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For the Sentinel :ind Herald.
THE YOUTHFUL EXILE.
<1 Breathes there a man with sottl so dead,
Wl>9 never to himself hath said,
This my owrf, my native land ?”
From the latvi of his vou'h he had wandered afar,
And his'hsart within him was sad ;
His brow was pale—-no friends were there,
To comfort an l make his spirit glad :
And he thou gilt, as the tear started fresh in his eye,
It was hard in a land of strangers to die.
Sweet visions of early days came o’< r his soul,
And ere his pure spirit from earth had departed,
The anguishing thoughts through his brain that roll,
. From his bps in soft it” * t:ired :
Bui these nrcents, so ire- ’ vo “ eaf
For ktS spirit was sadden-- i +% d*f •r.ed/
“ O that I were in my own
Tl*e iand n : • those ♦ wye*
First gme.f in 0 gate ‘i ,r b
That wheel.* throe: ! the azure .. . skies.
Olhot I were ir that and, pea Pal tot,
Fa- dearer han palac sow .. . <ny * rs,
V> here anguish and sorr >v an is • • lo
gltrnp-I'jf ;ha , ,os .void b', h ns all
(..otdil | S)l(? mi:e ~j,,re a r’s smile,
And a mother's fond • .e hear,
’ rwould all (| 4 ,. p a ,1.., n r ; r ;j, t^sguile,
And W|p t: A v;ir v, , t ,. ar .
lis l oh v ~n uric frier, . voice,
Ora soft pro*, g . >•’. eti < •,u my owr
E’en she whose sweet mis could ott- rejoice
My o - -r hour: w* dlvery i* ■-
Js lost!—F , ,st 1-rny t i.n'rjr—n.y .
Yet thither, , - thither, w. my ift si that’s am.”
Hut hu led i oat v<>’ • sptfil is fled,
Arid that form is now wra;->*d in the *hro f tin
’ A’.:.- B.
For the Sentinel lid Herald.
TO Si . INCi
W tdr -n * thou ag-v , oil Spnng
iho- • "i: si to reVwc earth’s vstment
■vith . >! ■ different a lie rainbow.
’ ■ add lr 4. *;nts to natu huidscaro ;
” restore ii —n>. • ,;■•*■*•! • Winter’s -bu
hresiil)
1 It,, ,rte<l ■ -r-.rA chr< •i ~ well:-- th< n
Than co-n’st m lovetine !
W* uiha.l wiUi rap; * thy •'< et, balm* i.-rwri,
A i .•*> i ad verer from a chilly
Ti -oat n-> it . tith infant leafin'•
The fl >wi*rs put forth their heads and- ur>
Prepare wi'ti tl.ee, and tliy warrt-F -*•<! da .
Summer,
To tf}f. a !ony ad happy hohJa”
*• y rive-i V. Is thy genial rarinth, and,
*V. ■ robbii • sr u, heaving to the to ; - ...
warriit.i:
frh- i ah-.us"mg VV infer, roshe*
With i*p.ewfr* ,r *.u i swr priJe,
■ To the v .1 *f de, blue Vh •r - wati s, and,
With otu* .-oft etnuracc. ti lot m insignificance,
Tuen come,
Then ;:>i. lit of bkou! and vegetation,
.* And .rs saaii r the heart to - - iteomr the*
An - sell in t! ifulneM a - thy approach.
N. Von-; ELEOHONS
V, ,-r.u has ti; ibllovvinjf httroorcus tle-
Half past 9 o’clock. -
1 1 ■. norcin • opened raiher coo upon the
nt.s their coadjutor*. ‘hf> ■w!l
dig n -s- *-xi ; wi*e r k)tvl) c.rcj/t in
if VN and noi i .eu -lie elements can
. i r ‘h< th ■ id Ward,
j . iwi , atey ha t. polled 90 v-
A curious character came in to v . ck>
minutes since. He had his i übied
up so that no name cou'd in, m the i
side. “Fold your ticket p r op.,r|y said me
central insin*- .r, - | doesn’t know hov.
said the vot :><, u-liotvas a superh represi'nta
tiv-> < f vhe blud: Dwarf—his hair on end,
luc quills up.m a fretfu; porcupine.” A chal
lenger doe uied his ticket lor him.
• What’s your r.ame?” said tlie inspector.
n Mullv Galoony, an’ sure.”
Where do you live ?”
! in the bist part of Broadway.”
“ Do you eat and drink there?”
“ Sure an’ I do that thing, and I ate and
dhrink of the bist in the counthry —sure [ ate
the same oysthers that his honor the Recor
der ates.”
“ Who do you live with r”
“ Sandy Welsh, an’ sure —and isn’t he a
good jintleman as knows good ating and
drinking?”
Voting for the Recorder —“ Sandy Welsh,”
said a stout challenger with warmth, then I
challenge his vote.”
“ Your vote is challenged.”
“ Who dares to challenge me ?”
“ Not you, hut your vote is challenged.”
“ Doesn’t 1 live with Sandy Welsh, and
won’t that give me a good right to vote?”
“ No—challenge him.”
“ Are you a citizen ?”
*• l am, and as good a one as you arc your
self.”
“ Have you got your papers?”
“ What will I do"with papers when I cau’t
read ?”
* You’ve got no papers?”
“ None of your business.”
** Clear out—you can’t vote, what did you
conic here to vote for ?”
“ I come to vote for the Recorder, and long
life to him,” said the fellow, as lie made his
exit singing.
Sirtli Ward. —Only two fights as vet. Ter
ry Donohue came up to vote.
“ Your name ?” said the inspector.
“ Terry—every body knows Terry, and
Krin Clark knows Terry—he knows 1 can
hate him at dancing—jig, reel, keedrile, Con
naught cut, country dance, or hornpipe, an;!
bed dto him. I’ll dance the breeches oil
him, the wild sthranger ! Give me but two
glasses of rale Irish whiskey, from the heart’s
blood of old Counought, and I’d show you the
thrue touch —there's me vote —the rigclar
ticket, Tom Brady and Bill Shaler, and no
.mistake —let me see the man that will chal
lenge me and I'll black his eye. Come and
take a drink Mr. Uespector.”
