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they are jil.tly paid. If the manufactured aiti
cle is brought to this countiy and sold, each pur
chaser pays proportionably $11,846,00 for for
eign labor and 30 per cent on the $15,587,00 to
cover duties, middle men, and merchants ex
pences, &c., which is $4,650; making an aggre
gate of $20,237. Now, sir, would it not be folly
to state, that any portion of the difference be
tween 3 thousand 5 hundred and 20 thousand
237 dollars was a direct or indirect loss to the
cultivator or grower of Cotton'?”
“ You are mistaken, my young friend—ln
forming our estimate we take the Bagging, Bale
Rope, and Plains for negro clothing into consi
deration, and it is the duty on these that eats up
the 40 bales.”
“Even so—l yet have you: for the Bagging
and Bale Rope you are repaid, as there is no al
lowance made for it tn weighing the bales, and
suppose each hand to make 2j bales of Cotton, |
which is 875 lbs., 310 is in the proportion of 40
to 100, and that at 10 cents is 31 dollars, which :
will not only purchase Plains, but will go well j
towards paying the whole expense of maintain- ■
ing a hand for the year. Therefore, as your .
hand produces 875 lbs. of Cotton and provisions ■
besides, and his clothing alone does not exceed !
sls per year, it is certain that you do not feel i
the oppression of the Tariff to the extent repre
sented.”
‘T see your drift,sir, you go for the Tariff and
the "Yankees; but I advise you to give up that
notion, it won’t do at the South, 'Hands off and
let us alone,’ is .our motto.”
i s a H I ask, ‘hands off'and let the inanu.
facturers alone.' lam a southern man by birth
and principle and interest, but I cannot join the
mercenary and sacrifice the permanent good of
my country for present profit. Our country is
over run with a foreign, mercenary horde,
whose interests are tantamount to their, salva
tion, and as they are the commercial agents be
tween the Cotton grower and the Cotton manu
facturer, they, of course, become clamorous as
soon as they find that government interferes
with their profits. I assure you, sir, that the
planter is taxed at the will of a commercial
agent, even more oppressively than the most
oppressive taxes in England, but so indirectly
and ‘with so much politeness, that it is hardly
perceived, and never complained of. I wish to
identify mvself with the South and hope to see
it manufacturing Cotton Goods, not only for the
North, but for the World.”
As William paused, a tall sunburnt Georgian
stepped forward and said—“ Look here, mister,
youre a stranger to me, but darn my buttons
into chinquepin-burrs if I dont lick any low
country-man who takes up for the Tariff —since
they raised a fuss about the Tariff, I have sold
more Whiskey and Jack-knives than this here
steamboat could toat —so I say, darn the Tariff
and all them that wouldnt dam it!”
The old gentleman chuckled heartily, and
gasped out “dam the Union—l go for a South
ern Confederacy.”
The confusion was progressing rapidly, when
the Captain sent up a messenger stating that the
ladies complained of the noise; it was of course
checked and the parties retired to their respec
tive berths.
To William it was a source of much reflec
tion, and he thought he could plainly discover
that self-love was the basis of the whole plan of
Nullification. The human heart and head, ac
tuated by such motives must be reckless, and
that “amor patriae," so much prized by the an
cients, must be utterly lost to the people, amongst
whom it prevails. The present arrangement
or organization of society imposes all the res
traints on its constituents, that are necessary.
There is, therefore, under ordinary circumstan
ces, no occasion for the formation of extra so
cieties or associations, because every pledge
they make is understood to be made and binding
by our tacit assent to, and observance of, those
more obvious. In the present case a powerful
association existed whose primary object is to
dissolve the federal Union. If they were less nu
merous they would have been entitled to the
name of political banditti, and would have hid
den themselves in any other country in dens
and caves, instead of proclaiming their mon
strous doctrines fiom the house tops. Some
thing is wrong. The idols of commerce have
been set up and devotees have flocked to them
in ignorance. This hand, weak as it is, will
endeavor to hurl them from the pedestal they
have been so blasphemously set upon.
In the Engine room, Spears, the Engineer,
Dan, Edgar, Rufus and several of the officers
and crew, were discussing the merits of the re
cent dispute and regretting the disappointment
of not having a fight. “That young chap,” said
Spears, “is a ringtail roarer; he stuck the old
coon all sorts of ways. I would have lent Geor
gia a clip in the ear myself, if they had only got
at it.” “Well,” says one, “I dont much care ;
about fighting any how, but I would have liked ,
to see the old nully get his snout squeased.— :
Was’nt you in Charleston,trip before Jast, when ;
we had such a spree with the nullies'?” “No.’’ {
“Just let me tell you how it happened: You
know Lawson and Rufus Burns, dont you'?”
