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An UnDEYELOFED
.lies in the way of an
are thus soliloquised
Sketches
“ How,” said he,
Genius.—The difficul-
“ undeveloped jrenius,
in Jseal’s “ Charcoal
* how is it I can’t level
my expressions to the c<»mprohensions
and I hate gifting vp.
eccentric and sinful
From llic TJuit^l Service Journal.
EXTRAORDINARY SECT OF FANATIC8 in INDIA.
Cver since l have been in-India, 1 have heard
rtf a class of Mussulmans, the disciples of a
sect or saint, l»y name Shaikh Ruffiu, who, in
order to impress the unbelievers with the truth
of the Mussulman’s faith, imparted to his
followers the power of plunging swords and
daggers into their bodies, cutting ofl* their
tongue, frying it and putting it together again,
cutting ofl' the head and limbs, scooping out
the eye, and in truth, doing with their bodies
whatever it pleased them to do; all of which
Colonel G . in company with a clergyman
a Mr. R , had seen, when the latter grew
sick and ran out of the place, declaring it
was the power of Satan, which to this day lie
believes, and the Colonel that it is done through
the power of the art magic, at which I of course
laughed, and declared that so soon as a man
of the regiment (by the name Shaikh lvureen,
one of these Ruffin) should return ftom fur
lough, 1 would witness the exhibition.
A large tent was accordingly pitched., and
fifty lamps furnished, and plates full of at so
nic and quantities of a plant of the cactus tribe,
filled with a milky juice, a drop of which, if it
fall on your skin, blisters it, and a vast quanti
ty of the common glass bangles or bracelets,
worn by the women, and daggers and things
like thick steel skewers, and other horrid look
ing weapons like a butcher’s steel, only with
a handle covered with chains, and about 20
Ruffais to beat all manner of drums, and so,
when all was ready, about five of the officers
left, the mess table with myself, and along
with us about a hundted seapoys crowded
into the tent. When we were seated and si
lence obtained, the work commenced by a sort
of chant from their sacred books, the chant in
creased at length both in noise and velocity,
until having worked themselves into an ecsta-
cy, they seized hold of the instruments, the
body kept in a sort of swinging motion, plung
ed the skewer instrument, one through each
cheek, another through the throat, and then
commenced stabbing themselves with sword
and daggers, and all sorts of sharp instruments.
Others cut off their tongue, and having roast
ed in the lire, put it in their mouth again, when
it immediately united, they ate the arsenic
and the blistering milk plant, whilst others
munched the glass bangles as though they were
the greatest delicacies. This was all done
within a half yard of tny knees, for they
came up close to me with many lamps in order
that I might see there was no deception ; and
1 do assure you that it made me feel sick,
and produced any thing but an agreeable sen
sation on my mind, for to this moment 1 know
not what to think of it. I am not supersti
tious; and although the colonel and liumeious
most respectable natives had declared to me
that they did actually do these things, and that
if a sense were to he in any manner trusted,
they had seen it all done, 1 would, neverthe
less, not believe it. I was told beforehand,
that it required faith and purity on the part
of the performer, and that n<>t a drop of blood
would follow, but that otherwise a few drops
of'blopd would sometimes follow the instru
ments, and the performer would receive some
slight injury.
On taking my departure from the tent, I hap
pened to say that 1 should, at all events, think
more honorably of their prowess if I saw
them exhibit in the open face of day, and di
vested of noise, motion, paraphernalia, icc.
On the following day while reclining on my
couch at about two o’clock, reading an English
newspaper, without a* servant or a soul near
me, in rushed their Kazee, (priest or judge,
his hand full of instruments, which throwing
upon the giound, he seized one, plunged
it through his cheek on the left side, another
on the light, a third through his tongue up
wards, so that it stuck into his nose, another
through his throat; he then stabbed himself t j ie dccabir of any saltand curl. Her feet,
with a blight shaip creese, which entered his j when covered with byfsine, were as beautiful
Kcw-Yoik. Correspondence of the Natiq
Mr. Elmore, M. C. from Sj
!in his letter published in the
scope, is all wrong in some lliiiJ
political Abolition in the North.
1 the Regency of this State is cot
fal IiitcUigercer.
ith Carolina,
•lurnbia Tcle-
(p concerning
n New-York
ting Abolition
1, where it can
trenuous attack upon Mr. Clay.
initli is coaxed and ^tickled by the
eaders at Albany in 'every variety
he leading Administration paper
Boston is an Abolition paper-vthe Boston
! Advocate 1 mean. Mr. Stanton* an Aboli
sh
genius and running over; for I hati
sorts of work myself, and all sorts of people , . . . - ,, Q t, • ,
mean enough to'do it. I hate going to bed, j tion k-cturer in this city the othA mgm, re-
My conduct is very joiced that Albert femith, the Administration
I have the miserable candidate in the Cumberland Congressional
melancholics all the time, aadl’m pretty nearly j district was elected, because Mr. \Vhitman
always as cross as the devil, which is a sure j (Whig) would not come out for the Abohtion-
ai-rn ' Genius is as tender as a skinned cat, i-sts. He said he had a letter from the Aboli-
and gets into a passion whenever you touch it. J tiomsts there, who refused to vote for YY lilt-
When I condescend to unbuzzum myself, for j man on that account. Five majority you will
a little sympathy, to folks of ornerv intellect— ! remember determined that election,
and comparisoned to me—l know very few j If Mr. Elmore will direct bis attention to
people that ain’t ornery as to brains—and New-York city, lie will learn much of the
pour forth the feelings iiidigginus to a poetic I movements and springs of Northern Aboli-
- - • ’• '* 1 lie merchants here, one and all
that party, and all its prop-
not a Whig newspaper in
the city which does not reject it, unless it he
the New-York American. But the evening
Post, the most influential Administration pa-
per here, the organ of the Custom House and
the Post Office, the journal in which Mr. Van
Buren publishes all his official acts “ by au
thority,” is conducted by an editor whose views
correspond with the Abolitionists. And then
what is this largest liberty of all Northern Lo
co focus but abolition ]
And what is Fanny Wright’s and Macken-
zie’sliberty and equality, but liberty and equal
ity for all races, colors, and creeds? And
what security has Mr. Elmore, in his alliance
with a party, the main principles of action
with which is revolutionary reform whose cry is
“ down,” “ down,” “down,”—who preach the
breaking of corporate contracts, and the repeal
not only of charters, but even of Constitutions
of Government, that militate with their mighty
will ! When Mr. Elmore throws himself* in
to the Arms of the Slam Bang crew here,
the Esquiroles, the Messeroles, and the Rig
maroles, of American Robespierrean Jacob
inism—men from the very breath of O’Con
nell, reeking yet with his intoxicating elo
quence—is he as safe as where he was] The
Locofocos of all Christendom last Autumn rush
ed into Tammany Hall when Mr. Van Buren
took up the doctrines of theix Skidmores and
and their Fanny Wrights, and Mr. Elmore
looks to such a party as the conservative par
ty of Southern institutions, when we of the
North cannot even keep them out of our flour
stores by-day! Oh, Bah! Ball! Bali!
