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. „ 3V e I>im liberty to take satisfaction. Ass
Hitch he remarked, that I only wished
be struck to make 1,000 dollars our of
. „ 'flits conversation can be proven by
a dozen or more men. It became a
fleW source of detraction, in a few days
j tame out in the Georgia Minor, that i
luJ insulted William Avi ra and would not
-.re him sa'isf.ictiou because he was not
«urtii a thousand dollars. Thus yon per
ceive, fellow citizens, how reckless my
charsets has bee.i assailed ; and let me a-k,
( j 0 you believe such t ales would have evjr
keen told had l not been nominated ?
jjium men, you found their motto lasi year,
~£ iv e ns iiiyant, and wc'il give you Ball.”
Tins year they go tiro ‘-whole h 0.;.”
* Your servant,
-KY.UOUR CATCHING.
July 14, 1839.
From the Georgia Journal.
TllF. GOVERNOR'S ELECTION--
THE ISSUE.
“WHO ARE FEDERALISTS?”
few mftti'hs ago. the advocates for the
election of Judge McDonald, were indus
triously engaged in enlightening the people
upon the doctrines of Federalism, and one
would have supposed, from the zeal which
they displayed, the spirited manner with
,v!,tcli they entered into a discussion of.
and th abuse which they poured upon
t'i <se who were tinctured -vith, Federal
principles, that their candidate for Govenor
w as juiui icul ite up »:i this s'thpvt —an enemy
to all the doctrines of the Federal party—
.pul. in every resp. ct, iitertain'mg and sup
porting doctrines of an opposes character.
Had the Statp Rights presses been less
vi.il.uit. or bad they exercised a different
pelt V. in remaining silent for a time lon
had “they allowed the “Democracy”
■•rope enough” with regard to the interes
m" query, ■•Who are Federalists?” which
the Opposition so vigorously commenced a
discussion of: had they not quite so soon
disclosed to the people the important truth,
that the ” Democratic" can ii date far Governor
), a | been, during the whole of his political
life, the warm supporter and distinguished
advocate of those very doctrines so much
abuse 1 by the Vau Duron papers; Indthey
pursued this course, much trouble would
hive been saved to the n, and Judge Mc-
Donald would have had great reason in
agony t i exclaim, • If that's the way you
hick your friends, a plague upon such
bucking." Now that the election is near
at hand, we hear nothing from our oppo
nents in defence of the position which their
candidate has hitherto occupied as a pub
lic man, but it will be readily perceived by
the most casual observer, that the strongest
deposition manifests itself on tho part of
.. ;t!gc McDonald's supporters, to give the
subject, which they thems-hr-s first presen
-10 1 to the consideration of the people, the
“go The issue which they appeared
so anxious to make, when met by the State
Rights pariv, lias been abandoned, not, w
presume, “w.itlimit a pang,” but with in
tense mortification. To be compelled, for
t i • piirpo:;'. nf sustaining their candidate,
t ■ ab ut lon tlie’r affected abuse of Federal
ists, to he caught m their "o-cil net." and
to V: so unwise as to commit themselves
before the people upon a subject, the
dis “tssi in of which would necessarily injure
tie election of Judge McDonald, was
i mi 1 y placing them in an unfortunate pre
-11 ii unp, from which there was no room
far escape. In what a positon are they now
pj iced with rcg.'.i i to the claims of their
i.a li late lor support? They have dis
linetly avowed their utter abomination of
i’adera' principles and of Federalist*, and
ue- have as distinctly assertained. and
jhovkd »s wed >s asserted, that Judge
MuD jnvld has been, during his past politi
i .1 life, an atlvoc.i’e of those very principles,
aid an opkn and avow id Fkdkkalis r.—
We have specified our charges against
Jiiiy as a public man or.' . —for ill private
life he may he pas essrd of qualities claiin
e ! for him by his friends, calculated to
in ike him, not only a useful member of,
bat an ornament to society —but they shrink
fr in an investigation ol those charges,
aa] show every disposition to evade the
true point at issue, too, which they were
rb ■ first to present, and th” first to abandon.
Vo have chart'; I Judge Me Donald with
being a Fodera.bst, because lie displayed r.
