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* 15V P. (\ UVIVM. AUGUSTA, GA. SATURDAY MOTIVING, OCTOBER 18, |BJSf. VOL. All. AO. -IS.
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OFFICE IN Sl7\< INI'« isTi-STREET,
Third dour from lit" VXX . comer of Broml-Sirei t. ,
Sale* of Ij \ \l), hy Administrators, Kiwiiliir':. or
Guardians. are required. hy law, to b ■ held on lli“
first Tuesday m tin- month, h lu -it the hour- of
t-n in ili« forenoon and three in the afternoon, at ‘
the ('ourt-ltouse in which the property is sitimt<*.—-
Notice of these sal--* lie given inn public < fa- 1
/.(it fi.il if d/iys previous loth ■ day of sil ■».
Hales of N I *< >B4 IKS most he at pnhlie auction, on lit -
first Tn -sday of ill ■ inonih. Ii f.v ■ n th ■ ns;ml
ItoursofsaK, alth pine ■of public sal-s in the coun
ty where th - ; letters Teslam-nta-y, or Vdrninislra
tipn or Guardianship, may hive b -it granted, firs’l.
tnvina si.jlii d/u/* notice th-rcof, in on- of th - pnb
lic t ia/.eltes of ibis Stal", ami at the door ol the i
Coiirt-honse \\ h re such sal s are to he h Id.
'Noli* - -; for the sal" of Personal Prop -rty most he civ- (
en in lik" iit inn r, /orb/ day* pr- v ions In day ofsale. I
Notic •to the IKb tors an i Cr.- luors of an Estate, j
must he publish d for /or/// day*.
Notic that application x\ ill ti • mad- to the t'onrt o{ j
O'thnarv lor leave to sell K\.M>, must hi pith-1
hsh.-d for four month*.
Notice for k-aveto seli \ KG ROES. must he publish- !
ed four months, before any ord r absolute cattle 1
made In the < 'ourt.
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Very late from Ncvv-Vork.
The steam packet Win. Gibbons, Caps. Pen. •
nover, arrived a» Charleston on the I }ih iu«t. in
a very short run from New York, bringing files ]
of papers of that city to Saturday evening lust,
and other Northern papers to the latest dates. |
The ship Erie, had arrived at New York,
from Havre, bringing later advices than before !
received.
Capt. Hrigtrs of the barque Alasro, arrived at |
Boston front Sumatra, whence she sailed on the
27th May, slates tint ol all the vessels on the
Coast, two or three only would be able to pro.
cure cargoes, the crops this season being small
er than usual, and the English vessels having
taken away more pepper than they usually do.
A rumour from Washington mentions that
HI r. 1 arsyth is to lie appointed to the vacant
place on the bench of the Supreme Court, and
that Mr. Rives is to lie called to the Secretary
ship of State.
Th * Opposition prints are lain-nling the result of
th- lat • elections in our state, nitd giving vent toth-ir
disappointed feelings hy reromnt tiding to lie ir
friends greater exertions when ver another political !
contest lakes place. Why sneh lain mat ions ? Whv
snch bitter sarcasms and such illiberal allusions, n
hoiit the talents and political standing of the success
ful candidates on lb» union ticket ? Why instill a !
large majority of the vot-rs of G-torgia, hy represent
ing our state as having been disgraced by the choice '
recently made, of nt others of (-ongress ? What-ver
lho«e opposition prints may say to the contrary, th - ■
actual cause of their irritation and regret, is the pros
Cation, in Georgia nt least, of the political doctrine
with which they exp-cted to ris - to pow rand itillu
rnee in th" state, and to reward lit hr sittmorlers with
all ih" public ollices within tie-gift ol’lli ■ legislature. 1
The doctrine of tutllificalio.i has Ivi n put down, and j
we hope forever ; and this is what aIE-cts most s-n
nibly, the calculations of a taw leaders of the ntilllfi
ntion party,\\ ho were eag rlv looking towards a Pre
sident ol th ir own making, ibr the n ward of their ex I
crJsoas. should s'lee-ss had follow ed ih" new banter |
they had hoist-al itiG orgia. Hit! tie-goo! sens • and in- i
• <‘llig«nee ofa larg - majority of lit-'' p ople of Georgia, j
could not acknowledge th - ' eolo-trs oi this new banner; I
• th-y were rejected as marring (bos® beautiful colours ;
of which the splendid bannerol' the Knit d States is
#compostsd. <Jeorgia is disgrac'd ! She sen<ls to
('ongress in -n of very common abilities, who will
barter lit* votes jto which th • stat - is entitl'd in the
presidential el etion ! These are nub -coming ex
. pressions,which should have been uttered less crude
ly, if true, and not at all, if suggested, as we h lieve
they are, hy vxaiioii and irritation at the result ofthe
last elections. Why should Gearg’u he disgraced by
rrtpelling from her borders lie' doctrine of nullifica
tion ? Why is she move disgiac -u than twenty-two
olh*r states of the I iiion, in which that doctrine h.-ts
b-*en spurned,and reject 'd as an intrusive attempt Jo
change the very (bmulatiun of on • public institutions?
Out of Iw nly-lbur stales, only in one the doctiiu- 1 - of
ntillifiealion has taken a toot hold,which cx -n may not
he as secure as the followers of that doctrine believe.
