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THE vint itOR
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Saturday, 1-Yb. I. i * 10.
For Preside sir.
GEORGE M. TROUP.
Errata. —Owing to the haste in which the
Mirror, of last week, was made up and the
lateness of the hour it was put to press,
many errors were left uncorrected—none of
which we regret more than those in ilie
lAfauiiful verses tit our fair correspondents,
•■Eliza” and “Carolina. ’’ We beg the
reader to correct the following;—the first
word in the 2nd line of “ Eliza” read wilt
for with. In the fifth line, read yon Ur for
younder. Tn the last word of the first line
of the 2nd verse, read there for tree. In
the 2ndver.se of “Carolina, ” for the last
word of the last line read p! for part. In
the fourth line in the lasi verse read t ful
gent,fat nfifulgent.
The Federal Union, the urrm of Gover
nor McDonald, says, “the Administration
of Gov. McDonald, so far as it has gone,
meets our deiiJed approbation.” V i»h
him, no doubt the King can do no wrong.
The Nepenthes says lie cannot see his
fat ein the Minor. It is well enough for him
that he cannot, as he would surely kill hun
sell' and th :rcby sare the Fooi-Killer that
tro.i Die.
We are very niucti disappointed at not
having received the speeches of Messrs Al
ford, Colquitt, Cooper,and Habersham, de
livered in the Ho. of Representatives on the
presentation of abolition petitions from the
Xoilli. We have heard their dibits spo
heu of in the highest term, of commenda
tion, and have been anvoiis to get a sight
oftliem. We are satisfied however, that
the honor and rights of Georgia, and the
South, will be ably vindicated and maintain
ed, so long a< they at c entrusted to.he hat ds
of our present chivalrous ;m J tal nted ep
iesciitati.es.
Mr. Thvr.s, of Virginia, the distinguished
. tiuscrve'ivc, who could not swa low the
H nil-Treasure’ projectol Martin Van llur'-n,
urn- longer consider himself alii*'’ w'>, n a
party whose principles are t 'o < jrVtipl, and
v. Ikisc measures are so dangerous to tlie
liberties ot the [people, has announced his
irtCPiio’.; lo support Hakhisos for the Pre-
Vadem We presume, therefore, that Mr.
IvtVfis will receive tlie unanimous vote ot
the Whigs and consi rv .lives ol the Virginia
E ■ a,lnsure, as Senator in Congress from
itint Slate, from which station he was call
ed because be would not “follow in the
loots eps.”
The Aliens B inner, a thorough-going.
Cull blooded Van Huron paper, makes the
following remark in relation to the Con
gressional Ticket recently noniii ated ov
ti e party to which it is attached;
“ O :r tick it is ;oo sirong in intellectual
p, .wer. composed of men too well known,
nod too pop ill ir with the people, and enter
tains political opinions too sacredly cher
ished by a mnjoiify ot tlie citizens ot the
Slate, to be easily defeated.”
We would ask the Banner if the last Van
Huron Congressional 1 icket did not com
bine all tlie “ intellect uul power" -all the
inp'tUrHy with ‘he people, and entertain all
the political (.pinions so “ sacredly cherish
,.,| tiy a inajmity of the citizens of the
state,” that ihe present one can boast ol !
.And was nut that Ticket very easily defeat
ed ? What say you Mr. Banner !
sri= Any man who will leave five hundred
dollars at this office, shall receive the thanks
ml the editor, and no questions asked. —
Del ham Patriot.
Wo should have no sort of objection to
receiving a similar deposit. In fact, smal
ler sums would be acceptable, even irom
the hands of those indebted lo ns for such
trifles as Printing Syr. In all such eases
our thanks should be accompanied by a
certificate oj deposit, alias a receipt.
GEN. HARRISON AND THE
ABOLITIONISTS.
Our readers arc well aware that we have
no political fellow feeling in common with
Gen. Harrison, but, having sometime since,
in giving the distinguishing traits ol this
gentle;’an stigmatized him as an Abolition
ist in common with Mr. Van Bureu, we
take pleasure in giving him the advantage ol
any evidence that may appear before the pub
lic which will tend to clear his skirts of this
damnable heresy. We, therefore, publish
to day an article, purporting lo hail from tlie
Emancipator, found in an exchange paper*
which deuouuces Gen. Harrison as a friend
to slavery, and slave interest.
The Emancipator is the leading organ of
the Abolitionists, and no doubt, speaks the
sentiments of the great body of these inlu
riated fanatics.
Since the above was written and in type,
we have seen and -read an extract ol a
speech de'ivered two years since by Gen.
Harrison, at Vincennes, Indiana, copied
into the C harleston Courier, tor the pur
pose of rendering Gen. Harrison the amen
de honorable, from which paper we also ex
tract it. If there had been any other evi
dence needed to clear Gon. Harrison of Hie
sin ol Atoliiioi ism tl.in the utnaiks ol
the Emancipator, this speech is altogether
satisfactory and must convince every man,
we care not who he may be. that Gen. Har
rison is with the South in toto on the
question of skjveiy, and is, m every respect,
as unexceptionable as Martin Van Buien,
and indeed a great deal more so, as there is
evidence, glaring and incontrovertible, that
Van Bureu be irs the mark of the serpent
upon his fore head.
