The Georgia mirror. (Florence, Ga.) 1838-1839, April 02, 1838, Image 2
From thr Cork Constitution.
LOS.' OF KILLAUNE V STEAMER, AND
TWENTY FOUR LIVES LOST.
One ut the most calamitous occurrences that
" o have ha 1 for a Ion" time to deplore, took place
•:n ow coast: we mean the total destruction of the
i\illarney steamer, and the loss of not fewer than
.’1 lives. Killarney left this on a Friday morning
lor Bristol, but the weather being very tempest
uous, she oulv Made l’oorhead, and was obliged
to return to harbor. She put oil agaiu that eve
ning about five o’clock, and got abreast of Youghal.
Here she was found so “laborsome,” that a num
ber ot pigs w ere thrown overboard for the purpose
ol lightening her, and it was deemed advisible to
try ami regain th' harbour. They could not,
how ever, keep lull steam on her, for she had Leen
leaking, and the water had so increased in the hold,
in which the coals were kept, that they became
quite wet and would not burn freely. There were
dry coals in the fore cabin, hut they were not easy
procurable, I- mm tour o’clock on Saturday mor
ning they could scarcely keep any steam up, and
in 12 hours alter, about 1 o’clock in the evening,
she struck on a rock under the Rennies, near Cur
hine, and about two rales from Robert's Cove. It
would seem impossible to account for her reaching
tins coast, and it is said that ail endeavors were
made to keep her then olf the land. The sails
were spread, but they were shivered to atoms.—
"When she struct the anchor was let go, ard the
vessel swung round and touched a large rock that
rose a considerable height above the level of the
sea. I'hc p ople on the cliffs, seeing her ap
proach the danger, called out, but their calls, if
heard, could not be attended to. The rock a
gainst which she swung was in tin* centre of a
bay, the jutting promontories of which are per
haps a mile apart. The rock is about 200 yards
from the clill, (there is no beach,) and the cliff
which is quite perpendicular, is about .'soo yards a
bove the sea. On her striking, VI persons were
able to reach the rock, when immediately the ves
sel and all that rein lined in her went down.
Those who got <>n the rock were—Mr. Bailey,
the captain ; George Rose, mate; W. Hancock,
seaman; J. Price, ditto; .John Champion, ditto;
Charles Goodlin, ditto; George Porter, coal trim
mer; Charles Atfel, seaman; William Peterson,
ditto; two engineers, Scotchmen ; tiie cook, a
black; James Archer, seaman; Richard Reed,
ditto; the stewardess; a young boy intended for a
steward; a boy in care of pigs; John Collis, of
Castle Cook; Mr. Thomas Foster, of Ballyma
loo; Dr. Spolasco; a woman w hose name could
not be learned ; ;.nd a seaman, who was afterwards
drowned in trying to swim ashore. Os these per
ished the head steward and his brother, the stew -
ardess, the boy in care of pigs; the seaman who
tried to swim ashore, and poor yortng Foster.
He and Mr. (’“His were apprentices of Mr. Fos
ter, w hile on the rock, slipped ; Mr. Collis made a
grasp to save him, and th** lad, seeing his dang r,
sprang upwards. I B rosp three feet off the rock
but hr fell on his head, and Mr. Collis says lie
heard hisnei k crack, and he tumbled in'o the sea.
1 lie was second so;. ~t the late Mr. Clement Fos
' ter, ol BaUymaloo. .Mr. Collis is the third son of
Mr. W. Collis, of Castle Cooke, Fourteen
were rescued from the rock, but one died (carpen
ter) soon alter lie was got on shore. The great
.difficulty was to get a rope to reach them. Oil
Sunday, ducks, with ropes fastened to them, were
sent out; only one reached, and that they were
not able to catch. Wire was attached to bullets,
and rope to the w ire, and sundry shots were fired,
but without the rope reaching the unfortunate
people. The gentry around were all present, giv
ing their assistance, and “though last, not least,"
Lady Roberts, of Britfi'ddstnwn. Nothing could
exceed her ladyship's attention to the sufferers.
• On Sunday, when till efforts to reach them with
a rope by the above-mentioned means were found
vain, Mr. Hull, brother to the officer of the ( 'oast
Guard, sugg' ted thv fastening a long rope to one
part of the Promontory,and carrying it along the
beach to the other side, until a rope, dependent
from the middle of it, was brought within reach
of those on the rock. This was effected, but the
dependent rope was so weak, and it was so late
(then after four o’clock, and just dark,) that it was
necessary to give over further exertions for that
evening, and direful as was the alternative, leave
the unfortunate suffer ts exposed to the fury of
tuiother night.
