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Singu’ar case <», .ilurdtr. — From the St. Louis Republican us
flie 27th ult. wo copy the annexed very singular narrative:
Jfwrrf/r.—There was a murder committed on our Levee, during
Monday night attended with some singular circumstances. A man
hy the name of Thomas Berry came to this city some two or three
data since in a canoe from the Grand River, and from his singular
costume and strange actions, attracted attention, and was considered
by many as insane. The first paiticular notice taken of him we
trace to the Nation (I Hotel where lie dined on Monday. He sat at
the table till most of the boarders had left, occasionally changing his
sent, and finally left without eating any thing, paid his bill and de
parted.
About 12 o’clock on Monday night the watch on board the 11. L.
Kinney observed a man running towards the boat, and as he ap
proached the I iver bank faltered and fell partly into the river. On
raising him, the poor man only exclaimed, “I’in killed! I’m killed!” '
Just nt this lime Berry came op, much excited, and inquired “ what’s
the matter?” and from his actions, the watch and others who had
been called, suspicioned him as the murderer, and on accusing him
of it, after a little hesitation, he acknowledged the crime, but said
he was mistaken in the person. He then went into the cabin of the
Kinney, took a light, uncovered one ol the cabin buys who lav
asleep, and examine I closely the face, holding his already bloody
steel in his hand, with evident intention of using it again should lie
recognize the pr rson as the sought for victim. This excited the fears
ol the officers ot the boat when they called in the city watch and
took Berry to the ('alaboose, lie, however, resisted the officers with
groat violence, and not until he was severely ent and knocked down,
could the oll'icers succeed in seeming him. Yesteidav he was ex
amined before Justice Sheppard, and committed for trial in the j
( riminal Coitt at the May term. name of the murdered man,
is George Gardener, formerly ol’ New-Ymk, where we u‘"'., t;.tand
be has.i mother, two sisters and two children.
AA e held a short conversation with the pris<'; |(>| . yesterday, previ
ous to his cmi mitm- nt, and found him h man of some intelligence
and evidently laboring under insanity. Ih savs | ie W as born in Clark
county, Ky., where his father now besides. His father's name is
John Berry. He says be left Kr.ithcky last, about five years since,
•nd has since been in this B,ate. Among his p ipers were receipts
from the Land Office a-. Springfield Mo., for land in Rivers co. Al
so, letters from ( o.pc Girardeau, Mo., LaGrange, Mo., and Morgans
»dle, Kv. lie sivs he has two brothers in Rivers county in this
State ; one named John, the other Jonathan.
“ hr it rrtr so humble, there's no place like. Home."— AA’e think ;
the annals ol prisons will hardly furnish a parallel to the following I
facts, tor which we are indebted to a correspondent:—
About the year 1820, James Osborne, of Sherman, in this county, ,
was convicted upon a charge for assault and battery, and sentenced j
Io pay a small fine and cost. The precise amount of the whole we [
do not recollect, but it was quite inconsiderable. The amount not I
being paid, he was comtnitted to the jail in Danbury, where he re- 1
mained eighteen years. As the law has stood during that period, he
eould be discharged from his imprisonment, only upon either paying
the fine and cost, or giving his note for the amount. This he ever
■tendily refused to do. The judges of the County Court, the sheriffs
•nd State’s attornies have all endeavored to get rid of him, and to
persuade him to execute the note, for without the note, neither one
•or all of them had any authority to release him. But all has been
vain and I e has remained a tenant of the prison.
During the session ol the legislature in May last, a representation
•f these tacts was made to that body, and a resolution passed order
ing him to be forthwith released, unconditionally. Even then he re- '
fused to leave the jail, and was forcibly turned out. He returned to .
bis native place, but friendsand acquaintance, with only a few ex- I
ceptions, had disappeared. Seme had removed, and others were no
longer among the living; aid lie found their places occupied by an
other generation of men. He was a stranger in the land of I,is fa
thers, and sighed for bis former habitation within the walls of the
prison. He wandered about for a few months, and in October last
returned totlre jail ki Danbury and sought admission. The jailor
received him and there he now is, occupying one of the cells of the
jail, and paying the keeper two dollars per week for his entertain
ment.—Norwalk Gazette.
Effects of Gambling.— A letter from Beraun, in Bohemia, ad
dressed to the Droit, mentions a melancholy instance of the effects
of a passion tor gambling. The Count de Gravellaksky, descended
from one of the richest families in Bohemia, about two years ago
same into possession, in his twenty-filth year, of his fortuni', amount- |
•ng to fifteen millions of francs. He soon afterwards lost at play, in J
dilan, one million two hundred and fifty thousand francs, and subse- '
(uently at \ ienna, two millions of francs, and at Prague, seven hun-
Ired and filly thousand francs. These severe reproofs did not check
•is career. He became deeply in debt, and at length sold not only
•is alienable domains, but the life-interest in those settled on his de
scendant*. lie was at length reduced to the utmost distress ; but so
•trong did his infatuated reliance upon the goddess of chance remain,
that, in the hope of recovering her favours, he issued several forged ;
hills of exchange, and raised money on them. Among these were j
tome on the house of Messrs. Klalenhcim and Co., of Bc.uun, which >
re discounted at Gratz. By a chance, one of the partners came to ■
"iratz, and hearing of these acceptances, informed the holders of the !
ft.i d. The Count was arrested and imprisoned, but made his es- i
»a >•■, and reached Be.raun under a false name, and in the assumed
chai (tier of a journeyman cabinetmaker. He was, however, soon
discovert d, and confined in the dungeon of the prison, where, on go
ing t ie following morning to conduct him back to Gratz, the officers
of justice found him dead, the unfortunate Count having strangled
himself with bis cravat.
Strange Inst.— Lord T being out of town, his house was
leTi in-ebusge of a female servant. The plate was lodged at liis bank
er’s. A leK<<r came say tljat his lordship would be in town on
such a day, and desiring that the plate might be got'ready the eve- i
ning before. The servant took the letter to my lord’s brother, who
said there was no doubt of the hand-writing. The banker expressed
the same certainty, and immediately delivered the plate. The ser
vant being apprehensive of theives, spoke to their butcher, who lent
her a stout dog, which was shut up in the room with the plate. Next
morning a man was found dead in the room, his throat being torn out
by the dog; and upon examination, it proved to be my lord’s bro
ther. Tiie matter was carefully hushed, and a report spread that he
was gone abroad.