The Correspondent of the Augusta Con
stitutionalist, speaking of the late Van Bu
en nomination for Congress, holds the fol
owiug language,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.
Was not the nomination of die Union
Party ol your State rather premature this
seasou—or are the old party lines and leaders
to be perpetual ? We should hope not,
though you appear determined it shall be
so. Whai difference exist between Messrs.
Cooper, Colquitt, Black, and Neshit. and
thevgreat Democratic parly? We ran see
none here, and Georgia politics will be as
little understood as those of China, unless
you may think proper to a third us some
light upon thesubject. It should have been
remembered by your convention, at least
•such is the prevalent opinion he.. , that since
the commencement of the present session,
the Slate Rights Party generally, tliough
acting heretofore independently, have sided
with the forces of the Administration, and
support tiieir principal, if not ail their meas
ures—in ine election ol a SpeaKci, you will
find the names of five Georgia members
voting lor as stern and uncompromising a
Republican as any in die House, and as
suredly. these si/iiiers should be dealt with
leniently wlreu they thus acknowledge tbdh
heresies. Another tiling is. that you drive
the disaffected into die arms of Dawson
cV Cos. against their own iris lies, by this
early nomination, and force a coalition ol
opposite interests,' which conjoined, it must
be admired on all hands, will make a hard
battle lor us to w in-- it win we can in our
state. This is the way tilings are looked at
by fliose whose e\p< iit-nce prompts me lo
throw out this louse hint, and my observa
lions are nut made unadvisedly, la-surc you-
W hat, lor instance, h the old leaders ol the
lroup Party should bury the hatchet
on tlie Sub-Treasury, and join issue, to
throw away you electoral vote, if not in '4l,
they might do it in ’45 ?
Here is an attempt to identify a portion of
the Georgia Delega ion, who have alwavs
been pure and consistent State Rights men
with the present party now in power-—hold
ing them up as entertaining principles and
opinions in character and keeping, with she
misnamed "Democratic' party. What ~io
live could ..avc influenced the corre<- 01 -ff Cu ,
of the Constitution .list, thus to, characterize
Messrs. Cjo per, Colquitt, BUtCk ami Ms
hot, we know not—ho scemi lo ;u} , ue
because they voted lo V a Sub-Treasury
NultifierforSroal <*, that therefore tin y
•tie iu ever particular Van llunii men,
icady t«. sacrifice their Stale Rights princi
-pon the altar of the Siib-Tica' iiry,--
-ml unite heart and hand in eveiv nefarious |
measure the present corrupt Administration
may propose- -Not so. They have given
sufficient evidence of tiieir pa! rim ism and
independence,—although they may act with
tlie Administration upon the question of the
Sub I reasury, yet ihtiy have given tnat par
ty fully to understand that in iis general
inroads upon the rights of the people and
the sovereignty of the States, they will be
iouuJ upon tlie ground they have always
occupied, battling manfully and resolutely
against the usurpations ot the General Gov
ernment. Witness their efforts on the New
Jersey question---hear them prociairiijg the
righ.s of Jersey and Jersey’s taws, listen to
the voice of rebuke and deu’.nciation hurled
against this corrupt auti corrupting party, by
these independent and eloquent Georgians,"
and then tell us if they are properly to be
set down as bc’oiigiug to she Van Bureu fac
tion.
This correspondent, speaking of the vote
given liy a portion ol the Georgia Delega
tion lor Speaker, remarks "these sinners
should be dealt with leniently, when they thus
acknowledge their he esies Was ever such
impudence known, or heard of? These sin
ners—siuneis in what sense of the term ? Ju
none other tiiau (Locating Slate Rights doc
trine—ami they have by voting lor a Nulli
fier, (in the eyes of this correspondent)
nek no.vlcdged that their doctrines upon
which they rode t hunphantly iuio Con
gress are heresies.-- -Indeed, this was a very
great discovery, surely tlie worthy ami sa
gai ions correspondent of the Constitution
alist, deserves and should receive the thanks
of iiis parly for his sagacity, and oenctra
tion into the principles of foe two contend
ing parties.
Upon another point the correspondent, vve
tiri ik, does n portion of our Delegation itijtts'
tice speaking ol tlie bad effects li e A :.n Hu
reu nomination will have upon ti e party he
savs, “you will drive tlie disaffected into the
arms of Dawson <V Cos. against their own
wishes." We are sure this language must
be held unadvisedly-- as we are confident
tha gentlemen made rrferer.ee to in the
above extract have and will always take great
pleasure in acting with Mr Dawson upon all
the general principles which influence the
operations ol tlie country amJ have no de
sire to act with the Van Bureu party of
Georgia. But enough ol tiffs Washington.
