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CHRONIULL AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11.
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Thomas Earle, the Abolition candidate foj
Vice President, denies in a letter to the editors of
the National Intelligencer, the truth of the report
that he voted the Van Burcu Electoral ticket, in
Philadelphia.
The followidg sentiment was delivered at a re
cent celebration in New Jersey;
Amos Kendall —As sturdy a beggar as O’Connell,
with nothing of his plausibility or address; as reck
lessly impudent as Cobbett, without one half of his
talent; as treacherous as Arnold, without a spark
of his courage ; and as false to friendship as Judas
Iscariot, without wit or shame enough to hang
himself.
The New York Express of Monday, p. m <
Ba y S; — The rate of Exchange between thin City
and Philadelphia continues at 1 per cent., and un
der, which is as lowa rate as it will range at un
til the resumption takes place.
We learn from the Richmond Enquirer that
“Andrew Stevenson, Esq. our accomplished
Minister at the Court of St. James, has requested
to be recalled,” and that “he may leave London
about the first of March.”
Correspondence of the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Washington, January 4, 1841.
The Senate, to-day, was occupied chiefly with |
the consideration of the bill introduced oy Mr, ;
Benton, under the following title:
“ A Bill to establish a permanent prospective i
pre-emption system in favor of settlers on the pub- i
|ic lands, who shall inhabit and cultivate the same |
and raise a Log Cabin thereon.”
Mr. Clay, of Alabama, and Mr. Benton, advoca- !
ted at considerable length, the provisions of the
measure, and the general principles of the pre- |
eruption policy. Mr. Prentiss, of Vermont, oppo- !
se.l the measure in a clear and forcible speech. •
Mr. Mangum called upon the authors and leading ■
supporters of the measure, to give a more explicit j
exposition of its character and of the meaning of :
its provisions, than they had yet vouchsafed. He :
then proceeded to express his decided hostility to
the whele system which they^wished to establish.
He thought it unfair and unjust, and calculated to
operate for the benefit exclusively of the border
population, and against the interests of the old
States. At the suggestion of Mr. Mangum, the
phraseology of the bill was so modified.
Mr. Calhoun asked what were the regulations of
the new States themselves as to aliens holding |
land, and intimated that he would, by his vote. ;
conform to their practice.
Mr. Clay, of Alabama, said, that so far as he
knew, aliens were permitted to hold land in all
the new States, and no inconvenience had resulted
from the practice. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, sug
gested the propriety of postponing the farther dis
cussion of the bill for the present, so as to allow
time for moie deliberate consideration. He stated
his impression to be (though he did not speak from
certain knowledge,) that the laws of Indiana do
not allow aliens to hold land.
Mr. Buchanan avowed his readiness to meet the
proposition of Mr. Mangum with a decided negative.
The question, he said, had been raised in 1838, and
after discussion, was decided against imposing any '
such limitation so as to exclude foreigners.
Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, spoke with great ani
mation and earnestness, in favor of the proposition
to limit the peculiar and extraordinary advantages ;
conferred by the bill to citizens of the United I
States, and avowed his readiness to cast his vote as |
he did in 1838.
After some further discussion, the question was
taken ; and the amendment was rejected. The
bill was then laid over till to-morrow.
Tho miscellaneous business of tne day was un
important.
The President transmitted to the House of Re
presentatives some additional correspondence be
tween the Secretary es State and the British Min
ister, relative to the affair of the Caroline and the i
case of McLeod.
Mr. Fox, in his note, expresses surprise at the i
last letter of Mr. Forsyth, (already communicated
to you,) and says he will transmit it to his Govern
ment for consideration. lie declares that matters
have assumed a graver aspect, and will become ;
more so, if the authorities in New York should ;
persevere in bringing McLeod to trial and convic- I
lion—if he should not, in shoit, be surrendered to !
the Canadian British authorities as they request, j
she Minister then goes into some general state- i
xuents and reflections on the original question of
the seizure of the Caroline, which he justifies on
the ground that she was a piratical vessel, and
that the British had a right to take her.
In his note, he uses an expression, which crea
ted considerable excitement in the House. He
said that the Caroline wss “ nominally within the
territory of the United States” — as if Sen loss er i
was not clearly within our domain '
The message and accompanying documents were I
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. I !
will send copies to you as soon as they can be
procured,
'The day was chiefly devoted by the House to
the reception of petitions and memorials. I>.
Washington, Tuesday Evening, f
January sth, 1841. y
The House of Representatives was engaged
during the greater part of to-day, with the Penn
sylvania contested election case of Naylor and In
gersoll.
The public impression, unquestionably has besn
that the whole case was decided at the last session,
but the tact was not so. Mr. Naylor was admitted
to his seat, on the ground that he had clearly re
ceived a majority of the votes given in his district,
hut the Committee of Elections afterwards made a
report, which was laid on the table,and never acted
on during the last session. It was made the spe
cial order for to-day.