Lovers. —Every observer of human nature
ri-.ist have perceived tliat lovers not only do
~t exercise the jjower of ridicule over each
v>t‘icr, but they cannot conceive that the idol
,;f their imaginations should be the subject ol
it. As intercourse in marriage becomes fa
miliar, and the little graces of etiquette are
.aid aside, the idol, though not less worshiped,
becomes less sacred. She is not the deity of
jiie temple, but of the household ; she is no
longer the great Diana of Ephesus, approach
ed at a distance with mysterious riles, hut one
of the Lares, meeting the fanr.iliar glance at
every turn. This dillerence is never felt so
keenly by a woman, as when she first disco
vers iliat it is possible for her to appear ri
diculous to her husband. A man who differs
from his wife and reasons with her, rather
elevates her self love; hut, the moment he
laughs at her, she feels that the golden bowl !
of married sympathy is broken.
Simplicity of Dress. — l like, ! confess, to see
a young wife neatly dressed. There is a
neatness which is perfectly compatible with
plainness ; and a dress may be graceful, with
out being ridiculous, i like neat simplicity, be
cause somj’.iow or oilier, there appears to he
a frequent c nmection between the outside
and the inside. The exterior is, to some ex
tent, a key to the interior. Il l see a person
dressed like a thorough going top, I cannot,
ff I would, respect the mind of the. person.
Even where a future close acquaintance dis
closes to me my error* it :j hard to overcome
li st ia: ire^rJ-n-'.
I From the X. Y. Spirit of the Time*. |
ANECDOTES OF MR. BOOTH.
Charles H. Eaton, a promising young tra
gedian, and a veiy clever fellow, is about the
only man in the profession who is under an
impression that Booth’s occasional insanity is
not entirely feigned. There is too much
“method” in it UJuexcite any thing but dis
trust with those who know him best. Eaton
has written the following letter in relation to
this matter, which we find in the Boston
Morning Post:
Since we parted 1 have been ‘strutting my
brief hour’ upon the hoards of the Olympic,
Bowery and Franklin, and at the Theatre
here, and in a few days shall shape my course
south west. 1 have just heard of Booth’s
T'-ick upon poor Flynn, at Charleston,
aider, as it recalls to memory the
. nity he had, about three years ago
a; me participant in a real tragedy.—
\V wre plaving an engagement together
same Theatre, in Baltimore, and re
v.- ?ierre and Jaflier, Othello and lago.
A 1 ehearsal, he came to my lodgings
1i: - nested me to 20 through the parts
11 again. ‘ lago,’ said he, ‘ vou must
1 r (I dest to-night, or I shall play
s . vn.’ There was a singularity in his
i-, which I had not observed before, and
ss that I felt considerable fear that
it fall into one of his paroxysms and
tome harm. We adjourned to an oys
a, and every time an oyster was open
tried out ‘ murder,’ in various tones,
jpareot lHrn*r. Niglit came. He
Othello splendidly, and drew down
3of applause. In .1 lie last act, after
I, of the ‘ gentle Desdemona,’ ilseetn
:o,i all heft was raging in his heart ; his
! played the-fierceness of a tiger’s; and
thri st at me. I verily believe, would have
fatal had ( not suddenly stepped aside
av.Fl if. The audience were as flushed as
, mv heart beat audibly, and it was a
• or two before I could recover my se'f
ion.
irt time after this I passed a few days
1 his hospitable loof. and was enter
,vith great kindness by him and his
lady. One niuht I was awoke by a
•sous crash in the next mom. I liur
my dressing gown and ran into the
jeiiti i see what the matter was. It seems
t! 10111 had wound a sheet around him,
uud th a light in his hand, had gone to his
1 agt i father’s room; but the old gentleman,
1 >vi happened to be, awake and heard him
‘i on j, had dashed the Ik>wl and ewer upi>n
ir at his feet as he entered, and efTec-
Yightened him out. of his mad freak. —
tuiius, Junius,’ said the venerable old
will you never have done with these
reaks ?’ Alas for Booth! alas for the
; p: ition of genius !
■f ■ ‘
So flourishes and fades majestic man.”
Yours, Ever,’
C. H. EATON.
th, the Tragedian. —-In tlie account
!au publ shed of the attempt of Booth, the
lian, when in a fit of insanity, to kill Mr.
| F ,an allusion was made to his having
inr tusly been saved from drowning. The
.! eston Courier, of the 13th i 11st. , gives
; tlie bjoined particulars of the affair:
“ Mr. Booth, the celebrated tragedian, in
the steam packet Neptune, attempted to de
u \ himself, wftile on the passage from
! New Ifork ter Charleston, under the following
| circumstances. Mr. B. went onboard the
’ • ■ packet, in company with his friend,
flynn, the well-known comedian, on
esday evening last, and on the passage
r id evident symptoms of insanity, but be
ii;r refttlly watched by his anxious friend,
itiad mi opportunity of escaping his vigilant \
I eve, and appeared to improve gradually under :
Mr. F’s. friendly care, until the afternoon of j
Friday last, ijife 9th inst.y when 36 miles N. ]
off Frying Pau Shoals, during dinner, j
when Mr, B. excused himself from the table. ;
took advantage of his friend’s absencet and
lowered himself from the promenade deck,
which attracted the attention of the men. —
Caps. Pehnoyer, Mr. Flvnn, and the rest of
the passengers being called from dinner, en
deavored to persuade him to return on board, |
when he not only refused, but immediately j
plunged into the ocean. Capt. P. instantly j
stopped the boat, which was then going at j
the rate of eleven miles an hour, and by his
prompt exertion and presence of mind, a safe
ty l>uov was thrown over, and a safety boat
immediately launched. The gallant captain
took the helm, and Mr. Booth, though then
half a mile from the boat, was rescued from
a watery grave.”
