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THE HiCO!V GEORGIA. TELEGRAPH.
From the Charleston Courier.
HOPKj LAPaaiBB, AND DIiGEPi
Hope, Laughter, and Sleep, accidentally met
One day in the valley of tears ;
here they strove hy their spells to make mortals forget
The briers Life's tree ever bears.
Than was it that Laughter the title assumed,
Of chief counteracter of care:
Protesting the roses *f health ever bloomed"
Most brightly within its own sphere.
That buried in dimples the bine devils lay
• Whenever his muscles dilated ;
That embryo wrinkles, and ringlets of gray
Were by gaiety expatriated.
Then Hope (fairy god dame of each Cinderella
To sackcloth and ashes condemned.)
Declared her-eif principal vapor-dispeller
Of all by Knots! overwhelmed.
That the indigo banner tbatdemon unfurled,
Had been rent by her power alone ;
And that Laughter is sweet to the ear of the world
As the echo of Hope’s silver tone.
N >t so, replied Mirth, for you sing a falsetto
That Truth's amateurs disapprove;
Vet tliy spirit I grant lends a fine allegretto
To the music of nature and love.
Now Sleep, though her eyelids were closed all the while,
Caught some of the words they had spoken;
Half dreaming she mingled a song and a smile,
Lips parted aud promises broken.
To me above either she drowsily muttered,
A garland should gratitude fling;
Who when the heart's pulse by life's fever is fluttered,
My balmy restorative bring.
Who paupers transform into proud millionaires,
For raffles exchanging their rags;
Large dividends give to small holders of shares,
Fresh graces to withering hags.
For Fancy is ready to honor each drat
That on temples of mammon I make ;
And sensitive bankrupts in slumber have laughed,
At debts which they weep when awake.
Will Shakspearc once borrowed my needles to knit
Ha veiled sleeves appertaining to care;
Though I would not obey his poetical writ,
When aummoned by Kings to appear.
The years of an antediluvian would fail,
Ere I could my exploits recount;
But Night is assuming her "star-spangled” veil.
And With Mab, I iny chariot must mount.
Some leaves from her chaplet of poppies she threw
On those who would rival her power;
And away to the land of oblivion they flew.
Nor returned till the dawn's dewy hour.
most notdT'ious ydhngmen about town. Studionsin his ha’
bits, with a consuiutioHal repugnance to sensual excesses,
and passing the greater part of the lime among his books,
be yet innocently acquired tbe reputation of being a ‘five
bottle' man—a gay deceiver, a gambler and a confirmed
rake. Mothers warned their daughters against his insidi
ous arts. Prudent fathers threatened their sons with rusti.
ficalinn in the event of their mingling in his society. Num
berless were the stories of his ‘scrapes,’ and his gambling
propensities. Harrowby, when he heard of these things, as
he often would, from papas and mammas, looked grave, and
shook Ids head, and remarked, that it was a pity such a tine
young man should so throw himself away. And all this
while poor Langdale, forgetful even of his friends, project
in his behalf was deeply engaged in the preparation of a
work on ornithology—a favortt. study with him, and rarely
went forth excepi for exercise.
At length the physicians gave the world to understand tha
old Gregory could not survive more than a week or two.
His Urge fortune rendered it of course an interesting anb
ject of public speculation, who was to be his heir ? ‘Allen,
of rourse 1’ said the world; and Allen thought so himself,
and took occasion to ask Mrs. Mabcrly, point blank, if she
objected to him as a sun-in-law. The mother expressed
herself charmed at die prospect; but Ellen positively said
‘no.’ The mother stormed and threatened; andtbedaugb-
ter retired weeping to her chamber, and sitting down to a
writing desk, addressed a long letter to Langdale. whodis-
couraged by demonstrations of aversion on the pnrt of the
mother, and by misinterpreted caprices on the part of the
daughter, had retired, sick at heart, from the candidacy of
her band. We cannot quote the whole of Ellen's letter,
for it would only be laughed at. She had heard of Lang-
dale’a fabled ea'reer of dissipation, and supposed that he
bad surrendered himself to it on account of his despair of
ever attaining Iter hand. Dreadful stories were told of him
she said; but she did'nt believe half of them—-not half.
Every body seemed forsakinghim-oow. Even his old un
cle had cut him off with a ahilling—so her mother declared.
Under these circumstances, she had discovered that she
loved him better than any one else in the world—aud marry
Mr. Allen she wouldn't—nothing should force her to that.
She expressed a hope, nay, she was sure that Langdale
would reform under her influence, and she could never be-
North America, where you see men who, struggling with a
hard climate, with, in many places, an ungrateful soil;
their nucibers, small at first, increasing rapidly ; becoming
countless and spreading over a va;t extent of land, had
erected a system which was tried in every political storm,
and struggled with success out of it, and, above all, came
triumphant over the greatest tempest—that of the European
revolution—which had ever laid waste human society. To
what was the contrast owing! It was because the Span
iards did not carry out with them tbe blessings of a free
constitution or the practices or principles, of civil aud reli
gions liberty, and because North America was. crowned
with all these political blessings. And if a passing cloud
has come over them for a moment—and it is but for a mo
ment—and if there should seem-to be, and I believe it is
only this semblance of any departure, on their side and in
their conduct, from those kind feelings and strict principles
of religion and commercial honor and perfect national good
faith which had always distinguished them, I have no more
doubt titan that I now stand here addressing your lord-
ships, that thatcould well pass away, and tnat the Ameri
cans will oace more, and in no long space of time feel
proud and feel glorious in once more resuming their station
—a station worthy of their British descent and their British
kindred—by feeling and acting as they have felt, that no
stain should be suffered to rest on any part of their national
honor. [Cheers.]
lieve that be was a fifteenth part as bad as people repre
sented him.
bad
Such was the tenor of tbe young lady’s letter. Langdale
id not finished reading and kissing u, when he received
From Sargent's .Veto Monthly.
advantages of being slandered.
