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AUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY MO .NING, OCTOBER 14.
FOn PRESIDENT,
WILUAM HENfeY HARRISON,
Os i|/u‘o ;
The invincible Hero oil Tippecanoe —the incor
ruptible Statesman —tl > inflexible Republican —
the patriot Farmer of )hio.
FOB VICE-) RESIDENT,
JOHN r , YLER,
Qf Vie inia;
A State Rights Republic: i of the school of ’9B—
—of Virginia’s noble: sons, and emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and
patriotic statesmen.
TOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDE r AWD VICE-PRESIDENT.
GEORGE R. GILM iR, of Oglethorpe.
DUN:AN L. CLIN H, of Camden.
JOHN WHITEHKj* ), of Burke.
CHARLES DOUGH ;RTY, of Clark.
JOEL CRAWFORD of Hancock.
SEATON GRJ * T TL ND, of Baldwin.
CHRISTOPHER B. TRONG, of Bibb.
JOHN W. CAMPBE L, of Muscogee.
EZEKIEL WIMBEI LY, of Twiggs.
ANDREW M oLEH of Cass.
WILLIAM KZZARI of DeKalb.
The iilec iou.
The following is the ag-| egate vote for mem
bers of Congress in 75 count s :
TOR HARR ON.
Dawson, 35.616
Nesbit, 35,461
Habersham, 35,457
Alford,... - 35,420
Foster, 35.355
Warren, 35,327
K mg, ........ 35,31 o
Gamble, 35,211
Merriwethcr, 35,107
FOR VAN E REN.
Cooper, 31,237
Colquitt,. 31.223
81ack,... 31,146
Lumpkin, 31,062
Pooler.. 31049
Campbell, ' 31.045
Hilyef 31,0:1
Iverson, 31,000
Patterson, 30,977
In Heard count}', Crosby, Johnson and Dawson
are elected to the Legislator This is one gain.
The remaining 18 countie! are Appling, Baker,
Chattooga, Dade, Emanuel, Jilraer, Irwin, Lee,
Lowndes, Marion, Murray, 1 ibun, Sumpter, Tat
aall, Thomas, Union, Walk r, and Ware, which,
though they may decrease th present majorities,
cannot change the result. [)ur whole ticket is
therefore elected by a handson ; majority.
Maryland Kl* :tion.
The Baltimore American f Saturday says :
“ It is now pretty clearly s>sc* tained that the next
Legislature will stand 60 Wl. 5s in the House of
Delegates to 19 Van Burenitef and in the Senate
15 Whigs to 6 Van Bnrenitt . There are only
three counties in the S:ate wh ;h have elected the
entire Van Buren ticket, —t tse are Baltimore,
Talbot and Carroll, Baltimo r city has elected
Van Burenites, and they have sleeted two out of
the four delegates from Harfc d.”
1
The nett Whig gain so far t heard from, is 25
Delegates and 3 Senators.
The Delaware State Journa contains the com
plete returns of the election f< inspectors of elec
tion, which was held in that «tate on Tuesday.
The total Whig majority in tti« State is 716,
Missionarie .
It may be interesting to a p rtion of our read
ers to be informed that the 1 ip Potomac, Capt.
Carter,having on board Rev. * homas L. Mcßride
fnd other Missionaries with th* 1 families, all well,
arrived on Bth of June last ofl \ngtere, Island of
Java, on their way to Singapor and within a few
days sail of that place, after a B vorablo voyage of
three months from Boston. 3
Harrison and T oup,
Ganers.l Harrison is denoun ed as a Federal
ist, because he approved of the conduct of the el
der Adams, relative to the ant cipated war with
France—because he spoke re pectfully of Mr.
Adams, as a gentleman and pat iot—and opposed
the disbanding of the army.
The same reasoning would ondemn General
Smith, of Maryland, Thom: i Jefferson, and
George M. Troup of the sam< crime. General'
Smith voted with Gen. Harri on on that ques
tion, in fact, was the originator of the army
scheme. Mr. Jefferson spoke* in favor of the
war, and George M. Troup, i|i speaking of it,
uses the following language, vil:
“ Whengtbe French Dirccto y, in the name of
libeity, wlrn-b it abused, and ir the name of hon
or, which it sullied, availing it: df of The gener
ous sympathies of our people, ad essayed to in
volve them in tbe conflicts of I jrope, and on the
side of France, Mr. Adams re ;nted the insults
an 1 repelled the indignities ot those nttinamed
republicans, with a patriot hr mess, worthy of
his former life ; and a corrupt of the
most powerful nation of Christ* tdoin, which had
dared to demand a base brib< as the price of
peace, was instructed that the American people
were ready to pay millions for. efence but not a
cent for tribute. Long before h sun went down,
truth and justice having tran uiltzed the pas
sions, the respect and the affci ions of the good
and worthy had settled on the venerable Patri
arch, and his last days were ; rade serene and
happy by the contemplation of an old man ap
proaching to his hundredth yea surrounded by
millions whom he delighted t . »ll his children,
and who in gratitude for his services, would
follow him with tears and be edictions to bis
grave.”
