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From Poems b/Wiliiam Motherwell.
THE MIDNIGHT WIND.
Mournfully! oh Mournfully
I This midnight wind doth sigh,
Like some sweet plaintive melody
Os age* long gone by ;
It speaks a tale of other years—
Os hopes that bloomed to die ;
Os sunny smiles that set in tears.,
And loves that mouldering lie .'
Mournfully J oh, Mournfully
This midnight wind doth moan;
ft stirs some chord of memory
In each dull heavy tone.
The voices of the much-loved dead
Seem floating thereupon
AH, all my fend heart cherished
Ere death had made it lona.
MournfulTy! eh, mournfully
This midnight wind doth swell,
With its quaint pensive minstrelsy,
. Hope's passionate farewell
To the dreamy joys of early years,
Ere yet griefs canker fell
On the heart’s bloom—ay ! well may tears,
Start at that parting knell !
Prom the Comic offspring.
THE PORTIONLESS ONE.
Nobility is in his blow,
His gentle smile .*eturn provokes,
But. nh ! the truth to tell it how—
We’part to meet oo more—Ac smokes
Yes the dark fact is «11 too true—
My heartfrom what it lieats for shrinks,
To what it thirsts for bids adieu ,
For, oh, the handsome sot !he drinks.
Tn virgins soft,who think me hard,
Hear fai (her what ray union stay,,
And say if you’d not too discard,
The darling gambler—yel, he plays,
Ah weep, the truth I’ve yet to sing,
He stnokes-j^ iat I no portion own;
He drinks—oWe Pierian spring;
He plays—but on the flute alone.
Mo each a man I could but be
A ready prize 7*—but mark what said he*.
‘Lady, alas? * prize to me 0
Is not, who is.bdt lias the ready."
Mr. Webster and the Muses.—We
copy the following impromptu from the
Boston Transcript. It was written in the
Album of a young Lady who requested
the great Statesman to writo his name in
the little treasury of great names, under
the autograph of Lafayette:—
“Dear Lady, Ia little fear
’Tis dangerous to be writing here.
His hand, who bade our Eagle fly,
Trust his young wings and mount the sky.
Who bade, across the Atlantic tide,
New thunders sweep, new navies ride,
Has traced, in lines of trembling age,
His autograph upon this page.
Higher than that Eagle soars,
Louder than that thunder roars,
Hit fame shall through the world be sounfting
And o’er the waves of time be bounding,
While (thousands, as obscure as /,
Cfing to his skills, he still will fly,
And spring to immortality.
If by this name {''write my own,
’l’will take me where / am not known,
The cold salute will meet my ear,
“Pray, stranger, how did you come here?” ”
MAHOMMED ALI.
Viceroy of Egypt.
The following notice of tho present
Viceroy of Egyp', Mahommed Ali, is tak
en from the most authentic souices. No
full account of his life having been pub
lished in this couutry, tbe following cur
sory review of his extraordin&ry career
may not he uninteresting to the public.
The present Viceroy of Egypt, Ma
hoaimed Ali, is a native of Cavalla, a
small town ia RofiiJiu, a district of Al
bania. He was boro in the year 1767.
in early life he lost his father, and was
placed under the protection of the gover
nor, by whom he was educated in that
species «>f training which qualifies a man
to rise in a despotic government. He
was first appointed a collector of taxes,
in which office he was observed to set a
higher value on the money, than on tho
blood of ihe unhappy peasantry over
whom his jurisdiction extended. Not long
after he obtained the rank of Boulouk
basbi, and married a relation of tbs Go
vernor. .
On the invasion of Egypt by the French,
he was called to fulfil a higher destiny, io
a more active scene. The contingent of
three hundred men, raised by the town
ship of Cavalla, was placed under the
command of Ali, who was now recognized
as Binbashi, or captain of regular troops.
