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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AVCUBTA.
TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 10.
dj* See first page daily paper.
mail North of Richmond last night.
Health of the City.
A report, we understand, has gained a circula
tion in many parts of the country, that the city is
very unhealthy, and in some instances has been
so exaggerated as to induce the impression on the
minds of the credulous, that the fatal epidemic of
the last autumn is prevailing to on alarming ex
tent. What could have influenced any one to
give currency to such on unfounded rumor we
know not, for certainly nothing could be more
false. When we were first advised of the exis
tence of the report, we supposed the good sense
of the people would at once discountenance it;
but since wo have heard of i s spieading still
more, and gathering more alarming features in its
progress, we notice it, to say to those who desire
to visit the city either on business or pleasure,
that the city was never more healthy, or at least
so say those who have the host means of know
ing. For our own part, wo have been in the city
now near two months, and w« have not seen a
funeral or even heard of a case of sickness of any
kind whatever.
Judge Burnett’s Speech.
We give place to-day to an extract from the
speech of Judge Burnett, of Ohio, delivered in
the Harrisburg Convention, after the nominations
were made for President and Vice President. It
is a brief sketch of the life and character of Gen.
Harrison, by one who has been intimate with
him forty years. And to those of our readers
who led any wish to become familiar with his
history, it is a document of no ordinary interest.
Lectures on Natural Science.
In another part of this day's paper will be found
the advertisement of Mr. Richards, who proposes
to deliver a course of Lectures on natural sci
ence, in the Masonic Hull.
Mr. R. informs us that his apparatus is entirely
new, very extensive and complete, and much of
it was made with especial reference to lecturing
I his popular manner ol imparting information in
the various brunches of science, has received al
most universal approbation in the larger cities
both in this country and Europe, and when pro
perly conducted, cannot fail to instruct and inter
cst nn audience.
Mr. R, proposes to give a gratuitous introduc
tory lecture on Thursday evening, in the course
of which he will introduce some interesting ex
periments, and respectfully solicits the attendance
of the citizens.
Pennsylvania.
Ihe following mticlu from the Philadelphia
National Gazette piesenls, in a brief manner, the
distress which will overwhelm this noble Stale, if
the duslruclivc policy of a portion of her legis
lators bo carried out. The consequences will bo
such, as even those who witnessed the scenes in
the days of continental money, cannot imagine'
To us it is passing strange that men, endowed
with ordinary intelligence, can contemplate the
ruinous consequences of such u measure, with,
out shrinking with horror from its adoption. It
certainly surpasses any measure, in its destruc
tive -character, of which wc have ever heard in
the annals of legislative history in this country.
And if the consequences of its adoption could
fall alone on those whoso madness and folly have
led them step by step to this ruthless disregard of
the welfare of the people of the .Slate, it would
he matter of gratulation rather than regret.
But this will not he the case. Tho ruin
which will be produced, will bo wide, and will
ongulph alike the rich and the poor. We how
ever nope, that the bill has not, and will not pass,
but should our hopes bo disappointed, and we
confess wo have reason to fear such a result, the
only ark ol safety for tbo people, tho institutions
and currency of Pennsylvania, is in tho veto of
the Governor. And if ho shall possess sufficient
moral courage to arrest the destructive measures
of tho Legislature when passed, ho will deserve
as he will receive the heartfelt gratitude ofagen
erous and grateful people.
Tho resumption bill is this day tho order of
the day in the House of Representatives. Si.onld
it pasa in its present shape, and receive tho Go
vernor’s signature, the consequence will bo—
Either a forcible closing of, or voluntary as
signment by, many of tbo banks.
The notes or other obligations of individuals
which they hold for money loaned, will as a
matter of course be put in suit, and the properly
of the drawers, on judgments being obtained, bo
sold by tho sberilf.
Tho numerous branches of business, mechan
ical, manufacturing and mercantile, now assisted
or sustained by loans from banks, will be arrest
ed or vvhollv prostrated, and the many thousands
of industrious men employed by the principles
be turned adrift without the means of subsistence
for themselves ami families.
These arc the first effects which must follow
any forced or destructive action in relation to
the banks, or rnoro properly speaking, tbo cur
rency. From these must flow a wide spreading
tide of distress which will overwhelm in u com
mon ruin rich and poor alike, and he who docs
nut forseo these evils from tho mad career which
our legislature is now running, roust bo ignorant
of the first principles of tho system of credit
which is allied to the beat rewards of industry
and the most prosperous course of trade.
From the Savannah Georgian of Saturday.
From Florida.
By the steamer his, Capt Chase, we yesterday
afternoon received the Jacksonville Advocate of
Tuesday last. It contains no Indian news.
The following is an extract of a letter dated
Garey’s Ferry, March 4, with which we have
been politely furnished.
“The Cuba dogs have proved quite beneficial.
They caught five Indians the other day in middle
Florida; handsomely. they say.”
J acksowillk, March 3.
The Mt. Augustine Mail has been furnished by
order of Col. Twiggs, with a guaru of five men,
and we trust that no occurrence like that which
has hut recently appalled our citizens, will ever
again take place. We.think, that had there been
a guard with the mail before, it would not have
been attacked.
Congress.
