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POKTIIY. BUNKER HlLL,—>iv jpH*V L * No shout disturbed the night, Before that fearful fight. * There was no boasting high— No marshalling of men, Who ne'er nufiht meet again # f No cup was till’d and quatf’d to victory . No plumes were there, No banners fair, No trumpets breathed arounii — Nor the drum’s startling sound Broke on the midnight air. There was a “ small, still voice,” As of one from out the grave That call’d upon the brave To perish and rejoice ! There was a sound of wo, Os heartfelt agony, For those who were to go That day to do and die ; Then fell the widow’s tear, Upon her only son, Her sole surviving one, Who, ere the day was done, Might be upon his bier ; Then was the thick drawn breath, And the parent’s parting sigh, And the husband’s startling cry, And the lover’s moan swept by, And all was still as death. There was no proud array • No gorgeous show of military power, That lasteth for an hour, And then hath passed away, On that eventful day : No monarch gave the word, No hirelings obey ; No trumpet’s sound was heart. ; Nor the war-steed’s startling neigh . But commanders gathered there, Stout of hetirt and strong of limb, Then Was heard the chanted hymn, And the Jowly muttered prayer, And the foeman’s sullen gun, As slowly he came on, And the loudiy peal’d “ Hurrah.” Then the strongest knees did fail, And the ruddy cheek grew pale, r And the balmy summer gale, A chill o'er many cast, Who had brav’d the winter’s blast. There was a distant roar, There was a nearer crash, There was a shout along the shore, Along the Kill a Hash. Then came the foeman’s cry, And then the freeman’s gun ; A single yell of agony— A groan—and all was done : A battle fought, a victory won ! From the Daily Express. the shipwreck of the home. It was a fearful hour I The dark waves rolled In awful majesty—and now the vessel lay, Like a weak child, upon the billowy main. The waves rushed in I for all her strength was gone, And Ocean grasped her like a floating weed. And where were they, the tenants of the bark ? Drenched with the waters cold, they paced the deck In bitter agony! The unprepared Were there ! and oh, their fainting souls did dread To leave the world they knew, and loved too well, For untried scenes —for faith had never raised Their vision to a brighter world than this, Where Ocean’s waves ne’er come to overwhelm ! Hilt there was one amid that fated band, Who with an angel spirit hover’d there ! Jlis home was in the skies! and what to him Were the deep waters, when his soul was free ! His spirit's home was in the skicx! and now To lay his body in the drowning waves Was nought to him—an 1 in the danger’s midst He sang, “ lie that in Jesus trusts is safe, E’en in the perils of the raging sea !” And with that song, his 3i>itit passed to Heaven ! M. S. B. THE CLOCK PEDLAR. I had heard of vankee clock pedlars, tin pedlars, and Bible pedlars, especially of him who soid Polyglot Bibles (all in English) to I the amount of sixten thousand pounds. The j house of every substantial farmer has three I substantial ornaments, a wooden clock, a tin 1 reflector, and a Polyglot Bible. How is it that an American sells his wares, at any price he pleases, when a blue-no.se would fail to make a sale at all ? I will inquire of the clock pedlar the secret of his success. “ What a pity it is, Mr. Slick,” (for such was his name,) “ what a pity it is,” said [, “ that you, who are so successful in teaching these people the value of clocks, could not also teach them the value of time.” “ I guess,” said he, “ they have got that ring to grow on tneir horns yet, which every ; lour year old has in our country. We reck on hours and minutes to be dollars and cerils They do nothin# *n tliosn parts but eat. drink, smoke, sleep, ride about, lounge at taverns,! make speeches at temperance meetings, and talk about ‘ House of Assembly.’ If a man don’t hoe bis corn, and he don’t get a crop, he , says it is all owing to the barilt $ and if he runs into debt and is sued, why, he says the lawyers are a curse to the country. They are a most idle set of folks, I tell you.’ “ But how is it,” said I, “ that you manage to sell such an immense number of clocks, (which certainly cannot be called necessary,) among a people with whom there seems to j be so great a scarcity ol money ?” Mr.” Slick paused, as if considering the pro priety of answering the question, and looking me in the face, said, in a confidential tone, “ Why, I don’t care if l do tell you, for the market is glutted, and I shall quit this circuit. It is done by a knowledge of soft sawder and human natur. But here is deacon Flint’s,” said he; “ I have but one clock left, and ! guess I will sell it to him.” At the gate of a most respectable looking farm house stood deacon l’ lint, a respectable old man, who had understood the value of time better than most of his neighbors, if one might judge from the appearance of every thing aboiH him. After the usual salutation, an invitation to “ alight” was accepted by Mr. Slick, who said he wished to take leave of Mrs. Flint before he left Colchester. We had hardly entered the house before the clock maker pointed to the view from the window, and, addressing himself to me, said, “ If I was to tell them in Connecticut, there was sucli a farm as this away down east, here in Nova Scotia, they wouldn’t, believe me— why, there aint such a location in all New England. The deacon has a hundred acres of dyke”— “ Seventy,” said the deacon, “ o:i!v seven ty.” * “ Well, seventy; hut then there is your fine deep bottom, why, I could run a ramrod into it.” “ Interval, we cali it,” said the deacon, who, though evidently pleased at this eulogium, seemed to wish the experiment of the ramrod to he tried in the right place. Well, interval, if you please, (though pro fessor Eleazer Cumslock, in his work on Ohio, calls them bottoms,) is just as good as dyke. Then there is that water privilege, worth 3,000 or 4,00.) dollars, twice as good as what governor Cass paid 15.000 dollars for. I wonder, deacon, von don’t put up a parding