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WOMAN.
The Countess es Blessiogton in her
Journal of Conversations with Lord
Byron, has the following remarks:
••How few men understand ihe feelings of
women!—-sensitive and easily wounded
ws Me are, obliged to call up pride 10 sup
port us in trials that alway leave fearful
marks behind ;how often are we compelled
to assume the semblance of coldness when
the heart inly 'bleeds; and the decern
composure, put on with eur visiting gar
menis to appear in public, and, like them,
worn for a few hours, are with them laid
aside; and all the dieariness, the heans
consuming cares, that woman alone can
know, return to make us feel, that though
we may disguise our snfferings from others,
and deck our countenance with smiles,
we cannot deceive ourselves, hod are but
the more miserable from the cousiraim
'We submit to. A woman only can un
derstand a woman’s h art —we cannot,
dare not complain—sympathy is denied us,
because we must not lay open (he Wbunds
that excite it; and even the most legiti
tnate feelings are to* sacred in fernuie es
timation to be exposed—and while we
nurse the giref "that lies too deep for
tears,” and consumes alike health and
peace, a man may with impunity express
all, eay, more than he feels—court and
meet sympathy, while his leisure hours
are cheered by occupations and pleasures,
the latter toe often such as ought to prove
how little he stood in need of compassion,
except for bis vices.”
What it it to woman, that the tempest
it darkering oft‘the path es him she loves}
It it he alone who hath power to crush
Iter spirit’s strength. It is the breath of
uukioduess from him to whom her soul has
clung in its deepest trust, that can wither
beyond the power of earthly healing the
energies of her nature. But a portion of
him, aod she, the gentle and the feeble,
whom his slightest neglect would crush as
with a heel of iron, goos smilingly aod
gladly forth to be a sharer in the fury and
the desolation of the storm. All ether
ties may be severed—penury, bereave
ment, the World’s scorn, all o her agonies
mav be eseeied out to her in her cup of
bitterness, and yet her heart, however
delicately fashioned, hath not utterly lost
its capability of sweet harmonies.—They
will still bieak forth at his touch—his
whispered words es soothing will pass
over the mangled and bleeding tendons of
her soul, like the breath of spring healing
th* wounded vine, e!nd all sufferings will
be accounted a price of nought for that
tenderness which has bound up its. Mad
•nd weak devotieu! vain, all vain and
unrequited. There is not in man’s heart
an answering tone to a sentiment of such
terrible depth.
WONDERFUL PRESERVATION cip THE
SCRIPTURES.
An roquifer into the authenticty of the
New Testament, who regards it as he
would any other book of the same date,
mast fie struck by one very remarkable
fact, namely, the integrity of its text,
when compared with allinost every other
writing contemporary with it. Not one
syllable pened by,eight obscure authors of
the Scriptures es the New* Testiment, re
ceived by the Church as canonical at the
death «f St. John, has been lest during
the cousre of eighteen centuries. Yet of
the Historical Works of Tacitus, half at
least are wanting; out of the one hundred
»nd forty four books of Livy, only thirty
five exist; the collections of Atiicus have
entirely perished ; the orations «f Hor
teosius are known only through the alld
sions of his rival ; and the literary fame of
the great Dictator survives but in two
nairatives one es which bat been some
times doubted. Where is the wise?—
Wheie is the Scribe ? Where is the dis
puter of this world?Mayit not be tbft pow
er of God which, amidst ibis wreck of
eloquence and learning, has unmutilated
eveu to these latter days, the simple, and
unstudied composition of the illiterate
Gallileans—the impassioned but rug«ed
addresses es the tent maker of Cilicia!
British Critic.
