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I J - W ~ &W - S - JONES - AUGUSTA, Ga. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 91, 1840. " Vol. IV.-No C O~
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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 20.
Our acknowledgements arc due to Senex for
hia able review of Judge Colquitt’s circular, we
had ourselfcommenced a review arranged differ
ently, and shall take great pleasure in availing
ourself of the facts presented to our considera
tion by Senex, and if our space will permit shall
also insert his communication in the Reformer.
Hamburg Meeting.
The call of the friends of Harrison, Tyler and
Reform, for a public meeting in our sister town,
will tell well upon Carolina, and will show to
tho spoils men at Washington that the people,
the reflecting people, are not so easily gulled as
they would hope. We have long since seen that
there was a powerful opposition in Carolina to
Van BurenUm, such an opposition as could not
be controlled by political demagogues ; and the
call in Hamburg, which comprises almost every
voter in the place, is one of the first impulses
given to a hall which will set the whole State in
motion, and with proper energy on the part
of her Preston, Thompson, Rutler, Legare,
Pettigru and others, will rescue her from tho
embraces of Van Burenism and experiments.—
The people in Carolina are too intelligent and
f too much devoted to republican principles, not
to como to tho rescue in this important struggle
for liberty and the Constitution, and the memory
of her Hayne and Turnbull, are yet too fresh in
their recollections for them to remain inactive in
the coming contest.
For the Chronicle <)• Sentinel.
The Constitutionalist, speaking of the present
political discussions, says: “It is amusing to lis
ten to street declamation, especially when gestic
ulation and emphasis are improved by hard cider
and old London particular."
Now, we feel no disposition logo into a dis
cussion of the matter just darkly hinted at, in
tho above extract. But if Mr. Guicu is seriously
disposed to force it upon us, wo think we shall
be able to show him, by practical illustration,
the danger, to parties, as well as to individuals,
of throwing stones at random in the neighbor
hood of their own glass houses. There are oth
er liquors which affect “gesticulation and em
phasis,” besides HARD CIDER.
Popular Vote of Virginia.
The Lynchburg Virginian gives full returns
of the result of the election in that State, with
the popular vole annexed. In counties where
there was no political contest, the vote of 1836 is
taken. The editor gives tho Whigs a majority
of 1669, and makes a Whig gain since 1836, of
8559 votes.
Gen. Harrison no Federalist.
<. We published a letter from Gen. Harrison to Mr.
< Sloo of New Orleans, conclusively proving that the
Old Hero, is not, never was, and never can be an
Abolitionist. We now publish a letter from Judge
Burnet of Cincinnati, a man whose lofty integrity
even the malicious minions of the present party
dare not assail, utterly extinguishing the false
charge of his having been a Federalist. No man
who has a proper regard for truth, can, we suppose,
revive these exploded falsehoods.
Cincinnati, Feb. 27, IS4O.
My Dear Sir:—l remark, in reply to your let
ter of this morning, that during the contest be
tween Mr. Jefferson and the elder Adams, General
Harrison and myself were residing in the North
Western Territory, and of course had not the pri
vilege of voting. At that time, 1 was in habits of
great intimacy with Gen. Harrison, although I was
a Federalist (honestly so,) and he a Republican of
the Jefferson school, I supported Adams warmly,
and he, with equal warmth supported Mr. Jeffer
son. —During the controversy from 1796, inclusive)
I conversed and argued with him times withou,
number—lie sustaining Mr. Jefferson, and I Mr.
Adams. You may assure your friend, that there
was not a more consistent.decided supporter of Mr.
Jefferson, in the North Western Territory, than
Gen. Harrison. For the truth of this declaration,
I most willingly pledge ray reputation.
I state to you what I saw, and heard and know.
When the Alien and Scuition law passed, the Gen.
was not a member of Congress. He neither voted
nor had an opportunity of voting on that law.
Your friend, J. Burnet.
on. Wm. Soutuoate.
From the Few York Courier.
* The Postmaster General. — We publish
ed yesterday among the items received at a late
hour in advance of the mail an address from
Amos Kendall to the Loco Focos of the U. S,;
d or in other words, the appeal of a member of Gen.
Jackson and Martin Van Huron's Cabinet, to the
charity of tho subscribers to the Extra Globe lor
their pittance to support his family during the
general prostration of tne business of the coun
try producing by his and their infamous crusade
against the country and the institutions of the
fountry.
If there were any, even among the most rabid
Loco Focos, who doubted the character of this
adventure, they must now be fully convinced
that he was, and is a disgrace to the country and
to the high station ho has so long occupied.—
A more humiliating spectacle than is now pre
sented to the country by this miserable appeal
from a high Cabinet Minister, has never been
witnessed in any country. Worthless and un- I
principled as we have long known him to ho, we
were not prepared fur an act so disgraceful as this
—and that too, on the part of an individual who
has for twenty long years been filling some of
the most lucrative offices of the Government,
and who if public report does not belie him, has
unscrupulously used all the funds under his con
trol in speculating in the public domain through
information obtained from his official station.