mill on it c the same works would carry a turning lathe, a shingle machine, a circular saw, grind hark, and” — V Too old,” said the deacon, “ too all those speculations.” “Old!” repeated the clock maker; “not you, why you are worth half a dozen of the young men we see now-a-davs; you are young enough to have”— Here he said something in a low tone of voice, which I did not distinctly hear ; hut whatever it was, the deacon was pleased ; he smiled, and said he did not think “f such things now,’* “ But vour beasts, dear me, your beasts must be put in and leave a feed saying which, he went out to order them to be put into the stable. As the old gentleman closed the door after him, Mr. Slick drew ne'ar to me, and said in an under tone: “ That is what I call soft sawdqr., ..An Englishman would pass that man as a sheep jiasses a hog in a pasture, wi limit looking at him ; or,” said, lie, looking rather arc-lily, “ if he was ‘mounted on a pretty"smart horse, I •mess he'd trot, away ? it he could. . Now I find”— ‘ . v!-,’ 9. - , . Here his “ soft &nvdcr,. cut short by the entrance of--Mrs, I'hut • “ .list come to say good bye, Mis. 1 link “ What, have you sold all your clocks i “ Yes, and very low, 100, for money is scarce, and 1 wished to close the consarn a no, I am wrong in saying alt, for I have just a one left. Neighbor Steel’s wife asked to have e the refusal of it, but I guess I won’t sell :t. v I had hut two of them, this one and the feller 1 of it, that I sold to governor Lincoln. Gen. 1 Green, the Secretary of State for Maine, said he’ll give ine 50 dollars for ibis here one : it 1 has composition wheels and patent axels — < it is a beautiful article —a real first chop—no i mistake —genuine superfine ; but I guess I’ll I lake it hack. And beside, squire Hawk might ] think kinder harder, that I did not give him i the oifer.” ‘ “ Dear me,” said Mrs. Flint, “ I should like 1 to see it —where is it r” “It is in a chest of mine over the way, at i Tom Tape’s store; I guess he can ship it on ; to Eastport.” “ That’s a good man,” said Mrs. Flint, “ just let’s look at it.” i Mr. Slick, willing to oblige, yielded to these entreaties, and soon produced the clock, a ! gaudy, highly varnished, trumpery looking affair. He placed it on the chimney piece, j where its beauties were pointed out, and duly ! appreciated hv Mrs. Flint, whose admiration ; was about ending in a proposal, when Mr. ; Flint returned from giving his directions i about the care of the horses. The deacon j praised the clock ; he too thought it a hand some one, hut the deacon was a prudent man. I He had a watch, he was sorry, but he had no | occasion for a clock. “ I guess you’re in the wrong furrow this j time, deacon ; it aint for sale,” said Mr. Siick j ! “and if it was, I reckon neighbor Steel’s wife ! would have it, for she gives me no peace about it.” Mrs. Flint said, that Mr. Steel had enough to do, poor man, to pay his interest, without buying clocks for his wile. “ It’s no consarn of mine,” said Mr. Slick, “ as long as he pays me what he has to do ; but I guess I don’t want to sell it—and be sides it come too high : that clock can’t he made at Rhode Island under 40 dollars. Why, it aint possible,” .said the clock maker, in ap i parent surprise, looking at his watch, “ why as I’m alive, it is 4 o’clock, and if I havn’t been two hours here —how on airth shall I reach river Philip to-night ? I’ll tell you vvliat, Mrs. Flint, I’ll leave the clock in your care till I return on my way to the Stales. I’ll set it agoing, and put it to the right time.” As soon as this operation was performed, he delivered the key to ihe deacon, with a i sort of serio-comico injunction to wind up the clock every Saturday night, which Mrs. Flint | said she would take care should be done, and : promised to remind her husband of it, in case lie should chance to forget if. “ That,” said the clock maker, as soon as we were mounted, “ that I call human na tur! Now that clock is sold for 40 dollars; it cost me just 6 dollars and 50 cents. Mrs. Flint will never let Mrs. Steel have the refu sal—nor will the deacon learn, until I call for ; the clock, that having once indulged in the | use of a superfluity, how difficult it is to give |it up. We can do without any article of j luxury wc have never had, but when once obtained, it is not ‘in human natur’ to sur ! render it voluntarily. Ot fiiteen thousand sold by myself and partners in this province, | twelve thousand were left in this manner, and only ten clocks were ever returned ; when we | called for them, they invariably bought them. | We trust to ‘soft sawder’ to get them into the house, and to ‘ human natur’ that they never come out of it.” March of Intellect. —Extract of a letter from a newly married lady who had finished her education at a “fashionable” boarding school. It was written to an old schoolmate : “ I was married ten weeks ago. Me and my dear husband has moved into the country, two miles from any hous. We have no market to go to, but have to buy in our pro ! visions by the harl. Mv furnichere is much finer than most of my nabors. My husband and me agree very well—as yet we have had i no quarrul. and in most things lie thinks as I ! do. I allow I done well in marring, for we i are muchuall happy. Him and me con’d live ! for ever together, and neither give the other : a misheholden word, &c. &.o. H. W. ! P. S. I have not looked into a book since |my wedding dav. My husband is the whole i world to me. If I can please him, nothing cists shall trouble me. What times we used to have at Mrs. —’s hoarding school! ?uch labor as stu lying Latin and logic, and algohry and music! I I never could see the use of it I I advise you to get shut of your single blessedness as soon as you can. How fright- | Ini old maids is. W T rite me the first opportunity. From the N. O. Bulletin. Houston, Texas, Feb. ‘25. Disgraceful. —On Friday last, the. Presi dent was slopped in the streets, or rather was accosted, while in the street, conversing with his ffiends, by Col. Wm. S. Fisher, late Se ; cretary of War, in company with S. R. 1 Fisher, late