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EDITOR’S DEPARTMENT.
IV M c. RICHARDS, EDITOR.
atljcns, eTrorfit.i:
Saturday Morning,...\tiff. 25, into.
the freedom of the press.
Much has been written upon this theme,
and yet there is n woful misconception of
the nature and extent of what is called The
Freedom of the Press. Like the still more
ireneral terms, freedom of thought, of speech,
■md of action, it is widely misunderstood ;
nnd lamentably abused. There are some i
people who construe the term liberty, or
freedom, to mean the privilege of following
the dictates of their own caprice or fancy,
utterly irrespective of the claims of society, :
and regardless of the rights of others. So
also, there are those who suppose the free
dom of the press to imply the right of any
one, who can command the columns of a
newspaper, to publish therein any quantity
of personal abuse and invective —taking care :
only to avoid the commission of what the ‘
law recognizes as a libel.
Now we hold it to be a truth, that the Ed
itor who employs or lends his columns for
the defamation of personal character, mani
fests a gross misconception of the responsi
bility of his position, to say nothing of the
cowardice and immorality of his course.—
We do not mean by this sentiment to ques
tion the right or duty of the public press to
denounce vice, fraud, imposition, chicanery,
and every other form of evil, nnd to de
nounce them, too, in the most unequivocal
manner. The Editor, however, who per
forms this duty aright, will take care that
he is not denouncing virtue for vice, or hon
esty for fraud, and will not suffer himself to
be controlled by personal feelings and con
siderations.
It is beneath the dignity of a gentleman,
and the character of a man, to indulge in
petty personalities through the columns of
a newspaper It is to take an unfair ad
vantage of an honorable adversary, to call
iiim by foul names in print, because he may
not stoop to answer such a calumny—he
cannot retaliate without degrading himself
M the level of that brutality which has as
sailed him. There is an old adage, that one
cannot touch pitch without defiling his fin
gers, which is exactly in point for illustra
ting our meaning. The boasted “freedom
of the press” affords every one who is re
viled, the opportunity of “ reviling again” ;
and alas! that the public taste should ap
prove such anti-scriptural conduct; but then
there is a possibility that an individual may
have such singular notions of propriety, dig
nity and self-respect, that he cannot avail
himself of this freedom of the press. If lie
is called by foul names in an obscure news
paper, he cannot retort those foul epithets
upon his villifier, without proving that ho
deserves them in one sense at least. He
cannot adopt the ler talionis without de
scending to the depths of infamy, whence
the abusive epithets have sprung up like
noisome exhalations front the “crater of a
volcano. It would be a warfare as unequal,
as repulsive, as fatal, as if he were to at
tempt retaliation upon a certain loathsome
animal, whose contact is insufferable. In
these circumstances, his only resource is to
keep silence, assuring himself, as he rea
sonably may, that when the smoke and
stench of the assaults upon liis good name
and fame have cleared away, the baseness
of their source will be discovered and they
will prove perfectly innocuous. The only
safe plan, therefore, for one who is unright
eously assailed in a public print, is to treat
his assailers with silent contempt —“ that
stern and withering scorn, before which
oalumny shrinks abashed.
It iv a question, however, of no small mo
ment, whether or not this system of person
ality so common in many of the petty prints
<d the country, is encouraged and perpetu
ated by the people. There will always be
found men vile enough to deal in foul words
ind base insinuatious, so long as there are
readers who approve and support them. In
Jiis view of the case, does it not become the
iuty of every journalist who feels the tur
pitude of this crime to flcnounce it, and of
‘very patron of the newspaper press who
lesires to see the evil remedied, to with
draw or withhold his support from those pa
ters whose Editors deal in personalities.— I
Tile objection may be made here by the can
lid and virtuous reader, that this view of
Ho subject would condemn the exposure of
rime hnd folly by means of satire. We an
iver, however, by no means. Satire is ein
nently useful, and productive of good, if it
e legitimately employed. When, however,
1 descends to gross personalities, to vulgar
buse of individuals, in other words, when it
cases to be satire—it becomes defamation.
In the political world—in the strife of
doctoral campaigns—how often aro the
owest and bitterest personalities resorted
oby the meaner organs of party, llonor
ble men, of high position, who consent to
un for office, become, at once, the targets
gainst which Malice hurls her envenomed
basts. The blacker, tic fouler the calum
y> with the more fiendish exultation is the
trow baptized in it, and sent hurtling to
be bosom of the good man who seeks at
cart his country’s good. Shame, shame,
tiplc shame on the heads of those men—
dioever they be—who deal in calumny and
dight in slander.
