Newspaper Page Text
2
THE COURIER.
BY J. G. M’WHOHTER.
TER If S— This Paper is published every MONDAY*
WEDNESDAY und FRIDAY Afternoon, at $6 per au
num, payable in advance.
COUNTRY PAPER—Published every FRIDAY afternoon
at $3 per annum,* n advance, or $4 at the expiration of
the year. . . , ,
O’ No Subscription* received for less tune
than six months.
rr ADVERTISEMENTS, not exceeding a square will
* be inserted the lirn time at 75 cts. per square and 37 1-2
for each continuance.
Advertisements of one square, published 'freckly, at 7a
cents for the first insertion, and 50 cents,, or each cou
tinuaiico.
Persons advertising b» the year will be charged 30 dollars
including subscription and will be entitled to one square
in each paper. .. . ? . i
When persons have standing advertisements of several
squares, special contracts may be made.
rr N> d eductions will be made iu future from these
charges , .
All advertisements must have the number of insertions
marked on them; otherwise they will be inserted till for.
bid, and charged accordingly. ..
II ER.IFFS,CLERKS, and other public officers, wnl have
25 per cent.deducted in their favor.
~ AMERICAN ALOES.
A recent letter from Mexico, iu the
Albany Daily Advertiser, says—
We cam* to the suouibs of Stu Louis
I’uii/si, capital of the slates, through
which, as yet, we have been principally
travelling. The suburbs themselves are
an extensive town of mine extent,in fact,
than the city itself, being scattered resi
dences of fanners, gardeners, and such as
require land and pasture which are here
most luxurious and rich. Here we began
to see the bustle of life, although still one
league, over a miserable dusty road, from
the city. We will, however, stop for a
season, and accompany our host over his
plantation of Magaways, or American
Aloes, and as near as I can, will repeat
his description of this valuable plant. In
a rich soil it is first sown either by cut
tings or seeds, seldom being allowed to
ripen, for by so doing the profits of the
plant ate lost. You are most likely a
ware of the appearance of this species of
the Cactus, with the vulgar idea that it is
100 yea; sin coming to pertection. The
ground, I would now describe, is of full
twenty square acres, covered with plants,
set in rows about 10 feet wide, and the
same distance apart between each plant,
containing several thousand plants of all
ages, fjom the size of one foot in circum
ference, to the full grown and ripe plant
of G or 8 yards round the expansion of its
external leaves.
From observation, our information tells
us that it requires little or no cate to cul.
livate—but that no advantage whatever is
derived from it until ripe and flowering,
generally between the age of 22 or 30
vears, when Lorn its centre the expand
ing leaves, then being to the amount of
near 200, shoot forth a stem tn the height
of 15 or 20 feet, from the summit of
which, descending full one third,branches
shoot forth extending 2 or 3 feet, f inning
half circles round the stem; and rearing
large branches of flowers of a bright pale
yellow and crimson, giving it the appeal*
aoce of an immense splendid chandelier.
Judgment has now to be exercised as to
the proper time for cutting down this
flowering stem-nut allowing it to grow too
ripe, or being too early with the pruning
knife—the usual term fur flowering, is a
bout GO days.
The native boys are exceeding fond of
sucking these flowers, which yield a juice
of a delicious sweet flavour—though no
use is made of thorn by distillation—the
cutting is made in the shape of a cup as
deep as the size of the root of the plant
will allow—the strong barricade of the
leaves forming the outer surface, and I
which in a moderate sized plant con'ain 1
from one half to two gallons. The cup ’
will be filled by a white liquid sap exud- 1
ing from the plant about every eighth '
hour, which is conveyed in troughs and I
caused to ferment for some few hours.
It then becomes the favorite and al
most only drink in Mexico called pulque.
It is secured in hog skins, and conveyed
to market, selling at GJ cents the quart
retail. Its flavour at first to strangeis, is
exceedingly unpleasant,and its smell, pre
cisely that of tainted meat, is veiy repul
sive, though a relish for it soon appears
to be acquired. Nearly all foreigners I
observed drinking it. I cannot yet prefer
it to water; to me it tastes like sour butler
milk, or the milk of the cocoa nut flavor
ed with Seville orange. A good plant
will yield juice for four months—thus
when once a plantation is in bearing, the
produce is constant aud the profits very
large.
