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Mir John Hatvey inform* onr Governor th.it Mclntire, our Land Agent,
is at Frederick ton, and that ho will be retained there by order of the
Provincial Government.
From the Aroostook I learn that Mr. McLaughlin, the Warden of the
disputed territory, appointed by Sir John Harvey, came to No. 10 on
the Aroostook, where our forces are stationed, and commanded them to
leave the territory forthwith. Capt. Hines, who was in command. ar
rested him and sent him to Bangor, where he arrived yesletday. Gov
ernor Fairfield has directed Gen Hodgdon to order out one thousand of
his division to proceed forthwith to the support of our forces on the
Aroostook—two hundred men are uow there, and Sheriff*Strickland has
enlisted five hundred men by order of the Governor, who are on their
way there—sixty of them left town yesterday, making in all a force of
seventeen hundred men now at, aud ordered to, the vicinity of the
Aroostook.
Our Governor has this morniug issued orders to each of the Command
ing Officers o( the eighth Division of the Militia of this State to order
one thousand men to be drafted from each of their respective divisions,
to hold themselves in readiness to be called into actual service.
FLOR I D A.—IN DI AN DEPRE DAT IONS.
Through the politeness of Mr. Lee, just from Tallahassee, we
have received the following particulars, in relation to very recent
depredations, committeed by bands of skulking savages in that neigh
borhood.
On Monday night, the 10th instant, a family of four persons by
the name of White, were killed, twelve miles below Tallahassee,
«ear the St. Marks road.
On Friday night following, Mr. Pindaris, his wife, son 17 years
•old, and a young child, were killed, in Richardson’s neighborhood,
near Magnolia. Mr. Pindaris and his son were burnt in the house,
and his wife who attempted an escape, was murdered and scalped a
lew rods from the house. Three daughters made their escape, al
though one ot them was wounded severely. About one thousand
dollars in paper money was taken from the house by the Indians,
some of which was found in their trail afterwards.
A number of volunteers started from Tallahassee on Saturday, in
pursuit of this band of Indians, and it is reported that on Monday
they had a fight in which one white man and one Indian were killed.
Ihe U bites had to give ground front the superior number of the
enemy—and Colonel (Richardson sent an express to the Governor
asking more men to assist him in a further pursuit of the Indians. It
is said that the little band under Colonel Richardson acted bravely,
particularly Mr. Hutchins and Mr. Bailey, by whom an Indian was
killed after he had himself been wounded.
On Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, four or five persons
were murdered near Camp Wacissa, two wagons were destroyed,
and one keg of powder and some lead takemby the Indians.
General Read had gone out with sixty or seventy volunteers ; but
it was feared he would not be able to find the Indians, as, whenever
danger approaches, they retire into the swampsand cane brakes, or
disperse in small bands, to meet in some distant section of the country,
where the first intellgence heard from them is the murder of some
unprotected family.
Reports wero various as to the number of Indians, and ranged from
ten to sixty—any one acquainted with their method of border war
knows the difficulty and uncertainty of ascertaining their number
correctly: it may bo ten to-day and fifty to-morrow.
has ordered a heavy draft, and was making every
effortWr the defence and protection of the country.
Much confusion prevailed at Tallahassee, and great fears were
entertained for the safety of that place. It is believed by many per
sons there that the Indians will attempt to take it.— Columbus En
quirer.
Advices inform us, via Tama Bay, that two hundred Seminoles
have come in and surrendered. It is, also, stated, that thirty war
riors out of eighty, have sent in for safe conducts with a view to sur
render likewise—agreeable intelligence if it be correct.— Wetump
ka Argus and Sentinel.
, from the Button foil.
The Colornl Question. — The following is a copy of the petition, in aid
of the petition of Miss Chase, and other ladies, w hich occasioned the
serio eomico debate, reported in the Post ot Saturday. It will be per
ceived. that Miss Chase rejoices in the somewhat singular baptismal
prefix of •• Aroline,” and not “ Caroline,” as heretofore published in the
papers:— *
so the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of Massachusetts
. in General Court assembled:
l.entlemen—\ our petitioners, the umtwsigned, beg leave most re
spectfully to represent, that inasmuch as we-have noticed that a peti
tion has been presented to your Honorable Body, by Miss Aroline Au
gusta Chase, and seven hundred aud eighty-five other female* of this
tow n, praying that ‘ all laws may be forthwith repealed which make a
distinction between the citizens of this State on account of difference in
color Wo therefore humbly pray that iu your legislature you will as
soon as convenient pass an act, granting a free and full privilege to the
said Aroline Augusta Chase, and the seven hundred and eighty-five ether
females (excluding all those who are not of lawful age.) to marry, inter
marry or associate with any Negro. Indian. Hottentot, or any other be
ing hi human shape, at their will aud pleasure, provided they do not in
any way transgress the law over and above the petition.
By the passage of such an act, you will confer a favor on your peti
tioners, who. as in duty bound, will ever pray.
v r SAMUEL CURTIS, and 192 others.
Lynn, Jan. io, 18:39.
Dreadful Accident.— A young man who attempted on Tuesday to get
on a burthen train passing the Oakland Hotel, Delaware county, Pa.,
was caught by the railing of the bridge and thrown down and run over
by eight of the cars, mangling and fracturing his limbs in a shocking
manner, and causing death in three hours.
rhe Petersburg (V a.) Intelligencer says the railroad thence to the
UuhedState* OnJ k>Utd m ° Tt thau “ lly ,be
Horrid murder.—\\ e learn that Mr. Richard Davis, of Warren coun
ty-* most estimable citizen, was brutaHy shot down, last week, in a
sto.em Warrenton, by I hos. Christmas, and death immediately ensued.
1 he ciicumstauces, as detailed to us. are of the most shocking and at
trocious character.— Raleiirh Register.
The mortality of the sexrs.— The annual report of the number pf
deaths in the city of New York, during the past year, shows ari excess
of ten per cent, on the part of white males, while no such difference ex
ists among the colored race. This inequality commences previous to
birth, and continues throughout the first year of existence, but after that
and till twenty the females rather exceed the males; between twenty and ■
thirty, the numbers are nearly eqnal; between thirty and sixty, the ;
males are almost two to one ; and from sixty upwards, the variation is i
but trilling. The whole number of deaths was 7,533, rather more than !
half of which took place before five years of age, and nearly one third
uuder the age of one year.— Boston Post.