From the Correspondence of the Charleston
Courier, we clip the following extract, as being
the only item of interest from Washingion, since
our last notice of their proceedings. This intel
ligence however, has not come upon u« without
being anticipated.
Washi kkto.v, March 3.
After my letter of yesterday was closed, (and
the mail closes now between 4 and 5,) a very in
temting discussion arose in the Senate. After
Mr. Pulton finished, Mr. Webster arose and re
plied to that part of Mr. Calhoun’s speech which
related to the Tariff, and which was addressed
( urliculurly to the North. He controverted Mr.
Calhoun’s doctrines ns io the effect of the Tariff
upon the interests of the staple Htates, and main
tained that the country was never so happy and
prosperous as it was under the protective system.
Mr. Calhoun replied and reiterated his arguments,
but expressed his disposition to meet the question
in a spirit of conciliation, and to re-adjust the
Taiiff with a view to all the great interests of
the country.
It is plain, from many indications, that the
protective Tariff, and a very high one, will soon
lie re-established.
Rodtino the Gandlehs.—A Vicksburg pa
per of the 15th ult.,says;—There was a great
hubbub the night before last in this city. Our
city authorities, resolved to drive out the gamblers,
brought up one P. J. Hearn, before the Mayor.
He had been keeping a faro table in a room at the
Southern House for two weeks, and Marshal
George found him out. He was brought up and
ordered to jail, in default of security for 3000
dollars, when he made his escape by giving “leg
bail.” Officer Shoekney fired after him twice,
when he fell, and was caught and lodged in jail.
The Southrons turned out to protect the city
from a mob; ail was soon restored to peace and
quietness. A warning is given to those not ar
rested to “mizzle.”
The editor of the Vicksburg Sentinel, after ex
tracting the article relative to Uurgoine, killed in
an affray in the second municipality, some lime
since, and whose heart, on examination by Dr.
Kor, was found occupying the right cavity of the
thorax, observes:—“Wc met with a similar case
in this city, in February of 1837, It was the case
of a friend to whom we hud been for years much
attached, the late R. U. Adams, a native of Phil
adelphia. He had long suffered under pulmonary
consumption, but flattered himself that his disease
was liver complaint, and that he would ultimately
recover. During his last illness he requested us
to make a poet mortem examination of him, which
wo did, and we found h s heart in the right cavity
of the thorax.—A. O. Ike.
The Vicksburg Sentinel of the 29th Feb. says
that the city of Cairo, at the mouth of the Ohio, is
entirely inundated.
Extracts from the speech of Judge Harnett of
Ohio, giving a brief history of the life amt
character of Gen. Harrison.
It is, no doubt, expected, sir, that the delega
tion of Ohio will say something on this occasion
in common commendation of their favorite son
on whom this Convention has just bestowed one
among the highest honors to which the ambition
of rnu.i cun aspire, a unanimous nomination for
the first office in the gift of u free and powerful
nation. I hope, sir, I shall not bo charged with
vanity when I say that I have been his intimate
companion and friend for more than foity years.
The free and coiuinucd intercourse that has ex
isted between us for so long a period, must ne
cessarily enable we to speak with some confi
dence us to his character, acquirements, and
course of life.
He is a native of tho “Old Dominion,” and is
an honor to the State which gave him birth. He
is a son of Governor Harrison of Virginia, who
was a patriot of the Revolution, and a signer of
the Declaration of Independence, procla nied by
the Continental Congress in 1770—by which
solemn act ho pledged “ his life, his fortune, and
his sacred honor,” to maintain that declaration,
and he nobly redeemed his pledge. His son, of
whom I now speak, inherited from his Maker
an anient, active, penetrating mind—far, very
far, above mediocrity. That mind lias been im
proved by a classical education, under the best
instructors of that day ; it Inis been stored with
valuable and useful knowledge, literary, scien
tific and historical. You can scarcely name an
important subject on which he has not rend and
reflected, and on which ho cannot write and con
verso with facility and clearness. He is a good
belles lottrcs scholar, a ready, correct and strong
writer, and must bo ranked wherever ho is
known, in tho class of men who are most distin
-1 guished for improved and cultivated intellect.
1 In the finer qualities of the heart, no man caii
• justly claim a preference. To borrow the strong
1 expressive language of my friend, Governor Met
calf, “Harrison has an expanded heart, and it is
always in the right place.” Though brave as Na
j poloan, helms much of the milk of human kind
; ness. Benevolence, and a desire to better the
! condition of tho whole human family, predomi
nate in his soul, and are constantly forcing them
| selves into action. In dress, he is plain, and
j unostentatious—in manners, affable and unas
• Burning. When seen engaged on his farm, which
1 is his daily employment, and necessarily follow-
I ed to obtain his daily bread, you cannot distin
-1 guish him by the appearance of his dress, from
l any of his brother fanners who are laboring in
■ the vicinity. His house is open to all, and its
hospitalities free for all, whether high or low, rich
or poor. It is notun exaggeration when 1 say,
believe, me, sir, it is not poetry or fiction, when
I say, if he had bu. one dollar, be would not, bc
i cause he could not, refuse to divide it with «
friend in distress,
, In politics, he has always been a Democratic
I Republican of the school of Washington, Jeffer
i son and Madison ; he detests the agrarian, infi-
I del pr nciples that tho spoils belong to the victors
and that an executive or ministerial officer of gov
ernment may assume tbo icsponsibility of con
struing tbc Constitution and laws of the country
for selfish or party purposes.
