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POETKY.
p or the Sentinel and Herald.
GIRL OF MY HEART.
Otrl of my heart ! 100 * oon I,mth fled
The roe which bloom’d upon thy cheek}
Too oon hath sorrow’s arrow sped,
To thy young heart, all pure and meek !
Osrl of my heart! thine eyr. of light,
Whose |>ensive glance woo’d not in vain,
Hath lost its lustre full and bright—
But, star-like, sparkles hi it# wane.
Girl of my heart! thy shadowy form,
Attracts no more the world*# rude eye j
As lightnings gleam amid the atorm,
So burns thy pathway to the sky.
Girl of my heart! rude was the blast,
Which tore away my sweetest flower }
And scatter’d wildly o’er the past,
The halcyon joys of life’s young hour !
Girl of my heart! false was the light,
Which shone upon thy youthful way 5
Cruel and treacherous the night,
That chas’d our morning love away.
Girl of niy heart! I’ll pluck the flow’r,
Whose opening beauties charm the morn ;
’Twill ’mind me of thy bright, brief hour—
But ah ! “ the rose will prove a thorn.”
Columbus, January 25, 1838. ALBERT.
From the Examiner.
Oh ! where shall the grave of beauty be 7
Oh, where shall wo lay the lovely dead ?
In the hoiiow halls of the reckless sea ?
In the dismal depths of ocean’s bed 7
Not there, not there! not beneath the wave ;
Earth’s fairest form hath another grave.
On the mountain’s top lay we the flow’r 7
In the still depths of the forest’s gloom 7
Uy the raised wall, by the lonely tow’r,
Shall we dig for beauty its lowly tomb ?
Oh, not there! for a fitter place,
Hath earth for this, in her cold embrace.
Then where shall we lay this precious trust ?
Where shall we place the fairest and best ?
In the fretted vault ? it is but dust ;
Oh. give it some lowlier place of rest,
• Where Love long shall dwell and mem’ry keep
The image of her that doth quiet sleep.
In her native vale, near her native bow’r,
Under the small and fresh springing tree,
Lay ye the fair though the faded ftow’r j
And mourn its fate on thy bended knee ;
There hrignt birds sing and the summer bee ;
There ! there ! shall the grave o r beauty be.
THE BUNKLEY CASE.
Tried at Jones Superior Court, April, 1837.
The following is the testimony of Mrs.
Lowther, the mother of Jesse L. Bunkley,
and of Col. Winn, of our city:
Evidence for the State. —lst Witness. Mrs. .
Elizabeth JLowther—Had a son named Jesse
L. Bunkley; his father’s name was Wm. D.
Bunkley; he left there the 17lh day of May,
1835; have seen the prisoner several times;
he is not my son; has not one feature of my
son; my son’s hair was as light as Mr. Har
deman’s; he had a very fair skin; his eyes
yellow ; his face was fuli; his upper lip full,
and inclined to double when laughing; the
middle finger of his left hand was off
above the nail; there was no particle of nail 1
on it; he had a very deep dimple on his chin;
this man is not the form of my son; I have
” examined the prisoner’s finger; his hands are
full; neither finger or nails off; my son’s
nose was straight, inclined to turn up a little;
mv son had an excellent education; was
kept at school constantly from five years of
age; he wrote a very good hand; he was
nineteen years of age the November before
he left, and went away in May; he would
he twenty by the next May; the last infor
mation 1 had of him was from New Orleans ;
I had understood that he died in New Or
leans ; the general rumor was that he was
dead; I asked prisoner his name; he said it
was Jesse L. Bunkley; I asked him what
the L. in his name stood for; he answered it
was for Lewis; my son’s right name was
Lucas; my son signed his name by writing
the L. and B. in cutting the letters pretty
much together; he was a good Latin and
Greek scholar. The prisoner was asked his
father’s name, and said it was William D.
Bunkley; upon being asked what the D.
stood for, he said for Daniel; the D. in Mr.
Bunkley’s name stood for Dawson. I have
had four or live interviews with the prisoner,
and have begged him to satisfy me that he
was my son; he has never done so; have
had conversation with prisoner in relation to
parting with my son; I then lived about
three miles from Clinton; my son came to
mv house with money which was not at par,
and said he cottld not pass it ; my husband i
changed it, and gave him (I think) United j
States money; I took the money and went J
with him into a small room, wrapped the
money in brown paper, sewed it up in a
cravat, and tied it round his waist, and talked
to him. I admonished him to let his conduct
he upright, and admonished him with all the
affection of a mother. He said he would be
back at twenty-one years of age, and left me
with all the affection a child could a mother,
without any hard feelings whatever, promi
sing to amend his ways. He stood very high
in my affections—uncommonly so. I asked
prisoner respecting this interview; he could
tell me nothing of it, nor of the kind of mo
ney ; prisoner asked me if I did not recollect
parting with him in anger, and telling him
never to let me see him more, unless he con
ducted better. Prisoner said he had written
to tne once or twice; I received one letter
from New Orleans; identifies the letter.—
[The letter tendered in evidence—objected
that it was not—was proved to he the letter
received, and letter admitted in evidence.]
COPY LETTER.
“ Mrs. Elizabeth Luther, Clintion Post Office,
“ Care of James Smith, E*q.
