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8U3rEaaA.KK.VN* SCRKeS IS SEW roaK.
" IrvHM-t,” hi tlio list N *\v York Qwerver,
1'l >t<*» from ike notes of a firm 1, the Allowing
siil account yf a roc..* it exp'oratioil of one of
tli t livin ' tails in ilint city, which ronolioratvs
the reports hc.-etof iro ma Io l»y I) cknis 5
' it w is md.tight. We had m<ilu an ap.
'• »t itm • it wiili ;t i officer of the city police, one
'l'tlic ill lost an 1 tru -st of tint department, to
•."■i s*t in ai iln- .—— H nme, and We were all
ready*- 1'-h> nc phbnrliood we proposed to vis-
•• it, wit-r-tmssfj 1'ir-nny mat to eitfor in tlie night
a a Vst w .|1 pr.o'ectcd, nnd we had therefore
tdfteir ssca procmiliu is :is the first law of na-
t .i odi :t it-n it s'ic'l cases. Turning down
1/ '•’■* O- ' ■ * 'Intel, wo came to tr I.trgc
white wished <J.>nr at whiclrthe officer tupped
ss ;f giving« signal to he understood within,—
Hi: d air w ii cju'iously opened and we stood
envelope I in d irk ness, buVthe flouu*l of distant
nvisic liroko upo * our cars. We groped our
■ way to a-flight of staiis time.i which we march
ed, I'ftmffi tor bei at the In n I, till we came
.» «i other d-ior guarded by a porter, who prov
ed i.i bathe presiding genim of the establish-
mout. He knew tlie officer at a glance, and
was as complaisant ns if a new costumer had
come ; an I in being info'nted that we wrro on
a pit-is'irc excursioi thrnugh his donti.lions, lie
thre'-v opet) his inferinl ball room il-nir, and
there, as sjre as life, was a sight such as the
disordered brain of a madm m rriigu conjure,
but wlrc'i wc had never ventured t > believe was
one of nightly similar seen-\s in this Christian
city. A motley multitude of me i and women,
y a flow and white, black a d dingy, «1J and
young, ugly and no not l-andsonc; God
forbid that beauty should ever bloom in such
n h it bed as this—hut there they wt re, a set of
ni ilo niid fern ile, Bicchanals, dancing to the
tambourine at d fijdlc ; giggling a id laughing
in a sty'c peculiar to the remote descendants
of Ham, ui>d making ‘‘night hideous’’ with
their lascivious orgies. Talk of tlie degrada
tion of the lr-adieu; of savage powwows, and
pagan carnivals; asid stir up sympathy for tlie
slaves of sir in the'depths of Aftica and Asia.
II t# wa were within a stone’s threw of the
City Hall, in the centre of the first city in the
most Christian country'on the earth, and here
•was a sight to make the heart sicken and bleed.
On one si !e of the room was a liar, tended by
a nscally looking wretch who dealt out tins li
quors to tiic frequent calls of his customers, and
•as the drnkiitg and fiddling went on. tlie fury
of the company waxfd fiercer, until die scene
was as mire i] and bawd lering as if we bad
been suddenly ushered into the revelling h ills
of tlie Prince of darkness.
Wandering through this horrid g'oup was a
young man whom we recognised as of a re
spectable fam ly, but his bloated face and bloo-
dy eyes, arid the loose familitriy with which
he addressed tlie company, Showed that he
was at home among them, and was already near!
the nadir point ol his downward career. We
thought of the mother that gave him birth, and
whose heait would be wrung widi agony at the
ruin of her son, were she not one of the m my
mothers in tIni ranks of fishiun aud*pride, per
haps this moment flaunting at a more splendid
tall, yielding to the voluptuous blandishments
of elegant vie' 1 , and listening to the fl titering
tongue that will lure her to meet her dost boy
at the door of u lower hell.
That gaudy girl, ^said tbq officer,) ’decked
«illi so much fi icry, mnkos it her profession to
decoy men inio l.ous' s kept lor the purpose,
•nJ there she robs them. Many men from the
country, prompted by curiosity, follow such
. persons as .you see her to. be, and before they!
are aware of jlieir d mger, they are in a snare
from which escape is impossible. ResistanC;
is useless, and to complain to the Police is at
tended with an exposure worse than the loss ofj
money. In fact ihe robbery of their victims is]
the chief pursuit of the class of women of whom
that girl is one of the queens.
But we wore g'ad to emerge from this den
an 1 bicathc again the pure air of heaven. " A
bright full moon poured on u? a fl md of light
as woga nod tlie upper regions, and what a con
trast to the muk'.-y a mosplicre from which
ve had just escaped ’1 It was a beautiful
tfght! Tlie mild moon sailed-in glory over
us, nnd the stars “ whose purity and distauci
• mike them fair," danced like celestial virgius
■“in the blue ethereal sky,’* and we could scarce
ly believe, that under such a canopy; there
could be such scenes as we had just left,”
* . • WAtt. - -,
i\jr several y ears past the nations of Europe
have been talking of war, and threatening each
other in a 1 directions. France menaced Eug-
iiuJ, because she was deceived in rela’ion to
the quintuple treaty. Ill her turn England was
exasperated because France,-pro opted by the
Americin Minister at Paris, escaped the toils
that tho wiley Englishmen haJ spread for her
id relation to tin* right of search. Wow war,
<m all h inds, is aJmittcJ to be one of the great
est curses that can befall a nati >n, hut at the
. same timo, who i a nation liko- E igland per
ceives thither grea'ness, roll lively to-that ol
other ni<io u, is dimiu shmg in tim; of jie ice,
her st.itemi in b’gin to cast about them for tlie
means at least of retaining their position. The
geographies! position of Ejglan I place I her at
the bead of mtratiine and commercial nations,
and during tlie iong wars of tho Continent she
bocitmo the work-shop of the world. Thirty
ve irs of peace have witnessed an advance in
the. commerce and iudustrial pursuits of other
nations more rapid than hers, and she is losing
vault as the first commercial nation. Tke Lon
don Quarterly, therefore, admits that “never
theless, it ;s quite possible fur nulio .3 to be so
circumstanced, mat the prolongation of peace;
instead of being a blessing must prove a curse to
them, because it must d mulish tlieir lioiior.’’—.
