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' T rnTnTtTreflect that Capt. Vinton died with
*' no wing that hia service* at Monterey had been
015 reciated and rewarded by the Government. It
was six months since the capture of Monterey ; Con
gress had been in session nearly four months, and the
session was drawing to a close, Ten regiments had
teen added to the army. Men of every sort and kind,
taken from all imaginable stations of life, favored by
some political or personal influence, had obtained
high titles and commands, over-topping the educated
gentlemen often and twenty years service ; and the
men who had fought and bled in the field, the heroes
of Monterey, remained unnoticed. Men, too, who had
never set a squadron in the field, never given or exe
cuted an order were appointed at once to stations
which the regular officers could hardly hope to reach
in a long life and after many campaigns. An officer
writes - “The army feels keenly that the officers
who have so nobly distinguished themselves in the
field receive neither brevets nor promotions. Why
should not such men as Childs, John R. > inton, and
C P Smith, and others of that class, be placed at the
head of the new regiments?
Towards the close, if not on the very last day ot
the session, the tardy act of justice was performed,
but too late to gratify the proper pride of one at least
of those to whom it was directed. His appointment
as Major, confirmed in March, and dating back to the
battle of Monterey, reached the besieging army a few
days after his fall. He died in the belief that.his ser
vices were overlooked. But to such a man, with
whom duty and not opinion had been the ruling prin
ciple, this little honor was not necessary. He made
no complaint, but again took his life in his hand, and
stood among the murderous shells and balls that
ploughed the ground about the devoted post, proud of
being thought worthy of a trust so conspicuous and so
critical. “ I observed, ” saya a writer, “the look of
gratified pride that lighted up his thoughtful coun
tenance, when the General announced to him that he
was appointed to that command. ”
His habits of order ware singularly preserved to
the last. On the leaves of a pocket-book he made
daily and almost houily memoranda in pencil, which
he afterwards transferred, at leisure, to his journal.
These notes are carried down, in a clear hand, to
within less than an hour of his fall, and being found
on his person are now in the possession of his friends.
The last entry is as follows:
“ March 22 d. —Ordered to the trenches to com
mand the batteries, early. General Scott sent in a
flag for the city to surrender, at 2 p. m. ; refused.—
Seven mortars opened at 4 p. m. Heavy cannona
ding”—
These were his last words. In a few minutes he
fell.
I almost regret having attempted a sketch of a man
to whom so little justice can be done in so short a
space.
Until the kingdom of peace shall be fully estab
lished on earth, every age will present for our
regard its Christian warriors, as well as its jurists,
scholars and statesmen. Por the coming of that
kingdom, no one prayed more sincerely than he whose
beautiful, refined and chastened life terminated, by
what we might almost call an incongruity, amidst the
uproar of a field of battle. ,
Mr. Clayton—Gen. Taylor.— The corres
pondent of the Philadelphia American, writing
from Washington, under date of 18th instant,
says that he has perused Gen. Taylor’s tele
graphic letter to Mr. Clayton, and adds:
Like all General Taylor’s productions, it is
brief, pertinent, and explicit. Itconsistsof one
hundred and twenty two words. Gen. Taylor
opens by stating that he had been unable, be
fore the period of writing, to determine defini
tively upon any arrangements for his Cabinet,
(which explains why Mr. C. was not addressed
upon the subject previously,) and that he
places at .Mr. C.’s disposal the Department of
State, and hopes it may be accepted. Ho closes
by saying, that in offering Mr. Clayton the first
position in the Cabinet, bis acceptance will be
equally as gratifying to the wishes of the coun
try as it will be agreeable to him who tenders it.
This compliment and the manner of its exe
cution, are equally honorable to both the dis
tinguished parties. No public man in the
Union, deserved the distinction in a higher de
gree than Mr. Clayton, and it is not presuming
too much to say, that none is more eminently
qualified for the discharge of all its important
duties, his a tribute to his statesmanship and
public character, and not the reward of political
service. The republican party may well be
proud of this honor to one who, in all the great
contests, has never wavered in his fidelity or
principles, and the country may rejoice over it,
for the security which his sagacity ensures to
the vessel of State.
The honor has been voluntarily tendered by
Gen. Taylor, in obedience to the general voice
of the country. It has not been sought by the
friends of Mr. Clayton, directly or indirectly,
nor did they so far forget their propriety or
compromise his merits, as to procure and pre
sent recommendations, which seem to be the
order of the day in quarters where character
and capacity are wanting. It may surprise the
public to know the fact, but it is none tbe less
true, that no correspondence of any kind ever
occurred between Gen. Taylor and Mr- Clay
ton, until the present despatch was received.—
They have known each other only as the world
at large has known them both—through their
public acts and established reputations.
Beyond this appointment, nothing is known
or intimated in a reliable manner; nor will
there beany indication until Gen. Taylor has
conferred with such friends as he may think
proper to call into council.