“New Orleans, Prison, Dec 20th, 1833,
“ Dear Mother.—l take the pleasure of
writing A few lines to convince von of my
being your own child, tho’ it Appears that its
your wish to disown me; for it, the Reason
why I cannot tell, if it aint for my past follev
things thats past and gone. I know that l
have not treeted von as A child aught to A
Mother, and the Reson why 1 have not an
swered the questions you put io me is because
I was a freade or things thats past you all
ways seal near to me as a mother you know
my misforchans in that country which Lyes
• frech on my mind hut that subject I will quit
and turn to other things your maden name
which Was Elizebeth Lotmon and your mo
ther was A fluallen and after the death of
my father you marred James Billingslea and
my self never could agree which was one
grate cause of my misforchans as as for
whare I went to chool was to Clinton, Eadon
ton, Athans there was discharge for playing
cards then my misforchans commence you
well Remember the pmmisses I made to you
and brother Wm. D. the Reson why I did
not comply with them promisses was this
shortly after I got to this country I got in
difficulty A spanard and was forst to Leave
it I th<?n went to mishegan canadav and tlie
Spanish country and fn*m there here and was
one mv wav to see von when t got in this;
difficulty I was with Bengamin Walker from
putnam county one that day and knight lie
fore I was erested and was ameing to come
on with him but as you all npper so distant
from me l never expect to came as von have
all Refused to assist roe with the pitiful some
rtf five hundred dollars towords giting me out
of her have the chance of seling mv part of
The Estate to A man here which I shall do
as quick as t git out and Return to mishegan
whare I have snme property and intends to
spend the Remander. of my da vs l can iden
tify myself here to he the true Jesse L. Bunk
which you all appear to be at such a Lose
for the man I Reli to will he a much harder
master than what I am 1 hope you will have
the goa l to write to me as quick as you
1 git this Letter whether you owrt me or not
its quite emeterai but I wish to liere from you
ae 1 have wrote two or three Letters and has
kec’d do answer you will Refer a favor on
your unforchenate child by so doing I wish to
be Remembered to all inquiring frends, so no
more but Remains your unforchenate child
untelldeth. JESSE L. BUNKLEY.”
“To Elizabeth Luther.”
Evidence of Mrs. Elizabeth Loicthcr con
tinued.—My maiden name was Slatter; 1
was acquainted with my son’s hand writing;
I was satisfied that this letter wai not in my
son’s hand writing.
Cross-examined. —l do not consider that
this letter was from my sort ; I never received
a letter after 1825, hut this one. 1 heard the
report of my son’s death, (I think) in 1827; I
did not hear the report, shortly after this time,
of my aon’s being in life; heard a person and
persons speak of mv son’s death, detailing
different circumstances; my son left me be
cause lie wished to travel; he was a young
man of fortune, and did not wish to be confi
ned. I did not know that my son was threat
ened with a prosecution before he left here;
, I do not know that my brother threatened
my son with a prosecution. I understood that
he was confined for some offence in Augusta;
I have this from authority I confide in; he
went away shortly after his return from
Ai gust a ; I do not recollect the precise time.
He left hut one school (and that was Athens)
on account of his misconduct. I do not know
that he was under any offence when he left
here. Capt. Parrish bought the horse, paid
for him, and he rode it off; this was after a
difficulty about the horse with his uncle ;
son came back with his uncle Shade Slatted
with the horse. I never heard Slatter threat
en to prosecute my son. He stayed his time
out at Eatonton, at school. 1 did not answer
the letter I received from New Orleans; I
did not answer my son’s letter, because he
told me not to write till I heard from him
again. There was a mark upon my son’s
leg, immediately below the knee-pan; (prison
er shows a mark some distance below the
knee;) the scar on my son’s knee was made
by a drawing knife ; prisoner knows nothing
about how it took place ; the prisoner’s mark
is considerably below the knee-pan; when I
heard that the prisoner had such a mark, I
stated that my son had a similar mark on his
leg, but this on prisoner did not correspond,
when I saw it, I had several conversations;
at the first Maj. Smith was present; in this
conversation I admitted there was a mark on
my son’s neck, which, on examination, was
not on the prisoner’s. The scar on my son’s
neck was occasioned by his riding on an old
tree, he fell, and a limb struck him tinder the
jaw, and made a large scar; the scar was
about as long as the first joint of my first
finger. Ido not recollect that he was ever
set to ploughing, after being brought home
from school; I have several times made him
plough for his own amusement. I never
heard of my son’s being alive, till Major
Smith’s receiving a letter; the first report I
heard of my son’s being alive, was when in
Mr. Atwood’s store, I heard that Maj. Smith
had received a letter from mv son. I knew
of no other mark on my son, but Ihose men
tioned, when he was a child ; my son had no
mole when he was a child ; I have never said
to any body that he had moles; some of my
children have dark spots, but I do not recoi
led moles. 1 invited him (prisoner) to stay
at my house, and convince me that he wb
my son; he could tell me nothing; prisoner
asked me if I recollected a difficulty between
him and Capt. Billingslea, and that I took the
carving-knife to seperate them ; he said this
was ai supper table ; I told him I recollected
a difficulty but nothing about a carving-knife;
that we had no use for a carving-knife at sup
per; I have never so stated it to any person.
2 d Witness. — Wm. L. Wynn. —Was ac
quainted with J. L. Bunkley, and went to
school with him; about the last time I saw J.
L. B. was in 1821 or 22; I should say that
prisoner is not J. L. B. I called in November
1833 or 34 at the Calahoose, in New Orleans:
I had received a letter from Maj. Smith before
l left home—thinks the letter lost or destroyed;
in this letter I was asked to call on J. L. B.
and if I could, satisfy myself that this was
Bunkley in the Calaboose, to befriend him ; I
called agreeably to this request, at the calla
boose, went to the trap-door opening into a
circle and guarded with grates and asked for
Jesse L. Bunkley ; when I called for him,
several of the inmates called for Barber ,
saying that he had a great many friends
calling—prisoner came to the trap door;
identifies prisoner as the man—as soon as he
1 came I was satisfied from his appearance,
! that it could not he Bunkley; I conversed
I four or five minutes or longer with him, through
i the door; in the time*Mr. Holland the Sheriff,
(came tip; I told the Sheriff my business, and
he took prisoner and put him a private room
with me for examination; I told prisoner I
was his friend, if he could satisfy me he was
Bunkley; he refused to make anv statements,
saying he had been cautioned not to do so,
by Maj. Smith, lest some advantage might
he taken of him; I showed him Smith’s letter;
he pretended to he reading it; after he got
through, I asked him if it was not from Maj.