From the pulque they also make by
distillation their vino maizeal.au ill fla
voured, intoxicating liquor. The plant
having ceased to yield, is taken up and a
cutting from its roots placed in its stead,
thus continuing and preparing for a re"-
ular succession of bearing plants. The
extracted plant, however, is not now use*
less; but all its perfect and large leaves,
many of them four feet long, one wide,
three or four inches thick, are carefully
cut close to the root, and allowed
to rot, being often saturated with salt*
ed water, until the pulpy substance
rots away, leaving, the fibrous parts only,
which are then dried and bleached, and i
with which they manufacture ropes, mat
lings and twine; and of the smaller fibres
not long enough ro use for Htose purposes
they make a common tough and set vicea
ble paper. This valuable plant seems
like the nopal, indigenous to their soul,
it being found in abundance even when
not cultivated.
SntINGFIKI.D, July 7, 1834.
Afr. Editor.
I observed from your paper of the sth
instant, that the Editor of the Times, in
some of his tirades, about the Court of
Appeals, states that Col. Gregg, at the
State Rights’ meeting in Columbia, de.
clared that, “the Court of Appeals jn this
» tate had been tried long enough, and hfl
wes not willing to try it any longer.”
-v Qregg made, this observativn.
the community, an d ihe Court ought to
know his teasons for it. For his teputa
ttoo as a good lawyer, and as one, who
dops not speak hastily, or unadvisedly,
V I
gives character to a cliaige cortiing from
him, which it would not otherwise have.
As a member of the Court, I am will.,
ing that the community should know eve
ry honest man’s objections to me person
ally, or officially: lam also willing that
every citizen should know every objec
lion which exists, in any shade, to the
Court of Appeals: I therefore call on
Col. Gregg to state through your paper,
as well as the Times, the reasons why
he made the observation quoted, or any
other like it, if in fact, he made any such.
That he may not be in ignorance of
the call made on him, I hope you will
send him your paper containing it.
J NO. B. O’NEALL.
MONJDAyTjUIiY 21, 1834.”
flj* The Committee appointed in behalf of the
Citizens of Augusta, for the purpose of makii'g
arrangements to pay a grateful tribute of res
pect to the memory of Gen. Lafayette,announce,
that a Funeral Precession, will be formed in
front of the United States Hotel at 11 o ’clock A
M. on Tuesday the 29th List, under command
of M.jor John Kerr, as Marshall of the day, and
move th: nee to the Presbyterian Church,
where, after appropriate religious ceremonies,
an Eulogy, on the life and character of the il
lustrious deceased, will be pronounced by the
Hon. John P. King.
The order of the procession will be as follows:
1. Volunteer corps of the city;
2. Volunteer corps of Hamburg.
3. Officers and Troops of the U S. Army.
4. General Officers of the State and Staff.
5. Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution.
6. The different Masonic Societies.
7. The Reverend Clergy generally.
8. The Chaplain and Oiator of the day.
9. Civil Authorities of the County and State.
10. Civil Authorities of the City.
11. Strangers and Citizens generally.
The Committee take leave to recommend, that
persons having charge of the bells of the Market
and different Churches of the city, cause the
same to be tolled during the movement of the
procession—and that the citizens suspend busi
ness, at least, for the forenoon of the day.
All who are officially designated in the fore
going orderof Procession as well as the Citizens
generally, are* earnestly requested to wear suit
able badges of mourning and to join in ren
dering honor to the memory of the last Genera)
cfficer of the American Revolution, the friend of
Washington—the Benefactoref our Country.
Ihe Pews on the Centre Isle will be leserved
for the Military Bic.
CFThe City papers w ill please publish this no
tice.
Dr. Landrum, of the Hive, has a warm time
of i. in Columbia. He is nigher a hornet’s nest
than a bee hive, though he continues now and
thereto hring something sweet out of his location.
Col. Grego, the Senator from Richland district,
lately-called on his Beeship, and said to him
that, »' If he published any more falsehoods
about him, by tha E— G- ■, he would gite
him the devil ” The Doctor said, he was much
obliged to him—one devil* in the office was
enough at a time.
