tinued : “ No, Constance, though it breaks my
heart to do so, I give you back your freedom,
saying, in the pathetic words of flaynes Bay*
lev, ‘ May your lot in life be happy, undisturbed
bv thoughts of me!” ’ I was just making to the
door, leaving Constance looking more like
Niobe than Hebe, when Temple said, “I think
the party had better remain till I have read the
codicil.'’
I reseated myself in amaze, and Temple
forthwith read that the testator, being convinced
that he had received no benefit from the cold
water system, revoked and rescinded his lega
cy to it, bequeathing the same to his beloved
niece, Constance Graham.
“Constance! dear Constance!” I exclaimed,
in the softest of tones. But Constance looked
neither like Hebe nor Niobe, but as stern and
severe as Medea. I then attacked Temple.
“Is it legal,” I said, “only to read part of a
will ?”
“ I read every word of the will,” he replied,
“ and having greatly fatigued myself by so do
ing, I trust that it was perfectly legal to refresh
myself with a glass of sherry before I read the
codicil.”
I was going to utter some further remarks,
when Constance’s mother said, “Good morn
ing, Dr. Chilton ?” in a tone of voice which left
me no alternative but to echo her leave-taking,
and I descended the stairs, pursued by a smoth
ered laugh from the party in the drawing-room,
returned home in very low spirits, and entered
my adventure, or rather misadventure, in my
diary, deducting from it this very valuable piece
of advice to gentlemen in search of fortune:
“Never believe that a will is concluded till you
have inquired whether there is any codicil to
it.” —London Magazine.
Pursuit ok Knowledge under Difficul
ties. —The following is a most remarkable and
praise-worthy instance of what perseverance
and industry, rightly directed, are able to effect.
Among the graduating class at the Commence
ment last week, at Williams College, was one
by the name of Condit, from New Jersey.
This gentleman is a shoe-maker, is married, and
has a family of four children. Six years ago,
becoming sensible of the blessings of an edu
cation. he commenced learning the simple
branches, such as are taught in our primary
schools. One by one, as he sat on his shoe
maker’s bench, he mastered grammar, arith
metic, geography, &c., with some occasional
assistance from his fellow-workmen. At this
time he determined to obtain a collegiate edu
cation. Without means, and with a large fami
ly depending on him for support, he com
menced and learned Latin and Greek in the
evenings, after his day’s labor was over, under
the direction of a friend, and after the lapse of
a year and a half, prepared himself, and enter
ed the Sophomore Class of Williams College
He brought his bench and tools, as well as his
books with him The students supplied him
with work ; the faculty assisted him ; and to
gether with the fund for indigent students and
some occasional assistance from other sources,
he was enabled to go through the college
course : and at the same time support his family.
He graduated last week, on his birth-day, aged
thirty-two. He stood high in his class, and re
ceived a part at Commencement, bin declined.
At the farewell meeting of the class, in consi
deration of his perseverance, talents and Chris
tian character, they presented his wife with an
elegant set of silver spoons, tea and table, each
handsomely engraved with an appropriate in
scription.
Mr. Condit will now enter the Theological
Seminary at New York, and will no doubt
make a faithful and popular minister.
What young man in this country will ever,
after such an example as this, despair of ob
taining an education. — X. Y. True Sun.
Waiting for Returns.
The Editor of the Nashville (Tenn.) Union
is a wag and a philosopher, as well as being a
Democrat of the “ nnterrified” school. In a 1
account of |
either party, as the returns came in by this and
that stage, from the close of the poll down to
the settlement of the question *• Who’s Gov- |
ernor ?” nearly a week afterward, by the arri
val of the mail bringing the vote of the ex
treme eastern counties. It was midnight on
the Wednesday after election, and he thus de
scribes the closing scene:
“ The Union office and the Post Office were filled
with Democrats waiting to hear the news, and there
was quite a respectable number in the street. Only
. one VA big was to be seen. The junior publisher of the
Whig was in the crowd, waiting to hear the news as
a matter of business, and ready to laugh let either
win.
“ At a quarter past twelve the rattle of wheels were
heard—the stage was coming! The crowd of Demo
crats ran to the Post Office, while we, rather nervous
we confess, spread out six sheets of clear foolscap, on
which to figure losses and gains. But alas ! the news
needed no figures ! We heard some one say in the
street, ‘ Eleven hundred gain in the first and second
districts!’ Our anxiety to learn who had gained
‘ eleven hundred’ was feebly broken by a feeble and
isolated shout, ‘ Oh, my Neil!’ Not'one shout for
Aaron iti all that crowd ! it was enough for us ! The
clean white paper before us was lelt blank till morn
ing. We made no figures that night, although we
can swear to having made some hasty tracks for borne.
“But that feeble shout, ‘Oh, my Neil! was not
long unanswered. In two minutes Deaderick-street.
swarmed. Each alley in the vicinity of the Post. Of
fice sent fortb its squad of Whigs, and from the shad v
side of the bank and the houses in the vicinity spran,u
crowds. The first feeble shout was as potent as
Roderick Dim’s whistle, which
‘ Garrisoned the glen,
At once with full five hundred men,’
“ These things would not have been seen if the
news had been bad for them. They would have
sneaked home, and 'let on as though they hadn’t
been doing nothing. ’
“ ieft them shouting, and went home to sleep
soundly. But the next time we sit up till one o’clock
to wait for news by the ‘ East Tennessee mail,” will
be after we have forgotten the dulling shower bath of
the night of Wednesday, August 11, 1847.”
