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WILLIAM E. JONES & Co. AUGUSTA, Ga. SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1840 „ „ r "
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A U GI'STA.
FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24.
lines signed “Jane <s■ Eliza," writ
ten upon a sheet of pretty embossed pink billet
paper won’t do. Young ladies, before they ven
ture upon poetry ought to know how to spell—
They write ‘ booth ” for both! Fie upon you
girls, both of you—we beg pardon, “ b-o-a-t-h !"
The communication from Burke county, con
taining a Marriage notice, cannot bo published
without a responsible name- We incline to be
lieve it Is genuine, but wc assure our friends that
His not sufficient for them to sign “P” or “Q’
nr “R” to such communications. We must
Iteve a responsible name!
Our New York papers received by last night’s
nail arc tilled with the details of the cainmilious
k>ss of the ill-fated steamboat Lexington. The
morning after the reception of the news in that
city, the proprietors of the boat, despatched the
steamer Statesman, Capt. Comstock, to cru ; se in
the Sound in search of bodies, baggage, See. —
Capi. C. has published in the Commercial Ad
tertiscr, an account of his voyage. Only five or
six bodies wore recoved and a number of trunks,
boxes, &c. We have not room for the whole re
port, but cannot forbear to publish the following
extract.
- ‘‘Captain William Terrell, master of the sloop
Improvement, was, with his vessel, within four
or five miles ol the Lexingtou at the lime she
fommenced burning, and thinks if he had imme
diately repaired to her assistance, he could have
eaved a great number of lives. The reason he
fives for not doing so, is, that he would have lost
Itis tide over the bar. at the port to which he was
bound, and accordingly he pursued his inhuman
course, leaving upward of 1(10 persons to dio the
worst of deaths. The circumstances of this un
paralleled cruelty will hereafter be more clearly
exposed, and I iruat he will receive its merited
v deserts ”
' . We give below from the Commercial Adver
tiser, a list of the passengers as far as known.—
The second mate, Mr. Crowley, floated ashore on
a bale of cotton, after remaining in the ice and
water for forty-eight hours.
We add below a list of the passengers and
crew of the Lexington, corrected from all the re
sources within our reach. It is possible that
there may be some names included in it, of per
sons who were not on board the ill-fated boat,
although we have used every precaution in our
power to prevent such from being the case.
< Allowing this list to be coned, there were 122
persons on board the boat, 87 of whom were pas
sengers, and the remaining 35 composed the crew.
OF NEW YORK.
H. C. Craig, firm of Maitland, Kennedy & Co.
R. W Dow, firm of Dow & Co.
Stephen Waterbury, Jr. firm of Waterbury &
Mead.
Mr. Lawrence, firm of Kelly <st Lawrence.
Charles Noyes, clerk of Charles B. Babcock &
Co.
Mrs. Russell Jarvis, and two children.
A. E. Harding, firm of Harding Sc Co.
E. B. Patten, of 183 Walker street.
Mr. Fowler, Charles Brackett,
P. McKinna, a clerk of Donelly & Hyatt. He
has left a wife and two children.
John Winslow, firm of D. L. & J. Winslow.
Richard Pocket, formerly of Newhuryport,
watchmaker for Ball, Tompkins Sc Black.
Mr. Ballon, or Bullard,
John Marshall, a glass-blower, who has left a
wife and three children.
Charles Bosworth, of Royalton, Windsor Co.
Vermont, but lately a school-master in this city.
Mr. Thomas James, tailor, of New York, for
merly of Boston.
Mr. Baum, son of the Clerk of the Washington
Market.
or nosxox.
Isaac Davis. Chas. W. Woolsey,
Rev. Dr. Follen, J. A. Leach,
Nath. Hobart, J. G. Low,
Mr. Sluyvesant, Mr. Everett,
John Brown, firm of Browne St Co.
H. C. Bradford, late from Kingston, Jamaica.
Adalphus Hamden, of package express.
Abraham Howard, firm of Howard and Merry.
Thomas White, formerly of Sudbury, Vt., and
late of the firm of Sands & White.
Erastus Column, keeper of Pavilion.
OF PROVIDENCE.
Capt. Foster, lute of the John Gilpin.
Wfn. A. Green, firm of Allen Sc Green.
John L. Winslow, Mrs. Alice Winslow.
[The two mentioned above, with Mr. John
Winslow, of this city, were accompanying the
corpse of Henry A. Winslow, which was to be
carried to Providence for interment.]
OF STONINOTUN, CT.
Charles H. Phelps, one of the directors of the
Stonington railroad.