Vegetable Origins.— Turnips and carrots arc thought indigenous
toots of France. Our cauliflowers came fiom Cyprus; our arti-|
ohokes from Sicily ; lettuce fiom Cos, a name corrupted into Gause;
shallots, or eschallots, from Ascalon. I have been reading on the i
subject, and was struck with the numerous ideas on commerce and |
civilization which may arise from a dinner. Will you have a des- ‘
sort from memory ? 'Die cherry and filbert are from Poutus, the ci- i
iron from Media, the chestnut from Castana in Asia Minor, the pe°ch
wild the walnut from Persia, the phim from Stila, rue pomegranate (
from Cyprus, the quince from Cydon, the olive and fig from Greece,
are the best apples ami pears, th High also found wild in France,
and even here. The apricot is from Armenia.
lish in fashion.— When fashions ate worn out at Paris, the
milliners send the antiquated articles to the north, that is, to Swe
den or Russia. A vessel deeply laden with such merchandise was i
run down in the channel of St. Petersburg!!. Next day a salmon I
• is caught in the Neva, dressed in a white satin petticoat; and in '
the same net were found two large cod, with muslin handkerchiefs ;
atouttd their necks. The sharks and porpoises were observed in
•.'->wns ot the latest taste; and hardly was there a fish that did not!
display some of the freshest Parisian fashions that had nevei visited j
• ;e North,
\ Persian Shawl.—ln many Oriental MSS. may he met with
• iborately painted representations of < clehrated processions; but one
». the most curious fell lately under the observation of a writer in Fra
*' r’s Magazine. It was a magnificent shawl, (in the possession of a
Hungarian lady of hit'll rank,) woven in the looms of Persia, and per
'•••tly unique. The border exhibits in all its details, one of the triutn- !
■«-d processions. Nothing is omitted ; the trans of camels and Arabi
L rses, fully caparisoned, elephants and palanquins, the troops and mu- ’
‘ cans, and the countless attendants swelling the ranks of some mighty i
• ref—arc there. (hie compartment oilers to the view a series of hunt- i
i g scenes, in which figure the rhinoceros, the tiger ami leopard—the !
; (Z.elle, of varionssiz.es, the rabbit, and sin h “small deer,”’ with pursu- '
i g dogs, huntsmen and keepers, winding their horns, on (torse and foot. |
All this is woven in the most exquisite colors, with a general accuracy of I
outline, and correctness of de-ign quite admirable, forming a crimbina '
tin* of forms and hues which blend into n whole of surpassing beauty '
•nd harmony.
Ei.traordinnry Instance, of Superstition.— A respectable dressed i
fetnae crossed the river, with two children, a day or two ago, and i
had no sooner landed at the Monk’s Ferry, than finding a she ass
being fe I, she adopted the following method of curing her children, I
who were affiictedj«ilh the hooping cough. Tic child was first
shoved underneath the body of the ass on the cold stone pavement j
and having succeeded in safely crawling out tho other side, was'
raised by a man prepared to receive it, and given to the mather over
the back of the Animal, who immediately repeated the proVess ;
which was to be encored nine tunes before the child could be cured.
The woman was understood to say, “that she had crossed thn river
for this esper ia) purpose and her credulity appeared strenghtened '
by the ciietimstance of the ass being upon the slip at the lime of her
art ival. Liverpool Chronicle.
Matrimonial Balance.—Nut long since a leverncd Clergyman !
in Vermont, being apprehensive that the accumulated weight of-now
upon the l oof of his barn might do some damage, was resolved to
prevent it, by seasonably shovelling it off’. He iheiefoie ascended
to it, having first, for fear the snow might all slide off at once, and
llints-lf with it, fastened to his waist one end ol n rope, and given
the other to his wife. He went to work, but fearing still for his I
safety, “My dear,” said lie, “6” the rope round your waist.” No
sooner had she damt this than off went tho snow, poor minister and
• 11. and up went his wife. I lins on one side of the barn the aston
ished and confounded clergvnian hung, but on the other side hung
wifi-, high and dry, in majesty sublime, dingling nod dangling at the
end of the tope. At that moment, however, a gentleman, lucki-
It pausing by, delivered them from this perilous situation.
Adnantagc. if Poverty in early Life. — An English judge being
liskod w.liat <miti ibiited most to success at the bar, t eplied, “ Some
succeed bv great taletp, some by liiglt connexions, some by a miracle,
bul the majority by commencing without a shilling.
v . vaßMNiiraarrc..re .-sesras wnra-rr'.?" is ~
WASHINGTON IRVING.
I'strnc! Jrum the Knickerbocker fur Marek.
\\ e have renewed our acquaintance with this gifted writer in the
last Knicketbockcr, and give an extract from his first of a series of
Crayon papers.
Here then have I set up my rest, surrounded by the recollection of
early days, and the mementoes of the historian ot the IManhattoes,
with that glorious river before me, which flows with such majesty
through his works, and which has ever been to me a river of delight.
I thank God 1 was born on the banks of the Hudson! 1 think it
an invaluable advantage to be born and brought up in the neighbor
hood of some grand and noble object in nature ; a river, a lake, or a
mountain. We make a friendship with it; we in a manner ally our
selves to it for life. It remains an object of our pride and affections,
a rallying point to call us home again after all our wanderings. ‘The
things which we have learm d in our childhood,’ says an old writer,
‘grow up with our souls, and unite themselves to it.’ So it is with
the scenes among which we have passed our rally days; they influ
ence the whole course of our thoughts and feelings; and 1 fancy 1
can trace much of what is good and pleasant in my own heterogen
eous compound, to my early companionship with this glorious river.