Importance of Improving Time.— But few
seem to he fully aware of the importance of
improving time. Yet there are those among
the most considerate who know how to appre
ciate the value of time. -They evince this in
their efforts to do good, and to promote use
fulness in the world. Indeed the conduct of
all tends to convince every one of the necessity
of improving time, could they fully realize
how soon their days on earth would be num
bered. This idea is often overlooked. This is
perhaps one prominent reason why so many
permit hours, days, and even weeks to run to
waste. If man were created for no other pur- i
pose than to spend his time in idleness, it would
not be so strange to see a people manifesting
so little concern about improving the passing |
moments. But as God has enjoined it upon |
man to improve the talents committed to his
trust, it is astonishing to see multitudes living
as though no such duty was imposed upon them.
Time should be improved to the best advan
tage, or bat little will be acomplished. Time
must be improved, or the cause of truth will i
suffer a great loss. In short, any one who ne- I
gleets making efforts to promote, advance and
extend the cause of truth, in literary attain
ments or otherwise, is guilty of a mural wrong, I
and may expect to make but little advancement
towards happiness in this world, and for this
neglect, perhaps, may look back with regret in
a dying hour, upon the misimprovemenl of their
time, and die degraded as they lived, conse
quently unprepared to make that advancement
in a spiritual world that they otherwise might |
have done. Therefore, what our hands find to
o*>, let ns do it with all our might. —Gem of
Science.
An Eagle caught.— A very large Eagle was
caught at Hadley, Mass., on the Ist instant, in |
a bear trap. The powerful bird was taken
alive without the fracture of a bone. His
wings distended measure 7 feet. Mr. Nash 1
had lost a sheep the day previous, and suppos- I
ing that some dog was the murderer, set his
trap for him.
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL.
BY J. W. Sc W. S. JONES.
i JAMES M. SMYTHE, Associate Editor
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AUGUSTA, ErA:
THURSDAY MORN’G, SEPT. 16, 1847.
FOR GOVERNOR:
DUNCAN L. CLINCH,
Os Camden.
; FOR SENATOR FROM RICHMOND AND COLUMBIA CO’S.:
AFDREVV J. MILLER.
| FOR REPRESENTATIVES FROM RICHMOND COUNTY .*
CHARLES J. JENKINS.
ALEXANDER C. WALKER.
Mr. Preston’s Letter.
We call attention to the letter of Mr. Pres
ton. exposing the absurd and vulgar charge
against Gen. Clinch of fraud, in reference to
the note given the St. Marv’s Bank, which we
copy from the Savannah Republican.
We deem comment entirely unnecessary, as
we doubt not every reader is convinced ofthe
injustice done the pure and spotless character
ofthe General.
Opponents of the Late War-Tile Mexi
can War.
The opposition papers continue to denounce
those who have exposed the corrupt origin of
the war with Mexico, as enemies of their coun
try, and as bad as the opponents ofthe late war
with England. Scarcely one of their papers
reaches us without some denunciation of the
“Mexican Whigs,” as they call them, with the
prophecy, that they will receive the same re
ward that has been meted out to those who op
posed the last war with England, that is, the
execrations of the people. To read their in
ti amatory appeals, one would think that they
thought the Whigs of the present day ought to
be buried beyond the reach of resurrection.
They pretend that the opponents of the late
war have been buried that deep, and are utter
ly lost.
In order to test the sincerity of these forget
ful or cunning patriots, let us see what has
been the “ orful” fate of Mr. Buchanan. We
might show how some others have been com
pletely ruined by opposing the late war, but
we must be satisfied for this time, with the
memorable case of Mr. Buchanan. This gen
tleman, this pure Democrat, over whom the
Democracy are singing songs of political salva
tion, and sending the Whigs to Guinea, spoke
! after the following fashion, on the 4th day of
I July, 1815. About that time Mr. Buchanan
! must have been pretty well in for that detested
j Federalism of which we hear so much.
The following are extracts from the 4th of
} July oration referred to:
vvrts a powerlul taction, m the United States
I opposed to the adoption of the Federal Constitution,
j The individuals of which it was composed were called
| anti-federalists, and were th e foundersol the Demo
cratic parly. I'hcy {the. Democrats) gloried in
setting themselves in array against our present
admirable form of Government.”
Irue to their original principles and their first
love, the Democratic party of that day, were more
the triends of France as they became more the ene
mies of social order.” * * * *
“ They, the Democratic party of 1800, under Jef
ferson, began with the destruction of the Nary ”
* * * “ The Democratic Administration {of
Air. Jtffersoa ,) next declared war against com
merce. They were not satisfied with depriving it
of the protection of a navy, but they acted as though
they had determined upon its annihilation.”