Smith; he said it was, and was satisfied 1
was his friend; I began to put questions to
him that I knew J. L. B. knew as well as my
self; I enquired of the most imoortant cit
izens that lived about Clinton. He could not
tell me a single man except Charles Flewel
len; I knew nothing of such a man ; I ask
ed him if he knew any thing of the Flewellen
family, Gen. F. the Doctor, Mr. Clower’s
family, Pierce A. Lewis, and some others;
he knew nothing of those families I have
named. I then asked him where we were at
school together—we had been to school to
gether at two different places—he could not
tell me any thing about it, and I could not
make him recollect me bv any questions I
could put to him; I then left him, satisfied he
was not Jesee L. Bunkley. I think he told
me he was put in the Callaboose for passing
counterfeit money. T asked the teacher we
went to —he hoarded at Pierce A. Lewis’s
family before I went there, he could not tell
the name of any of the teachers. He said his
mothers maiden name was Flewellen. J. L.
j B. and myself went to school together in Clin
ton, where Mr. Slade now lives; Capt. But
j ler then lived there, and also at the old meet-
I ing house—we went together.
Gross-examined.—At the time l went to
New Orleans, there were some at Columbus
who knew hinr. and some who did not—there
were very few that knew Bunkley in Colum
bus, and there was a question among them
whether this was he—very few believed him
to be Bunkley—they believed him dead from
other ciacumstances ; I did not promise him
to call the next day at the Callaboose. Be
fore I received Maj. Smith’s letter, I believed
from the report that Bunkley was dead; I
think Maj. Smith requested me, in his letter
to inform him whether I believed it was Bunk
lev ; I did not do it myse.'f, but through Mr.
Lewis; I did not know rnv-self that prisoner
boarded at Mr Lewis’; it was hearsay from
the familv; I believed, before ! left home,
that Bunkley was dead; I think I heard a
month or two before that, that he was alive;
l did not hear the report, two or three years
before, that he was alive ; I do not reccollect
to have heard the report that he was work
ing on the streets; I think it was between
;10 and 11 o’clock that I had the interview
• with prisoner at the Callaboose ; called there
hut once—prisoner did not say to me that he
; had a late letter from Maj. Smith.
The small pox has made dreadful havoc
among the Mandan Indians: A gentleman
, belonging to the Hudson’s Bay Fur Com
pany reports that of this tribe, which some
time ago numbered 3,000 rouß onlv 12 or 14
are now left.
PO LIT 1C A L.
Freni the Augusta Constitutionalist.
The paragraph we published in our paper
of last Saturday, in which we intimated the
intention of commenting on the proceedings
of the present session of the State Legisla
ture, has created some surprise. Some friends
have expressed an apprehension that, in cen
suring those proceedings, the censure might
operate against the party to which we are at
tached, as this party was in the majority in
both branches of the general assembly.—
Should the apprehension be verified, we would
be sorry for it, especially if false constructions
were given to the motives by which we are
to be guided ; hut duty cannot permit ua to
pursue any other course than the one we
have determined to follow. If the proceedings
of the legislature, with regard to the currency, i
to the hanks, to the suspension of specie pay- I
mems by those institutions, to internal im
provements, to a general system of public
education, to a reform in the legislative de
partment of the State government, and to
those important questions which now agitate
the whole country, cannot be defended with
out a disregard to truth and the best interests
of the State, it cannot certainly be expected
from us that we should be the apologists of
legislative proceedings which, in conscience,
we believe will be productive of no beneficial
results, because they were hasty and undi- I
gested, unwise and partial, and influenced by j
interests and circumstances which do not
characterise the members as independent
citizens, and uncompromising in their legis
lative duty. As long as we had hopes that
a salutary reform in our legislation would be
effected by the party in power, we were mo
derate in our condemnation of the proceed
ings of our legislature ; but it seems that no
reform has been effected, and that none is
intended. The will of the people has been
disregarded, and their expectations have
been most signally blasted ; it is, notwith
standing, the duty of every citizen to be once
more loud in requiring reform, and to con
tribute his share of labor in effecting it. We
are, therefore, determined to be loud in re
quiring reform; and we may contribute in
effecting it, by placing before our readers a
sketch of the proceedings of the Legislature
with regard to several subjects of general in
terest. In doing so we hope to receive the
support of all good citizens: we care not for
the displeasure of those who have constantly
made the Legislature the stepping stone to
the acquisition of lucrative offices, and the
medium through which partial laws were
enacted, for the benefit of a few individuals,
to the detriment of the general mass of the
community. We care not for the censure of
those with whom patriotism is a matter of
calculation, and adherence to principles an
object of barter and sale. In these critical
and difficult times, it would be criminal in us
to remain passive. The party to which we
belong may yet be the instrument of much
good to the State, and to the whole country.
But that party must change its course, be
cause if this is not effected, it will find itself
very shortly in the minority, for the people
cannot continue to sanction by their votes, a
system of legislation by which much injury to
the country cannot fail to be the result, and
by which the people themselves, generally
and individually, are the immediate sufferers.
If heretofore we have not been independent
enough to censure and condemn the acts of
the union party, when censure and condem
nation were demanded, we are now deter
mined to change our course, and to exercise
to its fullest extent the freedom we possess.
