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Newspaper Page Text-■* ; V. ' . GEORGIA COURIER. a. c*. stctoetsu A \D H3i^hy spsAxma, PLI5LISIIERS. T-rrw.—This I\.p<'r is published etf-ry Monday ami fhu»*day afterr.onn, at $5 Oft per oilman, payable in ad- vance, or $0 00 a: the expiration of the year. 17 Advertisements not exceeding a si| rare, Hrseuteu the 4rst time Oi 03 1-2cents, and 43 it-1 cents for -civ'.', coi- VinttancB. ./ Erum the July No. of Hit Western Monthly Review. THROWING THE TEA OVERBOARD. * * * These reflections occurred to us, :n consequence of meeting the other slay with a person, and probably the only surviving one, who took a partrin tlirow- the tea overboard from the British ships in,Boston harbour,—undoubtedly one of measures which precipitated the Revolu tion. His name is Joshua Wyeth, a relet- f.ve of the celebrated John Wyeth, pfft„ Cambridge,whom every Harvard scholar, of the times of the venerable YViltyfd and Tappan, so well reipom! ers. fie lives in this city, is turnee ve»ty-five years, appears to be in rotfustWahh and uncom monly chrctJul, aitlxtugb it is believed his circumstances are straightened. Hrs sim ple narrative gave us vivid impressions of the feelings which actuated his fellow tow nsmen, on the occasion ofbringing the tea into Boston harbour. News of the most interesting character transpired eve ry day. Never was a period so full of rumors and reports, which had not vet required the horrible and bloody interest to unfit them for the tea table : The patri ots saw that the fair' could not resist the seasoning of the fragant beverage, with the discussion of these themes of univer sal interest, and it was determined that they should not be led into such irresisti ble temptati n, nod that it should be re moved by throwing the tea overboard.— Jt was proposed that young men, not much known in town, and not liable to lie easily recognized, should lead in the busi ness. Our narrator believes that most of the persons selected for the - occasion were (tpprentices and journeyman ; not a few of them, as was the case with himself, liv ing with tory masters. He had but a few hours warning of vvliat was intended to be • done. The part which he took in the business, is related as follows, and nearly in his own words : I laboured as a journeyman blacksmith, with Western and Gridley, blacksmiths by- trade and Baptists by profession. West ern, at the time, was neutral, but after wards became a tory. Our numbers were between twenty-eight and thirty. Of my associates, I only remember the names of Frothingham, Mead, Martin and Grant. We were met together one evening, talk ing over the tyranny of the British Gov ernment, sncli as the heavy duties, shut ting op the port of Boston, the murdering of Mr. Gray’s family, sending people to England for trial, and sundry other acts of oppression.—Our indignation'was in creased by having heard of she arrival of the ten ships at this time. We agreed, that if the tea was landed, the people Could not withstand the temptation, and Would certainly buy it. We came to a sudden determination to make sure work of it, by throwing it all overboard. We j&sl talked of firing the ships, but we fear- fid the fire would communicate to tl town. We then proposed sinking them, tail we dtopped the project, through fear •that we should alarm the town, before we could get through with it. We had ob served that very few persons remained on board ihe three ships, and we finally con cluded that we could take possession of them and discharge the tea into the har bour, without danger or opposition.—The greatest objection to our plan was, that it would take such a great length of time to -carry if through, and render us more lia ble to detection. We agreed, one and ail, that we would go on at the risk of our lives. We proceeded to contrive the mode of accomplishing our business.— One <H"the ships laid at Hancock’s wharf, .and the other a few paces out in the 3‘ream with their warps made fast to the -SCmie wharf. A brigade of British soldiers •was encamped on the common, less than a mile from the wharf. We agreed, in •order, as much as we might to prevent •ourselves from being discovered, to wear ragged clothes, and disfigure^ourselves as much as possible. We concluded to meet at an old building at the head of the wharf, and to fall in one after another as if by Accident, so as mot to excite suspicion.— After having pledged our honor that we would not revc .* <mr secret, wc- separated. At the appointed time, we all met ac cording to agreement! We were dressed to resemble Indians, as much as possible. Wt> had smeared our faces with grease 3od soot or lamp black. We should nqt r.nve known etch other except by our v. ;co«, and* we surely resembled devils from the bottomlesss pit, rather than men. We placed one centry at the head of the wharf, one in the middle, and one on the bow of each ship as wo took possession.