Io The life of a sailor is a narrative
of a wreck of a vessel off the Havana. The
crew tank lo (be boat which upset; they
succeeded in rightiug her, and while two
men were bailing her with their hats ns
shark was seen to approach' No language
can convey anidea erf the panic whichseiz
ed the strugling seamen. Every man now
strove the more to obtain a moment safe*
iy. Well they knew that one drop of
blood would have been scented by the
everlasting pilot fish, the jackalls of the
Shark; and that their destruction was iqw
evitable if one only of these monster
should discover the rich repast or be led
to its food by the little rabid hunter of
its prey. A few minutes after about 15
Sharks came right amongst them. The
boat was again upset by the simultaneous
endeavors to escape danger, and the 22
were again devoted to destruction. At
firs' the sharks did not seem inclined to
seize their prey, but swam in amongst the
men playing in the water, sometimes
leaping abv>ut and rubbing against their
victims. This was a short duration. A
loud shriek from off* if the men announ
ced his sudden pain; a shark had seized
him by the lee, and severed it entirely
from the body. No sooner had the blood
beeu lasted ihan the dreaded attack took
place; and another shriek proclaimed the
the loss of limbs. Some wo e toru from
the boat, to which they vainly endeavor
ed to cling, someth was supposed sunk
from fear alono. The sharks had tasted
t|ie blood, and were n<*t i* bo drivou from
their feast. Aiy great exertion again the
boat was righted, and two men were in
her; the rest had all perished. The two
survivors resolved with gallant hearts,
to redouble their exeriious. They light
ened the boat sufficiently not to bo over
set. The voracious monsters endeavor
ed to upset the boat, they swam by its
side in seeming anxiety for their prey;
but after waiting some time they sepera*
ted. Th* two rescued seamen in spite
of the horrors they had witnessed, soon
fell asleep, and were the next day, fertu
nately pickod up by a vessel.
Treason against the United Stales
The advocates of Nnllificatioi deny that
treason against the United Slates, can he
committed by individuals acting under
the authority of a State. Mr. M’Duffie
long since exposed ihe fallacy ot ibis po
sition, and demonstrated that there was
no such virtue in State Sovereignty.—
He told us in 1821 “That a forcible op
position to the'judgement of the Feder
al Court, founded upon an act of Con
gress, by whatever Stale authority that
opposition might bo authorized, would be
the very case, which the Convention had
in view', when they made provision for
“calling forth the militia to execut§ the
laws of the Union.” But Mr. Clayton,
of Delaware, in his recent speech in the
Senate, has introduced a witness whose
testimony concludes the question, namely
Luther Martin, of Maryland a member
of the convention that formed the Feder
al Constitution, and a man of distinguish
ed ability and legal attainments, who not
only opposed the constitution’ but carried
his hostility so far, as to refuse his signa
ture to it. On Mr. Martin’s return to
his own Slate, a call was made on him,
by tha House of Delegates, to explain
h.s reasons for refusing to sign the consti
tution, to which he responded by an able
view of that instrument’ disclosing among
others, the following objections.
“By the third section of this article, it
is declared that rrfeasuft against the Uni
ted States, shall consist in levying war
against them, or *iu adhering to their en
emies, giving them aid or comfort.
“By the principles of the American
revolution, arbitrary power may and
ought t* be resisted even 'by arms if ne
cessary. The time may come when it
shall be the duty of a State, in order t»
preserve itself from the oppression of
the general government, to have recourse
to tho sword; in which case the propos
ed form of government declares that the
State, and every one of tire ’citizens who
act under its authority, are guilty of a
direct act of treason,” Sic.
“To save the citizens of the respective
Spates from this disagreeable dilemma, &
to secure them from being puuishabie
as traitors to the United States, when
acting expressly in obedience to the au
thority ot their Own Slate, I wished to
have obtained as an amendment to the
third Section of this article, the following
clause; “Provided (hat no act or acts
dene by one or more of the States against
the United States, or by any citizens of
one of the United States, under ihe au
thority of one or more of the said States
shall be deemed treason or punished as
such ; 6ut iu case of war being levied by
one or more of the States against the U
nited States’ the conduct of each party
towards the other, and their adherents
respectively, shall be regulated by the
laws es war and es nations.”
But this provision was not adopted,
being too much opposed to the groat ob
ject of many of the Ibading members of
the convention which was by all means
to leave the states at the mercy of the
general government, since they could
not succeed in their immediate and en
tire abolition.
