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1> o K T H Y.
A ME RIGAN POETESS IN LONDON.
The London Sun, in noticing the New Monthly,
g <i Asa specimen of its poetry, we quote some
beautiful lines on a child at play with a watch.” The
writer is Mrs. Osgood, of Boston, the wife of a young
artist now trying his pencil in London.
Art thou laughing at Time in thy sweet baby glee ?
Wili he pause on his pinions lo frolic with thee ?
Oh ! show him those shadowle3s, innocent eyes,
That smile with bewildered and beaming surpri e ;
Bid Inin look on that cheek where that rich hair re
posej,
Where dimples are playing “ ho peep” with the roses !
His wrinkled brow press with light kisses and warm,
And c'asp his rough neck in thy soft wreathing arm !
.Perhaps thy infantine and exquisite sweetness
May win him for once to delay in his fleetness ;
Tl en—then would 1 keep thee, my beautiful child,
Toy blue eyes unclouded, thy bloom undefiled,
With thy innocence only to guard thee from ill,
In life’s sunny dawn—a lily bud still ;
Laugh on. my own Ellen 1 His voice, which to me
Gives a warning so solemn, makes music for thee !
And while I at those sounds feel the idler’s annoj'i
Thou hear’st the tick of the pretty gold toy !
His smile is upon thte, niv blessed, my own,
Long may it be ere thou feelest his frown.
And oil! imv his tread, as he wanders with thee,
Liht and soft as thine own little fairy step be ;
And still, thro’ all seasons, in storms and fair weather,
May Time and my Ellen be playmates together.
From the Baltimore Transcript.
MILITARY GLORY.
The rolling drum, the brattling trumpet, the
nodding plume, the waving banner, the bris
tling bayonet, the shining sword, the pran
cing steed and the heavy ordnance, will roll
Vou°the eyes of the)veriest poltroon with heroic
ectacy, even in a time ot confirmed peace ;
judge, then how the real ginooine crack of a
regular engagement must have thrilled the
blood in the lusty veins of my old friend Josh
—yes, Josh—for that is the name of a hero.
Col. Hanks, as he was called by the men, for
no particular reason as I could ever learn,
save that nicknaming superior officers is an
abstract part of military discipline omitted
in the articles of war.” Col. Hanks com
manded a detacment of cavalry on an expe
dition against the Indians in one of our Flor
ida frolics, when the enemy “ hushed,” and
under cover of tins advantage picked oil
some of our best men. “By the mountains
of Maine,” swore the Colonel, “this won’t
do. Company dismount,” lie bellowed in a
voice of thunder, “ every seventh man hold
seven horses, the rest prepare for the hush and
follow me,” and in ail instant, the thick wood |
was reverberating with the gallant cheers of
a determined troop. The green leaves con
cealed what the quick report and clashing
steel gave note was going on. Josh couldn’t
stand it; his dander ris at every crack; at
last, drawing his pistols from his holsters, he
hid the horses go to the devil, and hounded
into the fray. The work was presently done 1
and the U. S. victorious. On the return of’
the party, the Colonel’s horse, one of the seven j
entrusted to the care of Josh was among the
missing.
“Josh!” sung out the Colonel, with such
cjjergy, that a rock about halt a nnle ofl
echoed “ Josh !” And Josh appeared with
his face begrimed like that of a powder mon
key, and bleeding on the temple from a sight
blow of a tomahawk.
“ Here utn f, Kurnel—Lord you needn’t
holler so, you must ha’ thought I was in the
mountings of Maine.”
“ Rascal, where are the horses ?”
“ Awfully scorched, if they went were I told
’em to go.”
“ You scoundrel ”
“ Corporal—Kurnel—Corporal, don’t pro
motion me too far at once,” interrupted Josh
audaciously pretending to believe that lie was
about to be rewarded for the heroic exploit 111
which he had “ broke duty” to participate.
“ You and I are townsmen, 1 believe,” said
the Colonel with cool anger, “and are you j
not ashamed to disgrace your native village!
by mutiny in the ranks.”
“ Well, I know it aint exactly according to
law to disobey orders not in no case, but look j
here Kurnal,” said Josh, with a look full of ;
meaning, “ when you go back to our town, j
the gals will all ‘sav, “ Oh, Kurnal tell us |
where you was in that ’ere skrimmage.” And
then you’ll say, ‘Me? O, I was in the bush,
killing Ingens, certainly.’ And then the gals
will say, and where was Josh, Kurnal? and
then you’d say ‘ Josh, let me see —Josh, ah,
he was holding the horses’ No, I’ll be
hanged if you shall—l’ll catch ‘em though,”
and lie was off like the skip of a flea, while
the Colonel turned away to conceal a laugh.
From the Philadelphia Gazette (Whig.)
MR. CILLEY.
Our readers must have observed yesterday, j
in reading the official account of the late fatal j
duel at Washington, that the impressions of
the New York Commercial Advertiser, de
rived from rumored information, as to the
blame attaching to the second of Mr. Gilley,
in bringing about his death, were incorrect.
Mr. Henry A. Wise ts the person on whom
the chief blame of that cold-blooded murder
must repose. Any one on meeting him, could !
say with truth, if the query were put as to
who was the prime accessory in Cillev’s as
sassination —“ Thou art the man /”
For Mr. Wise we have ever had little ad- !
miration, and less respect —not irotn any dis
position to detract from his merits as a states- !
man—heaven save the mark! or to decry the ;
zeal with which he is said to have supported
the public cause—hut from an utter and in-j
stinctive abhorrence of a passionate, emigres- ,
sional gladiator , who from session to session, ■
consumes the time and money of the people,
in malignant debates, of no moment to the ;
public ; in bloated harangues, ol which both
ilie motive and the object are equally unim
porta tit; one who, instead of deliberating for
the nation, with the rest of its representatives,
constitutes himself their chief orator, arbiter, j
overseer and ruler ; whose intemperance of
mind bids defiance to the idea of deliberation j
on any subject; a Hotspur in argument, with
less weight than wind; and in his constant
occ ipancy of the floor, a cut-purse ol tfie em
pire. We have entertained these opinions;
we have by turns been coaxed, besought, and j
threatened, to relinquish their utterance ; but
hiving always held them, we hold them still.
