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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES PASSED AT THE SE
COND SESSION OF THE TWENTV-FIFTH CONQEE3S.
. [Puultc. —No. 9.]
AN ACT to change the time of holding the
terms of the Circuit Court of the U. States ibr
tiie Eastern District of Virginia, and of the
District Court of the United States for the
Eastern District of Virginia, directed by law
to be held in the city of Richmond.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri.
ca, in Congress assembled. That, hereafter, the
Spring Term.of the Circuit Court of the United
Ntates lor the Eastern District of Virginia shall
commence on the eighteenth day of May, and
the Fall Terra on the eighteenth of November,
in each year, instead of the twenty-second of
May and the twenty-second of November, as is
now provided by la_w...
Sec. 2. And he it further enacted, That the
terms of the district court of the United States
for the eastern district of Virginia, which arc
now directed by law to commence on the sis.
teenth day of May and the fifteenth of Novem
ber, in each year, shall hereafter commence on
the twelfth day of May and the twelfth day of
November, in each year. Provided, neverthe
less, That, whenever the day on which the terms
of either of the said circuit or district court, as
herein provided for, shall happen to be Sunday,
then the term of said court shall commence on
the following day.
Sec. 3. And he it further enacted, That all
proceedings and process depending in or issuing
out of cither of the said courts, which are o”
may be made returnable to any other time ap
pointed for holding the same "than that above
specified, shall he deemed legally returnable on
the days hereinbefore prescribed, and not other
wise. And all suits and other proceedings in
either of the said courts which stand continued
to any other time than that above specified, shall
bo deemed continued to the lime prescribed by
this act, and no other.
JAMES K. POLK.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
HU. M. JOHNSON,
Vice President of the U. Slates, and
President of the Senate.
Approved, March 2nd, 1'338.
MI VAN BOREN.
[From the Native American.]
GLANCES AT CONGRESS.
no. mi.
Congressional Antithesis — Hon. Hugh S. Le.
gate, of South Carolina—the Student-Politi- •
dan — Hon. Thomas L. Hamer, of Ohio—the
Poor Buy and his Team—A Subject Jor Doc
trine. [continued.]
How we do love the Hall of Representatives.
It is the place of all others on this continent.
There is nothing to equal it, here, or elsewhere.
How turbulent, like a foaming ocean—how
calm, like a bill-o’ershadowed lake—how mean,
like a flock of frightened sparrows—l ow sub
lime, like a mighty army of oaks, pointing, like
the finger of destiny, with their branches to Hea
ven. Verily it can be compared to any thing,
and yet nothing is like it. So wild—so tame—
so wicked—so virtuous—so ridiculous—so wise.
It is a rare hall, and often do I close my eyes I
and gaze over the hundred heads that grow up
on the eclipsed vision, like so many giants.
How various the countenances—how wonder
fully exemplified the genius of the Omnipotent.
There are no two faces alike—none that ap
proach a similarily-all different, various, unique,
and singular; and ail arc men of sense; for how
could forty-odd thousand freemen, exercising the
deliberation incident to our form of Govern
ment—a deliberation and a judgment springing
from the interest of all, in the weal of the whole
—send a ninny to Congress?
I said in a former number, that I would al
ternate between the Senate Chamber and
the House of Representatives; and on this
occasion I have forborne the pleasure of depict,
■ing Mr. Clay, in order to lounge a while with
our old friends, the members of the Lower House;
and I will attempt to sketch you a gentleman
who has just arisen to address the Chair. I hear
the loungers ask who is he? I see that the Mem
bers near me, pause iu their common.placcisms,
to listen to the stranger. I see afar off, away
over the Hall, a number-of heads spring up—
and great eyes, fixed and brilliant, stare over the
assembly.
The Reporters all seize their pens, and the
honorable speaker turns in his morocco chair to
catch a full view of the ample and intellectual
face. In the gallery there is quite a sensation.
Necks are stretched over, and fingers pointed,
jand ladies are whispering to their beaux, and
beaux are simpering to the fairer ones. There
is a general sensation throughout the lobbies— >
the Members—the galleries—and even I, aesus- j
temed as I am to all mannes of eloquence, feel
quite a tumult within me. And lam right glad
that admiration opens a path to a man so gifted
as Legare, of South Carolina. It is not for me
to moralize. I travel at too rapid a pace for
that; —jumping from desk to desk, I gaze up in
to each Member’s face—scribble away—tummy !
ear to catch the sound of his voice—clothe it in
ink and immortalize it on paper—setting it to !
music in these, the Glances—that is my busi
ness. I dare not soar into the higher regions of
philosophy, though I long to say, that all this
admiration—this hush over the multitude of men
and women —springs from the literary character :
of Legare; from his high-wrought and able re- i
views. Whilst in Charleston, South Carolina, I
he gave his genius and his heart to the groat |
Review of the South. In the annals of Ibren- i
sic politics, his name is not conspicuous. He *
has never, until now, thundered as a popular •
Representative—visible to the mass—tangible to j
the grasp of every stranger; but heretofore he
has been a student, pouring over the iron-clasped
and the spider sanctified tomes; pondering on
<Ue past to enlighten the present; giving forth,
■through the agency of the mute, but omnipotent
Press, his views on all subjects; and treating
everything with vigor, originality and taste.—
He has travelled much in foreign climes, whence
doubtless he has gathered for his deep fancies—
sights for his picturesque pen—towers and moul
dering forts upon the famous Rhine, for his Jove
of liberty to strengthen hinself with; and he has
.returned to his native land, imbued over again
with a love ot her institutions, and ready, when
the occasion calls him forth, to bare his good
right wm for the domestic peace and tranquilli
ty of the nation.
