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Fi wn th Washing! *n Chronicle.
A FEW PLAIN QUESTIONS ADDRESSED
TO THE WHIG PAPERS IN THE
SOUTHERN STATES.
Ym will readily admit that, whatever may
be thought of (lie number or inHueuco ol the
ah tiilionuU, toe principles on winch their
priceedings are baaed, regarded in a political
point ol” view, are of tlie deepest interest to
the wh le country, and especially to the
South. We speak not of the moral or eco
nointcal, but of the political question—for
whatever opinions may be entertained of sla
very, resects the moral law, or as regards
mere pecuniary interests, the principles and
pursues of the abolitionist* must be consider
ed as at open wtr with the entire spirit of the
political com >act under which we live.
In this point of view then, the suhject is
one of the deepest concern to the slavehold
ing States, and to the Union. Separating
the question from all connection with political
parties, and you will, without, perhaps, an
exception, concur in this conclusion. You
will unite in the opinion that the subject is
one of solemn import to the South. Under
the same circumstances, too, you will, with
equal unanimity, acknowledge the importance
of keeping the Southern people fully inform
ed of the proceedings and p r ogress of these
avowed enemies of their jieculiar institutions.
With these preliminary remarks we will
respectfullv submit a few plain questions
which we ask of you c m li lly to answer, as
men having public dunes to perlonu, and as
accountable to the public for their faithful
perf irnnnce.
First question. At the commencement
of the present session of Congress, certain in
dividuals belonging to a certain jwlitical party,
were ro offensive and insulting in their anim
adversi ins in relation to slavery and slave-
They h-ld a general meeting, at which all
the Representatives from the slaveholding
States were invited, with a view to devise
and determine upon some certain course of
proceeding in defence of fhemsalvt* and their
constituents. Certain distinguished individu
als belonging to the party of which the as
sailant* were members, declined attending
the meeting or participating in its delibera
tions. N-w, WHY HAVE YOU FAILED
TO CENSURE THESE INDIVIDU
ALS, AND TO EXPOSE THEIR CON
DUCT FULLY TO THE PUBLIC ?
Second question. The meeting referred
to above adopted a resolution, the sole object
of which was, to prevent the agitation of the
subject of slavery in Congress, and thus to
preserve harmony in the public councils, and
to prevent an useless, if not a mischievous
consumption of time. This resolution was
presented to the House and adopted by a ma
jority on full vote. Os course members of
all political pieties must have voted for or
against it. We have carefully examined the
Journals, and laid before the country a tabu
lar statement containing the names of the re
spective members, and showing the political
complexion of the advocates and opponents of
the resolution! NOW. WHY HAVE YOU
SUPPRESSED THESE FACTS?
Third question. Subsequently to the
period 10 which we have referred, a resolu
tion was introduced by a distinguished mem
ber of a certain political party, to rescind the
resolution, against which lie had originally
voted. The effect of this proceeding would
have been to open the whole question again
for discussion, and indirectly to repudiate the
principle* involved in the original resolution
iUelf. On this proposition, (substantially,) the
vote was again taken in a lull House, and we
laid before the public a statement of the year
an 1 nays , carefully prepared from the Jour
nals, and showing, as in the first case, the po
litical character of each. NOW, WHY
HAVE YOU SUPPRESSED THESE
FAC I S r
Fourth question. At the late election
for Governor and members of Assembly in
tiie State of New H impshire, the Anti-Sla
very Society of the Slate, through its Secre
tary, propounded to the candidates certain
interrogatories, bearing directly on the ques
tilMl .rr ~W ‘VTVI.r, .. . ...
Columbia—m the Territories, and between
the States. These inquiries were made for
the express purpose of enabling the abolition
ists, as a body, so to cast their votes as to
advance the cause in which they are e
giged. The opposing candidates were of
ditierent political patties, ami each answered
the interrogatories promptly and fully. The
correspondence was published at length, and
laid helorp the counlrv. NOW, WHY
HAVE YOU SUPPRESSED THESE
FACTS?
Fifth question. Just before the adjourn
ment of Hie General Assembly ol ihe State
of New York, certain resolutions were intro
duced by a leading member of a certain poli
tical party, having lor one of their objects, the
rescinding of the resolution adopted bv the
House of Representatives of the United
States, referred to in the first question.—
These resolutions were warmly discussed,
and finally adopted bv a strict party vote, in
the lower House, ami sent to the Senate for
concurrence, where they were rejected by a
strict party vote. A large majority of the
lower House is composed of one political
party, and a small majority of the Senate ol
another. Tne circumstances attending the
whole transaction were detailed at length—
and the political character of the advocates
and opponents of the resolutions shown in a
letter front one of the members of the Legis
lature to the editor of the Emancpator.—
These things have been published and laid
before the country. NOW. WHY HAVE
YOU SUPPRESSED THEM ?
Sixth question. At the late session of the
Legislature of Massachusetts, sundry peti
tions in reference to slavery were presented
to that body, and referred to a joint select
committee of both H mses, which, aft r full
deliberation, returned an ela Imirate report,
full of positions and p'inciples at war with
the right*, interests and safety of the South
rn people; and concluding with a series of;
resolutions utterly subversive of the Convtitu-!
tion, and fatal to the Union, of wh ch it is!
the bond. This rejxirt and resolutions were i
discussed at length, adopted bv large majori-;
t'e* in both H u*es, and printed in pamphlet
for circulation. A certain political parlv had j
S vast ascendency in both Houses; and;
tvery m-mber of it, save on in both Houses, I
vot£d for the report and resolutions—and J
every member of the other party in the Le- j
gislature voted against them. These mat- {
ten were com n inicated to us. an! we laid ;
them before the country, as bung, in them
selves, deserving of serious consideration— ;
coming as they did, from the General Assem
ble of one of th® sovereign Slates of the con
federacy. NOW. WHY HAVE YOU
SUPPRESSED THESE FAC TS ?