The following Toast was given by E. Richardson, President of the
Philadelphia Ty pographical Society, at their late annual meeting:—
“ The evils of Rum— lt gets into oui heads, throws u* off our feet,
puts-us out of register and sorts, batters our forms, makes us see ** on
■ cloudy night, causes us to make a wrong use of our 027" 027" ai >d
knock down the standing matter of others, brings us to ff’s points with
our best friends, reduces us to the condition of floor pi, gets us into the
urong box, brings us before the bar, and prematurely puts a period to our
existence."
Monomania. - There is a lady iu New York who labors under the sin
gular delusion of supposing heiself to be a glass bottle destitute of a cork.
Hhe attributes ber metamorphosis to having one day taken what she
calls a“’lectry stroke," and she is perpetually requesting her friends to
cork her up, so that her spirit maybe kept from evaporating.— Boston
Post.
02?" The great contest now/igitating onr country is the result of an ef
fort l»y labor to recover its natural position. It seeks no powers, it
claims no immunities, hut it demands the right of contending with its
antagonist, uncontrolled by legislation, except as a mutual and equal
protector. [lb.
LOVE AND SUICIDE?
A melancholy occurrence has taken place in this city, which has
caused great sensation in the fashionable circles. Lieutenant Wal
l.tce, a young and gallant officer of the Navy, became enamoured of
a young lady, whose beauty and accomplishments had gained her
i> any admirers. His attentions appeared to be received favorably
bv her, but her parents being averse to the alliance, forbade him the
4i >use. Notwithstanding this, they met frequently at the house of a
.mutual friend, and his passion seemed to.be returned. Last Sunday
let disclosed to her his love, and asked Iter to become his. She re
flated him. —How ardent bis love must bare been, and how keenly he
.. fi It the blow that had been given to liis happiness, by affections thus
•ti isl-d with and hope* blasted, may be judged by his desperate act.
He procured a large quantity of corrosive sublimate, and swallow
elit. This poison did its fatal work, and he died on Sunday night
in the most horrible tortures, a victim to unrequited love. The coun
ny has lost a gallant officer, and his aged and respectable parents
Lave been bereaved of a son who was their pride and hope.—[Balti
»nore Sun.
I tie Alamo.—The eloquent writer of Sumner Rambles in Tex
«s, thus describes the ruins of the Alamo, in the last New-Orleans
Bulletin:
“ I lie Alamo, now familiar to every one, is a military outpost to
the city, established by the Spanish Government in 1718, a* a place
■of refuge and defence from the Indians. It is a quadrangular enclo
sure of about an aero of land, with walls of mud and freestone, about
ten feet in height and three in thickness, having barracks within the
walls, and a church of great architectural strength and beauty, with
a cliimc of three bells, and several statues of saint* of exquisite chis
eling,, and worthy of Athens in her best days. They are now, how
ever, a heap of ruins, having been destroyed by the Mexicans at the
fast storming of the Alamo, three year* ago. The church and fortress
are now a* desolate a* the dwelling* of Monia. The flowers around
seem to languish, aud the birds sing les* gaily. But the spirits of
»wi<-, and I’rrvis, and Crockett, will hallow the scene forever, and
rcii'er it dear to the pilgiirn of liberty, and an object of interest to
a ram >lers, who, like myself, have been curious to learn the legend*
ot tin* sunny land."
Ji Blacksmiths— W e published a short time since, an
A. r act from Governor Everett’s Lecture on Self-Culture, in which
Wa * made to a blacksmith, who had, without neglecting his
rl, P at,on » acquired a knowledge of mote than fifty lan
-1 We learn that this blacksmith is Mr.
whore h 7"’ “ of I Ne V il “ i, ’’"’ wn “ f Berlin, Connecticut,
or two m ,ra ' *'*’ ' ,!l * resided at Worcester for a year
Amer of ««eellem library nt that place, of the
American Antiquarian Society. ||„ now does reßU ] ar |y ~v , ,r y dav
has reason m a b ’ , Mr ’ rk “‘ he '“'‘‘smith business. Connecticut’
has reason to bo proud of such a son. [Boston Transcript.
TWENTY-FIFTH CONGKESS—TiII 111) SESSION.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday, February 21, 1839.
As soon as the journal was read,
The Chair announced the unfinished business of tho morning hour,
Mr. Prentiss of Mississippi said he rose to a question of privilege,
which would take precedence over all other business, and he would
oiler the following resolution :
Resolved, That this House proceed to inquire, 1. Whether Alex
ander Duncan, a member of this House from the State of Ohio be
tho author of a certain publication or publications, under his name
| in relation to the proceedings of this House and certain members
thereof, published tn the Globe newspaper of the 19th inst. 2. Wheth
er by said publication or publications, the said Alexander Duncan
has not been guilty of a violation of the privileges of this House, of
an offence against its peace, dignity, and good order; and of such
grossly indecent, ungeiitlemanly, disgraceful, and dishonorable mis
conduct as render* him unworthy of bis seat in this House, and justly
liable to expulsion from the same.
Mr. Yell inquired if he was not entitled to the floor on the report
of the select committee on the public lands.
The Chair replied that he was, but a question of privilege rode
over every thing else.
Mr. Yell asked tho gentleman to postpone his motion until the ex
piration of the morning hour.
Mr. Prentiss said he could not consent to do so. Mr. P. said,
as this was a very important question he would move a call of the
House.
The call was ordered item. dis. and on the first call of the roll 125
members answered to their names, others having meanwhile come in,
and 146 were announced as being present, when the doors were
closed, the absentees again called, and excuses rendered ; and, after
some time,
On motion of Mr. Halstead, the call was dispensed with.
The publication in the Globe of the 19lh inst. was then read at the
Clerk’s table.
Mr. Prentiss then proceeded to comment at length upon the lan
guage used by Mr. Duncan, stating that, in doing so, he should consi
der the publication a* a forgery and a false libel, and not regard it,
for the honor of the House, as authentic.
Mr. Duncan interposed, and said he would save the trouble of
proof. I say, sir, that lam the author of that publication, and of
every word contained in it.
Mr. P. replied, however, he should still proceed to comment upon
the language as if the avowal had not been made, and he went on to
contend that its use merited expulsion, or some potent mode of exem
plifying tho indignation of the House. Either under the code of
honor, or the legal code, he was equally unworthy of a seat there,
and Mr. P. argued both these positions at large.
