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CHROMOL E AND SEN TIN EL.
•AUGU S T A .
FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8.
Congresssioual Election.
The following are the returns of the election for
member of Congress held on the 4th instant, as
far as received.
Holt. Watson.
Richmond 638 302
Chatham, 428 401
Jasper, 323 326
Columbia 192 36
Senatorial Election in Charleston.
The election in Charleston, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation ot Mr. Boyce, re
sulted as follows :
Boyce
North
Majority for Boyce V.
Joseph W. Chinn, formerly M. C. from the
Northern Neck District, Va., died at his residence
in Richmond county, Dec. sth.
Insanitx. —Os 1000 patients admitted into
the Hartford Retreat for the Insane, 450 have
been restored to their families in perfect health.
Low Fares. —We have read with great plea
sure, says the Albany Daily Advertiser, an ad’
dress of Mr. De Grand, of Boston, on the subjec 1
of low prices and freights upon railroads. The
writer asserts that as a matter of revenue, low ar e
preferable to high prices and he has collected a
series of tables, with great care, founded on the
experience of foreign countries as well as our
own, which sustain his position fully. We re
commend the address to all interested in the sub
ject.
Correspondence of the Philadelphia Exchange.
Port Penn, Dec. 31, 1840. 5 P. M.
The towboat Delevvare, Schellcngcr. has iust
returned from Bombay Hook, with brig Win.
Penn, and reports the brig New Hanover from
Savannah, ashore on the lower part of Bombay
Hook, on her beam ends, and she was not able to
get to her, I have chartered two sloops, and leave
here to-morrow morning before daylight with the
towboat. The brig is on lower end of Bombay
Hook bar, and was tight when the towboat left
her to-day. lam in hopes that we will be able
to save both brig and cargo.
Correspondence of the National Intelligencer.
New \ohk January 2.
The closing of the old ye-r, and the begining
of the new, present some things remarkable.
Many new business firms throw out their signs
in the newspapers—an indication of new times
to come, The banks make fair dividends general- j
ly. People look ahead with lively hearts and ani- j
mating impulses, as if the year to come had some
thing in store for them. For three years past
there has been no such new year of faith, hope,
and trust in the business of the country about to
open.
No mail reached us beyond Philadelphia last
night. The snow so crusted the railroad tracks
that with difficulty the Philadelphia train came
through.
A large amount of exchange on Philadelphia
sold to-day at 99g. Treasury notes are below
par; sales to-day 99c. The opinion prevails that
Philadelphia will succeed in bar resumption,
She has more friends than enemies in that quar
ter on that matter.
Con espondence of the United States Gazette.
Baltimore, Dec. 30, 1840. /
9 o'clock, A. M. S
Extensive Robbery of the Western Mali.
There are accounts in this city that the West
ern mail, on its passage from Wheeling to Balti
timore, has been robbed eight times since the
14th of November past. The robbery was effec
ted by taking ihe same pouch containing the let
ters tor New \ork, and all places east of that
city. The suspicion of the Post Office Depart
ment have not yet designated any one as the
probable robber. The amount of money which
is supposed to have been in the mails stolen is
very considerable. These robberies are the ones
referred to in the Columbus, (Ohio,) Journal,
and which I noticed on Monuay.
The accounts from the West, state that Gen
eral Harrison is expected here in about ten days
on his way to Virginia, where he will spend some
time with his relations.
The New York American slates that seven
thousand pounds have been remitted to Halifax, I
from St. Johns, N. F,, in furtherance ot steam
navigation between that port and Halifax. A ■
steam ship js to be placed on the line early in the
spring.
A New Route.
The following extract of a letter from Captain
Douglass, of the Cunard steamer Unicorn, dated
December llllr, relative to steam communication
between Halifax, New York, Nassau, i N. P.)
and Havana, is published in the las; Quebec
Mercury:—
“ We are preparing the Unicorn for tire West
Indies, to run between New York, Providence,
(Nassau,) and Havrna: but shall nut leave until
we have answers to letters by tire Brittannia.
We shall probably make two voyages to New
York and Havana to New Orleans, if the Ameri
can government will allow, as we cannot carrv
passengers between two foreign ports without the
leave of either government, which sanction, wo
think, will be freely given.”
The Boston Atlas gives a rumor that Mr, Van
Buren is trying to purchase Mount Vernon for
his future residence!
United States Bank, Kentucky. Resolutions
have been passed by the Legislature of Kentucky, 1
recommending a United Stales Bank, Another i
resolution stronly urges the passage of Mr.
Olay s Land Bill. The justness of the latter bill j
will, we apprehend, ensure its passage during the I
present session of Congress; certain!v at the
next session. The sale of the public lands it is
estimated will average upwards of ten millions of
dollars annually during the next ten years,if pro-1
perly attended to. This amount distributed i
among the different States would prove highly i
beneficial at the present time, particularly to I
those States vvh,ch entered largely iJo in- j
ternal improvements—A' 6r // t American.
I RON Trade of G u eat B«7ta ■ n -There are I
lour hundred and seventeen furnaces in blast i„ I
Great Britain, and it is estimated that 1,512 000 1
tons ot iron are manufactured annually.
Naval Armaments— lt is staled that France
has in his navy one gun lor every seventy tons of
the mercantile marine. England has one cun
lor every one hundred ton ; and the United
States, one for every seven hundred.