* * * “ Time will not allow me to enumerate
all the other wild and wicked projects ofthe Demo
cratic Administration .” * * * *
“ They rashly plunged us into a war with a na
tion more able to do ns injury than any other in the
world. Thank Heaven that we have obtained a
peac e, bad and disgraceful as it is; otherwise the
beautiful structure of the Federal Government, sup
ported by the same feeble hands, miglit have sunk,
like the capitol, into ruins !”
We may as w ell state here, that in this speech
Mr. Buchanan took occasion to charge the
President and his friends with “ embarrassing
the financial condition of the Government,”
“by refusing the Bank of the United States a
| continuance of their c/carter. ” He was alluding ‘
to the failure to reeharter the Bank in 1811,!
though the Republican party did recharter it in
IBIC, and obtained the signature of Mr. Madi
son.
Mr. Buchanan was very severe upon the
Democratic party, the Apostle , Mr. Jefferson,
and Mr. Madison, and the supporters of the
liar! But, Jupiter! how Mr. Polk punished
him for it! He forced him to put on the robes
of Secretary of State, and coiled around him a
golden chain of six thousand dollars a year!
We hope none of our distinguished Whigs will
forsake their principles or abandon their oppo
sition to the origin of the Mexican war, for
fear of a similar punishment I
Oh.' how the Democratic leaders castigate
the opponents of the late war ! They say,
too, that the Whigs now ought to be sent to a
political Hades for opposing Mr. Polk.
\\ hen people talk one way and act another,
we might just as well try to crowd eternity in-
I to a “ moonshiny” night, as to know where to
I find them. We can’t, for the life of ns, see the
■ justice ot decapitating a Whig lor opposing a
vvar, and putting the honors of station upon an
other andcrowding its golden emoluments in
to his pockets, who did the same thing, because
i happens to belong to the Democratic party.
| We dont believe that metaphysics or figures
j (Arithmetical or Rhetorical) can prove it to he
right!
Health of Mobile.— The Register of the
llthinst. says: We regret that we cannot an
i nonnee any abatement in the disease that pre
vails at this time in the city, and we are con
j cerned to udd that the cases now occurring are
; assuming more of a malignant character, and
yield less readily to medicine. The number of*
deaths, however, is exceedingly limited. Du
ring the last 24 hours cold northerly winds have
j prevailed, and they are always considered no-
I favorable to health. We hear of new cases
j daily? and unless a favorable change in the
j weather takes place, it is apprehended that the
i disease will increase. We make tltese remarks
| on the highest medical authority.
Death of the Hon. Richard Henry Wilde.
W* have looked with painful and melancho
ly interest upon the breaches which the pre
vailing epidemic in New Orleans and Mobile
has made in society, and the affections of the
heart. Thatinterest was naturally more painful,
upon receiving the tidings yesterday morning,
of the death of the Hon. Richard Henry
Wilde. Yes, this distinguished man, is no
more. He died in New Orleans on the 10th
instant, ofthe fell disease which has been, and
is still covering that city with sadness and
gloom.
It is vain to mourn ; but how bitter the waters
of affliction which relatives are compelled to
drink in a case like this, and how saddening to
friends, to know, that the resplendent light of
intellect which shown with so much lustre, and
the generous emotions ofthe heart which beat
so kindly, are extinguished and stilled by the
cold embrace of death.
It is not our purpose to detail the career of 1
Mr. Wilde. His life, character and services,
will doubtless be written by some one whose
. familiarity with them will enable him to do
1 them justice. The very mention of the name
j of Richard Henry Wilde, callstothe minds
; of Georgians, days of excited political contests, |
i when they took a just and ardent pride in do- j
I ing him honor. But his triumphs as an advo- J
j cate and orator, his fidelity, patriotism, and ex- |
i alted character as a state-man, his refined and I
i graceful but graphic and nervous style as a j
writer, the sweet, touching and soulful witchery j
ofhis verse, live now only in the literary lega- j
cies which he leaves behind him, and the bright
but mournful memories of the past. This com
munity, where he so long resided, feels more
acutely the stroke which falls upon all. The
death of such a man, is a Joss not only to the
community in which he lived, but to his adopt
ed State and the nation at large. The Repub
lic of letters will experience the loss of a star
that glittered so brightly in its firmament.
The memory of Richard Henry W ilde
will be cherished in the hearts ofhis country
men, and live in his virtues and deeds, the re
sistless power ofhis eloquence, and the softer,
sweeter tones ofhis song.
Health of New Orleans. —The official list
of Interments in the City of New Orleans from
9, A. M., of Wednesday, theßth September, to
Thursday, the 9th, at the same hour, shows 71
in all, of which 55 were of Yellow Fever.
The Interments in LafayeUe Cemetery for
the same period, were 22, all ofYellow Fever.
Vermont Election.
The returns from the recent election in Ver
mont are not so favorable to the VV higs as for
merly. The New Y r ork Tribune of Saturday
morning says;
“There is probably no choice of Governor; but the
Legislature, we presume, will be Whig, though by a
less majority than usual. Hum and Locofocoism
formed an alliance in many towns with a view to the
repeal of die License Law, while the Liberty party
and some exciting local questions have had the elfect
to divert some Whig votes into the wrong channel.
The rival Railroad interests have had their effect. In
Burlington a Loco has been elected on a Railroad is
sue.”
