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rIRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 9.
fj" We are occasionally requested by subscri
s at a distance, to inform them how and to
om they shall pay their arrearages.
Under the present regulation of the Post Office
larlment, it is the duty of Postmasters, to for
rd any money placed in their han Is for news
iers. We therefore request those of our pat
rons who desire to make remittances to us, to
place the funds in the hands of a Postmaster,
with instructions to forward the same at our
risk.
The bills of all the Banks in the State, Rome
and Darien excepted, are received at par in pay
ment of arrearages.
(The Fayetteville N. C. Observer of tha 4th
inst. says. We now state, that we saw, last
week, an original letter from Genl. Harrison, to a
i private citizen, dated at Cincinnatti, 16lh Febru- >
ary 1840, in which, in reply to a question,
“ whether he now is,or ever has been, a member
of an abolition society.” he answers emphatically
no !
So ends one more slander! What will come
next!
Genl. Harrison.
To-day we continue our publication of the
opinions of Genl. H. on the subject of abolition,
inserting his letter addressed to the Inquistor,
(written in 1822, while he was a candidate fora
seat in Congress. Our readers will recollect that
this letter was intended for a constituency that
favored the views of abolitionists, and Genl. H #
was beaten, because he deprecated any action up
on the subject of slavery, unless the States inter
ested should consent.
Adjournment of Congress.
We omitted to notice in our paper of Statur
day that the Hon. Wilson T.umpkin, has intro
duced a motion into the Senate that both houses
of Congress adjourn in May. He was warmly
supported in his motion by Mr. Webster, who ex
pressed his decided approbation of the motion of
Mr. Lumpkin.
Correspordence of the National Intelligencer.
New York, March 2.
The packet-ships that left this morning were
full of our agricultural products. The shipping
of the country is doing a good business. Freights
are now high, and, ns flour falls, Hie decline leads
to exportation. As soon as our canal opens, the
stores of Michigan and Northern Ohio and Indi
ana will be down upon us. The merchants at
last seem to have turned the tables upon the
planters and fanners as to the suffering created
by the experiments of the Government upon the
currency ; for the merchants and mechanics of
the cities and towns, badly off as they are, are al
together in a better condition than the farmers
and planters. Exchange on England for these
packets was from 108 to 108£.
No later packet-ships come in upon us. It is
remarked in one of the papers that our dates are
later from Palermo than from Liverpool, and that
vessels from the Mediterranean have had perfect
ly pleasant weather—one of them, the whole voy
. age. not reefing a sail,
f The Great Western is to take out passengers
1 for $l2O, steward’s fees $5, the price heretofore
being $l7O. The London packets ask SIOO. The
“President,” steam-ship, it is supposed, will he
able to leave Liverpool June Ist. We shall
have a whole fleet of steam-ships during the
summer.
The State of New Jersey has in part—in a
great part —abolished imprisonment fur debt. The
law of New Jersey has been a serious annoyance
([ to New Yorkers, spies having been set olten to
I dog their movements, and watches to entrap them
M if they crossed the Hudson into New Jersey.
I Correspondence of the U. S. Gazette.
| New Yoiik, March 2, p. m.
k I have scarce any thing to write you. No bu-
B siness has been done except in stocks. I. S.
B Bank has fallen 4 per cent., and if the accounts
I from Hanishuig continue of their present dc
■ struclive character, we may expect a further de
■ dine.
K Drafts on Cotton shipping ports ate becoming
■rfery scarce, indeed the demand lor all inland Ex-
is increasing; in foreign nolliiogdone.
B | Prices at First Board : U. S. Bank 70 a7l i
■Del. and Hudson a 73; Canton 27J a 28j;
Hkitonitigiun 10; $6500 Exchange on Philadel
■khia 93j.
Sales at Second Board : 50 shares U. S. Bank
■y69; 179 Del. and Hudson 72jf a 735; 455 N. A.
flp'rust 50 a 52.
Sb Correspondence of the North American.
Jr New York, March 2, 3 p. .v,
% [ Our stock of cotton has become so much redu
and the assottment so much broken, that
VMhippers are compelled to slay lh.?ir band for want
Bt;of stock. The sales to-day are only half as large
JBas on the last days of last week.
:<P Flour has fallen very much, owing as much as
H any thing to the leading influence of your city. On
H Saturday, there were sales as low as 5,25 for Phil
ip sdclphia flour. But to-day, sellers think they can
■ do a Utile better. Sales Southern Corn this mor-
Pp ning at 58 els. cash, 56lbs.