“Yes.” “Well, Lawson came down one night
—there was five boats in Charleston that night
—so Lawson calls me out, and asked it I would
go with him to get a drink of cider, as a parcel
of boys from the other boats were going. I con
sented, of course; ’twas just before the election,
and Nullification and that sort-of-thing run
high. As we went along, Burns got a telling
as how some of them said, that any Union man
who owned it would be turned out of the Coffee
House on East Bay—and so as he was telling
us, we run spang afoul of one, and in we went-
Dan, you know, is our spokesman, so he called
out for 10 glasses at the bar, 5 for ourselves and
the other 5 for any of the company present who
would join us. The room was full and at our
invitation we soon had company, and commen
ced joking, toasting and sipping. One of the
fellows shoved his glass up to Rufus and said,
“Damn the Union," but before he could com
plete the word, Charley, who was standing on
his left, gave him a left-handed clip in the eye
and before he was righted threw his grog in his
face, with a right-hand squarer, and told him
there was a couple of small taps for his inso
lence. In less than the snap of a percussion
the lights were put out, and a universal uproar
began—a wreck of matter and crush of brain
pans—it was such a rumpus as would be an
eternal caution to bull dogs. In less than 15
minutes we had the house clear, either by run
ning oft", ordraggingout such as we knocked
down; but the best of the joke is, that Lawson
got hold ot a huge bellied citizen and toated him
out on his back in a certain direction, whooping
and screaming for help, arid he told Pat Kelly,
who came running in a lope, that the Nullies
were murdering his countrymen at the Coffee
House, and then begged him for the love of St.
Patrick, to gather a few of the boys to assist
them. Off Pat went and just as we had got the
candles lit and rustled the bar-keeper from under
the counter, in walks a real gang of Emeral
ders with their sprouts in their hands ready for
; action. We took two or three rounds of good
stuff, and left the bar-keeper to gather up his
; broken traps and score the score to Nullification
or accounts receivable. We then went up the
; street and held a parley with our Irish friends,
! who adjourned to their respective home , while
for ourselves we proposed a scatterment to meet
I again up town, as was privately understood,
and "Slow! port! ungear! head! hard
port!” from the Captain, broke off Spear’s yarn
and he darted out of the room to aid his assis
tant, who was on the watch. The steamer was
turning rapidly to the right to avoid a schooner,
who had mist stays on her larboard bow, but it
was too late, the bowsprit of the schooner enter
ed the forward cabin and tore part of it off, with
sundry appurtenances of beds, clothing, Ac., and
among them, enveloped in a sheet, was the old
gentleman who so lately figured as a politician.
They brought up, however, on the wheel-house,
and he joined his yelling with the curses of the
Captain, hissing of steam, and snapping of
plank and cordage. They were soon disenga
ged, and the steamer being yet able, proceeded
as usual. Asit was just 12 o’clock, all the sleep
ing parties resumed their berths—the watch was
changed, and Spears had no farther opportuni
ty of spinning out his yam, but. while they sleep
we have time to examine another quarter.
Gustavus Rush had walked up and down the
little room that served him for bed chamber,
study, &c., so long, that the anger so strongly
depicted in his countenance, when he hurried
from the parlor, in which he had left William
Hamilton, had entirely subsided—how much
the walking contributed to so desirable an end
is not known, in as much as there can be no
doubt that a certain brass bound bl«ck walnut
partable desk resting, locked, on a small pine
table covered with green baize, contained a
fresh written instrument yclept codicil, enacting
and ordering that certain goods, chattels and
real estate disposed of in the paper to which it
was an appendage, should not, on the'happen
ing of certain events be so disposed of, and this
paper may have participated in producing the
relaxation just mentioned. Be this as it may,
the muscles of the face had gradually dropped
to their usual length and perhaps a little longer
on account of re-action, when he saw in the lu
rid light of the setting sun, the last wreath of
smoke over the pines at Pigeon Point. Hejwas
now prepared to trust to time and dissipation
for the accomplishment of his wishes. Rush
was a man rather below the ordinary stature,
so much so in fact, as to have acquired the nick
name of little Gus—he was muscular and well
formed, with black hair and eyes, and a hand
some pair of whiskers chough of modest dimen
sions—his features, though small, were very
distinctly marked and capable of assuming a
blackness of expression, unequalled by any
thing but the facility with which it could be
changed to one of calm and disinterested inter
est. This formation and facility for change,
no doubt, influenced his parents, who lived in
London, to send him off to this country, when
quite a boy—he was turned loose by the Cap
tain of the ship in which he came, but whether
by their connivance or not is uncertain; it is a
fact, however, that he was compelled to go on
his “own hook” as soon as he landed in Savan
nah. At the age of 17, full of vigor, in a free
country, with a genius as versatile as his coun
tenance, his first employment was in the coast
ing trade among the Sea Islands, to Savannah
and Charleston, via Beaufort. He then learned
a trade, then became rich, and set up for a gen
tleman, and now rides in a dashing chariot of
his own, or in the little room before spoken of,
with the implements in the brass bound desk,
shaves any needy planter, whose desperation
was equal to the operation.