Now, however jealous England may-become of
•tho advancement of other nations, war is no
longer the means by which her supremacy can
be restored or sustained. Since tli’i last war,
events have transpired which make the next an
experiment, the results of which are unknown,
and cannot bn estimated, because they have no
precedent. When France went to war with all
Europe, for the purpose of preventing the inter
ference of foreigners with.a people struggling
iwith their own government. It was • matter
-of military calculation, according to the then
stele of the science, that assembled Europe
would put down revolutionary France. An
iiiiiwpoctcd event, however, reversed the state
of afTiits. Tli-s was the app-jaranco on tlie
field of a »oung soldier, who had discovereJ a
new principle of military science,’and he con
quered all iturope before.he hud taught others
the secret. .'Htis successes and victories were
apparent to all,,yet no glimpse of light appear-
ed to guide •the-speeulation of the soldier or the
statesman on theicivusos of these results, until
near the close of thc<cnreer of the “Immoler of
kings,” “done to dentil* by’that English oligar
ch v now so near extinction.
The discovery of ’friapol on decided the ulti
mate independence.of European nations, by
demotisttMtingchat the.cotiiral is the good mili
tary position for .a vigorous government. His
discovery and «« .resilta .apply', however, to 1
which, by the numb‘r of her.ships ami thc.su-
piriority of her nnm rous seamen, she reig ied
suprein \ A new discovery lias now, however,
b-en made in naval warfare, and thr.t is the ap
plicability of steim power to nalioial vessels;
and its iff ct* upon the maritime influence of
England wi I probably he aim lar to thr.t of Na
poleon upon the military power of the Conti
nent. Tlie supremacy on the ocean will, a-
mnrg the nations of Europe, at least he divided
by France. If she lias fewer sailors, she has as
brave material and excels in scientific and en
gineering attainments. At a distance steam
fleets, from their natme, cannot long be main
tained for offonc *, while for difence tli :y arc
invincible,. Tlie alternative of it war does not
tliercforo aff>rd England the means of ma’ntai-
ning her rank—on the other hand, it will only
hasten the loss of it. 'flic intern il contentions
of Europe have ceased, and the commercial and
industrial principle is in full activity. Twenty
years more of pence may advance the nations of
Europe as much ub -ve England as she has here
tofore been above them. A rupture would not ]
now disturb tlie advance of industry in Europe,
while it would be ruinous to that of Engl md.—
Of all nations on the earth, England has most
to lose nod least tog iin by war. N'eveitheless,
like her blundering hero, Wellington, who on
more than one occnsion exposed hiinself to the
alternative of a baircn victory or a complote
ovcrdimw, she nny rush into dang T without
his good luck to get out of i\
From the AuguiU C«nstituti->nalUt.
The Hon. A. II. CiMPect.i. has been nohi-
ilia ted, by the Deniocraiic party, for the Sen
atorial District composed of 13 bb and Twiggs.
It is iutima’ti-d by a Whig paper in M non,
]that the Whigs will run no oppising cundi-
d ite. Now, if this tribute to profound talent,!
lofty integrity, and great moral worth, b-* the;
[Voluntary movemu-t of the popular mind,
heartily ashamed of the unhallowed proscrip t
tion which they so recklessly displayed last fall
towurds that pure and spotlc-e' man, because
lie would nut change, at sh u t notice, the set
tled opinions of a consistent life, to suit party
exigencies, then it is creditable to the Whigs
actuated by these motives. But, if this be a
political ruse, dictated by party leaders—if it
be the*mere semblance of in jgnauimiiy to gain
apoml in the approaching'canvass—to concil
iate the offended spirit of'Georgians, who, as
southern men, will now coolly review tho histo.
ry of the pa-t two years, and will inquire, why
?it is that the whig leaders treacherously aban
doned every soutliern interest, every cherish
ed doctrine, and every great conservative
principle, which they were previously loudest
in advocating ?—the miserable artifice will not
succeed. Georgia will indignantly repudiate
a set of men that, in the hour of her utmost
need, repudiated her; and combined with her
oppressors. The ruthless proscription of-Mr.
Ciiappei.l deserves a most emphatic rebuke.—
It was qne of the gravest sins, looking at il in
its moral aspect, of all the monstrous and
shameless sacrifices of principle for the sake
of He.nrv Clay, which must ever make this por
tion of the history of Georgia memorable.
•To travel over the same ground of discus
sion ; to have the noble and conscientious
course of Mr. Chappell portrayed side by
side with those whigs. quondam state rights
men, who after abandoning every state rights
principle, sought tbcrusli-onc of its purest and
ablest advocates—tor have poin'ed out again,,
step by s'op, how they became advocates of a
protective-tariff, that gigantic system of injus
tice, partiality, and fraud—of the reestablish
ment of a Colossal moneyed power, fixing on
us a sordid nnd soulless oligarchy, more cor-!
rupt and more tyrannic than that of tho worst
days of Venetian profligacy—of the abroga
tion Of. the veto power, that last hope .of a.
down trodden minority for relief from the
heartless oppression ofbrntc force majorities— ]
and, last, not least, how madly and fiercely they
resisted the admission of Texas into the Union— j
all this, the Whigs of Bibb and Twiggs dure'
not encounter. Tlie pale ghosts of these evil,
deeds so effectually strangled last fall by the j
strong hand of democracy, would sadly affright
them. They know full well that all these and
more would rise up in judgment against them,
a jd would not “down at their bidding.”