* Printer's devil.
We are indebted to our carrespondent of the
Charleston Mcrcu/y, for New York and other
Northern papers, brought by the David Brown,
in advance of the mail. We nave yet received
nothing later than the 12th fiom New York.
The David Brown spoke the ship Sully, Ha
vre packet of the Ist of June, off the Hook, go
ing in.
Change in the British Ministry.— The packe t
ship North America,Copt. Dixy, arrived at New
York on the 11th with Liverpool papers to the
31st May’ inclusive, having left on Sunday (he
Ist of June.—There was a breaking up of tha
Grey Ministry, owing t« some difference of o
pinion existing in the Cabinet on the subject of
appropriation of Church property in Ireland.
ttjr*See our extracts from the Foreign news.
The Liverpool C tton Maiket for the week
ending 30th May, hail been landed, and the
transactions limited,-the common class of Amer
Cottons had receded 1 8d to |d per lb-
Despatches From France.— The New York
Commercial Advertiser of the 14th says;- A
mong the Passengers iu the North America, ar
rive.! yesterday from Liverpool, is Theadore
Sedgwick, Esqr , bearing despatches from Mr
Livingston, Miuistery at Par s. We learn that
among them are the original papers Containing
* list of American ships illegally captured,which
after years of delay, have been obtained fiom
the French Government, who have consented to
ffirnish the American Government with the de
ci ions by which the condemnation of those ves
sels were made.
Sales of the United States Bank Stock at New
York, on the 11 th inst.—l7 shares at 104; 100
do at 104| a 104$ next week and interest; 250,
30 and 60 days interest. On the 12th, 9 shares
at 105; 450 do at 1044 °n lime; 100 do at 1054.
MORE RIOTS IN NEW YORK.
she mail two days ago brought us an account
of the fight between the white people of New
York and a “sable silvered” meeting, in Chat
ham stiect, New York, which caused great ex
citement against the negro party. The David
Brown brings us news of another riot.
On the evening of the »th, another meeting of
the negroes and their white associates, being
expected to take place at the Chatham Chapel,
a large mob assembled and took possession of
the premises, but finding there was to be no
meeting of theAmalgamationists.they adjourned
to the Bowery Theatre, to punish Farren the
stage manager, for having recently abused the
Yankees. It was Farren’s benefit, but to avoid
the storm,another actor had been substituted for
him, and he had left the city. After breaking
windows, interrupting and preventing the per
formance, they left the The .tre, and crying “A
way to Arthur TAy F A B ’s”-the Abolition, pure
street, broke the door and windows, threw the
furniture into the street, drove off the watchmen
with brickbats, apd made a bonfire of the bed
ding. A cry of fire was raised, and the engine,
and police coming up, thj njob dispersed
CONTINUATION Os RlOl’S.
The Evening Star of the 12th inst. •ay». i -*“i*
is, as We expected, not so much.a Spirit of hos
tility towards the immediate abolitionists, cul
pable as they are, as it is a spirit of mischief; u
love of violence and confusion and idle spirit;
and to these incectives may be added, a dispose
tion to plunder; for it appears that attacks with
out concert were made at several different points
at once. Churches have been demolished: pri
vate houses destroyed; stoies assailed; The
Mayor has done all in his power to suppress
these riots, and the police, and watch have co-op.
Crated with zeal; the military has been out, and
yet order and tranquility is not restored. Who
is safe! Whose poperty may not be assailed!
Whose store may not be destroyed? You can
not reason with a mob; decision and energy are
necessary to sustain the majesty of the laws
and restore order.”
The following occured at the Bowery Ihaa
tie:
On the breaking up of the above meet"
ing, there was a cry < f “to the Bowery !
to the Bowery!”—The entertainments’at
the Bowety Theatre had been annonne
ed for the benefit of Mr. Farren, the
stage manager of that establishment but
in consequence of a late personal conflict
between him and one of our citizens, in
which, as was stated in affidavits before
the Police Magistrates, (and, of course,
published in the daily papers,) that the.
former had indulged in some very disres
pectful expressions towards the American
People, an indignant feeling against him'
bad taken possession of a large portion of;
the public, which was not appeased by
his denial, ia the papers of yesterday
moruiug, of the insulting exptessions at
tributed to him.