The afternoon edition of Saturday says;
■ —We have by letters and otherwise returns
from a few more towns in the Western part of
l»««t tl»oy ure of’ lilro mniploxioii to
those already printed. We believe the new
Senate will stand nearly as follows:
Cos. Whig. Cos. Loco tp Whiskey.
Rutland 3 Caledonia 2
I Addison 3 Orange 3
I Windham 3 La Moille 1
! Windsor 4 Washington 2
Bennington, (rep.)-*** 2
Total, so far 13
Total 10
Reported 2 Locos in Chittenden and 3 in
Franklin, which would give them the Senate.
The House will be close, but we think Whig,
which settles all the rest.
Gen. Kearney arrived at Washington on Fri
day night last, from Missouri. He is said to be
in good health, and is desirous of joining the
i army in Mexico, as soon as he can be released
from his engagements at Washington. Colonel
Fremont is expected at Washington in a few
days.
The Public Domain.
At the last session of Congress, on the rno
-1 tioti of Mr. Dayton, Senator from New Jersey.
a report was made from the Treasury Depart
j. meat of the quantities, surveys, acquisitions,
■sales and reservations of the public lands, from
which we make the following extracts:
j [Estimated quantity of land yet to be sold in each
State and Territory, including the unceded territory
■ cast and west of the Rocky Mountains:
• J\_CT€Sm
Sout h of latitude 49 deg 1,084,064,993
Dedu'Ct reservations 7,526,779
I. .caving 1,076,539,214
Val ue, at $1.25 per acre, $1,345,672,767.50.
*Of the above quantity, the Indian title is
extinguished to 367,947,165
Unexlinguished 716,117,828
Surveyed 272,646,356
Unsurveyed* •• * * 811,418,637
Os the public lands there have already been sold,
down to September 30, 1842, 107,-
796,536 acres, bringing $107,940,942 62
Money paid for extinguishing In
dian tide, Florida and Louisiana
parch, ise, inclu
ding in terest $68,524,990 32
: Paid for surveying
j and selling, inclu
ding pay sala
ries and fees- -* * 9,966,610 14
1 78,491,601 46
\ Balance, being the nett funds derived
! from the public lands $29,449,341 16
In addition to lands sold there have been granted
to the new States, for purposes of internal improve
ment, education, &c., gr. ants for military services, re
servations made, and sola for the benetit of Indians,
&c., 33,756,569 acres.
Ofthe public lands, Virgin, a, New York, Massachu
\ setts and Connecticut ced. 169,609,819
Georgia ceded 58.898,522
North and South Carolina cedt d 26,432,000
I- Purchased of France andSpai. 997,852,332
Total -acres 1,243,792,673
This report also contains sh e deeds of cession
from the several States, every one of which ex
j pressly provides that the cessi on is made for
, the common use and benefit of the several
States.
! ~
From the Macon Journal and i Messenger.
Soi nettling to be Rem eml >crcd.
j When Governor Crawford w'as elected four
. years ago, the expenditures ofthe Treasury ex
iceeded the income largely, so that *a balance of
$24,000 was due to the creditors .for the previ
ous year’s dei nand, and nothing to pay with. —
This, Gov. Mi'Donald stated in 1 lis last mes
j sage, in 1843. We have had the s ame tax act
which the Dem« icrats had—and no other, aud
yet the Whigs hi ive managed the Government
so well and with .such economy, thatt he expen
ditures have been made less than the i ncoiwe —
ihe $24,000 of arre arages settled, hun
dred and forty-sewk n thousand one hundi and
nine dollars ofthe public debt to Reid, Irving & I
Co., paid off!
The next Legislature might reduce the tax- ’
es 25 per cent., were it not for the Central Bank.
When the Democrats had control of it, they
managed it so badly, as to leave it a quarter of a j
million of dollars short ! The difficulty was re- !
lieved for a time, by redeeming the bills with i
bonds! now the bonds have to he paid, and the
taxes cannot be reduced— especially if the Dctn- ■■
ocrats are restored to power.
Give the Democrats the Governor again, and 1
in two years we shall go back to where we :
were before, with more expenditures than in- j
come. If my vote can prevent it, we shall not
get into the same scrape again—and there are
a heap ofthe ‘‘same sort” who agree with me.
A Plain Democrat.
Vera Cruz. —The health of Vera Cruz is
fast improving. For several days before the
Mary Kingsland left there were but few new
cases o fromito, and the inhabitants were deba
ting the necessity of quarantining vessels from
New Orleans. The Zopilotes, a class ofthe in
habitants who have had much to do with the
sanitary condition of the city since it wasfirst
formed, are represented to be urging the mea
sure w.th great earnestness.
The Spanish Ambassador arrived at V era
Crnz on the 31st ult., and was to embark for
England the next day on ihe British mail
steamer, on his return home. He is under
stood to have been recalled in consequence of
his intrigues to establish a monarchy in Mexi
co, and place the Due de Moutpensier on the j
throne. It is said that the Government of both
France and England disavow having ever en- j
tertained his sceme. Had he been successful, j
they would not have been so anxious to disclaim 1
his acts. His Excellency’s equanimity must 1
have been considerably disturbed by an inci- !
dent which occurred within a few miles ofthe [
walls of Vera Crnz. A squad of Capt. Fair- j
child’s company of Rangers happening to be
on a scout, espied a body of Mexican lancers
in a valley, advancing along a road from the
city of Mexico. The men had not forgotten
the fate of some of their companions who ac
companied Capt. Wells to the Nacional Bridge.