Correspondent—-whose only desire is to
see Messrs. Cooper, Colquitt. Black and
Nisbet, in tlie ranks ol Corruption,—-but i' 1
this lie can tiever*be gratified.
We copy the following from the Augus
ta Conslitutionafi t. it speaks for ilsell.
WashiSuto.n. Jan. 17, 1640.
Vo nr delegatioiTare doing themselves and
the. South honor in the stand they have as
sumed, and the remarks they have intro
duced on the reception oftlie abolition peti
tions. Among tbe most eloquent addresses
I have »ver listened to. were those ol Messrs.
Alford and Colquitt, of Georgia, and they
had the attention, not only exf tiieir colleagues
but ol the galleries and ol every person on
the floor, while they poured forth “thoughts
that breathe, and words that buru,”
With the exception of this single remark
there is nothing worthy of oming to your
readers, a* the House continues in an ap
parent interminable con usion, and the Fen
ale » discussing the Sub-Ticusury Bill.
We cut from Jjie Washington Correspon
dence of the New 5 urk following
com plum til a. y i uUi ol oaHßLour Mem
ber' tn (ongri's: . iJHni by the
n— tn be i> is
ti.H eiing:
"H"'! Win. <' (
'' -< ire! i\ ! e : h
mo't ex.dled pi:i:sc*. It w e!lW(Hf'«s!<
ed that he was placed by tlie Speaker;: at the
head ot the Committee of
was au unexpected appointment to the
friend* of Mr. Russell, olyoar Slate. Mr.
11. had long been one of the most useful
members ol that Committee, scarcely infe
rior in any respect to Mr. E. Whittles)',
who was long its able chairman. Every
body expected that he would be designated
in the appointment of the Committee as its
Ch lirniau. It was felt tube due to him as
a matter of courtesy, vastly more so as a
matterof merit. No one lelt this more than
Mr. Dawson though lie kept his thoughts
tohimsclf. Fur the first time the Commit
tee met ou Saturday last, and without con
sulting a single person, Mr. Dawson im
mediately offered a resolution, which he en
forced with a few apptopriate remarks,
eminently creditable to him, that Mr.
Russell be appointed Chairman of the
Committee, and it passed unanimously. I
have never known an act of similar disinter
estedness; and yet, when we consider
wlmnoe it emanated, our wonderment ceases,
Ifiir.Mr. Dawson is all magnanimity; he ne
: verallows a selfish feeling to approximate
him In this instance his course was no
• l.’ss creditable lo himself than ii was io Mr.
Russ' II.”
The following article from the Richmond
Whig, contains a high compliment to
Georgia. Our Delegation is certainly a
talented one, and by comparison with the
two former ones, it is trauscendemly so.
Desideratum..--- A sketch oftlie Georgia
delegation in the House of Representatives
of she United Slates, represented to be pe
culiar in this, t;i;it each of them is a man
of talents, and that collectively it is th,.
strongest representation which ativ S’ ae
ha* ever tin J at the same session in Gon
gress.
DUKADFUI. DISA^TfcR ?
D.rlj Herald { Xew I fur „ j Extra, Mon
any Keening, J > n.aary ] t.
THE STEAMBOAT LEXINGTON
BURNT, AND NEARLY TWO 11UN-
Di;ED OF T*l FL* ASSKNGERS AND
CUE W DK N TP. oYE D.
Ojjior <>J tus Standard.
Ihu* areoKT Tuesday Jan. 15.
APPALLING CALAMITY.
Steal jQoat Lexington destroyed by fire,
: 't’d nearly two hundred lives lost! The
liPxing.on left New York for Sumington oil
Monday, at3 o’clock I*. M. having, it is be
lieved, about one hundred and liliv |; s
sengers. A large quantity of cotton was
placed upon her decks. Af 7 o’clock, when
about two miles Irani Eaton’s Neck, the
cotton took fire near ihe smoke-pipe.
The boat was headed for the shove as
soon as the efforts to extinguish the fire
gloved imsai-ecs-Tui. SU<> was provided
with three bonis, vcf, such was the panic
which took possession of all minds, they
wen: hoisted out while the boat was still un
der headway ami h.niedialely swamped.
Tile engine a few miuules alter gave way,
leaving her utterly unmanageable. The
scene wh'eli thou ensued is descvioed as
most appalling.
Captain Chester I!illio*,!, of Norwick, a
: pas .eilgei oil board, Com whom we have
gathered these lew particulars, states that,
soon ailcr the cr„.«ic Stopped, the passengers
began to leitvf the boat on boxes, bales, Ac.
In coto’:.uiy with one of the firemen he
was so fortunate us to secure a cotton bale,
to which lie lasitetl himself, lie remained
up'-h this bale, the wind blowing off Long
island, until 11 o’clock this morning, when
be was laken up by iho sloop Merchant, of
Southport. *
1 iis companion, iu the mean time, had
been released by deaf.h (torn Ins .sufferings.
Two others wen: taken up by tlie sloop, a
fireman and the pilot of the boat. Both
were nearly insensible. It is surpri
sing that auy should ituve survived the ex
posture.