We shall maintain our independence, by
speaking of men and measures, as we think,
and as our consciences lead as, without re
gard to party considerations, relying on an
enlightened community to sustain a press
which will endeavor to represent facts as
they are, and to tell the truth as it is, without
fear of consequences. We are thus explicit,
because we wish to deceive no one.
From the Mobile Commercial Register.
Every tyro in political economy knows,
that specie will flow into the vacuum created
by demand. This is almost an axiom of the
science, yet has it gravely been denied. It
is an axiom not only in respect to the capil
lary channels of circulation, but in respect to
exchangeable value in its grandest propor
tions. Take two examples to prove the
two propositions. Specie in small quan
tities is required at the Post Office. Business
letters must be forthcoming, and the city was
aghast at the monstrous impossibility of pro
curing the precious metals. Yet has the
Post Master in one instance been obliged to
withhold a single letter for the want of it ?
The Bank of England found their country
about to be drained of gold and silver. She
took certain measures within her reach to ar
rest the afflux. The foreign credit upon
which American merchants had been trans
acting business was curtailed—exchange was
cut oft'by high premium, the demand for spe
cie was created in England, and to England
it went in ship loads, so the extinguishment
of nearly the whole of our foreign debt.
It is perfectly well known, that an inferior
and superior currency in the same degree,
cannot perform the same offices together.
Gold and silver disdain to keep company with
rags and shin plasters, the inferior banishes
the superior from use, because the former is
thought competent to answer the ends es ex
change, and the latter becomes at once a
commodity cl traffic. These are first princi
ples, too pi 1 in, and too well established to
bear proof bv argument. Some kind of mo
ney is indispensable. If shin plasters become
uncurrent, (as they are happily becoming.) if
nothing else but silver will buy the necessa
ries of life, can there be a doubt but lhat the
old stockings, chests and drawers in which
specie has been garnered, will yield up their
treasures at the call of absolute Want!
Banish paper bits, and the silver ones will
be forthcoming ex necessitate ret. They will
be forced into circulation by an impulse that
cannot he resisted, and, at the same time, the
temptations to hoard them for sale will no
longer exist.
It is a common error, that we are depend
ent upon the banks for minor specie currency,
and that it can only be obtained when banks
redeem in specie. Do such reasoners recol
lect that there is quite as much silver on
broker’s counters, in men’s pockets and old
women’s safe keeping, as there is in bank
vaults—and do they reflect too upon the com
paratively trifling amount necessary to per
form the offices of money. Five dollars pass
ing freely from hand to hand, will do the of
fice of twenty times five in a day, just as in
the circulation of the blood, the same fluid
turning from arterial to venous blood and
vice versa , keeps up the ceaseless and magic
stream, which gives health and vitality to the
human system. There is an abundance of
specie if it can be unlocked, and then unfet
tered. Take off the premium which buys it
out of use, remove its enemy, a baser, rival
currency, and it will freely come into circu
lation.
From the N. Y. Evening Herald.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM NAVY IS
LAND—GREAT COMMOTION AMONG
THE PATRIOTS—GENERAL SCOTT’S
MOVEMENTS.
The Northern mail has just arrived, put
ting us in possession of various despatches
from our correspondents from every point of
the North and West. In consequence of
the late hour at which we received them, we !
have only room for the latest despatches from j
our excellent correspondent at Grand Island .
and Schlosser.
The news is highly important though not!
decisive. We refer to our correspondent for j
i details. !
Gen. Scott reviewed 2000 troops in Buffalo 1
on Friday, the day of his arrival.
There was upwards of 100 waggons at
Schlosser. for what object it was not known.
Some supposed lhat they were intended to
carry the insurgent troops up by land. Gen.
Scott had announced his intention of pro
ceeding to Schlosser on Saturday morning to
disperse them. Cut off from this resource an
attempt Would be made no doubt to get up
by means of boats.
Gen. Wool, Gen. McDonald, Col. Wrath,
and Lieutenant Keyes, of the United Slates
army, arrived at Buffalo on Friday evening.
Governor Marry and General Scott have
arrived at Buffalo, but no movement has been
i decided on. The steamboats have not ar
rived yet. The men were ordered to be
ready to start from the Island at a moment’s
notice; hut nobody but Gen. Van Renssalaer
j knows where they are to land —and he won’t
i tell until they start; at least, he told Ins offi
cers so at dinner. “Very well,” said they—
“ we’ll go where you will.” If the boats
come from Buffalo, they will move to-night.
Saturday morning.
At 11 o’clock last night, the British battery
opened upon the Island—3so guns were fired,
besides shells and congreve rockets: For an
hour not a gun was fired from the Island; but
when the loyal cannon began to flag, they
opened upon them and showed them the sci
| ence. The scene was magnificent. The
• moon dimly revealed the outlines of distant
j objects, and every flash—every hurst of a shell
J —every rocket was distinctly visihle. I have
! not heard the damage, if any. My position
is even better for observation than upon the
< Island.
Schlosrfr. ODposite Navy Inland. )
Fridav Evening. J nnary 12, 1836. J
James Gordon Bennett. Esq.
Dear Sir: At a distance of 500 miles it is
impossible for you to imagine how infernally
wicked, that “long, low, black” Navy Island
looks from the American shore. There is an
extent about Grand Island that gives it an
appearance of respectability and security,
but Navy Island, with its dark forest, its pre
cipitous shores, its fearfully rapid current, and
more than all, its pokerish looking batteries,
has a piratical look from this side—how then
must it seem viewed from the other? Mr.
Mackenzie’s son arrived yesterday morning
from Fort Madison. I could learn but little
from him. He reports there were 7HO only
at the time of his leaving. At 12 yesterday,
Van Rensselaer sent an express to Buffalo,
probably to hasten the steamboat. Some
grand movement is in preparation. It is
surmised that a union is to be effected in a
few days, between the patriot armies, leaving
a garrison on ihe Island.