— We then proceeded rapidly to busifies. We bourclsd the ship* which was moored by the wharf, and the leader of our com pany in a very stern and resolute mannar ordered the captain and crew to open their hatchways,.and band us the hoisting tac kle and ropes. The captain asked us whit we intended to d,> ? The leader told bi n that we 1 were going to unload ihe sh'ps of tea, and ordered the crow below, assuring him, that if they obeyed no harm was intended tlipm. They instandy obey ed without murmurs or threats. Some of our numbers jumped into the hold, and passed the chests to the tackle. As they hoisted on deck, otiiers knocked them open .vi i; axes, and others raised them to the railing, and dis-harged their contents overboard. All that were not dis charging the tea from this riiip, went on .board the others and warped them into the wharf, where the sa ne ceremonies we were unloading, ti.e people collected in.great numbers to see what was going qn. They crowded about us so as to be much in our way. We paid no attention to them, nor did tliey.say any thing to us. They evidently wished us success, as none of them gave any information a- gainst us. Our sentries were not armed, and could not styip any who insisted.c.t» passing. If we lyeen able it would not lisve bee.i a good policy; for in that caSt they might have complained of us to the civil authorities. I believe our ob ject in stationing the sentries, was to com municate information, in case we wep likely to be detected by the civil or tary power. They were papjA^^ty charged to give us notice^ ** case an )' known tory came dowavo the wharf.— But our main dependW^® was 0R the gen eral good wilf o/ty*®people. We stirr<bl,£riskly iu the business,from the inoivtmr'we left our dressing room.— We tpgfe merry in an under tone, at the idpariof making so large a cup of tea for le fishes, but we were as still as the na ture of the case would admit. No more words were used than were absolutely ne cessary. Our most intimate acquaintan ces, among the spectators had not the least knowledge of us. I never labored harder in my life; and we were so expeditious, that, although it was late in the evening when we began, we had discharged the whole three cargoes before morning dawn. It may he supposed that there was much talk about the business next morn ing. The tories, civil, military and spies, made a great fuss, and called" the business divers hard names. Proclamations and rewards, to procure detection, were all to no purpose. We pretended to be as zealous, to find out the perpetrators as the rest. We often talked with the tories about it. We were allso close and loyal, that the whole affair remained in Eg) ptian darkness. We used, sometimes, after wards, to meet and talk the affair over, never failing to end by drinking—‘to the hearty boys of America forever.’ To his excellency W. B. GILES, Gov ernor of the State of Virginia. Sir:—In a speech of yours, contained in the Richmond Enquirer, on the 7th instant, you have done me the honor of introducing my name no less than fifteen times, in about two thirds of a column, and not in the most flattering style. You allege against me a Very high accu sation, which I really was not, nor am I now, conscious that I have ever deserved in »he smallest degree. It is contained in the following words : “ Mr. Ca rev seems to have become so en tirely bewildered with thefneomprehensi- Lility of his vast and complicated subject, ns to have sacrificed at its shrine, nncon- ciously, 1 am sure, his own love of liberty, the. liberty of his country, and of the hope of future liberty to the whole human race, and to have become enamoured with the most despotic, antiqated, and almost obso- leted doctrines of the most despotic gov ernments of Europe. His bewildered de lusions he Ins ushered forth to the world in a style and spirit which, in my humble judgment, and with all due charity, would do no honour to the literary taste of anv people who would give them the sanction of their approbation, aftd would do no cre dit to the-political intelligence of anv na tion in Europe. I verily believe tho.t the prof iff ate Ferdinand and his bigoted priests, theoretically unlimited in will, vvouid reluctantly extend their administra tive policy in practice, so as to include the whole scope of despotic doctrines- which have been ushered forth by Mr. Carcu and h is tribe of political economists, n 1 most alarmingly adoped by the admin istration.” Believing that I never have written a sentence hostile to the liberty, I will not say, of the whole human