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THe* CAPTURED INDIA MAN.
We copy from Blackwood's Magazine
•or Apiil the following oaraiive of the
horrible atrocities said to have been per
petrated on board a West Indiatnan,
which although under convoy, had been
surprised and taken by the crew of a pri
vateer schooner:
A line of battle ship led—and two fri
gates and three sloops of our class were
stationed on the O’it-skirst of the fleet.-
On this evening, (we had by this time
progressed into the trades, and were with
in three hundred miles of Barbadoes,) the
sun set bright and clear, after a most
beautiful day,and we were bowling along
right before it; but there was n<» moon,
end although the stars sparkled brilliant
ly, yet it was dark, and as we were the
sternmost of the men of war, we had the
task of whipping in the sluggards. It was
my watch on deck. A gun front the Com
modore, who showed a number of lights.
“What is that Mr. Kennedy?” said the
captain to the old gunner. “The Com
modore has made the night signal for the
sternmost ships to make sad nd close,
Sir.” We repeated the signal, and stood
on hailing the duUqst of the merchantmen
in the neighborhood to.make more sail,
and firing a musket shot now and then o
ter the more distant of them. By and by
we saw a large West .Indiaman suddenly
ha-d her wind, and stand across our bows.
‘•Forword there,” sung out Mf*. Splin
ter, “stand bv <«> fire a shot at that JVMqw
from the boat gon if he d<>es not bear up.
What can he be after] Serjt. Armstrong,”
marine, who was standing close by
him, in the w^ist.—“get a musket, and
fire over him.” It was done, and the
ship immediately bore upon her course a
gain, we now ranged alongside his lar
board quarter.
“Ho, the ship a hoy!”—“Ilillo!” was
the reply- 1 Make mor<? sail, sir, &>run in
to the body of the fleet, or J shall fire into
you; why don’t yon, sir, keep in 'V a^e
of the Commodore?” No answer.
“What meant you by hauling your wind
just now, sir.”
" “Yesh, Yesh,” at length responded a
Voice from the merchantman.
“Something wrong here,” said Mr.
Splinter.—“ Back your maintopsail, sir,
and hoist a light nt the peak; I shall send
-Ax boat on board of you. Boatswain’s mate
f>ipe away the crew of the jolly boat.”—
We also backed our main'opsail, <fc were
in the act of lowering down our boat, when
the officer rattled out “keep all fast, with
yre boat: I can’t comprehend that chap’s
marceuvre for the soul of me. Ho has
not hove to,” —Once more we were with
in pistolshot of him. “Why don’t you
heave to, sii?” All sileut.
Presently we could perceive a coirfu
sion and noise of struggling on board, and
angry voices, as if people were trying to
force their way up the hatchways from
below; and a heavy thumping upon the
deck, and a creaking of the blocks, and
rattling of the cordage, while the main
yard was first braced one way, and then
Hnoiher, as if two parties were striving for
jhe mastery. At length a voice hailed
distinctly, “We are captured by a-”
A sudden sharp cry, and splash overboard,
told of some fearful deed. *
‘We are taken by a privateer or pirate,”
sting out another voice. This was f«»l”
lowed by a heavy chrunching below, as
when the spike of a-butche?# are is driv
en through a bullock’s foiehead deep into
the brain.
By this the captain was on deck, all
hands bad been called, and the word had
been passed to clear away two of the
foremost carronadeson the starboard side,
end load them with grape.
“On boatd there—get below, all of the
English crew, as I shall fire with grape.”
The hint was now taken. The ship at
length came to the wind—we rounded to,
under her lee—and an armtd boat, with
Mr. Treenail and myself, and sixteen
men, with cudasses were sent on board.
We jumped on deck, and at the gang
way Mr. Treenail stumbled, and fell over
the dead body ofa man, no dnnbt the one
who had hailed last, with his skull cloven
to the eyes, and a broken cutlass blade
sticking in the gash. We were immedi
ately accosted by the m ve, who was lash
ed down to a ringbolt close by tha bits,
With his hands tied at the wrist by sharp
cords, so lightly, that the blood was spout
ing froth beneath his nails.
“We have been surprised by a priva
teer schooner, sir, the lieutenant of her,
Qnd twelve men are in the cabin.”
“Where are the rest of the crew?”
