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«« ALGIJBTA, GA. TIESDAI MORMIVG, SEPTEMBER 29, IS4O. VOL. XVIII.-ISEW SERIES, NO. ST.
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| r ,‘ rifE t’OWITCTIONALIST.
F" •'■PICK IN MACINTOSH-STREET, THIRD DOOR FROM
r ,f the If. W. CORNER OF KROAO-STREET.
0 » lies of LAND by Administrators, Executors, or Guard
? iauA, are required, by law, to be held on the first Tues
( day ui the month, between the hour sos ten in the fore
noon and three in the afternoon, at the Court-House in
which the property is situate. Notice of these sales
must he jrtven ~, „ pu b,,c Gazette sixty days previous
rU to the day of Male.
1 NEGROES must be nt public auction, on the
f hrst i uesday of the inonth, between the usual hours of
snJe, «the place of public sales in the county where
le letters testamentary, or administration, or "uardian
i snip, way have been granted, first givin? six'ty days’
notice th-reof, in one of the public Gazettes of this
Mate, and at the door of the Court-House where .udi
I _ sales are to he held.
. Dti'-e for tae of Personal Property must be given in
ike iniiuter, forty days previous to day of sale,
at ice to lie Debtors and Creditors of an Estate, must be
1 . P'/finshcd for forty days.
[ Notice t'a tt application will he made to the Court ofOrdi-
Hary forleave to sell LAND, must be published for four
M NTHS.
I Notice for leave to <ell NEGROES, must be published
Al on liny Honfaif, «c|il, !»!S, |> j(>.
: r Wo cull the earnest attention of our southern
citizens to an article published in this day’s paper,
k l iken from the New Vork Standard, under the head
of“ldentity of the Whigs with Abolitionism.” This
article is important under many aspects. r l’he peti
k lion referred to is signed by whig abolitionists, and
T must, therefore, be good authority, with the whig
party. And what isndmitted in this petition? It admits
I that “under the original constitution of the state cf
m evv or *'i n« disqualification was made of electors
m on account of colour.” This admission, from such
■ «'“onree, supports triumphantly the position assu-
W ln * ( ' ’by r - Cray, in a communication which np-
V 1’ >,irs 1,1 t!, i* day’s paper, in regard In an assertion of
n Mi. Stephens. This petition admits also, that the
restriction of negro voting, ns incorporated in the
[new constitution, and so strongly advocated in the
Convention by Mr. Van Boren and his political
fneiuls, has operated as a total exclusion of the col
oured people, from voting. The fact is admitted bv
those whig petitioners, that tiie restriction in the new
constitution, was on art of disfranchisement of the
i ‘ "'""red people, and that it should he abrogated.
F I Ins petition, to which we, cal! the attention of the
southern people, speaks volumes, and we hope it will
have the effect of opening the eyes of those who are
siill blind to the machinations of the abolitionists.
W e will embrace tins occasion to observe that, in
llie communication of Mr. Gray, he alludes to a Ju
dicial decision in Pennsylvania, declaring that ne
groes were not citizens. This judicial decision in
I enlist Ivania was made only in the beginning of the :
l.i>t \esr. Before that time negroes were allowed
(to vote in that state, ,S ( > that the assertion of Mr.
Stephens could not have any connexion with that
constitution of New A ork, which was adopted in
1777, nor with that adopted in 1821.
i- ? ’ I be editors of the Chronicle and Sentinel |
liave thought proper nod expedient, to publish the
constitution of ih • abolition society to which Gene*
i/ rai Hattison was attached. I'iiev have done so,
simply for the purpose of pronouncing that consti
tution a forgery. The mere assertion of those edi
tors does not make it what they declare it to bo.
\\ bat authority do they oiler in support of theiras
sTtion? Do tlioy tiller any? Have they seen in !
any Virginia paper the declaration that this const!- i
tution was a forgery? Until it is pronounced a
forgery by the whig press of Virginia, and of Rich
* inoiul especially, then proofs will have to be given
I of its genuineness. In the meantime we will ob
serve, that it was an easy matter for the editors of
the Chronicle and Sentinel to screen their favorite i
candidate for the presidency, from the odium of be- I
| inc a member of a society wnicli bad such a consti-
I tntiou for their government, by pronouncing that
F c institution, which unluckily has been brought to
| light, a forgery ! The editors of that paper are not
y the first who have resorted to such expedients, when
' they had no evidence to offer,against the authenticity j
of any written document.