In the -varmth of my youthful enthusiasm, I used to clothe it with
moral attributes, and almost to give it .1 sCflk I admired its frank,
bold, honest character; its noble sincerity and perfect truth. Here
was no specious smiling surface, covering the dangerous sand-bar or
perfidious rock ; but a stream deep as it was broad, and bearing with
honmable faith the bark that trusted to its waves. 1 gloried in its
simple, quiet, majestic, epic flow, ever stiaight forward. Once, in
deed, it turns aside for a moment, forced from its course by oppos
ing mountains, but it struggles bravely through them, and immediate
ly resumes its stiaightforward march. Behold, thought 1, an emblem
of a good man’s course through life, ever simple, open, and direct;
or, if, overpowered by adverse circumstances, he deviate into error,
it is but momentary ; he soon recovers his onward and honorable ca
reer, and continues to the end cf hi« ■ : ’.orimat»e.
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MISSISSIPPI.
W e copy the following distressing account of pecuniary matters
in Mississippi, from the New Orleans Bulletin of 6th inst.
(iieat distress is said to prevail in many counties in Mississippi.
Extensive plantations are thrown out of cultivation, and lying waste
lot the want of hands to till them, the slaves having been seized un
der execution and carried off by the sheriff. Every paper that conies
from that quarter is filled with advertisements of negroes, lands, etc.
jto be sold in satisfaction of judgments. This state of things had cre
■ ated quite an excitement. Public meetings were about to be called,
Jto take into consideration the distressing situation of the people. We
j are glad to learn however, that a disposition every where .prevails to
| respect the law. On this point the Mississippian remarks, that there
i is very little ot the mob law spirit in Mississippi, much as has been
i said abroad in relation to that subject. The people seem to be con
. vinced that there has arrived a crisis in our affairs, when propertv to
a ceriain extent must change hands—and that the sooner the change
takes place the better for all parties. Such is the correct view of the
subject. Io attempt a resistance would be useless. It could result
in no beneficial effect, and would destroy the reputation of those
involved in it, as well as the character of the State. When the law's
ol a country cannot be executed, the credit, public faith and honor
of that country are gone, and with them commercial prosperity. How
ever unfortunate the present state of things may be, it becomes eve
ry good citizen not only'to submit to the laws without opposition, but
tn lend his influence to prevent the course of justice from being im
peded or thwarted.
“ Owing to the large quantity of real estate in the market, impro
ved lands in Mississippi are now selling for much less than their real
value. Many fine estates are sacrificed under the hammer. This
state of things is accounted for by the fact, that for several years past
a vast amount of surplus capital has been invested in-real estate, and
many planters and merchants have gone in debt for the purchase o
wild uncultivated acres. The instalments are now becoming due,
and to meet the payments, the lands are forced into market, and sold
by the sheriff at half their original cost.”
Fun-Loving Hoyalty.— A London paper, alluding to Victoria’s
visit to the Dtury Lane Theatre, where legitimate kick-shows and
laughable drolleries, laughing hyenasand rearing lions, and things
of like description, are the objects of attraction, remarks: “The
Guelphs were ever a. laughter-loving race. George I! thought
little of Garrick’s Richard, all his praise being reserved for a low
comedian, who represented my Lord Mayor. George 111 adored
farces and pantomines, and was wont to hang his bodv half way
out of the box, with childish delight, and laugh himself into con
vulsions, when Grimaldi swallowed the property made carrots. Geo
1\ evinced his love of fun by encoring Mawworm’s sermon. King
Bdl laughed and swore, and swore and laughed, at every’ body and
every thing.” England can, without doubt, boast of more “merry
monarchs” than any other nation on the face of the earth. John
Bull himself always was, and ever will be, a prodigious laugher as
well as a monstious eater.
Dr. Mott.— From a letter in the Gazette, dated Constantinople,
September 10th, we learn that our townsman Dr. Mott was at that
time in the city of the Sultan, and received with great attention. He
was accompanied by Dr. Jackson and Mr. Warning, both of New
York, with whom he had been to Egypt, where the Dr. was lionized
by the Pacha. At Constantinople the Dr. and his friends had been
favored, by the Sultan himself, with a permit of admission to the
seraglio and the principal masques. They had also been present
at one of the Sultan’s trials of archery, ami the Dr. at bis own re
quest, had been presented with the arrow with which the Sultan
made his longest shot.— Commercial Advertiser.
Old age, poVevty axd pride.— Died, a few days since, near Kin
gussie, in Badcnoch, a venerable old Highlander, aged 103 years. The
name of this patriarch of the hills was John Macpherson. He was a
poor man. but honest and industrious. Latterly some of his neighbors
assisted John with small sums of money and provisions, but he received
them with evident reluctance; and no consideration could induce him to
solicit public charity. The only luxury in which the old man indulged
was tobacco, and it is well known that he sometimes had recourse to
roots and other substitutes, when his money and tobacco failed, rather
a l ,enl, y purchase another supply of the favorite narcotic.—
I his independent, proud-spirited old clansman had witnessed many
changes among his native mountains, from the time that the feudal sys
tem was in full vigor to the introduction of agricultural improvemc;:*
and commercial enterprise. He had seen the gascrome. or crooked spade
of the High anders superseded by the plough—sheep farming introduced
—roads and bridges constructed in the place of the old fords and bridle
track—the mail coach, driving daily through scenes that in his youth on
ly echoed to the hunter and the wild .leer; and even steamboats sailing
where grew broom and heather, in the great glen of Albyn, now the line
of the Caledonian canal— lverness Courier.
Contentment.— In \ ienna, a magnificent house was built by' a no
bleman, on the front of which is a stone with this inscription:
“ this house was erected by Count D. to be given to the first man
who can prove that he is really contented.” One day a stranger
knocked at the gate, and desired to speak with the master. “I am
come,” said he, to take possession of this house, as I find you have
built it in order to bestow it upon the man who is really contented.
Now, I am in that state, of which I am willing to make oath; you
will, therefore please, sir, to give me immediate possession.” The
count did not interrupt him till he had finished his speech, when he
replied, “You are quite right, sir, with respect to my intentions; but,
as I do not discover the least pretension you have to the character of
a contented man, I beg you will retire. If you were quite content
ed, you would not want my house! ”
A Good Idea.— ln Connecticut they find a use for almost every
thing. An old lady in that state is collectingall the political papers
she can lay her hands on, to make soap of. She says they are a “des
put sight better than ashes—they arc most as good as clear lie."
Walking.— Walking is the best possible exen ise ; habituate your
self to walk very far. The Europeans value themselves on having
subdued the horse to the use of man, but I doubt whether we have
nos lost more than we have gained by the use of that animal. No
animal has occasioned so much the degeneracy of the human body.