By EPPES S.IRGE.VT.
Everybody speaks well of him ! I am sorry to bear it;
for then he must have bowed as low to knaves and fools as
to the honest dignity of virtue and talent.
Shxridak.
' la it possible 1”
•Tt ue, every word of it! I had ir direct from Mrs. Mar-
vel, whose husband, you know, is a very matter-of-fact sort
of n roan, an J the last in ihc world to invent su jh a story a-
bout anybody.
•Well, I never would have believed, that young Lang
dale would have fallen into such habits! So inconsiderate
loo at this moment, when the bedridden old uncle is hesi
tating as to whom to dispose of his immense estate !’
‘On, that will undoubtedly go to Mr. Allen, the other ne-
phew, who isa perfect model fora young man pf the age in
habits;.and who calla on old Gregory twite a day dutifully
to inquire into his health.’
‘And doesn't the dissipated one have sense enough to do
the same ?'
'Cluite lo the contrary. Langdale hasn’t called on his
undo these aix months. He is too lond of his bottle and
hiacigar to concern himselfabout the old gentleman.’
'And which of the nephews is favored by the famous beau
ty Miss Maberly V
‘The fortunate one, of course, whichsoever he may be ;
but as the chances of wealth n.w are in favor of Allen,
Lxngsdale is not so much encouraged at present ,s former-
ly.’
‘And so Langdale really has a cottage at Bloomingdale,
and t
‘Hush! Don’t for worlds repeat it as coming from ire—
though at the same time, I must say I think it proper that
auch things should be known.'
'To be sure they should! I have a dozen more calls to
make this morning, my dear Mrs. B . Good day 1 Be
sure and return my visit soon.’
And thus saying. Miss Patter took her leave, and made a
dozen calla in rapid succession, and everywhere communi
cated the intelligence she has gathered in regard to Mr.
Langdale.
These agreeable intimations were but part of a system of
abuse, which had been originated by Mr. Uarrowby, an old
friend of Langdale’s, and a masterly tactician, in his man
agement of tbe minor peculiarities of humnn nature. Lang
dale bad been complaining that Miss Maberly gave him no
m - ’;iragement,and that his uncle had assured him that lie
rinuiUl only leave him enough in his will to buy him a suit
of mourning, harrowby beard this intelligence with can-
can, lor he was himself indebted to Laugoale for the loan
of some odd hundreds, and thought he well knew he should
never be dunned for the payment, he was yet desirous of
keeping, his young friend in a position where he never
sb >old feel the temptation of want. Ilarrowby applied
himselfto the study of Lnngdale's case- questtaned him
minutely as to wbst the world said af him—what were Miss
Maberly’i characteristics, and what were the uncle’s. He
learnt that the young lady was rather of a r.miic turn of
mind, ambitious. but high spirited and generous—fond of
admiration, and remarkably fond of having her own way.
According to Langdale's belief however, the good and the
beautiful preponderated in her character as well as in her
person.
As for old Gregory, the uncle, he had been a roue in l.is
youth, but was nuw entirely reformed. He took crcilii to
himself for the change; but the fact was. that gout and inci
pient diseases hid wrought it. He belonged to some dozen
temperance societies, and abused his old friend Kino Alco
hol with the habitual teal of new converts.
Harrowby reCeet« d long and intently upon these and f ib
er particulars, which Langsdale communicated. At Inst he
exclaimed, 'I see the mischief. Tbe fact is, you have alto
gether too good a character. You are too amiable, too cor
rect. too unexceptionable in your deportment. You don’t
afford pegs enough for slander to hang her little exaggera
tions upon. You must commit some trifling peccadilloes, or
you will be mined. Let tne see. Suppose you stand in the
colonado before rinieax'sto-mo-row with a cigar in your
mouth ami yourcheeks very much flushed. But no. There
it not the least occasion tbatyou should do any tiling of thst
kind. Slander requires no straw in the manufacture of his
bricks, Imagination supplies material solid enough for her-
I must backbite you a little, Langdale—give currency to a
few bits of scandal—get you well abused, and then there
will be some hope of retrieving your fortunes.'
•llesUy. Harrowby,’ replied Langdale, ’I do not compre-
he- 1\ -r ! Look at my cousin Allen; sec wlinl an
excellent character he enjoya! And what will be the con-
s-quencc ? He will marry Ellen Maberly and become old
Gregory’s heir.’
•Kie upon your faintheart! He win never do any such
thing. He is ruining himself by playing the saint.’
•Why, Harrowby, he is the president of a Temperance
Bociety, and surely if anything etn prejudice his uncle in
his favor, it will be that fact.'
•All a mistake 1 You show your ignorance o( human na-
t tre. my dear boy.in saying ao. 8elf-Iove is at the bottom
of all our actions—I take that as an axiom. Now ia it the
way to win old Gregory’s favor to make it continually ap
parent to his under-finding that you are vastly better than
tie was at your sge V
•But the lady, Harrowby—surely she will prefer that her
lover should be a man of unobjectionable character.’