“All seemed in the forecastle, except
the second mate and boatswain, the men
* who hailed you just now; the last was
knocked on the head, and th? former was
stabbed and thrown overboard?*-
By this the lieutenant had descended to
the ibiu followed by his people, while
the merchant crew once more took charge
of the ship', crowding sail into the b-dy
of the fleet.
I followed him close, pistol and cm lass
in band, and f shall neyer-forget tlTe scene
that presented itself when I entered. Tha
cobin was that cf a. vessel of five hundred
tons, elegantly fitted up; the were
filled with crimson cloth, and golden
moulding, with superb damask hangings
befoio the stern windows and the side
birth, brilliantly lighted up by two large
swinging lamps hung from the deck above
—-which were reflected from, and multi
plied in, several plate glass mirrors in the
pannels. In the recess, which in cold
weather had been occupied by the stove,
now stood a splendid cabinet piano forte,
the silk corresponding with the crimson
cloth of the pannels: it was open, a Leg
horn bonnet with a green veil, a parasol,
and two long white gloves, as if recently
pulled off, lay on it, with the ttery mould
of the hand in them.
The rudder case was particularly beau
tiful—it tfas richly carved and gilded palm
tree, the stern painted white, and inter
laced with golden fretwork, like the lo
zenges of a pine apple, while the leaves
spread up and abroad on the roof. .
The table was laid for supper, with
cold meat and wine, and a profusion of
silver things all sparkling brightly 4 but ii
was in great disorder, wine spilt and gdt
ses broken and dishes with meat upset,
and knives and fork*, and spoons scatter
ed all about. She was evidently one of
those London West Indiamen, on board
of which 1 knew there was much splendor
and great comfort. But, alas! the hand of
lawless violene had been there. Tne cap
tain lay across the table, with his head
hanging over the side of it next to us, and
unable to help himself, with his hands
tied behind his back, & a io his mouth;
his face purple from the blood running to
his head, and iho white of his eyes turn
ed up, while his loud, slentorinus breath
ing but to<« clearly indicated the rupture
<>f a vessel on the biain.
He was a stout, oortly man, and al
though we released him on the instant,
and nnd him bled, and threw water on his
face, and did all we could for him,he nev
er spoke afierwaids, and died in half an
hour. 1
Four gentlemanly-looking me were
silting at table, lashed to their chairs, pale
and tretnbhng, while six of the most ruf
fian-looking scoundrels 1 ever beheld,
stood on the opposite side of the table
in a row fronting us, with the light from
the lamps shining full upon them. Tnree
of them were small, but very square mol
attoes; one was a South American Indian,
with the square high boned visage, and
long, lank, biack glossy hair of his cast.
These four had no clothing besides their
trowsers, &, stood with their arms folded,
in 311 the calmness of desperate men
caught in the very fact of some horrible
atrocity; which they knew shut out all
hope of mercy. The two others were
while Freucbmen, tall, bushy whiskered,
sallow desperadoes, but still wonderful to
relate, with, if 1 may so speak, the man
ners of gentlemen. One of them squint
ed, and had a hair-lip, which gave him a
horrible expression. They were dressed
in white trowsers and shins, yellow silk
sashes round their waists and a sort of
tlue yoifonn jackets, blue Gascon caps,
~ —horn each of which decended
a large bullied han ß ,n 2 doW “ u ° on °
side of their heads. .. ,
The whole party baa pp” aren
up their minds that resistance • L
for their pistols and cutlasses, SOr£?e 0
them bloody, had all been laid on the ta
ble, with the buts and handles towards us,
contrasting horribly with the glittering e
qoipage of steel, and crystal, and silver
things, on the snow white damask table
cloth. They were immediately seized
and ironed, to which they submitted in
silence. We next released the passengers,
and were overpowered with thanks, one
dancing, one crying, one laughing, and
another praying. But, merciful Heaven!
what met our eye ! Drawing aside a cur
tain that concealed a sofa, fitted into a re
cess, there lay, more dead than alive, a
tall and most beautiful girl, her head rest
ing on her left arm, her clothes dishevel
led and torn, blood on her bosom, and
foam o» her mouth, with her long hair
loose and dishevelled, and covering the
upper part of her deadly pale face, thro’
which her «ild sparkling black eyes, pro
truded from their sockets, glanced and
glared with the fire of a maniac’s, while
her blue lips kept gibbering an incoherent
prayer owe moment,-—and the next im
ploring me.rcy, as if she had still been in
the hands of those who knew hot the name;
and anon, a low, historical laugh made
our very blond freeze in our bosom, which
soon ended in a long dismal yell, as she
rolled off the couch upon the hard deck,
and lay in a dead faint.