The news :rom your Legislature has knocked
down U. S. Bank slock, 3 per cent to day. All
i other companies are about steady. North Amer
ican Trust is the leader of the fancies now. Some
2000 shares or more, wire sold at the Board to
day.
Domestic Exchange* are much the same us
last week. The rates to-day are as follows:
Philadelphia 6J a 6|; Baltimore 5J a s§; Rich
mond 6J a 7; Charleston 3j a 3J; Savannah 5 a
•; Macon 9 a 10; Mobile 7$ a7J; N.Orleans4J.
B
/From the inst.
From Canton.
The ship Talbot from Canton, arrived below
Inst night, having sailed 6lh Nov. Left Java
Head, Dec. Ist. She brought no loose papers.
Wo learn from Capt. Story, that the difficulty
between the British and Chinese, was thought to
have been settled, and that two British merchant
ships had gone to Wampoa. When they arrived
the Chinese Governor stated it to be his wish that
all the British vessels should come up and trade
as they had dune before the difficulty, hut insisted
that a man should he given up for a Chinese that
was killed sometime since by an English sa:lor.
Capt. Ellii tt declared he would not give the man
up, and immediately sailed for the Boguo in the
sloop of war Lc Vauge, and another sloop of war,
to prevent any other British vessels sailing for
Wampoa. Capt. E. sent a letter on shore to
the Cumshi, which was returned unopened.
Shortly after the Chinese gun and fire boats, to
the number of 300 came around the vessel, and
he thought with the intention of attacking him.
He sent and gave them 30 minutes to leave, and
iflhcy did not leave in that'ime ho would fire in
to them. They paid no attention to his threat,
and he commenced firing upon them from both
sides of his vessel—(the other sloop of war did
not fire a gun.) Two of the boats were blown
up, two sunk, and the others made off as soon as
possible. About 500 of the Chinese were killed.
They made no resistance—not so much as fired
a gun. It was the intention of Capt. Elliott to
blockade the port of Canton with what fiirco he
had immediately. More British vessels were
daily expected.
Thcaboie Capt. Story learned from an Amer
ican and an English captain—both of whom were
eye-witnesses—just before he sailed from Macoa.
Capt. S. reports that the ship Oneida, Barrett,
from Canton, for New York, put into Singapore,.'
v Dec. 27th, dismasted, and would remain to repajr
\damagcs. S
Virginia and New York.
In the House of Delegates yesterday, says the
Richmond Compiler of 291 h ult. “The greater
part of the sitting was taken up with a debate
upon the report of the Select Committee on the
subject of the emtroversy between New York
and Virginia.—The first resolution of the report
was amended and adopted on the 20th inst. The
remaining resolutions after some amendment of
the 2d. were agreed to yesterday; and then the
preamble was slightly amended, and also agreed
to. The resolutions as finally adopted by the
House as follows;
1. Resolved, That the reason assigned by the
Governor ofN. York for his refusal to surrender
Peter Johnson, Edward Smith and Isaac Gansey,
as fugitives from Justice, upon the demand of
the Executive of this State, i re wholly unsatis
factory ; and that that refusal is a palpable'and
dangerous liolation of the Constitution and laws
of the United Slates.
2. Resolve d, That the course of thcExecutive
of New York cannot be acquiesced in ; and if
sanctioned by that Slate, and persisted in. it will
become the solemn duty of Virginia to adopt the
most decisive and efficient measures for the pro
tection of her citizens, and the maintenance of
rights which she cannot and will not, under any
circumstances, surrender nr abandon.
3. Resolved , That the Governor of this State
be authorized and requested to renew his corres
pondence with the Executive of New York, re
questing that that functionary will review the
grounds taken by him, and that he will urge the
consideration of the subject upon the Legislature
of his State.
4. Resolved, That the Governor of Virginia be
requested to open a correspondence with the
Executive of each of the slave holding States re
questing their co operating in any necessary and
proper measure which Virginia may be forced to
adopt.
5. Resolved, That the Governor of Virginia be
requested to forward copies of these proceedings
to the Executive of each Stale of this Union,
with the request that they be laid before their re
spective Legislatures.
To the Editor of the Inquisitor:
Cincinnati, September, 16, 1822.