Best Moor, of Suicide for Ladies. —Wear
thin shoes, lace with a bed wrench and rope, and
you may kill yourself without being suspected.
The Whig Central Committee ol Tennessee, j
having agreed that it “ would be nothing more j
than a token of proper respect on the part ol •
Tennessee, that Gen. Harrison should be escort - |
i
cd to Washington city, previous to lus inai'gura- ;
♦ ion, by some of its oldest, most respectable, and j
most honored citizens, ’ adopted the following ie- i
solution on the 12th ult.: —^
Resolved, That Col. Wm. Marlin of Smith j
county, Dr. Boyd McNairy and Joseph W, Clay,;
of Davidson county, be, and they are hereby ap
pointed by tbeir rellow citizens, represented by
this body, a Committee of escort, to proceed to
North Bend, the residence of Gen. Harrison, at
such proper time before his departure for Wash
ington city as may suit their convenience, and
thence to accompany him on his journey, and to
oO’er him the sincere respect and heartfelt congrat
ulations of this Committee and those whom they ;
represent, upon his recent success in the Prest- (
dential contest.
Presidential Election.
We now present the grand result of the popular |
and Electoral votes at the late Presidential Election :
in the following tables, which we have compiled j
with great care. For the sake of comparison, we j
have given the popular vote in each State in IS3S. |
We have also arranged the tables in geographical j
division, bv which it will bo seen that each great
section of the United States, viz: Eastern, Middle, |
Southern, and Western, has given a majority lor ;
General Harrison. It may be remarked also, that j
he has received a larger number of Electoral votes j
and a greater majority o*’ the popular vote than .
General Jackson, or any previous candidate forthe !
Piesideucy, —A. Y. Times.
New England States. 1840. 1836.
Electors. Har. v. B. Whig. \. !>. j
jO Maine 46,612 46,201 15.239 22,990 !
7N. Hampshire, 26,434 32,670 6,228 18,698!
7 Vermont, 32,445 18,009 20,991 14,037 !
14 Massachusetts, 72,874 51,948 4.2,247 34,47-1
4 Rhode Island, 5,278 3,301 2,710 2,965
8 Connecticut, 31,601 25,296 18,749 19,291
50 215,244 177,425 106,164 112.453-
Middle States. '
42 New York, 225,812 -212,519 138,543 166,815 j
8 New Jersey, 33,362 31,034 26,'92 26,347 ;
30 PennsyPa., 141,019 143,676 87,111 91,-Go
3 Delaware, 5,967 4,884 4,i.>3 4,153
S 3 409,160 392,113 257,278 288,690
Southern States.
]() Maryland, 33,528 28,752 25.852 22,168
23 Virginia, 42,501 43,893 23,382 30,503 |
15 N. Carolina, 46,679 34,218 23,626 26,9.0
11 8 Carolina, Electors shosen by Legislature. ■
11 Georgia, ' 40,354 31.933 23,930 22,126:
7 Alabama, 28,471 33,991 16,612 20,506;
4 Mississippi, 19,518 16,995 9,688 9.979
5 Louisiana, 11,297 ~61. 3,383 3.553 j
86 222,255 197,399 127,473 135.845
Western Stales.
21 Ohio, 148,157 124,782 105,405 96,948
15 Kentucky, 58,489 3.3.616 36,935 33,430 i
15 Tennessee, 60,39] 48,289 35,902 26,120 1
9 Indiana, 65,302 51, .01 41,281 32,480
5 Illinois 45,537 47,476 14,983 18,097 :
3 Michigan. 22,907 21,098 4,072 7,332
4 Missouri,’ 22.972 29.760 7.337 10.995
3 Arkansas, 4,363 6,049 1.338 2,400 '
[75 428,118 361.771 247,213 237,807 |
Total, 1,274777 1,128708 738,128 764,895 \
1,128708 738,138
Harrison’s rnaj, 146.069 \ . 11. maj. (1831.) 26,767
Majorities.
States. Har. V. B. Whig. V. B. j
6N. E. Stater, 37.819 6,,289 |
4 Middle States, 17,047 31,512 1
7 Southern States 24,856 8,37 2 j
8 Western States 66,347 19,4i6
25 liar. maj. 1840, 146,069 46.173
V. B. do. 1836, 26,767 19,406 i
Harrison gain. 172,837 V. B. rnaj. 26,767 !
Total polls voted in 1840:
Harrison 1,274,777 1
Van Buren 1,128,708
Abolition, kc 7,500
2,410.985
Votes polled in 1836 1,503,023
Increase 907,962
Electoral Vote.
Slates. Harrison. Van Buren.
Maine 10
New Hampshire 7
Vermont 7
Massachusetts.; 14
Rhode Island 4
Connecticut 8
New York 42
New Jersey -8
Pennsylvania 30
Delaware 3
Maryland 10
Virginia -23
North Carolina 15
South Carolina 11
Georgia 11
Alabama 7
Mississippi 4
j Louisiana 5
Tennessee 15 • • • •
Kentucky 15
-Ohio 21
Indiana 9
Michigan 3
Illinois 71
Missouri 4
Arkansas 3 j
Harrison vote*. . . . 234 uu
Van Buren votes.. 60
Harrison rna j 171
\ otes for V ice President.
The votes for Vice-Prt sident have been given as
follows ,
John Tyler 234
H. M. Johnson .jq
L. W. Tazewell n 1
| James K. Polk 1 j
Svaim.iry of Votes for President.