Mr. Medill of Ohio, one of the Loco Foco mem
bers of the Committee of Elections, offered a reso
lution to-day, to allow' Mi. Ingersoll and Mr. Nay
lor to address the House at the bar in the case
pening. This was objected to, on the gronnd that
Mr. Naylor had clearly a right to address the
House, as one of its members, entitled to speak
on -ail occasions. The resolution was modified so
as to refer to Mr. Ingersoll alone, and m that shape.
it was passed. But, it was understood afterwards,
that Mr. Ingersoll did not claim his scat, —but only
desired to make a speech in the House. And as
soon as this impression became general, a motion
was made to reconsider the vote, giving him per
mission to speak. It was ably sustained by seve
ral of the most distinguished members of the
House, and the debate was long and animated.
The motion to reconsider was finally rejected, and
Mr. Ingersoll was provided with a desk and seat
in the middle aisle.
The Speaker informed him that the Houso was
ready to hear what he had to say; and lie rose im
mediately and began his address.
We have heard so much of Mr. Ingersoll—it has
been so notorious here,how r that the blundering Van
Buren party thought so highly of him, that they
were particularly anxious to secure his return, in
order to make him leader of the party In the House,
that the gentleman had quite a large audience to
hear him begin.
But seldom have 1 seen an audience so complete
ly disappointed. Mr. Ingersoll’s manner was any
thing but attractive. It was cold, dull, formal and
quite after the fashion of a second-rate special
pleader. His voice is feeble, meagre, and inexpres
sive. He showed himself, in fact, at the outset, a
dry speaker ; he did not sustain the attention of
his large audience ten minutes, and before he had
spoken half an hour, he was left with a small as
semblage indeed. As a speech, it was a perfect
failure. His partizans starred at each other with
wonder and disappointment, you might have heard
in a dozen parts of the Hall, such remarks as the
following:
“Is this the great leader of the Loco Foco
| * ,
j party that was to her” “He knows nothing ol the
j temper of the House.” “He has no idea of the
! qualities required to give a man ascendancy over
i such a body as this,” &c. &c.
About 3 o’clock the House became so thin, that
I some friend of Mr. Ingersoll’s moved an adjourn
| meat, to, save him from further mortification, and
1 it was gladly agreed to by those whom he had
i bored for so long a time, with his elaborate repeti
j tions of all he had said before the Committee of
j Elections, repetitions, in the worst sense of the
j word, unenlivened by a single ray of novelty orin
j genuity.
j No other business was transacted in the House.
! In the Senate, the consideration of the Bill for
j establishing a prospective pre-emption system was
I resumed, but no final action was taken on the
| measure.
Mr. Clay of Kentucky, will give his views upou
j the Bill to-morrow.
I send you, by this day’s mail, the whole cor
respondence between the British Minister and the
Secretary o“ State, in reference to the affair of the
Caroline. D.
From the Savannah Republican.
Interesting tiom Florida.
We insert the following letter from one of our
valued Florida correspondents, received yester-
I day. While such words as bravery, honor and
j virtue exist, the name of Lieut. Sherwood will be
j engraved on every heart that reverences true no
| bleness of character. Search history from the
| days of the C’aesars down to the present time, and
1 you cannot find a more perfect example of sell
! sacrificing heroism than the one here related,
j Consult fiction and you find tales of greater hor
ror, perhaps more personal prowess, hut nothing
more noble, nothing more touching, nothing more
calculated to cause the unbiddent tear to fill
the eye. No man can do more than offer his
life to save his friend. What chivalric de
votion—what elevation of soul—what noble
ness ot purpose, must have animated the breast
of that hero, when, with an hundred rifles
aimed at him, he resolved on the instant to sacri
fice himself for a helpless young woman! it is
j by a painful effort that the mind leaves the con
| temptation of so much worth.
Fort Holmes, (E. F.) )
January 2d, IS4I. y
1 wrote you a few days since, and hope you
I received my letter. In it I gave you a hasty ac
count of Indian daring in their attack on a tram
1 of two wagons almost in the presence of one
■ hundred men; and they numbering not more than
; six. Wherever the Indian rifle is heard, there he
is sure to leave his mark, while all the exertions
| of the army are paralized by untoward circum
-1 stances beyond their control. Truly the Florida
I war is in every respect, both as to the mode of its
prosecution and nature, an anomaly in the affairs
of men.
I We have received another piece of news more
i thrilling than any thing that has occurred since
j Dade’s unfortunate affair, fn old times the he
j roism displayed in this a flair would have so cor
-1 rupted us, that no sacrifice, such as the follow
ing, will scarcely draw forth a sigh! I must con
fess I am afraid our national corruption will bring
upon us heavy calamities. Hut to the tale ol
heroism, and I would 1 had the pen of a Scott to
i do justice to the hero.
On the 29th ult. Lieutenants Sherwood and
; Hopson of the 7th Infantry, started Loin Mican
l ®py with Mrs. Montgomery, the young wife of
i Lt. M. of the same Regiment, for VVakahoota.—
| 1 hey had an escort of lea mounted men. which
! has been deemed amply large to travel through
the i erritory. About three miles Irom Micano
py they were attacked by about a hundred In
dians. Mrs. M. t the Sergeant Major of the 7th
and three privates were shot down. It is believ
ed (hat Mrs. M. was not then killed. Lt. Sher
wood most nobly dismounted, and in the face ot
this overwhelming savage foe, seized a musket
from one of Ibe dead soldiers, and heroically
j fought over the body ot Mrs. Montgomery, until
i overpowered, when his noble spirit took its flight
|to mansions of eternal rest. Jlis body was found
I lying over that of Mrs. M. with the musket in
his hands. Noble Sherwood! your friends will
I shed the tear of true sorrow at your untimely
fate, and your noble deeds stimulate your broth
ers in arms to acts of during, such as this land
has not witnessed, and your name become the
watch word for just retribution on our savage foe.'