It is strange, too, that calumniators do not
now the impotence of thoir drivelling iu
nities. They generally outwit themselves,
bcir aims arc too transparent, and their
M purpose but too clearly stands before 1
ic deed. Like the overloaded gun, whose
scharge Ts fatal only to the sportsman,
‘eir terrible explosion of slander recoils i
P°n themselves with a most destructive cn
f-
l or our own part, we arc not greatly dis
ced by foul-moutlied speeches, or paper
’cring calumnies against our good name- j
liilst we are able to enjoy “ metis ronscia
recti,” we are little moved at the insolent
utterances of stupidity, ignorance and mal
ice—for of all these elements is personal
abuse composed. We can afford to laugh'at
the vicious Quixotism of those who, taking
us for a windmill, run a tilt, with our busy
arms ; and we promise all such a most ub- 1
solute and perfect immunity from all retal
iation on our part, whenever they see fit to
enter the lists for a display of sucli puissunt !
and honorable knight-errantry. We shall
take no more notice of their onslaughts than
did the windmills of the unprovoked attack
of the Spanish Thin.
But badinage aside, and leaving out of
the question our own feelings in the case,
we ask seriously, if there is any thing more
degrading, more destructive to the charac- ;
ter of tlie newspaper press, than tiio gross,
bitter nnd brutal personalities which so of
ten find tlieir way into journals of greater
or less influence ? Assuredly wo think not.
They are subversive of dignity, of truth, and
of virtue. They arc blots upon the social
system—festering sores in the body politic
—deadly poison in the veins of humanity.
They are as unnecessary as they ulM’ soul —
as inexcusable as they are base.
A journal should obey the same laws as a
gentleman acknowledges. A gentleman nev
er deals in calumny. It would blister liis
tongue ; and the same nice sense of justice
and right should control the newspaper, i
which is but the mirror of the man. Pub- j
lie opinion needs to be corrected on this :
point. It should frown severely upon the
public slanderer—the newspaper cut-thront
—the quill-driving assassin. So hot should
be the blaze of public indignation against |
this system of personal slander, that it ;
should immediately consume the vile sheets |
that uttered it, even as the fire of heaven
fell down upon the false priests and consum- j
ed them and their profane offerings together, i
The press should be elevated ; its precepts i
1 and its examples should he pure. Its satire
; should be unmixed with malice—its censure !
should he tempered with dignity—its ridi
j cute should he spiced with good humor —its j
! praise should be uttered with discrimina-
I tion —its opinions should be set forth with
I modest firmness, nnd its whole aim should
i be to advance the best interests of society.
The true ‘ freedom of the press” consists
not in a wild and unfettered license to scat
ter heresy, poison, slanders and moral death
around, but rather in a wise restraint of nil
excesses, iu a strictly conservative spirit — j
teaching and practising the noble motto —
“ In essentials—liberty ; in non-essentials ;
— unity; in all things —charity.”
SAVANNAH SUBSCRIBERS.
Our friends in Savannah who are in ar
rears for the (inzette, will confer a favor
upon us by calling on Mr. Geo. M. Griffen,
who alone is authorized to receive payments.
(Dur (Gossip Column.
<■ My Life is like the Summer Rose.”
We find in Dr. Lyell’s “ Second Visit to
the United States,” an interesting account
of the ctdebrated poem which was communi
cated In Uim by the lamented author him
self. It is proper that we should express
our entire ignorance of the person alluded
to as “ a certain Professor of the University
of Georgia nor do we even know to what
period of the history of our University the
story lias reference, hut doubtless to one
somewhat remote. We give the account,
slightly abridged.
Mr. Wilde had been one of a party in Sa
vannah, anil the question was raised as to
the knowledge of Greek possessed by “a
certain Professor of the University of Geor
gia”—upon which, one of the party proposed
| to translate Mr. Wilde's poem into Greek
prose, arranged in the form of verse, and
i endeavor to palm ft upon the Professor as a
fragment of Alcieus. The trick was suc
cessful, though tlie Professor said that, ns
I he had not the works of Alcieus at hand, he
! could not positively pronounce it to be gen
uine. This Greek translation was aftcr
’ wards sent to a New York magazine, with
out the knowledge ol’ Mr Wilde, and pub
lished ns a fragment from Alcaeus, under
; the title of “ The Captive’s Complaint ”
j This brought down a storm of literary iu
! dignation on the Senator from Georgia, for
j having passed off, as an original poem, a
mere translation from the Greek, obliging!
him to discover the tusc which had been
i practised.