race, but of anv ndividual of that race, I trust you will not regard it as improper that I publicly cal! on you to substantiate the charge, bv. producing the grounds on which you are disposed to rest it. A compliance with this request I hope you will regard as a duty. In the writings to which you allude,* I have done nothing more than advocate the protection of that branch of human indus try, which affords * a domestic market, the best of all markets, to the agriculturalists, for all the w'ool, flax, hemp, hides, skins; ,ATIVE eraiioas, and shall he advanced by ill I proper means in ourp9icer. lie ply of the House of Rcprcscn'at/ s ' ft We concur with you in the senir^ nt ’ that -agriculture, commerce and/^ i ' lu J ac l tuns, are entitled to PROTECTION.’ , „ ‘ Congt ess have «^‘ed!y, and not * without success, their attention to the eticourq** ent °f manufactures.— The object^''®* t0 ° muc ^ importance not to invurf/ccontinuance of their efforts in rvC jff/ay that shall appear eligible”— president Washington’s last Message, De cember, 1796. 1 Here we see this illustrious citizen in closing his career, repeat the same clear and decided sentiments on ibis important subject, that he had uttered six years be fore. . Reply of the Senate. “ The necessity of accelerating the es tablishment of certain useful manufactures by the intervention of LEGISLATIVE AID AND PROTECTION—and t& encouragement of agriculture by the crea tion of competent boards, to patronize this primary interest of society, are subjects responsible to the people in their elective capacity. The exemption of the Judges from that is quite dangerous enough. / know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society, but the people them selves : and if we think themnot enlighten ed enough to exercise their controul wtih a wholesome discretion, the remedy is, not to take it fror\them, but to inform their Discretion bv education. This is the true corrective of the abuses of constitu tional power. Pardon me, sir, for this dif ference of opinion. My personal interest in such questions is entirely extinct—but not my wishesfor the longest possible con tinuance of our government on its pure principles. If the three powers maintain their mutual;independece on each other, it may last long: but not so if either can as sume tbe authorities of the other. I ask your candid reconsideration of this sub ject, and am sufficiently sure you will form ^candid conclusion. Accept the assurance of my great re spect. • THOMAS JEFFERSON- For the instruction of those who may which will readily engage our most serious be ignorant of the state of public feeling attentionj in the State-of Louisiana, and to settle the “To cultivate peace—maintain com- : opinions of those who may have been led merce and navigation—to foster our fishe- i to doubt as toils tendency, \ve make the ries, and PROTECT M\NUFAC- following extract from the New Orleans TL R ES, adapted to our circumstances, i Argus of tbe 22d ult. The information are the land marks by which to guide our-! contaiued in this extract coincides with selves in all our rotations.” Jeflertou’s' that which we have received from various Message, 1802. j other sources, all of which are entitled to Permit me, sir, without intending any ! our utmost confidence : disrespect for your exalted station, orj A gentleman who arrived yesterday your talents, to observe that never having, | from a tour through the country, assures in a single instance, in all the discussions, us that i I have engaged in, on the subject of po litical economy, taken any other ground than that so clearly defined in the docu ments referred to above, it may be very fairly doubted, whether ihe vituperative language you have employed, has been quite correct. “ The head nnd front of my offence” has been to advocate the pro tection of manufactures, as promoting the general interest of the nation. In thafc 1 have offended with the distinguished cha racters whom I have named, and hundreds of others of high standing. And J hum bly conceive, that on this important topic, Geo. Washington, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Madison, Alexander Hamilton aud Mr. Lowndes, are as safe guides as your excel lency, Dr. Cooper, or Mr. M’Duffie, or Mr. Hamilton, who denounce as uncon stitutional, acts and doctrines which can plead the sanction of such illustrious au- thoritv. Yours, respectfully, MATHEW CAREY, I hiladdphia, Sept. 14, 1827. It is hoped that Mr. Ritchie will prove his impartiality, by inserting the above. Mr Editor, The following letter from Mr. Jeffer son to Wm. C. C. Jarvis, Esq. on his pre senting him with a copy of his book, enti tled, the Republican, is handed you for re- publication, as one interesting at this crisis —it originally appeared in the National Intelligencer. [CAns. Patriot.] Monticello, Sept. 20, 1821 I thank you, sir, for the copy of your Republican, which you haVe been so kmd as to send me ; and I should have acknow ledged it sooner, but that I am just return ed home after a long absence. I have dbt yet had time to read it cursorily, but, in looking over it curiously. I see murh in it to approve, and shall be glad if it shall lead our youth to the practice of thinking on such subjects, and for tliemselvos.