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May 27 83 wtd
BALTIMORE CONVENTION. I
Baltimore, May 20. ,
The delegates from the several States
ofthe Union, favorable to the election of
the Honorable Martin Van Buren as the
successor of Gen- Jackson in the Presi
dential chair, met and organized this mor
ning in the fourth Presbyterian church in
Baltimore, Mr. George Kremer, of Penn
sylvania. called the Convention to order
at ten o’clock, and nominated Andrew Ste
venson, of Virgina.as the President ofthe
Convention. He was elected us such by
acclamation. Having taken the Chair,
Mr. S. addessed the meeting to the follow
ing purport:
Mr. Stevenson expressed his pleasure
at having been called upon, and elected,
to preside over so respectable
an assembly ofAm.citizens.Hewas no less
surprised than gratified by such an honor.
He should cherish the distinction thus
shown him,throughout his life. Hetrus
ted that the principle of mutual concilia
tion and concession would prevail. They
had to perform there, duties, as the Rep
resentatives of a portion of the American
people, and also, it should be remember
ed, of the whole United States. It was.
only by preserving this principle of mutu
al concession, that harmony and universal
benefit could be preserved. They had,
however, to perfom there an imperative
duty. The present occupant ofthe Presi
dential chair, following the example of
many of his illustrious predecessors, had
determined to retire to the shades of pri
vate life.and the question now was, as to
the appointment of his successor. The
great object was to preserve for the people
their primary right of election, in their e
lectorial colleges. To do this, it was ne
cessary that their Representatives, then
assembled, should be unanimous. They
had assembled there in accordance with
the true Democratic practice, acted upon
in former times, under the title of a Na
tional Convention, The great —the one
great object ought to be to avoid creating
discord. Whatever might be a man’s pre
dilection as to the successor of the present
incumbent of the Presidential chair, as
coming from a section, east, west, north,
or south, it ought to be laid aside, for no
onecould expect ts succeed under the influ
enceand opeeration of snch personal con
siderations. Who was true to his coun
try—who best calculated to promote its
interest? That was the only question
which eught to be entertained; and that
could only be ascertained in a republican
government from an election, by the great
est number of its citizens Let those whocar
ries out the principles which had placed
this country on its proud eminence above
the nations of the world,support that candi
date. But, above all, let them show that
they were unanimous. There must be
concession. To enforce the evils, the fol
ly, of a contrary course, he would adduce
one illustration. Let them suppose a gal
lant vessel in a storm, and a proposition
to be made by its crew to cut up the ship
and each man take a plank and steer for
himself, (Cheers.) He trusted that all
their proceedings would be conducted
with order, and that the only consideration
which would govern the decisions would'
be, what is most conductive to the honor
and glor}\ and the happiness of our belov
ed country.
The President then sat down amidst im
mense cheering.
A motion was then made for the ap
pointment of a committee, consisting of a
member from the Delegation of each state
to draught resolutions, and regulate the
future proceedings ofthe meeting.
Mr. Horn, of Pennsylvania, said that
it would be impracticagle for them .o meet
together to select a member of the grand
committee. A proposition was then of
fered to have each delegation appoint a
member of the committee, One of the
Pennsylvania delegates objected to this.
He said it would virtually acknowledge
the right of both delegations to a seat in
the Convention. He wished one or the o
tber set of delegations to be rejected. The
President reminded him that, so far as the
organization of the Covention was con
cerned both Delegations might act: and
afterwards the claims of each be decided
upon.
During the discussion of this prelimin
ary question, motions were successively
made, that the Pennsylvania delegates
should be both excluded, and both admit
ted, as constituent parts ofthe Committee
oftweniy four. The resolution in its or
iginal shape was however, finally adopted
and byway of getting over the difficulty
for the present, it was, on motion, resolved
that the Pennsylvania delegates should
be excused from serving on this Commit
tee.
They were in session for about one
hour. The place was excessively hot,
and ve y much crowded. They meet at
nine o’clock to-morrow morning: a mo
tion to meet at ten having been rejected.
It should have been stated in a previous
part of the report, that the place being
found tube too small, it was proposed to
meet for the remaining portion of the Con
vention, at the Theatre or the Asscmby
Room.
Thursday, May 21.
One o'clock P. M.— The Convention
re-assembled at 12,agreeable to adjourn
ment. General Saunders submitted sev
veral resolutions, in substance as follows:
( Resolved, That in takin the vote of the
Covention, for candidates for President
and Vice President, each delegation shall
designate the person who shall cast the
vote of the State represented by said dele
gation.