Thirsting for vengeance, they were soon
charging down the hill with sabres drawn. As
they approached the Mexicans, a gentleman
was seen to spring from a litter borne by a pair
of mules, and endeavoring by gesticulations
and speech to keep the squad off. Some few
of the boys who understood Spanish learned
that the gentleman who was making such a ;
liberal use of arms and tongue was no less a
personage than the Spanish Minister, and that
the lancers were sent with him from the city
of Mexico. The squad mistrusted there might
be some trickery in the matter, and escorted the
party to the gate of the city, where his Excel
lency, followed by a numerous train of moles,
entered, and the lancets wheeled about and
made their way back.
Letters from Mexicans at Jalapa received at j
Vera Cruz state that Capt. Walker, with a de- j
tachment of about 300 men from Perote, ar
rived there on the 25th or 26ih nit. and met
Maj. Lally there. According to these Mexican
letters he committed great outrages on persons i
and property, hut the probability is he did ,
nothing more than chastise the inhabitants for *
the shelter and assistance afforded the guerril- i
las by them. — Fic.9th inst.
Railroad Traveling.—The following table
shows the number of passengers carried on
the principal railroads in New Y ork and New !
England, in the year 1846. The number this j
year is much larger than last year :
Rate of fare,
Boston and Lowell-*26 miles 400,886 3i cts per mile.
Boston and Maine**73 “ 460,426 2 6-10 do
Boston & Providence 42 “ 477,515 3 do
Boston & Worcester 45 “ 470,319 2 8-10 do
Eastern 54 “ 786,756 2 8-10 do
Fitchburg 49 “ 327.034 2\ do
Old Colony 37 “ 213,144 2 7-10 do
Western 156 “ 265,664 2 4-10 do
Li.»ng Island 98 “ 187,471 2 du
Erie 62 “ 103,288 2 do i
Albany & Schenec’y 17 “ 174,658 3 do
Utica & Schenectady 78 “ 221,818 4 do
Syracuse and Utica-53 “ 155,279 4 do
Auburn & Syracuse 26 “ 105,609 4 do
Auburn & Rochester 78 “ 142,255 4 do
Tonawanda 43A “ 92,387 4 do
Attica and Buffalo**3l “ 87,653 4 do
Harlem 52 “ 1,508,466 2 do
Two conclusions would seem to he deriva
ble from these facts: —Ist. That the cheaper
the fare the greater the travel —more than en
ough to make up in the receipts the redaction
in prices; and 2d. That the New England
roads, which have low fares, prosper more than
the New York roads, that demand high fares.
New banks established in the State of New
Y r ork, under the general Banking law, from
January Ist to Sept., 1847;
Name, Location. Capital.
Merchants’ Ellery, Chanl’qe Co. $201,000
Farmers’ Mida, do 85,000
Atlas, Clymer, do 50,000
American, Mayville, do 50,000
Franklin, French Creek do 50,000
Northern B’k, N. \ r ., Madrid, St. Lawrence, 173.000
Northern Exchange, Brasher Falls, do 65,000
B’k of Bainbridge, Bainbridge, Chenango, 93,000
St. B’k Saugerties, Saugerties, Ulster 62,883
Rochester, Rochester, Monroe, 50,660
Commercial, Friendship, Allegany 50,000
Commercial, Lockport, Niagai'a 50,000
B’k Saratoga Spring, Saratoga Springs, 50,000
Bowery, New York, 300,000
♦Commercial, Albany, 300,000
♦Charter expired Ist July, 1847, and that day
came into operation under the general banking law. —
Bankers' Magazine, September.
The above have deposited $1,310,492 New
York state stocks as securities.
In addition to the above there are four or
five other new banks now preparing for ope
rations. Since the Ist of January last nearly
$2,700,000 New Y ork sate stocks have been
deposited with the comptroller against circula
tion.
Austria—The Empire—lts M anufactures.
—We have before us an interesting letter
from the pen of the Rev. Dr. B. Kurtz, the
editor of the Lutheran Observer, from which
we gather the following information in rela
tion to Austria, the extent of the Empire, and
its commerce with this country. The Austrian
Empire, according to the gentleman quoted,
consists of twelve distinct Slates, differing from
each other in language, customs, and laws, viz:
Austria proper, Hungary, Bohemia, Silesia,
Syria, Illyria, Tyrol, Moravia, Gallicia, Tran
sylvania, Dalmatia, and Lombardy; embraces
in territory 300,000 square miles, and contain
ing 38,000,000 of inhabitants, is more populous
than either France or Great Britain, and almost
doubling the population of the United States,
i | The geographical position of the empire, its
i | population and resources, have always given to
I Austria great influence over the other conti
[ nental powers of Europe. Even in the most
t disastrous times for the empire, when its ar
inies were everywhere defeated, and its capital
. occupied by foreign troops, Austria was still
I ' unshorn of her influence, and the Congress of
! Vienna left her in possession of more territory
I than she held before the French revolution,
i Her manufactures and commerce are both ra
i pidly rising in importance. The United States
consul at Trieste reports that the imports from
r i America are daily increasing, as the value of
imports in 1841 amounted to only 30,000 florins,
f and in 1844, to 4,307,000 florins. In the year
- 1842 there is an increase of 80,000 florins on
- the preceding year. In the year 1843, an in
i' crease of 492,600 florins on the year 1842.