Pratt Van Colt, keeper of the Steamboat Ho
tel, Stonington.
Elias Brown, Jr. He was but lately married
to Miss Avery, the rich heiress of Stonington.
Mary Russell, nurse in the family of Geo. W.
Whistler, Esq.
OF HALTIMURE.
Mr. W’eslon, firm of Weston Sc Poindexter.
Royal T. Church, John W. Kerle.
Mr. Walker, son-in-law of Mr. Kerle.
MISCELLANEOUS.
William H. Wilson, late of Worcester, Mass.,
Williamsburgh, L. I.
Robert Blake, Esq., President of the Wren
tham (M-.SS.) Bank.
• John Corey, cotton manufacturer, Foxboro’,
Mass.
Samuel Henry, firm of A. & 8. Henry, of
Manchester. England.
Rooert Williams, Cold Spring, N. Y.
H. J. Finn, comedian, Newport, R. 1.
Charles Eberle, comedian,
J. Porter Felt, Jr., Salem, Mass.
Alphonso Mason, Gloucester, Mass.
Captain Lowe, agent of Boston underwriters.
Capt. Tbeophilus Smith, Dartmouth, Mass.
Captain J. D. Carver, of barque Brontes, of
Plymouth, Mass.
Mr. Pierce, mate of the Brontes, Portland, Me.
Captain Kimball. Captain Mattison.
Dr. Joshua Johnson, Philadelphia.
John Hoyt, conductor of Boston and Provi
dence railroad.
John G. Brown, of the firm of Shall Sc Brown,
i New Orleans.
Charles Lee, Barre, Mess.
John Lcmist, treasurer Boston Leather Co.,
Roxbury, Mass.
N. F. Dyer, Pittsburg, Pa., formerly of Brain
tree. J. Linfield. Stoughton, Mass.
Philo Upson, Egremont, Mass
William Nichols, steward of steamer Massa
chusetts.
John Brown, a colored man.
Captain Childs, brother of the Captain of the
Lexington.
David M’Farlane, mate of the brig Clarion.
James Walker and John Gordon, seamen of
Cainbridgcport, from brig Raymond.
Mr. Ropal Sibley, of Pawtucket.
George Benson Smith, recently of Brooklyn.
Mr. Green, of Minot, Me , agent of the Minot
Shoe Manufacturing Company.
Joseph Ray, 2d mate of barque Bohemia,
Kenßcbunk.
Thomas Blecckcr, carpenter, Dedham, Mass.
J. Wilkin. Gilbert Martin. John Wyseth.
A gentleman, lady, and two children, who ar
rived from Philadelphia by the morning line—
name not known.
Mr. J. O. Swan left the Globe Hotel for one of
the 3 o’clock boats, but it is hy no means certain
that he took the Lexington.
THE CREW.
George Child, of Stonington, commander.
Jesse Comstock, of Providence, clerk.
Capt. Stephen Manchester, pilot, (saved.)
H. P. Newman, steward.
Edward Tliurbcr, male.
David Crowley, second do. "saved.)
Cortland Hempstead, engineer.
William Quimby, second do
Martin Johnson, wheelsman.
Joseph Robinson, (colored,) cook.
Oliver Howell, do second do.
R. Peters, do third do.
Job Sands, head waiter, (colored.)
Charles Smith, fireman, (saved.)
R. B. Schultz, do.
Benjamin Cox, do.
George do.
Susan C. Holcomb (colored) chambermaid.
Mr. Walker, barkeeper.
Five colored waiters,
8 deck hands and 1 boy.
2 wood passers.
SAVED.
Capt. Hill ard of ship Mississippi.
Capt. S. Manchester, pilot.
David Crowly, second mate.
Charles Smith, fireman.
From the Baltimore American.
Later from Europe.
The packet ship Garrick has arrived at New
York, bringing London dates to the 13th ult.,
and Liverpool to the 14lh. By the Burgundy,
Havre dates of the 16th and Paris of 15th were
also received.
It is said positively that the new loan of Mr.
Jaudon, through the intervention of the Roths
childs, is definitely concluded. Sales of U. S.
Bank shares had been made at £lB 10s., and
even at £l9 for a few shares. All State securi
ties were in belter demand, and sales were making
of them at improved rates.
The specie and bullion in the Bank of Eng
land was increasing in amount. Yet fears are
still entertained of the effect on the monetary
system of England which may be produced in
the spring, by the importation of Bread Stuffs.
The weather in England has been very unfavora
ble, not only to the seed which has just been
planted, but to the preservation of the crop just
housed; and though the average prices continue
low, in consequence ol the wretched quality of
the English samples brought to market, an uni
versal opinion prevails that prices for good
American flour or wheat will soon rise very high.