Mr. Jenifer followed on the same side, and appealed to the advo
cates of the anti-duelling law to sustain the affirmative of the propo
sition before the House, for he insisted that Mr. Duncan’s conduct
had rendere I him amenable to that law. Moreover, Mr. J. contend
ed, also, that those who had certified to the fact of the time occupied
by Mr. Stanly in his reply, were equally guilty, if their object was
the same as Mr. D’s. In reference to Mr. S’* printed speech, he
maintained that the gist of it was uttered on the floor, though the
delivered speech was, in the opinion of himself, and thirty or forty
member* besides, more violent than the published one.
Mr. J. inquired if the gentleman from Ohio had *o insulted the
gentleman from North Carolina a* to be evident to every one within
hearing, would not the Chair have called him to order.
Mr. Conner, who had temporarily occupied the Chair at the peri
od referred to, explained that he had called Mr. Duncan to order.
Mr. Jenifer asked the gentleman whether he considered it a per
sonal insult.
Mr. Conner had called the gentleman to order for disorderly lan
guage, but whether it was a personal iusult or not, did not fall within
his consideration.
Mr. Jenifer having concluded,
?.Jf» Duncan obtained the floor, and addressed the House at some
length in explanation, going to show that the language used toward
him fully warranted his own in retort.
Mr. Gray, after a few remarks, which will he given with the de
bate, moved to lay the resolution on the table.
Mr. Tillinghast demanded the yea* aud nays, which, being ordered
were—yeas 83, nays 91.
Mr. Prentiss of Mississippi offered a resolution, in substance, as
a modification of the one first introduced, “ That, as Alexander
Duncan had avowed himself the author of the publication iu tho
Globe, (naming the article,) he be and Is hereby expelled the House."
Legare suggested the propriety of the gentleman moving it in
the form of an inquiry.
Mr. Adams said, as an enquiry he might be prepared to vote for it,
but the substitute involved a question as to the constitutional power
of this House to expel as a member,
Mr. Prentiss then, as it did not appear to meet the approbation of
liis friends, witlidrew it.
The debate was further continued by Messrs. Prentiss of Missis
sippi, Gray. Wise and Parris, who moved to lay the whole subject
on the table, and upon that motion the yeas and nays were ordered.
Mr. Chapman moved a call of the House; which was not order
ed.
The question was then taken by the yeas and nays on the motion
to lay on the table, and decided as follows :
Yeas 91.—Nays 101.
So the house refused to lay it upon the table.
The debate was further continued by Messrs. Toucey, Wise and
Gray, when
Mr. W. Thompson obtained the floor, and moved the following as
a substitute for the original resolution:
Resolved, That Alexander Duncan, a member of this House, ha
ving avowed himself the author of an article published in the Globe
of the 19th inst., grossly libellous of honorable members of this body ;
that the said Alexander Duncan be reprimanded by the Speaker, in
the presence of the House.
The debate was further continued by Messrs. Thompson and Glas
cock ; when,
On motion of Mr. Petrikin,
The House adjourned.
. Friday, February 22, 1839.
1 lie privilege] question on the publication of Mr. Duncan, assta
•e<l *n yesterday s p><*<seedings, was again resumed.
Mr Petrikin, who was tn th<} fl addressed tbe Hollse
as follows, in explanation of the motives inducing mm to imine me
motion with which he concluded.
I rise, not to make a speech, or to take sides in this war. It mat
ters not what my individual opinions are of member* of this House
in their individual relations. lam here not to gra.ify my own private
pique against others, or to gratify my own private feelings at the ex
pense of duly to my constituents and the country generally. I dis
claim any intention to express an opinion on the merits of the case
now before lhe House, but I must be allowed to give my opinion of
the scene acted within this Hall yesterday. We were called upon to
inquire into the conduct of one of the members of this House, on an
alleged breach of privilege, for printing and publishing an alleged
libel on other members; and in discussing the propriety of passing
those resolutions, a scene has been enacted, in my opinion, and 1
believe the country will consider it so, infinitely more a breach of
the privilege of the members of this House, than that alleged to be
perpetrated by lhe accused member, even if that be as great an out
rage as those coinplaining of so allege. We have, by law but sev
en days to do the business of the country—to furnish the supplies
for the necessary operations of Government; and that we, regardless
of our duties, spend that time in idle debate. I intended to have
made my remarks last evening ; but, on reflection I thought there
was too much excitement. I hope all are cool now, and ready to do
their duty, and I therefore move to lay the whole subject on the ta
ble.
Mr. Petrikin, howevor, withdrew the motion at the request of Mr.
Elmore.
Mr. Thompson sent to the table the following substitute, which Mr.
Prentiss accepted as a modification:
Whereas, Alexander Duncan, a member of this House from the
State of Ohio, has, in his place, acknowledged himself to have writ
ten, and caused to be published in the Globe newspaper, of the 19th
instant, the following writing, to wit: (Here the articles alluded to,
and heretofore published in the Globe, were inserted.) Therefore,
Resolved, That the said Alexander Duncan has, in the premises,
subjected himself to the just censure of this House; and that he be
reprimanded therefor by the Speaker, in the presence of the House.
Mr. Elmore then gave his reasons at length why he should sustain
this motion. Mr. E. having, as requested by the original mover, re
newed, tho motion.
Mr. Dromgoole asked Mr. Petrikin to substitute a demand for[the
previous question, but Mr. P. declined.
Mr. Cushman called for the yeas and nays; which were ordered.
Mr. Wise moved a call of the House. Agreed to—ayes 88, noes
69.
After thecafl was proceeded in till 216 members were ascertained
to be present on motion of Mr. Ar.derson, it was further dispensed
with.
Mr. Sherrod Williams (Mr. Petrikin having again temporarily
withdrawn the pending motion) briefly assigned the reasons why he
should vote to lay on the table.