After the massacre of tho Mamelukes at
Aboukir, he obtained the command of a
division in the army of Youself Bey, and
joined the expedition against the insurgent
chiefs, which terminated so fatally to the
Turks. He was accused by Jousefras the
cause of the defeat, and at his instigation,
Rusrouf, the Governor of Cairo, resolved
to expel Ali from the country. But the
young Aibauiao taking advantage of a dis
alßtetion of tbe troops, in consequence of
their pay being in arrear, demanded the
payment of tbe troops, as the ouly condi
tion <>n which he would yield obedience.
To avoid the danger Rusrouf admitted in-
io Cairo the Albanian corps under Taher
Pasha, hoping that the intrigues of one
chief would counteract those of the other.
But in tbit he was disappointed, for upon
whatever other point the Albanians might
differ, upon this they were perfectly a
greed, and the couseqnence was, they at
tacked and drove Rusrouffrom the city,
and deposited the Viceregal power in the
hands of Taher Pasha.
The tyranny of tbit new ruler brought
his reign to a sudden close, and the actual
government was pieced in the hands
Ibrahim, Osman Bardisty, and Mahom
nted Al*. , „
The undisputed power of the -Mame
lukes being likely to prove fatal to Ali,
he contrived to embroil Osman with his
associates, and then attacking him with his
own hand, contrived to reinstate an exiled
Pasha, whom the Saltan had sent to take
command—and whom he intended to use
merely as a tool for his ambitious purpos
es. The Grand Seignior suspecting his
ambitious views, in the year 1804, order
ed him and 4ns Albanians to return home.
Mahommed disregarded »he'mandate, and
intimated that his aervices were longer
needed. On the following year he was
appointed Pasha of Djidea and of the port
of Mecca, on the 'eastern shore of the
Red Sea.—LTpon this* scene of insubor
dination ensued, and the army threatened
immediate violence if their arrears were
not paid. Mahommed alone could rule
the disturbed elements in the furious tem
pest. He was entreated to take upon
him the durfes of Viceroy- The wily
Albanian-seemed amazed at this proposal,
and after a feigned hesitation, yielded and
was inmediately invested with the insignai
of office.
He soon after succeflfod Rouschid Pa
cha, and the citadel of Alexandria was pla
ced in hii hands. The Mamelukes still
continuing to be troublesome, be contri
ved a snare which cost them nearly twe
hundred of their best men. fiighty-three
heads were sent to Constantinople to
grace the waJl* of the Seraglio. Failing
again under the suspicions of the Grand
Seignior, various attempts were made to
deprive him of his power, but in vain; he
was 100 well versed in the aris of war
6f of peace,to suffer himself to be deceiv
ed by the specious offers of the emissary
of the Sultan,who seeing how affairs stood,
made the best of 4ms ambitions subject, by
leaving him in posession of the Viceroy
alty. Soon after he advanced into Up
per Egypt where be defeated a large bo
dv of Mamelukes.
”ln the year 1807, hostilities having
commenced between Great Britain and
the Octoman ompir-e, Gen. Fraser, with
5000 troops, was seat to occupy Egypt
with a view of preventing the country
from falling into the hands of the French.
The fate of this body of troops is well
known.—Four hundred and fifty of their
heads were pnblicly exposed at Cairo,
and the unfortunate captives were treated
with every species qf contempt aod cru
elty.
After the departure of the British, the
affairs of Egypt being in a deranged con
dition, he felt that his popularity was en
daogered. Fearing the Mamelukes, he
resolved upon their final destruction at
whatever expence of candor and human
ity. This horrible determination was
confirmed by the necessity of carrying on
a war against the Wahabees io Arabia
The Porte had urged hirato prepare for
this expeditkm.so important to the purity
of the faith and to the integrity of the em
pire, rewarding him beforehand, by con
ferring upon his favorite son, Foussoun.
the dignity of a Pacha of the second or
der.