We put the** tnterrog i tories to you not
in any iifVhniitlinc; spirit ; h it, simply with
a view of a~resting vour attention,--and’ bv
this means, of inducing von to pause in vour
career. H*lns gained little hv px t or ience.
•ni hrss Ky observation, who has foiled to
discover the pxft“ss i no winch men are hur
ried when once fully in the current o'* polit'cal
parties. 11,I 1 , in thp as it were, of a
contest which must inrr*isp excitement as
it progresses, vou feel j istifi *.l i n sutyi-essing
information of sue > vital interest in the co*iT
nvtnifv. what will vou nat do when in the full’
furv of the conflict ? Depend up.*n it vou !
will forget every dutv—disregard every dan
ger—nor heed the volcano,-though you stand
upon the verge of the crater, and its jets cover
you with the stones, the ashes and the flame
We do not intend to intimate that you are
friendly to the principles avowed in the pro
ceeding* to which we-have referred— nor to
Hfijvjte to you assign to advance d** ohv-e*
of those concerned in th*m. We know bet
ter. But if they had been calculated to in
jure the individuals novo in power , would you
nave suppressed them ? Nn; you would not.
You would have scattered them far and wide.
Each one of your journals would have been
a political inortar to throw them, as so many
flaming rockets, into the midst of every vil
lage mid hamlet of the country, where they
would have bursted and cast their contents
into every house. And are they of less inter
est or importance to the community, because
they do not bear hardly on the individuals in
power , hut on the individuals who are seeking
to obtainpotver ? Does this change their na
ture —.heir tendency—their principle* or their
purposes?
We have said that we do not mean to
charge you wgli any friendship for, or design
to advance the cause of abolition, or even the
leading political principles of the party who
are ihe authors of these proceedings. We do
not trace your suppression of them to this
source. We wish that we could do so, not
for ours, but for your sake*. Your conduct,
in such case, might be regarded as having, at
least liberality of spirit, and enlargement of
object, however it might lie considered as un
wise and even dangerous. Under this plea,
you might oiler palliatin ‘ circumstances in
mitigation of censure. You might declare
that you sincerely regarded the success ol the
party, in its political and social policy, as inti
mately identified with the peace, happiness
and prosperity of the country —and that, bv
suppressing these important facts, you were
honestly aiming • promote this great object.
Liberal men, in such case, might pity, it they
did not pardon your infatuation. But you
yourselves disavow all connection with these
men, and indignantly denounce those who
would tax you with favoring their principle*
~.,.1 policy. I( is not on this a return* then—
it is not from identity of feelings, interests, or
aims—nor yet from any tenderness towards
them as men, or political associates, that you
have suppressed the proceedings to which we
have referred.
What, then, i* th* reason of this extraordi
dary conduct ? There must be some reason
for it—for men do not, as individuals, act
without a motive, much less in political mass
es. We will tell you what we think is the
reason. You force the unwelcome conclu
sion upon u against our will, viz: You
FEAR THAT THE KNOWI EDGE OF THESE FACTS.
AND THE S r URCE WHENCE THEY PROCEED. MAY
INJURE THE PROSPECTS OF A CERAIN INDI
VIDUAL WHOM YOU PROPOSE TO MAKE PRE
SIDENT of the United States. This is the
only solution of the matter vve can give ; and
the only one which seems to lie countenanced
by your admissions and course of conduct.
And now, do you believe that the commu
nity to whom you are responsible, are so de
ficient in self-respect—so insensible to their
true interests—and so hoodwinked hv party
prejudices, as to permit you to make them
the dupes and victims of individual ambition,
by placing the interests of a SINGLE MAN
above theirs ? You would do wisely to jhiii*
der the question well. Your power over pub
lic opinion and action is not so unlimited as
yourselFlove.and iheassurances of your lead
ers, may slitter you with. The times in
which we live are eminently distinguished for
free inquiry and independent thought; and if
there he a community so profoundly stupid,
or ignobly mad. as to allow itself to be im
posed upon thus—then will the historian have
to write the record of a people in the nine
teenth century who, for besotted ignorance
and slavish degradation, ean find no parallel
in the darkest ages of the past.
From the Massilon (Ohio) Gazette.
RETURN OF THE CAPTIVE.
Our citizens, yesterday morning, were in
troduced to the acquaintance of J *hn Wood,
a man whose tale of sorrow could not fail of
interesting the heart, however cal’ou;, how
ever pro eto incredulity. A meagre sketch
can only be given now. The ample history
of his misfortunes may hereafter be presented
to the world ; and if given bv a master hand
will command the interest, and enlist the
.-.e,,}.-./wrMl? rnW,n ‘taiimf-f-’cirA
bookstores and insult our taste, shall have
become despised and forgotten.
In the war of 1812, John Wood, now sis v
years old. was a young and industrious farm
er in Bracken county, Kentucky. He was
the husband of a young and interesiiug wo
man, and the father of two infant children.
He was living in hanpiness on a farm which
he had earned bv his industry, when the gal
lant Captain Butler (who afterwards fell a
the capture of the British batteries, nt Fort
Meigs) raised his flag, and solicited the hardy
Kentuckians of B aeken county to enrol them
selves among the defenders of their country.
John Wood was one of the number. He
suffered all the privations to which ihe armv
of the northwest was exposed, during the dis
astrous campaign which resulted in the defeat
of Winchester at the river Raisin. By good
fortune he escaped the tomahawk of the sa
vage allies of Great Britain, and was sent a
prisoner of war lo Quebec.
He was next, with other American prison
ers, despatched in a transport to Plymouth.
England ; accompanied bv a crowd of fellow
prisoners, he was about to he transferred to
Dartmouth, when he found an opportunity to
elude his guards and make bis escape. He
wandered through the country, stealing thro’
hvwavs, until be found himself at Bristol.