Secretary of the Navy, and D. F. We vmouth, late Commissary General of Subsistence. Col. W. S. Fisher, who was spokesman, a known enemy of the President, walked up to him (while the other named persons ranged themselves with the President in the centre, both in an angry manner) and spoke to him. The President, who you know is remarkable for his politeness, received the gentlemen in his politest manner. Fisher then asked him to repeat, or retract certain expressions made relative to him, to Col. D. T. Weymouth; the President refused to no tice it; he then requested to know if he held himself responsible for his expressions or ac : lions; the President rep’ied, that for his ofli | cial acts he was responsible to the people— I his constituents, but for his personal acts he was personally responsible. Fisher then re quested to know if lie, Gen. Houston, would j receive a note from him; to which he replied he would. Here Ihe scene ended. I have ! no doubt it was their intention to attack him, 1 hut were awed by his coolness, and perhaps ! they felt not quite sure but what they would i catch a Tarta r . In an hour or two after their meeting, a challenge was handed to the President from Col. Win. S. Fisher. The ; President immediately referred it to his ser vant bov Tom, who carelessly put it in his pocket, imforining the second that he was , getting ready to start to Nacogdoches, and ! that he would think of the affair; at all events, said he, I shall give it the attention : such a thing merits. Thus ended this dis graceful affair to all parties concerned, with the exception of Gen. Houston, who lias, with his usual tact, made the gentleman get ihe wors• of the affair, as you will no doubt think. The President started for Nacogdo ches on Saturday morning: report savs he . brings back a wife, of this, however, I do not pretend to vouch. There was to have been an affair of honor i a few davs since, between a Capt. Antignac, and a Mr. Johnson, but the civil authorities ! took hold of the gentlemen and bound them , over to keep the peace. The Mayor ol the city, F. Moore. Jr. seems determined to stop die ctHoni, and the citizens generally are disposed to co-operate with him. God speed him in his truly noble attempt. J- “VN . ■Mr. Elisha Coolev, editor of anew \ an Buren paper in Now York, complains that the Whigs in his neighborhood threaten him wit ii-personal violence. Our advice to yon, Mr. Cooley, can be be given in a few words. If any of ynOr political opponents chastise ; you within an inch of vour life—“ take -it Coolhj.'—Prcntisc. Fi-in :Kc ,N*. Y. Herald, March 21. | THREE DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND, I The Packet Ship Roscoe, Capt. Delano, j arrived at an early hour this morning, when i our morning edition had been nearly all work ed off. She brings three days later trom Li verpool, arnljve have by her files ol London papers to the 23d, and Liverpool to the 24th February. We have much pleasure in calling attention to the mark of respect-'offered by the citizens of London to the people of the United States, j in the person of their representative in Eng land, Mr. Stevenson. These proceedings will be perused with deep interest, as afford ing a sure conviction that the inestimable blessings of peace will he preserved to both countries, and that the madness of a few des peradoes, will not embroil two great nations m the horrors and mutual losses ol a sanguin ary and vindictive war. A public testimoni al of this nature lias not we believe, before been offered by the city of London to any foreign minister, and the importance of the measure can he estimated by the juncture of affairs in which it has taken place. There is a deep and gratifying meaning in it, which will set all minds at rest, and bind the nations together in n still stronger tie of respect and affection, cemenled bv mutual interest. The following are the proceedings : Sir J. Duke (Chairman of the appointed to communicate the resolutions ol the lost Court for conferring (lie freedom of London on the American Minister) reported that the deputation had wailed on Mr. Ste venson, and presented him a copy ol the res olutions with the following address:— “ Sir —We, as members of die Court of Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the city of London, have been deputed to com municate to you, that at a Court held on the Kith inst., it was uanimouslv agreed to con fer upon you the freedom of our ancient city, by the accompanying resolutions, which we have the honor to place in your hands. Per haps you will allow us, the deputation, to ex press the high satisfaction we feel in being honored to wait upon you on this occasion, and the pleasure it affords us to state our en tire concurrence in ihe sentiments embodied in the resolutions of the Court which were the result of a requisition to the Lord Mayor, signed by no less than 15 aldermen and 83 commoners in a few hours. It is our anxious hope that you may long he spared to adorn and benefit your native country by your virtues and services, and that you may long live to witness that which vve feel confident is nearest, vour heart—an increase of the prosperity and friendship which now happily subsist between the U. States of America and this empire, on terms of honor and advantage to both countries. To which address Mr. Stevenson made the following reply: Gentlemen, I receive with deep sensibility these proceedings of the Court of Lord M iy or, Aldermen and Commons of Ihe City of London, conferring upon me the freedom of their city as a mark of respect for my public and private character. Entertaining as I do a high and just sense of so distinguished as ’ honor, 1 need net say how gratified I should have been to have had it in mv power to ac cept it in the maimer proposed. This, how ever. I am not at liberty to do under the con stitution and usages of my country, and the rules prescribed for the government of its di plomatic functionaries in theirinterconrse will’ foreign nations. In dec'ining, therefore, as 1 respectfully do, the freedom of vour ancient and renowned