The night, however, was not so tempestuous as
the preceding, and at daylight many were on the
spot to give their assistance, Lady Roberts among
the first.
On going away at night the rope was left exten
ded as we have described, and ready for operations
in the morning ; but, during the night, some inhu
man wretches cut the rope and carried it off'.
On Monday morning Captain Manby’s lifepre
serving apparatus was brought from lvinsale, but
the same difficulty was experienced in reaching
the rock with the rope, .Shots v.-erc again fired
from guns and small cannon hr night for the pur
pose, hm without success, am! Mr. Hull's plan w as
again resorted to. This succeeded.—Captain
Manby’s apparatus was affixed to the centre-rope,
and about It o’clock two loaves of bread and a
little wine and spirits were lowered to them, the
first they had partaken since Friday. After re
freshing themselves, th v wore hauled up in the
cradle, one by ore, tl o won or fist.
The following wore those drawn tip;—Mr. Col
lis, Dr. Spolasco, a woman, passengers; the Cap
tain; George Rose, mate; W. Hancock, John
Price, John Champion, Charles Goodlin, James
Atfel and W. Peterson, seamen; Geo. Porter,
coal-trimmer, and Jame Mason, carpenter, who
died soon after.
They were ail put into the neighboring cotta
ges, and attended to under the immediate luperift
tendence of Lady Roberts who provided them
w ith covering, gruel, and othrr nourishing drink.
Dr. M’Dermott, and indeed all in the vicinity were
most attentive. Mr. Collis, who appeared to have
suffered less than would have be ti supposed, was
taken to Britficldstown; sir Thomas Roberts, and
the Captain, to the Water Guard Station; the
rest were comfortably provided for, and seldom
were individuals more in want of it, they having
been the whole of Saturday night (and a most
dreadful night it was,) all Sunday, and Sunday
night, exposed to both wind and waves, besides
■which they were wet before they left the vessel.—
The woman who lay on th** rook and was rescued,
had on her nothing but her night dress and a small
handkerchief. The stewardess was w ashed ashore
with only buskins on her. Mrs. Morris, whose
husband, a tanner, is among the dead, had two
stays on, and 180 sovereigns stitched between the
linings. These were rilled when and she floated
ashore, as well as some rings that were on her fin
gers; Inhuman as this act may appear, we cannot
marvel at it, after cutting and making oft'with the
rope that was intended as the means of saving from
death 14 suffering human beings.
The cabin passengers were Mr. Robert Lawe
and hisw ife; Mr- Thomas Foster. Mr. John Collis,
, Mr. Nicolai, (or Nicholl, wr are not sure which,) \
fi’Jdi regiment; Dr. Spolasco and son.
The late ol Mr. and Mrs. Lawe, and voutig Mr.
Foster, is deplored by every one to wliom it litis
been mentioned. Mr. Lawe never reached the
rock—his lady, we understand, did, but did not
long survive her husband. A sea according to one
report, washed her oil—according to another, she
dropped from the rock and sank. Mr. Foster’s
fate, when till seemed safe, we have already descri
bed. Mr. Nicholai, was not seen after the vessel
struck.
The names of the deck passengers we have been
unable to ascertain. Two o! them were the man
named Morris and his w ife, mentioned above.—
There were six others, besides six persons in
charge of pigs. The crew, including the captain
and mate, were about 18 in number.—Altogether
there were ,'s7 persons on board Thirty-seven
human beings alive, and well on Saturday mor
ning, and now l'our-tuni-twenty of them in eterni
ty.
THE HOME OF THE DESOLATE.
A FRAGMENT.
“How many drink the cup,
Os baleful grief, or eat the bitter bread
Os misery! Sore pierced by wintry winds,
How many shrink into the sordid hut
Os cheerless poverty.”
iiv c. tv. everett.
It was night—the storm howled sadly by—and
the mother sat in silence by the scanty lire, that
warmed and faintly lighted the wretched, dilapi
dated cottage, once, in brighter days, her happy
home! She had divided to her ragged and starv
ing babes the little pittance of bread remaining to
her, yet scarcely sufficing to satisfy the mad cra
vings of hunger! Little thought they, that they
claimed their mother’s all: vet freely was it given,
with a silent tear that it was all! ' She hushed
their cries—soothed their sorrows—covered them
with her tattered inantli—bade them a sad 'good
night' —and returned to her sorrowful vigil.