1840. 11.36.
liar. V. 1!. Whig. \. B.
New England Stales.. 13 7 ->1 29
Middle States 83 0 J 1 72
southern States 45 41 32 54
Western States 63 12 69 15 |
23t 60 124 170
60 124
Harrison maj 171 V. B. maj. i i
;13 non-slave States.. 156 12 59 j of)
13 slave states 78 48 r;,;; jj
234 6u 121 170
Elections of 1<»2« and 1832.
At these two elections, Gen. Jackson was elect- I
ed President by large majorities. In IS2S ne re- !
ceived 178 votes, and Adams S 3. In 1832 Jackson 1
-19,() sy 49, \\ irl 7, f loyd 11. The popular vote i
was as follows:
18,28—Jackson 65'1,943
Adams 511*475
Jackson’s maj j-jq jjjS
1832 —Jackson 707.2- 7
Clay 328.561
Wirt • .251,720- 583 281
Jackson’s majority 123.936
Cost of the War jgaisst China.—Some
s f the English papers consider that the demon
strations against China thus far, as l>y no means j
remarkable. It is estimated in one. that the war 1
has already cost Great Britain £3,000,000. The
moral sense and the entire feeling of the nation
an* said to be against the war.
1 on shan t kiss me—no you shan’t, nor i
much me, you naughty man, unless yon are the [
sTongest. and I know you are,” as the girl said I
to her ieilow, when be attempted to ,teaJ a buss. |
i
f
liord Chatham.
i Tiie following passage is the conclusion ol an
| able and eloquent review of the 'correspondence
| of William Pitt Earl, of Chatham,’ in a late
j London Quarterly.
We are now arrived ut the closing scene 01
j his illustrious life. On the 7th April, I’/ 78, the
I Duke of Richmond, hitherto the ally and suppor- i
| ter of all Lord Chatham’s American Policy, mov
ed an address to the Crown, recapitulating in de
tai. ihe expenses, losses, and misconduct pf ttie
war, entreating his .Majesty to dismiss his Min
isters. and to withdraw his forces by sea, and
find, from the revolted provinces. There was
hardly a topic in this motion which In rd Chat
ham had not himself repeatedly urged; and it
was, no doubt, so framed with a view to secure
his concurrence; but he saw that it involved,
i though not in direct terras, the acknowledgement
j of American Independence; and on the motion
i being communicated to him the day before it was
to be made, he apprized the Duke,‘with un
! speakahle concern, that the dilicence between
them, on the point of the independence and sove
reignty of America, was so very wide that he
despaired of bringing about an}’ resonable issue.
He was still ill, but hoped to be in town to-mor
row.' On that morrow he appeared in the House
of Lords for the last time ;
“ Lord Chatham came into the House of Lords
leaning upon two friends, wrapped up in flannel,
pale and emaciated. Within his large wig little
j more was to be seen than his aquiline nose and
; his penetrating eje. He looked like a dying
i man ; yet never was seen a figure of more digni
! (v; he appeared like a being of asuperior species.
He rose from his seat with slowness and difficul
ty, leaning on his crushes, and supported under
each arm by his two triends. He took one hanu
from his crutch and raised it, casting his eyes to
ward heaven, and said, “■ I thank God shat 1 have
been enabled So come here this day—to perform
my duly, and to speak on a subject which has so
i deeply impressed my mind. lam old and infirm
—have one loot, more than one foot, in the grave
—I am risen from my bed to stand up in the cause
! of my country —perhaps never again to speak
| in this House.’—The reverence—the attention—
the stillness of she House was most affecting :
, if any one had dropped a handkerchief, the noise
i would have been' heard. At first he spoke in
a very low and feeble tone; but as he grew warm
, his voice rose, and was as harmonious as ever ;
oratorical affecting, and perhaps more than at
| any former period ; both from his own situation,
and from the importance of the subject on which
| he spoke. * * * *
j “He rejoiced that he was yet alive to give his
vote against so impolitic, so inglorious a measure
as the acknowledgement of the independency of
America; and declared he would much rather
he in his grave than see the lustre of the British
| throne tarnished—the dignity of the empire dis
graced, the throne of the nation sunk to such a
■ degree as it must he. when the dependency of
I America on the sovercmgty of Great Britain was
| given up.’’
After speaking for some time with great en
; thu.siasiii, he sat down exhausted, and the Duke
of Richmond rose to explain. While he was
; speaking, Lord Chatham listened to him with
; attention and composure, and when his grace had
ended, ros<» to reply; but his strength failed him
1 and he fell backward in convulsions. He was
I immediately supported by the peers around him,
and by his youngest sons who happened to be pre
sent as spectators. He was conveyed first to the
house of Mr. Sargent, in Downing street, and
thence to Hayes, where he lingered for three days,
and .Monday the 11th of May terminated a glo
i rious life by a death, it may be said, in the ser
j vice of his country, and o njhe very field of but
\ll:
Tuatsamc evening—on the motion of Col.
! Barre, fonnerly the bitterest of ids enemies, but i
. lately become a close ally—the House of Com
| mons voted him a public funeral and a monu
; mc-nt in Westminster Abbey, a tribute in which I
i men of ail parties generously and cordially
| j lined.
\\ c have so fully expressed, as we proceeded,
! our opinions on the several points of Lord Chat- j
| ham's policy and the varying features of his
! character that we have little more to add.
