held head when you laid breathless and taint ’ vlt wounds, and death threatened us all in his mos>t fearful shape!” —Lexington PKy■_) Intel.