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By J. G. M’Whorter. '
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BATTLE OF PRINCETON;
BY A SERGEANT.
Three or four days after the victory at
Trenton, the American army re-crossed
■the Deltware into New Jersey.
At this time our troops were in a desti
tute and deplorable condition. The hor
ses attached to our cannon were without
shoes; and when passing over the ice
they would slide in every direction ; and
could advance only by the assistance of
the soldiers. Our mtn too were without
•shoes, or other comfortable clothing ; aud
as traces of our march towards Princeton,
the ground was literally marked with
the blqoj of the soldiers’ feet. Though
my own feet did not bleed, they were so
sore that their condition was but little bet
ter.
While we were at Trenton, on the last
of December, 1776, the time for which I
and the most of my regiment had enlisted,
expired. At this trying moment, Gene
ral Washington, having now but a hand
ful of men, and many of them new re,
cruits in which he could place but little
confidence, ordered our regiment to be
paraded, and personally addresstd us,
urging that we would stay a month long
er. He alluded to our recent victory at
Trenton, told us that our services were
greatly needed, and that we could do more
for our country than we ever could at any
future period; and in the m ist affection
ate manner entreated us to stay. The
drums were beat for volunteers, but not a
man turned out. The soldiers, worn
down with fatigue and privations, had
their hearts fixed on home, and the com
forts of the domestic circle, and it was
hard to forego the anticipated pleasure of
the society of our dearest friends.
The General wheeled his horse about,
—rode through the front of the regiment,
and-addressing us again, said, “ My brave
fellows, you have done all d ever asked
you to do, and more than could be reason
ably expected, but your country is at
stake, your wives, your houses, and all
that you hold dear. You have worn
yourselves out with fatigue and hardships,
but we know not how to spare you. If
you will consent to stay only one month
longer, you will render that service to the
cause of Liberty and to your country,
which you probably never can do under
any other circumstances. The present is
■emphatically the crisis, which is to decide
our destiny.” The drums beat the sec
ond time. The soldiers felt the force of
the appeal, One said to another, I will
remain if you will. Others remarktd, we
cannot go home under such circumstan
ces. A few stepped forth, and their ex
ample was immediately followed by near
ly all who were fit for duty in the regi
ment,amounting to about 200 volunteers.*
An officer inquired of the General ifthese
men should be enrolled. He replied,—
•• No: Men who will volunteer in such a
case as this, need no enrollment to keep
them to their duty.”
When we were about commencing our
march for Princeton, Loid Cornwallis
left that place with the intention of attack
ing, and at one blow cutting off’the rebel
army. He appeared near Trenton, at
Wood Creek, or the Assumpsit river,
where a skirmish took place at a bridge
over the creek. The Hessians were pla
ced in front of the British troops, and en
deavored to force the bridge. They were
repulsed and driven back three times by
the American cannon. The Hessians
were pushed on by the British comman
der’s and were cut down until the dead
lay in heaps by the bridge. '1 hey retired,
-and we were left undisturbed for the night.
Leaving our fire kindled, to deceive the
enemy, we decamped that night, and by a
■circuitous route took up our line of march
for Princeton. General Mercer com
manded the front guard, of which the 200
volunteers composed a part. About sun
rise on the morning of the 3d of January’,
1777, reaching the summit of a hill near
Princeton, we observed a light horseman
looking towards us, as we view an object
when the rising sun shines directly in our'
face. General Mercer observing him,
gave orders to the riflemen to pick him off
Several made ready but at that instant he
wheeled about and was out of their reach.
Soon after, as we were desc< nding a <
hill through an orchard, a part of the en-j
einy, who were entrenchtd behind a bank
and furze, rose and fired upon us.- Their
first shot passed over our heads, cutting
the limbs of the trees under which we
were marching.— At this moment we
were ordered to wheel. As the platoon
which I commanded were obeying the or
der, the corporal who stood at my left
shoulder, received a bill and fell dead on
the spot. He seemed to bend forward to
receive the ball, which might otherwise
have ended my life. We formed, advan
ced and fired upon the enemy. They re
treated about eight rods to their packs,
which were laid in a line. I advanced
to the fence on the K opposite side of the
ditch which the enemy had just left, fell
on ohe knee and loaded my musket with
ball and shot. Our fire was most destruc
tive ; their ranks grew thin, and the vic
tory seemed nearly complete, when the
British were reinforced. Many of our
bravest men had fallen, and we were un
able to withstand such superior numbers
of fresh troops.