The motion having been renawed by Mr. W. the vote thereon was
—yeas 117 nays 94, as follows:
YEAS—Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Andrews, Atherton, Banks
Beatty, Beers, Beirne, Bicknell, Birdsall, Brodhead, Bronson, Buc
hanan, Bynum, Cambreleng, Join: Campbell, Casey, Chaney, Chap
man, Clowney, Coles, Connor, Crabb, Craig, Crary, Crockett,
Cushman, Davue, De Graff, Dromgoole, Elmore, Farrington, Isaac
Fletcher, Foster, Fry, Gallup, Glascock, Grant, Gray, Griffin, Ha
ley, Hammond, Hamer, Harrison, Hawkins, Haynes, Holsey, Holsey,
Holt, Howard, William H. Hunter, Robert M. T. Hunter, Ing
ham, Tho*, B. Jackson, Joseph Johnson, Nathaniel Jones, Keim,
Kemble, Klingensmith, Lcadbctter, Logan, Loomis, Lyon, Janie*
M. Mason, Mart’rn, Mauty, McKay, Robert McClellan, Abraham
McClellan, McClure, Miller, Montgomery, Moore, Morgan, Samuel
W. Mori is, Murray, Noble, Owen*, Palmer, Parker, Parmenter,
Parris, Paynter, Pennybacker, Petrikin, Phelps, Pickens, Plumer,
Potter, Pratt, John H Prentiss, Reiley, Richardson, Rives, John
Robcitson Sawver, Sheffer, Sheplor, Snyder, Spencer, Swearingen,
Taylor, Thomas, Titus, Toucey, Towns, Turney, Vail, Vander
veer. Wagoner, Webster, Weeks, Whittlesey, Sherrod Williams,
Jared W. Williams, Joseph L. Williams, Worthington, and Yell—
-117.
NAYS—Messrs. Alexander, Hernan Allen, Aycrigg, Bull, Biddle,
Bond, Borden, Bouldin, Briggs, Win. B. Cuihoun, Jno. Calhoon, Wm.
B. Campbell, Carter, Chambers, Cheatham, Childs, Clark, Corwin,
Cranston, Cushing, Dawson, Davies, Deberry, Dennis, Dunn, Evans,
Everett, Ewing. Richard Fletcher, Fillmore,Rice Garland, Giddings,
Goode, James Graham, William Graham, Grennell, Hall, Halsted,
Harper, Hastings, Hawes, Henry, Herod, Hoffman, Jabez Jackson,
Jenifer, Henry Johnson, William Cost Johnson, Kennedy, Legare,
Lincoln, Mallory, Marvin, May, McKennan, Menefee, Mercer, Mil
ligan, Mitchell, Naylor, Noyes, Ogle, Pearce, Peck, Pope, Potts.
Sergeant S. Prentiss, Putnam, Rariden, Randolph, Reed, Ridgway*
Edward Robinson, Rumsey, Russell, Saltonstall, Sergeant, Ausgus
tine H. Shepperd, Shields, Sibley, Slade, Stuart, Stratton, Taliafer
ro, Thompson, Tillinghast, Toland, Underwood, Albert S. White,
John White, Lewis Williams, Christopher 11. Williams, Wise, Word,
and Yorke—94.
So the whole subject was laid on the table.
Well Pat, I was at the Theatre the other night, and witnessed
the performance of Miss. Davenport.
What shall I say of her? The involuntary applause given her, on
two successive Evenings, speaks volumes in her favor.—l do not
profess to be a critic, or connoisseur of the Drama-—But if I must
speak of her, and speak I will, it shall be in terms of commendation.
Her every word, gesture and action, showed a conception of charac
ter truly inimitable.
Puffing is so much the order of the day, that I forbear to say more
of this prodigy of human nature.
I will only add, that her parents should be proud of such a scion,
and that they too, are perfectly at home in the various characters
they represent.
They visit Columbus, Montgomery and N. Orleans—My best
wishes attend them. AN OLD BACHELOR.
ABOLITION.
The way that abolition works in the British West Indies, should bo-a
caution to those that would interfere with the domestic institutions of
the South. The manumitted apprentices have shown a very natural
aversion to industry since they became their own masters. The Christ
mas vacations gave them a'taste for idleness, and they have kept up
their holiday ever since. Many refuse to work entirely, and others
demand exorbitant wages, which the planters cannot afford to give.—
The consequence is, that agriculture is neglected—the cropsare ungath
ered, but left in the fields to rot —trade and commerce languishes, and
very soon these islands, once abounding in rich products, will lack bread
for the inhabitants. Then may we expect to hear of insurrection, pil
lage and massacre. Abolition in all its frightful deformity will be de
veloped and acted out iu full tragedy.— N. O. Bulletin.
Election of U. S. Senator. —This election, which has
been the absorbing topic for several days, was disposed of on
Saturday by its indefinite postponement. Seven days have
been exhausted by it, many of them running into night.—
Twenty-eight ballots in all have been had. On Monday there
were six before the postponement. Mr. Rives reached 77 votes,
which were within fivey votes of the number necessary to a
choice. The following is the residt of the six ballots :
Ist. 2d. 3d. 4th. sth. 6th.
Rives ...... 46 47 70 77 77 76
Mason 64 65 66 67 66 67
Johnson 47 47 22
Robertson... 5 14
McDowell 1
Scattering....... 3 2 5 13 4 17
[Richmond Compiler.
The New-Orleans Commercial Bulletin gives an account of
a severe shock of an earthquake at Barbaba on the 12th of
January, and another at Martinique on the lltli. The account
states that Fort Royal has fallen, and tbe public edifices are
|oyple ( j to the ground—not so much as a house is left standing.
Many lives were lost, and the greu.'M distress prevailed.
The Bill to provide for the armed occupation ’nd settlement
oftliat part of Florida which is now overrun and by
marauding bands of hostile Indians, has passed the Senate
the U. S. by a vote of 25 to 18.
Social Intercourse.— Without friends what is man ? A solitary
oak upon a sterile rock, symmetrical indeed in its form, beautiful and
exquisitely finished, outrivalling the most lauded perfection of art in
gracefulness and grandeur, but over which decay has shaken her
black wing, and left its leaves blighted ; its limbs contract as they
die; its roots, rottenness, and its bloom death ; a scathed, lifeless
monument of its pristine beauty. When the rebuff’s of adversity are
rushing us earthward, when the clouds look black above, and the
muttering thunder of misfortune growls along the sky, when our
frame is palsied by the skeleton hand of disease, or our senses whirl
ed in the maelstrom chaos of insanity, when our hearts are torn, by
the recent separation of some beloved object, while our tears are yet
flowing upon the fresh turf of departed innocence—in that time it is
the office of friendship to shield us from portentous storm, to quicken
the fainting pulses of our sickly frame, to bring back the wandering
star of mind within the attraction of sympathetic kindness, the “oil
and balm” of peace into the yet festering wound, and deliver the
aching heart from the object of its bleeding affection.