.‘Unobjectionable humbug! How w,ll she ever find out
she loves him, unless same one gives Iter an opportunity of
defending bim? Ah ! let all the world traduce rather than
••raise me to the woman, whose love I would win/
‘Where would your philosophy lead to?’ asked Lang
dale. ‘If you are richt-then llie old proverb is wrong;and
honesty is not the best policy-’
'For its own sake,’said Harrowby,‘it is for our own
peace of mind, and the smiles of our own conscience! I
would not give much ‘or the which is bssed solely upon a
trust in its policy. How much more cautious than the au
thor of this old siw is Shnkspeare, when lie says,‘Corrup
tion wins not more than hone.My;’ from which we may infer
titan honesty wins not more than corruption; which I be
have to be n fact. Hut we are straying from the subject be
fore us. The queitioti ia, how are you to regain the favor
of jo nr ancle and mistreasf I bars revealed toyoa the
menus, {live me a carte blanche to slander you, and all
shall be well.*
•Really, my dear Harrowby, this is a most original way
of advancing ones fortunes; hut I rely upon your superior
aagaeity and knowledge of the world. 1 leave my charac
ter in your 1. :ds.‘
•And 1 will re-eonsiga itto a maiden lady of my acquain
tance, who will deni with it very tenderly.'
Here die conference between Harrowby and hit pupil
terminal-*.?; ami tin- former drew- his silk handkerchief over
.* ts hat and went fonlt-to set on foot the project he had ori
ginated.
The result did no: fully appear until several ntmil
the summons to attend the death bed of his uncle. Sin
cerely concerned attho intelligence of bis kinsman a serious
illness, he hastened to fulfil the summons. Gregory was
the only remaining brother of bis departed mother, and
though Langdale had never experienced from him any kind
ness, and expected no advantage from his death, he now.’
keenly felt a pang of remorse atnislong neglect of the child
less old gentleman. On his way he encountered Harrow
by, who insisted on accontpayingbim. They entered the
sick chamber together. Before they reached the bed, tbe
occupant had breathed his last.
Several persons were present in the apartment—a clergy
man, Mr. Gruff tlie attorney, a physician, Allen, and a ser
vant. Langdale uttered so unaffected exclamation of re
gret on learning wha» had happened, but did not pretend
to any vehement emotion. Allensnt with his handkerchief
to nis eyes, (be picture of disconsolate affliction. After as-
certainyng that due preparation would be made for the ob
sequies, Langdale signified to Harrowby his intention of re
turning home.
•Stop a moment,my young friend,’ said Mr. Gruff. ‘There
may be something that will interest you in this paper.’
Allen put down his handkerchief, and pricked up his
ears. Mr. Gruff drew forth a paper tied with a red string
from bis pocket, and without farther preface, read the fol-
lowing passage from the last will and testament of the de
cessed. ‘Whereas, my nephew, Hopkins Allen, has man
ifested a becoming interest in the good cause of temperance.
I hereby beqoentb the sum of five hundred dollars to the
Asylum for inebriates, on the condition that the said Hop
kins Allen is made one of the trustees of the said institution
And whereas, my nephew, Arthur Langdale, anless some
strong inducement is offered to him to reform, is likely to
become a candidate for the humane offices of the directors
of the said asylum. I hereby bequeath to him the bulk of
my property, consisting of real estate, etc. as enumerated
in schedule A; on condition, that he will front this time
forth abandon tlie use of ardent spirits; and I leave it solely
to his honor as a gentleman, to declare whether or no he
accedes to this condition/
A groan from Mr. Allen, a smothered huzza from Har
rowby, and aery of surprise from Langdale, succeeded the
reading of this extraordinary clause.
‘What say you now to my tactics?’ asked Harrowby,
when he and Langdale were in the open street. Without
waiting for a reply, he contioued: ‘I nave only one regret.
It is. that this should have occurred before Ellen Maberly
had declared herself ia your favor. Her disinterestedness
would be questionable should she smile on you now/
‘Not at all. Bead that letter,’ replied Langdale.
•Victorious on every side!’ exclaimed Hatrowby, as lie
skimmed its contents.—Didn’t I tell you so? Wasn’t it
my abus» of you, that brought you all this good fortune ?’
‘It would seem so—and yet how unnatural!'
•Not at all 1 Didn't the Athenians tire of hearing Aristi
des called tbe just, and isn’t human nature the same now
that it ever was? Your fool of a co rain get people to sur
round your uncle, who continually rung in the old map’i
ears tlie praises of his nephew. Of you be heard nothing
but bad reports. But with you be felt that he bad sympa
thies in common. He could say to his own heart, ‘I was
the same wild dog myself when I was of his ice.’ He was
trae to his nature at fast. Self love triumphed, as I calcu
lated it would triumph/
^ ‘I shall never speak ill of slanderers after this,’ said Lang-
They have their uses, depend upon it,’ rejained Harrow-
’Poor Allen’ he has fallen a victim to the irreproaeh.
eness of his character. But there are Maberly’s mar
ble steps. Suppose you go in and ask Ellen to fix the mar
riage day.