The feeling thus excited manifested it
self by an assemblage of an unwonted
number of persons, just after dark last
night, in front and tear of (he Theatre;
but all was peacable for an hour, during
which the crowd gradually accumulated
and thickened, until about nine o’clock,
when it received a large accession from
the breaking up of the Chatham street
meeting. A sudden rush was then made
upon the doors which were broken open,
and the Theatre, from lop to bottom,
stage aud all, was taken possession of by
the crowd, just as the war dance iu Met
amora was in course of exhibition—the
performers of which were driven from
the boardsyells with and contortions, more
extravagent than theirs. This irruption
was achieved without any personal con
tests, and, indeed, without any very strik
ing demonstiatious of angers but there
was iiuiso enough, and a most appalling
demand for ‘‘Farren! Farren!’’ Farren,
however, came not; but Hamblin, the
manager, camo forward with lowly bows,
waving the American fl ig in either hand
byway of olive branch. He was not al
lowed a hearing; his foreign birth was
thrown in his teeth; the flags were wrest,
ed from his hands by .he crowd on the
stage; and “Forrest! the American For
rest!” now became the universal cry.—
Mr. Forrest, according!)’, came forward,
and was applauded, and then listened to.
He stated that lie had just arrived from
Philadelphia, to perform at the benefit of
Mr. i- arten who had procured a substitute
fur himself in the performances of the even
ing, and was not in the Theatre, or had
absented himself from the city He then
begged the pleasure of the house as to
whether the play should proceed or not.
To this there were opposite responses cf
most obstreperous utterance, from which
he seemed to decide on going ahead, but
this cou.d not be carried into effect, on
account of the crowd on the stage, and so
nothing was done. Mr. Hamblin again
came forward and spoke, (we piesume)
with most passionate gestures, throwing
open his arms to the right and then to the
left, tearing open his waistcoat, and smit
ing his breast and forehead, but he was
greeted with “down with the Englishman !
down with the British b ,” and not a
word of his harrangue was suffered to be
heard.
Ii) Philadelphia on the 9th, the Mercury rose
to 93—humau beings could haidly exist, and
seveial sudden deaths took place.
The Boston Morning Post, of the 9th says:
“Yesterday was the hottest day of the season—
Ihe Thermometer was so high that we eowld not
see it—up to a 100, we guess, if not more.
Some exact individuals say that it stood at 98
precisely, at 12 o’clock, in the shade.
During the intense beat of Tuesday, Mr. Ait
thur Shaff, Libarian in the State Department
at Washington, fell dead in the arms of his Fa
lher-in law, Mr. Forsyth.—[N. Y. Com. Adv.
12.
IMPORTANT FROM ENGLAND.
CHANGE OF MINISTRY.—THE KING’S SPEECH, kc,
ENGLAND.
New Ministry.—Oue of the most importan
iteu.s of English intelligence, ’furnished by this
arrived is tha British Ministry. The following
is the arrangement so far as ascertained with
certainty.
The Earl of Carlisle to be Lord Privy Seal.
Mr. Ellice, Secretary of War, to have a seat
iu Ihe Cabinet.
Mr Spring Rice, Colonial Secretary, with a
seat in the Cabinet.
Lord Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty,
with a seat in the Cabniet.
Mr. Francis Baring (son of Sir Tnomas Bar.
ing,) to succeed Mr. Spring Rice, as Secretary
of the Treasury.
Mr. Moore O’Farrall, an Irish Catholic, sue.
«.eeds Mr. Baring as Junior Lord of the Treasu
ry-
We perceive no clear accounts, relative to
the places Earl Grey and Lo-.d Brougham are
to hold under the reorganization, but infer that
they are to retain the places they have hereto
fore held. At all events w e do not perceive
that they have resigned nor that others have
been appointed iu their room—A large number
of the most respectable members of the House of
Commons had preferred a written request to
Earl Grey, requesting that he would not resign,
and expressing the highest confidence to him.
It was signed by very many of those who were
opposed to his Administration.