In person Mr. Legare is not tall; but he is
■tout, ms shoulders exhibiting signs of stren th*
his head is remarkably large; his brows proicct’
ing; his eye proud; but not overbearing- hU
mouth large, eloquent and siugular; the under
lip projecting in suuh away as to give him a
stern, hut not unpleasant appearance;—it is rat b
er the sternness of thought, than the sulkiness
of a haughty man.
He dresses well, and is very neat in his per
sonal habiliments: A little lame withal, lie is
so curious in his physical conformation, that I
am almost afraid to go on; for though 1 feel
nothing but respect for him, yet I am afraid
that my readers would accuse me of caricatur
ing. Mr. Legare is striking in his appearance;
there is an air of originality about him that
makes you tarn in the street to watch his re
tiring figure. His short stature—his broad
shoulders.—his high heeled and highly polished
boots and then Ins bold, undaunted look, mark
him as a man in a thousand. In debate Mr.
Legare is animated to the full extent of the
word; lie leans over ins desk; he mores his
brows—his eyes wave about—his figure expands
—he rises to (he topmost height of the imagina. j
tion—and with a rapid and hawklike flight, lie
sweeps to objects ot minor importance, but ger
mam to his topic.' His voice is sue generis—
strong —almost Jiaish—full toned and dramatic.
Sometimes lie flies over the heads of his dis
course, gathering strength and beauty as he
goes, and anon he settles upon a bold and com
manding point, and spins around and around in
fanciful but vivifying buoyancy.
His order of mind is picturesque and general.
Ho love i the wide and weird fields of human
speculation. From the closet he has emerged
upon a busy, mechanical, stern and muscular
age, wrapt in his own peculiar and individual
mantle. He has been a moral speculator among
books, led on from dream to dream—from ma
jesty to majesty—until lie dreams the world one
wide-spread and glorious surface, wherein are
reflected the stars of poetry, or beauty, and of
grandeur. There is nothing rough and unpliant
in his intellect; hut there is a vigor that, like the
mechanism of the rocket, throws far over the
heads of all, his brilliant shafts of rhetoric and
eloquence.
Mr. Legare can never be a useful man to the
physical condition of the mass, in a direct and
immediate manner. He cannot dive at once
into the wants of the millioncd multitude, but
he is calculated to shine in the higher walks of
literature, imparting a healthful lone to letters,
and awakening and chastening, crushing and
clearing the energies of thought, the daring
flight of the ambitious mind. As yet, Ido not
think that Mr. Legare has given a full sample
of his power in the Hall. His speech at the
Extra Session was brilliant and high-wrought,
and evidenced the thoughtful composer, more
than it did the profound thinker. It seemed
like a review uttered by a Reviewer; but Mr.
Legare is young in politics. It, is a hardened
and an ungrateful task for a man who lias wield
ed the editorial pen of one of the most spirited
and able Reviews in this country, to throw aside
that peaceful pen—to forget his familiar ink—
the sanity of his closet— its peace — its melodi
ous silence— and rush forth into the battle burst
of political opinion—but yet with his honesty
and liis ability, lie will do good service to the
cause of the people. He can generalize in a
peculiarly forcible manner, and his opinions may
become the texts of other and more practical
men,
I have alluded to his connexion with the
Southern Review. For many years he labored
i in that great vineyard of letters, with his intcl
i lect ever bright and vigilant. Frequently the
■ publisher would enter his study with fear and
| anxiety depicted on his countenance, and im
-1 pi ore Mr. Legare to furnish him matter for the
| Review instantcr, declaring that lie had been
disappointed in some other contributor, and that
the work would not be forthcoming, if so many
pages were not filled up. The publisher always
left him satisfied that the desired work would be
accomplished, and Mr. Legare ever proved faith
ful to his need.
Glancing around his library he would lake
down any work—Plato, Aristotle, Livy, Cicero
—any thing—Greek, Latin, French, Spanish,
or Italian; and the midnight hour would find
him pouring forth one of those brilliant sketches
that so adorned the pages of the Review and
modelled it into a standard of literature. Bui I
must hasten to others who demand my atten
tion, I have sketched Mr. Legare at length,
because he i«. tc my mind, pure and untainted
—a high-souled scholar, if not able to lay claim
to the title of a cunning politician.
But I must dash on with my Glances. I see
around me, in the midst of the Hall, men who
have done good battle in the Debates, and among
them, I catch the figure of Hamer, of Ohio.
