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the buccaneer to his crew.
1!V R. HmiLTOlf, Esq.
“ A sail ! a sail ! a sail !” ,
Shouted out the buccaneer;
• li stands before the gale,
This way l see it steer ;
Uj, up, ine comrades brave !
If they seek the Hover’s crew,
We arc m march* of the wave—
Need l tell you what to do?
I.a-h our Arrow—matchlcrs slii|> —
To tlte bulwark of the foe ;
Let the leach of carnage slip,
And the blood of battle flow !
I.et the cutlass carve its way,
And our thunder cleave the skj ;
No heart here knows dismay—
We conqnor or wc die !
“ Full fifty battles bold
We have fixiuht, my comrades brave !
And victory has roll’d
Her banner o’er the wave
That bore this gallant bark,
And still mare gallant crew,
Through storm enl tempest dark—
Need I tell you what to do ?
“ Nail the colors to the mast.
Let the pennant gaily stream—
Let the roar of battle last
While day sends forth a gleam ;
And when the murky shroud
Os darkness furls the sky—
Pause not, hut shout aloud,
“ We conquor or we die.”
TO A COUNTRY COUSIN.
I loved (lice, cousin, from my tenderest years,
Child of severe misfortune as thou wert;
Ah. ever thus the current of my tears
Has been the nearest channel to my heart !
But we were parted : years on years tolled by,
Without one glance from that mild pensive eye.
And vve have mat again—a hope long cherished,
Through years of adverse fate's relentless power ;
While numbers round thy path have darkly perished,
Thou hast survived to greet this rapturous hour :
And I have come from scenes remote, to treed
The paths of youth—to mourn the early dead.
I know that time brings changes, and that thou
Hadst shaken off the ills of earlier youth ;
But never had I dreamed to meet, till now,
My heart’s wild fancies ripened into truth—
As rushing forth to greet me thou wert seen
In the entrancing beauty of seventeen.
1 may not here recall each fairy feature,
Imprinted though they he on memory’s page ;
I could hut feel thou wert a glorious creature,
Just blushing into beauty’s blooming stage;
And Health and Joy sat smiling on thy face,
Where Innocence diffused her matchless grace.
And thou wert she my soul had vainly sought
Through the dark current of its troubled years ;
Tlir belle ideal of my burning thought,
Formed but to lighten life of half its tears :
Oh, who could view that beauty-breathing form,
Nor feel that here a stoic must grow warm !
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But, wert thou nil tny soul desired to find,
Thou of the lily cheek and sunny brow ?
‘Wanted there nought the gathering charm to hind,
And fix the charm that circled ine e’en now ?
Were beauty, grace, and gentleness, the whole
Required to molt the sternness of my soul ?
Alt, no! the truth breaks in on me at last—
Thou art a stranger to the poet’s lay,
And never have the bard’s deep visions passed
Across thy soul iu magical array :
The glorious beings of the world ideal
Are nought to thee—thy heart is with the real.
Oh. hadst though hut been taught in earlier days
To soar exulting on Cliilde Harold’s strain—
On Hamlet’s tragic fate appalled to gaze—
Or Deedernona’s woes revive again—
J could iiavc worshipped thee, so passing fair ;
But now the spell resolves itself to air.
Adieu, then cousin—well I love thee still;
Ah, mays’t thou never prove how dear a friend !
Be health and hope thy own through every ill,
Thy portion happiness, and heaven thy end.
Thus we in sadness, not in anguish part —
Though hadst but ruffled, not enchained my heart.
Cl.
From the Philadelphia Herald.
IMPORTANT DUTIES.
“Set thine house iu order,” is a divine
admonition, which it would well become
every man to apply lo himself. There
arc probably lew persons who do not
desi'in at some future lime lo set their affairs
in order. But the great misfortune of a large
proportion of those who form such a design,
is, that the time to which they look forward
never arrives. With them, to morrow is that
time, when all is to he made right—to-morrow
comes, and yet to-morrow is the chosen time.
And thus they procrastinate the arrangements
of their concerns until that fatal to-morrow
meets them in another world !
When about to commence anew year, it
seems to he exceedingly proper that men
should improve the occasion to review their
past conduct—to discard ail errors in principle
■or practice, which they may discover in
themselves —to form new and better habits —
and adopt resolutions of amendment for the
residue of their lives. My object, at this time,
is to offer a few remarks on one, among the
many appropriate duties which men should
perform at the close of the year. It is that of
so arranging their peculiary affairs, as that in
the event of sudden death, neither heirs nor
creditors may suffer injustice.
There arc, perhaps, few duties more im
portant, and yet more neg'ected, than those
>r making wills, and annually or periodically
settling accounts. Most men so fear the
contemplation of death, that while they know
themselves to he every moment liable to its
stroke, they choose rather to leave their pro
perty involved in confusion, to he wasted in
law-suits, to expose their families to want,
and their creditors to wrong, than to perform
those duties which bring the dread messenger
to view. They seem to regard the mere pre
paration for a stale of dissolution with as much
awe as they should the catastrophe itself;
strangely imagining that their lives become
thereby shortened. But would men duly
reflect on the folly of such conduct, they
might spare themselves much trouble through
life, and, at the final hour, many painful re
grets. To those, therefore, who have neg
lected this important consideration, I would
recommend an improvement of the present
occasion for the correction of their error.
