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From the Nav York Constellation .
UNHAPPY MEN.
There is a class of mankind—and by no
means a small one—which arc termed un
iappy men, To them, the world, with all
ts pleasant things, friends, soeial comforts,
ad domestic endearments, this world, so full
>f all that is beautiful, the blue skies above
nd the green fields around, what is it to
hern but a constant source of misery and dis
luietude, a never-failing theme of complaint
md dissatisfaction. This unhappy disposi
' ton may be traced to various causes; in some
icrsons, to a temperament naturally gloomy
; >nd desponding; in others, to accidents, mis
fortune, disappointed ambition, or religious
fanaticism.
Some men are habitually unhappy, while
others are only so occasionally; the former at
all times and places, wear the same dolorous
countenance, they cast a chill into the very
atmosphere around them, like the chill at noon
day, when the sun is in an eclipse ; their con
versation is tinged with melancholy and mo
roseness, and if it has not the effect to make
others us wretched as themselves, it at least,
prevents them from being happy while in their
presence. Such men arc icebergs heating
about in society, cold, isolated, a terror wher
ever they come, repulsive, and repulsed.—
They may be seen at the corners of the streets
waylaying their acquaintances as they pass by
on business or pleasure, to remind them of
the vanity and vexations of the world, the un
certainty of riches, the precariousness of life,
and of all those various subjects for sober re
flections, well calculated to occupy the
thoughts r>n proper occasions hut which serve
only to offend and disgust when thus obtru
ded upon the attention. But those men nev
er take into consideration the "times and oc
casions when they shall pour forth their lu
gubrations, but like sinister crows are always
bo.ling some evil.
Next are those who are subject to occa
sional fits of unhappiness. With some per
sons these are periodical—one will be affec
t'd with melancholy in the spring, and anoth
er ia autumn : one is a prey to the blues in
one kind of weather, anil another in a differ
ent kind. Such is the connexion between
body and mind, that the causes of this species
of unhappiness may he traced, either to some
disorder of the former which acts upon the
latter, as a dyspepsia in the stomach is gener
ally followed by a similar affection of the
head, or to some peculiar sensibility of the
one by which external objects easily excite or
depress the other. Such men arc indeed, to
he commiserated; for who can doubt that their
unhappiness is a partial hypocondria, over
which they have no control—a disease of the
mind, more acute while it lasts, than the se
verest bodily |>ains 1 Nature may in some in
stances be the author of this kind of unhappi
ness, but it is oftener produced by education
and luxury. It is not. the farmer and the me.
chanie who arc the subjects of this hypocon
dria; their happy countenances tell a differ
ent tale; it is the student whose sedentary
life dooms him (o this calamity ; or ths volup
tuary, who by his midnight carousals entails
upon himself and children the miseries of a
broken constitution.
Others, again, are made unhappy by out
ward circumstances—by misfortunes in busi
ness, disappointment of their plans, or the be
reavement of their friends. This species of
unhappiness, when temporary and under prop
er restraint, is what all who consider tho in
firmity of human nature, will respect and ap
prove ; but when carried to an immoderate
excess, when it is suffered to -embitter the
whole after-life of him who experiences it, it
becomes both improper and injurious. It is
improper, because there is no reason why we
should forever mourn the loss of friends or
property —the voice of reason and nature for
bid it; it is injurious, because we cannot by
our grief repair our losses, but rather dimin
ish the chances of doing so. There is no
spectacle more painful than the man who is
the victim of unhappiness from every slight
misfortune he meets with in his business.—
lie literally makes troubles for himself-—he
plants thorns and thistles along his pathway
through life, and frelsout both body and soul
by rubbing against them. D.
TIIE MADMAN — from the french.
Two travellers of distinction, after a few
days residence in Ferrara, determined to vis
it the hospital, or rather prison, of St. Ann,
in which are confined the unhapy victims ot
insanity. The eldest of the travellers was
entirely bald,and his countenance exhibited a
mixture of shrewdness and simplicity, and a
certain air of benevolence. Whenever he
questioned the conductor assigned them by
the keeper of the hospital, he fixed his pier
cing gaze upon his savage and immoveable
features, and seemed to wish to read in them
his answer.