The report that Lord Durham Was going to I
Paris,as Minister to the Frencb ( Court, is contra
dicted* ,
Lord Mulgrave, ifappointed to the Post Of
fice, is not to have a seat iu the Cabinet.
We learn that the change’of administration has
taken place in consequence of a difference of
opinion, respecting one' question alone. There
is not the slighest reason to expect any change
whatever of the general policy of Earl Grey’s
Cabinet.
Those who had resigned their places as Min
isters were Mr. JStanly. Sir James Graham, the
Duke of Richmond and Earl of Ripon.
The ratifications of the Treaty between Eng
land, France, Spain, and Portugal, has been re
ceived in London.
ROYAL SPEECH—THE CHURCH
The following Royal Speech, though
not delvivered from the Throne, is con.
tained in the Standard of the 29th of May.
It exhibits very clearly the sentiments of
the King in relation to the Church E«
tablishment of England. The Standard
say:: “With a sense of exultation and
giatitude which we cannot describe, but
in which mi.lions of our fellow subjects
will participate,we lay before our readers
the following account of the interview
between his majesty and the Prela es of
United Church which took place yester
day* It - ill be seen by the Court Cir
cular, that the Archbishops and Bishops,
proceeded by the Atchbtsh< ps of Canter,
bury and Armaugh, waited upon the Sov
ereigh with a dutiful and affectionate birib
day addrees of congiatulation, which was
delivered in the Royal Closet by the Must
Revet end Piintate of England; for what
follows, we pledge whatever of character
for veracity and caution this Journal las
learned. We believe that we give the
very words of ourj>eloved Monarch; we
are sure dial wo give the substance of Ins
reply with the strictest fidelity.”
Aftcu a short conversation, in winch his
' Majesty said, among other things “I
now remember you have a right to re
quire of me to be resolute in defience of
the Church,” the Kirg proceeded;
“1 have been, by the circumstances of
my life, and by conviction, led to sup
port toleration to the utmost ex ent of
w hich it is justly capable, but toleration
must not be suffered to go into licentious
ncs ; it has its bounds, which it is my du
ly and which I am resolved to maintain:
1 am t from the deepest Conviction,attach
ed to the pure Protestant faith which
this Church, of which 1 am tha temporal
head, is the human means of diffusing and
preservign iu this land.
“I cannot so get what was the course
of events that placed my family on the
throne which I now fill. These events
were consummated in a revolution which
was rendered necessary, and was aftec ed
nut, as has sometimes been most errone
ously stated,merely fur the sake of the tern
poral liberties of the people, but for the
preservation of their teligion. It was for
the defence of the religion of the countr y
that was made the settlement of the
Crown, which has placed me in the situ
ation that I now fill; and that religion,
; and the Church of England and Iteland
(lieland with peculiar emphasis,) the
Prelates of which are now before me, it is
my fixed purpose, determinau<>n, and
resoluiion, to maintain.
“The present Bisho; s, I am quite sat.
isfiud (tind am rejoiced to hear, from
them and from all, the same of the clerge
in general under their govurnance,) have
never been excelled at any period of thy
history of our Church by any of their
predecessors in learning piety or zeal, in
the discharge of their high duties. 11
there are any of the inferior arrangemems
in the discipline of the Church, which,
however, 1 greatly doubt—[the expres
sion of doubt was again delivered by his
Majesty wi.h great emphasi-]—that re
quire amendment, I have no distrust of
the readiness and ability < f the Prelates
now before me to correct such things;
and to you, I tiust, they will be left to
correct, with your authority unimpared
and unshackled.
“I trust it will not be supposed that I
am speaking to you a speech which I
have got by hear . No, I am declaring
to you my real and genuine sentiments.
I have almost completed my 69th year;
and though blessed by God with a very
rare measure of health, not having known
what sickness is for some years, vet I do
not blind myself to ihe plain and evident
truth, that increase of years must tell
largely upon me when sickness shall
come. I cannot, therefore, expect ihat I
shall be very long in this world. It it
under jhis impiession that I tell you, that
while 1 know that the law of the land
considers it imposible that I should do
wrong that while I know there is n°
earthly power which can cal! me to ac
count—this only makes me more deeply
sensible of the responsibility under which
I stand to that Alm guty Being, before
whom we must all one day appear. When
that day shall come, you will know whe
ther I am sincere in the declaration
which I now make, of firm attachment to
the church, and resolution to maintain it.