Hunger compelled him to enter a <ropery. the
head quarters of a press-gang. Here lie was
pressed, and despite bis protestations that be
was a citizen of the United States, and a fu
gitive prisoner of war, facts which might have
been easily proven bv reference to the mili
tary authorities at Plymouth, be was hurried
on board His Majesty’s ffigate Sea Horse,
then the flag ship of the celebrated Sir Peter
Parker, and compelled to bear arms against
his own countrymen.
On hoard the Sea Horse were several other
Americans, who, like Wood, had fallen vic
tims to the B-itish system of impressment.
They determined on desertion; and when
lying in the p>rt of St. John’s, thev succ.eed
jed in securing a boat, in an extremely dark
i night, and attempted to reach the eastern
5 coast of the state of Maine. Thev were in
stantly pursued, and were nhliged to desert
their boat on the shore of New Brunswick,
j and seek safetvjn the woods. After wander
i ing about (or two dnvs, exhausted with cold,
i and hunger and fatigue, thev we>-e appre
! hended hy a party of British soldiers, and
| again transferred to the Sea H'r<jp. The
| punishment that followed this act of desertion,
j was infleted with all that ingenious rpfine
j ment of cruelty for which the British navv is
so o’di'h'-'itpd.
The S“a Horse, attached to the squadron
under Admiral Cockhurn, was shortly after
-1 wards ordered info the Chesapeake, and tvk
! an active part in the mhh'ng. hurning, and
i murdering of the d'fenceless inhabitants ofo
! the const. Mr. W> od and ’lie in>p r essp't;
Americans never taermitteil to leave
thejr vessel. H a was on board on the night i
when Sir P->fer Picker rri“t his fote on sho-e. i
\ fevv da vs subsequent to this event, he. in!
e.ooipmv with seven other hmnre*ed Amerj.j
cans, attempted an escape in hroad divlinht. i
hv hobllv jumping into a boat alongside, and
pulling ranid'v fir the shorn. One o<* the
number was shot hv the sentinel on dutv.
The others reached the beach, hu* were an
nrehended. immediately on landing, hv a party
of marauders belonging to the Sea Horse.
Bv order of Admiral Cockhurn, they were
s p nt in irons to Nova Scotia, where, a(te f !
undergoing a trial, thev were sentenced to he
shot. The sentence, however, was commo-
I ted to service for life in his Britannic Majes
jiv’sarmv in the Ea-t Indies. They were!
accordingly and h
with a regiment of newly levied recruits, des
patched to Calcutta. For twenty-one years,
Mr. Wood served as a private soldier in tlie
East India service; and eighteen months
since, when broken down in spirit and in
constitution, he was permitted to sail for En
gland. Destitute and heart-broken, he reached
London, stated his case to the United States
consul, and by him was furnished with tlie
means of reaching New York. He left New
York in January, and wended his weary pil
grimage toward the home of his childhood.
It is r.mv twenty-six years since he left his
wife and children in Kentucky; and not one
syllable has he heard, relative to their situa
tion, since the moment of their separation.
The citizens here forced a few dollars upon
him, for, poor and decrepid as he is, lie still
possesses all the pride of a Kentuckian, and
sent him on his wav in th 2 stage to Wells
vilie. from which town he intends to embark
on board a steamboat for Augusta, in Ken
tucky.
Fancy cannot help asking—what is now
that home to which the war-h oken wanderer
is returning? Will the wife of his vouth be
readv. in the fidelity of her rarlv love, to bail
the return of her lost husband ? Or will her
duty and a factions have been given to aim
ther? Or will she be reposing beneath the
clods of the valley? \nd his children! If
living, thev must have long since entered
upon the biifv scenes c*"life. W ill thev take
•he weary pilgrim to their homes and to iheir
bosom*? A thousand overpowering emotions
must rush upon the old mans hea r t, as his
wearv footstep approaches the <?pnt that once
was home! Fancy ennn fill the picture.
Mav H- who “ tempers the wine to the shorn
lamb,” support the aged wanderer in that
eventful moment, weich is soon to witnesa
either the ecstaev of bis happiness, or the
uflcr drm*lititn nfh’R hops.
From the Lincoln (Main#*) Patriot.
FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. CILLEY.
On Thursday last, in company with a num
ber of our citizens, we visited Thomaston for
the put pose of paying our last sad tribute, to
the remains of the beloved and lamented
Hon. Jonathan Cillev.
At about one o'clock, the relatives, and a
number of ihe friends of the deceased, as
sembled at his late dwelling, and proceeded
thence to the Rev. Mr Wood hull’s meeting
house, where the appropriate funeral servi
ces were performed. The sermon was deliv
ered by tlie Rev. Job Washburn, and was
an effort which reflected much credit upon
him. He reverted to the stand which Mr.
Cilley bad occupied in hi* town, in the Sta'e,
and in the nation, and the loss that each had
sustained by the hand of violence, thus de
priving the public and society of so valuable
and useful a member. He then, in a feeling
and impressive manner, addressed the widow
and relatives of the deceased ; and as he por
trayed the kind and indulgent husband, tie*
affectionate father, and worthy and dutiful
son, mere were not a few who slvd a sym
pathising tear to his memory. And could
the murderer* of the noble, high-minded Cil
ley, have been present on that Lilly touching
occasion, and seen the heart-stricken widow
of his bosom bowed down with grief, the woe
worn countenance of her aged father, the sor
.ow of each of his relatives, and immediate
friends, and the deep feeling manifested by
all on that truly melancholy occasion, a seme
would have been presented to them which
would haunt their recollection asking as mem
ory did its oflice.