Alas the day 1 a maniac she was from
that hour. She was the only daughter of
the murdered Captain of the ship, and
never awoke in her unclouded reason, to
the fearful consciousness of her owo dis
honor and her parents death.
Heavy Damages. A case of crim, Co9i;
was decided in the Superior Court on
Wednesday last, before Chief Justice
Jones. The parties were’F.-ancis Gqe
rin* confectit ner, plaintiff; and William
A. Strozzi. Professor of Languages, de
fendant The con. was had with the plain
tiff’s wife. The Jury gave a verdict of
Ten Thousand Dollars damages in fa
vor of the plantiff.- Jour. Cbm.
Yankey Speculation.-—. A pedlar from
Connecticut lately travelled through Vir
ginia, shaking hands heartily with every
one he met, whether they purchased or
refused his merchandise. Directly it was
discovered, that to every one with whom
he had ehakeu the friendly hand, he had
communicated the itch. Immediately af
ter this discovery, another pedlar," his
partner, came with a good stock of
sovereign itch ointment. It is, perhaps,
needless to say, that he made large sales
ata good per centage. — Hartford Review
Black Hawk and his Lady.— “l
see,” said a lively young Miss to a friend
of ours, “that Dr. Graham has been send
ing some topaz ear rings to Black Hawk’s
wife—-I wonder what her name is.’ 'Hen
Hawk J repliedthe gentlemaß/
TIOW TO BATHE. ..
As Mr. Stackhouse has fitted up a ba
thing establishment, wo think we catfoot
do bettor thau to throw a littlo light on
the philosophy of bathing, for which rea
der, we expect your particular thanks.;
Now that the summer has come,“refresh
ing earth, reviving all but 'man," your
Head aches, and you feel occasionally
drowsy, languid and uncomfortable.—
Take a warm bath; it will relieve you in
an hour.— But take it in the proper way;
“ Whe 1 ’tis done, ’twere well,
It Were not done quickly"—
sot in this is the lies the mischief of warm
bathing. A man generally posts to a balh
as if he were carrying an express or run
ning away from a broomstick. He is out
of breath and in a perspiration on hi>
'rivad. He undresses himself in a great
hurry,'souses his body in the hot water,
kicks about for about five minutes, emer
ges 'wif'h every pore open,puts on his gar
ments, looks complacently in the mirror,
and thinks he has taken a bath !—No
such i i hing---he has taken 'nothing but a
cold ! In one hour begins lw sneeze,
and the next day commences coughing,
and curses the bath. Philosophy grieves
over his f*dly, but will not relieve his nose
and lungs. Why did the bath give him
a cold? Because he was fit a perspiration
when he went into the water, which said
perspiration was increased ’by the heat
and checked as soon as he raised “ plapi.
dum caput (it should be corpus) 'unda,”
into rhe colder medium <»f the air. The
order of nature must be revered .10 pre.
vent a man from taking cold under such
circumstaces.
Now reader wo will tell you how to
take a bath.-—ln the first place pay your
note, if it be due*; or if you cannot do this
lot it be protested, and think no more a
boot it. If you have aoy quarrel on
band, whip <»r get whipped at once; tran
quility of mind is all important in render
ing the warm ba<h beneficial. Walk leis
urely to the establishing t and disrobe
yourself with moderate haste. Y-u may
have she wafer h;>t enough 10 parboil you,
if you choose; that is left to your own
taste. Ju wit’ you, and to beguile the
time read a novel or smoke a ci,'ai; taking
care, however, to keep iho cigar above
?he water, if you dmit, it wdl go out. 1 n
about half an h«>ur the water will coci to
to nearly the temperature <>f the air, and
you will have and salt-1 v
through half a dozen climates. You will
have left the torrid for the temperate zone
Then let in the cold wa'er, very slowly
ahndst drop by drop, and it) the. course
of 20 minutes you will find yourself in a
cold bath. Y<>ur pores will have closed
gradually, and moderately, jour sensa
tions will be exquisite during the process
and you will fool strength and elasticity
in every limb. You emerge from the
cold water into the warmer air—dry Voor
body thoroughly with a coarse towel, and
feel like a new man. It is an impossibil
ity for you to take cold; if you do, you are
at liberty to come and box tour ears for
giving you bad advice v or you may goon
foot to Duvall’s spring <md bring us a glass
of st Iphur water, which we will swallow
byway of comptomise.— Winchester Re
publican. «...