A command was sent out immediately from
Micanopy, but could find nothing of the cowardly
enemy, though a force much smaller than their
own.
Important to Hohsemen-A Secret worth
Knowing . The day before yesterday we hap
pened to he passing in front of the United Stales
Hotel, when we observed a large crowd attracted
by an omnibus laden with passengers, which the
horses refused to draw. The driver had ti led
every expedient to urge on the animals—such as
the ordinary modes of whipping, coaxing, Ac
but all in vain, when our townsman, John C'
Montgomery, Esq., suggested the plan of tying a
string tightly round the horse's car close to tlie
head—the driver apprehending that Mr. M. was
disposed to quiz him, refused to make the trial
but Mr, M’s tying the twine around the horse’s
ear—having requested the driver to resume his
seat and to give his horses a loose rein, withoui
applying the whip—it operated like a charm, and
! the animals started off without further difficulty
to the infinite amusement and gratification of the
bystanders. Mr. M. stated to the crowd, that ht
had tried the experiment more than a hundred
times, and had never known it to fail but once.—
Fhilad. Standard.
, Our Affairs with Great Britain. —Below
will be found the correspondence, alluded to in the
; letter of our correspondent, between Mr. Forsyth
and Mr. Fox, to which we invite the attention ol
* our readers.
To the House of Representatives of the imted
States :
I think proper to communicate to the House
of I’epresentatives in further answer to their rc
1 solution of the 21st ultimo, the correspondence
which has since occurred between the Secretary j
. of the State and the British Minister on the same
subject.
M. VAN BUREN.
Washington, January 2, 1841,
j
i Mr. Fox to Mr. Forsyth.
Washington, December 29, 1840.
1 Sir ; I have the honor to acknow ledge the re
, ceipt of your letter of the 26th instant, in which,
} in reply to a letter which I had addressed to you
on the 13th, you acquaint me that the President
is not prepared to comply with my demand for
the liberation of Mr. Alexander McLeod of Up-
per Canada, now imprisoned at Lockport, in the
State of New York, on a pretendant charge of
I murder and arson, as having been engaged in the
- destruction of the steamboat Caroline, on the 29th
x of December, 1837.
j- I learn with deep regret that such is the deci-
sion of the President of the United States; and
I cannot but foresee the very grave and serious
consequences that must ensue, if, besides the in
t jury already inflicted upon Mr. McLeod, of a vex
i atious and unjust imprisonment,and lurtherharm
j may be done to him in the proceeding.
» I have lost no time in forwarding to her Ma
jesty’s Government in England, the correspon
dence that has taken place, and I shall aw r ait the
* further orders of her Majesty’s Government with
e respect to the important question which that cor
e respondence involves.
r But I feel it my duty not to close this commu
nication without likewise testifying my vast re
gret and surprise at the expressions which 1 finu
1 repealed in your letter with reference to the des
■ traction of the steamboat Caroline. I had confi
-1 dently hoped that the first erroneous impressions
i of the character of that event, imposed upon the
mind of the United States Government by partial
and exaggerated representations, would long since,
have been effaced by a more strict and accurate
E examination of the facts. Such an investigation
‘ must even yet, lam willing to believe, lead the
U. States Government to the same conviction with
which her Majesty’s authorities on the spot w'ere
impressed, that the act was one, in the strictest
, sense, of sell-defence, rendered absolutely neces
sary by the circumstances of the occasion, for the
e safety and protection of her Majesty’s subjects,
and justified by the same motives and principles
a which, upon similar and well known occasions,
have governed the conduct of officers of the Unit
. ed States. Tho steamboat Caroline was a hos
tile vessel, engaged in piratical war against her
Majesty’s people; hired from her owners for that
1 express purpose, and knowar to be so beyond the
possibility of doubt. The place where it was
destroyed was nominally, it is true, within the
territory of a friendly power; but the friendly
poWer had been deprived, through overbearing,
piratical violence, of the use of its proper authori
r ly over that portion of territory. The aulhori
‘ ties of New \ ork had not even been able to pre-
J j vent the artillery of the State from being carried
e ats publicly at midday, to be used as instruments
of war against her Majesty’s subjects. It was
e under such circumstances, which, it is to he hoped,
J will never recur, that the vessel was attacked by i
. a party of her Majesty’s people, captured, 'and
destroyed. A remonstrance against the act in
question has been addressed by the United States
*j to her Majesty’s Government in England. lam |
*; j not authorized to pronounce the decision of her
! Majesty’s Government upon that remonstrance;
s i hut I have felt myself bound to record, in the
. mean time, the above opinion, in order to protest
; in the most solemn manner against the spirited
1 ‘ and loyal conduct of ner Majesty’s officers and
s ! people being qualified, through an unfortunate
' ! misapprehension, as I believe, of the facts, with
■’ i the appellation of outrage or of murder.