Afier the sermon and prayer, Mr. Wash
burn announced the 528th hymn, from W iu
cliell’s Watts, of the selections; and, before
reading, he said there was a singular circum
stance attending the selection of this hymn,
which he would relate. It was in substance
a* follows: On the Sunday succeeding the
Saturday on which Mr. Cilley was shot, Mrs.
Cilley took her Hymn Book and accidently
opened to this place ; as she read this hymn
her sensations were peculiar, so much so, as to
induce her to take her p ncil and mark the
ivmn. At the time she did not know that
Mr. Cilley lay dead, or had the most distant
bought that his life vyas in. ieooardv—-so jjjx;
• hat any thing was about to happen to him,
hut more particularly to herself. For weeks
after she learned ihe melancholy fate of her
husband, she did not think of the circumstan
ces attendant upon the reading of this hymn;
and it was not until the same pec liar sen
sations came over her which she experienced
at the time she read if, that the thought
of it again recurred to her mind. She then
turned to it, and to enable the reader to see
how truly it pictured her case, how appro
priate the sentiments contained in it, we have
subjoined it.
Far. far o’er hill and dale, on the winds stealing,
List to the tolling bell, mournfully pealing :
Hark! hark! it seem to say,
As melt those sounds away,
So life’s best joys decay,
Whilst new their feeling.
Now through the charmed air, slowly ascending,
Lut to the mourner’s prayer solemnly bending :
Hark ! hark ! it seems to say,
Turn from those jovs away
To those which ne’er decay,
For ife is ending.
O’er a father's disma tomb, see the orphan bending,
From the solemn church yard’s gloom, hear the dirge
ascending.
Haik ! hark ! it seems to say,
How short ambition’s sway,
Life’s joys and friendship’s ray,
In the dark grave ending.
So when our mortal ties, death shad dissever.
Lord may w reach the skies, where care comes
never:
And in eternal day,
Joining the angel’s lay,
To our Creator pav
Homage forever.
After the services the prncession was again
formed, and proceeded it) the ** Elm Grove
Cemetery,” where the remains of the lament
ed Cilley were deposited in a tomb, prepared
tor him by the citizens of Thomsstoii, over
which it is intended to erect a suitable monu
ment to his memory.
The meeting house was crowded, there
being about Reven bund red people present,
and had not the day been unpleasant, and
the roads almost impassable, it was judged
that the concourse would have been im
mense.
From the Boston Post.
The Trotting Match, on Thursday, was
for SSOO aside—three miles and repeat, in
saddle—over the Cambridge Trotting Park,
between a sorrel horse called “ Billv,” owned
by Mr. Lull, of this city, and a hay mare
c died ‘‘Ellen,” owned by Mr. Goodrich, of
N. Y. The horse was rode bv Mr. Reid, of
Hertford, weighing, with Ins saddle, 104
founds. The mare was rode hy Mr. George
Edwards, of this city, weighing, with his sad
dle, 142 pounds. At a quarter of four o’clock
the horses were brought to the starting post,
and the word “go” was given hv the judges.
Ellen had the pole at the start, but before ma
king the turn Billy took it firom her, and kept
it the first mile—the mare, however, coming
in half a neck ahead on the first quarter of the
second mile. Ellen made a “ rush” at Billy,
and took the pole—Billv made a desperate!
struggle, and “drop!” into his as ifde- ;
terminer! to find how mi'.,': “go along” El-;
len had; and so he did. tor they were neck
and nec’r until coming up the straight side. |
when Ellen h r oke, and Billv then made a j
“ hig gap.” The mare soon wpnt to her
work again, made up the “ gap” and headed
the horse hy half a length, kept her place,
coming in ahead of the horse tire second mile
about a length. Here the horse “rushed” at
Ellen, nd thestruggle was tremendous; they
could have both been covered with a hlanket,
until the last quarter, when “George” began
so “ wbfsper” in Even’s efr te qn* Bi’lyV
company, and site took tlie hint and dropped j
Billy—fi'len winning the first heat by about
JO yards, hi 8 minute* and 23 1-2 seconds. — j
Jo thirty minutes the horses were again rode i
to the stand, and the word ‘‘go” was given
for the second heat. They went off beauti
fully together, Ellen had the pole, and for
the first two miles the race was exciting in
i the extreme. The horses looked as it they
!were yoked together —“little Reid’s” and
|“ George’s” knees ratilmg logeiher like “dice
|in a box,” all the way, until the last hall of
the third mile, when Ellen again became sick
of Billv’s company, and shook him ofl—“ lit
tle Reed” did not like to he left so abruptly,
and commenced “talking loud” to Billy, who
took the idea and made a desperate “ rush”
at Ellen, and for the instant made her a little
“ flighty ;” she soon lit again and “ George”
calmly “talked in her ear. She then went at
B lly, and passed him easy, as the “goalong”
was getting out of him, Ellen winning the
second heat in beautiful stvle under a hard
: pull, in 8 minutes and 38 seconds. The
course was very heavy and is a lull mile.
WHIP.
From the Southern Post.
THE ENCAMPMENT.
The “ Macon Volunteers,” commanded bv
Captain Seymour, ami the “ Bibb Cavalry,”
bv Captain Eekley, are now encamjied on the
hill lying west of the city. They are a small
but a puissant hand—“ few hut undismayed”
—or,-at least would prove so, did they stand
behind i u ramparts to defend the same cause
as did li e champions of Warsaw. As it is,
they now only prepare in peace that they may
he ready in war; and though the present en
campment may he deemed only as a
“ Light task and merry holiday.”
lyet it givtfa token ol” brave and gallant hearts.
| who, slhihUl occasion require, would prove in
I the field what they promise in the lent.
! The scene is gay, military, and picturesque.