I soon heard Gen. Mercer command,
in a tone of distress, “ Retreat.” He was
mortally wounded, aud died shortly after
wards. I looked about for the main bo
dy of the army, which I could not dis
cover, —discharged my musket at a par
ty of the enemy, and ran for a piece of
wood, ata little distance, where 1 thought
I might find shelter. At this moment
Washington appeared in front of the A
merican army 'riding towards those of us
who were retreating, and exclaimed "“Pa
rade with us, my brave fellows; there is
but a hmdtul of the enemy, and we will
have them directly.” I immediately join
ed the main body, and marched over the
ground again.
O, the barbarity of man! On our re-
I treat we had left a comrade ours, whose
name was Loomis, from Lebanon, Ct.
whose leg was broken by a musket ball
under a cart in a yard; but on our return
he was dead, having received seven
wounds from a British bayonet! My old
associates were scattered about, groaning
dying and dead. One officer, who was
shot from his horse, lay in a hollow place
in the ground, rolling and writhing in his
own blood, unconscious of any thing a
ruund him. The ground was frozen and
I all the blood that was shed,remained on the
surface which added to the horror of this
scene of carnage.
The British were unable to resist this
attack, and retreated into the College,
where they considered themselves safe.
Our army was there in an instant, and
cannons were planted before the door,and
after two or three discharges, a white flag
apprared ata window, when the British
surrendered. They were, a haughty crab
bed set of men, as they fully exhibited
while prisoners on their march to the
country. In this battle, my pack, which
was made fast by leather strings was, as I
suppose, shot from my back, and with it
went all the little I had: it was, howtvor,
s ion replaced by one which had belong
ed to a British officer, and well furnished.
* Ab< U half of these volunteer?-, were killed
in the battle of Princeton, or died of the small
pox soon after.
ADVICE TO UNMARRIED LADIES.
Found among the Mss. of a late Dowager.
If you have blue eyes—languish.
If black eyes—leer.
If you have a pretty foot, wear short
pe ticoats.
If you are in the least doubtful os to
that point, let them be rather long.
If you have good teeth, don’t forget to
laugh now and then. .
If you have bad ones, you must only
simper.
While you are young, sit with your
face to the light.
While you area little advanced,sit with
your back to the window.
If you have a bad voice, always speak
in a low tone-
ls it is acknowledged that you have a
fine voice, never speak in a high tone.
If you dance well, dance but seldom.
If you dance ill, never dance at all.
If you sing well, make no previous
excuses.
If you sing indifferently, hesitate not a
moment when you are asked; for few
persons are competent judges of singing,
but every one is sensible of a desire To
please.
If in conversation you think a person
wrong, rather hint a difference of opinion
than offer a contradiction.
If you find a person telling an abso
lute falsehood, let it pass over in silence ;
it is not worth your while to make any
one your enemy, by proving them a liar.
It is always in your power to make a
friend by smiles, what a folly to make
enemies by frowns 1
When you have an opportunity to
praise, do it with all your heart,
When you are forced to blame, appear,
at least, to do it with reluctance.
If you are envious of another woman,
never show it by allowing her every
good quality except those she really pos
sesses.
If you wish to let the world know you
are in love with a particular man, treat
him with formality, and every one else
with ease and freedom.
If you are disposed to be pettish or in
solent, it is better to exercise your ill hu
mors on your dog, your cat, or your ser
vant, than your friends.
If you would preserve beauty, rise
early.
It you would preserve esteem, be gen
tle.
If you would obtain power, be conde
scending.
If you would live happy, endeavor to
promote the happiness of others.
From the Messenger.
