American Democrat. (Macon, Ga.) 1843-1844, October 04, 1843, Image 2
From lhc Cliartesion Mercury, 25)h ult.
BY YESTERDAY’S NORTHERN MAIL.
ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.
r l'hc British Mail steamer Caiadonia
arrived in Boston on Wednesday inoru
in«r-
The news by this vessel is interesting
and important. We have accounts ol
the visit of Queen Victoria to France ;
of the arrival of Espartero in London;
of a further rise in cotton ; and of the
close of the Parliamentary session.
The British Parliament was prorogued
on the 21th ult., by the Queen, who de
livered a speech on the occasion, which
is said to have been very bitter and deci
ded. Some of the Whig papers report
that she was opposed to going in person
to the House, but that sh ■ was prevail'd
upon to accede to the wishes of her min
isters, in order to show her confidence in
them. Wilmer and Smith’s European
Times remarking upon this occurrence,
says:
The speech itself says little which is
not common place, except the portion
which relates to Ireland. In reading that
portion of the document, her majesty, it
is said, raised her voice, and emphasised
a good deal. The terms-of the speech,
as applied to that section of the empire,
are rather strong, but if Mr. O’Connell
is to be credited, her majesty substituted
“ deep concern,” for “indignation” in the
original draft, when spe tkitig of the Re
peal agitation. The great agitation wood
seem to have friends—not to say spies—
in high places, lie was the fir->t to an
nounce that the Quern censured her 1
prime minister, and dismissed him \vith-_
out an invitation to dinner, becam e h >
introduced her name into his first speech
in the House of Commons, when lie de
clared his intention of putting down the
agitation by force, without her authority.
He was the first, also, to announce that
the ministry had abandoned their inten
tion of coercing Ireland. These secrets
ooze out, probably, through some of the
ladies in waiting about the court, for the
daughters of live have a pr .riptive
right for allowing their tongues to out
strip their judgement.
The loss of the Pegasus appears, on u
trial before a coroner’s jury, to have been
caused, like that of the Columbia, by
sailing too fast in a region of dangerous
navigation. In other words, both vessels
were lost through carelessness.
The P 'vrictnrs of the Cunaul line of
steamers have contracted with the build
ers of the Hibcrniftj at Glasgow, for a
new vessel to take the place of the Co
lumbia.
Among the passengers in the Caledo
nia, is Mr. Macready, the distinguished
tragedian.
The Acadia from Boston arrived at
Liverpool in twelve days.
The follow ing is the commercial arti
cle in the European Times:
The last few days have witnessed un
common animation in the Liverpool,
Cotton Market produced, produced by
the unfavorable accounts which came to
hand on Wednesday, by the Acadia, re
specting the new crop. On the arrival
of the news also at Havre, the cotton
market was thrown into great activity.
A considerable advance bus been the re
sult, and an enormous amount of busi
ness has been transacted. Apart from
this, however, business generally wears
a more healthy appearance than it lias
done for some time past, and confidence
is reviving.
During the last week Cotl ii, to the
enormous quantity of 02,000 bales, has
changed hands—half on speculation, the
other half to the trade. Brie; 10 , in some
instances, have advanced as much as a
farthing, in every instance an eighth per
lb. which, making every allowance lor
the news brought by the steamer, is con
sidered somewhat extraordinary, when
there is at present on hand a stock very
little short of a million af bales. Con
temporaneous with the Acadia's advic.r,
the manufacturing districts have been
experiencing a revival, and both circum
stances have conspired to produce that
extraordinary excitement in the market
which has just been witne: sod. 'The
trade of Manchester is at the present
moment in a state of greater activity than
it has been for some years past and all
the monthly circulars published in that
town describe the activity to be general.
But the improvement is not confined to
Cotton—the Woollen, Iron and other
trades have received an -impetus. For
eign orders from various parts of the
world are coming in: but what is stilt
better, as indicating a permanent improve
ment, the' home trade is in- a far more
prosperous s.tate.