That he was the most powerful orator that
ever illustrated and ruled the Senate of this Em
pire—that for nearly half a century he was not
merely the arbiter of the destinies of his own i
| country, but 4 tiie foremost man in all the world’
1 —that he had un unparalleled grandeur and afflu
j cr.ce of intellectual powers, softened and bright-
I eued by a!! the minor accomplishments—that his
ambition was noble —his views instinctively eleva
ted—his patriotism all excessive—that in ail the
i d uneslie solutions o.‘ life he was exemplary and
i amiable—a line scuoiar, a finished gentleman, a
! sincere Christian —one whom his private friends
‘ and sci vai.;ts loved as a good man, and all the
| world admired as a great one—these arc the
j praises which his contemporaries awarded, and
j which posterity has. with little diminution, con
firmed.
j But, on the other hand, there were serious de
i locts widen (it creased h:s splendor, impaired hi
authority, and rendered his great abilities rather
glorious to himself than, for any practical pur- •
I poses, beneficial to his country. These defects j
j though of course well known to the political cir- i
j cles in which he moved, and deplored and cen- 1
I sured by toe sober lew, were so much in the |
| IMuon of the times, and weie so glossed over ■
b\ his own wonc.erful powers, as to excite com-;
| parativcly little contemporaneous observation
! but since his life has become history, and been
elucidated by contemporaneous letters and me
| moirs they hav** appeared evey day more and
j more flagrant; and the present purification has
: brought them out in Mil bolder prominence.
In the first place, it would not lie easy to spe
| city any positive advantage, (except, perhaps the
j possession —ealeuf quantum —of Canada) which
| the country has inherited from Lord Chatham,
j The very existence ol so great a man is, no
doubt a national glory, cud therefore a national
good; and his indirect influence may have been
highly useful. W o can calculate the extent to
! which lus lectun v. so to call them, may have edu
| cated and improved the public mind in both the
| science and the art ol Government! How ma-
I ny statesmen may his example have formed !
! How may improvements may his precepts have
produced ! flow many errors and evilsmavhis '
authority leave repressed ! But of direct, per- i
nianent, ameliorations ol our social and politi
cal condition, few . f our statesmen —even those i
who had not a thousandth part of his abilities !
j have, we believe, lelt. such scan tv trace-.
i hough so sagacious and so accomplished a
j mind could imt be indispensable to. and did in
1 fact highly appreciate, the value of mental culii
j vation, social improvements, commercial enter- .
! prise, and all the fair and fruitful arts of peace,
yet fie did little lor them. His genius and his
voice—‘quo non prssstaulior alter—. Ere ciere
'wos, Martemque aciviuhre cantu’—‘were still
tor war —a fearful lottery, in which one or two
hrilli nt prizes arc dearly purchased by the mis
ery ol individuals and the calamity of nations, j
Vi e believe the world i- bv this time pretty well i
disposed ro subscribe to .Sir fcsnnuel Komi fly’s j
opinion that the g/r /.-' r as they are called, ol I
Lord Chatham's administration, ‘product*! no!
solid advantage to his country’—and how short!
, a space ol his career was that epoch of doubtful j
i glory !
j .As to his personal qualities, it must be admit- j
| ted that his temper, naturally reserved and haugh- '
1 ty, was. as he advanced in life, soured by disease }
j arid disappointment. 1/ is notgood for mini to !
I be alone in political, any more than in social life ;
j hut ha endeavored to release himself from the oh
j ligation.- ul political connexion adopted to - land
I -done. and to ; indc himself by hi; individual
; bahts, feelings, and interests —he grew, at fir-4,
i rrpaiient of contradiction, and afterwards of ad
i vice, and even assistance—he used to shut him
i self up in the impenetrable solitude of an eastern
I despot, frorn which he emerged occasionally to
dazzle the world wit hi his pomp and splendor,
j This isolation could not fail to produce singdlari
j tv and selfishness, and to foster a dictatorial habit
: of mind very ill-fitted for a minister under our
Constitution.
We have already mentioned with regret his
indiscreet and offensive language towards George
11. which had, we believe, the effect—more in
jurious to the interests of the country than even
his own—of keeping him out of efficient office
| at a time when he could have served the state
i with distinction, and his own mind might have
f been trained to habits of practical business, which
‘be never afterwards attained- And we cannot,
j in truth and candor, designate his conduct to
; wads George HI. otherwise than as alike ungrate
ful and unconstitutional—u n ,|UM in its spirit,
mischievous in its effect, and pernicious in its
consequences.
He lived, too. at a time when public principle,
as wc now understand the term, was at a very
I low ebb amongst public men ; ami his practice
i brought it still lower. He. thought too steadily
of his own individual interests, and in pursuit of
i them was strangely versatile, both as to persons
and principles. We do not, as the world in gen
eral docs, reckon consistency as one of the first
virtues of public men. Sagacity to detect, and
candor to avow one’s own errors we rate much
higher; besides, ail is not inconsistency that at
first sight seems so—circumstances change, and
j to ho consistent in principle, a statesman may he
I forced to inconsistencies in practice. But the in
consistencies. or at least the majority of th«m,
which are alledged against Lord Chatham, are
not of this class. There is not, we believe, to he
named any one of his various adversaries who
did not successively become his political associ
| ate —nor any one of his various associates who
was not. on some other turn of tiie wheel, his
1 decided adversary. There is not. we believe, to
he found any one considerable measure which he
ever advocated tha. he did not at some other time
oppose : nor any that he ever opposed which he
did not at some other pe r iod advocate. Conscious
| of his vast superiority to all the politicians; who
surrounded him, he probably had sincerely per
j suaded himself I hut his being in a place was >.