Thus, according to the nullification prints, twenty
three states must be disgraced, and South Carolina
alone is the putt -ru of patriotism, republicanism, high
mindness, and devotion to true principles !
W e agree xrith o-tr oppon -nts, that th; union ur n
having completely the power in their own ban Is, can
do much good, as w 11 as much-harm, to th - slat". —
Will they have the public good in xiexv. in the direc
tion they will take of th - proce dings of the n \l le
gislature? We hope so; we sincerely vxish this to
be the case. If they do not, they will It tv to sufT-r
for thi'ir unfaithfulness to the trust confided to th m
by the people If they do not, the good sense and itt
t-lligence of the p-ople will ini irpos ■>, and in due time
will confide the trust to other ban Is. If th--n xt le
gislature disappoint the just expectations of tic* p o
ple, the next October elections will hurl from their
scats those nt tubers who will have n elected th ir
ilnty. and violated th -ir oaths. But we have a better
opinion of the members of the next 1.-gisktlttre ; there
will he in it, talents and patriotism ; there will be in
it, men who have a reputation to maintain, and who
are ambitious of obtaining the approbation and the
praises of their f How citizens. Can such m-n for
feit the go oil opinion which is at pres til entertain d
of than ? Can such in -it, by their own acts, blast
forevar th" prospect of rising in ilt - estimation and
confidence of their fellow citiz -ns ’ We cannot be
lieve it. We must acknowl 'dg? that th - proc. etlings
of the next legislature, will he interesting and very
important to the state; but, this importance w ill in
induce the memhsrs to ex'rt th"m#'lv"s in order to
rise to a level xvith th' inter°sting subjects which
will have to be actsxl on. We have confidence in
the m-mhers of the next legislature, because we be
lieve tlt*'m to be friends of th ■ Knio-.t, and sincerely
attached to their own slat'; and \V"h»lie\c that th -v
will discharge fittlifnlly th-'ir duty, because their par
sonal interest, their rep-italion as 1 -gi.dator-, and th"
good opinion now entertain xl of th m by their con
stitnents, xvill be most powerful ino utiv?s to art their
parts nobly, independently and 1 ari-s.-ly. By act
ng for the gixni of th" state they act for themsslx-es;
by acting otherwise, they will injure tlnir own slat ",
the political caus* in which th»y are eng\;. d. and
their own reputation and prospects,
i* With regard to the members of ( ongress, • « txl
by the union party, we hope they will not verify the
expectations of their opponents We are persona?]-
• r
i ’" r r'jfrT 7Z •»;: a;
acq-tain! <1 with t!i rrt; w-,* bop. atid belf'-ve that th -y
will, lik» tli" nu mbers of ib' slat ' b-glstiture, dis
cltarg ; their duti s to tli" .■>aiislin‘tion of tbos- w!io
! \oled tor th< m. Some of them have to be trio! in
I lb - Congr ss of lb * Cnited Star- s ; aft-r the trial,
, should tin y prove unwortlty the station to which they .
, have bei n raised, in October. 1 S.‘J7, the majority
I confided i(j them the trust of rqaresenting
lb nt in the I deral I -gislature, will choose others.—
But < th y are ti jf d. it is unbecoming and ,int;
generous to n pr«serTt tk mas destftnt -of sense and
"d nts, of patriotism, and of etlaclnn -nt to tlie repub
lican principi-is which prompted a large majority of j
; lit-- voters to s -lrct them ns tlr-ir repn-seiitiitive* in i
congress. \ coni;xirisuu lias been in-uh; betxvnen th -
I union and star" rights tickets. Mb; .-hall not im-tate !
jibe example of our oppon -nts by disparaging ftos-
I citiz its wlio w re on tin- slate rights ticket. We ;
; have gr-al r -sp -«-t for lit" tal -nts and oratorical pow- :
; ers of some oflle-ni ; anti \\e liavr; a high admiration :
; fi>r Ih ■ pilaolism and independence dtspl.-iyed on s-- (
| voral occasions hy- soma of them; and we say with j
S sincerity, tint it would hive given ns ple.astire, if a
; fvv of ill ni could have been placed on thi-union
■ ti<-ket and 1 1 -et.-ti. • But both th k"ls vv -re adopt d
j nnd-'r such p.-cidiar circmnstanees, that the union
men coirl-1 not, with honor, and vvitho it, a total 'iisr-' - ■
j grin! ofih" great and imnortant obj<-ct lit -v wish -d to
.
! accompli) li througlt the medium ol the ballot box, ]
j cbiag-tbei. tick-1 and vot-fbrCiutdid it,-s who would >
I hav. b -cn U) cil 1 to follow th - iiistnic'ioss oflh >tn t
! jority ol tb ir support rs. Though not s-lected bv
j the union mm, the few on the State Bights ticket,
; who, under arty other circumstance, would huv" b"en
! support d, may rest a snr-d that, tliongh def-iit-xl,
th -ir .-cpuiatioii have not lost any tiling vvillt a large
number of the union in- ji, and that the time may
arrixe when it will h - shown lhalgoo-l public servants
are always remembered, and duly rewa.-ded for lli-ir
s:-rVie"a. \N esjK'ak thus o th - f--w, heca-is", know
ing th- ni as we do, vv - are certain that their future
conduct xvill eo,-respond with the high op'nion still i
■ •it! -.-lain--d ofth -nt by a la-g - niinih -r of the union I
m- :t, who xvill not abandon th a m altog :her, unb ss j
(h y giv - cause for such an undesirable contingency.
