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From Graham's Magazine for March.
TUB KI'l-I.S.' OP • «**■ BBI.PB*!
Oil, THE DARING LOVER.
• nr n.r. wiuu.
k prattle is something else beside a mean ['■ r ■ °* a
A .Fronchdiclionary to the contra, y Dot ;
m JK&!5KS|.
Ilochop.rl. And tf you wished *Ji« urisette confederacy
maters, muuowe. r , XDect ed to lie anything
embroidereases—and they content lay their power,
more aristocratic. Andl m *•« ,£ orl h 0 fa e fo.
' Toe gnseites of ^'>“Q tl.e.r Jalousies. and litUe
aggfeafetfljgs^ggB
them, an ,j, B coin of good manners, as cannot be
and gave " 'A* of ■•liberty and equality.” Still they were
shale™ of difference in the attention shown them by their
l^Tnloaera and they worked twice as much tn a day when
SU Madam Dutozel, who took her dinner v'i'hthcni.
lan^focon in the work room, as for old Madame Cht
\vho dined all alone in her grand saloon, and left
n<-n to cat by themselves among their shreds and scissors.
Bat these were not sHght, whicn they
We only to the incautious dame who dared to scanusuz
ono of their number, or dispute her dues, or encroacn upo
her privileges! They would makeBochepot
Kfbith he, chafes. They^ved.U three in^fb*^
dame clock and daughter—and it was a hrg . ,
Thenias when she got out nf hearing of that ‘tic , tic »
And of the thumping of her mother a cane on the 6
jssisssr* ..?«,■ as:
sfri£r^a^ssri4^w = -ss
1>ef VhSre er a C joufney^
liiaVtnechanic. Now ««.«**•»«oftto gVjg
las !) was to have one charming little
deman before they married the leather »P r ° n J l td hsve
that, had they by chance be.u boim l.d,e. they couiana ^
and she had this one subject for the exercise of her P ow ers
llober.in and drew him 8^7 ^ *‘^SlTwnd m th“ I
diene™ “ the heroine 8 of ,nv story. An Hour efter.The-
naU was welcomed with •“Wtions as she suddenly «p
peered with Hobertin in the midst ofthe T^Xbeen
c-iseues. With Ilobertir., not as he had billH.rto Decn
seen? his cap on the back of his b" d 'btsunder ltD
hanging loose like an idiot’s, but with Roberttn, g■
spirited and gay. the handsomest of hussars, and the inost
joyous of companions. And Thentis. srme ow
toilet and the cloud of congou. d ‘“bed*^ C !,,„ degree,
and then -haded her sweet smile, was by mso^O^w
the belle of the hour; and thepalm °™j* au .£ h g r isettes
the world at least, yielded without ‘ m lti 0 f
duarlv love « bit of romance, to#, an j?.V? e circu * , ° ~
old lAm, Pomponney by hi, rn*e of ' d '^7j
SrsAisSiS sssrs.-iss-w ■
*h?" -isi’."
served them with breakfiist.ffie light heartegn ^
Rochep it wss happy enough to be envied by fit *
ttn.—Stuttbe sky SUened. end a Jg* ■J-ffSSS
among the trees, announced the “ m '”S “P 01 d to em .
storm. Sauvtaui pent! ^'“^'"^adteir cars and
ergencies and they packed °P BS t he grisettes,
were under way for shelter aim ( (.range—one of
and aw.y they. *11 AM toward, the ««« ** «
the dependencies of the chatesu de llrevannc^ director
But Roberti.n now bad suddenly hecom^^
and ruling spirit of *•<«•** , ' jj f an nersftbe grange
him with insttnettve difference, the oW «arm b ^
hurried out with his k«ws “‘‘“SXlWi and by
STihWYrTi’ssa
rang out far and wide tlirough the gathering tempc
Ac rain began to come d™
clatter of a horse s feet in a rapid ga P shelter, no
of the pauses in the wa.tz. Some one seek, g u ^
doubt. On went the bewitching music agam. d ^
Ss?«sSih^ > .a:S?rf,wp~”“-°
their own—tU«y blUtfally , , « ___ v,*
■■
‘There are in the United Slat ^* 000
ton mills; a capital of 10,000,000/. sterling
fS50 000 000) is invested in the cotton manu
facture; they have nearly 40,000 looms, and
produce 250,000,000 yards in a year. And 1
state, also, on the very best authority, that the
Lowell mills, which consume 60,000 bales,
(out of300,000, the total consumption,) pro-
duce a greater quantity of yarn and clMh by
each spindle and each loom, in a given. tmie.
than is produced by any other mills m the
world. They turn off fifty yards m a day m
all their looL at Lowell; and we all know
that no English mills produce anything like
hat quantity. To-be sure, they work rather
more hours than we do here; they wont at
Lowell 73 1-2 hours a week; mother millsin
America 75 1-2 hours. 1 got a return only
last week from a friend of mine, who haa been
at Lowell, of the work performed in the ***
now mills which have been built there. Vi e
familiar with the coarse drills that we all
d to make immense quantities of, at one
lime, to supply pantaloon siufis for the India
and China markets, and now they are used all
over America; and which, not very many
years ago, the house in which I am concerned
used to make and ship to a great extent.