Col. McNab, the great detested, has re
signed his command, some say into the hands
of Sir John Colhorne. That is doubted. Il
is, however, certain that he has resigned.—
He has failed in every way—has, perhaps,
involved two nations in a bloody war, and
been indicted hv the Grand Jury of Niagara
county, for murder, and as a murderer be will
he demanded by the Governor of this State.
He is a fine man personally—a gentlemen in
his manners, when be chooses to be. and is
speaker of the popular branch of the Provin
cial Parliament, chosen by Gov. Head’s pack
ed majority.
All yesterday volunteers were crossing to
the Island in small boats, as the Barcelona has
gone up to Black Rock to repair damages.—
About fifty crossed over. The Marshall, and
his rifle guard, stationed near the landing, do
not interfere, except to prevent arms and am
munition from going over, but they have
enough of both.
I am informed, by gentlemen from the
East, that between this place and New York
city there are not less than two thousand vo
lunteers on their march to join the patriot
forces. They come from the eastern borders
of the state, and from New England and
Lower Canada. All along the grand canal,
the people resting for the winter have nothing
to do but be patriotic, and they are so to a
a man. Throughout the empire state the
conversation at every store, in every bar
room, and around every fire-side, is the war
in Canada. Veterans of the revolution fight
their battles over again, and by stories of
their own achievements, incite their sons and
grandsons to arms, and fight for liberty. Fond
mothers, too, and loving wives, and affec
tionate sisters, do their share, and forget the
terrors of war in their dreams of glory!
But I must hasten to tell you all the news.
A parly of United States troops slept at the
falls last night, on their way to Fort Niagara,
which is to be strongly garrisoned. Noble
fellows they are for new recruits, and despi
sing the luxury of a bed, each man wrapped
his blanket around him and with the bare
floor for a couch, and his knapsack for a pil
low, slept soundly till break of day.
No one but the commandant can tell how
many men he has on the Island. You are
only allowed to go from the landing to head
quarters, and straight hack again. The men
are all well and hearty, and bear miraculously
the hardships and fatiguing duties of th
camp. Fine fellows, used all their lives to
luxury, have borne it like old campaigners,
and gained flesh upon it. Indeed there is
hardly a man o;. the Island that is not twenty
pounds heavier than when he enlisted.
The man who was wounded on Wednes
day, was not so badly injured as might be,
as it was frozen dirt, torn up bv a cannon
shot, and not by the shot itself. He is a brave
fellow and one of the best marskmen in the
armv.
Major Chase, a brave young officer from
Rochester, had a tine adventure Wednesday
nitwit. A little, low, long, black, eight-oared
gig, came out from Chippewa and started
round the Isiand. They were seen, and the
Major, saying nothing, picked out a crew,
armed them to the teeth with pikes, cutlasses,
pistols, and tomahawks, and started in anoth
er boat. The race heat your regattas all
hollow—it was for life and death. At anv
time, anJ especially in the night, the pursued
have the advantage —they consequently, but
barely, escaped.
P. S.—Two hundred and twenty-five of
the 22d Royals have arrived at Chippewa—
making a regular force of about 400. There
was a little firing last night—but no damage
was done. As near as I can learn the loss
on the other side falls short of 20 in all. The
sharp shooters on the Island pick them off’
whenever they have a chance, which is but
seldom.
Albaxv, Tuesday Evening, )
9 o’clock, Jan. 16, 1837. (
Friend Bennett,
I enclose, you, or rather send you, accom
panying this letter a number of slips received
from the seat of war. The slips arrived by
the Rail Road Cars about an hour ago. The
news is the latest received by express, which
also brought an order for 3000 stand of arms,
2000 for the arsenal at Batavia and 1000 for
the frontier. They are at this moment en
gaged (to my personal knowledge,) in pack
ing them up to start by the Do’ciock car in the
morning.
From the N. Y. Daily Express.
FROM LOWER CANADA.
Hunt them down. —At the meeting of the
General Committee of the Constitutional As
sociation of Montreal, addresses to the Queen
and the Imperial Parliament were read and
receded the sanction of the committee, af
; ter which it was suggested if there was actu
ally a warrant for High Treason against Mr.
L. H. Lafontaine, of this city, M. P. P., lhat
the Delegate from the Association who is a
bout to proceed to England ought to have in
his possession from the authorities in Montreal
sufficient documents to have Mr. L. arrested
S across the Atlantic. Mr. Lalontaine, it is
said, has gone uv England tfs the agent 01 the
Canadians who have been driven trora their ,
country by warrants to arrest them for High
Treason.
Spirit oe the Montreal Herald, the or
gan of the British Tory party in Lower Can- j
ada.
“If one spark of national spirit lurks in the ;
breast of that patron of marauding mercena
ries, Lord Viscount Palmerston, Mr. Yanj
Buren, instead of extorting any apology for
the violation of his territory, will bte requested
to afford a satisfactory atonement lor the j
faithless, ungrateful and* ruffianly conduct ol j
his citizens. At all events, he and his univer- ;
sal nation will be obliged to swallow the al
ledged affront —or cold steel in its stead. —V es 1
cold steel vs. bullets—judgement as usual for
the plaintiff. By the bye, is not the favorite ,
weapon of a nation a lair test of its degree j
of courage ? Does not Jonathan’s preference j
of the long gun and the rifle imply a taste for j
a safe distance ? Does not John Bull’s pre
ference of the bayonet and cutlass imply a j
fondness for close quarters?” I
The abuse of these tories is just as bitter ol:
Lord Palmerston, their own Minister of fior
eign Affairs, and Lord Gosford, as ol the A
mericans. The fact is, they are fanatics hard
ly worth regarding. The same paper seems
to lie panting for the blood ol prisoners now
in the gaol at Montreal, —and it urges the im
mediate execution of some of them, with
blood thirsty ferocity. If Brandt were
we should suppose him to be the Editor of
that paper.
