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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 „ 0 !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 ~ O | 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.