The other traveller was some year 9 young
er. Ilis perfumed hair escaped from under a
cap glittering with jewels. A short cloak ot
scarlet velvet, richly embroidered, was taste,
fully flumr over his shoulders; under this was
a vest trimmed with the richest ermine, upon
which were visible the links of a brilliant
gold chain. He wore gantclets of silk, and
one hand rested upon the pummel of a rich
sword, suspended by a satin scarf* and tin
sound of his silver spurs alone hroko the si
lence in toe long corridors they traversed.
Etienna dn la Boetie, companion, ii
French; this jailer appears to me as stupid as
he is heidous, r.nd I am sure ho will he unable
to gi ve>n any information respecting the plat
we are aboWrto examine; this is unfortunate,,
tor my curiosity is much excited. At this
moment, a young Italian, who was walking ir
the corridor, approached them* and express
ing himself in French, which he spoke fluent
ly, offered to be their guides through tin
different wards of the hospital. I con tell you
added he, the different kinds of madness thes.
poor pi ople labor under. The offer is madi
ith too much politeness for Monsieur and
Monta’gne and myself to refuse, replied L
boetie.
Stroz ’i, for that was the name of the Ital
in, entered a long hall formed by narrow
nelly, b< fore the doors of which he would stop
turn describe with singular acuteness the va
iku descriptions qf insanity of the inmates.
TIIE MACON ADVERTISER, AND AGRICULTURAL 'AND MERCANTILE INTELLIGENCER.^
his sound remarks and his agreeable mannner
of communicating them, delighted the travel
lers, and gave rise to a crowd of reflections
which they mutually interchanged, often with
the tribute of a tear.
The poet and Montaigne were in the midjt
of an argument in the melancholy moot!,
when they wore suddenly interrupted by the*
croaking of the door of a cell. A man cov
ered with rags and bowed down with suffer
ing rather than age, issued forth withcaution,
easting around him fearful glances. His
beard and hair Were in disorder, and his pale
and extenuated features possessed, notwith
standing, something noble and commanding
in their expression.—He advanced cautious
ly towards the strangers, and drawing a letter
from his bosom. u lf you are Christians,”
said he, in a low and solemn tone, “cause this
to be delivered to princess Leonara d’Est.”—
La Boetie exchanged a smile with Montaigne,
and Strozzi, at the same time, taking the pa
per to avoid irritating the feelings of the poor
creature who addressed them.
“I appear to you mad,” continued he; and
you class me with the degraded beings with
whom lam immured. Alas! I know not how
I have been able to preserve my reason and
support the infamous tortures they have heap
ed upon me. From the bosom of the brill
iant court to be thrown into a loathsome dun
goon, to he torn from bright visions of fame,
of friendship, of love, to groan seven years
alone—yes alone! or among madmen and tor
ments, to curse the fatal gift of genius, and
the fame attached to my name; ah! who could
thus exist? In the name of the Virgin,”—
cried he, embracing the knees of Montaigne,
and bathing them with tears, “put an end to
this horrible torment. I .et Leonara but know,
where I exist, and she will come to my deliv
erance. You hesitate, you fear her brother
—yes, dread hiui; his revenge is dreadful—
implacable.—Well then, tell Conea, the
Prince of Mantua, or the friend of my youth,
the faithful cardinal Cinthio, that here, under
afiet tous name” —Suddenly was heard the
dreadful voice of the jailer, and the echo of
his heavy and hurried steps, the poor creature
shuddered, was silent, and slunk affrighted to
his dungeon, and the iron-featured jailer bar
red the door upon him without interrupting
the caneonneUa lie had been humming when
approaching the group.
‘The delusion of this man,’ observed the
young Italian to the travellers, ‘is to believe
himself beloved by a lady of rank. Some
times he weeps over letters he imagines he
has received from her: at others, he is heard
talking of tetes, tournaments, and victories.
Sometimes he is heard reciting verses which
iie traces upon the walls of h:s cell, for they
occasionally allow him a light, as his madness
is never furious; it is rather a deep melancho
ly, an habitual gloomy sadness. His stanzas
arc always addressed to the imaginary object
of his passion, and the letter he just gave you,
I am sure, is filled with expressions of love
and tenderness.’