On the Ist. day of March, 1811, was
committed an act of treachery, unpre
cedented in any age or country. On this
day, the investure of the new chief
was to take place; a which
was to be performed if) the citadel The
Mamelukes were invited to share in
tbe parade and festivites of the occasion,
and accordingly, under command ofCha
bvo Bey, and urrayed in their most
splendid uniforms, thejQpppeared at the
hnll of audience, and unsuspectingly of
fered »Ae Pacha their hearty congratula
tions. Mahommed received them with
the greatest affability,and pressed them
coffee and other refreshments—which is
among Turks, a pledge of friendship,
safety and protection. The Mamelukes
were ordered to march along a narrow de
fine loading to the citadel, being preceded
by the body guard of Mahomed Ali. As
soon as they had passed the gate it was
shut behind them, while the opposite cod
(J? 6l e to’wg closed, they were
caught as it were io wahommed’ B
soldiers from the top of the rocks, secur
ed from the aim of the Mamelukes pour
ed down volleys of shot upon their victims
who were butchered almost to the last
man. The lifeless body of the brave
'Cha'nyn, was exposed to every infamy.
The streets boro the appearaoce es a
place taken by assault. Matsommed uo
ted among the slain four hundred and 70
mounted Mamelukes, besides their atten
dants. The number of victims in the end
did not fall short of one thousand. There
can be no apology offered for this act of
deliberate, cold hearted treachery, and
Mahommed bears still apon bis brew, the
brand of a murderer.
The Egyptiao at my under Fossoun,
-failing in their object, Mahommed soon
after assumed the command, and defeat
ed the W ababees.
On the day of August, 1815, all
the troops in Cairo broke into open mu
tiny and revolt, and after committing va
rious excesses, tbtv submitted upon the
amnesty proclaimed by Mahommed. Al
though the leaders es the revo | t cou ..
not be discovered, it was afterwards re
marked that Beys died very sud
denly, having roost probably falleo under
the suspicions of tbe Viceroy. After this
eveur, he sent his son Ibrahim to check
tbe incursions of a large body of Arabi
ans upon the Egyptian frontiers, who
completely routed them—which triumph
was rather owing to the sudden daatb of
Sehood, the Arabian Chief. t
In 1820 he ordered an exedtlion to be
fitted oot in order to subdue the natives
of Dongola and Lennar. Under the
command of his son Ibrahim, he eomple*
tely succeeded, but this conquest if these
harmless nations was accompanied with
extreme cruelty towards the natives.
For the last ten years Mahommed has
been en gaged in disciplining his troops
in the European manner, and more than
once it has nearly cost him his life. His
attention to the army and navy has been
unremitting. In Greece their valor and
discipline was proved, although they
tvere defeated. At the battle of Navari
no, the naval discipline succeeded better
than was expected. The preparations
of Mahommed For some years back, have
evinced something more than a desire to
protect his province. Any one who has
the curiosity to follow out the Vicerey ia
his great efforts in increasing his army,
and the resources of his empire, must say
that the declaration of war against the
Sultan was no sudden movement. It has
been the preparation of years. On Ap*
ril Ist. 1832, war was commenced be
tween Turkey and Egypt. On the 12th
Hussein Pacha took'Command of the Ot
toman army, against Ibrahim, the son of
Mahommed- On the 27th of May, St.
Jean d’Acte surrendered te the victori
ous arms of Mahommed. Damascus
soon followed, and since ibe fall «f that
fortress (St. Jean iTAcre) the success of
the arms of the Egyptians has been in
creasing and they are now within a few
days march es Constantinople.
Mahommed is now about 63 years of
age, rather short in stature, with a high
forehead and aqueline nose, and altogeth
er possessing an expression of counte
nance which shows him to be no ordinary
man, His dress is usually very plain—
and the on y expence he ai ows .imself
to fal into, is lavished upon liis arms,
some of whLh are stu .ded with dia
mon J».