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England and America
The National Intelligencer says:—•• We do not believe
there is a single reader of this paper—we hope at least that
there is not one—who will, without emotions of pleasure,
peruse the passages which we give below, from a speech of
Lord Brougham, delivered in the House of Peers, on tbe
7tb ultimo, on his motion of thanks to Lord Ashburton for
negotiating the Treaty of Washington. We confess our
own unaffected gratification at auch sentiments front such a
source, and will add nar 1 elief that language at once so
friendly and so complimentary, and at tlie same time so
gloriously expressed, would hardly be as highly praised in
this conntry from any other source in England, as from tbe
distinguished statesman from whom it proceeds
Then it was said [said Lord Brougham) that Lord Ash
burton bad, at a public meeting, talked of America as the
cradle of liberty. [Lord Campbell; Boston.] Yes, anti
this was said to be a compromising act. But this was after
the negotiation was over; this was “the song of triumph,"
to use an expression of bis noble friend opposite, on a for.
mer evening. [A laugh.] At this public meeting at Bos
ton,there was no business to be transacted, but it was held
for the purpose of celebrating the alliance re made, and the
t eeotictiement re-effected between these two great kindred
nations. He marvelled to bear the Whigs object to any
such proceedings at public meeting, bnt ab.tvo all, to bear
Whig*, or a sort of Whigs at least, [a laugh,] object to any
tiling that was said in favor of tlie cradle of liberty. He
should hi
and dear
them tu i
dignity and
liberty,
thought that the very language was so sweet
very friend of liberty, that it might reconcile
might otherwise have appeared a breach of
ecoruui. Now, there was one other authority,
anil it was the Inst to which he wished to refer—that of our
revere d monarch. George III. He did not consider that ho
stooped from his high degree, or that lie adopted a truck
ling and unbecoming tone, when, in his reception of the first
American Minister who represented his revolting subjects,
and had therefore a mostdillicult task to perform—who first
represented those who revolted at the court of their sover
eign, whose allegiance they had shaken off, and whose sov
ereign was known to have kept fast hold of his American
sovereignty, until it was wrested from his royal grasp—he
took the oppottunity of giving a most courteous reception,
and of saying—which was unnecessary, but needless though
it was, lie thought fit to say—that although he was the last
man in his dominions that consented lo the Independence
of America, thoro wai no mania Ida dominions that wished
better lo that independence, and felt more anxious for the
prosperity of the new world. This waj after the whole of
tlie military proceedings had closed, as the speech of Lord
Ashburton had been made after the negotiations had closed.
[Hear, hear.] My lords, (said the learned and noble lord,)
I breathe the same prayer which my late sovereign ex
pressed upon that memorable occasion. 1 hope and trust,
for the sake of America first—for the sake of England next
—for the sake of humanity, of mankind at large—that the
prosperity and happiness of that great people win be per
petuated forever. My lords, I cannot view with indiffer
ence the magnificent empire which Englishmen have erect
ed in that land: and my heart glows when I reflect that to
England is owing that which America never scruples to
confess she owes to England—those laws,those institutions
—above nil, that spirit of liberty, of religious as well as of
civil liberty, which has made the American republic tbe
greatest democratic nation that ever held existence upon
the face of this earth. Contemplated in itself, there is e-
nough to fill one with admiration, with hope, with exulta
tion ; but, in orderto appreciate its merits and to carry those
feelings to their utmost, it is necessary that we compare
and contrast it with what has happened elsewhere, in oth
er parts of tlie new world, where all the gifts of Nature
were not attended with the blessings of social existence.—
Look at South America; looks at the events which have
separated the Spanish colonies from the parent State;
contemplate for a moment tbe rich abundance of natural
blessings, of physical resources, of animal power, of all that
can make a people great and prosperous and powerful—
above all, the gifts which ought to make them thankful to
Heaven—peaceful and contented with one another; their
boundless expanse af space, diversified with every species
of soil which can pour into their lap the produce of industry
or scent the air with perlumes, or enrich man bv the wealth,
the proverbial and unsurpassed wealtli of their minerals;
every diversity of the most delicious climates, varying from
the temperate to the torrid; e^ery thing in absolute perfec
tion, in abundance; these, a people of boundless capacity;
numerous, various in their race, from tlie industry of the
negro to the swiftness of the Indian, and the ability, the
practised ability of the Europeans ami their descendants.
All these rich treasures, which Providence showered on
them, sufficed not to prevent anarchy from being enthroned
there, had totally failed to secure the establishment of even
had the semblance of a steady, fixed, regular Republic. But
*•“ " — 1 ' ‘ itli
From the North Carolinian.
M To the Victors belong the Spoils.”
The above famous expression is said to lmye
been made by a Mr. Matey, a democratic
member of the Legislature of New York, in a
speech made in that Assembly; and it lias ever
since been thrown up -to the democratic party,
as one of their mottoes; and in consequence of
it, the party have received all kinds of abuse
from their opponents.
Wo here make an extract from the speech
of Henry Clay, the Whig candidate for the
Presidency, aud consequently the head of the
whig party, which shows that, after all, identi-
cally the same “political doctrine” is avowed
by the whig party, through its leader. The
speech was made at Lexington, Ky. on the
10th of April, 1843, and published in the Fay
etteville Observer of the 26th of the same
month. The following is the extract, which
we pledge our word is neither garbled nor per
verted, hut taken verbatim tt literatim from the
Observer,
“In connection with this subject of Govern
ment patronage, Mr. Clay took occasion to
speak of the fuct, that, for the past fifteen years
the whigs had been almost entirely excluded
from all participation in the honors and emolu
ments of office. He said, “that in his opinion
if a whig President should be elected, it would
be his imperative duty to do ample justice, in
the administraiion of the public patronage,
to the great whig party of the country—what
he verily believed for years had embraced a
majority of the peoplo of tho United States
That party, for upwards of 15 years past, with
the exception of one month had been systema
tically proscribed and excluded from all pub
lie employments. Not only from original ap
pointments, but when they held office, they
have been hurled out to make way, often for
unworthy persons, of opposing politics. And
so far is Mr. Tyler now pursuing this practice
that he is dismissing men whom he puls in, not
only without charge, without fault, without any
species of trial, but with a full knowledge that
the duties of their offices have been diligently,
honestly, and faithfully executed, and putting
back in their places men whom he had himself
dismissed! Every consideration of equality,
ofequity and of justice demands, said Henry
Clay, that the most full and complete repara
tion of tho injuries done to the whig party
should be hereafter made. Nor would that be
proscription. It would be the severest rebuke
of proscription. On the controry, to continue
in office men, who had been put there by the
dismission of other and better men, for politi
cal reasons, would be to sanction, consummate,
and perpetuate proscription. But if it could
be regarded as proscription, who is to be justly
reproached with beginning proscription in this
couniry?'’