Resolved, That each State represented
shall be entitled to electorial votes for Pre
sident and Vice President, by law.
Resolved, That a majority of two-thrds
shall be required to elect the candidates
for President and Vice President.
Gen Saundgrs supported the latter res
olution on the ground, he said of giving a
greater, a more imposing effect to the
nomination than a mere majority.
Mr. Johnathan Allen, of Berkshire. ,
Mass, opposed the resolution, and said he I
went for the republican principle that a
majority should elect and govern. He
moved to amend the resolution by strik
ing out the words two thirds.
Mr, Peter V. Daniel, of Virginia, op
posed the amendment, on the same ground
taken by General Saunders. He wanted
an imposing effect to be given to the iiom
ination.
Old Berkshire again rose—said he was
from the old federal State of Massachu
setts —but had always fought for democ
racy; and hoped yet to see his State re
deemed. Mr. Daniel replied. After
which the vote taken, and decided as fol
lows: Mr Silas Wright jr. of New York,
voting on both sides, after the true non
committal fashion.
The above vote is considered as decis
ive against Mr. Rives.
The other resolutions reported by the
committee were then adopted without dis
cussion.
Mr. Osgood of Massachusetts, from the
committee appointed to report the names
of the members, stated that the Commit
tee had discovered “that two sets ; of dele
gates from Pennsylvania were in attend
ance,” The reading ofthe resolution re
ported by the committee, “that the dele
gates now in attendance be entiled to seats
in the convention,” being called for, en
deavors were made to postponeits consid
eration until tomorrow, and a discussion
of considerable length followed in which
Mr. Kremer, Mr. Bell, Mr Horn, Mr.
Miles, all of Pennsylvania took part.
Mr. Miles then moved to amend the res
olution by adding, “except the Delegates
from Pennsylvania; and that a commit
tee be appointed of one from each State,
to inquire into the claims ofthe two sets,
and report to the Convention.” This
proposition gave rise to a debate, during
which Mr. Branch, of Rhode Island, ex
pressed his desire that both sets of dele
gates should be received. Mr. J Bur
den, of Pennsylvania, was opposed to this
and, after considerable discussion, Mr.
Sterigere moved, as an amendment to the
amendment, that all Delegates known as
the Harrisburg nomination, be entitled to
seats on this floor, and went at length in
to the history of the appointment of the
two sets of delegates. When he conclu
ded.
The Convention took a recess till 4
o’clock in the afternoon;
Four o’clock, P. M.
Convention was called to order, and
the unfinished business ofthe morning
being taken tip, Mr. Sterigere withdrew
his amendment, and the previous question
was loudly called for. The resolution
under discussion, which admits all the
delegates claiming seats in the convention
and of course entitles both delegations
from Pennsylvania to admission on the
floor, was then passed by a large majority.
Mr. Watkins, of Virginia, moved that
in all questions before this Convention,
the vote shall be taken by States, instead
of per capita, if desired by any member,
each State being entitled to its electoral
vote.. This resolution was also adopted.
The President submitted a letter from
several delegates appointed by a State
Convention in Illinois, to attend the Bal
timore Convention, stating their inability
to be present, and enclosing the resolution
by which they were instructed to vote for
Martin Van Buren, of New York, as
candidate for President of the United
States, and Richard M. Johnson, of Ken
tucky, as candidate for Vice President.
The letter was laid on the table and or
dered to be entered on the journal of pro
ceedings. The Convention then adjourn
ed till 9 o’clock on Friday.
Jfr. Clayton's effort. —Disappointment—
Mil aculous .Escape.
Cincinnati, May 15.
Last evening at half past six o’clock,
Mr. Clayton, th* unrivalled JEronaut,
made an effort to ascend with his Balloon
The effort proved unsuccessful, but from
no fault of Mr. Clayton’s. The balloon was
well inflated—the audience was large—
the wind blew briskly towards the South
—and every thing indicated a most suc
cessful ascent. The car was laden with
a heavy mail, and the cordial blessings of
the multitude, for Mr. C’s welfare, filled
the air.