city, I pray von, gentlemen, to assure the Common Council and freemen ol’London, that I am not less deeply and gratefully sensible of the distinguished honor which they have been pleased to offer me. ■ enhanced, as it is, by 1 lie motives winch prompted it, and the sentiments it was inten ded to convev. “It is an honor which any man might just ly be proud of, and one which I shall cherish ns among the most gratifying incidents of my public life. “ I concur will) you, gentlemen, in the wish that you express that peace and good understanding may long be preserved be tween Great Britain and the United States. I need not dwell upon the obvious and pow erful inducements for cultivating those peace ful end friendly relations, the value of which is nowhere better understood than in your great city. Every thing in ihe history of the two countries is calculated to inspire sen timents of mutual esteem and respect, and t< convince ihe liberal and enlightened of hot! countries that their true interests are those of peace. “ Such l know to be the disposition of ihe Government and people of the United Slates, and I speak with great confidence when I as sure you that perpetual friendship with Greai Britain on terms consistent with the right? and honor of is what my country most cordially and sincorel.v desires, and that I can in no manner better fuliii ;y Julies or serve my country, than in doing every thing in my power to cherish and invigorate the peaceful relations which now so happily sul s st be tween the two countries, an J upon the pre servation of which so essentially depend the prosperity and happiness of both. To this end my efforts have been unceasing, and it is to this alone, I am quite sure, that I am in debted, not only for that share which I have the happiness to believe 1 hold in the esteem and good opinion of your community, hut for all the kindness and hospitality I have re ceived during my residence among them. “I pray you gentlemen, to convey to vour honorable associates my best wishes for the welfare and prosperity of vour ancient and enterprising city, and to accept for yourselves individually, mv grateful acknowledgements lor the very flattering manner in which you | have been pleased to communicate these pro ! ceedings, and the interest you so kindly ex i press in my future happiness.” The answer was received with cheers, and it was unanimously resolved that the report and answer should be entered upon the jour nals of the court. 3 -~ There is nothing further of interest from : England, and absolutely nothing from France. The campaign in Spain between the con ; tending parties lias commenced, and several predatory bands of Carlists have penetrated into the interior. Gen. Espartero is concen trating his detachments, hut no battles as were previously reported, had taken place. Exploring Expedition. —The Secretary of the Navy has furnished to the House the in formation called for, relative to the South Sea Exploring Expedition. The Secretary sa vs the expedition will speedily sail. The expen ses up to the Ist of March amounted to $703- j 573 —which added to $838,071, the estimated ! expenses for the next two years and a half, | make the whole cost $1,589,641. One Jrigate j and the store vessels as proposed in the ori | ginal plan, are to be dispensed with, which will considerably reduce the expenses. I'he whole number of officers, including the scien tific corps, is 84, with salaries from 1500 to 2500 per annum. The Chaplain is to per form the duties of Historian to the Expedi tion.—cY. Y. Express. 4 Good One— One of the Members o the Convention, says the Ledger, a few days ago, had left his sent and was about inking! another which had been brought in for the! accommodation ot visitors. The chair beingi somewhat old, and the Member of considera ble capacity, it came down with a great, clash. A general laugh was the conse-j queuce, and a gentleman present remarked : Mv dear sir. you have made a must uufor-, tunnte marc. He replied : By no means,! sir. li>r vou perceive I have, obtained the; floor r SENTINEL & HERALD. COLUMbIjs,'MARCH 29, 1833. TO THE UNION PARTY OF MUSCOGEE. A meeting will be held at the Court House on next Monday, (April 2d) for the purpose of appointing three Delegates to attend the Convention to be held at Miiledgeville on the first Monday in May next, which Convention will proceed to nominate a Union Democratic Ticket for Congress. It is desirable that the meeting on Monday next should be as fully attended as possible, and it is earnestly hoped that every member of the Union Party in Muscogee county, whether residing in the city or country, will attend if convenient. CONGRESSIONAL TICKET. No congressional election which has taken place in Georgia for years, has assumed great er interest, or involved more important conse quences, than the one which is to occur on the first Monday in October next. In the contest of party which is now waging with so much fury in the United States, there are ranged upon one side, the advocates of a Tariff, of Federal Internal Improvements, of a National Bank, and of abolition ; under the auspices of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and Wm. H. Harrison, one or all of whom will most likely he the candidates of ihe great whig party, at the next election for President. The political history of these men prove them to he ultra upon all these questions, except the question of abolition, which they do not open ly avow; yet all their recent conduct tends immediately to strengthen and increase that odious doctrine. On the other side are ranged the advocates of a strict construction of the constitution, the opponents of the Tariff- — of Internal Improvement by the geneial go vernment—of a great monied aristocracy and overshadowing National Bank, and of the foul spirit of abolition; under the banner of the distinguished individual who now presides at the head of the nation. The signs of the times indicate too plainly to be misunderstood, that if the whig party unite upon a single candidate, Henry Clay will be that man; if they are divided, as is