Who can read the above ami sntertain a shad
ow of respect for the pitiful pettifogger, who
would attempt. Jo stigmatize ( eneral Harrison
as a black cot jude federalist, fur acting and
thinking in corJfcon with Bmii|., and Jefferson,
and Troup! fIP I
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Ravages op thk Small b —Mr. Grout,
a Missionary of the American writes from
Cape Town, South Africa, m. Ae of May
27th. that the small pox rf»s '^dreadfuliy
there. It was believed that fa and persona
bad already bad it, of wb id diad.
From the Richmond (Va.) Compiler.
Mr. Webster on Abolition.
It is but duty to the distinguished son of the
Bay State, the intellectual giant of the North,
that his views touching the power of the Feoeral
Government to interfere with Southern institu
tutions, as expressed in his speech on Monday,
should be seen and read in every section of the
South. He denies the existence of that power,
and avers that such interference is prohibited by
, the Constitution. With such a bulwark in the
very citadel—if impotent as they are, they may
be considered as having a citadel at all —of the
Abolitionists, we have little to fear. Mr. W eb
ster said;
| I have spoken rny sentiments in the neighbor-
I hood of Virginia, though not actually within the
! State, in June lust, and again in the heart of
1 Massachusetts in, July, so that it is not now that
I proclaim them for the first time—but ten years
ago, when obliged to speak on this same subject,
1 I uttered the same sentiment in regard to slavery
and to the absence of all power in Congress to
interfere, in any manner whatever, with that
subject. I delivered my sentiments fully in Al
exandria in the month of June, and in July at
Worcester, in Massachusetts. I shall ask some
friend connected with the Press, to circulate in
what I said on this subject in the Sen
ate of the United iStates, on the 30lh of January
last.* I have nothing to add or to subtract from
what I then said. I commend it to your atten
tion, or rather I desire you to lo .k at it. I hold
that Congress is absolutely precluded from inter
fering in any manner, direct or indirect, with
this, as with any other of the Institutions of the
country. (The cheering was here loud and long
continued, and a voice from the crowd exclaimed,
u we are here from Maryland to Louisiana, and
we desire that the sentime.it just expressed may
be repeated.” Repeat, repeat.) Well—l repeat
it—proclaim it on the wings of all the winds—
tell it to all your friends—(cries of “ we will, we
1 will’ ) —tell it, I say, that standing here in the
capitoi of Virginia, beneath an October sun, in
the midst of this assemblage, before the entire
country, and upon all the responsibility that be
longs to rne, I say that there is no power directly
cr indirctly in Congress or the General Gov
ernmentto interfere, in the slightest degree, with
the Institutions of the South. (Immense cheer
ily)
And now, said Mr. W., I ask you only to do
me one favor, (we’ll do it. ■ I ask you to carry
that paper home, (we will, we will.) read it, read
it to your neighbors, and when you hear the cry,
“ shall Mr. Wbsfer, the Abolitionist, he allowed
to profane the soil of Virginia,” (loud shouts and
repeated and prolonged cheers with cries of wel
come ! welcome! welcome!) that you will toll
them that, in connexion with thedectrine in that
speech, I hope that there are two governments
over us. each possessing its own distinct autho
rity, with which the other may not interfere.
I may differ from you in some things, but I will
here say that as to the doctrines of State Rights
as held by Mr. Madison in his last days, I do not
know that we differ at ah, (cheers.) —yet I am
here and among the foremost to hold that it is
indispensable to the propriety of these Govern
ments to preserve, and that he is no true friend
to either who does not labor to preserve that true
distinction between both. (Immense cheering.)
We may not all see the line that divides them
alike, but all honest men know that there is a
line, at d they ail fear to go either on tbe one
or the other side of it. tis this balance between
the General and the State Governments which
has preserved the country in unexampled pros
perity for fifty years—and the destruction of this
just balance will he the destruction of our Gov
ernment. What I believe to be the doctrine of
State Rights, I hold as firmly as any man. Do
I not belong to a State 1 and may I not say, to
a Slate whi. h has done something to give herself
renown, and to her sons some little share of par
ticipated distinction ? (Great cheering.) f say
again, that the preservation of State Rights, on
the one hand, and of the just powers of Congress,
upon the other, is equally indispensable *0 the
preservation of our free Republican Government.
(Uheers.)
• Note. —The following is the passage to
which Mr. Webster referred:
Extract f”om M>\ Webster's Speech in repl:/ to
Mr. Hay tie, Jan. 2 is/. 1830.
