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i From the Xetr Orleans Delta, Aug. 22. J
IMPORTANT FROM VERA CRUZ.
Isv our private correspondence from Pensa
cola] received yesterday, we are advised ot
the arrival ol the U S. steamship Mississippi
:;l that port on tlie 19'Ji insl., in four and a
half da- s from Veca Cruz.
An encounter had taken place on the 7lh
jnst.. hot.woen a portion of our squadron and
the Mexicans at the port of Alvarado. Com.
Conner had ordered the steamship Princeton
and Mi- i.-.-ippi, and three* or four small ves
sels, to Alvarado, for the cutting
out some vessels that were moored there un
der the* protection of the guns of the fort.—
Unfortunately, neither of the steam vessels
could o l in* owing to the shoalness of the
hari r. and the undertaking had, therefore,
to he abandoned on the Bth, without suc
ceeding in its object. Ihe Princeton and
the Mississippi, however, were enabled from
their p i-dtion to bring their heavy metal to
boar on the enemy’s works on shore, and
succeeded in a short time in silencing the
guns and battered down the fort. No dam
ag • wa.- - nstained hy any ol the vessels ol the
squadron in the attack.
The revolution in Vera Crnz, in favor of
M ini i Anna, of which we had previous intel
ligence byway ol Havana, is confirmed by
this arrival. It is also stated that a similar
revolution had simultaneously broken out in
the city of Mexico, the results ot which were
not d ‘finitely known at the time of the Mis
sissippi’s sailing. No mention is made of the
arrival of Santa Anna at Vera Cruz, and
the presumption is that he had not arrived,
as the British packet in which ho was to
Vail from Havana would not probably leave
there before the morning of the ( Jth, making
his arrival at Vera Cruz improbable before
the 15ih or IGi li.
A melancholy occurrence and one which
cad a gloom over the squadron, took place
on the night of the 2 Ith ult., off Vera Cruz.
A sail was observed in the offing the day
previous, which afterwards proved to be the
►St. Mary’s; a boat was manned from the Mis
sissippi and put to sea for the purpose of
overhauling the vessel,and in a violent squall
it was capsized and midshipman Wingate
Pillshmy, of this city, ant! a seaman were
drovv ned.
The usual resolutions of te.retfind con-
were, in v iew of the fatal catastrophe,
passed by the officers of the Mississippi.
lb) We have since seen a letter addressed
to a gentleman ot this city, from Pensacola.
It is there stated that Santa Anna was daily
expected at Vera Cruz, and that one hundred
guns ha 1 been tired at the Castle of San Juan
de Ulna in anticipation of hisarrivai.
[From the A. (). Delia. Avg. 21.]
it:iters or marque.
We see n stated in La Falria of yesterday,
that Don Francisco Arrangoiz, Mexican
Consul at Havana, has written Jo the acting
Consul of tiiis city ordering letters of marque
to ho issued here. We have since learned
through a person late from Havana, that by
the packet ship which was to leave for New
York on the same day that the F. Souls left
for this port, similar orders from the Mexican
Government had been forwarded to Dun Juan
de la Granin, Consul General in New York.
Our contemporary says lie hopes that the
Government oi Louisiana will be on the qui
vice in order to prevent the arming of priva
teers here. Os this we think there need be
but little apprehension. There are two pow
erful causes to prevent it. The first is tiiat
we believe there is not an American citizen
in New Orleans would be found so recreant
to his duty to his country as to countenance,
aid or assist in such an enterprise; and the
next is, ail knowing the likelihood ol being
arrested, and if arrested, the terrible penalty
of the crime, that none will have the temerity
to embark in the undertaking. When we
hear of the capture of any one of the most
unprotected merchant vessels in the Gulf
we will begin to believe there are privateers
afloat, not before.
THE -MEXICAN ARMY.
* A!! accounts agree in staling, that since
the day that Fa I staff’s ragged regiment
marched through Coventry, more miserable
material for a soldiery was never mustered
together, than are now volunteering in Mexi
co to form Paredes’ command, who is about,
or affects to be about to march to the East to
oppose the advance of our troops.
A iatc letter Irom a gentleman in Mexico
lias been shown ns, in which the writer states
that Gen. Paredes lias succeeded in raising
some thirteen thousand troops, but such
troops as are not to be described.