This gentleman is a warm and earnest sup
porter of the Administration ; and, upon all oc
casions, has evidenced a strong and logical
mind, united with a moderate and even temper,
so as to win to him the respect even of liis
warm political opponents.
In person he is upwards of six fbet. His ap
pearancc is rather striking, owing to the singu
lar manner in which he wears liis hair; —its col
or, 100, may add to the effect—for it is red.
Looking at him from behind, yon would imagine
that his head was unnaturally tail; but it is his
immense pyramid of hair, which stands upon
his crown, strong and wiry.
His manner of elocution is not ornate; but
there is a nervousness about it, that stays him
ever in his arguments. There is no attempt at
poetry; but with the staid and steady labor of a ,
laborious man, brought up to toil from his boy
hood, lie clutches the subject, and without gloves,
proceeds to bis examination. No brilliant cor
ruscationsshine and dazzle along his sentences; t
no flowers of wit spring up to garland Iris path
way ; but a firm set array of noble plants, in- j
vigorate his march and give courage to his (
mind. His voice is harsh, but not unpleasant; j
it is like ihe speaker, firm, unflattering, not to |
be subdued.
I should think—for I do not know Mr. Hamer
personally—that liis peculiar order of mind
would adapt him to laborious and trying scenes
in life, give to him a power to resist and disdain
the fortuitous circumstances that beset our pro
gress, and furnish him forth with arms to com
bat against difficulty, and stubbornly and boldly
to pursue the ends, erected as honorable to his
ambition, by hisjudgment.
He has the faculty of opposing with plain and
direct sense, plausible and apparently formidable ,
obstacles, thrown in his way by opposite Mem
bers ; and I have seen him on knotty points of ,
order, display a conciseness of conception,-high- i
ly honorable to his diserimi lation. His forte is i
in deliberate and patient investigation—in anal- ,
izing the widely diffused points, that even in our
Congress, grow up in the course of a debate; for
members discuss every thing, while considering
even an appropriation item to build a light
house, from the story of Jack the Giant-killer,
up to the man who discovered that crabs crawled
backwards. ;
I have never seen Mr. Hamer thrown off his *
equilibrium; and yet I have seen him attacked .
by undaunted and reckless spirits, whose fierce
and angry looks were enough to discompose his i
nerves, at least for a moment. Cool, collected, j
ready and active, he has stood the brunt of the
attack, and sat down with a calmness as philo- i
sophic as it is comfortable. I would not have I
it supposed that Mr. Hamer is not to be roused : i
I have witnessed hint, when enkindled by bis <
subject, glow and warm ; but it has always been
a warmth characterized by a conviction of right,
rather than a desire, eloquently and rhetorically, {
to palliate error or injustice.
Some years ago, a gentleman of my acquaint
ance was met on the Avenue of this City, by a
young looking man, dressed respectably in a
dark gray frock coat, with standing collar, and !
B kindle of papers under his arra. The Biranger
pauseQ <md gazed into the face of rny friend
• You do n« know me,” said he, calling the gen
man by his nara e , “No, sir, I really do not.”—
“What!” said the person with the dark gray
coat, his keen blue sparkling, “You do not
remember when you we»> building a house, in
the we-stern part of— -. that a red haired
boy used to haul dirt out of th* cellar with his
ox-cart?” The gentleman pondered, and carried
Ills recollection back to the time referred to by
the stranger, and did remember a little flery-head
ed urchin, who hauled the dirt from the founda
tions, with his yoke of oxen. “I was that boy,”
said the stranger, “but am note a Member of the
American Congress !” It was Mr. Hamer.
Yes, he is a Member of Congress, and another
example of our excellent and peculiar institu
tions, Here let tourists pause, and, if they can,
reflect. Here let our own'slatesmen in particu
lar dwell for a moment, and analize the spirit of
| the Government under which they live —over
which they do not rule. They will see in such
bright annals of the poor, the very germ and
beauty of our laws—they will see the fountain
head of all excellence; and let them travel by
its coarse; and they will mark it, under all cir
cumstances, following a direct and deliberate
track. Our poor boys are the children of the in
stilulions of their country : to them the road to
power —honorable power—lies open : they pur
sue the goal with a steady but modest footstep :
they make obedience to the laws and established
usages of the country—one great mean by which
to obtain the end of their desires: they create
no fictitious standard of merit—-the native stan
dard is already established : and, finally, they
become fit officers of those laws—the obedience
and observance of which, contributed to their
rise.
This is a Native argument, for I am thorough
ly imbued with your doctrine, Mr. Editor. Your
doctrine, did I say? Oh no, not your’s, hut the
doctrine of Nature and of God. Ho foreigners
obtain the ends of their ambition by the means
used by our own citiz. ns? No. They affieet a
love they cannot feel, for the institutions of this
land, —they bawl—they scream—and in their
highest notes, standing in the highest places,
yell firth the words “Liberty—and Washing
ton !”—viewing each principle—for Washing
ton, in the lesson of his life, is an abstract prin
ciple—as isolated from all effort, from all real
knowledge, and from all restraints.
[to be continued.]
[From the Southern Recorder.]
CHEROKEE AFFAIRS.