THE FREE COLORED POPULATION OF
GEORGIA,
Mr. Editor—As the public expression
of our opinions on subjects of importance,
has a tendency to influence others to fol
low the example, for the purpose of con
firming or disaproving their correctness
1 send you the following brief reflections,
hoping that they may elicit something
horn abler pens. ,
To the important question, “what
course should we pursue towards the free
colored people in our State, so as to bene
fit ourselves without injuring them?” I
would suggest as a reply, let the Legisla
ture pass a law requiring all such to leave
the totale in a certain time, and let the said
Legislature make provision for defray
ing the necessary expenses of transport
ing and settling in Liberia, under the care
of the American Colonization Society, as
many of the said tree colored people,’ as
may be willing, under said circumstances
to go to Africa.
As there are only about 2,500 free co
lored persons in Georgia, the expense of
settling them in Africa would be trifling;
while to expel them from the State, with
out providing them some home, would
be cruel in the extreme,
The law suggested would be a benefit,
1. To our own while population. 1.
Because, through the colored population
among us the Abolitionists have more
ready access to our slaves so as to stir in
surrections among them. 2’ An associ
ation between them and our slaves has a
uniform tendency to make the latter more
disobedient. 3. They afford greater fa
cilities for concealing and disposing of
stolen property; and actual thelts will
al ways increase with the increase of the
facilities for committing and concealing
them.
11. It would be a benefit to our slaves— I
For, I.’They would be better contented
with their present condition. 2. They
would have less temptation to immor
ality. 3. Masters, by having less cause
for distrust and complaint, would treat
them with greater kindness.
HI. It would benefit the coun ry at
large. —I. The example would probably
soon be followed by most or all of the slave
holding States; which would occasion a
rapid increase, of the colony of Liberia.
Should the colony’ continue to prosper, as
we have every reason to expect, it would
soon act as a sufficient inducement to
most of the colored people to migrate thi
ther; and this increase of the colony
would soon render its trade important in
our go vernment. 2. Our country would
thus be fieed from, to it, a more than use
less part of i s inhabitants. 3. It would
benefit all the laboring classes of w’hite
people, by’ the salutary influence such an
emigration would have on the price of la-
Ixo r.
IV, It would benefit the free colored
people themselves.— 1. It is evident that
in this country their freedom can never be
any thing more than nominal. The con
tempt and suspicion with which they’ are
looked upon by the whites, mnst ever pro
duce the most painful reflections. In Li
beria they will find a home among equals
and enjoy ing the sweets of liberty, will
feel themselves to be men. 2. The laws
and customs of this country leave them
but little opportunity of acquiring the com
fo.rts of life. There the climate is suit
ed to their constitution, the sod is produc
tive, and with little industry and economy
they may secure not only a competency,
but wealth. '3. Here no exertions can e
ver enable them to obtain an honorable
distinction. There a laudable ambition
will find an abundance of motives to stin'-
ulate it in the pursuit of virtue and knowl
edge.
To the law above proposed, there is
one serious objection. Many of those
who are free, have wives or husbands
who are slaves, and this law would re
quire such to seperate! The best answer
I can give to this objection is, when the
public good requires it, we are justifiable
in drafting soldiers and sending them into
the army, notwithstanding it must often
necessarily separate man and wife for life.
In both cases the object is the same—the
public good. If, however there should
be some half dozen or more individuals
possessed of so much moral feeling that
they would rather sell themselves into
slavery than separate from their coinpan
ions, this liberty may be safely granted
them. J. L.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
ABOLITION.
Some forty miles from Cincinnati, to
the east, are two settlements of free ne
groes—probably near a thousand—men, '
women and children, of the true ebony'
color; with a very little mixture of the I
i mahogany or lighter shades. The ne-|
groes own the land occupied by them ; I
but without the power to sell. Each fa
mily has a small farm. They are eman
cipated slaves, and these lands were pur
chased expressly for them and parcelled
out among them about fifteen years ago.
Their lands are not of the best quality
of Ohio lands ; but, by good manage
ment, could be made very good—they are
particularly well adapted to grass, either
meadow or pasture.
Having been formerly slaves and com
pelled to work, one would suppose they
ought to have industrious habits. They I
have had every inducement to indus-l
try and good conduct held out to them. :
The experiment was to test the merits of
the negro race under the most favorable
circumstances lor success.
Has this experiment succeeded ? No,<
it has not. In all Ohio, can any white
settlement be found equally wretched, e
qually unproductive ?