A venerable American Judge relates the following revolutionary
anecdote : “ The morning following the battle at York Town, 1 had,
the curiosity of attending the dressing of the wounded ; and an>-*'S
others, whose limbs were so much injured as to require amru'"” 0 ! 1 ’
was a musician, who had received a musket ball in K ?. ee *. As
was usual in such cases, preparations wete-rv ''°,' as 1 '" ra “ o "’ n
to the table’to prevent lhe possjl; °f I,ls ' l,e
sufferer, “ now, Doctor, wha* -*'°md you be at. My lad, I m
going to take off y..ur J-g ’> and lls necessary you should be lashed
down.” “ I consent to no such thing. You may pluck my heart
from my bosom, H't you’ll not confine me. Is there a fiddle in the
tent ? If so bring it to nje.” A violin was fnrnished, 'and after
•tuning it, he said, “now, Doctor begin ;” and he continued to play
until the operation, which took about forty minutes, was completed,
without missing a note, or moving a muscle."
hviiesess. The New Orleans Louisianian states that at a recent
fete, given on board an English sloop of war at Havana, the officer
of every national vessel in port were invited except those of the Boston,
the only United States vessel in port. The reason of this insult is
not given. From personal acquaintance with Capt. Babbit, of the
Boston, we feel sure that nothing in the conduct of that gallant and
gentlemanly officer could have reasonably provoked ‘such a refual.
We shall know by and by, wiry this covert insult to our flag was
offered. [N. Y. Sun.
The Soniferon..—This is a powerful hearing apparatus for the
deaf, of a very curious construction. It is intended to stand upon
the table at which the deaf person is sitting, and receives the voices
of persons in tbe room, carrying the sound to the ear in such a highly
magnified state that the effects upon an experimenter who is not deaf,
are not very agreeable. A sound too feeble or too distant to be heard
by the finest ear, becomes immediately perceptible by passing through
the instrument ; indeed, if the experiment be essayed at the time
when universal stillness seems to prevail, the ear is soon made sensi
ble of the fallacy of that impression by being invaded with a host of
sounds as surprising as unexpected. But, notwithstanding these ef
fects may be overpowering to a healthy ear, they are desirable to
the deaf, whose facully of healing is become too torpid to be aroused
by the ordinary stimulus. Dr. Scott, who a year er two since intro
duced the accoustic apparatus called ear cornets, is the inventor of
the Soniferon.— London paper.
Irish Cunning.— We learn from the last Detroit Post, that a volun
teer in Miss Victoria’s service, finding a canoe upon the beach near
Malden, got into it, and started a vuyage of discovery. When ho had
got some distance from the shoie he was discovered by the officerof
the day, who.ordered six men into a boat and gave chase. He pursued
the voyager to the American shore, and in his ardor he forgot that he
was out of British territory, and seized the deserter; a citizen told the
man that he was free and need not go back unless he wished ; one of
the officer's tncn, an Irishman, bearing this, exclaimed—“lf that spal
peen be FREE, so is every mother’s son of us! So you may jist go
home, my jewel, [addiessing his officer] ami tell tbe kurnel that ye left
us here to take care of the prisoner!” “Tut, tut,” said the officer,
“get into the boat men.” “ Arrah!” said Pat, “ I have some republi
can blood in me, besides it is doubtful but that Gineral Jackson is some
kin to me ; theGineial is a rale Irishman, barring he came to Ameriky
two years beforehe was born The officer had te hire men to row him
back, and report seven men deserted.
The Secretary of tho Treasury acknowledges the receipt of one hun
hundred and forty dollars, enclosed to him in an anonymous letter, dated
the IBth inst- and postmarked " Raleigh, N. C, Feb- 20,” in which the
writer states the money was improperly detained by him from the Treas
ury, and requests that it may be applied “to the legitimate purposes of
the Government.”
Tho amount has been deposited to the credit of the Treasurer of the
United States.— Globe of Feb, 22d.
Post Office Business.— Yesterday upwards of twenty thousand ship
letters were received al our Post Office, brought by the Great Western,
Roscius, and Louis Philip. Tie Great Western la-ought about nine
thousand, for which she will receive $2,430. Tho Roscius brought
those which were saved from the wreck id’the St. Andrew, in a defaced
and mutilated condition.— N. Y. Lve. Post.
Curious discovery.— A few days ago, a person, who was ‘mauling’
rails i i a piece of weeds not far from St. Charles road, in this county,
found in the heart of an apparently full grown tree, a small bone of some
animal and a kind of hunting knife. How came these articles in that
situation ? Were they left, a hundred years ago, in the cleft of some
sapling, which has since grown up and enclosed them in their wooden
coffin since that time ? It so it wes done by some wandering Indian or
French settler.
Oui authority for this statement is one of the oldest and most respec
table farmers of this county. — St. Charles (Mo.) Gazette.
Complication of Evils.— “ What did Mr.- die of?” asked
a simple neighbor. “Os n complication of disorders,” replied "his
friend. “ How do you describe a complication, my good sir?”
“He died,” rejoined the other, “of two physicians, an'apothecary
and a surgeon.” * * 7
/he Destiny of Man.— Ihe doctrine of the scriptures concerning
the destiny of man stands untouched ; or„ to revert to the argument
of St. Paul on the subject of the resurrection, it is altogether inde
pendent ol any such abstruse questions, inasmuch ns it is body and
not spirit about which he reasons. Ilis interrogatories and his re
plies may be reduced to these—“ Have the dead ceased to exist ?
Have those who are fallen asleep perished ? No ; for there is a spi
ritual body, and another vehicle of human nature, as well as a natu-
I ral body ; and therefore lhe dissolution of this animal structure leaves
■ the life untouched. Ihe animal body- is not itself the life, nor is
it the cause of life; nor, again, is the spiritual body the life, nor the
cause ot it; but the one as well as the other are the instruments of
the mind, and the necessary medium of every specific and productive
exercise of its faculties.