% T!iis favorable state of affairs is the
result of extensive orders from Russia,
India, the Levant, and Germany, while
the accounts of English ?.! nuiacturod
goods received from the Failed States,
especially the southern parts are said to
be encouraging.
The last Ijevant mail brought Con
stantinople letters of tiie 17ih. The
Forte seemed inclined to pur u<* an anti-
Christian course of policy. The massa
cre of the Nestorians had cm ed gn at
sensation. Izzef Pacha had been a; point
ed to inquire into the di turiruices of
Bosnia. Accounts from Erzeroom were
not satisfactory. Negotiations were sus
pended.and the Persian collecting troops.
'The plague had made its appearance. *
It had lieeu reported that Queen Vic
toria and Prince Albert would visit Paris,
but they had determined not to go beyond
Eu, and would return to England on
'Thursday, the 7th insf.
The arrival of Espartero in London
creat'd considerable Mir, and he was re
ceived with great respect by all parties,
lie was presented, with all due etiquette
to Queen Victoria, by Lord A berth .in the
Minister of Foreign Affair*, and at the
last accounts ivas the gue-t of Lord Tal
lin rs'un, the head of the I at. \\ hi/ ad
min Ft ration.
The Pr nc~ de Joiuville and the Duke
d’Aumale, the two youngest sons of the
King » f the French, arrived in England
with an invitation to Qgeen \ ictoria to
visit France, and she accepted their invi
tation, and sailed from Southampton on
the 28th of August, for Treport—from
whence, she proceeded immediately to
the < bateau d’Eu. This is the first oc
casion lor upwatds of three centuries,
! that the sovereigns of the two commies
have met under similar circumstances.
. 'Pile last meeting of a like nature, was
| that between lb nry VIII. and Francis I.
on the field of the (Roth ol Gold, which
was followed, two years subsequently, by
a war between the same rnonarchs.
The reception of the Royalty of Eng
| land, by the Royalty of 1- ranee appears
to have been cordial, and the ceremonies
were appropriate and imposing. The
l landing was made at Treport, a short dis
! tance from the Castle of Eu, on the 2d
!of Sept. As soon as the Royal .Steamer
bearing the Queen and her suite, appear
ed in the harbor, the King of the French
went on board to receive her, and as he
reached the deck a grand salute w as fired
from the ramparts and the ships. The
steamer then passed on to the lauding,
where the Royal family of 1- ranee ap
peared to welcome the Qucmi of ling
land, who soon made her appearance
leaning on tire arm of tire King of the
French.
| Tht moment the sovereigns s'et their
feet on the quay, the air resounded with
cries of “ \ ive le Roi !” “ \ ive la Heine!’’
and the band of the Carahiniers struck
, up the air of “ God save tire Queen.”
“The King then presented her Majcs
■ ty to Lis Queen, who conducted her to
the Pavilion, on w hich wav and the lings
of England and France. The Kmg Un
ioning them at some distance, with the
Prince Ali«ert raid the Princes and Prin
cesses of the Royal. Her Majesty, after
resting a while at die Pavilion, received
the felicitations of the authorities, inclu
ding the parish priests of Eu and ’i re
port! After this ceremony was over, the
King, ta!;mg Queen \ ictoria by the hand,
retired with her to the extremity of the
Pavilion, and the whole Court and au
thorities defiled before them, bowing re
spectfully as they pa: -ed. Ihe band of
the Carabmiers played played again ‘God
save the Queen,” and the squadron then
galloped oil in tile direction of the ( ba
teau.
The eight horse state carriage next ad
vanced to the entrance ol the Pavilion.
The King handed in Queen V le'oriaaiid
Queen Amelia, who sal by her side, and
then seated himself oj m site to her Ma
jesty, with Prince Albert on his right.
The Prince: and ■ Joiuvide and Coburg and
the Duke DAunmle, having mounted
their horses, tlie Royal party set out, sa
luted every where on their passage vv till
the loudest cheers. The suites of noth
sovereigns got into the other carriages,
i and drove olf to the chateau.”
I The day hemic the arrival of Queen
! Victoria, was marked by an accident that
at one moment seemed likely to end m
the most appalling calamity. The King
| and his whole family started from the
| Castle of Eu in one carriage, to take their
usual airing.