Mr. Lycll also recalls the mention made
lof these beautiful verses by Basil Hall, in
liis “ Schloss Ilanfield,” where they are
claimed by him to he the production of the
\ Countess Purgstall, who had read them to
him and declined to tell the author's name.
For Tampa's desert strand, tlie Countess
substituted “ Zara’s.” In an English edi
tion, set to beautiful music, Tampa was
changed into Teinpe. Probably no Ameri
can lyric has created a wider interest than
this, the most beautiful memorial left to us
by its lamented author.
A Long-winded Scrmonizer.
Lord Mahon, in his excellent History of
i England, tolls one anecdote of Dr. Manton,
a non-conforming divine of the reign of
Queen Annie, to this effect, that being im
pressed with some fanciful ideas as to the
analogy of numbers, he wrote 119 sermons
upon the 119th Psalm !
The Cottage Chair.
I During a recent brief visit to Decatur —
j one of the prettiest and pleasantest of Gcor
j gia villages, by the way—we saw and ad
; mired a style of chair, original with the
makers —Messrs. Morgan, of that ilk. —
Their reputation as cabinet-makers was not
unknown to us before, and we were happy
to find them employing a considerable num
ber of hands in the manufacture of what
they very appropriately call “ The Cottage j
Chair.” It is of a light and graceful sash- j
ion; the seat is made of hickory splits, neat
ly painted, and the whole chair
painted and ornamented in various colors.
It is the prettiest chamber or sitting-room
chair we have seen of late—combining
strength with ease and neatness. Our
house-keeping readers should follow our
example and buy a set of them at their
earliest need. Not their least recommend
ation is, that they are exceedingly cheap.
What’s in a Name ?
In a volume just sent us by Putnam, and
entitled “ Lifts for the Lazy,” we encoun
tered, upon opening, the following readable
passage, which wc commend to those “ who
iiiiiiDi®. ifiiEHW
will understand it” : “In days of yore, j
something might be gleaned from the names
of cities relative to their several founders,
their localities, or other peculiarities; but
that sort of advertisement docs not obtain
to nny great extent with us of the New
World. One would suppose Unit an insane
schoolmaster had stood godfather for half
the villages in the State of New York; wit
ness Homer, Virgil, Ovid, Troy, Cartilage,
etc., etc , and Rome, too ! 1 wonder wheth
er the inhabitants have the face (the face
includes the nose. I believe,) to call them
selves Romans!
(Put* Book (Table.
[Publishers and Authors who ilc-drc to huvetheir
Books notice I in this < iaz tto. are requested to
semi ciqii. t . the I l.litoi’ through Stringer A
Townsend, New-York, o.- Carey & ltart, Phil.
Tin: Lady Alice. or the New Una A Novella I
two parts— I2nu>. New York: D. Appleton &
Cos. 1349.
We arc somewhat at a loss how to charac
terize this work. That it is an extraordi
nary book, the critics assert and the reader
will hardly deny. It is indeed a work of
high artistic merit—a brilliant, surprising
production; bnt after all, we fear that we
must call it a false and pernicious work. It
is a reprint, though, at the same time, an .
American book —the production of an Amer
ican Clergyman of the Episcopal Church.
It was written by the Rev. Mr. Huntington
—a brother of the well-known painter—in
1844, and made quite a sensation in Eng
land, where it was published. The Court
Journal, we think, pronounced it the most!
brilliant debut since thrft of “ Vivian Grey.” j
Had it been written by an English author,
it would have surprised us less than it does, i
It is a picture of tlie English aristocracy— j
done in the most vivid, nay, extravagant co- !
lors—where splendors and elegancies are j
displayed to surfeiting, and where the char -
| acters are nothing if not “ noble.” It must j
be conceded that it is a very magnificent
picture, and that there is much artistic
j power developed in it.