Childhood.— Let man enjoy what he will in after-life, if his child
hood have been blessed witii the care and kindness of a judicious
mother, there will come moments when the cup es pleasure will be
dashed from his lips as tasteless, in comparison with those bouts of
sweet and social intercourse, when he first learned to look for a per
vading spirit in the realms of nature—to welcome all the animated
and joyous creatures of earth as members of bisown wide brother
hood, and to hail the beams ol morning as pledges of the inexhausti
ble beneficience which created both life and light, and ordained them
as blessings to mankind.
Absent I'riends.— - Who shall describe the night-watches of those
who know that the ocean bears the treasure of their souls—who
shrink within themselves, yet seem to find no shelter from the howling
blast---who listen and hope that the storm is abating, w hen it does
but retreat to come again with redoubled fury, roaring and bellowing,
till the wild wind, and the creaking branches, and the hissing rain,
are mingled as it were into one universal shriek ! And then the dark
heaving waters seem to rise again, and all is swept away by the
booming waves, or by the moaning blast, that groans and murmurs
as it falls, lower and lower, into the abyss of destruction.
A bill has passed the Senate of New York, for the incorporation
of the “ American Atlantic Steam Navigation Company,” with a
capital of not less than $51)0,000, nor more than $2,000,000.
Personal Cleanliness.— “A scrupulous attention to clean
liness,” says an English Journal, ,s is among the surest means
of restoring health to those who are sick, and securing it to
those who are well.” “ A Frenchman in the middling ranks
of life,” says one, “often puts on a dirty shirt over a clean
skin; but an englishman, of the same condition, still oftener
puts on a clean shirt over a dirty skin.” As sarcastic as this
may appear, says the Medical Journal, we are disposed to ap
ply the same remark to nine-tenths of the laboring class in our
own country, and to this source we attribute the prevalence cf
many complaints among them.—[Balt. Trans.
A wise reply.— When Cyrus had taken captive the wife of Tig
ranes, he asked him whan he would give for her redemption. “Ail
that I have, and my own life with it,” was the reply ; upon which the
conqueror gratutously rnstored her. All commending Cyrus, Tig
rahes asked his wife what she thought of him—“ I did not,” said
she, “ look at him.” “Not look at him! on whom then did you
look?”—“ At the generous man who offered his own life to redeem
me from slavery.”—A pious mind will want no assistance to apply
this interesting aneedote.
. -^P er plexity settled— A young lady recently committed suicide
tn Springfield, Ohio, because she had too many lovers, and could
not decide which to take. “ Painfully interesting case.”
Morning calls.— When you make a morning call, go in a carriage,
if you can—if you can’t, go on foot.
Beavers, foxes, wild turkeys and girls, are scarce in some parts
of Ohio, and are rather difficult to catch. It is said that the latter
make a most glorious stew.— N. Y. Whig.
They sometimes get the other sex into most terrible stews.—Pica
yune.
A nursery freak. — The New York Whig mentions the case of
Susan Kempsey who was taken and committed for stealing a cradle !
“You mus’nt smoke here, sir,” said the captain of a North River
steamboat to a man who was smoking among the ladies on the quar
terdeck. “Mus’nt, hey !—«by not?” replied he, opening his ca
pacious mouth, and allowing tne smoke lazily to escape. “ Did’nt
you see the sign, all gentlemen arc requested not to smoke abaft the
engine?” “ Bless your soul that don’t mean me, I’m not a gentleman,
not u'ltit of >t J you can’t make a gentleman of me no how you can
fix ib” S? saying, be sucked away, and “ took the responsibility.”
Religion.— The idea that religion is ■ kind of slavety, to which
none can submit wikhout sacrificing the natural enjoyments of life, has
ever been the greatest hindrance *o its advancement among mankind.
How much wiser and better should we be we could carry along with
us, from infancy to old age, the full conviction u 1 ?®! happiness is the
substantial cultivation and exercise of the Christian viriu? s «
Disappointment.— lt is a hard thing to 100 ronndus, in the places
and the seasons when we should otherwise be happiest, and miss the
face we love best.
A boy in a band-box.— A man of business advertise' ' l ’ ® Philadel
phia paper " A Boy Wanted.” The next morp : ~? * oun d at his door
a beautiful and smiling specimen of the t ' eslle “’ sll .tLcly J-
in a band-box.—Boston Post.
The editor of the 13 a sensible fellow. Hear him:
“The editors ‘ orner papers fancy the size of their sheets gives
■them consrw' tf ”‘ :e ’ a,u *‘ n " ließce ’ au< ' a " "ho the deuce cates
how Ifr ,ne ' r sheets are ? People want mind, energy, spirit, talent,
■a*. They don’t look at tho fiigness of a sheet. They are not fools
Jiiough to prefer a pumpkin to a diamond, or a great loafing silver dol
lar to a bright little gold half eagle.”
The editor of the Louisville Journal should either be hung or trans
ported.—Pa. Democrat.
Please get hung yourself and we shall certainly be transported—Pren
tice.
“ Is your powder good,” asked a sportsman of a seller.—
“Good—indeeditis. A cask of it got on fire the other day,
and before I could get a pail of water it half burnt.
APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT.
By and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Richard K. Call, to bo Governor of tbe Territory of Florida, from
the I6th day es March next; (re-appoiuted.)
OBITUARY,
Died, on the 25th ult. at the residence of Mrs. Catchings,in Jones co.,
Mrs. Frances Bonner, relict of Capt. Richard Bonner, deceased,aged
about 85 years ; leaving behind the inestimable example of a W ell spent
life, and an irreproachable character.
A LL persons indebted to me by Note, are hereby cautioned not to
pay the sama to any person but myself.
March 5, 1839. 6 P. L. ROBINSON.
PROSPECTUS OF
Tlie Great Western.
Liberty and the Union forever —the principles of Washington, Jefferson
and Jackson.
IN proposing to establish, in the city of New-Orleans, a new paper
under the above title, we are encouraged by the glowing and mag
nificent prospects which seem to hovet around this mighty Emporium
of the West, pointing its destinies to a summit of commercial grandeur,
to which no other city iu the world can evei expect to reach. Nor are
these prospects confined alone to New Orleans. When we take into
view the numerous, wide-spread, and extended arms of the noble Mis
sissippi, w inding themselves through an extent ofcountry so immense
ly vast; embracing the most fertile and productive region perhaps in
the known world ; with a climate and scenery as delightful as nature
.could form them; and a population of hardy, industrious freemen, in
creasing with every hour of the day, we do not hesitate in declaring our
opinion, that the West is destined, at an early day, to be one of the fin
est, the noblest sections ofcountry on the face of the glebe; and that
New Orleans,as a commercial city, may, at no very distant period,
claim lhe proud appellation of Mistress of Mr. World.