‘•The new regiments,” he adds,“are chiefly
composed of L peros and Jarochos —the low
est classed the cross-breeds—who have been
taken in chains to the capital, and there, in
their hall-naked state, they are furnished with
a musket, and taught roughly and toughly
how to load, aim and fire. General Paredes |
seems determined to make amends for his j
past conduct, of not resisting the invasion— I
and he will leave positively on the 31st in- , !
slant (July) tor San Luis Potosi, in order to
join some 6000 men that are wailing for him
there, and thence proceed to Monterey,
where Gen. Mejia shall waitfor him. Nearly
two-thirds of this army are the aforesaid Le
feros and Jarochos —miserable looking beings,
who may fight hard, but not with the neces
sary discipline. I’he robbers and highway
men arc more abundant than ever. Even in
this city, one is obliged to load himself with
arms wnen he walks through the streets, and
locks and keys are not sufficient to keep one’s
private property secure from thieves.”
FIRST RALE of new cotton.
The first bale of new Cotton in this city
was received this morning by E. H. Rodgers
& Co-, from the plantation of William Hart.
•Sen., Orangeburg District. It brought 9.
cents, quality fair.— Charleston Evcn'gXeics,
Aug. 25. ' ___
Expensive Worship. —The Chinese expend
annually $<380,000,000 tor incense to burn
before their idols; about one dollar for every
man woman and child in the empire.
COURT OF INQUIRY—GEN. GAINES.
War Department, Aug. 18, 1846.
The proceedings of the Court of Inquiry
have been laid before the President aim care
fully examined.
It is seen that the court have found that
j several of the acts ot Brcwet Alajor General
Gaines “were not authorized by t.is instruc
tions or by Jaw; and that he lias violated or
ders;”
That for the calls made by him “for volun
teers alter the 16th of May when he knew
of the victories of [General] Taylor, the
' court cannot find any necessity at the time—
’ any authority in his instructions, or any war
1 rant of law:”
That in mustering into service at Mobile
I certain genera! and stall"officers, after lie was j
relieved from his command by instructions
| from the War Department, “the court are of
opinion Unit he transcended Ids authority and
i violated Ids orders.”
The President views with deep regret the
exercise of this assumed authority on the
part of the late commander of the western
division; and while he is disposed to give
| every consideration to the circumstances
; wide 1 1 may tend to quality or mitigate ids
! conduct, lie can see nothing in them which
! would justify him for withholding the ex
j pression of his decided disapprobation of the
irregular and unauthorized proceedings of
! that officer. Butin consideration ofthere
; commendation of the court, ami concurring
with them in their opinion of the “good and
patiiotic motives and the public zeal by uh ca
lie was actuated, ’ tiie President directs tiiat
| further proceedings in the case of Brevet
| Major General Games be dispensed with.
The President cannot dismiss the case witli
! out iiivilinc the serious attention of the army
; to the grave subject which ha.- been presented
j for his consideration decision. Ihe ot*
I ficers belonging to the military service are
known to bo devoted to the public inter, st.—
Their zeal, gallantry, and ski 1 have long been
established. The country duly appreciates
their value, but. nnremitted care should bo
taken to abstain from any act wiiicii may
] tend to impair their high character. And
| what so likely to derogate from this as the
assumption of important executive or minis
: serial authority by a military commander, or ;
I the disregard of ids orders?
The exercise of authority not possessed
■ nor delegaieu—the non-observance of inslruc- i
j O j
j tions, or the expenditure of the public trea
j sure, not warranted by law nor justified by
| imperious necessity, cannot be disregarded.
I A just responsibility of all authority makes
it a public duty of imperative obligation to
1 observe and strictly enforce the Jaw and the
! rules of tlie service.
By order of the President:
W. L. MARCY,
Secretary of War.
HI. The court of inquiry, of which Brevet
Brigadier General IJ. Brady is president, is
; hereby dissolved.
By order: R. JONES,
Adjutant General.
[From the Charleston. Courier, August 27.]
LATE FROM HAVANA.
The schr. Merchant, Capt. Kean, arrived
at this port yesterday, in 4 days from Havana.
By her we received rile?, of Havana papers to
j the 20ih inst. inclusive.
By an arrival from Campeacliv intelligence
was received at Havana to the sth inst. An
official paper El Slglo XIX.) published at
M erida the capital of Yucatan, in its editori
als expresses itself in favorable terms of the
declaration (pronuncian.e I >) of several .Mex
ican Departments, and applauds the call for
Gen. Santa Anna. The same paper slates
also that the Congress of Yucatan had unani
mously approved a hill for the admission, free
of duty, of all saltpetre and sulphur, intended
for the manufacture of gunpowder.