These statements, sir, are not surmises, nor
arc they taken on trust—they are gathered from
| his long life of civil and military service, and have
j lieen seen by all who have observed him. cither
at tho head of tbc array—in the gubernatorial
chair—in the halls of legislation, or in a diplon a
tic stni ion.
hi 1791, this distinguished mn of the venera
ble signer ot the Declaration of Independence was
engaged in the study of medicine, under the eare
ol Dr, Kush, ot Phi'adelpbiu. Hearing of the
murders committed by the Indians, on the de
fenceless inhabitants of the Northwestern fron
tier, he resolved to go to their relief. At his re
quest, his guardian and friend, Robert Morris, of
revolutionary memory, obtained for him from
President Washington, an cnaignry in the army
of the U. S. With this parchment in bis pocket,
he hastened to Cincinnati, but did not reach it
till St. Clair had marched into the Indian country;
by which Providential event he was not on the
bloody field where so many of his fellow-officers
and soldiers found a premature grave. The fust
tour of military duty be performed, was in the
succeeding winter when he marched through tho
snow on foot at the head of his detachment, with
his knapsack upon his bark, to the fatal battle
field to inter the bones of the slain. This was
his first military service. Wo find him after
wards in 1774 an Aid-de-camp of the gallant
Wayne, distinguishing himself in the battle at
the Rapids of the Maumee, where, for his brave
ry and good conduct, tie received lue thanks »l
the Commander-in-Chief, communcatcd to the
army in general orders. In 1795 le was enga
ged in making the tr aly of Grenvile. under the
superintendence i,f Gen. Wayne, which termina
ted the Indian war. He was soon after appoin
ted Commandant of Fort Washington, and had
the management of the public projterty, chiefly
collected at that post.
Early in 1798, the object being accomplished,
which prompted him to join the army, he resign
ed his commission and removed to his farm. The
next military enterprise in which we find him
engaged, was the expedition to Tippecanoe.
The treaty which he had then recently made
with the Indian tribes had Ireen violated. Te
cumseh, admitted by all, to be the most intrepid
warrior, and the most talented chief of the age,
had prevailed on the tribes who were parties to
that treaty, to refuse its execution, and for the
purpose of insuring the success of his project,
was attempting to form a union among all the
tribes from the lakes to the Grulf of Mexico. He
had visited the Northern tribes and had secured
their co-opcration, and was negotiating with
those of the South for the same purpose. Har
rison, who was aware of his plan, and that he
was actually engaged in the successful execution
of it, was not idle. He communicated the facts
to Mr. Madison; stating what would be the con
sequence of permitting it to be completed. The
President promptly placed the fourth regiment
under the command of Harrison, then Governor
of Indiana, ordered him rai«e four hundred vol
unteers, and proceed to the Indian country. The
order was so promptly obeyed, that our gallant
little army of 800 men arrived at Tippecanoe, be
fore Tccumseh had arrived f-om the South.
When Harrison reached the settlement, twelve
hundred warriors had already assembled. He
scut for the Chiefs ; they came to the camp; he
told them their Great Father had not sent him to
fight, but to settle their complaints amicably ;
and he invited them to meet him in Council ;
they promised to do so the next day, and then
return to their village. As soon as they were
gone, he told his officers he knew from their lan
guage and behavior that they intended to attack
him before morning. Confident that this was
the council they meditated, he encamped his ar
my in order of battle, and directed his men to
lie down with their clothes on, and their arms at
their sides. His predictions soon became history ;
an hour or two before day, in n dark foggy night
the attack was made with great fury. The con
flict lasted nearly two hours, and until day light
enabled him to see the position of the Indians,
when a vigorous charge was ordered which ter
minated in their defeat and dispersion. The ar
my then marched to the village and destroyed it.
We may safely affirm, that this was the first in
stance in which American troops have sustained
•homselves against a superior force of Indians
in a n ghl attack of two hours continuance. As
a fruit of this victory, the treaty was preserved
and the peace and safety of the frontier secured.
It was from this battle, so important to the Gov
eminent and people of Indiana, and so brilliant
in the mode of its achievement, against a deeper
, ate foe, that General Harrison derived the appel
lation of the “Hero of Tippecanoe.”
The savages on the frontier of Indiana, having
been thus defeated and scattered, and Governor
Harrison .tearing that they were taking scalps
and breaking up the settlements on the fiontier
of Ohio, resigned his commission as Governor,
ami superintendent of Indian Affairs, together
witli their emoluments, repaired to Cincinnati,
and volunteered in our defence. In a few months
he succeeded in scattering the savages on our
borders j a part of them he drove to the lakes,
and the residue he compelled to remove to a place
of safety within our settlements. By this opera
tion, the settlers on our frontier were relieved from
danger, and hundreds who had fled to the denser
settlements of the Slate for protection, returned
to their improvements and occupied them in
safely.