It ;« for these reasons tlie whigs dare not
ruii a candiu.’tle. They dread these questions,
and not especiiii.'/ '.0 Mr- Ciiappxll’s district,
but everv where thru. 0 ^ 1011 * ^ State; more
reiular ; sometimes being scarcely porcepti
11 -, at other times strong and violent. The
basin is said to b-a very ceep, and many igno
rant people suppose it lias no bottom, i -lie
most remarkable feature however, abaut this
singular spring, is a low rumbling noise, heard
at short intervals, resembling distant thunder,
or tlie low rnutterings of the tempest.
This spring was held in-a g°<»l deal of ven
eration, we are told, by tlie Indians, who im--
agined it the laboratory of thunder, and they
had an idea, that by agitating the water, they
could cauie il to thunder and rain. Nearly
on the lop of the hill over the. fountain, is u
deep sink or pit, which they say was the for
mer situation of the Spring, and that the Thun
der "Spirit removed it down to the valley to
hide it from the whites !
[Macon Telegraph, 1831.
Savannah Chamber of Commerce.
To tlie Planters of Upland Cotton of the
State of Georgia :
Gentlemen—A communication was address
ed to you by the President of the Savannah
Chamber ofCommercc on th<?.3ist May, 1842,
on the subject of packing Cotton in round bales,
which, it is believed, Iihs produced a partial
effect, but the evil still continues to a great ex
tent.
On the 21st January hist, a meeting, was
held by the Purchasers of Cotton iji this city,
and the result of their deliberations is now laid
before you, in a report of a Committee of tlieir
body, together with a resolution of the Cham
ber of Commerce, passed on the 28th instant,
to which you are referred for the opinions and
suggestions of tho Merchants of Savannah.
Tlie average value of Cotton in Square bales
this year has been about a quarter of a cent
per pound soon than in Round, and the preju
dices against the latter description of packages,
is rapidly increasing in Foreign and Northern
Markets.
Tlie importance of this question will doubt
less commend it to your Careful consideration,
and il is earnestly hoped the ensuing crop of
Georgia will be in such packages as to enable
il to compete with the Cotton produced in oili
er Slate-*.
By ordw of the Chamber.
GODFREY BARNSLEY, President.
Savannah, 31st May, 1845.
days, whilst with bales v they »• d r.arily reach
our market! nt least three weeks would be occu
pied in completing her lading.
We are avvaie that it may lie urged that in
the present depreciated condition of the staple,
any additional investment of capital in its culti
vation nud preparation is impolitic; but to this,
we would reply, that the very necessities of the
planting interest, furnish the strongest argu
ment for ! he change now recommended, as the
cord of almost the last hours Of the General’* I
life, has been opportunely placed at our dispo-l
sal, nithough. when it reaceed the direction, the I
demise of its snbji-ct was not anticipated as soon |
by the writer. We submit it to our readers in I
lieu of any remarks of our own, considering!
that it is in itself on obituary, worth more than
All the panegyric which a lull heart could lavish.
It has the recommendation of placing one,!
known chiefly to his countrymen as a soldii.-rj
constant demand for Square Bales, even in the? and statesman, in a new light—*‘in the bosom
jullest periods of the markets, must have shewn
Planters how large a preference such packages
have with tlie Buyer, and how soon the cost of a
Colton Press would be more than defrayed by
the additional price secured fur the crops.
In conclusion, the Cotton Buyers of Savan
nah would hope the facts adduced, will satisfy
tlie Planters of Georgia, that the common inte
rests of both will be permanently advanced by
abandoning a mode of putting up tlieir crops,
which, excusable in the earlier history of our ag-
riculturo, becomes an anomaly when the suc
cessful application of mechanical power to the
departments of labor, has been so fully con
firmed by patient, practical experiment.
We are, sir, very respectfully, your obedient
servan’s, (Signed) . .
KOBT. HABERSHAM,) ~ „ -„ on
. CHARLES GREEN, / Committee.
05^ The size most approved for Square
Bales, is as follows: Length, 5 feet 4 inches;
depth.2 feet 10 inches; width,20 inches; weight,
400 lbs.and with not less than five ropes,
At a meeting of tho Savannah Chamber of
Commerce, held on-the 28ib May, 1845, it was
* Resolved, That this Chamber concurs with
the Colton Buyers of Savannah, in considering
the number of Round Bales in the crop of Geor
gia ns a serious evil, and that next to the disad
vantage imposed upon the Planter, bv so putting
up his Cotton, may be reckoned the loss arising
from the use of Bagging manufactured from
Colton, which is so generally deficient in
strength, as to be an unfit covering, and when
used lor Round Bales, tlieir condition by the
time they reach the seaport, renders them un
merchantable.”
scenes of life,” and tinder tho most trying cir
cumstances. Tlie vast range of the military
genius of General Jackson; his creative facul
ties; his power in applying resources; hi* vigor,
vigilance, activity; his stern resolution as a mil
itary leader; his sagacity, his probity, his firm
ness; his patriotism as a statesman; making a
combination of splendid characteristics surpass
ing nil his cotemporaries in public life—extin-
ouished in the general gaze the halo t ; -at sur
rounded him in the retirement of domestic life.
His lofty bearing, his courtesy, his magnanimity
in his personal commerce among men; the
proud spirit which would ask nothing that was
not strictly right, and brook nothing that was
wrong—traits in keeping with his public career
—had commanded attention to “tlie man of the
iron will.” But the gentler aspects, the hum
bler virtues of the master of the Hermitage,
were known only to its inmates and its intimate
friends. In his own house, all were ever in
dulged but himself. There, gentleness, affec
tion, and hospitable kindness attended him at
every step, and all were made sensible, that
in the comfort and enjoyment of those around
him his own consisted, und that no persona! self-
denial was too high a price to payfbr if Tlie
traits of character so artlessly exhibited in the
subjoined fitter, show the source of the endear
ing domestic virtues in which the hero and
statesman were lost at the Hermitage. The
soul of General Jackson, when not called to
combat violence and wrong, was made up of
the deepest devoticn and the kindest sym
pathies.