We do honestly look upon Henry A. Wise as
a bane to the whig parly —and so thinking ,
so we say. That the man has talents, we ad
mit; that lie has discretion, we deny. He is
always searching the past for some political
mare’s nest —hoping to draw therefrom, not
“the foal of an ass,” but gorgons, hydras, and
dire chimeras. In reference to his discoveries, i
and the evocation of by-gone plots and hor
rors—to t chat have they amounted ? They
were mountains in labor, and mice were the
fruits of their parturition.
J\lr. Clay — and a National Convention. —
A number of the whig members of the Legis
lature of Maryland, and other whigs of the
State then present, held a meeting at Anna
polis, on the !9ih inst. They adopted strong
resolutions in favor of Mr. Clay, as the whig
candidate for the Presidei cy—approved of a
National Convention —and requested the whig
members of Congress to appoint a suitable
m e and place for holding the Convention.
Thus the signs thicken around us. Mr. Clhv
:s to he run as the whig candidate—at the
head of a National Bank—and the whigs are
concentrating in his favor. Y\ e ask again
ar J again, is this the time for the republicans
to wrangle with each other—to discuss any
subject in bad temper—to fall into any dis
sensions —and enable the whigs to conquer
U3 bv our own divisions r Every thing says
~ ,—lpverv consideration for their party, their
nnticii)!es, their country, forbids the thought.
1 1 Richmond Enquirer.
SENTINEL & HERALD.
COLUMBUS, MARCH 22, 1839.
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. 0. Hous
ton Cos.
Thos. H. Key, Esq. Drayton, Dooly Cos.
Cos). Tiios. J. Holmes, Byron, Baker Cos.
I Stephen D. Crane, Esq. Dablonega, Lump
kin Cos.
Col. John Dill, Fort Gaines, Go.
John C. Maugham, Greenville, Ga.
E. J. Wood & Cos. St. Joseph, Flor.
Nourse, Brooks & Cos. Apalachicola.
J. S. Yarbrough, Lumpkin, Stewart Cos.
Jas. Buchanan, Cuthbert, Randolph Cos.
TO THE UNION PARTY.
Our friends in Muscogee county, are invi
ted to attend a meeting, to be held at the
Court House in this city on the first Monday |
in April next, at 11 o’clock, for the purpose 1
Jof appointing delegates to attend the conven-
I lion at Milledgeville, on the first Monday in
May next.
Mr. Holsey. —The following letter, by this
morning’s mail lias somewhat astonished us, j
as it will our readers no doubt, and we regret j
that our worthy representative should find I
himself anxious to retire from public life, for
it must be acknowledged by all parties, that j
Mr. Holsey has acquitted himself in Congress
with high credit, and ably and truly repre
sented the interest of his State.
City of Washington, ?
House of Rep. March 12, 1838. $
Messrs. Editors. —Being desirous of retiring
from the public service, I have lo request that
you will make known to the people of Geor
! gia, through the medium of your Gazette,
that I decline a re-nomination for Congress.
Very respectfully,
HOPKINS HOLSEY.
Editors of the Sentinel and Herald.
The Emancipator. —This is the title of an
Abolition paper published in the City of New
York, three numbers of which have been re
ceived at our office. We have sent them back
under the injunction, “ touch not, taste not,
handle not the unclean thing.” The editor
1 may congratulate himself that it is his paper
i with which the people of Georgia have todeab
and not with his person. Why, look ve Mr.
Emancipator! there was a fellow dropped
down at one of our hotels, not long ago, (who
hailed from the infected district,) and began to
prate about your impudent doctrines ; but the
way he found himself obliged to make tracks
for the “piney woods,” was quick and cau
tionary ; they do say that he ran with the
speed of a hound-dog, and looked like a fly
ing devil. His farewell speech was brief but
pointed. “ Ladies and Gentlemen lam
o-p-h.
A Citizen. —We do not agree altogether
with the views contained in this communica
tion. The writer seems to go upon the hy
pothesis, that a railroad to West Point will
not have the effect, either to reduce freights
! from this place to Apalachicola, make the
| Banks more liberal, or insure to the planter a
i belter price for his cotton. The affirmative
I of this position has never been contended for:
jat least we have never so argued the ques-
I tion. We have advocated the building of
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!a railroad, not to West Point simply, hut
through the country in such direction as to
strike most directly the main trunk; thus
opening to our market the wealth and re
sources of a section of country, from which at
present we can derive no advantage.
The subject is a very plain one, according
to our view. Columbus must have a rail
road or she is ruined ; we care not what di
rection that road takes from this point, so that 1
it connects us intimately with those sections j
of country from which our trade must of ne- !
! cessity flow. We are the warm advocates j
fora railroad; we ha\-e urged the subject
upon our citizens from the moment it was
first suggested, nor will we hold our peace
until the last hope expires. We are happy
: to be informed, that a number of individual
j have subscribed for a majority of the stock,
; and actually paid in twenty-five per cent., and
that the road will undoubtedly be made. The j
; project hss our best wishes.
NEWS PER EXPRESS.