Sir—ln your last paper you recommend to the
candidates at the ensuing election, to publish their
political creeds, that the electors may nave u fair
opportunity of choosing those whose sentiments
best accord with their own. I have ever believed
that every elector has a right to make this call up
on those who offer their services to the people,
and that the candidates are houndto answer it. I
might, it is true, avail myself of the kind of ex
ception which you make in favor of those who
have had an opportunity of shewing their politi
cal opinions by their conduct. But as I have no
reason to dread the most minute investigation of
my opinions, and that my fellow-citizens may be
enabled to compare my actions with my profes
sions, I offer you the following outline of rny po
litical creed, which you may publish if you think
it worthy of a place in your paper. This meas
ure is more necessary at this time, as some of my
new friends have very kindly, in various hand
bills and other anonymous publications, under
taken to make one for me, which (if I have a
correct knowledge of what I myself beleve) is
not a very exact likeness of that which I profess.
I deem niysell a Republican ol what is commonly
called the Old Jeffersonian School, and believe in
the correctness of that interpretation of the Con
stitution, which has been given by the writings
of that enlightened statesman, who was at the
head of the parly ami others belonging to it, uar
ticularly the celebrated resolutions of the Virgin
ia Legislature, during the Presidency of Mr. Ad
ams.
I deny, therefore, to the General Government,
the exercise of any power, but what is expressly
given to it by the Constitution, or what is essen
tially necessary to carry ihc powers expressly
given into effect.
I believe that (he charter given to the Bank of
the United Slates, was unconstitutional—it being
not one of those measures necessary to carry any
of the expressly granted powers into ‘ fleet; and
whilst rny votes in Congress will show that I will
take any constitutional means to revoke the char
ter, my vote in the State Legislature will equally
show that I am opposed to those which are un
constitutional or violent, and which will bring us
in collision with the General Government.
I believe in the tendency of a large public debt
to sap the foundations of the Constitution, by
creating a monied aristocracy, whose views and
interests must be in direct hostility to those of the
mass of the people.
I deem it the duly, therefore, of the represen
tative of the people to endeavor to extinguish as
as soon as possible, by making every retrench
ment in the expenditures of the Government that
a proper performai.ee of the public business will
allow.
I believe in the right of the people to instruct
their representative when elected ; and if he has
sufficient evidence that the instructions which
may be given him come from a majority of his
that he is bound to obey them, un
ites he considers that by doing it he would vio
late the Constitution, in which case I think it
would be his duty to resign and give them an op
portunity of electing another representative
whose opinion would accord with their own.
I believe that the existence of slavery in our
country is the greatest evil that we at present
lie under; and I believe it to be the duty of non
slaveholding States to offer to their sister States
every inducement, and afford them ever facility,
to get rid of thiscurse. But lam equally con
vinced that, upon constiutional grounds, us
well as those of expediency and propriety, all the
measures for the accomplishment of the impor
tant object of emancipation, must ho begun and
supported by the States holding the slaves ; the
Constitution having given no power to interfere
in this domestic concern, without the consent of
those most interested; and every step which we
may take without their concurrence, will assu
redly rivet the chai..s which wc wish to break.
I believe that upon the preservation of the
union of the States, depends the existence of our
civil and religious liberties; and that the cement
which binds it together is not a parcel of words
written upon paper or parchment, hut the brother
ly love and regard which the citizens of the se
veral States possess for each other. Destroy this
and the beautiful fabric which was reared and
embellished by our ancestors, crumbles into ru
ins. From its disjoined parts, no temple of lib
erty will again be reared. Discord and wars will
succeed to peace and harmony—barbarism will
again overspread the land ; or, what is scarcely
better, some kindly tyrant will promulgate the
decrees o his will from the scat where a Wash
ington and a_ Jefferson dispensed the blessings of
a frpe and equal goverment.
A believe it, therefore, to be the duty ofa repre
sentative to conciliate, by every possible means,
the members of our great political family ; and
always to bear in mind, that as the Union was
effected only by a spirit of mutual concession and
forbearance, so only can it be preserved.
WH. H. HARRISON.
Ltabilitt op Stock holiiers. —The recent
adoption by the House of Representatives, of a
provision making stockholders liable to the
amount of Stock held by each, is looked upon in
this community, as an act of gross injustice and
outrage. Let us suppose a case. An individ
ual reads over a law. incorporating a Bank—secs
that it is an agreement or contract between the
Stockholders and the Legislature, and on the
faith of such contract, invests SIO,OOO. Six
months after, the two houses meet and violate
that contract by imposing upon one of the par
lies, to wit: the Stockholders, a new obligation,
and an obligation moreover, of the most onerous
character. If this be justice and fair dealing, wc
do not understand the true meaning of the terms.