wdiiugn-ss, when a member of the Legis
lat.tre’i.t 18 JO. to sdrui ndkh if th*. kxe
curtoS of the cttiMiSAt laws <>t the
State to the nu?iis.mk (.oukt, thereby
acknowledging the right of a mere creature
of the Federal Gogverrnnetit to control 'he
Statp of Georgia in punishing those who
might barb-r >s-.lv aiunbr our citizens, as
in the ease of T ; 8 :'s—because lie has Teen
favorab'e to, and admits tit” CONSTITUTION-
A MTV of a PROTECTIVE TARIFF —because he
advocated tin: coSs n rirnox.A' tTY of a
United States Bank-- -Iwaiise lie holds to
the doctrine that Conoiiess has the ntonx
to AnaT.isri slavery in the District of
Columbia—because he advocates the dee
trines of the Proclamation, an I particularly
that |)ortiou of it which main r.Atys that the
REPRI.SENT.VITV ES OF Geo' gia 111 Coll
gi'-ss are fiiOT immediately ACCOUNT
ABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF Georgia,
hut to the NATION? thereby advancing ihe
monstrous doctrine of CON’-OL! D.Y I’ION
in our Govern oent -a-xl we have charged
him with being a FKDEUALIS P “in the
common acceptation of the term. On tio
contrary, we have advocated the election of
Judge Dougherty, because lie is, in private
life, no less distinguished than s his oppo
nent, for his gentlemanly deportment, and
the influence which his virtues exercise
in society. But not on account of his
prioate virtues do the Stn<“ Bights party
place Judge Daugherty before the poonle
as tlieir eandi late for governor. If is be
cause of, and on account of his ardent-and
LONG CONTINUED SUPPORT of
doctrine*, not at war with the interests and
CONSTITUTION of our country, but in
perfect consonance with that instrument,
to which, as long as the banner of State
Rights waves ever the party in Georgia. not
one jot added thereto, nor one tittle extrac
ted therefrom, will receive the support or
countenance of the candidate of the State
Rights party for Governor.— It is because
he is a TRUE HEARTED REPUBLI
CAN of the old school, that the name of
CHARLES DOUGHERTY is prese-ted
to the people for their support. It is be
cause he possesses TALENTS of SU
PERIOR order, and industrious habits,
that will ensure attention to the responsible
and arduous duties of the Executive, that
the State Rights party will rally to his sup
port, and sustain hi* election at the polls
on the first Monday in October next. The
issue made by our adversaries, we have
fearlessly met, and wc have had every reason
to believe, that tltvy have prudently, but
ingloriously retreated therefrom. With
them, however, to “bo. r the compass," is an
old and sometimes well played game, which
even now we expect to see played before the
election, but which we shall be vigila it to
prevent being played with a “stocked han !
We are laJ to this conclusion from the j
fact that whenever they have hitherto lacked j
I argument, resort ha* been had to other
means. Having failed in tills rrspect some
weeks past, we are now on the “look out”
for something else, wiiich, whatever it wav
he, we are prepared, if true, to ackuoa ledge,
il sophistical or FALSE, to EXPOSE.
From the Southern Recorder.
We have hitherto exhibited our gtour
proving the justice and propriety ot placing
the approaching election lor CbtfMagis
tme specifically on the choice by the peo
ple nf republican doctrines and practice on
the one hand, and federal doctrine and prac
tice on the other. To the grounds sei forth
by lissome weeks ago, in proof of our posi
tion, we have not seen even an attempted
answer. They have been passed, so lar as
has met our eye, by the press supporting
Judge McDonald, without one word in
denial, palliation, or explanation. If they
could be successfully met, would they not
have been ? We leave that lor the deter
mination of the people. In the mean time,
as we believe the specifications to bear us
out Inliy in the position we assume, and as
those specifications setting forth Judge
McDonald's political opinions to the best ot
our belief, are such as we candidly believe
do not meet, and never did meet tiie appro
val of thejmajority of the people of Georgia,
we reinsert those specifications, that tiiey
may be prominent y in the eye of the citi
zens oi Georgia, who desire attlie appioach
mg election to vote intelligently in regard to
the politics of the contending candi
dates.
Judge McDonald, as a Federalist, by the
TIIE MUSI' latii'idii.arian construction of
the Constitution which has ever been set
up by ilie strongest members of the Feder
al Farty, claims tor the Federal Government
ilia rig it to co luoi al l sat astje the criminal
laws of the ti ales, acting on their oivu lim !
its. Witness the “Tassels” case, by which '
the Federal Government, by its Judiciary,
claimed the right and essayed to exercise it,
of arresting the course of the law of the
Slate, in relation to a murde.er tried and
convicted within the limits of the State.
Were we to concoct a case, to prove what
Federalism was, or to present a case of more
thorough laxity, in regard to the construc
tion ol the Constitution. could we imagine
one more palpable, more irresistable than
trie one before ls ? . We could not, and if
Judge McDonald's friends will deal with
ordinary camlo l ', they will say the same them
selves.
2dly. Judge McDonald, so far as we are
aware, has always sided with t'te Federal
Government, in its unconsti'ulionat en
croachments on the rights of the States.—
Witness his views in relation to Gov. Troup’s
resistance of the unconstitutional action of
the Federal Government, in relation to the
Western portion of Georgia, then io posses
sion of the Indians. Did Judge McDonald
aid Troup in his .noble maintenance of the
rights of his State, in that comrovercy ?