And then tho impudent assumption of his
card while he humbly stands cap in hand, beg
ging for the crumbs of patronage from the extra
Clohe, for tho support of the family of a high ca
binet minister, who has for twelve long years been
speculating upon the people, he modestly assigns
as a reason for his appeal and new position, the
importance of letting THE WHOLE WORLD
know that it is not in consequence of any dissat
isfaction with the President and his administra
tion, that he has resorted to the expedient of be
coming a public beggar. The modesty of this
inflated upstart, is only equalled by his falsehood
in attempting to screen from the public gaze his
ill gotten wealth. But he is in all respects wor
thy of the administration of which he has so
long been (ho principal wire-puller, and while us
Americans we mourn over the disgrace which
through him, attaches to our government, we
cannot but rejoice in tho fact that he is shortly
to terminate his career as a cabinet minister.
Mn. Price. —Tho Ncw-York Evening Ex
press of Friday, says:
“ Few men could land on our shores of greater
notoriety. Since his departure there is not a press
in this country that has not mentioned his name
in a variety of ways. It was declared by many
that he would never return. Yesterday, howev
er, he landed at White Hall, with his wife and
flock of little ones. He never looked better, nor
appeared in finer spirits. Ho has returned to
meet his accusers, and invites the most rigid scru
tiny. He declares he docs not owe tho Govern
ment a penny.”
A Rumor. —A letter from Boston, dated May
14th, 3 o’clock P. M. says, “it is rumored here
that Mr. Blake, President of the Wrentham Bank,
one of the passengers in the ill-fated Lexington,
was picked up at sea after being 5 days in the
water, and carried to a foreign port. Ho did not
speak for 20 days, but has returned to his family
in good health.” This rumor, we learn, was
heard of at Wrentham on tho 13th, but was not
credited.— Jour, Cew.
Gen. Harrison’s Republicanism.
A late Richmond Enquirer has i long string of
inferences to prove Gen. Harrison to have been a
Federalist. The secret of this charge is that Gen.
Harrison is a candidate for the Presidency, and
stands in the way of the re-election of Van Huron,
in relation to whom the Enquirer has avowed the
slavish doctrine that he means to “sink or swim”
with him.
Hut what said the Enquirer on this subject be
fore Harrison was a candidate, and before the En
quirer had become the slave of party? See the
following, from the Richmond Enquirer of Oct. 26
1813 cdit°d then, as now, by Thus. Ritchie :
“Tlic Federal printers are impudent enough to
claim all the laurels of the war, by denominating
the most distinguished of its heroes as Federalists.
Hull, say they, is a Federalist, and so are Cliaun
cey, Decatur and Harrison ! Oh no, not Tlarrison,
because the Federal Republican has very lately cull
ed him the ‘Democratic General.’
“Hut how can those men be called Federalists,
acooulhig to the definition of the Federal printers ?
A Federalist, now-a-days, is synonymous with a
friend of peace."
Again in 1829, (Oct. 14th,) the political opinions
of Gen. Harrison, who was then a candidate for
Congress, were published with high commendation
by the same Richmond Enquirer, as “ Republican
Doctrines.”
Hut hear Gen. Harrison himself. On the I Ith of
Nov. 1809, when Madison was elected President
by the Republican party, Gen. Harrison wrote to
Dr. Brownly as follows: —
“/rejoice sincerely in the triumph of the Repub
licans of Maryland. I have written to my friend,
General Smith, to congratulate him on his appoint
ment to the Senate without having any evidence of
it than the success of the Republican Ticket."
Again in 1823, Gen. Harrison said, in an address
to his constituents, “1 deem myself a Republican
of what is commonly called the old Jeffersonian
School.”
Which will the reader believe, the Richmond
Enquirer when it had no object to slander Gen.
Harrison, or the Richmond Enquirer (earing that it
will have to sink along with Van Burcn. — Fayette
ville Observer.
Mr. Pollock’s Testimony of Harrison’s
Bravery.
Mr. Speaker,—l have listened to the debate,
thus far, with much patience. I have heard
abuse heaped upon Gen. Harrison, by men who
aro comparatively young; and although I am
unaccustomed to speech making, I hope the
House will bear with me for a lew moments, for
I shall not trouble it long. I shall only reply to
some particular matters. I shall not deal in gen
eralities, we have hud too many of them already.
Sir, I have heard members of this House charge
Gen. Harrison with cowardice, whom he defend
ed and protected from the war-knile and toma
hawk of the Indians, when they were sleeping in
their mothers’ arms.
