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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
Os Ohio;
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe —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 Burke.
E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
FOR CONGRESS,
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene.
R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham.
JL T LIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup.
EUGENICS A. NISBET, of Bibo.
LOTT WARREN, of Sumter.
THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn.
ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam.
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee.
FOR SENATOR,
ANDREW J. MILLER.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
® GEORGE W. CRAWFORD,
WILLIAM J. RHODES.
Lost.
The file of the “State Rights Sentinel” for
1836 has been borrowed from our office by some
person who has omitted to return it. We would
therefore thank the individual who has it in pos
session to send it home. In the event that we are
'unable to obtain our own, we should be glad to
* purchase or borrow a file for that year, and also of
the one of the Augusta Chronicle.
Vermont Election.
& The New York Journal of Commerce of the sth>
fays“ We are enabled to present this evening a
yearly complete view of the Vermont election.
The Whig majority in the State will vary but little
■from 10,000. The Senate will consist of 28 Whigs
and 2 Van Buren men ; and in the House the i
Whigs will be in about the proportion ol 3 to 1,
Four Whig Congressmen are certainly elected, and
probably five ; that is, the entire delegation.
From the .Sew Orleans Picayune of the 6th.
Sugar. Cotton, Corn and Sickness.—A
of this city, who has been for the last 1
two weeks sojourning in tin- parishes ofLafourche *
Interior and Terrebonne, informs us that the
sugar cane in that region, which wa; rather back
ward in the early part of the season, has improved
since the rains in August, and now promises a
■good yield.
The cotton, he says, on the contrary, is nearly
entirely ruined by the ravages of the “ army
worm.” One planter, who has six hundred ar
pents in cultiva ion, informed him that he did
not expect to lealise 70 bales.
Os corn there will not be more than one-third
of a crop, made, owing to the drouth in the first
of the season.
Added to these misfortunes, he tells us it is un
usually sickly this season ; many of the planta
tions not having more than half their force able
to work. The diseases prevalent are generally
intermittent and bilious fevers, which however
seldom terminate fatally.
Shameful Avowal.— Gen. Jackson, in his
second abusive letter concerning Mr. Clays speech
at Nashville, says ; “It would be easy to show
from the life of Mr. Livingston that the default
here alluded to was one which did not prejudice
his moral character or lessen the high standing
which he enjoyed at the time.” Here is hones
ty and patriotism for you ! ! Edward Livingston
while in office, makes vvay with SIOO,OOO of the
people’s money, and ox-President Jackson at this ,
day declares that this monstrous defalcation ,
■** did not prejudice his moral character!!” Here’s ,
a precious commentary on honesty among public ]
servants. The President of the United Slates ,
saying in effect to public officers, “ rob away, fill
your pockets with the people’s money, run away j
or stand your gound, as you please,—your moral ,
character will stand as high as ever. If Gen.
Jackson has a friend left in the world, he ought
to prevent his writing letters, or he may betray
his real principles to the world ; and for the sake
of our country and disown military services, such
facts ought to be buried with him. He cannot
stop the current which is every where rushing to
produce reform. —Xciv York Times.
The Conservative Campaign Opened.—
The Conservatives of Steuben have held their
County Convention to appoint Delegates to their
Slate Convention at Auburn. It was numerous
ly attended by the staunch old fashioned Demo
crats who contributed by their votes and efforts
to sustain Gen. Jackson and to elect Mr. Van Bu
ren. They cannot, however, go for an Alexan
der Hamilton Treasury Bank, nor a John Adams
Stanuing Army. Federal measures are not the
less odious when they emanate from prnfessed ,
Democrats. Men may and do change, but prin
ciples are immutable.
The convention was addressed by Edward
Santord and Joseph Blunt, of New York
Strong Resolutions, setting-iorth the reasons
which had impelled a separation from the Fede
ral Administration party, were adopted. One
hundred Delegates were appointed to the Conser
vative State Convention. —Albany E. Journal.
A Texas newspaper notices the arrival lately,
at Matagorda, in the rig 5-usan. of “An Episco
pal Church —a handsome and well-finished build
ing, with pulpit, pews, &c., complete.”
Proceedings of Council.
Council Chamber, ?
September 7, 1840.5
Adjourned Meeting—Monday, 3 o’clock, p. m.
Council met pursuant to adjournment —Present,
Hon. D. Hook, Mayor—Aldermen Crump, Parish,
Harper, Flemming, Robertson, and Dunlap.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.
The Chairman of the Committee appointed, re
ported the following Ordinance, which was read
three times and passed :
Be it Ordained b}' tire City Oum i l of Augusta
that from and after the passage of this Ordinance,
and until the Ist of Novemoer next, and between
the Ist of April and the Ist of November in each
and every year thereafter, all dogs found at large
in the City of Augusta, except such as may wear
such a collar, as the City Council may authorize
sale of, as provided in the 2nd Section of this Ordi
nance, shall be liable to be killed by the City Mar
shal, or such person as he may authorize and ap
point for that purpose.