I sine yna non to the prosperity of the country,
and he seems to have acted all through life as if
bethought that all means were just and honora
; hie which could lead to so desirable an end.—
There was some truth in that self-flattering idea.
Endowed a? he was with with irrepressible amhi
‘ tion and inesistible talents, he must inevitably
have either ruled or disordered the state; hut the
' misfortune was, that an overweening sclf-conii
! denee disinclined, and a haughty and capricious
• temper disabled him from conciliating and asso
ciating in his designs tiie humbler, but still ne
i cessary utilities of o'her men. He fancied he
could make a political ciock which should go bv
mere force of the main spring, without the help
i of cog-wheel, pendulum or balance—tl c conse
! quence was. that his system, whenever it was set
a going, ran itself out in a moment.
The sum of ail seems to us to he that the
' qualities of the orators were more transcendent
than those ol the statesman, and that his public
character, when calmly considered, excitss rather
admiral’on than applause. The generosity of
| Lis sentiments did not always guide his practice ,
j and the majestic stream of his declamations for
, the rights and liberties of mankind was always
accompanied by eddies and under currents of
personal interests. He was too line a genius for
| lower, and too selfish u politician lor tiie highest
| duties of a minister—
| “Graced as be was with ail the power of words”.
j his talents were neither for conducting an oflicc
nor manageing a party —he was neither the sun
j t° ''uk the day, nor the moon to rule the niyht
\ —hut a meteor w hich astonished and alarmed
| mankind by its supernatural splendor, but left
j the world, when it expired, in deeper darkness
than before.
inn Oi’iuxg Octaxg of Malacca.— from
‘Around the world The ourangoutang, which
literally means a wild man, has been classed as a
| species ol the ,s imia, or ape genius, though it is
: generally admitted by zoologists to Lave much
more resemblance to human beings. Many at
tempts have been made to procure adult individ
j uais. and it is now one oi the greatest desiderata
1 among naturalists, particularly of America, to
l compare t rie habits and capacities of this singular
'■ burlesque upon humanity. ;t such ii is. J n the
wild state, ourang outangs are universally gregari
ous, and. as they can use missijes.and generally
j light erect, with clubs, they are invincible except
; to tiie musketry of man, and often attack tigers
j with success. Y'oung specimens, however, have
! been taken and trained in Africa, Java, Borneo,
and Sumatra ; anti although they have survived
! out a few months the restraints of civil fife,
enough has been noted to encourage the belie!'
that the ourang outang and chimpanzee, if not a
| species or race of humanity, must he the connect
ting link between it and the brutes. Bulfon strong
: ly advocated the former, and relates his own
; observations of an ourang outang which he saw ;
1 was mild, affectionate, and good natured; and
signs and words were sufficient to move him. •!
i have set u, says, h“, this animal present his band
i to conduct the people who came to visit him. and
i walk as gravely along with them, as if he had
’ been one of the company. 1 have seen him sit
j down at a table, unfold, his napkin, wipe his lips.
and use a spoon knife and fork, to ix.nvev vic
i trails to Ids mouth ; and besides pour his liquor
into a glass and make it touch that of the person
wiio drank with him.’ Francis 13vrad in his vov
| ages says: ‘ln Sierra Leone there is a strong
species that labor as servants,cany water on their
heads, and rinse glasses and carry them round to ;
: company.' Grant, too, says ho saw at Java, ‘un
extraordinary ape—a female, very modest—who I
j walked erect, with no hair on her face, except for
■ eyebrows. She made her bed neatlv every day,
' laid on her side and covered herself with bed
clothes. W hen her head ached, she bound it with
i a kercld* f. Malte Brun speaks of others that
1 mixed with the African. ; and M. do Grandpre
saw a female ciiimpan/ee, or snma troglodytes,
that could heat an oven with ( are, ami on a voyage
was as expert at the capstan or in the rigging as an
j old tar. ’.n Sumatra, I was myself told by*many ;
that in one of their villages a family is "known
■ which sprang from an ourang outang that was '
| married by a -Malay. She soon followed the cur- i
■ toms of other women in her mode of living and
i working, and although her offspring for Vin e
generations were nearly dural), they now sneak '
the same as natives. Indeed many of the' old 1
' n, eii on the coast more resemble ourangoutaims '
than they do men. One in particular, a man of |
rank too, who came olf trom Pulo K,o to the shin
v.as like tins kind of beast. He had the flat noa’
deficient chin, short pursy front, ears un hu -p
l ®- veß ,0 ° near > and a profusion ofhair covering his !
i *') lo,e P ers °n ;in short having the peculiar marks
j ol the ourang outang. excepting the long arms,
: i‘vra distance of upper lip from the nose, and i
I lhlrteon He had also, that same ludicrous |
j -' r ‘ u|, y, and melancholy quiz/, calncss of express- .
lion which the ourang oulang always has. Os;
I course 1 cannot vouch for the truth of the ourang 1
i human story, hut, as Herodotus says, they so in- j
j formed me, who had the best chance to know
I ...
j t U oma\.——Lye hath not seen, ear heard, nor
j natn it entered into the mind to conceive of anv
• hmg more beautiful and lovely than woman—
(•haste, affectionate, dependant woman. In thi s
fairest, most perfect work of God, centres all that
is most pleasing to the senses; uud in her •repoae
Juan ? fonde.-t and dearest hoprs and affection-;
I IJlanncrhassct.
