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THE COURIER,
By J. G. M’Whorter.
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' WRITTEN IN THE SAND.
In merry boyhood there was one
Who shared my youthful heart;
We swore no fortune and no fate,
Our destinies should part.
But as we twain to manhood grew,
Time broke that golden band,
And prov’d that mutual oath of ours
Was written in the sand.
Youth brought with it a gayer dream,—
A fond and loving one
Smiled on me ’till lo ve’s ties seemed wound
Too fast to be undone;
Faithful ’till death we pledged ourselves
With willing heart and hand ;
We lived to know that plighted vow
Was written in the sand.
Ambition whispered me to trust
His promised path to fame,
And with devotion I essayed
To play his desperate game :
What gained I but the blasting fire,
My own wild hones had fanned ?
Alas,,the promise I pursued
Was written in the sand.
Wealth tempted me with golden hoards j
Her proffers were to me
Like green and sunny isles to those
Long tossed upon the sea:
1 grasped at gain, and day by day,
New schemes of profit planned :
The luring phantom proved at last
A writing in the sand.
A crafty friend in joyous guise,
Upon my sorrows stole,
And with a mad’ning ’suasion urged
The pleasures of the bowl:
I listened—wo betide the hour!
’Till friendless, doomed and banned,
I saw the mocking demon’s words
Were written tn the sand.
The Kentuckian's notion of being in
company xoith fine Ladies.— “ Were you
never in company with fine Ladies?”
asked Chewllere. *• Yes, and flumtnock
me, if ever I want to be so again for there
I sat with my feet drawn straight under
my knees, head up, and my hands laid
close alongside of my legs, like a new re
cruit on drill, or ahorse in the stocks;
and twist me, if I did’nt feel as if I was
about to be nicked. The whole company
stared at me as if I had come without an
invite; and I swear I thought my arms
had grown a foot longer, for I could not
get my hands in no kind of a comfortable
fix—first tried them on my lap, there they
looked like going to prayers, or as if I
was tied that way: then I slung them
down by my side, and then they looked
like two weights in a clock: and then I
wanted to close my legs, and 1 tried that,
but my leg stuck out like a pump handle;
then my head stuck up through a glazed
shirt collar, like a pig in a yoke ; then I
wanted to spit, but the floor looked so fine
that 1 would as soon have thought of spit
ting on the wjndow; then to fix me out
and out, they asked us all to sit down to
dinner ! Well, things went on smooth
enough for a while, till we had got thro’
one whet at it. Then th# imp of a nigger
eame to me first, with a waiter of little
bowls full of something and a parcel of
towels hung over his arm ; so I clapt one
of them to my head and drank it down
with a swallow. Now stranger, what
do youthink was in it? “ Punch, I sup
pose, or perhaps apple toddy.” So I
thought, and so would any body else a#
dry as I was, and that wanted something
to wash down the dainty stubs that I had
been laying in! but no! it was warm
water! Yes! you may laugh! but it
was clean warm water.—The others dip
ped their fingers into the bowls, and wiped
them on the towels as well as they could
for gigging '• but it was all the fault of
that pampered nigger, in bringing it to
me first. As soon as I catched his eye,
I gin him a wink, as much as to let him
know that if ever 1 caught hirn on my
trail, I would wipe him down with a hick
ory towel.”— Ky. Roarer.
The Baseness of Sporting With Female
Affection.
Man cannot acta more perfidious part
Than use his utmost efforts to obtain
A confidence, in order to deceive.
Honor and integrity ought to be the
leading principles of every action in life.
These arc virtues highly requisite not
withstanding they are too frequently dis
regarded. Whatever object individuals
are in quest of, sincerity in profession,
•teadfastness in pursuit, and punctuality
in engagements, are indispensably incutn
bent. Aman of honest integrity, and up
rightness in dealings with his fellow
treatures, is sure to gain the confidence
and applause of all men j whilst he who
acts from, dis honesty and designing prin
ciples, obtains deserved contempt. No
one ought to make efforts or pretensions
to a lady before he is, in a great measure,
certain that her person, her temper, and
her qualifications suit his circumstances,
and agree perfectly with his own temper
and way of thinking. For a similarity of
mind and manners is very necessary to
render the bonds of love permanent, and
those of marraige happy.
