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JJ.w.& W. S. JONES. AUGUSTA, Ga. THURSDAY MORNING,APUIL 23, 1840. „„ r XT •
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CHRONICLE AN I) SKNTINEE.
AUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 22.
The imposing character of the call for a pub
lie meeting on Thursday, needs no comment
from us to induce the citizens to attend. Large
ns the list is, it could have been quadrupled, if
an exertion had been made.
The list of Directors of the Georgia Insurance
and Trust Company, a* published by us yester
day, was incorrect. The name of W. H. Turpin
should have been inserted instead of George W.
Lamar.
At a meeting of the Board yesterday, Adam
Johnston was elected President of the Company.
Rhode Island.
The New York Commercial Advertiser of the
17th inst., says:—“The verbal intelligence from
Rhode Island, communicated yesterday, is most
amply confirmed by the Providence papers re
ceived this miming. The Whig candidate,
Samuel Ward King, is elected by a majority not
less than thirteen hundred — being the largest
■majority ever given in a contested gubernatorial
election.
The entire Whig Senate is elected by about
( the same majority. This majority will bo in
creased immensely at the Presidcnlhd election.
The House of Representatives wdl consist of
49 Whig and 23 Administration members.
About two hundred thousand barrels of Flour
have been shipped from the port of Baltimore, to
foreign and coastwise ports, since the beginning
of the year.
OCT Our patrons in Burke and Scriven Counties,
will have an oppoitunity to pay their bills to this
| office, at the session of their Superior Courts. We
| hope they will generally avail themselves of the
I opportunity, as the expense we incur in sending an
I agent is very considerable.
A Chamber of Commerce bus recently been
I organized at Houston, in Texas. The fact may
| be regarded as indicating the commercial growth
I of the city.
Death of the Hon. Hugh L. White.
It is with no ordinary emotions of regret,—
says the Knoxville (Tenn ) Times, of 10th
i inst.—that wo record the decease of the Hon!
Hugh Lawson White. He departed this life,
at his residence near this place, on last Friday
, morning at about half past eight o’clock. The
public are aware, that his return from Washing
i: ton to Knoxv’lie, immediately after his resigna
tion of his seat in the U. S. Senate, subjected
' him to great exposure to the inclemency of the
weather, and seriously impaired his health. After
reaching home, his strength gradually decreased,
and on medical advice being called, it was soon
discovered that an abscess of the lungs had form
ed, which would in all probability lead to his
early death. Such, however, was bis constitu
tional fortitude, that the termination of his dis
ease was much prolonged beyond the anticipation
of his friends, and although reduced to a con
dition of great debility, he still, when the weather
permitted, and even on the day previous to his
death, took his accustomed ride. He retained
not only his consciousness, but bis vigor and
| spiightliness of intellect to the last moment; and
; was evidently aware that the hour of his death
5 was near, but a few moments previous to its
I occurrence. * * * * *
In testimony of respect lo the deceased, our
f citizens suspended their ordinary business imme
diately on learning the news of his death. The
, Chancery Court which was in session at the
time, adjourned over lo the ensuing day, from
similar motives. On Saturday, when the Court
met, the Hon. Edward Scott presented the
Preamble and Resolutions which will be found
below, and which he prefaced with a few elo
quent - ernarks, appropriate to ihe occasion.
The body of the deceased was interred in the
burial ground of the Ist Presbyterian Church,
on Sabbath afternoon. It was followed to the
grave by an immense concourse of citizens ; all
classes appearing to be deeply depressed with a
s nse of the greatness of the calamity which they
assembled to mourn.
The following order of procession was obser
ved on the occasion :
Clergy.
Members of the Medical Profession.
Juugcs and Members of the Liar.
Mayor and Aldermen.
Pall-Bearers THE BODY. Pall-Bearors.
Relatives of the Deceased.
Trustees of East Tennessee University.
Students of the University.
Principal and Students of Hampden Sydney
Academy.
Citizens.
Tribute of Respect to the Memory of the Hun.
Hugh L. While, by the liar of Knoxville.
At a melting of the members of the Bar at !
Knoxville, assembled this day at 2 o’clock P. M.,
on motion, the Hon. Thomas L. Willi,ins was
called to the chair, and John H. Crozi.tr, Esq.,
appointed Secretary.
The Hon. Edward Scott presented the follow
ing preamble and resolutions which were unani
mously adopted.
A GREAT MAS mas FALLF.S IX ISRAEL !!!