His connection with our hero was rather a
romantic affair, and happened as follows: In
1812 there was much apprehension of a sickly
season in Savannah and Charleston, and the
yellow fever was a source of much uneasiness.
The sea board became a place of much resort,
and all who could afford it, had houses for the
season erected on the sea shore, and especially
at Bay Point, on the north eastern limits of Por (
R >yal Harbor. Every thing that could be wish,
ed by the invalid was here attainable, being so
situated that a head wind for boats to Beaufort
would be lair to Savannah, and thus preventing
with ordinary care, any disappointment as to
supplies. It was early in September the same
yeai, that Rush determined to go to the Point
and spend a few weeks. Being well skilled in
the use and management of boats, he was alto
gether at his ease, though there were some indi-
I cations of an approaceing -torm, It is true, that
i he felt some misgivings about the equinoctial,
but thought it rather early for the gale. He
had stood well out and crossed the tail of Paris
bank, intending in the next reach to feteh out
side the Bay, and run down the same tack to
Skulls inlet; but on opening Broad River, be
saw a boat in the breakers of Daws Island bank,
the sails flapping in the wind, and the hands
making but weak efforts to get her off'. With a
sailor’s spirit he obeyed the first impulse, and
bore away for the breakers, though the violence
of the storm increased every moment, and the
wind which was from the N. E. was accompa
nied by a dense mist, rendering it difficult to
keep his object in view; as soon as he had ap
proached the boat in distress he hailed, but
though he saw the forms of human beings, they
did notappear to be sensible of his approach,
'and it was only by reiterating his hailing, that
;he at last aroused them, A form held up its
head —it was a female—her cry of joy awoke
the rest, whose energies were hardly adequate
ito make a sign of distress. It was not necessa
ry. Rush discovered that the boat aground was
much larger than his own, and though the
breakers ran high and over her, he deterrtfmed
to lay his beat alongside to leaward. The at
tempt was dangerous, but he succeeded, and in
an instant he had clutched the female and an old
man into his own boat; the next wave broke
over him and half-filled the boat, but the next
carried both boats over, and that of the stranger
was buried in the deep. The exhausted crew
did not make an effort, but sank insensibly un
der the curl of a tremendous wave. The lady,
somewhat recovered by the rudeness of the
shock she received in being thrown into his boat,
made some effort to rise, and assisted Rush in
laying the old gentleman with his head on the
stern sheets. The boat being trimmed and
baled, a course before the wind was taken, and
Rush had soon the pleasure of landing his charge
at Gen. Pinckney’s. Every attention that it
was possible for the most refined hospitabity to
bestow, was received by the strangers. The
old gentleman, however, did not recover. The
excitement and shock had overpowered the lin
gering spark of life, and as the storm abated and
the sun rose in the utmost grandeur from the
ocean, he breathed his last brealh on the bosom
ol his daughter. The General sent a boat with
the remains to Savannah and Rush accompani
ed them, for he was personally known to the
General, and entered fully into his feelings on
this occasion. The lady was in the bloom and
beauty ofyouth, and there was something in the
exterior conduct of both, that evinced a high de
gree of mental culture, and the homage due to
it was involuntarily rendered by all who saw
their present situation, and it seemed that the
servants would have cordially joined their mas
ter and his sisters in the invitation to make his
island the home of the shipwrecked stranger.
The impression made on the mind of the la
dy was of the most enduring character, and she
could not but regard Rush with the utmost grati
tude, as the preserver of her life, and the body
of her father from a grave in the unhallowed
deep. Her affections were already engaged,
and, as soon as circumstances admitted, she
was married to John Hamilton ; and then Rush
was admitted tv all the familiarities of a brother.