An Indian goes on foot netrly as far in the day, for a long journey,
as an enfeebled white does on bis horse, and he will tire the best
horses. A little walk of half an hour in the morning when you first
rise is advisable. It shakes oft’sleep and produces other good effects
in the animal economy. Jefferson's Memoirs.
“ I meant to have tould you of that bole,” said an Irishman to a
friend who was walking w ith him in his garden, and stumbled into
! a pit full of water. “No matter,” says Pat, blowing the mud and
water from out of his mouth, “ I’ve found it.”
Death of the H'andering Piper.— This singular individual died on Sun
; day night in Mercer’s liospital, in Duljliii, where lie had been lor three
! weeks previously. It is stated man advertisement in the papers, that
‘ Graha u .Stuart.” comimmly called the Wandering Piper, died in the
I iospital. having previously made his w ill, and thereby bequeathed all
: li s p opertyfer the uses and purposes of the said hospital.— Dublin Pa
per.
A writer in an English Periodical thus describes the effects which
a war would produce on the people of Great Britain: 1
“Taxes upon every thing which enters into the mouth or covers
the back or is placed under foot; taxes upon every thing which it is
pleasant to see, hear, smell or taste ; taxes upon warmth, light and
! locomotion ; taxes on every thing on earth, and the waters under the
j earth ; on every thing that cornes from abroad, or is grown at home;
taxes on the raw materials; taxes on every fresh value that is added
! to it by the industry of man ; taxes on the sauce which pampers
I m.i'i’s appetite, a ;d the drugs that restored him to health; on the
ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the cti
/ initial; mi tin brass nails ol the coffin ; and the ribbons of the bride ;
at bed or board, couchant or levant we must pav.
I he s< liool-boy whips his taxed lop ; the beardless youth manages,
I bis taxed horse with a taxed bridle on a taxed road; and the dying
| I'.nglisliman, pouring liis medicine, which has paid seven per cent.,
I into a spoon which has paid fifteen per cent.,flings himself back upon
i his chintz bed, wb>< h lias paid twenty-two per cent., makes his will
I on an eight poJtid stamp., and expires in the arms of an apothecary,
who lias p lid a license of an liundred pounds for the liberty of put
ting him to death. His whole property is then immediately taxed
from two Io ten per cent. Besides the probate, larger fees are de
manded for hurrying him in the chancel; his virtues arc handed down
to posterity on tuxed marble ; and he is gathered to his fathers, to be
taxed no more.”
..the president—the crisis.
1 lio opposition in Congress have professed to believe that tho I’resi
r.ent is unworthy of trust. Like a flock of tutored ravens, they croak
incessantly in Congress, “corruption,'' “profligacy,'' ''profligacy,'' “cor
luption,’ hut they do not behove one word of it. If the supplies neces
sary for carrying on the government arc reported by the Committees,
sonic of them do not hesitate to oppose them, and others w ill impede the
granting of them, and then skulk from the just responsibility lor their
factious hostility, by affecting to believe that the public money is dis
honestly used by the administration. But out of their own mouths it
shall be shown bow false these pretences are! The President anticipat
ed the possibility of a rupture with England, and perceiving the alarm
it created, informed those honest legislators that he hoped there would
be peace; that an arrangement has been recommended to Maine and
Brunswick, w hich he believed would prove acceptable—and yet they
have passed a law giving to Mr. Vac Buren—yielding to this Adminis
tration—so “corrupt”—so “profligate” —so unworthy of being allowed
the ordinary supplies out of tlie Treasury for tlie common purposes of
Government— the discretion to borrow Ten Millions of Dollars; and to
recruit an army of soldiers from the Militia. In a word, unworthy as
they would have the people to believe they think their President is,
they have confided to his discretion whether we shall fight or be at
peace.
We have no fears that this confidence has been misplaced; we have
no doubt Mr. Van Buren will prove himself every way worthy of tho
trust reposed in his hands. We are sure that he will execute it, as he
has all the other great trusts from time to time committed to his sagacious
head and patriotic heart; as becomes a man ; a statesman; a patriot;
a President of the United States. But how this law contrasts witli the
labored efforts of these “wbigs” to deceive the people by vilifying their
Chief Magistrate!
If the wisdom of tlm Presitle.il, ii. ;t ! ei . Heaven’s favor, shall preserve
to out country the „ f a|l honorable peace, , ve may reckon on
leaimg lusetien“^ 3 n ereaftar revile him for n>t fighting it out. If the
encroachments of the English Government, and her perseverance in the
purpose of seizing upon a poition of our territory, shall force the Pres
ident to misheath the sword, he will be as factiously opposed by many
of the “whig*” as Mr. Madison and our country were during the last
war. It requires no prophet to foresee it. Yet when national danger
hushes for a moment the demon of party, and stifles for a day the whig
aspiiations for place, and now that the emergency calls for action, they
know where to repose with safety, and they accotdingly cast upon the
President's wisdom and discretion the destiny of the country.
Let them repeat (heir slanders against Mr. Van Buren, after the dan
ger is past, and they w ill fall back upon themselves in rhe shape ofblast
ing condemnations either of their veracity or their patriotism. We leave
them a choice whether it shall be the one or the other One or the other
they must take, or else stop their false clamor agaii st Mr. Van Buren.
Raleigh. (N. C.) Standard.
From the Washington Globe.
ATTACK ON THE BRANCH MINT.
One of the most decided demonstrations of hatred of hard money
which we have ever w itnessed, took place during the recent session of
Congress, in tho House of Representatives, on the motion of Mr. Ogle to
suspend the operations of tlie branch mints, and to place them in the
custody of keepers at a salary of six hundred dollars each, until they
could be otherwise disposed cf. Mr. Ogle is from Pennsylvania, and
belongs to that class of the politicians of that State who follow the lead,
and obey the impulsions, of the miscalled Bank of the United States. It
was not to be supposed that this representative would venture on so
novel and momentous a proposition without due consultation with his
political friends, and without knowing that he was to be well supported.