ADVICE TO HOT PEOPEfc.
U’.days nobody is cool—every face
is as reb *>s * bee’t, and every man’s blood
is hot enough .ft an hat is to
bo done? Imprimis, y* >ur temper
it will never do to get iu a passion at this
season.—reserve your wrath t' ie fir**
fros', and you may then blaze as
much as you please. Secondly, rise eaf'
ly, even before the sun, and enjoy his as
tonishmeni at seeing himself beat. Wash
your whole body, put on clean linen, and
take a walk of tweniy minu es and fifteen
seconds. D>»o’i jump out of the way at
any sudden alarm—it is much better to
be quietly run over by a cart or two, than
to jump into a fever. Sit down to your
breakfast raoderatelj'—don’t b“l. into your
chair as if you were thrown out of a third
window. Drink’no coffee, it is too
heating—-tea or milk you may take in any
quantity, but eat no m'eat as you eschew
calorit~every mouthful is an incipient
firebrand" After breakfast proceed slow
ly. to your place of business. If any thing
his gone wrong, dont scold—scolding is
allowed only in winter. If yob ntfeet any
friends on the way, give a gentle look of
recognition, but do not bow or say “good
morning”—talking is very exciting. If
you can convieniently meet with a little
misfortune, do so—melancholy is very
Cooling, and what is more,it makes o’hers
eool towards you. You gain considera
ble comfort from their icy refection,
“As the day grows watm and high,”
you become thirsty. You are afraid to
drink cold water; you therefore mix a
little brandy (or a good deal) with if to
prevent any bad consequence—you put
in a lump of ice, and quaff it off without
ceremony! You goose! c<dd brandy and
water, taken suddenly into your stomach,
i’ just ns dangerous as cold water—~so is
cold punch; cold any thing else ; so would
a patcei of dive coals be, if you could
freeze them. Yonr best beverage is clar
et and water; you smay cool it if you
please.you must sip it very gradually. We
mean re.il bona fide clatet; none of your
poke berry juice, which is absolute pois
on.
Do not eat much dinner; animal food
puts the lion in a fever, and so will it
serve man. If ydu find that you have
much appetite, eat a lump of sugar, or
take a walk into the kitchen, just before
the table is set. The best thing for vou
is a little hash and mashed potatoes; it
saves a great deal of labor for the jaws.
You may smoke twosegars afterwards—
the smoke warms your mouth, and causes
a rush of air into it which overbalances
the artificial heat. In the evening you may
read novels or listen to music; it must be
slow music, however : the “Dead March
in Saul,’’ or something like if. “Yankee
doodle” would give you a fever in five
minutes*. Go to bed early; Ijave ynur
windows open; the free, pure air, nevei
harms any bodv that is used to it, and if
you are not, it is high time you were.-
Take as many airs upon you as you can;
the hen porches all the summer night up
on the fence, and takes no cold. Are
you not ashamed to be more delic.tß than
a hen?— Winchester Republican.
Joel Clough, who is to Be hanged on
Friday week, the 26th instant, was seen
on Sunday last, by a very respectable and
intelligent gentleman of this city, who
found in him no symptoms of either insan
itv or penitence. His state of mind may
be judged of by a question which he ad
dressed, a few days ago, to one of his con
fidential friends, io these words—“lf you
were in my situation, would you have one
clergyman or two, to go with you on the
26th ?” Chronicle
fWW— Illi LIU M—■
AUGUSTA.
MONDAY, JULY 29, 1833.
AND
ZIATZFICAMOBT.
The Stock of Cotton was tiiken in this city on
Saturday It amounted to 1,231 bales. There
is but little in Planters’ hands, and.the article is
in demand at from 12 to 14J cents.
For two or three days, the "weather here has
been almO't insufferably hot. A shower last
evening tendered the night more pleasant, but
to-day bids fair to be a match f a any of its pre
decessors in heat. The crops want rain, and we
fear the appearances of a general refreshing on
yesterday evening have been delusive. Corn,
which was shooting and in the early ear, must
be cut Short in its product, unless we are blessed
with showers in a few days, >
The II on. Robert \V. BarnWelL, Reprcsen
tativein Congress from Beaufort and Codeton
Districts, (South Carolina) has announced to his
constituents that he declines becoming a candi
date for 1 e-election.