But wc should not delay to mention that
it is a religious novel, so called; and in this
feature appears to us its questionable char- !
aetcr. For religions novels, generally’, wc
have little regard, though there are some
of the highest possible excellence, among
which we may mention “ Dun Allen” and ;
“ Father Clement,” both by Grace Kenne
; dy. The hitter is placed, (by some miscon
cepeion, surely, of the reviewer,) in a re
cent notice of Lady Alice in the Southern \
Literary Messenger, in the same class with
that work. No two novels could have more ,
different aims, or be more opposite in their
tone and style. The former—“ j
cut”—is a most charming exhibition of the j
power of Christianity in conversion of-the
hero from the Errors of Romanism; the lat-1
ter —“ Lady Alice”—a strange and meretri
cious display of the assimilations of Church !
of Englaudism to Romanism. The heroine
is a member of the Church of England, and :
her husband, the lion. Mr. Clifford, is con
verted from Romanism to her faith ; but so
very delicate and fine arc the distinctions
drawn between Anglicanism and Romanism,
that we confess our utter inability to dis
cern them.
Our readers will perceive that Lady Alice
| is a brilliant and seductive exposition of tlie
! new faith denominated Puseyism, alias Ro
; tnanism somewhat diluted.
But this is not the most serious charge wc
j have to make against Lady Alice. Its reli-
giotts creed is a matter of less legitimate
: concern to us than its morality. There are
many passages in the book, the delicacy of
which wc are compelled to question; nnd
; they are the more reprehensible that they
arc accompanied with such earnest protest
ations of the most unsullied innocence of
j thought and feeling in the parties described.
A still graver off’ ncc is its sanction of the
unchristian and immoral practice of duel
| ling, to which we need only allude.
A prevailing fault of the book, moreover,
is exaggeration. The scenes are overdrawn,
i and the sense of extreme artificialness is
everywhere oppressive. Our limits will not
allow us to offer extracts from the work, or
to enter fully into an analysis of its demer
its, viewed as a moral lesson —for with this
high mission does its author send it forth to
! the world.
It is a work of too much literary merit,
t not to find multitudes of readers, who will
be fascinated with its unmitigated glare of
social and ecclesiastical luxury, as well as
with its often delighful descriptions; and
what we desire to accomplish in this notice, j
is, to put our readers upon their guard ]
against what we conceive to be the spirit of {
the book—a spirit hostile, we fear, to pure
religion, if not to morality and true deli- ]
eacy.
Spanish Conversation. An Easy Introduction. :
containing all that is necessary tomake a rapid ;
progress in it. By Nl. Velasquez de la Cadina
New York : D. Appleton & Cos. 1849.
One of those excellent little manuals so
useful to a beginner, teaching less by pre
cept than by example.
The Life of Maximilian Robespierre, with ,
extracts from his 1 “npublishcd Correspondence |
By G. 11 Eewes One vol. 12m0., pp. 323 — j
Philadelphia : Carey & Hart. 1349.
It is perhaps singular, though true, that
this is the only biography of Robespierre
entitled to the name. Hitherto, we have
heard of him only through the medium of
notices iu Biographical Dictionaries, or as
a prominent character in histories of the j
French Revolution. This is, therefore, a (
most acceptable volume, for the name of-
Robespierre must live while Fanaticism ex
ists ; and it is certainly desirable that his
character should be judged as impartially
ns possible. If the render of this volume ‘
should conclude that Robespierre was not I
nil bad—that he wns not as infamous and 1
bloodthirsty as he is generally regarded to )
’have been —he will err, if at all, on the side j
of charity—a virtue too little cherished
among men.
Mr. Lewes has, we think, written impar- |
tially and dispassionately, canvassing both
the merits and defects of Robespierre and j
giving us the true result of his enquiries.— ,
He traces his early career, and exhibits the j
influence upon his mind of the philosophy of j
Rousseau, his teacher. From obscurity in ,
the dismal town of Arras, we sec him grad
ually rising to distinction in the National
Assembly. Os unattractive mien, and lack
ing in all the arts of oratory, we behold him
gaining such ascendancy over the legislative
councils of France, ns no man of his age, Mi
raboau excepted, acquired. In all this, wc
see the influence of his indomitable energy
ard of his dauntless ambition.
It appears from Mr Lewes’ work, that
the early tendencies of Robespierre’s mind
were religious, nnd that so far from indica
ting, in early’ life, any of that thirst for
blood which marked his dreadful fanaticism,
he was timid, benevolent, and actually re
signed his office in the Criminal Court, be
cause he had been compelled to condemn an
assassin to death. How terrible a contrast
to all this does liis after career afford, brand
ed as it is with the infamy of the “ Terror,”
and stained with the Hood of a king, a
queen, princes and prijeesses, nobles and
citizens.