The night ware away—and still sat tli.» mother
over the biding fire she could not replenish, wait
ing the coming of him, whose returning footsteps
once caused a thrill of joy through her bosom,
and was hailed with boisterous glee by Ids little
ones. Once he premised at the alter, to love and
cherish her, and nobly, awhile did he redeem his
pledge, llis cottage was the home of comfort,
and his wife anil infants divided his love! But
ah! how changed ! lie had become a Drunkard!
Ilis business was neglected—bis home was de-.
sorted—and his late return was but th* harbin
ger of woe! lie came tu Curse the innocent
partner of his misery the author of his wretch
edness, aud his frightened children shrunk away
r -‘om liini, screaming, as from a fiend! where
waits he now ? The shadows of night have long
darkened the landscape! What delays his re
turn?—Alas! the low haunt which has nightly
witnessed the shameful revel, now echoes to liis
frantic shout! Surrounded by boon companions,
he seeks to drown the memory of his sorrows in
the bow l; w hile his wretched, starving, squallid
w ile, still keeps her lonely vigi! by her cheerless
hearth!
Stillness—solemn stillness, like the grave’s,
reigns in that dreary habitation: and no sound is
heard, save when the fitful sighing of the w intrv
blast, or the low murmur of her dreaming infants,
rouses the watcher from her trance, 't hen she
raises her aching eyes to the dim dial, and, with a
glance to heaven, turns to her lonely watch again.
But now “the tempest of her feelings has grown
too fierce to be repressed”—her bosom heaves
with the w ild emotions of her soul—and her thin
hands seem endeavoring to force back the burst
ing torrent of her tears! * * * *
* * * * * The clock struck the
hour of midnight—and he came as wont! With
a fearful oath, he cursed liis w ile’s fond care : and
that mother’s silent tears, and the low w ail of his
frightened babes, went up to God for witness!
* * » * v * «
Would you know the conclusion of the story ?
Go, ask the jail, the almshouse, and the grave—
and they w 1111 tell you ! —Literary il lessenm r.
COLUMBIA, March 13.
Our Raii, Road.—Yesterday was a proud day
for 'Columbia, and for the State. The first ground
has been broken in the great enterpri/.e of the
Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Rail Road!
Agreeably to public notice, a Procession wa> for
med at 10 o’clock yesterday, in front of the State
House, under the direction of Col. R. lj. Good
will, as Marshal of the day, in the following or
der :
1. Uniform Companies of the Town.
2. City Guard.
Is. Governor of the State and suite.
4. President, Directors and Engineers of the
Company.
5. Clergy and Theological Students.
6. Stockholders of the Company.
7. lr.tendant, Wardens and Officers of the
Town.
8. Judge, Officers and Jurors of the District
Court.
!). Officers and Students of the South Caroli
na College.
10. Teachers and Students of the male schools.
11. Citizens of the town and country.
12. Committee of Arrangements.
l:$. Cavalry of Richland District.
’I he whole was followed by a large number of
carriages and citizen cavalry. On arriving at the
ground, the Richland Rille Corps formed a hollow
square around the staging erected for the orator,
and after the invocation of the blessing of Provi
dence, upon the work, by the Rev. Dr. Leland,
the President of the Company, Robt. Y. Hayne,
Esq. addressed the meeting in an appropriate and
patriotic speech prepared for the oecason. After
the address the President set the example of
throwing up a shovel full of ground, which was
followed by all who were near enough to partake
of that honor. The assemblage was altogether
the largest one we have ever witnessed on any oc
casion in Columbia, and comprised all the beauty,
patriotism, talent, and wealth of the surrounding
country. Our limits and time w ill not permit us
to make even a synopsis of (Jen. llayne’s chaste
and beautiful address; but he has promised a co
py for publication next week.
Murder. —We understand that sometime dur
ring the past week a gentleman travelling from
Columbus, Georgia, to Tennessee, was murdered
between New Echota and Spring Place, Murray
County, his name, we learn, was l)r. Cady a Den
tist. Who could have been so abandoned as to
commit the act, w e cannot even surmise—nor has
suspicion rested on any individual that we have
heard of: hr had with him we understand a consid
erable sum of money; that he was murdered by
some wretch for his money, we have no doubt.—
Georgia Pioneer.