“ Liberty of the press !—The printing
press, types, &c. of an obscure little revolu
tionary print, called the Quotidienne, were
seized on Tuesday evening along with one
Lemaitre, who acted both as editor and de
vil, and who was speedily transferred to jail
on a charge of Hi*rh Treason.”
From the Montgomery Journal.
M. B. LAMAR.
The correspondence between this distin
guished gentleman and the Senators of the
Republic of Texas, will be found below. —
We are happy to see that Gen. Lamar is
appreciated in the new and promising country
in which he has cast his lot. It speaks well •
for the tone of public eentimentt here. We
have known Gen. Lamar intimately for years,
and believe that no man living possesses
more chivalry. Where great deeds are to
be done, and great principles sustained, is his
proper home—Like Lucian Bonaparte, he
scorns the doctrine of expediency, and adopts
the maxim, “Do what you ought, happen
what may.”
City of Houston, Dec. Ist, 1837.
To Gen. M. B. Lamar,
Dear Sir —ln our anxiety to select the
most suitable person to fill the office of Presi
dent of this Republic, after the expiration of j
the term of Gen. Sam. Houston, we are satis- j
fled from a knowledge of your character, civil j
and military, that you would be bis most
appropriate successor.
We respectfully request that you would in
forms us, if von will permit your name to be
used as a candidate for ths-1 high office. In
making this request we are confident and
happy in the beliefthnt we express the wishes
of a large majority of our fellow citizens.
S. H. EVER ITT,
J. S. LESTER.
L. W. BURTON,
WM. H. WHARTON.
E. RAINS,
A. C. HORTON,
JOHN DUNN,
S. C. ROBERTSON,
D. ROWLETT,
G. W. BARNETT,
EDWARD T. BRANCH.
Houston, Dec. 7, 1837.
Gentlemen. —l have received your very
polite note of the Ist inst., in which you
desired to know if I will permit rnv name to
be placed before the people as a cn<Hda
for the next President of our Republic. I
cannot be insensible, gentlemen, to the high
compliment which this kind expression of your
confidence conveys; and I feel more grateful
because it proceeds from those over whom it
has been my duty as Vice President to pre
• side, and to whom of consequence lam inti-
I mately known. I can or.lv sav in answer,
I that as I came to this country for the sole
purpose of subserving the great objects of
the revolution, until those objects are fully
achieved, I do not feel myself at liberty to
decline the duties of anv station, however
\ high or humble, to which the voice of my
fellow citizens may call me.
| With the best wishes for the welfare of all,
Your obedient servant,
MTRABEAU B. LAMAR.
To S. H. Fveritt, A. C. Horton, J. S.
Lester, &c. &c.
From the Louisville Advertiser, Jan. 6. 1838.
Attempt at Robbery , JWurder, and Suicide.
—The Mechanics’ Savings Institution was
drenched with hlnnd yesterday evening.—
The Treasurer, H. S. Julian, had gone to
dinner, leaving the first Clerk, 0. M. Parker,
in the Bank. Alter the Treasurer left, it
seems Clarenden E. Dicks was admitted inlo
the institution bv Mr. Parker, who had been
acquainted with Dicks from boyhood. Under
what pretext Dicks entered, or how he acted
immediately after obtaining admission, must
be a matter of conjecture. It appears, how
ever, that Mr. Parker was killed at his desk
hv a blow with the hammer used in can
celling notes paid. He was struck on the
top oi the head, and the hammer buried to
the handle in his brain. At this instant it is
supposed Dicks commenced his search for
money, as a drawer, in which bank notes are
usually kept, was Ibund partly drawn nut —
when Mr. Julian, the Treasurer, arrived and
knocked at. the door of the building. Dicks
opened the door, admitted Julian, shut the
door again, and commenced an attack upon
him with the hammer with which Parker had
been killed. Julian, unapprised of what had
occurred, parried the blows aimed at him,
and begged Dicks to pause, assuring him that
he was mistaken. Dicks continued his
assault—making blow after blow until Mr.
Julian had an opportunity to seize the ham
mer, when, in struggling with his adversary,
Julian fell, hut not without wresting the ham- i
mer from Dicks. Deprived of the hammer,
Dicks began to feel for his pistol. The aim I
of Dicks was seen, and as Julian rose from*
the floor, he discovered Parker lying dead in
the room. Suddenly Julian raised a chair,
threw it at Dicks, and thus gained time to
rush out of the door, and gave the alarm to
some two or three persons in the immediate
neighborhood.
At this moment, Dicks finding that detec
ll.j ll ‘va s inevitable, raised his pistol to the
SKleof is head, and shot himself.
Mr. Julian, we are happy to learn, though
wounded on the head and in the face, is not
considered in a dangerous situation. But,
poor Parker! he was cut off in his prime, lea
ving an interesting wife and three children— ;
and as for Dicks, he was the victim of gam
bling. We knew him for years, when clerk
in one of the first houses in the city—when
he had not been corrupted by association, and
was above suspicion or reproach—handling \
thousands daily and giving entire satisfaction
to his employers. In 1831 or 32 he was made !
master of a steamboat, which proved an un
profitahlejconcern ; and here it is supposed his i
career as a gambler commenced. In 1833;
he obtained a situation as clerk of the Phila- I
delphia, which bent was robbed of five or six !
thousand dollars, whilst Dirks had charge of
the key of the iron chest. Suspicion rested on ■
him, and it was therefore difficult if not im
practicable for him to get employment. Ha-!
ving lost what money lie had at the gaming j
table he was driven to desperation—and hence
the bloody occurrence we have just detailed,
SENTINEL & HERALD, i
COLUMBUS, JANUARY 35, 1839, ‘
UvTIS OF advertising.— All advertisements ,
for the mlemon 6 atd 50* cents’ for
ZetLmZ ; for less than 1* Imm, twenty dollars
1 figure work double the above prices.