Ex-President Adams has been brought forward
for the effi -e of Governor of Massachusetts.
The President-of the United State’s waste
have left Washington City on the 22d. on a visit
to Fortress Monroe-and ’lie Rip Raps.
A ft iend not long since" furnished us with a
copy of the, Constitution of Texas, adopted last
Spring. We iotendi dt > have given an abstract
of it, but have mislaid it. We remember, that
Batiks were foibidden, andonthe whole, it was
an excellent form of Constitutional Government
We learn byway of New-Orleans, that the Mex
ican Congress will take Texas into the Mexican
Union under tl is. Constitution. Santa Anna had
so expressed himself to one of the Commission
ers sent with it to Mexico,
Extraordinary Mortality.— On an estate o
Gen. Wade flnmpto >, on the Mi.-issippi, a little
above New-Orleans, out of fifteen hundred
slaves, mote than seven hundred have been des
troyed by Cholera.
The Null!fiers have brought Cotton up at last
to 14 cents, and say Nullification will yet bring
it up to 18 I They will find probably full ait sat
isfactory an explanation of this e'ffect in the short
crop <W last year small stock on hand
in all the Besides, they themselves
say, “the consumption all over the world is ra
pidly advancing, even bevond the ability to aug
ment its growth in a colSmeasurate degree
and that “it is and will continue to be sub tituted,
to a great degree, for woollen and flaxen fabrics,
as it is so much cheaper, nrid U within the means
of the humblest classes ” Do these facts, which
we copy from their own writings, furnish no
reasons for *n advance of price in our staple
article I They increase the demand, the natural
effect of Which is to enhance tfce value. .And
does not the neitv approach of the new crop,
coupled with the defi-'t of the old. furnish at
least a temporary cause for tlx effect, which so
phistry in vain labors to have ascribed to Nulli
fication. Mr. Calhoun, lately among the Gold
I Diggers in Georgia, endeavored to persuade
them, that iflhey would nullify, (we d not know
that he told-them what) their gold dust would
risesoper cent, and that nothingkept this city
sounder the hatches, but her refusal to nullify
Suppose We all turn Ndllifiers and see, after We
have ascertained the failure of the Rail Roa s to
promote our prosperity.
We learn, with great regi -t. (says the Nation
al Intelligencer f the23<l.) that the Cholera has
suddenly made its appearance at Princeton. N
Jersey, so decidedly as to induce the Faculty
of the College to permit the retirement of such
of the students as desired to return home. Ma
ny, consequently, were setting out; one of them,
from whom our information is derived, arrived
in this city yesterday.
We understand that only two cases, pronounc
ed to he Asiatic Cholera, had occurred, but such
was the prevalence of the premonitory symp
toms, that its increase was nnd the gov
ernment of the College adopted the prudent and
paternal course t.J advising all the students to
return home to whom it was convenient or ac
ceptable to do so.
A Medical friend at Montgomery, Ala. writes
us under date of 25th, that the Cholera bad
nearly, or-tpiite disappeared there. Bowel com
plaints had been very common, and indeed the
symptoms in most of the diseases of the Season
shewed then- disposition to wear the livery of
the Great Destroyer.
THE THING SETTLED.
The last Chronicle asserts, that a majority of
the next Legislature will be against Gov. Lump
kin ! and his ullnfsut (qu®re ultima) Romano l
runt, that “ we (the Nuilifiers) are the majority
of the Troup party’’!! This, you will remem
ber is on the Nullification principle, that minori
ties are the biggest bodies. So deeply have
these sage discoveries impressed these Illumi
nati, that they intend to bring out “ red-hot’,
Clayton, or some other Nullifier for the Govern
or’s Chair, being “ clearly of opinion that a
Nullifier can beat Crawford” ! And thus the
circle is completed—this result throwing Mr.