Ascending the lull,
——“ The ridge of mingled spears
Above the brightened cloud appears ;
And in the smoke the pennons flew, j
As in the storm th** wild sea-mew ;
*****
Aid plumed crest of chieftains brave
Kbaring like foam upon the wave;”
All exhibited a scene with m re of the appear- ,
ance of knightly preparation lor the tourna
ment arjl jousts of the “olden time,” than
like the fierce front of griin-visaged war. — j
There vere ethers there too, to solten the
scene aid give it the po ish nf|ieace; who, it i
they miigle not in the battle’s erv, nor wield
the lane*, the sword, or the mantel, know full j
well how to inspire the valor to m ike it ef
fectual. True chivalry is the offspring of
beauty, and craven would that heart lie it its
smiles tid not warm it up to lofty thoughts
and daring dt eds.
Mr. loom!*, tlie artist, is engaged in paint
ing a view of the encampment, which will
soon be completed. Thus far j: is admirable,
i He has hrmvn much life and incident upon
the canvass, although confined to a am ill
breadth of spare. The tents, soldiers, and
visiters comm ngled, the sentinels stationed at
their diferent posts, and tlie hack-ground of
forest, aie truly striking. But the most na
tural, and by far the most superior thing in
it, is the Banner. It floats over ti e glad host
as if it were reallv moved into those grace
ful undulations of fold by the gentle breeze of
the South
IMPORTANT LAWS.
The following acts, passed at the last ses
sion of tlie Legislature, we copy from the
Constitutionalist. They are worthy of atten
tion :
At the last session of our Legislature,
among tin* acts passed are several of impor
tance, the substance of which are here given
for the information of our readers.
An act was passed to amend the constitu
tion of the State. By this amendment the
Senators and Representatives are to he elect
ed biennially, and the Legislaiure is lo meet
also benmallv, instead of annually, as it is
provided in the constitution i.V’V’cnlWis'tifr
opposing with alfotir strength and ability this
amendment, which must receive Ihe sanction
of another Legislature before it becomes a
part of our constitution.
Another act was passed, declaring that from
and alter the passage of the act, if any while
person or persons are found plaving and bet
ting with negroes, or playing and betting at
any game with cards, lor the purpose of bet
ting upon, or winning or losing money, or
any other thing or things, article or articles
of value, or any property, or anv other article,
thing or things of value, nnv he indicted, and
on conviction thereof, shall he imprisoned at
hard la nor in the Penitentiary, fir anv time
not less than one, nor longer than three years.
Another act. was passed respecting the
hiring of slaves. By this act it is declared,
that anv person who shall hire from a slave
his time, without a verbal or written authority
from the owner or person hav'ng a r'ghf to
control such slave, shall he guilty of a misde
meanor. and upon conviction, shall be fi >ed
in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.
Another act ineorise-ales the Board of
Agriculture and Rural Economy of tlie Siaie
of Georgia. Among the duties assigned to
the hoard, is to inquire into the state and
condition of Agricultural Husbandry through
out the State, and into every subject and
matter connected with the interests thereof,
and from time to time make such communi
cation touching the same to the General
Assembly, and to the public, ns said Board
may deem will be for the general benefit.
The members of the Board taken front the
Middle Circuit, are Messrs. George Twiggs,
Paul Fitzsinnns, Roger L. Gamble, and
Alexander J. Lawson.
By another act a Lunatic Asylum is au- j
thorized to he erected; and in the appropri- ‘
ation act the sum of $-20,000 is appropriated
for the purpose.
A sufferer by the late fire in Charleston. in
Boston Jail. —We insett the foliowing com
munication, with the single remark that one
of the plaintiffs who sued the writer did not
know anv thing of his recent history or cir
cum-lances at the time he gave his counsel
instructions to make out his writ:
Mr. Greke: — l casually noticed at the
bottom of the columns of the Morning Post,
the following artcle: “Will not Boston do
I something for the Charleston sufferers?” f,
ias one of the sufferers answer, and tell what
| individuals in Boston have done far me. In
Charleston, by the late fire. I lost all I had.
I I arrived in Boston to visit a sick wife , and
i was immediately arrested for a small dehr of
! four vears standing, nd which I have never
had the means of paying, and cast into jail.
1 1 must state further lor the information of
\ the ignorant, in this particular, the Debtor's
department in this jail, is precisely on the
same plan as the Criminal's in the other. A
stone cell about 15 feet hy 10. N > friend .al
lowed to enter it, not even a wife.
A CHARLESTON SUFFERER.
Everett-st. Jail, Boston. Mav 9, 1 -33.
! The first Bird of Spring- —This morning,
says the last New Haven Daily Herald, “vve
I heard the welcome music of the bird of
Spring, and immediately the sharp crack of a
musket, and the music ceased. We could
not discover the perpetrators of this foul deed,
who deserves at least the pillory for his
crime.” Cowper, who could not number in
his list of friends one who would needlessly
tread upon a worm, would have held this fei-:
low to be a brute.
The Mayor of Charleston has issued a pro-1
elamatioQ against the erection of wooden !
hn'-hngs.
SENTINEL & HERALD.
COLUMBUS, MAY 24, 1838.
We are sorry to learn that the Right
Reverend Dr. England will not be able to
visit us on Sunday, according to appointment,
on account ot his sudden indisposition in Au
gusta.
Knickerbocker. —The April number ol this
talented periodical is on our table, and we
have found it, as usual, well filled with arti
cles of interest, pleasure and ability. Its
reception always gives us pleasure—its peru
sal wipes a wrinkle from our brow.
Jlugusta Mirror. —Anew literary paper—
we have been favored with the first number.
The typographical execution is nnch bette;
than the matter spread over its columns—it
will doubtless improve. We would remark,
en passant , that chapters one and two of
“ Georgia Scenes,” do little credit to their
gifted author. A word to the F. litor: Keep
your paper strictly literary —don’t touch pot -
ties, don’t; the moment you do the muse will
take her flight, and beauty and genius will
fiown you from their presence— keep ethereal.