Every thing bei g nearly in complete
readiness for a start, and whilst Mr. Clay
ton,(assisted by several gentlemen)was ar
ranging the ballast, a sudden gust of wind
struck the balloon, and forced it upwards
with violence. At that moment those
who held the balloon, supposing there
was a suficiency of ascensional power, let
go of the Car, and the balloon suddenly
arose thirty or forty feet. The ballast,
however proved to be too heavy, and the
momentary gust of the wind subsiding,
the car fell to the earth, outside of the am
phitheatre, with great violence, intrepidity
intent on accomplishing his object, and
apparently totally unmindful of personal
danger, Mr. Clayton busily engaged in
throwing out ballast, Meanwhile the bal
loon was dragging the noble o
ver housesand fences, and part ofthe time
through the streets,
Mr. Clayton by this time, succeeded in
disburdening the car of a considerable
portion of the ballast, the balloon again
rose, and the car in its ascent struck
against the top of a chimney with great
force, which sundered the cords, and left
Mr. Clayton on the top of the House,
where he alighted with but little injury.
A severe bruise on the right hip, and a
slight scratch on the right arm, are all the
injuries he received. The balloon now
being freed from the car, cut all sorts of
fantastic tricks aloft in the air, and soon
disappeared from view. As it was seen
to turn upside down; some hopes are en
tertained that the gas may have quickly
escaped, and that the balloon may yet be
recovered. It was an elegant article of
the kind, and of very large dimen
"'•ms.—-
When the multitude Saw the car strike /
the chimney, and the balloon dash off 1
without Mr. Clyton, painful in the extreme j
were the feelings, which animated every
bosom, Cries “he is killed,” ran rapid- i
ly through the crowd—but soon Mr. 1
Clayton was discovered in full view on 1
the top of the house waving his hat. Al
generous shout of joy now rose from the
multitude, and a universal press towards
Mr. Clayton ensued. He was taken in a
carriage and carried to the Exchange,
where he assured the people of his safety.
A meetingof the by-standers wasappoint
ed to be held at the Exchange at 8 o’clock
for the purpose of devising measures to
remunerate Mi. Clayton for his great
loss. The balloon cost S9OO, and its in
flation about S4OO. Throughout the
whole Mr. Clayton appeared calm and
collected; no blame for the unfortunate is
sue can be attached to him. The accident
was entirely owing to the sudden gust of
wind, driving the balloon violently up
wards, and inducing those having hold
of the car to believe there was a sufficien
cy of ballast taken out when in reality
there was not. The supply of gas was
ample. Mr. Clayton’s escape was truly
miraculous.
Should our citizens sufficiently renu
merate Mr. Clayton for his loss, he will
soon ascend again, and redeem his late un
fortunate effort.— Whig.
TO THE PUBLIC.
The journeymen Carpenters of Natchez
havingcome to the determination of adopt
ing a more regular course with regard
to hours of labor, have therefore conclu
ded, that ten hours shall be a day’s work;
that is to say, from the first day of May
until the thirtieth of September. With
respect to public opinion and that of our
employers, we offer the following, as
causes for that determination.
We hold these truths as evident, that
ignorance is the great fountain from
which vice emanates, and that happiness
cannot exist, unconnected with moral vir
tue. As the extirpation of vice and the
propagation of virtue, depend on a
sound education, we feel conscious of be
ing deprived of those means, both our
selves and families, by adhering to a des
tanable custom of working from day light
to dark, during these months, in a cli
mate like this, which it is impossible for
the strongest constitution to withstand,
without even the least time either to im
prove the mind or acquire that mechan
ical knowledge, upon which, our occupa
tion necessarily so much depends. We
are well aware, that in other nations, and
under what we stile the most oppressive
governments, the mechanic enjoys a res
pite from his hard labor; but in this, our
own country, where is that liberty, aud
the boasted freedom of our institutions, so
long as the mechanic who serves a long
apprenticeship to his business, and is
doomed to toil for fouteen hours a day for
mere subsistence, which makes him little
better than the slave, who serves under the
lash of his taskmaster. To restore those
rights which have been extorted from us
we will endeavor to use all honorable and
lawful means in our power, to procure
the same; we will no longer be imposed
on, but throw off with disdain, those fet
ters, which time has rivetted. We have
borne them patiently; but the longer we
bear them, the greater the evil: there is
not a liberally principle man, whether
mechanic or not, that will not say our
cause is a holy one, and we are confident
its here not a journeyaman carpenter in
Natchez, so base as to desert ua in this
struggle for our Independence; if there be
he must be a miserable slave, and not a fit
member of society, to work fourteen
hours a day, when by joining us in our
united efforts, he can enjoy that time so
necessary for a working man. But know
ye not.