N > one has attempted to conceal that
rhere is in thd temper of Maiioiumed A i,
with a few good qua itres, a deep tincture
of b.*rb rism and fiercene»s. An- in
moments of passion, there is hardly any
c uelty he will not perpetrate or com
mand. The Pacha seems o be one of
t ose persons -iuo by an ■extraordiaqry
combination of circumstancus, has attain
ed bis present eminence, and whose suc
cess seems to be rather tho resu.t if for
tune, than any innate greatness. Still it
must be confessed, trial he has much im
proved his Province, by introducing the
acts of civilized life, and by educa’ing the
-children of toe chiefs. He has two «ons,
Ibrahim, tho sen of his wife, who now
commands tbe arm. in Syria, and the
Daftu.der, who is his son in-law by niai
ri ge. The former is very friendly Io
the improvements now making in Egypt
under the direction of foreigners, the
latter views them with the eye -of a big
gotted Mussulman.
The present war that Mahommed has
undertaken against the Sultan, may not,
in tbe end prove as successful as he has
anticipated—and unless his son possesses
the genius and address of Napoleon, he
will not be able to extricate nimself from
his present situation. In tbe heart of
t .a Suttan’s territory—and hemmed in
on all sides, he mav meet with the same
fate as did bis brother lshmael. But the
contest will soon be decided, and Ma
hmoud or Mahommed will bear undispu
ted rule over Turkey.
Nullification w» Europe.— Nicholas is
about seceding from the Holy Alliance.—
The surviving parties will be France,
England aod Austria. The Autocrat has
his eye upon Turkey in her troubles, on
Holland in her mulligrubs and Prussia in
her imbecility, as puppets for anew
clique. Pozzi di Borgo, his favorite pain
ter, is abroad again upon a political scent.
Like a comet, his appearance alwtrys por
tends war. Well, let it come.—Poland
may rend her chains again—a consumma
tion devoutly to be wished ; but our fears
are that there will be no wag| neverthe
less. The Autocrat will have to watch
Poland ; tbe Sultan aaafee peace with his
rebels; Holland smoke a fresh pipe; Lou
is Phillip deliver the Dutchess from irons;
Austria aud Prussia mind 'heir own busi
ness ; and England have quite enough to
do with (he great question of the abolition
of slavery.
The Pageantry of Scott's Novels is
now ail the ton io England. At every
fashionable ball or banquet the various
characters of ten or a dozen of the No
vel?, according to the number of guests,
are regularly personated-
Had the Author of Waveriy lived to
witness this potthumus respect to his tal
ents, he could oot fait of being highly
gratified. How much is it to be regret
ted, that the debt due to the living should
only be paid to the dead ! that the chap
let renown has wreathed, should deck,
alas ! net their temples, but their tombs !
Wherefore should this be ? May wo not
truat that the departed spirit is permitted
to walk tbe earth, invisible—revisit the
scenes of its earthly triumph, witness
the honors accorded to its undying fame ?
—Who shall be able to solve this startling
question!—Not the living; aay, nor the
dead ; no !—nor faith, nor hope ! Yet
may we oot, should we not, trust I—trust
that we shall hereafter know what passes
here!—We do, aod will at least trust,
that however the world may honor or
oegtect virtue or genius, they will yet re
ceive their reward, which the world can
neither give, nor takeaway !
Wooden Candles. —The Yankees may
brag, says the Liverpool (Pe.) Mercury,
as much as they please about their ingen
uity; tbeir wooden nutmegs, Prussian
pumkin seeds, aod machines for making
white ash rakes out of chesoui chips, but
they can’t 6rgi» with the Pennsylvanians.
They make no bones at all of palming
bass-wood hams flannel sausages. You
see 4 look it iqtQ my head to try to spec
ulate a little to make up the eighteen
pence rhat I lost a bettiog on the ’lection.
Ai first I did’nt know exactly what I’d
better try, and was jusi talking’ with ray
landlord, (pretty clever fellow for a
Dutchman.) when some body came along,
and asked if any body warned io boy any
candles for four pence ha’ peony a pound.