Some mismanagement of a foreign connection
with the house of Hamilton & Co. rendered it
necessary that Mr. Hamilton should go to Eu
rope. In arranging his affairs for that purpose,
he found his circumstances so straightened that
he could not lake bis lady and infant son with
him. He made Rush his attorney and guar
dian to his son during his absence, which he
hoped would be short, and with a heavy heart
he sailed for Liverpool, in December, 1814.
Early in the spring of 1815, Mrs. Hamilton and
Rush received letters stating that the affairs of
the concern in Liverpool and London were in
an irretrievable state, and Rush was directed to
secure every thing and dissolve the house in
Savannah, and the result was an entire bank
ruptcy. Overtures were made to Mr. Hamil
ton in London, which afforded him a chance of
repairing bis broken fortune and loss by the late
concern. He accordingly accepted a situation
in the East Indies under the auspices of the
company; but care, and climate, and separation
from his dearly loved family bore heavily upon
him, and in 1817, at the age of 30, he fell a vic
tim to the brain fever.
The letters containing the announcement of
the death of Mr. Hamilton found Mrs. Hamil
ton in a desperate state of health. Delayed ex
pectations of a reunion with her husband had
made her heart sick —the damask had been
eaten from her cheek by the cankerworm of
care, and she was sinking slowly, but surely,
into a premature grave, when this intelligence
gave the death-stroke. She lingered in the
hopelessness of deep, soul-consuming despair
for a week, and then the liberated spirit took its
flight to that heaven in which it must inevitably
join its kindred soul in the pure enjoyments of
intellectual blessedness.
Rush now took charge of the Hamilton estab
lishment, and the ward, William Hamilton,
was brought up and educated with all the care
that wealth could procure, not only because be
was heir to considerable property, but that Gus
tavus Rush had felt more of human nature in
him in all the circumstances attending this
family than in all his intercourse with mankind.
He may have been more remotely actuated by
that feeling that induces a miser to build a hos
pital or church, with the difference, however,
that in this case he was superintending the
erection of a living temple. Rush, in his ambi
tion, had even gone so far as the selection of a
young lady of large fortune to be the wife of
his ward, and as she was the daughter of a
wealthy and influential planter, he did not anti
cipate any objections on bis ward’s part at least.
He was sure of the other party. It generally
happens, however, that in such matters it is
very difficult to obtain the concurrence of all
the parties, and especially that of the younger
members. It is not natural that such should be
the case, and the fault generally lies with the
seniors in not making the distinction between
nature and morality. A pious person chained
down to the altar would curse his Maker to be
free; yet we daily observe instances, the result
of choice, which to us would be more intolera
ble than chains, which are not only borne, but
enjoyed. The unholy union of education and
ignorance, of beauty to deformity, and infideli
ty to Christianity, have produced as happy re
sults as any other arrangement possibly could.
Our hero was not pleased with the selection
made by his guardian, and, when informed of it,
affirmed the plan impracticable, as far as he was
implicated, and, in stating his reasons, plainly
developed a prior engagement of the heart.
Mr. Rush was astonished, and offended at the
pe'-tinacity with which William sustained his
objections, and determined at once to effect his
intentions without regard to them. The vigi
lance thus brought into play soon detected the
source of William’s noncompliance with his
guardian’s wishes, and the obvious course v as
to break off his intercourse with the object by
sending him to Charleston, or to the north, to
complete his education. To this arrangement
William could start no objection ; he, therefore,
complied cheerfully, and perhaps more so, as
two or three years would be so much of his life
enjoyed without the bitterness of unavailing
advice.
The revolutionary struggle called forth men
of ardent tempers, and among them Gen. Green
ville. In his youth, prudence in the manage
ment of his financial concerns was neglected,
and on going into the camp, his habits of extra
vagance became confirmed, and when the strug
gle was fait ly over, he retired to private life, be
lieving it necessary to marry into some respect
able family, and settle for life, in the enjoy
ments of a family and domestic establishment;
but when that marriage took place, another
course of extravagant hospitality commenced,
and as he was entirely unacquainted with agri
culture, he did not succeed as a cotton planter,
and as old age and death finally closed the
scene upon him, he had the mortification to
leave his affectionate wife and daughter nearly
insolvent. Mrs. Greenville, like all the daugh
ters of the south, had made herself versed in
all the matters pertaining to real life, as well
as its embellishments, and she now devoted her
self, with an untiring zeal, to the restoration of
the estate, which, by the indulgence of a credit
i or in Charleston, who had bought all the claims
against it, she was permitted to hold. By pro
per diligence she had made considerable pay
ments every year; in fact, so closely calculated
were the appropriations, that it was generally,
thought, from the unassuming retirement in
which she lived, that the estate was still insol
vent, and that it would never be otherwise under
her control. Her factor in Charleston, ths
merchant already alluded to as creditor to the
estate, was often amazed at the covert insinua
tions that were passed by the planters who had
occasion to trade with him; but as he was a
man of feeling and strict integrity, he appre
ciated fully the modesty that dictated the course
pursued by Mrs. Greenville, and anticipated,
with her, the triumph she would enjoy in the
completion of her design. She kept no carriage
in town, and very few servants. The dress and
conduct of both mother and daughter were of
an humble character, but not so much so but
the radiance of■ an intellectual gem could be
discerned by the eye of experience.