The mail north of Augusta did not come ‘
| through on yesterday; our last slips from ;
New York are dated the 15th and contain’
! not much of interest. The Canada War is j
| said to be defunct, and Gen. Scott still lives,
1 notwithstanding the rumor of his death.
The Florida War is at least in statu quo \
\at present; a short time since it seemed to be j
going backwards; the story of Gen. Jesup !
j having captured 400 Indians, is “all in my j
j eye.” Get your steamboats, boys, and put;
J off for Tampa—get into the service of Uncle !
Sam at three hundred dollars per day, and j
j stay there, God knows how long; like enough 1
forever and the day after. Quite a specula
ion this Seminole fuss buss.
The money market remains the same as !
for a fortnight past; so say the Wall street
reporters. Specie is in no demand. A sale
of one or two hundred thousand Mexican j
dollars could not be made at over one per |
cent. The rate of exchange is worse than at ’
any period during the gloom and derangement j
of the last war.
The cotton market “stale, flat, and unpro
j fitable”—trade and commerce generally dull,
inactive, drooping.
The late duel is all the talk. The northern
papers are full of lamentations for the untimely
jdoalhof Cillev, and paragraphs of burning
indignation against all parties concerned.
We have nothing fresh in the way of news |
from Washington City. The sub-treasury
bill, according to last accounts, has rubbed
through the Senate, and is quivering in the
House. Its fate is exceedingly doubtful.
Ci ty and Calhoun had a regular “ set to”
—both “fend off” tolerable well —“sparring
indifferent—no “ palpable hits ’ —no “ knock
downs"—so so, the whole affair.
John Quincy Adams has nearly lost his
eve-sight reading Abolition petitions from
old maids and charming lasses, who live
away down east.
Gen Jackson’s health is improving.
Bennett’s N. \. Herald and the Spirit of
• the limes—one spicy and the other racy. i
Extract from a letter dated
Apalachicola, March 15, 1838. |
“ Yesterday was the first sale day for lots
in this place; there were not many strangers
present as purchasers, although a goodly num
ber of strange Merchants from Boston, New |
York, Charleston, Mobile, and New Orleans,
who are here to see lor themselves, and form
their opinion on the ground. These did not
come to purchase, but to look at the market.
They have to a man expressed the most sat
isfactory results to our city. Notwithstand
ing lots sold well, and as I think, even high,
and such lots were offered as were desired by
citizens who wish to become permanent resi
dents. Twelve lots only were offered: ten of
I which were sold for dwelling lots, averaging
| within a fraction of SI,OOO each: one busi-
I ness lot sold for $5,550, and a wharf lot for ,
i $9,700. To-day a few lots were offered i
which commanded even better prices than
those sold on yesterday. I cannot give you
i items, as the sale is not yet closed. This
solid evidence of confidence on the part of
our citizens and strangers as to the final re- j
| suit of this silly and visionary contest, gives
; the most pleasing and satisfactory emotions
to those who, when all looked dark and j
gloomy, were not intimidated, but boldly j
took the helm and faced the storm. The !
contest is not yet over, bui the enemies ranks
are in confusion, —they lack the confidence
| which a good cause always gives, and lack
| mg this they cannot fail to be routed, “ horse,
j foot, and dragoons,” in total confusion and
ruin. Business here is good—vessels arriving
! and departing daily—the wharves crowded
with Cotton bales, and goods for our Mer
chants and those who live up the country—
all looks young and vigorous, no premonitory
symtoms of an approach to “ the sear and
yellow leaf.”
I notice that Peter, of the St. Joseph Times,
has replied in a low, vulgar, style to some of
your editorial; you must not be surprised if
within a short time you discover the said
Peter changing speclacles and consequently
viewing things in a different light—kicking up
at his former loyal expressions and predic
tions, and running away with a fiea in his
ear. “ Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur
in illis.”
Query? Is Peter about to turn his coat,
or swap places, or join gibhlits with Cosam
Emir, or what the deuce means our corres
pondent. We only ask for information.—
Editors Sen. and Her.
To the Editor, of the Sentinel and Herald.
Gentlemen.— l see my name suggested
amongst others in your paper of last week, as
a delegate to the convention of the Union
Party to be held at Milledgeville in May, for
the nomination of a Congressional Ticket.
I am much obliged to my friends for the hon
or intended to be conferred by the suggestion
alluded to, but must beg leave to decline being
considered as a candidate for a seat in that
convention. My professional and other en
gagements, place it out of my power to serve
if elected. A. IVERSON.
ST. PATRICK’S DAY.
The anniversary of Ireland’s patron saint
was celebrated in this city on Saturday last,
the 17th instant, by “ the Hibernian Benevo
lent Society.” A procession was formed at
the City Hall, at 11 o’clock, under the direc
tion of Mr. John Code, who acted as Marshall
of the day, by whom it was conducted thence
to the former office of : the Herald,’ where
arrangements had been previously made for
the presentation of a most beautiful banner to
the society, which had been wrought by the
skill of Miss Anderson ; herself a daughter of
Erin. We should take pleasure in telling of
the ingenious and striking representations
which were so beautifully painted on this
brilliant banner, but that the accomplished
lady who executed and presented this rich
! cluster of emblems, has in her address ex-
I plained them severally, in phrase so graphic,
and language and thought so eloquent, that
| we will leave it untouched, fearful that our
unschooled imagination might dim the pure
and glittering beauties of her own.