The general tenor of the London advices re
ceived is, that the English money market was
somewhat easier.
The French in Africa were hard pressed by
Abd-el-Kader, and had mostly retired into Algiers,
where they expected to be attacked by 25,000
Vrabs. The French would, however, soon re
ceive reinforcements which would enable them to
assume the offensive. The Gamps hud been
abandoned by the French troops, only a few forti
fied positions being maintained. The farm
houses on the plain had all been destroyed by
the Arabs.
Parliament was to meet on the 16th.
A repeal or revision of the Corn Laws will, it
is said, be advocated by the Ministers. A fixed
duty of 10s. will, it is thought, be fixed upon.
The French journals assert that the new war
in Algiers has been excited by the jealousy of
England. The English Ministerial paper, the
Chronicle, retorts hy saying, “that their African
Colonization excites not our jealousy, but our
compassion.”
Some new arrests of persons said to he impli
cated in the alfuir of the infernal machine, had
been made in Purls.
There had been a disastrous gale in the Med
iterranean. At Barcelona several vessels of war
l and others broke from their moorings, causing
much confusion, but no lives were lost. Thirty
two Spanisn vessels, a Swedish brig, and British
schooner, were lost on the coast of Tarragona
during the gale.
From the Baltimore American.
New York and Virginia.
In reference to the ground assumed by Gov.
Seward in the controversy between these two
States,—-arising out of the refusal to surrender a
citizen of New York charged with stealing a
slave from Virginia—we may lake occassion
briefly to say that his Excellency, in our view,
places, the question upon principles too general
and abstract. If the States of this Union are to
be regarded as sovereign and independent, in the
full extension and absolute import of those terms;
if their intercourse with one another is to be reg
ulated in all points by the law of nations, where
of each is to judge for itself, and in case of vary
ing decisions each is to maintain its own by
force; in a word, if the Constitution is not a para
mount rule of action, then may such rules of
construction lie adopted as those which the Ex
ecutive of New York has promulgated. The
law of nations, says his Excellency, does not re
cognise property in slaves universally But
does not the Constitution recognise it in this
country 1 What has the law of nations to do in
mutters which our own charier and principles of
government have already settled and established 1
The law of nations!—a new phrase this, in our
domestic vocabulary. Are we to be sent in chase
of an abstraction 1 Is the “law of nations,”
i which at the best is a vague and ill-defined rule,
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| settled only where precedents of particular dec if -
ions exist; which depends upon no authority for
j the enforcement of its decrees other than that of
mutual or general consent; —is this unsteady
shadow to come between the Constitution and
the States of this Union 1 Let the law of nations
prevail where no other rule has been provided
| by a more legitimate authority. But while we i
under the protection of an ample, over-aching
Constitution, which has interwoven certain liga
ments and lies of affiliation throughout the great
system of this Republic, binding Slates together
as parts of a whole, there is no need of asking
what is law of nations in reference to our own
domestic intercourse.
| We object entirely to placing the. question on
| that ground. Yet if it were legitimately put on
that basis, the Governor's conclusions might
seem hasty, oven in that view. If a foreign ship
belonging to Great Britain, for example, should
make a descent upon our Southern coast and car
ry ofl a number of slaves, would that country be
excused hy the law of nations from making resti
tution. Would it he enough that England
should say—We do not recognise the right of
properly in slaves ?
By the Constitution of the United Stales the
■ citizen of one State when he goes into another
! possesses the same rights which are possessed by
i the citizens of the State into which he goes. As
a natural correlative he is bound by the same
laws. It he violates a law of the State in which
he is sojourning, what penalty docs he incur!—
The same winch a citizen of that State would in
cur. Can he demand to be tried by the laws of
the State wherein he holds citizenship ! Not he
—the laws of his own State have no force in the
territory where his offence was committed.—
Wherever the crime is done, there the penally
attaches—who does not know this ? Can the
culprit place himself under another system of
laws with impunity, after having violated, within
the sphere of their lawful a Jtliorily, the laws of
a different community ! Does 1 change of place
shift the responsibility from his shoulders 1 Not
if there he any faith in the compact which binds
the authorities of one State to deliver up fugitives
from the justice of another.