“ The carriage was drawn by four ve
ry spirited horses. The party, it appears,
happened, in tiie course ot their drive,
to pass through '[’report, a small fishing
village situated about two miles from this
place, and it happening to he the first
time the Count ot Paris visited that place,
the loyal inhabitants considered it then
duty to do their Sovereign especial hon
or on the occasion, and they accordingly
saluted his Royal Highness with a feu vie
joie. The guns were fired just as the
i carriage was approaching the neighbor
, hood of a bridge which spans the Brezle,
j a small river, at the mouth ot which
j 'Preport is situated. Nothing could be
i more unexpected than the result. The
horses, sun ned t y the noise, commenced
! plunging biliously. The positions lost
all command of them, and they darted
forward towards the bridge, the parapet
of which tho leaders cleared at a bound.
'The third horse was dragged after its
companions, and lor a moment the de
struction ot the whole party seemed ine
vitable; but fortunately the position was
enabled to acquiie some command over
the fourth liurie, and lie did not iollow.
Had lie done so, there couid be no doubt
of the result. Assistance, however, was
j happily at hand, and tiie whole paity
wore released from their perilous posi
tion, not, however, before ttio traces had
beau with great difficulty cut, and the
horses, oi course, leu into the stream Be
low, and H ere injured, but both the posi
tions l believe, escaped.
Tiie Steamship Acadia on her arrival
at Liverpool, run into toe American
barque Merchant, of Newport, K. i.—tiie
| latter sunk ui forty minutes, but the cup*
tain and crew were saved. The account
says, “no blame whatever can be nuuch-
I < u to those ui iiie steamship ’ —or course
hot.
Brain'.-—The Revolutionary Ministers
carry oii before them m tho 'upitaJ.
Bv a decree dated the ltith,"govern
ment had u> Ctuied Espartero, and those
who signed ia.> protest, deprived oi their
rank, titles, and employments.
The Jbveiling Chionie e states, that
the J rebuts has telegraphic news Horn
Barcelona of the 2.U1). Great disquiet
ude prevailed. Rioters had puheddoivn
tiie electoral lists Irom the doors ot the
provincial deputation. No troops had
arrived and this increased the agitation.
LIV hit POOL MARKETS.
From “ Tl LUur.r und Smith's Furop.an Films ”
Cotton, -\u_ r . 25.—80th speculators
and tile trade have purchased extensively
ot Cotton this week, and though no de
cided advance is quekdon American de
scription.-, an aniei du.nit of l-Brl |er lb
iias, in some instances, been ol taiurd.
Brazil has met a better demand, but tiieie
is lttlc drfki.-ition to sell at j resent rates.
Altogether the market closes steadily
wuh a chem ing aspect 1- r holders. Spec
ulators have bought 1.700 American, and
the entire sales have amounted to 45,010
bales, viz: 11,0110 American, 3,170 Braz
il, 2,040 Egyptian, 00 West India, Ac.,
2,340 East India, A,c.
September I.—On Saturday and Mon
day last a fair amount of business was
doiie, the sales averaging about 0000
bales each day, but the reports of injury
done to the new crop by wet, which
were received on Tuesday morning, by
the Acadia, unexpected impetus to
the demand, and altogether changed the
aspect of our market/ The speculative
purchases have been oil a most extensive*
scale; the trade have also bought more
fn ely, and though prices of American
have advanced 1-Sd to l-4d peril)., some
parties have w ithdraw u their stocks in
anticipation of a further improvement.
Egyptian and Surat are 1 bd to Fid
per lb. higher, and Brazil is rather dearer.
To-day, the demand has bet n less exten
sive than previously, but prices continue
firm. The sales this week have com
prised t.3,13t> bales, viz: 52,310 Ameri
can, 4000 Brazil, 1,530 Egyptian, lUU
West India, Ac., and 5,100 East India,
Ac. ; 1,31 0 bea lsiund, and 300 stained
were offered by audio., to-day, and most
part found buyers in some instances at
an advndce of l-2d per lb. on previous
rates, speculators have taken 27,300
American and 2000 Surat.'