From the Mobile Examiner.
Timothy dost thou believe them ?
Yea! but I love coed eating too well to sacrifice j
bread and butter to fasting and a clean stomach.
Old Pint,.
Ever since ll.e world began, there have \
been some good people continually extolling !
the merits of early rising.
“ It makes us healthy,” snvs one.
“It conduces to longevity,” snvs another. !
“ It promotes habits of industry,” ejaculates
a third.
“ It gives such pretty red cheeks.” snvs m,i
to Julia, who is just beginning to attract the
attention of Voting bachelors.
Few, however, have enough of the philo
sophy of human nature to know that the
enforcing of actions whose reward is distant,
has seldom much influence upon those whom
they are designed to benefit. For our part,
wc are indolent enough to prefer an hour’s
sleep after sunrise to one vear tacked on to
life after we have attained the hoarv age of
seventy. All the praise that our maiden
aunts —that, spinster sisters —that tottering
uncles and wrinkled grandpa could bestow
upon early rising, had no influence. The
reward which they spoke of was too far off—
they appealed to a time which our voting
imagination could, not realize. We felt the
elasticity arid vigor of life in everv limb, and
never thought that it was possible to grow
old. When, however, we began to pore over
a volume of “ Thompson’s Seasons.” and to
read of the delightful enjoyments of a spring
| morning—the glorious rising of the sun and
the melodious warMings of the “ feathered
people” of the grove, we took fire at once.
Here was a reward directly within our reach,
j The misery of rising, nutting on one’s breech
; es, and washing one’s face, was atoned for
; the moment wc passed the threshhold of our
j chamber.
Penp’e ought to learn to appreciate good in
j itself, and not to run fifty years off to find
| motives, when more powerful ones can be
; picked up without straying front the present
j moment.
To those, therefore, who have npver seen
! the sun rise, we would merely remark that it
i is a sight which will amply repay a little ex
ertion. Let the sluggard rouse himself to
morrow and stroll out towards the grave;
yard—let hi n inhale the early breeze—brush
the dew from the young grass, and join in the
smiles that young morning seems to wear.
If he return without feeling anew life within
him—without experiencing a fresh and inno
cent pleasure, he may call us no good adviser,
and retire to sleep .until the breakfast hell
wake him.
How beautifully does the poet of the “Sea
sons” describe a spring morning. Can you
resist it, my good fellow ?
“ The moek-ivcd morn, mother of dews.
At first faint gleamin'! in the dappled east,
Wine through the dusk t’-e sni'tkv currents skim;
And from the bladed field, the fearfili hare
I.imps awkward. v.hiV- along the forest gin do
The wild deer trip. and. opts’w luisting, gaze
At early passenger. Music awakes
The native voice of undi‘semb!ed joy,
And tni'-k around the w,.odland hymns arise !
J. lions dbv tbo coclc. th‘* soon-elad shepherd leaves
His nmssv cottage, win re wi ll p"ace be dwells,
A"d from ‘be -crowded fold, u order drives -*
I li~ ~~ -k, -i ‘v the -liuic ~f ihs or
From the Sr.vancah Georgian.
Late from Florida.
“ Fort Lauderdale, New River, (E. F.) )
March 27, 1838. J
“ Having returned a few days ago from
one of the°inost interesting and, I may add,
fatiguing and important expeditions ot this
protracted war, I avail myself ot the first leis
ure moments to communicate, for your satis
faction, a brief account of it. The campaign
season in this latitude is over, but fortunately
it did not close before the consummation of
an expedition, which cannot fail to have a
great moral effect upon the Indians that yet
remain hostile. On the 7th inst. Col. Bank
head, with Lt. Pickell, left Fort Jupiter lor
the Suwannee, whither the Colonel was or
dered, to take command of the troops and ope
rations in that quarter. Upon their arrival
at Fort Pierce, finding Col. Pierce too much
Undisposed to take command of the expedi
tion that had been previously ordered to Key
Biscayne and New River, Col. Bankhead
! was placed in command of it, anti he pro
ceeded to Fort Dallas, on the Miami, where
he arrived on the l°2th inst. with the compa
nies of the Ist regiment under Major Kirby,
and two companies of the 4th regiment of ar
| tillery, anil in a few days after proceeded to
this post, and immediately made the neces
sary arrangements for the successful prosecu
tion of the expedition. On the 22d the com
mand left Fort Lauderdale and ascended the
south bratich of New River, with the foot,
ion hoard the steamboat Isis, to the old Tal
; lahassee village, 5 miles above, the flotilla of
boats being under the command of Capt.
Powell, of tlie navy. The reconnoiterir g
party that had’been sent out in the morning
reached the landing at the site of the Indian
village, and reported that a large trail was t-lis-
Jcovered’ penetrating tlie everglades and in a
j direction leading to Pine Island, about 12 or
14 miles from the margin. Col. Bankhead,
| although quite unwell, gave directions and
| took command of the troops in pursuit early
lon the following morning. The trail vyas fol
lowed several miles on foot and on horseback,
and as far as was practicable with the horses.
1 111 anticipation of the impracticability of pene
-1 (rating the everglades further with the mount
ed men, the flotilla was directed to descend
to the forks, and ascend the north branch and
join the main body, and then move together,
following the train to Pine Island, or to what
ever point it might -lead—the whole force
united consisting of about 400 men and 21
boats. At 10 o’clock, A. M. on the 23d, we
embarked, and divided the men equally to
eacli boat to drag it along the trail. The
boats were in this manner drawn through
i hog and mire, waist deep to the men, to Pine
! Island, ar.d not unfrequently the bog was so
deep that assistance was required to extricate
them from it. When within 3 miles of the
island, we discovered the smoke of the Indian
fires on the north end of if, and the smoke of
others rising that seemed just to have been
kindled. It was therefore tolerably certain
tlit the Indians still remained upon it, and a
complete and decisive victory was anticipated
: over them. The island is so situated, sur
! rounded bv high saw grass, bog and water,
and several miles from the islands west of it,
| that it could scarcely be expected they could
escape undiscovered, or elude pursuit.