— Eiiat it will have this tendency may be expected, and for that reason I feci an ur gency to note what I deem an error in ii, the more requiring no‘ice as vour opinion isstrenghtened by that of ma ny o h«' «.— You seem, in pages 84 and 148, to cons'd- cr the Judges as the ultimate arbiters of ail constitutional’questions; a very dan gerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place nsundar the despotism of an oligarchy. Onr Judges are as honest as other men, and not more so. They have, with otheft, the sam passion for parti, for power, and the privileges of their corps. Their maxim is, “boniju- - b .... dicis est amplirare jurisdictionem,” and life waf totally unfounded. The people in every parish, through which he passed, he found a majority of the inhabi tants disposed in favor of the Administra tion. In several parishes the people were getting up meetings, to choose delegates to a general convention, to be held at Bat on Rouge on the 1st of November. A meeting was to be held at Opelousas on the 20th ; there is to be one also at Ba ton Rouge on the 25th. In the first of these twoparishes, the vote will be unan imous for Mr. Adams, and in the second nine-temhs are fur him. In the small town nf Baton Rouge, out of one hundred and twenty voters, there are about one hundred and ten decidedly and warmly iu favor of the re-election of our present worthy President. In the parishes of St. Martin, Point Coupee, East and West Baton’Rnugie, Iberville, Ascension, As sumption, Lafourche, St. Jacques, St. John the Baptist, and St.. Charles, we may calculate with certainty upon three to one. They may work, and talk, and cry, the Louisianians are determined to prove that they judge men by their actions, and not from the noisy reports of a disorgan- iz. ng faction ; they prefer that an honest upright statesman should hold the reihs of government, and not a fiery soldier. Let every one keep in his proper place. Bal:amore Patriot. BALTIMORE, SEPT. 21. Colombia—The St. Thomas Times of the 29th August, contains the follow ing paragraph: “ We have advices from Caracas to the 20'h inst. Accounts had reached there from Bogota, that the Congress had an nulled all the late decrees of Bolivar, and deprived him of his extraordinary powers Some movements had taken place among the military, the two Pferuvian regiments having marched out of Caracas, for the purpose, it was^upposed, of placing them selves under the command of Gen. Paez. A report was in circulation that on the passage of Bolivar and the British Minis ter, Mr. Cockburn, from'La Guayra to Carthagena, they had quarrelled,jjand that on their arrival at the latter port, Mr. Cockburn immediately proceeded for England.” From Buenos Ayres.—By a gentleman direct from Buenos Ayres, who left there on the first July, we learn, that the Heron British sloop of war which carried the treaty from Rio Janeiro, still remained at that place, and that there was no mention made.of the time of her departure'. The rumor of Mr. Garcia having fled for his AUGUSTA. MONDAY, OCT. 1, 1827. The Election for Governor, Members of the State Legislature, and for a R|ore- setative to supply the vacancy occasio^d by Col. Tatnall’s resignation, takes place throughout tbe -State this day. It will probably be a late period at night before the state of the votes in this county is test information received here—the 24th FROM NEW-YORK. Our papers by the /ine ship Salud u are to the evening of Saturday last, bm they contain nothings late from Europe- the storm having continued until Friday evening, and prevented vessels getting j B '. to port. But we have been favored wj t ' an extraqt of a letter from a Merchant <y this city, now at New-York, containing later news from England, which follows* [Chas. Courier.] “ A r ew- York, Sunday, Sept. 23. ** As the Saluda is just getting und^ ty, I have only Time to give you the la.. wav known—consequently we shall not be able to give any information on the subject till Thursday. The Deaths in Savannah for the week ending 25th Sept, were 19—7 residents and 12 non-residents. By reference to the Sexton’s Report in this day’s paper, it will be perceived there were but 20 interments in this city during the whole month