The Diaria de la Marina of Havana states
that the steamers Montezuma and Guada
loupe, which lately belonged to the Mexican
Government had been purchased by the com
mander in chief of the Naval post of Havana
; lor the {Spanish service, and now form a part
I of that Navy.
Capt. Kean confirms the accounts before
published, of Santa Anna having sailed from
j Havana on the 9ih inst.,on board the British
‘ steamer Arab, for Vera Cruz.
[From the Macon Telegraph, Aug. 25.]
SUPREME COURT.
Decatur, August Term, 18-16.
Robert Collins,
Plain i iff in Err err, j Motion to distri
| vs. I bate Funds arising 1
! Roswell Manufacturing Co., { from the sale of the
Central Bunk, j Monroe Kail Road,
et. al. J
In this case, we learn that the decison of
the Court below was reversed.
The decision of the Supreme Court gives
to the Mortgagees (the Contractors) that part i
of the road above Griffin which was built by
them, ami (or which they tarnished iron, ma- j
lerials, &ec. By this decision, the contrac- j
tors are to be paid out of the fund in Court
! arising front the sale of the Road, which is to
: be apportioned by three persons appointed by
j the Court below for that purpose.
Bill holders still to have a lien on the bal
| ance ot the fund; each bill holder will how
ever be required to make affidavit as to the
cost of his bills, and receive the amount paid
j for them and no more.
The judgment of the Court below, in ru
| ling that certificates of deposit were not en
! tilled to fake on a footing with Bank bills, |
| was affirmed by the Court above.
Crops, —The prospect of an abundant crop
of Corn, was never better in this Elate, than
at present.
W e regret to leam from a number of intel
ligent Planters in the adjoining counties, j
witli whom we conversed last week, that the |
Cotton crops are by no means promising.—
i The worm lias made its appearance in se
veral fields and is doing great mischief.—
, Should they continue their ravages a week
or two longer, the amount of injury that will
be done will be incalculable. Manv planters
will not make sufficent Cotton for seed.
A RAIL ROAD IN ROME.
An esteemed correspondent informs us that
an Englishman lias recently obtained a char
ter for a Rail Road through the Papal States.
This road is intended to form only a part of a.
line of railway irom France to India. This i
line was al one time abandoned through the
obstinacy of the late Pope, who refused to
permit any Rail Roads to be constructed in ;
his dominions. The present Pontiff*, however, |
is in favor of improvements, and the charter
was readily obtained. —Charleston Evening
Xews, Aug. 25.
O’ A little boy lately walked nearly a
mile, carrying on his shoulder an iron arti
cle which weighs Ucelve hundred pounds’. —
the article was patent steel-yards. [Newport
News.
tCTMosquitoes are now called midnight
I minstrels.
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AUGUSTA, GEO,
FRIDAY 31 CRYING, AUGUST 23, 1846.
Kighth Congressional District.
D E3IOC RAT IC NOMIX A TlO V
F(3 R CO N G R FS S ,
R. W. FLOURNOY, EGQ.
RESIGNATION OF HON. GEO. AIoDUFFIE.
The Columbia Carolinian of yesterday says, "in j
consequence of his physical prostration, it is-now :
understood 3lr. MrDuflle will vacate Ids seat in
the Senate of the United States.”
COUNTRY FLOUR.
We are pleased to learn that our market is
well supplied, and that a line quality can be 1
obtained from any of our merchants vvhodeal ;
in this article.
KENTUCKY ELECTIONS.
The result is as follows: House of Repre- i
sentatives, 63 Whigs and 37 Democrats; J
Senate, 20 Whigs, 12 Democrats; aggregate |
89 Whigs and 49 Democrats and 40 V. big
i majority on joint battot.
Last year, House_of Representatives, 61
Whigs, 39 Democrats; Semite 24 Wings, 14
Democrats; Whig majority on joint ballot, 32;
increase of WJdg majority over last year, 8.
NEW ORLEANS.
As late as August 22nd, the papers in N. |
Orleans stated that the health of the inhabi- j
tants of that city remained uninterrupted.
O’We take pleasure it copying the follow
ing complimentary notice ot our citizens |
Band, under the lead of Mr. J. Bohler, horn ,
tiic Atlanta Enterprise of 251 h inst.
