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CHKOiMCLfcJ ANLj SENTINEL.
A UGUSI'A.
TUESDAY MORNIK’G * OCTOBER 13.
Foil prks;i)i|t,
WILXIAM HENRY lIARRISON,
Os Ohio; ;
The invincible Hero of Tipp canoe—the incor
ruptible Statesman —the inti: JLde Republican —
the patriot Farmer of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PKESIjfsNT,
JOHN T Y ER ,
Os Virginia 5 -
A Stale Rights Republican of the school of ’9S —
one of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically
one of America’s most s a gam o us, virtuous and
, patriotic statesmen. *
_ - ;
TOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT Akß VICE-PRESIDENT.
GEORGE R. GILMER, i f Oglethorpe.
DUNJAN L. CLINCH, ci Camden.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, o* Burke.
*IIIARLES DOUGHERT , of Clark.
-JOEL CRAWFORD, of 1 ancock.
SEATON GRANTLAND of Baldwin.
CHRISTOPHER B. STR( NG, of Bibb.
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, if Muscogee.
EZEKIEL WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
ANDREW MILLER, of ass.
WILLIAM EZZARD, of fceKalb.
THE E LECTIO I.
The following is the aggrego' > vote for mem
bers of Corrgress in 73 counties :
XOR hakrison.
Dawson,... 35.174
Nesbit, 35,023
Habersham - 35,016
Alford,... 34,980
Foster, 34,916
Warren, 34,b80
King, 34,573
Gamble, 34,772
-Merriwether, 34,659
FOR VAN BUREN.
Cooper, 30,835
Colquitt, 30 823
-Black, 30,745
»Lumpkin, 30,662
Pooler 30 643
Campbell, 30,613
Hilyer, 30,607
i1ver50n,........ 30,600
Patterson, 30,578
The remaining 20 counties are Appling, Baker,
Chattooga, Dade, Emanuel, GPmer, Glynn, Heard,
Irwin, Lee, Lowndes, Marion, Murray, Rabun,
Sumpter, Talnall, Thomas, Union, Walker, and
Ware, which, though they may decrease the pres
ent majorities, cannot -change 'the result. Our
whole ticket is therefore elected by a handsome ma
jority.
We have carried the Legisla'ure by a large ma
jority. We have gained 46 and last 13—clear
gain 33—making a difference of 65 votes in joint
ballot, which secures the election of a Senator in
Cong ess.
Death of Wm. J. Hobby.
This estimable and truly good citizen departed
this life yesterday, at a very advanced age. Mr.
H. was among the oldest inhabitants ot this city,
and we believe we but speak the sentiments of all
who knew him when we say, that during a long
residence in the city lie has so deported himself in
all the relations of private life as to command the
respect and secure the confidence of a numerous
list of friends and acquaintances.
Ueasfeij stud Argument.
The friends of reform have been again and again
;Temincd that the locofoco organs have addressed
, the people in the language of “ reason and argu
ment,” and have been replied to by “ invective
and slang.” One cf these arguments appeared in |
the Corporal’s paper yesterday morning, copied
from the Richmond Enquirer. And what do you
.thmk it v/js reader ? It was a powerful argu
ment, and was no doubt conclusive to locofoco
minds. It was, that John M. Bolts, f Virginia,
did actual!} - , in 1537, turn off an overseer because
the overseer had purloined a bag of meal, and Mr.
Botts’ ncgio told his master.
Docs any locofoco doubt now,since hearing this
“ reason and argument,” that Mr. Van Buren
uught to be re-elected ? Certainly not, this is as
good a reason as they wanted.
Negro Voting.
In. the Corporal’s sheet of yesterday we find the
following extract from a letter of the Hon. Albert
Smith, of Maine, to the editors of the Globe:
Portland, Sept. 30, 1310.
“ My 'district, which was the focus of the opera
tions of the party, and the point to which the exer
tions of the Boston aristocracy were mainly direct
ed, and where their money teas expended , 1 was beat
en by only 30 votes out if I3X >0 ; and this result
.Acas brought about by the aid. of lUO negro votes.
What a glorious victor y for the Whigs of the South!
a member of Congress elected by the abolitionists
and negroes.
After what had transpired at the polls in this
city, at our election, we did not suppose that the
locofoco party or its organs would, under any cir
cumstances, have the hardihood to refer even to
the votes of negroes at the Noith. And as you
Teel such a holy horror. Corporal, at the idea of a
NEGRO’S voting, can you not advise your readers
of thcgivhig of a ticket to a FREE NEGRO in this
city by your leader, and the detection of the negro
at the polls with an entire locofoco ticket in his
hand, and the manner in which he was bus
tied out of the City Hall by the indignant
Harrison men. As jou, Corporal, set yourself up
for a model of fair dealing in political coutroveisy,
teii your readers this thing which occuned in this
city, and then let them know with what grace you
can copy an article making a charge against the
officers of Maine for receiving negro votes.