This day. about the hour of 9 o’clock, at his j
residence near this place, the Hon. Hugh L. ■
White ceased to exist. Henceforth he will live
only in the memory of his friends and his coun
trymen. He was certainly a great and worthy
man; a friend to truth, virtue, liberty and the
Constitution. His was a life of labor and activ
ity—a lifw of usefulness, moderation, regular con
duct and inflexible integrity. The law was his
profession. By his fair, open and manly con
duct, he won the sincere alfection and approba
tion of all blscotemporarics. He was an agreea
ble and eloquent speaker In him were happily
blended a profound judgment and accomplished
address. In him the unfortunate and the honest
ever found a protector while the guilty were
marked for destruction. Raised lo the highest
office in his profession, he did honor to Ihe sta
tion. He was among the greatest and ablest
magistrates that ever lived among us. Elevated
lo a seat in the United Stales Senate, he main
t' ined that purity of character which marked bis
private life. He loved the Constitution—nor
would he consent to a forced construction of that
instrument, lo the oppression of the people. The
future historian will not fail to record his virtues
—we all know that his private character was
without blemish ; an affectionate husband, a
kind parent and a steadfast friend. In short, he
died as he lived, a true Republican, an ardent ad
vocate of the rights of man, and an enemy to ar
bitrary power
Resolved, That in token of our high respect
and esteem for the private virtues and public
diameter of the deceased, we will wear the usual
badge of mourning for thirty clays.
On motion of John H. Crozier, it wai
Resolved, That the foregoing Preamble and
resolutions be presented to the Hon. Edward
Scott, on to-morrow morning at the Chancery
Court, now in session in this place, with the re
quest that the same he entered on the Record of
the Court.
Resolved, That we tender to the family and
lelatives of the deceased, our sincere condolence
on their late distressing bereavement, and that
the Secretary furnish them with a copy of these
proceedings.
Tnos L. Williams, Chairman.
John H. Ciiozieh, Secretary.
The New York Courier and Enquirer says:
“ The ship Homan, which was run into by the
ship Richard Anderson, was owned in this city,
and insured for SIC,OOO at the Safety, Union and
American Insurance Offices. The cargo about
1400 bales of cotton, was on freight from Savan
nah, and it is not known whether it was insured,
or if it was, where.”
We know of but 10 papers in the United
Stales devoted lo the cause of abolitionism—the
Ohio Philanthropist, the Pittsburg Witness, the
Pennsylvania Freeman, the Connecticut Char
ter Oak, the Utica I\. Y. Friend of Man, the
Michigan Freeman, Ihe N. 11. Advocate of Free
dom, the Vermont Voice of Freedom, the Mass.
Abolitionist, and the Boston Liberator.
All these papers oppise earnestly and zealous
ly and bitterly the election of Gen. Harrison to
the Presidency! Is he, then, the abolition can
didate!—Louisville Journal.
Dreadful Explosion.—The Eclaircur sup
plies us with the following particulars of the ex
plosion at Toulon : Eight workmen were employ
ed in drawing charges from howitzer shells, and
as after some lime the powder attaches itself
strongly to the iron, they were obliged to intro
duce a pin into the shell, which caused a friction.
A spark having fallen from one of them, the shell
burst, and set fire to several barrels of powder
which were lying near the spot. The five or six
workmen who were standing together were blown
to atoms by the explosion, anil the fire having
reached the shells, they burst one after another
until 12 o’clock, sending their fragments in >a
rious directions. Great efforts were made to pre
vent the fire from reaching to a powder-maga
zine near the rocket manufactory, and they wore
fortunately successful. Fears were entertained
as to the shipping building in the new slips at
Mourillon, but luckily the wind was low and
blew from an opposite quarter. The number of
persons wounded was considerable. The. Ma
rengo had eight, the Belle Poule fifteen, and the
Castor two. There arc also others of whom ac
counts have not been received. A lieutenant dc
fregate and an officer of the 6th light infantry
arc among the wounded. Thirteen persons who
have been severely injured have been taken to
the naval hospital.