Did he unite with others in the cry of Troup
and the Treaty ! Or did he aid and coun
tenance tire monstrous attempts of John
Quincy Adams, in his threats to use the
bayonet against the people of Georgia?
We leave these questions to be answered by
his rieiuis who nominated him to go
vern that State 1 at their best leis
ure.
3d!y. On the Tariff question Judge Mc-
Donald is, if we do not greatly err, through
ly federal and unsound in his opinions.
While we do not charge upon Judge Mc-
Donald the advocacy of the odious tariffs
imposed upon the country , we do aver, if
we are not greatly deceived, that Judge
McDonald does pronounce and and believe
the tariffs imposed to be constitmio al.
liuwevcr unjust they may be. In this he
is unsound and unsafe (or the South.
4tl;ly. The same may be said, if we
are not greatly in error, in regard to his
constitutional opinions in relation to the
constitutional power of Congress over the
subject of slavery in the District of Colum
bia. Does Judge McDonald believe that
Congress is prohibited, by the Constitution
from legislation on the subject nf slaveiy in
the District of Columbia? We believe that
Judge McDonald believes no such thing—
that however much he may be opposed to
such action by Congress, (and we have no
doubt he is as honestly opposed to such
action by Congress, as w*» are ourselves!
yet lie does not and will not declare that
the Constitution prohibits such-action. On
this point, then, we deem Judge McDon
ald federal in his principles, and unsafe in
the practical result of such principles.
stlily. The same may be said, with truth,
of the Judge, in relation to a National
Bank. He finds no barrier in the Constitu
tion to a National Bank—with 1 is politics
he never can --but at present he deems such
an institution inexpedient; no constitutional
barrier being in tiie way, see the security
we have on all subj -cts left to mere expe
diency. To-day Judge McDonald deems
such an institution inexpedient, and would
oppose i'; b“t yesterday, deeming such an
institution expedient, he would have advo
cated it ; and to-morrow his present views
of inexpediency may again change, and he
may support it again. So of every oilier
subject, when we are not guarded by a
constitutional guaranty -the only guaranty
of the liberties of the people. Mere ex
pedient y is a Will of the Wisp, whose light
is only the light of delusion and danger—
the Constitution is themiepolar star, whose
light does not mislead the political mariner,
and a guide by which lie may always hope
to steer the ship of State in the true course
for the safety, hapetness and prosperity of
the people.
POSITIVELY SHOCKING!!
KVER since the noininatinn of JUDGE
DOUGHERTY, ns the candidate of the
State Rights Party for Governor, our neigh
bor of the Standard has been “at fault,”
until recently, when, his attention being
directed to the Journal of 1830, as affording
evidence of the fed :ral principles of
JUDGE i\lc DONALD, he has made a
most notable discovery!!! And reader,
tvlnt think jon * s ' l - 'hat JUDGE
DOUGHERTY k »Nullifier? No. That
he favoured the establishment ol a United
States Bank ? No. That i»f* voted against
the tariff resolutions? No. Thai he sub
mitted to tlie imperious mandate oi the
Supreme Court in the Tassels case? Why
no. Nothing of all this ! These are trifling
matters. Not worth noticing at this peculiar
crises. But for the discovery, says th°
reader. Let’s hear what that is!! Well
you shall have it, although it is positively
shocking. It appears, so says the Stand
ard of Union, by (he Journal of 1830, that
Judge Dougherty was willing to surrender
up Ike rights of the Slate into the hands of
the Federal Government!! Why this is
positively shocking. We intimated some
lime ago, and we verily believe that the
time is fast appro.ching, when our neigh
bour of the Standard, with that modesty pe
culiar t‘>, and which distinguishes, ibe
partisans of Mr. Van Buren, will assume
the once luted name of Nul ifier, and place
J UD /E DOUGH E RT Y among those who.
Ike JUDGE MeDONALD, entertained
doctrines subversive of a!! Republican prin-i
cipies. And what think you, reader, is the
ground upon which the Standard bases
liiis grave charge ? Why it appears that,
in ltj-10, J liomas H tynes, Enquire, then a
member ot the Legislature from tiiecouutv
ot Hancock, thought proper to introduce
resolutions to the Home, authorizing a
suivey of the Cherokee country, which said
resolutions, not meeting with the appro
bation of many of the members, they Lav
ing tiie fullest confidence that what General
Jackson promised he would perform, differed
with the mover of ihe resolutions, and voted
against their adoption. This we believe to
be a plain statement of the case, and it is
tor ibis that our neighbour charges our
candidate with being wilting to surrender
up the rights of the State i- to the hands of
the Federal Government. In other words,
that he is opposed to State Rights. Posi
tively it >s shocking. That JUDGE 1
DOUGHERTY, who has twice received a
nomination for Governor at the hands of
the State Rights Party, should be opposed
to State Rights principles, is tru y alarming ;
and wonderful is it, that aliho there is much
wisdom and intelligence in both political
parties of our State, neither if them have
had men in tlieir ranks, so fortunate as to
make the discovery, until recently. Why.
neighbour, your charge is posittvelu shock
ing ! What, JUDGE DOUGHEII TVop
|.oi ed to State Rights I Neighbour, we
cannot be grave upon this Subject, but must
laugh; pray excuse us. lia! ba! ha! tia !
ha!— Georgia Journal.