1 avail niyself of this occasion to renew to you
(lie assurance ol rav distinguished consideration.
H. S. FOX.
Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Fox.
J Department of State,
Washington, Dec. 31, 1840.
i Sin , 1 have the honor to acknowledge the re
e ceipt of your note of the 29th inst. in reply to
a mine ot the 26th, on the subject of the arrest and
e j detention of Alexander McLeod as one of the
s perpetrators ot the outrage committed in New
- York when the steamboat Caroline was seized
a and burnt. Full evidence of that outrage has
s heed p r esented to her Britannic Majesty’s Govern
s j incut, with a demand lor redress, and of course
1 no discussion of the circumstances here, can be
e | either useful or proper; nor can I suppose it to
ej he your desire to invite it. 1 take leave of this I
- j subject with this single remark, that the opinion
- | so strongly expressed by you on the facts and
■ j principles involved in the demand tor reparation
- j on her Majesty’s Government by the United
= j States, would hardly have been hazarded, had you
* j been possessed of the carefully collected testimo
-5 j ny which has been presented to your Government
in support of that demand.
1 I avail my self ot the occasion to renew to you
the assurrace of my distinguished consideration.
f JOHN FORSYTH:
1 ■ From the Tallahassee Star oj the nth inst.
i
. | The Indians.
- j The late accounts from the seat of war in the
1 | East, are most gratifying to every one at all in
terested in the welfare of Florida, as they give
■ additional hopes ot a speedy close to the disastrous
1 war, and the removal of the Indians trom within
1 the limits of our Territory. Many of the Indian?
' are without doubt sincere in their desire for peace,
1 and though we have hut little faith in the most
1 of their promises, yet we are disposed to believe,
1 if proper steps arc taken, the difficulties will he
1 shortly brought loan amicable settlement.
Many circumstances justify such a conclusion;
and we hope wc will not again be disappointed.
* J’hcre are yet, it is probable, many of the small
hands in favor ol a continuance ol the war, and
5 who will continue tor a time their depredations.
in connexion with ihe whites supposed to be
1 among them ; yet wc think they will be covin
t ced °t the utility ot peace, and succumb to (he
r j known will of the majority, and finally to their
j removal to Arkansas.
1 Fire. —a fire broke out between 4 and 5 j
o’clock yesterday morning, in the Bakery situated
s in Boundary, next door to the corner of \Vashing- ;
J ton-street, occupied by J. G. Hahn & Co., and ;
® owned by Mr. John A. Cook, which, together !
with the wooden house immediately East, the I
s property ol Dr. Gadsden, vvete entirely consum
> cd. ihe wooden building at the corner of ihe |
above streets, also owned by Mr. Cook, was much
1 injured by the flames. There was no insurance !
R on the property.— Charleston Courier ufSatur - \
s dan.
1, J
s Sih.cie.— Ihe Philadelphia Enquirerol *Batur
* day the 2d says:—“We understand that the U. |
! Bank has now in her vaults, more than $4,-
000,000 in specie. All doubts as to a general j
’ resumption have disappeared, and we begin to |
e indulge a hope that our community will glide so 1
e gradually Iron, suspension into resumption, that !
l ie affair will not create a momentary sensation, j
Ihe truth is, very httle difficulty is experienced i
even now wuh regaul to small change.” I
Correspondence of the Brother Jonathan.
The lons, low, black looking Schooner—
a Second Captain Kidd—his Marriage—
his Union with the Church—his Pirati
cal Enterprise.
Savaitxah, Ga., December 23, 1840.
ou remember of course, “ the Ions; low black
Schooner.' which was hovering about the New
Jersey Coast, some months ago, and was suspec
ted of having attacked the packet ship Susque
hanna 1 Some ten days since, Mitchell, the cap
j tain of that same schooner, came into this port
m a Baltimore Clipper, with a captian. and a
crew of five men. Mitchell stated that they had
been at the Bahamas, to dig for some money,
which he said had been buried there about twen
ty years ago—but that he had overheard the
crew resolving to kill him when they had obtain
ed possession of the money and divide it among
themselves; in consequence of which he had re
fused to p«int out the spot where the money was
buried, and they had finally steered for this port.
The crew r has since libelled the Clipper, and im
prisoned the captain for deficient of wages; while
Mitchell has been zealously at w ork to obtain
assistance to prosecute another voyage of the
same character. He says that he was never a
pirate—but only a privateer ; that he has been
engaged in that capacity for many years, chiefly
under the authority of the Brazilian flag—and
that on one ot the Keys of the Bahamas, which
he calls Bull Key, lies buried treasure to the
amount of seven millions and a half of dollars!
Os this amount, seventy-five thousand dollars
is in Spanish coin, and the bulk of the remainder
in bar gold. There is also a cross, of pure gold,
manufactured for a Church in Havana, weighing
seventeen pounds —a diamond as large as a
“ booby s esg ’ —and two watches made for the
Queen of Portugal. He offered all his hidden
wealth, one half to any firm in the city, which
would advance money to lit him out, and ten
thousand dollars to any young men w'ho would
accompany him as companions in the voyage.