Having on a lonner occasion troubled our
cotemporary of the Augusta Constitutionalist,
in pointing out the misgovernment of what had
been done by the late Executive in relation to
this maltcr, we take greatly more pleasure in
calling his attention to the very efficient and
proper course of the present able Executive of
the State, in relation to the same matter. We
say “efficient” — for the dispositions which our
Governor has brought about, without entailing
an enormous and unnecessary expense on the
State, or unnecessarily harrassing our citizens,
will we presume he deemed amply efficient by
bis opponents themselves: and we add in regard
to his action “proper,” because lie has brought
his efficiency to bear just at the proper and suit
able moment. Through the correspondence
with the War Department, and the clear expo
o'uiea of what both justice and policy demanded,
Col. Lindsay has, we understand, been entrusted
with authority to call from the several Slates of
Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina, any
force he may deem necessary, for the entire
quiet of the Cherokee country, and the peaceful
removal of the Cherokecs at the proper period
in May next.
Eleven Companies have been called for from
Georgia, nine of which have been organized,
received their orders, and vve presume arc ere
this at their appropriate stations in the Cherokee
territory. Os these Companies two arc from
Gwinnett, commanded by Captains Garmany
and Tuggle, two from Hall, commanded by
Captains Buffington and Dorsey, one from
Franklin, commanded by Captain Bond, from
Walton one, commanded by Captain Means,
from Habersham one, commanded by Captain
Cleveland, with two others, commanded by Cap
tains Derrick and Faris. Two other companies,
we understand, will in a few days follow those
already in service.
These eleven Companies will constitute the
quota to be furnished by Georgia. About the
same time, Tennessee and North Carolina will
have, under similar requisitions, their several
quotas in the field. These, with the force now
under the command of Col. Lindsay, say some
six or eight hundred men, ought surely to be
quite enough for all the objects in view, both as
it regards the removal of the Indians, and qui
eting all apprehensions on the part of our cili
zens, in regard to them. With the white popu
lation of the Cherokee counties, under these ar
rangements, there cannot possibly be any reason
feu - apprehension, in the minds of even the most
timid. Now we ask our cotemporary, if this is
not the right way to do things? No blustering,
no imposing upon the State hundreds of thou
sands of expense, in short no electioneering in
the business; but the calm, quiet, energetic ac
tion of the Executive of a sovereign Slate, re
quiring the Federal Government to perform its
duty, (a duty altogether and wholly' her own,) at
the proper time and in the proper way. We
think our cotemporary must in candor, most
heartily answer our query affirmatively.
We have obtained the permission of the Gov
ernor to publish the subjoined letter from the War
Department, together with the extract from the
letter of the Cherokee Superintendent, We trust
the solicitude expressed by the Federal Admin
istration on the subject referred to may add to
the efficiency of the Executive Proclamation,
which will be found in this day’s paper.
Department of War, )
March 6th, 1838. \
Sir— l have the honor to invite your Excel
lency’s attention to the accompanying extract
from a letter from Gen. Smith, Superintendent
of the Cherokee emigration, dated the I4th ulti
mo. 1 lie time fixed in the last treaty for the re
moval of these Indians, is so rapidly approach
ing, and its peaceable and prompt accomplish,
nient is so important to them and to our own
country, that I respectfully request, that all the
means that can be legally employed may be ap
plied, to prevent the alleged practices, which
cannot fail to delay so desirable a result, and
that the government may’ have the aid of your
official co-operation.
Very respectfully your ob’L serv’t.
J. R. POINSETT.
His Excellency George R. Gilmer,
Governor of Georgia, Milledgeville, Ga.
Extract of a letter of Gen. Nathaniel Smith,
Superintendent of Cherokee removal, to the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, dated Cherokee
Agency East, February Uth, 1838:
“The course that many of the whites pursue
in the Cherokee Country, has jilso a tendency to
prevent emigration and to bring on difficulties
with the Indians. They are in the habit of sell
ing every thing which they can induce them to
buy r , and not attempt to collect until the Indian
enrolls—then they arrest and harrassthem in an
outrageous manner.”
A PROCLAMATION.
Georgia;
By GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor and
(Mmmander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy
of r tkis State, and oj the Militia thereof:
M hercas information has been received at this
Department, that frequent trespasses are com
milting upon the occupant right* of the In
dians in this State, and that many of them, after
enrolling for emigration, are prevented from re.
moving to the country provided for them in the
West, by vexatious arrests;
And whereas such conduct is in violation of
the laws, the principles of justice and humanity
highly injurious to the prosperity of the. State,
by preventing the speedy departure of the Indi
ans from its territory, and may bring upon the
people of the Cherokee counties evils of the great,
est magnitude—
I have therefore thought proper to issue this
my proclamation, requirig the agents for the pro.
reel ion of the Cherokees, and all civil and mili
tary officers, to use their authority in securing
to the Indiansthequietciijoyrnentoftheir houses
and fields until the 23J of May next, and their
peaceable and unobstructed removal from the
State, so far as may be permitted by the laws,
upon their enrolling for emigration; and calling
upon all good citizens of the Cherokee country,
as they regard their own security and the pres,
ervalion of their property, to aid in effecting
these objects.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the groat seal of the
s L. S. £ Slate to be affixed at the Capitol in
£ ’ Milledgeville, this seventeenth day of
March, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and of
the sixty-second year ofx'Vrnerican Independence.