Lumpkin, Mr. Crawford and Mr. Nulkifi-r, all
before the Legislature, where they hare already
beat Mr. Lumpkin in advance-
The Georgian after ati eloquent eutagium on
the Troup party, and the*'assertion of its contin-.
ued attachment, thus speaks of the two candi
dates for Governor and tneir claims :
“We have premised this much to show the
grounds of our attachment for the Troup party
of Georgia. Ihdbgh not disapproving at this
time oi any act of Governor Lumpkin’s
administration, but approving of the most pro
minent, at least that which has been the promin
ent one since our Editoifal careet; (we mean his
Iconduct towards the imprisoned Missionaries,)
ye» we frankly acknowledge that we would more
readily lodge the helm ot our gallant Bark in
the hands of a tried disciple of .Jefferson h'nd
Madison, than in the b >n<ls#f one in whose sta
bility and consistency as a Politician we have
no great faith. By a disciple of ‘Jefferson and
Madison we mean one whois thoroughly attach
ed to the Union oftbe Sfates, and who at the same
time would ward with jealous care any blow
aimed at their Sovereignty.—One who disap
proves of the new fangled doctrine of Nullifica
tion, but views secession as the “Ultima Hatio"
never to be resorted to except when every hope
of peaceful adjustment is swept away. Events
cannot be anticipated. Consolidation rears her
Gorgon head and without unceasing vigilance
and untiring exertions on the part ot Democratic
Republicans,may lay prostrate the 1 eserv’d rights
of the States, guaranteed by our Constitutional
compact. Questions involving bur deaest rights
and liberties may be agitated —theories advanc
ed and practically enforced, which may cause
tire States now revolving in harmonious Union tb
rush madly from their spheres ami involve the
whole in one common .destruction The Sover
eignty of the States and their Union must be pre
served. Relying upon lhe course which Major
Crawford has heretofore pursued,
confidence that he would guard the former:—-to
preserve inviolate the latter we have of our own
knowledge little reason to doubt liis disposition.
But at a lime like the present, when the discor
daut elements lately agitated have but settled in
a deceitful calm, the sentiments of one seeking
on office of such honor as Governor of Georgia,
an office rendered if p issible, lofty from the un
bending political virtue of a Jackson, an Early, a
Troup,a Forsyth and a Gilmer should not remain
in uncertainty or doubt Like the chastity of
Csrar's .- ife, the politics of an aspirant for the
highest office in the people’s gift, shou'd not only
be pure—they should be above suspicion- We
therefore call upon Maj. Crawford to declare
his sentiments on ' Nullification—that political
heresy based by its advocates upon a garbled in
terpretation of the sentiments of Jefferson, —and
proclaim to his fellow citizens that he is a warm
and strenuous supporter of that Union of the
states which was the foundation of their pros,
perity in their infancy & hasb'een their protection
through two hard fought battles for their Indepen
dence—an Union which has achieved more for
Liberty anti the dearest and inalienable rights
of man than even the imaginations of a Sydney
and a Hampden ever conceived possible—an U
nion which has given our Country a name, and
raised her as a towering land iiiaik on the cliffs
offame. '
We commend to the pariicular attention of
those of our Southern friends who haVe felt any
alarm or uneasiness on the score of Northern in
terference with our domestic Constitutions, to
weigh well the f diowing passages, taken from a
letter addressed by Gen James Blair, of South
Carolina, to a Committee of citizens by whom
he was recently invited to an Anniversary
Dinner :
“ They pretend that the North is disposed to
invalidate our title to a certain description of
our property. lam as sensitive on that subject
as any honest slave bolder ought to be. The
most of my property consists tn negroes; and I
have already said in Congress, that “whenever
the tenure by which we hik'd that property is se
riously mooted, ii is n question we wilt n d de
bate in the Halls of Congress ; that we will de
. cide it Cn the embattled plain, where muskets
: and artillery shall.be our orators, powder, ball.
1 and steel the arguments’” At that time I had
' my suspicions in relation to the intentions of the
j North ; but the declarations and disavowals rny
remarks elicited from Northern members, as well
»s my Suhs’lj’tent information on the subject,
have entir-.ly dis-'sipated all my apprehensions I
tie ieve, in the honesty of my soul, although
there are some Fanatics in the North, «s well as
i the South, that a majority of the Northern peo
ple would march to the South, were it necessary,
to put down a servile insurrection, and quell our
negroes ”
'"The Northern pcoplr, T am sure, have no in
tention to disturb this question; and, while they
are disposed to let it sleep, it would be folly nnd
madness in us to disturb its slumbers.”
New Pump— Commodore Barron has invent
ed ami put in operation in the Navy Yard at
Philadelphia n Pump, which is represented to be
decidedly superior to nnjr ever before used. It
is not bored in the usual manner into a log, but
is formed of plank, forming a four-sided box.