of September. August Packet ship Leeds has just arrive! from England, having sailed on the 25th ult. I have not yet received iny letters but learn that cotton continued much the same—onty 9,700 bales sold the weeken ding 23d^ at 5^ to 7d for Uplands and abaraas. The Duke of WELLINGTON is appointed Commander in Chief of t},t Army.” Extract of a letter received ir. this city, ly ft, Leeds, “ Liverpool, Aug. 25. Our Cotton Market this week has been in languid & quiet state. The speculative enquiry of last week has ceased, the dr- * r mand from the trade has been extremely moderate and the middle aDd lower qua}, ities have declined J-Sth per lb. The sales from the 18th ibst, to last evening It would seem that we are again to be deluged with matter about the Jackson and Clay dispu'e. We had nearly inclusive, amounted to 7900 bags* ished the evidence and reasoning founded j' Islands, 10A a 13d : 30 Stain* on I,. „„d had hoped ,hn, ,„e public feel- ing was not again to be tortured 1 * * ! ~ - - lar investigations, again tainted with discussions about cor ruption among her best citizens. Wc tortured by simi- j 6 a 8, 60 at S|; 1810 Alabamas, J5-8 afij nor the public morals ! E50 Brazils. S a 9 5-S ; 170. Demerarns, 7 a 9J; 100 Surats, a 4^ ; 310 E- , 1JCI ucsl Cllizens lvp |SyPt> an ’7iaS-7900. And the import . , . , , r , . jtj 2/18 bags. 1400 bags Sea Islands arc should not be surprised, now if this sulject j declared for public sale on Friday, the should occupy two or. three weeks of the j 31st insf. next Congress, instead of attending to i 1830 bbls. good Turpentine have been those-public objects which require legis- l* s 9d a 11s and 814 of still* and lation, and are legitimately within their jurisdiction. IVe are tired of this subject, their power the more dangerous, as they are in office for life, and not responsible, as the other functionaries are, to the elec tive control. The constitution has erect ed no such single tribunal; knowing that, one fifth .-of the cotton—four fifrhs of .11 j whatever hands confided, with the cor- tlie rimher, poultry, animal food, and Dipt ions of time and party, its members bread-stuffs, produced for sale in this coun- j would become despots. It hap more wise- try. And, sir, however extraordinary it j ty made all the departments co-equal and may appear to you, I have fondly believ- co-sovereign within themselvps. If the ed, and do still believe, that in all my Legislature fails to pass laws for a.census, writings on this subject, I have been M'»r paying the Judges and ither officers of ■ ant ,e ^ Buenos Ayres, the particulars of ’ ’* " * .... - - which were notcommunicated. It would appear that there was not so-much diffi- of Buenos Ayres were much incensed against the British in consequence,of the part4aked£bj.that Government inform ing. the late treaty, which me* with their most marked reprobation. The priva teers out of Buenos Ayres had been very successful, the owners of them having made large fortunes. The Bolivar priva teer, had made fourteen prizes in thirteen days. Commodore Brown had two en gagements a short time before our inform pleading the cause of the agriculturalists government, for establishing a militia, for arid merchants, equally with that of the naturalization as prescribed by the consti- nianuTacturcrs. And, sir, let it be observed, that this policy ranks among its advocates, the splendid names of YVashington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Ames, Clvmer, Fitz- simapns, Lowndes, &c. Not to tire you witnmn enumeration of ihe sentiments of i lie whole of those respected personages, I shall confine myself to these of the two first together with the corresponding sen timents of Congress. 1 A free people ought not only to be armed but disciplined ; to which end a uniform and well dig sted plan is requi site: And their safety and interest require that they should PROMOTE SUCH MANUFACTURES as tend to render rliem independent of others, for essential, particularly military supplies. ‘ The a ivanccmcnt of agriculture, com- m rce end manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I .rust, need rec.immen- d uion.’ President Washington’s message, December, 1700. Here we have the president’s sentiments at an early stage of bis career in that ex alted station. Reply of the Senate. 1 Agriculture, commerce and manufac-, tures, forming the basis of the wealth aud rength of our - confederated republic, tution; or if they fail to meet in Congress | culty in getting into Buenos Ayres as has the Judgjs cannot issue their mandates to j been apprehend&Ii.Fs vessels were con- V passing iff.iafiiEkti*.