The England expects every man to do hi*
dv tv.” —Corporal, we do not desire to be inquisi
tive, but we are desirous to learn whether you ever
heard of a flag with the above motto ? If so, will
you inform your readers when, where, and upon
>vLat occasion it was hoisted >
From the Baltimore American, of October 9,
Maryland Election.
Triumph oi the Whig Cause!
Since our publication of yesterday, return;
from various parts of Maryland have reached ua
which will be found in det il in the next column
They show that great and important change;
have taken place in favor of the Whig cause ir
soraeof the hitherto strongest Van Buren coun
ties, and that MARYLAND WILL GO FOf
HARRISON and TYLER beyond all question
We may thus briefly sum up the results as lai
as .hey have reached us.
State Senate,—Seven Senators were elec
ted on Wednesday. This body consists of 21
members. Os the 14 whose terms have not ex
pired, 10 are Whigs and 4 Van Burenites. The
seven Counties which have just chosen Senators
were last year represented by 2 Whigs and 5 Van
Burenites. Out of these seven, the Whigs thus
far have certainly gained one in Washington,
one in Cecil, and, by report, one in Queen Anns
'JTie Whigs have lost one in Baltimore City.
Worcester County wiil certainly elect a Whig,
and illeghany remains to be heard from. The
Senate therefore wiil now be composed of 13 or
14 Whigs and 7 or 8 Van Burenites—thus ma
ing a clear Whig majority of 6 or 7 in that bo
dy. Last year the Whig majority was 3.
House of Delegates.—Last year the House
consisted of 33 Whigs and 46 Van Burenites—
making a Van Buren majority of 13. We have
already heard of Whig gains in the following
counties, viz:
Whig gains.
Ann Arundel, 2 delegates.
Annopoiis, I
Cecil, 3
Frederick 5
Harford, 2
Montgomery, 2
Queen Ann (reported) 3
Washington 4
Talhot, (reported) 3
25
Whig loss in Carroll, 1
Nett Whig gain thus far, 24 delegates.
And securing a very large Whig majority in
the House.
W r e cannot at this time, make a statement of
the W aig gain in the popoular vote, but its ex
tent may be inferred from the Senato.ial and
Delegate gains which have just been referred to.
It is absolutely certain that the State of
Maryland, which was set down among the
Slates “ certain ” tor Van Buren, has gone for
Harrison by a large majority, which in No
vember will be greatly increased.
Delaware Erect.
We stated yesterday that New Castle county
—heretofore uniformly Jackson and Van Buren
—had elected Wliig Inspectors of election by 133
majority. It will now be seen by the retlffejs
annexet, that in Kent county live Whig ma-'
jority is 341, and that from Sussex, (the remain
ing county,) the accounts are such as to warrant
the belief that Delaware will go for Harrison by
800 ma jority :
Correspondence of U. S. Gazette.
Wilmington, Oct. 7, 1840.
Dear Sir—Kent county, (Delaware,) gives to
the Wb g ticket 348 majority. It has been a
very warm contest, and there can be no doubt of
Delaware giving 800 majority for Old Tip.
We have heard from but one Hundred in Sus
sex county, (Cedar Creek,) Whig majority, one
hundre i and three. Yours, with respect,
Correspondence of Philadelphia Inquirer.
Brandywine,Del. Oct 7, 1840.
Dear Sir—We have this moment received the
returns from Kent county, giving Harrison a
majority of 34G. Our election as far as heard
from stands thus :
New Castle, for “ Old Tip,” 133
Kent, do 346
Cedar creek Hundred, Sussex do 130
Respectfully yours, &c.
A New Trick,
, Tne Pittsburg American states on the authori.
i ty of a respectable gentleman, that two extra
Globes are published—one calculated for the
' north, and one for the south. This is Van Bu
renism, finely illustrated. What a miserable act
of duplicity on the part of the official organ of
the Genera! Government ! Honest men of all
parties, must advert to it in terms of contempt
and indignation.
Mr. Steenrod of Virginia Exposed.—This
Loco Foco member of Congress from Virginia is
now stumping it in Michigan. In one of his re
cent speeches he observed that for some things
which he intended to say “Ac would probably be
called a LIAR by the Whig Editors and Whig
orators rtf ter he had left the city .but that THEY
DARE NOT DO SO WHILE HE WAS
HERE.”
With this premise he went on to assert that
General Harrison was “never in a battle.” Mr.
Steenrod found that he calculated “probabilities”
right. The editor of the Detroit Daily Adverti
ser thereupon denounced him as a “consummate
fool and deliberate bar”-—and to make sure that
Mr. Steenrod should be early apprised of his in
tentions i i this respect, he sent him the follow
ing note:
Detroit, Sept 28lh, 1840.
Sir—l intend to publish you to-morrow “a
consurnate fool and deliberate liar,” for having
asserted that “Gen. Harrison had never been in
a battle.”
I give you this notice now, because I have
heard thai. you have asserted that you would pro
bably be c alled a liar after you had left, but that
no one would dare to do so while vou were here.
Yours, &c. GEO. DAWSON.