From t 1 e Southern Recoorder.
The political contest is drawing to a close,
so far as the General Election is concerned.
Probably ail that will be said lor or against
either candidate, has by this time been said,
aud the inuitis of the voters of'Georgia, are
by this time pretty well settled, as to tlieir
choice. In the controversy which has taken
place pending this election, with the Fed
eral Union we heartily rejoi.-e, that with
slight except ions, it has been conducted in
the spirit of manliness and magnanimity, re
ferring generally to the political position of
the candidates, and almost wholly relieved
fiom personal vituper.oiand bitterness.
This is as it should be always, although uu.
fortunately it has been hut too rarely the
case in Georgia.
For this calmness of controversy so un
sual, we are probably indebted to the per
fectly well ascertained political opinions of
the two candidates for the Executive chair
before the people; so perfectly are the peo
ple of Georgia informed in regard to the
politics and polical actions of both these
gentlemeu, that any attempt to mystify them
in relation thereto, would be as bootless as
it would be nncandid.
Knowing then tlie utter vanity of such sn
attempt, it seems to be conceded by all, that
the voice of Georgia shall be fairly heard on
this occasion, and her determination calmly
listened to, in her decision between Feder
alism on the one hand, and Republicanism
on the other. The issue is fairly made, the
parlies have been as faiily heard, ii only oow
remains lor the people to render their ver
dict between them at the polls.
buch being the state of the gubernatorial
contest, it would be doing, in our opinion,
gross injustice to the political principles of
the people of Georgia, so long and so stead
fastly maintained, to fear the result of their
verdict now. We cannot for an instant sup
pose tl at the republican feeling of Georgia
is revo 1 unionized—that the people have
abandoned '.he old republican creed so lung
and so fondly prized by them, for that which
they have so long and so strenuously op
posed. It is uotsu. The great body of the
people of Georgia, have not deteriorated,
eith.rtn intelligence, or in sound republi
canism and their verdict will prove that they
both appreciate tlieir principles, and will
maintain them. And with the people we
cheerfully leave the matter; the cause of
their po’hlcal principles are and ought to be
in their own hands, and we should tie weak
indeed if we could be made to believe that
the people would defeat their own princi
ples.
Altliougli the character of Judge Dough
erty is well known to tiie people of Georgia,
it inay uot be ivitlioul gratification to the
friends of tiiat gentleman, who support him
for the elevated post, which his p; rty has
called him to seek, to glance at those qual
ifications which have obtained for that gen
ileman the voice of a great party, tor the
highest office they can offer him.
In the Legislature, at the bar, or on the
bench, Judge Dougherty has been alike sig
nally distinguished for sound judgment, en
larged information, and manly firmness ; as
in every relation in life he has been distin
guished for unsullied and unquestioned iu-
of character, aud or tbe plainness
and simplicity of genuine republican man
ners. Asa politician, he has been the con
sistent aud uniform Republican, amid all the
collisions of party. If in the political career
of ttiis gentleman, there is to be found dire
liction of duty, or a single abandonment of
principle, we have never heard of it. The
Standard of Union, to be sure, “ solitary and
alone." lias attempted to ra sea ghost, but
like Glendower spirits, it wouldn’t come.—
Its attempt to make the people of Georgia
believe that Charles Dougherty is a sub
missiouist, has wholly and la- entably failed.
So utterly inconsistent with the un form
tenor of Judge Dougherty's life, so well
known to the people of Georgia, is such a
charge, that the dose has been tat her mote
than even the most thorough going and
thrice heatei 1 partizan could swallow; and
it has only .served to prove the unassailable
character of our candidate, when such a
charge so utterly incredible became the des
perate resort of the Standard. Judge
Dougherty’s reputation as a politician, and
as a nnu, is without reproach, and above it.
He has filled with distinguished and uni
versallv acknowledged abi'ity, every station
to which the voice of his country has called
him. and if ever the friends of any man
could promptly and satisfactorily answer
Thomas Jefferson’s test for office, the friends
of Judge Dougherty cart. “He is honest,
and he is capable,'' and what is more the
whole people of Georgia, know him to be
so.