‘lt is indeed,’ said Montaigne, who had just
finished (reading it. ‘He writes to the Prin
ces of Ferrara in the language of the most fa
voured lover: he recalls to her the private in
terviews she once granted him, and doubts
not that his Leonora will fly to his Xeliver
ance whenever she shall know that he is here
immured. Poor human nature!’ said he
sighing; ‘what we have just witnessed would
go strongly to support the hold assertion ot
Pliny—“ Nothing can exceed the degrada
tion and vanity of man.”
He had just finished this comment, when
the sound of an approaching foot step was
heard, and soon his highness Cardinal Cinth
io (whom Montaigne had seen the day before
at Court) entered in the utmost haste and ag
itation, followed by the keeper. The latter
seized the ponderous keys in the hands of the
jailer, and with his own hand opened the mas
sive door which had just been closed upon
the object of their reflections.
Cardinal Cinthio threw himself weeping in
to the arms of the unfortunate prisoner, who
appeared stupified with joy. “My dear
friend,” cried tnc Cardinal, as soon as his agi
tation would allow him speak, “is it thus we
meet again?” then turning to the spectators
of this moving scene, “Gentlemen,” said lie,
in a transport of indignation, “you see how
the Duke of Feirara rewards genius; tell your
country, tell the whole world, that Torquato
Tasso groaned seven years in this vile dun
geon, while the universe mourned his death:
but come, noble suffereT,” said lie, “let. us fly
this impious land; Rome has yet in reserve
for thee, the immortal laurel crown.”
After their departure, Montaigne, a little
chagrined at his mistake, remained a few mo
ments silent, then turning to Strozzi, took
leave of him cordially thanking him for his
politeness in acting as their guide. “What!”
said lie gravely, “do you leave me without
worshiping me?” Montaigne looked at him
with astonishment. “Thou ignorant mortal,”
cqntinued the young Italian, has not my su
blime genius, which but now enchanted your
admiration, has not the gift of tongues I pos
sess, revealed my mysterious divinity?—
Kneel!” cried he, at the same time "rasping
Montaigne by the throat, “kneel, thou heath
en; worship me, or l will strangle thee!”
La Boetie and the jailer hastened to the re
lief of Montaigne, and while dragging this
new madman to his cell, “My dear sir,” said
the latter, at the same time adjusting his dis
ordered dress, “we ought not to be very vain
of our understanding, since wc have to-day
admired the intellect of a madman, and mis
taken fora madman the greates genius oflt
xfrv Socrates was right in saying he knew
,ut one — that he knew nothing; and Pliny to
write, nothing is certain but uncertainty —and
1 to add, u-hut do / know?”
[From the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer.]
To the taste and fashion of the City ofN. Y.
The memorial of the undersigned Washer
women, Ironers, Manglers, Clear-starchers,
if this city ami parts adjacent, humbly slicw
'i’hat unless some alteration lie speedily
nude in the present fashion of male attire, jour
memorialists are utterly ruined and undone..
We have suffered inexpressibly since the
time that the beaus of this ancient and proud
netropolis have left off wearing shirts and
have adopted collars, dickies, and check stom
achers, and if this determination to repudiate
linen is persisted in, we are on the brink of
utter starvation.—Your memorialists repre
sent that the Cantelos—the Moranges—the
Lellybridges and the Little-breeches, and
sundry innovators, to us unknown, ere the
cause of these disasters, so afllicting to our
families—that they are bringing us back to
■ the days of Adam and Eve, when habiliments
of the slightest texture were in fashion—that
a beau of the present age is scarce half made
up; and that by means of stocks, dickies, col
lars, and mock risbands, they pass themselves
off upon good society as properly dressed gen
tlemen, and actually dine updn Turbot and
Burgundy, embrace a lady in a waltz, and sip
coffee in the drawing-room, in all tiffs para
pharnalia of rags and tatters. Independent
of these private injuries, it is manifest that
public goods and public industry arc in jeop
ardy by this new fashion, inasmuch as pure
and wholesome water for ablutions, together
with those useful articles—soap, starch -and
powder blue—are becoming a drug: and
we are also apprehensive, that, if the old and
substantial custom of wearing a clean linen
shirt is abandoned, we have a right to appre
hend that the yellow-fever or some disease of
domestic origin, may grow out of this disuse
of clean linen—Your memorialists further
represent, that custom becomes common law;
and ifbeaus are permitted to outrage public
morals by wearing no shirts, it is impossible
toforsee what other habit in respect of dress
may not hereafter be dispensed with, to the
great scandal of our moral and religious com.