sou!, which is always Idling; they iudicrate , tionism. 1 lie mci
my situation, and say they don’t know what j 1 1113 y BU y> r ifpel tin
the deuce Pm driving at. Is’nt genius always | ositions. Tneie is i
served o’ lliis fashion in the earth, as Hamlet,
the boy after tny own heart, says? And when
the slights of the world, and of the printer*,,
set me in a fine frenzy, and my soul swells
and swells, till it almost tears the shirt off my
htizzum, and even fractures my dicky; when
it expansuales and elevates me above the com
mon herd, they laugh again, and tell me not
to be pornpious. Thepoor plebiaus are vvoise
than Russian scurfs! It is the fate of genius;
it is liis’n, or rather her’n, to go through life
with li:tlo sympathyzatiou and less cash.
Life’s a field of blackberry and raspberry
bushes. Mean people squat down and pick
the fruit, no matter how they black their fin
gers, while genius, proud and perpendicular,
strides fiercely on, and gets nothing but
scratches and holes lore in his trousers.”
Anti-Swearing Society.—Among all the
improvements of the age, and the various for
mations of societies for the benefit of mankind
we have thought the above society as im
portant as any other now in existence. Vv ho
that walks our streets or fulls in company with
a number of men, has not his feelings injured
by profane conversation, and from many who
call themselves gentlemen ] To a Christian
or a strictly moral man it is truly disagreeable,
and it would appear that the swearer would
want but a moment’s reflection to convince
him of the folly if not wickedness of* such
unnecessary conversation. But like all acquir
ed habits it requires great exertion from the
habitually profane man to change liis acquir
ed mode of expression, but it can be done,
and it is thought, by forming an anti-swearing
society, much good might he effected. Sure
ly, there are interesting young men enough in
our city, that, by forming such a a society
would banish the evil from us. It is to be
hoped some one will take an active part at once
and see what can be done. There is no want
of materials to act upon, and no doubt many
would bless the day that a second Howard had
arose to engage in this philanthropic under
taking. [ Columbia Telescope.
The following sentence is constructed of
words which may be found in Noah Webster’s
Dictionary, purporting to be of the English
language.
A rurifluent hutch of hair, tied with lennock
organzine, made a tump on her orgil'ious head,
proving the gumption she had taken to become
a fashion 1st. A peregrine, oi frays prevented
COMMERCIAL COJTVEftTION.
body about three inches; not a drop of blood
fell. He was going to cut of his tongue,
when I begged of him to desist. I was, in
truth perfectly nauseated at the sight. Tiie
man was in a state of frenzy, and really look
ed frightful, his face stuck full of instruments,
and stabbing and cutting himself with all his
might. I sang out for some people, and turn
ed him out.
1 have now told you what I have seen, and
yet I will not ask you to believe it, for I know
not myself what to think. There are many
persons of very- strong minds, in other respects,
who firmly believe, and who do not hesitate
to declare their belief, that although driven
out of Christendom, demonology, witchcraft
necromancy, and the entire list of black and
forbidden arts and powers are abroad, and in
full existence in India. And I must declare
that I will never again trust my sense if I did
not see all that I have told you. I examined
the instruments ; I saw them drawn out of the
flesh, and uo scar, or blood, or mark, left.
I also saw a man eat and swallow three ounces
of arsenic, and crunch and swallow glass ban
gles innumerable ; and yet, although “ seeing
is believing,” I can scarcely say that I believe
what before a court of justice I would swear
I have seen.
Tiie Plague in Turkey.—The frightful
accounts given by M. Boue, of the manner in
which the Turks treat the plague, could hard
ly be credited, were it not for the known in
dolence-and system of fatalism, which forms
the great harriers to the progress of these
people. The plague of 1837, was more fear
ful in its ravages than at any preceding period
for the last twenty years, and yet not a trace
of improvement could he found in their man
ner of treating it, or in the precaution which
they took to avoid its extension. Clothes of
the deceased, teeming with infection, were
6old by auction—travellers passing from the
scene of disease and death to a spot still free
from malady, and conveying the disorder with
them—merchandise shut up for a few months
and then opened and exposed without purifi
cation—imperfect and careless interment—in
short, everything which could propagate ra
ther than arrest the disease, was practised in
the same manner as in former times ; and M.
Boue says, that with the present generation
there is no hope of improvement; it is oil the
rising youth alone that an impression can be
made ; and he suggests that the most elemen
tary books of physical, natural, and medical
science, should he given to them with the Ko
ran ; and he calls upon the philanthropists of
France and England, to have such books
printed and introduced.—[Athcnaum.
Progress of Science.—Among the many
new inventions which have lately astonished
the public, says the New-Yorker, we think
that the Railroad Pill counting Machine, of
-^ r / Peters, may be said to cap the climax,
It is worked by a dog!—counts the pills with
unerring accuracy !—distributes them into
their boxes ! and performs the labor of twelve
persons ! The greatest difficulty which the
proprietor has experienced in the preparation
of his pills, was in the time it took up in count
ing them, so many to a box ; and this has been
most happily obviated by his exceedingly
ingenious invention. Dr. Peters is procuring
a patent for his machine, and will exhibit it at
the Fair of the American Institute.
as those of an ouphe. Her voice was that of*
the noeiirigant rossignal, while her arioso coun
tenance was truly phofologicol. She was rvri-
geneous even as the acalah which dwells among
the trees of the abysmal forests.