Farms given to them fifteen years ago,
instead of being well improved, and the 1
timber preserved for farming, have been
sadly managed—small, awkward clear-,
ings, and those not , in grass, but exhaus
ted and worn out in corn crops the tim-
ber greatly destroyed—wretched log-hou-!
ses, with mud floors: with chimnies of t
mud and wood—with little timber for fur
ther farming.
They are so excessively lazy and stu
pid, that the people of Georgetown (near
by their ‘ camps,’) and the neighboring
farmers will not employ them as work
hands to any extent, They do not raise
produce, enough oa their lands to feed
their families, much less do they have a
surplus for sale abroad. They pass most
of their time in their little smoky cabins •
too listless even to fiddle and dance. One
may ride through the ‘ negro camps,’ as
they are called, passing a dozen strag
gling cabins with smoke issuing out of
the ends, in the middle of clearings, with
out seeing a soul, either at work or play.
The fear of starvation makes them work
the least possible quantity, while they are
much too lazy to play.
Why do not the zealous abolitionists
go there and see the experiment in all its
beauty? The slave changed into a free
but wretched savage! Why not make
something of these thousand negroes ?
There, are not more than two or three
families out of the whole who are improv
ed by the change from slavery to.iree
dom.
The negro settlements are a dead
weight upon Brown County, as to any
productive benefit from the negro Idnds,
or from negro labor, and that space of
country might as well, to this day, have
remained in possession of the Indians.
If southern wealth can be applied to
buy and colonize among us such worth
less population, what farmer in Ohio is
safe ? Has he any guarantee that a black
colony will not be established in his neigh
borhood ?
Let any one who wishes to learn the
operations of emancipated negroes, visit
the Brown County camps. As they sink
in laziness, poverty and filth, they in
crease in numbers—their only produce is
children.—They want nothing but cow
ries to make them equal to the negroes of
the Niger.
In the following letter, from the Regis
ter andLibrary of Medical and Chirurgi
cal Science, we have an account of a case
of suicide bj’ an Adder:
To the Editor :—Sir —An adder was
captured by me, and confined very loose
ly in the folds of a thin handkerchief, so
that I might observe its efforts to escape,
The handkerchief was laid with the ad
der on a grassplot, and after several ener
getic but ineffectual attempts to free itself
from bondage, the animal deliberately in
flicted a bite on its own body and instant
ly died. Such an act of suicide has been
asserted of the scorpion, but I have never
heard of the like circumstances in an ad
der, excepting on this occasion. The cir
cumstances cannot be attributed to “in
stinct,” a principle which might assist it
in its efforts to escape, but could never
prompt so unnatural an act as that which
produced “death.” Let this fact witnessed
by two or three as well as myself, be add
ed to the number of extraordinary events
which foil the philosopher in his efforts
to deny the existence of intellect, unques
tionably bestowed in various modifications
on the lower animals of the creation.
I am, Sir. yours truly,
W. H. THOMAS.
Bfistol, Sept. 16, 1835.
The agency of R. M. Whitney, be
tween the Treasury of the United States
and the Deposite Banks, has been fre
quently alluded to as an agency for which
a salary was paid without the sanction of
law. On this subject we copy the sub
joined paragraphs from the Globe, which
must, we suppose, be considered official.
From the Washington Globe.
In regard to the- use made of Mr. W hit
ney’s name, we are authorized to state,
the assertion that he “ held, and still holds,
authority from the President,” &c. in any
way relating to the Deposite Banks, is
destitute of truth ; and furthermore, it is
untrue that, at the time referred to, he was
in any wise employed by any one of the
Deposite Banks.
If any or all of the Deposite Banks
think proper to employ Mr. Whitney, or
any one else, to reside in Washington or
elsewhere, as their agent, we presume
they have a right to do so. Every thing
connected therewith is a matter resting
entirely between such Banks and the a
gent or agents vvh'ch they’ may think pro
per to employ.
John Howard Payne, Hteraleur, has
been arrested in the Cherokee country,
Georgia, by the State Guard. The Guard
asked him—“ What are you doing here?”
He told them—“ I am collecting siibscri
bers for my work called the Nhlpmplt
Phle.mptrle." The Guard replied—“ Sir,
that’s Cherokee for conspiracy—we arrest
you instanler, in the name of the State of
Georgia.” And so he was.— N. Y. Her
ald.