inunity: Wc, therefore, give notice of our in
tention to apply to the Legislature at its next
session for an act of incorporation, with bank
ing privileges, by which our rights arc to be.
secured and our interests sustained.
By order, FATTY WATTS,
Kipp’s Bay. *
“ Of these most brisk and giddy-paced times.”
DINNER TO MR. BERRIEN.
We take from the Georgian the following toasts
which were given at a public dinner in honor of
Mr. Berries, by the warm-hearted citizens of
Savannah. Mr. B’s speech, which we also pub
lish, will be read with interest. If its pure style
and patriotic bearing, does not recommend it to
the reader, we are confident that the absence of
the political rant of the day, which disfigures too
many of our Dinner Speeches, will not fail to re
ceive their approbation. — [Ed. Adv.
1. The United States —The Pharos, to
guide the nations of the world to the haven
Liberty.
2. The State of Georgia. —She has triumph
antly sustained the majesty of the Constitu
tion,by preserving unsullied the dignity ot her
own sovereignty.
3. The President, of the United Stutcs
4. The Governor of the Stati of Georgia.
The President of the Day, John Cumming,
Esq. then rose and prefaced the following
toast with these remarks :
The terms in which our invitation was ac
cepted forbid a reference to the public ser
vices of our respected guest. If it were oth
erwise, the fair honor of his career in the Fo
rum, on the Bench, in the Senate, and in the
Cabinet, would form a theme on which the
philanthropist and patriot might delight to
dwell: but since he has desired to be receiv
ed as our fellow citizen, wc have only to ten
der him cur friendly salutations.
5. Our Guest. —We esteem him for his
virtues—wc honor him for his services.
Mr. Berrien then rose and responded to the
observations from the chair, and the senti
incnts'cf the company, in nearly the follow
ing words:
I thank you very cordially, Gentlemen, for
this expression of your kindness. 1 could
not be insensible to the approbation of so res
pectable an assemblage of any portion of my
fellow citizens; but such a reception from
this community, leaves me without the power
adequately to express my grateful sense of the
honor which it confers. It brings with it,
however, the cheering conviction, that I am
in the midst of tliose, to whom 1 may safely
confide the interpretation of my feelings.—
Accept, then, Gentlemen, the simple ac
knowledgements of my gratitude, for this re
newed manifestation of your unvarying kind
ness. I should vainly attempt to express to
you my feelings oa this occasion, but your
own hearts will hear me witness, and I cheer
fully submit myself to their testimony.
Returning, after an absence which has
seemed to me to be a protracted one, to this
cherished spot, which iqcndeared to us all, by
a thousand recollections, I have the gratifica
tion to see, in this assembly, many of those
who have been my companions in the journey
of life. 1 meet you, therefore, with no ordin
ary eme.tion, and with little qualification for
the discharge of the duty which your kind
ness, and the customs of the festive board,
have devolved upon me. The stranger who
visits our city, contemplates it fis the abode
of hospitality & the home of the domestic vir
tues ; and leaving it, carries with him a lively
remembrance of the intelligence and the
courtesy which constitute the charm of its so
cial intercourse. But to me, it presentsjtself
with all those awakening recollections which
arc connected with the idea of home—of
youthful friendships, and the graver associa
tions of maturcr years; with the cherished re
membrance of the best and happiest portion of
my life—of bright and sunny hours, which are
destined never to return.