In the bibliothclic of a phrontistery, she be
came a quodlibetarian on cameralistics and
U higgarchy. Engaged in nundination she
attempted to v.onslc the heart of a moskere and
rutterlin. He saw her si,addle novel ism, and
not wishing to be nowed, he forbore to speak
of the noiccs.
France.—The editor of the New-York
II erakl writes from Franee as follows :
“ One of the most striking features in the
present condition of France is the extraor
dinary developement of a taste for finance,
railroads, trade, commerce, and every species
of art and improvement. This taste is rising
to a passion in the minds of in jcunc France,
and to Louis Phillippe, and the men who
made the revolution of 1S30, is the nation in
debted for it. It is a fact, that here all the
leading classes of society are under the same
influence which has pervaded the United
States for some years past. Railroads are
projecting in every quarter, and banks estab
lishing at every commercial point. In an es
pecial degree, the * credit system,’ as we call
it in the United States, has just begun to be
adopted in this country by Government, mer
chants and all classes.
From the Columbia (S. C.) Telescope.
A controversy occurred in Charleston last
week, in reference to the Congressional elec
tion, which occasioned some extraordinary de-
velopements. We are as yet able to give on
ly so much ol the matter as the Mercuiy, for
its own purposes, has thought fit to introduce
into its columns, but it is enough to fill with
disgust and indignation every-Carolinian who
sets any value on the demeanor of persons in
high office.
“Before any compromise between gentlemen here \vn»
matte, n letter of Mr. T’oiksett’s was shown to a number
of gentlemen, and which we hope will be produced if
milled for, (we saw it yesterday,) in which Mr. Poinsett
declares that he could not, ns a friend of the Adininistni-
lien, sustain Mr. Lf.gark in his election—that he had, at
tiik instance of Mr. Cai.houn, suggested either Judge
Huger. Mr. Mf.mminger, or Mr. Bennett, to be sub
stituted for Mr. Legare, but if Mr. Benn ett, and others,
by throwing obstacles in the way, prevented a Union man
irom being now against Mr. I.egark, they had only them
selves to blame, for a Ku Hi tier’s being taken op; at any
rate, tiie District ought not to be misrepresented by the
election of Mr. Legare.”
The unguarded quarrels of their friends
have torn away tlie veil from the machinations
of these gentlemen, and Mr. Calhoun is caught
in close intrigue with the Secretary of War,
counselling him to interfere to control the
elections at Charleston—advising in secret
another proscription, which he dared not open
ly promote—plotting in confidential concert
with a chief minister of an administration
which he pretends to hold at a distance—and
setting the seal of undeniable deceit on his re
pealed disclaimer of intimate connexion with
the secrets, the interests, the fortunes and de
signs of Van Buren and his party.
The people will judge of the new “position”
in which their Senator is found.
Mondat, October 17.
Pursuant to a resolution passed at the last Convention
held in this city in April, the Convention met this day in
-| the Presbyterian Church. The number of Delegates in
attendance was resjier.tnble, and the Convention proceed
ed to business, by calling to the Chair Patrick Noble, of
Abbeville District, and appointing N. YV. Cocke, us Sec
retary.
The Delegates present were then called o‘n to come foi-
Wiird and register their names, whin the following -were
handed in :
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Chnrtrgtov—Tver Bovce. I. K. Holmes, A. McD*'wa!l,
YVm. Aiken. .1. C. Kerr, Thoma-Gadsden. H. F. Donkin,
James G. Holmes, U. YY. Fort, M. P. Mendenhall, YV.
M. Porcher. ,
Columbia—John Bryce, T. Starke, It. D. Mordecai, L.
Cheves.jr.
Abbeville—J. A. Calhoun, I’. Noble, J. S. Bowie, Joel
Smith.
Edgefield—M. Luborde.
Hamburg—l. T. Heard, J. Hubbard.
Fairfield—Thomas Watts, Daniel McCiiHwi.eli.
Sumter—J. M. Frierson. O. S. Bees. J. Y. Cow lour.
Beaufort—G. C. Markov, J. Frump tony J. S. Manor,
M. Brown. A. J. Lawton, B. MoBry.h*. \\ . Williams.
Barmcell—S. Smith. I'.. Bi lling! r, .1. l>. Haygeod. J.
H. Hammond, N. G. YV. Walker, A. M- Odom, S. YY .
Trotti.
Lexington—H. J. Cunglnnan, J. A. Addison. Lewis
Pou, J. Melt".
Orangcbvrg—D. F. Jamieson.
GEORGIA.
Savannah—G. P. Lamar, J. M. Berrien, S. D- Corbett,
Augusta—John Phinizy. F. M. Robirfuro, James Har
per, E. Thomas, L. A. Dugas, B. H. Warren, P. Fitz
simmons, A. Johnston. D. YV. Sr. Jobe, J. M. Adams.
Samuel Hale, K. B. Beall, YV. M. D’Antiglare, A. J.
Miller, C. 1. Jenkins, YV. YV. Ilolt. A. B. Longstrcet, G.
W. Crawford, N. W. Cocke, J. P. King, John Kerr, J.
YV. Davies.
Norton—L. Ilopkins, .1. M. Colley'. ,
Morgan—J. B. Walker, YY. t. Stokes, YY • A. Shields,
M. YV. YY'arreit, J. G. Hives.
Eatontnn—J. Branham, J. A. YY iagfield, J. 1- Har
well, B. YY’. Sanford, J. llill, M. Dennis, N. Bass, A.
Kenrick.
Columbia county—C. A. Shockley, J. F. Hamilton,
It. Beall.
J An colu—B. B. Moore, L. Parks.
Burke—G. H. Harris, K. Bytie, M. Marsh.
Macon—J. S. M. Baldwin, J. Goddard.
Alliens—YY’. Dealing, YY r . L. Mitchell, J. A. Cobb, C.
Fvnns, it. Tay lor, J. F.. Thomson.
Crawfordoil’e—A. IJ. Stephens, S. Fotic.be.
Warren county—J. Moore, YY. P. Butt, J. YV. Thom
as, II. Lockhart, T. P. Tkrcvvius, YV. Jones.
Sandersville—I). Solomon.
Macon county—YY'. II. D aring.
Marion covnly—C. YYnrd,C. D. Strange.