In the case of a fraudulent bank, the result would
be hard indeed. Thus, a widow with stock
amounting to SSOO, might in the first place, lose
the whole of that stock ; and then, should the lia
bilities prove unusually great, beheld bound for a
still further sum. Surely, the members could not
have reflected duly on this provision, when vo
ting for its adoption, or they sought to kill the
Bill eventually, by rendering it ns odious and in
iquitou s as possible.— Philadelphia Inquirer
3 d inst.
Latest prom Jackson, (Mi.) —The Nat
chez Courier of February 24th, says i “We un
derstand that the Legislature have passed a law
extending the time of collection under executions,
nine months. What the features of the bill may
be we cannot tell, but wc presume that they ex
tend to all existing, as well as to all future execu
tions.
The bill specifying certain and different periods
for the payment in specie of Bank bills of various
denominations, such as one day for redemption
of s’s, another for that of Id’s, and so on, has
passed.
The Banks have certainly obtained better terms
from the locofocos, than would probably have
been granted by a Whig Legislature.”
The slate of affairs in the part of Mexico bor
dering on the Rio del Norte, continues to be a
matter of anxious uncertainty. The recent ac
counts from that quarter are so full ol contradic
tious, that no reliance whatever can be placed up
on them. At one time we are told, on the authori
ty of letters received from persons of respectable
character that the Federalists wete triumphant,
hud gained a great victory before Monterey, and
would soon march to the certain capture of Mat
amoras. Scarcely a week had elepsed, before oth
er accounts were received, emanating from sour
ces equally entitled to credit, that give the lie to
the previous reports, representing the Federalists
as defeated and dispersed, and ignominiously fly
ing before their victorious antagonists. Amid so
great a diversity of statements, it becomes impos
sible to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion on
the subject. Our doubts cann it be solved until
later arrivals bring mure authentic and consistent
accounts. We are rather disposed to think, that
the Federalists, are not quite so badly whipt as
their enemies would represent them. One fa
vorable indication, is, the opening of the port of
Malamoras for the importation of foreign grain
—a measure that would scarcely have been re
sorted to, unless the Federalists were in possess
ion of the country and were stopping the receipt
of supplies from the interior. At any rate, the
friends of the cause should not he discouraged.
From other quarters of Mexico we hear of the
triumph of liberal principles. The good seed is
sown, no doubt, over the whole country, and
must grow and acquire the ascendancy in spile of
opposition.— N. O. Bulletin.
How TO MEASURE ACORN CRIB. Wc have
been asked in a variety of instances, the rule by
which to arrive at the quantity of Corn in a crib
or house. That our patrons aud their neigh
bours may understand the rule hereafter, wo give
the rule, as it may be of some use to them. What
ever may be the length of the crib, house or pen,
measure its correct length, breadth and height,
multiply the length into the breadth and height,
then the height into that amount. Now for the
rule—as there are 1728 cubic inches is a cubics
foot,and 2150 cubic inches in a bushel, and 10
bushels in a barrel in the ear, all you have to do,
is to multiply the length, breadth and height by
each other as above. This will give the contents
in cubic feet, and then multiply the product by
1728, the cubic inches in afoot; this will give
the number of inches in the house or crib, then
divide by 21,502. the number of cubic inches in
a barrel, and the quotient will be the number o
barrels in the ears. If you wish to know the
number of bushels divide the number of cubic
inches by 2150, and the quotient will be the
number of bushels.— People's Advocate.
A scene in Paris. —Traverse the Rue de
Sevres at what hour you may, you aic sure to
meet with one or more Sisters of Charily, in their
course woolen gowns and clean white quimps,
gliding along with the noiseless step acquired by
habitual ministry in the chambers of the sick ;
bent either upon some pious errant! between one
hospital and another, or carrying succor to the
afflicted, or commissioned by their superiors to
enquire into the authenticity of some talc of woe.
If young, and many a face troth young and fair
may he found under the shadow of the quimpe,
the nun’s countenance is usually cast down as
she moves along; and, as she passes, her lips
may be seen murmuring a prayer or paternoster.
But if middle-aged or more, she looks straight be
fore her; her spirit Ireing too much engrossed by
the cares and duties of life to need forcible es
trangement from the scene around. Then comes
the grave-looking priest, pule with vigils and fas
ting, about to convey to the pillow of the sick
and needy those spiritual consolations of which
health and opulencehave yet to learn the value.
Unlike his spruce, snug reference of the English
church, his form is spare, his eyes fixed with in
ward meditation. ‘'Nothing can touch him fur
ther” of the vanities of life. He hath but one
thought, one hope, one care ; the folding of the
flock of which he must render an account to the
Lord.— Mrs. Govt.