Accordingly. m>sooner was the motion made than the close adherents of
the Bank in Philadelphia commenced a violent debate in its favor, and
showed themselves, by th ’ir arrays of figures and quotations, to be'fully
prepared for the work. The friends of the constitutional currency were
taken by surprise; for who could have foreseen such a motion? But
they made good head against the premeditated attack, and after an ar
duous debate saved the mints by a large majority—far larger than any
one would have thought Who witnessed the debate. But this was
the effect of yeas and nays. If the vote had been taken by secret ballot
the branch mints would doubtless have been suspended, and the coinage
of gold and silver would have ceased iu North Carolina, Georgia, and
New-Orleans.
1 his attack upon those mints was the more extraordinary, as thev
. were just getting into operation, and this year would be the first in which
they could do full work, and show their full capacity to be useful. It
would, at all events.nfter so much expense in constructing them, have
seemed reasonable to givo them one year’s trial before they were con
derailed ; but this is what the great Bank party would not agree to, and
did all in their power to stop them at the very moment that they were
the first time ready to work to advantage. What, then, could be the
reason of this very extraordinary motion, made at such an unreasonable
time? 'I here must have been some strong reason for it, especially sup
ported as it was bv the strength of the Bank parry. That reason may
be divined, although it was not declared, and well-known events may
lead r> its discovery. It is well known that Mr. Clay and his party in
the Senate did all they could to prevent the establishment of those mints:
and -inccthey were established, it is equally well know n that the great
Bank, through its agency, called the .Merchant’s Bank, in New-Orleans,
has endeavored to render the mint at that place entirely useless to the
public, by purchasing up the mint certificates, monopolizing the coinage,
and shipping it to Philadelphia. About all these facts there is no dispute;
so that the deadly hostility of the Bank party to the mints is indisputa
ble. Here, then, is one clue to Mr. Ogle’s motion, and to the zeal es
his Bank associates in supporting it. Another clue may bo found in the
possible event, which every Democrat should keep his eye steadily fixed
upon ; and that is, another suspension of specie payments. What a fine
excuse it would be to have the mints suspended first! Then it would
be a matter of course for the banks to suspend, and for the Treasury to
“shut up,'' and for the gloiions reign of shinplasters to recommence.
To these causes, then, hatred to the mints, and a preparation for future
bank suspension, must this extraordinary movement of Mr. Ogle be
traced; and although it was defeated, vet the same pc.rty succeeded in
another part of their plan to cripple and injure the branch mints. They
prevented,and that for the second time,the passage of the bill from the Sen
ate to authorize the mints in Georgia and North-Carolina to coin silver
change, thereby curtailing the usefulness of these mints, and at the same
time stinting the supply of silver change, in order to have a pretext for
their shinplasters at the next suspension. Surely there never was a party
soin love with paper money, and so relentless against gold and silver, as
the Federalists are.
MR. FORSYTH —The Vice Presidency.
The Pennsylvanian of the 4th inst. says:—We have received
from a friend the following extract from a letter written by a dis
tinguished Pennsylvanian upon the subject of the Vice Presieencv,
which expresses the sentiments of one whom the State lias been
proud to honor, and whose political career has been distinguished by
unwavering adherence to democratic principles :
“ If any man in our country deserves, at the hands of its democracy,
its intelligence, and its patriotism, the statiou of A ice President,
that man is John Forsyth. I do not wish to detract from the
met its of others, or to epnsttre on contrasts as to persons all of whom
have their particular claims. But I remember Forsyth in the War
of 1812; I remember the high and unvarying character of his political
conduct from that time to the present; I remember the sincere,
splendid, and victorious support lie gave to Mr. V;:d Buren in the
Senate and elsewhere ; I remember his firmness, skill, and discre
tion while managing the affair with France, and certainly I remem
ber his rare personal qualities. He is, besides, a Southern man.
Such an adjunct to our electoral ticket would aid the canvass in
Pennsylvania amazingly.
CONNECTICUT.
The whigs have succeeded in the recent elections in Connecticut;
bul by small majorities generally reduced. Last year the whig ma
jority for Governor was 5,667 votes; this year tlie majority of Mr.
Ellsworth over Mr. Niles the democratic candidate, is only 2,669,
and over Mr. Niles and Mr. Phelps, the Conservative candidate, on
ly 1,712. Last year there were in the House of Representatives ot
the State only 40 democratic members ; this year more than 80 have
been elected. Last year every Senator, except one, belonged to
the whig party; this year five democratic Senators are known to
have been elected. Abolition has again given Connecticut to the
whigs, but another year that State will be entirely regenerated.
The result, says the Hartford Times, in this county we cannot ful
ly state, for we have not yet received returns. We have little doubt,
however, that our vote lias increased 500 over the last year’s vote.
This was expected by us previous to the election, and tho result, so
far as returns have come to hand, verify the expectation.
The federal abolition ticket is, however, elected. Trumbull, who
goes for abolition in the District of Columbia, who pledges himsel
to oppose the admission of tiny slaveholding State into the Union,
who is in favor of a National Bank, who is himself president of a
large monied institution, a Hartford Convention federalist, a man of
limited talents, but of a good deal of small cunning, and who has
given more money than any one else, is elected a Representative to
Congress over Mr. Toucey, who has done honor to himself and the
district, and acted for the whole country. Let the public judge be
tween the career of these two men,
The Federalists have carried two, and probably the three Senators
in Districts No. 1,2, and 3. In No. 2, Bunce, the President of the
Abolition Society, and the regular whig candidate is elected.
We have gained two Representatives in Suffield, two in Gramby,
two in Southington, since last year; and there is no choice in East
Hartford, Windsor, or Farmington, and hut one in Wethersfield, and
one in Berlin. All these towns were last year Federal. Last year
we had but four Representatives from this county, we now have ten.
Last year the federalists bad twenty-nine Representatives—this year
they have elected but seventeen.
Tbe election in this town shows a large Democratic increase over
the last year. We have carrried our vote from 498 to to 659.