Greencsboro'—T. Cunningham, It. E. Martin, J. II.
YViilev.
Jackson county—B. II. Overly, S- YY atson, G. Cowan,
jr., J. G. McLeslci.
ALABAMA.
Montgomery.—J J. Hutchinson, A. G. Goodwyn, A.
J. Pickett. It. F. Charles.
Huntsville.—A. A. Dexter, C. F. Pollard.
Dallas county.—Jesse Been.
Wetumpka.—L. M. Stone.
Mississirrr.
Ponhtoc.—J. II. Miller, Jr.
Carroll county.—G. B. YYild*.
TENNESSEE.
Athens.—S. Jernigan, A. YY'. Keith, John Moss.
FLORIDA.
Col. James Gadsden.
After the registering of names waffgone through with,
Col. Noble stated to the Convention, that a motion for or
ganization would be in order, whereupon the /Ion. Jesse
Been, of Alabama, nominated Col. James Gadsden, ot
Florida, as President of the Convention, which motion
was unanimously carried, and Col. Gadsden was con
ducted to the Chair; upon Inking which, he delivered a
short.address, which was warmly received, Nathaniel \\'.
Cocke, Ksq., was then chosen Secret mi y.
Col. Piekitt, of Ala., offered the following resolution,
which was adopted :
Unsolved, Tint we do now proceed to appoint one Dele
gate from each Slate and Territory, to act as \ ioe-Presi-
dents of this Convention.
The following gentlemen were then appointed Vice-
Presidents ;
Jesse Been, o 1 ’ Alabama; Chancellor B. F. Diinkin, of
South Carolina; G. B. Lamar, of Georgia; Spencer Jer-
nignn.of Tennessee; John Miller, Jr., of Mississippi.
Oil motion of Judge Longstrcet,
Resolved, That a Committee of 21 he appointed by
the Chair to consider and report on the object of this Con
vention.
On motion of Patrick Noble, Esq.,
Resolved. That this Convention adjourn until 4 o’clock,
to enable il..' President to Humiliate at his leisure the
Committee of 21.
The Convention then adjourned until 4 o'clock.
r till o’clock to-morrow; but before
was token on tins rflnuon. Judge Berrien ro,„ ’
to the Convention, that having been une*,*.., "I? 1 *blJ
on to attend this Convention, it would be outofkL
to remain to-morrow; he hod in liis possession “*I
lutiona adopted at a meeting held in Savannah L ** I
was instructed to present to the Convention ’ h I
members would grant him the favor, he woolr]' g ^,1
before the motion for adjournment was actrrl ' 8rT ! i»v I
was granted him, after which, he read ib e
which were received by the Convention, and nr!}*''
great force—that th^Simdufc^oken and jmblisl
great deal upon the snbjei tof direct importations, but he
had seen no practical festilu.—Nothing had been done..—
Southern merchants were as much disposed as ever to pat
ronize Northern ports, and he was not sure hot that the
disposition was, if any thing, more strongly exhibited now
than at any previous period.
Now sir, said Mr. C., it cannot ho expected that those
Merchants of the South who have been in rite habit of pat
ronizing Northern ports, shottkl abandon their course, it bv
so doing thev sustain any loss, but he thought it their duty
at least, to give the |*orts of the South a fair opportunity,
bv examining nnd comparing the facilities and advantages
of each. I am - formed tjmr the ports of the South do of
fer facilities equal to those of the North, but that a long
L ibit of visitin.: the latter, and indisposition to get out til I which was done, and the repoit and resolutions * , I
the old channel, and not any inferiority of tl e former, is j ted.
the operating cause why our uwn ports are not better pat- j Patrick Noble, Ksq.. then offered the foil**;
ronized. If? sir, we ran do any thing by which to induce j lions ; 5
our merchants to patronize our own cities, we shaffhftve ( Rctohcd, That an adjourned meeting „f ^
accomplished more for the cause, than by all the speaking i tion lie held in Charleston, 8. C. on the third V j”' 1
and writing of veats. April, 183!), ami that the delegates here asvemhl^ • A
The resolution was adopted. measures as may l»e deemed expedient in
Mr. Bellinger, of S. C.. rose and sai<L that as there j sure a full representation ol their respective scrii^’''-1
was nothing of importance now before the Convention, lie ! tit keep the objects of this Convention hefurp r|| i|
engrossed on the minutes.
■Him,
Judge Berrien, then moved, with the consr r .| r .-
Longstreet, that the report and resolutions of >i ■
tee of 21, as amended, should lie taken n p nml *
•‘'■lion, ,
miI<1 submit a resolution which it would perhaps have oi the several States, particularly interested in tb,.p
been more proper to introduce at the close ol the Cottven- j plislimenL.
lion. The matter which he wished to bring before the Con- , On motion of Col. Dexter of Alabama,
ventiou was perhaps not in itself very important, or had •- Resolved, 1 hat thi? Convention re»jjocifuI|v nv
any direct bearing upon the subject of foreign importa- j to the Legislatures of flic aevcnil Sum hern auj
lions, hut it was one which he bail much at heart, stud he j tern Stales, their co-operation in [railing work!.
should not f. el that he had disclaimed his (bur without ! temal improvement, by the application of il, 0 r j ^ k
making the movement which he now did; and as the pro- | resources of the Slate iu conjunction with intlivk? i * *
' >
barge of selfishness.
On motion i f Mnj. Marsh of Burke rountv
Resolved. That the I’resiilent appoint a
Mr. B. then read the following resolution, which lie sub- . — « t_ lllBB) -
milted to the judgment of the Convention: j publish and distribute tin* proi eiilu.g, of tfij,
Resoldd, That the Delegates present will subscribe v j tion, and that Unit Committee be composed of T’* -
sum sufficient for rl:e purpose of purchasing a silver cup In I of Augusta.
he presented to YY illinrn Dealing of A theirs, as a token of)
our respect, for the estimable man and highly useful and
public spirited citizen who first proposed the Commercial
Convention hi d whom we claim not so much as a son ol
Georgia as of the common South.
Resolved, 1 hat Messrs. Her Boyce, James C. Holmes
ai.il YVilliam Aikin of S. C. lie appointed a special com
mittee to receive subscriptions and to carry into effect The
foregoing resolution.