GEORGE R. GILMER.
By the Governor.
Wat. A. Tensille, Secretary of State.
[From the Savannah Georgian.]
DIRECT IMPORTATIONS.
At a meeting of the citizens of Savannah, held
at the Exchange, 19th of March, in accordance to
public notice ; Joseph Gumming, Esq., was called
to the chair, ami Mr. Charles Green was appointed
Secretary.
The Chairman slated, that the object of the
meeting was to appoint delegates to the convention
to be assembled in Augusta on the first Monday in
April, in accordance with a recommendation of the
convention held in October last.
On motion of John Gumming, Esq., it was
“ Resolved —Tlrat the report of the previous del
egation he read.”
REPORT of the delegation from the city of Savan
nah to the convention held at Augusta, on the
16th of October, 1337.
In pursuance of the resolutions of a public meet
ing held in the city of Savannah on the fourth day
of October last, your delegation appeared at. tiie
convention on the 16th day of October, 1837, as
will appear by the minutes of that body, and are
the subscribers to this report, except David L.
Adame, Esq., who is absent at Augusta.
Your delegation arc of opinion that the conven
tion was in itself highly useful. That its discus
sions were conducted very harmoniously, and that
the union of sentiment, ns expressed by delegates
from various states and territories, was a strong
testimony of the necessity and justice of the mea
sures proposed, and when the talent and respecta
bility of the convention are considered, a firm
guarantee of their execution.
The report of the committee of the convention
tins been long before the public, mid its principles
and reasoning have been generally acceded to,
and confirmed by subsequent events.
Your delegation place the same before you, ac
companied by the minutes of the convention.
It may have been brought to the knowledge of
the gentlemen composing this meeting, that, on ap
plication to the legislatures of Georgia and South
Carolina, under the resolution of the convention,
laws have been passed by both these slates, au
thorising limited co-partnership, which open the
way for an extension of our trade, under their re
strictions and immunities.
To the chairman of the committee of the conven
■ tion, Gen. McDuffie, of South Carolina, was assign
ed the duty of preparing an address to the sou! hern
and south-western states, embodying the princi
ples which were set forth in the report, and placing
before the country the views and intentions of the
convention in relation to the import and export
trade of these natural divisions.
That address has now appeared, and your dele
gation lays it, before you in the same pamphlet
which contains the minutes of the convention. It
is considered advisable to place the subject con
nected with their appointment before their fellow
citizens, and asking reference to one of the resolu
tions of the convention, recommending that the
citizens of the southern and southwestern states,
appoint delegates to meet in convention at Augus
ta, on the first Monday in April ensuing, imending
thereby to concentrate public sentiment ami ac
tion, for carrying out the commercial policy of
these sections of the United Slates.
Respectfully submitted,
JOS. GUMMING, Chairman
Savannah, Bth February, 1838.
On motion of Mr. J Delamotta, it was
“ Resolved, That the report of the delegation be
adopted, and that this meeting do approve of the
assembly of a convention at Augusta, and will ap
point a delegation to represent the city of Savan
nah.”
Ou motion of John Gumming, Esq , it was
“ Resolved, That the number of the Savannah
delegation bo seven, appointed by the chairman,
with power to fill vacancies.”
On motion of Judge Jones, it was
“Resolved, That the Chairman, Joseph Gum
ming, Esq. be requested to serve as one of the del
egation;”'
On motion of John Gumming, Esq , it was
“Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be published in the city papers.”
The meeting then adjourned
JOS. GUMMING, Chairman.
Charles Green, Secretary.
The following gentlemen comprise the delega
tion : —Joseph Gumming, John Gumming, G. B. La
mar, B. E Stiles, John Macpherson Berrien, John
{'. Nicoll, S. B. Parkman.
BY EXPRESS MAIL.
[F*ROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.]
[From the New York Times f Com. Intelligencer.']
LATER FROM ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
Our news schooner boarded yesterday at sea,
20 miles S. S. E. of Sandy Hook, the packet
ship Sully, Capt. Lines, from Havre, whence
she sailed on the 10th ultimo. By her we have
received some of our French papers, from which ,
we gather the following:
Our dates are to the 9lh u!t. both from Paris
and Havre, and to the 7th from London.
The intelligence from England connected (
with the affaiis of Canada, is all that we find of !
great interest. Accounts have been received in
London of the destruction of the steamboat i s
Caroline, and had caused great excitement.— , £
The press generally speaking is violent, and I c
scout the idea of giving satisfaction for the act, : c
alledging, that it was fully justified by the con- j t
duct of the people on the frontier. In answer i c
to an inquiry on the subject put to Ministers in j
the House of Commons, Lord Palmerston, the I
Minister for Foreign Affairs, after stating that, j
no official account had been received of the as- i
fair of the Caroline concluded by saying “No
thing could be more satisfactory than the com
munications that had taken place between her
Majesty’s Government and that of the United (
States. He thought that the House might con- j.
fidently trust—although there might have been
on both sides acts commmitled not consistent
with tiie laws, and in violation of the treaties '
that existed —he thought, considering the unani- J
miy that had existed between the two countries, r
that the House might trust that nothing had J
taken place to prevent the friendly relations
which existed between this country and the
United States—(Cheers).”