“Marriage the happiest state of life would be
If hands were only joined where hearts agree ’1
The man of uprightness and integrity
of heart, will only observe the beauties of
the mind, the goodness of the heart, the
dignity of sentiment, and the delicacy of
wit, but will strive to fix his affections on
such permanent endowments, before he
pledgs his faith to anny lady.
He looks upon marriage as a buisiness
of the greatest importance in life, and a
change of condition that cannot be under
taken with too much deliberation. There
fore he will not undertake it random, lest
he-should precipitately involve himself
io the greatest difficulties. He wishes
to act a conscientious part, and consequent
ly cannot think (notwithstanding it is too
much countenanced by custom)«of spor
ting with the affections of the fair sex,
nor even of paying his addresses to any
one, till he is perfectly convinced his own
are fixed on just principles.
All imaginable caution is certanly ne
cessary beforehahd: but after the man’s
professions of regard, his kind services
and solicitations, have made an impression
on a female heart, it is no longer a mat
ter of indifference whether he perseveres
in, or breaks off his engagement. When
the matter is brought to such a crisis,
there is no retreating without manifestly
disturbing her quiet and tranquility of
mind; nor can any thing but her loss of
virtue justify his desertion. Whether
marriage has been expressly promised or
not, it is of little signification. For if he
has solicited and obtained her affections
on supposing he intended to marry her,
the contract is in the sight of heaven suf
ficiently binding. In short, the man who
basely imposes upon the honest heart of
an unsuspecting girl; and after winning
he affections by theprevaling rhetorick of
courtship, ungenerously leaves her to
bitter sorrow and complaining, acts a ve
ry dishonorable part, and is more to be
detested than a common robber, For
private treachery is much more heinous
than open force, and money must not be
put in comparison with happiness.
Conscientious Miser.— An old Dutch
man, named Shumm, who lived in one of
the wretched hovels that stand in the rear
of Sheriff street,died on Friday last ofasth
ma and a complication of other diseases
He was Well known to be of a very obsti
nate and accentric disposition; and al
though he had been confined to bis bed
several weeks, he not only rejected all
medical aid, but persisted to the last in his
singular habit of sleeping in the whole of
his wardrobe, which consisted chiefly of
a pair of breeches, that at some remote era
had been constructed of blue velvet, a sai
lor’s jacket and a freize over coat; which
all exhibit accumulated proofs of the old
man’s attachment. On Wednesday he
sent for Mr. M. Van Duerson, a respecta
ble countryman of his own residing in the
neighborhood, who had given him charit
able relief, and privately requested him to
make hi will. To this gentleman’s great
surprise he bequeathed various sum's of
money, amounting, altogether to $3,700
to grand children residing at New
ark and Albany; and confidently in
formed him where his property was depos
ited. He then narrated to Mr. Van Duer
son the following remarkable facts in his
history.
He stated that about 20 years ago he
was a porter to a mercantile house in Ham
burg, and, having been long in its employ
was frequently entrusted with large sums
of money for conveyance to other estab
lishments. In an hour of evil influence
,he was induced to violate his trust, and
abscond to this country with a large sum
Having arrived, he invested the greater
part ofit in the purchase of two houses
which adjoined each other, and which be
fore he could effect an insurance on them,
were burnt to the ground. Consdering
this a judgment of heaven upon dishones
ty, he determined to devote lhe remainder
of his life to a severe course of industry
and parsimony, with the single object in
view of making full restitution to the per
sons whom he had injured or to their de
scendants.