Sec. 2nd. \nd be it further Ordained, &c., that
the City Marshal be, and he is hereby authorized
to provide such a number of Metal Collars, suita
ble for Dogs of different sizes, marked C. A. and
numbered fiom No. 1 upwards, and dispose of the
same for the sum of three dollars each, to such per
sons as may apply for the same, which shall pro
tect, until the Ist day of April next ensuing, such
Dog as may wear the same, fiom being killed, ex
cept during an alarm of Hydrophobia in the City,
or in the event of any Dog wearing such Collar
being dangerous to the life or safety of any per
son.
Szc. 3rd. And be it further Ordained, &c., that
any Collars furnished by the City Marshal, and
paid for between the time of the passage of this
Ordinance and the Ist of April next, shall protect
any Dog wearing the same, except as before ex
cepted, until the Ist of April, 1841.
Done in Council the 7th September, 1840.
The following bills wore severally read and or
dered to be paid:
P. H. Mantz, on ac’t. of sts. and engines, sl9 70
M. Grady, do 37 50
S. L. Basford, do 65 62
J. J. Cohen, (order,) do 1 25
Robt. Philip & Son, do 11 00
A. Cunningham, do 73 50
J. J. Cohen, do 162 00
F. Blodget, Guard House, 22 12
do City Hall, 15 00
H. Caflin, Hospital, 17 50
J. Simpson, do • 18 00
Wm. Sindersine, do July, 18 25
do do August, 54 75
W. Manate, do 3 50
Hurlbert & Roll, Incidental, 6 50
W. J. Hobby, sr. do 8 37
John Phinizy, (col’d.) Engines 5(50
D. Leopard, Streets, 15 00
Mrs. A. McKinnc, do 15 00
Est. M. Nelson, do 193 60
Win. Harper, do 39 50
Chas. McCoy, bal. extra ac’t. drains, S9O 29
The following bills were referred :
P. H. Mantz, on acccount Streets, slll 88
To the Committee on Streets.
J. H, Spencer, on account Drains, 300 00
To the Committee on Streets.
Jas. Harper, on account Freshet, SO 00
To the Mayor.
The following Resolutions were offered and
passed:
By Mr. Ciump.
Resolved, That the Committee on the South Com
mon, be authorized to have the new' portion of the
Grave Yard laid out in a proper manner, with Stone
Blocks, at the head of each and every section, with
avenues and walks throughout, and also to have
the present yard cleared out under the direction of
the Sexton or some other competent person.
By Mr. Parish.
Resolved, That the Mayor of the City of Augus
ta be, and he is hereby authorized to use all legal
means to possess himself of all property belonging
to the City, wherever it can be fully identified.
By Mr. Harper.
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor be author
ized and requested to have Tucknet Spring and
the ground adjoining, as well as the logs between
the upper Reservoir and the Spring, put in good
order and such other improvements made thereon
as he may consider expedient.
Council adjourned.
K. H. OLIVER, Clerk.
From the Baltimore Patriot.
Union and Harmony.—During the Pennsyl
vania electioneering campaign of 1835, the Rich
mond Enquirer spoke of the “two Democratic
parties,” which existed (under the lead of Wolf
and Muhlenberg) in the Keystone State. From
certain symptoms vve should Judge that them are
going to be “two Democratic parties” again in
that State. The thoroughgoing Van Buren, and
the Portermen, cannot coalesce, no way they can
fix it. They do not trust each other quite so
far, as such fast professing friends should. And
as the test of sincerity comes on, in the case of
one parly, many months before it does in the case
of the other—there lies the difficulty. The Por
ter men are in the first category. They are expec
ted to support Mr. Van Buren tlrs fall, on the in
timation that the Van Buren men will support
Porter next fall. But they hesitate in this, be
cause they have had many demonstrations of ill
feeling from that Democratic party, towards Gov,
Porter, and because thay know that political or
party men are more likely to forget their intima
tions or promises, than their animosity.
The cunningly devised plan of the Porter men,
t) get up county meetings and elect delegates to
the 4th ot March convention “with instructions
to nominate Governor Porter for re-election,” is
likely to prove a failure. The Van Buren men,
proper, will “intimate” their intention to support
Porter, but they wont appoint the delegates “with
instructions” to that effect. This might turn out
to be rather an inconvenient committal.
To show the actual, as well as to foreshadow
the probable, state of things, among the faithful
in Pennsylvania, we may mention that the“ two
Democratic parlies” have already got up two se
parate tickc s for State and county officers, in
Philadelphia county. —For the third Congression
al District, Charles J. Ingersoll is the Loco Foco-
Van Buren candidate, and Morton McMichael
the Loco Focb-Porler candidate, for Congress.