At the very first Congress, petitions on the
subject of slavery were presented, if I mistake
not, from different Stales. The Pennsylvania
Society foi promoting the abolition of slavery
took the lead, and Lid before Congress a memo
rial praying Congress to promote the ablition by
such powers as it possessed. This memorial wss
referred, in the House of Representatives, to a
select committee, consisting of Mr. Foster ol
New Hampshire, Mr. Gerry of Massachusetts,
Mr. Huntingdon of Connecticut, Mr. Lawrence
of New York, Mr. Linnickson of New Jersey,
Mr. Hartley of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Parker of
Virginia—all of them, sir, as you will observe
Northern men, hut the last. This committee
mgdti a report, which was committed to a com
mittee of the whole House, and there considered
and'discussed on seveta! days; and being amended,
although without material alteration, it was made
to express three distinct propositions on the sub
ject of slavery and the slave trade—First, in the
words of the Constitution, that Congress cannot
prior to the year 1808. pi oh ibit the migration or
importation of such persons as afcy of the States
then existing, should think proper to admit; se
cond, that Congress had authority to restrain the
citizens of the United States from carrying on
the A trican slave lade, for the purpose of supply
ing foreign countries. On this proposition, our
early' laws against those who engaged in that
traffic, are founded. Tne third proposition, and
that, which bears on the present question, was ex
pressed in the following terms :
“ Resolved, That Congress have no authority
to interierc in the emancipation of slaves, or in
the treatment of them in any of the States—it
remaining with the several States alone to pro
vide rules and regulations therein, which human
ity and true policy may require.
Th.s resolution received the sanction of the
House of Representatives, so early as March, 17-
90. And now, sir, the honorable gentleman
will a.low me to remind him not only were the
select committee who reported the resolution, with
a single exception, all Northern men, but also,
that of the members then composing the House
of Representatives, a large majority, I believe
nearly U fa-thirds were Northern men also.
The /louse agreed to insert these resolutions
in its journal, and from that day to this it has ne
ver been maintained or contended that Congress
had any authority to regulate or interfere with
the condition of slavea in the several States. No
Northern gentleman, to my knowledge has mov
ed any such question in either House of Con
gress.
The fears of the South, whatever fear* they
might have entertained, were allayed and quieted
by this early decision, and so remained until they
were excited afresh without cause, but for col
iecteral and indirect purposes. When it became
necessary, or was thought so by some political
persons, to find an unvarying ground for the ex
clusion of Northern men from confidence and
from lead in the affairs of the Republic, then and
not till then, the cry was raised, and the feelings
industriously excited, that the influence of Nor
thern men in the public councils would endanger
the relation of master and slave.
For myself. I claim no other merit, than that
this gross and enormous injustice toward the
whole North, has not wrought upon me to change
my opinions or my political conduct. I hope I
am above violating principles even under the
smart of injury and false imputations. Unjust
suspicion and underserved reproach, whatever
pain I may experience from them, will not in-
Juce me, I tmst, nevertheless lo overstep the
limits of constitutional duty,or lo encroach on
the rights of others. The domestic slavery of the
South, I leave where I find it—in the hands of
their own Governments. It if their affair, not
mine.
I go for the Constitution as it is, and for the
Union as it is; but I am resolved not to submit
in silence to accusations which impute to us a
disposition to evade the cons national compact,
and to extend the power of the Government over
the internal laws and domestic condition of the
States.—AH such accusations, wherever and
whenever made, all insinuation of the existence
of any such purpose, I know and feel to be ground
less and injurious. And we must confide in
Southern gentlemen themselves; we must trust
to those whose integrity of heart and magnanim
ity of leeling, will lead them to a desire to main
tain and disseminate truth, and who possess the
means of its diffusion with the Southern public,
and ws must leave it with them to disabuse that
public of its prejudices. But in the mean t me,
for my own part. I shall continue to act justly,
whether those towards whom that justice is ex
ercised receive it with candor or with contume
•y-
Harrison and Adopted Citizens.
The following is from the Cincinnati Gazette,
Oct. 3, in which is an account of a great Mass
Meeting in Hamilton County, the home of Gener
al Harrison.
Gen. Harrison alluded in the course of his re
marks to the slander that had been u tered against
him, respecting his opinions upon the subject ot
foreigners and the naturalization ot aliens. He
pronounced in the most emphatic manner, that
the charge against him, of opposition to the in
terests of foreigners, who sought an asylum in
this country from the oppressions of foreign des
pots, was an unmitigated falsehood. He referred
to his whole course in the councils of the nation,
for a proof of the sympathy which he had always
entertained for the people of other climes, invited
by tne Constitution arui Laws to come among us
and partake of our political rights. It w as, said
the General, always a favorite principle with me
to stand by the Constitution, and that charier of
our liberties made no distinction between nat
uralized and native born citizens. Admitted to
the rights of citizenship, every man, no matter
whence he came, tv» equal in political rights.
For himself, he could say, that the protection of
the oppressed from other countries was a democra
tic principle, fully recognized in the Constitution,
and his own votes while in public life w ould prove
that he stood oy that principle on all occasion*.
“The interest, sard the General, which I took
in the Kosciusko question, has procured from the
Poles at Chiliicothe the presentation of this
beautiful cross. (Here the General showed a
handsome cross of Alder wood, lipped and secur
ed by silver.) This is made of Alder wood from
the mount near Warsaw, the scene of three des
parate battles in the last Polish revolution. It is
a precious wood, for after the last contest, the
Russians ordered the hilt to be «tript of its Alder
growth, that not a relic might be left ot that des
perate fight. This wood, fellow citizens, was
bathed in the best blood of the brave Poles, who
sold their lives for their country. It is a memen
to which I shall ever cherish. It proves to mo
that I have not violated by my votes, my princi
ples and feelings in favor of the generous Poles,
but I can put ray hand to rny heart and say, that
my republican sympathy for the people tier
many, Ireland, England or any other land, has
been and is wanned into active existence by the
remembrance that lioerty is equally dear to all of
us, and that it is our greatest boast that this is
the land to which the persecuted of despotism
can always fly with the certainty of being receiv
ed by brethren in freedom.”