The Haiti more American,
One among the ablest Journals in the Union, f
which has heretofore occupied neutral ground in i
politics, has announced its determination to es- I
pousc the Whig cause, in the following forcible |
editorial. ,
“It is well known to our readers that since this \
paper has been in the hands of its present pro- t
priutors, its course in reference to political mat- I
lers has been neutral. For many years past our ’
aim has been to render the American a useful i
commercial journal, to identify its interests with <
those of the business community, and to devote I
its influence to the advancement of the general t
prosperity of our growing city. To these ends \
our efforts, —wo say it in no boastful spirit.— (
have been directed not without success; for our -
feelings and hopes were blended with our pursuit, i
Wc preferred to know not any distinctions of t
parlies, but to vew all our fellow citizens as mem- f
hers of one community, bound together by busi- a
ness relations, constituting a bond of union unaf- i
fected by the political divisions which in other
respects might cause diversity of aims. So long I
as general politics were confined to matters pro- t
porlv pertaining to government, and business j
men were suffered to pursue their callings in a
peace, exempted from influences which sought to r
make the affairs of trade subservient to partizan t
purposes —we pursued our course without diffi- I
cully, and were abundantly satisfied with it. But 1
the lime has now come when farther continue
ancc in neutrality seems impossible, without an t
abandonment, partial or entire, of those interests I
with which our paper is so closely united. It is
not that we wish to go out of our sphere; but t
politics have intruded within it. a
For some time past in treating of subjects as- t
feeling the general good, whether relating to the I:
Currency, to Commerce, or Internal Improve- t
merits, wo have found ourselves restricted. Wc t
could give but partial views without incurring a
the danger of trenching upon political ground; I
and upon some topic* of vpal importance, abso- c
lute silence was necessary. The distribution of v
the Public Lands was one of these. The meas- I
U re proposed by Mr. Clay, for apportioning the r
proceeds of the sales of the Public Lands among v
the Stales, viewing the National domain as the i
propci ty of the Stales, held m trust for their be- f
neSt, was one which we thought was founded in ; t
justice, and adapted with especial propriety to [.
bring relief lo the country in its present extgen- o
cics when the burden of debt is resting upon I
nearly every State in the Union. But it was
made a party question, and could not be discuss
ed on its own merits.
Concerning the great subject of the Currency
—a subject conjoined with the very life of trade—
we found ourselves embarrassed in a similar
manner. In dwelling upon the causes which
produced the unexampled distress and prostra
tion under which the whole country is laboring,
we were obliged to pass by the chief one. For
no one can doubt that the lalal measures of the
Administration, directed against the very inter
ests which it is the business of a government to
uphold and cherish, have operated to bring about,
to prolong, and to aggravate the commercial ills
which have reduced this vigorous and powerful
nation to a state ol suffering and exhaustion, such
ns no people ever before endured from rulers of
their own appointment. The Sub-Treasury
scheme lias been urged with a pertinacity so re
markable, notwithstanding the evident unwil
lingness of the people to leceive it, and in spite
of the disastious consequences which the meas
ures leading to it have already produced, that
there can hardly he any doubt’ of the ultimate
purposes of its supporters. It is apparent that
nothing less is aimed at than the entire l overthrow
of the Banking system as the covenant machine
ry of business, in order, not to substitute a “ bet
tercurrency” in the place of that which it is ca
pable of supplying, but to vest the control of the
moneyed circulation of the Union in the hands of
the central Government, thereby subjecting the
business interests oftlie country, in every depart
ment of industry, to the direction of men in power
to be used lor the building up of an influence un
known to the constitution. Before the com
mencement of the present disastrous era we be
held the operations of Banking curried on with
order, regularity and success; the system was
adapted to the wants of the country ; it gave fa
cilities to enterprise ; it was detached from poli
tics, and meddled not with things out of the legiti
mate sphere of business. The war which has
been waged against Banking institutions was de
signed—if we may judge from the plain indica
tions o( facts—not to reform abuses, if any exist
ed in them, but to effect an entire revolution in the
system—and this not a revolution of form, so
much as of spirit; not to make Hanks better suit
ed to the wants of business, but to convert them
into engines to serve as the recipients and dis
pensers of political influence.
But we design now to announce our new po
sition rather than lo discuss at length the causes
which induced its adoption. Without in any
degree changing the prominent characteristics of
our paper as a Commercial Journal, we enter
upon the political field for the purpose of more
effectually advocating the interests t) which wc
have been hitherto and shall continue to be devo
ted with untiring Zeal. We unite ourselves with
the great constitutional party of the Union—the
Wmo party, whose principles we believe are
blended will the true spiri of our republican in
stitutions—with the support of order—with Ihe
stabilility of our political fabric—with the sanc
tify of vested right and plighted faith. The lime
we think has come when the ground of neutrali
ty,lo those who would lake part in support of any
general interest, is so much narrowed us lo afford
no longer (landing room. Political influence is
diffused through the marts of business; it has in
vaded the counting house; it. prevails in the es
tablishments of the manufacturer and the me
chanic. As citizens, us men of business, as
friends of ourcily’s prosperity and of our coun
try’s honour, we cannot avoid participation in the
important questions to which it gives rise—ques
tions whose decision must affect us in all the re
lations of life.