The sovereignty of a State extends on all sides
to the limits of her territory. A citizen cannot,
when he goes beyond these limits, carry a portion
of that sovereignty with him as a shield to pro
tect him in breaking the laws of another Slate
into whose domain he enters. If a Virginian
comes into Maryland, the laws of our State ask
no questions about his birth place; he is regard
ed as a citizen of Maryland in so far as judicial
proceedings are concerned; he is supposed to
know the laws of Maryland, and if he violates
any one of them, it will be no excuse for the of
fences nor any protection against punishment to
say, that the act he committed violated no law of
Virginia where he holds citizenship. This is a
matter so plain that we ought perhaps to apolo
gize for dwelling upon it. Yet these long estab
lished and well settled principles arc about to bfe
set aside, it seems, by the Slate of New York.—J-
The Constitution must yield to the law of no(-
tions ; —we arc to wander in the blue ether of ab
solute space with flickering lights to guide us—
ignesfalui—that are ever changing positions
and eluding definite vision. There will be no
end to difficulties if these notions are to prevail.
From the New York Express.
The French in South America.
The last number of the New York Quarterly
Review is filled with several pages respecting the
cruize and conduct of the French agent in Buenos
Ayres and Monte Video; the article is evidently
written by one who has a thorough knowcldge
of the parties and principles involved in the dis
pute between the French and Buenos Ayreans.
There is. however, so much of a parlance spirit
in the article, such a monomania respecting the
French, that its statements are to be read with
some caution.
The substance of the article consists in an at
tempt to prove that the principal injuries which
the French complain of, are trumped up against
the Argentions and their Governor, Rosas; and
that they have no real foundation; and are trum
ped up only to aid the French in their ambitious
and grasping views, or else to employ the army
and navy, so as to amuse a Parisian population
with the idea of foreign conquest.
The French are accused, in this article also, of
interfering in the local affairs bath of the Argen
tine and Oriental Republics, with the view ol so
embroiling them, that in the midst of their confu
sion France can profit. Thus Rivera, now in
command of Monte Video, is set down as a mere
French tool, whom the French established in
power for the purpose of providing an enemy to
attack Rosas in Buenos Ayres. In this part of
the article there seems to be a great deal of truth.
The writer of this article after his statement
of facts calls upon the British and United States
Governments to interfere vigorously for the pur
pose of putting a stop to these French projects,
and movements in South America, that thus em
• barrass the trade of the world. Both the U.
S. Commodore, and the British Minister, he says,
have been trifled with thus far in their attempts
to bring about a reconciliation, inasmuch os toe
French do not wish for peace, and do not intend
to have any there, if it can be helped.
Os the character of Rosas wc have a good ma
ny different accounts. This writer speaks not
unfavorably of him, but deems him such a man
as is necessary for the people. The Portuguese
correspondence we have hy the way of Rio Janei
ro constantly represents him as a tyrant and butch
er, and there can be no doubt, that he governs the
Argentines with a high hand.
The last news we have from Montevideo and
Buenos Ayres, is in part favorable, and in part
unfavorable to the views of the French. Gener.il
Rivera, the present President of the Oriental Re
public, who is the President for the French, is in
some danger of losing his capital Monte Video, for
Gen. Echaguc, who commands the Buenos Av
rean Army, which is, of course, hostile to the
French, is within 12 miles of Monte Video. This
city, however, is garrisoned by 3000 men, and
perhaps many women, for we learn from this ar
ticle in the Review, that Rivera had women Gen
erals in his army, and by about 500 seamen from
the French ships of war. These 500 seamen
though, with artillery, we presume are sufficient
to defend Monte Video from all the wild Argen
tines, In the meantime, whilethc Buenos Ayrean
Army is near Monte Video, Gen. Lavalle another
French agent, is at the head of about 1000 men
raised in Monte Video, invading the Provinces of
the Argentine Republic. Entrc Rios, one of the
Provinces, was over-run by them some time ago.
According to the lust accounts, Corrientes, ano
ther Province, had declared in his favor. His
force was constantly increasing; and as he had
defeated the army sent against him, there seemed
to be little check upon his prospects.
The general character of the article in the
Quarterly Review, to which wc have alluded, is
able, and the information imparted in it of great
service to such as wish to have an understanding
jof Atlantic South American Polities. Whate*-
> - may be the opinion of the public as to the al-
leged injuries which the French assume they
have suflered, there can bo but little doubt that
the Commercial world have allowed France quite
tune enough to prosecute them, and that now
there should be an end. Trade and Commerce
should be embarrassed no longer.