A person who has not an accurate knowledge
of the condition of the Northwestern portion of
Ohio, at the time of the late war, when it was an
unbroken wilderness without inhabitants, other
than aborigines—without roads, bridges, fences,
or improvements of any kind, cannot form an
idea of the difficulties Gener I Harrison eneoitn
tered, in feeding, sustaining and keeping together
his army. The difficulties and perplexities which
beset him during all his campaigns are known to
hut few, and cannot bo justly appreciated by any ;
yet by unceasing activity and by the efforts of his
powerful mind, he overcame them all. But it is
impossible ro dwell on minulite—a volume would
not contain the half of such a detail. Pressed
down by all these difficulties, ho kept the field;
ho never despaired sot a moment; and such was
the confidence reposed in his bravery and skill, by
both officers and soldiers, that their spirits never
flagged—their hopes never sunk.
>» ,10t generally known that the fleet built at
Erie, by which the command of the Lakes was
obtained, was a project recommended by General
Harrison,and that it was adopted by Mr. Madison,
in consequence of his unbounded confidence in
the prudence and sound judgment of him who
proposed it. Before the period of which 1 am
now speaking, General Harrison had been ap
pointed a Major General in the militia of Ken
tucky, by a law of that Stale, and had been ap
pointed a Major General in the army of the U.
Slates, by Mr. Madison.
Passing over a multitude of affairs of smaller
moment, let me point your attention to the mem
orable siege of Fort Meigs: that work of defence,
consisting of a mud embankment, and an enclo
sure of piquets, was defended triumphantly and
successfully by about a thousand men, for many
days, (it I mistake not, seven or eight,) against
the attack of Proctor, who commanded an army
of British and Indians, at least four times the
number of the besieged, which was furnished
with all the material necessary (or the occasion.
Such was the skill, the bravery, and the indefa
tigable efforts ol Gen. Harrison—such was the
success of the repealed sallies ne made, that he
compelled the enemy to abandon the siege in
despair. It is worthy of remark, that on the
second day ot the attack, Proctor sent an officer
1 with a flag to demand the surrender of the post.
The grounds oflhis demand were that the Amer
■ lean force was too weak to defend the works
against the overwhelming force of the besiegers,
and that Gen. Proctor was anxious to save the
etlnsion of blood. The intrepid Gen. Harrison
1 promptly replied ; “If Gen. Proctor knows the
> usages of wat, as lam hound to believe bo docs,
he must either have considered mo ignorant of
them, or he must have intended an insult. It
was his duly to make the demaud before he com
menced firing on the works.—But sir (said ho)
go hack and tell your General that I know my
* own force, and his, and that I shall defend the
! works to the last extremity. Tell him, further,
> that if he over possesses the Fort, he shall obtain
it in away that will give him more honor in the
estimation of his Government than he could de
■ rive from a thousand surrenders.”
1 Another incident is also worthy of notice :
1 After the enemy had retired, a number of Indians
' who had left them, came into the Fort and slated
’ that a contract had been entered into between
* Proctor and Tecnmseh, that as soon as the fort
’ surrendered, which they considered inevitable,
1 Harrison should bo given up to the Indians, to bo
* disposed of as they might see proper. Harrison
replied : “Then Gen. Proctor can lie neither a
c soldier, nor a man. But if it shall ever he his
B fate to surrender to me, his life shall bo projected
1 but 1 will dress him in a petticoat, and celiver
c him to the squaws, as being unworthy to asso
-8 ctnte with men.” On this story, sit, was found
* ed an infamous slander on Gen. Harrison, and a
‘ base insult to the ladies of Cbillicothe. fabricated
‘ b y a Jieraon whose name I will not su.op to men
tion, and published by the administration press.
It was not long af.er the successful defence of I
this Fort, that our honored nominee led his vic
torious army into Fort Malden, recaptured De
troit, and the Territory surrendered by the un
fortunate Hull, and pursuing the enemy to the
Thames, subdued the United forces of Proctor
and Tecumseh, and captured the entire British
army!
The war haring been thus gloriously termin
ated in his own district, Harrison repaired to
Brie, and tendered his services to the army op
erating in that quarter. Unfortunately the Se
cretary of War was there, who felt some private
griefs unredressed, and was moreover envious of
the laurels which Gen. Harrison had so dearly
and justly won, being unwilling to sec another
added to the wreath, he ordered him to repair W
Ohio, where he had no further duty to perform,
having already brought the war to a close in that
quarter. The ordei was obeyed. He returned
to his family, and immediately resigned hi-com
mission, declaring that he could not honestly cat
the bread of the Government when he was de
nied the privilege of rendering service in return.
Here, sir, terminated, forever, the brilliant milita
ry career of a hero who had won many victoiics
hut never lost a battle.