There is an aristocratic spirit among the low
country planters that induces them to indulge
a rather ephemeral idea of nobility, unsupported
by the principles on which our social compact
is based, and the corrective is, that the stability
of one generation becomes plebcan, and vice
versa in the next. Their extravagant hospi
tality, though somewhat less pt evalent from
frequent abuse than formerly, causes such a re
duction of estates that the sons of the wealthy
generally devote themselves to matrimonial
speculation with a view of re-establishing the
splendid style of life in which they were born
and educated. These marriages and intermar
riages have established a real aristocracy* from
which mechanics are excluded. With such a
spiiit and people, under the influence of an im
petuous passion, generated by the heat of a tro
pical sun, it is not to be imagined that Mrs.
Greenville or her daughter would meet with
many matrimonial overtures, particularly as
it was expected that a broken estate could not
be patched up with that of the Greenvilles. —
Eighteen summer suns had not shed their radi
ance on a fairer flower than Laura Greenville.
Her face and figure were in their contour and
detail a magnificent combination of features,
displaying nature in the perfection of a young
and beautiful female.
William Hamilton and Arthur Graham had
sauntered along the banks of the river after
church one afternoon, and returning circuit
ously, came to the gate of a very poor and feeble
old woman who was supported by the chafitiqs
of the. citizens, and as they were passing it,
Graham observed a light and delicate finger
pointing from a hole, in the act of lifting a
wooden latch on the outside. Graham, in the
wantonness of mischief, seized the finger, and
at the same time held down the latch. He let
them both go, however, as a violent effort to
withdraw the entrapped finger was accompa
nied with a cry of terror. W illiam was roused
by the imprudence of his friend, and as the
shriek was succeeded by a death-like stilness,
he, without hesitating, opened the gate. Laura
Greenville had fainted, and in falling struck
her head against the gate post; two or three
drops of blood had trickled down her cheek and
rested on her bosom, both of which were blanch
ed with the whiteness of death. The astonish
ment of our hero was soon merged in feelings
that he could not analyze. He wished to assist,
but was absolutely too timid to touch her; but
on looking out for Graham and finding him de
camped, be instinctively raised her head to his
knee, and then, as if fully aware of the despera
tion of the case, snatched her in his arms and
caniedherto the old lady’s room. She was
placed on the bed, and, with the old lady’s aid,
soon recovered. William bathed her temples
with water, and washed away the blood from
the wound, and bound her forehead with his
handkerchief, with a trembling hand ; but his
confusion was not comple'e till she opened her
beautiful eyes, and smiled unconsciously as
she m£t his gaze. They closed again for a
moment,, and then, as she comprehended her
situation and turned blushing from him, he
knew that it was love. That accident bad im
pressed the seal of fate on two hearts. Wil
liam apologised,as well as he could, for the rude
mischief of his friend, and as soon as she was
sufficiently recovered attended her to her mo
ther’s ; and having obtained leave to call next
day and make the necessary explanation, he
went in search of Graham, not to chide, but to
thank him, for the happiness he had procured
him. The next day saw William at Mrs.
Greenville’s door within a minute of the ap
pointed time. Laura was quite recovered, and
no trace but the little wound on her forehead
could be seen of the events of the day before.
Her remembrance, however, brought up an un
conscious blush when it was alluded to —and the
fascination of their hearts, so young, so guile
less, was like the first pure and holy adoration
of a virgin to the Deity—it was the glow of
love in the heart that radiated the countenance
with that blush.
“ William Hamilton visits Mrs. Greenville,”
was repeated during the first month of bis at
tentions there, in every possible shade of modu
lation of voice and gesture. The emphasis was
often on the first name, and then the speaker
wondered how Mr. Rush would he pleased
with a match so much below his expectations;
another would place the emphasis on visit, and
wink as if he knew that he was conniving at
some plan of seduction ; and another would
repeat Mrs. Gi eenville! who would have thought
it 1 In short, such was the scandalous extent
of this gossip, that Rush himself was n duced
to act prematurely, and the result was, as we
have seen, the departure of William for
Charleston or the North.