SAVANNAH, Jan. 21, 1845.
Godfrey Barnsley, E<q.
President Savannah Cnamber of Commerce:
Sir—At a meeting of the Fon-ign and Do
mestic purchasers of Cotton ia the city of Su-
vauiiah held this day, to take info considera
tion the great and increasing injury of the port
anj the general interests’of the State, by the
prevailing custom of packing Colton in Round
Rales, it was unanimously.
Resolved, That the preponderance of
Round Bales among the receipts of Cotton at
Savannah, is a serious evil, prejudicial tin the
interests of the grower and embarrassing to the
commerce of tho port; and that umil Square
Packages prevail as in other places, the plan
ters ol Georgia must of necessity look for di
minished prices for.tlioir products in all mar
kets in which they find their way in so conve
nient a shape.
And it was deemed duo to the Savanna li
Chamber ol Commerce, to place the result of
this meeting before it, in order that, if approved,
it might bo dtaemiunted under the sanction of
the Association, accompanied bv such sugges
tions as that body might think expedient to
add: and in so doing, we are directed to state
the accumulated inconveniences which have in
duced this meeting to appeal to i|i« planter* to
discourage the preparation of Round Bales, a ltd
these are: ’
1st. Tlio increased expense of transporta
tion by Rnil Road mid other means.
2d- The ind fferent order in which such
packages reach the *en board.
3d. Thi-ir additional liability to dnmage.
4th; Tlie additional rate of freight charged in
conveying Round Bales to the few Foreign
markets where they arc tolerated.
5th.. Tlio extensive injurv inevitably accru
ing to the bales while being “screwed” on ship
board.
6th. The much greater loss in weight upon
Round Bales than upon Square, and
7th. The entire unfimei-s of-Round Pack
ages lor the Continental markets.
It i< presumed by this meeting, that the acu
men of the people of Georgia, will at dneo lend
especially do they dreao «o answer fpr their 1 , o« w.iiat onco lean
e.pecia ly a uey a them to perceive, that under the increasing
conduct on the Texas questn.'n. lb* I competition of growth, they cannot, in prepur-
A. H. Stevens, after the fall eleo. 1 i Sing their crops for the rivalry of trade, intclli-
ill'll Clrv«w«tfV IV liDll hral rnto nnrtlf lul.ll.Mfl ■■ t ^ . .. * _ _ .
j that sagacity which a first rate party poi’.H'Mn j ri ., a , JIiere fo „ form of ack which
'alone possesses, and a mind p arable aWoOcucd in every State in the Union,
lorce of arguments before unheeded, but which,
[seeing their validity, lie espoused with a liber
[aliiy truly heroic, was, soon after Congress
! met. found to be an annexation man. ■ We con-
[grutulate him. He tv.'S truly fortunate in a
position which gave hint so early an opportu
nity for recantation. It was as narrow an es-
j cape os that of which Sir Roger I)e Coverly
I speaks: “ I should have inevitably fallen in
[battle, bad I not prudently left .the fi-dd the
From the Washington Union.
THE DEATH OF A GREAT MAN.
Tlie death .of Gen. Andrew Jackson was
announced in this city this morning by the
following letter,'brought from General Hous
ton to the President by Colonel Eldridge, who
came express from the Hermitage, lie ar
rived in Washington on Sunday evening, about
six o’clock. Col.. Eldridge is a native of
New York, is a secretary in the State Depart
ment of -Texas, and accompanied General
Houston to Tennessee; Oil Sunday, (being
.the’Stli inslant,) the General and his family,
who had just arrived at Nashville, set out for
the Hermitage to see- General Jackson, but
did not arrive there until about two hours af
ter his death. Colonel Eldridgo, hearing of
Gen. Jackson’s death on the same night, hast
ened to the Hermitage, whore he arrived about
twelve b’clock." He remained till about two
o’clock in the morning, and then consented to
bear to Washington, General Houston’s letter
to the President. He wa«, of course, not long
enough iu the Hermitage to collect many in
cidents of General Jackson’s Iasi moments.—
He had been tapped for the dropsy a few days
before his disso'ution, hut lie had not suffi
cient strength left to recover from the op -ra
tion. Healy had completed his admirable
portrait of him a day ortwo before his death,
fi*r the King of the French. He died like a
Christian .ind hero. We publish this evening,
the testimonies of public respect, which have
been adopted by the President an i his cabinet.
Tlie general orders,. i<sued to the navy and
army, tiy Mr. Secretary Bancroft, are among
the finest'composiiions we have ev r read.—
It contains a just and eloquent eulogtam upon
one'of the first men of his country and his age.
' It. is left to the city authorities cf Washing
ton, and ner citizens, and the citiz -ns of every
part of our country, to testify tlieir respect for
liis .memory by every tribute which can' be
paid to the illustrious dead.
Hermitage, Juno 8, IS45,
12 o’clock, night,’
My Dear Sir: In deep sorrow I address
you this hasty note. At six o’clock this even
ing, General Jackson departed tlirs life, lie
retained his faculties to tho last hour. I la
ment that I was denied the satisfaction ofs'e-
ing him in. his last moments. I was unfortu
nately delayed in ascending the Mississippi,
so that ! did not reach Nashvilio till half-past
six this evening. I jmmediately procured a
conveyance, and came out with my family—
having understood that the General’s health
was exceedingly precarious, and being anxious
[j4 Diary about (jvmro/Jackton.]
Hermitage. May ‘.’Sih, 1845.
Mr Dear Sir : Aware of your desire to know tlie con
dition ot die patriot of tlie Hermitage in 'lie closing scenes
of liis tile. I write down, from dsy to‘ day. during the short
visit I make him. what occurs of interest.