That they who would be free,
Themselves must strike the blow
Our employers, some of whom have
been brought up under these hours, we
contend for, know that a workman in ten
hours, by working regular, can do as
much work as the generality of men do
now, when jaded by heat and continual la
bor, so injurous to his health, and with
out any more profit to his employer. We
hope a generous public will favour us
with their opinion, and our employers
will, without difficulty, accede to our rea
sonable proposals, and unite stronger
those sacred ties of society, which were
divinely bestowed upon man.
We remain, most respectfully, the
JOURNEYMEN CARPENTERS.
Natchez, May 13th, 1835.
WASHINGTON, JULY 11; 1834.
Dear Sir: I owe you an apology for
not having sooner acknowledged the re
ceipt of your letter of 29th May. My
opinions on the subject ofthe power of
Congress over slave property in the
Southern States, are so well understood
by my friends, that I am surprised that
an attempt to impose upon the public res
pecting them should be hazardvd.
The subject is, in my judgement, exclu
sively under the control of the State Gov
ernments; and I am not apprised, nor do
I believe, that a contrary opinion, to an ex
tent deserving consideration, is entertain
ed in any part of the United States The 1
charge, therefore, to which you have had
the gt odness to call my attention, that I
‘•arn in favor of an interference by Con
gress in manumitting yourslave property
“is destitute of foundation: so far from it
I do not see on what authority the Gen
eral Government could interfere, without
a change ofthe Constitution, even at the
instance of either, or all the slave-holding
States.
With great respect and regard,
I am, dear sir, very truly yours.
Signed M. VAN BUREN
To Clinton, Mississsippi.
A colored woman is now in Louisville,
Ken. who is said to be 161 years of age.
AUGUSTA,
FRID A Y, MAY 2 O , 18 35. ’
The Bwt. Gibbons at Charleston brings us
nothing new. She arrived late Wednesday
night, having been delayed by head winds.
The Governor of Ohio has summoned the
Legislature of that State to meet on the Sth of
June.
A letter from Capt. Pennoyer to the Agent of
the Steam Boat Line in Charleston dated Balti
more, May 19, s ates that the Dolphin would
not be ready to leave that place before Saturday,
the 23d inst. at 4 P. M. and Norfolk on Monday,
. the 25th inst. at 12 M. The same letter states
' that the South Carolina, would be ready to
leave Norfolk on the 2d of June.
The President has renounced his first purpose
of going to Tennessee this summer, and will
pass the hot months, instead, at the Rip Raps,
j He is still said to be very feeble, and to use the
language of one of his political and personal
J friends, “wants excitememt."
The President has appointed James O. Har
i rison. Esq. of Lexington, Ky. Secretary of
Legatior. at Madrid, vice Mr. Middleton, who
is to return home immediately.
It is said that Gen. Jackson has avowed a
preference for Col. R. M. Johnson, as the party
candidate for the Vice Presidency.
The Union Party of this State are perpetu
ally twitted on the supposed support they will
give Mr. Van Buren in the next Presidential
election. They are so often charged with in
consistency, and with such apparent triumph at
so sucsessful a hit, that the matter is worthy of
a short investigation. In the first place, we
might remark, that the opposition in their ex
cessive joy over the mare's nest they have found,
i forget entirely their own delinquency. They
were the original admirers of Mr. Van Buren,
and first brought him before the nation as
worthy of the second office in its gift. As the
mass es parties its generally governed, this
was enough at once to place the great majority
of the present Union party in hostility to him,
and the opposition are now only endeavoring
to work upon old prejudices. Admit that the
Union party will support Mr. Van Buren, and
the “State Rights” oppose him. Prima facie, as
the Lawyers say. at first blush, they both si»nd
on an equality, as regards their consistency ;
because one by supposition now supports an in
dividual whom it formerly denounced, and the
other denounces violently the same individual,
whom it was so signally instrumental in bringing
into political notice. Allow 7 the two parties to sus
tain whom they please, whether the Union par
ty shall sustain Mr. Van Buren or not, we can
easily show that there would be no inconsis
tency in its doing so. At the time the great
mass of the present Union party were unfriend
ly to Mr. Van Buren, he was violently inimi
cal to Mr. Calhoun and Gen. Jackson—to both
of whom the great body of that party were
deeply attached. Mr. Calhoun lost their love
by forsaking the principles, which, like cords,
bound him to their hearts j but Gen. Jackson
has, without deviation, carried out the princi
ples they wished to see triumphant, and their
attachment has been equally undeviating aad
steadfast. Mr. Van Buren was not then any
more the political trlerid of Gen. Jackson, than
he was of Mr. Calhoun. But he now sustains,
and has long sustained the principles of his ad
ministration, and the policy with which it is
identified. Mr. Van Buren then has come into
our ranks—-the Union party stand where they
always stood—on unchanging principles. If
political inconsistency lies at the door of any
body, it is not at the door of the Union party.