! i W e have often heard the question asked what
. I became of Biannerhasset. after the failure of
i Burr’s project, his connection with which was
. so disastrous to his fortunes and bis domestic hap
, : piness? The question is answered in the follow
ing biographical sketch, written bj his son. Jo
i seph Lewis Blamierhasset. which we find in the
Louisville Literary Register. Mr. J. h. Blanner
hasset lives, it appears, at St. Johns, TSewfouiuL
; ! land.
s j Harman Biannerhasset was born in Hampshire,
■ i in the year 1767, his parents being then on a visit
to England. Shortly af.er, they returned to the
■ ; family residence, Castle Conway, Kerry county,
i Ireland. From the high standing and wealth o.
■ his father, who was at that time high sheriff,
no expense was spared to render him capable of
, ; liolding that genteel station in society which lus
, ancestors had held in England from the earliest
1 times. After having received the various rudi
ments from private masters, he went first ffi
SchooKnear Windsor, and subsequently to 1 rini
ty College, Dublin, where he acquitted himsell
so well as to obtain in a very short time two de
grees, viz; Bachelor of Arts, and Bachelor ot Ci
vil and Common Laws. He -was subsequently
called to the Irish bar and created a fellow of the
Honorable Society of the King’s Inns, Dublin. —
He passed his examination the same day with
the late Thomas Addis Emmet, between whom |
' and himself the greatest frindship ever existed.
Alter making the tour of the Low Countries and
France, where he was present at the destruction |
of the Bastile, &c. he returned to Ireland, where ;
he practiced as barrister in the year 1797 and 1
17 98. when, his father dying, he became posses- >
sed of the family estate and a large fortune.
Ireland at that period being distracted by the hor- I
rors of rebellion, he sold his estate to his cousin, j
Lord Ventrv, and went to England, where he he- |
came acquainted w ith and married a Miss Ag
j new, daughter of the Lieutenant Governor of the j
Isle of Man, and the grand-daughter of Gen, Ag- 1
1 new, killed in the battle of Germantown, a young
lady of high family connections, great beauty
and accompli-hments. Accompanied by his
wife, he went to the United Mates, and purchas
ed tlie island on the Ohio river, known to this
day, by his name. After the Burr affair he left
the island, and went into the State of Mississip- :
pi, where, by the advice of Gen. Adair, of Ken
tucky, he purchased a plantation from Mr. Bra
j zil, a few miles from Gibson port. When he had
reside d some years upon this plantation, having]
: sold it, he went into Canada, where he practised ■
,at tiie liar in Montreal. His commission ap- |
: pointing him to practice in the Province of Low
,er Canada, is dated 4th December, 1819. After
remaining some time in Canada he went to Eng- i
land, under the impression of being made a
judge, through the favor of the Duke of Rich
mond, then Governor of Lower Canada, who
was very parted to him: but the untimely death
ot that nobleman marred Lis expectations. Ere
he returned to Canada for the purpose of bringing !
hi- family to England, his sister Miss A vice j
Biannerhasset, settled the bulk of her fortune j
upon himself and his family. After he had
! brought Ins family from Canada, he resided with •
) his sister some time near tiie city of Bath. As !
; both his sister and himself were invalids, they i
| wtnt to the island of Jersey, on the coast of |
France, for the sake of enjoying a more genial!
climate; thence, alter residing two years, he went
to the island of Guernsey, where he died at his ]
residence. Mount Durad, in the arms of the vvri- j
ter of this sketch, in the year 1831.
Harman Biannerhasset, in bodily stature, was I
rather above the general size. His manners were
highly polished, and his address captivating and
agreeable. From :ii» youth he was ardently at
tached to literature and philosophy; seldom allow
ing himself, even in his old age, more than six or
seven hours sleep in the twentv-four, and two or
three hours exercise, the remainder of his time
was employed either in acquiring or impart
ing knowledge on subjects connected with the |
general literature of the period, or investiga- ,
, ling more abstruse subjects relating to the dead
; languages, the mathematics, natural philosophy,
and the tine arts. His musical compositions have
been performed by some of tiie finest bands, and
have been much admired by connoisseurs; and his
writings display great depth of learning in. and
| perception into, the various subjects'on which i
they treat. He was endowed, naturally, with a
most retentive memory; so much, that up to a
snort time prior to his death, he could repeat, in
Greek, the whole ot Homer’s iliad. 1 might dilate
upon his moral virtues, and religious and do- !
mcstic merits; but as there are those still alive who
knew him, and as to tho>e who did not know
him. it might appear that i was adulating a de
ceased parent, I shall refrain,
!