“! have spoken more strongly than
usual, because of unhappy circumstances
that have forced themselves upon the ob- >
servation of all. The threats of those
who are enemies of the Church, make it
the more necessary for those who feel 1
their duty to that Church to speak out
The words which you hear from me are
indeed spokeu by my mouth, but they
flow from my heart.”
His Majesty was affected to tears dur
ing the delivery of this declaration, and
concluded the interview by inviting ths
Prelates to partake of the Holy Com
munoion with him at the Chapel Royal,
on Tuesday, the 22d of June.
IRELAND.
Disturbances, more or less serious
continue to prevail in various parts of (his
kingdom, particularly in the northern
counties.
In the county of Tyrone, a hail storm
lately occurred, so powerful, that within
the space of an hour the ground was cov'
ered with hail to the depth, in some
places, of six, and in others of eight
inches-
Dr. Waldron, Roman Catholic Bishop
of Killala, was recently so much injured
by a fall, (hat he was not expected to re
cover.
FRANCE.
We perceive nothing of importance in
in relation io the affairs of this kingdom,
if we except the dissolution of the Cham
ber of Deputies. Our latest Paris dates
are of the 28lh of Mav.
Paris, May 28.—Yesterday morning,
at G o’clock, three Commissaries of
Police, accompanied by numerous offi
cers, went to the residence of M. Armand
Cartel, at No. 9, Rue Blanche, with a
warrant from the Court of Peers to in
spect his papers. It is said they expect
ed to find a correspondence between M.
Carrel and the principal Editors of the
Republican Journals in the departments.
Some letters, said to be insignificant,were
seized. The Commissaries afterwards
proceeded to the office of the National,
but found nothing.
RUSSIA.
The Russian Government has publish
ed an Extremely severe ukase against
all Russian subjects residing out of the
empire without permission.
The following are the principal enact
ments of this specimen of aristrocratical
legislation:
A regular passpoit enables a Noble
to reside five years out of the empire; and
anon. Noble three years.
If any one exceed this time, without
express permission, his properly is to be
placed in the hands of trustees, and after
a suitable deduction has been made for
the maiotaiuance of such of his family as
may have lemained in Russia, the re
mainder of the income.is to applied to
Slate purposes. If on his return, he can
prove that unforseeu and inevitable diffi
culties prevented bis return, tha property
will be restored to him; but should he
not be able to do so, his property is to
remain in the hands of trustees till his
death, and then lu be handed over to his
legitimate heirs.
A Russian female marrying a foreign,
er, and quitting Russia with her husband,
if possessed of landed property, is to sell
the same, and one tenth of the produce
of the sale is to belong to the Government.
A Russian Nobleman lately deceased,
has left a leg icy of 50,000 rubles, to in
crease at compound interest till the year
1925, when the accumulated capital is to
be given as a prize for the best history
in Russian of the reign of the Emperor
Alexander. The capital, it is calculated,
will then amount to nearly two millions
of rubles.
From the Savvannah G orgian.
LATE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM
SPAIN via HAVANA.
DON CARLOS AND DON MIGUEL,
Surrendeied by their own forces.
We are indebted to a passenger on
board of the brig Alexandria, Capt.
Coombs, for a supplement to the Diario
of Havana, us ihe date of sth inst. con
taining dates from Cadiz to the hi st of
J une.
A friend has translated for us the fol
low ing:
END TO THE CIVIL WARIN’ THE PENIN
SULA.
Capitulation in Portugal of both the
Pretenders. Royal Decree for the elec
tion of the Members of the Cortes,
From tint Supplement to the Diario of Havana,
of the sth inst.
“Words fail us to express the joy
which ovetflows our patriotic hearts at
having the happiuess to communicate to
our subscribers and to the inhabitants of
Cuba in general, the great events that
are contained in the petiodicals of Spain’,
which wo have received by the Mail
Packet No. 4, which arrived this morn
ing in 40 days passage from Cadix.
“Justice has triumphed, and usurpation
has fled from the loyal and classical soil.