The procession was not large, hut it was
neat, uniform and handsome; and the moraj
spectacle exhibited was strikingly impressive,
and told in strong and eloquent language of
the beauty, the glory, the inestimable vaiue
of our free institutions. The son of “ the
Emerald Isle” celebrates St. Patrick’s day in
this country with the same freedom as a na
tive born American remembers the birth-day
of Washington, or celebrates the fourth of
: July. So much for liberty—so much for that
j revolution which unshackled us from the
j lyrant’s car, and bid us breathe the air of
i freedom. We are free indeed, and so is the
j foreigner who comes to dwell in our midst.
! None, we are sure, could more highly appre
ciate the land of liberty, than did our Irish I
i friends on Saturday last, when marching
| through our streets, with a full length portrait
j of St. Patrick borne on the wings of America’s
; pure breeze.
; On presenting the banner, Miss Anderson
; delivered the following beautiful and touchino’ I
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address, which was listened to with admira
tion and applause.
It is with infinite pleasure I appear before
you this day, my countrymen and friends, to |
present you with a Banner, which I have i
painted with my own hands, expressly for
1 the Hibernian Society in Columbus,
i This is not a Star-spangled Banner, nor
j does it bear on it the representation of any
great warrior or statesman, not even one,
from those of our own countrymen, who, with
heart and hand, were among the foremost in
fighting for the independence of these States.
Such Banners are, and would be glorious, I
and well worthy of the highest ambition of the j
standard hearer. But turn with me, mv
friends, for a moment, from oil such worldly
glory, and let us contemplate together ihe
several subjects on this, our shamrock-wreath
ed Banner.
! Here, my countrymen, you have a repre
sentation of that Holy Missionary, through
whose means our much-beloved Emerald Isle
i was first Christianized—St. Patrick; and in
that attitude, in which antique paintings re
present him when preaching the Gospel of
Salvation to her five Kings at Tara.
Saint Patrick, like a saint indeed, counted
not his own life dear unto him, that lie might
win souls; but braved the dangers of sea and
land, which at that remote period were many,
and like St. Augustine, who first preached
Christianity in Britain, left this world’s luxu
ries and glories behind, and with the cross in
his hand, his only banner of protection, fear
ed not. to be the hearer of Gospel truths
(though so opposed in their nature to hea
: thenism) to onr Pagan forefathers.
Perhaps it may not be uninteresting here
ito introduce the fact, that this venerable •
i Saint, following the example of our Lord and
i master, who, when preaching here below,
chose the most familiar objects whereby to
!elucidate his subjects, selected, as an exem
plification of the doctrine of the blessed trioi—
i ty, Erin’s little, humble, three-leaved Sham
rock, with which, as you all know, Ireland is
every where covered. He, Saint Patrick,
finding his auditors did not comprehend this
divine mystery, said in the Irish language
“ Sham brogue,” (meaning, it is under my
shoe,) and stooping down picked up the little
plant, from which he preached the perfection
of each of the three persons of the Trinity,
J and their unity as being co-equal, co-eternal
ly existent. Since that period the plant has
not only been almost held sacred with the
Irish nation, hut has retained the name of
“ Shambrogue,” modernized into Shamrock,
and has been for centuries past up to the
present time the emblematic plant ol the Em
erald Isle.
It was thus in familiarizing such mysteries
I to our forefathers, that Saint Patrick drew the
warm-hearted Irish around him to learn
| further lessons of the justice, mercy, and love
i of that great being whom you, and I, and all
men, are, by every tie of gratitude, bound to
iobey.
! On this Banner you also have a represen
tation of the Irish Harp—such as it was when
carried from place to place by ancient Har
| pers.
j Erin’s Harp! Does it yet slumber ? No,
mv friends, nor ever will; and even here in
! this distant land we see that her plaintive
melody and song have, above all other mu
sic, attractions unspeakable for every feeling
soul.
“ Sweet was the Harp in the days of old,
Sweet was the tale the Harper told.”
This same sweet melody from Erin’s na
tive vale and mountain, flows on still, alike
from the peasant jrirl milking her cow, the
tender matron soothing her nursling, and the
refined and elegantlv educated drawingroom
lady. And to sympathies which this same
sweetly pensive melody can inspire, is due
much of the peculiar favor which the well
conducted Irish enjoy here in this great land,
the birth-place of Liberty.
On your Banner I have also placed Ameri
ca’s Eagle; for to melody and song tire
American will bend. He is, as you see,
grasping the chords of the Irish Harp; and
do vve not, in our daily intercourse, behold
j America’s sons and daughters forming them
selves in the science of vocal and instrumen
tal music, on those strains of other and pres
ent days, which have flowed and still flow
spontaneously from that land, styled in the
language of the Poet
“ The first flower of the earth,
The first gem of the sea ?”
Music, my friends, creates and reciprocates
sympathies; thus you see on this Banner nu
merous wreaths of “ old Erin’s native Sham
rock,” bound up expressly for the American
people; and may they ever win and wear
them by open-hearted, uniform, manly be
nevolence of feeling, towards every honest
and upright son and daughter of the Emer
ald Isle; that land, my countrymen, the na
tive place of hospitality and Shamrocks.
And what shall I say more of this, your
“ Union Flag;” the name given to your
Banner by one of your American friends,
showing at once, on the part of Americans, a
readiness to reciprocate good feeling.
What shall I say?
Oh ! my countrymen, let each and all with
one consent, how in submissive obedience,
like our forefathers of old, (for Erin was styled
the land of Saints) to the sublime dictates of
that holy religion promulgated by her an
cient and venerated patron.
It is religion alone, my friends, which can
raise a man from earth to heaven. Yes,
far, very far, above these transitory glories
and vvordly aggrandizements, so much sought
after bv the insatiate votaries of ambition !
Let us all endeavor, while here below, to
steer our course fair for that happy world
where no discordant note is known :
“ The haven alone of purified souls !”