likely to be the easei then Clay, Webster, and Harrison, will pro bably all be in ihe field, with strong friends to susiain them. In such an event, if the people should fail to elect Mr. Van Buren, the elec tion would be thrown into the House of Re presentatives; and here is the point at which the Union parly of the South, the administra , tion party, the party to whom circumstances : seem to have entrusted the safety, the liberties ! and rights of the South, must he doubly guarded. The political sentiments and pre ferences of the individuals who compose the . ticket of the State Rights party in the State of Georgia, for the next Congress, are vvel* known and understood. They do not avow themselves in favor of the Tariff', of Internal Improvement, of a National Bank, or of Abo i iition ; and yet their hostility is most deadly i against the only candidate for the Presidency whose opinions and feelings are with the Bmith upon lhese ro'omemous questions, and whose re-election can alone give peace and safety to the Republic. It cannot be de nied that the election of Mr. Clay, Mr. Web ster, or Gen. Harrison, would lead to the immediate revival of that splendcd system of Internal Improvement, which, in the extrava gant expenditure of the public money, furnish ed the only plausible pretext for a protective j Tariff', and which was so happily arrested by i the powerful arm of Andrew Jackson. It is , evident, too, that the election of either of these individuals would lead to the immediate esta blishment of a Nalional Bank, which, thus brought into existence by the voice and influ ence of a party, would naturally ally itself to ’ that party, and combining with “ the powers that be,” ride and rule over the prostrated ‘ liberties of the people. Nor can it be denied ’ that the election of either of these individuals , would add strength and vigor, energy and zeal, to the cause of fanaticism. It is useless I to conceal from ourselves the fact, which is 1 glaring us in the face, that the abolitionists . are increasing, with an unexampled and fear ! ful rapidity, throughout all the northern and north-western States. That which was but a few years ago a small fragment, has now grown, or is growing, into a powerful and , influential party, which, unless kept in check, must in a few years rule the political destinies ■ of the non-slaveholding Stales! It is an utr 1 deniable fact, that this powerful and danger ous faction is composed almost exclusively of whigs—the warm, staunch friends of Clays ■ Webster and Harrison; and the time is close > at hand when the entire whig party of ’ the Northern States will be violent and avowed abolitionists; and if either of those ! men should be elected President, it must be , by the help of these fanatics, and thus elect ed will be necessarily driven along the cur rent of that powerful and resistless flood, ; which, in its mighty sweep, threatens to en . gulph the Union in one common ruin. The great question for the South to consider, in i looking to the next Presidency, is that of abo • litioni.sm. Mr. Van Buren, pending the last j election, was opposed on the ground that he i would probably favor the views of northern - men upon this subject; but he came out - manfully and fully, and pledged himself to veto any thing like an abolition bill which might be j passed in Congress during his administration, i ’ Upon this subject, therefore, we have him \ secure, whilst Clay, Webster and Harrison, all three, stand firmly committed on the other j side of the question. It behooves us, then, to ! weigh well the importance of selecting a suit- ‘ able ticket for Congress. The administration party in Georgia know well the ground which I they occupy, and there can he no mistake in the conclusion, that if the true interests of the South are to be protected, the Union Demo cratic Parly must shoulder the responsibility. ! The nullijiers of the South are the rchigs o. the North, and when they meet on the floor of Congress, they are necessarily compelled to agree upon the great principles of admin istration, either for or against. No man or set of men, should be sent to Congress from any Southern State, who are not diametrical ly opposed to what are at this hour called the high-toned federal doctrines of the Whig pat ty, at the head of which stands, with the sa vage countenance of old Blue Beard himself, | that abominable, bloated, villa nous theory of abolition. We will close this article, already protracted to a length which vve fear wil| 1 weary the patience of the reader, by appro priatim’ to ourselves tiro ideas of anotlier on * p , i tliis same important subject. “We consider the movements of the oppo sition at this time, as having three important objects in view : The next Presiliency ; the establishment of a National Bank, and a re organization of the Tariff. Let the people look to it. Their rights, their interests, and perhaps their liberties are involved; and Ab olition and Texas are the great and exciting questions to be agitated to insure success to the opposition. The leaders of the opposition, Clay and Webster, are against us upon every important question ; the latter is a consolida tionist, and the former is in favor of the Bank, Tariff, and even, favors abolition. Witness his inconsistency lately upon that subject, and tlie suppression of small notes in the District. Upon the abolition question he said, “his opin ions, as expresssed in the Legislature of the country were perfectly well known. He had no hesitation in saying that Congress ought not to do what was asked by the petitioners, i without the consent of the people of the Dis trict of Columbia .” And upon the other j subject fie said, “Congress ought to wait un til Virginia and Maryland should act.' 5 Now if he had reversed the subject, he would have been right as to expediency ! But where does he get the right in the Congress to legis late upon the subject of slavery either in the District or elsewhere ? Certainly not in the power “to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases over such District.” As well might they claim