These are some of the traits of character
of ffhe Republican State Rights candidate
(o'- Govefor. Is the relish for federalism,
no' matid r what ‘lie integrity or the gentle
manly bearing «»' h”'‘ i"• it is _repre-
sented. we repeat ,';ave of Geor
gia such a relish for fede.’H'i'sid, ‘*-1; ?
it in Judge McDonald, to St:-U e K'e s ,
publicantstn, in the peison of J udge Douj ll '
ty ? The polls will tell.— Recorder.
THE ELECTION.
The time is nigh at hand for the voters of
the State to cast their suffrage for Governor.
Both Parties have tlieir candidates in the
field. The Van Buren men profess to have
implicit confidence in their candidate—aod
well they may, for he is a true exponent of
their creed. Judge McDonald has labored
long and arduously iu tbe of tite great
Democratic, Van Buren, Legged Sub-
Treasury Party.
Do the other hand. Judge Dougherty- *>as
ever been opposed to the mad, headstrong
interference of tiie party hi power, with the
currency of tie country. He has ever
b ulled wtiJi a strong hand against the alarm
mg encroac ol power **|»o t the rising
of rh- People. He has manfully stood up
lor the independence ol Judiciary, and of
the Senate of the United States when both
have been trampled on by the inini-ns of
tiie ruling Dynastry. in short he is on the
side ot the People—Judge McDonald is on
the side of Power—Choose ye, men of
Georgia, “which of the two, ye w ill have to
rule over you.”— Macon Messenger.
DARIEN BANK BILLS.
The Daren Herald in copying the article
from the Federal Union, relative io the re
fusal of the Central Bank and State Treas
ury to receive ihe Dariau Bank Bills,
says:—
“Io order to counteract the injurious in
fluence of the paragraph, we beg to state,
on the authority of a friend, that the Bank
ofDirien will resume spee'e payments 'll)
1 lie course ol a very short time, and in season
to meet ihe warns of the appioachmg tall
buisuess,”
We have seen letters from Darien and
New \ ork, by which we are induced to he- •
lieve that the Darien Bank wll be able to
resume specie payments within a short time,
say the latter part of October, or the first of
November, and would therefore advise
holders ot bills not to part with them at a
sacrifice.
FROM FLORID*.
Bv the steam packet Florida Capt. Nock
arrived on Monday, we received the Cast
tto’ir/a Advocate of Saturday last, front
which we copy the following:
M ORE IN DIA NNE W S
A gentleman diiect from Middle Florida
informs ns, that on the 28th ult, while a par
ty of regulars attached to a post near the
Suwannee River, were engaged in building
a bridge about two miles from the Fort, they
were fired on by a party of Indians (the
number our informant did not know ) and
six of their number hiked. They were un
der the command ol a Sergeant, who was
among the slain. They were rallied by a
private, and although inferior in point of
numbers to their savage foe, succeeded in
heating the Indians back, and securing their
dead and wounded. Six of their uumber
shouldered each a dead man, and retreated
the Indians pursuing and firing upon them.
They succeeded however, in getting to the
Fort, promptly returning the fire of the In
dians during the whole distance. The con
duct nf ihe regulars in this short but severe
engagement, is said to have been very brave
ami soldier like. Three or four Indians
were seen to fall, being borne off by their
companions— Savannah Republican.
A drought is now prevailing, probably to
a greater extreme than has been known in
this country since its settlement. In the
Cherokee counties as many as three fourths
of the cieeks and branches, and many of
tiie springs, are dried up. A great distress
and inconvenience is suffered by the stop
page of nearly all the Mills, and the imprac
ticability of obtaining Meal and Flour. In
some parts, com and wheat have been sent
front fifty to seventy-five miles to be ground ;
and all the Mills now running are literally
crowded with bags. Vegetation is parched
up, and the leaves ar** falling from the trees
or withering on the branches. The dust in
the roads lies like a bed of hot ashes and
rises in clouds, almost sufficient to suffocate
the traveller.
Notwithstanding this long and severe
drought, the crops of corn is very fine,
owing to frequent showers at tiie proper
season, which moistened the surface of the
earth without penetrating it so as to raise
the streams. The wheat crop is also very
good.
In ibis vicinity the drought is also ex
treme, hut fewer of the water courses are
dry. The Cotton crop is suffering materi
ally from it, and will be much short of the
anticipations formed a few weeks since.
Macon Meescnger.
THE GALE.
Republican Office, Washington N. C.
Monday, Sept. 2,1839
The following appalling acc utit is by a
gentleman who was on the spot, and witness
ed the scene which he discribes :
Our coast has recently been visited by a
storm, more violent perhaps than any here
tofore known. On Monday evening, 26th
iflt., the roaring of the surf gave evidence
to the practiced ear of approaching danger
while a clear sky and southern bieezc served
but to lull suspicion in the hearts of those
who confide to such treacherous omens-
By Wednesday, at noon, the whole coast
seemed to tremble under the ocean's surge.