I wish I could have found you, Gentlemen,
in the enjoyment of that prosperity, which
the natural advantages ofour location,, and
the intelligence and enterprise of our citi
zens entitle us to claim. There was a time,
when the success of our agricultural, and the
consequent prosperity ofour commercial ope
rations, gave animation to every tiling around
„s —when the busy hum of commerce was
heard in our streets, and its fruits were ex
hibited tn the rapid improvement of our city
—when hero, ns well as elsewhere, all the
edmforts and enjoyments of life, were placed
within the reach of individual exertion.—
Why docs this state of things no longer exist
in' the same degree as heretofore? Why is it
lhat stillness now pervades those places,
which in times past were the scenes of hus
tle and activity ? Whence conics it, that the
fie-t exertions of. the planter, and the most
intelligent efforts of the merchant, fail to re
ceive the rewards which heretofore awaited
them 1
1 will not do violence to the social AtfUinfS/r
to which this occ asi erfi‘*Kf tie voted, by the dis
cussion of a much agitated and highly agita
ting question, which is connected with this
subject. I purposely limit myself to the en
quiry, whether some of the evils which we
suffer may not have resulted from our failure
to keep puce with the changes which have
occurred elsewhere,and especially in the oth
er States of the Union? Extending our view
to the State at large, whether we have not re
lied too much on the value of our products,
and the natural advantages of our position;
and looking rather to our past prosperity,
than to those unwelcome indications which
menaced its continuance, have remained to
a certain degree stationary, while others have
been advancing in the career of internal im
provement? Ido not disguise from myself
the fact, that the change in our condition, has
been greatly influenced by causes over which
we could excjcise no control; by the altered
political and commercial state of the other
portions of the world- Constituting a part
of the great family of nations, we cannot be
insensible to that which materially aflects its
either members; for that law of his nature
which ordains that man shall be a social be
ing, forbids that, either as an individual or as
a member of society, he should be wholly in
dependent of his fellow men.
Still it may be worth the enquiry, whether all
which we have lost can be justly imputed to
this cause? and especially, whether some
thing may not be regained by intelligent and
unremitted exertions to facilitate our interior
communications, an! to improve the ocean
inlet, on which we arc so advantageously
posted? When the great staple product of
our State commanded three times the price
which can now be obtained for it the difficul
ties of communication were overcome, be
cause the value of the article compensated
the labor and expense, which were necessary
to the accomplishment of this object. Our
storehouses were then filled with the fruits of
our agriculture; and here, also, were sought,
as an almost necessary consequence, those
supplies which our citizens derived from the
skill and industry of other nations. Our city
was then the great mart of the agricultural
productions of the State, as well as of tliose
foreign supplies which then reached us, in no
inconsiderable quantity, by direct importa
tion. But this is unhappily a picture of by
gone times; a state of things which we can
scarcely expect to see realized again, in all
its former extent. The condition’of the world
affords little prospect of any material advance
in the market value of our principal staple.—
Apart, then, from such improvements in ag
riculture, as may reduce the cost o? product
ion, its value to the producer, is chiefly to be
increased, by facilitating, and thereby dimin
ishing the expense of, its transportation to an
eligible market. Elsewhere this truth has
been felt and acted‘upon, and we arc in no
inconsiderable degree, the victims of the di
version, which it has already occasioned.—
Does it become us, I speak of our fellow-citi
zens throughout the State, to await in listless
inactivity, the consummation of this result?
It is now several years ago, since a distin
guished engineer, who had been engaged in
making surveys in various parts of the Un
ion pronounced thus port to be the appropiate
Atlantic outlet of the Southern and South
western States, and the truth of this opinion,
would ere this have been demonstrated, if the
requisite exertions hail been made, to improve
those interior communications, which are
suggested by the natural advantages of our
position. Such an operation however, in the
extent, which ought to be given to it, belongs
emphatically to the State, because the capi
tal which it would require, transcends the
resources of our city, and because also, the
benefits which it would confer, would be co
extensive with the whole line of communica
tion. May we not hope that this subject
will find favor in the councils of our State,
and that some portion of the ample fund,
which must ere long be placed at our dispo
sal, will be set apart for purposes of internal
improvement. Whoever shall succeed in
awakening the attention of the Legislature to
this vitally important subject, and shall have
the good fortune to effect a successful result,
will deserve to be ranked among the benefac
tors of the age, and will justly acquire to him
self an enviable place in the esteem and af
fections of our people.