There are other portions of the State, in which
the union and harmony feeling between the Por
ter men and the Vanites, »s not much better. In
a word the signs denote that there will be again
exhibited, the spectacle of “ two Deraoratic par
ties” in Pennsylvania.
Moke Changes in Maine.—The Argus Re
vived contains cards from T. H. Wardwell, and
seventeen other citizens ot Rumford, in Oxford
county, David M. Twitchell, and 16 others in
Montville, Waldo county, and of David Jordon,
of Olisfield, all renouncing their allegiance to To
ryism, and coming out in favor of Hairison and
the true democracy. Among other reasons as
signed, we find the following: “We are the
more encourged to vote for Harrison, because the
greatestest objection the prssenl Administration
bring against him is, that he is imbecile, in his
second childhood, &c.” Now if this he the fact,
which by the way we do not believe, still we have
the brightest prospects of having the administra
te n ot our government restored to the old demo
cratic track; from the fact that old people re- !
member very perfectly what they learned when I
young, ami Harrison being a disciple of the im
mortal Washington, and an intimate friend of
Thomas Jefferson, must of course know what
they considered democratic.”
Col. Johnson’s Testimony.—We presume
that after Col Johnson’s testimony, published by
us a few days ago, there will be no father lying
on that score, or, indeed, with regard to Gen.
Harrison’s military character and conduct.
Shame upon the revilers of the patriot hero, who
have no more regard for the honor and fame of
their country, than to traduce and slander one of
her ablest defenders !— Alex. Guz.
The Credit System.—Congress, at the last
session, appropriated 60,000 dollars for repairs of
Fort Adams, and the same sum on the public
works in Boston. Instructions from the War
Department direct the work to progress, if the
laborers will give the Government credit until
April!
In another item of an exchange paper, we see
it stated that the Government have Treasury shin
plasters in circulation for so small a sum as two
dollars and sixty-two and half cents. Well done,
hard money, better currenry, credit-hating govern
ment ! Consistincy is a jewel!— Baltimore Pa
triot.
From the Charleston ( ourier.
To the; Hon. George McDuffie :
Sir—The letter which it was your plasure to
address to the recent Van Buren Convention in
Georgia, has arrested very general attention. It
has met with the singular success of having been
gratifying to all parties alike, and whilst it has
delighted your friends, it has been the occasion of
triumph—l will not say to your enemies—but to
your present opponents, the enemies of the pre
sent administration. The supporters of the ad
ministration have adopted you as their witness —
they have endorsed your honesty of character,
and extolled your matchless wisdom. Until now,
you were no authority wi.h them, and we might
in vain have quoted from those productions which
from your present fixed aversion to political life,
I am sorry to think, will be y®ur only, though
sufficient, monuments ol greatness. You have
now ceased to be ‘ bank bought.” Mr. Kendall
has vouched for the purity of your character; Mr.
Woodbury stands ready to affix his official seal
to your financial wisdom ; Mr. Van Buren is
satisfied with the elevation of your spirit, its Ro-
I man constancy, its haughty independence, its
sullen contempt of suppleness and sycophancy.
You are a new man. Such as you are, and such
as they now say you are, we are willing to ac
cept of you. \'ou come before the public to tes
tify for the administration. W r e know we speak
the feelings of the opposition, when we say we
are glad to see you on the stand, and to hail you
as their witness. The country has lead with
startled interest, the deposition you have made
against William Henry Harrison. Before any
comment is offered upon the specifications ot that
deposition, permit me to bring before the country
—the great jury of the nation—your sworn con
victions as to the character and policy of our pre
sent rulers, their folly and their wickedness, the
nefariousntss and the destructiveness of their
spirit and their policy. When I tell you that I
heard the language which 1 am about to quote,
when it burst from your lips, I need not tell you
it was heard never to be forgotten. Then might
have been fully realized the saying of f’icero, that
“ to be a perfect orator, the orator must be a per
fect man. However else imperfect, the honest
feeling, the essence of that perfection the great
orator meant, you possessed pre-eminently.
Mighty indeed, and awful, was the righteous in
dignation poured out against the deliberate be
trayers of their country. Inexpressibly mourn
ful and solemn the expression of the desolating
conviction, that the people had been, ever, and
were ever to be the victims of imposture. Pro
foundly sorrowful and saddening to the spirit
those words and tones, which bade a final fare
well to all hope for mankind and your country !
Surely, sir, that hot and phrenzied indignation of
an honest heart, against brazen fronted imposture
—that holy grief of the patriot for his country,
and the philanthropist for his kind—it could not
all have been a moving pageant, a pathetic pas
sage of a play, and I the simple victim of the ait
of a well graced actor, and the skill which comes
of‘the bar or the theatre.’ No, sir, it was pot,
it could not be. You have told us what you
have thought of Gen. Harrison, his party and his
policy. Let, then, the nation read that which
you have honestly spoken, and believe, of Marlin
Van Buren, his parly and his policy.