The wind then changed to E. N, E., grad
ually increasing, and by Thursday morning
it blew with tremendous violence. As night
shut in the storm increased, filling the sounds
and 'tvers with the water from the sea, and
threatening destruction to ev"ry obstacle
that offered to impede its progress. By
midnight the scene in Portsmouth and else
where was fearful and grand in the extreme.
The wind having changed to N- IS. W
blew with unabated lurv. driving the angry
waters from the Bound completely over the
Island, with a force that defies description.
The rain fell in torrents; while the wind,
lifting the waters up, swept them onward,
apparently in sheets, that were snow-drift
white. The awful roaring of the ele.menls
resembled a continual peal of deep thunder,
and seemed to ring the death knell to every
ear. There were a few houses upon the
island where toe rushing waters had not
now reached the floors, which were rising
and heaving within as the forcing of a door
through which death stood prepared to ni
ter. Consternation filled every breast; and
during an hour when the waters seemed
neither to rise nor fall, it is difficult to im
agine the feelings of those who were alive to
(he dangers which surrounded them. The
storm having now spent itsfury, the waters
gradually receded ; and the first sight of
land cheered every heart.
As the day broke, and the gale abated, a
heart-sickening sight presented itself among
the shipping near the island. Vessels were
sunk, ashore, capsized, dismasted, with their
exhausted crew clinging to the wrecks, and
by signals imploring succor. Bo soon as tbe
sea was sufficiently calm, boats put off, man
ned by the hardy pilots of the island, and
brought the sufferers to shore. We annex
a * list ofthe vessels wrecked, front which it
will **' en that Capt. Bartimus Williams,
'-is ~ bice, was the only person who lost
hik life ;» 'h'" * ale - llow 80 " iany esca P ed
,s s rpmmg w Johnson, from
Schooner T.. , oa ’ de(J with MW |
asho.”* onßrant Shoal, full
of water; threw over par* <>• cargo, and may
be got off after discharging the
. scbr. WOlunaG/ay, Jar**»
ington, (lighter for schr. Eh Hoyt) with
staves, on the Amity Shoals, near ihe Bar
boih masts cut away—may possibly be got
off.
Sloop Henry Bateman, CreJle, from ‘
Washington, (ugli'er tor schr. Eli Hoyt,)
staves anti naval stores, ashore on Upper
Rhodes ?>iioul—wnl be got oti by discharg
ing cargo. Schr. Little John,—l—, ballast,
belonging to Ocracoke, rode out tbe gale
after cutting away mainmast.
Schr. Bounty, '1 otien, for New York,
will) naval stores, cut away the mainmast
and rode out the gale.
Schr. Alary Jane, , from Edenton,
for Charleston, ci rgo of corn, bilged and
>uk iu Beacon Islaud Shoals, total loss of
vessel aud cargo.
_ biltr. Standard, , from Elizabeth
City bound to Charleston, ca.go ol corn,
vessel aud cargo lost.
Schrs. Julia aud Sidney, belonging to
Portsmouth, ashore on the island, high aud
dry, may be got oh.
Schr. Two Sisters, , from Bay River
with wood, ashore on Portsmouth.
l'liree schooners ashore on Portsmouth—
names not known.
Schooner Lyon,—, from Newbern, for
Charieaiou, cargo of corn, rode out the gale
with loss oi < a de aud anchor.
Nchrs. .Malvina aud Patriot, of Portsmouth
rode the gale.
A number of boats and small vessels are
ashore w ith more or less damage.
These are believed to be all the vessels that
were at the bar during the gale.
The schr Mellissa, Jarvis.from Washing
ton, went to sea on Thursday, with cargo
«t naval stores lor Boston, came back on
Sunday morning, with loss of deck load;
bulwarks, Ace. and iu a leaking condition.
A LATE SHIPWRECK.
Correspondence of the Boston Ti irs.
Warwick Hotel, J
Cohassett, August 13, 1839. y
Friend K—l have just returned from one
of the most exciting scenes it can fall to tiie
lot of man to witness. This morning, as I
sat at breakfast, our host name with tile in
formation that a vessel was ill danger in the
Oiling The storm had raged furiou.slv for
the last twenty four hours. We had been
under the severitv of a north caster forty
eiaht hours; and I know that from two to
four o’clock, this morning, there was a ter
rible blow, for the tviud alternately howled,
as if in deep agony, or hissed and whistled
as if iu mockery of all earthly bounds. We
rose up, and made out, by the glasses, that
the vessel was a schooner, with a deck load
of lumber, under, a nipple reefed foresail
with her mainsail gone, anti her jib Rying
in riband!
The sea was raging high and furious, and
the schooner labored in vain to make her
way in toward Nantasket Beach. The
wind was about northeast, and she was only
able, for a full half hour, to hold !ver own;
while sea and wind both set her steadily to
leeward, toward dreadful rocks and ledges
which have been fatal to so many mariners.