1 hope I shall not be considered to have giv
en to these remarks a character unsuited to
the occasion of our assemblage, if discarding
every parttzan feelir.g, 1 indulge myself in
adverting for a moment, to some considera
tions connected with our political condition.
In this view, we have abundant cause of thank
fulness to the author of all good, for the boun
ties which ho has bestowed upon us, ami even
around this festive board, it becomes us rev
erently to acknowledge our gratitude for the
blessings we enjoy. In the agitations of the
old world, which seem to be destined to un
settle the institutions of ages—to hurl the
titled monarch from his throne, and in their
unavoidable consequences, to carry dismay
and desolation into the cottage of the peas
ant, we have a striking illustration of fhe wig.
dom, which guided the councils of tiie foun
ders of this Republic. It is impossible not to
remark, how completely the first half century
of our political existence, has demonstrated
the fallacy of anterior theories of government.
The Maxims which they inculcated, denoun
ced the freedom of our institutions, as fatal to
their permanency. The recognition of the
sovereignty of the people—thc’prineiplcs that
government is a trust, for the benefit of those
who created it—and that all granted power
is irrevocable at the will of the people, by
whom it was conferred, were supposed to con
stitute the evidences of our weakness. Our
experience has proved that they are the sour
ces of our strength. A struggle of three
days has sufficed to precipitate arnonarch from
a throne, surrounded by the instruments ofhis
power, who were impotent to resist the shock.
Another, yet another, has been called to prove
the divine origin of his right to rule, by flic
exhibition of his physical ability to subdue
tiie multitude who have questioned it. Every
where the rnarclroffree principles is onward
—and they will advance—and thev will ad
vance in quick puce to the consummation of
th< ir object. Meanwhile the American Re
public, resting on the firm basis ot the sov-
K;ignty of the people, is alike secure from in
ternal commoton, and from external assault.
Differences of opinion will exist, and conflic
ting interests will arise in our widely extend
ed empire, but the principle ot mutual con
cession, which gave birth to our fundamental
charter, will reconcile these jarring preten
sions—and the profound attachment ot the
people to the government of their choice,will
rebuke the spirit of discord, wherever it may
arise. In one sentiment we are all agreed,
it is that which inculcates as a primary duty,
the preservation of the Union, of these tree,
sovereign and independent states. Tire or
ganic law which proclaims it, is a precious
memorial of the wisdom of our fathers, and
the assurance of its permanency, is in the af
fections of a free enlightened people* No
where is this sentiment more strongly felt,
than by those to whom I have the honor to ad
dress myself. It is indeed the cherished feel
ing of the South. Vigilant in the assertion
of the rights of state sovereignty, the people
of Georgia, have ever been prompt to rally
round the General Government,in vindication
of its claim to the full exercise of its cohsti
tutional authority. They arc ready too l as
sure myself, however much on this subject,
they may have been misrepreserited, to meet
the conflicting pretensions of their brothers,
who differ from them, in that spirit of just and
mutual concession, in which the Union of
these' States, had its origin, and to which a
lone, we can look for its pr iscrvation. Hap
pily, to this source, we may look, with un
wavering confidence. An enlightened public
opinion which constitutes the moral and effi
cient strength of our Government, will still
perpetuate the bond of our Union, coercing
obedience to the legitimate mandates of au
thority, while it exercises also a salutary res
traint upon rulers—cheeking the arrogance
ef power, and rebuking its excess.
I congratulate you gentlemen on the pros
pect which is afforded by recent events of the
favcrable adjustment of our Indian relations.
As citizens of Georgia we have a deep inte
rest, in the correct solution of this difficult
and embarrassing question. It is not merely
that a valuable portion ofour domain, is with
held from our occupancy, by the remnant of
a tribe, which still lingers our our chartered
limits. The pretensions which have been
asserted in their behalf, are in direct conflict
with our sovereignty—and in the heat of the
controversy, which they have engendered,we
have been subjected to imputations alike un
worthy of out character as a people—and re
volting to our individual feelings! The illu
sion in which the se prejudices originated, is
however rapidly passing away. The prejudi
ces of our brethren are subsiding and all that
remains to secure the favorable award of pub
lic opinion, is that wc should exercise ©ur ac
knowledged rights, with the moderation and
in the spirit of benevolence, which it becomes
us exhibit to the feeble remnant of a once
great and powerful, though savage people.
