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Letter from Moscow.
Au intelligent Baltimorean who ha# spent #orne
time ui an extended tour on tlie Conti at nt o ,
Europe, and is now purging Ins travels m Kussia,
has uuuMiiitted to iiis mends at home tiie tullow
ii,ir interesting loiter of id# impressions of the an
cient eanital of that empire : |
Moscow, July 2< tli, lt>o2.
** *«•*«•**
My letters contain but a faint impression of the
pleasure ana satisfaction 1 havejiau in my visit to
Ru-sia, (little as 1 have seen of it) tor you must re
member tiiul 1 staid but a few days at 6t. Betel s
burgh, intending to see more ot it on my return,
and 1 nave been here only two days ; though it is
probable 1 have had tne good fortune to see more
in that short time than one traveller out ot a thou
sand who has visited Moscow.
Thinking it prudent to come on here at once
while I was well and tne weather good, I made up
my mind after consulting with friends to set out
on Saturday in the forenoon train, so as to arrive
here on Sunday morning at 9 o’clock —say in
twenty-two hours. This was accomplished with
the utmost punctuality, and as the whole distance,
about 400 miles, is laid olf in three hrsl class sta
tions; cue precisely hair way and the other tv,o j
intermediate between the centres and the ex
tremes, making four great stages of 100 miles
each* and eacn of these tour stages again subdi
vided into eight minor stages with a second rate
station ut the end of each. 1 found that wo reach
ed thj end of the first 100 miles at half past 4 o clock,
cr in five and a half hours, whore we dined, and
the centre or end of 20u miles ut 10 o’clock, live
and a half hours more, where we supped. The
next llr-st class station, or end of 300 miles, we
reached at half past 3 in the morning and Moscow
at 9 o’clock. Making tlie rate of our speed, after
deducting the long stoppages of supper and din
ner, to which 1 have refer re 1, and those for lunch
on the first day, and breakfast on the second
morning, which 1 did not refer) not less than
thirty utile* an I. <ur, for the running time.
Tne road is made with a double track througli
on;, and the stations and depots for passengers,
engine houses and machine workshops,, ere all
completed inn style of great elegance and comfort,
but the Emperor has still to meet a vast outlay for
merouaudbe depots, and for the building of ad
-ditionai houses ut all stations, for the accomodation i
of the numerous cmployeis on the road, including I
2,000 persons in the service of the Messrs. Winane, 1
and di'persod along the route to carry out their i
contract for twelve years, not long since com- j
meixccd, to keep all the cars, engines, «fec.,in good !
running order, and to return them at the end of ;
that time unimpaired (withduc allowance for wear I
and tear,) they receiving periodically acompensa- |
t!on which it is thought will greatly augment :
tiie fortunes they and their partners have reaiized !
by their former contract for building and equip- |
ping the engines, carriages and all other appropri- ;
ate equipages.
Tuc carriages a ere pretty full and wore
as comfortable as tho ß e ot other railways in Eu- j
rope. The cost of a ticket for the 400* miles is !
about twenty silver roubles, or sls. The second 1
class carriages v'm which I wax) arc quite as cum- i
fortabie as our first class cars, with arm-chairs well !
cushioned and the scats arranged precisely as in
our cars, with an alley in the centre, and each !
long car holding about fifty or sixty persons.
Tne cost here was thirteen silver roubles, or $lO.
The third class, in which were several decent peo
ple and especially females, are covered, with a i
lew glass windows, arranged as to seats, like the I
second class cars, but each seat, without any j
, cushion, being a Jong oench of wood, and the price '
seven silver roubles, or $5 to $6. The fourth class
were uncovered, cars of about the same length as
the otiiers, with wooden benches, but without
backs to them as in the third class, and the price
of tickets was 1 presume very low*, and probably
four siivcr roubles or $3. It appeared to me the
carriages were generally fall, and I observed that
■g casionally por»ou# joined us in the second class
cur.- tuat ha i to stand until liiey could lind scuts.
They seemed to know very accurately what calcu
late ms to maice of the number of passengers at any
particular time and to regulate the number of oars
accordingly.
1 separated from the only acquaintance I !
Inal in tiie train, a respectable German merchant
who spoke English perfectly, and who to bis re
gret t.-okii first class ticket and never found any
more than I, a person to converse witli except
when indeed we got oat at the principal stations,
and I ii i i passed the day and night in silence,
and \v;i> approaching the station next to Moscow
wneii I beard a good looking man, who had joined
us early in the morning with ins little daughter,
sav t * her “ offer some of your raspberries (which
I* lie had just given her) to those Judies on the other
side of the carriage.
1 instantly approached and spoke to him and ;
the kind-hearteu manner in wiiich this worthy j
and weli doing Scotch mechanic from Glasgow re- f
ceived and t reate 1 me is worthy of a long chapter i
if 1 should he fool enough to write a book, but |
there is no danger of that. Ho told me that he 1
had been eighteen years employed as a plumber, |
and had during that time done all the government ;
work here and that of tiie nobility and wealthy cit- |
izeus in the way of bath fixtures, water closets Arc.,
etc.; that lie received as much a# s3ooper annum
from the University alone for looking after and
keeping in repair its conveniences; that he had
laid up a comfortable independence for bis wife
and cuildreu, and knew ilia, he could continue to i
do well in Russia; that by remaining boro seven j
years longer i.e would be entitled to a pension of
S6OO, one-half of which would go to Ins children
and the other halfto his wife during widowhood; but
that his wife and children all had an intense longer j
Togo and settle in the United States, and that they j
constantly read and studied publications illnstra*- j
ting the resources of America, and that the desire j
t" and resolution of hU whole family to emigrate and
settle in one our Western States were constantly ,
B fortified by reflection and would be gratified as '
soon as lie could wind up his business hero and •
jjjk leave honorably and without loss. He then ex- (
pressed his joy at falling in with au American
* gentleman, the second one he had ever seen, and I
again aduding to his humble though independent
position as a mechanic, begged me to allow him to
ne useful, and said he would Had time as he had
the power to introduce me to the new palace and {
other remarkable buildings in the Kremlin, as well
a# the chuichc#, there and throughout the city.
it was in vain, had I been so disposed, to resist
thahospitality of this good Samaritan, and the mo- s
•nent we reached tne depot here I hurried by* Mr.