“No man felt more profoundly .han In did
the evils which were likely to grow out of strug
gles for the prize of Government, with tlie dis
tribution of all its honors and offices exclusive
ly confined to the successful party. He doubt
ed whether our system could long endure the
consequences of such struggles. But lie ho
ped that a remedy would bo hereafter found,
either in the amendment of tho Constitution or
tlie law to guard against these.evils.”
It will be seen that Henry Clay at the end
of the extract, attempts to cover his, “unblush
ing avowal” as made above,by sayingthat “no
man felt more profoundly that he did, the evils
which were likely to grow out of struggles for
the prize of Government.”!!!!!!! And not
withstanding he believes that our system can
not much longer “endure the consequences.of
such struggles,” he declares his determ'ina ion
(and recommends others^) to keep up the strug
gle.
It must be recollected that the above recom
mendation comes from the head of the whig
party, ar.d as yet none of that party have repu
diated the “doctrine;” whereas on the eontra-
FIVR DAYS EATER VRO.fi EUROPE.
Arrival of the Caledonia.
The Caledonia arrived at Boston on Fri
day morning, a litlte before 5 o’clock. She
had rather a rougli passage.
By her we have London dates to the eve
ning of the 3d, inst. and Liverpool to tho 4th,
for the early, receipt of which we are indeb
ted toHarndcn’s express.
The Queen of England and the infant Prin
cess were “ doing remarkably well.’
Her Royal Highness is a remarkable fine
infant not so delicately formed as hor sister,
the Princess Royal, and in features more re
sembling the Prince of Wales. She has large
light blue eyes, and hair which promises to be
flaxen.
The Duke of Wellington complet ed his 74th
DEMOCRACY
IKACOnr:
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 30, tS43.
Cotton Market.
In Charleston, th« first reception of the advices
year the 1st inst. and gave a Levee on the oc- j by the Caledonia, a partial decline took place; but
casion. on Saturday la§t, the market resumed its former
It was stated that nearly 500,000 persons stand—extremes, 4| a 7. In Savannah, on the
had passed through the Thames Tunnel since same day, we notice a similar range of prices
its completion. In this city, owing to the lateness of the season
Tlie late earthquake was quite severely felt there, is but little doing in trade—we quote, as
at Moscow, and caused much alarm amongst | our i ast , 3J a 5j.
the inhabitants.
A great Ann-Corn Law Conference was t Democratic Convention
advertised to be held in London on the 9tll The Georgia Democratic Convention, to nominate a candi-
Muy, to which deputies had already been ap- date f or the next Gubernatorial election, takes place
poinled from all parts of “ The Three King- Monday next,
doms.”
A Chartist meeting at Hull was recently
dispersed by the authorities, and the orator on
the occasion seized and bound over for trial on
a charge of sedition.
Animal Magnetism.
We witnessed some interesting experiments in this
science on Thursday last, by Dr. M. A. Fra.vkli.v, which
we intended noticing—and have received from an unknown
Correspondent a well written article on the same subject
which, from the late hour it came to hand, and the unusual
press of advertisements, we are compelled to lay over until
next week.
1/
ated the expression of Mr. Marcy
As to the “fact” spoken of hy Henry Clay
“that for the past fifteen years the whigs had
been almost entirely excluded from all partici-
pation in the honors and emoluments of office,”
every intelligent man 40 years of age, knows,
and the public records will prove, that instead
ofitsbeinga “fact,” it is u most “ unblushing"
falsehood. .
The Locusts.—Some of the newspapers are
predicting the appearance this year of the 17th
year locusts. This must be an error, at least
as to tho Yicinity of Philadelphia, for it is but I Return of the Volunteer*,
about ten years since their lust appearance. It The Macott Volunters returned from their short and
is found, however that their periodical times are plea3ant Military Excursion to Savannah on Saturday after,
different in different sections of the country, j noon. They were met a short distance from town, and es-
It is therefore not improbable that they may corted in, by the Floyd Rifles, and a number of citizens on
come the present year in some region other than horseback, and most cordially welcomed,
that of Pennsylvania. The Volunteers are delighted with their trip. They
VVe notice another error in relation to these speak in rapturous terms, of their kind reception, and the at-
animals. It is said that they are coming to lie- fenuons shown them by the citizens and soldiery of Savan
vour the fruits of the earth. Now, in fact, the nah - Xt has made an ° n ‘ h eir hearts never
seventeen year locusts eat nothing at all, and t0 ^ e , , . , „ B
are norfecllv harmless Thev are tho flv or The Flag P resenled lhem 0,1 bebalf of ,be Ladie ’
„ y , y y . I Savannah is a most beautiful thing—beautiful in materials
mtller of a worm that comes out of the earth, deai and execution . TaeLadies orM .eon should call
and like millers and butterflies in general, do Capt. Holmes’s near the Roman Catholic Church, (where
not eat.. 1 he Egyptian and Spanish Locust we understand it will be exhibited every day this week,
are entirely diflerent species. they appear j from ten until one;) and examine this superb handiwork
annually, and are very voracious, destroying and elegant compliment to their husbands, sons and broth,
the herbage, and growing grain.—Pennsylva- ers, from the Ladies of our Sister City. May it long be
nian. I preserved, as a pledge of the indivisibility of the feeling
and interest, connecting and cementing together the hearts
temnerance I and hand5 ofthe tw ° G rowin S cilies
. , , .. . ,, , i t lI After partaking of alight refreshment# at their Armory, in
meeting recently held in Alabama, Col. Leh-1 w jjich tae j r gallant escort and many citizens joined, the
manousky, who had been twenty-three years a Company dispersed, in good order and fine spirits. Before
soldier jn the armies of is apolcon Bornaparie, I separating, a number of fine extempore sentiments were ex
addressed the meeting. He arose before the J pressed, but as no writing materials were at hand, we are
audience, tall, erect and vigorous, with the glow uuable to report them all. The following however may be
ofhealth in his face, and said ; “You see be- taken as a sample of their general spirit:
fore you a man 70 years old. I have fought J Savannah, the future Clueen of the South—may she
200 battles, have 14 wounds on my body, have P r ° v ' trae ‘° r h ' r 1 gl ° rio “ de,t!n £' ,. .