• |
In the Chronicle and Sentinel oflast Sa’ur- t
day. the editors assert ibat it is “an unblushing and
reckless calumny,” to charge Gen. Harrison with '
having declared that he would veto no bill passed
byCongress. And the editors lake the occasion
I to make an unprovoked and abusive attack against
.Air. Forsyth. 'Flic editors take upon themselves to
s’ato “that Gen Harrison never pave utterance to
such a sentiment,” ns ascribed to him.
In a late speech, which he delivered nt Fort
Greenville, Ohio, General Harrison said, “/Aure
| never vetoed a hdl in my Ife,” meaning when he
was Governor of Indiana Territory.
K In a public speech, which lie delivered at Clcve
| land, Ohio, on the 13ih of June, 1840, lie said:
* “/ u ill make no pledge in regard to principles. —
should Ihe elected, I WILI, GIVE MV ASSENT TO ALL
laws which map pass hath Houses of Congress,
however much those laws map he against my own
principles."
In the very speech of Gen. Harrison, published
in the Chronicle and Sentinel oflast Saturday, is !
to be found this remarkable passage:
“Have I not declared, over and often, that the
President cf this Union dors not constitute any part
| or portion of the Legislative body? Have I not said
I over and often, that the Executive should not by
I any act of his forestall the action of the national
iLLegislaturo?”
tF What is the conclusion to he drawn from this de
claration of General Harrison, that the President
does not constitute any part or portion of the Le
gislative body? That, by exercising the veto pow-
er the President assumes a legislative authority
* which tie does not possess; that, ns the exercise of
the veto power is a legislative attribute, the Presi.
dent cannot exercise it, he constituting no part or
portion of the Legislative body; and that, therefore, j
♦ the President must sanction all bills passed by Con- j
f gress. The editors of the Chronicle Se ntmfl
* canty t escape from this logical conclusion.
r MAINE.
The latest intelligence from Maine is confat
in the following from the New York Evening F° st
| of the 23d inst. That Mamfc will be trow to l»e
A in November next, we have no doubt.
Maine Election—[ ncertainty still hangs over
the result of the election in the State of Maine. Ac
cording to the last accounts, all the towns bad been
heard from wirh the exception of five, which give
; for Fairfield 45,167 vines, and for Kent 45,132, mak
ing thus far a majority of 36 votes for the democratic
candidate In tlie remaining five towns, in 1838,
i Fairfield had IU3 votes, and Kent had 23. If, there
fore,these towns give the same vote Ibis year which
they did two years ago, Fairfield’s majority will be
115. 'I bis renders it certain that Kent is not elect
ed, and that the election of Fairfield depends upon
the number of scattering votes..
On Monday, several elections took place to fill
vacancies in the House of Representatives. We
liave heard from one town only, Cumberland, which
at the recent election stood for Fairfield 146, Kent
140, but which on .Monday elected the democratic
candidate by a handsome majority.
j KTGratifying intelligence from Elhcrt. Our
political friends will he pleased with the perusal of
the following letter, received by ns yesterday.
OLD ELBERT AWAKE!
HA It HI SON ISM It O UTE D.
Messrs. Editors, —1 embrace the present favora
ble opportunity, oftransmitting to you a brief ac
count ofa Harrison meeting recently held at Dobbs’
j precinct in this county, and which, by the by, re
flects no small degree of honor upon the friends ot
Mr. Van Burenin this section ofElbert; it also
proves conclusively tons that Harrisonismis on the
wane in Republican Elbert.
Old Elbert has ever been true to her cause; she is
just beginning to burst the fetters of aristocracy
which lias so long bound her to the dust, and she is
now wending her way to take a conspicuous stand
in the Democratic Republican ranks of Georgia.
Happy are we, yea, thrice happy, to see the place of
our birth, and laud of our sires, arousing from her
lethargy, and we are conscious it will raise a throb
in the hearts of every true Democrat to hear that old
Elbert is throwing off the burden under which siie
has been so long groaning, and is about to assume
her pristine position. As a proof of this fact, per
mit mo now to relate to you the proceedings of the
| recent meeting.