The duty of those who poseess property, to
make their wills, is manifestly of great impor
tance. Every prudent man, who has dispo
sable property, and who entertains a just
sense of the frailty of life, and of his duty to
his family and to society, will not long neglect
to make his will, ami to revise it as often ns
once in every year. The omission of this
duty is a most prolific course of family qnar
* rels and of law suits. Men know, and should
, reflect, that they must finally leave their pro
perty; and it seems not rational to suppose
that they can feel indifferent as to its disposal
when they shall have ceased to control it.
But it they would not have their estates swal
lowed up in the expenses °f settlement, or
leave them as bones of contention among
their heirs, they ought, by all means, to at-1
tend to the distribution themselves.
* On the whole lam persuaded that the man!
who does not constantly keep his pecuniary
affairs in a state of order as perfect as if lie
expected every day to he his last, or who
► neglects to make his will, when lie has pro
perty at his disposal, fills far short of the per
formance of duty to his family mid lo the com
munity,
Christmas in old Virginia. —A Correspond
ent of Poulson’s Advertiser, who writes from
~ on board the United States Ship Pennsylva
nia, gives the following amusing sketch, of the
negro jollifications in Virginia during the
Christmas holiday. The scene is in Hamp
ton:—
This is a holiday. FromjC.hristmas to New
Year the blacks are free. Jollification is the
order of the day. We were soon reminded
ot this by seeing, iu front of us, a groun of
blacks. They were in full go. A fiddler,
horn for the profession, as you would have
concluded had yon seen him, was going it to a
A irginia reel—while a couple of a group were
footing it, upon a refined imitation of Jim
Crow. I wish you eould have f>een here to
have seen the fiddler and the principal dan
cers—and to have witnessed the joy and glad
ness that pervaded tlie countenances of these
poor fellows. The fiddler was a man of short
statue —with a fuK greasy face, lhat indicated
his being well fed. His upper lip was enor
mously long and full—this he kept to a
constant motion, but as to the sort of motion,
no human being could tell. It was perpen
dicular—horizontal—elliptic—now in this
way—now that; whilst his eyes were nearly
closed, and his right foot was keeping time,
not by a gentle, but firm ami Vigorous motion
with his fiddle.
Before him, in a group, were a couple of
dancers. You may suppose these lo have
been called for the occasion : Not so. They
were in their cornfield costume. The very
sight of one of their feet was enough to make
one blow—so heavy, so unmanageable did if
seem, (the leg had been placed just in the
middle.) This Foot was covered with a huge
shoe, and plentifully covered over with fes
toons, made of wore out stockings and wow
sers. But lo this foot Were appended muscles
of extraordinary flexibility and strength—and
it was made to fly about, keeping company
with its partner, as though the whole had
been made of sturgeon’s nose or cork. —
Nothing could beat the variety of the gesticu
lations of these holiday dancers; nor could any
thing excel the expression of happiness which
beamed from their countenances. We gave
the fiddler a mite, and passed on.
A Challenge. —When Judge Thatcher was,
many years ago, member of Congress from
Massachusetts, he was challenged to a duel,
hy Mr. Blount, member from North Carolina,
for words spoken in debate. The Judge,
on reading the message from Blount, alter
adjusting his wig and revolutionary hat,
said to the hearer—“ Give mv respectful com
pliments to your master, and tell him he can
not have a definite answer to his note to-dav.
Let him he patient a short time, till I can
write to Portland, and receive an answer* I
always consult my wife , on matters of im
portance, well knowing that she is a better
Judge of family affairs than myself. If she 1
consents to take choice of becoming a widow,
or having her husband hanged tor murder, I
certainly will fight Mr. Blount. ‘Pell him not
lo lie in a hurry; it will not take more than
three weeks to receive her election.
From the Charleston Courier.
LATER FROM FLORIDA.
In addition to what we published yesterday,
respecting the fight between the detachment,!
of Marines, under Lieut. Powell, and a body
of Indians, we give the following particulars, ’
since communicated to us. Lieut. Mcllae |
was the name of the officer killed, and Lieut.
Ha rrison was wounded. There is little doubt
that Dr. Leitner, formerly of this city, was j
the Surgeon mentioned ns killed. The ma
rines lost an ammunition boat, being com
pelled to abandon it, in their hasty retreat.
Gen. Jesnp had got on the trail of a large
body of Indians, but want of provisions cau
sed him to return to Fort Pierce. General
Hernandez and suite had started lor St. Au
gustine.
Since writing the above, we received, by
mail, the Savannah Georgian of Monday,
from which vve make llie extracts which
follow :
From Florida. —The steam packet Forest
er, Capt. Dillon, arrived here this morning
from Garev’s Ferry. From Cnpt. D. we de
rive ihc following inteilgence.
Lieut. Powell, with about eighty men, in-j
eluding regulars, landed at Jupiter Inlet, and
took a squaw; she told them she would:
carry them where the Indians were encamped ;
which was about seven miles oflf. Lt. P. at
tacked them, the Indians returned the fire
with a great deal of spirit, when the sailors
ran, and had it not been for the artillery they
would have all been cut to pieces. All the
officers were wounded. Dr. Leitner was
killed. The steamboats Charleston, Wm.
Gaston, and James Boatwright were at St.
John’s bar, waiting for favorable weather to J
proceed to Indian River where they were or- j
dered by Gen. Jesnp.
Since the above was in type, and despatch- I
ed hy express mail yesterday, we have, from
tlie friendly Mention of correspondents, receiv
ed further particulars which we hasten to lay
before nur readers.