There is too much re tsou to far that these
three are she only survivors. It is possible,
how ver, that others may have been saved.
The boat drifted up the sound with the
tide, and was off this tiarbor abuel midnight.
Captain 11. stales that she sank at 3 o'clock,
as lie marked the tune by bis watch.
The elforts which w er : last night made in
ibis vicinity and at Southport to go in aid ol
the sufferers, proved, owing to the icwjii'the
harbors, and to other untoward circumstan
ces, Cutuviv unavailing.
We learn that a boat which succeeded iu
getting out ot Southport harbor, after reach
mg the mi iu.c o. tile ouuud, was compelled
lo rei urn.
Idle account which vve have given of this
awful catastrophe is exceedingly impelled.
It may be well imagined ilial our iiiloriiiaiil
is hardly in a situauou to tuiiu-Hr many de
tails.
[Tlie Journal of Commerce mentions the
m.tins of the following persons as being un
derstood to have been on board ol the Lex
ington at the tune of the accident, ami ol
course to have perished by it, viz Robert
Blake, of \V rent bum ; i Mr. bowler, ol
New York; Win. A. Green, firm of Allen
A- Green, I’iovidence; b.iiimel Henry, ol
Boston; Chas. 11. l’hcljis, ol Stoi.ingtou;
R. W. Dow, firm ot Dow f Cos. New York;
Cap*. Vnnderblit.]
[ FHe Baltimore American of yesterday
sa\s that it iteis have been rect ived in’tliai
city staling Hi«;t Mr. John \V. Keible, aim
Mr G \V Walker, Mr Keirle’s son-in law.
left New Yot's in thv sleamboal Lexington
ou the day of her fatal disaster; and that
there are also strong grounds for beliel tint
Mr Church, formerly of the firm of Messrs.
A Lilly A* Cos., and ’.Mr A Weujan, of the
firm of iPe tm, Pcndextcr ly Cos. ot Bal
timore, were on boar<b j
Loss (flhe Ship li<mid of Boston.--- r i\.is
ship, w'.is destroyed by lire at sea. Oct. 2b',
in lit 4.30, S, ion 2 i 25 W. Tim Boston
D*il v AJrortiser jjivos tue ij.lowing particu
lars :
••Five persons, Mr. Henry I’arkman,
(grandson of lip; late .Samuel J’orkman,
Esq..) of Boston, one of me supercargoes ;
Mr. Ilanry Irving, ot Boston; ■■■ Bell, oi
New Hampshire, (sou of Gov. Bell) passen
gers ; Mr. Samuel I*. Nash, first officer,
of Boston, and one seaman. Capt, Howes,
Mr. Win. Austin, auothersupereargo. the
secocd officer and tlie remainder oi' the
crew, afier being seven days in tbe ioog
boot, landed at a place about 30 miles north
of Feniambueo, to which place they pro
ceeded, and then Mr. Austin, under date of
Nov. 5, wrote to his brother in this citv, via
Liverpool and New York. lie refeis to a
previous letter forwarded to the United
States by the first opportunity. This letter,
although it would under ordinary circum
stances have been expected to have reach
ed us destination earlier, ha» uot yet corns
to hand.
Mr. Davidson, who went out passenger
iu the Harold, is supposed to have i mb irk
in her f'oilionte. It so, he is undoubted
8y among those who were saved. The loss
» the Harold, including vessel, corgo.
Ate, is supposed to be nearly, if not
■jPWiely conere I by insurance at eight or
iu this city, to the amount of
Wrl, 000.
Wilmington A lee<hser — Ertia. >
Wilmington, N. C. Jan. 17. 1640 y
With a heavy heart we sit down to the
task of making a brief record of one of the
most disastrous tires, with which our devo
ted town has ever been visiti-d. At about
2 o’clock this morning the darn sounded
and proved to proceed from tlie siori oc
cupied by John Dawson, at the North East
corner of the Court House. The Court
House itself was soon on fitc, as were also
the buildings adjoining Mr. Dawson*.
Tlie (lames progressed thence, with terrific
fury, in an easterly tud iioriheilj direction
of the square iu which the lire originated,
and in a few minutes caught the buildings
across Front street, iu a westerly direction
The progress of the fire was then in every
direction from a cninim ii centre. South,
however, nothing w t* burnt but the Court
House. In other directions indicated, no
barrier* could be interposed until 'lie two
squ ires immediately N. W. and N. E. of
the Court 11 rise were entirely destroyed,
with the exceptio i of the Bank of Cape
Fear, and two small houses next north of
it. on the fore cr square, and litres bri k
buildings on the N. V. angle of Ihe latter.
The whole number of buildings destroyed
is about one hundred and fifty, including
the Offices of the A'lveri iser and Chronii le,
the Custom II m e, -md the Clarendon and
Ileston’s llo.els.
The Vi ess, and a consirtarable portion of
the materials were sav I from the Adver
tFer office, ami with them this slip is prin
ted, alter the de’.ty consequent upon a hasty
removal o* ,ne contents of a printing, office.
