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X FOREICH.
snip iNPRrENnrNCE — eight pays later
FROM EUROPE.
At 9s earfo.lvmit this morning we received our files of
- ’•’« pstket ship independence, Captain NyO,
•♦Jich vessel srtMl on the 29tlt of Septentlien Our Lon
dbn and Liverpool papers are to the 28th inclusive.
K C.RE\T BRITAIN’ —THE HARVEST.
Tin* accounts of the harvest, .although at canAiderkblc
V Variance in different parts of the country, on the whole
h'ave scarcely n doubt that a large portion of the wheat
crop has been initrievably damaged, and that the oats and
I barlev crops were in serious jeopardy. Large orders had
r been sent to the continent: find the necessity of parting
k with heavy amounts of g-'ld i:t payment for foreign grain
1 rottld no longer b* questioned.
F BANK OF ENGLAND.
A suspension of specie payments by the Bank of Eng
land was freely spoken of; and the general impression
was that such a weaaure must be resorted to before Christ
mas.
It was believed in London (list the Bank of E.-.gland
had been corttpcUed to seek assistance from Hamburg, sim
ilar to that obtained from the Bunk of France. This be
lief was founded on the fact that bifla to a large amount
endorsed by an eminent house in Hamburg, in favor of
the chief cashier of the Bank, had been paid by several
houses in London.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
The arrangement with the Rothschilds, for the accep
tance of the United States Bank drafts protested by Hot
tinguer had been carried into effect.
Another topic for comment and riimor was aforded on
tire 26th of September, by the application of Mr. J andon
ta the Bank of England for assistance. A great number
of statements are published in reference to this transaction ;
hut the fact seems to be that Mr Jsudou’s embarrassment
was caused by the refusal of Hope &. Co. of Amsterdam,
to make advances which he expected a ltd required, to meet
the post-notes falling due in London; that aid to the a-
Mount of £300,00U was granted by the Bunk, on the
guarantee of four gteatly engaged in the American trade ;
that it was given in three per cent consuls, to avoid increas
ing the Bank's note circulation, and that consuls gave wav
4 per cent in consequence of the transaction.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Private letters say that the harvest has turned out bet
ter than the papers represent it. The Barings writ* that
the Book of England will not suspend specie payments.
The merchants and banks in this city who have remitted
post notes atf the Bank of the U. States, must feel greatly
relieved by the knowledge that previsions have been made
for their pavment, by the advance of consuls to Mr. Jatt
don.
A petition w as presented to the common council of Lan
don, on the 26th of September, from the “Oberlin Insti
tution in aid of altolition of slavery in the United States,”
<sking pecuniary assistance. This institution is establish
ed in Ohio; and receives white and colored pupils without
distinction. Tl.e petition was tcferrrd to a committer.
The Rev. Mr. Knapp, an agent of this institution, had
been sucersaft I in cellectiitg donations tor it.
Mr. Feargas O'Connor was again arrested at Manches
ter on the 20th el September, tor a seditious conspiracy,
'making seditious speeches, &c. He was held to bail for
trial. This is about all we find in reference to the Chart
ists.
We regret to find by the. papers thru wilful fires hare
again taken place in various parts of the kingdom—chief
ly among hay-ricks, corn-stocks, and the like. This is the
way in which we have long apprehended the Chartist spir
it would display itself.
Cel. Pasley succeeded, September 23, in firing one of
hitenormous submarine mines of powder against the wreck
es the Ruval George. The cylinder contained 2320 lbs.
and was Igrttten try The effect open -
the watei w.as grand ami imposing in the extreme. What
it was upon the wreck bad not yet been ascertained.
The lion. Thomas Babington Maeatdey has been ap- '
pointed Secretary of War, in the place of Lord llowick,
resigned. Mr. Macauley Ins a seat in the Cabinet.—
The ospers abound with rumors of Lord Clarendon's ap
pointment to s<>me high office.
Mr. Macaulev is an avowed opponent es the corn-laws.
So also is Mi. Clay, who has been added to the ministry '
ns eno of the secretaries of the Board of Centtol.
Amiral Sir Thomas Hardy, a gallant and distinguished
officer, and Governor of Greenwich Hospital is dead. He
aeived under Loid Nelson, and it was in his arms that
Nelson expired. Everyone must remember his dying ex
clamation, “ Anchor, Hardy, anchor.” Admiral Hardy
was the Commodore Hardy who blockaded Long Island
Sound for so long a pt tied. during the last war with Eng
land. Il s flag-ship, we believe, was the R-ttnillies, 74,
with the Acosta and another frigate as consorts. The
death of Mr. Justice Vaughan is also announced.
One of the Paris papers, Ln Fiance, assetts that the in
tended marriage of Queen Victoria to the young Coburg
prince has been officially announced dial the intended mar
riage of Queen Victoria to dm French Government.