Longevity of Fishes.— Fishes are a
mong the most long lived animals. A
pike was taken in 1754 at Kaiser slau
tern which had a ring fastened to the gill
covers from which it appeared to have
been put in the pond of that castle, by the
order of Frederick 11, in 1487, a period of
267 years. It is described as being 19
feet long and weighed 350 lbs.— Kirby's
Bridgewater Treatise.
A Desirable Widow.— A “ Subscriber”
up town (says the N. Y. Sun,) has poured
out to us more than a sheet full of lamen
tation over the miseries which heard his
family are daily suffering from the annoy
ances of the female head of a family occu
pying upper apartments in the same house
with himself. In summing up the almost
innumerable lights and shadows of het
character, he describes her ,as a woman
who “ can jump higher, squat lower, talk
faster, lick more children, waste more rain
water, spill more grease, keep more cats,
use more foul words and piratic.nl oaths,
and finally eat more onions and drink
more gin than any other woman, within
the sound of the City Hall clock, at 2 in
the morning.” If this woman is not a
very desirable wife, mother and neighbour,
commend the dissatisfied to Bedlam.
It is a curious and instructive fact,while
the colored population in the slave states
increases with astonishing rapidity, in
the free states it increases scarcely at all"
The increase in Providence during the
last five years is only 10, and in this city
only 1019, which we presume is less than
the amount of immigration from the South
during the period. In Dutchess county
there is a decrease of colored population
since 1830 to the number of 117 ;or one
6th of the whole.—A 7 . Y .Journal Com
merce.
FOUND. ————
FOUND hid under the Wharf a nest of
TRUNKS, which the owner can have by
rewarding the finder, and paying for this adver
tisement. Apply at this Office.
AUGUSTA,
MONDAY, DECEMBE]B, 11.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
As a hunter would say, we were all ready
primed and loaded, or as a printer would have
it, our cases were full and candles ready, to
give Our readers the President’s Message—
but lo! no message came, as we expected. We
had prepared nothing for the pnblic—not set
one type, so sure we were of having the mes
sage to take the place of every thing else. We
must beg the public indulgence, having, this
morning, done the best we could. Our corres
pondents have been prompt in giving us the first
day’s elections, which will be found below.
The only amends we can make our rea
ders for being caught, this morning, without
our usual quantum of news, will be to give them
the message as soon as we can, and while they
are digesting its, no doubt, important contents
to call on them with their bills. We mean those
who live in town ; those who have not that hap
piness will please to remember us before Christ
mas, that we may bless their recollections.—
We really think an apology is due our subscri
bers and others for our delay in paying them the
attention to which they are entitled in this res
pect. But we pledge ourselves to call this week
on all who are within our reach, and hope not
to find them as much disposed to apologise as
we are.
W. W. Wiggins (late of this city, now of
Twiggs county) has been chosen by the Legis
lature, Solicitor of the Southern Circuit, to fill
Evan’s vacancy’.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
A very destructive fire on the 7th inst. has
nearly laid Cheraw in ashes. Loss estimated
at 2to 300,000 dollars—not half insured. More
than half the stores were burned.
Messrs. Hart & Hardy are to open the Savan
nah Theatre, to-night, with Therese. Nature
and Philosophy and the wonderful performances
of the Diavolos.
The entertainment, proposed in our Theatre,
to-night by Mr, Sutton, we understand, will be
of the first order. We know his Ventriloquial
talent is unequalled, and the other parts of the
evening’s amusement are described, by those
who have witnessed it in Charleston, as not on
ly highly pleasing, but of a splendid character.
We understand, says the Charleston Mercury
of 12th instant, from passengers arrived last
evening by the Rail Road, that the Judiciary
Bill had passed the House in Committee of the
Whole, without any amendment, and that there
was no doubt of its final success.
W. B. Bulloch, Esq. Hon. James M. Wayne,
Hon. J. M‘Pherson Berrien, Hon. Win. Law’,
Robert W. Pooler, J. Stone, Ralph King, A.