Mr. Steered was extremely indignant, but con
cluded to pocket the affront, and hurried off to
Ann Arboi with Colonel Johnson to reiterate his
infamous slanders against General Harrison.—
Cow. <Sf Enq.
Virginia State Debt. — By a document
which was transmitted to the House of Delegates
in January 1839. it appears that the whole a
mounlof .he actual debt and actual engagements
of the State at that time were $6,227,189 17,
Its liabilities under acts authorizing loans for pay
ment of subscriptions to Rail Road, (.'anal and
Turnpike Companies, were $3,442,120, making
an aggregate of liabilities by loan of $9,669,309
17. Scarcely any of the companies referred to,
in these acts, have or can come up to the requi
sitions of the law, so that not more than about
$300,000 have been required to bo raised under
those acts, which would make tiie crriifb ales of
debt issued by the State of Virginia, equal tho
amount of $6,500 000. —Norfolk tieic-in.
“ British Whigs.”—The opponents of Mr.
Van Buren’s administration complain of this ti
tle, which has been given them by a parly in
power. Senseless as the designation may appear,
IS we do not see why the opposition should take it
s. so much to heart. They must be ashamed of
i. their ancestry, when they are ashamed of being
called British Whigs. The pi grim fathers were
British Whigs. Wolfe and Montgomery were
n British Whigs. John Milton, John Hampden,
i- Algernon Sidney, Henry Vane, John Elliott. Jo
seph Addison. John Locke, Barre, Fox and Sher
idan, the early vindicators of our colonial liberty
and rights, were all British Whigs. Nay, Pat
ir rick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Adam.® and
George Washington himself, were, before the
declaration of independence, British subjects and
British Whigs. If the appellation then is meant
to be an invidious one, it is an insult upon the
- ancestry of nine-tenths of the people of this coun
e try. If it is meant in a complimentary sense,
still it is false and inappropriate, inasmuch as the
s epithet can with propriety he given to those only
1 who were born British subjects and not native
s Americans.— N. Y. Signal.
’ The Abolitionists courted by the Loco
\ Focos.—With ali their pretended objections to
Gen. Harrison on the score of slavery, there is
no doubt that the Loco Foco parly are giving as
’ suranccs to court the Abolitionists, In Vermont
e they ran fur Governor a well known Abolitionist
r and Anti-Mason; and in Massachusetts they
. are using every means to secure the Abolition
ists’ vote. We heard a member of the party in
this town, say a dav or two since, that the Loco
Focos of Massachusetts are in good spirits he
; cause they had reason to expect the aid of Abo
litionists in the Presidential election. — Pet. hit.
i Van Boren Management.—Under Mr. Ad
r ams’administration, the whole number of officers
employed in the collection of the customs, in N.
Y. was IG6. In September of last year, the
number of persons employed in the same depart
ments was 488. In Mr. Adams’ time, the ag
gregate salaries amounted to about §120,000;
last year they amounted to about §540,000.
What an erroneous idea the Van Burcn lea
ders had of the present popular movement, when
they thought to arrest it by charges against Gen.
Harrison ! However worthy Gen. Harrison may
be of popular confidence and affection, it is chief
ly the sins of the rulers that have conju r ed up
the storm which will shortly drive the rulers into
retirement. If it had been possible to defend
the Administration, this would have been the
course for the partisans to pursue ; but this could
not he done without obliterating the history ol the
few past years. It was a miserable expedient to
| attempt by multiplying lies on Harrison to divert
the public attention and the public indignation
from the manifold sins of commission and omis
sion and doctrines of those at .he head of affairs.
—Louisville Journal.
Every successive Whig victory apj ears to he
the signal for the running away of dozens of de
faulters. The office-holders seem disposed to
make the most diligent use of the brief remnant
of their allotted time.
The result of the Maine election will occasion
an immense wear and tear of shoe-leather,—
| Louisville Journal.
A few days ago, a small company of gentle
men met by chanceata tavern about 10 miles be
yond Cincinnati, on the Dayton road. Among
them Barrett Webb, one of Washington’s old
soldiers. A Van Burcn man present, thinking
to manufacture a little political capital, laid his
hand upon the old man’s shoulder and exclaimed
aloud: ‘-Here, gentlemen, is one of the 500 Re
volutionary veterans who rose up and declared
their readiness to take off old John Adams’s head
for his sedition law.” “I am,” proudly respon
ded the old man. “And prav, ruy old .
said a Whig, “what do you think of Mr.
Buren’s standing army scheme?” “Why, lam
as ready to take up arms against him for that
scheme as 1 was to lake them up against John
Adams for the sedition law,” was the prompt
and emphatic response. The locofoco was tongue
tied.— Louisville Juu/ ual.
Gambling in Russia.—The Droit gives the
following letter from tSt. Petersburg as an in
stance of the great extent to which gambling is
carried in Russia. It is of recent dale:—“The
Count de B. formerly one of tho Emperor’s aids
de-camp, applied three days ago to the Magis
trates, and related that at the house of one of tho
resident ambassadors, he made apartv with Gen.