P. H. F. Brittan is our authorized agent
for the collection of such accounts ot this ol
| flee as may be placed in his hands, and also
to receive subscriptions, <Scc.
Dec. 10, 1937.
George W. Compton is our auihonsed
j Agent for such accounts as may be placed in
this hands. He will also receive in Georgia
and Alabama, subscriptions to the Sentine'j
and Herald.
The following persons have kindly con
sented to act as Agents for the Sentinel and
Herald:
Col. C. Parker, Collodensville, Monroe Cos.
Peter Cone. Esq. Eden, Effingham Cos.
Rev. Reuben E. Brown, Perry P. O. Hous
ton Cos.
Tiios. H. Key, Esq. Drayton, Dooly Cos.
Col. Thos. J. Holmes, Byron, Baker Cos.
Stephen D. Crane, Esq. Dablonega, Lump
kin Cos.
Col. John Dill, Fort Gaines, Go.
John C. Mangham, Greenville, Ga.
E. J. Wood & Cos. St. Joseph, Flor.
Nourse, Brooks Sc Cos. Apalachicola.
ABOLITION PRINCIPLES.
It is but seldom we glance over the columns
of a newspaper, but some paragraph meets
iour eye, containing’ matter well calculated to
fix upon our mind the indelible impression,
that t!. fearful and fatal principle of Aboli
tion is rife in almost all that section of our be
loved country north of Mason and Dickson’s
line! The slave property of the South seems
to annoy our Northern friends excessively—
is obnoxious to their feeling of
jealousy—and weighs with a high importance
in all their religious and legislative delibera
tions. Besides, they carry their hatred of
slave-holders, and their pity for the poor nc
\ gro, through ail the minor departments of life,
| and are found ready, at all times, to defend
! the failh of the puritans, by kidnapping any
southern gentleman’s slave, who may happen
to travel with him to the North ! Setting
aside the constitutional question in relation tj
slavery—for that is well understood, and con- j
(ceded in favor of the South, by every com
mon-sense man—we hold the interference, on
the part of northern fanatics with Southern
rights and property, as being of the most de
graded and despicable character. But were
the design, and action, confined alone to fa
natics, our surprise would not be so great, we
should pass it over with more perfect con
tempt. Such however is not the fact. In
their most solemn deliberations—in their sy
nodical gatherings of church representatives—
in their great conventions touching the high
est interests of the people, the demon-spirit of
Abolition is sure to shoot forth from every
pew, from every seat, from every heart. It
nueumeo the snored form of ilie minister of
Grace—presents the formidable front of the
aged statesman and pretended patriot—burns
in the sarcasm of the envenomed editor—and
smiles, and “ murders while it smiles,” in the
sainted form ot her who should weave the
garland of peace for all mankind ! Our pen
emits the ink hut sluggishly while we write
■ this sentence—that soft, gentle, kind-hearted
woman, even she is an Abolitionist!
In a late number of the Richmond En
quirer was published an “extract of a letter
from a young Virginian,” dated at Philadel
phia, in which he says, that “the Quakers,
| alias friends, have issued an address to the
(good citizens of the United States, the pur
port of which is, to shew the evils, as well as
the disadvantages, and the sin of holding the
negro in bondage furthermore, that There
was a great excitement created in the Con
vention, which has been recently held in that
citv, for the purpose of reforming the consti
tution of 1790, “ on motion to print a memo
rial of sundry citizens of Philadelphia, against
the extension of the right of suffrage to the
black population in the State of Pennsylva
nia,” which was not carried without a “fiery
debate,” which lasted six hours! added to
this, the writer says :
“ There is a bill before the Convention,
I which will come up shortly for consideration,
trying bv jury all suits exceeding in value
| ——This is said to be done for the benefit
| <>f their own individual citizens, but believe it
j not —they are not so careful of their own citi
j zens : it is done for the benefit of the South
ern negro ! Thence it follows, that if any of
our negroes should get into this Slate, we
cannot get them until they are tried by jury,
—and when this comes to he the case, we
need never push the claim, for I imagine it
will he hard to find a jury who will unani
mously support the rights of the South. And
when women are taking upon themselves, in
part, the management of both private and
public matters, who will do us justice, by re
storing private property?”
Thus, then, it is evident, that whilst inCon
! gress the most unabating, zealous and talent
ed efforts are making to pervade that bodv
with the noxious sentiment of Abolition, and
whilst that “ bone of contention,” freedom of
slaves in the District of Columbia, is annually
rolled about the capitol, and held up by fa
natical orators of the North, as bloody a
thing as Macbeth’s dagger; the people
throughout the Northern slates are busied in
preaching and writing, under the sanction of
religion , against slavery, and in their legisla-i
five capacity, enacting laws, by virtue of
which our property, which we hold under the
Constitution, is to be taken away from us !!!