The affair of Lady Flora Hastings still occupies a large
•pace in the the English papers; and it is discussed with
in amplitude of detail, and vehemence of comment little
creditable to the taste of the wi iters. The Morning Post
charges the Queen herself with “dispersing among the la
dies of the palace the foul surmise which they My lliev en
teitained,” and alleges that it was “by her direct author
ity and command they were impelled to the unsaemlv and
brutal conduct which some of then}, pursued.” Lord Port
man, it is said, intends publishing a reply to the ‘statement’
of the Marquis of Hastings.
Emigration to Texas from England, appears to ba oee
of the prevailing hubbies. A letter f.om Mr. Kennedy,
who lately travelled in the United States and-Texas, has
been extensively published in Ei.gland describing advan
tages of the new republic in glowing terms, and strongly
urging emigration. This has culled forth a reply from Mr.
Kiurge, win. rates the Tcxians roundly on the scare of
slavery.
The ship Cumberland, arrived at Whitehaven from Ja
maica on the 2511 t of September, reported having picked
up a boat at sea, on the 24th of August, about 800 miles
from New York, in which were two men, who said they
belonged to New York and had been blown off. They
had been 10 days - they said—without provisions. As
toon as the Cumberland arrived at Whit-* aven they ab
aennded.
No doubt they were the twe soldiers who stole a boat at
Bermuda and made off irt her. A reward for their appre
beo<ioti wns advertised in several of our papers.
Miss Julia Webster, daughter of Daniel Webster, was
■tarried at the fashionable St. George’s Hanover Square,
on the 24th of September, te Samuel Appleton, Esq. of
Boston. A large and fashionable company waa present at
the ceremony. Among whom we notice “the American
minister and lady, and Mr. Rush, the Belgian minister and
Madame V an de Weyer. Sir Henry Halford, Bart., (woof;
Mr. Webster's associates in the Senate of the United Stales !
—Mr. Linn of Missouri, and Mr. Young of Illinois.—As- [
ter the ceremony the company partook of a dejeune wilh j
Mt. Webster at the Brunswick Hotel; after which the mar- 1
tied couple left London on a tour.” i
The Leicestershire papers comment with great and just
indignation upon the extraordinary decision of certain ma
gistrates in that county, who fined a young man 40 shil
lings and costs, for cleaning bis shoes on Sunday morning,
before going lo church! The complaint, was made by the
lady's emolover, with whom he had lived two years, ami
who admitted that his conduct as a servant was inctiroach
•ble. 1
An iiufuonse Camp-meeting was held at Kilsyth, in
Scotland, continuing many days, and attended by clergy
men of various demuniioitiens, as well as by great num
tiers of persons liom all parts of the country. The ex- !
cil-enoiit exmliitoil both by preachers and hearers, as de- ,
«crit<—l '• the papers, appears to have been in no <J> gree ;
ipfei i >r to that produced at wine of our C'amp-tiieetings in j
Western Statps.
London, Saturday, Sept. past 12.—The (ina
arrangement f«r a loan ol consols from the Bank of Eng
land to Mi. Jaudon appears to have been at length com*
plated, under the gitatantee ot four London firms, those of
Baring, Morrison, Dennison, and the opulent German firm,
Huth «■ Co., and the Liverpool house of Brown, all of
them deeply intetrsted in the trade with the (Jaded Smbrs.
The sum required is now stated to be only’
The manner in which the Btwk hasjjonte sot ward has giv
en great satisfaction, amLflfafet-.m-rally thought that its
disembarrassment from toVB amount of depreciated
stock will be a sensible relitWfftts coffers, especially if the
vacurn is supplied by specie from America,
two o clock.— I lie scarcity of ntonev for completing
tho balances payable on Monday in the foreign maiket,
and the genera! advance in the rates of discount, has caus
ed a lartntr depression to stocks—Consols for monev have
been'down to 89J a 90, and for the Account 90$ and j.
The value of exchequer bills although no large sales have
been made this morning, has given way to 1 to 3 discount,
and India bonds lrave been at par to 2 discount. 'I ho
I new three and a half per cents arc at 97| a J.
Loxnn.v, City, Saturday Evening, Sept. 28.—The
1 appearance of monetary and common j-.tl nffwii s in tho city
is, Wo arc sorry to state, almost daily becoming more ci iti
l cal. The value of the funded debt has experienced a far
ther depieciation this week of full 1 per cent., and the
; unfutded debt has been again tt a £isconnt. The dc
tuand for gold for exportation to pay sot foteign grain im
ported, continues to a considerable extent and there are
good grounds for supposing that, whatever may be the re-
I suit ol the harvest in that country, large importations of
grain will be carried on until spring. It appears by the
official returns which have recently been made public, that
very large •mounts of foreign com have been liberated,
notwithstandieg the comparative high range of duties now
payable on its admission for home loasumption. In the
month ending on the sth instant, them were charged with
duty not lr»n than 51(1,000 qrs of foreign coin, of' which,
■ hoWever, 391,381 qrs were es oats.