- Th* h them If the the President tails to supply the place of a Judge, to appoint other civil or military officers, to issue requisite commis sions, the Judges cannot force him! They can issue their mandamus or distriagas to no executive nr legislative officers to en force the 'fulfilmentj^fJhefir official duties, any more than theJpfesident or Legisla ture may issue orders to the Judges or their officers. Betrayed by English exam ple, and unware, as it should seem, of the control of our constitution, in this particu lar, they have at times overstepped their limit, by undertaking to command execu tive officers in the discharge of their exe cutive duties. But the constitution, in Seeping the three departments distinct and independent, restrains the authority of the Judges to Judiciary organs, as it does the executive and legislative, to exe cutive and legislative organs. The Jud ges certainly have more frequent occasions to act on constitutional questions, because the laws.of meum & tuum, and of criminal action, forming the great mass of the sys tem of law, constitute their particular de partment. When the legislative or executive func- ! tinually passing: man furnishing came passenger in the schr. gentle- the abO^LTin/brnjation with 7 repeated as at the first sb p, V* lifle must be the frequent subject of.cnjr delib- i tionafies act unconstitutionally, they are jerked beef, bonnd for Havana; and off Cuba got ou board a vessel belonging to SaybrookCounecticu% from whence' he°ar- rived here last evening by the steamboat. Hydrophobia.—On Tuesday night a man was taken from the streets near Fins- bury-square, where he was lying in the gutter foaming at the mouth', howling in every respect like a dog, and altogether exhibiting every symptom of having been bitten by that animal in a rabid state.— Several medical gentlemen were imme diately sent for, who tried the effect of showing him water, at which he shudder ed, afld became exceedingly outrageous. The unfortunate man was this morning removed to St. Luke’s Hospital, but it is feared he will not survive.—London pap. It is said from Nashville, that Generat Eaton is to furnish fqrthwith, a statemenl of what passed between him and Mr. Buchanan, in relation to Mr. B.’s Visit to Gen. Jackson; that letters are to be pro duced,’ conversations attested, &c. on the same subject.—CA Courier. it the public are not; and wq cannot see any useful end to be answered by its con tinuance. The evident object is to blast the reputation of two of our citizens high est in office, and hurl them from seats which wc have serious doubts would not be filled by purer characters or brighter talents. We will not regret the election of Gen. Jackson, for we believe he will support the national honor by bis great name and by the talents lie will call around hirn; but we Will regret that Mr. Adams should be turned out without demerits, merely to put into office any other indivi dual in the country ; because we do be lieve, and those opposed to his re-election believe, that Ids whole life and experience qualify him for the high office in a manner superior to any other who can possibly compete with him in the election. His opponents object to him solely on account of the exploded charge of “ bargain and corruption” which no honest man in the United States will now lny his hand on- his heart and swear he believes. It would seem, by a piece in'this day's paper headed “ Effects of War,” that the small men left in France after the Revo lution (the targe ones being destroyed in the wars) have propagated a race of their own dimensions. This proves there is something in the breed of men as well as hors'S. In tact, to what may not man be trained in both mind and body ? We be lieve Lord Monboddo states that a race of tailless lap dogs were propagated in Italy, by cutting off the tails of their proge nitors for several generations, & if we re collect he insists that man bin.self origi nally had this appendage, & in proof says that navigators have found numerous in dividuals of the race in some of the South Sea Islands with this evidence remaining of their original conformation; but that from some cause, probably from a desire to be distinguished from inferior animals, he cut off his tajl and continued to do so for successive generations, til! finally Na ture presented him at his b : rth the smooth tailless gentleman which we everywhere find him. My Lord Monboddo, if we have an accurate recollection of our phi losophical reading, accounts set iously for man’s present appearance by a reasoning process similar to the above. Now, if man can be rendered tailess by cutting off the tail for successive generations, like the lap dogs of Italy, we suppose the oppo site process practicable—to give him a tail again by continued exertions for that purpose. The utility which such a pos session would be