McMullen with his Htrle daughter into a drosky J
i,m and whipped off to his house; a neat, comfortable j
«>ne, were kindly met by his estimable ;
wife, a line German wonran brought up in Russia,
and his other children, who, like the mother, talk j
■gaw English, French and German, as well r.s Kuss, and
who in an instant caressed me as a stray American
their father had providentially picked up, in accor
dance with their united penchant to become citi
„. as of that Republic, They had been uneasy at
the failure of Mr. McMullen and his daughter to
come the day before, as expected, from a visit to
an old nobleman in the country, who had invited
him to spend a few days at his splendid country
house, on the occasion of his birth-day, (Mr. McM.
being a favorite of his''' and who detained them by
force of ids hospital will a day longer than was con
template 1. This afforded me the pleasure of fall
ing m with on the railway, and of accompanying
to their house, the worthy father of this family and
his sweet little daughter.
Auer sitting down to a comfortable breakfast,
and Such tea as you will never di ink till you come
to Russia, inquiries wore made of “ papa” whether
Miss Victoria hud conducted hereselt on this fiist
visit to a noble family (where she had the old
Count’s grand-daughter tor a plflyinatej with due
propriety, and upon a satisfactory answer being
given, the children rose Mieoessivelv from table,
each on# saying, "Thank you papa,” ‘‘Thank
you mamma," as they turned from one present to
the other. 1 w s much touched with this dutiful
cereui my, so expressive of filial affection, and so
well ca’c'uSated to preserve it—and this led me to
remark the modest refinement of the mother, who
T found had been brought up as the humble com
panion of the young ladies, and encouraged to par
ticipate with them iu all the advantages of educa
tion they enjoyed.
Mr. McMullen took me yesterday in his drosky,
from breakfast to dinnertime, all over the city, and
alter visiting the museum of the University, con
ducted me to tho great tower of the Kremlin,
which contains thirty-one bells, many of enormous
size, two of which are of silver, and the largest of
baser metals, weighing about forty tons. But this *
was only one of tiie many towers in the Kremlin,
not to speak of the two thousand supposed to be
in all Moscow, some of the churches having a do- (
zon, and most of them five or six, and few being
wiUfemt bells. The “monster bell" is in the open ]
court or phiee not far from where I ascended, and
weighs sixty tons. Jt is eighteen feet high, and 1
its diameter ayhcrrm fount en feel. About 150 I
years ago* t.xistvdi, which was hung up fell and
buried iisctfcomplotely in the ground, where it re- j
tnaineufor more than one luma red years. Butin ]
1880 it was raised and placed on the stone founda- (
lion prepared for it, and where it now remains, he- <
I ingj ist so much elevated above the that -■
one cm walk under it mid imagine oneself in a '
good sized hut, to which light is admitted through
an aperture as large as the half of a very large
round dining table, caused by the fracture of a
piece atone side of the lower fim. which piece nas ;
pot b#«n soldered or cemented, but is allowed to 1 r
remain as it is for the double purpose of commem
orating the downfall and of admitting light.
From the Kremlin we passed out through the
Holy Gate (where every one, not excepting the
Czar, is required to take off his hat going in or
coming out i« honor of tho image of the Virgin,
which is hung np over the outside as well as the
inside of the gate) to seethe famous nondescript
edifice, one of the oldest in Moscowand one of the
most curious churches in the world, having thir
teen towers and not one like the other. But we
could not find the keeper, and therefore postponed
seeing tho inside until we go back to-day to the
Kremlin to see tiie new palace; the old church
there (the first iu Moscow land the arsenal, which,
besides arms, contains the crown jewels at' Russia.
These jewels murk the conquests and acquisitions
of the Czar’s from the earliest times to the present
day, and I have been informed that those well ac
quainted with Russian history, can point out this
instructive collection of the crowns ot the different
countries conquered by Russia, the progress of
her augmentation of territory, and the scries ot
her several conquests in Europe, Asia and Ameri
ca.
If you throw out of view the Kremlin, the old
walls which surround it, those which enclose the
old city proper, and the multitude of gilded or
green painted and parti-colored domes of all sorts
(but most of them in tho style of mivants, of
oriental architecture,) which adorn or disfigure the
churches, there is nothing iu modern Moscow, re
built on the foundation of the houses destroyed
by fire in 1812, different from most of the Conti
nental cities 1 have visited, except that some of its
streets arc very wide, and so far more like St. Pe
tersburg than any other place.
In looking out from my window, in a fine build
ing at the corner of two broad streets, the hand
some houses all of stone, three or four stories high,
in good taste, with abundant ornaments in stucco,
fine doorways, et cetera , which are in view, only
remind mo of the fine cities of Italy, Germany,
Denmark, and Sweden, and there is nothing to
mark the change of country but the universal
drosky, and the costumes which distinguish the
drivers of these vehicles and various other classes
of the people. For example, the merchant wears
a long black dress, not unlike that worn by priests
in the street, with a peculiar black cap, rather high,
and having a small rim iu front; and these grave
looking men of trade, having also very long beards,
under nicer culture than the beards of the drosky
driver# and others of the lower classes, which are
never neat but often very much the reverse. An
to the women, they are dressed much like other
women in tho cities of the United States as well as
of all Europe. Go where you will you see the
same classes of women in the cities, dressed in the
same fashion—the same bonnets, shawls, veils,
ribbons, mantles, dresses of silk, cotton, of other
material, and generally iu imitation of wlial Is un
lerstood to be the last mode in Paris.
I am compelled to say that the women in Eu
rope generally are not■ good looking, and I have
seen so few handsome ones, except m tho higher
circles of London, that I look back with no little
pride upon the la;r sex of our own land in the
length and breadth of it. True it i# that female
beauty abounds more in one part than another,
and 1 think wo may say without vanity that ours
is the favored latitude where womanly beauty i • to
be found in greater perfection than ’in any - other
i part of our continent.
1 But I call your attention to a fact on which you
; can rely as uu undoubted one, which distinguishes
j the case of onr Continent, in regard to the de
j volopment of female beauty in different latitudes,
• from that of Europe. With as —assuming our
I temperate latitude of Maryland as the best for the
; production of the handsomest women, of the most
' delicate form, feature and complexion—we must
| admit that wc find these characteristics detcriora
: ting more rs you go South than as you go North ;
, but Am? in Europe, assuming that the handsomest
women are to be found in an intermediate latitude,
it is quite tire contrary to what it is with us as
! regards the North and South—for here, as you go
| South, you continue to find tho attractions'of fe
' male beauty, though under a different form, ind
■ generally under a darker complexion; whereas.
! coming North, you seldom fall iu with a good look
i ing woman, so plain are the great majority of
; them, and if there in such a thing as a handsome
woman in those Northern latitudes, it has not been
my good fortune to see or even hear of her, and I
must be pardoned if, remembering the old Latin
I law provere, "de nmiappareutibuset non e.nstentihus
| eadein est,"‘ the., I adhere to the opinion that a
i beautiful woman is a ram ads North ol Germany.