A letter from “ camp, near the Everglades
and ‘25 miles west of the depot at Indian River
Inlet.” dated January 18th 1838, says: —
“You will hear probably, before this reach
es you that Lt. Powell had a little brush with
the Indians near Jupiter Inlet. It appears
that he landed with about SO men, sailors,
with the exception of 25 regulars. Soon af
ter landing, he found an old squaw, who of
fered to gtiide him to the place where the In
dians were—about seven miles off. He fol
lowed her direction and came upon the Indi
ans some say 46 —some 60 —and others SO
or more. The fire commenced on his side
when die Indians returned it with great spirt
and soon put the sailors into utter confusion,
who fled, and the whole party would have
been cut to pieces but for the regulars, as Lt.
Powell and all acknowledge. Six or eight
were killed and left upon the ground, with a
man who was wounded, but could not retire.
He was left to tlie lender mercy of tlie Indi
ans. Dr. Leitner, of the was killed,
and every officer wounded. The regulars
behaved nobly.
“Two'of the boats were left, in one of which
were a keg of powder and a box of cartridges
with rum, whiskey and other sailor comforts.
Another letter dated Jan. 18, 1838, says:
“Lt. Powell has been defealed by the In
dians near the San Lucia. All his officers
were wounded in their eflbrls to bring the
sailors up to the mark, but it was unavailing,
and it is admitted bv them, but for the com
pany of artillery, commanded by Lt. Fowler,
they would have suffered more than they have
done.”
Another letter of the 18th from Fort Lloyd
states in Lt. Powell’s afiiiir two sailors and
two soldiers killed, as also Dr. Leitner from
Charleston, and about 20 wounded, none ve
ry badly. Lt. Johnston, formerly of the artil
lery, was the only officer who escaped, the
rest being all wounded. Eight of the Indians
it is said Were killed. Tlie old squaw was
brought off captive.”
Another letter of the 21st inst. at Tampa
Bay, says:—“Jumper with 11 warriors, 22
Indian women and children, 6 negroes and 24
women and children, in all 64, arrived here on
the 19th, the Indians are on -hoard a vessel,
and will leave to morrow for Fort Pike. The
negroes remain here for the present. ’
Gen. Jesnp is now on tlie Ki.-simee. It is
thought the army will meet, or have met. at
Fort Bassinger. It is said that the Indians
have located themselves on an Island south of
Oehe-chubbee.
Tallahassee, Jan. 20.
More Indian Depredations. —On Friday
evening last about sundown, a party oflndi-.
ans supposed to be about thirty in number,
attacked the house of Mr. Faircloth, and Mr.
Thompson, on the St. Maiks river about 15
miles from this place, drove the inmates from
the dwellings, set fire to them, and carried off
all tlie plunder they could obtain. After dark
they attacked ihe dwelling of Mr. Seailev,,
about 3 miles from Col. R. Gamble’s. Mr.
Searley was hadlv wounded, but made his
escape with most of the family—one child was
killed about a quarter of a mile from the house.
Mr- Thompson received a hall in Ins leg.—A
woman residing at Mr. Faircloth’s was so
severely wounded, that her life is despaired
of. A small party was immediately organized,
and followed the trail to the Osc.illa, where the
! Indians had crossed, and dispersed in small
i tarties. The express to the Governor, arrived
in town cany on Wednesday who immediate- ‘
ly sent orders to Capt Bradly’s command’ at
San Pedro, to go in pursuit of the Indians,
and also to a small force on the Oscilla. The
Jefferson county troops, we learn, had also
orders to go in quest of the marauders.
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD.
We copy the following information, from
the Washington Spy of last Tuesday.
Whatever relates to the important subject
of Internal Improvement, is now considered
interesting. Our sister states, it is well known,
iiiave entered into the work with becoming
zeal and foresight, and appear vieing with
each otfier, which shall go the farthest.
Georgia has too long remained comparatively
idle. Yet, tlie day is not distant, when her
immense resourses will be more fully deve
loped, and her noblest energies put forth in
the prosecution of works, to benefit The pre
sent, while ensuring lasting advantage to the
coming generation. Although much has not
been accomplished, which might have been
| effected, nor all undertaken, which could have
been commenced, still, the spirit of improve
ment is awake in our state, and some enter
prises are on the way, promising to be pro
ductive of permanent utility. We were led
to advert to this subject, from having, a few
days since, received a letter from Col. Bolton,
one of the Commissioners of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, furnishing some account
of the operations of the Board thus far, and
speaking in glowing terms of the probable
successof the great undertaking committed to
their charge. We are convinced that nothing
will be wanting, on the part of the Board, to
effect all that is desired, which can he con
summated. And we view it as no ill-timed
digression, to remark, concerning our corres
pondent, to whom we are indebted for the fol
lowing information, that no one would have
been selected, who could have been more per
severinglv active in the discharge of his du
ties; and all who have the pleasure of his ac
quaintance, are fully prepared to appreciate
bis qualifications (nr the important station he
occupies. He informs us that the members
composing the Board, met at Cassville, on
ihe 15th instant, and on the following day,
were duly organized, (Mr. Crawford being
elected President and Col. Bolton Secretary,)
and soon afterwards had a conference with
Col. Long, the Chief Engineer, from whom
they received satisfactory information respect
ing the location of the road, and ascetrained
his readiness forthwith to enter upon its con
struction. It was immediately resolved to au
thorise him to advertise for proposals for the
letting out of contracts, for at least 40 miles
of tlie way, commencing at the Chattahoo
chee River, near Montgomery’s Ferry—
these contracts to be entered into on the Ist
of April next, at ihe Commissioners’ Office,
in Marietta, Cobb county. They further au
thorise him to conclude temporary contracts
with persons desirous of commencing imme
diate operations, to be paid for at an average
rate, at which contracts may be taken in
April next. In pursuance of this arrange
ment, several contracts will be speedily em
ployed, and, indeed, one has already com
menced operations, and has made considera
ble progress within a mile of AJatoona. It is
confidently expected that, by Ihe Ist of Feb
ruary, a large portion of the ground between
the Chattahoochee and Etowah Rivers, will
he thus occupied bv temporary contractors.