On this, Mr. Clayt on remarked, if the
doctrine be true that a Slate may nullify
the laws of the Union, and still remain
in the Union, there must be some clause
of the Constitution authorizing resistance
to the laws es the Federal Government
by the States. Mr Martin, it appears,
ofleiedao amendment giving this authmity
which was rejected, and ho tells the State
of Maryland that the Consequence of that
rejection is, that she, as the state of Ma
ryland, cannot resist a law of the Gen
eral Government .without incurring, for
all hei citizens employed in such resis
tance, pains and penalties of (reason.
The evidence of Mr. Martin is both
positive and negative, aod completely
explodes this notion of legalized treason
Ii is positive in as much as the Consti
tution declares that “treason against the
United States, shall consist in levying
war against them,” without making any
exception in favor of acts done by States
or by individuals under State authority,
and negative inasmuch as a clause mak
jected. 1 aD e * Ceplioll expressly re
lv raciSOa l*o boars strong
ly on the quest,on of secession. Mr Mar
tin deemed it necessary ask fr V
Con,e,.lioo a recognise o( * f ,bo
. State to levy »ar ag,i Qst g °!
States, Without subjecting itself or it< r \t
izens to the penalties «,f rebellion Tl •
he would not have done, had tlm Vigh, of
secession been a received article in tho
political faith of that day. It is obvious
that the right of secession would have ren
dered Mr. Martin’s proposition wholly
unnecessary: a State desiring to levy war
against the U. State,, by seceding prior
to (be commencement of hostilities,
would have readily etcaped tho horror.
and perils of a civil war *lt may also
be agreed that the convention, by refus
ing to the States the right of levying reg
ular war against the U. Staie» v denied
the i ight of secession, for surely no Stale
could have levied such a war as a mem
ber of the Union.
From the Standard of Union.
GOV. TROUP’S LETTER
Upon a speond review of this letter we
are ta a loss, which to admire the most,
the pore principles which it breathes, or
the transendant ability with which it is
written.
Such rtien as George M. Troup “are
bttrn for great occasions.” His mighty
genius bore us tiiumphally through the
stortu of 1825, and is destined in this nun
dav of peril, to save us from impending
'evils. His voice will be heard, and tire
phantom of Nullification will vanish be
fore it, like the (homing ihist before the
rising sun.
His remarks upon the power of the
General Government under the present
Constitution, over individuals, is so ap
posite and furnishes so much ojf argu
ment in support of our own opinions, tha
we cannot conceive how any unprejudiced
mind can resist the force of its applica
tion to the Carolina controversy.
G ivernor Troup 9ays: “The con
federation was abandoned for the now
government because it had no power to
coetce States. But was the new gov
ernment adopted to co-erce the Staies!
Certainly not. It was adapted to co-erce
individuals, fur the very reason that States
could not be carrected. The statesman
of that day, preceived that veiy thing
was gained by making a government
strong enough to operato effectually on
individuals.”
Let us apply the foregoing principle to
the case of South Carolina, and enquire,
whether in the measures uuw contempla
ted by the general government there is
any thing which can be tortured into an
attempt to co-eice a sovereign state!
Wfc answer there is nothing which wears
the semblance of such a purpose.
Are the duties under tho Tdriff Law
levied upon the States in their sovereign
capacity of States! No* Are they re
quired in their capacity of states to pay
one cent of th* public revenue! No.
Do the States embatk in commerce in
theit character of-States t NoHow then
we ask, can the operation of the Tariff
by any meins come in contact with state
Sovereignty ? Suppose it should so hap
pen, that the whole people of a State
should decline the importation and con
sumption of all fereigh commodities,
would such state pay one cent of the pub
lic revenue! N-» she would not, nor is
there one reasonable man the iminion who
believes it would he demanded. Then it
follows most cotirtosiVely that the opera
tion of the Tariff is not upon sovereign
ties, but upon individuals, individuals
import goods and not Slates—individuals
become liable to the operation of the rev
enue laws and not states; and every con
flict which can legally *r constitutionally
arise under the revenue laws must be be
ivresn the United States on the one side,
and individuals on the other. The State
having delaegted all their powers ovei
the subject of duties on imports, to the
Federal Government', cannot now set up
the right to ekercise s’Och power, or to
claim sovereign jurisdiction over it in any
possible form—the protective tariff is no
the usurpation of a reserved power, in
which case it is constitutional far the,
state to act upon tlteir own sovereignty
but an abuse of delegated power in which
case, the proper remedy is (he ballot box.