He adopted another name, and, with
the means ha had left, commenced busi
ness in this city as a tobacconist; and al
though his trade was a retail one, and he
had again sufferred a heavy loss by fire,
he had succeeded five years since, in ac
quiring sufficient property to accomplish
his purpose. He then; accordingly sold
his slock in trade, and was preparing to
transmit the necessary amount to Ham
burg, where the mercantile Ann he had
defrauded still continues, when he ascer
tained that it had a branch establishment,
ar agency counting house, at Philadel
phia,
Thither he went, and paid the sum of
$14,000 being equivalent to the originol
sum he had embezzled, with a certain rate
of interest. The latter, however, was
generously returned to him by a son of
one of the partners, and this, together with
some surplus money, he has bequeathed
as above stated. For the last five years
he has lived in utter obscurity, and in se
vere accordance with his long formed ha
bits of parsimouy.
His executor, Mr. Van Duerson, found
the named sum of 3700, principally in
doubloons—New York Courier,
The Pirates.—The Boston Centinel
contains the following remarks, in regard
to the res ult of the late trial in that ci
ty:—
The whole transaction, from its incep
tion to the final verdict ofthe Jury, has
been one ofthe most extraordinary in the
annals of crime. An American ves
sel encountered by pirates in the
midst of the ocean, hundreds of miles
from land, and for aught that the
parties concerned knew to the contrary,
as tar from any other vessel, The Am
rican crew were driven below beaten,
menaced with instant death by fearful odds
armed at all points, against them, com
pelled to give up 30,000, and finally lock*
cd down below. A band of desperadoes
ransack the vessel,seize upon the nautical
instruments; wantonly cut the sails and
rigging; break the binnacle and destroy
the compass: collect the most combustible
materials at hand, apply the torch: leave
the vessel in this deplorable condition: re- ■
pair to their own piratical vessel, taking-I
the boat of the American vessel, which
they did not want-scuttle it insight ofthe
captain, lonking from his own cabiu win
dow, and then sailing away, with the
manifest intention of burning the vessel
and crew while locked down below?
This is the plain statament of facts as a
bundantly proved on the trial.
In this awfnl condition, Providmce in
terposed for their protection! By mere
chaace, a small scuttle is left by he ps
rates unsecured! One of the m n gets
out and releases all his companions from
one ofthe most horrible of all (baths— ;
immediate conflagration on the bnely o
cean far from friends and home. I Proba
bly in less than five minutes- mire the
vessel would have been envebped in
flames! They came on deck ant extin
guished the spreading fire! Evm at the
tremendous crisis these abused nen were
afraid to show themselves on d&k, lest
the demoniac pirates should retirn and
consmumate their deed by murdtrngthem
all in cold blood! But their enemies,
thinking the Mexican past redemption,
had departed, probably in pursuit of anoth
er victim, then by chance in sight. They
now attempt to repair their damages.
But what a spectacle? Every thing in
confusion— their rigging devastated
and destroyed, and they in the
midst ofthe ocean, without compass! Re
peiring the damages as well as they
could, these worthy mem abandoned their
intended voyage, and with empty purses
and heavy hearts shaped their conrse to
wards Salem.
But we have neither time nor room to
do justice to this subject. Mexican reach
es home, and the pirates bear off their
plunder relying for their impunity on the
probable destruction of their victim and
all on board. Providence ordered other
wise. The tidings of the piracy was
borne on the winds to the uttermost parts
of the earth, and with a description of the
piratical vessel. Months passed away,
and the news reached Africa, and a Brit
ish vessel cruizing on that distant coast*
The Panda was there and immediately
suspected. The result is known. She
was captured by the British vessel, the
captain, and mate, and many of the crew
taken prisoners, and afterthe lapse of two
years nearly they were brought to Salem,
to be confronted by the veryl men whom
they had robbed so long bebre, and con
sieered dead and buried in. the deep!