t And in the year 1844, an increase of 734.40(1
1 florins on the year 1843. The exports from
% Austria to the United States have likewise in
creased. The principal article of imports from
th.e United States is cotton, of which thequan
- tity j"*nported of late years has vastly increased.
i Philadelphia Enquirer.
Mr. Preston’s letter— General Clinch- ' 1
The St. Mary’* Bank. <
To the Editors of the Savannah Republican. — (
| Gentlemen'. It is with reluctance that I again
appear before the public, in relation to the
i charges against Gen. Clinch, founded upon
' the pleas of his attorneys, in the suit brought *
against him on behalf of the Bank of St. Ma
ry’s. That suit was withdrawn irom the dock
; e'tof the Court, by the Plaintiffs counsel, and j
: was settled to the satisfaction of all the parties
! interested, on both sides, and a knowledge of
this fact ought to have precluded all comments ,
! and inferences to the disadvantage of the de
fendant. The obvious and the only inference
was, that the transaction was such as any man 1
might be engaged in without dishonor. It does ,
not, however, at this particularjuncture.suit the i
purposes of the Genl’s assailants to seem con
vinced, whatever may be their conscientious con
victions. The charge, as it first appeared, (for
ithas been put into divers shapes since its first |
coinage,) sought to fix upon him the double j
brand of fraud and perjury, upon his assumed |
confessions from facts supposed to be devel
oped by the pleas in question; of fraud, from
having as a Director connived at and assisted
in putting the Bank into operation in violation
of a fundamental article of its charter; and of
perjury, from having as President sworn to :
returns to the Governor, of the condition of
the Bank, which he knew at the time to be
false. The pleas were the sole evidence upon I
which these grave charges were founded, and |
I all that gave them weight was the admissions |
they were alleged to contain, of the party ac
i cused, against himself. Under these circum
l stances, though feeling strongly averse from
i engaging in political discussion of any kind, I
j felt it my duty to relieve Gen. C. from all the
i consequencesto be deduced from pleas for which
| he was in no respect responsible. I immedi
ately addressed a letter to the Editor of the
, Augusta Constitutionalist, in which the charges
first appeared, distinctly stating that Gen. C.
neither suggested the points of the defence nor
ever saw the pleas before they were filed. I
| also stated they were filed rather as a matter of
j form, than with a view of contesting the suit
j upon them. I cherished the hope and belief
1 that the more candid and honorable of his op
| ponenls who might have been hastily betrayed
! by first appearances into countenancing the ac
cusations, would gladly embrace the earliest
i opportunity of retracting them, as soon as the
evidence upon which they were made wasshown
to be imaginary and unsubstantial. Perhaps I
! counted 100 much upon truth and justice, as
they have been thus fur quite over-matched in
I the struggle.
, I now repeat, that the pleas were made en
j tirely upon the responsibility of the counsel.
I Not having received any special instructions
I from Gen C. as to the defence of the suit, and
not having had timely opportunity of consult
ing with him, owing to his absence, I resorted
1 to such sources of information as were within
I my reach. The books of the bank were, ofcourse
| not open to my examination, and I was there
j ibrecompelled to rely upon the memory of other
j persons. The session of the Court was dravv
! ing near, and with the best information which
j could be obtained, the defence was arranged.
, The reason why the pleas were not more cir
i cumslantial and explicit, were: first, that the
i proofs might vary in some measure from the
i information upon which I acted, and conse
i quently they were made general enough to j
meet the exigencies that might arise; and sec
' ondly, as I stated in my letter to the Constitution
alist, I had very litt’e expectation of making
farther use of them. Upon the whole, how
ever, 1 thought it prudent to file them, since it
j would be in my power to withdraw them at any
j time before the trial, should any further and
j more correct information be received, at vari
i ance with that upon which they were founded.
Subsequently, and long before the session of
! the Court at which the cause would regularly
he for trial, I discovered that there were mate
rial errors in the statements contained in the
| pleas, and upon consultation with associate
J counsel, all idea of defending the suit upon
! them was abandoned, and it was resolved that
: should not the suit be discontinued and with
drawn by the plaintiff and amicably adjusted, re
course should be had to an equity suit in aid
to that at law. It was however believed that
the suit would be withdrawn. General Clinch
I himself seemed to be quite indifferent about
| the progress of the suit, no doubt from his con
! fideuce that it would be amicably adjusted, as
| soon ns the circumstances of the case
! should be more fully investigated by the new
Direction. The result proved that he was not
I mistaken. The case was continued, first by
one party and then by the other, without op
position. until it was at last withdrawn from the
docket by the plaintiff's counsel.