Virginia and New York. —The Ameri
can, a mischievous Abolition paper, publishes
last evening a letter from Mr. Recorder Morris to
the Governor, setting forth the causes why he
discharged the persons arrested for enticing away
a slave from Virginia. It appears that the s ave
was a ship carpenter, and was employed in re
pairing a schooner, and when the schooner sailed
New York the slave was misusing. The own
ers arrived in New York before the vessel arrived,
and on going on board found the slave conceal
ed, who staled that he had been advised to make
himsolffree hy one of the parties implicated.—
No other testimony coming before the Recorder
that fixed the guilt of carrying away the slave on
the three colored men implicated, ho discharged
them under a writ of Habeas Corpus. Although
there could be no reasonable doubt that the three
colored hands on board the vessel did entice
away the slave and conceal him, nevertheless
there could not have been any proofs in Virgin
ia, and there were no proofs here, which would
authorise them to be considered as “ fugitives
from justice,” being so claimed by Virginia, and
they wore legally discharged. The slave-holding
states must not allow free persons of color to
come within their limits, or they must pass some
laws defining more clearly their rights, and en
forcing them.— N. Y. Star of the 14 th inst.
Commentary on the President's Mes
sage.—The Cleveland Herald states that some
farmers of Stark county, who wanted money to
pay their taxes falling due in a few days, recent
ly visited Massillon, carrying their wheat for sale.
After hawking it through the town for sometime,
the best offer they could get was 43 cents, a
bushel in barter for goods, which would not pay
taxes, but could not get a cash offer at all, and
were obliged to return as they came. Such is a
specimen of “ that general prosperity” which the
President has the effrontery to toll the country,
calls for our warmest gratitude !— Newark Dai.
Adv.
We can add another striking fact to the same
effect. Two or three weeks ago, a yoke of oxen
and a eart belonging to a fanner in Michigan,
were levied upon hy execution, and offered for
sale by the sheriff, at public vendue. But the
highest bid that could bo obtained for them was
fifteen dollars. The bowels of the sheriff, even
were moved at the prospect of such a sacrifice of
property, and he bid them in at twenty dollars —
assuring the farmer at tho same time that he
would allow him to redrem them as as soon as he
might be able to raise the money. Such are
among the first fruits of the Sub-Treasury sys
tem in the country.— N. Y. Com. Adv.
From the New York Herald.
Late from Cantos.— War between the Chi
nese and English. —By the arrival of the Splen
did, Capt. Lund, we have received important in
telligence to the 10th of August. It appears
that the disturbances of the 7lh of July last, in
which a Chinese was killed, resulted in some
thing more serious. It will bo recollected that
the English superintendent paid a large sum to
leconcde matters with the friondsof the deceased,
hut notwithstanding the Mandarins made a great
disturbance about it. A steward of one of tho
English ships was taken hy the Chinese, and his
recapture attempted. The English not succeed
ing, landed in the village, and drove all tho Chi
nese out of it. Two days before the Splendid
sailed. Captain Johnson, of the Cynthia, was de
tained and examined closely by tho Mandarins,
supposing him to be an English Captain of tho
same name. The Splendid’s boat was detained
in town several days, with the first officer and
crew, in consequence of two small boxes of skins
having been taken to town in her from an En
glish vessel, s“ determined are they toenforce the
laws; and we were made to understand, partic
ularly, that it was an act of especial favor that she
wasYcleased. A few days before sailing nn ac
tion took place between an English smuggling
brig and some Chinese Mandarian bonis, in
which several of the Chinese were killed ; the
brig made her escape after bursting one ol her
guns, which wounded several of her men. This
last act exasperated the Chinese to a greater de
gree. The English are making preparations for
defence, and it is the opinion of intelligent Chi
nese, that if the English actually go to war with
them, that the trade will be forever slopped be
tween the two countries.
The Governor of New Jersey has sent a spe
cial message to the Legislature of that State, on
the subject of the recent action in Congress in
reference to the rejection of the members who
hold the certificates of election. The substance
of the message is thus stated in the Philadelphia
North American:
“ The Governor impresses upon the Legisla
ture, their duty to vindicate the rights of the
Stale of New Jersey, and the dignity of its high
est officers and their official act. He asserts that
the State can be bound hy no law passed by
Congress during the disfranchisement. He
counsels the Legislature, however, to he govern
ed as well by national feeling us by Stale pride
and interest, and enjoins upon them to pursue
such a course as shall l»c demanded by and 1)6
consistent with both. He recommends a firm
protest against violence, and an affectionate ap
peal to the States, warning them that the same
injury which has been done New Jersey, may
be practiced towards them, whenever it shall
seem expedient to a party.”
The Smithsonian Institute. —Mr. Adams’
Bill providing for the disposition of Mr. Smith
son’s bequest, proposes that Trustees shall he ap
pointed, forming a b >dy politic and corporate by
the title of the “Smithsonian Institute for the in
crease and diffusion of knowledge among men.”