tlie right to exercise it over the Navy Yard at Norfolk, or in the Fortifica tions at Charleston; or to alter the law of en tail in the District. That the Congress has the right of “ exclusive legislation in all cases whatever over such District,” or “these Uni ted States,” is granted to the fullest extent within “ the powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States.” But the Constitution gives to the Govern ment no power over the subject of slavery, any where, except “to prohibit their importa tion after ISOS.” Abolitionism in the District must begin at Annapolis or Richmond. The political condition of the District is an anom aly in our Government. Laws are passed for their government, Taxes may be imposed, and -10 or 50.000 persons without a Repre sentative. The cession should never have been made; and Mr. Preston should press on for a re-cession. If ever a Revolution should happen in our happy country, (which may God in his mercy avert) it will begin at the Capitol. Mr. C!av may hope to enlist the abolitionists by another compromise. He has never made one yet, that did not entrench on the Constitution. Steamboats. —We noticed at our wharf on Monday, two new boats, at least new on our river—the Lewis Cass and the Tropic ; each boat—as we were informed —capable of car rying 1,000 bales of cotton. These boats | are elegantly furnished, and have berths for 40 to 50 passengers, including state rooms. “ The more the merrier,” is an oldfashioned saying, but we are thinking that freights will catch a lofty fall, from the number of boats which are almost daily booming up the Chat tahoochee for the tirst time. Our merchants have been complaining most bitterly at beino compelled to pay $2 50 per bale on cotton— all’s well that ends well;” cast of}’ that line and go ahead. Chattahoochee kail road and HANK ING COMPANV. The stockholders in this Company held a meeting on the 2-lth inst., when it appeared that 10,‘ijp shares of stock were subscribed for, and that 8,465 shares were present and represented. The Company then proceeded to elect seven Directors, and the following ■ gentlemen were duly elected, by ballot: Jas. ; C. Watson, James S. Calhoun, James R. Jones, W. H. Mitchell, Nicholas Howard, John L. Lewis, and John W. Campbell. On j the same day the following officers were elect ed : James C. Watson, President ; Wiley Williams, Cashier; Allen G. Bass, Teller, and John E. Davis, Book-keeper. We have not room for the full proceedings of the board, but. will give them attention next week. In another column will be found the adver tisement of the Cashier, in relation to opening the hooks ol subscription, to which we beg reference. MACON RACES. The first day, mile heats, was won by Ad jar r a Harrison —time 1.50—1.52. Second day, two mile heats, by Sally Pandykc —lime 3 50—3.19. Third day, three mile heats, by Geroio— time 5.50—5.16. For the purse of the (bur mile day, Turn hull and John Guedron were entered, but the latter was drawn in consequence of proving lame on the morning of the race, and of course Turnbull gallopped the money into his own er’s purse without contention. The fifth day, mile heats, best 3 in 5, was won by Adjarra Harrison, beating Southerner and Eclipsa. THE SEMINOLE WAR SUSPENDED! The managers of affairs in Florida have caught tiie mania of suspension, and a corres pondence has taken place between General Jesup and the Secretary of War, in which it is agreed to lav the fighting over, or rather to suspend the operation of trying to fight, until next fall! and wherefore this extraordi nary and disgraceful movement! because, forsooth, the Indians can’t be whipped and the government is put to too much expense in this the day of her exhausted Treasury! These things should have been considered at an earlier moment; it is too late now to recant; the Treaty of Bayne’s Landing has been solemnised and cannot be relinquished without discredit toour Government and great injustice to the citizens of Florida. The In dians must be emigrated according to the ’ the provisions of the Treaty, and the wounds j of Florida, which have been so long bleeding, must be healed up, or the cries of injured jus tice will rend the heavens and the earth. MULTUM IN PAR VO. Why should we ransack the world for news? cross the Atlantic and explore foreign ! lands! We may spare ourselves all unneces sary expense and labor, and in our own neigh borhood find quite enough to excite our won der and admiration. The last Macon Tele graph echoes a voice from McDonough, Henry County, which blows the following astounding particulars of news at one blast, viz: That tlie Academy at that place had been burned—that a man was amusing him self bv building a tower on the top of the stone mountain in Dekalb county, which he was fully determined to run up to the im measurable height of 300 feet ! and to cap the climax of wonders, that there is in Henry county, a tolerable sized girl, weighing 185!bs, at 13 years of age—the said girl being in good healt!i and of sound mind. Heaven bless the baby ! INDIAN MURDERS IN FLORIDA. We regret to learn through the Charleston ; Courier, of tl>e murder of Capt. Higgins and William Redding, the iast named being tirst engineer on the steamboat Alabama, winch boat was built at Bickerstafi’s Landing, on our river, and was taken Irotn our wliart to be employed in the service of Government. It seems that these gentlemen had leit their boats, and gone in a yawl about four miles from the encampment of the forces stationed in that quarter, lor the purpose of gunning, and were fired on by the Indians and botli killed. Capt. H. was standing in the bow ol the boai, and fell overboard when he was shot. Redding fell and expired in the boat, and a negro fellow named Joe, after being wounded in the hip and shoulder, sculled the :vawl ashore and made his escape. ~~ -- - - .Murder. —We have heard the report, but cannot vouch for its correctness, lliat Doctor Cady, by profession a Dentist, while travel ling from this city to Tennessee, wasmurdered between New Ecbota and Spring Place, Murray county. He is supposed to