The facts that have been for some time be
fore the public, not one of which has been or
can be denied, are sufficient to prove the per
fect innocence of Gen. C. of all the charges
that have been made against him. As these
facts, however, have not been allowed, by
his accusers, the weight that belongs to them,
and the same charges have been reiterated,
notwithstanding the positive refutation they
have received, it is proper that they should be
again fully and clearly slated.
In order to understand the nature of the ac
cusation, it will be necessary to refer to the
Charter of the Bank of St. Mary’s, and to
quote from it the clause which a circumstance
has made so famous; I therefore quote from
the “ Act to incorporate the Bank of St. Mary's .”
(Prince’s Dig. 133.)
“Sec. 5. For the well ore 1 -ring of the affairs of
said Corporation, there shall be seven Directors, who
shall be elected as soon as §50,000 in gold or silver
shall have been received an account of the subscriptions
of said stock.”
The charter on the same page likewise re
quires that as soon as the said .$50,000 should
i have been received and transmitted to St. Ma
-1 ry’s, the commissioners appointed under the
j charter to receive it should call a meeting of the
i stockholders, by advertising through the public
, journals and otherwise, for the purpose of
electing Directors. The meaning of these
parts of the charter is too plain to need any
j comments. It would he manifestly unlawful i
for the stockholders of the bank even to hold 1
an election for Directors, to say nothing of
commencing banking operations, until $50,000
in gold or silver should have been paid on the
stock and transmitted to St. Mary’s. Now the
• charge which is made against Gen, Cfinch is,
J that notwithstanding the strict and unequivocal
i requirement of the charter, he ante his note for
j SI,OOO inpayment of part of his stock, in the
i place of so much gold and silver.
Can it be supposed that those Commissioners
, gentlemen of as high and honorable standing
- as any in the community, could have been so
» unmindful of their duty, and regardless of the
- instrument which created them, as to receive
? the note of any man and to return that note as
t 1 so much gold and silver ? This can never be
• | believed. Even if there were no other evi
-5 1 deuce of their conduct, their spotless charac
) i lers would be a sufficient guaranty. But we
. j are not left merely to infer their honesty and
t 1 fairness, in the matter ofthis note.
I will be found on reference that the Actio
I 1 Incorporate the Bank of St. Mary’s, was pas
-1 ! sed and approved in December, 1836. The
f ; Commissioners, in compliance with the re
; | quisition of the charter, published, under date
. j of 19th April, 1837, their call for a meeting of
. i Stockholders to be held on the 20th May there
s after. Accordingly, on the last named day,
i the 20th May, 1847, the Stockholders met and
f elected their first Board of Directors ;on the
i same dav the Directors elected General Clinch
r their President, and on the same day the Cornmis
a sioners paid over to the Directors the sum of
. 1 $50,000 in specie, being 20 per cent, on the capi-
I, i tal stock, and took a receipt for the same.
[) I Now then, the note of Gen. Clinch was made
u i and bears date the 29th June, 1838 ! The sum
i* of $50,000 in gold and silver had been paid in,
u j and the Bank had been in operation more than
i- twelve months before the note of Gen. Clinch teas
I. given. This fact cannot be disputed, and it is of
itself sufficient to settle the whole matter and
_ !
place Gen. Clinch triumphantly above hia ar .
cusers. Thus easily is the character of an I,o°
est man vindicated by a simple statement off ar ?
and dates. As to the charge of making f ;i ] s .'
returns under oath, it becomes the accusers T
be somewhat cautious. There is certainly J
evidence ofthis in the pleas, and nothing f ro !°
which to infer it. This is a gratuitous charup* L
for w hich they alone are responsible
It becomes a matter, then, of very serious j„
qniry, what degree of responsibility they h lv
incurred, who have made the.slanderous
against Gen. Clinch upon the strength of tlu!
pleas? They cannot plead a right to presuw
that all the facts stated in pleas filed in suit '
law are true. Had the defence of the S| ,jA at
come necessary, and these pleas been ur h I
and insisted upon by the defendant’s coun~H
they even then had no right to take it for^ r;u
ed that all they contained was true. But ?n ti!i'
case there was no trial, the pleas were !
used in defence, and, had the accusers seen 7
to make inquiry from the proper authority, th,.
would have been informed that thev n PV ’
would have been. This it was their duty
have done, before making, upon the strength
them, their onset against the character ofas pur,,
minded a man as was ever made a mark fortlu.
envenomed shafts of calumny.
Very respectfully, &c. &c.
J. W. Phrstov.
Savannah , Bth Sept., 1847.
Ait Unwelcome Guest.
During the winter of 1777. New York, Lon«
and Staten Islands, were in quiet possesion
of the British Army, and the season for active
operations not having arrived they lived a life
of dull inactivity. Marauding parties were,
however, frequently sent over into New Jer
sey, committing many outrages and making
heavy levies upon the “Rebel population.
Nat Randolph, or as the name was at that
time usually pronounced, ‘ Randall' was
“ Rebel” of gallant daring and of Jersey blood.