The judicious disposition that was made of
the forces occupying positions on the north,
I the east and west sides of, and several hun
dred yards from the island, would effectually
have prevented their escape, had we been
able to have arrived several hours sooner;
but when our positions were taken—and
which was done without the least loss of time
—it was just sunset. As it was supposed,
having heard nothing to the contrary since
we left Fort Jupiter, that the truce was yet
existing at general head quarters, Col. Bank
head sent forward in advance of the position
a while flag. It had not advanced more than
150 yards when if was fired upon by Indians,
who were seen on some high trees near the
north end of the .island, and wounded one of
the guards slightly in the heath
Immediately after they opened a firing upon
the boats in position on the west side of the
island, which was returned bv a four pounder
mounted in the bow of one of the boats.
It being now so Ir.te, nothing could be done
but effect a landing, and the foreps were or
dered forward. Major Kirby, with his bat
talion, approached the island in fine style on
the east, and Lieut. Powell’s command ad
vanced in excellent order with the flotilla on
the west, while the reserve moved forward
and landed immediately after, near the Indian
fires. The first shot that was fired bv the
four pounder was followed by the usual In
dian veil, when they immediately after re
treated to the south of the island, leaving
nearly all their effects, consisting of provisions,
cattle, hides, hide boats, powder, lead, bullet
moulds, blankets, axes, chisels, knives, konn
ter, koonter-graters. wild potatoes, and innu
| merahle Indian trinkets, all of which we de
| stroved or took possession of. We bivouaek
|ed around the fires in the dense hammock
! that had been occupied bv the Indians.
On the following morning the troops were
extended across the island, and scoured every
j part to the southern point of it, while the flo
! tilla moved in the same direction parallel 10
i the western side, to ascertain the trail of ihe
; enemy, leading to the innumerable small con
j sa plum islands, which checker the everglades
to the west as far as the power of vision can
extend, and to which it was supposed the In
dians had, under cover of ihe night, retired.
About three miles south of our landing we
discovered scattered trails leading to the isl
ands I have indicated. The exhausted con
dition of the troops, fatigued as they were by
having already performed a service of almost
incredible labor, and one hevonil the physical
power of men to accomplish, tinless stimu
i lated bvtlie strongest incentive which prompts
i the willing ami faithful soldier in the perform
i anre of his duty. Having ascertained that
j the Indians had retreated, after sustaining a
serous loss by capturing important personal
effects, and that nothing more could he done.
Col. Bankhead ordered a return to this post,
which we reached after dusk on the evening
of the 24th inst. Thus you will perceive that
the boast of Abiaca lias no foundation in
I truth.
| This now leading spirit anil chief of the
war parties, has no hopes of being able to re
tire to positions inaccessible to the zeal, ener
gy and promptness of tlie troops. Abiaca
; bail determined, it is said, to fight until resis
: tance was ineffectual, and then retreat to the
island of everglades —the grassy lakes, where
the “ white man could not come.” Here fie
has been disappointed, and 1 am of opinion
the moral of tills expedition will go as far, if
not farther, in inducing the Indians that are
vet in an attitude of hostility, to come to
terms, than that of the most successful battle
fought with them during tlie whole 1 car, but I
must close.”
From the N. Y. Daily Express.
.Mexico. —We have dates from Mexico
down to the 4th of March. The papers are
generally filled with matter relating to the
United Slates. The official papers contain;
a report on (lie claims of citizens of the IJ.
States for indemnification. The report sets j
forth that the greater part of the claims are!
unfounded. No explanation is given to llie
delay that has occurred in the examination of
these claims.
The conduct ofSenor Gnrnstissi, in relation
jto the celebrated pamphlet, is fully justified.
The recognition of the Independence of
Texas bv our Government is viewed as a
hostile measure. Explanations were to be de
; manded from our government.
The State of Ohio is said to have more
children in proportion to the number of in
■ kgV.jgts, tb*:t in the Uuj ! p.
SENTINEL & HEUALI),
COLU.MBU§7 APRIL 19, 1833.
The South cannot consistently support J\lr. j
Clay. This assertion is sustained by the
plainest and strongest common sense. The
South is divided from the North, especially ,
and widely, upon the great question ol aholi
tion. The principles upon which this ques
tion is balanced are entertained almost uni-!
versally by that portion of people residing
north of the Potomac; anil that portion com
pose the great mass who will, at the ballot
box, in eighteen hundred and lorty, support
Mr. Clay for the Presidency. How then can
Southern feeling and Southern principle be
enlisted in the cause of Mr. Clay ?
Whatever feeling of opposition may have
existed hitherto between Union men anil
Nutlifiers, with reference to Southern politics,
there can exist but one common feeling
amongst all Southerners with regard to the
doctrine of abolition of slavery —on this vi
tally important question, all are State Rights
wen, good and true; all will contend fora
strict construction of the Constitution. It the
South would guard vigilantly her rights, she
must watch with a keen and jealous eye,
every movement, every stroke of policy which
would aim to break down those Constitutional
barriers, which the wisdom of our fathers has
thrown around her lor her protection ; and
she must labor assiduously to prevent the
helm of government from passing into hands
by which it might be wielded with sad and
melancholy injury to her welfare and happi
ness. She has great interests at stake ; all
that belongs to her peace and happiness, yea,
even her very life, and the precious blood
which nourishes it, are solemnly, deeply, vi
tally concerned.
We have been asked, “ Why do you op
pose Mr. Clay ?” We answer, for two good
and sufficient reasons; first, because it is our
rigid and privilege to oppose the pretensions
of any man, vYho aspires to office and seeks
public favor; and second, because we belong
not to his school of politics. We have been
asked, “ Why do you charge Mr. Clay with
being an abolitionist ?” Such a charge we
have not laid at his door.