Robespierre was a aiiscrable fanatic—
cowardly, reckless, unscrupulous, narrow
minded, and implacabh ; and yet his fanat
icism exhibited some f those lofty traits
which almost dignify v : cc. While we cher
ish a deep detestation us liis deeds, we are
almost compelled to adnire the earnestness !
of his purpose, the singleness of his aim, and
his sacrifice of personal aggrandizement to 1
the consummation of his fanatical views—a
consummation so terrible that the mind re
coils in horror froip its records.
Os the style of Mr- Lewes’ book, we may
remark that it exhibits tendencies to Car
lyleism, and is sometimes diffuse and inhar
monious. Tlie evident sincerity and candor
of its spirit, will atone, however, for slight
faults in manner ; and we cordially recom
mend it to our readers.
Hearts axd Homes, or Social Distinction. A \
Story, by Mrs Ellis. In two parts —Parti- —
Bvo., pp 348. New York: D. Appleton &Cos
1849.
Mrs. Ellis is welcome at all times, and
never more so than when she proposes to
tell us a story so charming and so profita
ble as this must be, if the end fulfils tlie
promiseof the beginning. No female writer
of the present day more happily combines
tlie charm of fiction and tlie beauty of moral
truth, than Nil's. Ellis. As we de#gn to say
more of this story when it is complete, wc
will now only commend it to our readers as
a most delightful narrative, and one which
may safely and profitably be read in the do
mestic circle.
AI? iok of the Hudson. Collected from tlie va
rious works of Deidrich Knickerbocker. Edit
ed by Geoffrey Crayon. One vol.—pp. 215.
New York: George P. Putnam. 1349.
This handsome little volume contains
Washington Irving's charming Legends of
the Hudson, which we may truly call world
renowned, for they have made the name of
that river classic wherever the English
tongue is spoken.
Among its contents are our old favorites,
Rip Van Winkle, Dolph Heyligger, and
Sleepy Hollow. The first of these has been
made still more renoivned by the of
the American Art-Union, in its exquisite
outline illustrations of 1848, and a similar
immortality awaits the last of them during
the present year.
1. Matrimony— By O. 8. Fowler. 2. Essays
on Human Rights— By E. P. llnrlhut. 3
The Science of SwisiNiso*-lly an Expe
rienced Swimmer. 4. Chemistry, ami its Ap
plication to Physiology, Agriculture and Com
merce—By Prof. Eiebig. 5. Phrenological
Almanac for 1850— By E. N. Fowler. New
York i Fowlers & Wells.
The enterprising publishers by whom tlie
above works are issued, deserve the grate
ful acknowledgments of every philanthro
pist, for the good work they have done and
are doing, in diffusing throughout tlie length
and breadth of the land such a vast amount
of useful knowledge iu a popular and acces
sible form. Whatever may be said of Phre
nology, as a Scieuce, no one can deny that
the works of the Messrs. Fowler on that
subject embody a large amount of truth on
collateral topics, especially Physiology and
the Laws of Life and Health. Our limits
preclude the possibility of noticing sepa
rately each of the pamphlets named above,
but we can eonscicnciously conynend them
all to our readers, and the public generally.
(Tljc ©lb lUorlb.
The Steamer Hibernia arrived at Boston
on the 15 inst.
Tlie Markets. Tho cotton market has va
ried at times, as far as demand is eouccrn
j ed, sometimes appearing full and fiat, but
I upon tlie whole may be considered unehang
j ed and firm. The broker's quotations [which
} should have reached us in former dispatch
es] are —fair Uplands 5 1-8; Mobile 5 1-4 ;
’ Orleans 5 3-8. The stock on hand in Liver
pool is 700,000 bales. Baring’s, Shipley,
Brown’s, and other circulars, confirm the a
bovc statements.
Bread-Stuffs are as noted in former dis
patch. Wheat is one or two shillings low
er. Beef firm. Pork unsettled in price—
the imports larger than the demand. Corn
is also firm.
American Stocks arc lieavcy at previous
! rates.
hh-anee. The French Piesident, after
| travelling South, hqs returned to Paris,
j The army of seigo of 15th August number
i ed 150,000.
The prospects of an abundant harvest
were good in the South, and throughout
France. Tlie French President is still ac
cused of aspiring to the imperial crown.