“In the present calamitous condition of the
country, we have a melancho’y exemplification to
prove how small a share if human wisdom is re
quisite to produce the greatest conceivable extent
ot human misery'. The meanest pigmy, armed with
a sceptre , can destroy, in a single day, the great
fibric of a nation's prosperity, which all the intel
lectual giants of the land cannot build in a
and laborious course of years. I will not tell the
people to look fur salvation to those who have in
volved them in this calamity, No, sir, this storm
has been produced by a species of necromancy,
which is endowed only with the faculty of mischief ’
and which, having raised the elements, has no pow
er of exorcism to lay them. The Proserpo, whose
fatal wand has conjured up these elements into tins
wild and fearful and disastrous commotion, lias no
magic power to call up the ministering spirits of
the stormy deep, to rescue the sinking fortunes of
a whole people, rashly and wicked y exposed to the
rocks, winds, and quicksands of the most desperate
and wicked experiment.
“ The experience rs the last few years has entire
ly changed my views as to the destiny of the human
race. My youthful visions of the perfectibility of
mankind, have vanished before the sad tealities of
the times. They ate gone forever. lam now
constrained to believe that, with all the lights of
reason and experience, and the political improve
ments o r countrymen are still the idolatrous and
predestined victims of imposture. Before that God
to whom lam responsible for what I say here, I do
believe that the annals of human idolatry and delu
sion cannot furnish an eximple of more impudent,
audacious, and monstrous imposture, than that
which the Administration is attempting, and I fear
with too much success, to palm upon the people of
the Lnited States, under the flimsy and delusive
guise of returning to the primitive simplicity of a
'hard money Government. ’ Nothing that 1 have
read, among all the superstitions of the world, tran
scends its monstrous audacity.
“ It is an eventful crisis in our history, and it
remains to be decided whether the people’can be
madethedupes of this monstrous scheme of ambition,
covered over by the pretence of going back to a sil
ver currency. Sir, it is not the first time in the
history of human idolatry when the horrid features
of a foul and unnatqral mo ,ster have been con
cealed from the eyes of his deluded followers by a
silver veil. You have no doubt read, sir, the in
structive illustration of the weakness of human de
lusion and the boldness of human imposture, the
ciled Prophet of Khorassan, Deprived of Nature’s
fair proportions, the bold impostor covered his de
tormity with a silver veil, and hoisted a broad white
flag, upon which was insciibed in words of sun
shine, • i reedom to the world.’ Holding out the
alluring promise that he would set free
‘This lettered world from every bond and stain,
And bring its primal glories back again,’
he drew’ millions of devoted folioweis to his ban
ner. And, alter he had prevailed upon them to
sacrifice their souls and bodies to his unholy rites,
he raised the veil ; and instead of disclosing the’
promised visions of heavenly light, exhibited his
foul lineaments ‘ in grinning mockery.’ exc.aiming
to his wretched victims,
1 hcie, ye wise saints, behold your light vour star*
\ e would be dupes and victims, and ye are.’
May the honest devotees of a hard money currency’
take warning flora the example of the voluntai v
victims ol a daring imposture, and avoid then fate'
Tne v here beheld their fate accurately prefiguied.
ii tncy do no’ use up and resist the S(‘h< me of im
postu.e which i have attempt d to expo e.
i, is t.. ;. o lead the future histoiy of the
couiii.y, i. uic t-t. hemes ex the reigning ynusiy are
not dfeatei by the people. Anaichy is the highway
to despotic power , whether it be a banking or po
litical depot ism. When the bank of the U. States
shall be destroyed, the currenry will be thrown in
to such derangement and confusion that the coun
try will be prepared to submit to any National
Rank rather than endure the prevailing evils
Then the Administration will come forward in that
‘ spirit of improvement ’ of which the President
speaks, with their grand scheme of a ‘political
Bankfounded on the checks and balances of this
Government.
“I fear, Mr. Speaker, that the lessons of expe
rience a;e lost upon nations. No people have been
more severely schooled by’ this teacher, than the
people of the United States have been upon this
subject. And I never reflect upon our present con
dition and prospect, without recurring to the fate
of the Italian, who, possessing a strong, lobust
constitut on, sacrificed it to the tampering of ex
perimental quackery. His epitaph was brief, and
contained an instructive lesson: “I was well: I
would bo belter: lam here.” May it never be the
painful office of the historian to inscribe the same
yearning epitaph on the mighty ruins of our na
tional prosperity !
“Ifear, sir, that we have not sufficiently realized
the importance of a sound and stable currency.
All our civil institutions combined, are not more
important than this, as a guaranty’ foi the secure
enjoyment of the right of property. In vain do
we boast of our laws and the incorruptible purity
of our judges, as means of protecting property’, if
you take away the very’ substratum upon which
the whole superstructure must rest.”