"Here's a chance for you, says the land
lord, “any of the store keepers will give
yon more than that for’em right off.’’ I’ll
ba darned if I dont beleive that tbe land
lord was in the scrape, for if he had’nt
have been, he’d havo bought the candles
himself* But you see I did,nt think of
that, and so bought a whole box of the
candles. And how do you think I got
sucked in? If you can guess in a week,
I'll treat you to a glass of Duff Green’s
julap. But to save you all that trouble,
I’ll just tell you how it turned out. A
piece of white oak wood, turned in the
shape of a candle, with a snag little wick
in eaeh end, cover’d with jist about tal
low enough to grease the bill of a Long
I gland misJeeter.
The following incident recently occur
ed at one of the primary schools in this
city. A little urchin of about four years,
was called up by the Preceptress, on a
charge of using profane language , when
the following dialogue ensued:
Preceptress. —l understand you have
been usiog profane language.
Hay. —-Yes, Marm, but not very had.
Preceptress. — But what did you say. t
Hoy. —Nothing very bad.
Preceptress. —You must toll me what
you did sav.
fioy. —l only said Hnrrah for Jacksonl
Republican Herald.
ANECDOTE OF COBBE^T.
WRITTEN BT IIIMSELF.
At eleven years of age, my employment
was clippiog off box-edgings and weeding
beds of flowers in the garden of the Bishop
of Winchester, at the Castle of Faruham,
my native town. I had always been fond
of beautifni gardens ; and a gardener who
had just come from the King’s gardens ai
.Kew, gave such a descrip ion of them, as
made mq instantly resolve to work in ihose
gardens. The next morning without ray
ing a word to any one, I set off, with no
clothes except those oo my back, and
with thirteen half-pence in my pocket.—
I found that I must go to Richmond, and
I according went ori from place to place,
inquiring my way thither, A long day
(it was in June) brought me to Richmond
in tbe afternoon. Two penny worth «f
bread and cheese, a penny worth of smnli
bear, which I had on the road, and one
halfpenny that I lost somehow or other,
left threejrence io my pocket. With this
for my whole fortune, I was trudging
through Richmond, in my blue smock
frock, and my red garters tied under my
knees, when staring about my eye fell
upon a little book io a bookseller’s win
dow,on the outside of which was written,
“Tale of a Tub!” price 3d.
Tbe title was s« odd, that my curiosity
was excited, (had the' three pence, but
then I could have bo supper. In I went
and got the little book which I was so im
patient to read, that I got over into a
field at the upper corner of Kew-gardens,
where there stood a hay stack. On the
shadowy side of this I sat down to read.
The book was different from any thing 1
had ever read before; it was something so
new to my mind, that, though I could
oot at all understand some «f it, it de
lighted me beyond description; and it
produced what I have always considered
a sort of birth es intellect. I read on until
it was dark, without any thought of sup
por or be4 When I could see no lon
ger, I put my little book in my pocket,
and tumbled down by the side of the
hay stack, where I slept till the birds in
Kew gardens awakened me in the morn
ing, when off I started to Kew, reading
my little book.
Tho Singularity of my dress, the sim
plicity of my manner, my confident aud
lively air, doubtless, his own compassion
besides, induced the ga.dener, who was a
Scotchman,! remember, to give me vic
tuals, find me lodging and set me to work;
and it was during the period that i was
at Kew, that the present King and two
of his brothers laughed at the i dn lifts of my
dress, while I was sweeping the grass plat
round the foot of the pagoda. The gard
ener, seeing me fond of books leut me
some gardening books to read, but those I
could not relish after my “Tale’of a Tub,”
which I carried about me wherever I went,
and when I, at about 20 years old, l»st
it in a box that fell overboard in the Bay
of Fundy, in North America, the loss gave
me greater pain than 1 have ever felt at
losing thousands of pounds. This cir
cumstance, trifling as it was, and childish
as it may seem to relate it, has always
endeared the recollection of Kew to me.