The General went on at length, and showed
conclu*ively to all who heard him, that every
American citizen, no matter where born, was a
sove r eign of this land, am! that, as such, he took
him by the hand and welcomed him to share in
the political rights secured to us by the Constitu
tion and Laws.
So completely did the General put down the
slander against him, of being opposed to foreign
ers because they were foreigners, that the cheer
ing and shouting lasted for several minutes, the
multitude feeling that he had been calumniated
most grossly.
From the Baltimore Pilot.
Eccentricity.
Father Ritchie, of the Richmond “ Enquirer/
whom John Randolph very appropriately dubbed
the man of “ semi principles ” —five loaves and
two fishes—speaking of ihe Maine election says,
“she has exhibited some little eccentricity.”
This is a cant term of the party, applied for
the first time to a State abjuring the destructive
doctrines of Van Burenism.
We recollect when Robert Dale Owen was op
posed and defeated in his canvass for a seat in
Congress, from the Slate of Indiana, on the
ground of his Fanny Wright Agrarian piinci
plcs, and his against Christians and
Christianity, the /official organ of Mr. Van Bu
ren. the GlobeJjtfefended Mr. Owen, with the
acknowledgement, however, that his opinions it*
regard to the institutions of Christianity were
“ somewhat eccentric.” They were, however,
not of that nature in the estimation of Mr, Van
Buren. notwithstanding his dissimulating affec
tion for the church, to prevent him from confer
ring an important appointment upon Mr. Owen’s
brother, of the same school.
Nor did(it operate against Eli Moore , of Tam
many Hall, in New-York, one of the high priests
of the Fanny Wright Agrarian school, upon
whom Mr. Van Buren, not long since, conferred
an important situation in the New-York Custom
House. His opinions and preachings at old
Tammany on the subject of religion, were only
“ somewhat eccentric.”
The celebrated Rev. Orestes'A. Brownson is
also a favorite and protege of Mr. Van Buren,
and luxuriates in the post of steward of the
Chelsea Hospital, at Charlestown, Mass., under
the present auspices of the administration.
This reverend gentleman has even improved
upon the Tammany Agrarian doctrine of divi
sion, by going a considerable stride in advance.
He is preparing the public mind, in the “Boston
Quarterly Review,” to receive the monstrous
“ Democratic” doctrine, as he terms it, that a
father at his death “ shall not be permitted to
leave his honest hard earnings, if he has been
fortunate in accumulating wealth, to his child
ren. He may use it during his life-lime, but af
ter his death it must all b® placed in the cofiers of
the State, should it oven make paupeis of his
children.”
Mr. Brownson’s levelling doctrines, however,
according lo the locofoco rule, must not be view
ed as destructive. Oh, no, they are only
“ somewhat eccentric,” and in common with
those of Fanny Wright, Owen and Moore, who
have obtained signal favors at the hands of Mr.
Van Buren since he ascended the executive
chair.
It is somewhat singular that Mr. Van Buren
should confer important offices upon men of such
openly avowed principles, and yet pretend lo
have claims upon the suffrages of a Cnvisiian
community. He has, however, cast his net into
the wide political sea, and all ar e good fish that
may be caught in it.
There is no more thankless office than that of
editing a daily paper. The editor is almost sure
of treading upon somebody’s corns at almost eve
ry step, and is equally sure never to please every
body, and sometimes to please nobody. But he
still pursues his wearisome never ending round,
and lakes his chance of success in his endeavors
“to please;” and he who succeeds in pleasing the
most persons, or perhaps displeasing the fewest; is
the luckiest man.— Boston Transcript.
Original Jackson Men.
One of the most striking signs of the times is
the manner in which tho members of the old
Jackson parly adhere lo their principles and the
fact that the Whig press every where concedes
to them the meed of consistency, in their adher
ence lo their original faith. Witness the follow
ing extract from the notice vs the Convention
held in Cincinnati, on the Ist of October, copied
from the Cincinnati Gazette:
The Jackson Reform Club excited considera
ble attention. It numbered 140 in the proces
sion, and bore a variety of banners, some of which
were as follows, snd proclaimed that although
its members had severed their connection with
the Van Buren party, their principles remained
unchanged:
“ITI« THE PEOPLE, and they alone who
have a right to complain, when a bad officer is
substituted for a good one.”— Jackson's Mes
sage.
“ The efficiency of the Government would be
promoted, and official industry and integrity bet
ter secured, by a General Extension of the law
which limits Appointments to FOUR \ EARS.”
Jackson's Message.
“In connection with such amendment, it
would seem advisable to limit the service of the
chief magistrate to a SINGLE TERM.”—Jack
son's Message.
“The supremacy of the civil, over the milita
ry law.”— Jefferson.
“ The honest payment of our debts, and sacred
preservation of public faith ” — Jtffirson.
“ Encouragement of agriculture, and of com
merce. as its handmaid ” — Jefferson.