Mr. J. E. Holmes, approved of the resolution—If tiny
good should lie accomplished—if any kind feelings enkin
dled. or if the chain of interest bv which we are united i» l eil the
i. B. Lamar of Savannah, then m«e and sur c j ,
the Augusta and Charleston, delegations hail each |„, *
expense of publishing ihc former proceedings „f
vcntiiin, he hoped the Savannah delegation Would
lowed the privilege of doing so on the presi> nt , . T fi
which was agreed to by the Convention, without ad*'"''
ing voice.
On motion of Judge Berrien, if was unniiimon.f.
Resolved, That the thanks of this Conventionhv
ed to the President, Y’ice Presidents ami Secni^" ( 't''
Convention,for the able manner in which they have d' ; V '
leir duties; that the thanks of I be rntn entiiu. I ^
' hospitality.
O i motion of E. Bellinger,
Resolved, That utir sincere thanks and glatrfnl wl
lodgments be tendered to Mnj. Nathaniel YV. Cueist
the jiromplitnde, rDrrertncs* and ability with which be *
twice discharged the arduous duty devolving oiiihrS^' 4 *
larv of the Commercial Convent ion.
brightened bv tbe aetioif of this convention—we shall cer- returned to tbe Trustees of the Presbyterian Churrh f, |*
tninly owe it to the gentleman to whom this compliment j use of their building, nnd to titveitiv ns ol Augujtaf„ r ,i
is intended. Mr. H. then motion suggestion to vary the
phraseology of the resolution, which w as acc< pled by the
mover.
Mr. Den ring rose to express his thanks for the compli
ment. Jr. was his desire that nntl ieg of the kind should
be done; it was enough for him to see so ninclt talent and
energy collected together to carry oof an enterprise for the
honor of originating which, others vver • ns much entitled
ns himself. He hoped the mover would willuhuvv the res
olution.
Mr. Bellinger said, that the modesty of the gentleman
in declining the proffered honor, was to his mind an
additional and conclusive argument in fuvt-r ol its adop
tion.
After being amended on motion of Mr. Boyce, so as to
substitute the name of Mr. Bellinger for bis own, the res
olutions were adopted unanimouslv.
Tbe Convention then adjourned till 12 o'clock to mot
to vv.
The Old Snake.—The Courier Francais
informs that the African Boa kept in the Champs
Elysees at Paris, has laid thirty-two eggs, from
which a brood of young have been since
hatched. Some of them were strapping little
urchins of a dozen feet in length, and conside
rably more than a foot in circumference. The
forward little pets burst the shell tout a coup,
and went to wriggling and capering about
their mother with great liveliness. The oth
ers yet remain inside the eggs, occasionally
peeping out and darting forth their tongues
with all the pretty playfulness of snaky in
nocence. It is expected they will be able to
munch young sparrows in a week or two.
This brood of young serpents appears to be
the first incubation of reptiles of t his magnitude
that has taken place in Europe.
Longevity.—Died on the 26th of June, at
Bybrook, Jamaica, Mrs. Latitia Cox. She
outlived the oldest inhabitants in that parish
for many generations. By her accounts she
was a grown up young woman at the time of
the destruction at Port Royal by an earthquake
She declared she never drank anything but wa
ter in her whole life. She must have been
upwards of 160 years of age. An old black
woman, at Holland estate, died 18 months ago
140 years. She also declared she never drank
any thing but water. Holland is the property
of Wm. Ewart Gladstone, Esq. member for
Newark.
Tiie rest kind of Ignorance.—It was re
marked by a British officer after the Battle of
Lundy’s Lane, near Fort Erie, that he had vis
ited all Europe under the banner of Napoleon
and had been engaged in the severest battles
that the world had e\er known, but that the
American soldiers were the first he had ever
seen who did not know when they were
whipped, and they would even keep fighting
till they tired out their foes and gained the, vic
tory.
Race for a Wife.— We have read of a
singular custom which exists in Lapland, in re
gard to courtship. When a young man forms
an attachment for a young woman, they run
a race, in presence of their mutual friends, at
a time fixed by them, to determine whether
she will have him or not. In this race, the
girl is allowed a start of one third the dis
tance to he run ; and it is generally impossi
ble for tbe lover To overtake lier, unless she
allows him to do so ; which, of course, she will,
if she likes the match. If the girl wins the
race, it is highly penal for her lover to renew'
his suit. We wonder if our girls jire swift of
foot. Fellow-bachelors, inter nos, let us es
tablish a race track, and by exercise, strength
en our muscles and increase our speed.
[Cahauba Democrat.
Distuf.ssing case of Hydrophobia.—Oh
Wednesday afternoon, a fine little boy, aged
about four years, the son of Mr.’ Fisher, of
No. 132, Second avenue, died from the effects
of the bite of a dog, received about nine weeks
since, lhe little felloYv was playing w'ith the
dog (a pet animal in the family) and was bit
ten, and as tbe dog in a few days showed
symptoms of madness, lie Yvas killed. The
child, however, was perfectly healthy until
Wednesday morning, when having complained
of being unwell, he was put to bed. About
o o clock in the afternoon he suddenly sprang
from the bed, and creeping under it, gave
three shrieks, such as are made by younedogs
when injured. He was put back in bed,
where, after giving one gasp, he expired.
[-N*. Y. Courier and Enquirer.
“ \Y hat a singular contrast is presented by
France to tbe United States! In the United
States, the Government sets itself in opposi
tion to improvements in commercial science,
while in France the exactly opposite policy is
rapidly coming into play. Lafitte, the once
celebrated bauker, but overwhelmed a few
years ago in the fluctuations of the last revo
lution, is beginning to reappear on the scene
of action. He has established a large bank
with branches, and others are preparingsimilar
institutions.”
Tiie Nortii-American Valler.—A Writ
er in the Hesperian, a Western periodical,
computes that this tract, lying between the
great lakes, the Allegany and Rocky moun
tains’and Gulf of Mexico, will contain in two
centuries three times the present population
of the Globe, and that the productiveness of the
soil is capable of sustaining frvte times the pre
sent population of the Globe.
4 o’clock.
After 11 to Convention traf railed to order, tiie Pre-orient
railed on such members ns had arrived since the mornijig
session, to come forward and n gisrrr their names, where
upon the following gentlemen runic forward:
Barniccll —A. P. Aldrich.