They will discard the influence of those old
prejudices, which their opponents are endea
voring to re-excite, and will sustain the men,
who will sustain their principles. Who has
been an abler advocate, than Mr. Van Buren, of
those principles which so distinctly divide us
and our opponents 1 Who, in future, is more
1 i kely to sustain them, whose services are avail
able I Noone. Judge White, who is one of
our own men, is only supported by the opposi
tion, because they have no chance, but in split
ting our phalanx. His principles are in direct
opposition to theirs, and he is swallowed with
evident nausea, by their leaders, most of whom
scout both him and Mr. Van Buren. For in
stance, Gov. McDuffie, who declares all the
candidates equally infamous, and Washington
a place worthy of fire and brimstone from
Heaven, swore, at the Hamburg dinner on
' Monday last, that he would support neither
j "Punch nor the Devil," as he called those two
gentlemen. Let our opponents take the beam
out of their own eye, before they pretend to say
they see a mote in ours. Support Judge White,
the honest advocate of all the leading measures
ot Gen. Jackson’s administration, so obnoxious
! to them, and they accuse other people of incon
j sfstency! Such blindness and folly fall only on
I those, who have lost all hope as well as shame.
. Quern Deus vull perdere, prius dementat." Whom
| God intends to destroy, he first makes mad.”
FOR THE GEORGIA COURIER.
i AZr. Editor:— lt isdifficult to procure philoso
phical instrument in most of the cities, and
towns at the south, and I remember, that I was
some time ago, requested to procure a Hy
drometer for the purpose of taking the specific
gravity of gold; but on inquiry, I found that
there was no such instrument on sale in the
city, and the only one that I could hear of, was ,
imported from France to the order of either the '
Medical Society or College, I do not remem
ber exactly which. It occurred to me then that
I the instruments generally known as “ Nichol
son’s Hydrometer” could be very easily made
1 by the experimentalist himself, as follows.—
Cut out a bulb of velvet cork, and have it gill;
then through it longitudinaly thurst a small
wire sharpened at one end and bent into a hoop
or eye attheother; to the looped end a stirrup
ot lead is to be attached for sustaining the sub
stance experimented on, and on the sharp end a
very thin slice of the same cork is to be put,
foiminga pan or recipient for the weights.—
The adjustment, &c. will be conducted accord
ing to “Farday’s Chemical Manipulations,”
or on the principles, laid down in “Gardner’s
Treatise on Hydrostatics.” I have since
thought that the egg shell of a “ Guinea hen”
would answer the purpose better.—Through a
perforation atone end blow the contents out of
a similar aperture at ths other ; then dry it in
the sun, and insert the wire stem taking care to
cement it firmly into eachaperture with sealing
wax, melted in with a hot wire. Should any
of your enquiring readers construct such aa
instrument, I would be much gratified to hear
of their success, and what practical difficuhiea
(if any) they had to encounter.
Your obedient servant,
A YOUNG ENGINEER.
COMMUNICATED.
WANTS A WIFE.
A gentleman not over 25 nor under 20—pos
sessing a mind somewhat above mediocrity—a
disposition cheerful (not gay)—not unpreposses
sing in appearance—having sufficient of “ this
world’s goods” to support a family in a genteel
manner—is in search of a wife to answer the
following description : The Lady must be un
der 23 aad over 17 — with black or blue eyes—
dark hair — small foot and ancle— fair
complexion—possessing a well cultivated mind
—mild and happy disposilion—good musical
taste, and fine voice.
Address ABC through the Post Office for
an interview, which may be considered strictly
confidential.
Augusta, May 28, 1835.
N. B. Widows and old maids must hot be
troublesome!