True. —“lt is not possible that the great
body ol the community will patiently bear
| that the currency, which ought to be the most
stable of all things, should be the most fluctu
iating and uncertain; and that, too, in defi
ance o( positive provisions in the
| which all acknowledge were intended to give
it the greatest possible stability.”— Calhoun.
THE T lItPEDO IN CASE OF FIRE.
We take pleasure, at the suggestion of a ;
friend, in calling the attention of the City
Council, in our present unprotected state, to
a mode of using gunpowder in the explosion
of buildings on fi-e, or for the purpose of ar
resting the progress of fire by the explosion of
adjacent buildings, which has been resorted
to in Fayetteville, N. C. on several occasions
since the burning of that place in 1931, and
which in every instance has proved perfectly
successful and safe.
The powder, about thirty pounds in weight,
is put into a close tin canister, called a torpe
do ; on one side of the torpedo is fastened a
box. containing about twenty yards of quick
match , the whole being protected bv a stout
piece ot blanket or woolen cloth carefully
sewn around it.
A dozen or more of these are kept con
stantly on hand, under charge of the Marshall
jin the-guard house, whose duty it is to bring
as many as may be needed to the scene of
| action, on the first alarm of fire.
The advantage of the Torpedo is its effi
ciency and safety. The terrible destruction
! of human life, in the recent burning of Charles
ton, is to he attributed to the use of gunpow
der in its unprotected state. ‘Flic risk of
taking a keg of powder into a hurtling build
ing is always imminent, and it is to lie appre
hended that few persons will henceforth be
bold enough, however great the necessity, to
make the attempt.
The Torpedo may always be used with a
| feeling of security, the woolen cover protect
ing it from the access of sparks and heat,
land the match affording- sufficient time for
I escape before the explosion takes place. A
| large portion of the town of Fayetteville has
been several times saved by the use of the
i Tornpdo. and no accident l.?*-- .
j Constructed :, s our southern towns are ol
the most combustible of materials, and inex
! perienced as our citizens must always he in
j the use of engines, even when furnished with
; them, and with an abundance of water also.
| which unfortunately is not our case, resort
| must always be had to the use of powder in
[any large eonfligration. Under such circum
stances, is it not the duty of those in authority
to provide, that this terrible instrument, if
possible, may be used with safety? A refer
ence to the magistrates of Fayetteville must
satisfy our Council of its efficacy in lime of
need ; and if a more minute description of
the I orpedo should he desired, in the mean
time, or a more detailed history of its use. it
will be cheerfully given, on application at the
office of this paper.
VISIT TO KOVAL BLOOD.
1 The steam ships have taken across the bio’
I waters some of the editorial fraternity, to see
j the Queen and tier coronation: hut the ba
lance of us—what a crowd—were compelled
! to stay behind and scratch for our living—we
! co'tld’ni go no wa vwe could fix it; the cutcrs
; were wanting. Oh ! what a tyrannical mon
| sfer is that thing called money, and more es
pecially hard money! what child-like beings
we all are—how “pleased with a rattle and
tickled with a straw”—how fond we are of a
jingle! We were quite disposed to quarrel
with the fates in denying to us the pleasure
of stunting on hoard the “ Sirius where
Jim Gordon Bennett was crawling about,
looking staiboard and larboard at the same
lime with one eve, and forward and aft at
the same instant witli the other: or of step
ping into the cabin of the “Great Western,”
where a pompons namesake of ours might be
seen swelling like a bladder of air, and shining
like polished mahogany —aw, I say Duff,
just turn that pistol the other way if its all the
same to you. How we would have taken ‘ the
shine’ off of Gordon Bennett and Watson
Webb. But we were not there —ah! no: but
we have, during the last week, visited some
of the best bloods in the country, and found
ourselves truly in royal company. Our visit
was to “ the Crowell Course,” to see the
splendid race horses owned by Iverson and
Bonner, under the keeping and training ot
Mr. Gerow; and theie we found “Count
Zildivar,” who, when he was brought up to
be introduced to our editorship, walked the i
earth as proud as a prince, and discovered a j
countenance of much more “intelligence’—t<v
use a word applied bv Porter, of “ the Spirit ]
of the Times,” to a blood colt intended fori
the turf—than many of those high-lxrn squills !
can show: there,also,was “Lieut. Bissinger,”;
by imp. File; black as Erebus, glossy as the
locks of a Peruvian, and built with the com
pactness and strength of a Roman, vet having
the light and elastic tread of a i v-Id buck of:
the forest. Whenever he shall mn, mark us,
he will throw dost in the eyes of some four
legged “blooded” gentleman, administer an
emetic to the pocket book of many an “honor
able sportsman,” and make Bascombe blush
to own his name. “ Maj. Dade” and “Maria
n?r*e** st 9 jn the looking
“ fine at silk. ” THte situation marked cut by
Col. Btmner for the “ Crowell Course,” is
most eligible; the distance from town is just
three mires, over a good carriage road; the
ground over which the track will run is quite
level, yet slightly rolling, enough so, as Gerow
says, to enable a horse to make “ good time.’
It is trie intention of the proprietors to erect
; commodious Stands for the club, as also lor
ladies and gentlemen visiting the Course;
likewir numerous extensive booths, confec
tionaries, and large dining rooms; in brief,
all things are to be so arranged, that a man
attending races at this course can be well
accommodated with “ both victuals and drink,’
but sltould Ite want lodging, he must either
come to town as a gentleman or ‘ take a tree.’
THEATRE.
The benefit for the relief of the sufferers by
the late fire at Charleston, was tolerably well
attended—only tolerable. Mr. F. Brown,
Mrs. Brown and Miss Meadows, kindly vo
lunteered their valuable services on that oc
casion. The play, which was “ The Honey
Moon, or how to rule a Wife,” went off with
! great spirit, and was better performed, as an
entire piece, than any thing which we have [
previously witnessed at this establishment, i
All were well versed in their parts, and play- !
ed as though the pure flame of charity was
burning brightly on the altar of their hearts.