The importations in the same period were 9l6,Bvoqrs,
of which 235,840 qrs were of wheat, 266, oats. The
stock, in the bonded warehouses of the United Kingdom,
or the sth iest. were 39U.638 qrs. ot wheat, 64,764 qrs of
•vats 7073 qrs of barlry, &c. There were aho in stock
j 85,250 cwt of foreign flour on the sth iust. While it is
Ito the interest of the speuulator, to import and by duties
upon foreign grain, it will hardly be possibh sot the direct
tors the Bank of England to replenish their storks of the
I precious metals, notwithstanding the op rations which are
I ir> progress with the directors of th.- Bank of Fauce tn ef
fect that objtrct. Yesterday, as well as on Tues-lay, the
foreign exchanges were in a very heavy state, tbo> gh they
are at present sttflit iently high to prevent any exportation
es specie of consequence to the Continent.
The greatest depression in the stock market was on
Thursday nfiernaon, wltee it was reported that the direc
tors of the Bark of England were delibeiating on the pol
icy of raising the interest of money to seven per rent. It
subsequently transpired that the directors were consider
ing an application mads on tlie part of Mr. Jaudon, the I
agent in this country of the Bank of the United Stales, for ■
a loan of about £309,000 on security, to place the estab
lishment with which he is connected in Pbiladi Ipliia in a
situation to meet engagements, the liquidations as which
might be fc-tmd difficult under the peculiar circumstances
its affairs are placed in by what has transpired in Parris,
a id the almost total impossibility es finding a market here
at present for American paper. The sales of slack were
very heavy, on the presumption that the value of money
was to tie increased. There are also reports very current
that the revenue for the quartri just about to terminate
will prove very deficient. This, to a certain extent, will
no doubt prove true, as the trade ot the country has been
veiy limited for a long tiina past. There must liava been,
however, a considerable sum r< ceived in duties upon the
admission of foreign grain for lu w.e consumption, which
will materiilly swell the receipts of the quarter. Amitln t
ground Os caw-.i»tus to be the very I educed
stock of specie which the directors of the Bank of England
have at present in their possession.
It is feared in many quarters that the Bank will not be
•hie to provide gold for the payment of the dividends,
• hicii will soon become due tu die public, and that they
must obtain an older in council for the issue of £1 or 2£
notes. The state of lite market’during the greeter part of
tha week was unfavorable for the operations of the agricul
turists in those parts of the country where the crops air
becoming alaimed, lest it may be necessaiy for us to re
sort to the continent for farther large supplies of grain, to
pay for which, specie would principally be required, and
the foreign exchanges kept in a state unfavorable to this
country. All these circumstances combined have produ
ced, as might have been expected, ■ very feverish state of
things in this city.
Among many parties it is ■considered, however, as very
remarkable, that the value of stock should have been ,
maintained so well. Tliere is, however, very little money ;
employed in speculation in merchandise at present, and
many parties hold in fir- ducc. The scarcity of capital tn
the stock exchange is, however, rather remarkable; as
high as 4 per cent, bas been paid this week for accommo
dations for short ptrictds, on '.he security of stork.
With respect to the application made by Mr. Jaudoa,
it traaspired yesterday afternoon that the direr lors of the
bank had granted the assistance required in consols, which
will not be thrown into circulation by tho parties holding
them. The advances are for one month from yesterday,
by which time Mr. Jaudon will be in possession of ample
remittances from the other side of the Atlantic ti- repay
the loan ftont the bank. Four leading firms in the citv,
and one at Live-pool, are guarantees te the bank for the
repayment of the loan within tlie stipulated period.
From 91J consols for account have fallen to 90§, but
since they have rallied to 90j. The continuation of tin
ensuing accounts is very high indeed. Consols for money
have been at 90 a 90* this week, and they left off yester
day afternoon at 90f a jj. The prem. on exchequer bills
stood at 5 en Monday, but yesterday sales of ibis security
were mad* at a discount of 2 for £IOO bills. India bonds
receded to 1 dis., India stmk lo 248, and bank stock to
1864, 187 for account.
The condition of the market .for the foreign bonds has
been much influenced by the heavy state of the British
funds. •
BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN.
London, September 23.
The usual average retura of the liabilities and assets of
the Bank of England, embracing the period irom the 25ili
es June to the 17th inst., which appeared in last night’s
Gezelte, gives the followinv results, vie: iliat the average
of the month ending the 17ili inst., as compared with the
average of the month endin* the 25th June, shows a de
crease in tho circulation of £27,(KM), a decrease in the de
posite of £744,00<t, and a decrease in the stm k of lullion '
of 1,347,( 00. Wherefore it appears that the decrease in '
the liabilities is £77I,(MM), and this represents the di rrase!
in the total quantity of money in the month ending the '
1 Till inst., as compared with the month ending the 25th of j
June, in so far as regards the administration of the curren
cy by the Bank of England.