The members of the board are now actively
engaged in making the proper efforts to pro
cure the right of way for Ihe railroad, from
the inhabitants living on the route. It is pre
sumed, that the citizens generally will con
cede this gratuitously, in view of the signal
benefits they will severally and collectively
derive from the location of tlie road, while the
Commissioners have determined to pay no
one for the right of way, unless improvements
are in jured by the construction of the road.
This is the substance of the information
contained in the letter of our correspondent,
and we rejoice at being enabled to say, that
this great and incalculably valuable work of
Internal Improvement is begun.
From the Western Georgian.
WETUMPKA AND COOSA RAIL ROAD.
Wc earnestly invite the attention of the
reader to the address of Capt. Bingham,
Chief Engineer to the Wetumpka and Coosa
Rail Road Company, directed to the Legisla
ture of Alabama. It is hardly necessary to
say that the subject is one of vital interest to
the citizens of this section of the country. —
The remarks of Capt. Bingham are mainly
confined to the practicability, of constructing
a Rail lloatl from Wetumpka to Fort Wil
liams, at the head of the Falls of Ihe Coosa,
and the character of the obstructions to the
navigation of tiial River from thence to this
place. A few observations only, being dedi
cated to show the benefits to he derived from
Ihe contemplated work, we take the liberty
of adding a few remarks.
Any one who will trouble himself to glance
over ihe map of Alabama and Geo-gin, par
ticularly the Cherokee Country, will see at
once the importance to that section, of se
curing a market in which ihe products of
labor can be disposed of, and from which for
eign surplus for home consumption can be
obtained. The whole -of this part of our
State is supplied with Groceries as well as
Dry Goods, from the Atlantic ports; arid it
is a matter well attested, that the freight on
Grocery articles, such as Sugar, Coffee, Mo
lasses, Salt, &lc. amounts to nearly as much,
and sometimes more than their original cost
in Augusta, Charleston, or Savannah. If in
deed il be a fact, as Capt. Bingham stales,
that the Coosa, from the point where the R.
R. will terminate to this place, may at a small
expense he made the best navigable river in
Alabama; —and if it be also true that a Rail
Road from Wetumpka to the head of the
Falls, will actually be built, it is easy 1o show
that Groceries may he afforded cheaper in
Rome than in any of the Atlantic ports.—
That the Rail Road will be built in a short
time is now regarded as a matter beyond a
doubt, and for the truth of the other branch
of the proposition, viz : the navigability of
the Coosa river, we must refer the leader to
the address of Capt. Bingham.
From whence do the Atlantic Merchants
receive Ihe chief amount of their Grocery
supplies? From lire West India Islands.—
Nine tenths of the Sugar, Coflee, and Mo
lasses sold in these places are shipped from
Cuba, Jamaica, and a few other West India
Islands, the southern part of Mississippi and
Louisiana.
The distance from any of (hose places lo
the nearest Atlantic port, may he readilv as
certained bv a reference to a general Map,
showing their relative positions.
Take the city of Havanna, in Cuba, as the
starting point. We do not pretend to give
the distance accurately, but we are satisfied
that it is over four thousand miles thence to
Charleston. The distance to this place is
reckoned as accurately as possible without
an actual survey, at one thousand miles.
Everv one will see at once lhat the item of
freight most greatly more enhance tlie cost of
Grocery Merchandize when laid down in
Charleston, than when laid down in Rome,
if the means of transportation be of a similar
character. But it may he unred that even
admitting the practicability of navigating
the Coosa, except that portion included in
the Falls—yet will not the frequent loading
and unloading, the commissions, See. ol vari
ous kinds, materially increase the cost of ihe
articles above mentioned ? This is certainly
true: but we apprehend the difference in
distance will at least balance that objection.
But there is another and vprv important
item, in the cost of obtaining the articles al
luded to, from the show mentioned places, by
the Atlantic merchant. It is the high rates
of insurance, the consequence of the danger-
dug navigation Ground tlie £apes of Florida,
Western Keys, and Bahama Banks. If our
information be correct, the rate of insurance
|on goods shipped from any point on the!
coast of the Gulf of Mexico, and the princi
pal West India Islands, to any of the Atlantic
i ports, is almost, if not quite double the rates
jof Insurance from Liverpool to the same
! places.
These reflections have led us to a result
: which may be regarded as extravagant. W e
have not, however, selected our village be
j cause we flunk it is the only place in the sur
rounding country which will be benefitted by
the construction of the projected work. Al
though- We believe its location at the head of
the Coosa, gives it many and decided advan
tages, there are several places which will un
doubtedly derive great
SENTINEL & HERALD.
COLUMBUS, FEBRUARY 8, IS3B.
P. H. F. Brittan is our authorized agent
for the collection of such accounts of this of
fice as may be placed in Lis hands, and also
to receive subscriptions, &c.
Dec. 10, 1837.
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. *
Thos. H. Key, Esq. Drayton, Dooly Cos.
Col. Titos. J. Holmes, Bvron, Baker Cos.
Stephen D. Crane, Esq. Dahlonega, Lump
kin Cos.
Col. John Dili., Fort Gaines, Go.