Mr. Clay is himself a slave holder, anil this
fact is at least conclusive against a desire on
his part for a universal freedom from slavery
Having for a number of years presided over
the Colonization Society, no man has enjoy
ed a more favorable opportunity of making a
generous display of Christian benevolence hv
the liberation of his slaves, than Mr. Clay
himself; yeteby him the manumissio has never
been performed. But this is not the ground
upon which we argue against his fitness to
wield the destinies of the South. It is not
contended that Mr. Clay is an abolitionist,
but that in looking to the Presidency, he is
forced to rely upon the strength of the whig
party, and especially that portion of it whichf
is found at the North. Now who does not
know, that along the ranks of the northern
whig party are thickly planted those crazy
South of her rights, and who would not hesi
tate to fire her dwellings and murder her
peace, and those are the men whose prejudi
ces must be pampered, whose unholy desires i
must be flattered, and who must have some .
expression of sympathetic feeling on the part
of a candidate, before they will yielJ him
their support. In this view of the case, what
has been the course pursued by Mr. Clay ?
Where stood he, when the resolutions of Mr.
Patton were on the tapis? Did he stand
square to the front? Was lie seen holding
up the sacred constitution of his country be
tween the oppressed South and her relentless
oppressors? No, but he occupied the posi
tion of compromise, and such a one too as
could not possibly he made without an in
fringement upon tlie constitution ! Certainly
it was his privilege, as a legislator, to take
this course if he pleased ; and tlie abolition
votes of the north would lie the more readily
secured by such a step; hut is this the kind
of legislation for us? Will the South consent
to give a solitary vole to a man who would
compromise her dearest rights? Were she
thus to forget herself, then should we say
“farewell, a long farewell to all her great
ness;” then would that pride and chivalry
which has home her in the ascendant amid
the brilliant constellation which was glittering
around her, “take the wings of the morning
and fiv away,” and she would be left stript,
not only of her constitutional rights, but also
of her self-sustaining pride and independence.
The presses in this Slate devoted to the
State Rights cause, we infer, intend support
ing Mr. Clay; it is only an inference, how
ever, for they have not as yet spoken intelli
gibly on the subject. They are fighting shy;
their movements are cautious and wary, and
well they may be, for there is a fearful split
ting in their ranks; the sub-treasury scheme
has fastened itself on the minds of many of
their party, with a grip that will not be easily
unloosed. We are anxious to see tliem rurv
up their flag and hang out their banners. It
is a fitful breeze that is blowing at this mo
ment, and there nestles ii. the bosom of appa
rent peace and tranquillity, the thunder which
will presently .break loose and convulse these
Southern Slates. The free, independent,
“self-poised” men of the South will neve’
give their support to a man for the Presi
dency, who would not bare his arm in defence
of their rights, when assailed on the floor of
Congress, and to whose administration they
could not look for succour and support in the
enjoyment of their privileges under the con
stitution.
Mr. Biddle, in his letter to Mr. Adams,
says, with reference to the banks resuming
specie payment, that they “should do what the
Americans did at New Orleans, stand behind
the cotton bales until the enemy has left the
country.” If half of what is said and written
be true, Uncle Nic has cotton bales enough,
of his own, to cover all tlie hanks in this
country.
The Superior Court commenced its sittings
on Monday last —Judge Sturgis presiding.
The way we aJ! arc sued.
Is a snr so Darv Crockett ;
And he that doubts should look
At our ap|>earance docket.
MR. CALHOUN A ‘ D MR. WEBSTER.
“ The sober zeal
Os age, commenting on prodigious tl ing-.”
Every man of lawful age, and good char
acter, come Court, — Sheriff.
‘To ou£ patrons,
The great trouble tfr.d expense attendant.,;
spoil the effort to collect out-standing debts :
cFue this office, has induced us to adopt the
| following rules, from which we shall in no
case deviat ■:
1. From and after this day, no subscrip
tions will be received out of the city, unless
paid in advance or a city reference given,
unless the name be forwarded by an agent,
i 2. Subscribers residing out of the State,
will find their accounts enclosed in this day’s
paper; and are hereby notified, that if they
fail to remit the money by the first of July,
their names will be stricken from our sub
scription list.
i 3. From and after this day, all persons
I living out of the city, except Sheriffs, Clerks
of Courts, and Post Masters, sending adver
tisements for insertion in this paper, must re
fer to some person living in the city, who will
become responsible lor the amount, or such
advertisements will not be published.
JUSTICE AWAKE.
On yesterday his Honor Judge Sturgis sen
! lenced George Stevens to fourteen years close
confinement in the Penitentiary, for stealing
negroes, mules, etc., and Thomas 13. Higgin
botham to nine years confinement, for bur
jglary and stealing from house. A few ex
amples of this sort will go far to correct the
j evils which flood this country. The law is
wholesome, and if rigidly administered will
: prove a blessing to the community.
The great New York election for Mayor
has closed in favor of Aaron Clark, (whig) by
a majority of 202 votes. The whole number
if votes polled was 39,450, the largest vote
ever given in the City of New York.
THE ANTI-DUELLING BILL
Has passed the Senate by a decisive ma
jority. The bill, as modified, provides, that
! any person engaged in a duel, as principal, or
| second, or friend, shall be imprisoned in the
penitentiary not more than ten, nor less than
five years, at the discretion of the Court.
THE BANK CONVENTION
Has decided by a vote of thirteen to five,
to report in favor of the appointment of a day
for the general resumption. The number of
delegates who had taken their seats in the
convention on the 13th, was one hundred and
forty-three. The convention has not fixed on
the time for resumption—October and Janu-
I ary are spoken of. The policy recommended
| by the convention looks to a gradual and pro
gressive, rather than a sudden and forced
resumption. A committee will he appointed
to visit Washington, with a view to ascertain
the intentions of Government. It is confi
dently stated that Mr. Van Buren will favor
the views of the convention.