Asa means of indicating the course and de
meanor of the American in the political sphere,
which is now included within the limits of its
field of action, wo must refer to the character of
this paper as hitherto sustained. We hope to
discuss political questions with candor and mo
deration, viewing them in reference to the ten-
I deucy of principles rather than to the motives of
men. This course will afford room enough for
all purposes of rational investiguti in and discus
sion. without needing to wander into the arena
of partizan warfare—where petty annimosities
too often take the place of liberal minded zral.
With our contemporaries who entertain political
views different from our own, wo would preserve
that courtesy and decorum of language which it
has always been our wish to maintain; since
there appears to be no reason why questions in
volving principles may not be fully treated with
out resorting to personal aspersions or passionate
recrimination.
Ixdiax iiisTLiiiiAxcF.s.—The editor of the
St. Louis Republican has received a couple of let
ters from Fort Leavenworth, describing fresh In
dian difficulties, on our Nnrib'Wcsi border. He
gives the substance of them as follows:
“ Strong symptoms of open war have lately
liecn manifested by the Indians South of the Mis
souri, bordering on Buchanan county, the north
west county of this Slate. The citizens of this
county have addressed two letters on the subject
to Col, Kearny, commanding at Fort Leaven
worth. The first, dated 14ll» inst, states that
many of the Otoes from the Big Platte have cross
ed into the stale, in small parties of fifteen or
twenty, and have impudently and forcibly levied
contributions from all of the whites that they met
with—killing their stock, and taking away what
ever of grain and other things they might want
—and in one instance, they slopped a man on the
road, stripped him of most of his clothing, and
threatened his life, until lie promised if they would
spare him lie would give them a keg of whiskey
as soon as they could reach a tiading house where
it could he purchased.
The second letter is dated 21st inst., and from
Ihe same place, the Nam ws of the Anishnabota
nay; and represents that the whole or greater
part of the lowuy’s had crossed into the sl.itc, in
a body, and had committed, and were then com
mitting still greater outrages on the inhabitants
than the Otoes—among other things, insulting
the women in the most indecent manner. They ,
had no women or children with them, were well ,
armed with rifles—and in their conduct, as in ,
their appearance, gave the strongest reason to be- ]
lieve that they intended to war with the whites. ,
In that part oflhc state immediately threatened, ,
there are not cn -ugh of settlers to unite and make (
a stand against the Indians; and in their letters ,
to Col. Kearney, they express the greatest appre
hension of danger, and urge upon him to send j
troops to their protection. w On the receipt of ,
their first letter the Colonel despatched to their ,
assistance, all of his disposable force, which on- j
ly amounted lo one hundred dragoons, under the t
command of Capt Boon. This, it was thought, 1
would he sufficient to check the Otoes; but should ,
these unite with the loway's they will jointly i
number perhaps six hundred warriors, against ,
whom the little fi rce of Capt. B. would be entirely j
inadequate. On the receipt of the second Ictlir i
from Buchanan county Col. Kearney has sugges- j
ted to Maj Gen. Atcheson, of Clay county, the I
propriety of sending three companies of militia, t
of his divison lo the assistance of Capt. Boone. e
Ths decision of Gen. A fcheson, is not vet known t
Hunts Merc hunt’s Magazine.
The first four numbers of the second volume of
this work have been placed upon our table by the
publisher. The oppoi tunity which lias been affor
ded us to glance at their contents, have cinvinced
us that the high estimation in which the work is
held by commercial men, is but just. Devoted to
the commercial literature of the country, ami em
bracin'every subject connected therewith, in all
its varied ramifications, it commends itself to every
merchant who desires to make himself acquainted
with the laws of trade and commerce, and should
be in his counting room. Among the many evi
dences of the value place.) upon it by mercantile
men, we copy the subjo ned notice of it by the
Directors of the Mercantile Library Association.
(should any of our Merchants desire to subscribe
for the work, they can do so by calling at our office,
where the numbers of the present volume can be
seen.