G. in which after the complainant, by doubling,
tripling and quadrupling the stakes, had lost an
immense sum of money. Fortune at last turned
in his favor and he not only recovered all his
losses, but won in addition 50,000 roubles.—
The General having no more money, staked his
calesch, with the coachman, a groom, and two
fine Arabian horses, which were waiting for him
at the door, and lost them. The Count, howev
er, would not suffer the General to walk home,
hut desired him to return in the carriage, upon
an understanding that the whole of the stake
should be delivered lire next morning. At the
appointed time, the calesch. the coachman, and
groom arrived, but without the horses. The
■ General, who had been summoned, fully admit
ted the statement of the Count, but expressed a
great desire to retain his horses, and offered as
an equivalent, the wife and four children of the
coachman, all of whom were serfs. After some
difficulty, the magistrate prevailed on the Count
to accept the proposal of the General, the hu
man animals being in fact worth more than the
horses.”
1 [Russia, it must be remembered, is one of the
: “ twenty-two” foreign governments, which are
blessed with the Sun-Treasury system in full
operation. Fine country for the winners and
the office-holders—not very fine for the mass of
the people!]
A Tall Business.—The Merchants’ Trans
cript of" yesterday, shows our exports during the
last twelve months to have been—
Cotton 968,703 bales.
Sugar, (conjectured) 115,000 hhds.
Tobacco, 43,897 do.
Flour 486,872 bbls.
Bacon and Pork, 6,000,000 lbs.
i Corn 800,000 bushels.
; Lead, 320,000 quintals.
i These are only a random few of the articles
that we have sent abroad, and they do not proba
j bly amount to mt re than the trifling sum of six
- ty millions of dollars ! About eighteen thou
t sand ships and twenty thousand steamboats have
been employed in freighting this merchandise,
and it has brought, as is computed, fifty thnu
- sand strangers and five millions of dollars to New
j Orlean.— N. O. Picayune of the 2d.
5
A Thorough-goino Awti-Lamorttf.—A
fortnight since a rogue by the name of Detail,
was sentenced at Boston to the Massachusetts
t State Prison, for stealing, much again-st his in
-8 clination. Mr. Lincoln, the Warden, set him to
- work in the stone shop, and on Wednesday
s morning, in order to Disable himself, attempted to
• cut off his left hand with his stone-hammer.
- The hammer however, was rather too dull to cut
1 clean through, and he only succeeded in mash*
ing his fingers and the hack of his hand. Ho
J m!, do two successive blows at his hand. He was
•* taken to the hospital and his mangled limb was
splintered up as well as it could be. Borne se
l ven or right years ago, a piisoner was more sue*
r resstul, and cut Ins ham) clean off with nu axe,
I but when the stump was healed, they set him to
L> work turning « grindstone, and kept him at it till
his t ine expired.
The Burning Ship.
For many years I had never heard from home,
but still thefond remembrance of early enjoyments
in that sweet spot dung to my soul, and became
the subject of many sketches from my pencil, some
of which the captain had taken to ornament his
cabin. Agnes, in all her loveliness, was always
present in my imagination; prompting me to
manp an honorable action, and restraining me
from every thing which could bring discredit on
my affection. To her dear image I was indebted
for the respect and esteem I enjoyed from every
one on board. The master’s mate had been pro
moted to a lieutenancy, and I was appointed to
fill the vacant station. Often did I rejoice in my
heart at the prospect of once more embracing
those who were so dear to me ; and as often did
the sickening sensations ofdistracling doubt agit
ate my breast.
One lovely evening, the sky was beautiful'y
serene—the ocean. Ike a clear mirror, reflected
the golden rays of the setting sun, and ihe light
breeze just lulled the spreading sails to sleep,
| propelling the ship almost impeiceptibly along,
iat the rate of three knots an hours. It was one
j of those evenings that baffle the painter’sart, and
, only the poet can portray. The first watch was
drawing to a close ; it had struck eleven bells ;
the seamen on the look out had proclaimed “All’s
well!” and every thing was again hushed to sol
emn stillness. I was standing on the gangway,
full of pensive musings, watching a bright star,
just kindling on the verge of the horizon ; it beam
ed like a ray of hope irradiating the gloom which
hung heavy upon my heart. Suddenly it expan
ded like a glowing meteor, and the ocean was
illuminated wi h a rod and gory tinge. I was
struck with astonishment; hut at the same mo
ment an exclamation resounded fore and ait, “A
ship on fire! a ship on fire!” and the horrid con
viction was, alas ! 100 evident In a few minutes
the flames were distinctly visible, and the ship
was pronounced to be above five miles distant.
Never before did I witness such alacrity among
our crow as in that hour of peiil. The captain
and every officer and man were on deck imme
diately ; and as it was impossible for the frigate
to approach in sufficient time to rescue the suf
ferers before ten minutes had elapsed from the
period of first noticing the fire, every boat was in
motion towards the scene of danger. It fell to
my lot to command the captain’s gig, a swill pull
ing boat with seven men, who bent to their oars
with all the might of bravo and generous spirits.