It would seem indeed, sir, that in losing all
j hope, you had parted with all respect for your
j countrymen, when you could commend such con-
I summate, deliberate, audacious impostors to their
j confidence. You have lorn the silver veil from
j the prophets, and his heinous imposture stands
j exposed! And whatisthe punishment you pro
pose—what terrible example will you make, as a
signal warning to all betrayers of the kind ? You
have written it, or it could not have been believed,
i You would have your countrymen, your equals,
the hope of the world ! again fall down before
i the idol, your own hands have stripped, renew
j his altars and multiply his temples ! Thus, sir,
I would you have a wronged, cheated, betrayed
people—the dupes of imposture, so “ impudent,
■ monstrous and audacious,” as not to be surpassed
■ in the gloomy history ofthe world’s superstitions
thus, would you have them vindicate tneir self
respect and this the vengeance, upon their betray
ers—incense and crowns all honor and glory I
Your present counsel to your fellow-countrymen
hut too well attests the deep sincerity of your be-
J lief, that “ men are still the idolatrous and
I PREDESTINED VICTIMS OF IMPOSTURE.” It is
only too evident that you have adopted the dis
mal faith that public virue is a phantom, and
liberty a dream —that the republic is already at
an end, and you have abandoned it, in despair,
to its destroyes. As citizens and men, we can
alone retain a respect for your character, by sup
posing that you have lost all respect for ours.
Upon this principle alone can we reconcile your
honesty with your advice —the counsel < f an hon
isf man, to put faith in knaves, to (rust impos
ters and to crown with the highest honors ex
posed fraud —“impostures, monstrous, impudent
and audacious!” Sir, this counsel necessarily
j supposes that the republic is rotten to the core—
i as if it were not, and it were adopted, it would
! make it so. You may lie assured, sir, thai vou
have put too low an estimate upon your country
men, and are too despondent for your country.
'The republic is not yet rotten to the core. Your
fellow-citizens arc yet capable of self govern
ment. 'They a - e not yet th e proper prey for im
postors. They are not yet so dishonest that they
cannot be dishonored by doing honor to dishon
esty and glorifying “ monstrous, impudent, and
audacious imposture.” 'They are not yet pre
pared to reverse the good old maxim, that “hon
esty is the best policy,” and make the:r chief ru
ler the standing witness of their shame. They
j will not yet write upon the front of our beauti
ful presidential mansion, as a— permanent in
scription —
“The residence of the GRAND I.VIPOS
-lOR THE FIT RULER OF A DEGRADED PEOPLE,
HORN TO HE ENSLAVED AND PREDESTINED TO
he duped.” Crawford.
St. Louis Shot.—During a recent visit to
the shot tower, a few miles below this citv, we
obtained some particulars with regard to the
manufacture which may be interesting to our
readers. Our statement may derive additional
interest from the fact, that some of our merchants
have, during the present season, had the lead of
Missouri coined at the St. Louis Mini, under the
management of Mr. Stine, and have used it as
an eastern remittance, finding it to answer a bet
ter purpose than either eastern exchange, hank
bills, or gold and silver.
The following are among the details of the
manufacturing operation :
The shot tower is 150 feet in height, the lead
is drawn up from the river by horse power to the
top, and then incited. It is taken out in ladles
and run through a single row of small holes in a
horizontal line, which forms it into drops, and
cools before it strikes the water contained in a
large cistern below. It is then ladled out, put in
a large sheet iron pan, and dried over a hot fire ;
when thoroughly dried, it is put into what is
called a polishing keg; a small quantity of black
lead is added, which by turning some two or
three hundred times, gives it a bright, glossy ap
pearance. It is then screened on tables and sized.
I he factory has been in successful operation since
the middle of April last, during which time there
has been manufactured upwards of 400.000 lbs.
of shot, a majority for the merchants of this place.
The manufacturing price is $1 per hundred lbs.;
the same weight ot shot returned as lead receiv
ed. from seven to eight hands are required
when in full operation.— Evening Gazette.
The Sponge Fishery.— “ When at the island
ot Rhodes says M. Madmont, I went to the sponge
fishery, which is curious and interesting. It is a
laborious and tLngerous employment, but so
• lucrative, that five or six successful days afford
I those engaged in it the means of support for an
j entire >’ car - The sponge is attached to rocks at
i the bottom of the sea, serving as a retreat to rny
! riads of smaH crustaceous animals, which occupy
its cavities. The fishermen dive for it to the depth
ot even a hundred feet, and sometimes continue
for five or six minutes under water, unless the
quantity of sponge they may have collected be
comes inconvenient or unmanageable, when they
are hauled to the su. lace by the crew of the boat
to which they belong. The divers occasionally
fall victims to sharks that attack them under wa
ter, The sponge is prepared for the market by
being pressed to dislodge the animalculte it con
tains, and afterwards washed in lye to deprive it
of mucilaginous matter.”