His endeavors have finally been successful; a
lirm in good repute, ot which the senior member
is a communicant of the Bablist church, and the
junior a quondam Methodist preacher, (I spare
their names for their reputation's sake, although
the transaction is common talk here,) has char
tered a fast sailing schooner, hired a captain at
seven hundred dollars per month, and prevailed
on a clerk of their own (a religious man,) and
one or two other young men, in addition, to ac
company him. In the mean time, Mitchell has
joined the Methodist. Church, and promises it a
share of the spoils—to the amount of seventy-five
thousand dollars. On Thursday last, he saw a
young French girl, a communicant of the same
church, and married her on Saturday evening;
he being si vty odd years of age, and she but
twenty. She has probably caught the Captain
Kidd infection, and Alls her imagination with
dreams of luxury and’ wealth.
Mitchell is a tall man, with grey hair, and a
very sinister and forbidding aspect. He
lost the sight ot one eye, and is lame from an
inlury to one of his feet, in a conflict with a mob
in Mobile. These are not the first efforts af
ter the buried money. A schooner left Charles
ton, under the same circumstances, two or
j three years ago, landed at the designated spot,
j and commenced digging; but the conduct ol
j Mitchell was so singular and suspicious, that
! they became alarmed, forced him on board, and
| returned.
The chartered schooner, the “ Magnet,” sail
ed ou yesterday morning with some seven men,
beside .Mitchell on board. 1 here are various
views entertained in relation to the enterpise.
; Some imagine that the old fellow is deranged,
j and that the whole matter will end m smoke.
| Others entertain serious fears that be desires to
1 gel possession of a vessel, that these men will
I be surprised by wretches in concealment on the
key, or coasting in the vicinity, and that Savannah
will never see them more. The Captain goes
well armed, however, for such a contingency.
The worst aspect of the affair is the connec
tion of church members and a church with this
abandoned wretch. Admit that he be nothing
worse than a privateer— yet he who takes advan
tage of a conflict between nations other than his
own, to prey upon his fellow men, is no better
I ao, not a whit than a pirate; and there is an
old and true saying, that “ ihe partaker is as bad
as the thiel.” Such circumstances afford tri
umphant material for those who are disposed to
cavil at religious effort, and look upon professing
Christians as hypocrites.
From the Savannah Republican of the iitft.
The Magnet has returned from the Bahamas,
i'he amount ot specie brought by her has not
been officially stated to us ; but, according to re
port, it is some.vbere between 0 and £4,0u0.000,
or possibly the amount may be at one of these
two extremes. Some say that the Island w here
the gold was buried, has been washed away
others, that they did not dig deep enough
others, that the Magnet with her dividing rod.
has actually produced the goud ands Her.
U e have not heard about the images, <Scc. but
w r e are inclined to the belief that the exploring
party found more crosses than crucif.res. during
their expedition.
I com the A etv 1 ork Courier a/id Enquirer of the 4//<
Shipwreck.— W e regret to announce the loss
ot the splendid brig John Gilphin, Captain Eyere.
She left the city at 10 o clock on Friday morn
ing last, bound to \ alparaiso, with a fair wind
and tide. At halt past 11, whilst going rapidly
nearly before the w ind, she struck upon the west
bank. Mr. Britton, a highly respectable New
\ ork pilot, was in charge of the vessel at the
time. A steamboat passed them shortly after,
and within hall an hour the pilot boat Washing
ton No. 2 ; but although signals of distress were
hoisted, and guns wore fired, no endeavor was
made to render any assistance. The vessel soon
filled, and will no doubt be a total wreck. .She
was owned in this city by Mr. John Griswold &
Co,, and had been repaired since her last voyage
from Canton at an expense of G a >BOOO. Os
her cargo, which consisted principally of drv
goods suitable tor the fc*. American market, valued
at £OO,OOO, a portion w ill be saved in a damaged
state. File insurance on the vessel and cargo bv
ill® offices in W all street is understood to be about
£48,000, which will probably cover half the loss.
Ihe officers and seamen, some of whom were
fitted out lor a three years voyage, are groat suf
ferers, a several of them saved nothing but the
clothing they wore at the time of the accident.
The Southampton Minders.
We learn from the Norfolk Beacon, that at
j least £15,000 in silver have been found on the
| premises of Mr. Scott, the Quaker who was mnr
! deed, together with five of his household, bv a
j miscreant who had invaded the home of a miser-
I ly old man under the (impulses of a diabolically
i criminal cupidity. J
I Lottkr v Swindlers Swixuleb.— Within
| a P ;ist ’ we understand a company has
! established an Express between*this city and
i m eW ) o,k, , a w“ tele graphic despatch between
! thls c,, - v and Wilmington; by means of which it
I receive drawings in a very few minutes m
i this ci tv, and run them through to New V ork in
i a little over lour hours, giving their agents in both
: cities ample time to purchase and secure the
: “lucky numbers to any extent—The operation
i has been pretty extensive, completely breaking
I “P some ol tlle swindlers, and causing others to
flutter in the wind.— Philadelphia Ledger.