“ The new mills at Lowed produce those at
3 l-2d. per pound from the cotton, 6 1-4 cents,
(in the other mills 7 cents) which, with the cot
ton, brings the cost to 9 1-3 d. per pound for
those articles. As to the advantage they have
over us, I do not exaggerate when I state
D E M O C R A C Y.
‘bn. four mile* from I^bepot
•tood the chetenu de Brevaune, and that the’ °* d . 'L, h
Brevanne wa. a P^^T^^^hahad educated at
1 wa* ifin V e e 8nnd./Corning that a mounted hnaaar.p.
S isettea—for aristocratic i
e sex. was the Count de Brevanne
ESwpFFS^Hrahs
tered .month at Boche^t-^ Ah! wh«^
news! And wx
yous bit ot
» l officera'besides the cotoned And the
srrsKsassssi§iS£RS3!
STOfiW book? the ne^tmost sacred object of hi.
done. Monsieur ! exclai«r.-d hUpretty ,Iiste°-
erfind aw»v she ran to spread the welcome totelltgeoce
rith iw delign
The next day the troop
=S£— or „„
jr^ r-—-*-5rs
dailv exhibiting itself in the avidity wi
he mad, unnatural and fatuous controversy i 8
IWACOIV:
XUESWAY 3IOBNINO, JUNE O. *S43.
upby the WhigjournaUfromon^ ^ ^
Feih?*” * he suddenly cried out, in a tone of surpr.se
“The name was repeated fromlip to lip among the gris-
Ci.V.a. Pu. b,u .t.
But as Count Felix tightened his holduponthesnmtt
hand ne held, and ^
n tbe scene.
gevee
” xSSS'tC^J^d. into Bochejjot. and formed
in die'grea*square in froiftofSt. Rock : anaby « .e m,e the
trumpeters had played themselves red >“ *•W^ew
*S! hi'one* o°f $2 ‘i&fZkia.
eiy 1 deceivers? mid Men her daughter to stir tnto the
street while they were quartered to cach
Of course the grtsettes managed to agree
mher’s selection of a sweetheart from the troop, ana ot
„ur,e eschhussar thankfully accepted thep.tr of eye.
fell to him? For, aside from the limited duration of
their slay, soldiers are philosophers, and know that ’ life is
.ihor” nod it is better to -take to the goods the gods p o-
vide ’ But * after every body was helped, as they say at a
feast there appeared another short jacket and foraging cap
very much fo P the relief of red-headed Susette, the shoe-
binder who had been left ont in the previous allotment.
And Susette made the amiable accordingly, but w no pur-
pos<*. for the lad aeemed an idiot with but one idea look
S?g forever at 6u Boeh’a clock to know the tmie of day. The
emetics laughed and asked their sweethearla h, » “"***
Eut they significantly pointed to their foreheads andwhts-
-ered iiSug ak'T poor Koberun’s being, ajimth
ticked on. and Susette and Thenais, the plainest and the
I iretticit girl in tlio village, seemed ibe only two who were
eft out in tbi* extra dispensation of livers. And poor
liobertin still persisted in occupying most of bis leisure
with watching tne time of day. . , r ,
It was on the Sunday morning after the arrival of the
troop that old Dame Pomponney went up, as usual, to do
her Sunday’s dutv in winding up the clock. She had pre
viously locked tlie belfry door to be sure that no one en
b
advancing old man.
rain broke in unexpectedIyu{»on‘he scenj. Br0Tin
« Disgrace not your blood, seta Jte count
ne The‘off?ndin" t couple stood alone in the centre of the
floor, and the dame comprehenaed that her daughter wa
ai ‘ P Anfwho is disgraced by d.acing with my daughter V
she screamed with furious gesuculauon. .
The old noble made no answer,but
under tone, murmured the name ol C ““ n ‘ f' ’ ’ Ea rdaer,
-Is it he—the changeling! the son of a poor garaner,
that is di-eraced bv the touch of my oaughter I
knew A dead 6 silence* followed this astoundmg
k Tlie old dame had forgotten herself in her rage, and she
Loked abouT with a terfific bewiWerment-but the mis
chief was done. The old man stood.gh.sH ^oun^Fehx
C u!os?e^
into the rain; and in another mement hu horse s fe
heard clattering away in
upwards of Id. per pound int cotwn
there is
our duty, and other expenses. In the concern
in which I am interested, the extra tax paid,
owing to the high price offlour, amounts to
a tax of 1,000/ a year upon our mills, as com
pared with their mills in Ameitca. [Hear.]
Then their water-power costs at the highest
rate 3/. 10s. per horse-power; while the low
est rate in this country is 12/. per horse-powsr.
I have not the smallest doubt—indeed, I am
prepared to prove—that they can produce
coarse domestic drills, and everything of that
kind, at least lid. cheaper than we can.
rHear.l They have beaten us out ofthe In
dia and Chinese markets. Of course, they
produce for their own consumption; and, alter
a little while, I have little doubt that we shall
have them introduced very largely here,
rHear.l The last thing they will do is to at
tack the enemy in his own camp; but am
hussars!—"Thief,” "vagabond” and "housebreaker,
were the most raode-ate epithets with which Dame rum-
poaney accompanied the enraged beating of her stick on
the resounding platform. She was almost beside herself
with rage. And Thenais had been up to dust the wheels
of the clock. And how did she know that that seelerat of
a trooper wa* not there all the time 1
But the intruder, whose face had been concealed till now,
turned suddenly round and began to gibber and grin like a
.Hxjci.cd monkey. He pointed at the clock, imitated tbe
• tick, tick, tick,’ laughed till the big bell gave out an echo
like a groan, and then aoddenlyjumped over the dame’s
slick nnd ran down stairs.