“ Freedom of religion, and freedom of th®
press. Economv in the public expenses, that la
bor may be lightly burdened.”— Jefferson ,
“ The preservation of the General Government
in its whole constitutional vigor, as the .heel an
chor of our peace at home, and safety abroad.”—
Jefferson.
“ Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of th®
majority, the vital principle of republics.”—Jef
ferson.
“ The only qualification for office— ‘ Is he hon
est, is he capable, is he faithful to the Constitu
tion 1’ ” — Jefferson.
“To the People belongs the right of electing
their Chief Magistrate; it was never designed
I that choice should, in any case, be defeated.”—
Jacksons Message.
“ I cannot but believe that more is lost by the
long continuance of men in office, than is gener
ally to be gained by their experience.”—Jack
son's Message.
“ Offices were not established to give support
to particular men at the public expense.”—Jack
son's Message.
“ For relief and deliverance, let us firmly rely
on that kind Providence which I am sure watch
es with peculiar care over the destinies of our re
public ; and on the intelligence and wisdom of
eur countrymen.”— Jackson's Message.
A Beautiful Extract.— The following beau
tiful extract is taken from General Harrison’s late ;
vigorous speech at the great gathering at Dayton, |
Ohio. The sentiment is truly democratic, and j
the language is worthy of the sentiment:
“A precious inheritance has been handed down
to you by your fathers. In Rome, the sacred
fire of fabled gods, was kept alive by vestal vir
gins, and they watched over the gift with eager
eyes. In America, a glorious fire has been ligh
ted upon the altar of liberty, and to you my fel
low citizens, has been entrusted its safe-keeping,
to be nourished with care and fostered forever.
Keep it burning, and let the sparks that contin
ually go upward from it fall on her altars, and
light up in distant lands the fire of freedom. The
Turk busies himself no longer with his harem or j
his bow string. To licentiousness have succce- j
ded the rights of man, and constitutions are given
to the people by once demotic rulers. Whence
came the light that now shines in the land of dark
ness! It was a brand snatched from your own
proud alter, and thrust into the pyr® of Turkish
oppression.”
At the head of the Whig procession at Erie,
was carried a full length portrait of Gen Wash
ington, with this inscription:— ,k First in war — I
first in peace—first in ihe hearts of his country- \
men, and first to commission ’William Henry \
Harrison.” W’berever it appeared, the sirnulta- :
neous shout arose from thousands of voices, hear- 1
lily responding to the sentiment.
Irish Ladies.
The Irish ladies are thus spoken of in a recent ;
letter from N. P. Willis, written alter a fashion- :
able party in Dublin:—
Moore’s remark has often been quoted—‘There
is nothing like an Irish woman to take a man off
his feetbut whether this figure of speech was
suggested by the little bard’s common sobriquet of
•Jump up and kiss m°, Torn Moore/ or simply
conveyed his idea of the bewildering character of
Irish beauty, it contains, to any one who has ever
travelled (or waltzed) in that country, a very
just as well as realizing description. Physically,
Irish women are probably the finest race in the
world—l mean, taller, better limbed and cheated,
larger eyed, and with more luxuriant hair, and
freer action than any other nation I ever observed.
The Phoenician and Spanish blood, which has
run hundredsof years in their veins.still kindles
its dark fire in their eyes, and with the vivacity
of the Northern mind the bright color of the
Norther skin, the Southern qualities mingle in
the most admirable and superb harmony. The
idea we form ot Italian and Grecian beauty is
never realized in Greece and Italy, but we find it
in Ireland, heightened and exceeded. Cheeks
and lips of thedelicary and bright tint of carna
tion, with snowy teeth, and hair and eyebrows
of jet, are what we should look for on the pa
lette of Apelles, could we reach the painter, and
reanimate his far famed models; and these va
ried charms, united, fall very commonly to the
share of the fair Milesian of the upper classes.
In other lands of dark eyes, the rareness of a
fine grained skin, so necessary to a brunette,
makes beauty so rare—but whether it is the damp
or softness of the climate or the infusion of Sax
on blood, a coarse skin is almost never seen in
Ireland. I speak now only of the belter born
ranks of society, for in my travels in Ireland, I
did not chance to see even one peasant girl of
any pretensions to good looks. From North to
South, they look lo me coarse, and dirty, ill
formed and repulsive.
Nothing could be more captivating and delight
ful than the manners of the Irish women, and
nothing at the same time, could be more at war
with the first principles ofEnglish high breeding
—coldness and rctenu. Tne frank, almost hila
rious‘how are you!’ of an Irish girl, her whole
handed and cordial grasp, as often in the day as
you meet her, theperlectly unmissyish, confiding
direct character ot her conversation, arc all traits
which would stamp her as somewhat rudely bred
in England, and as desperately vulgar in New
ork or Philadelphia.
Modest to a proverb, the Irish woman is as un
suspecting of an impropriety as if it were an
impossible thing, and she is as fearless and joyous
as a midshipman, and sometimes as noisy. In a
ball room she looks ill dressed, not because her
dress was ill put on, but she dances, not glides,
sits town without care, pulls her flowers to pieces
and it her head dress incommodes her, gives it a
pull ora push— acts which would be perfect in
sanity at Altnack’s.—lf she is offended, she asks
or an explanation. If she does not understand
you she confesses her ignorance. It she wishes lo
see you I e next Jay, she tells you how and when.