Against us was combined all the different interests; and the Feder
alists, in order to secure the abolitionists, nominated Melvin Cope
land, one of the most prominent /Abolitionists in the S ate, and who
has written more in favor of abolition than any man in it for th<
last three months. A few of the Federalists n fused to go for
niggcrism, lint onlv thirty-three out of 1,121 Federal voters refused
to embark in that contest. There are 33 Federalists in II irtloid,
who are not abolitionists—and hut 33. For tho consequences, and
the disgrace, and the injury that must follow to the place from this
infamy, let the federal junto who manage affairs in jltis town—the
corporation influence of the old bank, reap the benefit. Our friends
have sustained themselves well. They will continue to increase,
and there is not a man of the 659 who is not ready to renew the con
test—to maintain his principles and support his cause. Such is not
the fact with lhe pic-bald, black and wliito, ticket of speckled whig
gcry.
AVhenevcr you buy or sell, let or hire, make a clear bargain, and
never trust to “AA'esha’nt disagree about trifles.”
From the Richmond Enquirer.
THE PROPOSED ADDRESS.
Wo have thiowti upon the first page of this day’s paper, an Address
which was submitted to tho Committee. It was very much approved,
and scyeralof its members expressed much anxiety for its publication.
Since it was put to press, we have received the following P. from
the bands of its author:
“Since writing the above Address, the author has seen the dcclara
nL" 11 ‘'l' ' Hammond, a distinguished Whig Editor of Cincinnati,
thio, “ I hat the great body of the Abolitionists are Whigs,” mid “that
without their aid the Whigs must be defeated in the Northern States.”
fe has also seen Mr. Preston’s Philadelphia Speech, from which itseems
that some of Mr. Clay’s friends cautioned that gentleman against the
consequences of taking a step, that might drive those Abolitionists from
the support of himself and of the Whig cause. These recent develope
tnents fully convince the author that he has not in this Address, given
undne prominence to the subject of Abolition—that it has identified itself
"\v * i caus ®> a »d rests its hopes of success on that cause.”
e have another item to add to the schedule—with which the author
<’ tqp address was unacquainted, and indeed the whole development of
fftat transaction came on by mail onlv yesterday morning. It will be
recollected, that a large majority of the House of Assembly of New-York
whigs—and that the majority of the Senate are Republicans.—
With this key before us. we now state the following fact. The House
iad passed strong resolutions, protesting against Atherton’s resolutions
w Inch had been adopted by the House es Representatives. When this
1 rotest was brought up to the Senate of New-York, it was referred to a
select committee—and some time after, one of the most masterly re
ports which this whole subject has called forth, was made by Colonel
J ouitg, taking decided ground with the rights of the South. On Thurs
day last, the following proceedings took place in the Senate :
“Mr. Van Dyek called for the consideration of the report and resolu’
,n ! ttcd by UIC sp! "a committee to which were referred the pre*
<iuu resolutions of the Assembly protesting against the resolutions
adopted by tho House of Representatives of the United States, on th<?
motion of Mr. Atherton of New-Hampshire.
“The Speaker called for the ayes and noes which were taken as fol
lows :
Jj/es.—Messrs. Beardsley, Dickinson, Edwards, Hunter, Huntington,
D. Johnson, E. P. Livingston, Paige, Powers, Skinner, Speaker, Sterl
ing, Van Dyck, Wager, Young—ls.
Noes.— Messrs Fox, Furman, Hawkins, Lee,lL A. Livingston. May
nard, Moseley, Nicholas, Peck. Tallmadge, Verplanck, Works—l 4.
The Albany Argus refers to this vote and says, “It will be perceived
that the Senate yesterday adopted the masterly report of Colonel Young,
and the resolution rejecting the abolition resolutions of the Federal As
sembly. True to their party alliance, the whole Federal ‘l4’ voted
against the report, and with equal unanimity, the Republican Senators
voted for it.” Who can misunderstand this sign ? Who will now deny
that the friends of Southern rights are to be found among the Northern
fiiendsof Mr. Van Buren—and that the Whigs of New-York, acting oh
political grounds, are not on the other side of the hedge?
MASSACHUSETTS.
Good News from the. Fourth Congressional District.— The fourth
trial for the election of Congressional representatives from the Mid
dlesex district, has terminated in the choice of Mr. Parmenter, the
Democratic candidate.
The majority »f Parmenter over his Whig competitor, Brooks, ia
about 540. The scattering votes will reduce this majority to 28.
Mr. Parmenter has received about five hundred votes more than
at the third trial, and about nine hundred votes more than he received
in 1836.
The whole number of votes taken was 9916
Necessary to a choice, 4959
Mr. Parmenter has received 4972
Mr. Brooks has tcceived 4432
Scattering 512
The Bay State Democrat says :
The democrats of the Fourth District have done well. They
have set a good example of perseverance and undeviating devotion
to the cause of right, which, if but followed by the democracy
throughout the state, will next fall place Massachusetts shoulder to
shoulder with the democracy of the nation.
Massachusetts lias now doubled her representation in Congress,
and will give two votes for a “ Constitutional Treasury,” ano in op
position to an unconstitutional United States Bank.
From the Houston Tellegraph March 15.
. . HOSTILE INDIANS.
A very erroneous opinion has prevailed in this country relative to
the force of the hostile Indians on our north-eastern frontier. A year
or two ago it was generally supposed that these savage* could muster
two or three thousand warriors: and even within a very few months
it was currently reported by intelligent men that the hostile Indians
embodied against us in that quarter, numbered from one thousand to
fifteen hundred men. The recent expedition of Gen. Rusk into the
Indian country, and the statements of prisoners who have escaped
from the enemy’s camp have dispelled the illusion and completely re
vealed the weakness of our savage adversaries. From the evidence
thus furnished, it appears the force of the hostile Indians has not, at
any time, exceeded four hundred warriors, and that a large portion
of these were only armed with bows and arrows. The Indian force
opposed to Gen. Rusk in the skirmish near Fort Houston, according
to the statement of a prisoner who was in the Indian camp at the
time, did not exceed three hundred and sixty fighting men. The
force recently defeated by Gen. Burleson near the Brushy, did not
number more than two hundted ; and the Indians who were engaged
in the skirmish at the Falls of the Brassos, numbered only about sev
enty warriors. These are the only large parties of hostile Indians
who have committed depredations on our north-eastern frontier with
in the last year. It is probable, from the descriptions given of these
several parties by those who were engaged in the various skirmishes,
that those two parties last mentioned are but portions of the par
ty defeated at Fort Houston, who, driven westward by the forces
under Gen. Rusk, have sought refuge in the bottoms of the Brassos
and Colorado. If this be the case, their forces, now weakened by
desertion and losses sustained in repeated conflicts, cannot exceed
three hundred warriors.