Sin to Election
In forri"client, the W higs have succeeded in e
j liCting three members ol i'ongr ss. to fill three va
- canci is.
In Mary!m l, the Whigs have sneceedcdat th" lute
■ •lections; lit y will hnv ; a large majority in the stale
j legislature.
In Delaware, the Whigs hax e ul -o succeed'd.
In iSouiii Carolina, tit - elections commenc'd on
Monday last. In Charleston the entire Nullification
| tick t has succeeded. I’lnekn -y b.eal Huger for con
cress 111 vol s ; ] himilton, th-I'ad: r of the Nullifi
cation jiarty, beat lUiddleton for ih ■ senate I'J'd votes,
and th - dill retie - h-tween the lowest Nullification
candiilate lor representatives, and the highest Union,
was onlv forty six. The lowest Nullification candi
date, in JiSIW, beat the highest Union, IH? voles! If
Nullification continues to go a head this way in
; South Carolina, w-e think the Union parly will meet
with success in 1H3!».
From ihs Stand-aid aj Union.
NfMBKR XXX.
Ninnlirr of pOrfirs in ronlrnvrrsy irl/h ih* (Urn
era I (J ■rernmrnt —Organs for Jmlfi ng—Mn
| hull Power- — Collisions — Nullifi cnfnon—Se
! cession—Fear of sonic concerning conduct of
\ Nullifcrs — PrincijilcS the Union Party.
Inmy NX IVI!i Number, I consider a State jttdg.
; ing ol infractions ol the Constitution, as one par
-1 ty, and the oilier States, (il they differed from
j that State,) as constituting the other party,equally
■entitled to decide lor itself. This view was pre
-1 dicatcd oh the declaration in the Kentucky rcso
lotions, which I now find in Mr. Jefferson's origi
j nal draft, as published by Mr. Ilagnet, “ that to
his compact, each Stale acceded as a sta*e, and
i is an integral party; its co-States forming us to
| itself the other party." It is unfortunate that
I these last words, “ its co. States,” &c. were left
| out ol tho resolutions as published with the pro.
j ceedings o f the meeting of the 13th November :
! the om ssion might seem in some degree, to
i change the doctrine ol '3B. Let us l)>ok at the
| matter in tins point of view. Say that instead
| ot two parties in any controversy with the Gen.
: eral Government, there are thirteen, or even
| twenty lour parties. The parties would have a
right to judge of infractions, each for itself. In
that case, the decisions of the majority would
prevail-; unless, the oppression should be so in
tolerable, or the change of circumstances should
{he so to thorough, as to justify revolution. I\lr.
j Jefferson, Mr. Giles, Governor Troup,- nll >k in
| deed, all of us, have heretofore contended for the
‘ law ol the majority.
But ii is thought (lie General Government is
j not the proper organ to judge and act for the
1 States constituting the majority. It appears to
; me. that the General Government is the ordinary
: organ of the majority hy which it is controlled, as
the State Governmonl is the ordinary organ of
s the majority by which it is controlled. It ap
! pears to me that the majority on either hand,
| may act through extraordinary organs. The
Kentucky and Virginia Legislatures were
deemed entirely competent to the proceedings
of'9B—o. It was to the State Governments
that Mr. Jefferson, as well as tho writers of the
Federalist, looked, as the proper chocks upon
| the usurpations of the Get.era! Government ;
I The recent device ot State Conventions could
| give nothing more than more impressive expres
: sion? of opinion. Neither State Legislatures,
I nor State Conventions, are placed above the
j Legislature of the Union ; Congress lias author-
I tty, in ilie exercise ot the delegated powers, to
I prescribe a supreme law, any tiling in the Con.
stftut-on or laws ot any State to the contrary
notwithstanding : that is, as I conceive, not.
; withstanding any thing done by a State, under
i anv form or organization. Each party has a
- right to judge for itself, to bojsure, watcher the
i-Constitution has been violated ; hut each must
recollect, that the others have a right to jftdge
for themselves concerning the same act. And
when the Kentucky resolutions say each party
has a right to judge lur itsel*. they do not barely
mean, that each party may judge for a certain
extent-of territory, but that each party may
I judge of ail its rights, whether reserved,
delegated or acquired, and whether existing
within its particular territory, or out of it.—
Titus. Georgia may judge, through the proper
organ, whether Massachusetts violates the Con
stitution, in disregarding an entb irgo laid for the
common benefit : whether Carolina violates the
Constitution, in throwing open her ports, and re
! fusing to pay her contri -utions into the common
• treasury ; •jc w.tenter h londa, s-.ippostug hern
State, violates the Constitution, in adimtfing
1 hos tie troops in her teiruory lor the annoyance
-of Georgia. Any -State may judge of the viola
tion cf the compact on the pan of the Union ;
vgg jBKCTgWMWgpggg B flJ
i and the Union may judge ot its violation, on the :
■ part ol any State : the Hghi is mutual.
I have shown in mv WlVth Number, that the
I power of the nation to judge for itself, of intrac- ;
: tions of the Constitution, while each State may ■
■ also judge tor itself, could nut destroy the liber- \
1 tie,s of rhe State. The view of Mr. Jefferson,
i as there given, is perhaps sufficient ; and. if it ,
needed confirmation, the sympathy felt for Caro- j
‘ lina i« conclusive.