From the Chronicle office, nothing was
Saved but the account honks. A great deal
of goods and (uroitiire were goiten out ot
flic houses anil stores, a!thong:i the loss ol'
property ol those kinds is itimiense. Many
of the hu billies on these two squares were
among the most valuable in town, and on
these two was done, probably three fisurt s
of the business of the place. We have
heard no critical estimates of the aggreg.it
loss, bul are inclined to think ii w ill stun up
to nearly five hundred thousand dollars.
What portion is insured, is unascertained.
Thus has Wilmington received another blow
to her prosperity, that many years will not
serve to recover her from. Site had just got
ten over the effects of similar visitations of
former yems. and had taken up a load, iu
the construction of the Wilmington a id
Val-igli Rail Road, that almost staggered
her strength, when this last misfortune
came, and nearly paralyzes her cneigics and
hopes. Add to this tie iiupropitious slate
of trade guieially, and our lot seems most
unhappy. But we me neither dismayed not
disheartened. We look to the future, to
redeem*lie present and the past, and bv the
favor of Heat cn, will stragj'c with redoubled
diligence.
Fro a the yew Oil) aus Sun of the 7 til.
k ROM TEXAS.
By the arrival of the-team packet New
Yoik from Galva ston yesterday, we are put
to possession of papers of that city to the
2d inst. They are barren of news. We
clip the following from the Galvestonian :
The appointment of John R. Jones, to
to the office of Post Master General, has
bteu confirmed by the Senate.
Long Wharl is at last completed so that
it call be usrd—t lie wharf is nearly one third
of a mile long, and vessels l any size can
come a.ougstde and unload at the lowest
sides.
There ; re fni iy-sevm buildings going up
in various parts of ihe city—the most ol
them, we believe, arc intended fur stores and
warehouses.
Another account has reached this place
of the fall ol Matamoras. ’J’lie news was
brought by a respectable cit.zen of Goliad,
wlio said lie bad h arned it from soldiers
who had reached that place, after having
been engaged in tlie battle. Great .slaugh
ter was made on both sides, and many C'en
traliats were taken prisoners but Gamdizo,
taeir leader escaped. No further particu
lars were known.
Texas. —Letters arc frequently addressed
to persons in Texts, inquiring wind pur
suits are in.i?. profitable here, ami w’oit
kind of emigrants are most needed. We
believe that, in general, farmers are the
persons best tewardetl lor their labor, unless
die raising of stock be regarded as a distinict
pursuit. Tins hist is, perhaps, as easy and
lucrative a business as can be imagined;
neither cattle or horses requiring other
Iho I, at auy season of tlie year, than that
which tlie year spo. tanei uslv provides
tlmm. Lawyers have usually done well
nero, and tiieir is still a prospect for some
oftliem to do so; but it now requires men of
sense and legal acquirements to succeed;
and young men who fail at home bad better
not come here, unless they are willing to
dig potatoes or turn soldiers. The number
of physicians, we thick, quite equal to tlie
demand, though there is room here, as there
is every where else, lor a lew of first rate
abilities.
Good clergymen always find a welcome,
but we believe 'b it tiieir petunia'y rewards
are confined principally to marriage fees,
which, try tlie way are usually quite liber
al.
Goods usually bear good prices, and most
of our merchants seem to do well, * ut there
ire many good establishment now in tlie
country, and tho-e «lm boy to bring out
must not eo so much, as has been usual,
upon toe idea (hat ‘any tiling will do for
Texas.’ Goods bought in the eastern (tides
of the United S att and provisions b night
my where, at fair prices, l oouno ily ass ord a
very good profi*. The mechanics most
'neendvil are carpenters, masons, and plas
terers, bul the demand is greatest lor the
first, as the buildings are mostly of wood.
There arc not m my cabinet makers io tire
country, and they could only do well at
•present in a few 01 t!ie clff- t towns though
the settlements are rapidly filling lip, w hich
will of course open many new places for
them. Black* mil lot, slioem-kers tinners,
printer-*, and almostevery kind of mechanics
and laborers mu ihy fluid ready employ
ment and good wage! for their labor, Bojlr
ditig house keeping is a very cotnmo:i oc
cupation. nod lt«>m tlie prices frequently
chargod and the fare furnished, travellers
infer that it H profitable.— -Ualvesltin Civil
ian-
The Savannah It inks say they have not
suspended. They say they have only susp
ended so Caras regard.' brokers and the banks
that have strep uffeti ; but pav bills presen
ted by iudivi Inals uiscouocc.eJ wait tliesu
speuded banks or broker
Album. \o. 7.
It has bein said with some u gree oftrt.th,
that every w..man .s more or lei* gibed with
poeti. fire; and that when she does assume
tlie character of lroete'B lo pi ur lorilr her
breathing ll oughts in “words that burn,”
and wake the imprisoned nuJody with which
her in art is filled, there is a sweetness, a re
finement, and a sensibility, about the pro
ductions of her muse, tirat «ve may in vain
look for iu the writings of' the rougher sex.