There our daily transactions will reflect hon
or on the Irish name.
Then the Irishman will be here, as at home,
the honest man, the upright and patriotic cit
izen, the protector of innocence and virtue;
the friend of the widow and the fatherless.
May you, my countrymen, like music, in
spire and reciprocate every good feeling, and
he ready in your turn to h 1 stow whatever
may be in your power toward the protection
of the civil and political liberties of these
states.
Should troublous times arise here, let. this
be the Banner under which Irishmen rally.
Then, they beingstimnlated and supported
by the remembrance of all that is sacred,
sympathetic,and benevolent, will boldly march
forward with their American brethren, and
shew by their deeds of arms that they are
not unworthy of being ranked with the great
Montgomery, and other great Irishmen, who
risked their lives for the well being and Inde
pendence of these United States.
And now, my countrymen, may this day
he one of union with kind friends around the
brave, the free. Columbia’s sons, who love
our Erin too, may you love them; may this
proud land, and this our infant city, see that
Erin’s sons are brave, are free, are bold in
virtue’s cause, are true to friendship, to reli
gion true; so they may with you hind
wreaths of Erin’s Shamrock round their Ea
gle’s neck and round his heart; and here
may all your happy days roll smoothly by
without one ripple of unpleasant, feeling on
the sea of life; ard sinking down on the
kind lap of Mother Earth may you leave such
remembrance of all your deeds behind, that
babes unborn may yet rise up to call you
j blessed.
M.v friends I conclude with this wish, that
the Irish in Columbus may be, like the great
and immortal Washington, “ first in War,
first in Peace,” and first of Foreigners in the
hearts of the American People.
To which Capt. John R. Lloyd, as the or
gan of the Society, responded in the following
neat, chaste, and appropriate terms:
Madam :—As the organ of “ The Hiberni- ■
an Benevolent Society, of Columbus,” de
puted by them to receive this Banner from
l vour hands, I fee! proud at the honor confer- j
ed on me; and more particularly as it comes I
from the hands of a lady, two of the princi- j
pal mottos of which flag are emblems of the |
country which gave her birth. The first is
Saint Patrick, whose day we celebrate, and
whose name is deeply engraven on the hearts
of every true and faithful Irishman. With
his own hands he planted the standard of
Christianity on tne Kiand which gave us
birth, and taught us to become, as we are,
distinguished among the different nations of
the earth—Christians, Poets, Statesmen, and :
Soldiers.
As might have been anticipated, the geni
us of AYoman in sketching a device lor an
appropriate Banner, has not forgotten that
noble instrument, whose sweet and mellow
tones has for centuries sighed for the liberty
and repose of our green and lovely Isle. The
Harp is known as our national instrument of
music., and has become identified with Ire
land’s history; her prosperity and adversity,
her joys and sorrows; and although it may
for a while remain unstrung and sleep in
mournful silence, yet as the Star of Free
dom continues to rise and shed its light o’er ;
the nations of the earth, it shall awake from
its slumber, and bear its notes of sweetness
to hearts long chained in sorrow. For, as
your beautiful device exhibits the Harp
strings in the talons of the Eagle, so shall j
Liberty lav her hands upon our oppressed
countrvmen, and touch the strings of that
Harp
“ W hose sonrrs were made for the pure and free.”
i Turning our eyes from these national em
blems of pride and strength, we gaze with ]
delight at the striking representation of
American Liberty; the proud and soaring
Eagle. What more congenial to our hearts
than the emblems of that country’s liberty
which we have made our own by adoption,
associated with the paternal Saint of our na
tive land, and that time worn instrument
which awoke the earliest sensibilities of our !
nature. Asa society whose object and aim
is the relief of the indigent, and the support
of the weak, we shall, be assured madam, j
ever wear this brilliant Banner with pride
and pleasure ; and as the stream of our char- !
ity continues to flow, we trust the breeze of
prosperity and brotherly love may unwind and
spread its folds.
After the ceremony of presenting the oan
ner, the procession re-formed and marched to
the new Catholic church, where an eloquent
historical and patriotic address was delivered
by the Rev. Mr. Graham. The Society then
returned to the City Hall, where they ad
journed until 5 o’clock, when they sat down
to a most superb dinner, furnished by our
luxurious friend James, in his best style. The
last sad remains of the once proud and lofty
gohler, the bleating calf, the innocent lamb*
the bounding deer, being removed, and the \
sparkling juice of the grape being substituted,
and gleaming brightly in the flowing goblet,
the following regular toasts were drank :
REGULAR TOASTS. !
1. The day we celebrate: We cherish its
memory with lively affection and hallow the ;
name of the great apostle whose history it
recalls. St. Patrick's Day.
2. The Emerald Isle : Her Sons can never
forget an Isle, which nature has formed so
fair. Erin Go- Bruugh.
3. The memory of Robert Emmet: Ever
fresh in the hearts of his countrymen, and
fondly cherished by every true friend of liber
ty and the rights of man.
Standing in Silence.
4. The memory of Washington.
Standing in Silence
5. The President of the United Stales.
President’s March.
G. The Governor of the State of Georgia.
Hail to the Chief.
7. The Hibernian Benevolent Societies in
the United States, may success crown each
and every effort they make in furtherance of
the praiseworthy objects for which they were
formed. The Green Flag flying before us.
8. The United States of America; ever
peaceful and prosperous be the land, whose
welcome has always greeted the oppressed
sons of Erin. Hail Columbia.
9. Montgomery: Illustrious his fall, strug
gling for liberty; the plains of Quebec tell
the story of his patriotism and record the
deeds of his valor. Standing in Silence.