"Eh, Sainte, Virgc /" exclaimed tbe old dame, "it s a
poor idiot after alii And lie has stolen up to see what
made the clock tick.—Ha ! ha 1 ha! Well. well. I cannot
come up these weary stairs twice a day, and I must wind
up the clock before"! go down to let him out. Tick, uck,
tick—poor lad 1 poor lad 1—They must have dressed him
up to make fan of him—these vicious troopers
And with pity in her heart. Dame Pomponney, hobbled
down,stair alter stair, to her chamber in the .'•■luare turret
orthe belfry, and there she found the poor idiot on hi> knees
before Thenais, and Thenais was just preparing t > ;
*■ ~ > she till
eet were
rr uium*.Mv -— *
the direction of the chateau de
Brevanne.
We have but to tell the sequel. . irnri , to
Tbe incautious revelation °f the old dame turned out
be true. The dying infant daughter of the Marehionesse
had been chang/d for the healthy son of the «m« » g» d-
ner, to secure an heir to the name and estates of the nearly
extinct family ol Brevanne. Dame Fomponney badaijsis
fed in this secret, and but for a heart ° f ‘t drop
ment. to which the old count s taunt was hut the
the sectet would probably have never bee
Count Felix who had ployed truant from his wUege at
Paris, to come and hunt up some of his childish playlet
lows, in disguise, had remembered £ ™ whiU
little Thenais, who was not sorry to recognize him, _
I.ApuufcViiuuAeti bud, Atfiave ine new couple a portion
of his estate, and they named their first child Bobertin, as
was natural enough.
From the Journal of Commerce,
PROTECTION.
We have reiterated the fact for fifteen years,
that protection was unnecessary in our coun
try; for that, take it all in all, wo were able
to manufacture as cheaply as the people of any
other country. We need not repeat how
stoutly, and even angrily, these assertions have
been denied. We have moreover not sup
posed when we said that the Americans could
manufacture as cheaply, that we stated the
whole truth ; for we have long supposed that
more cheaply was, the real state of the case
Truth lives when error dies; and this great
truth of at least the equal cheapness of manu
facturing in this country, is becoming more
and more proven and acknowledged by the
events of every year. We have met England
successfully in all tlie great markets of the
world, and"now we are proving our superior
power by shipping our cotton fabrics to Eng
land’s self, for her own sales; and what a
shame it is to American stnlemanship and lib
I erality that these goods of ours may be admit-
I ted into England upon a duty often per cent
skein of thread ovee hi* thumb*, for -me thought -.ie wh ;j e her eoods ofa similar character are ex
make him useful and amuse him with the winding cf It 11.1 , ( 8 Q , dnfv nffrnm
her mother came down. But as the thread got vexation, ly dueled from the U. btdtCS by a duty Ot trom
tangled, and the poor lad sat as patiently as a wooden reel, thirty to one hundred per Cent., with much
and it was rime to go below tomass. the dame thought she J , , a i. nn , ., nllner ] a bor
f ooeiow tomass. me aamc uiou-nn
im there rill she cime back, and down
ahe stumped, locking the door very safely behind her.
Poor Thenais was very lonely in the belfry, and Dame
Pomponney, who had a tender heart where her duty was
not involved, rather rejoiced when she returned, to find an
unusual glow of delight on her daughter’* cheek; and if
Thenais could find so much pleaaure in the society of a
poor idiot lad, it was a sign, loo, that heart was not gone al
together after those abominable troopers. Itwastnne to
aend the innoaent youth about hi* business, so she gave him
a holyday cake and led him down stair* and dismissed him
with a pat on hi* back and a strict injunction n ever to ven
ture aeain up to the * lick, tick, tick.’ But as ho had bad a
Je Ain as to the accessability of her bird’s neat, ahe deter
mined thenceforth to lock the door invariably and carry the
key in her pocket,
rumbling into the bargain about pauper labor
and the liberality of England. We liope
another year will not find us in an attitude so
injurious towards all agricultural, commercial
fishing, and, ive might add, manufacturing in
terests of our own country, and so illiberal to
wards all other countries.
These thoughts are suggested by the follow,
ing article, which wo find in the Boston Daily
Advertiser:
“Mr. Hale
ilVlFOBt
Cotton Itlnrkct.
Very little doing—thd^rticle is in a state of sus
pended animation—we quote the same as last
week, say 3i a 5$ cents.
CUAM.ESTON, June 3—Prices range from 4 a
7i cents. The Courier says, “The market has
not only fully recovered itself, but a slight advance
for favorite parcels has been obtained.”
Savannah. June 2.—The qnotations from the
Republican, are from 4j a 7.
Military Encampment.