John C. Maugham, Greenville, Ga.
E. J. Wood & Cos. St. Joseph, Flor.
Nourse, Brooks Sc Cos. Apalachicola.
COTTON STATEMENT.
We have been politely favored by Mr. F.
Ruse, with the following statement, showing
the quantity of Cotton on hand the Ist Febru
ary, 1837, and 1838, and the consequent in
crease of this season over the last.
Old Stock, 5,208 bales.
New receipts, 29,07S do.
34,256
Shipped, 16,854
Stock on hand Feb. 1,
183S, - 17,402
Receipts Feb. 1,1838, 29,078 bales,
do. do. 1837, 24,729 do.
Increase, 4,329
The article has come in rather sluggishly
for the past week, and prices seem disposed
to a decline —the fair quotation is 7 a 9 1-4
cents —money scarce and growing scarcer.
NEW PAPER.
“ The Western Georgian” is the title of a
paper published at Home, Floyd cour.tv,
Janies A. Wright, Editor, the firstjn umber of
which is before us. It is highly creditable in
its appearance, contains much interesting
matter, and speaks well for the section of
country where il is published. The leading
editorial declares its devotion to Union prin- j
ciples, as the following extract will show.
“As to tlie political tenets which we will
advocate, a minute expose is deemed urine- i
ccssary. Suffice it to say, that the principles
and doctrines of the Union party will receive
our support, and anv public act, let it pro
ceed from whence it may, inconsistent with
those principles, will receive our reprobation.
We shall endeavor to do this with tempe
rance as well as firmness; and we now, once
for all, say to the public, ltat under no cir
cumstances will we ever support or defend
any principle or measure, without regard to
its intrinsic merits. Tl e freedom of the press
was guarantied by the Constitution for the
benefit of the people; and it is a violation of
the spirit of that instrument fora public press
to assist in the dissemination of error.”
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER.
This talented periodical lies before us, and
vve regret to say, too much neglected ; for
what editor of a political journal can find
leisure or appetite for the consumption of
literary food, however much lie may love it?
This work ranks with the choicest periodica!
literature of our country, and deservedly so;
for in addition to the beauty and finish of its
compositions, the moral character of its con
tributions is proverbial, rendering it at once a
pleasing, instructive, and suitable work for
the parlour. Its reviews are marked with
boldness and candor, and shew great classical
research. We were forcibly impressed with
a “Review of Ernest Maltravers,” contained
in tlie number for January. It is written in
a style peculiarly cnergelic and commanding,
and reprimands Mr. Btilwer for the licen
tiousness of his gifted and brilliant pen, with
a boldness which but few would have assu
med. The critique is, however, correct, and
should be more frequently made upon the
seducing, yet erroneous and deleterious style
of the author of Paul Clifford, Ernest Mal
travers, etc. The opening sentence of tlie
criticism is appropos to the idea which we
entertain, and is in the following language:
“ The inexhaustible fountain of Mr. Buhver’s
genius continues to pour forth upon the lite
rary world its beautiful effusions. Its waters
seem as pure and limpid as the mountain
stream, and sweet as the honey of Hymettus.
But alas! those who drink of them too deeply,
I fear will find them poison to the soul!”
There are many other highly interesting pa
pers in the present number, instance, an arti
cle on Lord Bacon, full of information—
notice of Southard’s address—the Mechanic
Arts, and Everett’s address, etc. We shall
< take pleasure in occasionally adorning our
columns with extracts from this interesting
and instructive periodical.
SOUTHERN LITERARY JOURNAL.
The editorial chair of this interesting work
is at present filled by B. R. Carroll, Esq., the
! former conductor, ltev. Mr. Whittaker, ha
! ving retired.
The number for January is more than
ordinarily well stored with articles of much
merit; those which have interested us most
are “The Nuptials,” by Mrs. Ellet; “Ano
ther day at Chee Ha; “Memoir on Slavery,’
hy Chancellor Harper, a powerful paper,
which should be read by every Southern
man. The article entitled Bulvver—D’lsreali
—Yenetia, is a criticism of resplendent beau
ty—chaste and rich in ilmught and language
—nervous in style, and correct (as we think)
in its discriminations between Bultver and
D’lsreali as writers. It is truly pleasing to
iobserve that the author of “Vivian Grey,”
“ Henrietta Temple,” and “ Yenetia,” is being
‘noticed in terms 61* round and unmeasured
I praise. There is unquestionably a genius
i burning in his soul, whose light, if suffered to
Maze forth u|M>n the world, would fairly
eclipse that of the luxurious author of Mai*
travers. We congratulate the reading com
munity of the South upon being able to place
their hands upon periodicals “rich and rare,”
like the Messenger and Journal, and exclaim,
“ these are our treasuries.” The lesson has
long since been learned, that literature was
not confined to the “old world,” but that its
spirit had taken wings and flown to that spot
m Creation, first looked upon by the discover
ing eye of Columbus; and we of the “ bright
sky and sunny clime” may know, and rejoice
in that knowledge, that although Boston
wears the cognomen of the “ city of letters,”
i and New York boasts her Mirrors and her
Knickerbockers, the humble and youthful
South can also send forth her Messenger, to
dispense the light of science and scatter the
flowers of poesy, and that in her well-ordered
Journal may be found carefully written down
the substantial literature of the age.
“ THE MAN IS MAD.”
The following is extracted from a letter
from a Corresponding Secretary of an Aboli
tion Society in Connecticut, to a member of
Congress, dated December 21. 1537.