Lett again—Aq.uf.duct Blown up. The
aqueduct of the Wdland Canal, winch crosses
Chippewa Creek, was blown up, early on Satur
day morning, with a terrible explosion, while two
schooners were in it; one of which settled down
in the chasm made by the explosion, the other
fell over on her beam ends. The navigation is
of course stopped, until the damages can be re
paired. There is every reason to suppose that
: it was the work of the miscreant Lett, who re
! cen /'y uiade his escape while on his wav to the
I residence of such scoundrels at Auburn. — Roches
ter Democrat.
Montreal, 2d September.
Assassination of Lieutenant Farquhar
by Captain McAdam— We regret to have
announce an event, which happily for the race
and the country to which we belong, isof rare
occurrence among us. Yesterday morning,
at I hilipsburg, (Missisquoi Bay,) Capt. Mc-
Adam, ot Col. Dyer s corps of Volunteers,
accoM. d Lieutenant Far juliar, of the same corps
m the streets, and alter a few words, drew a load
clmh ° ’ ", h, r h u e “ ad kt T l conce akd under Ins
clothes, and discharged its contents in the body
ol fits unfortunate victim. »
Aii Important Rumor.
The Paris correspondent of the National In
telligencer, writes under date of July 9lh.
A rumor has floated, during the fortnight past,
that Louis PhHippe means to abdicate in favour ot
the Duke of Orleans, with a view to establish the
heir to the crown and radicate the dynasty-—t ie
measure to be executed after the “sublime thoug.i
somewhat perilous, ceremonial of the final conse
cration of the Napoleon remains. I cannot vouch
(or this story, but the radical carpers argue that
the measure is the best which the King could
take, now that he is supplanted in power by his
President of the Council The Legitimists are
charged with demanding the simultaneous trans
lation of the remains of Charles the Tenth to the
Bourbon vaults of St. Denis; and not a few of the
more fervid Bonaparlistsrequire that the Austrian
Emperor be requested to surrender the bones ot
Napoleon’s son. We have endless new histories
of the mighty conqueror ; collections of his bulle
tins ; poems of every denomination ; and, besides,
a monthlv journal, (at a filth ot the London price.)
entitled L'ldee Napoleonienne, with this motto —
‘lt is not the ashes alone, but the idea? of the
Emperor, which was a mortal foe to ideaology of
the republican or constitutional vein.
Russian Exploring Expedition —A late
number of the London Foreign Quarterly Review
make known for the first time to English readers
some of the paiticulars of the Ru-sians Explo
ring Expedition to the northern Arctic Ocean.
It was conducted by laud —that is by land con
veyance, sledges and dogs, over the ice, and often
a considerable distance from the shore, under tlie
charge of Lieutenant Van Wranzel, and occupi
ed nearly five years, amidst ihesevereslhardships.
The result of the expedition may bo generally
stated as having traced the boundaries of Asia
in their highest northern latitude, and connecting
with the English discoveries and examinations,
as demonstrating a continuous sea or expanse ot
water of indefinite extent bounding the conti
nents on the north, and entirely round the world.
1 The problem remaining to be solved is, whether
! there be instill higher northern latitudes, beyond
j the belt of ice which skirts this coast, a Polar
j continent or large body of land.
It has been found in all latitudes, that beyond
a comparatively small distance, from the coast,
the Polar, sea is always open and free of ice.
1 he distance rarely exceeds sixteen English miles
and tne concurrent report of the natives of these
j frozen regions, of different tribes in the high Si
j beiian, as well as in the American latitudes, lead
j to the impression that there is land, and inhahi
: ted land, not many miles across the water, and
around the pole of the earth !
One of the nature!, curiosities which this region
has presented to every traveller, is particularly
noticed in the accounts ofVan Wranzel’s expedi
tion. It is the prodigious quantity of the bones
of the mammoth which are found.—The farther
north the greater is the quantity, and some of
the Asiatic Arctic islands are found to be com- j
posed of little more than a mass of mammoth
bones. For eighty years Siberian traders have
been conveying them away by ship loads, and
they arc stdl apparently undiminished. The like
phenomenon of the existence in this inhospitable 1
clime of immense mull tides of these herbivor
ous warm-blooded animals, appears along the
whole northern coast of Ada and America, and
affords scope for a great deal of scientific specu
lation upon the natural history of the ea.tb, and
the most curious brandies of geology.
Destructive Fire—Six Horses Burnt
to Death. — On last Saturday night, about 10
o’clock, a frame stable and carriage-house, occu
pied by Mr. Albert Parris, hack-driver, and situ
ated in the rear of the six buildings, in the First
i Ward, was discovered to been fire, and so rapid |
were the flames, which communicated to the hay
&c., that, notwithstanding the immediate alarm
by the engine bells, and the speedy arrival ot the
: file companies and apparatus, the building was
quickly destroyed, and, sad to say, six valuable
horses burnt to death, and two hackney carria- j
ges destroyed.