That the Union, as well as a State, may judge ,
i for itself, appears not only from the fact that each
party has equal right, but from the obvious fit
! ness of things, and from the absurd consequen
-1 ces which would result from the doctrine, that
| some of the parties can judge for themselves, ol
j a matter of joint concern, while others cannot;
; this is saying, in effect, that the parties judging
1 can decide lor others, as well as themselves. Un
{ less the Union can judge for itself, remembering
' at the same time, tiie right of the states to judge
j fi-r themselves, and the consequences which may
i result front an improper exercise of its powers,
the government is not a practical tiling. Some of
i the states may not judge at a!! ; others may be
j slow to judge; and the othets may differ in judg
ment. It cannot have been intended that the
operations of the General Government should
depend upon the judgment ol ind-vidual states: the
| very idea involves an absurdity.
It has been supposed litis doctrine would pro
- duee collisions between the parties; and tiie right
I of revolution, the ultimate guardian of every <>th
er right, has been branded as “tiie halter right,”
in view oi the constitutional provision concerning
treason, 'i he qolltsions apprehended, would de
pend, trot upon the imperii ctiott ol right in either
party, hut upon the imperfection ol human judg
ment and the malignity <>♦ human passions. The
right of each party would he perfect, and if their
judgments and passions were also perfect; there
would he no collision, because both parties would
arrive at the same result. If there is a strong
provision in the constitution concerning treason
against the United .States, it is the faith, (if it be
considered one,) not of the President who has
; adverted toil, but ofthe Convention which pro
i posed, and ofthe States which adopted it.
It is ofgreat importance to enquire whether
i Nullification, Secession, «vc. are peaceful orre
volntionary remedies. If they he deemed peace
ful, they may frequently be resorted to : if re
voltuionary, they will he resorted to in great
emergencies only.
Some have feared, if the Nttilifiers ofGeorgia
get the ascendency, they will do as the Nullifiers
of Carolina did; that they will adopts system of
proscription, provide tests oaths, Nc. Although
human nature is every where the same, yet it is
tone hoped that the Georgia Nullifiers would not
enter upon such a course. The mischief done in
Carolina, and the forbearance of the Union men
in not adopting such a course while they have
tiie power, would tend to prevent excess in mag
nanimous rivals, if they should get the ascenden
cy.
I have now passed through every thing I deem
material for the present. I am aware that 1
have spoken of matters of great moment. 1 felt
disposed toapply*plain, honest, common sense,
to matters, which in tiie hands of men of uncom
mon talent, had excited uncommon interest. I
have not entire confidence in some of my views ;
but tiiev are the best I could form; and it appear
ed to me the duty of even- man to speak out.
Should 1 see their fallacy, I will honestly change
them.
Mv opinions were intended for the considera
tion of the Troup Party. Many of them have
not been permitted to reach that party. But the
authorities which 1 have quoted cannot be hid
under a bushel ; they may gradually, but cer
tainly, work their way to Troup men, and may
yet have their effect.
1 had intended to examine the proceedings of
the Union Party, at their meeting in November
last. Time and space will not allow me to do
so. Indeed, there is but little necessity to do
so: Most of the topics embraced in their pro I
ceedings, have come up. in examining other
matters. Two of their resolutions may be in
troduced : they are as follows :
“ Resolved, that, in accordance with the
principles stated in the foregoing resolutions,
we shall follow, anil forever maintain, the politi
cal doctrines practised by Mr. Jefferson, during
his administration of the Executive Department
of the Federal Government, and ns developed
by him, and given to the world, in his messages
to the Congress of the United States, and in his
Correspondence with citizens of all nations.
“ Resolved, that, convinced of the perfect
harmony existing between the political doctrines
of Mr. Jefferson, and the political doctrines of
Mr. Madison, as contained in the Virginia Re
solutions, we shall also follow, and forever main
tain, the doctrines of Mr. Madison, as expound
ed by himself, and not as expounded by political
schemers, who presumptuously pretend to con
strue those resolutions better than their author.” j
Some have questioned the sincerity of the
Union Party, in this profession of faith. I think |
this is illiberal: they ought to be believed sin- j
cere, till the contrary plainly app-ars.
These numbers xvill now be suspended. It is j
likely, that in tiie many quotations I have made, j
there tnnvbesonie mistakes, especially in num- j
hers and dates: 1 think however there tire none t
which will change principle.
It, in any thing I have said, liters is any thing j
that shall injure the just rights of the States, (by \
which I here mean, us in most other places, the
separate States.) it will bo to me a source of deep
and lasting regret. EXAMINER.
[ From the Host on .1 lias.]
District Court. (i, 183-1.
IMPORTANT CASE.
The f ■ Stales vs. David heavitt and G. S. Howland.
BEFORE THE HON. JUDCE DAVIS.
The District Attorney, A. Dunlap, Esq ap
peared for the Government, and Daniel Webster,
; Esq. for tiie defendants. .Mr. Dunlap stated,
; that this was an action on a Custom House bond
I given bv Messrs. L. & Co. for the payment of
j certain duties claimed hy the government upon a
| i irge quantity of leaden busts imported per ship
i ‘Julian’ —which unties defendants now refused
to pay. Messrs. Leavitt &. Co. Mr. D. said,
were white lead manufacturers at Brooklyn, N.