Now, sir, look at this distinguished man in a
political and private life. Time forbids to do
more than name the stations he has filled. When
he resigned his first commission, which was
given him by the “ Father of his country,” he
was appointed Secretary to the North-Western
Territory. The Governor being then absent, he
wag ex-nfficiu acting Governor, and vested with
all the executive power of the territory, which he
executed with great prudence, and to the satis
faction of the Government and people. In 1779,
the Territorial Legislature, (myself being one of
them.) appointed him the delegate to represent
the Territory in the U. S. Congress. His elec
tion had been opposed by a numerous class of
men, who had purchased land from his fatner-in
law, and had settled on, and improved it. They
had failed to obtain a title from the vendor, and
were at the mercy of Congress, liable to be dis
possessed at.any moment. 'They wished lo’obtain
pre-emption rights and other indulgences. It
was the interest and anxious desire of the vendor
to defeat their object On this account they en
treated the Legislature not to appoint Mr. Har
rison, believing that he would he governed by
views of his fa.her-in- law, and oppose their claims.
He was, notwithstanding, chosen, and to the sur
piise of those men, he volunteered in their cause,
and though against his own ultimate interest, he’’
procured for them, the hoop they were so anxious
to obtain.
At the same session he procured the passage
of an act, requiring the public lands to be sur
veyed and sold in small tracts. Under the for
mer laws it was impossible for a poor man to be
come a purchaser from Government--he was
compelled to purchase from the speculator, at an
advanced price. But by the amendment, every
poor man in the nation, if industrious, might be
come a freer.olders; and sir, it is public history,
that thousands of thousands have become so, and
every emigrant who now removes to the West,
from any part of the Union, has the same privfe
lege.—The benefit which has been derived by
the industrious poor, from that successful effort
of Gen. Harrison,is beyond the power of num
bers to compute. Having accomplished these
important objects in Congress, he resigned his
seat, and was appointed Governor of Indiana.
He administered that Government twelve years',
with such ability, benignity and success that all
that portion of its present population, who resid
ed there, under his administration, look upon him,
as the political father of their stale. We next find
him representing the people in the Legislature of
Ohio-then in the House of Representatives of
the United States—afterwards in the Senate of
United States—and lastly we see the Ambassa
dor of his Government, at the Court of the
haughty Bolivar. In all these sections he has
received from the Government and the people, the
plaudit of ‘well done, good and faithful seivant’
—and it may be added, this has been his only re
ward.
Suffer me to say here, that it is the settled and
publicly expressed opinion of Gen. Harrison,
that no man, however great, wise, and good,
should be re-elected President of the United
States. To the prevalence of the opposite, opin
ion, he ascribes most of the corruption and strife,
which have agitated and disgraced the nation
and I add, that if elected, he will enter on the du
ties of the office, having no griefs to avenge, and
no obligations to fulfil, in relation to individ
uals.
And now, sir, what more can I add—l have at
tempted to throw a ray of light on the almost for
gotten life of one of the most useful, virtuous
and patriotic citizens our country ever produced.
From an intimate and confidential acquaintance
with him, of more than forty years standing, I
can sj cak ex cathedra. The single fact, that
after he has held all these offices, with abundant
opportunities of accumulating wealth, at the ex
pense of his country, he has retired to private
life comparatively poor, is enough to place him
on a level with Aristides’
Had he nothing to complain of the blighting
negligence of his own government, that has com
pelled him, Cincinnatus-like, to labor at the
plough, for the bread which feeds his family, it
might be endured. But sir, it is not so ; malice
has assailed his character, and thousands who
know him not, have innocently yielded to it
their assent. An attempt to refute charges against
his bravery, would he as insulting to him as it
would be ridiculous in the eyes of the world.
Insinuations have been made injurious to his
moral character : those who know him personal
ly smile at the folly of such efforts—and let me
say to all others, that a man of purer moral cha
racter does not inhabit our land. When every
thing fails they proclaim, at the top of their
voices, he is an imbecile old man. Sir, I had
the pleasure of taking him by the hand the morn
ing I left home—scarcely a week passes in
which I do not sec and converse with him, and
let me assure you and this assembly, and the
American people, that his mind is as vigorous, as
active and as discriminating as it was in the me
ridian of his days; that he enjoys fine health,
and all the bodily vigor and activity which be
long to a man of sixty-five or sixty-six.
In Hood’s new work, entitled the “Upper
Rhine.” the following amusing description of a
storm is given, in a letter from Martha Penny to
Becky Page:—
1 “ Dkau Bkckt. —Little did I think I shud
ever rite you again ! We have all bean on eter
nitty’s brinx. Such a tcrrifficlc storm! • •
'They do say elevin other vessels floundered off
the Hooks of Holland in the same tempest with
all their cruise. It began in the afternoon and
prcvalcd all nite—such a nile O Grashus. • •
* At sich crissus there is nothin like religun and
it I repeated my Catkism wuncc I said it a hun
dred times over and never wuncc right. You
may judge by that of my orrifide stale, besides
ringing my hands till my nails was of a blue
black. Hcvin nose wat else I sed for in my last
agny I confcst every particle I had ever dun—
about John Futman and all. Luckly Missus was
too much decomposed to attend to it but it will
be a Warnin for the rest of my days. O Becky
Us awful work when it comes to sich a full unhuz
zeming. and you stand before your own eyes
stript naked to the very bottom of your sole.
Wat seemed the innocentest thing turn as black
as coles. Even Luvyers look armless but they
ant when all their kissis cum to flying in your
face. Makin free with triffles is the same.