What an astonishing chainof events! The
extravagant tales of fictiod are realized
The offenders are brought o trial, and
condemned to death, by thetestimony of
the very men whom they hsd robbed and
consigned to death, and appeared in judg
ment against them, as it ware in the mind
ofthe prisoners, as if risen irom the head.
Such scenes of guilt, are this brought to
light by the inscrutable opjrations of a
good Providence.
■■V.X ■
Adjournment of the South, Carolina Lt
gislature.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday? Dec. 17.
Nothing in either Brand of the Le
gislature to send you, of verjlspecial im
portance. Yesterday an appropriation
was made of $20,000, to repar the Col
lege Buildings, in compliance with the
Governor’s recommendation.
To-day, both branches wee engaged
altogether in disposing of Rejorts.
The following are the Acts passed.
An Act to renew the Chater of the
Village of Lancaster.
An Act to amend the Clurter of the
Society for the Relief of elderl; and disa
bled Ministers, and of the Widows and
Orphans ofthe Clergy of the'lndepend
ent or Congregational Churchpfthe State
of South-Carolina.
An Act to renew the Chalet of the
South-Carolina Insurance Company.
An Act to increase the pufishment of
Grand Larceny.
An Act. to authorize the firt nation of
the Edgefield Rail Road Company.
An Act to amend an Act, entitled an
Act concerning the Bonds for .he faithful
performance ofthe duties of certain Pub
lic Offices of the State, passed in the 30th
December, 1820, ane for otler purpos
es.
An Act incorporate the Dumam Creek
Rail Road Company.
An Act to vest in Robert Gthcart, the
title of the State to a lot of and in the
town of Winnsborough.
An Act invest in Ann Wigfitman, cer
tain escheated property in the District of
Edgefield,
An Act to incorporate theSulida Man
ufacturing Company.
An Act to establish certiin Roads,
Bridges and Ferries.
An Act to raise supplies br the year
1834.
An Act to make appropriations forth#
year 1834.
An Act to amend an Act, entitled an
Act to provide for the military Organiza
tion of this State.
An Act to corporate certain Societies.
An Act to regulate the office of Comq
troller General.
An Act to regulate the Pensioners in
this State.
An Act more effectually to prevent il
licit trade in the articles of Cotton, Corn,
Rice, and Wheat, with negroes,and free
persons of colour, and for other pur
poses.
An Act authorising the appointment
of a commissioner, or Commissioners to
tukethe acknowledgement of deeds, and'
instruments of writing under seal.
Au Act to amend an Act, to appoint e#-
cheators, and to regulate escheats,
An Act to incorporate Gilesbro’ in Ma
rion District.
An Act to incorporate the Charleston
Cotton Seed Oil Manufacturing Compa
ny,
An Act to incorporate and establish
another Bank in the City of Charleston.
An Act to provide for the Education of
the Deaf and dumb Children in this
State.
An Act to regulate the printing and dis
tribution of the Acts and Resolutions of
the General Assembly of this State, and
for other purposes.
An Act to incorporate the Insurance
Company of Columbia, So. Ca.
An Act to amend an Act, entitled an
Act abolishing certain punishments, and
to amend the law in relation to the trial of
slavesand free persons, and for other pur
poses.
An Aet to amend the laws in relation
to slaves and free persons of color, and for
other purposes.
An Act to amend an Act, entitled an
Act to prevent the pernicious practice of
Duelling, passed on the 18th December,
1812.
An Act to incorporate a Company, un
der the name of the Atlantic Steam Pack,
et Company; and,
A Bill to alter and amend the 4th Ar
ticle ofthe Constitution of South-Carolina.
AUGUSTA.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 22.
That the inmates of our office may have an
•opportunity of enjoyihg the festivities of the sea
son, we shall not publish another paper after
Wednesday next, till the succeeding Monday.
Private letters, this morning, state, that the
Legislature has granted a charter for a Bridge,
opposite the upper part of this city. Vote iu
Senate 54 to 13.
Professor Dew has been chosen Professor of
Political Economy and, History, in the College
of S. Carolina.