A Comet. —The Thomaeton, Me. Recorder, of
the 20th observes; “For a number of evenings
past a comet has been seen by many of our cit
izens. It first appears in the north eastern hori
zon. It has quite a brilliant appearance, flashes
up occasionally, and has no tail. Its movement
is eastward. It may lie considered by some as
ominous of war, Irom the fact of its appearing in
ths direction ot the Aroostook territory !’’
No Work aft k a Supper. —Do you remem
ber the anecdote I once told yon of the great Miss
O , who undertook live management of some
of her land ? She thought herself clover enough
to manage John Chawbncori ami the rest of them ;
so one day she stood by when John was at bis
dinner—and he did not make the worse dinner
for that. Now, knowing the elasticity of John’s
stomach, ns he was rising to his work, time up,
she said, “John, it would save time of coming
and going if you would sit down again and take
your supper.” “No objection in the world,” said
John, and down he sits ami instnnter despatches
another pound or two, and drink in proportion,
ending with her ladyship’s health and many
thanks, “Now, then, John,” quoth Lady Boun
tiful, “you may go to your work.” “Work,
ma’am,” said John, with a grin, “I never works,
ma’am, after supper,” and so ho threw himself
down, and in three minutes snored like a pig.—
Blackwood.
How to prevent madness in Doos.—A cor
respondent of the Delaware (Ohio) Gazette says,
that by extracting from a dog’s tongue a small
white worm, which can bo easily discovered at
the root of the tongue, on the under side, the dog
will he prevented from going rabid even if he
should he afterwards bit. He states that he has
seen it tried in numerous cases, and that it never
failed in a single instance.
Temperance Reform in Ireland.
The London Morning Chronicle has atx inter
teresting article upon this subject, from which v o
copy the following concluding passages
In the early part of the present year the repu
tation of Mr. Mathews’ Temperance Society
spread gradually into the country, ami a certain
preside became attached to his name, which in
duced many individuals to go to Cork from the
adjacent counties to make the vow of temperance
to him. The example of his success induced
other Catholic clergymen to establish similar so
cieties. But no man thinks that he can gain
sufficient fortitude to preserve his vow unbroken
unless he repairs to Cork in the first instance,
ami pronounces the pledge in Vlr. Mathew’s pre
sence. The result ofi.ll this is, as we are infor
med by a gentleman who examined the reverend
gentleman’s registry on the 31st ultimo, that there
were on that day the names of 70,140 persons, of
both sexes, from the age of sixteu up to sixty,
and more, entered upon bis list. He was literal
ly occupied from seven in the morning until twelve
at night in administering the pledge with the ex
ception of short intervals which he was obliged
to devote to other duties. The people crowded
in from all parts of the south and south west of
Ireland, some even from Londonderry and Done
gal.—They travelled on foot, on horseback, on
cars, outside the roaches, in boats along the coast,
by all means of conveyance which they could
command. Groups of pilgrims, as they might be
styled, were seen in many places of the roads on
their way to Cork. Their object was easily dis
cernible, for they diank freely, rather too freely,
us they advanced towards the modern Jerusalem,
in order to “take leave” (a farewell) as they
said, of “the drop” forever. But it was wonder
ful the change that appeared in their demeanor
on their way homeward—serious resolved, mov
ing with a firm step, and full of a high toned fee
ling, which really did seem to presage a general
change in the habits of the Irish people.
The pilgrimage is going on yet, and, according
to every thing we hear, extremely likely to pro
pagate itself throughout the whole island. Mr.
Mathew’s has been asked to appoint deputies to
take the pledge for him at different stations in tun
country. But this would not de. The preatige
attached to the circumstance of seeing the priest
himself, of repeating the words of the vow as he
pronounces them, of receiving his blessing, and
of touching his hand or garment, which some of
the pilgrims believe has the virtue of curing dis
ease, has a sacred charm, which in their estima
tion cannot be found in any other quarter. This
is one of the cases in which superstition—if su
perstition it ought to be designated—deserves ev
ery possible encouragement. There is some
thing, too, in the very difficulties to be conquered
in this operation by persons who reside at a dis
tance from Cork, which tends strongly to forbid
the violation of a vow made under such circum
stances. We should not he at all surprised to
hear that before the termination of this year Fath
er Mathew’s registry shall exhibit one hundred
thousand names.