The yearly conipaiisoti is as follows:—The average of
the month ending the 17th inst., as compared with the av
erage of the month ending the 16th of Oct. 1838, shows a
decrease in the circulation ot £951,000, a decrease in the
deposites 0f£495,'-OV, and a decrease in the stock of bul
lion , of £,684uU00.
John Chapman, who was awaiting bis sentence of
death, in our Jail, for the murder of his wife in December
last, broke out on Saturday night! He had complained of
bad lioalth,and was compassionately removed by the Jail
or, from the criminals’ to the debtors’ room, on the lower
floor, which is more airy,—from which, with the aid, it is I
supposed, of persons outside, lie broke through the brick
wall and made his escape. He bad been respited by the !
Governor from the 224 March to 2<hli Drcember next; and
there is little doubt that the Legislature, as usual, would
liave granted him a pardon.— Maron Tvlegruph.
TASTING.
A lady ot Philadelphia, whose servant was in the habit
of lasting every thing tasteable about the house, after hav
ing bought a jar ot rasbeny syrup, placed it in the cup
board and said, ‘Betty, mind that vou dont tomb iliat—
it s poison; it you do, you will cerie'nly come to harm.’
Indeed, ma’ai!’ answered Bettv, ‘i shan’t touch it—yon
kaow I don’t touch any thins. Harrllv had the figure of
ti e mistress disappeared before Betty, who was en>ployed
in roasting a fine turkey tl ought that she ought to taste
I ‘ jist a litti* of the skin,* to see if it was euffiricnily salt
ed. Betty did teste ‘a little bit,’ but with the little bit
I came the unc-antrullablv desire of tasting more—and Bet
. ty tasted aud tasted, until she bad tasted all the skin off
I the turkey. Now, whet was to be done?—the skinned
turkey struck horror to her heart—what would her mis
■ trees say—what could she say! In the horror of her soul,
I she paced to and fro in the kitchen—but in every nook, in
. every Corner, the figure of the skinned turkey presented
| itself te her vision. In her despair, she came to the con
[ elusion that she might as wrl| die as incur the anger of her
mistress, and, recollecting the poison in the cupboard, she
seized the jar am! drained it of its contents; lying on the
floor, she cried and sobbed, until her mistress, aroused at
her cries, came running in—
For mercy s sake, what's the matter, Bottv,’ exclaim
ed she.
‘On, I’m a gnno t- nse t |’ m again’ hi die ! sen-sen send
f-l-f for a minister!’
‘ Pell tue what’s the matter, do Betty, for gracious sake.’
‘ 1 v-e-cat all th-th-the skin ofl’the t-t-turkev, am! swal-
Icred tii the poison I’ pointing to the empty jar.which liar!
contained the »• rup.
An uncontrollable burst of laughter from her mistress,
and a subsequent explanation, got Belt? mi her feet again; I
but this adventure ever since has acted as a check on her
desire of tasting.
Ihr Ilrrmit.— A pions hermit, who lived in the soli
tude of the forest, far from rhe noise of men, was once
wandering through the woods in search of a few wild fruits
and berries to make up his frugal meal. He heard a
moaning in the glass, and looking down saw a fox, both of
whose fore-legs were broken, writhing like a snake on the
ground, and apparently starving. The good hermit was
about to seek somt h od for the helpless cieaturr when an
eagle appeared soaring high over head, and suddenly let
a fowl fall from his lalnns directly at the feet of the fox.
The starving animal seized greedily on the pterions prize,
and soon made a hearty meal on it. “Ah,’ exclaimed lite
pious enthusiast, this is the linger of God, why did I dis
trust his providential care, and wander over hill and d )e
io seek for my daily food ? He who brought food to the
mouth of this helpless animal, will rarely never forget his
servant. Henceforth I will take no more for my body's >
sustenance, but trust to his goodness, and devote all niv
time to meditation. True lo hi* resolution, he returned
lo his cell, and neither plucked the fruits that hi.-ng on the
trees around him, nor went down to the brook to quench
his thuist. Three whole days lie lived thus, and wasting
away to a shadow, in the vain hope of a direct interference
from heaven. On the evening of the third day, just as he
sunk into a slumber, thunder tooled through the cave, he
•aw a form of Angelic beauty, and hesrd a sweet but su
lemn voice that spoke thus—moral, how fe»ble is thy un
derstanding ! could thou thus misimerpret the lesson cou
tainrd in thv eagla’s conduct? Thou art net laaae aid
helpless as was the fox, but art strong and active like the
eagle that gave him food. Him thou wen to imitate in
going about and doing good to others, for know that idle
ness, even if accompanied by constant prayer, is odious in
the sight of the Almighty.— N. Y. Mirror.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Ihe following anecdote nity be relied on as authentic :
a fanner who attended our races last week drank »o often
■‘pottle deep” that he became intoxicated, and verified the
adage— in vino varitar; (or so strong w ere bis conipiinetious
for having r>< gteeted the duties ol h.s business, by attending
’he race instead ol being at the head of his harvesters, and
the cloud on Thursday evening ihieatcning an wufavorabl*
C.ixugc of the weather, that he deteimined to escape from all
future upbraiding* of conscience by committing suicide I
Accordingly he went into the shop of a druggist in this city,
and asked fur a packet of arsenic to destroy rats; the pro
prietor. struck by the incoheceitcy of his speech, and the
strangeness of his manner, told him that the law forbade hi*
•elling it, unless the stranger wai accompanied by a witness:
the applicant then went out and imine liately returned wilh
another pels >n, to whom it seemed he was a stranger, but
who fora “treat,” had con-ented to accompany him to the
shop, though he was ignorant of the real object of the farmer
The druggist still suspecting 'hat ‘all was not rigtit.’’ made
up a packet not of arsenic but of cream of tartar; his custo
tner then departed. The fanner went home to bed. and se
cretly took his supposed poison, immediately aftei which
feeling an “awful” internal rumbling, he c lied his wife and
family to his bedside, confess' d that the reproaches of his
conscience had driven him lo desperation, that he had brought
atsenie, had taken it, that he felt iiis death was at hand, and
therefore he conjured all the idle to take warning by hi* fxtn
and forsak, before it was too late, the paths of indv'.enc* *ud'
dissipation.