Tuesday, atu riiooii, Sept. 5.
The Cotton trade since tiie tuose ol
last week lias not displayed any degree
of briskness; but the general tone of Ihe
market fias been firm, and the quo ations
of Friday continued steady. The de
mand on ibe whole has proved tolerably
firm, the transactions oil Saturday con
sisted of 4,00() bags, yesterday tiUOO, and
to-day they will amount to about 40)10
i.aics. In American produce gene rally
nothing of material importance inn. oc
curred, business being quiet but linn.
Hu in:, August 31.
Cotlou. —There has been a good de
gree of activity displayed in our marke.
since our preceding report; the sales du
ring the .au three days of the past week
Ujiioiillted to upwards of 000.) bales, and
a further advance of f.i to 2 was obtained
on Ended .States, middling descriptions
m particular, to wilieh the attention of
buyers was chiefly directed.
The transactions have, however, been
to a less considerable extent since Jhe
opening of the. present week, alt tint tgli
they stili continue to no rat.ier brisk, but
the fahing oii m the demand is perhaps
momentary, and may be ascribed mainly
to the recent large operations, hut also in
some measure to the tenacity of holders
who seem inclined to raise tin ir preten
sions. This firm attitude, coupled with
a general feeling of confidence, which
has been increased by favorable t nor of
the advices to the ~tli hist, brought by
the Argo, from New York, and the reite
rated encouraging accounts from Liver
pool,hove imparted fresh life to specula
tion ; and as the shipments coining for
ked from the other side of the Atlantic
are likely to be very circumscribed for
some time hence, there appears to lie ev
ry prospect of further improvement in
prices, an anticipation which the present
amended aspect of busiuess seems fully
to justify.
The imports of cotton during this
month amount to 13,807 bales and the
sales to 411,000,including the portion held
by speculation, which may be stated at
about 7,0H0 bales. The advance during
the same period may he written at 1.5 to
oon American oaimary and middling
qualities, and f.L to 2 on superior grades.
Rice -not much inquiry has been mani
fested in Carolina Rice,which we quote at
f.21 to 24, per 50 kill, (duty f 1,37 1-2)
paid ; 201 tierces were run off at 1.20 to
24, according to qualify. We have re
ceived a supply since our last report, of
130 tierces.
Sep. 2. - Immediately on the receipt of
the advices from New York to the 10th
ult.,-which readied us on Thursday last,
in conjunction with very healty accounts
from Liverpool, our market at once as
sumed a most animated tone,-and a large
amount es business was done at an ad
vance of 2f to 3 for ordinary and mid
dling sorts of American Cotton, Yester
day, however, the demand abated, and the
: sales did not exceed 2000 bales, but the
trade closed firmly. In American Pot
ash, the transactions this mouth have
comprised a few hundred bhls. Pots at
381 2:1 ; ninety bhls. to arrive at 38f. 02,
and 20 bbls. Pearls at 44f. fit).
1 .ondon, September 4.
Cotton. —We have had a good market
for Cotton, but the demand has been
checked hy hold -r> requiring an advance
of Fid. per lb. on previous rates. The
sales of the last ween comprising 2,100
bales Surat at 3d a 3 1-2, 150 Madras at
3 1-2 a 3 3-Id, and 30 Bowed Georgia at
4 1-2 to 4 3-txl per lb.
Antwerp, August 10.
Cotton —The high demands of hold
ers prevent all operations in that article,
and confined the sales of the week to
about 300 bales Louisiana, at the current
price of the day.
Amsterdam, August 20.
Cotton. —In consequence of the rise
which has taken place in the foreign,
particularly the f rench markets, nos al
so advanced here at least 2 1-2 cents,
per half kilogram, at which rate 3000
bales found buyers. A little business
was al-o ■done in Surinam, though this
description underwent no improvement.
HAM Bntti, Aug. 25.
A fair amount of business was done
in Cotton during the last week, and im
proved prices were obtained for several
parcels ot United Slates; 000 hales of
.V w Orleans were so and at 4 to 4 1-2 sell.