She tried . aid, but in vain. Atone moment
she rode upon a sea iu clear view, toe next
even her foresail was bidden in the trough
of the sea, and at every moment she came
nearer and nearer the fatal rocks.
“ll he does uot wear ship and stand Out
to sea, all is lost.” /Fe prepared, and rush
ed down to the rocks to witness the catastro
phe. But the captain had come to the same
conclusiou, aud when we came id view of
him upon the beach, he was standing out,
pitching and rolling aud tumbling, like a
plaything that the wave* were tossing from
one to the other. The aspect of the weath
er was still unfavorable, it was low tide, and
as rlie wind generally rises with the tide, it
might be expected, in two or tljiee hours, to
bejasbad as it hid been at night What could
he do ? If be kept out, he might be driven
to sea and swamped. There was no harbor
nigh.
Suddenly, lie wore ship again, and stood
in between the rocks. He had left Black
Rock on his left,and Seal Rock on his right
in running out and now, with a mere span
of sail, and a craft laboring as if exhausted
Imt still struggling, lie had to make his way
between ledges above and below water, to
tou”hanv one of which would be destruc
tion to the vessel, and death to every soul oc
board.
I had watched her, by this time, with the
utmost intensity, for about t*o hours.
Cohassett bad poured down her people
among w horn are some of the hardiest ami
he«t sailors in the world. The beach was
thronged, as if men had leaped out of the
rocks ; „li watching coolly, but intently, tlie
movements of the schooner. The captain
dared not trust himself to sea in such a tem
pest, and was making for a small bit of beach
surrounded, on every hand by rock 6 visible
or sunken, as the breakers too phinly show
ed ; and every row and then, when the
great sea came rolling on, water and foam
and spray flew upwards from the rocks thirty
or forty feet; or iff a?sea struck the ill fated
vessel, she was covered and hidden mast high
with the lashed tip spray of the deep sea.
She came onwards slowly, and steadily,
but for the dashing force of the waves. The
captain run almost upon a rock on hts star
board bo?v—-it was bravely am! well done
men began to breathe more freely. It was
low water, and if he should touch there still
another rock lie dreadfully near upon which
he must be dashed. Down she went, and
siruck—lie’s lost—no, a friendly sea again
sends him onward, and striking and rising,
like a leaping horse, slie is at last thrown
up upon the break, hard and fast, twisting
and writhing and groaning, with the mad
waves dashing high over her, and the wind
howling and whistling thrnngh her useless
rrgzing.
The flood tide began to make---the wind
strengthened— the surges grew more and
more furious ; and those on shore, made ac
tive preparations for the safe landing of the
crew. The schooner's coats had been wash
er! awat'. There was no boat on that beach
(Simond’s Farm Beach) that could li;e a
moment in that surf. Away went all hands
to another beach at some distance, where
a whale boat was taken aud carried > p to
the place needed. But even to attempt to
go out in a whale boat was deemed ton
dangerous without a leading line from the
schooner. Signals were made, and a pla; k
was seat adrift, with a line made fast toil;
but the line snapped, in tbe surge, as if it
had been a cobweb— another was sent out
and made fast to n bucket, but neither buck
et or rope reached the shore. The mari
nerswere now clinging to the shrouds; and
both parties became assured that all that
could be done for the rescue must be done
by those on shore—the crew of the schoon
er was helpless.
During this del iy—-and let any one who
can imagine the anxiety of those poor wretch
es, with death boiliug, plunging, and yaw
ning around them, and ever rising up ta
cover and seize tlem- -during this delay,
many planks were dashed from the deck,
in spite of tlieir Lshings, aod came riding
upon the seas to the shore dashing against
each other and upon the beach with such
fury as to spfft and baeak tbe#* abort oft, as
they could be cut by an axe. Some actual
ly rude uptigLi iu ibt waieis, and were
shivered to oiu> as they Sliuik.
C«p(. Huggins soon louim anew fer the
whale boa, -and the Lardy seamen were
ieady, and ahjong the in no,.e was more ea
gef than a weather beaten one tugged, but
o6f old, tar ; who threw away tits wooden
timber iinu shipped into the ouat wuh the
alacrity oi a cmld to us | asim.e. 'J i, K boat
was launched into the surl, with 4 jj
on board determined to reach the schooner,'
with a line from the stern io be held on to
as a means 6f saiety, by those on shore
The seamen strained every sinew, a high
surge came yawning over the boat, as if open
ing its jaws to engulj h her; but she Eluded
the danger, 3"d rose almost |>erpendicular
over its crest of foam, while every one on
shore rose involuntarily on tip-toe, bv that
singular sympathy which prompts us io ff
in lecliug, but without thought. Now
the riurine adventurers were hidden in the
trough ol’the sea—again they rose over a
higher sea ti au before. But they toiled in
vain. The stern line, though fully paid oat
had drifted far to leeward, and was entang
led with thcjdrif't planks from the schooner.