Holders' Band: —The Committee return
their thanks to the lion. John I*. King, who
sent this band to our celebration ’free of
charge. And to the band for their excellent
performances on that occasion.
O’The enlargement ol the State of Del- |
°
aware is proposed by the \\ dniinglon Journ
al, by adding to its present territory eight
I counties from .Maryland, (Cecil, Kent. Queen
Anne’s, Carolina, Dorchester, Talbot, Wor
cester and Somerset,) and two counties from
Virginia, Accomac, and Northampton. These
counties all lie between the Chesapeake and
Delaware bays, and are said to be homoge
' neons in inretest.
CTThe Boston papers liave a letter from
Waltham, describing a difficulty between two
parties of the Catholic congregation in that 1
town. One party, headed by the Pastor,
1 took forcible possession of the church on
Sunday, but the opposition rallied in superior
force and drove them out of the building.—
The affair terminated without serious conse- j
1 quence on either side.
(UrTbe St. Louis Republican states that
Gen. de le Vega, the Mexican now a prisoner •
of war, has gone on a visit to the lion. Henry
Clay, at Ashland, Ky.
Crops. —The Chattahoochee, (Lagrange,
Ca..) says;—“We regret to learn that the
cotton crops, throughout ibis section of tlie
country, are suffering exceedingly from the !
ravages of a small, striped worm, resembling !
the green corn worn, which bores into *he
bulls and tender buds of the plant, causing i
I them to rot, and fall to the ground in large :
quantities. In other parts of tire State the :
catterpillar has made its appearance—and
everywhere, more or less injury lias been i
caused by the long continuance of wet weatb
: er. A very short crop will, of course, be the ;
consequence of this combination of unfavora
ble circumstances.
FREE TRADE THEORY.
As a general rule, Frenchmen are not
remarkable for their logic or powers of ratio
cination. The author from whose work the
following is a translation, would seem to be
an exception to the rule:
A small work, says Wiilmer’s Times, re- |
ceniiy published, entitled “Popular Fallacies
regarding General Interests,” translated from
tiie French, by G. R. Porter, F. R. E., con
tains, among other things, what the author
terms “infallible means of causing the pro
ducts of the whole world to arrive in France,
j and French products to be expedited to other
| countries, reciprocally, nt a considerable re
duction.” The secret of the problem is—•
reduce the tariff The following is an ex
; ample of the author’s plan:
An article of Belgian production cost? 20
francs at Brussels, and on its arrival at
Paris it costs 30 francs, on account of the
cost of transport. A like article produced by i
Parisian industry costs 40 francs. What do j
we do?
Firstly, we levy a duty of at least ten francs
upon the Belgian article, in order to raise its
price, on its arrival at Paris, to 40 francs; and
we pay numerous inspectors, in order that it
may not evade this duly; so that on its transit
it is charged with 10 francs for carriage, and
10 francs for duty.
This done, vve reason thus’—lo francs for
the journey between Brussels and Paris is
very dear. If we spend two or three hundred
millions in making a railway, vve shall re
duce it to one-half. Clearly, the result of j
this will be that the Belgian article will he
soid at Paris fur 35 francs. That is to say—
-20 francs its price at Brussels; 10 francs,
duty; 5 francs, reduced cost of transport, by
railroad—3s francs total, or its price on ar
(• riving at Paris.
Should we not have obtained the same |
result by lowering the duty to 5 francs? It
would then have stood thus—2o francs, price
at Brussels; 5 francs, reduced duly; 10 francs,
j carriage bv ordinary railroad—3s francs total, j
or its price on arriving at Paris.
And this process would have saved us the
200 millions which it has cost ns to make the !
railroad, beside, the extra cost for custom
j house officers, for they may be diminished in
! number, when the encouragement to smug
gling is diminished.
But, you reply, the duty is necessary for
j the protection of Parisian industry. Be it so;
I but then, why destroy 7 it bv your railroad?
For ifyou persist in your determination
j that the Belgian article shall cost 40 francs
j at Paris, you most put on a duty of 15 francs,
I that is to say—2o francs, price at Brussels;
15 francs, protective duty; 5 francs, carriage
j per railroad—4o francs total, ai equalized
1 price.
NEW YORK, August 17.