I h» coiteleCnation this confession occasioned may be ima-
K |,l "u, though it cannot be described—the poor wife in hyste
rics. the foaming horse flying lo the medical atteailant of
the family; promptly did he arrive, his pocket armed with a
stomach pump! Galen soon discovered that the desperate
man had taken cream of tartar, and in ceminuHicating the
fact to all around him dilfneed a joy and congratulation in
w hich the deluded man mast heartily joined. Tuesday
last his wife came to the city purposelv to thank the druggist
for his foresight and philanthropy, and at the same time as
sured him tbat the narrow escape of her husbaud he alreailv
wrought a ref rinaiion ic his conduct and that she believed
be would never again neglect his harvest, n resolution she
knew he might keep without deming himself the enjoyment
of rational recreation.— Hartford Times.
FEMALE INFLUENCE AND ENERGY.
1 have observed that a married man falling into misfor
tune, is more apt to retrieve bis situation in ihr world than
a single one, chiefly because liis spiiits are and re
trieved by domestic endearnien's, and his self-respect kept
alive by finding that, although all abroad bv darkness and
humiliation, yet there is still a little world ot love at home
of which he is a monarch. Whereas,a single man is apt
to tun to waste and self neglect; to fall to ruins, like
rome deserted mansion, for want of an inhabitant. I
have often had occasion twiemark the fortitude with which
women sustain the most oveiwhelniiug reverses of for
tune.—Those disasters wl icli break down the spiiit as a
man and prostrate him in the dust, seem lo call forth all the
energies i f the softer sex, and give such intrepidity and
elevation to their character, that ’at times it approaches
lo sublimity. Nothing can be more touching than to be
hold a ,oh and tender female, who had been all weakness
j and dependence, and. alive to every trivial roughness,
; while treading the ptu-peroiis path of life, suddenly lis
i ing in mental f r< e to be the comforter and supporter of
; h» r bn band under misfortunes, abiding w th unshrinking
I firmness, th- bitterest blasts of adversity. As the vine
j which has long twined its graceful foliage about the oak,
and had been lifted by it in sunshine, will, when the hardy
plant is rifted by the th mderbolt, cling round it with its
tendrils, and bind up its shattered bough; soo, too, it is
beautilitlly ordered by Providence that woman, who is the
ornamenltand dependant ol' man in his happier hours,
should be liis stay and solace when smitten wtlh sudden
calamity; winding herself into the rugged recesses of his
naturr, tenderly supporting the drooping head, and bind
ing up the broken heart.—
Females in large. Cities.—]t is sickening to think to
what a slate ol suffering and degiadation the follies and
vices of large cities sink the weaker sex. Where men of
fend with impunity, women stiffer in silence. The idle
ness and drunkenness of the husband leave the wife with
out bread lor her little ones; an<l often, when the culprit
is consigned ti<>m the bar to the Petiiteutiary, his sentence
~ fact, the doom es a deserving and trnhappv wife. In
sttchacity as L-oidon, llte.rxleiit us female suffering nnd
debaitment is almost incredibl*. There are not less than
twenty thousand women in London, dependent upon crime
for subsistence. Crime cannot exist without suffering;
and how incalculable the amount of anguish induced by so
fearful a muss of ciime. In the same city there are not
less than fifteen thousand orphan girls without support
from their parents, who wander the streets without home
or shelter, and sustain themselves by a recourse to every
species of petty depredation on society. In Philadelphia,
the female sex is, in its moral condition, far above the
male. Die number of women brought before our courts,
charged with offences, is comparatively very limited. But,
though seldom the authors, they are constantly made the
victims of crime. Those who have read our reports of
prison r ases, brought weekly before tho Judg -s of the
Criminal Sessions, and heard as if under a writ of habeas
corpus, must have been struck with the fact that two
thirds are husbands committed for beating their wives.