in this place at a period when certain little insects are numerous and troublesome, might certainly justify the experiment. For the benefit of those who may wish to make the trial, we would suggest the following: We have seen an operation described for supplying a nose, when deficient, by turning down part of the skin of the forehead for that purpose— in imitation of this, we would recommend a long slip of the skin on the back from near the shoulders to be separated from the flesh by the surgeon, and turned down in the form of a tail, as a very likely mean of effecting so desirable an object. Those who wish tc increase the usefulness of such a limb, by extending it up to the neck and taking in a part of the hairy scalp, may be as well provided with a fly or musquetoe flap as any of the quadru peds. hard at Ss 6d ; 145 hhds. Philadelphia Quercitron Bark, at 15s 6J a 15s 9d. 76 casks Rice (very ordinary to middling) at 14s 3d a I4s6d. 4 casks Bees Wax, oi good quality, 10/. 10s. T■ S.—12 o'clock, A. J'.—A sale oi 600 Uplands was made last evening to a Speculator, which did not transpire until this morning. There is very little doinj in the cotton market to-day.* Mr. Canning’s armorial motto is “A7 cede Mahs, s. d contra,” Give not way to ev ils, but oppose hem.—Lord LyndhuistV motto is Lftra Perffere,” Strive to go be- vond. We might recommend a more ap propriate motto for the late lamented Pre mier of England.—“ Quis super obit i"— Y\ ell may it be asked, “ ITVio shall sur pass him ?” Y\ here, indeed, is the mai* living who shall equal him ? Morning Courier In the Hospital for Lunatics, at Bcr! p, the following machines are used' in the treatment of the more violent cases, and, it is said, with the happiest effects. Ont consists of a box, somewhat resembling a pulpit, in which the patient is placed ii an upright position, and which, acting on a pivot, is then whirled round with great velocity, during the greatest momentum of which the whole is suddenly stopped, so as to produce r.n indescribable intpres- \ sinn or shock upon the cerebral circula tion of the individual^ suhjected to its mo tion. One of the results is vomiting, which is said to operate powerfully ir. lessening the violence of the maniacal paroxysm. The other machine is a hori zontal bed, or sofa, in which the patient is also moved round wish great rapidity, the feet firming the centre of revolution; after which the motion is suddenly ar rested, as with^the former instrument.— The above treatment is also said to he efficacious in the restoration of speech, muscular motion, and digestive power, when lost in consequence of paralysis. PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 20. Vera Cruz papers to the 25tii August, have been received in this city. On the 21st ultimo a violent tornado occur red there. The island of Sacrificious suffered considerably. They con tain “ the declarations agreed upon” at Paris, by Signor Camacho and Baron Da- mas for regulating the intercourse between France and Mexico. A very serious po litical commotion took place at Vera Cruz on July 31st, Col. Rincon of the garri son, declared lnmself with a battalion, against the state authorities, asserting that he had in hi^ possession proofs of con spiracy on their side against the federal system and union. The Governor order ed him to remain under arrest; he refused to obey, and the Congress of the State of Vera Cruz denounced him as an in surgent and disorganizer. The President of the Republic sent Vincenti Gcerero to Vera Cruz as Commandant General, to whom Rincon and his followers submitted. At Mexico, Rincon was applauded for his conduct. The presence of the Spanish squadron in the gulf first excited his sus picions. A letter from a gentleman in London, dated August 11, says, -“Just before*the illness and death of Mr. Canning, there were indications of an accommodation of the differences between the United State? and this country, on 'commercial affairs-’ The prejudices of Mr. C. against our Minister had subsided in a good degree, and we have been assured that the dinner given to Mr. Gallatin at Chiswick, on the 30th ult. was intended as a mark of reconciliation.”—Boston Centinel. * Ignorance.—Ages nf ignorance and simplicity afe thought to be ages of purity- the direct contrary I believe to be ihe case; rude periods have that grossness of manners which is not less friendly to vir- tuethan luxury itself! Men are less a- shamedas they are less polished.- Wurton- There is perhaps nothing more bitter in in the lot of poverty, than the distance to which it throws a man from the woman h* love®.—Man of the World.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Georgia courier. (Augusta, Ga.) 1826-1837, October 01, 1827, Image 2