We earnestly call the attention of our
readers to the communication of “ Clin
ton.” it is on a subject of the deepest
interest to the people ol Georgia ; a sub
ject which will no doubt be taken under
the serious consideration of the next
Legislature; and it is to be hoped that,
that Legislature, by acting upon it~m a
! decisive and cflicient manner, will be, on
the occasion, the organ of the general
w ill. This communication is written in
an able and perspicuous manner, and
places the subject in a clear point of
view. It requires only to be read in or
der to be well understood. We shall
certainly, before the meeting of the Leg
islature, call the attention of our readers
to the subject as frequently as we can.—
A ngueta Con ylit nl ion a lint.
F\oni the Amnuta Cou*titutiunalisi
r.AGADO, Wilson Cos. Ten., Scpi. 1, 1843.
“ Permit me to trouble you a little.—
We are trying to push <jur turnpike to
< hattanooga, the head of the Georgia an I
South ( aro ma Rail Road. It is finished
from Ohio to Cumberland, and in a lew
months we will reach Murfreesboro via
Gallatin and Lehdmon. From thence
by way of Shelby ville and Huntsville, to
Ditto’s landing is mostly done; but we
prefer the way by Manchester, Pelham,
and Jasper, to the depot at the head of
your road. VViil your road reach Chat
tanooga 7 It so we can then cross the
Union with Our rope, bagging, Ac.
“\\e want to know the exact state of
your road. It is ol the highest import
ance to Kentucky and Tennessee for
your state to bring the road to the Ten
nessee river. We can then drive our
stock to the depot, slaughter, pickle, Ac.,
and on your road reach the sea hoard,
in a few days. In return you can send
us our goods, rice, Ac., in iact any ot
your surplus that we need. He find
that this road will a.is er the purpose
intended hy the Charleston and Cin
cinnati hail Hoad.
“ Please give us all the information at
your command in relation to your road
.—its length, cost, speed 61 cars and time
when it will be finished. ’
This is a plain letter: written by a
plain man, in a plain way. It shows,
however the workings of a strong and
comprehensive mind. It shows moreo
ver tlie views and wants of the region
with which our iupnn omen's are to
connect ns. \\ hat a world of interna,
commerce F in re op. tied to view by the
suggestions made, and information con
tained in this plain production ! A re
gion hounded hy the Mississippi, the U
hio and the A egany Mount fins-—the
most fertile country in the word, w ilh a
population of near two mil.ions—mid
rapidly increasing, will lie placed in di
rect and rapid communication with us.
A large portion of this region would use
our route for their exports, and the whole
trade for our own consumption iron and
he direct. We should no longer be ti mid,
as we now are, consuming bagging, ha
con, flour, Ac., which comes to us hy n
circuit of 3,000 miles, and with a freight
and profit in some instances beyond the
original cost.
AVhat then should be done to make the
best of the millions that have been inju
diciously expended upon tlii- great and
noble enterprise 1 Tire strongest oppo
nents of the work may consistently con
sult the interests of tire state in making
the best of expenditures which cannot
now lie recalled.
Under existing circumstances the duty
of the stale would seem to he a plain one.