According to a previous notice, the Ciderites
i were to assemble at the aboveinentioned place,
for the purpose ofa drill and inspection, by one of
their leaders, who, 1 uniat not omit to mention, is,
by the by, possessed of as much talent as the Har
rison stump speakers are “/« general." We were
so fortunate as to be present from the beginning to
the end ol this affair, having arrived a short time
anterior to tiie arrival of the speaker, who arrived
very earl v.
A short time after our arrival the people began to
; collect, and about 10 o’clock a small audience had
assembled; the orator seemed to he anxiously await
ing the arrival of all of his company who were then
coming in gradation. The hour of 11 arrived, and
«ith it came Esqr. McMillan and Col. Ramsey, of
Ruckersville, who were soon followed hi' Dr. Thos,
F. Gibbs and Capt. Bowman of tiie same place, all
| ot whom are supporters ofthe Democratic doctrine.
The Harrison speaker, who had been in a state of
hilarity and cheerfulness previous to (he arrival of
those gentlemen, was now in a state of despondency
I and consternation, a panic seemed to pervade the
i whole Harrison ranks, they knew when they at
tempted to palm their malicious non-truths upon
the credulous and unsuspecting yeomany ofElbert,
they would meet with a severe rebuke from the
\ an Bnren men, and such a one they little expected
upon that occasion; to use a homely term, when the
Van Bnren men arrived, they knew their “cake was
all dough.” We waited until 12 o’clock for the
speaker to take the stand, but being uisappointed
we were led to inquire the cause of the delay or ra
ther disappointment, and to add to our surprise we
were informed he bad concluded not to speak. Mia
bile dictu, a Harrison man to prepare two months be
fore speaking, wrjte his speech, commit it to memo
ry, give a notice of two weeks, and then back out;
but,Sirs, it is not more wonderful than true. Messrs.
Editors, this affair has not a parallel in the annuls
I of any political contest.
I The Harrison men, perceiving that their verv
| able and talented orator, hud backed out, became
very much chagrined and mortified, and what in-
I creased their mortification was, that he was raised
among them, and was one of“lightwood log’s most
; gifted sons.” Their sorrow was all in vain; the
dye was cast, he had given “up the ghost.” The
Ann Bnren men devised every means in their power
to get him out, but their efforts were futile. At
length Dr. Gibbs arose, and adressed the audience
in a very eloquent and argumentative style; he por
trayed to them the sanative influence of the Sub
treasnrv; he told of the vote of Harrison on the
old treaty, also his vote against the lamented Craw
ford; he then adverted to the speech of Harrison re
lative to the proclamation and force bill, also tore
commending Daniel Webster’s speeches as die
ablest exposition of the constitution within his
hnowledge; he then told them that the gnlph which
separated himseltand Harrison, was as wide as that
which separated Lazarus and Dives: all of which
sunk deep and made alasting impression upon tiie
minds ofthe yeomanry of old Elbert. The even
j ing (ofthe 19th September) rolled off without a
word from the Ciderite, and we had the pleasure of
hearing many grey headed old fathers give their
hearty concurrence to our views, and confess that
they had been misled, they, (very many) also said
they believed that the raccoon and barrel boys
would evade discussion, which we all know to be
even so.
This meeting has had an admirable effect in this
section of Elbert; the report has gone abroad, and
correctly too, that the Harrison men were afraid to
1 come in contact with us. Old Elbert is on the alert,
she will give a greater vote than she has ever given.
Aon know our vote here has been small; we will
more than double it the Ist Monday in October and
i November.
i
1 bus passed the 19th day of September, a proud
; treat for the Van Buren men ofElbert, who will ere
• be in the majority, and we think now have a
respectable minority, and yet increasing. We left
just as the sun was taking its exit behind the west
ern horizon. Previous to our departure we saw
the Harrison champion mount his steed and strke
for home, chagrined and mortified almost imto
“death.” CEDAR CREEK.
r [for thk co.vstitutiojialist.]
Messrs. Editors: 1 desire ilirungii the medium
j °f your paper, to correct the very erroneous im-
I pression produced by Mr. A. 11. Stephens in his
- speech at Spring Hi!l % on Saturday the 10th inst.,
, relative to the vote of Mr. Van Hureti in the Cou
‘ venlion of New York.