The hostile Indians on the northwestern frontier are still less for
midable than this mere handful of fugitives. They, however, are
far more numerous. The Commanches, according to the accounts of
various prisoners, who have escaped from them, number about ten
thousand warriors, but they are scattered over so large an extent of
territory, and, moreover, are so much divided by private feuds, that
they are seldom able to assemble a force exceeding six or seven bun
dred warriors. Judge Burnet, who was with them in the summer of
1833, when there had been a general draft upon that tribe to carry on
the war against the Mexicans has informed us that, although extraor
dinary exertions had been made by their chief to concentrate the
whole disposable force of the nation, only about thirteen hundred
warriors could be assembled, and most of these were only armed with
bows and arrows or paltry spears. Two hundred good riflemen would
have easily put the whole army to flight. In the skirmishes which
have taken place with these Indians, during the last year, they have
never ventured to oppose a force exceeding twenty-five of our citi
zens. They have never been seen in parties numbering more than
three or four hundred men. The party that committed the depreda
tions near Bexar in October last, consisted of only two or three hun
dred ; the party which committed the depredatiens near Gonzales
numbered about one hundred and fifty. These are the only large
bodies of Commanches who have appeared on the frontier since the
commencement of hostilities. These Indians are probably the most
cowardly of ail the tribes of North America.
In the recent engagement on the San Saba, one of their largest
villages was almost completely destroyed and many horses driven
away, by a force of only about sixty of our citizens and forty Lipans,
although not less than four hundred waniors were in the village at
the time. On this occasion they made only one sally against our
troops, in which about fifty of their waniors were shot down; after
this disaster they fled precipitately to a neighboring eminence com
pletely disheartened, and instead of rallying their broken forces and
offering a manly resistance, resigned themselves at once to despair,
and collecting in groups, uttered the most piteous cries and lamenta
tions. Several persons who have been long acquainted with this
tribe, have informed us that they have often known the Commanches
when engaged in contests with neighboring tribes, to manreuvre dur
ing whole days in the sight of an enemy’s force, amounting to only
half their own, without venturing to make an attack; and often,
when at length they have joined in battle, the loss of only four or five
warriors basso dispirited them, that they have relinquished t|re con
test, and retired to howl and lament over their dead companions.
Such are the enemies with which we have now to contend—and
il is pleasing to reflect, that the judicious measures which have been
adopted by the government, to prevent their incursions upon our fron
tier settlements, will soon enable us to regard them with as little ap
prehension and dread, as we now regard the Aricaniansof Chili.
Loafer Courtesy.— A gentleman received in change at tbe Balti
more Post Office, twelve and a half cents, when, tinning to a friend
at his elbow, he invited him to Enterman’s to take a glass of wine.
IDs friend declined, when he pressed the invitation by observing
that he really wanted a glass of wine but disliked tn drink alone.
At this moment an “ individual” who carried the insignia of his
class, at his elbows and “all round his hat,” stepped up and tipping
his beaver, observed in tho most obliging manner that as the gentle
man objected io drinking alone, and the other gentleman objected to
drinking at all, he begged him who thirsted to command his services,
and he would be extremely happy to take a “ horn” with him then
or at any other time, provided he allowed him to choose his* own
liquor, as he never liked to take any thing stronger than biandy.
[Baltimore liepub.
Mackerel Fishery.—\\ T o learn from the Portland Courier, that
the quantity of mackerel inspected and returned last year in Maine,
was 22,440 barrels, and 2,610 half barrels. The amount of tonnage
employed in that Slate in the mackerel fishery, for the year ending
September 20, 1837, was 12,085 tons, and in the cod fishery, 19,239
tons. The Courier makes a statement of a fact of which we were
previously ignorant, but the correctness of which we have no reason
to doubt, viz: “ that large preparations are making in some of the
ports of Massachusetts for an extension of this ancient and important
branch of New England enterprise; they are particularly encoura
ged in this pursuit at this time, by the increased demand for fish for
expottalion to lhe country, in consequence of the increased
facilities for transportation.”— Boston Journal.
North Carolina silver. —The Fayetteville Observer of the 27th
nit., states that a wagon, from Davidson county, brought to that place
on the previous week, upwards of a ton weight of native silver orc, from
the AVashington mine of A. King & Co,
Proverbs. Never enquire thou of the Editor for news
When thou dost write for his paper, never say un(o him .. W||at
fend thee ‘ OU * P “ !Ce bc lhe tru " l «f-
It is not fit that thou shouldst ask of him who is the author of such
an article for his duty requtres him to keep SU ch things to himself
When thou dost enter into a pnnttng office, have a care to thvself
that thou dost not touch the type ; for thou mayest cause the nrinter
much trouble. 1
Look not at the copy which is in the hands of the compositor -for
that is not meet in th6 sight of the printer.
Neither examine then the proof-sheet; for it is not ready to meet
the eye that thou mayest understand it.
Prefer the town paper to any other, subscribe immediately for it
and pay in advance, that it may be well with thee and thy little ones.
STATE RIGHTS and UNITED STATES RIGHTS.
of gjgttiott.
THE TRITE ISSUE.
Shall ours be a GOVERNMENT OF THE BANKS, or a GOV
ERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE? Shall we have, a CONSTI
TUTIONAL TREASURY, or an UNCONSTITUTIONAL NA
BANK? Shall we have a CONSTITUTIONAL CUR
RENCY o/gold and silver or one of IRREDEEMABLE PA
PER ? Shall we live under the despotism of a MONIED ARISTOC
RACY, or under the safeguards of a FREE CONSTITUTION ?
[Washington Chronicle.
TUESDAY mORNUVG, APRIL 16. '
STATE RIGHTS—WHO SUPPORTS THEM?
Answer—The Union party. How is it proven? First, thcoretieally,
by this great fjifldameutal principle of their creed, that “The powers not
delegated to the United States by the Constitution, uor prohibited by ii
to the States, arc reserved to the States respectively, or to the people;”
•nd seceadly, by sapporting the men who advocate this great principle,
and opposing those who oppose it.