The state should not be involved farther
in debt, nor is there any necessity for so
doing. The contemplated change in the
legislative department, will leave a Con
siderable surplus in the treasury from
the present rate of taxation, after paying
the expenses of government, and the in
terest on the public debt. Let this sur
plus, together with the income of the fin
ished part of the road, lie prudently and
economically applied to laying the su
perstructure upon the road as far as
Cro s Plains. As there will shortly be
a connection with the 'eastern terminus,
the finished part of the road will produce
some profit, and when extended eleven
or twelve miles beyond the point already
provided for, that profit will be very
considerable! There, the Memphis branch
will intersect, and for about sixty-five
miles of the state road, must be a power
ful feeder. In fact, it the state road
should progress to this point, and never
beyond; it won and draw a trade that would
probably pay an interest on the cost of
that part ol the road. The fertile ?u iies
of the Etowa, the Oostenuhla, and t haf
tooga, and eight or ten of the finest coun
ties of \labama, w’ill pour a rich trade
through this channel—fed by an unin
terrupted steamboat navigation on the
Coosa as io\v as the Ten L lands. The
enterprising stockholders of this branch
are oiv rapidly completing the grade of
their road w ith their own force, and as
tin' grade is very light, they only require
an assurance that the state will meet
them, to insure the completion of the
work at an early day. The state cannot,
and will no' hesitate to give this assu
rance, whatever hesitation there may be
on the part of some, to a funner progress
for the present. For the expense will
be trilling, and even at th s point, the
road would do a heavy’ business w ith
the west, in addition to that it would re
ceive by the way of Rome, over the /viem
ph is branch. This will be generally be
lieved, when it is known, that many of
the goods now consumed in Tennessee
aie waggoned from Madison , the head
of the (Jeorgia Hail Hoad. Whilst 1
now write, heavy trains are loading at
the depot in August;;, destined .or Knox
ville. How greatiy would tills trad, in
crease, with an extension of railroad in
cihties even 140 miles farther ? It is a
great error to suppose that tiie state road
would be useless unless entirely finished.
The truth is, if the eastern eon ections
were formed, it would do a very con ld
e ruble business with a terminus even at
the Hightower river.
But it is hoped, the state will not stop
here, or at tiie junction of the Memphis
branch, or at any otlier point short of
Cross Plains. At this point the work
will answer most, if not all the purposes
originally contemplated. The turnpikes
now building from West mid Middle
Tennessee would only have to be ex
tend. and a little fuither, and it is believed
on good authority, that it Georgia carries
her road to Cross Plains and stops there,
'Tennessee will finish the iiiw assee road,
either as a railroad or a turnpike. The
one would be as good a feeder as the
other. But suppose neither should be
done ? W e should be on the very l>or
ders of the enchanting country through
which this road passes, and to which it
leads, and most of its trade, would as
clearly belong to the ports connected
with our road, as that of any portion ot
our own back country. H e even now
compete for it, and their want of an out
let and market, may be readily imagined
when it is known that with the present
inducements, wagons now come from A
hingdon, in Virginia, to make their ex
changes in Chattanooga! And what
kind of country is this, the trade of which
is to he added to that already pointed
out 7
The fine climate, the fertile soil, the
ho and and beautiful scenery of the High
wassee, the Upper 'Tennessee, the Clinch,
the Powell, the Holstein, and Broad riv
ers—in fact, of the entire country lying
between the Cumberland and Unika
mountains, have.been the tneme of every
traveller, and in every thing that is desi
rable to the cultivator of the soil, is not
surpassed by any country in the Union.
The population of this country now
reaches near 300,000, and with the lull
advantages of a cheap commercial inter
course, tiie population would soou be
double and !
'The unintended length of this article
admonishes me to conclude it, and I do
so with an earnest hope, in which I think
1 will be joined by every reflecting citi
zen, that the State may not be induced,
either by prejudice or passion, to under
value this great enterprize—that our leg
islators may not act hastily, or refuse to
act at all. 'That they will adopt some
prudent and discreet course to bring it
into usefulness and piofit. 'I hey will
receive the approbation, 1 am sure, of
the present generation, and secure tiie
gratitude of unborn millions.
ULLN'I ON.
It is not often that we allude to letters
received by u» from various sections of
the State respecting tile probable result
of the elections next Monday. Such let
ters are frequently the communication of
what the writers wish, and not a true
state of the condition of parties.- if ive
were to believe all what our correspond
ents communicate to us, there can exist
no doubt ol the trtuu.phant suece sos
the democratic party. But, on the other
hand, the letters published in tiie whig
newspapers express as much confidence
in the success of the wings. Who are
to he believed ? The result of the elec
ron will determine that question. In Lie
mean time we must say, that we wrote
to several friends in the country, from
whom, we were confident, we would re
ceive correct information in regard to tiie
prospects of the elections. \\ e have their
answers before us, which contain the
most sanguine expectations ot the entire
success ot the democratic ticket for Gov
ernor and Congress. One of these friends
write us: “We shall succeed in electing
our entire ticket to the Legislature, as
well as poll a majority of votes for < oop
er, Stark md Johnson, with occasionally
a whig to help us along who cannot be
made to support Clay, bank and tariff.