lived30 days on horse-flesh, with the bark ~
trees for my bread, snow and ice for my drink, Macon, the cherished daughter of Savannah-may the
the canopy of heaven for my covering, Without growing loveliness of the daughter give additional interest to
stockings or shoes on my feet, and with only a' the sol,d charms ofthe mo, her.
few rags for my clothing. In the deserts of
A Remarkable Man.—At
Egypt, I have marched for days with a burn
ing sun upon my naked head, feet blistered in
the scorching sand, and with eyes, nostrils and
mouth filled with dust, and thirst so tormen
ting that I tore open the veins of my arms and
The City of Macon—the heart of Georgia—may it fore ver
j preserve a healthy circulation.
0^- Our respected friend of the Democrat, is in
error, if he supposes we entertain any unkind feel
ings towards him or his establishment. True, he
sucked my own blood! Do you ask, how could I may tdWaway a portion of the patronage that
I survive all these horrors 1 I answer, that, might otherwise come to this press—and therefore,
next- to the kind providence of God, I owe he cannot expect a great deal of puffing from us.—
my preservation, my health and vigor, to this But the world is big enough for us both. It is not
fact, that I never drank a drop of spirituous li- ess ential for the Democrat to go up, that the Tele-
quor in my life. graph should go down. The country is wide e-
. , , . “ " . _ I nough and rich enough to support a dozen more
An Industrious Man.— I he Cincinnati Ga-
zelte says that Elder Walter, who formerly had I „„ tbe Pres; j entia l question, were
the pastonal care of tlie First Christian Church . • . , . r . ^
New York, but who is now pastor ofthe 1st not intended pamcularly for the Democrat-but for
Christian Church in that city, during the course the Democrats papers generally throughout the
of his ministry, has traveled extensively in 20 country, who are hoisting the flag of their favor-
of the different States, and while on preaching ite chieftains—contrary to our notions of policy and
tours, had travelled far enough to reach nine propriety.
times round the world. He crossed the Alle- Indeed, at the time of penning our strictures, the
ghany mountains thirty.six times—has bapti- ««American Democrat" did not cross our refine
sed twenty-nine hundred and eighty-five hap- t ; ons . We had higher objects in view. We were
py converts—received upwards of five ‘ h ou- deploring the mischievous tendencies ofthe course, of
sand members into the Christian Church has I part ; cu i ar |y of two journals, occupyingalargcspace
visited and prhyed with eleven hundred and £ the blic eye , which has well nigh created a
eighty-four sick persons—preached upwards .. * . r , . r ,, . .
of four hundred funeral sermons, and married “P' nt of d.ssenuon any thing but favorable to hat
nine hundred and forty three bouple. harmony and unity of action which should regulate
_____ the movements of the great Democratic Party
A Magnificent Sign in the Heavens.—We throughout tlie Union. The journals we had in our
were not so fortunate as to seethe admirable ‘ mind’s eye,” were the Washington City Globe,
heavenly phenomenon, (the bow of peace!) and the Charleston Mercury. In presenting the
described, as below, by yesterday’s Enquirer; relative claims of their favorite nominees to the
but on every hand we hear expressions ofhigh- pul)! ; Ci lhey f, ave exhibited a bitterness of feeling
ry, the Democratic party have always repudi- SSSSfRon/com *t7er ^ eXCCedinS bgUU ' I and of crimination and recrimination, more char-
ntA/1 tliA ftvnrnccinti nf M r. Mnrrv *•' * _ * ,* ,
Last evening, three minutes of seven o clock
The re-election of Mr. Levy as Delegate to
Congress, marks wo thing, the prevalence of
good sense among the peoplo of Florida. In
this election the old party lines and distinctions
were broken up. The people voted for hint
they believed to be the best man—the most ca.
pable of serving them efficiently—of carrying
out their wishes. This election was one of
those occasions, where a man might disregard
his usual political associations, and think and
act for himself.—The course of our delegates
in Congress, can have no influence on thcpoli
tical affairs ofthe couniry, and it cannot bo im
portant to his constituents, whether his seat be
filled by one calling himself a democrat or a
whig. But it is important that the post be oc
copied by an industrious man—a business man
—by one who understands the forms of busi
ness, and has diligence to pursue them.—Star
of Florida.
•ri. Bv iliai tiina Langdale had became one of the j than turn jour «ve to the contrast, and compare them wii
Cotton and Linen.—It is stated in an En-
lish paper, that twenty years ago, the con
sumption of linen for shirting.and sheeting, tvas
generally estimated to be double the quantity
to that of cotton.—Ten years ago the quanti
ty was about equal. A short time since a shop
keeper took an account for three days of the
number of yards sold of linen and of calico; the
result proved that there was fourteen times ihe
amount sold of calico to that of linen.