It is true, tlia; in tlie art of making poetry,'the
capacity of woman has proved itself inferior
to that of man, on trig, doubtless, to the fact,
that she is not so capable of fixed, conseu
trated, and persevering attention.” Hence
there is less of power and sublimity in ihe
efforts of her genius, than in the lasting
monuments of such immortal minds ns Mil
ton, and (low per, and Pope; hut then, there
is moreol that eloquent music oftlie soul, the
essence of all tli u is | octic, and the gen- i
nine glow of Heaven's own darling passion.
Imagination is her empire, and love the sun
which warms her ficidiies into life am! am- |
■nation, arnica sCs them lo bud ard tffosom
like the beautiful (lowers of the natural
wwrld. In ad lit nji to the o.her distinguish
ing trails ol woman’s p'.ctrv, there is a tone
of religeous leeling which generally per
vades her poetic pro dilutions, whether of a
light or serious, cas
Mrs. Lrm\ H- .siooukst;t, well known 1
• o the American public as a poetess of high j
rank, lias written a great deal, and n ri ten it
well. i hroughout her numerous compo
sitions. there is a rich vein of morality, uni
ted wit.; the utmost purity of sentiment, in.d
chastity ot thought. On this account, she
has acquired the title of the ••American
lie nans,’’ tlfl | hecau.se if her itiiila lull
ol that inimitable authoress, but because
Fit; Sane glow of dcvti'in.ial Ice ling, lie
same chaste and classic imagery, the same
strength and mellowness of versification,
and (lie same delightful exercise of piety
ami love, are prominent in the poems of
each. Among tuosi: high qualities which
give to Mrs. Sigourney beyond u doubt, a
Nile to tbe sacred name of poet, the South
ern Li'eraty Messenger enuim rates, “an
acute sen-ihiluY to ealnral loveliness,—a
quick ami perfectly just conception of tlie
moral and physical sulJnne--a calm and
iimisteiitaiioioi vigor of !kought---a mingled
delicacy and strength ot expression—and
above all, a mind nobly ami exquisitely at
tuned to ill tbe gentler charities and lofty
pieties ol life.’’ Tit’ longest poem which
Mrs. Sigourney liaryet written, is "ZinztH
do'f,'' and it ts one full of beauty, being a
simple relation of some of tlie adventure'
of that tuan pi ‘uul. The smaller pieces
Irom the sjinie pen, profess the same order ol
merit ; and really sonur of them are noble,
and “breathe the truest spirit of the muse.”
The folln.i ing i, mil an inapt specimen of
the author's general style, amt comes within
her usual range *.f su’brecis, u rs a beauti
ul home scene :
A MOTHER’S EVENING THOUGHTS
O Immefeh joys.— mi <h araud sweet,
My clear wood fire lie-ide,—
My baby creeping at mv fed,
Who oft with glance ol pride,
Looks luck, elate, tiiul pleas’d to how
Ilow fast his tiny limbs can go.
And closely seated bv mv side,
My little daughter loir.—
Whose doll upon her knee doth ride,
Essays a matron’s cave.—
While many a lesson half severe.
With kisses mix'd must dolly hear.
Here lie my volumes clo.'d and still,—
Those chosen frit mis of old,—
My pen regardles of my will.
Lurks in its bronzed hold, —
High joys they gave,— but not so dear,
As those that gild my Reside here.
Where harp and viol carol sweet,
’Mid youth’s unfolding hours.
Anil gladness wings the (lancer s teet
Thai seem to trend on flowers.
I’ve shar'd tin* cop—it sparkled clear,—
' Twasfount, —toe precious draught is here.
I've trod the lofty halls, —where dwell
The mildest of our land, —
And met,— tho’ humble was my cell,—
Warm snide, and greeting hand, —
Yet she doth feel a tin ill more blest,
Who lulls her infant or her breast.
Strong words of praise,—such words as giid
To h gh ambition's d*ed,
J l.e impulse ot mv ittiiul have stirr’d,—
Though “till iji. rate'd, their ineed, —
But what of these ? they fleet away.
Like mist, before direction's ray,
Tim’ many a priceless gem of bliss.
Hath ihiiil*' mv pathway ii r.—
Yet h ive I known no joy like this,
A Met ier's nii'siri'u care,
To inaik when stars ot midnight shine
My infant's blight eye fix'd on mine.
Might woman win earth's richest rose, —
Yet miss that wild flower zest,
Which by the lowliest cradle grows,
'Twere but a loss it best ;
Pass mi, O world, iii all thy pride.
I’ve made my choice, —ami here abide.
I'.fren she who shines with beauty’s ray,—
By I isliion’a throng direst.—
II Irom that pomp she turn away.
And build her shelter'd nest,—
And hoard the jewels of the heart,
Like Mary finds the “better part.”
LAURIE.
*«ji»*cr Kliei'ifT Sale*.
W r iHH be sold on the fits' 'Tuesday in
MvKCll jnext, before the Court
House door in the Town of A mer cus Sum
ter county, within the usual hours of sale,
tlie following prope.ly to wit.