< >ur opponents cannot beat us with Craw
ford, Stephens and Chappell; but unless
vve are united, we may beat ourselves.
The ivhigs depend entirely on our dis
union : to this they have been looking
with solicitude, in this eomity we are
uni.ed, and if by the democracy in tiie
other counties of the State an unbroken
front is presented, whiggery will have
received its quietus for a long time at
least. I have heard excellent news from
all the adjoining counties. The democ
racy have the numbers, the strength to
elect our candidates lor Governor and
Congress And will they not exert their
power ? Our opponents, in pursuance of
their favorite po.tcv, are making offensive
war upon us, in order to divert attention
from their mineral le points; and shall
we assist tneni in our own overthrow by
so much supineness and indifference ?
Must we be supine and indilferent be
cause we have the majority ? Shall we
give up the ship to them 7 No, never,
as long as time lasts. YVe can ca ry out
our principles by electing democratic
candidates for Governor and Congress.
We ought "to do it, and we must do it.
If we cannot give up one day to our
country, we deserve to be beaten.” All
the letters ive have received breathe the
same sentiments, and convey the same
niton nation.— Const it lit ionalist.
A SCENE AT DUMBARTON, (Scotland.)
At Dumbarton there was a scene as
rich as that from which Bir Walter Scott
drew his first chapter of the Antiquary.
Passengers for 1 xieli Lomond take coach
here over to the Luke, which is five miles
distant. 'The quiet town ot Dumbarton
was invaded this morning with an unu
sual number ot visiters, to say nothing of
dogs, luggage, Ac. Extra conveyances
had to tie provided. 'This created delay.
'The “Dumbarton Arms,” as well as the
“(Coach for Locti Lomond,” rejoiced m
“ Mrs. Currie” as proprietress. 'There
was a gentleman with us who, with less
perhaps of natural hostility to “woman
kind” than Monkbanis, manifested the
same testy impatience that characterized
the Antiquary’s colloquy with “Mrs.
Macleuchar,” whose placard assured the
pub ic that her coach tor “Queen’s fer
ry” :elt Ed in borough promptly at and o’-
clock. 'This gentleman hist mildly urg
ed “Mrs. Currie” to hasten the departure
of the coach, which she said would be
“round to the stand in no time.” Alter
waiting a few minutes he rang the bell
furiously, and when the lady made her
appearance the gentleman pointed to the
clock, with tiie remark that she laid kept j
! ini twenty minutes too long, and that
il he lost the steamer by her means he
would not pay her a baubee lor the coach.
Bhe reiterated the assurance that the
couch would be round to the door by the
time the gentleman could get down stairs,
and then retreated to her own dominions.
'The gentleman hastened to the door and
waited lor a few minutes, when there
being no sign of the coach, lie returned
to the sitting room, and again rang the
I bell. When “Mrs. Currie” appeared, he
assailed her with a volley of imprecations,
i and, while threatening her with pains
[ and penalties lor interrupting his visit to
the Trossachs, the coachman’s horn an
nounced that all was “right,” and the
landlady marshalled her excited patron
to the door. But here an unexpected
delay occurred. The testy gentleman’s
son was missing ! It was now “ Mrs.
; Currie’s” moment of triumph and re
venge ! “'The coach canna wait, sir. It
is o’er late noo.” “ But i cannot leave
my son !” It’s na my fault that your daft
son is na here.” “Wait but a moment.
Run after gty son, boy ; you shall get a
penny for fiT “Will you get intil tho
coach, sir, or shall 1 do. patch it without
you ? The ‘Emperor’ will be half way
up the Loch before it gets there, and gen-’
tlemen will miss their visit to the Tros
sachs.” “I entreat you to wait but a
minute, Mrs. Currie.” “Awa’ wi’ your
Mrs. Currie's; it is but a moment lx'fore
ye were tnisca’ing me an ugly old wo
man ; but it is no use ciavering here.