As we drew near, the destructive element raged
with increasing fury; and the shrieks of the
wretched creatures came mingling with the crack
ing of ihe flames and the crash of falling masts.
The frigate had fired guns and hoisted lights to
show that succor was at hand ; and the boat’s
crew occasionally cheered, to announce that they
were approaching to their rescue.
The shouts were returned from the burning
ship, but so wild, so fearful, they sounded like the
expiring yell of agony that stili clung to hope and 1
life. I would have dashed instantly alongside, 1
hut the old coxswain respectfully warned me of ■
the dangr rof such a measure, “as the boat, ’ he
said, “would instantly fie swamped by the crowds
that would rush into her.” We are now within <
a short distance of the vessel, and oh! what a
sight ofhorror was presented ! The ports were 1
all open, and the flames, pouring from them as ]
from so many mouths, seemed eager lor their I
prey. Numbers of poor creatures were swim
ming towards us, whilst others held pieces ol
shattered spars, with strong convulsive grasp.,
The fore part of the ship was nearly consumed, |
and the upper part abaft was rapidly falling in j \
Those who could swim, we left fpr other boats to : |
take up; and pulling under the stern, we lay i t
unobserved, by the gun room ports, while the
fiery fragments came tumbling thick about ns. 1
Trusting to my skill in swimming, should it he : '
deemed requisite to jump overboard, I instantly ‘
entered the port hole ; and the ship having turn- . -
ed before the wind, what little air there was drove
the greatest part of the smoke forwards; yet there J
was almost an insupportable heat, and the suftoca- ,
ting vapors hid defiance to my efforts to penetrate
further. A feeling I cannot account for—an
indescribable feeling—urged me on, and I reached
the gun room ladder, at the bottom of which lay t
a human being, whose sufferings apparently were
over. I passed my hand quickly to her heart and ]
discovered that the individual was a female; she
was yet living and in a few moments she was .
safely in the boat. i ,
Again I returned with three of rny crew, and .
1 soon had toe satisfaction of rescuing eight poor
| wretches, who lay in a state of insensibility, and (
| must soon have perished. Stimulated by success,
! vve penetrated to the burning deck above ; and
j never shall 1 forggt the horror of the spectacle. '
Here all was brilliancy. Several half burned and , ,
mangled bodies could be distinguished in the > ]
flames. |
Near the transom,-sat a mother with an infant t
in her arms. She heeded me not, but clasped it
• closer to her bosom—gave one wild shriek, and (
mortal agonv was over. The infant was secured. f
Numbers that remained sought refuge in the sea. j
The female I had saved was still insensible. The |
worthy coxswain had wrapped the infant in his £
jacket, which was now sweetly sleeping in the (
box by his side.
In the how of the boat a grey headed man i
exclaimed, “My eon, my daughter—where are I
they ?” Another voice feebly uttered, “My fath- <
er.” It was Sir Edward’s son. The female was I
raised in my arms, and I recognised my Agnes. i
My boat the second time was filled, and we i
made for tbe frigate. Suddenly, an awful explo- t
sion shook the whole atmosphere, the glare of (
lignt was for a moment increased—the next, a i
shower of Mazing timbers fell in every direction I
around ; and the pale moon alone shed her silvery
effulgence on the transparent wave. No shouts, I
no shrieks were to be heard; the bitterness of 1
death bad pa-sed. and all was tranquil as the ;
grave. Happily the burning ruins had struck 1
none of the boats. The boats then again repaired 1
to the place, but except the shattered fragments
of (he wreck.no trace was left; the swelling bil- i
low rolled smoothly on—and that gallant ship, 1
with many a stout heart, w r as buried beneath its
deceitful surface. Stili we passed across and ac
ross, in every direction, ami long after the sun
had kindled up the day, our search was continued
—but nothing met our view, except mutilated
fragments of human bodies, and pieces of black
ened timber. All hands repaired on board, the
boats were hoisted in, and the frigate pursued her
way to England.
The Novice JEronaut’s Sensations—A
sketch firm Nature, by an Amateur.
And now the appointed hour is come
a sea of fellow beings fills the inclosure and sur
rounding streets—ten thousand human voices
buzz around— twenty thousand human cyescen- ■
Ire upon us alone, the observed of all observers!
causing, gentle reader, believe it, not the least
overpowering, sensation of the occasion. The
inflation is completed—the ballast weighed—the
tiny cords detached—our scats taken, and now
wearuofl! ye gods, to vis t your fair realms a
bove, cheered, on by beauty s upturned, flashing
eye—by waving hats and joyous voices.—How
sweet the kindred sympathy of man !