To illustrate our principle still farther
let me suppose a foreigner, English man
for instance, and not a citizen of the U.
States Should ship t* Charleston a cargo
of merchandize and refuse to pay the du
ties, who are the parties?—The U. S,
on the one side and a fftteigner on the
other. Can the most devoted Nullifier
find shelter for this foreigner under the
sovereignty of S Carolina. Would she
make war upon the Federal Government
in behalf of • foreign individual who was
seeking to evade its laws! This is not
an extreme case. Many foreigners are
engagedin commence in the U. S. who
neither owe nor seek to owe allegiance
to our government; & such a case as w*
have pet may occur every day.
Again, Idt us suppose that the Legisla
ture of a S a e should impose a most un
just and burdensome tax upon their peo
ple—far beyond the Wants «f such g»v
eminent aud that too for objects in which
the people so taxed should have no in
terest, or indirectly. Has the federal
government, any tight to in-erfere! Is
it a subject over Which that government
could claim the right to exercise its pow
er! We answer no. That is a power,
reserved to the States, and the remedy
bolongs tothe people of the States, thro*
their Ballot Boxes.
Is not then the federal government as
sovereign to the extent of the powers del
egated to it by the consolation, as the
states arn tu the extont of the powers re
verted to thorn by the same ins rumen*?
The preposition is too palpable to be
denied—-It therefore fallows, thai if the
federal government possesses no right to
interpose its powers for ihe Correction
of an abuse of reserved power by a state,
it is is equally clear that a state has no
right te interpose its authority as a state
to correct the abuses of delegated power
by the federal goverment.
South Carolina is now taxing her peo
ple enormously—and we are certain, that
if a Geoigia Legislature should impose a
tax upon our people to the extent of their
preseut rates it, would be denounced and
execrated from the Savaonah to the Chat
ahochie, and from the' mountains to the
seaboard; and yei, if Cengressshould pass
an act to nullify the tax laws of that state,
the cry of usurpation would ring from
ono end of the state tothe other* Thus
we think it is manifest that the Tariff
acts are net usurpations of state reserv
ed power, but abuses of a power delega
ted to it by the slates.
We are not however to be undeistood
as maintaining the protective principle
—We hold it in utter detestation, & will
meet it as we have always done,at all times
& upon all occasions, with our most vin
diciive hostility. Our object is to poiut
out the proper remady, and to induce
those who have been misled into the o*
pinion that separate stale action was the
proper mode of redress, to retrace their
steps, aud if possible to lead them back
to the only ftiode within the pale of the
constitution; and iu support of our position
we again refer to Gov. Troup’s Loner in
which he distinctly affirms that,
There is no power given by the Con
stitution to resist ihe laws of the United
States.”
“The only constitutional remedy for
unconstitutional laws, is the ballot box.”
No Nullification—no Consolidation —
Tho Union of the States, and the sover
eignty of the States; one and indivisible."
Charleston, Feb. 18.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
About 7 o’cloak on Saturday evening,
a fire broke out in a small shop, next to the
corner of the Market, on East Bay-street
occupied by Mess is* Lovett & Hawley,
Rag and Cotton Mongers. M ftowley
having occasion to go up stairs wttn a
light, stumbled and fell, and the ligh<
came in contact with a parcel of loose
Cotton, which immediately ignited, and
in a moment the whole was on fire. In
a very short time, the eniite of
wooden buildings on the square between
the Market and the mansion of the late
Gen. C. C. Pinckney were in (lames.