She is the child of nature, and children are not
i-l) is jhe iTiminy piminy, eye avoiding,
nger lipped, drawling, don’t touch me manner
o some of the fashionable ladies of our country
would amuse a cold and reserved English woman
sufficiently, but they would drive an Irish girl in
to hysterics. I have met one of our fair country
people ai.road, whose -Grecian stoop/ and exqui
sitely subdued manner was invariably taken lor
a fit of indigestion.
The Tbappists in Ireland. — Mount Mel
leray, county Waterford, or the black mountain,
as it was called, is now a perfect garden, though
recently a barr, n heath, until the Very Rev. Dr.
Ryan, abbot of the Trappisls. and his exiled
brethren from France, obtained a gram of the
tract from Sir John Keane, whose property is since
considerably enhanced in value, as nearly all the
vicinity is taken by industrious farmers, who act
ing upon the example of the Trappists, have
brought into cultiva.ion an expanse of land for
centuries in a wild and barren state. Fields of rich
corn, and meadow- pasture upon well inclosed
farms everywhere meet the eye, and the surround
ing country presents a most exhilarating aspect.
When Dr. Ryan came into possession, he had but
Is. 6d. after defraying the expenses of himself and
bis brethren to Mount Melleray. The order
located here now consists of eighty-six members,
whose dress is a long orown cloak. Their whole
time is occupied in prayer or field labour, except
the period devoted to rest. They retire to their
beds at eight in the evening, and rise at two in
the morning, -hroughout the year. Their diet is
strictly vegetable, and raised upon their own gar
dens, never tasting either fish or flesh-meat, and
no drink but pure water. In such matters they
are rigidly au&lcre. The chapel of the establish
ment is exquisitely beautiful, and excites the most
enthusiastic admiration of every visitor. The ab
bot is most attentive to all persons resorting there,
whether through curiosity or devotion, and visit
ors are treated with every hospitality. There
have been gieat numbers this year from every
part of Europe. The community observe the
most strict silence, and their farming-employment
is laborious, and almost incessant.
List Capture of Malta.— The blockade of
Malta a as so remarkable for its duration, as well
as for the suffering of the besieged, and the unre
mitting watchfulness of the blockading squadron,
lhat it has scarcely a parallel in history. It com
menced in September, 1798, wner., in addition to
the ordinary garrison, the harbour contained the
line of battle ship Guillaume Tell, and two fri
gates La Diane and La Justice—the three ships
which reached the island after the battle of the
Nile.—After the expiration of the first year’s
blockade, provisions, had become so scarce, that
a fowl sold for 60 francs, a pigeon for 12, a pound
of sugar for 22 and a pound of coffee for 26
francs. Towards the end of the second year’s
siege. Admiral Villeneuve determined on making
an attempt to send the ships to France for asis
tance ; the Guillaume Tell w-as sent out with ah
posible precautions, but she was captured by
Lord Nelson on the same night.—Several spero
naras were also despatched, but captured. Asa
lasi resource, the two frigates Diane and Justice
j where despatched : but on the morning follow
| ing the departure, a line of battle ship passed the
: harbor, in sight of the whole garrison with La
Diane in company bearing the British flag. The
j distress of the garrison was extreme: a cartouche
of oii sold for 24 to 28 francs, coffee 48 to 58
francs a pound, and sugar from 43 to 58 francs.
Horses, mules, cats, dogs, and even rats, had been
so long consumed lhat to hold out longer was im
possible. The garrison accordingly capitulated,
in August, 1799, after a seige of two years and
a day ; duriug which the French consumed 52,-
000 shot and bombs, and about 700,000 catnd
gos. The provisions on which they bad subsis
| ted during tfiis time, would not have lasted more
than seven months on full allowance.
From Tobasco. —Capt. Mitchel, of the Star*
1 at New Y'ork, reports that when he sailed a-man
of-war-brig and two schooners belonging to the
Federalists were oil Tobasco; lhat the Federal
troops had possession of the frontier and w-ere
preparing to attack the town of Tobasco. Ti e
insurgents who had possession of the town were
on their part making efforts to defend it.
Atlantic Steam Navigation. —The grea
test achievement, perhaps, of the present day is
the successful application of steam to ocean navi
-1 gallon. The influence of this grand and tn
; umphant experiment is already felt in some mea
su ein our commercial interests. Half the space
, between us and Europe is now destroyed perma
| nently. This is very pleasant in a time of peace
and shaking of hands. It were lets so perhaps
I in times of commotion and wild-war’s alarms.
; Polically considered, some will think it were bet
j ter to have two Atlanlics between the continents
j oi America and Europe than annihilate the old
i one. The nearer we approach each other, the
greater our danger of get mg intertangled and in
involved in each other’s troubles. However, there
is no-stopping this spaceannihilating progress;
we must fail in and make what good we can out
of it. One thing i( were well to consider, that
this steam navigation is not always to be a mere
freight-carrving or pleasure seeking intercourse.