The election of Mr Clayton has afforded
universal satisfaction and is regarded not only
as an auspicious event for the Administration,
but it is indicative of the adoption of that wise
and sagacious policy which he advanced
on the floor of the Senate, in his memorable
speech in defence of Gen. Taylor, and which,
I undertake to say, contributed more to pro
duce the great result that was achieved last No
vember, than all the speeches, in or out of
Congress besides.
It laid down the broad republican platform
which enabled those who had heretofore differ
ed with us, to join in a common cause, and
which attracted the confidence and respect of
all parties. That Gen. Taylor adopted that
chart, and means to guide his Administration
by it, is within my certain knowledge ; and if
there was any hesitation upon the subject, the
selection of him who devised it, for the “first
position in the Cabinet,” would seem to remove
every doubt. At all events, the future will
prove whether I have correctly indicated the
policy that is to be pursued.
Awful Retribution. — A Mr. Weatherford,
Sheriff of Schuyler county in this State, and
ex-officio collector of the County Revenue,
conceiving a design to cheat the commonwealth
out of some $2200. which he had collected —
left the money in the care of his wife, part in
silver and part in paper, with the declaration
that he would be gone several days, and enjoin
ed upon her that she should permit no one to
stay all night at the house during his absence.
At night a traveller, rather an aged man, ap
plied for entertainment. The woman, at first
refusing under instructions of her husband,
was finally persuaded to permit hiui to remain.
About 11 and 12 o’clock the same night, some
persons demanded entrance into the house,
and upon being permitted to come in, they
were found to be disguised as negroes, and
immediately demanded of the woman money ;
which they said they knew was in the house.—
The woman handed them the paper money.
They told her there was also silver money
which she must surrender. She replied that
she would go up stairs, (where the traveller
was lodging) and get it. She informed the old
gentleman of the stale of things below he told
her to take one of the two pistols which he had;
to put the money into her apron, with the pis
tol concealed behind it, and when either of the
robbers came forward to take it. to fire and he
would save another of them with the remaining
pistol. She did as instructed, and one of the
men fell dead at her feet. The old man fired
and killed another, and the third made his es
cape. Upon examination it was found that the
guilty husband had fallen by the hand of his
own wife. Thus it is that a mysterious Provi
dence even in this world meets out punishment
to those who trangress his Laws.- Hannibal
Jour.
DIFU.CTION.-The Richmond Whig .tales
that a defalcation has occurred m the funds.of
tto James River and Kanawha Company to tha
amount of SII,OOO. That paper adds that both
tbe late President and the Secretary ate invol
ved in it. The latter has fled the former is in
his grave.
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
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AUG- U STA, G- A :
SATURDAY MORNING, FEB. 24, 18*9.
Portrait ot Major Vinton.
On our first page we give a portrait of this
gallant and accomplished officer, so well
known in this community, with a Memoir of
his life, which we have slightly condensed from
the “ American Review."
The President and Mr. Wilmot.
Under the above heading, the Constitutional
ist of yesterday, has the following :
“ Another statement in this conversation is that the
President said ‘with much earnestness, ’ that ‘he
did not wish to see slavery extended beyond its pre
sent limits.’ This statement of Mr. Wilmot is given
to the public by the Chronicle and Sentinel under the
heading ‘ Mr. Polk’s Treachery to the South.’ If he
did connive in any way with Wilmot, or sanction, or
promise his sanction to any movement of that gentle
men intended to get a declaration by Congress against
the constitutional rights of the South, then is the lan
guage of the Chronicle applicable. But the whole
course of the President contradicts this. He has been
a most zealous and determined friend to the South
throughout the whole of these fierce anti-slavery
assaults.”
If Mr. Polk has been “a most zealous and
determined friend to the South ” during his ad
ministration, he is greatly to be pitied for his
misfortune in selecting ways and means for the
display of his zealous friendship. This partizan
claim, that the “ President has been throughout
the whole of these fierce anti-slavery assaults,
a determined friend to the South,” deserves
more than a passing notice.
The glory or shame of his administration,
(whichever you may please to regard it,) has
been the purchase and annexation of territory
enough to form ten new States. This is the
burden of his self-laudation, of his extravagant
boasts, in his last annual message. Did he, the
. so-called “zealous friend of the South,” ever
expect to form one new slave State out of any
part or parcel of the free States which he ac
quired of Mexico ? We deny that he had any
such object in view ; and we ask the Constitu
tionalist to show some reasonable evidence that
Mr. Polk did “wish to see slavery extended
beyond its present limits.” If any such evi
dence is in existence, oar neighbor will render
the character of an unfortunate man, an essen
tial service, by producing it.
For ourselves, we have no doubt of the truth
of Mr. Wilmot’s statement. Speaking of the
territories purchased of Mexico the President
says:
“ The question is believed to be rather abstract
than practical , whether slavery ever can or would
exist in any portion of the acquired territory , if it
were left to the option of the slaveholding States
themselves.”
There is a great deal more evidence corrobo
rative of the above, from the pen of the Presi
dent, from his Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.