It is to be remarked that the system of temper
ance thus fortunately adopted by so many persons,
in a land where every vice of which the natives
are guilty may be traced to intoxication, is not at
all limited to those who make the vow. Their
example is already making their neighbors asha
med of being found drinking fermented liquors of
any kind; and, as to drunkenness, it is completely
disappearing every where—at least it is no longer
seen in the streets, or at the fairs, to any thing
like the extent that prevailed even a few months
“go.
Some of the necessary consequences of this
marvellous change have already made their ap
pearance. A very eminent distiller in Cork,
who, this time last year, was obliged to borrow
some puncheons of whiskey from a brother dis
tiller, in order to meet the demands of his cus
tomers, had actually last week six hundred pun
cheons of spirits in his stores, for which he saw
no prospect of a ready market. The trade was
everywhere threatened with entire ruin, and pru-
dent men engaged in it were making preparations
to withdraw their capital from that business alto
gether, and apply it to some other. Mr. Math
ew s character will bo better understood when we
add, that one of his own brothers had a largo dis
tillery at Casllelake, in the county of Tipperary,
and his brother in law has a still more extensive
establishment of the same kind in Cork,
A CoUNTKRHLAST TO ToDACCO.—CoI. Stone,
editor of the New York Commercial Advertiser,
has delivered a lecture to the good people of Phil
adelphia, in which he denounces the practice of
using the weed the “ most abominable of all
abominable customs ” The Philadelphia papers
handle the Colonel's lecture with full as much
severity us he did the use of Tobacco. How
ever, wccontent ourselves with a few facts, elici
ted in the course of the evening, which we take
from tlie Philadelphia Inquiicr.
In the progress of the Colonel’s account of the
history ot tobacco, wc learnt that it was believed
to have been first sent to Europe in 1559, by Fer
nandez Toledo; and the introduction in 1578,
and trade in tobacco, was deemed an honor to
Santa Croan, almost as great ns the bringing
home a sacred relic, from which he derived his
family name. At one lime it was supposed to he
a cure fi>r almost every disor ler—except Love!
Monarch* and governments became alarmed at
the rapid progress of tlie use of tobacco, and
sumptuary laws werepassed to restrain it. Wc
leurn from James 1., whose writings on this sub
ject proved that he was not so great a foul us
some persons had supposed him, that instances
were known in England, of wealthy individuals
indulging in the pernicious drug at an expense of
£SOO per annum.
Papes Urban VIII and Innocent VIII, enacted
laws—in some cases extending to excommuni
cation—against those who used tobacco or snuff
in churches. In Turkey, Amurath 111. made it a
capital offence, punishable with a loss of the nose
for smoking a pipe. In 1634, the Grand Duke
of Moscow proscribed its use ; and 1090, Schah
Abbas, prohibited the use of tobacco in Persia,
under the penalty cf having tlte nose of the of
fender cut olt An individual, ignorant of tho
prohibitory law, went to tho Persian camp with
tobacco lor sale, and Scbiih Abbas ordered both
the man mid bis tobacco to be thrown into a fire
ami destroyed. The Empress Elizabeth had pro
hibited the use of it in her dominions in 1035.
For Bachelors. —From our exchange we
clip the following about Adam:
He laid Frim down and slept, ami from his side
A woman in her magic beauty rose :
Dazzled and charm’d, be called that woman ‘bride,’
And Ins first sleep became bis last repose.
For the I iadies. —From our bruin we pluck
the following about woman :
Oh, woman ! bright creature of beauty and love,
Tbnu link between man and Ida heaven above,
If we knew a delight through our brief span of years,
Jlcyond winning your smiles, ’lis in drying your
teal's.
Now, ladies, aint wc gallant and well behaved I
but wc believe in that stanza about Adam not
withstanding.—New Orleans Picayune,
From the Charleston Courier.
Messrs. Editors —Yesterday was a happy
day with the Founder of Hamburg, 8. C. The
citizens having understood that he would arrive
from Charleston, whither he hud gone on an im
portant and successful mission for tho welfare
and prosperity of the two cities, determined to
pay him that respect which has been won, and
justly merited.
An hour before the arrival of the cars, the
Carolina Riflemen, a fine und well drilled com
pany, with in whose bosoms beat hearts ever warm
with philanthropy and honest independence,
were seen preparing for the glorious moment, and
were soon marched to where they took their stand
in readiness to welcome the Founder on his re
turn. A splendid coach, drawn by four white
horses, was provided, in which were the Hon. In
trndunt and Wardens of Hamburg, thus repre
senting the able ami distinguished Committee,
who had been nominated, and reported «j favor
ably in relation to the trade between Charleston
and Hamburg ; all of whom were enlivened by
the Hamburg hand of musicians, as they played
soveral appropriate national airs.