Up! up! we go, eight thousand feel above the
earth s vile dross. V\ hat high, tumultuous, ex
tatic emotions of wild delight—unmingled de
light! Shame to the recreant, who at such a
time could think of self and tremble, while the
accelerated blood coursing through the veins wi‘h
a new and heaven-born impulse, lends renewed
vigor to the frame. Look down!—what sights
burst on the bewildered eye, of streets and gar- <
(loiih, of woods and fields—tho grand river, with
its isles and carls spotting the gulden sheen—tho
glorious works ol God and man, framed in one -f
vast dim circular horrizon—seen all distinct as i
clear Dagiurretype— maplike spread out before
us, imbued with the warm and brilliant lints shed
by* the last rays of a gorgeous setting sun.
' Uprose the moon, and uprose we ; down sunk
the sun, and down sunk wc; the two round full
orbs of dav and night, as if lor one briet instant
resting on the far opposite horizons, to dance ah
tendance on our air-borne ‘chariot of tiie sky.
And now with upturned eyes behold, some hun
dred feet above that fleeting, gossamer cloud, sail
ing in a double light; catching the glories of both
sun and moon —the brightness of two worlds , its
western edge gilded and purpled by the setting
sun, its eastern silvered and leathered by the
slowly rising moon. Beauteous floating imagery
of man at the hour of death—himself but pas
sing vapor, hovering on a breath between two
worlds—on the one hand cheered and warmed
by the rays of fond affection seem beaming from
the eyes of friends in that world now departing
from his mortal view, on the other hand shining
and illuminated by a pure celestial light, peering
throughs the dens of Revelation’from the throne
of the Creator in a coming world, now seen rising
to his immortal view.
The sun is lost to sight—the gentle twilight
steals around us—chill feels the passing air—fast
er down wc come—the clouds no longer purple
and gold, are gray and vapory. A change, 100,
has conic o’er the face of the e.irlh, now cover
ing vvi h the mantle of darkness—white mists
float over the land—a heaviness attendant on a
diminished elevation comes o’er the soul. All
earth glooms—for yet the full moon’s rays flow
but horizontal above its surface touching not,
nor lighting the scene. The etherial, deep blue
vault of heaven alone looks cheering, spangled
with myraids of little stars, sparkling through
the clear air with unwonted brilliancy, serenely
beautiful.
Anon another ‘change comes o’er the spirit of
the dream.’ The moon riues up one quarter
high in heaven—slowly and peacefully we glide
along above a rolling forest, —‘one boundless con
tiguity of shade’ save where the slanting moon
light tips the highest knolls of loftiest trees,
which, dewy, shone like pearls above the deep
black snadow of the valley. Rapidly we loose
our buoyancy, and must soon land—but howl
or where]—‘Ah there’s the rub.’ Oa for a
friendly clearing to take us to its bosom. But none
appears. Yes! half a mile ahead, in the due
course we follow, a green meadow appears. But
faster and faster down vve come—the distance is
too great—crash on yonder lofty tree top we must
come. Rebounding from the slight twigs, we
skip along, like pebble thrown by merry urchin
along the glassy surface of the pond; now on a
pliant beech; then on a sturdy oak; each bound
decreasing as w c rush along. For now, in devi
ous course, like helpless thistledown we move on
the wings o‘ the wind where ever it listeth, whirl
ing and edying among knobs. At last the clear
space is gained. Down goes the grapnel firmly
catching on the edgemost tree, when, round, obe
dient to the strain, gently down we swoop, hawk
like, into the plain beneath, scattering a group of
gazing country folks, who gathering round with
vacant stare and wondering look, admire our lit
tle car the wonder of that little world.
Old mother earth, once more we greet thee
with heartfelt joy and gratitude. Not long the
parting, yet happy the meeting. How much in
that little have we prised thee !
‘ Though Lost to sight to memory dear.’
florin these days of the people’s triumph over
their oppressors, what can be more appropriate
than those well-known lines of Elliott, the Eng
lish Blacksmith ?
“ How are the mighty fallen ?
And by the people’s hand ! Low lie the proud,
And smitten by the weapons of the poor—
The blacksmith’s hammer and the woodman’s axe
Their tale is told ! And for that they were rich.
And robbed the pooi ; and for that they were
strong.
And scourged the weak; and for that they made
laws
That turned the sweat of Labor’s brow into blood;
For these their sins, the Nation casts them out !”
The Louisville Journal of a late dale con
tains the following apt illustration: a
“ Up, Democrats of Kentucky !’ exclaims the
Frankfort Yeoman. They-.can answer like the
Yankee, who was told by to jump up
after being knocked down who
still stood over him in a threatenm* altitude.
‘Why, what’s the use of my getting up,’ exclai
med Jonathan, ‘when that darned great fellow
stands ready to knock me right down again ]’*’
Impostures of thk Turkish Dervishes.—
The performance of a sect of these pretended de
votees I witnessed at Bagdad. They asrrnbh don
Fridays, in a small open square, which was over
looked by the lei races of ttie Residency. A lit
tle circle of spectators was formed, and the service
began with a prayer by an Imam, standing in the
centre. This ended a row of players beat their
small drums, and the exercises commenced
First there stepped into the circle a man, ba e
headed, and naked from the waist upward, lie
carried in his hands two irons, in the shape of
- horns. Another followed, with the upper
part of his person exposed like the first, but car
rying a sword in his right hand. A third bore
two rods of iron, sharpened, like the horns, at
one end, and terminated, at the other, by wooden
halls. Thi se revolved upon the rods, and, as they
revolved, little bits of iron which hung about
them swung out and bristled on every side. As
the music played these devotees became excited,
or, as they would say, inspired. They began to
dance. The fust struck the sharp ends of the
thorns with great apparent violence into his side.