“ Tlie foul spirit of American slavery, not
content with crushing the poor black man to
the dust, and cruelly robbing him of all that
makes life desirable, is seeking to put a fetter
on our heels, and a padlock on our lips—and
the only alternative with us, as with our mur
dered Brother Lovejoy——is, Liberty or
Death!”
The man who could utter a sentiment so
directly opposed loour glorious Union, ought
to l-ave his heels tied together with a tar'd
rope. We have a first rate son of Vulcan ,
in our town, who has been at work busily,for
some lime past, forging “padlocks,” with
which to lock up the poisonous mouths of
mad-cap Abolitionists who venture within our
Corporate limits, and dare to utter their foul
j doctrines here as elsewhere. “ Hands off,”
is the motto of the South, and he who has the
temerity to sing a negro song in this country,
will find himself obliged to adopt the popular
air of “ Sittin on a Rail.”
MR. VAN BUREN AND MR. CLAY.
The distinguished individuals whose names
| are placed at the head of this article, are the
| most prominent now before the American
nation, and will doubtless run single-handed
the great race for the next presidential chair.
It is high time that the people of the South
should begin to reflect upon this subject, and
bring their minds to some positive conclusion
as to which of the two will best protect the jeo
pardized interests of that portion of the Uni
ted States south of the Potomac.
From recent developments, Mr. Clay is
! rapidly disqualifying himself for the Presiden
| cv, at least as far as we of the South are
I concerned. That he is a Tariff man and a
! Bank man, he has given ample demonstra
| tioti; and he has been pronounced an Jlboli
\ tionisi. There is no evidence, however, that
| he is of the latter dangerous and crazy class,
! nor in fact do we believe that he is, to the full
extent of the principles inculcated in the genu-
I ine Tappan school; but there is not a shade
of doubt, but that he stands more fairly com
i mitted to the North than to the South, upon
l this most important, of all subjects; and we
hold that no man is fit to wield the destinies
of the Southern country, who lalters for a
solitary moment on this question. He must
stand “square to the front,” and oppose it!
with all his “ mind, soul, and strength oth
erwise we, (the South) reject him as totally
unworthy of our confidence and support.
Mr. Clay has been decidedly “ non-com
| mittal,” daring the early and present session of
j Congress, and by his endeavors to conciliate
! the North and South, has most unquestiona
bly lost the confidence of both ; be assumed
a false position on the Resolutions of Mr. Cal
houn, and was “ wounded in the house of his
friends;” a writer declares that on the “Pre
emption Bill,” he fired a regular broadside
against its provisions and openly avowed
j himself the advocate of the rich speculator,
| and the pillar of support of the United States
ißank; and argues that he is politically de
i funct.
The course which has been pursued by the
| present administration has thus far been
; friendly and palatable to the South, and Pres
j ident Van Buren has made unto himself many
strong friends in the southern slates since the
last election. Soulli Carolina has spoken in a
voice not to be mistaken; Georgia will speak,
the moment an opportunity offers, in similar
tones of distinct and powerful utterance, and
the sound will reverberate through all the
southern domain.
The “ Star of the West” is on the wane,
although it sinks in solemn grandeur, and still
sends forth its sparkling, blazing beauties.
DEATH OF OSEOLA.
This distinguished chief lias ceased to war
against the “white man”—his how is unstrung
forever, and his death-arrow has fallen to the
ground. It is said “ comparisons are odious;”
nevertheless they must or may be made,
when true: Bonaparte died on the rock of
St. Helena— Oseoia gave up the ghost on
Sullivan’s Island : as though their strength
was superior to the concentrated force of
j worlds, they were caged even in their ex
j piling moments! We give in language;
more appropos than we can find, the follow- j
i ing remarks from the Charleston Mercury:
! “ This far-famed Chief paid the debt of;
nature at Sullivan’s Island,on Tuesday night.
He had been sick for some time—when we
saw him at the Theatre, he looked sad and
tired of the world. He was attacked with a
catarrhal fever, hut whether he fell a victim
to the common course of the disease, or to the
harrassments of a vexed and disappointed
spirit, is matter of doubt—probably a combi
nation of the two. He had the best medical
attendance, and we believe was in nothing |
neglected—but it would not and proud j
and unconquerable spirit refused lobe chain
ed to a captive body. We shall not write
his epitaph or his funeral oration, vet is there
something in the character of this man not
unworthy of the respect of the world. From
a vagabond child, he became the master spirit
of a long and desperate war. He made him
self—no man owed less to accident. Bold
and decisive in action, deadlv hut consistent
in hatred, dark in revenge, cool, suhile. saga
| cions in couneil, he established gradually and
surely a resistless ascendancy over his adopt
• ive tribe, by the daring of his deeds, the con
stancy of his hostility to the whites, and the
protbund craft of his policy. In council he |
spoke Tittle: he made the other chiefs his
1 and what they delivered in pub
lic, was the secret suggestion of the invisible
master. Such was Oseoia, who will be long
remembered as the man that with the feeblest
means produced the most terrible effects.’
Eloquence of Truth. —“ If the boasted spirit
of the North leaves its sphere and flaps its
dark wings over the interests of the South, it
will be met by a spirit full as stubborn. It
the question of Slavery is thrust upon the
South, they will not hesitate to take up the
gauntlet and defend their rights to the ut
most.”—Lcgare.
“ Short and Sweet.” —Judge Black, of
Mississippi, whose term of service expires on
the 4th of March, 1539, thus announces his
resignation:
“Washington, Jan. 21, 1838.
‘•To the Hon. R. M. Johnson, Vice President, &c.