We understand the Steam Boat Company’s
boats Nos. 6 and 14, left here,for Savannah,with
only 92 bales Cotton—a proof, that if the crop
is a large one, they have got but a small part of
it. Such a freight has been unusual in former
years, just before Christmas.
At a large meeting of the Union party, at
Milledgeville, on the 16th inst., Jas. M. Wayne,
was nominated as a candidate for Governor, at
the election in October next.
Alabama.— The resolutions inviting Gabriel
Moore to resign his seat in the senate of the U.
States, passed the House of Representatives on
the 12th inst. by a vote of 57 to 26.
The Virginia Legislature have passed reso
lutions appointing the election of U. S. Senator
to take place, on the 12th of January next.
The committee of the House, that was raised
to enquire into the official conduct of Judge
Hooper, and to report articles of impeachment,
if they should find sufficient cause, are still ex
amining witnesses.— Journal of the \3th.
The biennial bill was lost in the House of Re
presentatives, on Wednesday.
And the Bill for the establishment of a Court
of Errors, was lost in the same House,on Thurs
day—both Bills had passed the Senate.
The resolutions in the N.Carolina legislature,
instructing Mr. Mangum, passed the House of
Commons, on Thursday last, by a vote of 69 to
57, after a week’s animated and interesting dis
cussion.
In Pennsylvania, Resolutions have been sub
mitted, in each House of the Pennsylvania Le
gislature, proposing to instruct the Senators in
that State, to vote for expunging from the jour
nals of the U. S. Senate, the resolution of the
last session, which occasioned the Presidential
Protest.
The following is an extract of a letter just re-
I ceived in Washington city, from Boston :
•‘The several Presidents of Insurance Com
panies have had a meeting, and agreed not to
write policies unless with a stipulation against
the risk of a foreign war. This has and will
cause many orders given to the South for the
purchase of Cotton, &c. to be countermanded.”
Steam Boat Disaster. —The steam boat Van
Buren, we are informed, (says the Columbus,
Geo. Enquirer, of the 13th inst.) loaded with
Cotton, was destroyed by fire, a few nights ago,
on her passage from this place to Apalachicola.
Every thing on board was consumed, even the
baggage of the passengers. The loss is estima
ted at something like $45,000. We do not know
but we are of opinion, that the boat and cargo
was insured. The passengers were compelled,
in order to save their lives, to jump overboard,
in some instances, without their clothing, and
swim to shore. The boat was owned by Capt.
Wood, an enterprising gentleman of Apalachi
cola, and the Cotton by S. R. Bonner and oth
ers of this place.
The Legislature of South Carolina, has de
termined to abolish her Court of Appeals. The
details of a new organization of the Judiciary
i system are left to a committee which is to sit du
ring the recess, and report to the next session
—the fundamental principle being fixed that
all the Judges shall ride the'circuits, and after
wards constitute the Appeal Court.
Governor M’Duffie has appointed Beaufort T.
Watts, Executive Secretary. His Excellency
is at present in Charleston, but his Head Quar
ters will be at his residence near Willington, in
Abbeville District. The following gentlemen
have been appointed his Aids, with the rank of
Lieutenant Colonel:
Pierce M. Butler,of Richland ;C. R. Holmes,
of Charleston; James H. Irby, of Laurens; Ed
ward Harleston, of Pendleton; I, W. Hayne,
of Beaufort; T. P. Alston, of Georgetown; Wm.
F. Jones, of Spartanburg; Eldred Simkins, of
Edgefield; Thomas W. Glover of Orangeburg ;
Joseph A Woodward,of Fairfield; I. D. With
erspoon, of York ; and K. C. Dubose, of Ches
terfield.
The London Morning Herald states that the
financial agency of the United States, in London
and Paris will be wholly undertaken by Messrs
N. M. Rothschild & Co. on and after the Ist of
January next. Messrs Baring &Co are the pres
ent agents.