The amount of the fund in 1838 was $508,318.
According to the provisions of the bill, the Trus
tees are to consist of the Vice President of the
United States, the Chief Justice of the U. States
the Secretaries of Stale, Treasury, War and Na
vy, tho Attorney General of the U. 8. and the
Mayor of the city of Washington, together with
four members of the House ofßepresentatives and
three Senators, to lie annually elected by the res
pective Houses. The interest of the fund is to
be appropriated to the erection, at the City of
Washington, of an Astronomical Observatory,
adapted to the most effective and continual obser
vations of the phenomena of the Heavens : to be
provided *ilh the necessary and best instruments
and books for the periodical publication of said
observations, and for the annual composition and
publication of a Nautical Almanac.— Baltimore
American,
y Canine Mutiny.— l '‘The Dogs of War”—
t let loose !—We noticed yesterday, the arrival at
e St. Marks. Florida, of 33 Cuba bloodhounds.
v Ihe St. Joseph Times mentions that while the
e vessel was at sea, the cook having slaughtered a
pig.'hodogs excited by the smell of the blood,
broke from their confinement, drove the whole
. crew into the rigging, and kept possession of the
3 deck for six successive hours before they could be
, pacified.
, During the late commercial crisis, a commis
, sion merchant, who was some thousands short,
stood on the portico of the Exchanges, in a brown
I study, from which he was awakened by the chir
ping of two sparrows which flew near. “Happy
, creatures” said he “you have no acceptances to
pay.” “No,” said a lean broker, who had money
, to loan on certain seenrities, and at certain rates,
“but they have hills to provide for.”
i Oglethorpe University. —The exercises
[ of this Institution have been resumed at the ex
i piration of the vacation, under very cheering
, prospects. We understand that most ofthefor
, mcrscholars have returned, and that already twen
, ty- four new students have been admitted into
College, and that others are expected. The Aca
demical Department has likewise been resumed,
under very auspicious indications; and upon the
whole, the friends of this infant but vigorous ln
. stitution, have every thing to cheer them to the
, perfect consummation of the noble enterprizo they
■ have undertaken.— Southern Eecorder.
A Pair or Monsters. —Tho New York
Sun stale* that there are in that city the greatest
. human curiosities ever exhibited, in the shape of
, two boy* with their extremities resembling the
, claws of an eagle, instead of hands and feet.—
, These most extraordinary of nature’s vagaries
have been visited privately by the faculty, and ex
cited much interest, and will be publicly shown
in u few days.
The Purse and the Sword. —Bennett of
the N. Y. Herald says, with the sub-treasury
system and tho rc-organization of the militia,
equal to 200,000 troops, wo believe there will be
a capital union of the purse and the sword.—
Well, well, wc go for it as fast as possible. Let
, us have a military and hard money government
, at once—it cannot be worse than a corrupt one.
From a gentleman just from Alabama, wa
, learn that the planters there are suffering very
great inconvenience from tho low state of the rtv
■ ers. They cannot get bagging to park their cot
ton nor plantation supplies—ut least a great ma
ny. He remarked that them were thirteen steam
boats aground in the Alabama river, not far fiom
his plantation, when he left.
In Mississippi, it is said, that lands which a
few years ago sold for twenty dollars, uncleared,
may now be bought, improved, in many places,
for from three to five dollars.— Temperance Ad
vocate.
Recipes. —Major Noah furnishes the follow
ing recipes for the rheumatism :
i Spread raw cotton aboutone quarter ofan inch
i thick on a piece of flannel, sufficiently large to
■ cover the part affected. Quilt the cotton to the
t flannel, to cause it to remain spread. When ap
> plied it will produce relief in a very short time.
. Toothache proceeding from decayed teeth, has
I been frequently cured by filling the cavities with
' cotton. He adds,
1 Recent colds may be cured, by boiling together
• a half pint of milk, a tea spoonful of black pepper,
and a small lump of butter; to be taken hot, on
going to bed—to ho repeated three or four nights.
A pleasant beverage and certain cure.
Mining. —The Galena Gazette says it is com
puted that at least 150 persons have turned theii
attention from other branches of business to that
of mining, since the discovery of the “Harris
Lead.” Within four miles of Galena, to the 8.
and 8. W., nearly every foat of ground is held
for mining purposes—two hundred squaru yards
being the portion of each individual who has clai
med and marked off his lot.
Grave Announcement.—ln introducing a
piece of poetry, a country paper says: “The fol
i lowing linos were written more than sixty years
. ago, hy one who has for many years slept in his
■ wave, merely for his own amusement.”