Two lots of land No. 146 and 141, both
iu the 2/iii District ol Buniler county, levi
ed on a' the proeeity of Reuben B Pickett,
to salisty one Ii Fa front Fnniter Inferior
court, in lav,., ~| Edwin F. Birds,,tig vs.
said Pickett. Pr<>pt*ity pointed out by said
Pickett.
Also one store Itorree and lot, lying in tire
30th District of Sumter county, levied on
as the proneriy of P itiiek Brady, to satisfy
tour Ft F is from a J on ice s court of Sum
terconulv, in I nr,ir ol Joshua Pnttisaul vs.
Patrick Brady and Joseph Minis. I evy
made and returned to me by a Constable.
Alfa, one lot of land No. 142 iu tlie 29th
District ol origiuunlty Lee, now Sumter
county, |. vied on as the property of Ste
phen H. Mills, to satisfy two Fi Fas from
a Justice’s oi iim of Sumter county--oue in
favor of Thomas J. Basden vs. said Mills
tlie other in favor of N. 13. 'Thompson vs.
sain Mill*. Levy made and returned to pie
by a Constable.
Also,one negro boy, named Bob, suppos
fed to be 1G or 17 year* old. and one sorrel
hor e. supposed to be 7 or 8 year* old,
both levied ou as tlie property of Randal
McDaniel, tu satisfy one Fi Fa from Je fie re
sou county Superior court, hi favor ot Jo
seph Far ewell vs. said McDaniel. Proper
ty pointed uut by William J. Patterson,
and .dso two small Fi Fas from a Justice's
court of Dooly county, levi and by Constable
on said o-gro and horse and returued tn me,
both miavorof Berry Ttjqer v*. John Faf
ueii and N<tilh .i:< Taylor and Randal Mc-
Dam- I. cndi.f-tiS.
Also, lot ot laud, No. 123, io the 17tli
Dis iii : ot ori„iooally Lee, nt.n Muniler
linn ty. In ii; on as tie prpe.iy of L. J.
Breok, to sately sundry Fi F.-s from a Jut
lice's court ol l,n county, iu taver of Will
iam tsu.iii. Vs. G urge Roberson, pimcipal,
and L. J. Brook » u orsi Levy made anal
la torued i • me !a a tdonstabie.
* iso, ti.o Y.es. l.aifot lot of infill, No.-
14(i in tire 27iir District of formerly Li e,
now Finn tr toutuy, and flit .nij rovcincnts
thereon, wlmrton Jnim 't. AieCrsuv i:ow
lues, levied ou as tne property oi'Joiiu f,
•Mr Ci try, to satisfy sundry Fr Fas from a
Justice s court of Sumter county, iu t„.cr
ol Thomas Fultivan vs. John ’i. Mc-
Crary ad Thomas C. Snluvao vs.l Joi.u
T. Met 'rat, 3t,d Jacob W. Coho, secure
ly on ine appeal, l’roperty jHiinled out fiy
said Mi C'riuy. Levy n adt and returned in
me by a Constable.
Also, Joseph Mims' interest iu Pond
Tow n in the 30.1; District 11 Sumter coun
ty. known as the Eli F. Walker place in
Pond Town, No. ol the lot of land not
known, levied on as tire property ol Joseph
M s, to satisfy one Fi Fa from Sumter
Supei tor court, in favor ol William M. Lee
vs. Jos, ul: V'inis and Wright Mints, princi
pals, auJ Wthiam Tu.tr, security on tlie
appeal, ami util* i Fi Fa> hum buiuter .Su
perior court, in favor of uliicis against Jo
seph .Mimsai and ulkeis, and one from Sum
ter Inferior court, io f.ivor ot Harrison
June-, a.id Joseph Bond. AJinimsii• to,s of
Lewis Bond, deceased, vs. Joseph Mims
ami Pay ion M ims Property pointed out
by Eiiwiii 11. Brown.
A is<», tour acres of land, more or less, be
ing a par of lot No. 1, in .Square letter J,
in the town o: Amcrieus. being tlie Norm
Weal eoriier of said lot, levied on as the
property ol Jacob W. Cobb, to satisfy one
'• i 1' a Irom Sumter Inferior court, in favor
of Davis Smith, vs. said Cobb. Pioperty
poin'ed out by snhl Cobb.
Also, the East bail oi lot la: and, No. 140
in tlie 27tli District of Sumter county, c< tr
t. doing one bombed a vies, more or less,
and live negr es, Wallis, a man---Cloy, a
woman—-Clarissa, a woman—-Missouri, a
giri---Peggy. a girl, nil levied on rs tlie
propeity ol Mark M. Brown, to satisfy one
Fi Fa Irinii Sumter Ldierior court, iu favor
of Turner Col, y, vs. Mark M. Brown, nia
k, r, and John T. McCrary, eudorser, and
iwo Fi fas troth Sumter Superior court,
botli m lavorot Larkin Grifiin, vs. Mark M.