Rend/c/on.—J. H. Calhoun.
Columbia Co. Ga.—Edward Ballard.
Louisville, Ga.—YY’. II. Connelly.
Incin Co. Ga.—J. McDuffie.
Carroll Co. Miss.—C. F. llemruingwtty.
The I’resiriei.t then announced the following gentleman
to compose the Committee of 21.
Judge Kougstreet, Adam Johnson, Hon. John P. King
YVm. Dearing, J. Goddard. Joel Branham, J. M. Berrien
of Georgia; John Brvre, Patrick Noble, John Fmmptoit,
James Hubbard, O. S Bees, Kt r Boyce, T. E. Holmes,
of South Carolina; A. II. Keith, John Mo*:-, of Tennes
see; A. A. Dexter, C. T. Pollard, A. J. I'iekeft, L. M.
Stone, of Alabama ; George B YY’iids, of Mississippi.
On motion of Judge YY’. YV. Holt,
Resolved, That suitable scats lie provided for such ed
itors of the city ns wish to take mii nlcsof tin- proceedings
of the Convention.
On motion <f Judge Longstrcet,
Resolved. That the Vice Pi\ sidrnts he added to th
Committee of 21.
Judge Longstrcet, then offered the following resolu
tion :
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee of 21,
to recommend to the Convention some specific action by
the members of this body in their respective Suites, which
in the opinion of the Committee may tend to the surces.-
of the enterprise we have in view.
Mr. Jamieson offered the following resolution, which
was adopted
Resolved, That the Committee consider the propriety of
recommet ding the formation of Joint Stock Companies
to assist in promoting a direct import and export trade
with Europe.
Col. Marsh, offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That it he referred to the Committee of 2t,
to consider the expediency of recommending to the Legis
latures of the several Slates and Teiritorics, represented
in this Convention, the adoption of a liberal system of In
ternal Improvements.
On motion of YY’. L. Mitchell, of Athens, Col Marsh
was added to the committee of 21.
On motion <J’Ivor Boyce,
Resolved, That when this Convention, adjourn it ad
journ to to-morrow, 12 o’clock. The Convention then ad
journed.
Tuesday, 12 o’clock.
The Convention met this day, according to previous ad
journment, when the following additional Delegates ap
peared and took their seats.
Edgefield, S. C., J. Lipscomb; Charleston, Alexander
Black ; Barnwell. Robert Willis, B. II. Brovv-fi; George
town,.!. II. Reid; Jlamburg. K. L. Antony; Newberry,
Peter Hare, John Holmes; YY arreiitoii, Geo., George V.
Neal; Milledgevillc; John R. Anderson; Savannah, L. O.
Reynolds, R. M. Phinizy; Campbell County, K. B.
Thompson; Crawfordvillc, John M. Antony; Newton
County, Richard Byrd; Louisville, John Campbell; Ma
con, Ossian Gregory.
The Hon. \. B. Longstrcet, from the Committee of 21,
stated that the Committee wus not yet realty to report,
and asked for further lime—granted.
Mr Boyce moved that Alexander Black, Mr. Jnntison
ami A. McDowell, be milled to the Committee of 21.
Mr. Pollard, of Alabama, presented the proceedings of
a Convention recently held at Huntsville, Ala., which after
being read, were on motion of Mr. Dearing, ordered to be
recorded.
Dr. Robertson presented the following resolution, which
was ordered to he referred to the Committee of 21.
Resolved, That the Committee of 21 he requested to
inquire, whether any of the Banks have entered into ar
rangements with foreign Banks, by which letters of credit
can be obtained upon sufficient security, by those desiring
to enter into direct importation—nnd if such arrangements
have not been made, to ascertain as far as possible, the
causes that operate against the accomplishment of so desi
rable an object.
Mr. Boyce, of Charleston, said that the matter em
braced in the Resolution of Dr. Robertson, was already
before the Committee of 21, and had been referred to a
sub-Committee.
Mr. John A. Calhoun, of S. C., offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That it be referred to the Committee of 21,
to report, as to the best practicable means of inducing our
merchants to patronize Southern ports.
Mr. Calhoun said, that it had often and long been said
of us. that we were a people too much inclined to talk and
too little inclined to act. He feared that the remark was
too true, most especially in reference to the great subject
upon which this Convention had been called together to
deliberate. An observation made to him by a merchanttif
the North, during the past summer, bad struck him with
YY’edxksdat, Oct. 17.
The Convention met nt 1 o’clock, instead of 12, as the
committee of 21 were not ready to re[M>rt t tthat hour.
At the request of the President, the delegates who had
arrived since the last adjournment, came forward and re
gistered their t.antes, viz:
Bainbrige, Ga.—J. t’. Hayes.
Burke Co. Ga.—J. Whitehead, J. C.Pnylhress.
Madison, Co. Miss.—II. H. Lumpkin.
The Secretary then read the minutes of the lust meeting,
which were confirmed.
James G. Holmes, Esq., of Charleston, then rose and
slated to the Convention that the committee appoint-d
yesterday to receive subscriptions ftom the inembets for
the purpose of procuring a Silver Cup, to hi- presented to
YY’m. Hearing, Ksq.. nf Athens, had discharged that duty,
and he hoped the Chairman of that committee would he
allowed to present the same; witieli was eranted. This
ceremony produced quite a sensation in the Convention—
E. Beliinger, Esq., the Chairman of the committee, ramp
forward, in behalf of the Convention, and after one of the
most feeling addresses we have heard for some time, pre
sented the Cup to Mr. Hearing—concluding his address
with the hope that he might long live to enjoy the reputa
tion ol being the “first one who proposed the Commercial
Convention, and one whom we claim,not *o much as the son
of Georgia as of the South”—that this Convention might
be the means of ndriirg the happiest results to tho pros
perity of the South; nnd that he would esteem the gift,
not so much for its value, hut ns the best legacy he could
leave his children, to emulate them to follow his worthy
example iu behalf of the commerce of the South.
Mr. Dearing lose, much excited, nnd returned his thunks
to the Convention at:d the Committee, for the honor dot e
Iiim—it was more than he merited—but if what little he
had been instrumertnl in doing, should result to the bene
fit of the South and Southern commerce, so long ns liis life
was spared, exertion on liis part should not he wanting to
place it on a sure and permanent foundation.