Mr. Speaker, —I know something of General
Harrison, and something of his history, and some
thing of hia deeds. 1 know individuals who
were with him during the last war; who were
with him in the battles of the Thames, Fort
Meigs, and Fort Stephenson. 1 know, sir, tiiat
cannon-halls, and chain-shot, ami bomb-shells,
flew thick around him in these battles. The gen
tleman from Clermont, (Mr. Buchanan.) said
that Gen. Harrison was not, during tho battle of
Port Meigs, near enough to have the scales knock
ed off him. Well, sir, if he was not near enough
to have the scales knocked off, ho was near
enough to have scales and d rl knocked on to him
by cannon-balls. (Who saw it? asked some
member.) 1 saw it, sir. I was in that battle.
I SAW A CANNON-BALL STRIKE WITH
IN TWO FEET OF GENERAL HAR-
R.SON DURING . THAT FIGHT. I was
there. ISAW BO MS-SHELLS AND CHAIN
SHOT FLYING ALL AROUND HIM.—
HORSES WERE SHOT DOWN UNDER
HIM. I was also at the battle of Fort Stephen
son. I saw Gen. IT. there, and he was in the
hottest and hardest of tho fight: and where steel
met steel the fiercest, there would you find Gen.
Harrison. I speak what my eyes have seen.
GEN. HARRISON IS NOT A COWARD;
and those who call him a coward know nothing
of him. He was a brave, prudent, and fearless
General. He took tho right course during the
last war—he acted a noble part, and his country
has honored him for it. Ask the soldiers who
fought by bis side; whose arms wore nerved by
his presence ; whoso hearts were cheered by his
valor; and who were led to triumph and to victo
ry by his courage, anil bravrry, and skill, if Gen
eral Harrison was a coward—and they, sir, will
tell you no !
Sir, I have done. I only wished to give my
testimony in favor of General Harrison, and to
stale what I have seen, in opposition to the state
ments of those who arc ignorant of his character,
and who know nothing of his bravery and skill.
Colleges. —The Christian Review stales that
I there are ninety-live colleges in the United States,
containing about 9,500 students,twenty-seven med
ical schools, with about 2,750 students, and eight
law schools, with 350 students.
’ I i ron the Ohio Republican.
“ Roys, do yon hear that I”
Twenty-six years ago last Autumn (said a
gentleman the other day,) I was a hoy attending
school in a log cabin, with no other windows than
! tllf lo g s afforded through the space between logs,
by the removal of u piece of the tiiirii, with
greasy bits ol papers pasted on as substitutes of
glass, i his cabin dedicated to learning, was sit
uated on the outskirts of a now populous town
in I ennsy Ivania. No state in the Union furnish
ed more or better soldiers fertile defence and pro
tection of the northern frontier of Ohio during
the lato war, than did Pennsylvania ; not a few
ol her sons were in the army surrender by Hull
besides nuniucrs of her bravo fellows who were
massacred and scalped at Winchester’s and Dud
ley’s defeat ; still the after-call of Gen. Harri
son tor more soldiers, was answered by largo
numbers of Pennsylvanians,including several from
our village. The departure of these fellows from
their families and friends was then viewed ns a
voluntary sacrifice of life for tho defence of their
country, and the ‘farewell, God bless yc,’ wan
uttered in a tone and feeling that sank deep in
. to the hearts of tho bystanders, and which will
, never ho effaced from my memory.
In those days our mails were few and uncer
tain, and it was only by the occasional passing
1 of a sick or disabled soldier returning home, that
wo heard from our army—Time hung heavy and
i a deep gloom overspead our country—tho lust
news was ‘ a battle is soon expected between the
American Army under Gen. Harrison, and the
British and Indians under the blood thirsty Proc
tor and Tecumseh.’ Days and weeks passed by
and yet nothing was heard from our Army. Our
citizens eagerly hailed all strangers from the
West, with tho anxious enquiry of ‘ any news
from Gen. Harrison,’ and such was the delay,
doubt and uncertainty, that it was generally fear
ed, and by many believed that Harrison and his
Army, had like those before him, been defeated
and massacred. While I was silting (said our
informant) at tho long low window of our old
school house, and our litisu Schoolmaster was
busy repealing the A, B, G., to tho smaller ur
chins, I suddenly heard the sound of a horn, I
looked forth and saw descending the hill, half a
• mile distant, the mail-hoy on his horse at full
speed ; at the foot of the hill ho crossed the
bridge and the rapid clatter of the iron hoof re
sounded throughout our cabin; rising the hill
near us. his horse at full speed and reeking with
sweat, he again sounded his shrill horn, and when
opposite our academy he called out, “Harrison
HAS WHIPPED THE BRITISH AND INDIANS!”
Our Irish tutor, with as true an American heart
as ever beat in a son of Erin,sprang from his scut
as though he had been shot, his eyes flushing fire,
screamed out “Bovs, no you hear that!!!
caught his hut, darted out atthe door and follow
ed the mail-boy at the top of his speed; the
scholars were but a little behind him, tho larger
ones taking tho lead and shouting, “Huzza for
Harrison, anil tho smaller ones running after,
hallowing and screaming with fright.