; Mr. Stephens stated that, by the course pursued
by Mr. Aan Ruren in the Convention of the State
of New A ork, free negroes were allowed the pri-
I | vilege of votingfor members of the Assembly of that
. State, a privilege which was not conferred by the
old Constitution. This statement beinsr denied, Mr. i
Stephens read from the 7th section of the Consti
tution, to prove what he had stated. I will give the
whole section, which is as follows:
Kingston, April 20, 1777.”
f That every male inhabitant of full age, who I
shall have personally resided within one of the
j counties o' this Slate, for six months immediately
j preceding the day of election, sh»!l, at such e!cc
j >ion, he entitled to vote fur Representatives of the
said County in assembly; if during the time afure
, i said, he shall have boon a freeholder, possessing a
| freehold of ihe value of twenty pounds, within the
, pa 'd county, or have rented a tenement therein of
, ,e yearly value of forty shillings, and been rated
and actually paid taxes to tins State ; Provided al
| ivays. That every person who now is a freeman of
■ the City of Albany, or who was made a freeman
of the City of New \ ork, on or before the four*
; tcentli day of October, in the year of our Lord one
[ : thousand seven hundred and seventy five, and
| shall he actually and ns tally resident in the said
C, Cities respectively, shall be entitled to vote for
, representatives of assembly within his :a.d place
I of residence.”
i ,
, I will leave the intelligent reader to determine,
whether any such conclusion, as made by Mr.
j Stephens, can be drawn from this section.
| Mr. Stephens not being able to sustain his asser-
I bon, stated that none but citizens were allowed that
■ privilege; and that free negroes, not oeing citi
j zens, according to a decision made in Pennsylva- i
1 ft'-o? were excluded from voting except in the Cities j
- 1 °l jNpw Aork and Albany. Now, so far as a <Je- (
I cision made under (lie Constitution of the State of i
Pennsylvania, affects free negro suffrage in that :
, State, I have nothing to say ; hut what a decision \
| made, under the Constitution of the State of Penn- |
1 sylvania, has to do with that of New York, or that !
I Mr. Van Boren ever gave a vote in Pennsylvania, !
j I have yet to learn, and so has Mr. Stephens.
So far ft un the privilege having been confined :
| to free negroes residing in the cities of New York
| and Albany, the reader will perceive, that addi
i tionnl privileges were conferred upon such as were
| freemen, in those cities, prior to 1775.
•( The vote of Mr. Van Ruren, in the Convention
| of the State of New \ork, concerning the right of
suffrage, about which Mr.Stcpbcns and his party i
now express such great abhorrence, was given in j
. 1921 ; if 1 mistake not, the larger portion of that
. party gave their vote to Mr. Van Ruren for Vice
President of the United States in 1824 and 1832
But probably Mr Stephens has forgotten this
fact, as a certain other Tippecanoe orator had, when
he stated that Mr. Van Ruren had never received
the popular vote in the Slate of Georgia.
I understand Me. Stephens has recently made an
electioneering tour through n poitiou of Georgia,
for the purpose of informing thepeoule; hot judg
ing from his more recent course, I would Him cr
believe for the purpose of deceiving them.
Although Mr. Stephens may have been success- |
’ I ful in other portions of the State, m imposing upon !
I the credulity of the people, whenever he comes to
j Richmond County, where free discussion is invited
i for the purpose of enlightening the public mind,
| upon the great political topics which agitate the
country, he will not be permitted to pass without
the fear of contradiction, although Ins speech may
be concluded with the close of the day, when tune
will nut admit of a reply to his erroneous state
ments.
JAS. T. GRAY.
[From Diclnrtfs (Philo,) Reporter of 22d inst. 1
THE MONEY MARKET.
Money matters wore without the slightest change 1
of importance in Philadelphia, until Thursday last,
i when intelligence was received of the arrival of the j
British Queen. The effect of that intelligence had
■ | not transpired at the time of penning this article; |
| hut we shall he able to give it before we go to press. !
i The Fall Trade has been somewhat inoreactive, and !
our principal hotels, although not crowded, are verv I
well supplied with Western and Southern Mer
• ; chants. They buy with much less liberality than I
in former seasons —anxious, they sav, merely to j
obtain a supply for t •mporarv purposes, and to
await the result of the approaching Presidential
’ election. The impression appears to he uearn uni-!