From the combustible nature of these
buildings, and the wind blowing ftesb from
the E 'St, the fire hud made considerable
progress before the engines could be
b>ou3h into service The roof of the
Market House was soon in a blaze, and he
dense mass of wooden houses on tha
South side of the street were threatened
wnh destruction. Fortunately,howveer,
the Vigilant Fire Engine, together with
some of the city companies, were placed
in a very favorable situation to play upon
the buildings, and although several times
the fronts of tho houses were in a light
blaze, they succeeded in extingushing the
flames, aud prevented them from ex
tending on that side. Had they not suc
ceeded in this effort it would have been
almost impossible to have saved the whole
square from total destruction. On the
north side of Market street tho fire
swept all the houses as far West as An
son st. where by the most unremitting
exertions on the part of the dremen and,
the blowing np of several bouses, it was
finally stopped. The ravages of the
fire extended from East-Bay-st. «u the
East; crossing Reapers Alley, to Ansou
street on the West, and from Market st.
on the South including the small meat
market, and the wemleo vegetable mark
et immediately to the West of it. (which
was pulled down) to Ellery-street on the
Nonh, including the houses on the North
side of Elley-street.
Col. Bankhead, with a strong detach
ment of U. Sates Troops, from Fort
Yloultre, and a large body of seamen from
the Natchez and other armed vessels in
the harbour, under the ordors of their
respective Officers, came promptly to
our aid, and rendered very valuable as
distance in at resting the progress of tho
destructive element. The soldiers aud
sailers ,being fresh, continued the working
of the Engines,&c. ufter the men who
had been previously engaged in that ser
vice were completely exhausted. The
latter, especially, from their feat less char
acter and readiness at mounting the tops
of houses, were greatly instrumental in
saving the range es buildings on the South
side of Market-street,which wore repeat
edly on fire. To the Military, and No
val Officers, and the Soldiers and Sailors
under command, the gratitude of the
community is due, for their ardouse and
efficient exertions on this melancholy
occasion.
Too ninth praise cannot be awarded to
them by whose active and indefatigable
exertions the city has been saved from
wide-spead desolatiou, which from the
height and direction of the wind, and com.
bustibla materials in most of the adjoining
streets seemod to be inevitable at one pe
riod of the conflagration.
Several of the houses destroyed belong
ed o the estate of the late Geo. C. C.
Pinckney —they were mostly occupied as
stores, eating-houses, &c.
We learn that the houses and other
property destroyed,were not generally in
sured, probably to not mere than the a
mouut of eight or ten thousand dollars.
The houses destroyed, were about 50 io
nnmber, and mostly belonging to tenants.
The loss of proporty generally, has fal
len upon a class of persons the least
able to bear it. The destruction of
such a mass of wooden buildings, nffosds
an opportunity to the proprietors of the
lands in that quarter, to erect houses of a
more permanent character, ac,d thus sub
serve their own interest, and J>oth im
prove the appearance, & promote the safe
ty of the city.
The loss to the city, in the portion of
the Market destroyed, is considerable.
Several accidents of a serious nature
are said to have ocurred. A negro man
belonging to Mr. John Howard, was
run over by au engioo, and very seri*
ously injured.
Vromthe Washington News.
A Dialogue between two old Friends Ned and Ben
Well, brother Ben, how have you doue this
long timet I have not seen you for years, ever
since I left South Carolina.
Ben—Why brother Ned, I have bee# pretty
Well’ thank God I 1 aoi glad te see you. bow
have you got along here in Georgia?
Ned—Through mercy pretty well. Had to
scuffle hard for it at first. But
where are you moving to? Is 9. C. too waim
for you ? Cant you stand Nullification, that tru
ly peaceful remedy, which the concentrated wis
dom of your State have resorted to?
Ben—l am moving away from the land of Nul
lification tothe Western part of Georgia, where
I hope to settle in peace, and raise tny family
without the fear of having my property confisca
ted and my liberties Boganizedby a tbsr oath.
But I have heard that many of the Georgians;,
were fully bent with the Carolina Nullifiers,
and determined to see them out to the end
Ned —We have some hard heads among us,
who have been fanning the flames of excitement
but most of our people go against the rasn mea
sures of S. C. What part do you take in this
Tariff question?
Ben— \VhyT go for the laws of my country, 1
think it n»y bounded duty “to submit to the
powers fHAT BE-” F;>u know brother Ned I
am a Christian aud a Union man too!
Ned —That is all well—but do you nut think
the Tariff is oppressive to the South ?