Little did I think when I gave away an odd lose
U would lay so heavy. Then to be shure a littel
of Missus’s tea and sugger seems no grate mat
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ter partickly if youvc ag,ead to find yure own,
but as I no by cxperenc c evry ownce will turn
to a pound of led in repent. That wlckid caddy
Key giv me menny turn and I made a pint as
soon as the storm abatin to back it into the bot
tomless otian. 1 do trust Becky you will follor
my example and give up watever goes agin your
conshins. If [ name the linin I trust youl ex
cuse. Charrilty kivers a mullitud of sins, and
to be shure its a charrily to give away a raggid
shurt of Masters providid its not torn a purpos, |
witch I sea: is sum limes the case. Pray say
the like from me to Mr. Butler up at the Hall,
hqswill take a Miss 1 no, —parlickly as'VJtav
(Jfunk unbeknown wine along with him but wen
/yure at yure last pint wat is port in a storm"!
Won minii your a livin cretur and the next you
may be like sickid Jonas in tbe belly of Wales.
The only comfort I had besides Christianity was
to give Missus warnin witch I did over and over
again between her atlax. No wagis on earth
could reckonsile me to a sea goin place.
* * But I mite as well have lould the ship
to soot itself as mv Misses.
I verrily beleavc from her wild starin at mo
1 she did not no wether I talked English or French.
At last Martha says she we are going to a world
1 where therein no sitivvations. Whatanidear!
1 But our superiors are always shy of our society,
i as if heaven abuv was to good for servants. *■ *
i “Howsumevcr here we are thank providens
1 on dry land if it so can be canid dry that is half
ditchis and cannals, at a forrin city by name
i Rotter D—m. But I should'nt prefer to settle
in Holland for Dutch plaices must be very hard.
0 Becky such moppin and sloppin such chuckin
up water at the winders and squirtin at the walls
i with liltel fire ingins, but I suppose with their
f most climit the houses would’nl be holesum if
they warn’t contiually washin off the damp.
Then the furniter is kep like span new without
' spek or spot, it must, be sonieboy’s work to kill
all the flies. To my mind the people are over
clean as John Futman said when his master ob
jected to his thumb mark on the hedge of the
plate. * * * As respect viltlc, we do verry
well, only I am shy of the maid dishes, bein sic a
mashy forren country for fear of eatin frogs. Tal
kin of cookin, wat do you think Beky of sittin
with a litlel charcole stow under yure potlicuts?
Its the only way they have for airin their linnen
—tho’ ; t looks more like a new cooky receat for
howto smoke yure Hams. But I hear Missus
bell, so with kind luve to all,including John Fut
s man, I remane in haste my dear Becky Youre
Moving friend,
i Martha Pknst.”
Ari^RTiSERs. —Some men advertise for cusy'
tom, others wait for custom before they will Ad
vertise. Which are the most sensible? Those
who take time by the forelock.
Fashion makes people visit when they had
rather stay at home, eat when they are not hun
gry, and drink when they are not dry. She ru
ins health and makes fools of all her followers.
COMMERCIAL.
Latent dates from Liverpool, Jan. 7
Latest dates from Havre Jnn. 10
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Cotton. —In our notice of the market on Satur
day morning, we mentioned the firmness which
had characterised tbe market the two previous
days. On Saturday and yesterday it was still more
apparent in the anxiety of buyers and the evident
indifference of holders to realize. The conse
quence has been that an advance of an a to a 3
of a cent on ail descriptions has been realized,
i and the market closed last night very firm, and
■ holders were looking for still better prices. The
hope for which, the news from Enrope now daily
expected will dispel or realize. We now quote
I 5i to as extremes of the market, remarking
that very little is sold as low as 6i,and it requires
, a choice lot in square bags to command B^.
I Ordinary to middling, 5$ lo 73-
Fair, 7-j to 8
’ Good Fair, 8 to S J
Prime and choice, 84
| Freights. —To Savannah,7s to 100 cents per bale.
Groceries —The improvement which we noted
on Saturday in this branch of our market, was sus
tained, we believe, by the transactions of yester
day. The supply continues good, without any va
riation in prices from our quotations of last week.
. Exchange. —On New-York at sight, 7a 8 per
cent, for current funds; Charleston at 4 a 5 per
1 cent; Savannah 1 a per ct.; Philadelphia 2a 3 per
1 ct.; Lexington, Ky. 1 per ct.; specie commands 6
_ per cent, premium.
Bank Notes. —
Savannah Banks, 1 per cent. prem.
Columbus Insurance B’k 2 “ “ “
Commercial Bank, Macon, 2 “ “ “
Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 6 “ “ “
, Agency Brunswick, “ 6 “ “ “
i Planters’ and Mechanics’
Bank, Columbus, 3 “ “ dis.
■ Mlllodgeville Bank, 3 “ “ “
Ccmulgee Bank, 3 “ “
Monroe Rail Road Bank, 4 “ “
Ilawkinsvillc Bank, 3 “ “
, Chattahoochie R. R.& B’k
Company, 10“ “ “
Darien Bank, 15“ “ “
Bank of Rome, 25 “ “ “
All other Banks now doing business, at par.