Fhe condition of these poor femalesis liulv miserable.
They have families—tlie labor ol their tyrannical and bru
tal husbands is uocessary to save thetu from starvation—
and the pom victim 9 are often seen imploring the court tor
! the release of (heir husbands.— Phil. Ledger.
Conjugal Felicity—and Com Hides.— Some time
since an individual, who considers himself respectable, re
siding not miny miles from Chesnut street, being over
come by “ love,” took’ for batter <<r for wo sea pretty
dame residing in the v’t iuity. He, however, shortly after
the golden cord was tied, began to think that wedlock was
not the thing it was cracked up to be, and befort the ho
ney moon was fairly over, took it into liis head to give his
wife a severe flogging. The mother of the poor girl, feel
fog aggrieved at seeing her daughter maltreated, remon
strated against such a course of co»<ltni; but the gentle
man was not to be advised or insulted, and ever desirous
of being considered a brave man, went lo waik and abu
sed in the most shameful maimer thu old lady, to whom be
had promised protection.
Scarcely barf the excitement subaided in the usually
quirt neighboi hood, before along came an absent brother
of the unfortunate bi ide.—Here was a pretty kettle of
fish, what was to be done— what could fie done? lie con
suited the neighbors; advised with Ins friends; at one me
menl was on the point ol going to law; at another ot blow
ing out the brains ot bis new relation lor a redress of griev
ances; when finally some k'nd triend intimated that a
certain store in < hesmit street had just received a laige
supply of the most approved < <>» skms. Here uas a rem
edy at once: big with the fate ot C«sar and of Rome, he I
immediately set out for the store and procured a first rater; i
after which he proceeded to tlie residence of hi- brother- ■
iu-law, and •ongratulated itirn widi our hundred stiipes, j
we!l laid on much to the gra ificaiion of the neioliliois, 1
who wen- iina.-iinio is in opinion, that he deserved all he j
got.-— Phil. Herald.
A Life of Incidents. —Antoine Bexariar had been a
Mexican military oflirei undi-i' the Urrt a at the storming j
ot San Juan d’Ulloa; was suspected of treason and ini
prisoned; was released by the govrnim’s daughter, a
beautiful creature ol sixteen who fled witlt him, cairving
off with her a quantity of jewels. She died in Texas’and
he nearly died with grief for her loss. He started off'
through the wilderness; was set upon bv a liah l of brava- I
does, and left for dead, but died nut; and after much suf- I
feriug, reached Galveston, embarKiii as a fiieman on’
board tlie steamboat Cuba; wa» wirrkr d and cast ashore
by the waves, almost dead; recovered, and was taken to
New Oilcans by a sti am-hoat; shippidas a deck hand,
and arrived at St. Louis witont friends, motu'v, au unin
lelligable language, or any knowledge of the customs of
this country ; slept in the street, and was fined one dollar
for so doing.
‘WAKING UP THE WRONG PASSENGER.’
The following good ’nu. related by our Philoso
pher is new’ to us : Tom P , an unsophisticated
son ol E’in, wishing to take the stage for u journey,
put up at a tavern from whence it was to st*ait; and he
was put in a room with a colored man. fie <4 course
took a parting trlasa with his friends, and was put to
bed somewhat mellow, and as soon as he fell asleep,
bls jovial friends hl icked his face all over, like tlie
ace of clubs. Before daylight, he was called in a
hurry, and took his seat in the stage without paying
his morning respects to his mirror. In a couple of
hours, the stage arrived at the stopping place for
breakfast, and Tom, on account of his color, was
shown in a different room from the other passengers,
and left there alone. In a few minn es h iwever, he
discovered his sooty phiz in the glass, and then the
whole house was alarmed by his sh >ut» —“VVhat is
the matter, man?” exclaimed the people who came
rushing into the room, “Mathur is i'? O manlier
—murther—-they Jmve W' ke up the wrong passenger,
*,!td tfagtir they have vvoked and n<>t me; and
there I am asleep at the tavern when I ought tu be
half way on my journey. Och honey—m h honey—
how much will it stand me, to have thedriver go back
and gel me.’
MURDER WILL OUT.
Important decision under the Heoisc I Statues.—Tues
day, Sept. 24, 1839, in chancere, before die Hon. W. T.
McUouir, vice chancellor, Eliza Joseph, by her next friend,
versus Simeon Joseph, otherwise tailed George Freifoiick
Hamilton.
This case arose out of an application for alimony, made
l>V Mr*. Joseph, the wife of the defendant, on the ground
that he had abandoned her, and neglected to "provide for
her support.
The complainant attempted to show that the defendant
was worth considerable property, and that he was doing a
large business as a broker in Bruadwav ; tlie defendant,
however, showed bv aflilavit, that lie was not worth lo
exceed s3,oo'', and that his income was less than SI,OOO |
peryeai. This statement was also corroborated by the
affidavit of the defendant’s parsnet, Elias J. Svlvester.