What a field, then, is spread before us! How encouraging! How
magnificent and grand ! How bounteous and profuse has been the GOD
of nature in casting these invaluable blessings in a land which has fallen
to our let! And how might we to prize them, rendered doubly <le ar
and sacred as they are by the sweets of that Liberty which is tho blood
bought inheritance of oui earthly fathers?
Fellow citizens of the West—Lithe midst of these encouraging proi
pects, this growing prosperity, this profusion ofblessings, we como be
fore you with our broad pendant,
THE GREAT WESTERN,
earnestly desiring that it be a welcome visitor amongst you ; that every
household may receive it and feel its benefits, as it will be particularly de
voted to the interests of the Western States, ami designed to embrace
all intelligence of importance, both of the United States and foreign gov
ei nments.
I'he Great \V estern will be devoted mainly to Commerce, will sup
port the interests of Agriculture, and will take its political position and
plant its standaid upon the broad parapet of Democracy ; it will also ex
tend its notice to the interests of Medianicr, and to City News, &e.
Commerce.—The larger portion of this paper will he strictly commer
cial. All intelligence of importance of this character, both domestic
and foreign, will be summed up at as early a moment as possible, so as
to afford our mercantile patrons every description of news which they
can desire, under this head.
AauicuLTunr..—While every other branch of industry in the Y, n jt ed
States is receiving fresh and encouraging impulses for persev^ rai)Ca t hi g
most important of all, seems to flag behind the genera', nmi-efi ~f j ln
provemeutand prosperity; and instead of being pl-;, ced '' at tile bead of
our general national pohey, and receiving tha; toit eriug care a. d pro
tection to which it IS so pre-eminently eu‘. lJ | od . is left .„ i|s '
simply by the dint of that persever anco and uu , veftried i l)du i lly so cb
actenstic ol our hardy coll ntr- rmen .
It will be our especial eai . e l 0 suslabl tbo intciests Os this class of our
fellow citizens.
Politic',—This department of our paper is one in which every class
’tor citizens is interested. Under this head we shall give the general
political intelligence of tho whole country ; while wc, as the conductors
of a public journal, are determined, without fear, favor or affection, to
support, with all our zeal, such measures of policy as alone will tend,
in our opinion, to the promotion of our general prosperity as a people,
the perpetuation of our liberties, and our beloved Uuion.
This paper, therefore, .will be purely Democratic in its principles ;
having for its object the diffusion of equal r ghts, equal blessings, aiul
equal burthens, thereby pi'TOftning the general happiness of tin? people;
and to this end will all our energies be directed.
With regard to tho great questions of poliev which are now agitating
the people of the Uuitcd States, respecting the currency, we iinhetHta
tingly declare oui entire preference of the Independent Treasury Sys
tem,'from our belief of its strict constitutionality, and in its t, udency,
better calculated to promote the general prosperity of all classes, th in
any other which, in our view, can bo conceived.
We are strict constructionists of tho Federal Constitution, ami shall
clways oppose those splendid schemes, or ‘ American Systems’ of mo
nopoly, which have ever characterised the policy of the Federal opposi
tion. recognising no implied interpretations of that ins.'ruiiieut, and be
lieving that the ‘GENERAL WELFARE’ of every portion of our
wide-spread confederacy, depends on a strict adlierance to its plain and
straightforward meaning, we shall not be sparing in our expositions aud
denunciations of those daring attempts which have and arc now being
made by the reckless and aspiring leader* of the Fedekal Party, to rend
asunder this glorious Chaiitkr of our rights ami liberties, and rear upon
its ruins a splendid aristocracy of wealth and power.
Earnestly advocating, therefore, as we shall always do. these great
and fundamental principles of our government, which were conceived
by a virtuous and patriotic ancestry while struggling for tho rights and
liberties of mankind, wo tliall. i:> ail cases, give our support, for public
offices, to such men as wc are assured shall have lhe pati iotism, talents,
firmness and disposition to sustain and carry out those principles success
fully. With all our zeal and ability, therefore, we shall advocate tho
re-election of MAR 1 IN VAN BUREN, for the next Presidential.term,
with the fullest confidence in his exalted talents, integrity and patriotiim
convinced that upon his success depends, in a very great measure th*
firm anti lasting establishment of those glorious principles of our rcvolu
lion, so admirably acted upon by Washington, Jeffehs .>n, Madison
and Jackson. Ami for the second office in the gift of the Ameritjaii peo
ple, wc shall as cordially give mir support to the Hon. John Forsyth;
now Secretary of State.
In ttimotmcing our preference of these talented, patriotic, long-tried
and approved statesmen, for the highest offices in the government, we
feel a glowing confidence in the almost unanimous approval of our fellow
citizens of the West, with an abiding belief that they will rail} around
the standard thus raised, proudly unfurling to the breeze the names of
these distinguished individuals.
Mechanics.-— Under this head that large and respectable portion of onr
fellow-citizens, among whom we have the honor of classing owselvr*,
shall have a hearing. Wo invite them to the use of our cohin ns. Tbtir
rights and interests must be sustained.
Foreign and Domestic Intelligence.— Under these different lie ids will
be found ail important general intelligdnce. both at home and abroad.
C’Ay A’cics.—This bead will embrace nil matters aud occurrences
of interest ot every character, relating to. or transpiring within the city.
We shall reserve a large portion of our paper for Advertising Patrons,
both of the city and country and as wo anticipate a numerous subscrip
tion list and a wide spread circulation, it will be to the interest of adver
tisers to appear in our columns.
It is contemplated for this paper to be published daily, semi-weekly and
weekly, on tho following
TERMS:
For the daily paper sl2 00 per annum.
“ “ semi-weekly paper, 800 “ “
“ “ weekly “ 500 “ “
Subscriptions to be paid, in all cases, in advance, or satisfactory city
reference given, or the guarantee of the Postmaster, at the office to which
the paper is ordered, for its payment.
Advertisements will be inserted, conspicuously, at the usual city rate*.