“Why should Messrs. Van Buren and
Rives decline any longer a generous co-ope
ration for the public service?”— Ritchie.
There is no good reason why they should
not act harmoniously, and this is the impor-
Innl Imnr in which they shnnl/t bellin The
public good calls loudly for united action in
the ranks of democracy. Ami, we would ask,
why will not the venerable editor of the
Richmond Enquirer cease to advocate his
pet bank scheme, and come to the aid of the
administration with his influence and abilities?
Answer us this question, father Ritchie. We
who have hut just taken our seat in the edi
torial chair, naturally look up to you as the
father of the press, and listen fir counsel and
instruction from vour experience and wisdom.
How are we lost in amazement when to-day
we read your fervent exhortations to unani
mity and concert of action, and to morrow
hear 30U decry the sub-treasury scheme and
eulogise the Slate Bank system. In the lan
guage of the able editor himself we say,
“hush your dissensions—cease these distinc
tions of sub-treasury men and of Conserva
tives —away with ail subordinate questions,”
and let us have the full benefit of your prac
tised and skilful pen.
We ask attention to the article in another
column, addressed “to the Republicans of
Virginia—and at Washington.”
BIDDLE AN'.i BENNETT.
Two distinguished, revolutionizing, agita
; ting, characters, whose history will descend
; to posterity as being most intimately indenti
fied with the scenes and transactions of the
nineteenth century. Biddle has addressed a
long argumentative letter to John Quincy
Adams, upon the impolicy of a general re
sumption on the part of the hanks, in which
he shows himself to he master of tire subject
of financiering, in all its departments; and
Bennett writes the production of Mr. Biddle
a total failure, and says that it fell “ still
born upon Wall street,” and that “his talents,
as a financier, are seriously questioned.” In
another column will be found Bennett’s arti
cle ; it devclopes new arrangements and
plans, which, if carried out, will throw Mr.
Biddle in the shade and make Mr. Van Buren
tire most popular man that ever lived “in the
i tide of time.” Bennett may possibly he wri
ting lor posterity, that is to make money lor
| his children, but if what lie asserts be true,
i (and we would never dream ot doubting his
; worth) the present administration will stand
firm as the rock of Gihralter, the efforts of
Mr. Clay, and his partizans, to the contrary
notwithstanding. Go it Bwmctt! \ou are;
ri<rht for once, and whether the projects ■
® ‘
| spoken of are ever matured or not, in any
| event you will he the gainer. Biddle is a
i great financier, hut too much money has made
him mad. Bennett is in all things a perfect
jularkcr.
The Bank of I Vest Florida. —This institu
tion, we understand, has been re-org nitid, j
and is about to re-commence operations in
this city under the most favorable auspices.
The old bills have been called in, and will be
paid off at sight. The stock is in the hands
of substantial capitalists who are making ar
rangements to place the affairs ot the Bank
On the roost respectable footing. At a rneet
; in<* of tfie Stockholders htkl in this city on
the 21 inst. the following gentlemen were
elected Directors for the present year, viz :
H. Stevenson, A. G. Senimes, E. “ ‘>oJ,
John Locke, John T. Mv'rick, P. 3N • Gautier,
Jr. and A. K. Allison.
And at a meeting of the Board, H. Steven
! son was elected President, and J. C. \*
; Cxshier. . ~ .
With (he standing and business habits ol
most of these gentlemen, the public are well
j acquainted, and afford ample guarantee that
the corcerns of the institution will be well;
1 managed. — dpuluchizola Gazcltz. *
from the Ricfitn uul EiKjAirer.
TO THE REPUBLICANS OK VIRGINIA—
AND AT WASHINGTON !
The conduct of the Bank of the United
Stales ought to arouse you. Ymi see this
tremendous ittslitulion abusing its charter,
extending its powers, tampering with the
other Banks, ami obstructing their return to
specie payments, it is pressing for a re-ehar
ter, —and dark was the day when Pennsylva
nia gave her a charter, yet still darker will be
the day when the United States shall consent
to re-charter her. It is that triumph, which
she is seeking to gain over the Republican
party; over the Constitution; over Liberty
herself. It is that victory, which Messrs.
Clay and Webster, and the Whigs, are labor
ing to wring from the fears and distresses ol
an embarrassed community.
! And will you contribute to nvssist her by
your own divisions? Shame! Shame! that
the Democracy of the land should continue to
wrangle about a subordinate question—break
down their ranks; and permit this selfish and
dangerous monster 10 rule the only Republic
upon the face of the globe. In the name of
the Constitution; in the name of Liberty;
!by those splendid victories which you have
| so often won over the friends of the National j
IBank, hush your dissentions—cease these j
distinctions of Sub-Treasury men and of Con- j
servalives—re unite, rally together, and save;
the Republic from the abominable aristocracy
of this National Bank.
People of Virginia! Your own elections
are at hand. Banish these sounds of discord j
from your camp. Go to the polls, and vote |
for no candidate who will not pledge himself,
to fight in the last ditch against the National
Batik. Mr. Clay is its ardent and decided
friend. Vote for no man who will support
him. Before Congress adjourns, you will see
the Whig members of that body caucusing
and recommending a Convention, which is to
I nominate a Whig candidate for the Presi
dency. Mr. Clav is to he that man. Clay
and the National Bank—or, Van Boren and
:an uncompromising hostility to a National
Bank, is the true issue before you. Meet that
issue boldly and directly. Should a majority j
of Whigs be sent to the next Legislature,;
mark it! yrtu w II see a Whig elected to the
Senate of the United States, and you will
I probably see a resolution passed in favor of
chartering a Bank of the United States.