Brown, and noth Fi Fas levied ou tlie live
negroes and laud above staled, and one
town lot No. 3 under lettei C. in the town
of Ameriens, levied on as the propeity of
Mark M. Blown. 'Fit above naif m’lot
of land nod live ucgiocs pointed out by
-uhn T. McCrary.
POSTPONED SALES.
Will In sold at the same linn and place.
Lot o! Land No. 1(17 iii ihe 29;h District
of formerly Lee, now Sumter county, levi
ed on as iHe property ot Richard Pickett,
to Satisfy one Fi Fa from Sumter inferior
court, in favor ol John Marlin, vs. Patrick.
Brady and Richard Pickett, securuy.
I.ot of I md No. 145 iu tlie 27th District
ol lurmcrly Lee, now Sumter county, le
vied ou as iHe propeity of John J. Britt, to
satisfy one Fi Fa from Sumter Inferior
court, in tavor of Edward Montgomery,
vs. J ait it J.Brill.
HUE E N M. WIIEELER, Sh(f.
Jan. 26 l* I'd
A s , one lot land, No. not known, in the
27tii Distiicl of Sumter county, whereon
Stephen Herring now lives, levied on as tlie
propeity ol Su pine Herring to satisfy one
Fi Fa I mu Sumter Superior court, in favor
of John G. E. Ii ds vs. Stephen Herring prin
cipal, John J. Br itt, security on appeal anti
Dempsey .1. Justice, secuiijyou tlie slay of
Execution.
JOHN TINEK, Dept. SLID
Jan v.'r, Irs
Vi*.
I fa ESI’ EC'J k ULLY informs the < -lizm «
ol Fioieiri e nnl it: i it it v. ll at Ii I ; *
taken art out at tli Plta't ix Hotei, w! ,e
lie will atr« mi to calls in his pretension.
Ho is prepared to s: l teeth ou gold j lot- ,■
pivms ice.
Prt ! 1641)
A'? 'T;?> —--
I ITER ARY MESSENGER.— T. W.
J J White respeciluliy in formes tie | at
rons of the “Southern Liur. ly .Messen
ger,” and tlie puiil'c generally, that tbe
issue of the next uuinber ol that periodical
is necessarily delayed beyond litre time of
publication. The recent holidays, and a
damage winch lias occurred lo the press ou
which iHe Messenger is .'truck off, have
retarded tlie business of this i slice. He
would further mention, iHat the publishing
of an important essay upon the “Rights of
tlie Slave holhiug Slates, and tlie ow ners of
slave property , under the Constitution of
tlie United States,” Irom tlie pen ol Conway
Robinson, Esq., of this city , has also post
poned lire appearance ot the Messenger,
l'e believes,however, that tin; value ami in
terests ol tins paper will fully atone for the
delay. Being anxious to present tho wLoitt
essay at the same time to tlie public, and
aw.;re that the issue ol his periodical would
be late lor tlie month of January, lie has
concluded to puplisli tlie January and Feb
ruary numbers together. His patrons will
therefore receive a double number, or the
numbeis for t.vo month-, under one cover.
The publisher flatters ininsel , that both in
typographical and literary exce leuce, the
coming numbers will equal, it u,t exceed
any tirat lie least ver given to the public. Be
sides the important essay already mentioned,
and w 1 ich pusesse* such a peculiar interest
at the preasent time, they will con
tain a notice oftlie recent attack upon Dr.
I Ch aiming, in tbe eduiburg.ii Review, from.
| the pen ot a Baltimorean. A second paper
upon ihe Smithsonian Institute. .S,m Ma
| rrno, firoat tn,- pen of II l’. Tuck'-nmm-'
Esq.; The Worthies of Virgin!,*- Id„.ur
mgs from New England History; Right*
of authors : Moral end Mental Por
traits, No. 1., being a notice of
William Cullen Bryant ; Isabella
Do Castros, a tale of Spanish RomancStr
humorous story, entitled Mrs. Shooter'*
Party ; a sketch of the character of Lord
Bvreu ; An Incident oftlie W.trol 161J-T4
a true Sony ; Simms' Early Days No. J I,
Kemiuiseeuee oftlie British ;»l Bulijugs
biook ; Homines Apud iidornos ; a poeinvif
article, eutitied Jmri, or Urn Jiriiie ol tha
Fmtwu Star ; atrd au •iahorate ami entresf
mjtMAof Murray’s Travel, rrom th* pt/i
of au accouvdished Pchota>; intert'srbJg
Fk*tcii ol Surgeon U- S N" v /. i»estdr§
several nonces of n«Ar puilticmioos.
He trusts *b» will furnish a aitl.s
facu»ry apology for hi* delay ; and that i>(b
next volume of the Messenger will curd o
ue to warrant the paftpuag* and coinioeirix
datiuu winch have been Beretq|«re
bestowed upon it.
T. W. W. calculate* tbissmt ttds doiibfi
number of the Messenger, on or before the
J«t day ofFebruaiy.
VL, Jaijjry 15, Hli.