B. Fannin and R. R. Cuyler, Esqrs. form a
Committee from Savannah to visit Milledge
vile, in relation to the Central Rail Road and
Banking Company’s enterprize.
Death of the Hon. James G. Terrdl. — The
Athens Southern Banner, of the 10th inst.
contains the following melancholy intelligence.
CARNESVILLE, Dec. 2. 1835.
Gentlemen.—lt is with feelings of unbound
ed sorrow that I announce to you the death of
Col. James C. Terrell, who died at his resi
dencein. this place, at fifteen minutes before 10
o’clock last night. He died of consumption.”
LEGISLATURE.
We give all our time will permit, of general
interest from Milledgeville. One of our Cor
respondents states, that the Central Rail Road
and Banking Company’s bill, has passed the
Senate by 11 votes.—Yeas 49, Nays 38. The
bill organizing the Court of Errors, has been
leiitl but once in that and a great diversi
ty of opinioh exists as to whom the honor of sit
ing on its Bench shall be allotted.
The Cherokee Bill has been recommitted to
a committee of the whole house in the Senate.
The committee on the organization of a court
for the correction of errors, by the chairman,
Mr. M'Allister, reported.a bill, which was read.
By this bill, the three Judges of the Supreme
Court are to be elected for six years, except the
first three, who are to be commissioned for only
two, four and six years- When the first three
are elected, they are to determine, by ballot,
who are to be commissioned foi two, four or six
years—after the first election they are chosen
one every two years. One clerk of the court
is to be appointed by the Judges, so is a repor
ter to be chosen in the same manner, and both
to attend the court at every judiciary district.
The sheriff of the county in which the court
will sit, is to act for this court. The salaries of
the judges, clerk and reporter, are left blank in
the bill reported, of which 300 copies were or
dered to be printed.
Gen. Walker, from the committee appointed,
made a report, accompanied with a resolution,
authorising the Governor to employ an engi
neer, whose duty it shall be to ascertain the
practicability of embanking river lands &c. on
the Savannah river.
The House of Representatives has refused to
reconsider the bill granting banking privileges
to the Georgia Union Rail Road company.
The House passed a bill transferring to the
; Medical College of Augusta, the right ot the
j State to subscribe, at par, lor one-sixth of the in
crease of stock authorized by law in the 1 ' Bank
' of Augusta.
The House has passed the reconsidered bill
granting the charter of the “ Bank of Georgia,”
I changed to “Bank of Milledgeville.” Capital
$500,000.
The Cherokee bill has passed the Senate, its
exact features are not known to us. Yeas 42
i nays 33.
The Creek Indian bill has passed the House,
forbiding, among other things, those Indians to
enter the State, unless accompanied by some
responsible white man, under pain of the peni
tentiary, &c.
It will be seen, that the bill, chartering the
Central Rail Road and Banking Company,
wants only the assent of the Governor to be the
law of the land.
The Legislative proceedings of most
importance since our last, are, the pas
sage of the bill chartering the Bank of
Milledgeville by the House with a capital
limited to $500,00 —The passage, in the
same body, of a bill granting Banking
privileges to the Northern Rail Road.
The Savannah ai d Macon Rail Road
bill, with banking privileges, which ws
noticed before,as having passed the House
was yesterday, upon reconsideration, pass
ed likewise by the Senate, and only a
waits the Governor’s assent to become *
law.— Recorder of the. Wth.
The two Houses of Congress assem
bled yesterday at noon in their respect
ive Chambers, in more than sufficient
numbers to make a quorum of each
House.
The Vice President of the United
States took the Chair of the Senate.
In the House of Representatives the
Honorable James K Polk was elected
Speaker, and W. S. Franklin Clerk, —
The only other business transacted was
the choice of Printer to the House, which
fell upon Messrs. Blair & Rives.— lntel.
Blh inst.
Washington City, I
December 7, 1835. J
Dear Sir: Below I give you the result of this
day’s elections. Respectfully yours.
SPEAKER.'
Polk, 13J
Bell, 84
Mercer, 3
Adams, 2 •
Granger, j
Black; j
Franklin, Clerk, without opposition.
PRINTERS.
Blair & Rives, 133
Gales & Seaton, 59
Bradford & Larned, 26
Duff Green 2
Weed, 1
Blank, 2
Washington City, )
December 7, 1835.)