On the sth February, the House of Lords pass- r
ed the Canada Bill, Mr. Roebuck having previ- r
ously addressed, by permission, that body as
Agent for the Canadas. In the debate on it Lord
Glenelg declared that the Act would immediately
be put into execution in Canada, without wait
ing for the arrival of Lord Dunham. We per- j
ceive from a paragraph in a French paper that t
Mr. Ellice, M. P. is alsa to visit. Canada, on a
mission from Government, though the precise na- 1
ture of it is not staled.
Parliament and the people seem very unani- t
inous in supporting the measures of Government r
in regard to Canada. Preparations continue to
be made for the despatch of troops to the Prov
inces, and as soon as the season will permit, a
large force of steamers is to be collected on the
Lakes under the command of an officer of the
Navy.
From the People’s Press of yesterday—extracted
from the New York Journal of Commerce slip.
STILL LATER FROM EUROPE.
By the ship Scotland, Capt. Robinson, we have
London papers to Feb. 19th and Liverpool to the
30th. Previous London dates were to the 6lh, and
Liverpool to the 3rd.
The Cotton market appears in the course of 19
days to have receded i a I though it was rising at
the very latest date.
Sales of Cotton at Liverpool for the week ending
Feb. 16, 18,550 bales at a decline ofi a i on Am. I
sorts.
250 Sea Istand at 15 a24 cents.; 9970 Bowed at
6aßi; 3600 Orleans at 6ia9d. A good business
was done on Monday, the 19th, at ? a i on the pri
ces of Friday. Sales 5,000 bales; on Saturday ‘2500
bales.
Manchester Cotton Market, Friday evening, Feb
ruary 16.—We have experienced an unusually dull
week; indeed, never, in our recollection, did we
know less doing, and, as may be anticipated, at I
I lower prices for every description of goods and '
twist.
This also applies even to 27 inch power-loom j
printing cloths, for which there was a good demand j
at higher prices last week. The still declining 1
price of Cotton has, no doubt produced this dull
ness to some extent.
AUGUSTA, GA.
THURSDAY CORNING, MARCH 92, 1838.
PUBLIC MEETING.
The members of the Union Party of Richmond
County, are invited to meet TO-MORROW, 23d
of March, at the Court House, in this city, at 11
o’clock A. M. for the purpose of appointing dele
gates to the Convention which is to assemble at
Milledgeville on the Ist Monday in May next, to
nominate a Congressional Ticket, to be supported
by the party at the elecl'cn., i>. October next.
THEATRE.
Mrs. Anderson tal.es her benefit this evening,
and we hope to sec a crowded house. The bill she '■
offers is a good one, but there is a circumstance I
connected with this lady, that should draw the ;
charitable to her support, and that circumstance is,
that she is a widow with a large family, who are
dependent on her exertions for a support.
£CS" We copy from the Southern Recorder an
article on our “Cherokee Affairs,” together with
the proclamation of Gov. Gilmer, for the informa- j
tion it conveys respecting the measures taken for j
the protection of the Cherokee counties, and for !
the purpose of expressing our approbation of “ the |
very efficient and proper course of (lie present Ex
ecutive of the State, in fetation to the same mat- '
ter.” But, while we approve the course of Gov. I
Gilmer, we must be permitted to observe to the i
editors of the Recorder, that this very course is a I
most complete justification and vindication of the
course which Gov. Schley intended to pursue, and
which he would have pursued if re-elected to the j
chief-magistracy of the Stale. The editors of the ;
Recorder say, that now is the'proper time; We
say, that the organization of a military corps, when
intended by Gov. Schley, was the proper time, he- ,
cause it would have apprised the Cherokee Indians,
that the people of Georgia w ere determined to re- ;
quire the execution of the treaty of 1835, by the
total emigration of the Cherokee Indians from the
territory of the State in May 1838, and because
Ross and his party would have been convinced of
the futility of further resistance to emigration. We
firmly believe, that if such a corps had been organ
ised last year, the Indians would have peaceably
removed to the west. The editors of the Recor
der say, that in the course of Gov. Gilmer, there is
“ no imposing upon the State hundred of thousands
of expense.” What expense was imposed upon
the Slate by the course of Gov. Schley ?
A Coroner’s Inquest was held on the 20th j
inst. by I. Hendricks, Coronerof Richmond county, |
upon a Mulatto boy, found dead, at or near the j
upper Bridge. The verdict of the jury of Inquest j
was as follows:—that the said boy came to his :
death by a loaded wagon accidently passing over
bis neck.
