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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. " UY GUIEU & THOMPSON. = OP THE UNITED .TATM.^ ftt-TER \fS UtRI-VVEEKL V PAPER, per an nuraTsiX dollars; for the Weekly (containing twen ty-eight columns) three dollars all payable in ad- V ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at Charles ton prices. {pr Postage must be/mid on all comma nicotians and letters of business. [BY AUTHORITY.] 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