The people of our village hearing tho confu
sion and seeing the mail boy and horse at full
run followed by the schoolmaster at tho top of
his speed and his whole school, screaming, shout
ing and running, knew not what to make of it.
Tho mechanic left his shop—the merchant his
store—and the women stretched lluir necks out
of the windows, while consternation and dismay
was depicted on every countenance. The mail
arrived at the office, the carrier rose in his stir
rups and exclaimed at tho same time whirling his
hat in tho air, “ Huzza for Harrison, ho has
whipped the British ami Indiana”—“ Boys do
you hear that?” A universal shout of joy in
voluntarily hurst forth, bonfires wore kindled in
the streets, and our village was illuminated at
night. In those days I heard no one say that
Harrison was,a ‘ coward, ora granny’ hut I heard
maui/ sap “ God bless General Harrison.”
A PENNSYLVANIAN.
Contemptible Trick.
For the purpose of throwing ridicule upon tho
Whig Convcnlion, about to assemble at Balti
more, the Locofocos of Washington hired a gang
of negroes to parade the city with Harrison ban
ners and mottoes. The procession consisting of
about forty carts filled with blacks, decorated
with badges, and carrying labels of “Hard Cider
and Log Cabin,” paraded up and down Pennsyl
vania Avenue. The miserable pageant passed
off without any notice from tho Whigs but the
silent contempt it deserved. We are sorry, how
ever, to perceive the use to which one of Louisi
ana's grave senators would put this artifice off
on tho Locofocos. He has written a curious letter,
which appeared in yesterday’s Courier, describ
ing the procession as if gotten up by the Whigs
for parly effect, and lamenting with feigned sin
cerity, that the authorities in a slave-holding city
like Washington should have tolerated such an
exhibition.
Docs Senator Nicholas suppose that his con
stituents can be gulled by such shallow tricks ?
It is painful to see men high in rank and dignity,
thus lending themselves to lie the tools of party.
We cannot believe this letter from Senator Nich
olas was intended for publication.— N, Orleans
Bulletin.
Bank op Kentucky.— A letter from Louis
ville, under date of 6th instant, published in the
Philadelphia North American, says—
“ The stockholders’ meeting closed yesterday,
and all went off peaceably. But one opinion
was expressed on the subject of the liability for
the over-issues of stock in hands of innocent
holders—all concurred that the Bank was cer
tainly and justly liable. The Directors elected
will do all they can to effect a speedy adjustment
of the whole matter, and have already selected an
agent to proceed to Philadelphia, and ascertain
more fully the extent of the issues, and to have
the matter settled with the Schuylkill Bank.”
Anecdote.
Moves, speaks and fights, and is himself a war.”
Among the many pleasing incidents that oc
curred during our attendance at the glorious 22d
of February Convention, it did our hearts good to
hear Harrison’s brave old soldiers describing
scenes of by-gone days.
They fought their battles o’er again,
With Harrison on hill and plain.
We will relate the following as wo heard it,
from one who is too brave to depart from the
truth, and we do so with additional pleasure, be
cause the office- holders and their dependents are
constantly laboring to prove that General Harri
son is an “Old Granny” and a “Coward.”
At the period when Fort Meigs was hcsciged
by the British army, under Proctor, and a horde
of savages under the most noted chiefs, General
Harrison received a message from Proctor, com
manding him to surrender, and at the same time
threatening that in case he did not comply, the
fury of the Indians would not ho restrained. The
fort was knee deep in water, the men were ex
ha istcu by constant watching and exertion, and
the “lavages were yelling like so many Devils, ’
when llm brave Harrison summoned In? officers
to the Cmineil table. Scaling himself at the
head, he read Proctor’s message, and beginning
with his junior officer, requested each to give his
opinions as to what course to pursue. Thinking
that, in this instance,discretion would he ihu hel
ler part of valor, and wishing to spare the effusion
ot blood, a majority were in favor of surrendering.
When Harrison had ascertained this fact, he
arose and addressed them in this emphatic lan
guage:—"Gentlemen, I am charged hy my gov
ernment with the defence of this fort, and if it
were as deep with Mood, ns it now is with water,
I would not surrender it.” His officers, spring
ing to their feet, exclaimed, “If that is your de
termination, General, we are with you!”—Tur
ning to the messenger, lie said, “go and tell Gen.
Proctor to come and take it.”
’Pile result is recorded in history. The siego
ofFort Meigs was abandoned.—Tbc skill and in
trepidity with which Gen. Harrison conducted
his defensive operations, in tho face of a superior
foe, was eminently successful; and not only pro
tected our widely extended frontier, but eventu
ally forced the British and Indians to retire, mor
tified and humbled by defeat from our country. —
Log Cabin I leva hi.
Another iMtiN.—A backwoodsman of Illinois,
who keeps a “ Travellers Rest,” tins ibis announce
ment inscribed over the clapboard door of his log
cabin:
B c hem i ieri . ln gi ore for Travellers —
Oats ami chop (or the .mrso—and for the rider,
B°g. honaminy, and hard cider.