Each stroke, produce. 1 ! by a power equivalent to
that of one horse, throws out a barrel of water.
Two Rifles with steel mountings, beautifully
engraved, have been m inufactured by Messrs.
Allen & Barber, of Springfield, Mass, for an
English gentleman at Calcutta. They cost one
hundred dollars each
The building at the West end of ftfoad-street,
called the Charleston Theatre, has been purcha
sed by the Faculty of (he Medical Col’egeof the
State of South-Carolina, for the sum of $12,000.
It will be fitted np, it is said, for the reception of
lheCl.isses attached to this institution by the
Winter, and admits of the most commodious ar
rnrtgemerils for their accommodation.— Patriot.
National Revenue. —lt is computed that the
public revenue at the port of New Yol k has ex
ceeded one million of dollars per month since
the commencement of the current year, and that
it.will not fill much ,short of twelve millions for
the entire vear, at the close of it At Philad< 1-
phia, it amounted to I 332,772 for the two first
quarters of the present year, falling short of the
amount received in the corresponding quarters
of the last year very neatly a million of dollars ;
and it i$ observable that the revenue collected at
that port in the first quarter of 1832, is more than
(he total amount collected the two Ist quarters ot
the present year. The du.ies that accrued at Bos
ton for the two Ist quarters of 1833, amounted t«
§1 821,959 —falling short of the coiresponding
quartersof thepreceding year in the sum of $825-
533; making the deficiency in the receipts from
last year, in those 2 parts, more than one million
eight hundred thousand dollars, in the two first
quarters.’ From these indications, and what we
gather relative to the receipts in our other mar
itime ports, we are led to believe that the defi
ciencies of the present year from the receipts of
the last, will be little short of ten millions, in-’
stead of six, ns Mr Secretary McLane computed,’
under the reduced tariff.— N Y Com Adv
A singer once complained to Sheridan
that himself and his brother had been or
dered to take ass’s milk, but that on ac
count of its expensiveness, he hardlv
knew what they should do. “Do!” cri
ed Sheridan, “why suck one another.to be
sure I”
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
We are indebted to a ftiend io Hamburg for
an Extra, from the office of the N. Y. Courier &
Enquirer, containing the latest news from Eu
rope. Dates from Havre to the sth, and from
Purls to (he 3d June. They are by the ship Sul
ly; and the Sampson, London Packet of the Ist.
and the Virginia, L<v*rpool Packet of the Sth,
were below on Sunday 21st. We will get the
full news To night. The following is the state
of the Havre Cotton Market on the 31st May;
CollonS— The purchases, made by the trade,
have been limited, since our last report, but
speculators have again taken about 2000 bales
U.iited States shoit staple, which has caused a
1 furtjier advance of 1 to 2 centimes per £ ko. o’n
this desetiption
Includii g this transaction, the sales of the last
eight days comprise 3915 bains, as follows:
2180 bales Louisiana at 97 to 130 (the latter
ptice for a small choice lot of 28 bales ;) and
1735 bales Upland, Mobile, Alabama, or Teh’-
nessee at 93 to 108 ; the whole duty paid.
The ariivals consist of 169 bales (of which 85
bales received from Lisbon) and the cargo of the
American brig Cervantes artivetl this morning
fiom New-Orleans, amounting to 703 bales,
stock this day, 25536 b . of which 23838 b . V . *.•
Do. same period, 1832. 251 •> •• 20894 “
Import 5 first mo’s. 183X105506 “ 93013 '■
Do. do. 1832, 9912 J “ H 0477 “
Outgoing do. 1833, 97810 <• 88447 “
Do. do. 1832, 82250 “ 75460 “
*fExclusiye of the cargo of the above men
tioned, in qiia-arftiue.
The political news possess but little interest,
except the growing disturbances, which threat
en explosions in Germany and Italy.
, New-York. July 20,
f’OT TON.—Remains without alteration. The
sales, since our last, amount to about 3100 bales,
comprising 1600 Upland. 13 a 16 cent*; 1300
Alabama and Florida, 13£ a 16, and 175 New-
Orleans, at 154 a 16$ cents —making a total, for
the week, of 4400 bales.
N. Y Price Current.
FIVE DOLEARJBIL.ES.