The morning after leaving Beaufort, the
steamer approached Gadsden’s wharf, and as
soon as she was moored, each passenger took
his baggage on a dray a, d proceeded to some
private or public house. Hamilu n, of -course,
took lodgings atone of the latter, and after din
ner proceeded to deliver the letters with which
he had been entrusted, and amongst them one
to Mrs. Greenville’s factor. It was near dark
when this letter was delivered, and the mer
chant, who appeared to be an elderly gentle
man, sat at a table, with a single light, reading
a newspaper; he laid it aside,however, andbreak
ing open the envelope, read with much satisfac
tion an attention to the bearer; and the interest
so warmly solicited was as warmly bestowed.
Conversation and tea brought them to the nine
o’clock bell, and so well pleased were the parties
with each other that an invitation to partake of
a-bed was cordially accepted. In the course
conversation, Mr. Morion said that he had just
three days ago remitted fifty thousand dollars by-
private conveyance to Mrs. Greenville’s coun
try residence, and that he had advised her to
employ Mr. Rush in any disposition she thought
proper to make of it. The bank notes, though
at that time perfectly good, it would be advisa
ble to change for specie, provided she did not
intend to pay them away soon. He had by the
same conveyance sent down various documents
of bonds, mortgages, and executions, to be
closed forthwith, as he was informed that the
party bad not only neglected to take advantage
of the same credit given to Mrs. G. but that the
property in their hands was actually deprecia
ting from wilful dilapidations. He had also
entrusted this business to Rush,. Risjng early
is not among the habits of the southern mer
chants; they are, therefore, less scrupulous about
an early hour for bed time, and it was near ten
o’clock when Mr. Morton put on his hat, ask
ing Hamilton to accompany him in a short
walk. They went the rounds,-and Mr Morton
being satisfied that his stores, Ac. were safe,
proposed returning; but before doing so,- callsd
at an open coffee house on the Bay. There
were many persons there, enjoying themselves
in various ways, and in a group of five or six,
William recognized his political acquaintance
of lhe steamer, who beckoned him to approach,
saying “ Well, my young man, though you are
in better company than I expected, 1 hope you
will not pYcach any more Union sermons —not
in this city at any rate ; here, join us in a glass
to the eternal d—n—n of_ the tariff"! Come,
come, take a seat—old Morton will not be in a
hurry ; be has fallen in .with Johnston, who, is
endeavoring to start a southern humbug, under
the title of the South Carolina Importing Com
pany, with a capital of ten millions. He wants
to run packets to Liverpool and London, and
l ° the East and West Indies, and all that sort of
thing, when he knows that the damned tariff
won’t let us do anything!” William declined
the toast, but took a chair, as he saw that Mr.
Morton was engaged; and as his quondam ac
quaintance was still rating, him for his defence
of the Union and the American System, he was
forced into a rejoinder. “ I consider,” said
Flamilton, “that in our former discussion, state
ments were made to show that u*e were rea'llj’
not so much oppressed as was I
think that Lean now show you that our want of
prospeiity is to be attributed to another source.
We export cotton worth in round numbers 50
millions, tobacco, 5 millions, rice and timber, 6
millions, making an aggi egate of 61 millions of
dollars. The total from the United
States, this year, are a little over 81 millions.
Our exports are, therefore, about three-fourths
of the whole. Onr imports for the last year
was about 108 millions, and that of these three
fonrths were received by the northern States.
The exports last year were about 70 millions.—
This state of our commercial relations with the
north plainly shows that the northern merchants
are doing business on southern capital, and it is
the profits of this business that oppresses the '
south. Ido not say it is easy to trace’this state
of things to itssource; but you will find that we
owe much, if not all, to the prejudice that exists
against our climate, and the unhealthiness of
southern cities. The vigilance that has pre
vailed since 1817 is obtaining for them a just
reversion of .that prejudice, and the)' now may
compare their bills ol mortality with any cities
in the Union. And this is not all, sir. The
northern men who psed to come out every fall
and Winter, do so no more ; a reaction is about
to take place: our colleges and counting houses
are filled with southern young men ; the scien
ces, and arts, and manufactures are studied by
i southern young men ; and'if the new po'itical
| dogmas are not extended to revolution,! claim a
i glorious triumph for the whole south.” “I will
join you in that sentiment,” said several voices
at once, and the 12th bottle was a libation to
peace and good will restored among men.