I hi: Death of a Jluoe—The Fortland
Advertiser announces the death of the Hon P
late Ghief Justice ol the Supreme Court
* Philosophical Composure.
■ The anecdote below is so well related, and its
■ application so happy, that we cannot forego the
' pleasure of inserting it in a conspicuous place.
It is from the Philadelphia North American.
We cannot but admire the philosophical com
c posure of the President’s last Message. It is so
r free from passion, so resigned, so exempt from ihat
‘ petulance which usually iollows disappointment.
■ There it lies, amid the ruins of the party whose
■ sentiments it breathes, quiet as a lake that has
t rocked itself to rest after a storm. Every thought
1 in it, like a weary bird on the wave, folds its
1 wings in repose.
. It reminds us of an incident that occurted in
• our experience on the plain of ancient Troy.
? We had landed on the stiand opposite the island
■ of Tenedos, where the Greeks debarked on that
I night when they laid the city of poor Priam in
■ ashes. Our party had left on horseback for the
s ‘Fount of Helen,’ which still gushes fresh as
• when that paragon of beauty laved her limbs in j
■ its crystal waters. For the sake of a ride in an
e araba, vve remained to superintend the transporta
i tion of the provisions which were to supply the
c party for two or three days. The araba was stow
d ed full with these articles for the trencher. In
a addition to the solids there were flasks ol milk
y and wine, a jar of Hibla honey, and a dozen ot
J London porter. A yoke of buffaloes was then
1 attached to the aiaba, and a quiet Turk past mid-
B die age took his seat at our side as driver.
■' The buffaloes started off at the word, running
s this way and that, much as they liked, for the
r Turk had no means of guiding them, except a
single rope attached to one of their horns. But
? with this and a long stick he was able to keep
a their heads generally towards that quarter of the
e heaven where our place of destination lay. But
i a dog rushing past us in pursuit 3f game, so fright
i ened them, they sprang at once at the top of their
i speed, ove, rocks and ruins, like an unspent ball,
I till the pedestal of a column striking the axle
of the araba, it flew into forty pieces, and down
a came chickens, ham, bread, porter, honey, milk
r and the Turk, all in one mess together !
b The man of the turban however stuck fair on
? his seat, with his eye still fixed on the buffaloes,
a which he watched till they disappeared in the
- woods. Then taking his pipe from his belt, and
t replenishing its bowl, he smoked. The composure
1 of his face, the tranquility with which the purple
1 wreaths from the pipe ascended into the still at- j
• mosphere, taught us a lesson of philosophy which I
s We shall-hot sdon forget. The incident is brought
i freshly back to our recollections by the philoso- |
B phical quietude of the President's Message.
i
Cotton from Bombay.
| The exports of Cotton from Bombay to Eng- j
( land from Ist January to Ist October. 1840, show j
an increase over the same period of 1839, of 51,- 1
911 bales—the whole number of bales in 1839 |
i being 86,242, and 1840 138,153 bales.
i The Legislature of New Hampshire has passed j
j a law abolishing imprisonment for debt.
Wetumpka.—We learn from the Wetumpka
r 'Fimes, that in an affray in that city on the 25th
, ultimo, a Mr. Lowry was stabbed and killed by a
1 Mr Chapman.
t
j From the Boston Atlas.
Epigrams.
There is no kind of wit which pleases us more,
, than a good, pungent epigram. In this descrip
s tion of humor the English language is very lich.
■ In almost all our great poets we meet with epi
. grams continually, and they are scattered “thick
• as autumnal leaves’’ throughout the humbler
a walks of letters. Dr. Johnson has writtten one
I upon George 11, and his poet-laureat, Cibber, j
p which for grave sarcasm, is almost unexcelled:— j
“Augustus still survives in Maro’s train.
And Spencer’s verse prolongs Eliza’s reign:
Great George’s acts let tuneful Cibber sing,
For nature made the poet for the king.”
s One of the wits of Queen Anne’s time, thus
I writes concerning a notorious plagiarist by the
‘ name of Moore;—
“Moore always smiles whenever he recite*;
He smiles (you think) approving what he wutes — j
| j And yet in this no vanity is shown;
J A modest man may like what’s not his own.”
Here is another on Cibber:—
a |
y i “in merry old England it once was a rule
3 ; The king had his poet and also his fool;
Hut now we’re so frugal, I’d have you to know it,
I hat Cibber can serve both lor fool and for poet.”
Robert Tannahill, a Scotch poet, is the author !
‘ ; of a pretty little epigram on woman;—
t
“Nature, impartial in herosids,
When she made man the strongest,
In justice then, to make amends,
Made woman’s tongue the longest.”
i i
j Garrick is the author of a capital epigram on
I Sir John Hill, a physician and dramatist. We
believe that it runs thus:—
“For farces and physic,
t His equal there none i<;
His farces are physic,
His physic a farce is.”