Moscow, Tuesday Afternoon, July 27th.*
I have visited the new palace, remarkable church
es, drc., and will be able to return to-morrow to St.
Petersburg'.!, after spending three days here in the
most satisfactory manner. The new palace of the
Kremlin is magnificent and some of its immense
hall# are in size and splendor superior to anything
of the kind I have seen in my travels. St. George’*
Hall, which, if I may so express myself, is dedica
ted to the chivalry of Russia, as the famous one at
Windsor is to a similar purpose in England, can
not he described, and after all is very little supe
rior to two others en suite with it. The Emperor’s
private cabinet i# in the best possible taste, having
ho superfluous furniture or decoration of any kind’
but every thing there and in the other rooms of
moderate size appropriated to his use, being as
simple as possible, and the few modern pictures
that are hungup being illustrative of the overthrow
of Napoleon in his invasion of Russia. One of
them represents him looking with anxiety at tire
burning of Moscow, the red glare of light being
reflected on his sad and astonished countenance.
Another, and indeed several, show him in all the
confusion of his retreat, and the last in the series
represents him iu a sledge, deserting his ruined
army and hurrying back to France, to prepare as
j he did for the great conflict iu which he was over
[ thrown.
’ I saw, however, in his cabinet a small but very
fine equestrian bronze bust of Napoleon placed
I very near the writing table of Nicholas, and 1
; think there is a fine portrait of him hanging up iu
! some part of the palace, ail showing the profound
; respect in which this groat man was and is held
; even here whore his mad ambition inflicted so
much mischief on the invaded nation a# weli as
ut>ou himself and tha nation over which he ruled.
Tnose only who visit thi» country can form a just
idea of the vast undertaking of Napoleon in this
disastrous campaign of 1812.
Moscow, Wednesday July 2Sth.
j 1 have seen the inside of that queer church to
which I have alluded. Its numerous chapels arc
j so connected together, one under each tower, and
j every thing so irregular, that the winding passages
form a sc.„ of labrynth, and it require# the aid of
j the keener to pilot you through all the different
i parts. This is the famous church which being
completed the architect was asked whether ho
} could build one like it, and on his reply ing that ho
i thought he could improve on it, the Czar ordered
hi# eye# to be put out, aud that cruel sentence was
■ carried into effect to prevent hi# ever building an
j other church.
I alto saw tho famous church, near the suifd] old
palace in the Kremlin, where the Czars are crown
ed. This is interesting only as tiie coronation
; church ol Russia. The small old palace is tho one
where the Imperial family reside when they come
I to Moscow, which is no*w very oiten, and then
only for a short time. The new palace is distant
• from it several hundred yards, and is only a show
palace, though it has been and will continue to be
i used for great Court fetes. Arc.
1 was much amused in visiting what is called the
i “lousy market,” where the lowest orders, incln
i ding thieves and pickpockets, meet to buy and sell
old clothes, <tc., most of them stolen goods. This
has been au immemorial custom in Moscow, and
you see there poor devils bargaining for a filthy
ragged shirt, and things of that description, with
as much earnestness as the merchants are bargain
ing not far off iu the streets near the Exchange for
teas and oth#r merchandise of groat value. You
see there the merchants at their exchange all day
long, and as you pass among them it is easy to dis
tinguish that the different groups are Circassians,
Armenians, Russians, «fcc., as the case may be.
Those of each nation standing together, and being
marked by their national costumes.
I ought to mention that the tea houses of Mos
cow are very numerous, and so much frequented
that a Russian spends more of his time undercover
at a tea house than in his store or dwelling. All
bargains are made in teahouses, and parties about
to make a contract, always repair to such au estab
lishment and proceed with iheir busiuess, at tho
same time sipping tea. If they do not finish the
business, they agree to nieet again at the tea house,
and in fact nothing in the way of business is
brought forward or concluded here except under
the influence of tea drinking. Some of these cb
tablishments arc of enormous size and employ a
large number of waiters, but yon find them, largo
or small, everywhere. The tea is generally drank
from glass tumblers and without inilk or' cream,
but always with sugar; and tho quality of the tea
is universally and often superior; each es
tablishment priding itself on the high character
of the tea, which you know is brought overland
from China.
I shall be off in half an hour for St. Petersburg, •
where I shall arrive at 9 o’clock to-morrow.
Tuu Marine of tiik World.*—The following au
thentic and highly interesting table is from the
Belfast (Ireland) Mercantile Journal :
Number of Vessel* and Tonnage belong* ng to the folloic
ing Countries;
Countries. Tons. Vessels.
Great Dritain 4,114,115 84,090
L rance 595,844 18,679
£ or 'P*y * 337,058 S,< 64 !
— 750 I
irreece 150,000 4,000 |
Kaplw 100,000 -
Hamburg 32,053 256 I
Belgium g . 2 770 161 i
Cape of Good Hope 4 Qgg
United States .‘8.585,451 —L-
Xo herlauiis 595,024 1 793
Austria 17>,*00 J
Denmark and Duchies 168.978 4 - lu
Papa I States 183,403 j
Canada 68,558 V,7}
Ceylon 80,828 ao9
Mauritius 10,020 125 ;
Tuscany 27,598 77.3
Prussia 133,658 977 j
Total 10,113,841 67,164 ;
Baltimore, Bept. 27. —Tho Yellow Fovor has
made it. appaaranco at NorfiJk, Vs.
Ckonidc $ Sentinel.
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
i THURSDAY MOUMXG ...SKPT’R 30,1852.
INDEPENDENT TICKET
FOR PRKSIDEXT,
DANIEL WEBSTER,
Os MASSACHUSETTS.
FOR VICE-PREBIDEXT,
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
OF GEORGIA.
ELECTORS;
FOP. THE STATE AT LARGE,
11. H. GUMMING, of Richmond.
EDWARD Y. HILL, of Troup.
Ist. Dibt.—HAMILTON W. SHARPE, of Thomas.
2d. “ WM. M. BROWN, of Marion.
Bd. “ WASHINGTON POE, of Bibb.
4th. 44 BLOUNT G. FERRELL, of Troup,
fith. “ NOAH STRONG, of Farsvth,
6th. “ YOUNG L. G. HARRIS, of Clark.
7th. 44 JOHN J. EI.OYD. of Newton.
Bt!i. 44 PHILIP S. LEMLE. of Jefferson.
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Wra. 11. Ring—l . S. Hank-—Bankrupt Law.