■ versal, that business is already improving in a slight
degree, generally throughout the couturl, and that
, after the Presidential struggle, it will uiiqacsliona
’ i bly become better, let that struggle terminate as it
I may. There are tew-stores unoccupied in Market
: street, while within the last six months, eighteen
i or twenty new and beautiful establishments have '
been built in that and other business thoroughiares. j
: These have been rented readily, and at very high
prices—in some instances, we are told, as high as j
$2500 per annum has been paid for a single 'store, i
f and with a front of less than 18 tcet. Os course, i
. the situations have been very good—for example !
| at the corner of Fourth and Market streets. We j
mention these facts to show that business locations |
I are still in demand in Philadelphia, and at enor
: j moils rates. On going into our leading mercantile
' houses, one is told that business is exceedingly
| dull, as compared with former seasons; hut that,
i generally speaking, it is sound and wholesome.—
! ! ‘-We are not making much money,” observed a ;
[ wholesale dealer to us a day or two ago, but u we i
, contrive to get our expeu-e< and a living, while we
are in capital spirits as to the future prospect.” In
’ money matters, as observed above, no change has
• taken place. First rate paper can he readily ne-
I gotiated. either in bank or out, at the usual* rate, !
1 while fair business paper is discounted bv the hro- I
kers at from 7to 8 per cent., sometimes less. We
hear no complaints in relation to specie or small
change. The market people and store keepers readi
ly the small notes ot nearly all the neighboring
t hanks, especially when they have a neat appearance,
[ whiie few hesitate a moment to give specie in return
lor a one dollar note, even when a purchase is made
to no greater eltent than 25 cents. Stocks vary
r from day to day, but more in consequence of the
3 struggle between bulls and bears, than fromanv re
gular demand otherwise. The U. S. Bank, which
left ofi on Saturday week at left oil last Satur
day at 63[. This stock is still very low, if the
-tat. incuts received from respectable sources, as to
the existing condition ot the institution, and the poli
'cy pursued by the present directors be true. We
have heard of one or two individuals having bought
latel y at 65, with the object of reducing the price ot I
stock held by them, and which wasbougta year
ago at 120. Their view is, that the stock w ill, in '
lpss Rian six mouths, ri-e to 80, and that they may '
tints dispose of their w hole amount at that time i
with little loss. It is right to add that sales of several
hundred shares have been made on time—that is to :
say, with tiie privilege that the seller may deliver it
at anytime within 60 days, at $62 per share. Should i
| an individual soli 500 shares at this rate, ami should !
the stock rise to 83, or at the rate of S2O per share, 1
lus loss would he SIO,OOO. And yet we occasionally I
hear of transactions of this kind hy individuals no- •
toriously not worth SSOOO.
P. S. The effect of the news by the steamers lias
been rather discouraging. U. S. Rank stock fell
both in this city ami New York about 1 \ par share. I
For example it sold in Philadelphia on Thursday, |
before the arrival of the British Queen, at 64j and
on Saturday it sold at 631. The cotton market has !
been rather more active. Generally speaking the I
news is not likely to have any permanent effect.
Affairs ware in quite as favorable a condition in
England as could have been expected. On the
whole therefore we incline to the opinion that the
business prospect is improving, both as relates to
money and general trade.
[From the AT- Y. Standard. ]
IDENTITY OF THE WHIGS WITH ABOLI-!
TIONISM.
Our Southern friends may judge of the charac- ;
ter of the supporters of General Harrison by tbe j
annexed petition presented to mr Senate on rbe
27ili of April last by Friend Humphrey, the Whig
Senator, and referred to ihe Judiciary Committee,
of which tbe Whig Senator, Frederick A. Tall - |
m adge, is Chairman.
The petition pretends to he one dictated bv hit- |
annuity and a desire to extend the right of suffrage
to people of colour as a matter of right under tb? !
Constitution, while the same party arc doing their
utmost to prevent intelligent ■white nun from be- |
coming voters with or without freehold, and abu- !
sing and slandering them after they become enli- j
iled to the right of suffrage, unless they vote the [
W big ticket.
It will be perceived that among the signers of j
tb s petition are THURLOW V\ Kill), the Wbi*»
SP \ PK PRINTER and Fidns Achates of GOV- I
ERNOR SEWARD; Mr. HOFFMAN, one of the |
proprietors of the State Paper, and three people of 1
co'or, W 11 TORI’, MICHAEL DODGE, and!