Th( Meocantile Library Association and
the Mercaants’Magazine.— The Hoard of Di
rectors of the Mercantile Library Association, in
their last annual report, speaking of the success
which has attended the formation of that mercan
tile institution, allude to the existence of other aids,
in elevating, as well as indicating the dignity of the
pro cssion, and among these, mention “ as the most
prominent, the establishment of a magazine, devo
ted entirely to the interests of commerce.” “ Here
tofore,” says the report, “while a'mo-t every de
partment of learning, embracing polite literature,
politics, the sciences, the arts and manufactures,
have had journals advocating their respective claims
upon public attention, a commercial cluoni.le has
been wanting, that might furnish a history of the
rise, progress, influence, and statistics of cu nmerce,
together with the mercantile literature of the day
This lias happily been supplied by 'Hunt’s Mer
chants’Magazine and Commercial Review,’com
menced under the auspices of thi and similar
associations. The success which has thus fait
attended this work, is another evidence of the
liberality of our merchants, and a most flattering
mark of approbation upon the efforts of tin 1 editor
and proprietor, Freeman Hunt, Esq., in this new
field of periodical literature The able manner in
which it is conducted, renders it worthy of the
most ample support, which wc trust it will con
tinue to receive from all who arc engaged in com
mercial or other pursuits.”
The commendation bestowed upon the enterprize
of Mr. Hunt is well merited and just, and we arc
gratified to know that bis efforts arc appreciated
not only by this and similar associations, but by
many of the most distinguished merchants and
political economists in the country.— N.Y.Dispatch.
Gen. Desha is a loco foco and a strong partizan
and must certainly he has no kind feelings towards
Gen. Harrison, but, if the annexed paragraph from
the last number of the Lexington lute ligencer be
true, he lias more candor and magnanimity, than,
we have generally been disposed to attribute to
him: — L. Journal.
Wc learn from a source upon which we can rely,
that at a public house in Georgetown a few days
ago, some person, in the presence of tbe late Gov
ernor Dasha, was endeavoring lo underrate Gem
Harrison, by denying to him either talents, bravery
or generalship during the late war. Gen. Desha
observed with considerable animation, such as one
soldier would naturally feel when be heard another
soldier’s character traduced. “ that the man.who de
nied to Gen. Harrison talents of a high order, or
who said he was not a brave man, and a good gen
eral, did not know him.”
From the National Intelligencer.
In looking through the Senatorial career of
General Harrison, we find him advocating what
ever appeared to him for the public good, without
regard lo the geographical hearings of the various
questions or lo the rank of the officers whom
they concerned. His n,mental rare extended
over all. Thus wc find him contending, with an
equal zeal, in favor of the erection of Batracksin
the vicinity of New Orleans; of the building of
an arsenal at Bt. Louis; of the construction of a
military road from Penobscot to Mars Mill, and
of a road from Fort Smith to Natchitoches; of the
erection of an arsenal at Augusta, in Maine ; of
the claim of the Slate of Georgia for militia ser
vices on the frontier thirty years ago, and of the
claim of South Carolina for unallowed expenses
in the war of 1812, With equal earnestness,
too, wc find him standing up fur the tignisof the
highest officer and the humblest private in- tbe
Army. He opposed, for example, the abolition
of the office of Major General in tbe Army ; and
he supported propositions to increase the pay of
captains und officers commanding companies ; to
make allowances to officers for partial disabilities
incurred in service; lo amend tbe articles of war
which relate to court marlials; to provide for tbe
relief of persons who had been wounded in the
service otherwise than in conflict with the ene
my.
But it is in behalf of his fellow man, the sol
dier, whether private or non-commissioned officer,
that wc find him using his best efforts and pour
ing out bis whole heart. It is in a debate upon
the bill to prevent desertion from the army, an
evil which had grown to such a height that it lrod
become impossible to keep the ranks of the army
full enough to be in any state of efficiency. The (
remedy proposed was a bounty upon rc-cnlist- '
ment, an increase of pay, and other inducements
to make the service more tolerable. In his posi
tion of Chairman of the Military Committee, it
became the duty of General Harrison to explain
the necessity for the bill, and the objects which it
proposed.
The following extracts from his speech show
to advantage the military knowledge and practi
cal wisdom of one who had both seen service and
deeply studied his profession :
Eztrar.tsfrom Gen. Harrison's Speech.