Yesterday morning, the Floyd Rifles, one o
the three handsome Volunteer Companies of this
City, left town for a toar of Military Discipline at
Camp Ross, some four miles off. We understand
invitations have been extended to the several \ ol-
unturr Corp, IniKU <u,J the adjoining counties, to
visit them in their encampment. They will re
main in Camp until Thursday. To-morrow they
will be visited by the Maton Volunteers, the Bibb
Cavalry, and probably by some other Volunteer
Companies.
05= We learn from Columbus, that Col. J- L.
Lewis, who had his trial last week, charged with
being concerned in the recent Bank robbery in that
city, has been acquitted by the Jury.
end of the Union
to the other. More than one hall
pabulum upon which they subsist, is u
by the ill digested exudations of the A ’ ,nS
City Globe and the Charleston Mercury-and, ve
rilv they will sweat for it, if they do not, ere long,
substitute alitile wit for their anger. It would be
^rarething now, to revive a Mdledgeville Recor
der or Journal .hat does not most courteous^^ an ^
obsequiously doff its beaver to the Palmetto Cham
pior. and the “great Globe itself,” and most thank
fully acknowledge the reception of their contribu
tions- Why, really, this is worse than permitting
i. W* M. From the T.»o o«,i,.
our own guns, yea our great
the march of Democracy is, to stand firm in 01;r
ranks, and frown down all attempts to harmonu e
and unite us by coersion. If we have to do battle,
let us battle against our common adversary, “ car ,
rv the war into Africa,” and not like the fools ot
antiquity fall upon our own swords. Let us direct
our battering rams against the great Captain ofth e
West, as he is proudly called by the Soldiers of
Fortune who fight under his banner—let usassaii
his citadels of Distribution, Assumption and Pro.
tection, and storm in detail every strong-hold of
his System, and we will soon mount victorious upcj
their splendid, but specious ruins.
Important Items.
The New Orleans Tropic, of the 24th ult. says: <• p ot (
week past, it has been whispered about in this city, thati
draft, drawn by the Mexican Government, in fatoref
Samuel Houston, President of Texas, for tucnlyfa
thousand dollars, has been paid at the counter of ose 6 j
the most prominent commercial houses in Few Orleanc
Naval Engagement.—Another engagement has takes
place ■ between Commodore _Moore, of the Texan Na^
and the Mexican Squadron. It occurred off Campeacliy lC j
licking him to turn
nuns, against the towering ramparts of Democracy.
The last Southern Recorder most affectionately
embraces the Mercury and lauds it to the very echo
for a random bit it aims at Mr. Van Buren, re ac
tive to duties on Tea and Coffee, and by a strange
perversity of reasoning attempts to justify theshu(
fling course pursued by Mr. Dawson, as indicated
i i ..... ■pmrilin Reyenue Bill which passed
durin" the celebrated liixtra Congress of 1841. Al
ter making its best bow to the Mercury, the Recor-
dcr says *
■rr
quite sure we shall see it by and by; of that
I think, there cannot be a doubt. The * J °
wages is considerably higher there ; but the
great obstacle to the rapid spread ^produc
tions in the American mills is the difficulty of
getting more spinners. When they gel self
acting mules, that difficulty vanishes. We
must make up our miuds to prepare for the
loss of these markets; it is of no use to dis
guise the fact; itisofnouse for any of us
saving ‘ I can hold out as long as my neigh-
bor; "there is no remedy hut push the weaker
ones to the wall.’ That is an idle and selfish
way of expression, (to say no worse ot it,j
which I regret too many of us have been in
dulging in. [Hear.] Let us take care that
the strong be not also pushed to the wall; be
cause we may depend upon it, in production,
there are stronger countries than we are; and
if we are, as a country, the weaker one,
shall the wall togethev 1
_ wnat follows from a— n
Courier: __ ,
Mr. r.lau\ ./« «» Massachusetts.—-
We published, a few days ago, a paragraph
from the New-Bedford Bulletin, intimating
that the editor of that paper was disposed to
have the positive nomination of Mr. Clay, by
the Fanueil-Hall Convention, rescinded. We
have now to record a similar sentiment from
another part of the State. The Hampshire
Gazette, printed nt Northampton, has an arti
cle headed “ The right Course,” from which
we make the following extracts.
«* We are constrained to admit, that
there is no inconsiderable strength of opposi
tion among the Whigs of this State to the
nomination of Mr. Clay. - So strong and so
extensive, indeed, is the repugnance of senti
ment and feeling in reference to tins nomina
tion, that, in our opinion, it wdiild be worse
than vain, under present circumstances, to at
tempt to unite the party in its support.
In the next place, however judicious that
nomination might have been regarded at the
time it teas made, the development of public
sentiment since, most clearly indicate the inex-
pediency of continuing to urge its support upon
the Whig party of this State.
White poor BoberriwsJ%k £ >it MitUi tfllWIRBWHnTireg, E«q., which appeared inthe Manchester
Into the ‘tick, tick, tick.’ never absent n day fr°:n the neigh^ j ^P.ntrJ Gunrdiap, o( tllO [8th December, 1841
pTannui* to pre the grisettea a fclc chum petrel Ono
tho saints’ dava was cosiiog round, and, the weather per
mitting, nil tbe vehicles of the village were to be levied
and with tne troop horses in harness, they were to drive to
a small wooden valley in the neighborhood of the chateau
da Brevanne, where seclusion and a mossy carpet of grass
were combined in a little paradise for such enjoyment.