About five weeks ago, I had occasion to
go from Cheltenham to Twickenham,
with my two eldest sons; I brought
them back through Kew, in order to shew
them the place where the hay-stack
stood, having frequently related to them
what 1 have now related to you.
Te the Editors of the N. Y. Com Adv.
Gentlemen j— l send tbe enclosed that
you may make such use of it as you may
think proper. I took it from a work
which I read in London in the year 1797.
Yours truly, 5. A. G.
An Anecdote es Oliver Cromwell. —
The foilowiug anecdote will serve to
prove the great hypocricy and villiaoy of
Cromwell.
Major Clayton, of the army who had
rendered Cromwell great service in tbe
tears, applied to him for promotion, and
Cromwell sent him into Ireland, with
great pretence of love to him, and for his
preferment, and told him, that in the bow
els of the Lord Jesus, be had a tender af
fection for him, and took him by the
shoulder and wept over him, giving him
letters to his son in Dublin (who was at
the head of the government in Ireland,)
telling him those tetters would do bis bu
siness. sis * iP*
Major Clayton gdes off for Ireland, and
having, on his arrival at Chester, ft mind
to know tho contents of the letters, he o
pened them and found that there was an
express order to hang him. Clayton took
the him, and instead of proceeding on to
Ireland, retired to live privately in obscu
rity where he died.
From the Boston Statesman.
Visit of the President. —Mr. Men ill,,
from the select committee on the subject,
reported the following Resolves:—
Whereas information has been received
that the President of the United States 1
proposes to visit New England during
the current year, and that he may bo pre
sent in the capital of this State on the
next anniversary the declaration o! In
dependence: And whereas it has been
the ancient usage and the uniform desire
of this Commonwealth, to receive the
visits of distinguished public men, and es
pecially of the Chief Magistr&’es of the
Union with respect 4c hospitality, There
fore
Resolved, fyc. That His Excellency
the Governor bp, and he hereby is author
ized and requested to tender to the Presi
dent of the United States, if he shall visit
this Commonwealth during the preseat
year, the customary hospitalities, and the
respectful congratulations of the State.
Resolved , That a Committee consisting
of the President and five members of the
Senate, and of the Speaker and six mem
bers of the House of Representatives, be
appointed, who are heteby authorized to
make all suitable arrangements in (be
name and behalf gif the State, for the pro
per reception of the President of the U.
States, if his visit to this State shall occur
before the next session of rhe General
Court, and alao,for the celebration of the
next anniversary of the Declaration of
Independence, if it shall be the pleasure
of the President to be present at the Cap
ital of the State on that occasion.
Ginger for Heatiug in Horses ?—As
Farriery is embraced in this w rk, I may
add, that my old horse, who is now in Iris >
20th year, has been cured of the disease
called 'Heaves,' by the use of ground gin-'
ger, a remedy recommended to me for
that purpose. A table-spoonful was give
to him daily, for several weeks mixed io
his mess of Indian moa! and cut straw.
The horse had been troubled with whee
zing and a hard cough for a year or two,
and lost flesh so much that he seemed to
have finished hfs term of service. Sisco
the o*e of the powdered ginger he has be
come quite f#, and apyears te be years
younger and in good spirits.
We expect toon to htar of fieth dis
turbances in South Carolina. One dif
ficulty adjusted, another will speedily be
raised. The restless ambition of Calhoun
is not yet satiated, the ttrrbolent spirits of
Hayne& Hamilton are not yet appeased.
South Carolina, still unsatisfied, will cry
“give, give” It is only on the boisterous
sea of excitement that notoriety can be
obtained, and care will be taken that tbe
waters shall be troubled, and the master
spirits will still ride the wave with their
eye steadily fixed on the lurid flame of
the beacon light—Ambition ! Lei them
have a care lest that light go out in dark
ness, and they sink amidst the execrations
of millions.— Pennsylvania paper.