The above accident, according to the evidence, !
was caused by the boy’s endeavoring to jump upon 1
the wagon, having a rope or bridle about his neck,
(being in search of a horse,) which became entang
lad in the wheel, and he fell between them, and
the hind wheel passed directly over his neck, ;
which caused his death. —Peoples Press of yesterday.
Another! —On the same day, the Coroner j
was again called to hold an inquest over the body I
of a female slave, the property of the Hon. John
P. King, by the name of Charlotte. After the ex- j
amination of wit nesses the jury brought in their ver
diet “that the deceased came to her death by the j
discharge of a pistol by a man of the name of Woos- !
ter.”
This case is another evidence of the evils which
must result from carrying deadly weapons about i
the person. Had not Wooster had a pistol about j
him, he would not have been the cause of the death j
of an innocent person. When will our young men |
rid themselves of this barbarous, cowardly cits- 1
tom ? Here is a young man in the bloom of life, '
with an education we understand, of the first order, !
for the rash act of one momen*, compelled to suf- ;
for the torments of a smitten conscience for the re- j
tnainder of his life, and for what? for carrying an I
unlawful weapon about his person. We hope this j
wifi,prove a warning to those who are in the habit |
of carry pistols and dirks about them.
Wooster was arrested on Tuesday' morning and j
carried before a magistrate on two counts—the !
first for an assault and batteiy on one of our city
officers, the second for murder. He was found
guilty and bound over on the first indictment in the
sum of $5000; on the second he was refused bail, !
and was remanded to prison, to await the decision
of the judge. On Wednesday, Judge Schley, in ; '
chamber, heard the arguments in favor and against j
the defendant, and admitted him to bail in the sum i
of S3OOO. I
This case wc believe, comes under one of the
laws passed at the recent session of our legislature,
prohibiting the carrying of deadly weapons, and we
hope the proper officers will sec it rigidly enforced, j
STATISTICS OF WAR. I t
In the London Despatch we find some curious *
details of the expenses and loss of life, occasioned ]
by the wars between England and France from 1 1
1697 to 1815. The table shows the cost of these : t
wars to Great Britain, and the number of its sub- '
jects who perished in them. 1
cost. men. ,
The war which closed in 1697 £21,500,000 100,000 t
The war which com
menced in 1702 43,000,000 250 000 !
“ “ “ 1739 48.000,000 240,000
‘‘ “ A “ . 1 756 111,000,000 250,000 ,
ihev\arof the A men
can Rev’n in 1775 139,000,900 200,000 !
The French Revolution
afy war in 1793 1,100,000,000 200,000 '
VIRGINIA? ~ J
The great internal improvement scheme, which c
had, for some time past, engaged the attention of 1
the \ irginia Legislature, was lost in the House, on [
the 13th instant.
The two Bambers, who had been demanded of j.
the Governor of New York, by the British Gov- j,
rnmetjt, have been set at liberty, by the Recorder it
INDISTINCT PRINT
laid wv?' 0 ?’ ° n l^e that tbo document*
»hich ,t"y
PAY or THE ARMY
The Boston Atlas publish.., .v,„ 1 1.
ule of the pay of the U. S. Infantry InTSkry
An examination of it confirms i a OUTt _-, y
. , ~ , ourmmds the cor
rectness of tho opinion which is generally enter
tained among those attached to the service that
the rates of compensation are too low both for
officers and men. When tho arduous nature of
the service, its risks and privations, are considered
we are induced to think with the New York Jour
nal of Commerce that the wonder is, not that there
are resignations, desertions, and complaints of the
difficulty of procuring enlistments, but that there
is any Army at all.
Pay. Subst. Forage. Serv’ts.
Per mo. Dai. rs. Ilerses. No.al’d
Colonel $75 6 4 2
Lieut. Col. CO 5 3 2
Major 50 4 3 2
Adjutant* 10 2
Captain 40 4 I
! Ist Lieutenant 30 3 I
'2d Lt. or Ensign 25 4 1
I Serg’t Major 16 1 in kind,
j Q,r. Mr. Sergeant 16 1 do
i Princ’l Musician 16 I do
1 Orderly Sergeant 15 1 do
■ Sergeant 12 1 do
j Corporal 8 1 do
; Music and Privates 6 1 do
* In addition to pay as Lieutenant.
The forage is commuted at $8 per month pe/
horse, provided the horse or horses be actually kept
in service. The ration for the officer and servant,-
when not drawn in kind, is commuted at 20 cents.
The officer receives for his servant, when actually
kept in service, the pay, subsistance, and clothing
of a private. The volunteer soldier, as well as
the regular, draws his rations in kind, except when
travelling from the place of discharge to that ofre
sidcnce, when it is commuted. The clothing al
lowed to each soldier is about £>3o per year, or 82,50
per month.
At a meeting of the citizens of Columbia county ,
held at Appling, during the session of the Superior
I Court of said county : when Archer Avery, Esq.,
i was called to the chair, and Win. L. Blunt appoint
ed Secretary. Curtis 11. Shockley, Esq., having
| stated the object of the meeting to send delegates
' to the Merchants Convention, to he held on the
first Monday in April next, at Augusta.