Quite a discussion has sprung up between some
j of the New-Orieans journals in reference to the
votes of Wm. R. King, of Alabama, the Democratic
candidate for Vice-President, on the United Slates
■ Bank and Bankrupt Law. The Courier denies,
and shows that he voted against the bills passed in
1840, and the Bulletin, seems to doubt whether it
had not been ral-taken in charging him with vo
. ting for both a Bank and Bankrupt Law. This
* was a very adroit manoeuvre in the Courier, to deny
and disprove what nobody, who knew anything of
i the history of those event?, ever charged. Mr.
j King was charged with voting for the Bank Bill of
' * 1816 and the Bankrupt La tv of 1827 —we think ’27
’ was the year. Every man who had watched Mr.
> I King’s course, knew that he was too servile a fol
t I lower of Jackbox to have voted for a Bank bill in
j 18-io, however his better judgment might Lavedic
; i lutedits constitutionality and public necessity.
l We are not surprised at the eager anxiety of the
i j Democratic organs to relieve their candidate from
' | the dilemma, especially as the support of those
- | measures constitute now, in their estimation, the
> ; only true embodiment of Federalism, notwith
: J standing the Bank charter of ISI6 was supported
f by the Republicans and opposed by the Federalists.
; j Blit they cannot relieve Mr. King from the meshes
1 ! which his own votes have woven for him, and
which the records of Congress abundantly estab
? lifsli. He was a member of Congress from North
1 Carolina from ißll to 1816—and voted for every
’ Bank Bill acted upon in Congress during those
. years. We recapitulate. November 2-th, 1814,he
voted for a Bank bill, which was rejected. This
; bill was re-considered and amended, and on the 2d
January, 1815, came up on its final passage, when
r Mr. King voted for it again—it tfus a second time
> rejected, and after being re-cousidered and ameud
‘ ed, was finally passed on the 7Lh January, 1815,
when Mr. King voted for it again —the third time
- This bill was p evented from becoming a law by
’ the veto of Mr. Madison.
r
’ Notwithstanding these repeated defeats, the Ro
s publicans in Congress persisted in their efforts to
1 re-charter u Bank, and on the IGih of March, 1816,
the Bank charter was passed, for which Mr. King
f again voted, and then oceanic a law.
? As to the Bankrupt Law, wo have not at hand
' tile documents to refer to, and cannot give the dates,
! except from recollection. We think a Bankrupt
i bill was before Congress in 1c27, when Mr. Kins
taken in the fact that he voted for it, when it v. as
upon its final passage. If we err, the correction is
easily made, but we are well satisfied our memo
| i ry is not at fault.
! , As to his votes for the Bank charter, we speak
1 from the record. There can, therefore, be no mi»-
take in that. And, what is n little remarkable, or
)
5 may appear so to Georgians, who have not inform
. ) ed themselves, among those who voted for the
k j Bank charter of ISI6, were Alfred Cuthbeet,
Juun Forsyth, Wilson Lumpkin, and Richard H.
; Wilde, of Georgia. Tiie only vote in eitherHoure,
) from Georgia, against tbo bill, was Bollin® Hall.
; > Alfbed CrximtßT and Wilson Lumpkin are now
! violeutuuti-bank men. It was a Republican measure
M in 1816, and they voted for h. They then acted
■ j with the Republican party, and say they have not
■ I changed. We all know, the constitution nor the
, i principles of the Bank charter have not been
i i changed or altered—yet they are now. according
* ! to their version, the only true Republicans, and
j the advocacy of a Bank, according to the Demo.
. | oratic nomenclature, makes a man n Federalist.
; Noah .Strong, Esq., ' f Forsyth county, has been
I placed on the Webster Electoral Ticket in place of
i Warren Akin, Esq., who declined the nomina
i lion. This is an excellent selection. Mr. Strong,
I , '
j although u private citizen, has been long and favo
rably known in that section of the State, for Ins
high character and sterling integrity.
Troup and QuUtnau .Meeting.
We understand, says the Columbus Enquire,
| that at a meeting of the Southern Rights party of
this county, hold at Concert Hall, in tins city, on \
Saturday last, Gov. Troup, of this State, and Gov,
Quitman, of Missis-ippi, were nominated for
President and Vice President.
Judge John A. Jones, of Paulding, and John
A. Tucker, Esq., of Stewart, were put forth for
Electors for the State at large, ana Capt. A. 11.
Cooper, of this city, for this Congressional Dis
trict, with a recommendation to the other districts
each to nominate its own candidate.
Wenowhnve, in this Stale, five different tickets
for President. Th at man must, be fastidious in
deed who cannot find one to his ta.-te out of .-o
many.
We should not be surprised to see this ticket,
if one be made, get quite a number of Secession
votes. For there is no denying the fact that the
New Hampshire Brigadier is a very bitter pill to
his party in Georgia—and many of them “loathe''
the idea of voting for him, nearly as much us be
“ loathes ” tha institution of slavery. They hon
estly believe he is altogether too obscure, and
quite too scant a pattern tor a statesman —that be
is an exceedingly small, narrow man, with views
. entirely too contracted and circumscribed to be at
the head of this great Republic of Freemen.
Harper’s Magazine for October, like its prede
cessors, is a capita! number. The loading article,
“ Memories of the Holy Land,” is the beginning of
a now work by that popular author, Jacob Abbott
—which is followed by contributions from Jno. it.
C. Abbott, and other contributors not unknown to
feme.
The number may be had of J. A. Carrie <fc Co.,
and Geo. A. Oates 6c Co.
Tue Sale of Furniture will bo continued at the
United Slates Hotel this day. at 9o’clock, A. M.
| The Bar Room Fixtures, Wines, Liquors, fire.,
j will be sold. At 11 o’clock the Parlor Furniture,
, consisting of Pianos, Sofas, Tables, ifcc. At 12
i o’clock the choice Lot of Milch Cows. Alter
I which the Furniture in the Ladies department,
; consisting of Fine Bureaus, Carpets, &c. &c.,
The number of persons imprisoned for intem
perance in Massachusetts during ten year?, endin'*
Sept. Ist, 1552, was <51,239.
A ’Wi I I 1 I KJUMIMW-IMWMggTi
| Atlantic and Pacific Canal. —We published a
paragraph recently announcing that Mr. Gather
wood, tho artist, had just left New York for
Chagres, in connection with the London project ol
constructing a ship canal across the Isthmus of
Darien. The New York Post furnishes the fol
lowing particulars:
The route has the advantage of any others pro
posed, that it is shorter and is to be so constructed
i as to accommodate vessels of every dimension and
I tonnage. It is designed to communicate between
i San Miguel, on the Pacific, and the nearest point,
on the opposite shore—a distance of about fifty
miles; of which only thirty would require to be
cut, the remaining twenty being navigable by a
small river which empties into the Gulf of Darien.