On my arrival I found ex President Jackson more com
fortable than lie iiad been, although his Uisease is not aba*
ted. and bis long and useful life is rapidly drawing to its
close. He lias not beeu in a condition to lie down during
the last four months. His fee: and legs, his hands and arms
are very much swollen with dropsy, which has invaued his
wliole system. Bandages are drawn tight around ihe parts
most afl'ected to prevent, as much as possible, the increase
of the water. He lias scarcely any use of his bands. Tlie
bandages are removed several times in the 24 hours, and
the parts rubbed severely- to restore animation and the cir
culation of the blood. He has not strength to stand. His
respiration is very short and attended witii much uifficulty.
and the whole progress of. the disease accompanied with
great suflering. He geis^no Jsleep except by opiates. His
left lung was ruptured many years ago, during the Seminole
campaign in Florida, and is entirely destroyed, and tlie oth
er much diseased. When the dropsy commence:, the
cough was extremely severe, and expectoration profuse.—
These symptoms, which had continued for years, nnwjgra-
duallc gave way and almost entirely ceased* This was lol-
lowed by floss of appetite and constant nausea {and prostrai-
tion. This change took place early .in April; and aUouuhe)
first of May a diarrlinmVominenerd which seemed to threa J
ten an imimldiatc dissolution. This continued far a few
days with great suffering, but fortunately" reduced the
swelling of the wlmle system. The abntcm’ent of the iliar-
rlioic was succeeded by the swelling in-all parts, with vio
lent pain and extreme difficulty cf breathing, when nature
would again rrlieve itself as abi ve described.
T/iuitday. May 29 1 .—Gen. Jackson is rather more com
fortable, having obtained from opiates some sleep. This
day be sat awhile-m Mr. HenJy. who had been sew by Lou-
is Philippe (tlie Kin>'of the French) to paint hit portrait -
.Mr. Healy told me that it was tlie design of the King of ti
French to place liis portrait by tlie side of that of W'asbin -
ton. wliich already lia-gs in Iris gallery—the most celebra
ted ami inleresiing-liistorical gallery in the worij- ussur-
round them with tire pictures of ihe most eminent or Amer- jj
ican generals am! statesmen. Mr. Healy is commissioned
byr lire king to paint the portraits of some Awelvr iff rbe most
distinguished revolutionary}potriots. Ur surround those nf
Washington and Jackson—the greatest and bvst men our
country ever produced; also some of tke most prominent
Kvinp politirians of the day. Messrs. John Quincy Adams
and Henry Clay were named by Mr. Healy to me. Mr.
Healy was enabled to make morn progress in bis work to- j
day; and, as usual, the General received many visitors,
more than diirty. who were admitted <o take the venerable’
chieftain by the hand, and bid him farewell. Among the
visitors was General Jrsup. an old friend and comotnion ill
arm-. The meeting ofithese most faithful and gsjlant sol
diers and servants of the republic was deeply interesting
and affecting. A reverend gentleman called to inquire in
regard to the General’s health, his faith, and future hope.-"-
•The Generi! said: “iSir. I nm in the hands of a merciful
God. I have full confidence in his goodness and merev.
My lamp of life is nearly out, and :hs last cKouner'bae
come. 1 am ready to depa-t, when called. The Bible is
true. The principles and statutes of. that holy bonk havr
been tlie rule of iny lifr. and X bare, trier? to conform to its
spirit as nearly as possible. Upon that sacred volume I re*i
I otir countrv - ■ I n, „ , „ ,
| r-f till* on tht part or the cliiratott, ms hasbm ste.wrTVr
the admission! of the English ministers on referring IsPsf
liamcnl to the King's map. on which the true boimdSrL,.
were delineated, and of which they were apprised
ursine their demands.
■■ Right ou the side of the American prsple. and firmness
in maintaining it. he continued, with trust in Gcal alone, »j|i
secure to them the integrity of the possessions of which the
British government would now deprive them. I am satis,
lied that they will assert and vindicate'what justice award
them ; and that no part of our territory or .country will t,r
be submitted to any arbitration but of the cannon’s moot), ••
He fait grateful to s merciful Providence, that had t|
ways sustained him through all liis struggles, and in the da
fence of the continued independence and prosperity ofbi
beloved country, and that he could now give up his stew*
ardship, and resign his breath to God who gave it, with th
cheering reflection that the country was now settled down'
upon a firm, demon atic basis; that the rights of the lihor
iug classes were respected and protected, (for. he adds
it is from them that tlie coautry derives all its prosperity
and greatness,) and to them we must ever luok to defend
our soil when invaded. ■* They have never refused. No
sir; and never will. Give them an honest government'
freedom from monopolies and privileged classes, and hard'
money—not paper—currency for their bird labor, and all
will be well "
At 2 o’clock P. M.. liis distress became suddenly vsrv
great, and the water increasing to an alarming eitent. ,\a
express was sent to Nashville, twelve miles, for surgi,'
aid. An operation was performed by Doctor EileHiis
with sneress ; much water was taken from his abdomen
wliich produced great relic', although eitreme prostrsuon'
Tuesday, June id.—Much distress through the night —'
Opiates were freely administered, but sleep appeared tu
have passed from him. Calm and perfectly resigned to tb e
will his Redeemer ; and prayed to God to sustain h'tc
in this liis hour of dissolution.
At 10 A. M.—Doctors Robinson end Walters arrived
from Nashville. Doctor Esleman having remains.' whi
ttle General through tlie night, a consultation was held, an',1
all that hid been done was approved ; end all that could
be done was toconfortn to the General’s temporary wants
At 4 o'clock P. M.—I left life house for home. He ex!
pressed great solicitude in my behalf, but I was silent ■ the
scene was too affecting ; and I left this aged soldier, slate,,
man, and Christian patriot, with ell the pious and hott>'
table inmates of the Hermitage, without the power of s, v ^
ing farewell.