From the earliest youth he had lived on the
Van Kulb Sound, near Woodhridge Creek.—
He had hunted over every acre within mam
miles of his natal spot, and fished in every
stream and had acquired an intimate know,
ledge of every by-path and each nook and
corner of the whole country.
The British had. in some of their foragim
excursions, driven off his father's cattle, and
had shown a particular hatred to all of the
name in that region, because of their well
known support of the Republican cat ae.
Nat had not a whit more love for the ene
mies of the country, than they had shown for
him. and often had he and his companions vow
ed vengeance, and many a lime had the British
forces felt hispower withoutsuspecting whence
came the blow'.
During the winter, while hostilities were
partially suspended on account of the severity
of the weather.the British officers gave a ball
at a small inn near Richmond.
Brigadier Gen. Bird, with his suit, succeed
ed in gathering together about a score of lass
es. who, though they were by no means friend
ly to the cause of the invader, did not object to
a little harmless amusement which would beguile
the weary hours of a long winter's eve. and
afford them an opportunity of displaying their
rustic charms, and dining with the gaily dress
ed officers.
A couple of fiddles played upon (or rather
tortured) by two colored gentlemen, were put
in requisition, and all exerted themselves to the
utmost to render themselves and each other
merry.
The door of the largest room stood inviting
ly open, for the benefit of the good coumry
people who wished to feast iheir eyes upon
gold lace, and the dashing scarlet uniforms.—
Many had come, gazed for a few minutes, satis
fied themselves and retired.
Among others came a stout, well built, plain
looking man, wrapped up in a coarse grev
coat, who stood for a time leaning against the
door post, and at length, at the urgent solici
tation of the officers, who intended to make
sport of him for their particular gratification,
was induced to enter and seat himself quietly
in a corner.
The English officers, in a train of arrogant
boasting, were recounting their deeds of chiv
alry, performed during their several late ex
cursions. Many was the bitter cursr gratuitously
bestowed upon one Nat Randal!, who had been
the means of spoiling so much good sport for
them and appeared to be cordially hated by all
the others present. Finally Gen. Bird said to
one ofhis aids, a fine looking but dandified
young officer, “I'd give 100 pounds to catch
that fellow ; he is always crossing our path
and has given us a great deal of trouble. If I
could once get hold of him his neck and an
hempen halter would be likely to form an in
timate acquaintance.”
Several swore tiiey would soon relieve his
Excellency’spocket book of the trifling amount,
by bringing in the “cursed rebel.” The re
ward was a tempting one, and caused the ut
terance of fearful threats, and called many
a malediction, and numberless anathemas
against the offending rebel.
Profanity was at that time almost universally
recognized as an essential paitjofa military
education, and the Staten Island lasses could
bear ample evidence of the unquestioned fami
larity oflhe British officers, with that branch
of military science.
The coated stranger kept his seat during tiie
whole conversation, and just as the contra
dance was ended, he slowly rose and assumed
his former position at the door. Another dance
was called for, and as the gay officers were mo
ving round the room in search of their fair
partners, the stranger unfolded his arms and in
a solemn voice said :—“ Gineral, Ed like to
speak a word or two in yonr ear.”
The General wondered what could be the
import of the communication he wished to
make, but he approached him and politely ask
ed him what he had to say. “Nothing sir,” re
plied the stranger, laying his hand upon the
General’s shoulder, “only Em Nat Randall, and
you are my prisoner ! The officers ffevv at once
to recover their side arms, of which they had
divested themselves at the commencement of
, the dance; but Nat resumed, in an authoritative
j tone : —“ ’Tis useless to resist, the house issur
ronnded and if you make the least resistance I
have men enough to cut yon to pieces.” At
the same time opening his coat and displaying
a brace of sa\age-looking pistols, and a gleam
ing hunti’i; 1 'ife, he gavea shrill whistle which
was answered from without by the sound of
voices, and the clanking of muskets, which
somewhat damped the courage of the saltatory
soldiers and admonished them that their best
policy would be submission.
“ Lay down your arms at once !” thundered
Nat, and they were brought and placed in a
heap at his feet—and on the instant nine faithful
brother rebels rushed in and took the party pri
soners, the country girls at the same time secu
ring their arms. The British were more than
double the number of the Patriots, but this they
discovered too late, and being deprived ol their
arms, were obliged to submit.
Now a few words of explanation as to how
Nat received intelligence of the dance, and ot
the number of officers, &c., to be present, ami
how he was enabled to lay his plans for their
1 capture.
A silly half-witted fellow, named Joe Heck
how, a Staten Islander, who liked Nat for his
many good qualities, was allowed on account
of his lack of brains to come and go when he
pleased : and the English officers regarding him
as a natural fool, often spoke very freely be
fore him. He had chanced to meet Nat the da?
previous to the dance, and advised him to con
ceal himself, as his life was in danger.
; Nat told him he did not care a fig for t!ie
■ whole British Army, and, by his ingenious
j questions, drew out of him all the particular.-* o
the intended dance, and the names and imlU
j hers of the officers who were to form the part) ■
At that period, when every one was a soldier,
J it was a matter of no great difficulty to get to
gether a few men, who delighted in a bom an
‘j daring, or even a fool-hardy enterprise. X 1
thought of personal danger never crossed 11®‘