It is proposed to make the canal thirty feetdeep,
and to construct it without locks, which the for
mation of the country and tho peculiar tidal cur
rents of the two opposite waters seem to make not
only practicable but j referable.
it has been ascertained that the waters iu the
Caribbean !sea rise and fall 24 inches, while that ,
of the Pacific rise and fall 24 feet. This curious :
ordination of nature, would give to the waters of j
a canal communicating between the two seas, a I
tide each way once a day, with twelve feet head—
a sufficient motive force to deliver vessels from one
fide to the other in a single tide, without any other I
propulsion, tints rendering the tow path and loco
motive power of a!l kinds superfluous, whether
for sail vessels or steamboats.
The deepest cut to be made in the whole dis
tance is only one hundred and twenty-five feet, I
I #ad the cost is estimated at £7,000,000. The ;
! prcmmeuL Lai ties to the project in London are i
j Messrs. Henderson, the architects of the j
| Crystal Palace. They have procured a survey to i
, be made by Mr. Gisborne, un eminent English en
gineer, from whose report we gather most of the
foregoing particulars. Abbott Lawrence, our late
Minister to England, also, is understood to have
tin interest in the enterprise.
From the character of the parties, and the en
couraging tenor of Mr. Gisborne's report, there is
reason to hope that a ship channel is destined
finally to be opened between the Atlantic and Pa
cific oceans in New Granada.
Georgia Military Institute.— We learn from 1
the Marietta Advocate , that tho four handsome !
brass six pounders, furnished by Government to
this institution, reached their destination the last
, week. Each gun weighs five hundred and seventy
j six pounds. The Institute now numbers 107 Ca
| dot?.
; Laurens Superior Court. —Judge Hansel! has
j further adjourned the Superior Court of Laurens
; county to Friday, 17th December, as the earliest
' day on which there could boa foil attendance of
| the attorneys practising in that Court.
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Mk. Editor; —My attention has been attracted 1
! to au advertisement in your paper of to-day, I
stating that the exercises of the Richmond Acade- !
my will be resumed on Monday next, under the ,
’ . direction and management of the Rev. John
i Neely, as Rector. 1 speak from the knowledge I
j acquired by an intimate acquaintance, when I ay
that Mr. Neely is a gentleman of high classical
attainments and cultivated literary taste. A ■
graduate of Trinity Cdlege, Dublin, with an expo- ;
rienco of thirty years in the profession of teaching,
: he is eminently qualified for the duties of Pri :i- \
■/d of that institution. I congratulate the Trustees
| and the public on having at the bead of the Rich- '
j mond Academy, a Rector under whom the estab- ;
; lishment cannot but flourish. I anticipate a large i
! increase in the number of students during the j
scholastic vcar now about to commence; and I i
doubt not that tho institution will become daily |
more popular under its present management.
Augusta, Sept. 29, 1852. “ Veritas.” |
’ i A letter from Mr, E. C. Cabell, of Florida, to ;
; Mr. T. D. Andrews, on the subject of the inter
nal resources of Florida, and the improvements :
j necessary for their development, has just been
. : published. The subject is treated at length, and
iin an able and interesting manner. Florida
■ abounds in resource?; she produces sugar, cotton,
• j lumber, naval stores, tobacco, tropical fruits, the
, 1 olive. Sisal hemp, aud arrow-root; and, according
| to Mr. Cabell, her fisheries are to be a mine of
wealth, rivalling those of the Great Banks and the
Bay of Fuudy.
B'(OT and Shoe Business.—Tiie Milford (Mass.)
Journal ray? that 10,000 eases of boots, containing
' 120,000 pairs, were sent from that town during the
j month of July. Milford is one of the greatest
I places in this country for the cutting up and con
verting of leather into boots, and it is one of the
j mo.it flourishing towns in Massachusetts. There
( were 4,571,400 pans of shoes made at Lynn, last
i year.
’ Resistance or the Fishermen.— The Glouc* ftr
: j (Mass.) Telegraph stales that some of tho fishcr
• men from the United States have gone to the fish
eries with the determination of never surrender
ing their vessels to the British cutters as long as
• life remains in thorn, aud if any of the cutters im
j dertab* to capture thorn by force, thev will meet
with resistance; and where there arc so many
resolute men together, should the cutters unne
cessarily annoy them, trouble will assuredly r«sult.
Departure of I t . S. Troops.—On Tuesday last |
i a detachment of troops, numbering about 80 men,
■ left the Barracks at Carlisle, Pa., un icr command
of Lieuts. Jones and Tilford, for the IVeft. A
j portion of the men will be stationed at Fort Snel
j ling, Minnesota, and the remainder somewhere in
1 Texas.
A law in Massachusetts makes absentee! sra from
\ school a crime, and a truant child can be taken
from the oaro of its natural protectors when its
parents fail in their duty. The city authorities of
Boston arc taking tho most vigorous and effective
me asures to enforce tho statute.
Tue Potato Disease. —This mysterious disease
is making alarming havoc on many farms in Mas
sachusetts. Pot at os, when perfectly sound and of
I fine appearance when gathered, in certain ioeali
. ties, arc suddenly seized with disease, and entirely
perish within a short time.
j 0 .
Compensation to Foreign Ministers.— -Hon. John l
| Randolph, of Roanoke, was Minister to Russia, i
| His salary commenced on the 9th of June, 1360,
j and ended on the 17th of July, 1881, making the j
service one year, one morth, and nine days, both
days inclusive. He was paid for salary,contingvn- j
cies aud exchange, #21,209.71.
lion. James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, suc
ceeded Mr. Randolph iu that mission. His salary
commenced on tho Ist of March, 1882, and ended
the 80th September following, making seven
months, lie received for salary, during that
period, $15,278.81.
Hon. Wilson Shannon, of Ohio, was Minister to
Mexico. His salary commenced on the 9th of April,
184-1, and ended the 9th of May, 1-45, making one
year and one month. He received for salary, £
us above, #21,417.54.
lion. David Tod, of Ohio, was Minister to Brazil.
Ilis salary commenced the first of May, 1847, and
ended the 14th of September, 1851, making four
years, four months and fomteen days. He receiv
ed formal ary, contingencies, exchange, &c. #56,346.
Health ol Charleston.
Office of Board of Health, <
Charleston, Tuesday, 9P. M. J
_ The Board of Health renort eight deaths from
Yellow Fever, for tho past 24 hours.
J. L. Dawson, M. D.
Tho publisher of tho Newark Directory, says tin#
from the Ist of April, 1852. to Ist of April, 1853,
there will not be less than six hundred buildings
erected in that city.