We believe with Mr. Calhoun, that this is the
only question which can divide the Union,
and that this question may lead to this alarm
ing issue. God forbid. Not long since, in
perusing a speech delivered by Mr. Clay, in
the House of Representatives in 1824, the
following eloquent passage arrested our at- i
tentinn. Speaking of the Union and its
perpetuity, he burst forth thus : “ Not to-day,
nor to-morrow; but this government is to
last, I trust, forever; we may at least hope
it will endure, until the wave of population,
cultivation and intelligence, shall have washed
the Rocky mountains, and mingled with the
Pacific.’* To this sentiment we responded a
hearty amen, and prayed that the burning I
words of the great statesman, which wore
ai most the semblance of prophecy, might bg’
fulfilled; but the revolutions which have
shaken public feeling, since the day on which
the Hall ot Representatives rang with the
clarion tones of his voice who uttered a sen
timent so consonant with patriotism; and the
dark and portentous cloud which has gather*
ed over our liberties and peace, and which* is
surcharged with the sulphurous qualities of
that doctrine against which we arc no\V in**
veighing, seem to threaten a different is*ue
from that presented to the brilliant imagina
•ion of “ the orator of the West.”
It is not that we fear the efforts of Aboli
tion Memners of Congress, for they are as
puerile as they are officious, and can ffevtfr
rise to any dignity in that body; but we are
looking to that deep, silent influence which is
at work in the bosom of Northern society*
and which is preached, and prayed, and par
lored into a solemn obligatio'n, a religious
duty; the consciences of the aged and mid
dle-aged, are continually goaded on the sub-”
ject of slavery at the South, and the youthfdf
mind is most carefully instructed in all that
belongs to hatred and detestation in view of
this subject 5 the elements of society are
heaved and agitated bv those who lead in’
all popular excitements, and the public feel
ing and appetite is kept forever whetted and
sharpened on this fearful question. There is
much to fear; the patriot lias cause to weep—
the virtuous may well feel alarmed ; and wo
! only regret that the action in Congress ha*
not been to exclude petitions altogether. The
most rigid measures should be adopted in re
lation to this subject.
The South must be firm and united to a
man upon this vitally important question ;
and in its consideration nothing of that party
distinction which is too much known in the
management of our home affairs, must lie
permitted to enter. Union men and Nullifi
ers must know each other only as Southern
Representatives, when this subject stares them
in the face on the floor of Congress, ami we
feel confident they tr ill battle against the Hy
dia with united hearts. This article cannot
be better wound up than by citing the au
thority of one whose opinions, upon Constitu
tional questions, are but seldom doubted. On
presenting petitions in the Senate of the U.
S. March 16th, 1837, for the abolition of
Slavery in the District of Columbia, Mr.
Webster held the following language:
“ I have often, Mr. President, expressed
the opinion that over slavery, as it exists iiv
the States, this Government lias no control
whatever. It is entirely and exclusively a
State concern. And while it is thus clear
j that Congress has no direct power over this
| subject, it is our duty to take care that the
authority of this Government is not brought
to bear upon it by anv indirect interference
whatever. It mus* be left to the States, to 1
the eoiir.se of things, and to those causes over
which this Government has no control. Alt
this, in my opinion, is in the clear line of our
duty.
ST. JOSEPH—STATISTICS, &c.
We have been banded for publication the
following comparative statement, showing the
increased amount of Colton shipped via St.
Joseph this season, over the last.
Statement of Cotton received at the port of
St. Joseph, from the Ist July, 1836, to the
Ist of January, 1837, and fom the Ist of
July, 1837, to the Ist of January, 1839.
| From Ist July, 1836, to lsl
Jan. 1837,* 2,918 bales.
From Ist July, 1837 to Ist
Jan. 1838, 8,654 bales.
Shewing an increase of 5,736 bales over
i last year, exclusive of 9,967 bales received
i between January and July, 1837.
Our informant states further, that business
of all kinds has increased in the same ratio.
Apaiachicola, January 14.
REMARKS.
Amount, of cotton re’d lip to last dates 9.086
Received this week, - 1,183
Total, .... 10,269
The sales during the past week have been
from 9 to 10 cents, principally at 9 1-2.
The demand for choice continues brisk,
and 10 cents is readily obtained.
FREiGHTS.
To Liverpool, 3 farthings.
“ Havre, - 11-2 cent.
“ New York, 3-4 cent.
SALE OF RAIL ROAD STOCK.
A sale of one thousand shares of stock in
the Georgia Rail Road and Banking Com
pany, took place at their Banking House in
Athens, on Tuesday the 16th inst. The
whole was taken at an advance of $6 per
share, so says the Athens Banner.
We are glad to see Rail Road Stock
j selling at a premium; it is good evidence in
favor of Internal Improvement, and goes U>
I show the amount of confidence reposed in the
j system by the capitalists of our State. We
j shall soon have “a finger in the pie.” Our
; City Council are on the right trail. Once
! more we would recommend to that body to
: go ahead, and act upon the report of “ the
J Committee,” and have less to do with public
! meetings and long speeches. This is u time
: for action.
MAIL ROBBERY.
On Friday night last, the 19th instant, the
j great mail coming North from Mobile, was
! robbed about one mile and a half on this side
|of Stockton. This information is contained
! in a slip from the office of the Mobile Mercan
] tile Advertiser, of Monday morning. The
j driver was found dead, having two buffers
j shot through his head, and the mails (inclu
ding those from New Orleans of the 17th and
18th, and the one from Mobile of the 19th
of January,) were broken open, and theic
! contents rifled. Stockton is forty miles from
j Mobile, and is the point on the Tensaw river
| to which the mail boat runs, on the route
from Mobile to Montgomery.
The Florida War will probably be finished
in three \ojour years ! An ingenuous cotem
porary says that Gen. Jesup is not to blame ;
l that the Government and the Cherokee Dele
: gation are serious hindrances. “ Not know
| ing, can’t say.”
j The Washington City Reformer is about
to be succeeded by a paper to be styled the
Washington Chronicle, and to be edited bv
R. K. Cralle, Esq. former Editor of the
Reformer.
We have been remiss in acknowledging
the receipt of public documents from our Re
presentatives in Congress, Messrs. Cleveland,
Glascock, Towns, and Haynes, to whom \\c
arc indebted for numerous favors,