The politics ol Harrison
linleu i|os little garrison.
'1 hose of > an Harm
h bei/nud all enrlurin
The people will certify to tho I ruth of this duclarn
lion of the honest pioneer, in duo season.
Gov. Ei.i.swonTii’s Message to the Legislature
of Connecticut represents that tbc State is free
from debt, and has besides, $18,544 in tho Treas
ury. Thp school fund amounts to $2,04(1, 000; the
dividend made last year $103,345, which has been
divided among 82,670 children. Tbc State prison
is in a flourishing condition ; number of convicts,
109 ; profits last year beyond expenses, $1,500. —
The militia numbers 40,000 men, who arc gener
ally well armed and equipped.
The Chinese Empire —ln the course of n de
bate in thn House ot Commons, tsir James Graham
described the Chinese Empire as inhabited by three
hundred and fifty millions ol human beings—nil di
rected by tho will ol one man—all speaking one
language—all governed hy one code ol laws—nil
profaning one religion—all actuated hy the same
ieelings of national pride and pnjuilico. They date
their origin, not by centuries, but by tens ot centu
ries, transmitted to them in regular succession, un
der n patriarchal government, without interruption;
and boast of education, of printing, of civilization,
of arts, ni d tho conveniences nml many < f tho lux
uries ol lilc »s enjoyed by them when Europe was
still sunk in barbarism, find when the light of
knowledge was obscured in this our western hem
isphere.
“iiut,” ho added, “not only to their manlier—not
only witu regard to that unity which is strength,
hut 1 call lliu attention of the bouse to their im
mense wealth. They possess an annual revenue of
.£511,0(10,out), regularly collected—they bnve no
debt—they inhabit the largest and fairest potion of
Asia, in nearly one third ot that which is in tho
tropical climate—they cultivate a must fruitful soil,
which is wttered hy tho largest rivers, and inler
secied by a canal 1200 miles in length, which Is one
ol the standing wonders of the world, nml in every
portion ot this immense empire, there is one uni
ionnity of system—one jealous suspicion of stran
gers, even both on the sboros ol the yellow Sen,
and nil the confines ol India, and the boundaries of
Ava, Tcbet, and Nepnul.”
“Sue would me a Soldier.”— The following
thrilling anecdote of a young Soul It Carolina girl is
copied from a work entitled “Talcs of Marion’s
Men.”
“Sally St. Clair wnsa beautiful,dark eyed creo'o
girl. Tho whole treasury of her love was frocly
{mured out to Sergeant Jasper, who on one occasion
mil llieguod fortune to save her life. Tho prospect
of their separation almost maddened her. To sever
her long jelly ringlets from her exquisite head, to
dress in mole ullire, to enroll herself m tho corps to
which he belonged, unknown to him, was a resolu
tion no sooner conceived than taken. In tho camp
she attracted no particular attention except (ho night
before the butilu, when she was noticed bonding
over Ins couch, like a good and gontle spirit, as if
lisloning to bis dreams. 'J’ho camp was surprised
mid a fierce conflict ensued. The lovers wero side
hy side in Ibo thickest of ihe fight; hut, endeavor
ing to turn away a lance aimed at the lionrt of Jas
[icr, ibo poor girl received it in her own, and fell
bleeding at his Ibet. After tho victory, hor name
and si x were discovered ; there was not a diy eye
in ibo corps when Sally St. Clair was laid in her
grave, in a green shady nook, that looked us if it
had been stolen out of Paradise.”
A Riim-atic Affair. —lt appears from the
Cincinnati News, that an old gentleman, pretty
well offin the world, fell in love with a young la
dy on board one of the steamboats while travelling
up the river, and so “came tbc agreeable” over her,
that she consented to be bis when they arrived at
Cincinnati. The marriage was consummated, and
the bridegroom became lively, and then joily, and
then stupid,and then dead drunk. He was put to
bed—and when ho woke up in the morning, not
Irom a dream of bliss, for be was too drunk to
dream, be found to his great mortification that bis
maiden bride with her mother bad Swaitwoutcd,
leaving birn all “alone in bis glory.” Nothing
bad been heard of her up to the latest dates. Prob
ably she lias G. T. T.
The National Ucbt of Great llrltain.
According to the London Weekly Review, “of
187 years terminating in 1815, England spent 05
in war and 03 in peace. Tbo war of 1088, after
lasting nine years and raising the expenditure in
that period 30 millions, was closed hy the treaty
of Ryswick in 1097.—Then came the war of the
Spanish succession, which began 1703, concluded
in 1713, and absorbed 02 i millions (of money.
Next was tins .Spanish war 1739, settled finally
at Aixly-Ghapelle in 1748, costing 54 millions.
—Then came the seven years’ warof 1750, which
terminated with the treaty of Paris in 1763, and
in course of which were spent 112 millions.