RE VIA.MIN PAD L—the last a clergyman. Tbe
polities of the signers as far as known are designa ;
ted by the letter W. indien'ing the Whigs. 3 j
Os the residue, one is known to be a Conserve- ‘
live, and some may be seduced or deceived Demo
crats; hut we give the copy of the document as it |
is, submitting it to tbe calm reflection of our friends
here and at the SOUTH.
io the Honorable the Senate and Assembly of
ti e State of New A o p k, the petition of the under- '
signed, inhabitants of the city of Albany, (re- j
speeling the rig't of suffrage of the colored citi
zens,) respectfully represent;
That, under the original Constitution of this !
Sta'e, no disqualification was made of electors on
account of color—that the present Constitution, i
adopted in 1921, which requires that every man of I
color, as a quad lea:ion for the right of suffrage, j
shall possess n freehold of two hundred and fifty |
dollars, operates the more oppressively upon the 1
coloured inhabitants, because, being by lie Con- I
stitution debarred from any office ol Honor, trust or
profit, and by public usage from lucrative occupa
tions or professions, ihey are rarely able to accu
mulate so large an amount of property.
That the colored people are among the oldest in- i
habitaivs of ihe State, and have contributed hy [
their labors to its support, and, by rents of tene- !
rnents, &c. to tbe tuxes ; and it is a political maxim |
that taxation and representation should accompany i
each other, and it is unjust that this portion of the !
citizens nf this free State should he disfranchised |
That the Slates of Massachusetts, VERMONT j
and MAIN E mo he no disjraochisim nt on nr count I
of ruler, and it is trusted that New York will not i
be less liberal than any of her siste Stales.
Your petitioners, therefore, respectfully request I
your honorable body to take the necessary qire- |
iitainary measure (by the passage of a law) to rna- j
hie thr p 'op’e nj the ‘Stale to abrogate the art of dis■ |
Jranclnse/nent of the coloured people , contained in !
I lie end of the Ist section of i lie 2d article of the
Constitution.
All which is respectfully submitted.
W—Henry Rawls W—THI RLOW WEED
W—Jonah Scovel W—Henry Greene
W—Wm.Crapo James King
W—S. M. Fish John I. Kane
W—Wm. Tillinghast AA'—\\ m. H Ue Witt
W—Clarke Durant W—Horace B. Webster
W—Augustus James W—Nathaniel Safford
W—Ashley Scovel W—lra Harris
W—James Lnmoureux Anthony Gould
W—James Isdell W—E B. Slason
W—G. D. Rankin W—Robert Evans
W—lsr’l Smith W—Stephen Padd'ck
W—William Humphrey W—J. V. L. De Win
W—G. T. Blacker W—Joshua Tuffs
W—George Crawford AV- Francis Van Vnnken
VA—George Cuyier W—Elisha S. Youngs
W—Stephen Weaver W—Elisha Putnam
R. Evans W. H.TORP
W —II 31. Seymour W—Charles Hepinstall
W—Julius U. Ames W—Gaieu Batcheldor
W—G. G. Olmsted W—*V\ illiam
Vv—John D. Lewis W—George A. Hoyt
W—WeareC. Little George Warren
W—John G. W asson M;C 11 A~EL DOUGE
W— oseph Denison W—A. G. Alden
W—J H. Greene W—Truman Seymour
W— HenrvGreene AV—E. A.Rofi not
W—James A. Morse, W—William N. Strong
W—BENJA MIN PAUL W —Thomas H. Cushman
W—Arthur DI. Root J. Stockton
A. B. Shaw W—o. N. Chapin
W—E. McCoy W—L. P. Noble
C. Johnson W—Horace Greeley
A.Knower t
AA T —John H. Ward well AA r —E. Van De Werken
AY—H. 31. Woolverten W—l.AVood
W—Smith Shelden AV—E. AV. Goodwin
AY—John H. Eacker AA r —John Alden
AV—Albert Blair AV S. N. Parmelce
AV—Gayl»r Sheldon AV*—W. A. Tweed Dale
W—S. Witt Samuel Martin
AV—E. J. Cuyier Thomas Thompson |
E. P. Freeman AV—lchabudCunniugiiam j
AA —H. HOFFMAN AA —Joseph Cook
A. S. Harrison AV—Erastus H. Pease
31. M. Van Alstine Calvin Pepper
John Thornton. Jr. AA'—AVdlam Mayell
E. AA’esterlo AV—Hiram fanning
AA'—AV. Burney ' AV—John 11. Muiford
W—P. C. Barney AV—John V. Hazard.
AA T —John N AVilder * Surname illegible.