Upon this foundation the Union party was formed, upon which it still,
stands firm and immoveable. The subject matter of difference between
them aud tbe nallification party (that was,) cannot be ascribed to aay
conflict of opiuioa as to the reserved rights of the States, but alonoto
the measures of redress for their violation. All parties ia Georgia, at
least, viewed the tariff as an invasion of the Constitution, and as unjust
aud oppressive, but the Union party opposed rash and dangerous meas
ures, because they had confidence in “the only constitational remedy,
the ballot box,” while the other party were disposed to proceed to violent
resistance regardless of consequences. Time has shown on which sid«
there was most wisdom. But these things have passed away—nullifi
cation is now a mere abstraction—a term seldom used by its former vo
taries, and we only mention it as incidental to the subject under consider
ation.
Let us proceed further to illustrate the position of parties at the present
time, for the purposeof showing more conclusively that the Utron party
is strictly and in fact the State Rights partj of Georgia. What is the
political complexioa of the present administration of the General Gov
ernment? We answer without the fear of contradiction, that itspriuci--
pies are io strict accordance with those of Mr. Jefferson, and we ptove it
by the Inaugural Address of President Van Buren, and all his subsequent
acts. He lays down the doctrine, and carries it out, that the General
Government is one of limited and specified powers, aud that every power
not delegated to it by the States, is reserved to the States and the peo
ple. and for these republican opinions, the Union party supports him.—
He denies to Congress the right to charter a National Bank, because no
such power is delegated by the Constitution—and for this the Union
party supports him. He maintains that the tariffshould be btought down
to the economical wants of the Government, for which he is entitled to
our most cordial support. He denies to Congress the right to squander
the people s money upon works of internal improvement, which meet*
our decided approbation. He is opposed to abolition and abolitionist*,
and stands pledged before heaven and earth to give his official sanction
to no measure calculated to disturb our rights upon that subject, w hich
we think should secure to him the unbounded confidence of the whole
South, and which ha* at least endeared him to the Union party of Geor
gia; and yet the whig party, for at present it has no other legitimate
name, (perhaps it may be changed and legitimated about the first Mon
day iu May,) are in deadly hostility to him, and we had almost said to
his principles, but that w'ould have been unjust to some thousands of
true State Rights men who still act with that party, but who will ulti
mately revolt at the idea of being dragged into the support of Heury
Clay, or any other man holding principles adverse to their own.
What position, let us enquire, does the whig party occupy upon ge»-
cral politics ? They oppose the present administration through thick
and thin, and is therefore identified with tl.e gieat body of its oppo
nents every where. By what principles are its opponents governed ?
That is to be settled by ascertaining the principles ol the leading whig*
and the course of their public press. Let us then take the whig leader
first in order, and examine how he stands upon tbe subject of State
Rights? Is Mr. Clay a republican in the proper acceptation of the term ?
Does he contend for a rigid construction of the constitution, or doe* ha
maintain that Congress cannot rightfully exercise any power not specifi
cally delegated to the United States? No—Mr. Clay is not a republican
lie is a federalist—a consolodationist, but he is a whig, and the antagon
ist of every principle upon which rests the sovereignty and indepeudeuca
of the States ; because, if it is once conceded that Congress can consti
tutionally charter a Bank, engage in works of internal improvement*,
tax the great body of the people with an onerous tariff for the protection
of the manufacturing class, then may the epitaph of State Right* ba
written.
The people will »oon open their eyes to this question, and those who
ara past conviction must be “given over to a hard heart and reprobate
mind,” while all those w ho are true to State Rights—who love princi
ple more than party, must rally to tbe banner of the Constitution.
CONNECTICUT.
The Whigs have carried Connecticut in the late election—that is to
say, the Federalists and Abolitionists have beaten the Democratic
State Rights party, and we anticipate much rejoicing, even in the South,
at the result.
It cannot be denied that the successful party in Connecticut is made
rp of the remains of the old I’ederal party, the Abolitionists, and all tho
recruits which they have been able to enlist into their ranks, and that as
a party, they are opposed to all the leading principles w hich have re
ceived thesanction of the Democracy, from the days of Mr. Jefferson.—
That they -are the advocates of a tarifffor protection—a National Bank
internal improvements—and the right of Congress to abolish slavery
in short, that they are the orthodox disciples of tho elder Adams, with
only this difference, that they are more ultra Federal than he was;
and yet, wonderful as it is, thete are thousands of southern men, claim
ing to be tbe especial guardians of State rights, who exult at their suc
cess. This may lie consistency, but if it is, the English language Inta
undergone a radical change.
We do most sincerely rejoice that tbe Union party has no such allies—
that it claims no kindred with, and feels no sympathy for such heteroge
nious combinations—that it never has shouted for the triumph of Feder
alism in any quatter, and never will—that it stands as it has done, upon
the immoveable basis of constitutional State rights, making battle against
Consolidationists and Abolitionists, wherever they may be found.
Augusta, 9th April, 1839.
To the Editor of the Standard of Union:
Sir—My object in this communication is to correct an error in the
following remarks, which I find in your paper of the 2d inst:
_ “A rumor reached this place some days since that the Banks in the
city of Augusta had refused to receive the hills of the Bank ol Hawkins
ville, but we are happy to state, upon unquestionable authority, that tha
report was incorrect, and that the bills are iu good credit iu that city.”
That the notes of the Bank of Hawkinsville were refused at the Bank*
ot this city, al the time alluded to in your remarks, there is no doubt, and
if necessary. I can produce certificates to this effect from officers of all tho
Banks in the city ; and in consequence ol this refusal, the notes of this Bank
were sent by me to Macon, to be exchanged, and it is highly proba
bie that to me may be attributable, in some measure, the rumor alluded
to, and as your authority is a contradiction to facts stated in letters writ
ten with no intentton to injure any one, but to save myself and friend*
from loss, 1 therefore feel it my duty to make this statement. I would
further remark, that during the time of the discontinuance of the Banks
here to receive these notes, (as 1 w as informed,) an officer or two of the
Hawkinsville Bank happened here, and made arrangements by which
the Banks resumed taking them. And I too am happy to state, they
continue, and I trust may long continue to receive all now current, for
our State is already suffering too much from tbe pressure to admit of
any more of its circulation being banished.
A CITIZEN OF