Tbe morning of this merry day dawned at last, and the
grisettes and thoir admirer* were stirring betimes, for they
were to breakfast sur fherde, and they were not the peo
ple to turn breakfast into dinner. The sky was .dear and
the dew was not very heavy on tlie grass, and merrily the
carriages rattled about the town, picking up their fair
freights from its obscurest corners. But piior Thenais
looked out, a sad prisoner, from her high window in the
belfry
It was a half an hour after snnriae and Dame Pornponney
was creeping up stairs alter her matins, thanking Setven
that she had been firm in her refusal*—at least twenty of
the grisettea having gathered about her, and pleaded fora
day’* freed em for herimprisoned daughter. She rested on
the last landing but one to tube a little breath—but hark !—
a man's voice in the belfry 1 She listened again, and qoietly
slipped her feel out of her highheeled shoes. The voice was
again audible—yet how could itbef She knew that no
one coaid have passed up tbe stair, for the key had been
kept in her pocket more carefully than usoal, and, save by
the wings of her own pigeons, tlie belfiy window was inac
cessible, sho was sure. Still the voice went on in a kind
of pleading murmur, and the dame stole softly up r.i her
stockings, nnd noiselessly opened the door. There i.tood
Thenais at the window, bat tho was alone in the room.
At the same instant tho voicowas heard again, and sure
now that one of those desperate hussars had climbed the
tower, and unable to control her rage at the audacity of the
attempt. Dame Pomponney clutched hercane and rushed
forward to aim a blow at the military cap now visible r t the
sill of tlie window. Bat Jit the same instant, the he td of
tbe intruder was thrown back, and the gibberingnnd idiotic
smiles of poor Robertin checked her blow in its descent,
nnd turned all her anger into pity.
l’oor, silly lad ! he had contrived to draw up the garden
ladder and pls<-e it upon the roof of die stone porch below,
to climb and offer a nowerto Thenais. Not unwillicg to
have her dno^htvr'fl mind occupied with soma other though
mi the forbidden excursion,the dsr.ie offered herliaudt
Onr Superior Court.
The Court has been occupied since Wed
nesday morning last, now just a week, in the
trial of John Langdon Lewis, charged under
an indictment as accessory after the fact with
the offence of robbery; or, in plainer English,
with feloniously receiving and concealing the
bag of money recently stolen from the Wes
tern Insurance and Trust Company of this ci
ty. There was great difficulty experienced in
getting a jury—we think as many as seven
pannels, each of 48 men, were exhausted, be
fore the jury of 12 could be made up. It wa3
: I send for publication in your jjnaijy completed on Thursday at noon. Im-
ao»t Hmmm-tln. «qw.»Uivi Atuutiil moJiMtoi^. aitnr dinner the Attorney General
j ■“I'"' presonted the bill ortuui^.—-t.tn the jury, and
proceeded to introduce evidence in support or
the charge preferred. Nineteen witnesses on
the part of the State, and five on the part of
the accused, have been called to testify. The
testimony closed on Monday about 1 1-2 o’
clock, and the argument of counsel commen
ced about 3 o’clock. The case was opened
on the side ofthe prisoner by John Watson,
Esq,—on the side of tho State by the Attor
ney General, Mr. Gardner—A.lex. McDou-
gnld, M. J. Wellborn, Seaborn Jones nnd
Walter T-JColquitt, Esqrs. followed in the order
of their names for the prisoner—James John
son, Hines Holt, J. C. Alford and R. A.
Toombs, Esqrs. in the same order on the part
ofthe State. Some of these gentlemen have
concluded their remarks, before we go to
press. Tho case will hardly be submitted to
the jury before the time our mails close. Much
interest is felt for the result, and tho court
bouse is crowded with spectators. The testi
mony has been of such a character a3 to open
up a wide field fur the display of ingenuity and
eloquence by the counsel on both sides.—Col.
Enq. May 31.
reg presided at the great meeting of
cotton manufactures and others interested,
held at Manchester on the 10th ofthe same
month, and is himself one ofthe largest cotton-,
spinners in tho world. Improbable of accom
plishment as the prediction contained in the
following extract seemed, at the time it was
6poken, it has already been fulfilled. Last
week I noticed that a vessel cleared this port
for London, with 400 bales of drillings on
board, which are believed to be the first Ameri
can cotton fabrics sent to Great Britain.
“ All the statements made by Mr. Greg, are
believed to he correct. The self-acting mule
to which he refers, has been introduced, and
will, doubtless, be adopted throughout the
country, particularly in tho manufacture of fine
goods. In every description of cotton and
woollen goods since December, 1841, there
has been great reductions in the cost of manu-
facluring ; and I have no doubt they will be
still greater. Further improvements will be
made in the preparation, ns well as in the
spinning .and weaving of cotton, which will
materially reduce the cast of production. The
hard times through which we have passed, and
are passing, have taxed the wits of our inge
nius mechanics; and what has appeared to us
a great misfortune, may, in the end, prove of
high advantage, by opening foreign markets
for our products, which could not be the case,
while we were in a stato of apparently the
highest prosperity.
Browned.