Russia. There arc reports that a con
spiracy exists in Russia to establish a Re
public, and several conspirators have been
\ arrested.
Italy. The French have restored the gov
ernment of the Pope, but cannot porsude 1
him to return back to the Vatican.
The Magau (Inzette. states that a rumor ;
was current on the Neapolitan frontier that .
Garibaldi had embarked for America, in ,
disguise.
Hungary. The Hungarians continue sue
cessful, defeating and out mameuvering the
enemy at all points, placing the Austrians
iu great peril, separating tlie Russians from
their base of operations. Three grand di
visions of tho Hungarian Army were iu
communication.
Gen. Bom has announced his victory over
Jcllachich in the following three words,
namely, “Bern, Brun, Bawn” — 1 came —/
saw—l conquered.
Liverpool dates of the 4th inst, announce !
another great victory of tlie Hungarians at
Esaiaw over the Russians Tho Austrian ,
Gen. llaynau, 13 described as in a most crit
ical condition. The Hungarian Generals
arc masters of the whole line from Essay to
Assova, opening communications with Bel
grade and the Turkish provinces. The
great battle at Waitzcn between the Rus
sians under Paskiewitch, and Hungarians
under Gorgey, in which the latter were
said to be victorious, is fully confirmed.
Gnr gey’s army forced the Russian lines, and
marched north, effecting a junction with ihe
main army. A letter from the seat of war
says the charges of the Hungarian cavalry
upon Paskiewitch's columns, were tremen
dous All the Hungarian troops exhibited
iwparalleled daring. Another letter de
scribes the Russian retreat as most disor
derly, and the army saved from annihila
tion by the timely arrival of Halberd's di
vision.
The Turkish Government has sent an ar
my of 80,000 men to the Hungarian fron
tier, to prevent the passage of the Russians
through Transylvania.
(General -Jntclligciuc.
fj’ns Lights. The SaTnnniih Georgian \
sftys, —“ A successful experiment lias been ;
made in our citv. by Mr.. Wm. Humphreys, i
Druggist, of producing gas from chips of pine
or other wood, on a very cheap scale, The |
expense is said to ho very trifling, and the ,
gas of a very good quality, and burns bright
ly. We have scon it burning several times,
Mr. Humphreys will have it in operation
this evening, from 7 to 10 o’clock, for the in
spection of our citizens, who arc respectful- |
lv invited to call and satisfy themselves of
the success of the experiment.”
California and Oregon -Mails. The Post- j
master-Qeneral has given notice that the
Ohio steamer will leave New York August
27, with the mails for Havana, Chagrea,!
Panama, San Tliego, Santa Barbara, Mon
terey, San Francisco, and Astoria. To the I
first three ports the postage must be pre
paid, as they are without the limits of the
United States, but to the others the prepay
ment will be optional.
The Season. The Crops. The Griffin
Jeffertonictn of the 1(1 inst. says:—“ The j
rains have now ceased in their copiousness,
and the day is sunshiny and warm. The !
cotton weed is quite rank hut healthy. |
Should the weather continue thus, and u
killing frost not make its appearance before
tlie latter end of October, the planter in
this section may yet make a good crop; but
it will take all this, with a considerable
share of good luck, to bring it about.”
The Crops and the Season. The George
town Observer of Wednesday says : “ We arc
pleased in being privileged to say that the
daily rains ceased on Monday ; leaving the
inland plantations with a superabundance
of water —and the river planters with all
they need as to upland crops, and a little
more. The rice crop on nil the rivers is
fair, and the corn crop better than usual.
Mail Recovered. The South Curolinan
says : “ The large mail which was lost from
the Greenville stage on the 3d inst, on its
way down, at Crimm Creek, has been recov
ered. We learn that there was a consider
able amount of money in this mail; which is
thus saved. The way mails were recovered
at the the accident happened.
The California Babble. A correspondent
of the New York Courier says, in his last
letter, that “ nearly every person, including
Government officers, whose letters to the
United States created this gold excitement,
were deeply interested in land speculations
here, and are now reaping golden harvests
by the rise in real estate.”
The Cuba Expedition. The Philadelphia
sYbrM American gives some particulars of
this affair, and says : “ It is also stated that:
the sum of $2-’>o,ooo has been deposited in
Mobile, to promote the objects of this nefa
rious movement. A landing is contemplated
at the south side of the island.” It men
tions, also, that Baltimore is one of the
places where men have heen enlisted.