These same suo horse pow-er contrivances can do
other work than carry laces and silks and the like
from land to land. They may suddenly become
the Mercuries of war, floating battlefields, flying
artilleiists with a vengeance; and, whenever this
may happen, the whole field and circumstances
of war must be changed. The fate of nations
will be cast, not on Waterloo fields, but on the
ocean ; not ny glittering masses of infantry, but by
dingy steam engine men, driving about their war
machine, light as gossamer, with 500 horse power,
and Perkins’ steam guns to match.— Phila. Sen~
tine/.
Fortifications of Paris.— Forts are to be
erected in several places, and a ctenelated wall
is to be built to surround the largest masses of
the exterior subuibs ot Paris, with ditches where
it may be necessary ; .he wall is to be
thirty leet in height. Paris fortified, it is sla
ted, could hold in check an army of 300,000
men during three months; 60,000 national
guards, and 25,000 troops of the line could de
fend it, and an army of 200.00*) men could en
camp safely between the two lines. Contracts
have been taken at the War office for 1,500,000
lb?, of copper, and 10,000,000 lbs. of lead, a
moui.ting jointly to three hundred millions of
francs—be-ides ;en millions francs worth of pa
per for cartridges. Besides these warlike prepa
ration an ordonnance caking out an additional
number of men has been issued, and orders to
prepare all the ships of the line for immediate
service.
Treatment of Horses. —The first ihing that
the groom or coachman generally does when he
brings his horses in, is to lake the bucket and
brush and wash the legs thoroughly : this is a
very mischievous practice at all times, and very
hazardous if there is t large bush of hair on the
fetlock. “ Well, I don’t know, I’ve cleaned my
horses these twenty years, and none of ’em ever
took any harm.” Such was the reply of an old
coachman to me the other day, when I read this
remark to him ; and the remark may be perfectly
true, for animals, like men. will often get so ac
customed to imprudent and pernicious habits that
they become comparatively harmless ; but I went
on to ask the old coachman aoout cracked heels,
swelled legs, sore pasterns, and such complaints,
and i found he was quite familiar with them and
well versed in their Ireament. “Why, my friend,
1 observed, “how came you to he so knowing in
such cases. ’’Sure, sir, I couldn’t be a coach
man twenty years and not know how deal with
a sore leg! “Then yeu have seen many horses
under your care?” “Many, sir, ay, hundreds I
may well say ” “And did it never once occur
to you that they might come from washing the
dirty legs ot a heated horse?” He scratched .his
head, looked wondrously. and sheepishly topliecl.
“ Well, to ;hink I should have workel
boy in the stable for nearly forty year* 4, ‘ d
Martinmas, and ne’er have thought nex
Guide to Service—the Groom. ° a ° rfc '-'-
The Methodists in Canada
dists in Canada now consist of neark- **
thousand souls. They have sprung |‘ UDdr f C(1 -
years from very small beginnings, and 8 lew
disadvantages.— It - not many
Quebec Gazette, since the only Methyl. . y he
er in Lower Canada, was
months in the Quebec Gaol for a fii, e j. ‘ e '. er » l
Upper Canada, there were only a leu J j .“*
Missionaries. They have now nume,!!' entlg
stantial Churches; a College of their ow
many able and respctable preachers. and
British i'ost
vored by Capt. Joseph C. Delano, of t K,. ,
ship Patrick Henry, with a shed which if****
pared for his acquaintance, showing ih- 16 pre '
lion of the new British Post Office
From it we select the following items:
Letters not exceeding half an ounce j n w •
■ may be sent through the kingdom for one u
and in the same proportion for treat,. f
The rain .redouble if the pJUet
in advance. “ ,s P>«l
Letters to and from the United State- :r
by packet, twelve times, and if by p riv^e * nt
eight times the above rates. This annl| S
Cunard’s line, and includes the inland
Letters from foreign pons for the Coming
(except France) must be post paid i n England
or they will be opened and returned. ’
Newspapers from foreign places by packets
private ships, pay 2d each, and for this arc .°I
to any part of England. SCQI
British newspapers pass through the ;Ba ii
Iree. —Journal of Commerce.
MARINE intelligence!”
. . Savankah, October 12
Arrived —ship Solon, Buckrmm, New York it
biig Cyrus, Clark, Newport, Wales; brg Sa«n
nah, Sh <pter. New- York ; schr Frederick \ t,,
per, JUoiean, Baltimore. * ’ Lp ‘
( leared— brig Augusta, Sherwood, New Y or k
Went to sea brig Augusta, Sherwood, N York
schr Rienzi, Cushing, Boston ; brig WankiJ?
Howland. Baltimore. 0|
. Charleston, Oct. 13,1840
Arrived yesterday ~Brig Delaware, Ross m.
vana; schr. Zephyr, Trescott, Matanzas.
Cleared —C. L. brig Dimon, Sherwoord X» w
York.
THIS READING ROOM
Attached to this office is open to subscribers, md
strangers introduced by them, every day and eve
ning (Sunday evenings excepted) until y o'clock.