I nn; GEORGIA MlliltOK.
DOMESTIC MANAGEMENT.
Tin following article is from the pen of Mrs.
Conant, the new Editor of the Mother’s Monthly
Journal, and is copied from the first number of
the present volume of that v aluable work:
Child. Mother I w ant a piece of cake.
Mother. I liav’nt gut any—its all gone.
C. I know there’s some up in the cup-board;
I saw it when you opened the door.
M. 'Well you don't need any now; cake hurts
children.
C. No it don’t; (whining,) Ido want a piece ;
mother, may'nt I have a piece ]
M. Be still, I can’t get up now, I’m busy.
C. (Crying aloud.) i want a piece of cake.
I want a pieca of cake.
M. Be still, I say, I sh;*a’t give you a Lit if you
don't leave off' crying.
C. (Still crying.) I want a piece of cake. I
w ant a piece pf cake.
M. (Rising hastily and reaching a piece.
1 here, take that, aod hold your tongue! Eat it
up quick, 1 hear Ben coming. Now don’t tell him
you’ve had any.
[Ben enters.) C. I’ve had a piece of cake;
you cant have any.
Ben. Yes, I will; mother give me a piece.
M. There, take it; it seems as if 1 never
could keep a bit of any thing in the house. You
see, sir, [to the child] if you get any thing next
time!
[Another room.] C. I've had a piece of cake.
oung sister. Oh, I want some too.
C. Well, you bawl, and mother'll give you a
piece; 1 did.
GENERAL SCOTT
\ slip from the office of the Columbus (Ohio)
Statesman, contains the following letter from
Sandusky c ity, announcing the arrival of Gen.
Scott on the evening of the 3th—a day after the
report of his nllcdged death.
Sandusky City, March Ctli, 18.38.
Samuel Med ary. Esq. —
Dear Sir,—Last evening Gen. Scott and suit ar
rive ere. Canadian General, M’Leod, and others
of less note, were at Drake’s Hotel a few mo
ments before liis arrival, when a letter was put
into his (McLeod’s) hands, and a general scam
pering ensued. M’Leod was secreted by one of
our c itizens untill this morning, when finding pur
suit grow hot, he was furnished with a horse and
started for Huron. Scon after, Gen. Scott with
his four hoi s': wagon, took the same road, and the
rci-<*vt holds good that he had taken M’Leod also,
Bradley, the late commandant at Port au Plait, is
not yet taken, but will be, should he continue in
this region, as.Scott manifests a full determiuatin
to bring these lawless men to justice.
Texas. —The following is copied from the
Tcvas Telegraph, and is an. example worthy of
imitation:—“A Court of honor was convened
in this city on Tuesday last, its decision has
prevented a duel and probably preserved the life
of one, possibly,"the lives of two individuals, whose
servic es may hereafter do credit to themselves
and to our country. By a singular coincidence,
three ol the tour members composing the court
" ere engaged as seconds, and one as principal, in
in four of the five duels which have been fought
in Texas within the last five months. The phi
lantliopist will rejoice at this cheering indication
that a spirit worthy of the intelligence of the age
is beginning to developc itself eveo here; and the
friends ot the lamented Laurens will feel a me
lancholy pleasure in reflecting, that his fall lists
led to a result so auspicious.”
Lore and Suicide —The Baltimore American
states that on Tuesday afternoon, a German named
Charles Uittert, about twenty-four years of age,
stabb’d, himself to the heart in consequence of being
re jected by the parent of a young girl whose hand
he had solicited in marriage. Previous to com
mitting the tatel deed lie repaired to the house of
the lady, in comet st, tend having expressed his
intention of removing from the city, took a for
mal leave ol her, went into another room and im
mediately plunged a dirk in his bosom.
Casualty and Homicide. —A coroner’s inquest
was held at Augusta, (Ga.) on the 20th inst., on
the body ol a mulatto boy. found dead at or near
the upper Bridge.— the virdict was, that became
to his death by one of the hind wheels of a loaded
wagon passing directly over his neck. The boy
was endeavoring to jump on tin waggon, and a
rop* or bridle, which he had about his neck (he
having been in search of a horse) became entang
led in the wheel, and caused him to fall in a di
rection, which led to the fatal result*
On the same day another inquest was held over
the body of Charlotte, the property of the ilon.