Exhibition of American -Manufactures.
Tlte, Franklin Institute announces the Nine
teenth Exhibition of American Manufac
tures, in Philadelphia, to take place in Oc
tober next, at the Museum Building. Me
chanics and others are invited from all quar
ters to sen 1 their contributions in time.
Indian Outrages in Florida. In relation
I to the late Indian outrages in Florida, we
I learn from the Tallahassee (Fla.) Sentinel,
1 of the 31st ult., the following facts :
Gov. Mosely has received from Major Mor
ris, commanding at Tampa, copies of des-
I patches sent to the War Department These
| express an opinion against a general rising
| by the Indians, and suggest the probability
that the last outrages wore committed by
’ the same party which attacked the citizens
at Indian River.
Major Morris had despatched a small
! command to Pease Creek, to learn the cor
rectness of the rumors.
We understand that the Governor has is
sued a requisition for another company of
volunteers, to proceed to Tampa, in charge
of 300 stand of arms for the use of that post.
A company, commanded by (’apt. William
Fisher, Jr., has already been raised, and
will be despatched, we understand, to the
scene of the first murder.
Macon and Madison Railroad. As far
as we have been able to learn only some five
or six thousand dollars worth of the stock
in this enterprise lias been taken in Bibb .
county, whilst an extract of a letter in the j
Augusta Republic states that *IO,BOO have 1
been subscribed in Eatonton, at which place ,
an adjourned meeting of the friends of the
Itoad will be held on the 21st iust.
Albert Gallatin, the celebrated financier,
and who has occupied a distinguished posi
tion for some half century or more in mat
ters vitally important to the interests of
this country, departed Jthis life at New
York on Monday last.
From Venezuela. The uccas Patriot
of the 21st ult. denounces, at great length, |
Paez and all his movements. Nevertheless,
it is alarmed by the movements of Paez in |
Coro, and deems them formidable.
Gen. Monagas has officially declared the
province of Coro, to be in a state of block
ade, in consequence of the arrival of Paez
and his party. Vessels of war, if they wish 1
to enter there, must insure the government
that they do not intend to aid Paez and his
party. Vessels from the United States are
allowed forty days from July 9, to have no- j
icc of the blockade i
LECTURE!
Mr. Edwin Heiuot, (Seo’y of the Charles- j
ton T. A. S.) will deliver a lecture in this ‘
place on Monday night next, (20th inst.) at j
eight o’clock—the place to be announced by
handbills previously.
We bespeak for Mr. Heriot a good liear
| ing—especially do we hope to sec the mem- I
; hers of Father Mather and Excelsior Divis- j
ions in attendance. f
¥dnt!i.id oil) and
THE SHAKBPEARE CALENDAR.
Prepared for Ri”h ird’ Weekly Oa/ei'c.
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August lUth.—Cuunt Kumford died. —
1814.
“ By deed-achieving honor newly named.**
[ Coriolanvs, Act ii, Scene 1.
August liOtli.- The Pope sends a Legate
to Prester John. 1178.
I will fetch you a t ioth picker now from the
( farthest inch of Asia; Tiring you the length of j
Prester John's foot **
[Muck Ado About JVothing, Act ii, Scene 1.
August 21st.—Bernadotte chosen Crown j
Prince of .Sweden. 1810.
I ** Some have thrust upon them.”
[ Twelfth Sight, Act iii, Scene 4.
August 22d.—Alexandria taken by the ;
English. 1814.
“ From Alcxan Iria this is the news.”
[Anthony and Cleopatra, Act i, Scene 4.
August 2Gd —Edwurd I. returns from
the Holy Land. 1274.
“To chase these paging in those holy fields
; Over whose acres walked those blessed feet.
Which fourteen hundred years ago were nuiled, !
For our udv mtage, on the bitter cross ”
[Henry IV , Part 1, Act i, Scene l.
August 24th.—Massacre of St. Bartholo
mew. 1072.
This is the bloodiest sin me,
The wildest savug’ry, the vilest stroke,
That ever wall cy’d wrath, or staring ruge,
Presented to the tears of soft remorse.’*
I A7ng John, Act iv, Sc ne 3
August 25th. —Order of Jesuits suppress
ed in France. 1773.
“ Like youthful steers uuyok'd they take their 1
i cour-e*,
I Fast, West, North, South.”
[Henry IV Part 11, Act iv, Scene 2.
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