Subscription $5 ; for a firm of two or more $lO
AUGUSTUS REES~
AT TOR NE Y AT LA IV.
sept 5-ly Madi-on, Morgan countv, Ga.
JOHN R. STANFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
j.vl7] Clarkesville, Ga
B. H. OVERBY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
feb 25 Jefferson, Jackson county, Gi "
A CARD. —Mr Richards' Painting School will
reopen on Monday, the 19th last. oct S-trw3t
C Zf Dr KENNON has removed to the new
house opposite Benjamin Pyne. oct 3-3 U
Cj* EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK—At sight,
and at one to twenty days sight. For sale ov
nov 2b GAKDELLE i; RHI.ND.
03* Dr. J. J. WILSON has removed for tie
Summer to the house of James Gardner, Ksg., Ist
door below the Academy. nine 6
(X/‘ Dr. W. S. JOKES tenders his profession
servi csyo the citizens of Augusta and its viumr
He may re found at his residence on the Kofi
side of Green second door below Mclntosh street
(XT’ The Office of the AUGUSTA MIRROR i
removed to the brick building on Mclntosh stree,
directly opposite the Post Office. oct 7-tiw3»
O'? AUGUSTA BENEVOLENT SOCIETY i
For the benefit of the sick poor of Augusta. Us
committee lor the present month are as follows:
Division No. 1. —P. H. Mantz, Nathaniel Greet
Miss Margaret Smith, Miss Mary VVightman.
Division Ao. 2.—W. F. Pemberton, J.M.Neffbj,
Mrs. H. F. itobi rson, Miss A. C. Kighton.
Division No. 3. —John Cashin, James PantK
Mrs, Trcmiey, Mrs. E. Camfield.
sept 7 J. W. VVIGHTMAN, Sec’y^
fTF Dr. UAL FLINT, member f the Mas*i
chusetts Medical Society, would inform Ids fncit
that he has removed Ins place of residence to W
boaiding-fiouse of Mrs. Camfield, at the corner®
Jackson and Broad streets, where he may be foal,
at all hours during the summer season, fiispit
fessiunal set vices are respectfully tendered tot* |
citizens of Augusta. tf—June 6 |
rry J. A. CLEVELAND, DENTIST, lias I
rooms over J. Nortons Bhoe Store, one door be|o* i|
\V asniogtoa Hail in Broad street, Augusta. DuriJ-'||
his absence, and at ail other times, his brotfae-
Thomas P. Cleveland, Dentist, wifi occupy the®’
whose services may be had. J. A. Clevelandron
fiden.ly recommends him to the patronage oi to
friends and the public geneially. oct S-w^L
(Xj 3 The Subscriber has taken an office :n d*
Camfield’s buildings on Jackson-street,nextfloorS
the one formeilv occupied by Judge
where his professional services can be at all u® 1 '
commanded He intends to re-cornmeuce, oc to
first Monday in November, the LAW SCiRA'b,
which he formerly conducted, on the same
and the same terms, as before. n
oct 2 dlwwlm VVM. T. GOtT^.
Mr. ADAMS resumes his SCHOOL this
(Oct. 12th,) in tiie room adjoining the Id d 11^1
Church, ou Green street.
OC T AUG USTA BENEVOLENT
The Regular monthly meeting of tois '°/ e \ >uE [
be held on next Friday evening the iGtu 5
at 6 o’clock in the Methodist Church. ,
J. VV. WIGHTMAM^i-'
' n f.H
(Xj We arc authorized to announce R-
Tl CKER, as a candidate for Justice 3
Peace, in the Bloody 6>.fith. ,
Q3‘ JEREMIAH IT CLARK is recommeoJJ
as a suitable person for the office oi - ,u ' lice r td
Peace, for the GoOtli DisLiict, and will lje / upp \
by (octS)
03- The undeisigned, if elected, e'*b serT
6CUth bislrici as Justice of the Peace. ...
oct 7-ts R.
QjT Miss MARY A. NEVIS S has taken
in the house owned by Mrs. Harielt, on 1 gjjQjjS
side of Broad street, where she will g* ve , ' 1
ON THE PIANO at sls per quarter, 0 1
lessons, or separate lessons at oU cenß f at
oct 3 — --- —"
—— School ol I
C/‘ Miss TRAIN will resume wr r . j
S uiimcrville on the first Monday m -
Board can be obtained ou the Bin- J
aug 12 —I
—- t sur^ 1 m
Cj'Dr. GARDNER, fmii.crly res,< !*" at I
n the New Y ork Hospital, ami ■
vue Hospital, New York, tenders to tnc p £
professional services. I
Oilice in Washington street, between 1
Ellis streets Residence, United Stale-’ * ■
ap 2 11
5Cr The undersigned has appoint«fc^. r ' C „,£C- I
Spoars his true and lawful atio.ney " ■
lion of ail debts in which he is iutereste’, ■
State of Georgia. WAI. N- UA-' 1 ' h f
octS I
New fall and winter GO( f o il ■
subscribers are now receiving st/|
their fall and winter stock of anc - *„ a
Dry Goods, among which are many sca (
desirable articles, to which the attenh ■
public is respectfully invited, c, a V
seoM VVM. H. CRA ** V V B’