Tne next was the Ameiican war of 1775, lasted
eight years, costing 136 millions. The French
Revolutionary war began in 1793, lasted nine
years, and exhibited an expenditure of 404 mil
lions. The war against Bonaparte, began in
1803 and ended in 1815 : during these 13 years,
the nation spent 1159 millions, 771 of which were
raised by taxes, and 388 by loans. In the Rev
olutionary war wo borrowed 301 millions in the
American war, 104 millions; in the seven years’
war 00 millions; in the Spanish war ol 1739, 29
millions; in the war of the Spanish succession,
32 j millions; in the war of 1088, 20 millions.
Total borrowed in the seven wars during 65 years,
about 834 millions. In the same time we raised
by taxes I 189 millions ; thus forming a total ex
penditure on war of lino thousand and twenty
three millions of pounds sterling."
Mr Combo, the phrenologist, thus comments ;
—“The national debt of Britain has been contrac
ted chiefly in w„rs, originating in commercial
jealousy fund thirst for conquest; in short, under
the suggestions of Comhativeness, Destructive
ness, Acquisitiveness and Self-Esteem. Did not
our ancestors, therefore, impede their own pros-
" P‘' r|, y and happiness, by engaging in these con
r ,r!,s - utl( l have any consequences of them reach-
I etl us, except the burden of paying nearly thirty
• ndlliinu of taxes annually, as the price of the
1 gratification of the propensities of our ignorant
forefathers? If thn twentieth part of the sums
• had been spent in effecting objects recognized bv
• the moral sentiments—in instituting, for example,
seminaries ol education, making roads, canals and
and public granaries—how difiorent would have
• been thn present condition of tho country, which
exhibits thn spectacle of millions of men toiling
’ to tho extremity of human endurance, for a pit
’ tanco scarcely sufficient to sustain life.”
From the American Traveler.
The Captdiik.—The “Amiable Julia” was a
fine brig, of 500 tons burthen, built at Baltimore,
1 but owned in Boston. She left the latter place in
’ August, 1813, for tho port of Rochelle, in France,
5 commanded hy Uapt. Lealhnrluuy, a man of great
experience in son matters. He was about 45 years
of ago, tall, und rather lean and lank ; hut lie had
a genius within that started not at bides ; ho had
mi eye like an eagle, and could face the broadside
of a 74 without winking; ho had a voico (hat
would drown the sound of a spemting-trumpet,
and he could wield a handspike like a Hercules.
, Her crew consisted of about twenty men, native
Americans, except one, an Irishman, a true son
• of Erin, who had deserted from his Britannic
Majesty’s ship, Antelope. Tho brig was armed
with a 9 pounder at ber hows and stern,and moun
ted a long-tom at midships. She arrived at a phec
of destination, after a pleasant run of 25 days
without interruption. She discharged her cargo,
and took in one of wine, grapes, raisins, &c.; and
after a slay of about one month, she unmoored
from Rochelle, and with a fair breeze stood out to
sea with all sails set, and tho beautiful brig “walk
. cd the waters like a thing of life.” But she was
• not destined so to proceed a great while ; for on
• the second morning, the man at tho mast head
descried a sail bearing down, with all the canvass
1 she could carry, upon the windward quartet.
1 She soon proved to he a ship of war, and hy noon
| she camp within hailing distance, when she run
. up tho royal cross of St. George. The American
cleared her decks for action, and ran up the stars
and stripes—when, immediately, the Briton rent
a shot across her bows, and ordered her to heave
| to. But Lcathcrbury commanded us yet, and in
stead of heaving to, ho ordered Iter a dose of can
ister sweetened with grape, from long-tom, which
made wmk for the surgeon and suiltimltcrs. This
I so exasperated the Briton, that he hove his helm
’ hard aport, and gave Jonathan a broadside, which
cut the sails and rigging,hut injured no one.
The Irishman was now in his clement, for ho
; know the ship as soon as sho showed hor broad
. side, it was thn Antelope, from which ho had
deserted. Jonathan gave the Briton another dose
| from long-tom, which drove in tho counter, and
killud the mini at tho wheel. Tbo Briton now
gave them another broadside, which carried the
faretopmast of the Julia by tho board. Tho latter
by this time brought her other two guns to hear
. upon tho foe, which did considerable execution.
Meanwhile Patrick was not idle ; he, had supplied
■ himself with a musket, and every shot of his told
, among theenomy. But now came the third broad
, side of Ibo Briton, which unshipped tho rudder of
- the Julia, and carried her foremast by the board,
5 which rendered her unmanageable. The Briton,
f taking advantage of this, ran down upon her,
driving his bowsprit into her mizen shrouds. And
i, now followed a scene of slaughter not to bo dcs
-4’ criliod. The Americans fought with the despera
tion of madmen : and though small in number
they lacked not in courage. Tho Irishman fought
~ like a desperado, and killed a great many with
s his own hand. 'The British had recognized him,
s and determined on taking him alivo; hut in this
they were disappointed ; for in tho midst of the
’ battle a person leaped from tho shrouds of the
, Antelope upon the deck of the Julia, hy the side
of Patrick, who immediately stabbed him to tbc
■ heart!—and as he fell to the deck ho cast a look
1 into bis face, and in it beheld the face of his own
1 brother! He dropped his weapons, caught up his
brother in his arms, and tried to staunch his
wound ; but his life was fast ebbing away. At
this moment a shot from the Briton laid the poor
fellow by tho side of his brother, and their spirits
went together to their great account. The Julia’s
men being nearly all killed or wounded, tho re
mainder surrendered to tho British, who lost more
than one third of their men.