The vary Latest.—There is a lawyer down
east so exceedingly honest that he puts ail his
flower pots out over night, so determined is lie
that every thing shall have its dew.
acteristic of the violent and disgracetul assaults of
• • , , , i the Whi” Press upon President Tyler, than of the
As we write, we are struck by the appearance 1 3 , . , . i
ofthe most beautiful rainbow we ever beheld dignified and tolerant bearing which should mark
in the Heavens. The sun is just sinking be- the courteous and manly deportment of Democrat-
low the horizon, and the double rainbow is or- >c Champions battling fur the best interests of the
namenting the sky to the East. The outer bow country.
is almost a9 bright as rainbows usually are; but The bad influences exercised by the indiscreet
the inner one, which spans about one third ofj zeal of the journals to which wediave referred, have
the Heavens, is composed of glorious colors, been most sensibly felt in Georgia, as was too
beyond the reach of Art. Seems to dip into p ] a ; n iy exhibited during the last session of the Le-
the James river, about four hundred yards from | gis i ature> in the nomination and election of a Sena-
j 1 Next dovrmor.
A writer in the Messenger, suggests t) ]e I
ofthe Hon. C. B. Strong, to the favorable ^ ™
sideration of the Whig Party, as a suitable o- 002 '
put in nomination for the next Governor. Iff;
gia is to be governed by Whig principl e3) tJ?'.
God in his mercy forbid!) there is no man ^
would feel safer in seeing them carried out . :
than Judge Strong. «
True, JudgeS. is a Whig, and a most un
promising one—but he is, at the same funj
honest as lie is unyielding. Unlike a good '
politicians, of all parties, his political cieed
adopted as a speculation—but from a coa$ei e!1 ,,\
conviction of its truthfulness.
But we have no ideaofhis being nominated
would be expecting too much from a Whin
vent ion, to select so good a man as Judge Sirc a
The Democratic party should be cautious ’•
they receive and repeat the slanders retailed in^
Whigpapers against theirown leaders. Beca^
we prefer Calhoun, it is not necessary to traj J]
Van Buren or Tyler—or to listen to the abuse it.
Whigs may heap upon them. Mr. Van H i
was suppotletl with a great deal t f >,
1840, and he has done nothing aud written nabC
since, to forfeit the respect and esteem and co^j
dence of the Democratic party. He was accc s g
then, as he is now, by tlie whigs, of perfidy,
heartedness, duplicity, treachery, and all that.E -
we did not believe it then, and why shall we no*'
On the contrary, we had ihe most convincing p r0[ i
of his fairness, his honesty, his ingenuousness. Oj
every question of government policy, bank, ta,;.-
distribution, abolition, ice. ice. bis answers h*r»
been as prompt, and candid, and open, ascould^
desired by friend or foe. Why then listen tothese
stale charges ? Let the Whigs iterate them, uj
reiterate them until they are tired of it, if they visk.
It will be well for them, if they can by so doic»
conceal their own weakness, and prevent the »ar
being carried into their own territory. But Dm.
oerats should have better sense than to believee
repeat their falsehoods. ma
Some of the papers professing to be Democratic II
who have hoisted the name of Calhoun, must a;,
pear very silly, should the National Convene
nominate Mr. Van Buren—after the hard tbmgi
they have said about him, and the prejudice thq
have attempted to excite against him. Will tkq
then, persevere in running Mr. Calhoun, agains
the decision of the Convention ? or will they tun
round, and swallow their words, and go for Vu
Buren ? or what will they do.
There is no doubt, but a large majority of tin
Democrats of Georgia, and probably of the wbok
South, prefer Mr. Calhoun to Van Buren. Si
we think tbe prospect of his being nominated it;
very remote one. There will be too many caodi-
dates, too many interests, and too many officesecl-
ers represented in the Convention to render lit
selection easy—and it would be almost too much to
hope, under any combination that might be math,
that Mr. Calhoun could get a ma jority of them.
Mnscogcc Saparior Court.
We glean the following from tha Columbia
Times of last Thursday.
Greene, charged with the murder of Arnett, t-
bout eighteen months since, has been convicted.
Patrick McCarty, forthelriilingofTiiomasFlem
ing, was tbund guilty of voluntary Manslaughter.
On Monday, the Court opened with the Hor.. Francis H.
Cone ofthe Octnulgee Circuit, on the Bench—this dish
gu ished jurist having been invited by Judge Sturgis to pre
side in cases in which the latter had counsel, and to lighu
e>i t in some degree, the labors of a protracted session, li
ter ait able and searching charge to the second Fannri of it j
Graud Jury, the case of the State vs Thomas C. McKta
for robbery, was called, and a motion made by his coutael
for a continuance, on the ground of tho absence of mitai-
al witnesses. Argument on this motion was heard Cm
Messrs. Colquitt aud Wellborn, on the part of the Prime,
and from Messrs. Holt aud Toombs, for the State. JoIp
Cone sustained the motion, and continued the case tod:
next term of the Superior Court.
The case of Col. John L. Lewis, who is included ia at
same bill with McKeen, as an accessary after the fset, w»
then called; and, after the necessary waivers, the Slatetai
Col. Lewis, each announced itself ready for trial. Tbe i>
disposition of Col. Jones, and .illness in the family i\
Col. McDougald, counsel for the defence, prevented d*
Court from making any progress in the case until yesterds;
morning. As the case is an important one, from the lx*
ousness of die offence, and the character of the partiej it
volved, as well as from the Stfciaence and number of4*
counsel employed, it will probably, occupy the remtitde
* the week.