Miss Meadows was in the bill for two songs
•♦lily—hut it would’nt do—“ the Gypsy’s wild (
chant” rung through the hon-*. I””* 1
peal, till the curtain flew up, and the little
Gipsy flew out; and then so deafening was
the applause, that for a time we were left to
admire the bright intelligence of her eyes, not
I heing able to catch the soft, sweet tones of
her voi-.e. We most express our pleasure at
the performance of Saturday night, being for
the hen-fit of Mr. F. Brown : but while we
do so, candor compels ns to say that this
gentleman was treated with a neglect of
which he was altogether unworthy. He hail
freely volunteered his services on the night
previous, and should have been liberally pa
tronised on the occasion of his benefit; hut
the house was shamefully lean, and Mr. B.
was left the disagreable task of representing
Shylock, in the fourth act of the Merchant of
Venice, almost to enrtp'y benches! But let
him know, and let that knowledge afford him
consolation, that he never played half so well
during his engagement. We have room lint
tor a word or two: The speech commen
cing, “ I have jxissess’d vonr grace ot what I
purpose,” was well read ; and the question —
“ What, would’st thou have a serpent simg
thee twice ?” was asked in a thrilling tone and
with much point. Tiie passage. “If every
ducat,” etc. was given with great i fleet, while
the excited Jew placed his finger upon the
“ hard currency” with a tiemulousness winch
evinced hmv well he loved the “filthy lucre.”
•* I pray you give me leave to go from hence,
I am not well,” was spoken as fully to ex
press the feelings of a man whose hope had
been blasted, and whose spirit had been
crushed by being si ripped of Ids all of earthly
goods. He looked the character tolerably
well, although we have seen it better dressed
agreably to our notions; a grey wig and
beard would have been more in consonance
with established conceptions of the ‘old Jew.’
On the whole, it was Mr. Brown’s best effort,
and one, we think, of which ho may justly he
proud.
.Mrs. Hart personated the young, but
learned one tor. e snmiiil have been
pleased to have witnessed her performance
of the part of Portia throughout the entire
piece, and doubt not but she would have
acquitted herself with high credit. Her
.reading was good, and she dressed the char
acter with fine taste: so fair and winning an
advocate will seldom fail before a Georgia
Jury.
Miss Meadows, as Young Norvaf, was in
teresting. but the character Is not well adapt
ed to her powers, or vice versa.
Mrs. Caiter sustained the part of Lady
Randolph admirably well. Her style of act
ing generally pleases, but on this occasion,
in re especially, it afforded high satisfaction.
We should be pleased could we sa as much
of Baily as Glemtivon ; he seemed out of his
element—did not appear at ease in the part ;
but he made a rich requital on Tuesday
night, in the character of Lord G fizzle, in
Pom Thumb, which part he played to the
life, and to the evident delight of the audi
° i
etice.
Mrs. Bailv would succeed vastly belter
had she more confidence in her own powers;
but she is so universally pleasing and genteel
in all her conduct and dress when on the
stage, that we have no faults to expose, ami
have no doubt we shall see much to admire
when she shall appear in some of her favorite
parts.
Mr. Clark is also much wanting in self
confidence, and rather too tame. We love
the fire that burns, and the energy that
rouses every dormant faculty. He is, how
ever, a student, and is rapidly improving.
His Tag was really excellent. Mr, Carter—
old friend Carter—hottest John, heed ye a
lesson from the “ grey goose quill.” Will ve
have .done with biting your words ; of speak
ing out of vnur turn, and not knowing what
to speak when it is your turn ; will you quit
speaking your own words, and give us those
of tlie text; in short, will you “jump Jim
Crow,” and try to do better. His Lawyer in
the sack last night was well done ; this is his
great [tart —his mealy performance.
M rs. Brown sustains herself so equally well
in all her characters, that we have not a word
of complaint.
M rs. Ha rl laughed so much on Tuesday
night, that we were strongly tempted to cry
nut,
Smile not again my bonny lassie.
The orchestra are deserving of our warm
est praise, for the lofty marches, the inspiring
waltzes, and the delightful extracts from fa
vorite overtures with which we are nightly
regaled; but we can’t imagine why the cla
rionet, trombone, and thundering drum, should
be all set in motion during the singing of
Miss Meadows, unless with a view to drown
her voice; it certainly has this eff-ct.
In conclusion, “ Ton Thumb” is a bur
lesque-burlesquebuss burlesqued; hand me the
tongs.
THE SKY BRIGHTENS.
Old Father Ritchie is a great man, and
deserves a wife as beautiful as Miss Nelson,
r! a r fur pwprfor?*. lie began
the late election campaign in the old domin
ion by sending forth a cry of lamentation
his wailings penetrated every heart, and were
converted into rejoicings and triumphs by the
transported whig*. As the canvass progre** -
ed, he gradually wiped away his tears —drevi’
an easier breath, and spoke more encourag
igiy to the devout republicans of the land.;
and now, in his paper of the 15th inst., he
comes down upon his voracious opponents
like an avalanche. What does he say?—
open your ears —listen to him—drink in his
words —lake care whig*, or we’ll take you
the back lock, and throw you a high and
hard fall vet. The venerable and knowing
editor states the case as follows :
j Tims the account current stands :
The House of Delegates has 134 members,
i The Senate 32
Whole number 166
Majority on joint ballot 84
The numher of wmgs we have now in the
! House of Delegates is 70
In ilie Senate 10
60
j The number of republicans in the house 61
jin the Senate 22
88
And one uncertain and two vacancies.—
Allowing only one of ihese to the republicans,
and two to the whigs, and the parties will
stand on joint vote, 84 republicans, 82 whigs.