AA'—Wm. G. Boardman t Name illegible
REMARKABLE ANECDOTE.
During a residence upon Llleswater (winter of
1800) it was, that a very remarKable incident hefel
31iss Smith. 1 have heard it often mentioned, and
sometimes with a slight variety of circumstances;
hut I here repeat it from an account drawn up In
31iss Smith herself, who was most literally exact
and faithful to the truth in all report* of her own
personal experience. There is, on the western *ide
of Llleswater, a fine cataract, (or in the language of
| ’\ ie country, u force.) known by the name of Airey
r orce; and it is of importance enough, especially in
i rainy seasons, to attract numerous visitors from a
mong‘‘the Lakers.” Thither, with some impose of
sketching, not the whole scone, but some picturesque
features ot if, Miss Smith had gone, quite unaccom-
IV 1 ", rwa( * lo if lirs tlirough, Gobarrow
t ark; and it was usual, at that time, to take a <niide
hum the family of the Duke of Norfolk’s keepenwho
hvod in Lyiilph’s Tower—a solitary heavy lodge,
i built by Ins grace (or tlie purpose of an annua) vi
, sit vvhjch he used topay to his estate in that part
°! kusland. She, however, thinking horself aufli
■ cieutly familiar wite the localities, had declined to
! cucumber her motions with such an attendant- con-
J w’qwntlv she was alone. For lialfan hour, or litore
; she contmned to ascend; nml, being a good ‘cm«*s
woman, fromthe experience she had won in Wales
i Wt ’H «» •" northern England, she had reached an
altitude, much heyoml wlmt would generally be
thought corresponding to the time. The 'path
had vanhehd altogether; hut she continued to
pick out one for herself amongst the stones
! sometimes receding from the force, sometimes
approaching if, according to the openings nl
| lowed hv the scattered masses of rock. Pressing
forward in this hurried wav, and never looking hack,
all at once she found herselfin a little stony chamber
from which there was no egress possible in advance'
She stopped and looked up. There was a frightful
silence in the air. She felt a sudden palpitation at
her heart, and a panic from she knew not what. Tur
-1 ning, however, hastily, she soon wound herself out of
this aerial dungeon; hut hv steps so rapid and agitated
that, at length, on looking round, she found herself
; standing at the brink of a chasm, frightful to look
down. That way, it was clear enough, all retreat
seemed in every direction alike even more impos
sible. Down the chasm, at least, she might have "
leaped, though with little or no chance of esca
ping with life; hut on all • ther quarters it seemed
| to her eye that, at no price, could she effect tin exit,
| since tin* rocks stood round her, in a semicircle, all
lofty, nil perpendicular, nil glazed with trickling wa
ter. or smooth as polished porphyry. Vet how,then
had she reached the point? The’ same track, if she’
could hit that track, would surely secure her es
cape. Round and round she walked; gazed with al
most despairing eyes, her breath became thicker and
thicker, for path she could not trace hv which
1 it was possible for her to have entered. ’ Finding
herself grow more and more confused, and every in
i slant nearer to sinking info some fainting fit or
: convulsion, she resolved to sit down and turn her
| thoughts quietly into some less exciting channel.
This she did ; gradually recovered some self pos
| session; and then suddenly n thought rose up to
her, that she was in the hands of God, and he would
mu forsake her. Hut immediately came a second
j and reproving thought—that this confidence in
I God’s protection might have been justified had she
been ascending the rocks upon any mission of du*
ty ; hut what right could she have to any pruviden
' tial deliverance, who had been led thither, in a spi
; rit of levity and carelessness? lam here giving
her view of the eas -; for. as to myself, 1 fear great
| Ivb that if her steps were erring ones, it is but sel
j dom indeed shat wtws nulres can prelend to b*
treading upon right paths. Once again she rose ;
and. supporting herself upon a stick, she looked up
wards, in the hope that some shepherd might, by
chance, be wandering inthnse aerial regions; but no
; thing could she see except the tall lurches growing at
I the brink of the highest summits, & the clouds slow-
I ly sailingover head. Suddenly, however, as she
, swept the whole circuit of her station with her alar
med eye, she saw clearly, about, 209 yards beyond
I her own position, a lady, in a white muslin morning
robe, such as were then universally wornbv voting
i ladies until dinner time. Tl«- latfr l»ei.Koiietl with a
; gesture and in a manner that, in a'mornent, gave her
| confidence to advance—how she could not guess,
hut in some way that baffled all power to retrace it,
‘ she found instantaneously the outlet which previ
! onslv had escaped her. She continued to advance
towards the holy, whom now, in the same moment.