His honor the v‘ice-< hancellor under the special circum
stance* of the case, ordered die defendant to pav, as ali
mony, $6 per week, until the further order of the court.
It may now be considered as well settled, that the comt
of chancery will iateifereand protect a wife whose hus
band abandons her withoat the means of support.
D. Evans for complainant; T. Feesenden for defendant.
—New York Paper.
Here is the man who uffered $80,('0<» to Florida for a
Lotteiy bill; the man who built up a srh- me of two mil
lions es dollars without a law; the man who invited 100,-
OOOdiqies to put each S2O io his hands in hopes of draw
ing a prize, the man who offered $65 ‘,O 0 to the press to
secure its sileace or approbaiiiio, compelled to show that
he is not worth $1,900, and les putnei in iniquity, Syl
vester, swears to ii! A man who thus neglects his’faniilv
is, we are told in the good book, worse than ai. infidel.
Much low !}buse has been showered upon us for our de
termined stand against the lotteiy fraud, imt we doubt noi
we have received the silent .1 ppi .’ilia lion of the honest and
upright, and if we have by our exertions, pi evented an
immense sum of money belonging to the honest men from
going into the pockets of swindlers, the public owes us a
trifling debt.— St. Augustine Herald.
murder.
We neglected to notice in our last, a murder whi< Ii was
committed sometime during the session of the Superior
Court in the town of Summerville, in the new Countv of
Chattooga. We are not acquainted with the particulars
attendant on this act of bloo Ished. Report says that a
Mr. Burt Lovejoy, while lying on the comiter in some one
as the stoies, was stunk on the side of the head wilh a
drawing knife, wholi tieailv severed 4<>* pnis, anti caused
death in a few davs. The blow was dealt !.v amm nam
ed Hunter, for some tiifling off n.c, and who was iinmi
diately taken into cus'udy. |
On Wednesday last, a campanv of gentlemen passed)
■ through this place, having in custody two meu, one, char
ged with the offence of murder, committed on the person
of a gentleman from this State by the name of Glover.
. The other individual, if we mistake not, was the » UII o f ilui
i accused.
; This man Glovet it appears had removed a family lo
i Alabama, in the neigliboihood of Wetumpka, and abuat
■ the time of his leaving to rejoin his family in Georgia was
j waylaid and murdered.— Western Georgian.
whig’stdck below par— a propoxition to üban
.l don. the Whig Ship to the Underwriters.
So hopeless are the prospects of the Whigs; so stript
i are they by successive elections of almost every inch of
■ ground, on which they stood, that the most impartial a-
I inong them confess their cause is gone; and a few of their
■ most prudent politic ians do not hesitate t<* recommend the
i abandonment of the whole contest. liis > eriainly. the*
[ wisest step they can now take. The Philadelphia Even-
I ing Star frankly gives it up; and in an article, in whiclv
1 the Editor dares to speak the truth, says: “ We saw at
an early day, and boldly proclaimed our impression of
the consequences which would result from the errors of
the Whigs. The rejection of Gen. Harrison, and llio
unqualified defence of the Banking System, we felt »
conviction, as strong and iriesisiilde as tliai of our own
existence, would destroy the Whig party. We risk this ,
reputation now upon the averment, that tin- party lor all'
praitic'al purposes is defunct. The only course left for it
is to disband. By waging • war longer with the adlier
ents of Mr. Van Buren, we shall but subserve their in
terests. All hope of prevailing against them is now gone.. .
Neither Mr. Clay aor Gen. Harrison has now any chance
of defeating them.' It is folly, nay it is madness, to close
our eyes to the fact. The people cannot, longer be cou
viaced of the practicability of ihem with suc
cess. A party with any chance of even ulliniate triumph,
caamrt be again rallied against the present Federal Ad-.-
ministratiun. Is it then good policy for the Whigs, or.
any portion of them, to continue their organization? Tine
only hope left ns of ever being able to correct die abtisete
•f the party in power, is by joining ii.”—And the Star
advises its brethren to renew t..e Monroe “era of good:
feeling,” and to moderate, as far as possible tlie extrenue
views which it ascribes to a portion of the Demurr«u - v,.
advising that then “The Banking System can be j: rii-
Iciously reformed. The country will nut be torn »r d agi
tated wilh a succession of fruitless struggles. Politics
will not monopolise the lime and attention of the
i Trade and cumineice will be left alone, by not being in
volved in the struggles of faction. Men will ba selbctvrl
■ for office because of their fitness, and not from party suli
servienev,’’ <fcc.
i The Cinci nati Gazette does not e.x»e:«y come »o thrv
I same conclusion; but it earnestly advises the Harrisburg*
! Convention to give up Mr. Clay, and to cleave unto Gen.