We call the attention of our readeis says thp
Standard of Union, to the provisions of a law of
the last session of the Legislature, prohi' iting
the circulation of all Bank Bills and charge Bills,
of a denomination less than five dollars. un<)fr a
penalty of one hundred dollars for every viola
tion of the act.
This law goes into operation on the first day
of September, little more than a month hence,
and those who hold small bills should l;e making
the necessary arrangements, ns after that period,
they cannot pass them without being subject to
the penalty
For the information of those who may not be
apprised of the act, nnd who have small bills on
hand after the first of September, it is proper to
state, that thb Banks will still be bound to fa
deem them.
it is said th it I'al eyiaml feus the accession
of Joseph Bonaparte to the throne of France ii
less than twelve months. The people would be
beaffitted by the change. If Joseph Bonaparte
is not a republican at heart he ought to be. ’
LocUsts—Nullijicati u — We nre informed
(gays the Baltimiie /Imerican) by a gentleman
just arrived from Arkansas, that about the mid
dle of May the locusts appeared in that country
in immense numbers. They evidently came up
from the earth in the form of a kind of grub,
enclosed in a shell. This g:ub would attach
itself, at evening, to the t»ai k of 1 tree, and in
the morning the locust would b, found perched
on this shell, having burst through its case during
the night. At this time, its wings, were imp< t
fbet y developed, but after two or three Hout*,
when they Ind obtained their full siz >, the lo
cust tfiew away, leaving th- shell a-ttached to the
tree. The number of the anima's-was'so'pro
digious, that (her noise in (he wood, was inces’-
«ant and a'mosi deafening. An extraordinary
il.’cumstairce was. that c-Very one of t' e-e my
riads had an N distinctly maiked on each wing
The" people of the country interpreted iFiRr t
nulf cation After making a g>eat noise.
for six wetks, fhwhirusts have entirety disap- '
peared and bu ied fhninselveg in the earth.— i
not to appear again fir a lo>.g period. Such we
hope is tiie c ise with ihe cause which tl»e writ
ing on the wing is iumg’ned f>y the good people
of Arkansas to typify, witi.tho exception that it
will never make it. nppi-arH-.ee again.
EDltoil’S CORRESPONDENCE.
Monticello, July 27.
Dear Sir, — I discover from a perusal .
of the two last Milledgeville Journals, that
the Editor seerris, or at le >st pretends to
doubt tho correctness <>f die information
given you #y your correspondents tn re
lation to Ratification.
| Having myself recently travelled thro*
I a large number of the Counties. and hav
ing seen and conversed with G-entleaiqn
of intelligence and influence from almost
every section of the State, permit me to
assure you, that there can be no doubt
its’sncceeding, and by a decided m ijoritt;
and f>r tho iuforn’Ti',fen of the Editor of
the Journal ano of all concerned, you are
requested to state that out of 89 Counties
'.lie proceedings will be ratified by 59
10 doubtful or nearly balanced,& 20 with
majorities against it. And out of the 9
Circuits, 6 will ratify. Rd Hive to tho
presentments of the Grand Juries of sev
eral of the Counties,they will have no in
fluence whatever on the great body of the
People, or about as much, as they have
had on the popularity and influence of
Messrs. Forsyth and Wayne. You will
remark, however, that a large majority of
the Counties refuse to present, and will
continue to do so, and in these Counties
the majorities will Le overwhelming-
Lumpkin, Union and Ratification will be
ihe order of the day in the whole West,
on the Is*-Monday in October next.
N. B.—Jefferson’s letter will have more
influence in the State than all that hjsf
been, or can be done by Grand Juries.
John Paul Jones.— The sailing mas*
ter on board the Bon Homme Richard,
commanded by the celebrated Paul Jones,
is now living at Brooklin, L. I. aged a
bout seventy-eight years. His name.is
George Raymond, who for many years
previous to 1808 was commander oMio
merchant ship Citizen. r Capiain Ray
mond had been two voyages to India,
previous to enlisting under Paul Jones,
when he was but 19 years old • Ho
•j& a native of Norwalk,- Conn.
Hempstead (L. I.) Enquirer.
A safe bet— A very loquacious lady
once offered to bet her husband fifty dol
lars that she would not speak a word for
a week.—“ Done!” said the delighted
spouse, staking the money ; upon which
the lady put it in her pocket, observing,
very gravely, that she would secure it tin-'
.til the wager was decided. “Zounds V