We regret to say, that on Saturday last a
lad, son of Mrs. Eaton Bass, whilst bathing in
the river, was drowned, We have lately
heard ofa number of instances of boys being
very nearly drowned. This melancholy case
should he a warning to them not to venture too
far into the river.—Col. Argus.
to prohibition, created quite a panic «*■*#•
EISC.— 1 ijw
nrinte corner, and the tongs their resting place. Sugar is
cheaper than it was, and from the same cause a stronger,
?ich P r ?dour ascends from the coffee pot; our lad.es find
[heir tea much lower, and the little fellows acwally disco
ver they can obtain almost twice as much candy for a thnp
as they could before Mr. Dawson tanffized all out of their
reach, and out of tbe country.”
From the ambiguity ofthe Recorder it is hard to
determine if that paper intends explicitly to deny
tli a’ Mr. Dawson voted for an imposition of duties
uvon Tea, Sugar, and Coffee. Ifsuch was, or is
the intention ofthe Recorder, it has most certainly
made an attempt at least, to delude the people an
the good and venerable matrons of Georgia, whom
plenitude of politeness, it is pleased to call'"old
women"—* term by the way that is not very Chqg-
terfieldian in a journal which has heretofore been
distinguished for its marked devotion and politeness
to the “last best gift of God to man.” But let that
pass. We repeat, that if the Record er means
«ay, that Mr. D. did not vote for laying duties on
Tea, Sugar and Coffee, it has made an effort to
deceive the people—for, if we are not very much
mistaken. Mr. Dawson did vote for taring those
common comforts of every day's consumption, 'alien
the Revenue Bill first passed the House of Repre
sentatives during the Extra Session of Congress-a
Session which consigned that gentleman and h.s
political friends to a merited oblivion. Tt is true
indeed, when the Bill went to the Senate that that
body amended it, and that among the amendments
iX^flPfti^. a h\ a Cu^e^ a -rou7>^ 0 mia £ftta^riiui, now-
. , ever, because he would have exempted them from
Tho Journal a spirited and zealous but becausc hi9 vote waS indignantly de
Georgia Penitentiary— 1 Couvicta Escaped.
Ten ofthe Convicts, as we learn from a hand
bill, quietly walked off from their comfortable
quarters in Milledgeville, on the 29th ult., to the
utter astonishment of every one! Since then, we
understand, about half a dozen of the runaways
have returned to their solitudes, heartily disgusted
with the uncharitableness and rascality of the
world—outside of their walls! Some ofthe refu
gees, it is said, visited Macon, the Sunday after
their escape, and (it is supposed,) were so horrified
at the immorality ofthe place, they left immediate
ly. Whether they are among those who suffered
themselves to be carried back—or are now under
going a voluntary penance for their folly among
the mosquitoes and reptiles in the swamp, we are
not certain.
It is further reported, that one of the escapants,
while trying to drown himself in the Oconee, below
Milledgeville, was prevented, by having his brains
knocked out, by some intermeddling persons, who
had become suspicious of his intentions!
fl?* The splendid Meteor, seen by a number of
our citizens, on the evening of the 27th ult., was
noticed as far North as Camden, S. C.
A Clay paper for Sale.
The Georgia Journal, published weekly in Mil-
ecfjfed tiy J.’ Hr^teele an^P 'Tliweaftj is offered
for *olo«
advocate of modem Whiggery. and has done as
much as ahebdomadal of its political caste could
do in Georgia, to advance the cause it espouses.
Tlie mission to China.
Tlie Madisonian states that Mr. John Tteeb,
does not go out with Mr. Cushing as his Secretary,
but only as a private gentleman.
The Fire in Tallahassee.
Speaking of this destructive conflagration, the
Star of Florida says:
The Cemmiitee of Citizens appointed for that purpose
have estimated the loss, we understand at al out half a mil
lion. And this loss hss fallen upon a population oflesathan
two thousand souls. A like destruction perhaps,—the same
amount of loss, upon so small a population, has never before
fallen upon any people.”
Mr. Webster—Indications.
It is said that Mr. Tyler and his Cabinet are fa
vorable to the policy of Commercial Treaties, as
outlined by Mr. Webster in his recent Baltimore
speech. That speech has attracted great attention,
and received, very generally, the approbation of
the Press.
Since Mr. Webster’s resignation ofthe “glittering
seals of office,” there has been, and still continues
to be much speculation abroad as to tlie tendency
of his future operations. It is the opinion of the
Baltimore Republican and other periodicals, that
Mr. W. aspires to the Presidepcy. We think dif
ferently. From the‘‘signs of the times” we are
rather induced to believe that the Hon. Ex-Secre-
tary is warmly devoted to the present Administra
tion. Indeed, we should not be surprised, ere many
months rolled over our heads, to see a Banner with
the following inscription streaming to the breeze:
JOHN TYLER of Virginia, for the Presiden-
C y—and DANIEL WEBSTER, of New Hamp
shire, for the Vice Presidency of the United States.
Ensiles nnd Bnclt-bitiiig. \ /
The crusty old Bachelors still continue their out
rageous assaults upon the Bustle—but they have
not courage enough to face the ladies: like recre
ant Knights they skulk behind the dear creatuies,
and, O shame to manhood, strike them upon their
backs. “Call you this backing your friends? A
curse upon such backing, say” we.