PROCLAMATION EXTItA
We find tho following important docu
ment final the pen of the veteran piophet
Lorenzo Dow, in the Norwich Republi
can :
TO ALL REAL AND TRUE AMERICANS !!
Don't give up the Ship!
Disappointed ambition leads to resent
ment and revenge ! Hence certain men
are led to lend themselves as tools to dis
tract the country and lay waste the land !
Washington, as by a Patriarchal in
fluence spake of such characters and
times/ —Hence be advised to consider
anyone, who would soek to divide the
nation, as an ENEMY—aud should be
dealt with accordingly!
If blood MUST be shed, let it fall on
TRANSGRESSORS! “Forjudgment
must begin at the house of God !”
“Mark well,” all those who are bent
to ruia the countr and sink tbe shijf!
that when the struggle comes, justice
may taka place, to save tho people I
“Ho that hath no sword, let him buy
one,” aod be prepared Cor the worst: a*
gainst traitors, (whether sative or a
dopted citizens)—ambitious intriguing
forbignebs, who are benf* on mischief
tn this nation, to seek our harm and ruin !
Take timely warning 1 fur the day to “try
men’s souls is at hand”—hence may God
give us wisdom and prpfeeiion 1
LORENZO DOW
The editors throughout the United
Statas will please let tbe above have an
insertion.
Montville, February fIS. L. D.
James Sheridan Knowles, the Dramat
ist, is declared to be the author of thoso
popular and interesting works published
under the title of “Extracts from the Di
ary of a Physician.”
An instance of longevity is recorded
by the Berlin State Gazette. M. Niem
ezyk, a pensioned schoolmaster at Loff
kowiiz. in Silesia, died lately at the great
age of 108- years. He served through the
seven years war as a private in a Prus
sian regiment of cuirassiers.
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE ,
FOR SALE.
WILL be sold, on accommodating terms
the LOTS, situated on the south side of
Broad Stre t, below Campbell’s Quit/ and
nearly opposite the Planters’ Hotel, composing
a front of 190 feet on Broad street, it is offered
for sale, in seperate Lots, or the whole together
for further particulars, Enquire of Mr. Robert
Walton at the Insurance Bank, or to
WM. P. DEARMOND.
Augusta, Feb ff 5 - 24 t s
AUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL. 10.
We have received no papers on the Northern,
line, and but very few from any quarter since
Saturday last. The two last nights brought nd
mail beyond Columbia, S. C. It is reported
that tbe Cainden nod Clieraw Bridges are des
troyed by the floods in rhe rivers.
CORPORATION OF AUGUSTA.
At the election on Monday last, the following
gentlemen were elected :
MAVOR.
Ss mu el Hale.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
Vpptr Word. —Edward Thomas, JameX Har
per, and J. B. Bishop.
Middle Ward.— Thomas Glascock, George W.
Lamar, and Jesse Kent.
Linocr Ward.—P. Cramp, N. Dtlaigle, and
R. F. Bush.
The Lady RpWeria arrived at Charleston oo
Friday Evening last frota Liverpool, whence
aho sailed on Feb. 26, being one day later.—
Nothing of interest in addition to previous ad
counts. ; J
W ELLBORR, Jones, and Barnes, arc the Del
egates elected from Harris county to the Re
duction Convention. This is one of tbe coun
ties, where a few upstart agitators shot Forsyth,
burnt Wayne, nod played the ■ An I the
ozeiting topics of daily discression, w* ate in
formed were the pilots of the election. The
friends of ordsr and peaceful government
triumphed by great majorities. Tho agitators
had their mouths shut for a while—at least till
the sitting of the next Graud Jury, which find
ing county limits too circumscribed for their
talents, may again stretch their pours as far as
Washington City end a little further
We stated on Monday, that the Ice, destiued
for oar Summer comforts, was endangered by
the high titer. We are pleased to learn this
morning, that very little of this evanescent arti
cle will be lost.