On the arrival of the Cars, the well manned
cannon, on the magnificent heights, poured forth
a deafening sound, awakening up many linger
ing thoughts of hope, soon to tic realized by the
unconquerable enterprise of him who engaged
our thoughts and good wishes. Animosities
were laid aside and forgotten, and peace and
friendship slept forth to fill the void.
A hearty welcome being given, Mr. Shultz
seated himself in the coach with the aforesaid
members, was escorted through the principal
streets by our noble volunteer , all of whom mov
ed to the enilvcning airs of the Hamburg Blind,
ami proceeded to Ins mansion, where bountiful
refreshments had been provided by some ol Mr.
Shultz’s friends for tho occasion.
The sparkling glass passed around with nu
merous appropriate toasts. Among these was
one given byMaj, Jos. Wood, a member of Conn
ed :—Charleston ami Ilaiiil/iog, S. U,,—-May
they be united like the Siamese Twins, and may
the great natural cord that connects them, be the
Kail Road.
As soon as the evening shades had set in, the
Heights were, illuminated with numerous brilliant
lamps, extending around the ramparts for one
half mile, presenting to the spectator a scene
more than equal to the enchanted groves of old
of which we have read, hut till now have never
witnessed. Ever ami anon the belching artillery
would arouse us to a sight beyond imagination.
We have seen respect paid to merit, and we
have known ol processions in form, buttbi.A day,
wc witnessed grateful hearts, in unison with the
enterprising Founder, expressing that gratitude
for which he bud striven for these nineteen years.
Happy, thrice happy, must he be. The gloom
which so long has overspread his energies, has
disappeared—iriends are confirmed and enemies
are confounded. But enough. Actions will
speak, stronger, and prove more things for the
rising greatness of Hamburg, than the feeble pen
of your correspondent.
The course of Hamburg is onward, onward,
and still onward, until Iter name shall he respect
ed among the cities of the earth. The planter
that brings Cotton to Hamburg will shortly be
supulied witli a sound and valuable paper cur
rency of his own state and he in no dread of a
sufficiency to pay his tax. And perhaps, this
may be one of the means of drawsng a large
portion of the staple from Georgia, instead of
vice versa as was intended by freeing the public
highway between Augusta and Hamburg unless
the Georgia Hanks apply the only remedy, of
“paying specie,” to make their notes at pur with
Carolina bills, for already one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars are gone for the two
bridges, and but little Cotton yet.
A SPECTATOR.
Hamburg, 8. C., Match 1, 1840.
s Forever Thine.
In the range of English fugitive poetry, we
have met with few pieces of deeper pathos or
tender feeling than this by Alaric Watts. It
breathes the very soul of devoted affection.
t
b For ever thine, whate’er this heart betide,
, Forever thine, where’er our lot be cast —
fate, that may rob u -of all wealth beside,
t Shall leave us love till life itself be past.
> The world may wrong us—we will brave its hate;
* friends may change and falser hopes decline,
t Though bowed by cankering care, we’ll smile at
11 fate,
s Since thou art mine,beloved, and 1 am thine'
h
forever thine—when circling years have spread
Time’s snowy blossoms o’ei thy placid brow;
When youth’s rich glow, its purple light is fled,
e And lilies bloom where roses flourish now.
b Say, shall I love the fading beauty less,
J Whose spring-tide radiance has been wholly
mine?
No! come wnat will, thy steadfast truth I’ll bless,
j Jn youth, in age, thine own, for ever thine!
i For ever thine, at evening’s dewy hour,
s When gentle hearts to tendercst thoughts incline,
0 When balmiest odors from each closing flower
t Are breathing round me—thine, for ever thine!
J For ever thine! ’mid Fashion’s heartless throng,
1 In courtly bowers—at Folly’s gilded shrine,
3 Smiles on my cheek—light words upon my tongue,.
My deep heart still is thine—for ever thine!
)
, Forever thine! amid the boisterous crowd,
, When the jest sparkles with the sparkling trine,
f I may not name thy gentle name aloud,
Hut drink to thee in thought—for ever thine!
1 I would not, sweet, profane that silvery sound;
■ The dcntlis of love could such rudehearts divine?
f Let the loud laughter peal, the toast go round
i My thoughts, my thoughts are thine, for ’ever
e thine!