It is with great pleasure I inform you, that
the election for Speaker hasjust taken place and
resulted in favor of James K. Polk of Tennes
see. The vote was as follows. Polk 132, Bbll
84, Mercer 3, Granger 1, Blank 3. For Print
er, Blair & Rives 133, Gales& Seaton 59, Brad
ford & Larned 26, Weed 1, Blank 2. Mr.
Franklin the former Clerk, elected without op
position. To-morrow at 12 o’clock we shall
have the Message, and if I am not mistaken in
“ the signs of the times ” it will not be so high
ly seasoned, and so lull ot War as is anticipa
ted by many, but such a document as will be
well received by the whole American people,
always excepting those who are determined nev
er to be satisfied with any thing that the vener
able old chief may do. So soon as the Message
is received it will be forwarded you, and such
other Documents as may be interesting..
Yours with great respect:
Sitting and Setting.— Writers should remark
the difference in those words. All must remem
ber the Bench and Bar anecdote, on this differ
ence. We are reminded of it, by seeing an en
quiry as to the gentlemen, who shall stl on the
Bench of our Supreme Court. Our opponents
will, no doubt, assert, that any of our men will
properly set there, like old hens; but whither
they sit or set, we hope something good for the
State will be hatched.
From the catalogue, of Yale College, for
1835, —6,it appears that the number of students
at that institution is 578. The class just cnterJ
ed, contains 135, which, it is believed, is the
largest Freshman Class that ever belonged tq
any college in the United States.
The Artoi Hotel. — The New York Sun says:!
“The land on which the Astor Hotel stands
is valued at 5'250,000, and nearly that sum has
already been expended in the erection of th J
building. It will be finished next year.” I
Cwnuws Fad.— A late article in Stlliman'J
valuable Journal says, that in Potter cduntyl
Pennsylvania, within the space offive milesarl
found thehead waters of the Allegany, Susquel
hanna and Gennbsse rivers, the first flowing ini
to the Gulf of Mexico —the 2d into the Chessal
peake, and 3d into the Lake Ontario.
The Columbus Enquirer says—“Th
Indian ■outrage as noticed in our lasi
turns out th be an exaggerated account c
that transaction. , .Instead of the wife ari
four children of Mr. Brown havirfg bee;
murdered, we are informed that Mr; B
himself was killed, while fits wife an
children were only beaten by those sav
ages, and sustained no serious injury
The particulars otherwise were correttJ
MEDLEY COURSE RACES:
The regular Fall Races over the Mel
ley course, at Mount Meigs, Montgomeii
county, Alabama, took place on Tuesdal
the 24th November, 1835, and continue!
four days; the meeting was well calc!
lated to ensure a ‘deal of fun’ for each sul
ceeding meeting. I
First Day—Purse S2BB, 3 mile heal
sls entrance, and three entries.
Won by Col. Crowell’s b. c. Bill aJ
tin, 4 years old, by Bertrand, dam by 'll
moleon, 100 lbs.
Time—lst heat 6 m. 3 s.—2d 6 tn. 3 1
Second Day—Purses2l6,2 mile heal
sl2 entrance and five entries.
Won by A. B. Newson’s br. c. Bel
mingham, 4 years old, by StockholdA
dam Black Sophy, by Top Gallant, !■
lbs.
Col. Crowell’s Robin Hood distance
Time —Ist heat 4 m. 2s.—2d 3 m. 59
Third Day—Purse $l5O, mile hea
$lO entrance, and six entries.
Won by Dr. C. L. Lucas’s c. f. Mt
3 years old, by Phenomenon, dam
Gallatin.
Col. Crowell’s Charles Bingley t
tanced.
Time— Ist Im. 555., 2d Im. 56„ 3d 2
Fourth Day—A handicap race, for I
entrance money of the previous days,
Mile heats, three best in five—slo
trance, and three entries—but two start
Won by Gen. Scott’s gr. m Daplint
years old, a feather.
Gentlemen in the Southern and Sot
western States, desirous of improv
their breed of horses, will be gratified
learn the arrival at this port, by the M
and Harriet, from Liverpool, of the
ble horse Swiss, selected from amoife