But, badinage apart—as we undeistand that the
Bustle is commonly stuffed with Bran, the Ladies
would cover themselves with glory were they to
make a general contribution of the contents of that
fashionable appendage for the relief ofthe destitute
portion of community. A philanthropist, a friend
of ours, and somewhat curious in such kind of sta
tistics, informs us that he has made an estimate,
the result of which has satisfied him, that the con
tents ofthe Bustles in the cityofMacon alone, would
furnish material enough to supply the suffering poor
throughout the State,with a sufficiency of Graham
bread to support them, during the approaching sum
mer and winter. What a chance for the Ladies
to immortalise themselves!
to have been a warmly contested action. The los»oabojrd
the Texan sloop Austin, was 3 killed and 22 wounded-^
board the brig Wharton, loss not stated. The Gaadalou;*
and Montezuma, (Mexican,) it is said, suffered severely-;,
is stated that 42 men were killed on board the former. The
combatants on both sides, hauled off to repair damagei.
Highly Important from the Pacific.—The brig Arthi.
tect, Capt. Gray, arrived here yesterday, in eight dij,
from Vera Cruz, bringing the highly important imelligecce
that the British authorities have taken formal possession ot
.i. o.uJ»tcn islands. lord Paulet commanding h.b.j
ship Carresfoot, raised the British flag on the 25th of Fe-
bruary last, in honor of the annexation ofthe kingdom u
the British empire, and on the same day notified th* Co,,
sul of the United States that be could no longer exercij*
bis official functions without being acknowledged by ifc
British Government.
The first instalment ofthe Mexican indemnity due totbt
United States, of $270,000, has been paid to Gea’l. Wadij
Thompson.
The New York American states that a large number of
counterfeit Mexican dollars and American half dollars bn
been seized by the Police of that city.
Mission to China.—The following constitute the net
mission to China :
Hon. Caleb Cushing, Grand Commissioner.
D. F. Webster, Grand Secretary.
John Tyler, Jr. Private Secretary.
John R. Peters, Jr. Agent from the American Institute
It is stated that the legation will also comprise in adds*
a large number of young gentlemen as attaches, who go tn
to China as philosophers, linguists, travellers, mercha
and adventurers.
From Washington.—The New York Herald learns it
the administration of John Tyler. including the whole c*
net, have declared in favor ofthe views and policy oflfc
Webster, as developed in his Baltimore speech.
Mrs. Sigourney has received; from the Queen of 'it
French, a diamond bracelet of gr-tt value and beauty.
Nearly thirteen Millions of dollars have been re
ceived in New York from foreign ports since the 1st
of January last.
Mr. Carranonce said in one of his famous speeches:—I
have known tumult and disordermake many a rich man poor
but never knew it to make a poor man rich.
nounced by his constituents, and because he thought
the favorite policy ol Mr. Clay’s system of Protec
tion would be better subserved. Had not then
those denunciations rung in the ears of Mr. D. and
tho cherished bantling of Mr. C been somewhat
in jeopardy, the vote of the former individual wou'd
have went, as it first went, for a tax upon the arti
cles alluded to. If now, as the Recorder rather
flippantly asserts, sugar, coffee and candy are chea
per than they we re, the people of Georgia are not
indebted for its being so, to the good intentions of
Cosby Dawson; for, instead of relaxing, his object
was to tighten the tariff—and the.Recorder may rest
assured, should that gentleman mingle in the ap
proaching canvass, “the brooms” ofthe “old wo
men” ofGeorgia will again leap from their “ap
propriate corners and the tongs from their resting
place,” and ciy aloud, “to action—to action!"
Indeed, judging from the tone of the following
additional extract, which we take from the same
article in the Recorder upon which we have been
commenting, we should not be surprised if Mr.
Dawson was chosen by the approaching Whig
Convention its candidate for Governor. The
Recorder, lamenting his defeat in 1841, whines out
in the true lachrymose style thus:
“What was to be done in such a crisist as this? Why,
the calmest and moat deliberate reason could only have
pointed to one course: the sagacity of ourcandidate instant-
f* perceived, and his tact at once adopted it. What was to
be done or ought to have been done, but to retire from the
canvass and leave the case where it was, in the breasts of
his fair but exasperated constituents, with the perfect con
viction that injustice, wrong and injury could not be per
mitted long to dwell there. That the consciousness of the
delusion and deception practiced to arouse their feelings a-
gainst a faithful and long tried public servant, a courteous,
generous, noble hearted, and withal very handsome gen
tleman,not only cause regret for the injury, and a
return of their former confidence, but would re-act at the
proper time with decisive effect against the poor humbug-
gers, who could only defeat their opponent by becoming
public deceivers.”
XTa, i j a, iiu! -Thank you, Sir Charles, T owe
you two"—only think of Cosby Dawson’s retiring
from the canvass of 1841!—Why, every drill ser
geant and fugleman m the Whig ranks, were zea
lously and untiringly engaged in exercising their
separate commands day and night, from the first to
the last ofthe contest, aud no means were left un
employed by their leaders to achieve the election
of Mr. D.—but all in vain—Democracy triumphed.
We must however agree with the Recorder that
Mr. D. is a “very handsome gentleman;” indeed,
we think he is too pretty for any thing, and the peo
ple of Georgia will say to him as old Sol SmiOi said
to-another personage on a particular occasion, “You
are a very handsome gentleman, indeed—but for
all that ’pon honor you cant comein, Sir.”