Mr. Editor. —Though I am nearer to the
north pole than yourself, by perhaps one
thousand miles, I doubt whether you have
suffered during the last week, from as blazing
a sun, as that which has poured down upon
us here with a fervor quite tropical. It is
not fancy with me that it is hotter here than j
with you. Yesterday, at one time, the ther- ;
mometer was as high as 9S, and that is only 1
a specimen of what it lias been. To a stranger |
the inconvenience is aggravated bv the temp
| tations of business or curiosity to traverse
the burning streets, and he is unconscious
until quite overcome of the great distance he
j thus accomplishes. The ordinary walking I
gait of New York, is about 4 miles an hour.
j Each one can thus make his own calculations
I how much street yarn he spins. I think I
. .
; am in pretty good training for a match with
| Eaton, the great pedestrian ofCahada. Hacks
i and Omnibuses diversify one’s locomotive
! amusements. Nothing can be cheaper than
Omnibus riding. Fur six cents you can ride
; from the buttery, the whole length of Broad
way, the Bowery and 23rd street, three miles,
and return for tiie same. You thus see the
finest streets through their entire length,
| with all its thousand splendid and showy
: stores and edifices, its countless throngs
I pouring up and down in a ceaseless tide, and
I your companions ten or twelve in number
constantly changing. Nothing is more re
publican than a New York Omnibus. You
see every variety of classes and pursuits re
presented there among the men, and every
I grade and position, except the very highest,
: among -the women. You do not there meet
| the cherished belle of the upper ten thousand,
in oil her conscious pride of beauty and eie
j gance. But if you are an industrious Om
nibus rider, as I have been, you will meet
many more unpretending, yet quite as lovelv
| and attractive. Often at night have I seen
; the Omnibus lamp gleam upon features of
some rosy girl, returning, basket on arm, from
j her day’s business, or from a shopping ex
cursion, as delicate, as finely chisselled, and
as intelligent, as ever graced the courtly
; halls of the favorites of fortune.
Nibio’s has been my usual resort at night.
The fashionables are all out of town, or
aflect to be so. Those who are not fortunate
enough to be dancing,and flirting, and idling
the summer months at the watering places,
are closely housed—their front windows shut,
and an air of desertion reigns over their
dwellings. It a fashionable were seen in
I Broadway now, “what would Mrs. Grundy
say.”
Union Park is now the centre of the fash
ionable world—figuratively speaking, of the
1 west end. The City Hall Park and the Bat
tery are never pressed now by fashionable
i feel—they are abandoned to (he bourgeoisie.
The “merchant princes”have now their state
-1 ly mansions two and three miles from their
places ol business; some reside in Brooklyn,
Williamsburg, Jersey City, Staten Island and
oilier places made convenient by steam bouts.
\ They are retiring with their families, before
! that tide of business which is gradually con
! verting what was twenty years ago the whole
1 of New York, into warehouses, stores, hotels,
and boarding houses. In two generations
: more, New York, if she continues her pre
; sent progress, will cover the whole island.
Immense fortunes have accrued to the for
tunate owners ot once waste fields, which
are now covered by stately edifices and mas
sive piies of brick and stone. New York is.
destined too, in that time, to be the most beau
tiful city in tiie New World, as it is the most
prosperous. Great judgment and taste liave
been displayed in laying out wide streets and
commodious squares, in the new part of the
city, and a just, refined, and classical taste
presides over the architecture which adorns
i them. r J his will go far to redeem the city
from the sneers so lavishly uttered at the
vulgar ostentation of mushroom miliionaries,
and the ignorance of the long pursed par ve
nues. The occupants ofsuch abodes cannot
bo wholly devoid of elegant tastes. They
must breathe refinement in the air of refine
ment which seems to pervade the scene. The
taste for paintings, and for good paintings, is
increasing with the increasing means of in
dulging it. I liave seen some that were rich
and rare,and they were not among the mil
lionairos. One I can never forget: “The
Florentine Girl,” by Huntington. It is the
original from which was taken the engrav
ing for “the Gift,” for 1843. It was brought
from Italy, by the son of our former towns
man, Yfer. G. Dillon. The lover of the fine
arts can in this city gratify his eyes, and
heart, and soul, by gazing on some choice
specimens; and some few originals of the
great masters may here be found.. The time
will come when organized taste and wealth,
in the form of societies for the promotion of
j the Fine Arts, will transport to our shores
: some of the chef d'ccuxres of Europe’s most
famous artists, and will encourage into being
rivals to them from our midst.