A correspondent of a Philadelphia paper says
that of the one hundred members of which the
Legislature of Pennsylvania is composed, “55
are farmers, 15 lawyers, two gentlemen, and the
remainder merchants and mechanics.”
THE RACES, h
The Races closed on Saturday, without con- j (
tention for the Handicap Purse —Rattle Snake I
taking it without an opponent. Last year, the
arrangements and rules ofthe Course, and the
good order that distinguished the occasion, eli
cited the warmest admiration from strangers,
and formed a theme of just eulogy both on those
who attended the field, and on those who man
aged its amusements. We havemuch gratifica
tion in being able to bear unequivocal testimo
ny to the good order and quiet behaviour of the
present season. Such a course of good conduct
is ordered by the club to be enforced by their of
ficers; but the good example sat by our fellow
citizens, and so generally followed by transient
visitors, saved the stewards of the course from
any unpleasant duty. An individual in one of
the trials of speed which generally followed the
main race, was ascertained to have rode a jock
ey race, preventing his horse from winning, by i
pulling him in, and was ordered by the club at I
the next meeting to be expelled the course dur- I
ing lhe week. We understand he did not again ■
appear on the ground. We mention this cir
cumstance to shew that the Club will not tole
rate any thing under its influence, that is not
strictly fair, just and honorable.
The experience of the last two seasons proves ,
that the Race Course may be rescued from dis
credit, and freed from scenes of drunken riot
and violence, and that the purpose of thus im
proving an animal so valuable as the Horse,
both in peace and war, may be accomplished un
in proper management, without any necessary
deterioration ofthe public morals. We hope, the
club, if it survives will continue to enforce its
wholesome regulations, with such additional im
provements as their experience shall suggest. As
long as men of bad character are excluded from
a participation in its privilegesand government,
and decent and honorable conduct is required
of all in attendance, they will continue to rescue
a good old pastime from discredit, and add to
their country’s defence and safety, bj' furnish
ing the finest materiel for efficient cavalry.—
Those, who stand their ground in their coun
try’s defence, will desire proud and spirited
chargers, while those, who run away, will e
qually want animals, who can bear thejr cow
ardly careases swiftly out of danger.
Washington College, Virginia.— We take
great pleasure in announcing to the public, that
Professor Vethake, late of the University of
New-York, has been elected President of the a
bove institution. It will be recollected that
this institution was founded by Gen. Washing
ton himself.
The beautiful Bridge over Licking river, at
the Lower Blue Licks, in Kentucky, which was
finished only the day previous, fell in on the
Ist inst. and was dashed in pieces, with the loss
of one of the workmen, drowned. Cost over
$20,000.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
A Correspondent of the Constitutionalist at
Milledgeville, under date of 19th inst. states
“that the bill establishing a Court of Errors and
Appeals, which was lost on yesterday in the
House, has, this Morning, been reconsidered,
and, on getting through the reading of the jour
nals, was called up and passed by the constitu
tional majority.
On the 19th inst. both branches of the Gener
al Assembly made choice of the following gen
tlemen, as Directors on the part of the State in
several of the Banks:
Darien Banh.-Nkessis. Dunham, Jones, King,
Kimberly, Trouj), Parmer, and Cooper.
State Bank.— Messrs. Bulloch, Owens, Schley,
and McAllister.
Planters Bank.— Messrs. Shick and Purse.
In the Senate, Dec. 17, bill passed, to extend
the charter of the Steam Boat Company: this
bill originated in the House.
< In the House, Dec. 15, bilks passed; to amend
the 4th and Bth sections of the first article of the
constitution, which dispensed with a property
qualification of senators and representatives; to
amend the act regulating the licensing of Phy
sicians, and to organize a Board in this State, to
be styled the Botanic Board of Physicians; to
authorize the City Council of Augusta, and the
Trustees of the Richmond County Academy,
to convey to the Athens Rail Road Company,
ten acres of the Town Common of Augusta.