10. The memory of Lord Edward Fitz
gerald: An accomplished scholar, a brave
soldier, a tried patriot, freely were his talents
devoted to the cause of bis country’s liberty
and as freely did he give up his life in its de
fence. Standing in Silence.
11. The Army and Navy of the United
States, characterized by bravery and patri
otism. Star Spangled Banner.
12. The Right Reverend Bishop England:
The pious Prelate—the patriotic man.
13. Woman:
“ Remember whenever the goblet is crown’d
Thro’this world, whether eastwaid or weslward we
roam,
When a cup to die smile of dear Woman goes round,
oh! remember the smile which adorns her at home.”
Sweet Home.
VOLUNTEER TOASTS.
By A. Levison, President of the H. B. So
ciety : The members of the H. B. Society of
Columbus, charitable and benevolent, may
they never stand in need of that which they
at all times are prepared to bestow on others.
By the Vice President: Lafayette: The
gratitude of Americans, lias told the tale of
his patriotism.
By II le Rev. James Graham : The corpo
ration of the City of Columbus: May they
always unite in forwarding the interest of its
citizens :
To which (he Mayor responded.
By His Honor ihe Mayor : The H. B. So
ciety of Columbus: Ever ready to serve the
sick, and relieve the distressed : may success
and happiness wait upon (heir efforts.
By H. Hurd, Secretary: Erin and her
bright galaxy of Patriots, Statesman, and
Poets.
By Jno. Quin, Treasurer: The citizens of
Geogia : Characterised by their liberality;
ever ready to extend the hand of friendship
to a stranger.
By Maj. Heintzelman, U. S. Army: The
H. B. Society: May their means be as abun
dant as their hearts are capacious.
By Jno. 11. Llovd : Woman : The bright
est gem in the world’s casket of jewels.
By Jno. Code, Marshal of the day : Erin:
The land of my forefathers; rny heart yearns
for the day when she will enjoy the freedom
her exiled sons can boast of under the united
emblems of the eagle, the cross and St. Pat
rick.
By Lieut. McNeill, of the U. S. Marine
Corps: Ireland : The land of Emmet, his
epitaph is written in the hearts of his country
men.
By J. H. Campbell, Esq : The memory of
John Philpot Curran: May his venerated
shade soon see his own dear native land “ re
deemed, regenerated and disenthralled by the
irresistable genius of universal emancipation.' 5
By Jos. B. Webb, Esq. Thomas Moore :
The Bard of Erin: Irelands most sparkling
gem. He strikes the harp with the hand of
a master ; under his touch it dispels sorrow,
and enkindles the fire of purest joy.
By James Kivlin : Our Country : The ge
nius and patriotism of Ireland finds here a
shelter l’rom the the storms of oppression
and objects on which to expend thtir enthu
siasm and charity.
Bv Henry P. Lathrop : Our worthy Presi
dent : May the ever green on his hat be
i transferred 10 his heart. 9 cheers.
By James Sullivan: May the remembrance
|of Emmet, Fitzgerald, and Grattan, be al
ways engraved on the hearts of Irishmen, and
lead them to virtue and glory.
By Thos. O’Brian : Love of Country: The
heart that is cold lo its native land, can never
be warm to that of its adoption.
By James 11. Reynolds: The fair sex :
The brightest jewels that sparkle in the dia.
demos creation.
By Jno. Whiteside: Uncle Sam’s Mail:
May it never fail to arrive in due time.
By Thos. James: America and Americans:
j The former an asylum for the oppressed of
all nations, the latter ready at all times to
relieve exiles.
By M. D. Noland, member of the Irish vol
unteers of Charleston : The Irish Volunteers
J of Charleston who travelled through the dis
mal swamps of Florida and gained honor for
their country.
By F. Williams: The Tree of Liberty:
i May the exiles of all countries find repo e
under its shade.
j Bv H. Matthews, the representative of the
St. George’s Society : May the branch of the
shamrock that is pianted in this city, find a
i sod congenial to its growth, and under ils
shadow may the adopted sons of America
j forever find protection.
Bv Capt. Thos. Evans: The charitable
institutions of our country : May they be fos
tered bv this socielv.
By John l{. Llovd: Civil and Religious
Liberty : This society furnishes the best com
mentarv on both.
Bv E. Sigourney Norton: Canada and
England : May the hostilities now go;ng on
I between those countries, he the means of
Ireland throwing off the yoke of oppression
1 that she lias too long borne.
i By G. W. Way: Benevolence: a godlike
principle—the senior attribute of humanity
the theme of the patriot, and the pride of the
American.
By James Dillon : May the sons of St.
! Patrick always be found sentinels on the
watch tower of liberty.
By P. J. Murray : Ireland and Irish gen-
I tlemen : The former acknowledges the deeds
of the latter, while the latter are proud to
boast of their sons.
By J. M. Guerry: The Irish emigrants to
| America : If devotion to liberty and the laws
! of their adopted country, constitute true pa
triotism, then indeed should Americans be
proud to hail them as friends and brothers.
I By Daniel Johnson : America : The cra
dle of repose f>r the oppressed of all nations.
By G. W. Way: The orator of the day :
a son of “ the Emerald Isle”—benevolent, pa
triotic and humane; he is worthy ol Ihe es
; teem of his adopted country.
Bv Jas. H. Reynolds: Col. J. B. Webb:
A “Sentinel” on the watch tower of liberty—
J may he be “ the Herald” of political truth.
By H. Hurd : Ireland : Not as she is, but
j as she deserves to be.
By E. A. Ware, a guest: The sons of
| Erin : Brave, warm-hearted and generous:
May they ever be prosperous in America.