For the accomplishment of what has been
already attained, in relation to this vitally
important interest, I need not say j-ou are in
debted to the zeal and intelligence of your
representatives, in the national lagislature,
to the steady vigilance, with which they have
vindicated your rights. Nor are you without
the full measure of obligation, to the chief of
that department, to which this branch of the
public service, is particularly confided, for
the fidelity and firmness, with which he has
discharged this important trust. But honor
to whom honor is due. It is to the distin
guished individual who presides over the in
terests of this Republic—to his own cor
rect and thorough knowledge of this whole
subject—in its origin, and progress—in all its
bearings, and in all its details—to his unwa
vering determination not to surrender his own
correct views, to the suggestions ofa false and
misguided humanity—to his just (estimate of
the rights of the States, and to the paternal
care, which watches over those rights, as
mainly essential to the perpetuity of that
Union, which must be preserved—it is to him
that you are chiefly indebted for the gratify
ing prospect w hich is now presented to your
view.
I will not however Gentlemen, prolong this
trespass upon your time—-but before 1 set
down, will ask to offer to you this sentiment •
The City of 'Savannahs —The liberal and
enlightened policy of the State, seconding
the intelligence and enterprize of hei citi
zens, will yet restore her commercial prospe
rity.
6 George M. Trovp —llis cool judgment
and fixed determination, have triumphantly
established the rights of our State.
7 Poland —Often has her soil been mois
tened with the blood of her Patriots; may it be
now be the grave of her oppressors.
8 Louis Philippe, of France —May he re
alise the idea of a patriot King, and prepare
his subjects to become freemen.
9 Modern Philanthropists.-— Full and free
exercise to their sickly sentiments, ot borne.
10 Education —The brightest national or
nament, the surest basis upon which a Repub
lic can erect its permanency and its glory.
II Lafayette— 'Fhe champion of liberty in
both hemispheres: If chains and dungeons
await him in the Eastern, an asylum and a
home are his in the western world.
12 The memory of Judge Davies,
13 —The Fair —May they ever frown on
the advocates ofDis-union-
The Report of the Board of Directors of
the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Com
pany states that the whole extent of the Road
from Charleston to the Savannah River, at the
point near the Augusta Bridge, is but 135
miles. That 88 miles of the same is under
contract, and offers fur a part of the remain
der arc now under consideration, with others
daily arriving. That part of the Road, be
tween Charleston and Summerville, which
has be on given up by Contractors who have
failed in their engagements, is now in prog
ress ot contract; and there is r.o doubt but
the ensuing fall will show an increased rapid
ity in the finishing of this part of the route.
The who’c now under contract, above the
Cypress to the White Fonds, beyond the Edis
to, will bi in a continued state of j regress
during the summer; (all the Contractors fil
ing residents) and the trees for the construc
tion of that section of the road mostly frllcff
or a sufficiency girdled for use. f
The following gentlemen were e lee tea*
President and Directors of the Company lor
the ensuing year:—
President —ELIAS HORRY.
James Adger, H. F. Faber ,
* William Aikin, John Uaslett,
William Bell, B. J. Howland ,
.7. ./. Bi.lnw, Dr. J. Johnson ,
Dr. S. H. Dickson, Henry Kavenel.
John Diton, T. Tapper.
* Not in the last Direction.
We saw, un Saturday morning last, in the
hands ofa South Carolina gentleman, a Pock
et Handkerchief, made of American Silk and
stamped with Rail Road emblems, beneath
which were the words “Spurn Carolina
Railßoad.” The Handkerchief was manu
factured in Baltimore and thus stamped in
compliment to the South Carolina Company.
The Material was very soft and silky—sulfi.
ciently so, for the hand of a Princess.
By the bye, what has become of OUR
Pleasure Rout Rail Road ?