Walker of Mississippi, from Mr Buchanan,
Secretary of State, from Mr. Cass, the em
bodiment of South Carolina democracy, and
from other acknowledged leaders of the party.
All knew, all declared, and all acted on the
principle, that slavery never would, and never
could pass beyond the Rio Grande. Stick a
pin at this point in the President’s massage,
and then inform the people of the South for
what good purpose did he ask Congress to give
him three millions of dollars, at the time Mr.
Wilmot first provisoed the bill? Will any
partizan so stultify himself as to declare that
Mr. Polk wanted three millions of dollars to
hire the Mexican government to pay a debt she
honestly owed to our citizens? Would not
this debt of four or five millions have paid for
enough of non-slaveholding territory to satisfy
any common Southern man, who honestly be
lieved that said territory was not adapted to
slave labor; and “ if it were left to the option
of the slaveholding States themselves,” the ter
ritory would still forever remain free?
We put this question to candid men of all
parties. Does the deliberate purchase and an*
nexation of Mexican territory enough to form
an indefinite number of free States, on the
South of the slaveholding Slates now in the
Union, evince any wish to strengthen the polit
ical power, or to enlarge the present limits of
the slaveholding interests of the Republic ? In
what way has President Polk, from the be
-1 ginning to the end of his most expensive and
demoralizing administration, ever lifted a fin
ger to induce one slaveholder to emigrate and
i settle with his slaves, in New Mexico or Cali
i fornia? Has he held out the least encourage
ment that the National government will pro
tect the slaveholding States in their rights of
. property in slaves, against local laws, in terri
l tory so dearly bought with the best blood of the
South? If Mr. Polk has given any such in
timation, our citizens have looked in vain in
, the organs of the Administration for evidence
of the fact. On the contrary, all the leading
| members of the party, from the President and
’ his cabinet, down to the Michigan abolitionist
have sung but one tune, and that against the
farther extension of slavery. Mr. Polk’s mes
\ sage favors this anti-slarery object. His ap
-1 proval of the proviso in the Oregon bill, tells
1 in the same direction. To give the anti-slavery
: interests at the North every possible advantage,
he raised a regiment of free soil emigrants in
i New York, and sent them at the public expense
> to California, where most of the men still re
-5
1 main.
Mr. Polk's “ friendship to the South ” is pre-
J cisely of a piece with his friendship to the iron
masters of Pennsylvania. His partizans had
t almost as much brass at the North as at the
I South, when they claimed that he was a “ bet
ter tariff man than Mr. Clay.” The Presi
-8 deni’s honesty in writing his Kane letter, is a
f fair sample of his faithfulness to Southern
* rights and Southern interests.
“ The Charleston Mercury discloses the factious
Views of the small party it represents, by denouncing
Mr. Douglass’ bill, as (, a sneaking, crawling expedi
ent, to surrender every thing to the North.” This
bill has been earnestly approved by the Union, and,
if we mistake not, by the Richmond Enquirer. It is
treason for these journals to differ with South Caroli
na on this point 7 If not, upon what principle of rea
soning can the latter denounce those Whigs who do
not choose to follow the beck of Mr. Calhoun and his
followers, whenever a new light strikes them on the
subject of slavery ? The Whigs of the South are con
fessedly as deeply interested in maintaining Southern
rights as the Democrats. If they differ from the latter
as to the expediency of particular declarations, are
they to be accused of faithlessness toSouthern interests?
This separation between Mr. Calhoun’s faction and
the regular Democracy of the South, with regard to
Mr. Douglass’’bill is a fair illustration of the injustice
and recklessness of the imputations cast upon those
Whigs who declined to accede to the Southern test
proposed by Mr. Calhoun and the faithful few who
accept his political gospel. —Richmond Times.
Not only do these factionists denounce Mr.
Douglass’ bill as “an expedient to surrender
everything to the North,” but they attack that
of Mr. Preston of Virginia with even greater
bitterness. Nothing but constant agitation will
satisfy them. They indulge the hope of dis
solving the Union, and erecting a Southern
confederacy, with their own dear selves at the
head of it. “Now or never,” is the motto of
the disunionists. Settle this “abstraction,”
brought upon the country by Mr. Polk’s un
necesssary and unconstitutional war, and Mr.
Calhoun will seek in vain for new elements of
national discord. He and the Massachusetts
Anti-Slavery Society may labor to foment sec
tional antipathy to the end of time. They will
never come within a million of miles of pla
cing either faction in possession of political
power over a divided republic. The Union is
a hundred fold stronger now than it was when
Aaron Burr tried his hand at Mr. Calhoun’s
scheme of forming a Southern Confederacy.
The fate of that restless, aspiring traitor, or
something worse, is in store for all that aim to
effect the purpose which Burr failed to ac
complish. Old Zack is not a whit behind Old
Hickory in firmness and loyalty to the Union.
He will look to Washington’s Farewell Ad
dress for his maxims of wisdom and duty.