In the House, Dec. 17. The bill providing
for the call of a Convention to reduce the num
ber of members of the General Assembly, was
laid on the table for the balance of the session,
yeas, 85, nays 67. The bill to carry into effect I
the first section of an act to provide a fund and
outfit for the Medical Institute of Georgia, was
laid on the table for the balance of the session. !
Executive Department, Ga. )
Milledgeville, December 17 th, 1834. ) I
I herewith lay before the House of Re
presentatives, a communication, received
at this Department, on the subject of con-,
structing a road from Athens, in Tennes
see, to Lumpkin Court House, in ' -eorgia, .
from which it will be seen, that the Leg
islature of our sister State, Tennessee, ’
has provided for the commencement and |
accomplishment of her part of this impor-1
tant project, which should admonish the ;
authorities of Georgia, not to suffer the (
present auspicious moment to pass by un-;
improved, when an object of so much im
portance, to a great portion of our popula-|
tion might be accomplished at so small an
expence.
WILSON LUMPKIN.
Which was read and referred to the
committee on Internal Improvement.
The following singular article appears
in the Manchester (England) Guardian : |
We have this week had shown to us a
sample of cotton yarn, No. 22’s water
twist, spun, as the ticket imports, by Col-;
lett & Smith, of the Hamilton factory, Pa
terson, New Jersey, which was purchased
at New York on account of a manufactu- i
ring house in this town, and had been laid J
down here at full 3 half pence per pound
less than it could have been bought for in
this market. It is only fair to observe !
that this yarn was probably purchased un-I
der the influence of the serious depres
sion which the recent crisis in their mone
tary and banking system produced in the :
United States, and that the price of 22’s |
water twist, here has of late been decidedly j
higher than it was for some considerable
ime previously. Nevertheless, after ma
rking all due allowances on this score,l
there will remain in the transaction, 1
ibundant ground for becoming sensible
of the great importance of a timely remo
val of the duty on raw cotton. It may be
observed, as a further motive to this step,
that cotton yarn imported from the United
States, is subject to no duty -whatever.—
At least the yarn we have seen, after full
time for inquiry and consideration had
been taken, was passed at the Liverpool
custom house without charge.
Three half pence, or 3 cents per lb. is
a considerable sum on the cost oi a pound
of cotton yarn. But we do not see why a
spindle will not do as much work in Arne"*
rica as in England—and cheaper,because
ofthe taxes and rates imposed in thelattef,
and the use of water power in the former
—if the wages paid in each country are
pretty nearly the same.* Our tables of
British duties, however, shew that such
yarn is subject to a duty of 10 per cent.—•
Niles.
* The machinery' at Paterson, and many oth
er places in the United States, is as good as any
in the world. In several points, better, being"
improved.
Small Pox —We understand, from a
gentleman just arrived in town from Coo
sa River, that the small Pox had broken
out about ten miles South-East of Nesbit
Ferry, on that River, in St, Clair county,
and that about 15 cases and 4 death had
occurred up to Saturday last. The citi
izens of this place would do well to be on
their guard, and be prepared in case it
should reach Huntsville. We would ad
vise vaccination in every instance of indi
viduals who have hot taken that precau-
I lion.—Huntsville Adv.
I ’
Pork.—This article is very scarce in-' ‘
- this place and commands high prices,
from fonr to five dollars per hundred.
Ibid.
Pardon.— We learn that the Jesse J*hck
son, who was found guilty at our last cir
cuit court and sentenced to be hung on
I Friday next, for the killing of J. J. Maun
sel of this county, has been pardoned by
his Excellency, but the Governor con
demns him to imprisonment for twelve
months.— lbid
OLD AND NEW.
No. 2.