We call also upon the Republicans of Con
gress to abandon Iheir disputes, and to rally
together. The Sub-Treasury bill cannot
pass. It is out of the question. Settle your
dispute then in an amicable temper ; and
march together against the Money King, who
threatens dictation to our country. Why
should Messrs. Van Buren and Rives decline
anv longer a generous co-operation for the
public service ? Away with those subordi
nate questions upon which they have re
cently differed! Away with every feeling
which has separated them in the slightest de
gree! Their parfv, and what, is more, their
country, demands it at their hands. Tt is not
too late to save us from a National Bank; if
vve lay all our and fferences of oninion upon the
altar of our country. Mr. Hamer, of Ohio,
has nobly set them the example. He has
come forward in 1 lie spirit, of a patriot to
staunch ihe wounds of a Weeding commu
nity. The spirit in which he lias offered his
resolution is a glenm of hope—and promises
the dawn of a better day. As one of the
most distinguished persons at Washington
writes its, let the Slate Banks he assisted bv
the liberal policy of the Government, and
“ our recent disputes will soon he forgotten—
our family jars will be healed, and vve shal
again go forth, conquering and to conquer,
under our Rep Uican banner.”
But will Hamer stand nfone? We call upon
JVf r Rl'nbin I** J.o J ;-c wliioj, JuO
has given in his late able speech. Will not
his potential voice he heard at the present
portentous crisis ? We invoke him to assist
the resumption flag, and strike down the sin
ister designs of this monied monster.
From the Washington Chronicle.
MR. ALEXANDER HAMILTON’S VIEWS
COMPARED WITH THE VIEWS OF
MR. THOMAS RITCHIE.
Our readers will recrollcct that we, some
time since, pointed out the mode in which
Mr. Hamilton, while Secretary of the Trea
sury, evaded the express provisions < f the act
of 1789, requiring “ gold and silver coin only ”
in payment of the public dues, —and by the
three of construction, legislated paper issues
into money. We promised at the time to
show the considerations urged in support of
this unwarrantable act on the part of Mr.
Hamilton; and to contrast—or rather com
pare them with the considerations now urged
by Mr. Ritchie in favor of his proposed re
union of the Government with the Banks. It
is profitable to examine the views of great
men —for Mr Hamilton was certainly a great
man in the estimation of the whole country ;
and Mr Ritchie falls not below him, at least,
in his own estimation. We feel no disposi
tion to controvert the correctness of the judg
ment in cither case.
By the terms of the act of 1789, establish
ing the Treasury Department, “ gold and sil
ver coin only,” as vve have said, were made
receivable in payment of tlie public dues.
The act in other respects, went upon (lie
identical principle now constituting the basis
of what is called the Sub-treasury scheme.
The public moneys were to he collected, kept
and disbursed by the officers of the Treasury,
without the intervention of anv banks what
ever, either as depositories or fiscal agents.
And there was no cry at the time about
the “union of the Purse and Sword.” This
was reserved for modern agitators and panic
makers.
Mr. Hamilton, as vve have said, construed
the law so as to abolish the section requiring
the payment of “ gold and silver coin only ”
and to introduce in their place, bank paper.
The following reasons fir this usurpation, are
taken from his report in Congress of the 22d
of April, 1790—We beg particular attention,
to them; —for they contain in substance, alt
that we now hear from the Nationals and
their allies, tlie Conservatives. After con
struing the 30th section of the act so as to
permit “ receipt of the votes of public banks,
issued on a specie fund.” and giving his rea
sons, in part for such construction, he pro
ceeds as follows:
•‘Such were the reflections of the Secretary
with regard to the authority to permit hank
notes to be taken in payment of tlie duties.
The expediency of doing it appeared to him
to be still less questionable. The extension
of their circulation —(to wit of ihe banks.) by
tlie measure, is calculated both to increase
the ability and the inclination of the hanks to
aid the Government. It also accelerates the
command of the product of the revenues fir
the public service, and it facilitates the pay
ment of duties. It has the first effect, —be-
cause the course of business occasions tlie
notes to he sent before hand to distant places;
and being ready on the spot, either for pay
ment or exchange, the first post after the du
ties became payable, or arc received, conveys
them to the Treasury. The substitution of
Treasury drafts, anticipating the duties, could
hardly he made without some sacrifices on
the part of the public. As they would be
drawn upon time, and upon the expectation!
of funds to he collected, and of course, con
tingent ; it is not probable that they would
obtain a ready sale, hut at discount, or upon
a long credit. As they would also he more
or Ipss liable to accident, from the failure of
exjtected payments; there would be. continu
ally, a degree ofhazard to public credit. And
to other considerations, it mav he added,
that the practice of a ticipations of this kind,
is, in its nature, so capable of abuse, as to
render it an ineligible instrument of adminis
tration, in ordinary cases and fit only for times
of necessity.
■ “I; tli?-idea of anticipation should he e;-;-
efudeff, then the defying’ Wholly on Treasury
drafts would be productive of considerable de
lay. Kite knowledge that funds were in hand
must precede the issuing of them. Here
would of course be some loss of time. And
as the moment of demand, created by the
course of business, would frequently elapse,-
there would, as frequently, he a farther loss
of time in waiting litr anew demand. In
such intervals, the public service would suffer
—the specie would be locked up, and circulation
checked. Banknotes being a convenient spe
cies of money , whatever increases their circu
lation, increase the quantity of current money.
Hence, the payment ofdulies is doubly pro
moted by their aid ; they at once add to the
quantity of medium, and serve to prevent the
stagnation of specie.
“ The tendency of the measure to lessen
the necessity of drawing specie from distant
places to the seat of Government results from
the foregoing considerations. The slow ope
ration of Treasury drafts would frequently
involve a necessity of bringing on specie, to
answer the exigences of Government; the
avoiding of which, as much as possible, in
the particular situation of this country, need
not he insisted upon.
“ But, convinced as the Secretary is of the
usefulness of the regulation, yet considering
the nature of the clause upon which these
remarks arise, he thought it his duty to bring
the subject under the eye of tlie Hoh*v. The
measure is considered by all conCtnied- to
be temporary.