By Miss Anderson, (sent in): Our Ameri
can friends : Those especially from whom we
have received marks of kindness, not forget
ting “ the rising generation.”
By J. B. Webb: The fair artist who de
signed our Banner : Her genius blooms as the
j rose of her native bower, and is ever green
I and fresh as the shamrock that grew along
the path of her childhood.
By Mrs. McQoaid: Erin, land of inv na
tivity, where with her fair daughters I cele
brated the last anniversary of St. Patrick.
May those absent friends who are still dear to
me, ere long enjoy the same happiness I now
do, in “the land of the free and the home of
the brave.”
By a Guest: Poland: Though her liber
ties are crushed for a time, by overwhelming
power, may the day not be far distant when
she will rise in her strength, and assert her
right to a station among the nations of the
earth.
By J. A. Deblois, a guest: The Green
Isle: It. will retain its verdure and strength,
though the killing hand of despotism be upon
it.
By Mr. McQuaid : May unity, patriotism
and good feeling, forever he the characteris
tics of the “ Hibernian Benevolent Society.”
By Judge Blake: Miss Anderson : Her el
oquence and patriotism entitle her to a resi
dence in any country.
By Thos. Fleming: The land of our birth
and the land of our adoption: The one en
deared to us by our early associations, the
other we love for the liberty which her insti
tutions afford us.
By the Ist Vice President of the St. An
drews Society: The United Slates: The
promised land where all foreigners are allow
ed to worship the true God according to the
promptings of their own conscience.
By the company: Our worthy host and
hostess: In the flow of our convivial enjoy
ments, we cannot forget the source from
whence they sprung.
By Nathan Brannan : Erin, dear beloved
Isle; thy sons like the shamrock in its native
soil removed to the fields of America : let us
say like our ancestors, we will conquer or die
if any foreign power dare invade our adopted
country.
The company sat down at 5 o’clock, and
rose allO. Speeches were delivered by his
Honor the Mayor, the Rev. Mr. Graham; the
President of the Society, J. P. H. Campbell
and J. B. Webb, Esqrs. A variety of na
tional, sentimental and comic songs, were
sung with great applause, and the evening
closed in harmony and peace.
For the Sentinel and Herald.
PHRENOLOGY.
It is truly astonishing lo witness with what
rapidity the “system,” or, as it may more
properly be termed, the “ science of Phre
nology,” has made its way since the days of
Gail and Spurzheim. Like all other sciences,
it has met with opposition from all quarters.
The man of science lias endeavored to upturn
it by sophistical reasoning. Men of letters
have laughed it to scorn, without looking into
its merits. The vulgar have been taught to
look upon its professors as so many swindlers!
actors of tricks of legerdemain !! Notwith
standing which, it still survives, and is now
numbered among the “Lamed Sciences’ at
Paris. As its professors become disseminated,
proselytes spring up in proportion; and I
venture to predict, that the time is not far
distant when the doubts of the wise will
cease —when the fog which envelops this
most useful science will vanish —when the
vulgar will cease to gaze —and finally, when
the truths of the science, of which Fathers
Gall and Spurzheim are the founders, will he
universally admitted. We have been, and
are still honored with the presence of Mons.
Hernis, Gall-Professor of Phrenology, from
the city of Paris. Mons. Hernis has enter
tained the citizens of Columbus with two
Lectures, in which lie explained, elucidated,
and set forth the principles of phrenology, in
colors the most glaring. But of this let the
public decide. M. Hernis has not been in
the United States above two months, conse
quently he labors under the disadvantage of
all our trans-Atlantic brethren—a want of
fluency in our tongue. 1 believe M. Hernis
to be a man of talents of the first order—well
acquainted with the principles of the science
he professes, as his lectures prove him to be.
To those persons who are seekers of know
ledge—who appreciate knowledge for its
innate qualities—but above all to those who
acknowledge the merits of that antique max
im “ know thyself”—to this class he respect
fully requests an acquaintance. M. Hernis
has taken rooms at ihe Oglethorpe House,
where he can be consulted ai any hour of the
day. PHILO-PHUENOLOGY.
PUBLI- MEETING.
City Hall, March 15, IS3B.
Agreeably to a public notice, a meeting of
citizens convened at the long room in the City
Hall, on Thursday morning last, at 11 o’clock.
On motion, his Honor the Mayor was called
to preside and Jno. L. Lewis appointed Sec
retary.
On motion, the proceedings of the conven
tion begun and held in Augusta in October
1837, were read bv the Secretary, whereupon
the followirg resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
Resolved, That this meeting approve of
the proceedings of said Convention just read,
and hereby tender to our immediate repre-l
sentatives our thanks for their patriotic ser
vices in said convention.
Resolved , That we deem it expedient to be
represented in the Sonthem Convention to be
held in Augusta in April mjxt, and that Wiley
Williams, Thomas MeKeen.and Dr. Delony, j
be appointed a committe to submit the names
of nine citizens as suitable delegates to repre
sent this city in said convention.
The above named committee having retired
a few moments, returned and submitted the
following list of persons as delegates, which
were unanimously accepted by the meeting:
J. S. Calhoun, Seaborn Jones, J. W • Camp
bell, Jno. L. Lewis, A. B. Davis, Ham.
Smith, W. Williams, J. M. Bethune, P. A.
Clayton.
On motion, Resolved , That the City Coun
cil be requested to defray all necessary ex
penses of the delegation.
On motion, Plesolved , That the proceedings
iof this meeting be signed by the Chairman
and Secretary and published in the papers of
the city. J. S. CALHOUN. Chairman, i
i Jno. L. Lewi.*, Secretary.