Union, the beat Defence.
The superiority of union among the people
of a nation, to costly navies and standing ar
mies as a means of defence, is thus happily ex
pressed by Mr. Cobden, in his late speech in
Manchester:
Take the case of the United States. America has
three times within the last ten years been in collision
with two of the greatest powers of the world—twice
with England, once with France. We had the Maine
boundary and the Oregon texTitory to settle with
the United States, and America had her quarrel with
Prance, arising out of a claim for compensation of ill,-
000,000, which thePrenchGovernment refused to pay.
What was the issue of those controversies? When the
claim was refused by France, Gen. Jackson at the
head of the American Government, published his
declaration that if the money was not paid forthwith,
he would seize French ships, and pay himself. At
that time —I have it from Americans themselves —the
French had three times the force of ships of war that
America had. Admiral Mackau was in the Gulf of
Florida with a fleet large enough to ravage the whole
coast of America and bombard her towns ; but did
Prance rush into war with America? She paid the
money. Why ? Because she knew well if she
provoked an unjust war with the United States her
men of war were nothing compared with the force
that would swarm out of every American port, when
brought into collision with another country. France
knew that America had ihe largest mercantile marine,
and though at first the battle might be to the stronger in
an armed fleet, in the end it woull be to that country
which had the greatest amount of public spirit and
the greatest amount of mercantile ships and sailors.
What was the case with England? In 1845 there
was a talk of war with America on account of Oregon.
Bear in mind that America never spent more than
£1,200,000 on her navy. We arc spending this
year £7,0U0,000 or £8,000.000 ; but will anybody
tell me that America fared worse in that dispute be
cause her resources in ships of war were far inferior
to ours? No, but we increased our navy, and we
had a squadron of evolution as it was called. Amer
ica never mounted a gun at New York to prevent the
bombardment of the city. But did she fare the
worse ? We sent a peer of the realm (Lord Ashbur
ton) to Washington ; it wason American soil that the
quarrel was adjusted, and rumor does say that
America made a very good bargain. (Cheers.) It
is the spirit of the people the prosperity of the people,
the growing strength of the people, the union of the
people, the determination of the people, that command
respect. (Cheers.) Now, what I want you as a nation
to do is to believe that other countries will just take
the same measure of us that we took of America.
They won’t come and attack us merely because we
reduce our armaments, to £10,000,000, On the
contrary, other countries, I believe, will follow our
example. (Cheers.)
Messrs. Polk and Wilmot. —The Wash
ington correspondent of the Charleston Eve
ning News, takes the following notice of Mr.
VVilmot’s expose of the treachery of Mr. Polk
to the South :
“ Mr. Wilmot made certain statements in regard
to the Executive, which place him in a still more un
enviable position than that which he now occupies.”
After repeating the statement of Mr. Wil
mot, (already published) the correspondent
continues:
» And what does all this prove ? Why, that Mr.
Polk has been playing a treacherous game, which will
brand him with disgrace just as he is going out of of
fice. While pretending to side with the South on this
exciting question, he was actually playing into the
hands of Northern Abolitionists. That Mr. Wilmot
has only uttered the truth cannot for a moment be
doubted, for at the time of making the development
alluded to he called upon God to witne i what he
. said. He was forced to make the remarks he sub
mitted, and I verily believe never would have utter
ed them had not this been the case. Mr. Wilmot, as
you know, is a Democrat of the first water, and could
have had no political motives in exposing a political
friend, especially when that friend was the President.
, “ To wipe out this last black nark against his cha
racter, Mr. Polk will have to write another ‘endless
message, ’ and then he would not succeed, I fear. —
■ As matters now look. President Polk is really in dan
ger of being impeached, which would indeed be a
most melancholy termination of his career. ”
’ Most truly has Mr. Stephens asserted that
Mr. Polk obtained office by a cheat, and has
cheated every one with whom he has been con
nected—and lastly, played traitor to the South.
Progress of Improvements.
Mr. Eve is pushing forward the excavation
of the second level of the Canal in this city,
[ with charcteristic energy. Mr. Coleman wifi
have one run of stones at work in his new
Custom Mill on Monday next. His Merchant
Mill, and that of Mr. Cunningham are making
• steady progress; they will reflect equal credit
i on the skillful mechanics, and liberal pro
r prietors.
The Augusta Manufacturing Company have
i recently increased their capital, by an uuani
i mous vote, from $160,000 to $200,000. These
. money-making, business men know what their
Factory is doing. With close packing it will
• hold $40,000 more of machinery. None ofthe
i stock is for sale.
I At the canal basin last evening there was
s quite a jam of boats, some discharging cotton
• from the up-country, and others taking on salt,
- iron, nails, groceries and ether freight, for the
i head waters ofthe Savannah. Our canal and
i river trade from above the rapids, promises
much for the future.