have , been murdered lor his money, as he had a j considerable sum with him. Another Duel. —A duel was fought on the 14th inst. in the vicinity of New Orleans, be ! tween a Merchant of that city and a French gentleman, with rifles, at thirty paces. The Merchant fell at the first fire. PRENTICIANA. This word we believe means Prentice’s witticisms; at least we frequently notice it placed at the head of numerous Jeu de mots and Jeu d’ esprit extracted from ihe Louis ville (Ky.) Journal, of which paper Mr. Pren j tice is the well known Editor. He is among die wittiest men now in the U. S., and as ! we conceive, the only one of that glorious fra ternity to which he belongs who is in any manner entitled to the character ol a wit or punster. Editors generally tire content with a brief editorul either for or against some one of the different isms which stamp the political parties of the day ; but Prentice in addition, lets fly the tearing shaft of ridicule and the more polished dart of wit; pulls the hair and even noses of the whole corps edito rial, and weaves the bright, sweet song for his fair readers. He is the boy to kill old | doctor ennui and make scatteration amongst the blues. Here follows a very spicy little dish which will please the palate of numbers beside our selves, or we arc greatly mistaken. We refused to exchange with a poor little paper at Cincinnati, called the “News,” and the editor lias now turned to abusing us. He is resolved that we either be villified in i his columns, or put to the expense of furnish ing him with our Journal for that miserable i little nothing of his. We must either he | blackguarded or have our pockets picked. : We piefer the former. | 1 Mr. Premiss, of Mississippi, says, that in j stead of being kept out of his seat in Con gress by fair means, he was poked (Polked) ! out. William Winder was recently married to Margaret Welsh nt Ki‘.atvic!;, She i was his fourth wife, and he her seventh, lius :band. I When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tty of war.” When Mr. Jenifer retorted unon Dr. Duncan in the case of the Spy in Washing ton, the color flew instantly from the face of the Ohio Representative.— Correspondent. Os course the Doctor came oil'with flying | colors. We burn the Louisville Journal without : reading it.— Pa. Democrat. ll’ that he true, our pa per sutlers ns igno j millions a fate as the heretical writings in the i days of Queen Mary. They were hurried by the hands of the “ common hangman .” We consider Thomas H. Benton as the i very embodyment of power.— Georgia Con \ stitutionalist. So do we. Burke says—“ power is al | ways stealing from the many,” Messrs. Editors: Why is your neighbor of the Advertiser like an apothecary? Q: We don’t know. We know very well : why lie is not like an apothecary—lie never deals in scruples. j OCD The editor of n little Tory paper in Indiana threatens to “gore” us. We have no doubt that he can do it. We perceive from | the numerous pillerings in his columns that he is great at “ hooking .” On the 3d inst. a woman was seen running ! through the streets of Charleston, hotly pur j sued by two constables. She was a chased \ female. State Pride eloquently and beautifully ex- I pressed. —During the last session of Congress, Mr. Cushing, of Massachusetts, took occasion to defend the honor of his native state, in the following spirited and eloquent style. Well may Massachusetts proudly and triumphantly point to her talented representatives : And, in conclusion, I beseech the House to pardon ine, if I may have kindled on this sub ject into something of unseemly ardor. I cannot sit tamely by, in humble acquiescent silence, when reflections, which I know to be unjust, are cast on the faith and hotair of Massachuseets. Had I suffered them to pass without admonition, 1 should have deemed that the disembodied spirits of her departed ‘children, horn their ashes mingled with the dust of every stricken field of the revolution, ■from their bones mouldering in the conse crated earth of Bunker’s Hill, of Saratoga, of Monmouth, would start up in visible shape before me, to cry shame on me their recreant countryman. Sir, I have roamed through the world, to find hearts nowhere warmer than hers; soldiers nowhere braver, patriots nowhere purer, wives and mothers nowhere truer, maidens nowhere lovelier,green valleys and bright rivers nowhere greener or bright er; and I will not be silent when I hear her patriotism or her Irulh questioned with so much as a whisper of detraction. Living, 1 will defend her ; dying, I would pause in my last expiring breath, to utter a prayer of fond remembrance tor my native New England. The following persons have kindly con sented to act as Agents for the Sentinel and Herald: Col. C. Parker, Collodensvjlle, Monroe Cos. Peter Cose. Esq. Eden, Effingham Cos. Rev. Reuben E. Brown. Perry P. O. Hous ton Cos. Tiros. H. Key, Esq. Drayton, Dooly Cos. Col. Thos, J. Holmes, Byron, Baker Cos. Stephen D. Crane, Esq. Dahlonega, Lump kin Cos. Col. John Diet,, Fort Gaines, Go. •John C. Maxgham, Greenville, Ga. E. J. Wood tk. Cos. St. Joseph. Flor. Nourse, Brooks Sc Cos. Apalachicola. J. S. Varbroi oh, f.uiupkin, Stewart Cos. J.\s. Buchanan Cuthhert, Randolph Cos. I u the Editors of the Scuuitcl and Herald. Gentlemen : In your paper of the 15tlr inst. my name with others, was mentioned as a Delegate to the May Convention, to he held at Milfedgeville, by the Union party, for the purpose'ot nominating a Congressional ticket to be run by the party at the approaching election. One of the individuals whose name was mentioned having declined, 1 have thought it altogether proper to state candidly what course I shall take in this matter, f neither seek nor decline the appointment, but if it should be the pleasure of the party to’ choose me as a Delegate, I shall earnestly en deavor, with any humble ability that I may possess, to represent them honestly and faith fully. My criterion shall be to support the nomination of no man whose principles are not orthodox and his talents unquestioned. ALEXANDER McDOUGALD. For the Sentinel and Ilerald.