Ben—Yes; 1 think from different circum
stances on local interest it operates unequally.
But how can that be helped ? Our State laws
distribute the burdens of taxation as uneq ia Hy.
Ntd— True; I think Georgia has as great a
enuse logo to war, one with another, on account
of the inequality of the burdens of her Govern
ment, and division of the right of het citizens.as
the South can have with the Government. Onlyr
think how much the up-country pays to support
the low! the prohibitory tax on the travelling
merchants, to protect those who are located!
And what can justify dividing the equal rights
of the people in the soil and precious lure, by
the lottery wheel!
Ben —But a true patriot will endure all that
and much more, foi iiis country and the Govern
ment of his own choice.
JSed —But brotiier Ben, was not last Friday
the day fixed on by South Carolina to Nullify the
laws of Congress?
Ben- Yes; But since Heft there 1 have heard
a passing rumour that tlie Ordinance wu post
poned Have you seen any thing of it in the
papers ?
Ntd— Oh yes; And a mail Stage passed
through here the other day, with a white banner
waving in the air, announcing in iarge letters,
Nullification Dead !
Ben—That is they have postponed the day of
execution of the Ordinance till they adjourn
ment of Cos iyres s, i suppose
Ned—Yes; l'he project was too bold oed
daring, her energy has failed, the that
has been so lone forging that seemed ready i•
pierce the vitals of this Government has fell
pointless to thejground, aud South Carolina has
sunk herself into moral and political degrada
tion it l may judge about so great a matter.
Ben—Mow do you make that out Ned ? That
is taking a bold stand yourself.
Ned—Why by scripture ; and you know scrip
ture settles every question.
Beu-What does scripture say about Seoth
Carolina Nullification ! ] do not , recollect any
thing iu the Bible about it.
Ned—Nothing directly; Hut it says. “ he
that offends in one point is guilty of the whole,”
Ands am sure she has offended iu one poiut by
her Ordinance.
Ben-Bur does that Ned, make her guilty of all?
Ned Why, if she can sustain her Ordinanre.
she will brake the Gen Governmant And I think
after that it will be good for nothing at all. Will
it not ?
Ben—Truly if the Gen. Government is broken
a l is broken!
Ned-Well then is she guilty of all!
Ben-All what Ned?
Neil—Of all rebellion ! For if she cao sustain
herself in one direct act of opposition to the
Gen. Government —she has then broken the
whole integrity of the Union; umi is to all inieu’h
a rebel to that Government.
Ben—ln what light then arc the other Stales
to view her—as a ‘sister?
Ned—As a sister! No* an enemy, and an
enemy of the worst kind t
Be.ii—l cant see why S. Carolina wishes to
continue in ihe Union
Ned—No, nor any one else. Unless it is the
more to annoy her sister states.
Ben—l dont think she can be really in the Du
ton when she isputing ir down.
Ned : But Ben, ivtiat do you think S. Carolina
wants
Ben : YVhy Ned, her great men say they are
determined to fight for liberty.
Ned: But what liberty is that l She is free al
ready.
Bens Why if I should judge by what they
seem to approve most of all. and what they
have determined by their Ordinance to do, I
should think it was liberty to pay no taxes for
the support of Government!
Ned : That seems feasible from tier late doc
trinal—But Ben think you that is all I
Beu . No Ned. I think she Wishes to have a
government, which will always decide by a ma
jority except when she is in the minority ; then
she wishes the minority to rule - What is that
Ned ?
Ned : Why you might as well have said, the
wishes to govern every body else herself.
Ben • Ha, ha. ha INow Ned you have hit the
nail on the head ! So farewell, my wagons arc
out of sight Ned. Farewell.
Extraordinary Theft. —The following amus
ing and singular piece of ro 6 ueiy, lately occur
ed in Paris.
An individual well dressed, presented himself
ii' the shop of a female who sold ready made
lineu in one of the retired parts of Paris and
observed to her, that she appeared to keep au
assortment of gentlemens shirts. “O yes she
had them of all descriptions, and very cheap
Pray madam, said he, “ have yeu any g n menu
of a similar description & quality,for ladies; I uni
about to be married and wish to make my intend
ed wife a present of three dosen. Certainly,
certainly, sir, I have some 'vkich I'm sure will suit
you, and forthwith, three parcels, each contain
ing a dozen, were exhibited on the counter.