California.’ —The Baltimore American, al
luding to the proposition to admit California
and New Mexico as a State, says :
“ The public sentiment generally, so far as we have
had opportunities of judging of it, decidedly favors
this measure, or at least the principle embraced in it.
There is tkne to pass it—to pass it through both
Houses —nor is it a matter which calls for much de
bate, since its very simplicity is one of its chief re
commendations. ”
The American is among the most able and
sagacious journals in this country —one that
never forms its opinions hastily, or without due
consideration.
The Small Pox has made its appearance
in Wilmington, North Carolina, The Journal
says : two cases have occurred, both black men,
slaves, living in different parts of the town.
It is not known that they have at any time had
communication with persons laboring under
the disease, and it is a mystery how they con
tracted it. It is thought, however, that they
caught it on board some vessel.
We are requested to call attention to the
sale at Auction this evening, by W. E Jackson
& Co., of a large lot of splendid paintings, and
a great variety of ornamental and useful arti
cles. The articles are on exhibition in the low
er wing of the Eagle & Poenix Hotel, and the
public are invited to inspect them.
Fire. —A fire broke out on the Premises of
. Mr. Albon Chase, in this town, on Tuesday
morning last, at about three o’clock, entirely
consuming his wood house, well and bath
houses, kitchen and smoke house. The fire
was arrested without doing further damage.
We understand that the houses were insured.
—Athens Banner.
From the Journal 8f Messenger .-
Medical Convention.
At a meeting of the Physicians of Macon,
held on the 19th February, Charles Thompson,
M. D., was called to the Chair, and C. T. Quin
tard, M. D., appointed Secretary.
The Chairman briefly stated, that the meet
ing had been called to make such arrangements
as might be thought proper for the State Medi
cal Convention, to assemble in Macon on the
20th of March next.
Dr. James M. Green then offered the follow
ing :
Resolved , That we concur in the propriety and ne
cessity of a general convention of tho Medical Prac
titioners of this State, for the purpose of forming a
“State Medical Association, and for other purposes
beneficial to the profession, ” as suggested by the
Medical Society of Augusta and Savannah ; and also,
that the citv of Macon, from its central position and
readiness of access, is a very eligible place for the as
semblage of the convention.
This, with the following resolutions, offered
by Dr. E J Strohecker, was unanimously and
cordially adopted:
Resolved, That we will greet those of the Faculty
who may assemble here, at the time designated, in a
spirit of cour’esy, kindly consideration, and profes
sional fellowship, and be happy to co-operate with
them in the enactment of any measures having for
their object the promotion of the interests of Medical
Science in Georgia.
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed
for the purpose of procuring a Hall and making such
other arrangements as they may deem necessary for
the accommodation of the convention.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be
published in the city papers, in the March No. of the
Southern Medical and Surgical Journal, and that Ed
itors generally throughout the State be requested to
circulate intelligence ofthe time and place of meet
ing.
The Chairman then appointed the following
Committee of Arrangements: Drs. E. L. Stro
hecker, James M. Green and C. T. Qumtard.
A motion was made and adopted, that the
Committee confer with the President and Di
rectors of the Central Railroad, and request
them to unite with the officers of the State Rail
road and the officers of the Macon & Western
Railroad in reducing the fare to half price for
all members of the Convention—delegates to
pay full price in coming to the Convention,
and the President of the Convention to sign a
free return ticket.
A motion was also made and seconded, that
the Secretary transmit copies of the minutes of
this meeting to the Medical Societies of Augus
ta and Savannah.
CHARLES THOMPSON, M. D., Ch’m.
C. T. Q,uintard, M. D., Secretary,
“Murder will Out.” —A most extraordi
nary instance of the powerful workings of re
morse, for an irreparable act of crime, has re
cently been developed here. On Tuesday last
a valuable negro man, named Levi, belonging
to Allison VVade Sims, Esq. residing about
three miles from Port Gibson, went to his
master, and voluntarily informed him that some
time previous to last Christmas, he had killed a
German pedlar, in the cotton-field, for the pur
pose of robbing him of his pack, and had after
wards buried the body in a ravine, in the mid
dle of a lonely cane-brake on the plantation.—
At tho bidding of hfa master, Levi cheerfully
proceeded with him to town, to be placed in
custody. The requisite information having
been given by Mr. S., a Coroner’s jury was
summoned Wednesday morning, and under
the guidance of the negro, who exhibited no
reluctance, but on the contrary, seemed anx
ious for the investigation, they proceeded to
searen for the body, which was easily found.—
The place selected for burial was peculiarly
adapted for concealment. The hill which rose
on either side, had poured the waters of every
rain into the ravine at their feet, in the bed of
which, well covered up with cane and chunks
ofdecaying wood, and constantly accumulating
sediment washed down by the waters, the body
was found. When drawn forth, it was recog
nised as that of one David Lubelski, a native of
Cracow, in Poland—in which city we learn
that his wife and seven children reside—who
for the last two or three years has followed the
occupation of a licensed hawker and pedlar, in
this county. From the voluntary, and almost
eager admissions of the negro, made before
them, the jury, without hesitation, rendered
their verdict in accordance with the facts staled,
On his subsequent examination before a
magistrate Levi entered more fully into partic
i ulars. He stated that so soon as the excite
ment had passed from his mind, he became
overwhelmed with fear and remorse. For
some time he lived in constant dread of detec
tion, and a casual remark made by one of hie
companions in relation to a handkerchief which
he was using caused him to burn the pack and
its contents, to gain which, he had taken human
i remorse increased—night and day a
terrible and overwhelming consciousness of
guilt was upon him—even in sleep he waa
disturbed by terrible dreams. Life kecame a
burthen to him, and he felt that while the
■ consciousness of hie dark secret remained,
existence would be torture. After much
reflection and hesitation, hedetermined to make
free and full confession, to offer himself unto
. atone to the offended laws, and during the few
weeks of life which would remain, to seek
from a higher source, that pardon and peace
1 which man could not grant him. When his
narration had been committed to writing and
1 read over and approved by him, he said he felt
as though a great and unsupportable load had
bean lifted from him. He was committed to
await his trial .—Port Gibson Herald.