The postmaster at h’t. Loui.-> lias received a letter
from Ireland inquiring for a lucky emigrant named 1
Robert Baldwin, who has recently fallen heir to i
On Thursday and Friday hid 6,382 foreign im
migrants arrived at New York. Os this number
2,806 sailed from Liverpool and 80S fiom London,
while nearly all the rest came via Havre from the
Dutch and Hanseatic cities.
The deputation of Seminole Indian Chiefs was
to embark from New York on Saturday, in the
steam ship Florida, for Savannah, and thence pro
ceed to Key West.
The Atlantic.
Our readers have not quite forgotten the collision
on Laks Erie of tho steamer Atlantic and the pro
peer Ogduiisburg, by which the former was sunk |
and several hundred persons suddenly precipitated '
into eternity. A statement of facts recently pub
lished by the captain of the propeller discloses the 1
follow iug particulars: (
It was impossible, says Captain Richardson, to j
ascertain for some considerable time how much
damage bad been done to the propeller. The stem 1
ad apparently been wrenched from its place, and ;
if such was the ease, the sinking of tho propeller •
was inevitable. He accordingly lowered a boat to *
learn the worst, and found the sftm of the pro
peller completely turned from its place. The dis-
p 1 acen»ent of the stem, on which rested the for
ward portion of the promenade deck, caused the
•leek to settle, aud from this they were fearful that
tho propeller was sinking. The steamer had kept
along iu her course at full speed, until the engine
was checked by the water putting out the tires.
Gaplain Richardson inferring from this that the
steamer had e- caped, and his ow n vessel left in a
sinking condition, at once put after the steamer for
hi- own safety, making every exertion to signalize
her by ringing the bell and other means. The
passengers also felt persuaded that tho steamer had
abandoned them, and were devising means for
dieir own safety, either b% discharging the deck
load with which the propeller was freighted, or by j
running her on the beach.
What seems very strange in the whole matter,
1 and what has produced such a fearful result, is
: 1 1 1 at the Atlantic should have been suffered to pro
i cced on her course by the officers, regardless of
| their own safety, or the safety of the propeller.
| Cut such was the fact, end the reckless criminality
of the conduct of the officers of that vessel, even
after her condition was ascertained, chills the j
blood with horror, and calls loudly for the exeera- :
tiou of every rational mind. The propeller con- i
tinned her chase after the steamer, and ere long I
the wailing cry of the victims of the catastrophe '
broke upon the ear.
As they hastened to the ill-fated vessel, the first
hail for assistance came from a small boat, in which
wore Captain Petty aud two of his officers. He
j was hailed in this wise, “I am Captain Petty, of
i tho Atlantic—save me first!’ 4 The officers with
I him joining iu the cry, 44 this is Captain Petty, of
I the Atlantic—save ns first!”. Captain Petty and
hia companions were taken on board and properly ;
car'-d for. But how fared it with the other suffer
ers? Little did these men who were saved care
for the fate of the others. On the contrary, the
j first salutation that came to the ears of their de
•leUvcrers was— 44 For God's sake don’t go near the
steamer; there are six hundred passengers on
board, and they will sink you. Captain Rich
ardson did not* heed their protestations, but he
hastened to the ill-fated Atlantic. As be came
up with the wreck, he discovered the perilous
condition of the vessel, and set to work to rescue
1 the victims. Much care and caution was necessary,
, as tho propeller was in a perilous condition, her j
bow t rn out and leaking badly—the water threet
! ing to gain on the pumps, three of which re i
1 kept working. Nothing daunted, the captain and
j crew of the propeller, by skillful manojuvering, j
j succeeding in approaching the wreck stern on, |
and taking off the passenger®. The propeller cou
j tinned to play about the wreck for several hours,
until all that could be, were saved.
United States Mint.—We copy from the N. Y
Journal of Commerce, of Saturday, tho following
interesting table of the deposits and coinage at the
( United States Mints down to the Ist inst. The
deposits at the Philadelphia Mint since the Ist
j inst., amount to $4, 15?.500.
Coinage of the Mints of the United States, fiom Janus
i ry Ist, to Aug. 31st, 1853.
MINTS. GOLD. SILVER. COPPER. TOTAL.
Phi1vi’a..582,263,111 $409,043 $89,122.61 $33,711,376 6!
jX. 0 3,725,000 118.090 8.843,009.00
i Char’te, N C 217,299 217,299.00
1 DafclV. Geo 2?8,63s 288,635.00
Total $86,494,149 $527,043 $39,122.61 $37,060,813.61
Comparative statement of deposits of gold, at ibe U. S.
j Mints, from Jan. first, to Aug. thirty-first.
PHILADELPHIA.
1851. 1852
United States G01d... .*27,417,720 $81,082,900
, Other Gold 521,698 858,052
Total 27,939,418 31,940,958
NEW-ORLEANS.
| United States G01d.... 0,045,5G9 2,906,960
j Other Gold 125,510 106,917
T«tal 6,174,079 3,013,877
CHARLOTTE.
United State? G01d.... 325,061 258,094
DAULONE3A.
United States G01d.... 173,829 #04,327
AT ALL TIIL MINTS.
United States G01d.... 83,855,179 34.577,231
Other Gold Efe' 1 ’17,203 964,970
Total 84,502,387 85.542.251
I Southern Democrats—Read!—At the Demo
cratic nominating Convention of Massachusetts,
the purer portion of the party seceded, because the
Convention refused to adopt a resolution declaring
that '‘tiie Democracy will not form a coalition with
the freesoil section,” bzc. Whereupon the Con
cord, N. H., Daily Patriot, the mouth-piece of
| Gen. Pierce, proceeds to lecture the secedersm the
j following strain:
, "it is no time to quarrel.about side issues and
■ local matters when a great national contest is on
| our hands demanding the united energies of all
| Democrats to secure a successful result. In that
j conti st we desire the aid of all Democrats, and
| (ccart u'cUina to fellowship nUh all men at Demo
. cratr. v o adopt our Platform acid rapport our can
' didaies. The Barnburners aud Hunkers of New
York, the Nationals and Coalitionists of Massachu-
I setts, tiie .State Rights men, Unionists and Se
ceisionistfc of the South, the different sections into
which the Democracy may am where bo divided,
—ah are Democrats and are to be treated as Demo
■ craft, so far as they stand upon the Democratic
Platform and support the Democratic ticket. And
we invoke our Massachusetts friends to lay aside
| their local and personal differences, to lorget tl eir
private griefs, end to unite all their energies against
the common 100. In our opinion, all ought to ac
quiesce in the result of their Convention ; in our
opinion, all can do it without dishonor and with
out any sacrifice of principle.”