“Sir: I have resigned my seat in the Sen
ate of the United States. Tour’s, respectlullv,
“JOHN BLACK.”
Heavy Load. —lt is said that Mr. Adams
has several hundred weight of petitions and
memorials on hand, some praying, others
demanding the rescinding of Mr. Patton’s
Resolution ! Verily, one would suppose that
this was a “burden too intolerable to be
borne ;” but old age is stubborn, and will
suffer its back broke, sooner than to yield its
bigotry or superstition! *
For Ihe Sentinel and Herald.
Messrs. Editors: —I apprehend, from the
large number of petitions upon the abolition
question, presented hv the females of the
North, that they are influenced by some mo
tive or other. It cannot be philanthropy—
for I have a better opinion of their intelli
gence than to believe for a moment that they
so little understand the principles of true
philanthropy, as to apply them to a project
calculated to involve a great nation in civi
war and commotion.
Now it has occurred to the writer, that the
northern ladies have become tired of their
cold-blooded northern husbands, and would
gladly exchange them for the warm, generous
temperament of the South, and that their
secret thoughts may be, that if they can bring
about this civil war, they can thus bring
about the destruction of their present hus
bands, (an inevitable consequence to result
from it,) and their purpose will be thereby
accomplished. You will he good enough,
Messrs. Editors, to inform them that they
can’t marry us no wav they can fix it. If
convinced of this, they may act upon the
principle that “ half a loaf is better than no
bread,” and when they can do no better, he
content with their present lots. We may
then be protected from their repeated and
impertinent interference with our domestic
affairs. K.
For the Sentinel and Herald.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, &c.
Messrs. Editors : I see in the last “ Stand
ard of Union,” another long list of names
offered to I lie “ consideration” of the Union
party , as fit and proper persons for represent
ing the principles of that parly and the inter
ests of Georgia, in Congress. As the wrilei
appears desirous for others to come out on
this subject, I offer no excuse for the fol
lowing remarks.
In the first place then, wc want efficient
men to represent Georgia in the next Con
gress. It matters not from what part of the
! State we may he able to get them; the times
’ will require men of nerve and ability; men who
are able to maintain and defend the constitu
tional rights of the South. In th” list of names
which lias been presented, amounting to some
sixteen, I can only point out about Jive or sir
whom I should feel disposed to see in Con
gress, the rest of them could have no possible
business there, and I think they would have
no desire to see their names held up for a sta
tion for which it would take many years yet
to qualify them.
In the second place, in all the nominations
which I have seen, not one single one of the
i present able Members of Congress, lias been
mentioned, from which most extraordinary
fact I must infer that in all the nominations
which have been made, someone of the list
lias been concerned in making it out. I hope
I may be deceived in this opinion, hut it does
look, not a little, like someone was engaged
in trying to scrouge all the old members nut,
in order that their chance to get in might
be better; at least I have heard no dissatis
faction expressed by the party at large, with
j the present members—but on the contrary,
have heard many express themselves highly
gratified at the able manner in which a part
of our present delegation have acquitted
themselves —nor have I heard any thing ex
pressed against them in any particular direc
tion, except, indirectly and designingly, by
the nominations above alluded to, hence, as
before stated, I draw the conclusion that these
nominations must have been made by, or at
! the instance of, someone in the different lists
presented.
Now as to genius and talents, I am as
much disposed to foster and encourage them
as any body else, hut I have no idea of ma
king too great a sacrifice of solid principle
and the best interest of ihe country, in such
times as these, in vain and i seless attempts
| to push young men (or even old men without
j talents,) forward in the world of fame, when
| they are incompetent to discharge the trusts
which their ambition may lead them to grasp
at.
Large Vessels may venture over the
widespread ocean of politics, even though
greater storms may arise than those which
have heretofore shaken, with their mighty
thunders, the walls of the National Capitol,
and yet with prudent and experienced helms
men, return again to our own port in safety
but li little boats,” had better “ keep near the
shore,” (the Georgia shore, I mean,) being or
but shallow bottom, and without ballast, they
would very sure to. and very soon be lost in
the greater strife where all the contending ele
ments meet.
Thus much, at the instance of “ Union,”
I have thought proper to say—and I now beg
leave to express the fervent hope, that our
party, in selecting candidates for Congress,
may have an eye to the very best talents
which can possibly he brought together in
the form of a ticket, excepting always, United
States Bank Men; for these we can have
no use in Congress. A Democrat.
COMMERCIAL
From the N. Y. Evening Herald.
MON E Y MARKET.
Wednesday, Jan. 31.
The market for exchange opened general
I ly heavily, and the rates gave wav on thedif
terent p'oifits of valuation, full one per cent.*
as compared with last packet day. On Eng
land, desirable bills were sold at 109. Effort*
were made to bring the rates to 8 1-2 a 8 1-4.
On France, the market opened at 5,25f. sales
shortly made, afterwards, currently at 5,27
3-Sf. and hills drawn by southern banks at
5,30f. On Hamburg, a few sales at 35 1-2 a
36. On Amsterdam, 47 1-4 a 40 l-2c. per
guilder. The general decline is full one per
cent, nor was there much done.
Various causes are assigned for the fall of
exchange, the principal ones being the great
export of cotton —the scarcity of money—the
curtailment of the banks—and consequent
little demand anticipated for European goods
in the approaching spring operations. Four
packets sail to-day. It is calculated that they
take 5000 hales of cotton, valued at $200,000.
These large shipments have of course formed
the basis°of the exchange operations, and
crowded the market with the sellers, flirts
causing a fall in the price by the great supply.