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» The British ship Lockwood, from Cork, arrived at
tluarantme, on Saturday last, in fifty days passage
I Fourteen of her passengers have died, and II others
- are sick. Five days since she spoke and supplied
1 with provisions a British ship from Cork for New
i . ° r wit lo * l sailed four weeks previous to the sail
ing of the L., with passengers, a great many of whom
were sick with the smallpox.— N. Y. Cour. & Enq.
J3t) ttye magnetic ftelcgrapl). J
Transmitted for the Chronicle & Sentinel* | |
LATER FROM EUROPE J
ARRIVAL OF THE ;
STEAMSHIP EUROPA. *
TWO WEEKS LATER INTELLIGENCE. jj
A Telegraphic despatch received late last y
night direct from Baltimore, announces the ar- (
rival of the Europa at Halifax, on Thursday, f
22d, bringing Liverpool dates to the 10th Feb.
Market.
c
Cotton. —In the Liverpool market Cotton contin- v
ued in demand with large sales—reported 68,000 I
bales for the week ending 2d inst,, of which 31,000 a
were American, In South American descriptions an
advance of £d.per lb. since last steamer. Pricescon- jj
tinued firm. Fair Uplands and Mobile 4i[d.; Fair
Orleans 4|d..
Bbeadstuffs. —The market for breadstuff's was
steady, though Corn bad declined.
Stocks were still improving. Money plenty. i
SECOND DESPATCH. j
France.—Nearly another Revolution had «
occurred in Paris. The Red Republicans were, *
however, awed and the Clubs closed. Quiet
had been nearly restored again. 1
Sir E. L. Bulwer had been appointed Minis- |
ter to the U. States.
U. States Sixes had farther advanced and .
still looking up. I
Market. '
Breadstuffs. —Best Western Canal Flour 26s ‘
to 27s per bbl.; Philadelphia and Baltimore same;
New Orleans and Ohio, 27s 6d a 28s 6d. Corn 30 •
to 31a for White, 31 to 32 for Yellow. Wheat, white, 1
7s 3d to 7s 6d per 70 lbs.; Red 6s 6d to 7s. Cured '
Provisions firm, and good prices.
[THIRD DISPATCH.]
We also received the following from our attentive
Charleston correspondent, sent to test the expedition oi
the telegraph. It was left at the Charleston office at
o’clock P, M., but owing to the press of business
on the line, did not reach us till P. M. We copy
as it supplies an important omission in our own des
patch.
The news by the Europa was sent by express from
Halifax to St, Johns, N. 8., thence sent by telegraph.
The demand for Cotton in the Liverpool
Market had been extensive for the fortnight
previous to the sailing of the steamer. The
sales of the week ended 2d inst. amounted to
68,000 bales, nearly one-half of which were
American. Prices for the latter were about
stationary. In Brazils and South Americans
generally there had been an active demand for
consumption, and considerable speculation.
Prices advanced
For the week since the 2d inst. the sales
amounted to 61,000 bales, of which speculators
took 12,000 and exporters 6,000 bales. Fair
Upland and Mobile,
Middling, 4|d. to 4£d.; Ordinary, 3| to 4d.
Charleston Market.
Friday, Feb. 23.— Cotton. —The sales this fore
noon amount to 1600 bales, at 5£ a 7 cents. Prices,
in favor of buyers. Nothing has been done since the
steamer’s accounts were made public.
Savannah Market.
Friday, Feb. 23. — Cotton. —Sales 1000 bales at
extremes of 5| a 7c. Prices in favor of buyers.
Ohio.
S. P. Chase, (Free Soil Whig) has been
elected United States Senator from Ohio.
From the charleston Courier oj yesterday —By
Telegraph.
Prom Washington.
Thursday, Peb. 22.