York, and had imported these nrtie'es under the
I name of metal busts, affirming' them as such to
be free from duty under the act passed by Con
; gress in 1838, which provides that “ all busts of
marble, metal, or plaster, shall be imported into
; the U. 8. tree oi duty.” The Custom House !
authorities, however, contended that the busts j
, in this case were but pigs of lead, thrown into \
their pre-ent term for the purpose of avoiding i
j the duty- Tins, Mr. Dunlap said, xvas clearly |
the case, and the defendants had x’iolated the I
law —at lea-:' its spirit—by which alone the de
: cision ot the Court ought to be governed. Con- 1
, gress. lie said, bad evidently never intended that •
lead should be thus imported—they bad lately (
discovered: rhe *• leak” Lu the foreter acr, and
had, at the last session, passed another act pro. ,
hibjting the admission of busts unless they could i
be proved to be double the value of the metal I
ot which they were composed. Thus .Mr. D. 1
; designated us “ declaratory law,” and we under- |
I stood him as saytngihat it ought to have its effect
| on the present occasion.
! .Mr. Webster said the law imposed a dntv of
j fftree cents per !h. upon “ lead in pitrs, bars, or
i sheets.” N--w the simple question was whether |
1 the articles bfcfure the Court (the busts) were or
1 were not pirrs, bars or sheets of lead. Certain,
i!y they were not. He had no desire to see the
! laws evaded —and he had performed his share
! of duty elsewhere in supplying the defect which
j existed in relation to the importation ot lead, i
There was however a fatal omission in the act of j
’32, under which these busts had been imported 1
—;. “ leak,” as the counsel for the government
had termed it, and such being the case, the de- I
lettdanfs in the present instance could not tie i
called upon to pay the duty. As to the law pass- )
ed by Congress during the last session, that had ,
1 nothing to do with the present case. No law
could operate retrospectively. AM new laws
looked to the future and not to the past,; and the |
very fact of Congress having amended the law j
of ’32, proved the existence of the defect and t
omission which had led to the importation ot the j
articles in question. He (Mr. W.) repeated that !
he had no wish to sanction evasion of the law, !
but lie thought it better, now that the leak in the j
p.f-t of ’32 had been stopped—now that no further |
evil could accrue—that the revenue should suffer I
in this single instance, rather that' that a forced i
construction should be put upon the law in order ,
to procure a conviction.
After a reply from Mr. Dunlap, his Honor
Judge Davis addressed the jury in a most able
and impartial charge, in the course of which lie
nHitdc-d to a former decision in relation to sugar.
The duty on loaf sugar, he said, had been fixed
at a very high rate ; but was eluded in many ca
seshy the introduction ofthe article in a pounded
state. 'Ehe government claimed (he duty, but
the Court, notwithstand-ng the pounded sugar ;
was superior to rite best American loaf sugar I
that could be obtained, derided that it was not j
loaf sugar, and therefore nor subject to duty.
The jury, after some deliberation, gave it ns
their opinion, “ tint the ar’t lesin question were
leaden busts, and consequently tree from duty.”
Tiie total amount of lend imported by Messrs.
Leavitt &. Co. in the shape of busts during the
summer was stated to he sis-4,000 lbs.
TIIE MONsiOo.N AT MADRAS.
On the 15lli October, the llag-stiilT was
struck, as a signal lor nil vessels to leave
the roads, lest theyshould he overtaken hy
the monsoon. On that very morning,
sum ■ premonitory symptoms ofthe ap
proaching “war of elements” had appear
ed; small fleecy clouds were perceived, at
intervals, to rise from the horizon-, anti to
di'S pate, in a thin and almost impercepti
ble vapor, over the deep blue of the still
bright sky. There was a slight haze up
ontlie distant waters, which seemed grad
ually to thicken, although not of a densi
ty sufficient to refract the rays ol the sun,
which still flooded the broad st a, with one
unvarying mass of glowing light. There
was a'sensation of suffocating heat in the
atmosphere, which at the same moment,
seemed to oppress tho longs and depress
the spirits. Towards the afternoon, the
aspect of the sky began to change; the
horizon gathered blackness, and the sub,
which had risen so brightly, had evident
ly culminated in glory to go down in dark
ness, and to have his splendor veiled from
human sight, hy a long, gloomy period of
storm and turbulence. Masses of boavy
clouds appearing to rise from the s--a,
black and portentous, accompanied by
sudden gusts of wind, that shortly died a
vvay, being suddenly succeeded hy an in
tense, death-like stillness, as if the air
were in a state of utter stagnation, and its
vital properties arrested. It seemed no
longer to circulate, until again agitated hy
the brief but mighty gusts which swept
fiercely along, like the giant heralds ofthe
storm. Meanwhile, the lower circle of
the heavens locked a deep brassy red,
from the partial reflection ofthe sunbeams
upon the thick clou 's, which had now
every where overspread it. The sun had
long passed the meridian, and his rays
were slantin'' upon the gathering billows,
when those black and threatening minis
ters of the tempest rose rapidly towards
the zenith.
The dim horizon lowering vapours shroud.
And blot the sun yet struggling thro’a c-loud ; |
i Thro’ the wide atmosphere, condensed with haze, j
His glowing orb emits a sanguine blaze.