John P. King. The virdict was, that she came to
her death from a pistol shot, by a young man
named Wooster, who was first imprisoned arid af
terwards bailed in the sum of 83000, for his ap
pearance to answer tin indictment, under a recent
law prohibiting the carrying of deadly weapons a
bout the person.— Charleston Observer.
A PLEA IN ABATEMENT.
In one of the Quarter Session Courts of
Tennessee, one Joe Phillips was induced for as
sault and battery. The solicitor called him to
the bar and addressed him thus : “You are indic
ted for a misdemeanor, and stand charged in these
words—“ The Jurors for the State upon their oaths
present, that Joe Phillips, late of the county of—
,on the 10th day of August,lß—, with force
and arms, in and upon the body of one John
Scroggins, with malicious intent, and assault did
make, with guns, sword, pistols, dirks and clubs,
with malice aforethought
“Stop, Mr. Lawyer,” says Joe; there was
something of it, but you’re making it a worse
than it was.”
“Well, how was it, Joe!” says the solicitor.
“Why, 1 and John met one day on the road,
and says I to John, ‘This is a bad day forsnakin.’
Then says he to me, ‘Not very bad neither, for 1
killed one near upon a rod long.’ Then says I,
•That’s a lie, for there’s nary snake in this countv
half so lone.’ Then after a good many such
compliments passed between us, says John to me,
says he, ‘1 doesn’t milk my neighbors’ cows, as
some folks do.’ And then I hit him a lick w ith
iny fist side of his head; and then we had a real
scuffle; a fair fight; then just quit so. and we
hadn’t no gun, nor pistol, nor club neither; so
you need’nt be takin’ all that nonsense over to the
court when there was no such thing; and John
says he’s willin’ to fight agin, if I’ll let him strike
first.”
“Why, my dear sir,” said a dandy reprovingly
to his boot-maker, “ you have made itiy boots
large enough at tin* toes to hold a bushel of grain.”
“I thought,” replied Snob, coolly, that corns
were grain.”
iPO&Ui'iIUAX,
From the Correspondence of the Philadelphia Post.
Washington, March, 13th, 1838.
The past week has been one of much more
than usual interest in the Senate. The most ex
citing occurrence, was along and. signal, and al
most personal contest, very like a duel of wits,
between Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Clay, of Kentucky,
which was waged on Saturday with great vigor
ami animation, from one till almost six o’clock.—
It grew out of Mr. Clay’s alleged misrepresenta
tion of Mr. Calhoun's argument on the Sub-
Treasury; and as a challenge was at that time
thrown out and accepted, the chamber was crow
ded above and below to overflow ing at an early
hour, and so continued throughout the day,
throngs of listeners also remaining at the doors.
Air. Calhoun was very brief in setting right
Air. Clay’s alleged misrepresentations of his
argument. He merely gave one specimen, re
lating t<> the supposed unconstitutionulity of
using the State Banks, and left his audience to
judge by this of all the rest, though it looked a
little too much like a brick taken as the speci
men of a house. He then went nt once into a
long defence of hitnself against the charge of
having gone over to the administration; and lie
seemed to make it pretty clear from his speeches
in 1834, that the administration had gone over to
him, so far as related to the seperation of the
Banks and the Government; somewhat on tire
same principle, that if we should gain the posi
tion of an enemy, we should then have gone over
to the enemy, He went into a great variety of
particulars with a view to vindicate the consis
tency of liis coiu.se heretofore; and adduced
some of the principal instances of liis well known
ability in the management of practical affairs
in his public life, especially what lie had done
for the army and navy, in order to repel the
charge made against him of being too theoreti
cal and metaphysical. His defence of himself
throughout, was very ingenious, perhaps about
as well as it could be. After having expressed
hi.s antipathy to personal conflicts, and remark
ed that those who made such attacks must ex
pect in turn to be attacked, lie made an assault,
decorous, but tit the same time probably as vigor
ous as he could make it, on Mr, Clay’s public acts
and opinions. But Mr. Clay lias assserted,
and 1 have heard no one contradict him, that lie
has charged liis views only in regard to one im
portant point; a Bank of the' V e'm-.l sUuu>* in
the whole course of his pull e life. On consis
tency of opinion, he was therefore almost invul
nerable; and the chief charges brought against
him by Mr. Calhoun, was that he was popular
and superficial, always serving on something that
would strike the public admiration, and not versed
in those elements of thought, by which great
and intricate subjects are mastered and brought
under command. And instead of changing too
often he did not change often enough, but was in
the practic e of holding on by soma favorite hob
by till he rode it to death, lie had done so by
internal improvement, a high protective tariff, Ale.