Extract of a letter to the Editor, dated
Baltimore, 20th May, 1835. z -
The National Convention met this day at 10
o’clock, in the North Presbyterian Church of .
this City, and was organized by the choice,-,
unanimous, of Andhew Stevenson of Virgin
ia, as President. A Committee of 24, compos
ed of one Delegate from each State, w’as the*
decided upon to draft rules and regulations for
the government of the Convention, each Dele
gation to select one member of said Committee
from their own body. A Committee was also
appointed to examine credentials and report the
number and names of Delegates in attendance
from each Slate. The Convention then ad
journed till to-morrow morning 9 o’clock, When
the reports will be received from said Com
mittees.
There are about 500 delegates in attendance
from the several States, and in some instances
tnanv more than were expected have appeared,
as yet but three have appeared from Georgia.
Pennsylvania has sent two delegations, or lath
: er two setts cf delegates both representing or
intending to represent the Democracy of the
State. The one hailing from the Harrisburg
Convention, the friends of Gov. Wolf. The
I other from Lewistown, the friends of Mr.
; Muhlenberg. Os course the Convention can-
• not decide their local difficulties, nor give pre
! ference to one party over the other by deciding
which are the true Dromios, and the rather
stale adage of “between two stools” may be
applied to the great Democratic State of Penn
sylvania, unless the two Delegations ean har
monize matters among themselves. Already,
to avoid difficulties, they have been excused
from appointing a member of the Committee of
twenty-four.
With regard to the nomination for President.
1 lam of opinion that it will be unanimous for
i Mr. Van Buren, indeed if this had not before
■ been expected by all parties, the opposition
, presses w 7 ould have marshalled the way for u»
1 by declaring beforehand that he woutd be noth- -
• inaled, and thus clearly showing that they at, ■
least know him to be the favorite of the whole
I American people. This, therefore, is the rea
son of their opposition to the Convention, and
1 their attempt to ridicule the members, and their
■ election as “a packed Jury of office holders”'
&c. As yet I have met no delegate who holds
’ office under the government. On the nomina-
• tion of Vice President, we will have more diffi
culty - r the members are divided, much divided
r between Mr. Rives snd Col. Johnson. Tha
names also of Mr. Forsyth of Georgia, Mr.
• Barbour of Virginia, Mr. Ellmaker of Penn
l sylvania, and Gen. Harrison of Ohio, all have’
■ their friends, but all will acquiesce in the will
, of the majority.
> JudgeWniTE’s claims here are not considered
so imposing nor his influence so great as we
> w’ere led to believe, by the opposition presses.
In the East, I am informed by members of the
Whig party, that there are many, very many of
r their party in that section, who will net touch
■ him, whether nominated here or not, and that
they would at all times support Mr. Van Bu-
t ren in preference.
! Steel.— The quantity of steel consumed
i in Great Britain last year in the mauu
, | facture of pens, is computed to amount to
t one hundred and twenty tons! Each ton
t produces 1,900,000 pens, making a total
, of 228,000,000.
The Astor House, New York.— The
, Boston Atlas says that this House has
been taken by the Messrs. Boydens ofthe
. Tremont House, Boston.
The Morocco Lion recently made his
( first appearance at Baltimore, in the last
; Days of Pompeii. He enacted the arena
scene to wonder.
’1 he private boxes at the N. Y- Post
Office have been increased, and now nunv
ber 1730.
Export from Bristol, R I. near 1,200,-.
000 bunches of onions, at the average
price of $2 27 1-2 per hundred, amount
ing to $27,300.
CHEROKEE TREATY.
The Auraria Recorder of 23d
contains the following information respec
tiug the probable fate of a treaty with the
Cherokees.
“Information has reached ns in wh-ic&
implicit confidence may be placed, thatthe
proposed treaty with the Cherokees, met
an indifinant and an uncompromising
opposition by John Ross’s Council, at
Red Clay. This to our mind, has settled
the question; and any further effors upon
the part of the Government, to settle this
question upon reasonable terms, will be
nseless, not to say madness and fol I v in
the extreme. Ross’s party consists ofthe
whole, or nearly all the ignorant portion
of the Cherokees, over whom he extrei-.
ses an unlimited influence; and before any
thing definitely can be done upon this sub
ject, the Government must subdue that
perverse and wicked obstinacy of John
Ross, which sooner or later, must bring
upon himself and people, a state of affairs
greatly to be deprecated by all concerned
We understand, however, that a number
of the Indians do not object so much to
the terms of the treaty, as to the persons
who made it. It is well known tn»X"* v »