The signal was given to haul in, and the
boat came back to the shore.
There was disappointment, but not dismay
The boat was again put iu position, and tho
error of the first attempt was rectified, by
coiling the line in the stern of the boas, to
be paid out from thence. But the tide came
in more furiously upon the flood, and i o'
ouc v.as so anxious to try the experiment
again. Capt. Higgins waited for volunteers.’
The question • who is going? ’ met with no
ready response. AH waiter). At last, Capt
Tower, an elderly retired shipmaster, spoke
again, “who is going ?” No answer. “Then’
if uo one else will go, 1 will;” and off he
threw his coat and jacket and jiithped into’
the boat. This stirred the prid” of the
young men, who immediately rushed into'
the boat, for more than were wanted—and
the old captain was turned out. The one
legged sailor again ihrew off' his wooden
supporter and maintained his place at the'
oar.
AM being ready, the boat was once launch
ed, and at ihe word all hands pulled stoutly;
and bping unincumbered by the stern line,'
after a persevering struggle, they reached
the anxious mariners on hdard. On the
first return they brought away one man and
a boy, and'a line to aid them in going back
for tiie rest, who came off safely the next
time—in all there were five, wet, worn out,
cxatistFd creatures. The schooner was the
Groton, Yates, of Waldoboro’, Me. She
had made a harbor at Cape Ann during the
storm, but drifted out about midnight, and
was thus driven into peril in the morning.
She now lies, supposed to be bilged, on the
beach.
Having seen all hands safe, and well cared*,
for, I can look hack witli a deep feeling of
satisfaction, that 1 have been enabled to
witness the sublime yet dreadful scene ; and
to experience the wildness of emotion*
attendant upon a shipwreck—sympathy,
curiosity, fefrror, hope, fear, strong desire
to aid, and a sense of entire impotence,
are mingled in my recollections of four
hours, so that it were frditl* ad to attempt to
analyze them. 1 shall not attempt it, but
will leave this detail of occurrence, with only
the remark, that 1 have seen to-day evidence
of active hum.inilf, which make me feel a c
warmer attachment to mankind.
Yours, Ac. KUSTICATOR;
Stf iii - mS3&B „ .
In Lumpkin on Wednesday Evening
11th inst. by the Rev. Joseph T. Tally,
John S. Glenn of Fort Gaines, to Mrs.'
Elizabeth Standly of Lumpkin Stewart co.
Ga.
tf*:
Its Stewart oounty on Sunday the 15th’
inst. at the house of his brotherfCharles N.
Simpson, Mr. William L. Sir pson, in the
33dyear of Ins age. Asa man Mr. Simp
son was firm in his purposes, affable in bis
manners, genteel in his deportment, a kind
affectionate brother, and a sincere friend, he
has left a large circle of relatives and friends
to mourn bis loss in the house of silence
Where neither dress nor adorements allowed
But the long winding sheet and' the fringe
of the shroud*-
Ah? sweetly he slumbers nor hope love nor
fear.
Peace, peace is the watchword the only one’
there.
Then slumber iny friend until the trumpet
shall call
The dead from tlieir graves botlrtlie great
and the small,
Then, then may they spirit rise hasten
above
To bathe in the ocean of Jesus’ Love!
A FRIEND. ,
Ccntentiary *»f JTlethodism.
AT a meeting of the Committee for the
Centei nary. Rev. E. B. W. Fpivey
took the chair.
On motion it was Resolved, that we meet
on tiie 25th of October next for the purpose
of celebrating the Centennary of Wesleyan
Methodism at the following places viz- At
Anthony, Lumpkin, and Wesley Chapel,
and that Bro. SpiVey preach at Lumpkin,
Bro. Wimberly at Anthony, and Bro. Tal
ly at Westley Chapel.
On motion it was Resolved, that as far as
we can that all secular concerns be laid
aside, »hat it be a day of fasting and Prayer
and Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for his
past favors and, a continuation of the same
upon us as a Church.
E. B. W. SPIVEY, P. C.
John D. Pitts, Sec’ry.
W are requested by a
friend to announce the following
Ticket for the Legislature:
JAMES M. MlLNEß.forthcSenate,-
THOMAS J. STEL L, 1
SAMUEL QUARLES, Y Rep’rs.
HENRY W. WOODWARD. )
it AL E ROPE.
AA COILS best Kentucky Bale Rope
AUU in Store, and for sale bv
ANDREWS 6i BEMIS.
September 14, 18394 t 23
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A. B. C, WINFREY, Auctioneer,
Sept ia 2a at
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