Those sent from a distance must be paid for in advance, or satisfactory
city reference given.
City subscribers will leave their orders at the Post Office, with th*
name of the street aud number of their residence : and those at a distance
will direct theirs to th s Editors, post paid, at New Orleans.
All letters on business connected with the papers, must bo paid, er
they will in no instance be taken from the office.
The publication of this paper will be commenced as soon as tho proper
material/can be procured for that purpose, or so soon as a sufficient num
ber of subscribers will justify. Subscribers w ill, tuerefore, be earlv in
sending in their orders.
Q 27“ Editors throughout the United States are respectful’y requested
to give this prospectus a few insertions.
EDWARD DELONY & CO.
New Orleans, January, 18-39.
Fair Warning;!
ALL persons indebted to me by note or open account, are hereby
noticed that unless payment be made on or before the Ist of April
next, their iiM e3 aiK | accounts will be placedfin the hands of ail officer
or collection. THOMAS M. COOK.
March sth, 18.39- g _q t
FOUR months after date application will be m.-nUi ,|o the Inferior
Court of Randolph County, when sitting as a Comt of Ordinary,
lor leave to sell the real estate, belonging to lhe heirs of William
Garner, late of Henry county, deceased.
March 5, 1839. 6 4m. ' THOMAS J. WATTS, Guardian.
A. LAFITTE & BUOTHEKS,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Charleston, South Carolina.
RATEFUL for the liberal patronage extended towards them by
lbeir friends in Georgia and Alabama, respectfully renew tho offer
of their Services; one of the concern will devote his .undivided atten
tion to the RECEIVING AND FORWARDING BUSINESS, and
therefore hope to give general satisfaction.
—Charleston, Feb. 16, 1839. g_g t
The .\’acon Telegraph, Milledgeville Standard of Union, Columbus
Sentinel, and c/?.’' o *ti c l e and Semiuel, will publish the above tw ice a
week forono month, and forward their accounts to this office for pay
ment.
2ZZZ ifeoliars lleward.
gj RANAWAY from the Subscriber, a negro man named
HENRY, about 35 years of age, and of light complexion.
fctS®/ 1 w ill pay the above reward to any person who will de
/ liver said negro to me, or confine him in any jail so that !
can get him.
WILLIAM HARKINS.
Columbiana, Shelby co., Ala., March 5,1839. 6—4 t
Notice.
WILL be sold at lhe late residence o' Starling Stucky,on the niue
tcemh day of April next, the following property, to wit:
One Gin and Running Gear, five Cowsand Calves; sold for the ben
efit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased.
JULIUS N. PORTER, Executor.
March 5, 1839. 6—4od»
HAMPTON COUKSE-Swecpstakes.
AS it is, and has been, usual of late years, with the Proprietor* of
the different Race Tracks of our country, to adveTtiss their Slakes,
and. in my opinion, to close at too early a period, to give the owners of
Colls a fair opportunity of testing their racing qualities, I communicate,
therefore, to the sporting world, my present plan, rules and terms.
There w ill be kept open, Stakes for two and three jears old, to bo
run for every successive year, and not to be closed until one month pre-.
vious to the race. Declaration, fifteen days before the coming off of tho
race.
Stakes of One Thousand Dollars entrance, will be two mile heats..
Forfeit, $500; Declaration, SIOO, Three entries to foim a Stake.
Stakes of Five Hundred Dollars entrance, will be mile heat*. For
feit. $250; Declaration, $75. Three to constitute a Stake.
Dashes of two or one mile, to suit the convenience of parties; that
is, the amount to be rim for.
Persons wishing to make their entries, will please direct their letterr
to the subscriber, Acting Pror.iietor of the Hampton Course, or to Cap
tain \\ m. G Nimmo, Sccrciai y of the Hampton Jockey Club, *
Ga. October9.’,B3B. 38—m6m. F. W. LACY.
ft?" The Charleston Mercury, Columbia Telescope, Milledgeville
Standard of Union, Mat on Telegraph. Columbus Herald and Sentinel,
Athens Banner, Savannah Georgian, Montgomery (Ala.) Journal. Ra
leigh Register, Petersburg (Va.) Constellation, and Richmund Enqui
rer, will insert the above mice a month, for six months, previous to th.
Annual ltac.es over tho Hampton Course, and forward their account*
to F. W. L.
bewa»»7 '
THE above reward will be paid to any person, who will appre
hend and deliver to the Jailor of Baldwin county, Georgia, er
FIFTY DOLL.ARS, if delivered to the Mayor of the City of
Charleston, or lodged in any Jail in the United States, a man by tho
name of
MURCII JUDD.
The said Judd is about five feet, 8 or 10 inches high, dark hair,
grey eyes, down look, moves and speaks quickly, is very talkative,
and inteilards his discourse with a horse-laugh occasionally, is said
to be a Canadian by birth; and has been acting as Collector for the
Standard of Union, up to the 25th of January. He left this place
on Saturday the 9th inst., in the U. S-. Mail Coach, for Warrenton,
in company with a 7(z7?/ of pleasure by tho name of Elisja Odel,—**
Hotel at Augusta, ho registered.himself M.
VI I La' Charleston, he registered himself as Thompson
&. Lady, of |. j] 0 1)1;1V p ro bably change his name, to suit hia
convenience.
W/o was at Charleston about the 18th of this mouth.
PATRICK L. ROBINSON,
027^Edi tors of papers throughout lhe United States and Canada
will please give this a few insertions. P. L. R.
Milledgeville, Feb. 26,1839. 5
sinoS Sea* Sale.
1 OFFER for sale, on very advantageous terms, my plantation and
eight or ten tiejiroes. The plantation contains seven bundl ed acios
of real good cotton land, lying on the Upatoie in Muscogee county—■.
There are on the premises a first rale set of Mills, new and in excellent
order, situated in a populous and wealthy neighborhood. If no sale is
made before the second Saturday in March, tho negroes will be sold at
public outcry, on the promises, for cash. The laud w ill bo sold on ona
and two years credit. Those who are disposed to purchase an establish-,
ment every way desirable, will do well to Call aod examine the premises,
as such caunut fail to be pleased. Titles indisputable.
Feb. 26. s—; HENRY KENDALL.
Q 27" The Enquirer, Standard «f Union, and Southern Recorder, will
insert twice, and forward their accounts,to Upatoie P, O.J