We dreamed last night that we had a ride
on it with our friend Mr. Shultz, by our
side. The fresh air of this vast plain was
like balm to our irritated nerves, and our
companion said be preferred it vastly to that
of Savannah. We thought we flew like wind
through the yielding atmosphere. Thou
sands of our fellow citizens rent the air with
acclamations, and all rejoiced in the success
of thesexperiment, except our friends Wea
ver & Gitedrox ; for we left their fine CAR
RIAGES, GIGS, SULKIES, AND SAD
DLE HORSES entirely out of sight.
Aug. Courter.
main
“A gatherer of unconsidered trifles.”
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From the Richmond Enquirer.
New-York, April 28th; 1831.
“I received, yesterday, a very satisfactory
letter from Washington Irving Esq. relating
to Mr. Randolph, which you will probably sea
in this afternoon’s Post, I name the author to
you that you may know how much importance
to attach to the intelligence.”
We ask pardon of our Corres|)cndent for
laying this extract before the public—but he
will see at once that our object is to give un
questionable authenticity to tiie letter from
London. The following is the article from
the New York Evening Post :—
From the New York Evening Post.
Mr. Randolph. —The following extracljof
a letter relating to this gentleman’s conduct
while at St. Petersburg, may be relied on as
entitled to the highest credit. It is from an
eminent countryman of ours, distinguished in
other walks than those of polities—now em
ployed in a diplomatic station in England ;
one who lias no interest to disguise the truth,
and would be incapable of doing it if he had.
We have been convinced from the first, that
Mr. Randolph’s behaviour at St. Petersburg,
has been the subject of most extravagant ex
aggeration in the reports of it winch have ap
peared in the opposition papers—Party feel
ing—the desire of getting up amusing story
—and, in some instances, probably personal
pique, have concurred in giving© false colof
ing to some circumstances, and inventing
others. Ii Mr. Randolph, had in fact, been
guilty of the “ fantastic tricks,” with which
he has been charged, it would indeed, he
highly mortifying to the national pride of eve
ry good citizen; but the true course of a can
did journalist, in that case, would be, to as
certain carefully upon what evidence the sto
ry was told; how much of it was fact, and
how much exaggeration and embellishment,
before he gave currency to what reflected so
little honor on his country. Everyman who
has a proper national feeling, we have no
doubt, will be glad to learn from undoubted
authority, the true impression made upon the
Russian Court, by Mr. Randolph, during his
stay in that country. It is a subject in which
our national character for civilization is into
rested. The following letter contradicts in
explicit terms, the most extravagant, and dis
creditable stories respecting Mr: Randolph’©
conduct towards the Russian Sovereign and
the officers of government. The dishonor of
this foolish talc must now be divided net ween
the inventors and those who have labored. to
give it currency.
London, March 2, 1831.
“In the course of a conversation which I
had recently with Prince Lievcn, the Rus
sian Ambassador who was prime Minister at
St. Petersburg at the time of Mr. Randolph’s
presentation, I,took occasion to inquire into
the truth of those reports which have been
circulated to the disparagement of Mr. Rat>
dolph, charging him with an absurd and un
dignified act of homage in the presence of the
Emperor & otherwise with a total want of eti
quette and urbanity in his intercourse with
the officers of the government during his
brief residence in the Russian capital.
“The Prince expressed surprise and con
cern that any such reports should have gain
ed cuirency, assuring me that they were en
tirely destitute of truth. lie said that Mr.
Randolph’s condact at court had been highly
decorous and satisfactory, that in his relations
with the officers of government he had uni
formly evinced an earn -1 desire to please —
that he had left behind him the impression of
his beinga man of talents and courtesy, and
that he had no doubt, had Air. Randolph re
mained at St. Petersburg, he would have been
generally liked. The Prince added she. the
reports in question could not have originates!
in any thing uttered by aqy member of the
Russian Government, and that he should be
very glad to have them expressly contradicted.
“ if you think this information of any value
you are at liberty to. make use of it, letting i (
be clearly understood that it is communicated
from no party motives : but from a sense ot
the duty which binds one gentleman tu testify
to tbecharacter of another, when circumstan
ces peculiarly enublc him to do so.”
Baltimore, May C.—The Ho.u. Edward
Livingston, Secretary of State, arrived in thi*
city last evening, in the Steam Boat from
Philadelphia, on his way from New; York
Washington. , ■ t