Dr. Aldridgs’s “five reasons for drinking,” con
i lain a good deal of humor, mixed with ther epi
f( grammatic point, and undoubtedly give the true
philosophy of the toper: —
“Good wine; a friend; or being dry;
Or —lest we should be, by and bv;
Or—any other reason why.”
r There is a smart epigram made by some wit on
t the circumstances ot a card-playing voung lady
marrying her gardener:—
“ fiumps ever ruled the charming maid
, i Sure all the world must pardon her;
Tna destinies turned up a spade, —
, she married John the gardener.”
i Byron, we believe, is the author of the follow
i ing couplet on a selfish politician, who commit
■ ted his speeches to memory:—
“C. has no heart you say, —but I deny it: —
He lias a heart, —he gel his speeches by it."
In “Don Juan there is a great number of ex
[ cellent epigrams, but so mixed up are they with
I the reflections ot the poet that separation would
materially dull their point. We conclude with !
( one from Tom Moore;
“I never gave a kiss, says Prue,
; To naughty man, for 1 abhor it:
She never gave a kiss ’tis true,
. She’ll take one tho’, and thank you for it.” j
I'he Belgian Giant Octboxe.—New Vork
t has long been acknowledged the “Empire State,”
a hut we were not aware that it produced the lar- I
gest Man in the world. Charles Freeman, how- |
t ® ver > a youth of 19, the growth of some of the tall
forests in the Western part of the State, entirely 1
overtops Mans. Bthin and measures 7-t feet
' and can lift 1500 lbs. He chartered a steamboat
and an extra train of cars, and has arrived in this
city. — tiostbn l unes.
1 . New Method to Clean Glass.—Powder
i finely indigo and dip into it a moistened rag, with 1
t which smear the glass, and wipe it off with a dry i
i cloth V ery finely sifted ashes, applied by a rag
i dipped in spirts will also answer well, but Span- !
i ish white is apt to roughen the glass.
A collection was once taken where the plates
were handed round by wives and daughters. One
of theseyoung ladies was extremely pretty ; and
a gentleman w hispered to her, as he put in four
guineas. “ I hese are for your blight eyes.” The
1 damsel again held out her plate. “What! more
• wanted l said the gentleman. “ i es, sir, (replied
t she) 1 now want something for the poor F’ He
was obliged to shell out.
DIED,
in this city, yesterday, Jeremiah H. Clarke,
formerly of Boston, Mass.
SAILING OF STEAM SHIPS.
FROM ENGLAND. FROM THE U. STATES.
Caledonia, 805t0n,..-.Jan 1
President, Liverpeol,..Dec. 1 NewlorkJan. *
Columbia, Liverpool,. .Dec. 4 Boston,.. .Jan. J
Acadia,... Liverpool,..Dec. 4 Boston,...leb. J
I Br. Queen, London,....Jan. 1 NewYorkFeb. I
Britannia, Liverpool,. .Jan. 4 Boston, Feb. 1
Gt. Western, Bristol,. .Jan. 12 New York Feb. 10
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool, December 4
1m test dates from Havre, December 2
Savannah, January 8.
Cotton. —Arrived since the 31st ult. 4,244 bale*
Upland and 285 hales 8. I. Cotton, and cleared at
the same time 1742_ bales Upland Cotton; leaving
a stock on hand, inclusive of all ©n shipboard not
cicared on the Stli inst., of 11,838 bales L pland
and 606 bales S. I. Cotton. We have no change to
record in the value of Upland since the date of our
last report, although occasional sales have been
made at a small reduction from the asking prices ;
but the week closes with a fair demand at the cur
rent rates : a very material deficiency in the crop
of Georgia is universally admitted, and to this cause
is attributed the light receipt into this and other
towns ; the sales of the weeK amount to 2340 bale*
Upland, viz—22 at 9; 95 at 9i; 48 at 9 h 79 at 9^;
45 at 94; 205 at 9s; 525 at
at 9|; 446 at 10; 17 at 10|; 9 at 10$. Sea Island has
been in good demand at improved prices: the advance
in this description during the last month has been
cts lb. The sales are 108 bales, viz.— 3at
22; 1 at 23; 2 at 24; 4 at 245; 5 at 25; 6 at 265;
4 at 26; IS at 27; 13at2S; 2 at 28$ 22 at 29; 13
at 30; 12 at 31; 3 at 34; and stained 3 at 15 (a> 20.
Receipts of Cotton at the following places since
October Ist. 1840 1839,
Georgia, Jan. 8 36510 55204
South Carolina, Dec. 31, 66946 83602
Mobile, Dec. 31, 42873 28016
New Orleans, Dec. 29, 304432 302634
Florida, Dec. 19, 6110 3240
North Carolina, Dec 12, 1254 1592
Virginia, N©v. 10, 1800 2500
459925 47678*
The following is a statement #f the stock of cot
ton on hand at the respective places named: —
Savannah, Jan. 8, 11814 15074
South Carolina, Dec. 31, 18713 21176
Mobile, Dee. 31, 21240 16583
I New Orleans, Dec. 29, 127554 131910
Virginia, Nov. 10, 600 1000
North Carolina, Dec. 12, 300 1000
Augusta & Hamburg, Jan. 1, 20551 35000
Macon, Jan. 1, 11987 - 30143
Florida, Dec. 19, 1800 12009
Philadelphia, Dec. 26, 596 3453
New York, Dec. 23, 9000 6000
224515 273358
Hice. —A fair business lias been done rn thia ar
ticle since our last, at steady prices. The sales of
the week amount to 1214 casks, viz : '52 at $2 13-
16; 100 at s2|; 380 at S2 J; 682 at $3. We quote
| >2-| (S $3.