O. 8. R., Ho**••ton.
A Beau Hunt in Laplanii.—A peasant gen
erally goes out in search ol his trail, and having
found it, moves in a ring some miles in circum
ference to make sure of having him within it.
He then gradually contracts his circles till ho
comes to the retreat itself of the animal. Weeks
arc sometimes expended in this search; the pea
- suutry are then summonsed to a skull by the lands
hofoding, or governor of the province, and put
under the direction, of the jagUniiciiturc, or ran
, gcr of the district, who niarsi.als them and com
mands their movements. The peasants are gene
i rally formed into circles, und come armed with
t whatever weapons they can procure. Though
, opposed singly to a whole host, the bear often
' spreads havoc among his assailants. Every ball
that enters bis huge carcass but adds fire to bis
tury, anil wo to tbo individual whom bis wrath
has singled out! It ceases to he a mere pastime,
and nothing but the greatest self-possession can
f save him from a miserable death. While at Utr
-1 nosand. I saw a representation of an event that
r that took place at a skall in the neighborhood in
i 1831, and which shows that hcar-hunling must
j ho quite equal to tiger-hunting in excitement and
■ peril. The bear on ibis occasion was very large;
1 nothing like an American bear, with which an In
. dian can grapple, hut an enormous beast able to
i carry off a pony under bis arm. His temper,
. probably never very good, had been rutiled by
i ten shots lodged in different parts of his body ;
I all present entrenched themselves, and awaited
, sonic desperate clliirt on his part, should not a
I lucky shot through tho head speedily give him
i his quietus. At this moment a man bolder than
■ his companions advancing before them, the hear
rushed upon him, tore his gun from his hands,
i and began to wound him with his tremendous
, claws. The wretched man was unable to con
s tend with bis muscular antagonist; already bis
wounds were Idling out his lilc, when a young
i Nurrlunder, unable to look quietly on, rushed to
’ bis assistance. Besides thn danger which lie
i himself incurred, and which, of course he had no
, feeling of, there was some difficulty in shooting
the hear without striking tho man. As ho advan
ced, the bear rose on bis hind logs to meet his
I new opponent; his victim dropped before him; the
Nolander seized tho favorable opportunity, rai
sed his gun with both arms high above bis head,
to bring it in a horizontal position on a level with
the bear’s, and, trusting to feeling more than
sight,discharged his piece. An immediate death
wound could alone save either from their
enemy. The success, which the liravc man
deserved, attended him, and the bull passed
through the brain of the bear, which fell dead on
the icscued man.— Dillon's Winter in Lapland.
A Rdma*tic Adventure.—AnEnglishpa
porsnyH tlie following adventure has of late hern
the subject of much conversation. On an even
ing early in Match last, about dusk, a commercial
traveller was proceeding from Cheltenham t.»
Gloucester in a gig, when he was occostrd by i
respectably dressed lady, who informed him that
she had been disappointed by the coach, anil re
quested him to give her a seat in his gig to Glou
cester. Commercial travellers are proverbially
gallant and good Matured ; and the gentleman of
the road in this instance possessed all the best
characteristics of bis 4 ord ir.’ Ho was happy at
the opportunity afforded him of being of the least
service to the lady, whoso petition was couched
in the most moving terms; and, delighted rather
i than otherwise with his good fortune, which had
, thrown such a companion in his way to beguito
i the solitariness and tedium of his journey, he at
once granted the request, and handed the lady to
the seal at his side,
i The lady's proportions were somewhat of tho
largest, and tho arm which the traveller assisted
I as she sprang into tho vehicle appeared capable
of defending its possessor from any improper lib
erties. Whether this circumstance induced the
traveller to cast his eyes downwards, to observe
whether all proportions corresponded, or whether
like many other gentlemen of his cruft, ho boast
ed of being a connoisseur in fine ankles, we do
not know, hut the story goes that, while his eyes
did wander toward the, feet of his companion, his
sight was far from being gratified by detecting
something which bore very much tho appearance
of a man’s trousers peeping from beneath a silk
cloak and flounced petticoat-
All the comfortable reminiscences of past dan
gers, atu all tho anecdotes which he had ever
heard or rend from tho “Newgate Calender.”