The continued importation of foreign grain
would, under other circumstances, tend tor*
counteract these results—hut it is now evident
that all foreign grain operations, based on thd’
false statements made by the Journal of Com
merce, and other prints, tost fall,will turn oitt 1
extremely disastrous.
In relation to the movements of the banks#
we have heard of some novel purposes. Du
ring last week, we learn, on good authority,*’
tha t several of them began to change their re
strictive policy. It is calculated that SIOO,OOO
were loaned out more than usual. Coupled
with this fact, there is a serious consultation
among several of our leading financiers, whe
ther it would not he the best policy to take
things as they are, to make no further effort
about the resumption of specie payments, but
at once to launch out, extend their loans, en
courage trade, and foster commerce with such
a currency as they have—in short, to abandon
the restrictive policy at once. It is very obvi
ous that during the loco focn war between
| the goverment and the United States Bunk#
ihere can he little hope of a positive and suc-
Icessful resumption of specie payments. Mr.
Biddle will not resume until the goverment
cease its hostility,nor will the government stop
its clamor about the sub-treasury, till it is
routed from its present occupancy. By en
larging the currency, and keeping it steadily
at a certain moderate rate, proportionate tiV
the wants of trade,the banks can avail them
selves of the same elements which the United
States and other hanks are doing. It is ut
teriv impossible for them to stand any longer
still in their present position. They mmt
either go down or go forward.
If this policy should succeed, anew suspend
sion law will he necessary to prolong the ex
istence of their charters. The passage of the
small note law will aid, to some extent, the
same line of policy. Throughout the country#
the hanks and the commercial interests, except
in New York, have operated, as usual, on
their inconvertible currency, and although the
system presents difficulties and obstacles, it i
certainly better than none. At this moment#
with a renewal of the suspension law, and ts c
passage of the small note bill, our hauls
could extend their circulation $10,000,000
and their loans, based on deposits, $20,000.-
000. Nt itlier would the cutrencv be much
depreciated by their additional issues—hut
the community would he re-invigorated and
aided until a more quiet lime returned when
the great monetary interests could he settled
on a frmer basis.
These views are beginning to prevail among
several of our leading financiers. Probably,
as soon as ihe reply of the Philadt Inina hanks
shall have been received, they may bring them
to a herd and take anew departure. The
Philadelphia banks will not resume—nor cam
our hanks either fi r the present.
Inland exchanges are getting a little worse
again—particularly on Philadelphia. All Bos
ton hills are still refused in Wa’l street—lmV
no objections made to the other New England
hanks.
It is now believed that Ihe sub-treasury
scheme will he defeated in the Sep; te.
Thursday. Fcl>. 1, —12 M.
We are in a pretty condition truly. Tliw
monev market indicates our commercial
position, and it is going fast below zero.
Stocks are filling. Business is at an end, or
nearly so; and the hanks after winding tip
the merchants’will hnve|lowind up themselves.
New York is in a had plight. The sud
den and continued contraction of the hanks
—their declining any facility to the merchant,*
immediately after they had been most lavish
of their facilities, places him in the situation ,
of a man who has been accustomed to ardent
drinks, and which Tire at once stopped—the •
consequence is fatal. The hanks and tlw
merchants will alike feel the sad efl’t cts. Thus
we go. Thus does had management in
almost every deparlmejit of affairs, strong
headedtiess and wrong-headedness. prostra'e
our best energies, and bring us to the verge
of ruin. May it stop even there.
Thursday evening, Feb. 1.
Money matters are getting more and more
m confusion. Stocks are still falling—and the
general gloom in commercial affairs is increas
ing. All the advantages resulting from a sus
pension of specie payments have been thrown
away upon a profitless pursuit of a visionary
resumption. The elements of Wall street are
incapable of any action. From Washington,
Philadelphia and Albany proceed the great
powers that can give us vitality. The reply
of the Philadelphia hanks was expected to
day, but its contents, if received, have not
yet been divulged. We know already the
spirit of the reply. Mr. Biddle will not at
tempt or aid a resumption while the govern
ment is trying to enforce the suit-treasury
scheme. It is generally believed now that
this scheme will he defeated by one or two*
votes in the Senate. Such is the character
of the most recent intelligence from Washing
ton.
Friday, Feb. 2—12 M.
Again, according to custom, stocks are
down. Their course downwards is progres
sive ; it is unchecked—and so it will be for
some time. We have now arrived at that’
state when the continued and continuous de
pression makes men almost reckless. Any
exertion seems thrown away, and those wiicv
consider themselves the wisest prudently rest
upon their oars, or at most, hv a few back
strokes, contrive to retain their position, and?
save themselves from lieing swept on by the
destructive wave. All thought of advancing
is nut of the question.
It is provoking enough to find in the gene
ral calamity which affects the whole country,
that New York is especially singled cut for
the direst of its effects. It is true that to a
certain extent ihis must he ihe case with the
Emporium city—the heart of the Union ; hut
the evil, which would he great in itself, is
increased by the had management with which
all our bank proceedings have been charac
terised. Philadelphia, New Orleans, Louis
ville, and other places, have, bv prudent
management, escaped the severity of the
shock which we have experienced. In New
York individual interest is the all-engrossing
♦ heme ; in other places union of interest is
felt to he strength. When shall we learnt
wisdom ?
Charleston, Feb. 3.
Cotton. —The inclemency of the Aveather,
which has for several days been vety unfa
vorable for out door business, and the diffi
culty of procuring freight for Europe, as all
1 the vessels in port have cither completed their