“I believe no military man will deny the fact i
that on the character of the non-commissioned ; i
officers of lire army, depends, in a more important 1 t
degree, the character of the army itself than even t
in the commissioned grade. General Wayne t
thought so; and I can, Irom my own experience, i
say that I have never yet seen a good company t
that had not a good non commissioned officer, i
And I have seen many companies defective in t
discipline where the captain was in many res- t
peels, an accomplished officer. General Wayne <
often said he could ascertain the state of a rompa- [
ny or of a regiment belter by examining the non- i
commissioned officers than by a cursory review t
of the regiment. It may, then, he considered an t
established maxim that, us the non-commission- t
ed officers are, so will be the soldiers of the line. 1
“ A similar opinion was entertained of the inv t
portance of the non-commissioned grades by the I
great Napnlean. I believe, sir, that there are. so
many anecdotes respecting Napnlean, that every t
gentleman must l>c acquainted with them, going I
to show that the attachment evinced towards him 1
by bis armies, in so many instances, was produ- J
ced by the attention he paid to. that grade of his o
army. If it were asked by what means these t
wonderful results were produced, I should say, it q
is by their being in direct and constant contact s
with the men; the commissioned officers seldom
are with them, and, when they arc, the soldiers p
hut rarely exhibit themselves unmasked. It is ; v
tbe non-commissioned officer who sees them in I e
situations where be can dive into their charac- I vi
ters. and i btain an influence favorable to making n
l "* l " giiagisafa ** M * iiMl — ag, ' T rc' it i • 'i iggaica
any impressions which they may choose. In
f every well reflated army, the men are divided
t> into squads, and at the head of every one is a non
. commissioned officer; and it must I think he oh
-1 * nus how '»uch benefit may Is- derived from
s hilV| nS 'h'« grade composed of efficient and trust
worthy men. Notwithstanding this, it is a little
singular that so little has been done for them in
our service—and it is the more singular, consid-
I onng the nature of onr government; the grade of
' commissioned officers represent the wealthy and
1 well informed part of the community ; the non-
I commissioned officers are drawn principally front
the laboring class of the community, the mass of
the People—the real sovereigns of the country;
I 111,(1 vet nothing or very little has been done to
render that grade respectable. At present they
arc cut oil from every prospect of promotion;
. and, as long as the present system , which I pro
, tf"* against, exists , nf confining all the mi Ufa > y
s knowledge to the sons of the richer portion nf the
community, there is no alternative; it Government
will not change their system, and diffuse a mili
tary education amongst the People generally, it
must exist.”
The following, however, is the part of this
speech in which you may read, as in a mirror,
the true character of Genera! Harrison. The
Dagucrrotype itself could not reflect a more ex
act image of the man :
•' If you art not willing, sir, (said General Har
rison.) to adopt a system of this kind—if you
will not increase their pay from the apprehension
which, my colleague has expressed that it will
produce 'Mssalisfaction in the army—what mens
ures will you adopt! Something must certainly
he done. Will you say that the punishment of
death sholT again he inflicted ? Will you crim
son your plains with the blood nf your own sol
diers - If you are resolved to do this, ho assur
ed the feelings of your fellow-citizens will not go
with you. Will you subject your gallant officers,
who gained you so much honor during the last
war, to the revolting tusk of executing their fellow
soldiers T 1 assure you it is an employment for
which they have no stomach. Though accustom
ed to scenes of blood, it is the blood of the ene
mies. or friends who fall in defence of theircoun
try, that it is not permitted a soldier to regret.
If it were not from the apprehension of a charge
of garrulity, which it is said belongs to the char
acter of some old soldiers, I could tell you what
I felt when at the age of eighteen, it fell to my
lot tn eomnuMul the guard which executed two
soldiers-(hr dhsertion ; and what I also felt, when,
as the commander of your army, I was called on
to sanction a sentence of death, lint I will tell
yon what I have seen General Wayne, the Mar
ccllus of your country, suffer on a similar occa
sion. I witnessed the tear starting from Ins fine
hftie eye, ami his breast heaving with emotion,
whenever ile was called upon lo perform this pain
ful duty.
“If you do not wish to revive (his punishment,
will you restore the omnipotence of the eat-of
nino-tailfc’ that instrument of torture! If you
do, you will find it ineffectual. Resort to severe
punishment* of that description, procure the
siting of Prussia or the knout of Russia, it will
never be effectual in an American army. The
punishment of the picket has even been tried,
hut in vain ; the only one that has proved effectu
al is death. Perhaps it may bo said it will he
best to continue the present system of confining
the deserter to hard labor in a fortress, with a ball
and chain around his leg.—Will the Senate con
sider what will he the effect of this congregation
of bad men! Amongst this number there are
rnan-y old offenders, who are ha~dcndcd in crime,
and others who are but young in guilt—the effect
of such a system always being to bring the least
guiltly to the standard of the greatest. And
what a mass of villainy will you periodically turn
loose in the community ? Try. then I beseech
you, some other plan— try the effect oflcnilv and
instruction—take the fetter from the leg, and ap
ply it to the mind of your soldier, and make him
what he should he, the willing and faithful ser
vant of his country."