The second seized the blade of his sword with
his left hand, holding the handle in the right, and
beat the edge with all his might against his stom
ach. Tne third brandished his rods, msue the
balls revolve, and then struck the projecting irons
with great violence against his temples and eyes.
He would then thiust the pointed extremities of
the rods into his cheeks, and walk about with the
balls elevated in the air.
After the man with the sword had beat him
self for a few minutes, be pressed the weapon
upon his ? stomach with great force, and at the same
time, stooped forward, the flesh closed over it, so
that he appeared as he pretended to be, half cut
in two. In this posture he advanced to an Imam
seated in the circle, who laid hold of it by the
two extremities and carefully drew it out, the
worshipper, at the same time, gradually straight
ening himself, and presenting, when he was again
erect, a body entirely uninjured, while all the
time the people stared, and gazed, and wondered.
During the performance of these juggleries, they
cried, with each blow, Allah, while the officiating
Imam, ever and anon, called at the top of bis
voice to the people, to pray to the prophet. The
Solution of the whole was, that these pretenders
prefessed to b« inspired with divine tury, whilst
their sanctity rendered them invulnerable, (jfod
and the prophet were invoked to save them from
harm, of which, in truth, there was no danger, as
the sword had no edge, and the other instru
ments no points, and they took care, in using
them, that the force of the blow should be arrrst
ed just as it reached the body.— Sou/// trait's
Travels in Turkey and Persia."
Mr. Frog, a tailor, who had left Charleston at
ih« commencement of the war, returning soon
alter capitulation, and got acquainted with a cei
la;n I. W. Gibbs, who was requested by Frog to
stand as Godfather to one of his children, which
was agiccd to by Gibbs, provided he should have
the naming of the child. As they were going to
church, the lather asked Gibbs if he had thought
of a name. “ Yes.” says Gibbs. “ What think
you of our Lieut. Governer Bull ]—we’ll name
the child after hint.”— “ Very good ” said the fa
ther. I approve of a very much.” The child
was accordingly named BuIP p rn
mediately think of the drollery of ts not ««•
when he did. he could have killed
an imposition on bis reliance for *Uch
However, he tluught to have r fnendsb 'p.
bond of police to get irmi Ss ion C ° UrSe to «l»e
the child ; but when he saw Lieut re ’ ba P lis e
then presiding, he thought it an ■ (r , ° Vern,)r Hull,
the story, therefore Ire postponed^ lt* ‘° rela *
the child still remains under thi> matter . and
Ball of
I <B3. °J reb. 13
“Open Lock whkx two Kx^. k ”
tuat public money is kept in the Kino-i ’ 6Wav
var.a is this .—they have two common" 1 ° f Ua *
accountable, and both have keys for ,k “ er8 ’ h oth
5Q that one can not G p Cn it without th^el** 1 ’
(T/* The Third VV ard Tippecanoe
at the usual place on WEDNESDAY FV •
the 14th inst., at o’clock. The f E * XIXC
rison, Tyler and Reform, are xespecifnut° f '!*
to attend. • ,nv ited
_ act 13
CCT The friends and acquaintances^/
J. Hobby senior, are invited to attend hi, V’
from his late dwelling on Reynolds o. Unetal ’
HORNING at 10 o’clock. Ueet >THis
J itd, on the right of the Bth inst '
year of his age. Mr. Francis Me Tier’ Z
of Uaike, Me I ier «k Co., a native of the
Duncan, in the County of Antrim. 1
resident ol this place for the last eight
Consignees per South Carolina if ail aioau
Hamburg, October 12,
T Lawson ; Stovall, Simmons k Co.; A B V i
lory & Co.; T J Parmelee ; E II Beall - Ckrt
.'.idler k Co.; VV & J Nelson ; Bones &CaJ’
chael ;G T Lortic; P Poullett ; Clarke, Ra c w
*cCo.; W H Crane & Co.; W Catlin; Snvder'
Wyatt k Warren; A Frederick; Tnadway i
lilinn; R C Baldwin; Kerrs S; Hope; Hera &y e .
by ; Mrs R Ingraham; Maher k Rooney;
bard; G Parrott; J F Benson; J Wakeman-R
Clarkson; Willard & VV; Gould k Bulkley-, jy Is .
D Freeland; Hand k Scranton; S KnEeland- J
Kent; W Hauler; Haviland, Risley & Co. • q {
Gieincr; J M it W Adams; Rathbone & Baker-J
P Setze ; I S Beers k Co.; Garvin it Hainei; Si
Smith: Bishop; Andrew; C Greenville; VV Kitchen.