In the Senate, Mr. Webster submitted a
project for the Government of California and
New Mexico, until the end of the next session
of Congress. This proposition invests in the
President the power to employ the array and
navy of the United States for the purpose of
carrying out the measures that may be adopted,
and gives to him the appointment of Judges.
The project is proposed to be incorporated in
the Civil List bill. Mr. Dayton also submitted
a project in reference to the newly acquired
territories. The bill for the admission of Cal
fornia and New Mexico as a State is consider
ed dead. The Civil List bill was not taken up.
The bill authorising the Secretary of War to
furnish arras and equipments to emigrants to
California was passed. Private bills were then
taken up and acted on.
In the House, the Minesota territorial bill
passed to a third reading. The bill extending
the U. S. Revenue laws over California was
passed.
From the Baltimore American—By Telegraph.
New York, Feb. 20, 6 P. M.—The U. S.
mail steamer Hermann, Capt. Crabtree, sailed
to day for Southampton and Breman, at her
appointed hour. I learn that the steamer Uni
ted States has been sold to one of the German
provinces for the sum of $270,000.
Wheeling, Feb. 20—p. ra. —General Tay
lor arrived at Wheeling. —The sleighs which
went down this morning to bring General Tay
lor and the passengers of the steamer Tele
graph No. 2, to our city, arrived at half-past 3
o’clock this afternoon. The General and his
suite were in one sleigh and the rest of the pas
sengers in others. The distinguished visitant
was received by a tremendous crowd. He
looks well and is enjoying excellent health. It
is his purpose to leave to-morrow morning for
Washington, Pa., and will if possible visilPitts
burgh. On this, however, he has not fully de
termined.
Philadelphia, Feb. 20—p. m.— A frightful
and serious accident occurred this morning in
the Public School in Southwark. Some time
after the scholars had assembled, numbering in
all about six hundred boys aud girls, an alarm
of fire was raised. Immediately the greatest
consternation prevailed throughout the school.
The girls and a number of the boys rushed for
the door, and while thus crowded together the
banister gave way and the whole mass of living
beings was suddenly precipitated to the lower
floor, piled one on top ofthe other some twelve
or fifteen deep. Their screams and cries while
in this situation were heart-rending. I regret
to learn that fifteen of them were badly injured.
1 and six others very dangerously—one of the
girls had her leg broken, and many others were
crushed and bruised. The alarm of fire, pro
ducing this sad result, was false.
From the N. Y. Tribune—By Telegraph.
Important from Santa Pe.
St. Louis, Monday, Feb. 19.—We have
dates from Santa Fe, ofthe 16th Dec. Major
Beale was soon to take the field against a large
party of Indians in the vicinity of Red river,
with the view of compelling them to make a
treaty of peace. The Indians were constantly
i committing depredations on the inhabitants of
L Chihuahua.
Kit Carson was at Santa Fe on the Ist of No
vember. A Judicial Envoy from Texas had
1 arr j v ed at Santa Fe with the intention of en
tering upon the duties of his office. The Re- j
publican ridicules the pretensions of Texas to
sovereignty over any portion of New Mexico,
H. H. Smith, District Attorney, had reached
Santa Fe.
From the Republican Banner—By Telegraph.
v Fire at Jacksox, Miss., — Jackson, Feb. 16.
—About one o’clock, this morning the two
story building occupied by the Messrs. Coale,
as a tiuner shop, was discovered to be on fire ;
almost the first intimation of which was the
bursting of the flames through the roof. The
adjoining buildings, they being all of wood,
were soon in a blaze, and at three o'clock that
corner of the square extending from Dr. Me
Coon’s dwelling to that of Mr. Hibshield’s, op
posite the City Hall, was in ruins.
The extraordinary efforts of the Firemen and
citizens saved the entire business part of the
city from destruction. Eight or nine buildings
vvese destroyed—several industrious citizens
have suffered very severely. Loss estimated
at $20,000.
SKETCHES OF CHARACTER.
From Macaulay's History of England.
William Penn.
The Quakers had a powerful and zealous ad
vocate at court. Though, as a class, they mix
ed little with the world, and shunned politics
as a pursuit dangerous to their spiritual inter
ests, one of them, widely distinguished from
the rest by station and fortune, lived in the high
est circles, and had constant access to the roy
al car. This was the celebrated William Penn
His father had held great naval commands, had
been a commissioner of the Admiralty, had sat
in Parliment, had received the honor of knight
hood, aod been encouraged to expect a peer
age. The son had been liberally educated, and
had been designed for the profession of -arms,
but had. while still young, injured his prospects
and disgusted his friends by joining what was
then generally considered a a gang of crazy
heretics. He had been sent sometimes to the
Tower, and sometimes to Newgate. He had
been tried at the Old Bailey for preaching in
defiance of the law. After a time, however, he
had been reconciled to his family, and had suc
ceeded in obtaining such powerful protection,
that, while all the jails of England were filled
with his brethren, he was permitted, during
many years, to profess his opinions without
molestation. Towards the close of the late
reign he had obtained, in satisfaction of an old
debt due to him from the crown, the grant of
an immense region in North America. In this
tract, then peopled by Indians hunters, he invi
ted his persecuted friends to settle. His colo
ny was still in its infancy when Janies mounted
the throne.