Mr. Clay did not appear perfectly at ease during
his speech, lie had perhaps, umlcsigndly given
occasion to the encounter; but Mr. Calhoun was
the challenger. There was, however quite reso
lution enough in Mr. Clay’s expression, lie be
gan with saying that he was ready, and did not
need a fortnight to concoct a reply, (about the
time sinee the challenge passed.) This seemed
to cast a chill on the audience as if it might have
bcen spared. lie then proceeded to show more
fully that Air. Calhoun had gone over to the ad
ministration, and made especial use of his Edge
field letter for this purpose in which Air. Calhoun
said that the pow er of the administration would
have been demolished, but for liis timely interfer
ences; but he saw that the victory would not in
ure to him and his party, who w ould be absorbed
by the “nationals ;” and so lie went over to the ad
ministration to save that from destruction, and his
own party from extinction. Air. Clay made much
use of this letter, and w ith great effect. He en
tered into the various changes of Air. Calhoun's
political career, showing that lie had changed his
company if ho had not changed his principles anil
opinions. In the course of this review, he allu
ded to what lie called a boast of Mr. Calhoun, that
the compromise ae» was the result of state intew
perenec. lie treated this with great contempt,
> omparing South Carolina to a company of chil
dren, w ith woodens guns marching against tin army
ot granailicrs. lie stated that one great motive of
the compromise was the fear of trusting Gem ml
J ack soil with dangerous power, and mentioned as
a remark of Mr. Calhoun, late Senator. “These
South Carolianlans arc clever fellows; we must
not let Jackson hang them up.”
This called forth from Air. Preston a vehement
reply, such as every one would expect him when
his State was treated so slightingly. It seemed a
hard case for Mr. Preston that he should have dif
fered from his colleague and liis state on the Sub-
Treasury, and should then have his feelings so
touched by one of the most distinguished of his
present friends, though he said he eared nothing
for such assaults from small politicians and
understappers. The residue of the debate be
tween Alessrs. Clay and Calhoun was very desul
tory, but decorous, and on the whole creditable
to both rather than otherwise; a result w hich un
der the circumstances could hardly be expected.
Air. Webster lias just ended a speech against
the Sub-Treasury, which many called one of the
greatest ever in Congress; and some the greatest.
He saluted this scheme, on its entrance, as a
measure at best doubtful in itself, to attain a bad
end. He now assailed it on the general ground of
its novelty and the diverse opinions entertained
respecting it. His vindication of the credit sys
tem, as the great source of wealth and prosperity
to the country, and even as the chief instrument
of the equal distribution of property, so essential
to the continuance of a democratic government,
was full, clear, vigorous, and magnificent. If 1
have ever heard it equalled I sun confident I never
heard it surpassed. It seemed like the death knell
of hard money and the perish commerce system.
He maintained with equal clearness and force a
sound mixed currency, always easily convertable,
specie to paper or paper to specie, and always suffi
ciently expanded to meet with ease and prompt
ness all the wants of the community, lie urged
at much length the constitutional pow er and duty
of Congress to regulate the currency, especially
as subservient to the exercise of their power in the
regulation of commerce of which he maintained
a sound and uniform currency as an indispensible
instrument. He spent some time in an exp sition
of Mr. Calhoun’s various public acts and opinions,
though in the most delicate manner, expressing
the highest repect for his talents and character,
and great personal kindness towards him, stating
that at one tune he held no individual living in
higher estimation. Still his animadversions could
not have all been very pleasant to Air. Calhoun
Your space and my time will not allow me to en
large. This speech will have a great effect on the
country, though probably not much on Congress.
Some fears are now entertained here that tlieSub*
Treasury* will pass both Houses; and Air. Web
ster has publicly expressed his belief that there
is ground for such apprehensions. Some of its
opposers ara almost fatal of all to its projectors
I t the people require any more scourging to bring
them to their senses they ought to have it, though
it seems hard that the w ise and and innocent must
take their lull share of it*
Divorces. — I’he sarcastic Prentice says, that
tin- government was divorced from the Bank of
the mted States, and then got married to 100
State Banks. It it he divorced from the State
Banks, to w hom, or what, w ill it be marriad next ?