- CON iRESS TICKET. Messrs. Editors: I perceive in your last paper that the Hon. Mr. Holsey declines a re-nomination. I was sorry to see this, but not surprised. If till our present members had been disposed to run again, the frequent and continued nominations of correspondents in the Union papers, leaving out their names,- was enough to discourage them, and well” calculated to drive them from the service of the party. Such proceedings have been il liberal and ungenerous, to say the least of it,- land I do hope that the approaching Convcn ! lion will justly appreciate these circumstances,- and re-nominate Mr. Holsey, Mr. Towns,Mr. Haynes, and any of the remaining members who can be induced to accept a re-nomina tion. Mr. Towns and Mr. Haynes have not yet. declined a re-nomination, and I now cau tion the Convention beforehand not to pass 1 them over; if it does it will be the means of defeating the election of the whole ticket, and this defeat shall he laid at its door. Mr. Towns has been long and well known to the : Union party ; he has done much in the ser vice of the party,and in sustaining those sound j republican principles which were in so much danger of being swept awav by the odious : doctrines of nullification. He was a faithful old Clark man, and did much in the support .of the noble principles ol the old Clark party; what has he done now to deserve the treat ! merit which some have been disposed to ex tend towards him ? I las he forfeited the con fidence of his party? 1 challenge any one to name an act of his political life in which lie lias been recreant to the principles of that j party; then why wish to sacrifice him? it cannot be done ! Old Clark men will see to j this, and they will see that members of the old Clark parly are capable of sustaining them selves in high offices of public trust. Again 1 repeat, let the approaching Convention ael cautiously in its proceedings. A REI’UBLICAN. For the Sentinel and Ilerald.- S THE CONVENTION OF SOUTHERN MERCHANTS. At the meeting which was held in this city on the inst. the late address emanating from the committee appointed for ilia! pur pose l\v the convention, was received by the meeting without comment, or perceivable op position, Horn any direction. Ido think that the meeting acini hastily, or without due consideration oftiie importance ofthe interests involved, in receiving that address without any further expression of its opinions, or re servations with re ran! to the peculiar interests of this section of Georgia. 1 had prepared a resolution, calling for the appointment of a committee on behalf of the meeting, to receive the address, but before I was aware of what was passing, the address was already accept ed. and over with ! j I have not the least objection to the gene-* |ml views and olj. ct of that address. N<* ■southern man in principle and feeling could j have. M e have long enough been tributary i and dependant on the north, which is now floating in wealth and prosperity by draining us of our substance, whilst she returns naught but her abuse and slander, because forsooth we are determined to defend our property, ; rights and privileges. Under such circum stances, who can have the right to blame u for adopting such measures as are calculated to secure our own best interests in the great business of commerce. But. to return in the address: It appears that the great object of tiffs movement is to 1 mild up a flourishing southern emporium for the business of exporting southern produce, and in return, importing such goods and mer chandise as are demanded in southern mar kets. That this great object can he accom plished, there is in my humble opinion but little doubt. So far then, so good. The question now arises, as for the point of loca tion for ihe intended eitv; and has Western i Georgia, and especially Columbus, no interest in this question? The address points out Charleston, or Savannah, but dwells parti cularly on Charleston; and it will be recol lected that this address was written by a South Carolinian. Suppose, then, Charleston be selected as the point—and it certainly will he if we thus tamely submit without a mur -1 mur—what benefit will Georgia gain after all j her trouble ? The benefit of being dependant and tributary to South Carolina, while her own fine harbors and seaports will languish to decay, and our facilities here would he ren dered no better than bv trading to New York. But I could have no objection to Savannah, j That is a point equally acceptable to eaclt j Stale, and would tie of mutual advantage. It is also the most favorable point of centre ing our great national rail-roads, and for Co lumbus it would he opening anew field of prosperity. A rail-road from here to Bruns wick or Darien, would secure to her immense advantages. While she commands the eom merce of the Gulf of Mexico, she would, hv 11 1 is rail-road, bring to her doors the advan tages to be derived from this great southern emporium. Are these important interests not worth contending fir? Georgia can wish no advantage over South Carolina, hut being perhaps a larger producer of cotton, she can not but desire, at least, to he placed on an equal tooling with her. Would it not there fore he well tor the Mayor to call a second meeting ofthe citizens of Columbus, in order that they might express iheir views more fully on this subject, and that iheir delegates already appointed might he able to act advi sedly as to our true interests here. ONE OF THE MEETING. CO” The Republican Union party of Har ris county, are requested to meet at the Court House in Hamilton, on Thursday, the fifth of April next, for the purpose of appointing Delegates to the Convention to he held in Milledgcville in May next. vox roruLi. March 21, 183S. The Union party of Troup county, arc requested to convene at Dtinson’s Cross Roads, on the first Saturday in April next, to nominate delegates to represent us in the May Convention, to lie held in Milledgcville, for the purpose nominating candidates to represent us in the next Congress ofthe United States. ONE OF THE TARTY, March 23. ISJS.