About four o’clock, the whole sky was
i overspread, and the deep gloom ol twilight
was cast over the town and sea. The at
i mosphere was condensed almost to the 1
a mis! —which was increased j
Ihy the tldnsprev scattered over the land,
from the sea, hv the increasing gales.
The rain now began to fall in sheeted
masses, and the wind to howl more contin
uously’; which, mingled with the roaring \
of the surf, produced a tumultuous union
of sounds, perfectly deafening. As the
house which wo occupied overlooked the
beach, we could behold tho setting in of
the monsoon, in all its grand and terrific
sublimity. The wind, with a force which ,
nothing could resist, bent the tufted heads ■
of the tall, slim, cocoanut frees, almost to [
the earth, flinging the light sand into the j
! air, in eddying vortices, until the rain had
either so increased its gravity, or beaten
it into a mass, as to prevent the wind from
raising it. The pale lightning streamed
from the clouds in broad slv-ets ot flame,
which appeared to encircle the heavens,
I as if every element had been converted
! into fire, and the world was on the eve of
i a general conflagration , whilst tne pea! j
which instant!v follow d, was like flic px
i plosion of a gunpowder magazine, or the
i discharge of art.llery in the gorge of a
' mountain, where the repercussion ol sur
rounding hills multiplies, with terrific en
, ergy, its deep and astoanc.ing echoes.
The heavens seemed to be one vast re
servoir of flame. which was propelled from
i its voluminous bed by some invisible but;
omnipotent agency, and threatened to
fling its lierv ruin upon everv thing a
\ round, fn some parts, however, of the
pitchy vapour by which' the skies were I
In this time completely overspread, the ;
lightning was seen only occasionally to
glimmer in faint streaks of light, jts if
struggling, hut unable to escape from its
prison, igniting, hut too weak to hurst, the
impervious bosoms of those capacious ma
i gazines, in which it was at once engen
dered and pent up. So heavy and con
, tinuous was the rain, that scarcely any
thing, save those vivid hursts of light
which nothing could arrestor resist, was
perceptible through it. The thunder was
so painfully loud, that it frequently caus
ed the ear to throb; ii seemed as if mines
where momentarily springing in the heat
vens, and 1 could almost fancy that one
|of the snhlimest fictions of heathen table
| was realized at this moment before me,
! and that I was hearing an assault of the
j Titans. Thesurfwas raised by the wind,
i and scattered in thin billows of foam, over
I the esplanade, which was completely pow.
tiered with the white leather spray. It
extended several hundred yards from the j
beach ; fish upwards of three inches long
were found upon flat roof of houses in the
town, during the prevalence of tho mon
soon, either blown from the sett, hv. the
j violence of the gales or taken up in the
water spouts, which are very prevalent
lin this tempestuous season. When these
i hurst, whatever they contain, is frequent- j
; ly borne hy the sweeping blast to a con
siderable distance over land, and deposi
ted in the most uncongenial situations;;so
that now, during the violence of these tro
pical storms, fish are found alive on the
tops of houses ; nor is tliis any longer a
matter of surprise, to the established re-si
dent in India, who sees, every year, a re
petition of this singular phenomenon. 1
have mentioned the intense loudness ol
the thunder; but between its pauses, as
the hurricane increased, tho retiring of
the surf was scarcely less loud, so that
there was an unceasing uproar, which, to
those who live near the h *ach, was most
distressing, though the sublimity of the
scene fully compensated for any annoy
ances which were induced hy this fierce
collision of the elements. Du. ing the ex
treme violence of the storm, the heat was
occasionally almost beyond endurance,
particularly after the first day or two,
when the wind would, at intervals, en
tirely subside, so that not a breath of air
could ho felt: and. tho punka afforded hut
a partial relief to that distressing sensa
tion which is caused hv the oppressive
stillness of ihe air, so well known in fndi
a, while the monsoon prevails. This xvas
notour only inconvenience; insects ofall
kinds, crept a lon-' the walls, and the most
disagreeable reptiles crawled over the
floors. Legions of an’s, cockroaches,
and lizards, were forced from their dark
recesses, hy the torrents, and absolutely
invaded us. Scorpions, toads, centipe
does, and even snakes, made free entrance
into our apartments, as if they had been
Hindoo lazar.houses, for the reception of
wandering and homeless reptiles. The
toads, centipedoes, and snakes, we could 1
manage to destroy ; hut the scorpions; liz- !
ards, ants, and cockroaches, defied us hy
their numbers, and maintained a complete,
though not undisturbed possession ol our
chambers.
[Oriental Amulet for 1831.]
C O AS iff £ SS i .5 A L.
LATEST DATE FROM LIVERPOOL 5 t ! SEPT. fi.
LATEST DATE FROM HAVRE : ! : I ACJO. 2G.
23(1 shares T’nitPd Stains IJank Stock, sold at New X'ork.
on I lip Hull inst. at lOSj: 200 do. tOSj, on tiinr; 70 do. 10-g;
100 do. 108], on time; and on the 1 fill, 150 at 108“ do. 109. j
[m - THE YVM. OUiUo.NS, AT PIfARI.E TON.]
| NEXV-N'ORK, < )ci. 11.— buffet. —Biwctr otir last, in some
i insianci-s, a small reduction m prices lias liceii sntniiitled
| to. The .transactions are principally as follows; tiocwepn
I ii and 700 hairs t.asnira, 12} to 12.fi hijiwvt-n 7 and SOU
: bags St. Domingo, 10? to 10.fi between S and 900 baas Rio
ill to 12. V; some Sumatra in lots9?io 10, and 870 bags Rio
j by auction at II i<> 11 ? cis.