The four-fold alliance has fulfilled its
magnificent object, and it has fulfilled it
as ought to have beta wished by all
friends to the peace of the woild. More
so, for i s moral and physical force, be
cause, although the aimy of our Queen
penetrated into llortugal, its ostensible
object was not to ioterfeie in the disputes
between the Portuguese, neither was
there a shot fired in furtherance of this
object. What glory ! What honor fur
ihe beautiful cause of reason and civiliza
tion. With no less pleasure we see, as
will be observed by all lovers of the pros
perity and happiness us out country, the '
wise distribution of the national represen
tation between the provinces of the mo- j
narchy, and the portion which cones
ponds to our beloved island. Eternal ]
praise to the benevolent h ind of the im- |
mortal Christina, who has bestowed so i
many aud great gifts upon the Spaniards,
and reaped untarnished laurels for the na.
lion; whose judgement'and wisdom has,
amidst the calm of peace, obtained that
which has cost other nations such torrents
of blood. Let us not doubt it, that the
happiness of Spain is already secured on
a firm busis. ”
Here follow the decree aud orders for
the election of the Representatives to
the general Cortes of the kingdom. And,
under date of the Ist of June, from Cadiz,
is an account of the capture at Evora
Ciudad, by the Spanish troops, of the In
fantes Don Carlosand Don Miguel, who
appear to have been surrendered to the
Spanish forces by their own troops.
We learn, that a rumor prevailed at
Havana, that Carlos and Miguel have
gone over to England.
The leading cause of the riots in New Y’ork
cannot be questioned. The Northern peop'e
will themselves blast the evil designs of tha
Amalgainationists, if we will let them alone
But the Nullifiers are eternally ringing it in the |
ears of an axcited community here, that the t
most daring and extensive plot is ripening at ,
the North and will soon burst upon us, like a <
volcano 1 his has been so fiequently disproved t
that we recur to any evidence on the subject, <
without hope. Even already, they are shifting j
, the scenes of the alleged machination® against
cur tranquility. It is now the country, not the
large cities, where the conspiracy flourishes—
among the “ignorant,” who would in time drive
the intelligent into an adoption of their schemes*
The nullifiers gave great intelligence and influ
ence to the active fanatics engaged ra this came.
What will they say now, when she great mmss of
the people rise by oue impulse, and) fit ?heir
indignation sweep both fanaticism and its object
with the besom of destruction? But we only
iutewded to introduce the following Vetter. It
is fiom the country, (contradistinguished from
large cities,) where the common disturber* of .
the public repose alfege all are tinctured with
the wildest fanaticism, and ready to engage ra
the bloodiest crusade against our domestic policy.
We can hardly say we regret such scenes, under
all the circumstsnc es. But law and o, Ar hiw
always been our motto.
Letter to the Editor, dated
NEWARK, N. J., 12th July, 1834.
Dr, J. G. M'Wwonmcß.
Dear Sir— 1 am induced to write you at this
time and give yoa a few hasty details of an Alxw
litiou meeting held, or attempted to be held .last
evening, at the Fourth Preshytetian Church iw
in our place—to show the peopled the Soutlr
that, whatever may be ihe sentiments of a few
misguided fanatics amongst u»on this subject—-
and whatever means they revolt tb, tb- excite /
public feeling and enlist it in skew behalf, tlifere
is a majority, amounting almost to- a whole, of
our citizens that <iisappiove altogeilier of the
object, and the schemes laid to effect it.
Ou the 9th inst. a notice appeared hi-obe of
our.papers, that—“ A discourse on tfie sin of
s avery will be preached at the 4th Presbyteri.
an Church, by the Pastor, (Dr. Weeks,)«ort<
Fiiday evening, the llth inst. after which a coU
lection will be taken up in aid of the American
' Anti Slavery Society.”
Public feeling was much excited at the ap
-1 pearance of such a notice, when so few of our
1 citizens concur in the Doctor’s sentiments on
this subject;—and 1 am credibly informed, that
but six of his on n congregation join him.
On tl»e llth, public feeling became so highly '
' excited, that several gentlemen of the first re
’ spectnbility, fearing lest the Church should be
’ mobbed, waited on Dr. Weeks and requested
that the Church should not be opened, aud (hit!