1 Anecdote, —John Kemble oncecalling at the
house of Mr. Crumpton, the Irish Attorney Gen
eral, in Dublin, the following dialogue took place
between him and Mr. C.’s servant Patrick:
. “Well, Patrick, where’s your master!” “He is
out, sir.” “Where’s your mistress!” “She is
1 out, too, sir.” “Well, then, I will just sit down
• hy tho fire until one of them cor eg in.” “By the
> powers, hut you can’t 1 ” says P.jtnck, “for that’s
j out too.”
The wool raised in Vermont this year, is said
to he worth $3,000,000.
s
Cariiaoe Garden.—Curran cross-examining
t a tailor—“ Upon your oath, sir, where did this
r conversation happen !” “In the back parlor of
b my shop, my cutting-room.” “What were you
- then about, yourself!” “Walking about.”—
3 “Aye, just taking a stroll in your cabbage garden!”
3
> Losing a Place. —Mr. Canning and another
i gentleman were looking at a picture of the De
- luge; the ark was in the middle distance, in the
! foresea an elephant was seen struggling with his
’ fate. “I wonder,” said the gentleman, “that the
I elephant did not secure an inside place in the
ark.” “He was too late,” replied Canning; “he
was detained packing up his trunk.”
A complimentary dinner has been given Mr.
Webster in Boston, by his friend's, at which Mr.
Grattan, the British consul, and many other dis
tinguished men, were present.
'
The following graphic description of Mr. Wise,
, is frem the Washington correspondent of the
i Boston Atlas: —
Henry A. Wise ofVirginia, has also gained
■ much reputation among his friends,hy the cou:se
i which he has pursued in relation to the New Jcr-
I scy case. He has modified his manner very
■ much of late, and is less impetuous and violent
i than formerly. He has adopted a bold, manly,
r decisive, and conciliatory course, and has met
with gieat success. As a file-leader, isl may so
speak, he has few equals, and no superior in the
House. His voice and manner eminently fit him
for that position. He is a slender man, of the
medium heighth, his features arc rather sharp and
strongly marked, and his voice is peculiarly clear
and sonorous. His hair is light, and ia warn long
| in the style of the day; his eyes are very large
5
and bright, and express the character of the mat
>ery distinctly. The general appearance of hh
countenance ia that of a man about thirty yew.
o| age, who had been too constantly devoted l>
difficult business for a long period ; or a man.
who had suffered some serious shock, in his busi
ness or family.
He has an earnest, nervous, careworn, anxious
look, quite unlike the hale, bluff and jovial aspect
of most men from the Old Dominion. The style
of his dress is careless and indifferent, and more
like that of a working merchant, than of the gen
tleman legislator. Mr. Wise is generally right,
in his positions, and rarely yields tlie floor to an
opponent until he feels disposed. His voice can
be heard in any port of the hall, and when he
calls upon the Speaker in earnest, he seldom fails
to secure attention. He can always be heard
above the loudest din that ever rings in that ball,
and when his shrill voice ia distinguished, all
others soon liecome silent. He speaks with great
directness and energy, coining the words, as it
were in unmalleable metal, and driving them in
to your very ears. Every thing he says, is bold,
determined, uncompromising—there is no hesita
tion, and no pause in the torrent of words. He
makes a proposition, and it must be accepted with
out modification, without reserve, or it must be
directly rejected. He charges home upon his op
ponents, and ceases not in the fight, until he hears
the cry for quarters, or until the opposing force is
fled.
M AKRIED,
On the 20th inst, by the Rev. Mr. Cunningham,
Mr. Joseph Brown, of Baltimore, Md., to Miss
Mary Veitch, of New York city.
Consignees per Mouth Carolina II ml Road.
Hamdubo, January 22, 1840.
T Boisrlair; W B Bush; C A Greiner; Mrs J A
Rabe; R V Goetehius; A B Mallory; G H Noble;
VV Smith; I-' Lambnck; P Carrie; 0 Bottom; Reese
& Beall; A Frederick; GTI ortic; Stovall & Ham
len; J M Cooper & Son; Hand & Scranton; Jeffers
& Boulware; G Parrott; E Boyce; J F Benson; J E
McDonald; H W Sullivan.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Savannah, January 21.
Arrived —Ship Newark, Suiillard, Now York;,
British hark Spence, Nicoil, Trinidad; bark Turbo;.
Beauchamp, Boston; schr Hamilton, Ridley, Ogee
clicc; schrLaßruce, Robbins, Baltimore; steamboat
John Randolph, Lyon, Augusta.