We are informed that the loss to Mr Parris,
by the destruction or this property, is estimated
at between £3,000 and £3,000; and, we are sor
ry to add, that, from Mr. Parris’s own statement,
■ and that of other respectable ritizens residing
| near him, no doubt is entertained that this fire
and barbarous destruction of valuable animals
were the work of an incendiary. —National In
telligencer, of the 7th.
Frog Found in Coal. —On Wednesday
morning, as two colliers, George Ross and James
Gardner, were in one of the rooms of the Old
Muirfield Pit, at Gargieston, they found a living
trog embedded in the solid scam of coal, at least
twelve fathoms beneath the surface of the earth.
The niche in which it had lived was perfectly
smooth inside, of the exact shape of the frog,
and without a crack or crevice to give admittance
to air. The hind legs of the animal are at least
a third longer than usual, the fore legs shorter,
the toes longer and harder, and its general color is
of a
moment that it was excavated from its narrow
cell. How many centuries it has been shut out
from light and air and entombed in its dreary
dormitory, it is impossible to say—certain it is,
that although diminutive in form and with great
brilliancy of eye, it has a most antediluvian as
pect. —Edi n burg C our ant.
Mart’s well at Nazareth.— A quarter of
a league distant, is a well called Mary’s. It is
now enclosed in the church of the schismatic
Greeks, who have erected an altar close to if.
1 raditlon relates, that Mary was accustomed to
go thither for what she wanted, and to convince
one’s self that this must have been the case, it is
sufficient to consider, as I have already remarked,
the water is very scarce, both at Nazareth, and
in the environs,—The road leading thither border
ed with Nopols and fruit trees, forms a charming
walk, which tne p ospect of the neighboring Hills
and the fields, covered with corn, renders still
more picturesqe. The water of this well, increas
ed by that of other springs, constantly over
flows. and runs into a spacious reservoir, con
structed a hundred paces further off. called Mary s
lountain ; it is thither most of the inhabitants go
to fetch it. Unfortunately, it is not very abun
dant, and a week seldom passes but the eagerness
of the t hrong occasions quarrels and broken pitch*
ers. The pitchers are enormous earthen vessels,
of disproportionate height.
The women of Nazareth carry them on their
heads; and, under this heavy load, sometimes
having also a child in their arms, they walk with
a lightness that is astonishing. Father Perpetuus,
was with me, a few days since at the fountain •
he wished, out of devotion, to drink of its water’,
and asked a women for some, who readily gratified’
him. 1 drank in rny turn, and I thought it t i»ht
to express my thanks by offering this woman* a
piece of money.—She peremptorily refused it.
and appeared ollended, to judge from the signifi
cant jestuies which she addressed to her neigh
bors. I was i he more surprised, as it was the
first tune I met with a refusal fr. man Arab \t
first I admired her behavior, and remarked its
delicacy to the good father not doubling that she
had complained because I could think her capa
ble of taking payment for a draught of water
ier airThrirl 16 tonlinU l cd 10 grumble, and as
ter a,l the politeness with which I had made my
ufler seemed to furnish a good excuse. I determin
edl to; ascertain what it was, that caused her to
? Ch an l animated tone - We called an
. \ Pf. ter .’ , and soon Earned that she imagined I
had offeree! her my pitcher, which she valued at
a great deal more. When she was informed that
my lutention merely was to give her a b .ksk . ch,
ranger was chanced into thanks.— G err mb's
Pilgrimage. (
' Hidden Treasures.—The New York K
press states that in Lambyaque, Peru, are (o .**
seen the stupendous graves of the Indian Km/
who must have died in the time of the 1 S ’
These stupendous mounds of earth are ; ust I/ 8 *
the outside of the city, and are built of SUn j • .
brick, and are of the most gigantic dimension
some ot them are 3000 feet in circumference i
over 150 in height, and must have required
and a deal of labor in their erection—one 0 f ,/ C
was opened in Truxillo, and silver arid gold f-:- 1 Ul
from it amounting to over 2,000,000 dollar/
company of merchants have b eu organi/.j
are about opening several other? i n ' ' ’ , an '*
tii ; 1,1 search „t
more hidden treasures. 1
ThcN. Y. State Comptroller has advert’,
for a further loan of £1,000,000 to aid in if-,
largement of the Ede Canal. Proposals will?'
received until the 15lh of October. >c
Nantucket.— The New York Sun states
the valuation of property in the island of]\’ a .
et, was by the last valuation, seven niillir Utk *,
dollars, five millions of which were owned* /
one hundred and twenty-one persons, and k
two millions by the remainder ; there i
tween nine anil ten thousand inhabitants ° bC '
Destructive Land Slide at
—A destructive land slide occurred at Plaque/*
on the evening of the 3d inst. It destroyed ah/
four hundred yards of the Levee in front of /
town, and took with it four buildings. Amo !
them was the warehouse of Orillion & Bisuj/
New Orleans Picayune.