. she found to he standing upon the other side of the
! force, and also to he her own sister. How or why
that young lady, whom she had left at home ear
nestly occupied with her own studies,should have
f dlowcd and over taken her, filled her with perplex
-1 ity. Cut this was no situation for putting questions
for the guiding sister began to descend, and, by a
Dw simple gestures, just serving to indicate when
' Miss Llizuh -th was to approach and when to leave
the brink of the torrent, she gradually led her down
to a platform of rock, from which the further de
scent was safe and conspicuous. There Miss
Smith passed, in order to take breath from her
panic, ns well to exchange greetings and ques
tions with her sister. Rut sister there was none.
All trace ol her had vanished; and when, in two
hours after,she reached home, Miss Smith found
her sister in the same situation and the whole fumi
ly assured her that she had never stirred from the
house.
73/ED, At Clarksville, on the IGth inst., after a severe
illne..«of lour weeks, Mr. SAMUEL HONES, Merchant
of this city, aged 33 years.
COMMERCIAL HEAD.
LVTEST OATES FROM SEPT. 3
latest Oates from havre acccst 31
CHAHLEfeTOX, Sept. gG.— Cotton. —The business of
the week comprise sales to the amount of 900 hags of all
sorts of Upland. There has been more activity the pasi
than the preceding week; and the quotations given in oer
rev iew of the 19th hist, have been fully supported. It will
he seen that 10 , cts. per lb. has been obtained, which we
c moot consider an advance, as the same quantity would
at any t me within the past sevennight have brought tho
same price. The transactions are 10 bags at 73. 33 at 7 6
at 7V, 2 at 73, 74 at ft, 27 at 81, 46 at 83. 214 at 83. 8 at 94, 78
at 9J. 115 at 9J, 05 at 93, 69 at 9|, 99 at 10, and 53 bags at
101 cts. per lb. There have been no operations in Long
Cotton thejjast week.
Rice. —There has been a better inquiry for this article
the past w esk, and about 755 tiertes have been taken at
the full prices given in our last. The transactions com
prise—B at 3 5-16, 82at 3*, 33 at 3 7-IG, 170 at 33, 372 at 3
9-16, and DO tierces at 8 if per 100.
Exchange. —Hills on England 6 a 7 per ct. premium: on
F ranee nominal. Sight drafts on New York la 1] per ct.
prem.
Freights. —To Liverpool—; Havre—. To the north
ern ports of the United States, there is very little ofTerin®-
at present.
SAVANNAH, Sept 25.— Cotton —Arrivedsince the 18th
inst., 912 bales upland, and cleared at the same time 695
bales, leaving a stock on hand, inclusive of all on shipboard
not cleared on the 25th inst., 01T648 bales upland, and 28
►ea island. Our cotton market has been quiet this week
by the English steamboat accounts which have disappoint
ed the sanguine expectation? entertained of their tenor
we close at a small decline upon the highest point of last
week. The sales of the w eek amount to 283 hales of
which 100 are of the new crop, viz; 14 at 93, 2 a 9f, 95 at
9f, 72 at 10, 95 at 10_. We report sales of 9 bales ’sea isl
and at 27 a 34c.
Rice. This auticlc continues in fair demand without
change in price. Seles of about 200 casks at *3l a33 and
by retail at 3J, stock light.
u cTi Thr ™ r ?.° Hpra,e with « fair supply on
hand. Sales of 200 bbls. Howard-street at $6 .
Corn is selling from store at 70 to 80 cts. V J
Groceries. In Coflee, Sugar and Molasses, there is a
fair retail demand. Sales oflOO bags Cuba Coffee at 114 c.
140 do. Laguayra 12 a 123 c.; St. Croix Sugar *ll, X.O. Mo
lasses 37 c.
} fau. —Sales of 200 bundles from shipboard and store at
Baron. —Sales of 5000 lbs. Hams at 14c. In Sides and
Shoulders small sales at former rates.
Exchange. —On England 113 a 12per cent.prem. Drafts
on Xcw York at sight 5 per cent. prem.
Freights. —To Liverporl K a fd.; New York 75c.per Lale.