came fresh to his recollection. He had no doubt
he was riding chrek by jowl with a second Dick
Turpin, who was only waiting a suitable oppor
tunity to rob, and perhaps to murder him. A
lucky idea rose in his mind; ho drew his silk hand
kerchief from his pocket; it fell into the road; it
was a splendid “wij e,”and as valuable as the ono
that an Egyptian gave to Othello's mother; ho
could not think ol losing it, but his horso was too
hasty-tempered to allow him to trust tho reins into
strange hands—a thousand apologies, but would
the lady he kind enough to step out and pick up
tho handkerchief, which was now some yards in
the rear of tho gig. Tho lady readily assented,
and while she was performing the errand tho
commercial gentleman gave tho whip to his fiery
courser, and soon left his supicious fellow vofa
gcur fur behind.— When ho felt it prudent to
moderate his speed, ho discovered that tho lady
had left in tho seat, when she dismounted, a
handsome muff, and, putting his hand inside of it,
ho found a brace of pistols, loaded, capped, and
balled; and with the muff and its formidable con
tents tho traveller arrived safely in Gloucester,
congratulating himself most heartily on the nar
row escape which he had experienced.
Dreadful Instanc* op Revenue.— King
John hud demanded the eldest son of William do
Uraosc, Lord of Drnmhcr, in Sussex, as a pago
to wait on Queen Isabella, meaning him in reali
ty as a hostage for his father's alleginnee. When
tho King's innsuage. was delivered atUramhor by
a courtier, who boro the ominous name of Malue,
the imprudent lady do liraose declared inhishear
, ing that the would not'surrendcr her children to a
1 king who had murdered Iris own nephew- The
Lady de liruoso repented her rashness when it
was too late, and strove in vain to propitiate
r Queen Isabellajby rich gifts. Among other of
l ferings, she sent the Queen a present of a herd of
i four hundred cows and ono beautiful hull. This
, peerless herd was white, all hut the cars, which
i were red. This strange present to Isabella did
i not avert tho deadly wrath of King John; for he
seized tho unfortunate linnily at Meath, in freland,
whether they had lied for safety. The Lord of
Mrainbcr, his wife and children, were conveyed to.
tho old castle of Windsor, and enclosed in a
strong room, where they were deliberately starved
to death, father, mother, and five innocent little
ones, who suffered in our country the falo of
Count Ugolino and his family; an atrocity com
pared with which the dark stain of Arthur’s mur
der fades to tho hue a venial crime. —Missi Strick
land’a Lives of Queens of England.
Sensors.—Tho correspondent of the Worces
ter Spy fell in at Malta with a Greek merchant,
engaged in tho trade. It appears that two me
thods arc pursued in the fishing for sponges,
Ono by diving and pulling them from the rocks
with the hands; the other by an instiument with
five lines fixed to a long handle. The former is
preferred, as tho sponges arc less injured by it.
The divers pursue tho business us a regular trade.
They commence it very early in life, but such is
its effect pn their constitution, that they rarely,
if ever, survive the age of forty-five years.
A spot being fixed on, oil is poured on tho sttr
face of tho water, in order, by rendering it nearly
tranquil, to let in tho light of the sun. The di
ver “squats” near the side of his boat, breathes
violently several minutes, and then, taking a
deep inspiration, darts suddenly down. Notwith
standing this precaution, in more completely or
ganizing tho hlosd by rapid respiration, his body,
when becomes from the water is nearly as dark
as that of a negro —owing to the predominance
of arterial blood. Tbcso divers will descend
about 40 Icct, and remain under water from four
to live minutes. They work but two hours a
day, their wages bring sl4 a month. About
seven years since, it seems, they commenced div
ing for the purpose of bringing up merchandize
from the wrecks of vessels, and have pursued tho
business with very great profit.
A New Cocos r.—Tho Chilicothe Gazelle
stales that a portion rising of k ono hundred per
sons, who arc about forming n colony in a remote
part of lowa Territory, left that place by canal on
the 24th uit. Others are to follow during tho
present month, others in June, and the remainder
in t'.io fall.
“ Tho whole,” says tho Gazette, “are leagued
together for mutual assistance and defence, and a
part arc handed for manufacturing purposes,—
though nothing like a community of goods is con
templated. Tho settlement is proposed to bo
made near the centre of what will probably be tho
.State of lowa, at the head of navigation of the
Dos Moines river. The march of empire contin
ues westward, and probably during the lives of
many of the picsent generation, the passes of the
Rocky mountains will bo paved with stone or
shod with iron, and the hum and turmoil of com
merce bo heard on the shores of the Pacific.
Prince Albert, it is well known, is exceedingly
fond of whist, and plays remarkably well. A
few evenings since he sat down with a party, ono
of whom was Lord Alfred Paget who was op
posed toll in. “ What stakes shall we play for?”
asked his Lordship. “ Five shillings the rub,”
said th# Prince. “You used to play for a sove
reign," ohaer\ei\ Lord Alfred. “Ah, that was
b'f irc I was married, jocosely replied Albert;
“ I won that stake, and therefore now play for a
crown.”