“ Indeed, whenever a National Bank shall
be instituted, some new disposition of the
tiling will be a matter of course.”
Such were Ihe views of Mr. Hamilton, the
great apostle of the Federal party, in regard
to the usefulness of abolishing the currency ot
the Constitution, as recognized by express
law, and the substitution of an unconstitution
al currency issued by private corporations for
their own exclusive benefit. If the reader
will take the trouble to compare them with
the daily contributions of the Richmond En-\,
quirer and its new allies, he will find how ex-*
actlv they tally in form and substance. In
deed, the new convert, touched by the wand
of the banks, goes a how-shot beyond his
teacher. Mr. Hamilton called bank notes
only a species of money.” —while Mr. Ritchie
and his associates would have us believe they
are, or ought to be, the only money. Mr.
Hamilton proposed onlv to receive the note*
of hanks in payment of public dues; hut Mr.
Ritchie would have us not only to receive
them, hut make tiie hanks themselves the fis
cal agents of the government. Mr, Hamil
ton did not propose to substitute an establish
ed Department of the Government W recog
nizing agents unknown to the Constitution
nor to place the public funds frr the hands of
trading rorporat'ons; bn* Mr. Ritchie would
have us to do h >th. Nav, he would ha"r us,
bv law, to organize and constitute the Stale
hanks as a substantial, distinct, and essential
part of the Federal Government, —thus ad
ding to the money ‘nfluence proper to the
j Government, arising from the power 1o lay
land collect taxes, the enormous influence of
the whole money power of all the hanks in
the States of the Union. Mr. HamiTfop pro
posed the expedient only as a temporary mea
sure: hut Mr. Ritchie would engraft it of
the Government as a permanent system f — *
Thus docs the acorn of Federalism, under the
fostering hand of time and culture, sprout,
grow up, and east abroad its over-shadowing
branches. At first, the revenues, or a* par*
of them, were only allowed. agairut the di
rect and positive provision of law, to ne paid
in hank notes. Next, their notes are made nr
legal tender in payment of public dues Then,
the banks themselves are admitted into the
citadel, an 1 finally become masters of the
oarer n<l <l- innc. tie— to he
made the receivers, keepers, and didntrsert
of the entire funds of the public—thus absorb
ing and exercising one of the most responsi
ble. delicate, important, and cs:rtfl office*
of Government rtse'l f
—“can such thin"* lie g ,
Anti overcome us like a summer's ‘iuod",
Without our special wonder ?
But why remnnstra le ? Mr. Rilehie tell*
ihe people of Virginia that these - vreW* of hi*
and Mr. Hamilton arc sound Slate ftigfito
views, and the policy recommended wise and
expedient, and they believe him. He lias
taken up the Hamiltonian notion that “Bank
notes urea convenient species of money, and
that whatever their circulation, increases the
quantity of current money.”’ Hence, to pre
vent “ specie from being locked tip, and cir
culation frem being checked,” bank notes
must he received in payment of the public
dues. Well, they were received, and ti e
“ circulation was increased, and the quantity
of current money” with it. The bubble
swelled to the utmost limits, and then—aston
ishing fact! bursted! Welt, what now, Mr.
! Ritchie? What shall we do next? What
shall vve do to “ add to the quantity rs me
dium and prevent the stagnation of specie T*
“ Why” says this Hamiltonian Financier,
“ you must now receive bank notes, in order
to enable the banks to curtail their circulation,
and resume payments in spicie /” Admira
ble ingenuity ! Wonderful profoundness in
finance? First, receive tank notes in order
to increase their circulation, and thus pre
vent the stagnation of specie, and then re
ceive them tn order to diminish their circula
tion, and increase tlie quantity of specie !
This is a precious prescription, and discovers
a profound knowledge of financial pathology.
It depletes in cases of plethora, and strength
ens in cases of depletion. A people that can
he imposed upon by such quackery deserve
to suffer the penalty of their lolly.
GEN. JESUP.
While vve disapprove of the course of
Gen. Jesup in countenancing the desire of
the remaining Seminolcs to occupy the ex-*
treme southern portion ofEast Florida, how
ever “ totally unfit for man to live in,” as
that section is represented to he, vve are dis
posed to render justice to Gin. Jesup’s mo
tives, though vve rannoi hut condemn, in ad
vance, the effects of his policy. He was,
however, vve are credibly informed, “fully
sustained by every general and field officer’
in the course which lie adapted at the
council of the seventh, eighth and ninth of
February.” In common with n admi
ring counlrv for the sacrifices which our
! army in Florida have borne without a mur
mur, vve would, if we could, cheerfully relieve
them trom such unglorious warfare, but, apart
from the injurious effects, a compliance with
the expressed wishes of the Serninoles would
cause upon the powerful Indians f the west,
the unlicensed resort which would exist or*
cur southern border, for the outlawed fugiv
tive from labor, would secure the general dis
approbation of the southern people.
We trust that Ihe last, and as vve view if,
correct stroke of pofrev on the part of General
Jessup in ordering the recent capture ofimore
than 500 Indians, in connexion with the ex
peditions of Col. Bulkhead and other officers*
of our gallant army, will induce the remnant
of the Florida Indians to listen tn*terms ofre
movat from a soil of which policy as well a - *
humanity forbid their longer occupation.
Georgian.
Excitement. —A man drinks three glasses,
and he is in a stale of excitement. A per
son receives a box on the ear, and he is ex
cited. You stick your plbovv in a fellow
hoarder’s soup at table and l e is excited. You
cal! a man a thief or a liar and he is excited.
You kick him with a sharp toed boot and he
is excited. You pull his nose or spit is his
face, and he is excited. 111 short, vow can do
nothing in the world without creating excite
ment—save one thing: hire a man to saw
j wood hy the day, ami such an example of
j coolness and Christian patience as he will ex
hibit is enough to kill old folks.