Judge Bigger —A report was in circulation
last week, that Judge Bigger. Governor elect of
Indiana, who had been ill, was dead. W e ™
but little credence to the report at the time, and
are happy to learn from the Greensburg Adverti
! ser, that he has rec iverrd. — Cin. Rep.
The Lost Pleiad:
OR THE STAR OF NEW JERSEY.
’Tis done ! Our glorious >tandarj
Droops blotted on the air:
The star that earliest rose and shone
Is veiled in vapors there.
Prom that bright constellation
Whose rays illumined tiie world
One Pleiad sue is quenched in gloom
One ancient orb is hurled.
The light, that like a beacon
First cheered oor fainting ?ircs
When rushing tempests shook their bark,
By impious hands expires.
The State, that suffered sorc-t
When Freedom was unchained.
With all her venerable scars
Denied the prize she gained.
The battle-ground of Freedom,
The brunt of war that braved.
Dishonored with a broken seal—
Disfranchised and enslaved.
Was it for this at Trenton
Was drawn the avenging sword ?
Was it for this o:i Monmouth plain
Heroic blood was poured?
Is this, great shade of Mercer!
The harvest o' thy strife ?
Was it for this thy wounds were borne—
For this was paid thy life ?
Rise, sons, of gallant fathers .'—
Dia foreign foe invade,
I know each breast would barehis march—
Each hand would find its blade.
What matter who th’ oppressors
That on our rights have trod ?
Rise ail! —with just, yet bloodless arms,
Redeem your native sod !
Away with paltry jarrings
When mivs are oveithrown !
Each true son of a sovereign State
Should make her shame his own.
Take nobler ground than party
When Freedom is y our plea !
It little boots who reigns or falls
Let but the State be free.
Then speak ! —one voice of thunder
Will rend the gloo.n in twain.
And ’mid the broaei. clouds reveal
(Jur anGent star again !
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool, August 4
Latest dates from Havre, July 31
AUG UST A MARK ET.
Friday Evening, Sept. 12.
Cotton. —Our Cotton market is without chang?
since our report of the 10th inst. The demand is
good, sa ! cs G a 9j, as extremes. One new bale
Cotton only% received thus far this sea«on. The
late and present good weather, is favorable for
picking out the growing crop. We look next
week for new Cotton to a moderate extent.
Freights —To Savannah, $1 bale; to Charles
ton, by rail road, 35c lUO lbs for square, and 3-5-'
& lbs for round bales.
Exchange —C n New York, at sight, —
cent for current funds; Charleston at O7 V
cent; Savannah p- cent; Philadelphia
cent; Lexington, Ky. — (a) decent; Richmond/
cent; Specie commands (d cent prem.
Bank Notes. —
Savannah Ranks, 0 _ c t. prem.
Columbus Insurance 8ank....4 (cv - “ “
Commercial Bank, Macon, 4 (a) - “ “
Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 5 (d - “ “
Agency Brunswick,“ 5 0- “ “
Planters’ and Mechanics’ Bank,
Columbus, 5 0 - “ disenb
Central Bank, 8 0 - “ “
Milledgeville Bank, S 0- “ “
Ocmulgee Bank, S 0 - “ “
Monroe R,ail Road Bank, 8 0 - “ “
Hawkinsville Bank, S 0- “ “
Chattahoochie R. R.& B’k C0..0 0- “ ‘‘
Darien Bank, ..35 0 - “ “
Bank of Rome, 40 0 - “ “
Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank,
St. Josephs, Florida, 5 0- “
Union Bank, « 50 0- “ “ J
Southern Trust Co. « '6O 0- “
All other Banks now doing business, at par.
specie Paying Banks. —Mechanics’ Bank,lDSU'
ranee Bank of Columous, Commercial Bank ot M* 1
on, and Brunswick Agency in this city.
MAHIiNE irsTKUJuLM t-
Charleston, September H- ,
Cleared —brig Cohansey, Moo:c, New Y ork; £C^r ’ I
United States, ilalwerson, Jacksonville. |
Went to sea yesterday —ship Gaidner, Jacks° n » a
Liverpool; brig North America, Goodrich, 80-tom |
D. L. schr. Mandarin, Wallace, Baltimore; scM I
i hames, Ax worthy, Boston.
AUGUSTUS REES,
attorney at la iv,
scpto-ly Madison, Morgan county, b<’*-
JullS H. STANFOU >,
ATTORNEY At' LAW,
jy 17] Clarkesville, C:'. J
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