Instead ofthe Democrats deceiving the peop'e
in relation to the whirligig course and tortuous ter
giversations of Mr. Dawson, we have established
the fact beyond the possibility of successful contra
diction that it was he who deluded his constituents
and lost their confidence by betraying them with
the kiss of a political Judas. A similar effort is a-
gain being made to abuse the masses and lead them
astray; out the trickery, cajolery and masquerading
of 1840, are of too recent occurrence—too fresh
and vivid in the recollection of the people, to Le
played off a second time upon them with even a
temporary impunity All that we have to do to
secure a continuance of *he brilliant and glorious
triumphs that have accompanied an J illuminated
In Advance of the Mail.
\Ye extract the following received at the office c!i
Savannah Republican, via Charleston, from New Yak,
Philadelphia and Baltimore, in anticipation of the tank
The Hail Storm in St. John's and SI. SitjiUst-
The deslructiveness of this calamitous visiution, mviJ*
Charleston Courier, is even greater thau at first reponri-
it has swept with blasting fury over the entire repos fan
the Eutaw Springs to Pinevtlle. embracing many ofee
finest and most productive long staple cotton planutwoa
tbe State—the desolation cannot nave tanged over
than 4000 acres of cotton alone, besides the damage toon
of other descriptions.
NEW YORK. MAY 29.—Cotton.—The marlet tn
been quiet to day but we notice no change
is a disposition among shippers not u operate la:rgelj K
some are demanding a reduction. W« quote as befo«-
Uplands: Inferior 5j a 5j ; ordinary 5J a 6, mMlwgHt
61: middling fair 6J a 7 ; fair 7 a 7j; good fair 7 3-8»t
Flour.—The quotations Jhr_ Genessee to-dayta tSTji
Important from Hayti..—Capt. Smith, of the hr*
Fairfield, at New York, reports that there has been ss
duction of duties in all the ports on the Island. One h
on the follow ing article*: beef, pork, flour rice, cod £•-
lard, butter, mackerel, herrings. In tlie ports of Pom:
Priuce, Gonaives, Cape Ifayti, Port au Piatt. Aux C»;a
and the City of St. Domingo, the following articles sre fir
boards,plank,scantlmg.shingles, nails, tiles, flaggings®!
paints, and all other articles used in building heuses.
Communication with Savannah.—The Chtrles
Mercury has the following: “It will be seen hv Jfr. U
fitte’s advertisement, that a very important enterpriie b
been projected, which will make us a little more neighta!
with our sister of Savannah. A line of boats hss beeno
tablished which is to run between Charleston »ndS«s
nah three times a week, and which connects at the -
city with a line of boats to Augusta, with the. Central 1k-
Road to Macon, and with another line of boats to Dm*
and Florida. This looks business-like.
Death of Noah Webster.—We regret tn learr die dead
of Noah Webster, L. L. D. He died at his resitea*>
New Haven, on the evening of the 28th ulL, ia the tat
year of his age.
Dlncon County Democratic Meeting.
At a meeting of the Democrats of the county 1
Macon, convened at the Court House at Lank-
according to previous notice, on Saturday the 2ft>
of May,
Cn motion, John Sturdivant was called tot-
Chair, and William Soudon requested to act*
Secretary.
The object of the meeting having been explain
ed by the Ciiair, the following Preamble and Re-
olutions were offered and adopted.
Whereas, there is now involved and dependeS
upon public opinion a contest between the wed’-'
Aristocracy of our country, and the Laboringp* -
tion of the community, the Democrats of Mac-
county deem it proper to adopt the following &
olutions:
Be it Resolved, That we appoint three de!er- : '
to attend the Democratic Convention, to be h: ■
Milledgeville, on tlie first Monday in June next-
Resolved, That those delegates be instructed -
oppose the measures of Henry Clay, who is -
a travelling political demagogue, and a hireling -
the Aristocracy ofthe United States, and sacr-
cing lib patriotism and talents, at tho slirint»
wealth.
Resolved, That o ir delegates be further inser
ted, to exercise their own judgment in the select
of some suitable individual as the Democratic cj-
didatefor Governor of the State, in whose pc'-;'
tisrn and talents confidence can be reposed ia
practical exercise of Democratic principles.
Resolved, That the motto ofthe Democia'- ;;
this county (in the language of a distinguish-
Statesman) is “Free Trade, Low Duties, Sep®*
tion from Banks, Economy, Retrenchment,
strict adherence to the Constitution.”
Resolved, That tbe Chair appoint a Coon®**
of five gentlemen, to select suitable persons tot*'
present the county in said Convention.
Tlie following gentlemen were named—-A- F 1 ®
patrick, Slaughter Hill, Joshua Newsjnr, A-'
Whatley, and J. M. Tilford, who having re
nominated as delegates—Walter L- Camp ‘
W. B. Hill, and John M. Greer. 4
Resolved, That the delegates appointed -
power to fill any vacancy, thatjmay provider.”- •
occur, and that anyone or two have authority ®
present our wishes upon the polttical contest«.
day, provided a full delegation should not aU ' : ^
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting^
signed by'the Chairman and Secretary, an
published in the Macon Telegraph.
JOHN STURDIVANT, Chaired’
WM- SUGDON, Secretary.