Specie Paving Banks. — Mechanics’ Bank, Dank
1 of St. Mary’s, Insurance Bank of Columbus, Com
i mercial Bank of Macon, and Brunswick Agency in
i this city.
; MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Savannah, March 7.
Cleared —Br brig Robert Burns, Messenger, Liv
erpool; schrs Francis, Cook, Boston; Foster, Col
r cold, Providence.
, Arrived —Brig G B Lamar, Risley, New York.
1 Vent to sea —Ship Balance, Biowning, Liver
-5 pool; brig Kooert Burns, Messenger, do; schooner
Francis,Cook, Boston.
Charleston, March 9.
Arrived yesterday. —Line ship Niagara, Smith,
’ N. York; ship Ganges, Jones, Norfolk; brigs Gnly
T Son, Blanchard, Matanzas; Smithlield, Wakefield,
, Providence, (Jt. I.) U L brig George, Hull, New
I York; C L brig Emily, Sherwood, New York; brig
, Virginia, I’albot, New York; schr H. Lawrence,
. Townsend, New 1 ork; ichr Edward Kent, Win
-1 chenbai k, Apalachicola.
I'learcd —schrs Comet, Lobby, New York; Con
t stitulion, Stott, Boston.
s Went to sea on Saturday— Ship Olympia, Gray,
> Ifavre;sw brig Helena, Headlund, Hamburgh; schr
; Ajax, Wheeler, St. Jago de Cuoa; schr S. Duckbill,
Walpole, Mobile.
At Quatonline —Line ship Congarce, Doane,
I from Boston.
' ’ Or. C. IF. WEST offers his professional
* services to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity
s His office is in Mclntosh-street, opposite the office
. of the Constitutionalist; residence at the Eagle and
i Phoenix Hotel. feb 13—trwlm
" : _ Z.J' Doctor J. J, WILSON offers his profes
sional services to the citizens of Augusta and its
• | vicinity. He will be found at his residence, the
5 , first brick building above Guedron’s stable on Ellis
1 j street, recently occupied by John L. Adams.
- 1 aug 17 •ts
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THIS HEADING KOUJM I
Attached to this office is open to subscribers I
strangers introduced by them, every day and I
ning (Sunday evenings excepted) until y o’cloT' I
Subscription $5; for a firm of two or more ji'n I
(Lj-MRS. INGRAHAM op^ e T/-'
French Printed Muslins and Lawns, I
hams, light prints, and elegant French sanes t S ‘ I
dies are invited to call. 1 La ‘ I
1 Found at Mrs. Ingraham’s store, a Gold "*• ■ I
ble, which the owner may receive by navin»T'' H
this advertisement. mar 10 f,* 01 H
Kr THE FARMERS' REGIsYer~ZZZZ I i
publication, devoted to the improvement of th II
practice, and support of the interest, of Aerie,,! 6 II
turc; published at Richmond, Va , at $5 perve ' II
Edmund Buffin, editor and proprietor. m 6 I*
(//’ EXCHANGE ON NEW
and at one to tw ty days sight. For sale by ” I -
nov 23 GARDELLE & RHIND 9
J. W. JONES, is my authorised Agcnt'fbTTr 9
adjustment of my unfinished business.
mar WILLIAM E. JONES
O' NOTICE.— From this date freight on Colton 11
per 8. C. C. &. Kail Road Co. is reduced to forty (4m V
cents per hundred for square bales, and fifty (sij wit
cents per hundred pounds for round. ' M
AB. S1 URGES, Agent 8
Hamburg, March 4,1840.
(ffj'RAIL ROAD FREIGHT
artic.es usually carried by weight to Hamburg, wij. 1
be charged at 40 cents per 10U ponnds (instead 0 f 1®
50 cents, as customary,) till further notice.
mar 2 JOHN KING, Jr., Agent.
C/r TO THE LOVERS OF THE ARTS.—
The Paintings at Mr. Richards’ Drawing Academy
(Masonic Hall.) will hereafter Le opened to visj* 13
tors, every Saturday afternoon and evening, from* [1
2 o’clock until 9 o’clock p. hi. At night the ’rooms P
will be well lighted. d ec jq J|
OhT W. G. NIMMO, General < ommission Mcr. I
chant, office on Mclntosh street, next door tulle I
Constitutionalist. nov -
CT Dr. IF. FLINT offers his services to tbe ci. \
tizens of Augusta in the different branches of his
profession. He may be found at all hours at Hu
late residence of Mr. A. M. Egerton, second dooi
from (he corner of Mclntosh and Reynold streets 1
nt v 29 ' j y ’
NOTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger Train
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as '
follows: —
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a m.
“ “ Summerville, “ - -S 30
“ “ Georges’ - “ - 10 00
f“ “ Branchville, “ - 11 00
“ “ Midway, - “ - ]|so 3I
‘ “ Blackviile, - “ - 100 ,»i.
“ “ Aiken, - - “ . 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400
DOWNWARD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a. m.
“ “ Aiken, - “ . 730
“ “ Blackviile, “ - . 980
“ “ Midway, “ - - ]0 30
“ “ Branchvill “ - . 11 00
“ “ Georges’, “ - - 12 00 m.
‘ “ Summerville,“ - - 2 OOp. it.