Oil motion of Ker Boyce, it was then
Resolved. That the President and Vice Presidents of
this Convention he pi entitled to take part in the discus-
ions.
Judge Longstrect. chairman of the committee of 21,
•lien rose anil read the Report and Resolution* of the
Committee. The report wo will give ns soon as we can
obtain a copy of it—the resolutions follow.
1. Resolved, That the members of this Convention will
use their liost exertions in their respective Slates, to fernt
trading associations, iu order to carry into effect the pur
poses of this Convention.
2. Resolved, That increasing the facilities of inter-com
munication by Railroads and Canals, between the interior
YYcstern and South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico States,
are among the most important measures of restoring to
the Commercial Ports of the latter, the direct trade which
has so recently departed from them.
3. Resolved, therefore, That while it is strongly re
commenced by this Convention, to the different States, to
afford every possible aid to approved works of itilernitl
improvement, having the above ohects in view, it is
equally obligatory on the companies or corporations rhar-
ti red for s\iid objects, to consider their works as but par's
of one great design, and so harmonize anti co-op rente in
their operations, us to jirt duce through those great arteries
and veins of tint commercial body, a circulation, as j»er-
fect as that which nourishes and animates the human sys
tem.
4. Resolved, That the Banking Institutions of tho re
speetive States in which tiny are located, cannot more
surely advance their own interests, in connection w ith the
public, prosperity, than by affording succor in their begin
nings, to these great works, which, inlet dt d to devclope
the hidden resources of interior countries, must, in return,
reciprocate to those institutions the benefits of an iucrcus
ing and extended commerce.
5. Resolved further. That while the beneficial efforts
of hanking privileges so judiciously granted by the Slates
of leiincssoe, North and South Carolina, and Geoig.a, to
the Central and Athens, and the Charleston nnd Cincinna
ti Railroads, have been most clearly demonstrated in the
successful progress of those great works to completion—
it most respectfully suggests to the consideration of the
other southwestern Stales, (requiring an extension of ha: k-
ing capital) that aid. through similar institutions, be grunt
ed to Railroads nnd other works of improvement, within
their own limits, having in view, the important designs of
more intimate commercial and social relations among
themselves, us well as with the more remote States of the
interior.
0. Resolved. That the hanks of the several Slates he
respectfully solicited to lorm Commercial connexions, with
like institutions or capitalists iu Europe, for the purp«»se of
furnishing facilities to a direct trade between the South
ern and Southwestern States, and that country.
James G. Holmes, of Charleston, moved that the report
be accepted ; but before any vote was taken, I. E. Holn.es,
of Charleston, rose and addressed the Convention at
length, urging the necessity of action, and impressing on
the minds of members, tlir.t unless they came to the reso
lution of imitating their Northern brethren in industry and
etiterprizc, all the Conventions that can be call* <1 together,
w ill do hut little good towards accomplishing a direct trade
in the South. \\e might meet together year alter year,at
tribute our present situation to the workings of the Federal
Government, as much as we pleased—pass what resolu
tions we choost—but all would do no good, unless we
placed our shoulders to the wheel—we must set about and
extend our communications w ith the interior, by Railroads,
&e., and build our own ships anil man them, before we
could hrijte to compete with our Northern brethren. Per
severance, lie argued, would accomplish much, and it was
perseverance, accompanied by industry and enterprise,
that give to New-York her present elevated station among
the commercial cities of the world.
Before any vote was taken upon Mr. Holmes’ motion,
that the Report and Resolutions of the Committee of 21
should he received, Mr. J. H. Hammond of South Caroli
na, moved that such portion of tho Preamble and Resolu
tions as recommended to the Slates the chartering of Rail
roads. with Banking privileges, should be erased. This
motion led to much discussion, in which Messrs. Ham
mond, A. B. Longstrcet, J. P. King, E. Bellinger, Jesse
Been, and J. A. Calhoun, supported the motion, and
Messrs. P. Noble, J. M. Berrien, Ker Boyce, J. G. Holmes
and B. F. Diinkiii, opposed it. At this stage of the pro
ceeding, in order to conciliate all parties, Mr. C. J. Jen
kins, of Augusta, rose and offered the following resolution,
which was unanimously adopted as a substitute to the fifth
resolution reported by the Committee.
Resolved, That the Legislatures of each Southern and
Southwestern States, be recommended to enquire whether
there be or not, in each State, a sufficiency of Banking
Capital, and if found insufficient, to provide for its increase
in such manner as may be deemed safest and most cuudu
cive to the interest of Southern commerce.
Judge Longstrcet then moved that the 'Convention ad-
The Convention then adjourned to meet at Cliaclrttu
the 3d Monday in April next.
From the Savannah RepuMiVafl.
Mac.x, Oct. 9th. IS*
Messrs. Editors—I wrote a word of caution ,l
infatuated leader* of the Uuion Party in Old ChstU-
throtigh your valuable Journal, in A'ucn.'l last. J iA
hoped, a word in season, would haTe checked lbs I
of their political inlulernnre, alid that the “ ])jg I
who control the piriitirn) destinies of Savnuust,, ^ I
timely warned, would have slitfnneil the rri-h ti.rtU
come upon her. YVhnt is tiie result ? How have mv kind wi-
monitions lieen regarded T Sira, they Imve liee* atwwtrJ
by Savannah thrusting from the councils of the St„, |k *
pure, the talented, the accomplished Law, and fliprbl.ij.
rous Bayard of our State, Col. Jacksox ; he »hn m
worthy scion of an illustrious sire. And yet therry nl'ik
Georgian is, “Stand aside at.d lef old Chatham sped ’
God of Heavens!? How great is such infatuation! f|„ t
the Georgian should glory in “ speaking” fi.uh
tout of her Law and her Jackson. Does this niiwotil,
pander to political prostitution, know that in thn> riitxtw
it* lo triuniplie ovor the prostration of such mm a* Lw
and Jackson, it may lie sounding the knell of Sav»muh'«
waning glory 7 “Statu! aside and let old Ctiatlinni qmk."