One tvas opened and the stranger examined it
with much attention; at last he said I ant afinid
that these are too shot!; then seemed lost for a
moment in thought, at the difficulty which pre
sented itself ta his mind of ascertaining the
precise size wanted—an idea sormed to strike
him Madam he said, you are about the height
and size of the lady 1 shall shortly marry, would
it lie asking too much of you to draw one of
these over your dress. Not at all, I'll do it
with a great deal of pleasure In e minute, the
good woman appeared in the body of the shop
completely enveloped one. The stranger look
ed at net, walked round her, end stooped, ep
parently to draw the garment behind her to its
full length, in doing which he very adroitly fas
tened her cloths to it with a large pin. She
supposing his examination finished, attempted
to take it off again, when to her astonishment
she found her clothes rose up with it. At this
moment he grasped the parcels end made off
with them. The poor woman hevitated to follow
—made another attempt to divest herself of her
superfluous covering, but failing to do so, ran
after him. So much time however was lost and
so many boys collected about her at the novel
appearance she presented, that she was soon
compelled to return to her shop and put up
with the loss.
REMOVAL.
H. W. SCOVEKI CO.
Have removed to Store, No. 302, next door tit
Adams, Parmelee 8f Cos. souths side Broad-St.
WHERE they are Selling off, the balance
of their Stuck of DRY GOODS
at COST-
Feb 13 19 6t
E. OSBORN,
SURGEON DENTIST
RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of
Augusta and its vicinity, that he hns re
turned to this city, and taken private rooms at
the United States Hotel, ea.«t end, where an ear
ly call from those who may need bis profession
la services will receive prompt and uaretnitted
attention.
Feb 8 |f
JOB PRINTING
Executed with uotoem nd despatch,* tbii afficc
AUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20.
There has been a great Fire in Charleston,
the particulars of which we copy.
Mr Poindexter’s Resolution in the Senate,
calling for the orders es the President issued to
the officers, iu South. Carolina, has been a
dopted.
The Land Lottery was finished on the 15th
inst. with the exception of a few prizes, which
would be drawn at another time. It will be the
first of April, befoie the Gold Lottery is fiui.hcd.
O* We are again without a Northern mail
two nights in succes-ion, without a single repre
sentative of our exchanges from that quarter.
We inay say we are five nights behind the mails,
or they behind us. We ar; tired ofcoinplainingon
this subject, aud shall in future, “ stand by our
arms.”
O’ Mrs. F. BROWN lays in her claims for a
Benefit, to-uight, at the Theatre.
A Reward is left at this "office for all the sign's
of violence by brick bats, mad Sic. upon the of
fice of ihe Augusta Chronicle. The Editor says,
they were inflicted on the night the boys took
down his sign and made their ominous deposit
at the Jail. Those papers, tiiat have copied his
account, and sited so inttny tears over the same,
had belter put on their spetue'es aud “ go in ”
for the reward.
The Georgia (Athens) Gazette has hece pur
chased by Messrs. Shaw it Chase, and is in fu
ture to be located ot the Couuly seat ol Luui;.'-
kin.
The Hon. John Murphy is a candidate to re
ptesent Alabama in Cougiess, from tha Di.tiiut
we believe, at present representtd by the Hon.
Dixon If Lewis. In n letter to a ‘riend iu Mo
bil e, announcing his consent to serve, he says,
he “ is not anxious for the honor or tmuluinenU
of office, but to have the pleasure of contribu
ting his mite, suiail as it may be, to restore our
concerns, both in piincipic and in practice to
their oiiginnl puriiy and simplicity.”
The Itrply. — l'he Chronicle answered our
strictures ol Monday last by n.tiliug a board at
night on our sign with “ limplt of wit" upoff
If A Temple is a place of sacrifice— Here, bow
ever nothing lias yet been sacr ficed, but a
Jackass.