Earrison. Il declares that “Mr. Clay is not popular with
I the people: A fact demonstrated twice in direct appeals
to their suffrages. Then, as now, h'ts friends stood stiff in
pertinacity—ought they now, after two signal defeats, to
dress their favorite again, without slrowing- some langihle
indisputable change of position favorable to hrs su< ees-?'”
It avers, that “• The bargain'* has tak .-n possession of
their minds, and its removal is impossible. Wliete this.
■ belief cannot be eradicated, tire odium it attaches is una
voidable. And from this odium Mr. Clay cannot be re
lieved. It weighs nothing, that his friends regarded all
this as foul calumny. These friends were a small mi
nority in 1824.—They remained a niMiorify in 1832.
And there are no proofs to be relied on that new friends,
in sufficient numbers to constitute a majority, have joined
them since. There are strong doubts how many ran be
induced to take part with Mr. Clay, of those who, in for
mer elections, have opposed him. And unless a large ad
ditional support can be fairly looked for, liis defeat must
be the certain consequence of his riontinaiioti.”
And how does the Cincinnati Gazelle expect to better
its condition? By taking up Gen, Harrison. But d>> not
tie results of the late elections in his own S’aie, and irv
Pennsylvania, ring the knell of his pretensions?—ln a
word, neither Clay nor Harrison can succeed—Nor can
any Whig candidate. The people of this country ard
too enlightened to adopt a party, whose principles are s*»
abhorrent to the genius of our institutions—a party, that
would change the character of our Constitution, establish
a great money K ing, a National Tariff, &,<•. &<•. We
then-fore respectfully advise these gentlemen, to dtop
their war knife, give tranquility to the Republic, and tel
us all go on to reform the Banking and other evils, tliat
are afloat —In a word. Sirs, tub out your heresies, aud '
and begin again.— Richmond Enquirer.
WESTERN BANK.
This institution, we are happy to learn, is recovering
from its recent depression. Already have arrangements
been made which will enable it to redeem its cin'iilatioti,
and we hope in a short time to exhibit to the public such
au account of its affairs and management, as will not only
restore it to public ronfi fence, but prove ii to be in its re
sources, sound to the core. The circulation, we are in
formed, is but $65,000, and its specie funds, specie and
specie Certificates, $50,000.
Being furnished with information in relation to the Bank
on which we can rely, we do not hesitate to advise hold
ers of its Notes, not to dispose of them at a discount.
They certainly will be very soon as current as the. Note*
ofanv Bank in the State.
Gy Western Bank Paper remitted to us by our sub
s>'i liters and advertising patrons, will be counted Cash ta.
their Credit.— IFcstcrn Georgian.
THE BANKS.
The suspension of specie payments recently commenc
ed by the U. States Bank ami followed by those ot Piiila- ’
delphia, Baltimore, Rtt hmond and other places, does net
sre.it to be as genet al in its operation as was probably in
tended anti ties red bv those who set the example. Ttie
Banks «f New York and Boston still refuse to suspend
the Rhode isltrid Banks which nt fitst suspended, it is.
thought will resume immediate! ; and those of Connec
ticut sny they will continue specie payments incited,
throughout New England, there are but few Banks whiclt
have ventured to violate tn this respect, the ir obhgattou*.
to their creditors. ;
W e are happy to learn, also, that althotiglt perhaps a, ~
ntajotilv of the Southern Batiks have suspended, tlil-re
are sevetal which have not. Among these, boao able
mention ntav be made of th- State Bank ol Soli'll Caret-,
lina, the Bank of Charleston, the Commercial Bank, of
Columbia, all the Savannah Banks, all the brandies of
,he Slate Bank, the Mechanics’ Bank of Augusta, and
~titers elsewhere from which we have, not In aid.
Iti this state of things it will be impossible for the sol-,
rent Banks long to continue their suspension. The tact
that many cotilinne to pax their debts w ill ilittiw odi rm
and *itspicion upon those which refuse, and tihimately
cause their notes to be rejected by the people, who will
believe them to be unable to pay. The suspending Batiks,
too, ntav expect to be run upon by the specie-pay iug Banks
who will hmdly be as lei ient to tbeni as the people are.
We hope however, (hat lite panic will soon pa*s off' H at
seeing there is no very great demand for specie, the sus
pended institutions will venture to tesitme—at hast those
which are able-—and leave the others, who front misman
agement or other causes, may be teally unable to act tip
to their promises, to wind up their concerns under the di
rection of the Legislatures of the States in which they •■
exist —South. Banner.
Pennsylvania.—The late election in this Stale has re
sttlled in a decisive democratic majority in Senate and As
sembly. In the Senate, patties stand seventeen drmn
<ras to sixteen whtgs. In the Assembly, sixty-eight de
mocrats to thirty-two whigs, making a majority on joint
ballot id thirty-seven votes. The Philadt Iphia Spiiit of
the Times suggests that Ri’hard Rush will be a prontinetil
candidate for the office of United Slates Senator. - N. I’.
Eve. Post.