YY ell. old Chatham has spoken, and to her eti rim! die
grace. And bow has her voire, once powi-t ful iu mm,
maud, lost all its cbm in, in the political tornado that i,„
recently swept over the Statu, giving to the Stmr Rigku
party, the entire Congressional Ticket, and the Legiultniirr;
imw has the feeble and faint voice of old Chatliom Imm
drowned amid the rising surges of the storm! I'.mtOkJ
Chatham—the th-alh rattle is in her throat.
Now what can the Chatham Delegation do or nrnm-
plish in the next Legislature 7 Nothing, sirs, nolMug!!
Can they ask any thing from the State Rights’ party,af
ter persi ruling it so long nt home—after rejrrinig rsur
Law and your Jackson 7 J hey cannot surelv liavr tlip
impudence to do so. Can they lay the least rUtm lniit
assistance, after reviling our Gilmer, ourNisbet, our l)iw-
son, our Iliiheisbam, and many others of our lint a.4
pun st men 7 In short, will the voice of old Chatham l*
heard next session in the Legislature 7 Alns! no— 1 " there
will be none so poor ns to do it revi renre.” In thiadi-
lemma, I would suggest to the State Rights party of (.’ha-
ham, to step birth and “ pluck up h> r dt owning lionnr h
the locks.” Yes,'sirs, the Stale Rights men of Savaimsh.
must become the conservator*of hot glory and foMun*i—
let Savannah, then, send In Mih'edgeviiic, next -essies,lirr
discarded Law ami Jack*! n—her distinguished Berries,
and her energetic public spirited Lnir.ar and Ilalx rslmts,
l# inform their friend* of the Stale Rights patty, wh*t srs
her wishes and her wat.Is. Let her i.uve men there ure
Irie of protecting her interests, and not trust her destiny tu
the political bucks she lias sent to the Legislature-
UP COUNTRY.
THE GEORGIA FEMALE COLLEGE.
The building for this institution—the most airy, »"<1
spacious, perhaps, in the State of Georgia, containing
seventy-two rooms, with ample space for nt least two hun
dred hoarders—is now being almost completed. It sumli
on a beautiful eminence, overlooking the city of Macon,
and will he opened for public instruction un the first day
of January, 1839. It will lie under the charge of the |f»».
George E. Fierce, (so well known to the Slate »t
Georgia,) as President, and who will reside in the institu
tion, assisted by an able nnd efficient faculty, and from
whom the pupils consigned To their care will no doubt re
reive n practical and complete education. In the College
wili be taught only the whole course of English letter*
at.d Science; but aiso vocal and instrumental Mutir,
Drawing nnd Painting, together with the Latin, Greet,
1 retich, Spanish and Indian Languages; and Inst, thvfh
not least, there will he in operation a system of Donirttie
Economy, by which the young ludirs, under the direclio*
of experienced teachers, will lie enabled and requited to
prepare nnd keep in good order ail their own clothing,
thereby avoiding milli.t. r’* bills while at school, ssd at
the same lime preparing themselves creditably to do tbit
work fo - themselves and families in future, life. Thegrett
object of the Trusters will Ik? to make the cour*e of stu*
ilies practical and moral as well as liteiarv, thiTfl'y ren
dering l a? pupils that may pass through this institution the
comfort and pride of all associated with them in after
years. It is contemplated tlial the fixed expense of earh
pupil will 1m? about two hundred and fifty dollars per m-
ntitn. This sum will cover the ex|«?nscs lor tbe use of »
room, for eating, ami tuition fees, of every description!
or, in other words, for the use of a room and eating,flMi
nnd for tuition of every description, $100. The parent*
of pupils will have to furnish their own rooms with *•
furniture as they deem necessary; or if required, it will
be done by the faculty, ami charged in their bill*. Thi*
last exjiense is more nominal than real, as on leaving, th*
furniture can always he sold to the next occupant for nearly
its original cost.
The f t ustees are desirous to ascertain what tbs prob**
hie number of pupils w ill he, at the opening of the in«tit'i*
tion, and for this purpose earnestly request all person* m*
tending to send, lo signify it hv letter, addrewed to C»b
E. Hamilton, (post-paid,) at Macon, as soon a* ntuy b*
convenient. The Board will meet in thecity of Maron on
the 29th of November, at witieli lime thev wish to h«r*
this information before them, as thev then ex|icct to®
the remaining officers, and make the final arrangement*
for opening the College on the first day of January, 1339.
YV.* w ill merely further add, that although it i» very dr* 1 '
ruble, and earnestly recommended, that the pupils he
boarded in the College building, yet the ruie is not impera
tive; nnd parents preferring to'do so, have tho privilege
of hoarding their daughters in the City or Vineville, both
of which are sufficiently convenient.
lhe friends of this institution will have expended <>>
their private funds, in its erection and outfit, considerably
more than 50,000 dollars, without expecting any other re
turn or liencfit than that which every other citizen of the
country may receive. Their object lias been the public
ood, and uow, with confidence nnd pleasure, they offer H*
treasures to the rising generation of their beloved country-
wontew. LOVJCK FIERCE, Agent*
Mncon, Sept. J3, 1838.
Augusta Market, Oct. 18*
Cotton.—Great animation exists amongst our dealer*
in this article, and nil that is offered is freely bought U P*J
prices from 11 a 13 cents. YV’e quote 11 cents for roix*“
loads, 12 a 12.J for good, 12J a 13 for prime and choice-
the quantity arriving is small for the season of the J**’ -
The prospect of the crop being much short of last year, t*
fully confirmed.
Groceries, «f*c.—A much heavier trade has been dope
amongst our wiholesole dealers this yearlhan usual. Their
stocks are good, and we trust those who have been force
to stop amongst our merchants, will have no cause to com
plain.
Exchange.—Checks on New-York, 2 per cent. fo r c “ r ‘
rent money; and 1 j per. cent, for city money. Check*
on Charleston are had at one per cent.
Freights continue at old rates, say 1$ per bale to Sa
vannah, j cent ]>er pound lo Charleston by Railroad*
boats running between Augusta and Charleston.—Sent-
Nobilitt at a Discount.—The Mail-coach from
Brighton to London is driven by an English Lord. There
are many of the English nobility on that road, who are
employed as coachmen, having font tlieir fortunes •• t0 ®
race-ground. They do not oven all of them own the
roaches, but an employed on wages by tradesmen.