I Wc say to our readers, as we said last week
"‘watch tue signs.” We ask the supporters of
Pierce and King, in Georgia, if it is their opinion
that they •ought to acquiesce” iu a Coalition with
the freesoilers; is it their opinion that they 4 *can .
do it without dishonor and without any sacrifice of
principle.” It is the opinion of Gen. Pierce’s or
gan. away up in New Hampshire, that yon can,
and that you ought.—Columbus Enquirer.
Rochester, Sept. 24.—The Whigs held an im
mense meeting last evening to ratify the nomina
tions recently made by the State Convention. Seiab
Maltl ewfc presided, assisted by a large number of
Vice Presidents.
A series of resolutions were adopted declaring t
fidelity to Whig principles, the utmost confidence
in the Slate and National Administrations, and eu
, tire acquiescence iu the platform declared by the
; Baltimore Convention.
Eloquent speeches w ere made by our prominent
! citizens, and the masses separated with tho best
feesings, and assurance of success.
One of tiie resolutions yvus as follows:
BcjolvcJ, That tho Whig party is a party of
principle ; that we accept and honestly acquiesce iu
. the preamble and resolutions adopted by the late ;
Whig National Convention, as essential to tho na
tionality of the Whig party, and the integrity of |
the Union, hucl that Gen. Scott, in promptly nla- ,
cing himself on that platform, has added anotner
proof that he is a Whig in the fullest and widest
sense, and a true friend of tho Union of these
States.
Speeches were made by G. H. Martindale, Dr.
Kalscy, C. G. Lac, Adam Elder, and ex-Aidermau
Gregg, the iotter a secedor from the Democratic
party. The best of feeling prevailed, and the most
confident assurance of success was manifested.
Pm itukg, Sept. 24.—We had a most gratifying
and glorious demonstration yesterday, both for
numbers and enthusiasm. Tho Gazette estimates
the gathering at between fifteen and twenty thou
sand.
Philadelphia, Sept. 26.—Henry Adair, while on
his way to the Whig meeting at Fotlsville. yester
day was run over by the cars at Phoenixviife, and
had his arm crushed.
By tiie breaking of a car wheel near Pottsvilie,
the train was thrown off’ the track, by which two
gentlemen were severely crushed, and others
slightly injured.
At Pottsvilie, w'hile a salute was being fired, a
cannon prematurely discharged, shattering the
arm of the young man who was loading it.
The engineer of the Minehill train fell on the
track near Pottstown, and was so badly crushed
that he died in a few minucs.
Cincinnati, Sept. 25.—Anthony Mekins, a jewel
er of St. Louis, together with his whole family, six |
iu number, was poisoned last Sunday morning, in ;
consequence ot partaking of food into which a
quantity of arsenic had Been put. Two mulatto j
girls in his employ are suspected of having commit- 1
ted the crime. Une of the daughters is dead—tho
others arc slowly recovering.
The steamboat D. A. Givens is sunk near Cairo,
iu the Mississippi.
The potato rot prevails generally in Baltimore |
county. In many cases the farmers have nottaken |
the trouble to dig their potatoes, as they rot imme
diately on being exposed to the air.
Tho New \ ovk Commercial Advertiser states
that an English gentleman who came over iu the <
Pacific with the intention of spending some time
hero, found himself so annoyed bj the, mosquitoes 1
that he returned iu the Enropa, on Wednesday.
The citizens of Pottsvilie, Fa-, having an
iron statue of Henry Clay prepared, to be placed , c
in « public square of that town. » •
* **
p 9 #l(*9HtUc Cclrarajii].
Additional by the Canada.
Charleston, Sept. 29.
The Dube of Wellington died of apoplexy—too
funeral was ft national affair. The Loudon Herald
Peru has formally annexed the Loboslslands,
and will resist all aggression. The projected tele
graph line to America via Iceland, is revive i—the
Danish Government has granted exclusive right of
way across Labrador. Parliament meets on tae
11th of November. The difficulty between Eng
land and Turkey is adjusted. The harvest yield is
abundant. Louis Napoleon has commenced h;s
tour. In reply to the addresses in favor of estab
lishing the Empire, lie intimates that he would
assume power whenever the people desired it. The
reported Free Trade treaty between England and
France, is incorrect. Five Madeira papers have
been stopped, and the editors imprisoned.
The Whigs of New-York City have nominated
Morgan Morgan for Mayor. Bishop Chase, of the
Philadelphia Episcopal Church, is dead.
C'harle>tou Market.
Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1 P. M.— Cotton. —"Tie
market to-day is quiet, with sales of 2 9 bales at
S% to 11 cents. No change in prices.
From th 4 Charleston Courier —By Telegraph.
Baltimore, Sept, 28.—The British mail steam
ship Canada, Cant. Stone, arrived at Halifax, N, S.,
at 9 o’clock on Tuesday morning from Liverpool,
which port she left on the 13ih inst.
TfceU.S. mail steamship Atlantic, Capt. West,
arrived at Liverpool on the loth inst.
The Liverpool Markets. —The .-lock of cotton
on hand in this market, excursive of what is on
shipboard, amounts to 565.0' 0 holes. The sales
of the week comprise 47,000 bales, of which spec
tators took IT,OOO, end exporters 8. n oO, Laving
27,000 bales of all kinds to the trade, The At ant
ic’s advices from America had rather a deposing
effect, but the market was unchanged, anu a limit
ed business tramacted at previous rales, with the
: uxeeption thai middling Orleans had advanced one-
J sixteenth of a penny. The. market closed firm at
] the following quotations:—Fair Orleans C'-^d.,
! Middling Orleans s; t i.. Fair Mobile 6J£<l., Mid
• dling Mobile 5%d.. Fair Uplands 6d.. end Mrd
! dling Uplands 5 9-lf>d.
i Our private Liverpool correspondent say? that
the market had recovered from the decline report
ed by the Africa, and that all qualities had slightly
advanced. He gives also the following quotations ;
Fr.ir Orleans 6i£d, Middling Orleans 5%d, Fair
! Uplands 61, and Middling Uplands sj^d.
I Baltimore, Sept. 27.—Advices have beenrecciv
j cd at Boston from Buenos Ayres to the 3tli An
| gust, which btate that the Constitutional Co ogre- -s
I had assembled, and were about to organize, as ail
j the Provinces had given in their adhesion to a na-
I tional organization ; and that Gen. Don Jnsro Joso
! Urqoiza had recognized the independence ofTaia
j guay, and had concluded a treaty of commerce for
J the free navigation of the rivers Paraguay, Parana
■ and La Plata.