If vve allow all three to the whigs, the parties
will he tied on joint hi.Hot —allow all to the
republicans, and the vote will stand S6 —90.
lli-pilhtioun " l *'* IvitliU, K
All that we now want is. concord and
peace atnoung our polilical friends at Wa
shington—and every thing is sale. I* rota
tliaMnoment, we shall have a reaction every
wiiere. The party will he reunited in Vir
ginia. We shall carry a republican Senator*
with ease next winter.
What we want is. a more conciliatory
spirit at Washington—less pride of opinion
less struggle for victory—conciliation, and
peace, and then we may defy the whigs and
National Bank. We shall recover the ground
we have lost—and victory will again perch
on the repo I*l can banner. Parties are now
in a curious position. ‘I he Madisonian and
the New Era, both on the extreme sides of
the question, both go lor all. The extremes
meet, and both disclaim all compromise. Tire
whigs on the otle*r hand taunt us, and tell us
we cannot compromise. The Richmond
Whig declares, tint “ The Globe and its
o n i:er in tli< citv will find all their la
\ hors to reunite a broken party, utterly vain
and hopeless.” The Lynchburg Virginian
declares, that “There is a wide gulf be
tween the two wings of the administration
pa-ty— so wide as lo seem almost impassa
ble.” The whigs are most willing to keep
this gulf open and impassable--for tin* pur
pose of bringing in Mr. Clav and a National
Bn i k.
Snail we realise their predictions, and gra
tify their desires? The Boston Allas tells us
precisely, what it wishes us to do in predict
ing what we will do. It says under the cour
teous caption of “ Tory quarrels .” “M i* gave
our rearie s some specimens the other day of
the Ed.toriaN of the Richmond Enquirer.
That paper insists that nothing but “ peace,”
“ union,” “ harmony,” is necessary to restore
the ascendency of the tory party Peace,,
union, and harmony may accomplish a great
deal; hut those are things which it is in
vain to ask tor or expect, in the midst of
rout and defeat, I rum persons such as the
tory leaders, who enlist* and only lor hope of the
spoils, and who were pinfessedly held to
gether only hv a common ap|*etite for plun
der. The moment sue t a party ceases to
he successful, that moment it citimhles arid
fills to pieces; and instead of peace, union
and harmony, nothing is seen or heard hut
mutual I*..ipl-.itiij_ Hrc l t‘.*'*i.A and bicker
ing.”
And shall we lend anv countenance to such
false and illiberal m> uniat ions ? What sav
ve. republicans? What say our political
litends at Washington? W til ibey go on,
culling each olhei’s thioa ts, ro please these
whio raileis? Is there really such a fatuity
at W asliiugtou that (hose who can settle the
question, will not ? Let gentlemen of all sides
denounce us, as they will—we feel that we
are as disinterested, as cool, as anxious to
defeat the whigs, and to promote the interests
of our country, as any of them—and we
make bold to tell them, as the sentiment of
honest men here, and of wise melt there, that
this question ought lo he ad justed—fully, ami
cably adjusted. Asa distinguished* Sut-
Treasury gentleman at Washington, but who
goes lor compromise, says: “ What is to be
done ? -Vote—we are not so far estranged as
not to unite at the close of this session ; but
another year—with a hard-fought campaign
—will place an impassable gulf between us.
Shall we sutler this”? \\ e appeal, aoain and
again, to both wings of the republican [tarty
at Washington, and ask, *•Shall ice suffer
this’? We appeal again to Messrs. Van
Boren and Rives. (Jompinmise, srtile this
question. Give us peace and hnrmonv —and
mv lile upon it,” reaction will immediately
liegin—Virginia will he redeemed next spring
—The republican party will he safe thmnglo
out the Union—and a whig President and a
National Batik will be baffled and defeated.
EXTREMES.
A V ienna letter gives the following des
! cripnnn of 3 scene which look place there a
j few days ago. on the opening of the sub-
I scripts n lor a railroad from that capital to
jilaal: “The magistrates having found the
offices at first appointed Mo small, Prince
Schwartzetihurg granted the use of his pa
lace tor this purpose; still the pressure of the
crowd, which was estimated at 30,000 at
l least, was so great that doors were loreed in,
| walls scaled, limbs broken, and even blood
| shed. The efforts of a battalion of grena
| diets, a detachment of light horse, and 200
j ix*l ice officers, were insufficient to keep back
! ‘lie crowd, and with the flats of their swords
j produced no effect. Several of the military
i were also hurt.”
j This is going rather too far in the cause of
’ Internal Improvement, but we would almost
i pref>r even this excited state oi reeling to that
|cold indifference and perfect apathy which
characterizes us as Georgians in relation to
building Rail Roads. We have some two or
three roads under wav, hut we ought to have
them running in all directions. We should
he able to breakfast in Columbus and dine in
Augusta. Away with slow travelling—let’s
go it by steam.
The following persons have kindly con
sented to act as Agents for the Sentinel and
Herald:
Col. C. Parker, Collodensville, Monroe Cos.
Peter Cose, Esq. Eden, Effingham Cos.
Rev. Reuben E. Brown, Perry P. 0. Hous
ton Cos.
Thos. H. Key. Esq. Drayton, Doolv Cos.
Col. Thos. J. Holmes, Byron, Baker Cos.
Stephen D. Crane, Esq. Dablonega, Lump
kin Cos.
Col. John Dill, Fort Gaines, Go.
John C. Mangham, Greenville, Ga.
E. J. \\ ood & Cos. St. Joseph, Fior.
Nocrse, Brooks & Cos. Apalachicola.
J. S. Yarbrough, Lumpkin, Stewart Cos,
Jk’ Btvh.iv an, Cuthbert, Randolph Cos,