Cut tan. —The transactions since on r last review Amount
i to about 1300 hales, of which 1100 were Upland, al )3to
• li.fi including some considerable parcels ol new- crop al
i Id cents.
Flour. —The week opened for Western at 8.7 25 to 5 37,
a' which to some extent were made—the de
maud hem" live y and Ihe market becoming more lirrn J 5
37 was obtained for common brands. -S5 50 was required
! for fancy brands, but the sales were very imi ted; at the 1
i close of the week prices gave way, and i*s 31 was accep j
1 led for several thousand hrls. We have no a teralion in (
j prices of Southern to nonce, and not much has heen done, j
except in Georgetown, |ooo br-s..otWhich were sold at $5
501-..1 export; inferior brands ol Howard st. are olferc-d al |
§5 37.
.1 [iitfissr*. —There is a wcil stork in market and the de- |
mand continues fair. Keuveen.6 and 1UI) hlnls. were so d |
during the week, including about 100 hods. New Orleans
ai 31 r7O hhds. <; sailalonpe :U 2'J Sr I'mix al32fi Bnglish
j Dandal27.fi ami 90 iiiicls. Triniri id at a price unknown.
Hire. —soo tierces tresh beat have been sold - ids week
| at ®325 to 3 f»2. generally on 4 inns, credit.
Fxcfiance. — l?i:is fur the lasi pac'-eis sold at 7'. per ct.
pretn. for those on London, an I 5 32j to 5 .it) for cash and
j credit, for those on France.
LIVERPOOL SEPT. s.—f :nltnv. —We have not to
| notice any change in nnr Go-ton market this week, save
! that tho.e is more Srimn ss titan at ose of last v. ei k,
I Speculators have taken 000 hales of American.and e.vpor
Ims 80U tunes of American, and 3-.io bales ot c-nrat. The
| import is 1!.4fi.3 hags, and the sales are 12,490 hags, viz
ifiO Sea Kland Uifil. to I9d. 20 Stained ditto lOd. to 11 ?d. j
4350 Itoxveds7'.d. ink 4 2000 N. Orleans 751. to to-;. 3o*irt
Alabama. &,c.7 jd. to bd, 3HO Pernams 11 fit. to 12*.<1. 520
; Bahia HJ?d. to ltd, 450 Mar an ham Ihjd. to 12d. —40 XV est
India -fid. 40 Eg\ [itlan I4fii. to lad, and 5f,0 Sural 6,jd. to
■ 7fiJ. per Ih
LIVERPOOL, Sept fi —The sacs of cotton, during the |
tile p is- week, only m, h 12,190 hi e viz—!.:3o Upland*,
, tit 7.j a 9id —160 at 9?3; 2600 Orleans, at n HI; 3070 .-Va
bama, at 7? ah'; tel) Sea Island, at Hi l a 19; gOSlained do.
at 10 1 It',; 1350 Brazil, at lift a 12; 40 Egyptian, at 14] a
15, sdh Sarms, al 6? a 7fi *4O West India, at' i.
LIVERPOOL. Sept. 6. — F.rrv.iug. —Th- sales of ColWn \
ta-day are estimated al 3500 hales, of which 131 Hi are on
speculate n. The market is very steady.
Cotton. —bTpi'aud‘7 .-? (fid; Orleans 7! a a thjd- \p
abama 7 i !2. ;’ a ! - ; 4 I P, ; - 2 i Stain 7a
13: Rice, m bond, :5a 17s: Tar, ] lairs pt-r hr!; Tobacco, !
Virginia b-as. 3 .fifi.l: Sremmed do AxaT-J - Kentucky teal |
3u4d; Stettnned do 4 ind.
■HAVRE. Aug. *33. — "ngcr. —The sales have -"n--sred j
almost exclusive y ofSt. Domingo, at a further decline ot ;
I to 3 centimes per A ko. ftMiti our. last quotations, as so.- 1
■a «.mHI ,r »i ■' *s£
1 ms, viz; —.ViO h;iL’s ord. tocood <>nl. Si. llnmingro, (duly
; ( - ,(i IT-* dn. (ihf i»rd. il>». to. 1-3 do. «rd. in good ord.
do do ' tiO . 137 do. ordinary do. OS4; 4M3 do. men ban
laid. do. m arrive. lid ln'oltier descriptions He li.if eon
l\ to uoiico lOd trigs good ord. Rio, (duty 5?3) at tvV. per
’ 1,0 sold joi exportation. Tlierif in no demand far
doi iia. Tri|ioris, i>(n- 1 loigs and IIT rasks. The cargo of
n,t Men un: limn KlO is iwd yet known.