For the Sentinel and Herald.
THE PROSPERITY OF COLUMBUS, &t.
Messrs. Editors : I differ with most of
our citizens in regard to the fate of our city,
as depending solely on the construction of a
railroad from here to West Point. There are
other matters connected with the prosperity
of Columbus, which must ever weigh heavily
upon it, unless removed. I allude to the fa
cilities of the merchants in the importation of
their goods, the regulation of their freights,
and an alteration in the screwing and grind
ing dispositions of the Banks, &c. See.
What signifies a railroad from here to
West Point, or even to every county town
above the latitude of Columbus, if the plant
ers cannot get a better price for their staple
produce, or as good, as at Macon or Mont
gomery, and procure their goods and groce
ries on as good terms as at either of those
places? Will a railroad from here to West
Point reduce the freight on a bag of cotton*
to be shipped from this port to Apalachicola,
and thereby enable the merchant to allow so
much more to the planter ? Will it reduce
the freight on a barrel of sugar or coffee, salt,
iron, See. from Apalachicola to Columbus, and
thereby enable the merchant to afford these
articles to the planter for that much less ? By
no means. Will the railroad in question ren
der the difficulties attending the shipping of
goods to this market nr make the Chat
tahoochee more navigable? Ido noi Wqw
how it could do so. Will the railroad in ques
tion make the Banks more liberal in their dis
counts, or atford larger pecuniary facilities to
the merchants? The Banks can best answer
this question.
There is no fact more clearly illustrated
than tins : the current of the planting interest
will always be directed to those markets
which aflord them the best price for their
produce, and give them the best bargains in
their sugars, coffee, salt, iron, &c. When
cotton is selling in Macon at 10 cents, and at
Columbus at 8 1-2 a 9, will any one believe
that a planter in Talbot county, although half
the distance, would send his cotton to Co
lumbus in preference to Macon, even if he
had a railroad to send it on ? This fact has
been too plainly proven during the last fall, in
the counties of Talbot and Meriwether, to
admit of any doubt, and is well calculated to
teach the citizens of Columbus a most salu
tary lesson, if they would but heed it.
Let a railroad he established from West
Point !o Macon, as is contemplated, and from
West Point to Montgomery; would the sim
ple circumstance of a railroad from Colum
bus to West Poir.t draw the trade of the
west and up country to Columbus, when the
facilities of carriage to either of the other
markets would be equal, and the inducements,
to the planters greater ?
Then let us strike at the evil at once; that
being removed, a wholesome prosperity to the
city will at once spring up, founded on a sure
and lasting basis which nothing can diminish.
What then shall be done ? Regulate your
freights to a wholesome standard, improve the
navigation of your noble river effectually—
no pulling work in the matter; or if you
please, construct a railroad from Columbus to
Darien, or Brunswick, or any other more
convenient point, thereby avoiding the perils
of the Cope navigation of Florida, and of
course reducing the freight from New York
to this city, perhaps one half or more below
the present prices. Let your Banks be more
generous and liberal in affording facilities to
honorable, industrious, and enterprising mer
chants, though they might be poor. These
things being accomplished, your noble city
would then rise to its proper elevation—one
which its peculiar situation so highly favors.
Then may you extend your railroads to the
mountains, and lo the far west, for some pur
pose ; then may you grasp the treasures of
the noble waters of the Tennessee, while
through your own Chattahoochee you may
command the products of the coast of Mexi
co, tiie fertile plains of Texas, the immense
regions of the grand Mississippi, and the de
licious fruits of the Indies; and through your
railroad to Darien or Brunswick, you may at
once almost grasp the treasures of the whole
world, as it were, at your own door. Talk
of your little railroad from here to West
Point as deciding the fate of Columbus, pshaic!
strike at once for the noble work ; remove
the true evils that actually exist ; burst the
fetters that bind, so shamefully, the destiny of
your city to its present groveling existence,
and let it rise free and clear, “ Phoenix like,’’
among the proudest cities of the nation.
A CITIZEN.
For the Sentinel and Herald.
SILK CULTURE.
The raising of Silk has become a subject
of the most absorbing interest in several sec
tions of our country, and the culture at this
time is peculiarly adapted to the requirements;
of our people. And our serene atmosphere,
our fine climate, the extended, vigorous, and
luxuriant state of vegetation during our pro
tracted summers, offer, to the amateurs of
this fine and interesting branch of agriculture,
the strongest incentives to exertion and in-
dustry. This nice art, when once introduced
and successfully cultivated, will make the peo
ple prosperous, and open to our country the
resources of unceasing wealth. Those vast
resources, the millions that we pay out an
nually for silk, which are the productions of
foreign industry and of foreign policy ; those
immense sums should be retained to our citi
zens, and a vast and universally pervading
interest secured and encouraged. This
branch of industry, too, being so adapted, as
an occupation for the feebie and a resource
lor the poor, will not fail to excite to habits of
exertion and of virtue to the ensuing genera
tion. Tiie millions that will be preserved to
| otir people by this mighty enterprise and fer
j tile invention, will not only add to the sub-,
i stantial wealth of our nation, but give addi-.
tional weight and glory to our mighty repub
lic.
The great desideratum to a successful and
profitable cultivation of Silk, is to prepare a
plantation of mulberries. Without this pre
paratory step or qualification, all efforts, never
mind how unceasing, will not only prove dis
couraging, but often abortive.
A great many varieties of the mulberry
have been called into requisition as food for
the silk worm, but the variety that appears
most popular, and to have received the warm
sanction of silk culturists every where, as be
j ing best suited, is that variety denominated
i the morns miilticaulis, or Chinese mulberry.