The Richmond fth>g ol the tilth, says, «• We
understand that the Governor of Virginia Inis
received letiers from Mr. Leigh, communicating
the agreeable intelligence, that the Convention
ot South-Carolina will be convened by General
Hamilton, early in March, is const queucc of the
intercession of Vigmia.
This morning’s Charleston mail brings the foU
lowiug ;
S.C. CONVENTION.
Tbo Charleston Courier says —Wo publish (his in irnli.j
the Proclamation of the President of this auom iluus holy,
•—”>»* *** members to re-usseinble at Columbia. ott
the 11 th Os rich nex r , -‘to deliberate on such matters touch
ing the interests aud welfare of the good people of tha
State, as may be then and there presented fur their coiibi
cerutiou.”
Important Intelligence —A letter from Washihgton, du
ed the 11th insL elates that Ihe Tariff Bill vvus that day
on motion of Col. Drayton, i o-committed to the < omm itteo
of Ways aud Means wiih instructions to reduce the rnlo
of duties one-third after tho -d'ol Mu ch, 1334. This pro
position is said to meet the approbation of the outhern
members generally, and it is likely to be concurred iu by
Congrusss.
As minorities always are noisy, so those oppo*
st-d to the present Administration of the General
Government in Georgia, ure sir,lining their notes
to Ihe highest pitch, if possible to stun the sensi
bility of the public ear. But that has beau drum
me.l on befoie; it knows hnw to distinguish he
tween the tones of a Demagogue and the Palri*
ot. Georgia will snppott the Administratibit
triumphantly in its endeavors to preserve liie in
tngrity es this happy Republic.
THE HACKS.
Tuesday, If/ day —Tli« day was wet and tuts
very heavy ; Wut the desire to ace too s-tch fine,
animals as Collier and Sally H. unit, con
tend for the Prize of swiftness, collected a great
many spectators, and the riralty whs very aid
mated. Hio'the Morse’s (heracter gave him
the most nuineious friends, those of Sally Hot-,
net were neither few i.or spiritless , for before
Starting, an offered bet on the -Mate of slos to
80 w a*not taken. The hour of starting arriv
ed—the anxious crowd closely lined the tr*ci—
the impatient Horses paw the earth, anti off tiko
an arrow from a bow, they dart in flying swift
ness. Collier had the track by lot. The first
reuad the rivals were at no time 20 feet apart,
aed the horse cmee by the stand in 2 minutes
and 8 seconds about 6 feet ahead. The secontl
round brought Collier out about 20 feet in
advance of his competitor, but immediately after
Salty Hornet dnshed up, and seemed as if she
would pass him. The greater part of this (31)
round was more closely contested than the first
and second; the horse, how ver, passed the
stand nearly 30 feet ahead. But his antagonist
was rot to be so easily beaten—she approached
hitn slowly for the last found; and tho’ when
they passed the distance stand, she was nearly
40 feet behind, owing to Collier taking the sulks
near the goal, she lost the heat net mere than
6 teet. It was with difficulty Colliers rider got
him through. Time of heat 8 m 34 s.
After a breathing time of 45 minutes, the con
test was renewed—the heats were very similarly
contested, and Collier came through at full
speed, but stopped shert within 20 feet of the
stand. He won the heat and race about thirty
feet, tkuogh the uncertainty of his comiog
through thinned the number of those, who were
disposed to buck his pretensions with their purs
es. Time of 2d heat 8m.33 s. We are told
this is Collier’s last race, and that, baring been
purchased by a Company at $6,0(>0, he retires,
with all his honors thick upon him, from the
contentions of the Turf. /'
The Horses entered to day are Betsey Hare,
Van Btiren and Tuberose.
Mr. Ligon’s mare, Tuberose, sired by Arab,
darn by Beltair, 4 years old took both first > eats,'
winning the race handsomely. The only con
tention was between her and Vap Burets. Tors
still extremely heavy-Time, first heat 6 22,
Second do. 0. 20-
The Horse, Collier, who won the race on
yesterday, is thus spoken of in an advertise
ment, which we fiud in the Lexington (Kent.)
Observer:
COLLIER, BY CHARLES.
I know it is too much tho case with