The flood, which looked so threatening on
Monday, has been subsiding for the last 24 horn s
It rose about 1 foot above thut of August IS3I.
We rogret to hear. it has done greet injury to
the planters in the Swamp, breaking their dams*
sweeping away fences, drowning stock and
compelling them to renew the preparations for
a crop, which had been nearly or quite complet
ed. If these had litre'll the only disasters, great
as tkey ete, are should have had less to regret.
We fear the lose of human life has bean consid
erable. We know of three or four person*
drowned, and hear reports cd others. A wagon
and a cart with a horse in it floating down the
river, saddles and hats found without owners,
canoes without those, who were known to have
been in them, be. give intimation of probable
disasters, intelligence of which hns not yet
reached us.
The Greatest fifan in Congreu. —This indivi.
dual is said, by a Washington letter writer, to
be Mr Lewis, of Alabama, who weighs three
hundred and flfty {rounds, and for which a chair
has heell provided in the House of Representa
tives, the common large chairs not being huge
enough. Ha is not yet thirty years of aga, and
ranks high for intelligence and industrious legis
lative habits.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
At a public Commencement held in PhiladtK?
phla, on the 28th of last month, the degtee a/
Doctor of Medicine w»s conferred on the follow
ing gentlemen from Georgia: John E. Bacon,
Janies D. Rivers, Austin M. Walker, Marcus
Aurelius Franklin, George jyj. Newton, and
Henry S. Wimberly.
' r he Washington Correspondent of the New
York Standard gives the following as authentic
information :
“The number of accommodated memliers of
Congiess, has been increased. Would va<i
think it t A director of the IJ. 3. Braueti 9Hok
in this City has been beard rxuttingly to say.,
that A. S. Clayton of Georgia, had obtaiwctl a
loan here of $8,000; and about the same time
the Pennsylvania Inquirer atxted that it was un
derstood the said Clayton had been mollified,
or had given up his opposition to the bank!!''
The Editor of the Augusta Chronicle is for
Gxorgk M. Troup, for Governor !!! We h;ul
heard before, that at the En*le Sc Phoenix, at
one of the Jacobin Meetings, he implored Hea
ven to forgive him for what he had said of his
Ex-Excellency. It had been neatly as bad •«
his “ Tiger Despot' Sic. said of anotheT worthy
Patriot.
The Chronicle, this morning, finds great fault
with the Richmond Hussars, for a visit for dis
cipline, which they made to the Arsenal in Feb
ruary. ts they did wrong, why did not tbs
r hnmiclc make them do right? Does he not
held a commission in the Corps? The fact is
tbit, divested of tbe Chronicle's colouring, which
it genet ally daubed on in such a manner, that it
seldom requires a critic’s hand to point out tbe
defects. This public-spirited Corps, in n coun
try excursion, visited the Arsenal while the re*
gnlar Troops wete there, with the desire of
improving themselves in the movements of Caval
ry. They were received with those marks, of
military respect, which are usual; but neither
paraded, nor mancevered 1 with the V. S. Troop*
in any way. They were under tbe command of
their own officers and moved about tbe field
as they directed, accustoming their Horses to
the glittering uniforms and arms, wbfth were
before them. Will the Chronicle point out to
his readers, or us, if he thinks preferable, the
monstrods error of such conduct? Perhaps the
Chronicle has some better way to learß folks.
Why, tbeo, does lie not exert the prtrogative of
his commission, and save them so much trouble,
as well as bis Icc'ures?
We bad nearly forgot to notice the assertion
that tbe Hussars were above parading with the
Militia at the late review. Here the ingenious
Editor is as roach at fault as befort. We knew
before tbe parade that the Hsutare would not be
out. Why? Not because they were above par«-
ding with tbe Militia; but because they had not
received tbe proper orders from their superiors.
We can readily conceive, that a Volunteer Corps,
proud of its own discipline, would feel some
mortification in mingling with A disorderly muf
ptode; hot we knew flnft the Hqmrs dM ttat