Yours, truly,
WILLIAM TYACK
To Paul T. E. Bobus. Esq..
City of New York. »
By the President of the United' States.-
Andrew Jackson is no more! He de
parted this life on Sunday, the eighth instant,
full of days and full of honors. His countfy
deplores his loss, and will ever cherish his-
mory. While a nation mourns, rt is proper 1
that business should be suspended, at loast ftfi
one day. in the executive departments, as a
tribute of respect to the illustrious dead;
I accordingly direct that the Departments of
State, the Treasury, War, the Navy, the Post
Office, the Office of the Attorney General, and
tlie Executive Mansion, be instantly put into
mourning ; and that they be closed duringitftd
whole day to-morrow.
JAMES K. POLK,-
Washington City, June 16,1845.
GENERAL. ORDER.
Washington, June 16, I84i.
The President of the United.Stufep, with'
heartfelt sorrow, announces to the nrmy, th«
navy, and the marine corps, the death of An
drew Jackso?, On Ihe evening of Sunday
the eighth day of June, about six o’clock, fi-
resigned his spirit to his heavenly Father." Tlie
nation, while it learns with grief tho death of
its most illustrious oit’zen, finds solace in con-*
tcmplating his venerable .charaeier a-ad- swil
ces. The valley of the Mississippi Beheld*iip
j him the bravest, und wisest, nnd most fortunate
nf its defenders. The country raised him | 0
the highest trusts in miliumy nnd in civil fife,
with a confidence that never abated, and an af.
fectiori that followed him in niidiininulird vigor
ti retirement, watched over lira lattst hours
and pays its tribute at his grave.. Wh, rover
his lot was cast, ho appeared among those
around him, first in natural endowments ami
esourres, not less than first in authority ami
station. The power of his mind impressed it-
self on the policy of his country, and sii)| |; vr ,
and will five forever,, ift the memory oftts pen-
pie. Child of a forest region, and a s, ttler of
the wilderness, his was a genius which, »s it
came to the guidance of afisirs, ii siii ctirp/y
atti.cfur i itself to general principles, and,
spired by tta truth which Wi» own heart rey al-
ed to him io singleness nnd simplicity he
found always-a sesponad i» the bieist of hi,
countrymen. Growaed. w :b glory in w.ir in
h : s wliole career, ms a statesman, he showed
himself the frend and lover of- peace. With
an American heart, whose throbs were all fur’
republican fiei-doni and liis nwfive land, he let
iy hope fur tte'rnal salvation, through the merit, a,,,) blood 4 longed to promote the widest intercourse »ml
foiir blessed Lord and Saviour, Jesus Chrisi." Kothime a.i .v.
iinher was said upon the subject s fllhe most tnti.witc commerce,, between the ma-
* ny. nafions' of mnnk nA T * —
except .‘I'err u>rn? Florida with wealth ai d op
portunities fiir inlerior to those of Georgia, has
ontirely adopted the Square Package for. her 2 to administer, if I could, some comfort in the
crop, and Carolina lias so jiea'Iy ceased to put
up Hound Bales, that it is presumed four-filths
of the few seen in her market are deiived from
this State.
Those interested, will no doubt bear in mind,
that the Cotton of the United Stales bps already
closing scene of his eventful life. Oil m3’ way,
a few miles from the city, I met the fumily
physician, who informed me that the Generul
was no more.
further
Friday, May 30 1 —The General passed a bart nighl; no
alecp—extremely tenble this morning. Mr. Healy. v»ith
considerable exertion* on the part of tlie General, was ana-
bled to finish the portrait* on which he l.ibore.S with great
care. It was presented to the General. After examining
it for anme minutes, he remarked to Mr. Healy, “I nm »vi-
isfied.sir, tbat you stand at the bead ol'your profession; if
I-may be allowed tojudge of my'own likeness.-I can safely
concur in the opinion of my family; this is the he« that has
been taken. I feel Tery much ubliged to "you, sir, for the
very great labor and care you have'beep pleased to beatow
up >0 it." The family were all highly, gratified with its
faithfulness. I consider it tlie most perfect.representation
I have ever seen, giving rsther the remains of the heroic
personage, than the full life that made him the most extra‘
ordinary combination of spirit and energy, with t slender
frame, the world ever saw.
At 9o'clock, ns is the custom, all the General's family
except the few who take tlieir turn to.watcli by his aide
took their leave of him. Each of the family approached
him, received his blessing, bid him farewell, kissed him »s
it would seem an eternal good night—for he would ssv my
work is done for life. After'liis family retires it is touching 1
• i .• i__ l. r t •. o
night before the action.” His ‘bear story'
told with such happy effect last summer, to il
lustratc, as lie said, the neutrality of the dem
ocrats, when Texas was struggling fur her lib
erties, forgetiing, at the same tim-, that some
of the most conspicuous heroes of San Jacinto
were American volunteers, is now most ad
mirably adapted to his own case. He descri
bed n large bear attacking a house, and ma
king good liis entr3’ into the door after a wound
by a rifle shot fired by the ladu of the house.