The coach must be aiva’. You can wait
atiither day lor your near-do-ivcll son.”
At this critical moment the young gen
tleman was seen running towards us
with a boy at bis heels. During this
scenetheotherpassengers were convulsed
with laughter, and Mrs. Currie, while
taking her revenge, in great apparent
earnestness, had much difficulty to pre
serve the riyily of her own muscles. It
turned out that the youth had indulged
a very natural desire to get a sketch of
Dumbarton Castle, and while engaged
in his drawing had forgotten the coach.
Extract from Mr. Weed's Letters.
The Whigs are striving hard to attract
attention from their calamitous rule, as a
party, to the imagined difficulties that
threaten the democratic ranks. Howev
er ingenious they may think their plan,
it will not succeed. \Ve were once pres
ent at the examination of a noted rogue,
who seemed greatiy relieved at a cry of
fire in the street—hoping the alarm would
absorb the attention of the Court: “Mow
came yon in possession of this stolon
watch!” asked the Justice: “There’s a
fire ! there’s a tire!” screamed out Long
tinger.', with the mot commendable setf
possession, and lie made tor the door.—
Never you mind the fire,” said the con
stall e, as he put him back to the stand,
“ they’ll | lit it out without your help, I
giie. s.” So with the ivhigs : they are on
trial before the countiy. —but when asked
why they have squandered the public
money —or made a bankrupt law—or
pulled each other’s noses? they scream
out, “ the*locos are in trouble! the locos
are going to have a fight ! hurrah !”
Now we reckon the “locos” can settle all
their matters themseives; and the whigs
may as well keep their seats in the crim
inal box, and take the consequences of
their misdeed ' coolly—for tiie people will
not allow them to escape the issue.
Aue-//c.roi Register.■
I
MRS. SIDDOXS.
Siddons was tlien witching the world
- -witching in its most solemn sense ; lor
though her smile was exquisite she might
have sat for the picture of a Bybil or Py
(lioness. The stage had never seen her
equal, and will probably never see anoth
er so completely formed to command all
its influences. Yet her beauty, her act
ing, even her movements, were charac
teristic, and their character was noble
melancholy. 1 never saw so mournful a
countenance combined with so much
beauty. Her voice, though grand, was
melancholy ; her step, though superb,
was melancholy ; and yet there was so
much of living intellect in her expres
sion, such vast variety of passion in her
looks and gestures; she so deeply awoke
the feelings, or so awfully impressed the
mind, that it was impossible to escape
the spell while she moved upon the stage.
In this language there is not the slight
est exaggeration. 1 have seen the whole
audience burst into tears at the single
tone of her voice. Her natural concep
tion was so fine, that the merest common
place often received a living spirit from
iter lips. I have seen a single glance
from lier powerful eye hush an audi- nce
—1 have seen her acting sometimes even
startle and bewilder the actors beside her
| There is a, perhaps, a genius for every
act, and hers was the genius of the stage
i—a faculty of instant co nmunication be
tween the speaker and the hearer—some
unaccountable sympathy, the power to
create which belongs to but one in mill
ions, and which, where ij exists, lifts it*
possessor to the height of the act at once,
and constitutes perfection.
It may l e presumed that I saw this
traordinary being whenever it was possi
hie. Out her chef d'ceuvre in my eyes,
was the “wife of Macbeth.” he charac
ter seemed made for her, by something
of that instinct which in olden times
combined the poet and the prophet both
in one. t had the ardor and boldness
mingled with the solemnity that belong
ed to the character of her beauty.
lier entrance was hutried, as if she
had but glanced over the letter, and had
been eager to escape from the crowd of
attendants to reperuse it alone. Site then
read it in a strong calm uoice, until she'
come to the passage which proved the pre--
tcrnatural character of the prediction.—
‘■They have more in them than mortal
know edge. When l burnt with desire*
to question them further, they made
themselves into air and— -vanishe
As she was about to pronounce the las®
word, she paused, drew a short breatl*