1 ■■■ ■——^—m
TIS!: SrBSSCKfIS£R
T" ¥AS just received a large assortment of
« Si FALL and WINTER GOODS, which
are now opened and ottered (or sale on accon*.
modatinar terms, unitor the LaFayclto Hall, in
front of the Theatre,
c'o.xsistixc ok :
HAI.ES stout Lowell Negro Cloths,
.4»‘9& 13 do I .ondon Duille Blankets,
3 bales Fum y End do
3 do Rose 111—I, 11—1, 13-1 1(0
12 cases Blue, Brown, Claret, Green and mixed
Broad Cloths,
2 do Fancy Stripe Sattineis,
1 do Drib Cassimeres,
5 bales Red Flannels,
3 do White do
5 do Cotton and Wool do
2 do Green do
15 cases Bleached Sheeting,
20 do do Shirting,
3 do Linen Fold do •
5 tlo (i 1 Brown Shociing,
15 do 4-4 do do
!() bales BroWn 8 bird rg, (some very line)
5 do Dorchester Bed Ticking,
5 do Anioskeng do
I do Super Blue Circassians,
3 do Assorted do
1 case Blue Camhlets,
20 do Calicoes assorted,
10 bales Superior 7-8 Lowell Osnaburgs,
0 do Brown Drillings (stout)
4 cases Blench’d do
5 do White Cotton Hose, assorted qualities,
3 do White do 4 do
2 do Mixed do i do
1 do liambs Woo! half Hose
2 do Furniture CalicdeS,
2 do Super 14 M nslipatum Mdkfs. (fancy pat
terns)
2 do Madrass do
2 do Brittania do
3 do Rom a I do
2 do Color’d cotton Cambric,
2 do Corded Skirts.
2 do I’laid and Striped Domestics
I do Linen Table Diaper, 9.4, lU-4, 11 1,
3 do Irish Linen,
1 do Brown Holland,
1 case 7-8 French Linens,
2 do Cottoanet Suspenders,
1 do Wliitey Bu»wu and all colors Linen
Thread,
] do Cotton Hank do
2 do Pins,
1 hale Marseilles Quilts,
1 case Colored Bed Spreads,
3 do Cassinets,
2 do 3 4 Corderoy,
2 do Pantaloon Stripes,
A I.SO,
700 Pieces Spittalfields ITdkfs., .73 Joz Cot
lon do. colored Borders. Black Sarsnets, Men’s
Lambs Wool Hose, Ladies Black and Slate
worsted do.. Ladies Vigonin do., Ladies Black
and Slate Cotton do., 1200 dozen Spool Cotton,
2.3 dozen Valentia Vests, 42 dozen Duck Panta
loons, Fancy Valentia Shawls, Fancy Silk lldkfs..
Ladies Capes. Belt Ribbons, Pearl Sldrt But
tons, Shirt Collars and Shirt Bosoms, Canton
Flannels, 700 dozen Tape, Lambs Wool and
Cotton Knit Shirts, Valentia Vesting, 15 cases
Boots. 10 cases Winds or Soap. 25 boxes in etich
case ; Knives and Forks, 3 cases Cutlery, in do
zens and on Cards; 100,000 Qmlls.
E. W. SPOFFORD, Auctioneer.
September 16 26
.ITisst received l»y flic Subscriber,
4N assortment of S'resjeJs, JFjiney &■
Dry Goad*, imported direct
from Pans, expressly for this market, viz :
Fancy Calicoes, suitable for children and grown
persons.
Second Mourning do. handsome and new patterns
Fancy Cravats, Cotton Socks,
Linen Cambric lldkfs. some patterns entirely
new *
Linen Cambrics
-1-4 Linen, some extra lino
Black Italian Crape
Fine at d superfine jet black Bombazines
Silk Oil (.doth (or nurses Aprons
Linen 'Bowels with colored borders
Do Apron Check
A great variety of Fancy Shawls
Silk and Bead Bags
Ladies Corsets
Very best Ladies and Gentlemen’s 11. S. Gloves
Scissors, Lire Screens, Durable Ink,
Best Almond and Rose Soap
Do Cologne Water
('ream ot Perse, for beautifying the skin, &c. &c.
AT.SO,
A large collection ol Paper liattgiiigv
together with suitable borders.
JOHN P. SETZE.
July 22 10
PeS»{KT. LHje, Us*;«*i)«>» . &v. Ac.
?•:. 35. 3: \ SSKBiH’T
I TK jH'AS on hand, and offers for sale, at his tfpro.
i -S. S. imdci the United States Hotel,
50 Boxes Turpentine Soap,
20 do do do 50 lb. e.-rt®*,
15 do do do 20 do
15 do Raisins,
10 do Window Glass,
20 Bags Prime Black Pepper.
2 Pipes Holland Gin,
2 do Superior American Brandy,
10 Bags Coffee,
15 Kegs Leaf Lard,
2 Tierces Rice,
10 Boxes Troy Candles,
10,000 Hall Spanish Segars
15,000 American do
i 3U() !t>. Bacon Hams,
10 Demijohns Brandy and Wines,
1 Cask Claret Wine,
Russian Quills, Brogan Shoes, &c. &c.
! The above Goods will be sold very low to
I close sales. September 26. 29
KBJiOVAL.
’ nnilE Subscriber, begs leave f» inform ins
: JL friends ami the public, that he has remov
; ed to No- 253 Broad-street, immediately below
i the Ba .k ol Auru-u: where he has just open.
i eri a fre^ardfudiona'de^nierno^
CLKi To‘.i.-» «!■» ":’ 1 h,m Wl *
, . c ,;p nrotnu-es “ Neatness and
I t icir orders, ne • *
Despatch:’ Draper <j- Tailor.
iT Tare .. or lour JOURNEYMEN can ob
tain ihe best prices by appL-g as above T. A.
; October 1 10 3u