fAci's about Iceland. —lceland is subject to
Denmark, and is governed by a series of Lord-
Lieutenants, on a salary ot £SOO per annum,
who at the end of live years’ exile, expect promo
tion in the mother country. It is divided in three
distiicts, and contains a population rougldv
estimate 1 at 50.000 souls, which, spread over the
whole surface, gives to every inhabitant room
and verge enough, at the rate of one and a fourth
to a square mile. Out of thirty thousand square
Hides, a ninth part is inhabited—the whole cen
tral portions being terra incognita, and as such
consigned permanently to the dominion of chaos
: and old night. The natives are poor, but honest,
virtuous, and well educated—the business of in
struction being conducted at home, under the
periodical superintendence of a bishop, who. in '
the case ot illiterate lovers anxious to marry, for- j
bids the banns until the parties can both read and :
write. Two-third of the farms—lo9s in number
or rather wilderness holdings, that feeds six
cows eight horses, and eighty sheep, belong to
me ivmg and the clergy, and a third to private
individuals. On the island, with ordained ussis
stants. there are Slo clergymen who preach, ac
cording to circumstances, in 313 churches, scat
tered over 27 square miles. The general stipend
h mere pittance—say £6l,yearly; on Sundays
t.u* pnestnood appear m a belter garb, while on
week days they labor as hard as others, shoeing
tueir own horses and performing all other mechan
ical operations. Trades and manufactures arc
very .itt.e, ii, at all known ; spinning, caiding.
weaving, dying, laboring, knitting Ac., are perfor
ineo at homo, and the people live very much like
tue inhabitants of the remoter Hebrides, by tend
ing cattle, and collecting hay, moss, and leathers
)at one season, and fishing at another, They are
gieat readers, and clurin_ the long nights of wln
tei. the master, or some other member of the I’ami
lv. reads aloud for the edification of ail who choose
j to listen.
i Mvstekious and Interesting —Bv the I
communication of 13. Chew, President of tiie *
Male Orphan AsyJum, a recent mysterious occur- j
rence in tins city has appeared in prim. I, seems !
a boy by tue name ot Oliver (/rice, who has been
j.ome ."roe or tour years in the Asylum, was on
Dm 1 ocsday permitted to leave the establishment
with a stranger, and neither man or boy have
i o 'eof bp"! Se ° n " ' i l ' he^'ir ' Ulg< r re P rese nfeo to
I ‘ ie ■>*. <he directors that the boy Oliver was inter
; J . ,n . an estate ’ ln Hamburg. 6outh Carolina
| 1)1 «'hich estate, the father ot the stranger was ,he i
i r Ci ;‘° r °! administrator. The hoy, it was sup- \
j posed by the superintendent, had a sister iivin
across too river, opposite the town of Lafayette '
and permission was given to the stranger to take
, ‘ il ' v ’ i: ” sistei. and on his return he
was to give such information as would bo 0 f in
interest to bo known respecting the property of
the i wo children.
J“ C !U f“ was tall and young, represented him
se.f as on ns way to the West, where, it is C on
iWturru he max have taken the bov. Oliver i* '
uesemed as being between 10 and 1 2 V ea.s of
I ag;!, interesting arid delicate, light complexion,
light brown hair, and was dieted in dark satin
et clothes. The President and directors or the
institution display much benevolent anxiety con
cerning the fate or condition of their orphan
f charge. * ,
How forcibly all this cal’s to mind Dickens
| touching story of Oliver Twist. In name as weh
as circumstance here we find coincidence and. re
■ semblance sufficient to excite a very novel and
lively interest, s-oms mystery evidently is con*
, nected with this poor orphan’s story, and perhaps
; conjecture could frame nothing more romantic
j than is the real history. "Where there is secrecy
, villany will always be suspected, and if the de
signs of this man were honest his conduct would
lof course have left no room for suspicion. At
any rate, information relative to man or boy, ob-
I tained in any quarter, should be immediately com
municated to the direction of the Asylum m this
, city.— Sew Orleans Picayune.
! Singular Escape.—A vessel was recently
n psized near the Scilly Islands so suddenly that
! it did not fill with water, the internal air being
i confined, and three men and a hoy who were in
, the cabin were shut in and remained three days
without food, and were afterwards rescued.
■SjNfin.AU Rexi.lv.— We find i>i a French
: Journal the account of the cure of a case of Hv
i drophohia by a large quantity of vinegar admin
istered to the patient by mistake. Count Leosi
na, a physician of Padua, hearing of the case,
exhibited the same remedy in a very violent case,
S and succeeded in effecting a perfect cure.
I
The Jarvis Case.—The melancholy litigation
j between Dr. Jarvis and his wife, which occupied
so much time in the Legislature of Connecticut
i last year, has been renewed, we regret to say, in
; the Chancery of this State. Mrs. Jarvis has
become a resident of this State, apparently for the
purpose of banging her grievances within the
purview of our tribunals. She sets forth in her
bill the same tale of wrongs inflicted, and its truth
is denied, as before, by the defendant. The mat
ter was argued last Saturday, before the Vice
| Chancellor, on the application of Mrs Jarvis for
an order compelling her husband to make provi
sion for her while the suit is pending—techni
cally called alimony. Farther argument is to be
heard on the next motion to-dav. —iY. V'. Com.
i Ad.
The leg-treasurers are swarming faster and
j taster to Texas. They know that, if brought to
I trial, the country will not clear them, and so they
are determined to clear the country.—Louisville
Journal,
AX ACT.
An Act to amend the Rent Laws of this State,
,so far as relates to the city of Augusta. To con
-1 firm the purchase of the bridges across the Sayan >
j nah River at Augusta, by the city Council cl Au-
I gusta, and to legalize the scrip i-sued in payment
j tor the same. 1 o confirm to the said city Council
certain piivilege- rclaive to said bridges—fuithei
to define the qualifications and dhaoilities of mem
| hers of said city Council. To change the lime ot
: holding the summer and fall sessions of the Couit
,of Common Pleas, of the city of Augusta. To au
| thorise the clerk of the city Council of Augusta, in.