As soon as William rose next morning, he
went to the post office, as he expected to hear
from Arthur Graham; but he was somewhat
| surprized to receive the following, from his
, guardian:
I “ Dear William :
■ You will oblige me by returning to Beaufort
immediately. lam pressed with some import
ant business that I must engage you to assist me
in. I will explain on your return; but do not
hesitate on account of your “petit amour." f
■ must arrange that with the affair above alluded
! t -
Yours, truly,
G. RUSH.”
I "will not detain the reader with a description
of what he, as welt as Hamilton and Mr. Mor
ton, anticipated from the tenor of the letter
from Mr. Rush. It is sufficient to sfate that
William Hamilton and Laura Greenville were
: married, and are now among the most worthy,
1 as wsll as the most wealthy, inhabitants of the
i Sea Islands.
NOTICE.
ON the23d.Tuly last,the subscribers delivered
to Mr. W.Speed in Augusta.aletteraddress-
; ed to Messrs. Bell, Ogilvie A Co: of New York,
I in which was a draft enclosed, drawn by R. F.
i McDonald, in favor of Bell Ogilvie & Co. on
Robert McDonald, at six month from July 11th’
1835 (accepted) for two thousand eight hundred
and sixty eiirlit S9O-100. Mr Speed having Yost
his pocket book in Augusta, in which was the
letter, the draft did not come to lhe hands of the
Payees.
All persons are cautioned against taking said
draft as the same was not endorsed by the
Payees, and the'drawer and Acceptor have been
notified of the loss and cautioned not to pay the
same, except to the order of Bell, Osilvie A Co.
J. A J. McBRYDE.
The city papers will copv the above once.
Aug. 21 ’ It 99
MORE NEW GOODS.
S.V fashions Greatest. Variety,
Al B. B. Kirtland A Co. Fashionable mer
chant Tailoring Establshment
No. 250 Broad Street,
Bombazine, Thibet Cloths, Summer Cloths &<.
Vastings, the greatest variety
A new article of summer Stocks
Silk Waiscoats and drawers
Extra Superfine Blue and Black Bioadcloths,
Wool dyed Black Cassimere
Fancy colored Broadcloths
Those desirable colours, dark Green, and Dah
lia, &c. Ac. Fancy Cassimeres, Ac. at
B. B. KIRTLA-ND & CO.
Merchant Tailors, 250 Broad-st.
March 16 ,
BI.UK TEA,
FOR SALE.—Box BLACK TEA of best
quality.
Apply at this office. Aug 17
— i
KUTA BAGA TURNIP SEED just re
ceived and for sale by
A <g. 12 tfj 3. B HAVILAND A CO. ,
ORANGES. <
5000 Or ‘“ s “’
G. H. METCALF.
TO RENT.
MTHE TWO STORY' DWELLING,
on Ellis street, m the rear of of the Uni
ted States Hotel. Posession given Ist
of Oct.
August 19 ts 9“
TO RENT, .
. TWO DWELLING HOUSES on
the South side of Ellis, betwe<?h Jackson
JtfiiUl and Campbell streets. .
Apply to HENRY' H. CUMMING.
July 17 ts 85
TO RENT. . »
a a THE Fire Proof brick store occupied
by Frazer, Bowdre A Henkell, first
fojKul. door* above the Book Store T. H.
Plant. This store? is well adapted for a Dry
Goqd Store, A has a fine roomy Cellar. Posses
sion given first of October or sooner. Apply to
R. YV McKEEN.
Juiy 1 ts 78
TO RENT.
an FROM the first of October next, the
dwelling in lhe western end ot the Insu
tance Bank building.
WM. CUMMING.
July 27 ts 'B9
TO RENT.
n , THE TWO STORY' DYVELLING
pfef® HOUVE.near the Lower Market, north
side c ,f Broad stieet, now occupied by
Mr. R. Bland.
On the same lot there is a large and ghod
Oven, suited for an extensive Bakery.
ALSO,
o-m TAVO DWELLING HOUSES back
‘ A °f l he above, in Reynold street - one of
JxSiSIR-them is two story, now occupied by Mr.
Win. Meredith, and. the other a single one, on
a high basement, occupied by Mr. YVilliam H.
Pritchard. Apply to
N. DELAIGLE.
July 22 . ts 87
• »
TO RENT.
THE STORE, No. 134, on Broad
street, near the Lower Market, at pre-
J~j£fflL.sent occupied by Maharry & Hadley.
Possession on the Ist October. Also, the Dwel
ling above said Store, well adapted Tor private
boarding. Applv to Joseph Collins, Ex’r. or to
JOHN H. MANN.