I On motion of Mr. Shockley, it was agreed that
j *-he chairman should appoint tour suitable persons
to represent this county in said Convention, with
authority to fill any Vacancy that may occur.
Whereupon Abner P. Robertson, Curtis 11.
j Shockley, Henry W. Massingale, and W T m. Bor
: rum, were appointed.
On motion, it was agreed that the proceedings of
; this meeting be published in the Chronicle & Sen
tinel. ARCHER AVERY, Chairman.
W Hr. L. Blunt, Secretary.
DCT We received from a friend in the north the
fohowing paper, suggesting an improvement in
popular edu cation, with a desire that we should
give publicity to it, if we conceived it of sufficient
interest to do so. It is will) pleasure that we com
ply with the request, as it is always a pleasure to
us to publish in our paper whatever may tend to
; the improvement of public education, and to the
advancement of useful knowledge.
W illi the following we received a large sheet,
j prepared by Mr. II olbrook, containing the first les
sons in Drawing, introductory to writing, designed
for tl/e use of schools, lyceunis, and families. ThiiJ
sheet can be seen at our office.
DRAWING LESSONS FOR SCHOOLS,
LYCEUMS, AND FAN I LIES
The following are among the reasons why Draw
ing is an appropriate branch of common education,
and, <>f course, deserving of geneial attention, both
in schools and families.
L It > N extensively applicable to lie common
pursuits of life, especially the mechanical arts,end
( civil engineering ; as it is to nearly every depurt
j menl of science.
I 2 Experience has fully proved, that Drawing
i and Writing are learned in connection sooner and
| better, than Writing is or can be separately.
| 3. A daily exercise in writing descriptions of
i various objects, both of nature and art, in addition
| to drawing them, furnishes practical and highly
I useful lessons in Spelling, Grammar, and Composi
| lion, which render pupils more thorough in those
: important branches Os education, than they can
I ever become, by merely committing to memory
, spelling-book columns, and the abstract definition's
I and rules of grammar.
I 4. If a large portion of the exercises, both of
| drawing and describing objects, is performed on
1 slates, which are decidedly preferable to paper,
■ especially for beginners, they prevent a great des
; truction of books and stationary, now so expensive
and so ineffectual in school instructions.
I 5. The combined exercise of drawing and de
! scribing objects, leads children to thin/;— to ob
i se. vc, examine and understand various depart
ments of nature and art ; and thus constantly store 8
I their minds with useful and entertaining knowl
j edge, and protects them from the numerous misfor
i tunes ol ignorance and vice.
: “ First Lessons in Drawing” en a sheet, and
! ihe same figures in a box of “ Drawing Cards ’
; by Josiah Holbrook, furnish appropriate lessons in
j this elementary and useful department of inslruc
| tion, and introduce pupils to a great variety of ex
ercises in Spelling, Penmanship, Grammar, and
Composition, which are alike interesting and in
-1 structive to children, whether in school or at home
( They are well calculated to aid parents in the great
j responsible, but much neglected duties of do
mestic education.
For using the sheet and cards in school, many
teachers have adopted the plan of substitutin'*
them for one half the exercises in copy writing
usually pursued by their pupils; others use them
instead of lessons in grammar or composition, for
which the descriptive exercises answer, as much
more than a substitute.
In families they arc readily used by children
without any instruction from parents, though such
instruction is, of course, an aid and encouragement
to the juvenile efforts of the ever inquiring and ev
er active minds and hands of these ardent lovers,
and untiring seekers after useful and entertaining
knowledge.
The most useful and the most interesting appli
cation made of these drawings and descriptions
when completed, is sending them, by nay of ex
change, to other schools and other states and coun
tries. They have already been sent, in great num
bers, to the four quarters of the globe.
55” Published and sold by IV*. Marshall $ Co
corner of Market and Seventh streets, Philadelphia 1
Among the friends of education who have mani
fested a special interest in the subject and mode
of teaching here presented, are those whose
names are annexed.
Mr. Josiah Holbrook, tho well-known founderof
the Lyceum system, and the untiring advocate arid
friend of popular education, has lately prepared a
very desirable series of Drawing Caids. These
contain thirty-six finely executed drawings in out
line, consisting of geometrical lines and figures,
the more common implements of the trades, house
hold utensils, animals, &c. &c. These cards are
neatly put up in boxes, with a desorption in few
words of their object and utility. “By permitting
children, both at school and at home,” Mr. Hol
brook very justly observes, “to make drawings
and written descriptions of these and numerous
other objects in nature and art, their feelings are
interested; their hands, eyes, and intellects im
proved, and their minds constantly stored with
new ideas. They are thus protected from igno
rance and vice, and prepared for respectability and
usefulness.
These cards are peculiarly adapted to all our
elementary schools; and the opinion is unhesitat
ingly expressed as true, that no intelligent mother
of children of from three to nine years of age can
place these cards in their hands, without great ben
efit to their improvement in knowledge, taste, and
happiness. C. H, ALDEN,
Principal of the Young Ladies’ High School.
The Drawing Cards prepared by Mr. J. Hol
brook, appear to me well calculated to interest and
instruct children in the primary elements of draw
ing, more especially as they are the commencement