! certain cases, to act as clerk of the said Court of
! Common Pleas, and to exempt the Mayor and
members of the city Council of Augusta, and the
i members of the Augusta Independent Fire Com
pany, from the performance of certain duties there
in specified, and for other purposes in said act con
} tained.
Sec. Ist. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
I 'J Representatives of the State of Georgia, in gen
s eral Assembly met , And it is heieby enacted, by
the authority ot the same, that in all cases where
i any person or persons shall lease or lent lands, a
house or houses in the city ot Augusta, and shall
afterwards under let the same, the sub-tenant o«
or suo-tenants shall be liable to the original les-oi
for the rent of the same, duiing the time such
I sub-teaaiit or sub-tenants may occupy or use
i the premises; and shall be proceeded against in
; the same way and manner for the recovery of the
i amount due, as if he, sne, or they were the first
lessee or lessees.
Sf.c. 2. And be it further enacted. That when any
tenant or sub-tenant in the city of Augusta, shall
lail to pay his or her rent, or any portion thereof,
within ten days after the same shall become doe,
the lessor may consider the lease at an end, and
i proceed against such tenant or sub-tenant, in the
! manner pointed out in the Act passed on the 24th
of December, 1827, entitled “An Act to amend
the rent laws of this State,” which shall apply to
j and govern such cases.
And whereas the city Council of Augusta have
purchased fromGazaway li. Lamar and others, th
bridges across the Savannah River at Augusta, and
have issued their bonds or s rip in payment for the
same. And whereas, the said city Council have
desired a confirmation of said purchase.
Sf.c. J. B - it enact dby the authority of rresaid.
I hat the purchase oi said budges, and the issue of
j such bonds or sot ip are hereby fully confirmed
and made valid ai d lee 11 io all intents and purposes.
SEC * 4. And be it further enacted. That the said
city t ouncilol Augusta, shad henceforth have all
the powers, authority r.ndp ivilege- vested by law
in the late owneis of -.fid bridges, and shall henc*-
lorth have the exclusive privilege of building,
erecting and keeping up bn ges across the Savan
nah River, at Augusta, withe, the corporate limits
ol said city, (which are here w extended on the
north, over -aid river to the bou.. lary line between
toi- State and the State ot South Carolina) with
power to collect the toll now authorized by law lu
relation to the bridges .standing at the time of such
puicha<e : Provided, that nothing m this act con
tained. shall be -o construed, as to impair the r«dit
title, claim or intere-t of any other p.-rson or pet
-eiis, in and to the lower bridge, comin.aly ca* ed
! the Augusta Bridge.
| / Sec - 0 And he it further enacted, Thu' the city
j Council of Augusta be, and they are In eby au- >
tbonzed to make and put in excution, all ordinan
ces necessary to protect their rights in the said ;
bridges and privileges therewith connected u -d to
prevent their interference therewith in any’wavci
manner,by any person or persons whatever: Pro
\ idea such ordinances he not repugnant to thecon
stition and laws of this State or o. the United
States.
Sf.c. 1.. And be it further enacted. That no mem
ber of the city Council of Augusta, shall hold any
office._ appointment or contract under said city
t onncil 1 wheiobv ho may derive any profit w emol
ument from -aid city Council) or the orfice of
•’V""*' 1 !>dier * d Couji of Common
lie;.-; nm -.tall any person holding or interested
m any such officer, appointment or contract, be eli
gudinas a member of the city Council, after the
l-t Monday in April next.
Sir. , And be it further enacted. That the «*s
sionsoi the C ourt of Common Pleas of the city ol
October m each year, instead of the times n«w
Augusta, shall hereafter he held on the 2d .Mondays
ol February and May,and 3d Mondays es July and
fixed by law. ‘ * ;
Sf.c. s. Andbc it furthel enacted, That m case or
a vacancy occurring in the office of clerk of the
Court ol Common Pleas of said city, the clerti oi
the city Council shall sign and issue any process, as
clerk of said Court, until such vacancy is filled la
the manner pre-cribed by law.
Sr. . 9. Andbt it fit t her enacted. That the Mayor
and members of the Council of the city of Augusta '
be, and they arc hereby exempted from the pei -
tsrmance ot ordinary militia duty, durinz the.
continuance in office. B
Sf.c. 10. And be it further enacted, That rhe
member- oi the Augusta Independent Fire Compa
uy. be and they are hereby exempted and released
CM ‘he*ld in r ‘l a -T e -° f JUry dut - v lu s*ny ol the
rim. l Provide! °‘ lhe countv of Rich
”: n l ley do 1101 exci ‘ cd thirty in num
a- firemen- gU ar m the diydur g e of their duty
CHAIILE.; J. JENKINS,
’ei ol the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS,
President of the Senate
Assented to, December 22d, IS4O.
I H ARLES J. McDONALD, Governor
Secretary or State’s Office, /
Milledgeville,Ga,, Dec. 31st, 1840. S
ei. tV £ ' 1e fi^ovc at: *d two foregoing pages
mntaui a true copy ol the original Act of file i«i
3 OUK \„ CT * ven under my hand and seal of
• A. lENILLt, Secretary of State