To 50,000 Sub-Treasuies, By the first operation
it got a hundred Wives instead of one : and by the
next it will get 50,000 instead of 100. It will
have a wife in every office holder, and from every
\\ lie s girdle will dangle a key for opening the
good husbands strongbox, flow much of the
old tool’s money will be left at the end of the
year!—_V. Y. Daily Whig.
’I hr Boston Atlas, speaking of the explosion
of the Banks in that city, says:
“Almost without exception all the individuals
engaged in tlm management of those banks,
which are proved to have been dishonestly con
ducted, have been and are the earnest friends and
supporters of Mr. Van Buren. In those two
banks which displayed the most revolting de
gree ot rottenne sand corruption, the President
ot one and the Cashier of the other were brotli
ers-in-law ut Mr. Levi Woodbury, .Secretary of
the Treasury—a circumstance, to which they
owed their election to their respective offices.”
It is stated that the President intends to rec
ommend to t ongress the constuction of a ship ca
nal through the Isthmus of Darien. This great
work is to distinguish the administration of Air.
Um Buren. But will the Guatenialcaus aeiept
Treasury notes ?— Xat. (laz.
§jl TOMHtA
FLORENCE, (JA.
;¥loutlay, ,\;iril 3, ls»s.
AT LAST!
The Georgia Mirror p, after a long, v x -
tious and tantalizing delay, over which we had i o
control, presented to the public, with the hope
that it may answer the < mis for w hich it is de
signed.
None ran he more fully aware of the ardunus
tirss ot the duties of conductors of the pri*ss*a* and
their responsibilities, than ourselves, but we tins’,
that by adhering closely to truth, making it om
polar star, we may be enabled to discharge the
tax., we have undertaken n such a manner that
our L'bors may prove beneficial to the country end
to posterity.
It is our intention to make the Alirror a ve} c
ie!e ot general intelligence, both Domestic aid
l'oreign, and if. will ! e our constant aim to plea ,
an 1 instruct our readers.
In* Mirror will not be silent inrclat’on to the
political affairs of the country. Believing, as we
do, that the future prosper ty and perpetuity of
our happy I iffon depend upon tl e advancement
and maintenance ot correct principles, we should
feel ourselves wanting in leve for our country
w ere we, as public journalists to be silent hi rela
tion to what we conceive her dearest interests.
We shall, therefore maintain with zeal and inde
pendence the doctrines of the State Rights party
oi Georgia, and will endeavor to sound the alarm
whenever the principles ol' (hit party tire attemp
ted to be violated or trodden under foot. Con
vinced that those principles are the principles of
Liberty, th >se doctrines the doctrines of the Con
stitution, and that by supporting them we will be
the advocates of Liberty and the Constitution.
Aware of our inability we will endeavor to make
tiff in v.cal what we are deficient in intellect.
H he columns of the Mirror w ill be open at
all times to any well written communication on
anv subject, save that of sectarian discussion and
personal disputes, free of charge. No communi
cation, however will be inserted without the au
thors name accompanies the manuscript..
We deem it unnecessary to make any further
remarks as to the course wcshail pursue. Hoping
that our future conduct vvi 1 p o e our . inc rtv
and zea! for the good of our country.
OUR TOWN.
Florence is not quite as large as Orleans, nor
as populous as New York, but its a town, notwwith
standing—some folks live lu re, and though you
cannot see all the town for the—trees, yet the
sound of the carpenter’s hammer is heard as if
houses would he built. We cannot boast of Rail
Roads passing through our streets, (for we have
got streets,) or our place being built by magic,
of an overw hlmning trade, or an abundance of
money—but w e can say that we are situated on a
good navigable stream, in the midst of a rich and
fertile region, surrounded by honest, industrious
and wealthy planters, men, too, of the right grit,
who can stand up to their rack about as well as
most men. We can say likewise that we have
shipped from this place during the present season
5000 bales of cotton, and how many we may ship
the next and future seasons we wont pretend to
say. Dry Goods and Groceries meet w ith a rea
dy sale and the demands of the country call for a
large increase of capital.
Distressing Accident.-—A young lady, about 14
years of age, daughter of Mr. Littleton W. Col
lins, of this county, was, last Wednesday, so se
verely burnt by her dress taking fire, as to survive
but a few hours.