I Hour. —The business of the week in this arti
j cle has been light,the sales being couhned to small
1 I°f s foT home use at former rates. Sales of Howard
i street Canal $6.
Corn. —Sales of one cargo 3000 bushels at
cents. Retail from store at 60 da) 65, with a good
supply.
Groceries. —ln Co lee, Sugar and Molasses, tiro
transactions continue moderate, being confined to
small lots to supply store keepers. Sales of St.
Croix Sugar, s9s; New Orleans do. pi. Hro Cof
fee 1 I|. Molasses 22; New Orleans do. 33.
Salt. —Sales of /00U bushels Liverpool, arrived
in the week at 25 cents; 500 sacks sls; 500 sacks
from store $1 20.
Bacon, in this article there is little doing, and
| our quotations are with difficulty obtained.
tspit its. —ln domestic Liquors sales of small lots
I to store keepers at quotations.
i Exchange. —On England 11 cent premium.—
| Dralts at sight on New York, 21 (a 3 «• cent pre
mium.
j Freights. —To Liverpool, dull at §(3 T-16d. in
British vessels, lo .New \ ork, 75 cents ©#■ square
and $1 p- round bale.
Statement of Cotton.
\ . . , Upl’dt. 8. I.
j J’tock on hand, Ist October, 1983 2t
j Received since 31st Dec., 4244 223
Lo previously 31444 597
~ 4 . 37671 848
Exported this week 1742 00
Do previously 24091 242 25533 242
Slock on hand, including all on ship
board not cleared on the Bth inst, 1183 s 60s
Charleston, January 9th.
0 oa.-- l lie operations in this article succour
! |* vi . ew of th * lst inst -, have been limited ; and
1 ™ Vfr n .° ne ' V le<ltUie t 0 notice in the market,
except tnat in the finer sorts, the asking prices of
j J he pi , evious week were obtained. The operations
; *l e t b ! eQ , conbned Purchases for Northern ac
, count and speculators, who, however, have ope
| rated but to a limited extent The prevailing pH
for to a buv"r enJ ' Ulppeand - ejiler^rom the market,
, present rates, when compared with
would bea! 1 ° n Sther ' lde :at th « advices,
we?el seve h S r g K USineSSt; 511 concerned. There
ere| several of this class t.f buyers as well a.
limited seders for the home trade, look
ol^thp U ma!if't e^ a ' u teehn St a,! il were > the pulse
limit,, 1 ket; but holders, in t usequence of the
a reduction' actuall - v 011 sale > Wol >ld not submit to
a reduction in prices. The transactions of the
Tt 9 rout%X ba ‘o S i aS foll °* s ~ 7 ;25
a :,„> I '9 At - 141 at
104**190* 3,54 at 10; 73 “t 10 t; 535 M
10i; 129 at lUg; 462 at 10$; 132 at lu?- and 146
Lone Cetton m * ’ b ’ Very llttle has done *n
i Hong Letton during the week. About 20 batrs S 1
white brought 38; 33 from 40 to
per lb W Stai!ied d - froru 18 t 0 20 cent.
‘ quiet—thn niarket has also been lather
prices of thP CS ’ however * have been at the full
; prices ol the previous week Ahmit ionn
• 100. 4 3 °' lb; and 170 tierces at 5-16
' one S'*'*"- 1 lie sales of the week reach io .
chaneei Sl^wv whole of w’hieS
, o tu nan(ls within quoted ratp*
:t> bushel. No Oats, Peas * or® t cenU
ceived during the whir n H J have been re '
articles are enn aa Ce !v our Quototions for these
*52 nominal.
• article * d ? maud foi ' all d **criptions of this
rnoie it ODtlnues l imite 6. About 200 bbls. Ba!t»-
gifl“- frouT^ l haVe beeu so,d at Prß'* s * rang
wharf k t to 5 superior Virginia, from the
l whaithave been selling in small lots, at s6s v
1 Bacon. Th e market for this article i* very dull.
Lard, la small lots to the retail trade, ha*
brought 9 and 10 cts. lb.
fry little has been done iu this article *
during the week. Several small lots coarse Liv
-1 el 'P°°L has beeu sold to the couairy trade at 41
and 1,30 p sack. - '
I „ Sugars. Our Sugar niaiket Pas been very quiet 1
’ throughout the week. Louisiana i» small lets ha*
commanded 6$ to 7± cts. p- lb. About 70 hhd.
t ( P1 . )1,J Rico have been taken by tke grooors at 9*
9$ and9s cts. * lb. Received this
W est Indies 85 hhds,—6o boxes and 40
j and 25 hhds.coastwise. d ° hall boKe *
Cofee. —The receipts of the we*-k r.
i Hio. coastwise, which so y t? "
•VS ranging from Iljto 11 A- » lb at n '
j operations iu Cuba to report ** h e
".JfelS, h ” •, -psklu*. 4..
about 400 bbls of which f tICU arly Orleans,
ees not i
j‘*7 sol,i at the follow Z M h .7-\T‘
tea. •* . .