"After all. sir.this hill is not cnlriely (o my
mind, 1 would have added some other induce
ments; I would have added honorary distinction;
and i would have increased the pay of the corpo
rals ; but I feared to go 100 far, lent nothing
should he obtained. There is another clause I
would willingly have added ; to restore again to
vout army the ministers of religion. Until late
ly I had not known that the grade of Chaplains
had been abolished. May not to this cause he in
part attributed the increased number of desertions
in your army ? I know there are objections in
the minds of some military men to the employ
ment ot Chaplains ; hut it has always arisen front
the character of the chaplains themselves. I know
also that books of carricatures have been printed
in England against that grade; hut, in the reform
that has lately taken place under the Duke of
Wellington, a considerable change has been ef
fected in that particular. They are now chosen
with great care, and faithfully do their duly. A
Chaplain, properly chosen, ami employed where
he can have constant access to the men, will no
doubt be of effectual service, and I regret they are
no longer to he found us a component part of our
army.”
From tin New Orleans Bulletin
If any confidence can he placed on the asser
tions of Mexican journals, the hope is still cher
ished of retrieving the defeat of San Jacinto, and
recovering the lost province of Texas. Nothing
has prevented a second invasion, or rather a third
invasion, hut the civil dissensions that have dis
tracted the kingdom. In spite, however, of the
internal strife that is raging from the Del Norte
to Yucantun, the Mexican press is calling upon
the Government to raise ten thousand men for
the re-conquest of Texas. Rut to such appeals
the Government must for th ■ present turn a deaf
ear. The reigning authorities have as much on :
their hands as can now he well attended 10, in
expelling the Indian invasions anil putting down
the insurrections that arc breaking out in differ
ent quarters. A glance at the internal condition
of Mexico is enough to show exclusively the im
possibility of another invasion ot Texas. The
whole country is impoverished. The treasury con- j
tains not money enough lo pay the public officers, 1
of whom many sufficing for want. The in- (
terior is unprotected — the roads infested by rob- j
hers—several of .he provinces overrun by hos- j
tile tribes of Indians, and ollwrs the theatres of j
bloody civil war.
If in a condition so deplorable as this, Mexico j
thinks of a foreign invasion, the imbecility of ;
her rulers is truly deplorable. The attempt would i
be an act of consummate folly. One of the I
Mexican journals, we notice, inclines to our
opinion. An article on ihesihyect closes with
the remark, that the result of the projected re-con
quest will he, that when the Mexican soldiers
shall have preished by hanger and nakedness, and
North American rifles, the Government will
plead its inability to carry on the war from the
want of means. Thus, after terminating anolh- I
r.r war with disgrace and staining her escutcheon I
with added infamy, Mexico will at last yield to j
necessity, and hid adieu *o Texas. How mneh '
i
—■ --rraa—b>
i wi«cr w ould it be now to listen to the dictates of ’
1 prudence, and at once acknowledge the indepen'
dence of« country which she can never bop* to
- contend against with success or to subdue.
St. Lonis Charter Election.
■ The election for Mayor and Aldermen of Bt,
' I ' ou, »> l<) ck place on the 6th instant. The Whigs
carried thiec out of the four wards into which
the city is divided, and elected John F. Darby,
tbeir candidate for Mayor, by a majority of 174
’ volca.
I Chik*.—' The following details of the army and
; navy ol China are extracted from the woik on
> that country, by M. Gutxlali; a missionary, who
’ resided in it many years;
; “The total number of Chinese troops, inclu
ding those of the navy, but not the militia nor the
' Mongol auxiliaries, amounts to 766,228, China
; * las Iwo fleets, one for the rivers, and the other for
t the sea. The first comprises 1,036 ships, the
second 918. '1 ha river fleet has crews to the
t amount of 9,600 men, and that for the sea 98*431,
making an aggregalo of 107,921 sailors. The*
i army is as regular as any in the world, but is
rather u skeleton limn a body. The soldier does
not light from love of country, but rather as is
police officer, nr imperial chasseur; and during the
greater portion of the year be is at homo with
his family, carrying on some trade or profession,
i'ho country has no need of a large embodied
army, and it is the interest of all parlies to reduce
the soldier to an bumble artisan. Consequently,,
there is scarcely one-tenth of the nominal force
under arms at one time, the other nine-tcntha
existing only on puper.
Wo have been in placea where there were
thousands of soldiers on the roll, and yet not
more than two hundred effective men could bo
mustered. When any rebellion breaks out, not
more than 3,000 out of 10,000 can be collected.