July 20 ts 85
TO RENT,
n i THE Ware Housb, now occupied
by Mr. John Rees, on Campbell Su - ee:.
.fe;iyn..For terms; apply to
YV. B. THOMAS.
July 1 ft 78
Tire Augusta indepeiidant Fire Company
LOTTERY,
CLASS NO. ONE.
To be drawn in the city oJ Augusta, October,\bth
1835.
Under the superintendence and direction of the ’
Commissioners.
75 number lottery; 11 drawn ballots.
. SPLENDID SCHEME.
1 Prize es 6,000 is , 6.000
1 do 2,000 is 2,000
1 do 1,000 is 1000
1 do 800 is 800 ,
1 do 600 is 600
100 do 500 is 50,000
20 do 100 is 2,000
20 do "75 is
20 do 50 is 1,000
61 do 30 is 1,’920
64 do ' 25 is 1,600
64 do 20 is 1,280
64 do •15 is 960
128 do 12 is 1,636
128 do 10 is 1,280
3,008 do 8 is 21,060
22,176 do 5 is 110,000
25.861 Prizes amounting to $208,420
Tickets $5, Shares in proportion
The holders of Tickets in the oldscheme
of the above named Lottery, are requested to
send or oring them in, for exchange for Tickets
in the above scheme.
• A. READ, Manager. ,
Office under lhe Globe Hotel,
August 17 97
i
TO THE PUBLIC.
THE citizens of the United Slates are in
formed that 1 have appointed Mr. The-,
obald Howard, of Columbrs, my agent fur the
sale of lhe Patent granted in my favor for the
MANUFACTURING QF BRICK.
Any person desirous of purchasing this for any
counties, would do well to treat with Mr. H.
before his departure for Florida and the Wes
tern States, which will be in about three weeks.
THOMAS BENNETT SHATV.
'Angst 13 4t 97
DENTISTRY,'
THE Sub - riber has now returned to this
city, where he expects to remain during
the remaining part of lhe season. He will with
pleasure see any who may need his Profession
al services. His office hours will be between 8
A. M. and2P. M.
E. OSBORN. Surgeon Dentist,
Opposite the Masonic Hall.
Aug 17 3tw, 97
NOTICE.
FgIHE Copartnership heretofore existing be-
Ja. tween AdaihCee and Henry R. Lee, of
i Rahway, N. Jersey and James B. Bishop of
! Augusta, Ga., under the firm of James B. Bish
{ op A Co. is this by mutual con
; sent.
All persons having demands against the late
firm, will present i.l em to James B. Bishop, who
is duly authorised to settle all the business of the
late concern, and whrf will continue the Hard
ware Business as formerly, in his own name.
ADAM LEE,
HENRY R. LEE,
JAMES B. BISHOP.
Augnst 19 4t 98
~R EXOV ATI>G JLIQVII),
RECENT DISCOVERY.
RS. BERNARD'S RENOVATING
• LIQUID for extracting all kindsof Oils,
Paints, Tar, and Giease from the most delicate
coloured Silks, Satins, Cloths, Bombazines, or
Velvet l without injuring in the least their Col
our or Texture.
This recent and valuable chemical discovery
is offered for sale by the subscriber. —It almost
supersedes the n<. :essitj' of dying, and the
scourer’s “Vocation is gone.” Fifty cents
worth will secure a Bacon Merchant’s breech
es from criticism for 12 months. It acts like a
charm upon silks of the finest texture, by in
stantly removing the taints of grease, without
in the least affecting the fabric itself—the most
inveterate lodgments of wax upon Coat Collars,
fly before it like dust before a brush.. It isno
Quackeiy but the true secundum artem mode of
appearing decent in old clothes at the least im
aginable expense, ft is offered to Gentlemen at
50 cents a I‘hial, and all other sorts of people
can have it at the same pric£.
No danger need be apprehended in using it
upon the finest and most delicate Silks—norisit
like the soaps so commonly advertised in our
days, which removing one evil, almost invaria
bly produce another of double size—nor does it
require the preparatory meansofall other renova
tors—such as hot irons and the like. Only a I it
tie clean water, according to the directions, is
wanting. Oil or Grease of any kind can be ex
tracted from the most delicate coloured carpets
without the usual trouble of taking them up. It
used according to the directions, it will at onca
extract every partible of giease from the fiuert
Cloth, ormost delicate Silks, without injuring
in the Rast the colour or texture.
For sale by TURPIN A D’ANTIGNAC.
[August 13 96] * Augusta Geo
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