Went to sea—Ship Alexander, Coplc, Liverpool.
Departed —Steamboat John Randolph, Lyon, Au
gusta.
Charleston, January 23.
Arrived yeeterday —Bug Thorn, Thomas, Ma
tanzas; British schooner Victoria, Hud-on, Nassau,
N P; schooner Atlantic,Shepherd, Salem; schooner
Auericaii Trader, Kirhy, Attakapas, La.
a. iin—
COMMERCIAL.
Latent da ten from Liverpool, Dee. 14
Luteal dates from Havre Dec. 14
Liverpool. December 13.
There has been since last Friday very little an
imation in our cotton market. We have had daily
a regular demand from the trade, but obviously
limited to their actual warns, without regard to the
proceedings of speculators, who bought on Satur
day a few hundred bags, and on Monday 1100.—
Subsequently,our daily sales have been about 3000
bags, and mostly at drooping prices. Merchants
have generally been desirous of making greater pro
gress, which, however, could not be done, though
they were prepared, in some instances, with that
view, to concede Id per lb. Indeed, we find it ne
cessary to reduce our quotations fur several des
criptions id tv jd per lb. Still, we are aware of
no new circumstances calculated to produce the ad
ditional lukewarmness and depression which have
been noticed. Our import continues very light,
and far short of the consumption ; so that our stock
undergoes a material decrease, and is now very
moderate, with the likelihood of its becoming small
in the course of the next month, even should the
consumption he diminished, which has lately ceas
ed to be a subject of discussion. The silence,
however, does not proceed from any substantial
amendment in the spinning or manufacturing
branches. The transactions in Yam and Goods,
we are assured, were last Tuesday, at Manchester,
exceedingly circumscribed, and prices again par
tially reduced Houses of small capital are con
sequently much distressed, and two or three more
of them have this week been declared insolvent.
The urgency of such to sell is one cause of the very
low state of the market for their products. But
the scarcity of money affects also the more weal
thy, and obliges them to follow, in some measure,
a practice which they condemn. In fact, it would
nppenr as if the existing circumstances were too
untoward to admitof the prosperity of the merch
ant or the manufacturer, and such as to neutralize
or destroy every motive for speculation or adven
ture. In the sales of cotton which we have to
particularise are included 1500 bags of American,
taken by speculators; and 600 American, and 100-
Surat for exportation.
Upland, Orleans and Alabama have as usual
mostly engaged the attention of buyers, and yet
sales have not been easily effected even by conced
ing jd per lb on the prices for the middling and
lower qualitcis, and fully Jd for good fair and good,
which have been only in very limited demand, and
of which some supplies of the new crop have ar
rived. Sea Island remains of dull sale, and prices,
almost nominal. Brazil sorts, but more especially
I’einambnco and Bahia, have been pretty saleable
in small lots, and at steady rates. Egyptian is not
muen in request, and scarcely supports its value.—
Surat has been in fair demand, and has gone off at
previous prices.
The sales altogether of the week are computed
at 19,7U0 bags; and the import amounts to 6927
bags.
Sales from the 7th to 13th December, 1839 ;
42(10 Upland at 6jd to 7 jd; 8670()rleans at 6d to.
Sjd; 3720 Alabama and Mobile at 6ldto 7jd.
Liverpool, December 14.
Cotton. —Since our communication by the last
packet of the 7th inst the demand for cotton has
continued moderate, and the better qualities being
more freely oifered, have further declined id per
lb, while in the low and middling qualities the re
duction is barely id per lb. Only a few thousand
bales of the new crop have as yet arrived—but so
much of it has been forced upon the market this
week as to cause a material depiession in qualities
above fair.
The late favorable accounts of the coming crops
in the United States, seems to induce the consumers
to buy only for the supply of their immediate
wants, particularly as the state of the money mar
ket isstill discouraging The sales for the week
ended last evening amounted to 19,760 bales—of
which 160 were Upland at 6| a 7i; 8700 Orleans
6 a 8i; 3720 Alabama and Mobile 61 a7Jd; and 50
Sealsland at 18 a 24d per lb. The stock in thil
port is now estimated at 250,000 hales, of which
about 217,000 is American cotton.
Havre, Decembers.
During the week the transactions in Cotton hare
not been large, and a disinclination is shown to
purenase American Upon all sorts of United States
there is to be noted a further reduction of 3 to4cts..
December 14—Sales of 1670 bales Colton, of
which 1500 were I’orto Rico at 126.
December 13.— gales of 521 bales Louisiana Cot
ton at 91 a 106,50; 376 Georgia, at 90 aMU 213!
Florida ato6 a 100.