•Several of the generals are admirals also. The
officers and men arc equally ignorant of naviga
tion. A great many sailors of their merchant
vessels belong to the navy. Their war junka dif
fer in nothing from those employed in trade; the
largest do not exceed 300 tons in burden. The
whole coast is lined with ships, and there is not a
•ingle haven or c ulanque, however small, which
has not its post of soldiers.
Women and Tjadias.—Time was when, in
good old Scripture parlance, the word woman
was regarded as an honorable appellation of adult
females. But this term was ton republican for
community—for all such were “women,” and the
term implied no distinction between the nobility
and the common herd.—And so those who wore
the greatest amount of silks „nd satins, flirted the
most gracefully about town and in fashionable
parlies, and did no work, must take a higher and
more honourable name, and be culled Ladiet.-
But in this country, honorable names, like fashion
able dresses, are coveted by all parties ; and soon
it came to pass that wo bud no “woman in the
land. I' rom the stuccoed and ornamented parlor,
to the kitchen of the log cabin, nil became Ladies.
As the intention of those designations has thus
been defeated, we motion, that henceforth none
be allowed the name of Ladies but good house-'
wives—those who are real helpmates in the fami
ly, and can if in health, earn their own living..
1 hesc arc the true nobility of the female sex and
should be considered Ladies.—Your mere walk
ing bundles of silk and piano forte players, who
think themselves disgraced to be caught at th*
work in the kitchen, should have no higher ternr
to designate them than women, and this in the
odious and unpopular sense whieh they originally
attempted to employ it in.— Maine Cultivator.
Nativity or the Mkm liras or the House or
Representatives of the United States. —Of
two hundred and thirty-five members of the House,
the following States gave birth to the numbers set
opposite each in the table subjoined ;
Pennsylvania 37 Georgia 8
Virginia 34 Maine 6
Massachusetts 25 New Hampshire 3
New York 21 Vermont 5
Connecticut 18 Delaware 3
North Carolina 17 Ohio 3
South Carolina 12 Louisiana 9
Kentucky 12 Rhode Island 1
Maryland 11 Tennessee 11
Ireland 4 England 1
Eight of the United States have not had the honor
of giving birth to a Member of Congress.
A Scbeameb.—There is a young lady ofi
“sweet sixteen” down the Seneca liver, who cuts
her two cords of wood perduy, when not too much
engaged in household affairs. Being ut school
I bo oilier day, she settled some dilleience between
herself and the schoolmaster by trundling him
head-foremost out of the house, and closing tho
doors upon him. What a glorious remedy for
the “ hard times” such a companion “in arma”
would he! Ohio Stale Journal
An Amur.—A horrid duel took place be
tween Wm. B. Wade and i. H. Robinson a few
miles above Vicksburg, on our side of the river,
one day last week. The parlies fought with-
Bowie knives and Wade was stabbed to the
heart. He died instantly, and Robinson, it ia
said, is 100 severely wounded to render recovery
probaulc.— Picayune.
An Obstinate Fellow.— The following
from the New York Atlas, ;s capital. Wo have
heard of many obstinate fellows in our day, but
this Atlas man's obstinacy is the most obstinate
obstinacy that wc remember to have read of:
“There is a man in the upper pait of this city,
who is so contrary that he won’t eat when ho
is hungry—when he goes to bed at night bo al
ways gels in feet first, and comes out head first
in (he morning—universally lies with his bead
at the fool of the bed. He made an unsuccessful
attempt the other morning to put his boots on
hind part before and his pantaloons bottom end
up. When he reads, always holds Ihc paper or
book bottom up, and puts Ins spectacles upon the
back of bis bead. The only way to get him to
the Battery is by telling him to go up Broadway,,
and he is sure to go down.”
Police Report,
The following report,
Both pithy and short,
Wc find in the New Ycrk Dispatch,.
For neatness and sense.
With as little pretence,
Wc seldom have met with its match.
Baltimore Vititen
“One Christopher Twist ordered Hannah Me—
Christ to stand still pnd be kissed. But Hannah
gave out such a deuce ol a shout, at what Twist
was about, that a watchman named Top, came up
with a hop, and marched Twist to the shop. But
McGhrist not being there, to the kissing to swear.
Twist was cleared by the chair, and made tracks
like a hair.”
As looking at fighting
Is apt to enrage us,
So gaping is catching,
And rhyming contagious.
Report, like a snow-ball,
Is constantly swelling,
Push along the report,
And add something in telling.