Baltimore, Sept. 27.- Advices from Port au
I Prince state that Soloque wusabout making anoth
er attack.
The barque Archibald, from Bordeaux, bound
; to New Orleans, was wrecked on the first oi’Sep
i tember near Fort au Prince, and became a total
I loss. The crew, however, and part of the cargo
J were saved.
From the Baltimore American.
Movements of Gen. Scott,
Matstille, Kv., Sept. 25.—V.’e stared yesterday
• with about 25u passengers, on the Sel’ota, from
j Portsmouth, including ielcg. ims from Lau. i ter,
1 Louis and ScioLa. Coy’s gun squad, with artillery,
j and two bands of music accompanied us. The
! progress along the river was marred with denrou
j stations at every landing.
! At Concord a large number of persons assembled,
! lining the banks of the river. When the boat
i reached the landing, citizen- of Kentucky crowded
| on board, and the boat was compelled t-r stop half
' an hour. Many soldiers came on board, undone
old soldier who had fought with Gen Scott through
' the wars was much affected when he shook hands
| with his old commander.
At Manchester, Ohio, the greatest demonstrations
j took place. The boat reached this plate at half an
hour Before dusk. The banks were crowded with
people, and cannon sent back the roar of artillery
; on board. Across the landing was spread u broad
1 j banner, bearing trie inscription—“ One hundred
; guns tor old Chippewa.’’ Delegations came on
! board inviting Gen. Scott to land, which he did.
| Gen. Scott said—“Ci'.hx-ns of Manchester, I am
j not travelling about making speeches, nor for po
litical purposes, but as a citizen of our common
| country, employed as I Lave ever been actively in
, her service. But when my heart is touched, my
lips refuse to remain silent. The banner spread
: before my eyes calls up memories which always as-
I feet me ; and scenes which I know many of you
yourselves have witnessed, and events in which you
have borne honorable part.
My time is brief; but from my heart I thank you
; for the kind welcome you have given a traveller,
; and an old sold soldeir, who has spent many
i years in the service of his country.
An old man, 95 years of age, w ho whs one of the
earliest settlers, in that section of Ohio, was here
; introduced to Gen. Scott, He said: “General, 1
hope God will spare rny life long enough—for the
I last vote I shall 'ever- cast—to assist to p ace the
hero of his country in the highest office she lias to
bestow."
The General appeared much affected at the en
-1 thusiasm of the old veteran.
At about half past eight o’clock he reached
Maysviile, where, the demonstrations of welcome
were very heavy. Fires were lighted at a dozen
■ different points, and all the hotels and buildings
along the banks of the river were briilianllv illu-
giving a magnificent effect to the whole
scene. Several bands of music, and numerous
cannon were placed along the heights, and as the
boats neared the ehoros the sweet strains of music
and roar of the cannon gave notice of the h ero’s ap
proach. Several thousand persons tiir nged t< « the
, landing, compelling the cortege to force its wav
through to the hot J.
Governor Metcalf, of Kentucky, and Gen. Mor
gan, with the delegation, came on hoard and re
ceived Gen. Scott from the Portsmouth delegation.
The General, addressing a few words of thanks to
his Ohio friends, took leave of them, and then pro
ceeded to land with the Kentucky delegation.—
i Immediately on reaching the shore, the eonege was
met by the Hon. W. H. Wad-worth, of Mysville,
President o- the City Council, who spoke as fol
lows : “Our people meet you at the threshold of
the State to open the door of all Kentuckians and
bid y«u a cordial welcome. The people of our lit
tle city generally are especially gratified and honor
ed by this visit, and welcome you w ith ail their
hearts.,We must not, however, exult ourselves too
highly by reason of this unexpected honor. Gen
eral, since it is not voluntry, but enforced —made
• in the line of a duty specially imposed. But no
thing can disturb the great happiness of beholding
amongst us, and thanking profoundly so long tried,
. f»o wen tried, so distinguished a public .servant and
. benefactor, both in j e ice and war.
We can only thank you, General. Devotion to
( the country, like yours can never he repaid. Do
not think Kentucky believes your patriotic arid
arduous services have been overpaid—can ever he
paid. The lives of her beat sons, as well before as
since the fatal ha’ tie whose sconce y on are are about
i visiting, have been sacrificed too m-ely to permit
us to weigh the blood of our defenders with gold.
We do not receive you as a stranger. General. You
are known to every one of us. The old have grate
ful remembrances of you, and the young find your
name in every page of their country’s history . We
do not come to praise you ; but to*testify our gra
titude for faithful public services, and graify'onr
longing eyes to behold the c itizens who has made
his country renowned and respected throughout
the world.
Mr. Wadsworth closed lib remarks by referring
to the object of Gen. Scott's visit, enlarging upon
his kindness to the soldiers under his command
and tendering him a warm welcome to the hearts
and homes of Kentuckians.
Gen. Scott in reply returned his grateful thanks
for the imposing demonstrations of welcome w ith
which they had honored him, and expressed him
self overpowered by the enthusiastic greeting of
the citizens of Maysville, who had extended to him
a true Kentucky welcome. He paid a high compli
ment to Kentucky and her heroes, and alluded
rao.-t feelingly to the gallant Clay.
He said lie did not come among them as a poli
tician, seeking political preferment, but ns an old
soldier engaged in the discharge of a special duty,
imposed upon him by the councils of the nation.
Whatever service he had rendered his country,
were rendered for the love he bore her. The honor
and glory of the Union had ever been dear to him,
and his highest ambition was to attain a place in
the hearts of his country men. At the conclusion
of his brief but appropriate address, he was greeted
with the most enthusiastic applause, and escorted
to bis hotel, where lie was called out and obliged
to make another short address, lie then returned
to his apartments, but a boat arriving Irom Ripley,
Ohio, with 250 passengers, ho was again caked out
and made a brief speech, in wbicu * c raid an elo
quent tribute to the memory ot . lay. Gen. Brown,
aner whom Brown county, in which K’piey is situ
а, is called. Ho also eulogized Generals Ripley
and Havner, and concluded by thanking the depu
tation for their invitation to attend a Whig meet
ing in Ripley, but declined on the ground that he
had made it a rule to attend no partisan meetings.
During the evening he was introduced to the
widow of Gcu. Hayner. It is estimated that about
б, people were present.
At uoou to-day, Gen. Scott and Maj. Lawson
left privately for Blue Lick Springs,to meet Gen.
Wool, and will remain there till Tuesday. They
will then go to the Agricultural Fair at Paris.
Thence they will go to Lexington, Louisville, Cin
cinnati, and through Ohio to Sandusky, and tq
Naw York byway of the Labes and Buffalo*