For tha State,—The Attorney General; It. A. Tootth
Esq. of Wilkes; Col. J. C. Alford, of Troup; Messrs. Hd
and Alexander; Messrs. Johnson and Williams; and Get
A. Bailey, of this city.
For tlie Defence—Col. Seaborn Jones, Hon. W. i
Colquitt, Hon. Marshall J. Wellborn, Col. Alexander A"
Dougald, John H. Watson, Esq., and J. M.Gaerry,&J
of this city; and W. B. Pryor, Esq. oPHarris.
our position. How stupendously great is the
Creator of this magnificent phenomenon !!’
tor to the Congress of the United States. It was
to conciliate this spirit of crimination and recritna-
tion, and to allay tlie dissention it created, in gra
tuitously thrusting before the public the rival pre-
Catterpillars.— The following hint may
be found useful—An English agricultural pa
per says that a gardener at Glasgow practices I tensions of gentlemen attached to the same political
a mode of destroying catterpillars, which lie family, that we presumed to piesent our readers
discovered by accident. A piece of woolen rag with the few remarks which have so unnecessarily
had been blown by tho wind into a currant excited tlie too sensitive nerves of the “ American
bush, and when taken out was found covered Democrat.
by the leaf devouring insects. He immediate- The Democracy of the Union have now an over
ly placed pieces of woolen cloth in evety bush w helining ascendancy, and its adveisaries arc fast
in Ins garden, and found next day that ihe cat- | Mlfag before iu pa[rio[ic and potent in fl ue nces-to
preserve that proud ascendancy and those glorious
influences, prudence, vigilance, and forbearance
should be in constant requisition. Such a prema
ture, acrimonious, and aggravating canvass as is
now going on, should therefore, in our opinion.be
put down; and we most earnestly invoke the vir-
erpillars had universally taken to them for shel
ter. In this way he destroys many thousands
every morning.
The Supremo Judicial Court of Massachu
setts has recently made a decision of consider
able interest and importance. The case arose
upon a petition of the town of Worcester a- I tuous and enlightened Democracy of the country to
gainst the Western Rail Road Company, and | a id us in doing so.
was argued by Mr. Merrick for the petitioners,
and Air. Washburn for the respondents; and I TheBom.
tlie court held that the lands within the limits J This animal, to “cap the climax" of his infamy,
ofthe location of the road and the l>uildings j j ias made anotlier most obscene and ferocious as
erected by the company thereon, necessary for [ 8ault President Tyler, in which he impugns
the use and accommodation of the ro d, were, th fesslonal int it ofthat high digni[ar
not, subject to taxation as real estate by the _ . . , ,, J . , , ,
’ - . - i J The charge of the Bolts is made under oath, and
towns :n which thev are situated. , . , , „ , „ ., ’
has eliciteda reply from the President, which not
An agent ofthe New Orleans Picayune only exposes the malice and mendacity ofthat reck-
writes:—“I have gotten you a subscriber, and ! l ess and infuriated creature, but at the same time
what is more, lie paid in advance, and what is holds hint up to the world as a desperate and perju-
truly incomprehensible, here is the money.” J red wretch.'
Destructive Fire iu Tallahassee, Florida'
By a letter leceived in this city, dated Tallahas
see, Thursday evening, 9 o’clock, May 25th, *•
arc informed that two-thirds of that city is kwh*
ashes. The fire broke out about 3 o’clock of t_:
same day. in tbe stable of Capt. Harris on thesotrf
side of the city. The Post Office, every store, t 3 ’
II the heart of the city, are consumed. The CitJ
Hotel is the only public house that was save4.
These are all the particulars contained in tlie 1 ;;:
and all we presume that could be given, as it a?
pears it was written but six hours after ihe a-
mencement ofthe conflagration. We most lie 33 '-'
ly sympathise with our suffering brethren in T~
hassee.
In addition to the above, we learn from pa ;;
gers in tlie stage, that about 200 or 250 huiWtJ?
were burnt, on which there was but little, if -;
insurance. One negro man was killed, and st
al citizens seriously injured.
Counterreits.
One dollar bills, purporting to be issued by'--
Bank of the Slate of South Carolina (old cniitf -M
are numerously circulated in Greenvilie, S. C- d ’■
is supposed that there are persons in the ®?r
District of that State, who either manufacture-
counterfeits, or are well supplied with them
a distance.
!
A Needle Iflaiiiafaclurcr*
Dr. Bond, in his letters from Rockland, a;
“Among tlie curious things which T was pertr.
to examine at Haverstraw, nothing awakens • t
much interest, as the machinery for making |
dies,” and patriotically exclaims, “Let every
housewife rejoice with me,” for “\Ve are nol° n : '
to be dependant on foreign countries for an -y"
of such primary necessity as needles.” Toeu I
tor adds, “This I am told, is the first a'^ n T„
the kind in America, and is now almost per!C'- u
Adjournment of the S. C. C’onventio n ‘
The Convention adjourned last evening, having
the address of the Committee of Twenty-one to "
the , j
of the United States, recommending Mr. Calhoun
Presidency, not having mnde unv nomination for ’ a
dent. ..TT.-
Col. F. W. Pickens and Col. F. H.Elmore «« _;i
elegates, to represent the Senate of the^-ta'^,,.. rj
Delegate*, rafiwiui *.*•» n a
Carolina in the general Convention, to be hem ** ■].
in 1844, and ordering elections by Districts, tn- t"
for the remainder of the Delegates.— Trxv.scrU ■