• no discourse be deiivcied that evening—itating
> their fears fur his safety, and th..t of the church,
if he persisted. Ihe Doctor however, being
! either incredulous of the extent to which the
■ excitement existed, or led on by a blind and reck-
• less fanaticism, persisted, opened the Church,and
commenced bis sermon at the hour appointed.
r j When I arrived at the church, < t half past 8,
> i I found it surrounded by about 1000 peaceable,
orderly, anti respectable citizens.
r Myself, in ccmpnny with two friends, pro
i ceeded into the body us the church, which we
• found occupied by about 3(H) perrons—4o or 50
of whom were females. In, the course of the
Doctor’s remarks, he said that “no one would
, pietcnd, at the pt esent day. that oue quart vs
! corn men', which is all the food the slaves of
| the southern ecu tlry ge‘, is enough for a labor.
. ing man”—theiebyr inserting that to the sin of
} j stealing the i<egt»e.«,wo add that of starving the n.
, At this asseit en, however, hisses were raised
| from different parts of the house.
■lust at that period, a negro in tn impudently
f.i made his way through the dt-nse crowd at the
dour, and, escorte I by one of the proselites to
the faith, was l«d up the broad aisle, into the
body of the Chui ch, (iiistvnd of going up stair-,
, the place allotted fur blatks ) and -.e t d within
; atx seats of the pulpit, in the same seat with
e ' white persons—he, of course, taking the bead of
. the seat. | was sitting within ten feet us the
seat at the time. About one third of the con.
, gtegation instantly aiore from their seats, put
on their hats, and advanced toward the door.
r The crowd from without made a simultaneous
t ru.-h into the house. Effi.ts were made to keep
i them out: but it would not .10. Their cries were
f —Stop the Preacher—Give us the Negro. The
t Doctor was hushed—sat down in his pulpit,
where he remained about ten minutes. H e WMa
I then led efi between, and under the protection
of two females—it was the only way he ceuld
have escaped with safety.
I A general rush was then made into the church.
. There weie by this time 4000 persons collected
I I around it. The negro was put out of the win-
U.dow, and rail for Mfe|/ A gcarc|i
[ forthwilh made fi.r the negro, open entering th.
i church, by the insulted aud iudignnnt crowd, and
as be could not be found, a general attack wax
, commenced on the church. The la inps were all
broken, the pulpit, and many of the seats dernoL
> tshed; and at 11 o’clock, not a light of glass or
J a sash remained in the church. About IO
; . o’clock, the crowd proceeded to Dr. Weeks’
{residence and would undoubtedly have used
i violence but for the interposition of Dr.
By some pertinent remarks, t. grther with a
pledge that a like attempt shuu’d not be again
made on the part of the Abolitionists, the crowd
dispersed. No other violence was done—at 11
j o’clock, the crowd disappeared and a.I was quiet
i the rest of the night.
To convince you that public sentiment is al
| most entirely against the incendiary schemes of
these deluded fanatics, I have but to state, that
there is nut one justice of the peace to be found
amongst us, who will grant a process against the
rioters.
I will close by quoting a part of the editorial*
of the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser of the llth,.
on this subject, and in quoting them, I quote th<r
sentiments of nine tenths of our citizens, and*
those of New York-and indeed of nine tenth,
of the people of the northern and middle States.-
■' They have nourished the excitement, which*
has burst into a flame, and they are now in •
danger of being consumed by fires of their own
kindling. 101 their own protection they must
now stand indebted to those they have vilified,,
whose motives they have aspeised, whose con’-
duct and characters they have assailed by •very
term of contempt and reproach—and whose
identity as a nation of white men they haye
sought to disgrace—by reducing it to the condi
tion of mongrels.”
I say no more to day, only that these hasty
sketches were penned for you to use as you
think proper.
Connected with the above subject, an anecdote
has recently reached us,on the highest authority
going to prove, that our Northern friends: are ■■
as sensitive on the subject of mixing races as w«
could be. At a large school, where there were
many boys from the South* a colored l«d w„
offered a. a scholar. The Northern boy, ob.
jetted— unanimously declaring, they would quit