The husband had readied the lofi in safety.—
The wife despatched tlie bear w;fh the butt end
of tlie rifle, when tlie husband, d scen ting ex
claimed: *• Ar’nt we brave, Nancy?—ar’nl
we brave?” Now tlint the Honorable gentle-i
man is, as it were, on the Texas side, where;
the rest of his parly would Le dol'ghted to be,
if they only knew how they could giacefully
get there, ho may well exclaim: " ( Ar’nt ive
brave?” but none oilier than a political Miss
Nancy will respond in tlie affirmative.
nf\ j. England *■>
r4!c A at sva over
Thundering Spring.— In a deep glen in
the northwest corner of Upson county, is u
curious fountain, popularly known as the Thun
dering Spring. It is sitinted in the middle of
a cany branch, at the bottom of a high steep
hill. The basin of the spr.tig is about ten feet
over, perfectly round, with shining zones a
round it, resembling gold and silver belts, caus
ed by the deposition of fine yellow sand and
isinglass. Tnough the sand boils up below
with considerable vehemence, the surface of
the water is jicif cll\’ smooth and-transparent,
and runs off so gently that its current is
scarcely perceptible, and many suppose that
the witter sinks as fast as rises ! The trans
parency if the Water extends six inches. Be
low that depth, it appears like boiling sand,
or a soap Kettle in a state ol ebullition. The
water is nearly blood warm, and lias a slight
sulphurous taste and smell. The ebullition is
so strong that it is said to be impossible for a
person to sink in this spring. Bathing here is
s ml to bo «i certain cure for rheumatism and
many cutanoous affections, 1’hc boilino tr
io contend with the products of India and other
quarters, and to secure to our growth tlio advan
tages it naturally possesses, aitificiul aid* should
not be wanting. •
Planters who see Round" Bales only in the
Gin House, or country market, before they’ have
un tergone wear and tear, can have little idea of
tlieir condition upon reaching the shipping port,
and still less when the bales have been driven
by machinery into a narrow space on shipboard,
from which they have to be forced again by
hooks and tackles at the poit of destination.—
A ship f rom Georgia is easily recognized in
Liverpool, by the mass of loose and soiled Cot
ton accumulated-in her hold at the time of her
discharge, involving a los> to Plun'ers, not tlie
less operative because unseen, as, in originating
shipments of Round Bales, tlie purchaser must
necessarily provide for such waste by paying =o
much less for the Cotton.
To France, the M*-diteranean, and the North
of Europe, Round Bales cannot be shipped,
evt n at a fair difference in price, as thsy would
About three hours before bis departure lie 3
conversed fjr some time with his family, and §.. ... . &
, ee ■ 1 pi , -if 1 " wanes* tins heroic man. who has faced every, dao-ec
tOOK an affectionate leave Ot them, ns rilso of ^ with unyielding front, offer up his prayer* for those whom
H*3 the 2 1’rprldence has committed to his care; that Heaven would
hie domestics. His phvsiciun j-epresen’- ...
BCenb .3 roott.fiectioj; und remark. Uml l» j
2 departed with perfect serenity of mind, and « the Union, and the people of the United Slates from all for-
5 with full faith in the promises of salvation § ***** MjflvmcB »od intnsioo—teoderii^ hi* forgiveness to
tbrough a Redeemer.
1 Jm'S seen the corse since my arrival,. The
| visage it.* much as it was in life.
Thp fut,pro. 1 .will take place on Tuesday I
[ftekt. at 14 o’clock, n. m. A nation will feel
Jiis enemies, and liis gratitude to God"for liis suppoifatid-]
success through a long life, and for the hope of eternal sal
vation through the meritsofonr blessed Redeemer.
' The General exeris himself to discharge every dutv, and
wi;h all his anxious care that is possible ; but tils debility,
end the unremitting anguish he suffers, lias almost extin
guished every power except that of his intellect. .Oc-ca-
ahinat'y his distress produces spasmodic affections; yet
.. * c ls |* a4 j "w uiimcbs piuum us spnprnouic orieciions ; yet in
this loss, as a naijon nas received Ule Iruits Ol a ihe midst of the worst paroxysms of pain, not a murmur, not
bis toils durinrv the Lest veers of his life*. 9 ev< ; n a S roan crapes liis lips. Great and just in life, calm
, T r, , * r-..: ...i C amt resigned tc death.
Very truly, your fnoiin, “ 6
SAM HOUSTON.
His excellency James X. Polk, Sec. &c.
DEATH OF GEN. JACKSCN.
•We gave, in a slip of this mottling, the letter I
resigned
Saturday, May 30.—Tiie General passed a distressed
tight; no sleep—extren;p debility this morning, attended
with increased sweiling of the abdu'trien, and all his limbs,
and difficulty ot breathing. He said,‘-i hope Hod will grant
roe patience to submit !n his hoiy will; he does aii filings j
well, and blessed be His holy and merciful name." His-
Uibleu always near him ; if he is in liis chair, it is on the
table by Ins Side ; when propped up in bed, that sacred vol-
” • . . —. proppeu up in Dea. tnat
of Gen. Houston announcing to tilt* Presideot ■ u,t,e 15 ! a, d by him, and he olten reads it. He h
.1 i r. . ^ er. and is lifted in and out of hi. .tiring nr..*..
tlie death of the great man “toho filled the mea
sure of his country's glory." We republish
Gen. Houston’s letter, for there could be no bet
tei herald to proclaim the close of a bright
be unsaleable, and the scarcity of Square Bales *• career, which imparted to him so much of its
lias driven from Georgia to her more sagacious I lustre.
neighbors, a lucrative and steadily increasing
trade: tlie exports to Fiance and the Continent
from Charleston, since the commencement of
this season, having been five times told those of
this port to those quartets.
Again, in the British ports, the demand for
Colton for export, is exclusively supplied from
Square Bales, and to the majority’ of the orders
now received from Liverpool, the condition of
‘•Square Bales” is annexed. Round Buies be-
ing saleable with difficulty in Great Britain as
well as in’ the Northern Markets of the United
Stales.
It may not be generally known, that with all
the advantages Georgia possesses in her safe
bars nud deep harbors, her ports are sought un
willingly, alike by American and Foreign ships r
because of the sacrifice of time necessarily caus
ed by tlio screwing of Round’Bales, and the se
rious deficiency in ihe freight list weight of such
a cargo. A ship of two thousand bales would
be loaded with Square Packages jn twelve
It is not tho scope of a hurried obituary notice
to do justice to such a man as Gen. Jackson.