Arrive at Charleston not before 300
Distance —136milco. FarcTbrougb —$10 00.
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 20
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not
longer than 5 minutes for wo 1 and water at anj
station.
To stop for passengers, when a white flag is
hoisted,at either of tbe above stations; and also at
Sincatbs, Woodstock, Inabinel’s, 41 mile T. (),,
Rives’, Grahams, Willcston, Windsor, Johnsons,
and Marsh’s T. O.
Passengers no will breakfast at Woodstock and
dine at Blackviile; aown, will urcamast ar Aiken
and dine at Summervihc. may 21
A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS.
DR IF. EVANS’ CELEBRATED SOOTHING
SYRUP, for Children Cutting their Teeth.— This
infallible remedy has preserved hundreds of chil
dren, when thought past recovery, from convul
sions. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the
gums, the child will recover. The preparation is
so innocent, so efficacious and so pleasant, that no
child will refuse to let its gums be rubbed with it.
When infants are at the age of four months, though
there is no appearance of teeth, one bottle of the
Syrup should be used on the gums, to open the
pores. Parents should never be without tbe Syrup
in the nursery where there are young children ; for
if a child wakes in the night with pain in the gums,
the Syrup immediately gives ease, by opening the
pores end healing the gums ; thereby preventing
convulsions, fevers, &c. Sold only at Dr. Wm.
Evans’ Medical Office, 100 Chatham street. New *
York, where the Doctor may be consulted on all (
diseases of children.
PROOF POSITIVE OF THE EFFICACY OF
Dr. EVANS ’ SOOTHING SYRUP—To the Agent
of Dr. Ecans ’ Soothing Syrup: Dear Sir —The
;reat benefit afforded to my suffering infant by
rour Soothing Syrup, in a case of protracted and
lainful dentition, must convince every feeling pa
enthow essential an early application of such an
I ivaluable medicine is lo relieve infant misery and
arture. My infant, when teething, experienced
inch acute sufferings, that it was attacked with
convulsions, and my wife and family supposed that
death would soon release the babe from anguish,
till we procured a bottle of your Syrnp; which 11s
soon as applied to the gums, a wonderful change
was produced, and after a few applications the
child displayed obvious relief, and by continuing in
its use, 1 am glad lo inform you the child has com
pletely rccoveicd. and no lecurrence of that aw fill
complaint has since occurred; Hie teeth are cina- '
mating daily and the child enjoys perfect health.
1 give you my cheerful permission to make this
acknowledgment public, andvvill gladly give any
information on this circumsti nee.
WM. JOHNSON.
TONIC PILLS. —The powerof Ecans’ Camomile
Pills arc such, that the palpitating heart,the trem
ulous hand, the dizzy eye, and the fluttering mind,
vanish bcfoie their effects like noxious vapors be
fore the benign influence of the morning sun, •
They have long been successfully used for the cine
of intesmittents, together with fevers of the irregu
lar nervous kind, accompanied with visceral ob
structions.
This tonic medicine is for nervous complaims,
cncral debility, indigestion and its consequences,
or want of appetite, distension of the stomach, acid
ity. unpleasant taste in the mouth, rumbling noise
in the bowels, nervous symptoms, languor, when
the mind becomes initablc,desponding, thought I ill,
melancholy, and dejected. Hypochondriucism, con
sumption, dimness of sight, delirium, and all olbcl
nervous affections, these pills will produce a sale
and permanent cure.
Evans ’ Camomile Pills were first introduced i 110
America in 1835.
EVANS’ FAMILY APERIENT PILLS aie
purely vegetable, composed with the strictest | in
cision of science and of art; they never pro.lmc I
nausea, and arc warranted to cure the following
diseases which arise from impurities of the blood,
viz:— Apoplexy, Bilious Affections, Coughs, ( o.th,
Ulcerated Sore Throats, Scarlet Fever, Asthma, < 'lO
- Liver Complaints, Diseases of the Kidnirs oil'/
Bladder, Affections peculiar to Females, and all
those diseases of whatsoever kind to which him an
nature is subject, where the stomach is affeclod
More conclusive proofs of the extraordinary . ffi
caeyof Dr. Wm. Evans’celebrated Camomile Iml
Aperient Anti-Bilious Pills, in alleviating nfli ■ tui
mankind. —Mr. Robert Cameron, 101 Bowen.* f
Disease —Chronic Dysentery, or Bloody Kills •
Symptoms, unusual flatulency in the bowels, se
vere griping,frequent inclination to go to stool. Hi*
nusmus, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, tie-
quency of pulse, and a frequent discharge of a pe
culiar foetid matter mixed with blood.great debilily r
sense of burning heat, with an intolciablc bci'imf
down ot the parts. Mr. Cameron is enjoying pol
ed health, and returns his sincere thanks for lh(
extraordinary benefits he has received.
Sold by ANTONY & HAINES,
Sole agents in Augusta
J. M. St T. M. TURNER,Savannah
P. M. COHEN & Co., Charleston.
SHARP <fe ELLS, Millcdgevillo.
C. A. ELLS, Macon,
A. W. MARTIN,Forsvth
Wit. E. WELLo, Druggist, Alliom
MARK A, LANE, Washington. ,
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