8
i Sinuulab Strict dk— The Mobile Planters’
, Journal gives the particulars of a singular sui
cide at Selina, Ala. A young man. who entered
3 his name as Francis I*. Ely on the register of the
i steamer Invincible, jumped overboard while the
i boat was lying at the above place. The young
5 ma t came on board the Invincible at Ho lland,
- on her upward trip, and proceeded to Montgom
ery, where he went ashore, and stated to the
landlord of the house at which ho stopped, that
s ho hud committed a rohlicry in New Orleans, ami
produced a sum of money which ho said he had
stolen, and requested him to take charge of itiw
The next day he called upon Oapt. Allen, of the
’ Invincible, and made the same statement to him,.
begging liim to get the money and lake him back
E to Mobile or New Orleans, on hoard his boat—
After leaving Montgomery he would speak often -
of his crime, and evinced the deepest remorse, ■
saying that the person he had injured was his
best friend.
; When the boat stopped at Selma, Cupt. Allen
went ashore with some of the passengers. The
stranger watched him narrowly until he was out
! of lie then went Duck to the cabin, and
passing out to the stern, threw off his coat and
bools, and jumped overboard. One of the crew
saw him stripping, but did not suspect him of
having any evil design. A boat was put off as
soon as practicable, and he was seen to rise to ■
e l,le surface about twenty feet distant; but irame
dialcly sunk again.
He is believed to have been a native of Wil
e braham, Massachusetts, and about twenty-two
„ J e «« "««• The money placed in the hands of
j ( apt. Allen, at Montgomery, remains in his pos
session, amounting to between two and th.ee
hundred dollars.
c
a Sadness.—There is a mysterious feeling that
, frequently passes like a cloud over the spirit. It
J conies upon the soul in the busy bustle of life, in
1 the social circle, in the calm and silent retreats
of solitude. Its powers are alike supreme over
s the weak and iron hearted. At one time it is
caused by the flitting of a single thought across
the mind. Again a sound will come booming
across the ocean of memory, gloomy and solemn
as the dcith-kncll, overshading all the bright
i hopes and sunny feelings of the heart; Who can <
describe it,and yet who has not fe t its-bewildoring
influence I—Still it is a delicious sort of sorrow ;
and like a cloud dimming the sunshine of the
I river, although causing a momentary shade of
i gloom, it enhances the beauty of returning bright
ness.
i .
i I he Louisville Journal states that during the
I recent session of the Kentucky Legislatuic a bill
in relation to internal improvements was passed,
empowering the Governor to sell $1,500,000 of
bonds. Two kinds of bonds may be issued, viz:
$1,500,000 redeemable in 30 years, and bearing
6 per cent, or the Governor may at bis discretion
issue not exceeding $1,000,000 of bonds at 6
years, bearing the same interest. The bonds-not
to be issued for sums under $ 100, and not to be
sold below the par of Kentucky paper. The
contractors may receive payment in bonds.
A New Vohk Law.—The New York Cour
' ier, after mentioning the committal of a man named
Johnson, for abandoning his wife, says; “Few
people perhaps, are aware that under the laws of
New York, if a man is convicted of abandoning
! bis wife, the magistrates possess the power of ap
l prentieing him out by the year, into the service
i of any individual, and that the proceeds of his
| labor shall be devoted to the supportof his family.”
A Norman curate whose Seignieur or Lord had
been broken alive on the wheel at Puri* for a high- ■
way robbery, wishing to save the reputation of
his master, offered up daily mass for the repose of
his soul, in the following polite terms :
“We pray thee, good Lord, to have mercy upon ,
M. M„ the Seignieur of the parish, who lately
■ died of his wounds at Paris.”
i
i
i How la tbis. —It is stated in a Boston paper
| that Professor Silllman, in one of his lectures be
; fore the Lowell Institute, affirmed that the British
i Queen on her first passage to New York, took
fire in the hold from spontaneous combustion of
, the coal, and it was with great difficulty and dan
. gcr that it was subdued.
r
’ An exchange paper puffs a “ New,patent pre
mium, right and left, revolving screw. Knife
1 Sharpener .” If the inventor will just add “ down
the middle and up again, hats off, hit him
again, round the canter, and mizzle," we will
give the “ Kni/e-Sharpener” a puff ourselves.—-
j N. O. Picayune,
Ax Independent Elector.—l suppose,’said*
one min to another, ‘you’re going for , as .
you did before V
• I don’t think I am,’said the other. * The beef
wasn’t dressed to my mind at bis. last election,
dinner.’