His life h a volum.e of his country’s history.—
At this moment the nation’s sensibility will be
most solicitous to learn something of the last
thoughts of tlie great mind—the last throbbings
of the honest lieai t. which, for so many years,
have made die public welfare tho chief concern.
We have it in our power through the indul
gence ol an old arid esteemed friend of the ven
erable patriot-patriarch, to bring Ids country
men to his bedside, and enable them to see how
worthy of his hfc has been its close.
Capt. Tytick, of the city of New York, to
[ whom we are indebted for the simple narrative
of his intercourse with General Jackson during
a few days preceding his death, left the Her
mitage on Wednesday week. While there ho
wrote out, at the request of a friend—whq
could not accompany him as he wished on hjs
pilgrimage—a diary of the occurrences of his
visit to General Jackson, 'fltis autljentip rc-
er, and is lifted in and out of Jiis sitting posture in his chair,
j AOthing can exceed tt e affectionate care, vigilance, and
[ never-ceasing effi.rts nf liis pious and devoted (amity to ad
minister to his relief; and yet. in the midst of the affliction
which valla for go much attention and sympathy, kindness
and hospitaiitv to strangers is not omitted*. .
Jane l.-—"i'itis day," the Generul said, "is the holy Sab-
b * tit. ordained by God. aiid set apart to be devote.1 to his
worship and praise. I always attended service at church
when I cuuid; but now I can go no'more.” He desired the
family to go, as many as could, and charged them to coa’in
ue the education of the poor at the Sunday school. This
new system of instruction, he said which blended the
ties of religion with those of humanity, he considered of vast
importance; and sjioke with an emphasis wliich showed It
anxiety to impress it on the family. Mrs. Jackson, and tier
sister Mrs. Adam3, regularly attended to tlieir instruction
on the Sabbath. A part of the family went to church. Th<
General looked out ot the window and said, “this is annn- •" •** • « . . . . * * . . t,
rciilly the list Sabbath I shall be with you. God’s win be “ te S ,lns W| H be fired, beginning at 12 ocloc*
done; He is kind and merciful.” Tlie General’s look is of-
ten fixed with peculiar affection on his grand daughter, Ra
chel, named after his wife, so beloved, and whose memory
he has so tendeily cherished. The young Rachel has all
the lovely and amiable qualities for which the elder, Mrs.
Jackson, was so remarkable.
Jie was the scrvnnt
-ol Immaiiity. Of a vehement he wa* pq.
tient til council, deliberating long, hearing all
things ‘ T yet in the moiiirai of action, .decditif
with rap dity. Of a nobfc nature.^and tnespa-
ble of disguise, hrs thoughts fey ojren to all
around him, and won ttair confidence by hit
ingenuous frankness, lift* yudgmrnU was sf
that aid id ny, that lie ever tempt red rigor wirii
prudence. The flushings of anger could taver
cloud his faculties, but rather kindled. ana'Hglttl
ed them up, quickening fheir’energy without
disturbing their balance. In war, his eve .it's
glance discerned his plans with DnCTringsaga
city ; in peace, lie proposed measures witiV
instinctive wisdom, of which the inspiration*
were prophecy. In discipline stern, in ajurt
resolution inflexible he was full of the gentlest
affections, ever ready to solace ihe distressed,
and to relieve the needy ; faithful to his friends,
fervid for his country. Indifferent to other re
wards, he aspired throughout I fe to an honora
ble fame, and so loved liis feHow-men, that he
longed to dwell in their affectionate remem
brance. Heaven gave him length of davs, and
lie-filled them with deeds of greatness. Be*
was always happy’; happy in his youth, which
shared tlie achievement of our national inde
pendence ; happy in liis after years, wliich be
held tho valley of the West cover itself with
the glory of free and ever increasing Statesr
happy In liis age, wh ch saw the people multi
plied from two to twenty millions, and free
dom and union make their pathway from ihe
Atlantic {o the Pacific; thrice happy i n death,
for while lie believed the lihert Cs of hjs conn*
try imperishable and was cheered by vision*
of its constant advancement, ho dep j.-ted from
this life in full hope of a blessed immortslitj.
through the merits- and atonement of kisKe-
deemer.
Officers of the army, the mvy r and the m 3 '
rine corps, will wear crape on the left art»#J
on their swords ; and the colors of the serifd
regiments will be put in mourning, for (he )>«•
riod of six months. At the naval stations, snJ
on public vessels in commission, the flags W®
be worn nt lial-mast for one week ; and ontb*
day after this order is received, twenty-one
Monday. June 2.—The General pasred a bar! night.—
No sleep. An evident increase of water on the chest He
read many letters as usual. Some of them were from per-
sons of whom he had no knowledge, asking for autographs
and making other requests. The letterc were opened by
some of the fatpily. Mr*. Jack»on or Mrs. Adams were at-
m«« constantly with him. H» looked over them; those of
importance wore opened *t|d rpad. Among them wa* one
from Major Donelson, c))*rgg de a(f*iig» to Texa*, giving
anqroopiil ot ti}e almost iucrgdible p-qcredingsof ;he Brit-
i slim gent. EHiocto prevent tlip anpexatjon of T.eyas to the
United States. Tlie Genera! said, "tve have made a dis-
eful sacrifice of our territory; an important portion of
Al each military station, the day affer the r c '
ception of this order, the national flag will ^
displayed tit half-staff from sunrise to sunset'
thirteen guns will be fired at day-break ;
hour guns during the doy ; and at the closed-
lie day u general salute. The troops will
paraded at 10 o’clock, and this order read.-o
them, on which the. labors of the day will <***?'
Let the virtues of the illustrious dead,f etJI ’
tlieir influence, and when energy and
urc called to trial, emulate his example*
GEORGE BANCROFT-
Acting Secretary of War, and
Secretary of (itc Ns 1 '. 1