E D Cooke; j Coskery ; Rankin, Boggs & Co • h
00 u- > n
Hutchison.
commercial!
iMtest dates from Liverpool, September 19
Latest dates from Havre, September 10
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Mon d ay Evening, Oct. 12.
Cotton 1 o-day little Cotton has oeen received,
the late Liverpool accounts to the 19th u\t., his
had no effect, —the few sales made have been at
the current rates of Friday and Saturday last
Extremes of new crop (d 9-]- cents.
Some Northern orders are in operation, and
keep rates for the present higher than those war
ranted for export from our seaport cities. The
good weather prevalent for some weeks past,will
tend to increase the growing crop.
Freights —To Savannah, $1 y hale; to Charles
ton, by rail road, 25c 100 lbs for square, and3sc
100 lbs for round bales.
Exchange —; n New York, at sight, obp
cent for current funds; Charleston at ®4 ?
cent; Savannah 1 # cent; Philadelphia —O2 p
cent; Lexington, Ky. (a) Ic* cent: Richmond2l
& cent; Specie commands &3\ hr cent prem.
Bank Notes.—
Savannah Banks, 0 - ct. pirn
Columbus Insurance Bank \h 0 - “ “
Commercial Bank, Macon,
Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 3 0 - “ “
Agency Brunswick,“ 3 0- « “
Planters’and Mechanics’Bank,
Columbus, 50_ disc’nt, |
I Central Bank, jq 0 - “ «
Vlilledgevillc Bank, 8 0- “
Ccmulgce Bank... 10 0 - “ “
Monroe Rail Road Bank, \2s 0- « «
Hawkinsvilie Bank,
'-hattahoochic R. R.&B’k C0..5 0 - “ “
Darien Bank, 25 0 - “ “
Bank of Rome, 25 0 - “ “
Me rchants’ and Planters’ Bank,
St. Josephs, Florida, 5 0- “
Union Bank,
Southern Trust Co. <f 'SO 0 - “ “
All other Banks now doing business, at par.
Specie Paving Banks. Mechanics’ Bank, Esc
ranee Bank of Columuus, Commercial Hankofib
cjn, ana Brunswick Agency’ ;u his city.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Charleston, Oct. 12, 1840.
Air iced on Saturday. —l. L. trig Geoige, Hull
Ne w’ York ; brig Cohknsoy, More, New-Yorkjscir
John Clarke, Ceilings, Philadelphia.
Arrived yesterday. —C. L,. brig Buenos Ayres,
Stuart, New Y ork.
'irawr jt a -11 1 ■ !■>■» H liiiifrr-:«»TW.<»UI—
THE HEADING DOOM
Attached to this office is open to subscribers, an
strangers introduced by them, every day and ere 4
ning (Sunday evenings excepted) until 9 o’clock.*
Subscription $o ; for a firm of two or mores‘ 1 '
AUGUSTUS REES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
sept 5-ly Madison, Morgan county, Ga-
JOHN R. STANFORD,
A TTORNE Y AT LA \V,
jy 17] Clarkesviile.frY
B. 11. OVUKIIV,
ATTORNEY AT LAW ,
feb 25 Jefferson, Jackson county, G*
(ffp J\lr. ADAMS resumes his SCHOOLthis <b>
(Oct. 12th,) in the room adjoining the I
Church, on Green street. oct]2"j^.
OCj’ aug usta benevolent society -
The Hcgular monthly meeting of this Society '
be held on next Friday evening the Ibtb inS “
at 6 o’clock in the Methodist Church. .
J. VV. VVTGHTMAN.jecT.
(fj We are authorized to announce
TL CKER, as a candidate for Justice o
Peace, in the Bloody GbOth. —-
(O' JEREMIaH 11. CLARK is recoromen^
as a suitable person for the office ol Justice c ‘
Peace, for the 600th DisLiict. and will be supp® l
by (oct S) Many |
(L7* The undersigned, if elected, will
GOUth Listrict as Justice of the Peace. .
oct 7-ts R. P.
Off *Miss MARY A. NEVINS has taken |
in the house owned by Mrs. Barrett, on the |
side of Broad street, where she will give Ll-- . j
ON THE PIANO at sls per quarter, include j
lessons, or separate lessons at 50 cents each.
oct 3 |
OP Miss TRAIN will resume her School
S inimervilie on the first Monday in Novein
Boaid can be obtained on the Hill.
aug 12
O Lr - GARDNER, fuimerly resident sugj
n the New York Hospital, and physician w ■
vue Hospital, New York, tenders to the J
professional services. „ j aC d
Oiiice in Washington street, between Hr o3
Eilis streets Residence, Lnitcd Slates 1
a P- ;
The undersigned has appointed Mr- £C ,
Spears his t.ue and lawful attorney for
lion of all debts in which he is interested,i |
State of Georgia. “ VVM. N. H AMILL * j
oct 8 * t* wlW k