The voice of the writer, under the signature
i of “Verily,” in answer to “Principle,” has been
j heard, and his complaints and beseeching re
■ quest that the subject in relation to the Mer
> chants and Planters Bank should* not, at this
: “ particular juncture," be “ agitated,” are in per
’ feet keeping with what might have been expect-
•ed from one so deeply interested. It would cer
tainly be very cruel in “ Principle,” after this
request, to again allude to the subject; but as
“ Verily” has made some statements which may
prove untrue, “Principle” assumes the
, sponsibility ” of continuing his enquiries.
“ Verily ” states that “ the new onesoffer fair
ly, and as they are known to be men of actual
• wealth, and have notified the bill holders to for
| ward the credits of the bank and have them re
! tired, and if ‘ Principle’ has been shaved, he:
should pocket the loss with a good grace. If
“ Principle” has been “ shared," the barber and
his assistants hav>: been paid. “ Principle,”
will, out of “ brotherly love,” ever raise his
voice that there may be “ grace ” enough left to
purify all who approve the doctrine of premedi-
I tated shaving as being correct.
The second “ new dynasty ” have published
j a list of the present stockholders.—Does or does
not one of the present stockholders control 1501
shares of the stock, giving him the power of
electing the Directors, President, Cashier, and
Clerks 'l—-If so, is the principle correct "1
According to the old fashion way of calcula
ting 3000 shares of stock at $75 each, would
amount to $225,000. Has this amount been paid
in by the men of actual wealth 7 has three
| fourths, one-half, or even one-third, which
! would amount to $75,000, actually been paid in
I on account of the stock"?
That those who now controul the institution,
have capital, there can be no doubt, but will they
not keep it on the safe side, until the suit now
i [lending against the Bank shall be decided?
The Bank of Macon, once had “ wealthy
stockholders,” and more recently the Farmers
Bank of Chattahoochie, and what has become of
them? ask the suffering bill holders, and they
will tell you.
Again, “Verily’" says “the holders had due
notice not to part with their bills, until their
‘real value’ can be ascertained ;” he says “ that
has been done, and they are found to be exactly
of the value prefixed in each bill”—leaving out
the amount of scattering and Irightened bills r
that had not found their way home when the
first or second “ new dynasty” came into power-
I will leave it to those to answer, who put the
bills into their pockets for “ the value prefixed
in each,” and took them out again at a reduc
tion of from 40 to 65 per cent, if they did not as
certain their real value.
COMMERCIAL.
Latest date from Liverpool, Nov. 12
Latest date from Havre Nov. 11
COTTON.—This article, we quote to-<>ay,at
15i to 17 cents. But very Itttle brought in, and
but little shipping. If much is yet in the coun
try to come in, planters are able and seem wil
ling to hold on for the spring market.
SAVANNAH, DEC. 19.—Cotton.—Arrived
since the 11th inst. 5608 bales Upland, and 312
bales S. I. and cleared in the same time 5364
bales Upland, and 145 bales S. Island, leaving
a stock on hand inclusive of all on ship board,
not cleared on the 18th inst., of 29591 bales Up
land, and 924 bales S. Island. On Thursday
last, advices were received to the 12th aU., quo
ting an advance of fd per lb. on Upland, but
having been anticipated, no effect was produced
in this market, and holders generally being de
sirous of realizing, they had, toeffectsales up to
the close of Tuesday, at a decline of i to J cent
per lb. on the lower qualities. On Wednesday,
there was more demand and rather better pri
ces obtained. Good to prime, from the scarcity,
have sold at full rates thtough the week. The
transactions of the week are as follows : 72 at
15,102 at 151, 311 at 15J, 108 at 15}, 92 at 15j,
882 at 16, 572 at 16$, 325 at 16$, 50 at 16$. 85 at
161, 55 at 16J, 113 at 17, 40 at 17$, 261 at 17i,
and 200 at 171. Sea Islands are in good request
at last week’s prices. The sales will amount
to about 350 bales, as follows. 69 at 30, 40 at 31,
8 at 31$, 13 at 3U, 17 at 32, 34 at 325, 35 at 33,
23 at 34, 150 at 37fc —stained from 20 a 23 cents.