Between James and Penn there had long
been a familiar acquaintance. The Quaker
now became a courtier, and almost a favorite.
He was every day summoned from the gallery
into the closet, and sometimes had long audi
ences while peers were kept waiting in the
ante-chambers. It was noised about that he had
more real power to help and hurt than many
nobles who filled high offices. He was soon
surrounded by flatterers and suppliants. His
house at Kensington was sometimes thronged,
at his hour of rising by more than two hundred
suitors. He paid dear, however, for this seem
ing prosperity. Even his own sect looked cold
ly on him, and requited his services with oblo
quy. He was loudly accused of being a papist,
nay, a Jesuit Some affirmed that he had been
educated at St Omer’s and others that he had
been ordained at Rome. These calumnies, in
deed, could find credit only with the undiscern
ing mulimde; but with the calumnies were
mingled accusations much better founded^
To speak the whole truth concerning Penn
is a task which requires some courage, for he is
rather amy .hical than a historical person. Ri
val nations and hostile sects have agreed in
canonizing him. England is proud of his
name. A great commonwealth beyond the At
lantic regard him with a reverence similar to
that which the Athenians felt for Theseus, and
the Romans for Qmrinus. The respectable
society of which he was a member honors him
as an apostle. By pious men of other persua
sions he is generally regarded as a bright pat
tern of Christian virtue. Meanwhile, admirers
of a very different sort have sounded his prais
es. The French philosophers of the eighteenth
century pardoned what they regarded as his
superstitious fancies in consideration of his
contempt for priests, and his cosmopolitan be
nevolence. impartially extended to all races and
to all creeds. His name has thus become,
throughout all civilized countries, a synonyem
for probity and phdanthropy.
Nor is that altogether un
merited. Penn was. without doubt, a man of
eminent virtues. He had a strong sense of
religious duty and a fervent desire to promote
the happiness of mankind. On one or two
points of high importance he had notions more
correct than were, in his day. common even a
mong men of enlarged minds ; aod as the pro
prietor and legislator of a province which, be
ing almost uninhabited when it came into his
possession, afforded a clear field for moral ex
periments, he had the rare good fortune of be
ing able to carry his theories into practice with
out any compromise, and yet without any shock
to existing institutions. He will always be
mentioned with honor as the founder of a colo
ny, who did not, in his dealings with a savage
people, abuse the strength derived from civiliza
tion, and as a law-giver who, in an age of per
secution, made religious liberty. But his wri
tings and his life furnish abundant proofs
that he was not a man of strong sense. He had
no skill in reading the characters of others. His
confidence in persons lessvirtuous than himself
led him into great errors and misfortunes. His
enthusiasm for one great principle sometimes
impelled him to violate other great principles
which he ought to have held sacred. Nor
was his integrity altogether proof against the
temptations to which it was exposed in that
splendid and polite, but ueeply corrupted soci
ety with which he now mingled. The whole
court was in ferment with intrigues of gallantry
and intrigues of ambition. The traffic in hon
ors, places, and pardon were incessant. It was
natural that a man who was daily seen at the
palace, and who was known to have free ac
cess to Majesty, should be frequently importun,
ed to use his influence for purposes which a rig
id morality wouid condemn.
The integrity of Penn had stood firm against
obloquy and persecution. But now, attacked
by royal smiles, by female blandishment, by the
insinuating eloquence and delicate flattery of
veteran diplomatists and courtiers, his reso
lution began to give way. Titles and phrases
against which he had often borne his testimony,
dropped occasion ally frem his lipsand his pen.
It would be well ifhe had been guilty of nothing
worse than such compliances with the fashions
of the world. Unhappily, it cannotbe conceal
ed that he bore a chief part in some transactions
condemned, not merely by the rigid code of
the society to which he belonged, but by the
general sense of all l\onest men. He after
wards solemnly protested that his hands were
pure from illicit gain, and that he had never
received any gratuity from those whom he Had
obliged, though he might easily, while his influ
ence at court lasted, have made a hundred and
twenty thousand pounds. To this assertion
full credit is due. Butbribes maybe offered
to vanity, as well as to cupidity; and it is impos
sible to deny that Penn was cajoled into bear
ing a part in some unjustifiable transactions ot
which others enjoyed the profits.
Sir George Jeffrey*.
The great seal was left in Guiltord s custo
dy ; but a marked indignity was at the same
time offered to him. It was determined tna
another lawyer of more vigor and audacuv
should be called to assist in the administration.
The person selected was Sir George Jeffreys,
Chief Justice of the King’s Bench. The de
pravity of this man has passed into a
Both the great English parties have attacked pi
memory with emulous violence: for the Whig
I c onsidered him their most barbarous enemy?