You doubtless see in the papers frequent
j allusion to the California Regiment on Gov
ernor’s Island. This regiment has acquired
a political interest at Washington City, by
the attacks on the Administration made by 1
Mr. Schenck of Ohio, and others, for organi
zing it, and for the purposes which it is in
tended to achieve. 'The administration has |
had a'difficult path to tread. It has to pro
secute a foreign war, against a foe which j
hug hitherto wholly refused peace. It t ha3 :
at the same time to defend iiself against a I
domestic opposition, which finds fanit with j
the war, blames the administration for it, and
yet wantonly prevented his having themeans i
of closing it by negotiation—insists on his :
prosecuting it, and yet throws obstacles in
the way of success, by industriously spreading ;
dissatisfaction. Violent and bitter prejudices j
have been invoked in reference to Lis Cali- ]
fornia Regiment, and vet the voice of tiie
country is in favor of acquiring California. 1
Individually, as a citizen of the south, I am
not anxious for the extension of slave terri
tory, and am willing to see it annexed, with
' out reference to its settlement by our south
ern citizens with their slaves, if done without
a sacrifice of established interests. But I
! would be loth to sCe if bought at a high price,
to be the seat of prejudice, and antagonism j
i to the south, and the south taxed to pay for
1 the purchase. The resolution offered by Mr.
W ihnot, a Pennsylvania democrat, was tan
tamount to an exclusion ofthe southern peo
| pie from that fine country. The south ought
j not to be over anxious for the purchase or
| conquest of more territory for the exclusive
I use of the rest of the Union.
, The California Regiment derives here ad
| ditional interest from the fact, that its mein
| bers are destined not to return. This self
| exile is an interesting circumstance, although
i it is not to be disguised that very many can
; go with the patriotic consciousness which
| once prompted the exclamation:
“I left ray country for my country’s good.’’
| There are some, however, probably a large
number, wtio are meritorious and enterprizing
men, and would be valuable chizens any
where. Some of them belong to the best
families of the country, ami have held high
social positions. I paid a visit to their on
! campment on Governor’s Island. Their tents,
j six by eight, with straw and blankets only to
protect from the hard ground, formed a
\ contrast to what some had been accustomed.
J They were undergoing drill, and were divi
i tied into squads of various numbers, from
three up to fifty, learning the manual, how to
step, how to mark time, &c. Some were
kept swinging their legs like pendulums, by
the hour, to (he word “left,” “left,” until one
would liave thought their military enthusiasm
would have oozed like Bob Acres’ courage,
out of the palms of their hands.
But in the course of the afternoon, the
splendid band attached to the post, came out
with their instruments, books and music
stands, upon the sloping green lawn, and
gave a number of pieces in most masterly
style. It was exquisite music—compared to
which, the orchestra at Niblo’s, though not
bad in itself, was but the scraping, and saw
ing and looting of novices in “in the divine
art.” In an instant, as by enchantment, the
feeling was changed from pity for the nnor
Californians, to pride in onr country’s name
I and prowess, and bright hopes for onr coun
try’s arms, and spreading fame. Music has
j been called the “food of love.” It seems more i
| emphatically what the Minstrel Bov, in I
j Moore’s beautiful song designated his harp. !
| “The soul of.love and bravery.” It melts the 1
heart to the leuderest emotions of the one—
it nerves it to the brightest deeds of the other,
j The beautiful harbour, with its forest of masts,
the cities on its shores glittering in the beams
of the setting sun, the green waters plowed bv ■
1 gay crowded steamers and pleasure boats, and |
I proud vessels with their white and swelling
I canvass, seemed to contribute to the occa- j
i siou a brighter appearance, as if to testify to
! the power, the energy, the glory of American
enterprizo and daring. On the shores of
the Pacific her flag is destined to wave in
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triumph, and her commerce to spread its 1
white sails, and fair cities will spring up
! around its magnificent harbours.
I Governor’s Island is not the only island
that I liave visited. Doubtless, Mr. Editor,
you have heard of Coney Island. If yon
have not, ask Col. Gong, of tiie Sheet Iron
Band. He knows all about it. I was tempt
ed In go there as an escape frpm the heat of
this hot city, by the glowing description of
its fascinations given me by the pipernan of
No. 2—who, with three other Georgians were
i my companions on the occasion. 1 had no
reason to doubt that it was a popular and fit"
vorite resort, when on reaching the batterv,
1 saw the immense crowd ready to embark.
The boat was loaded down to the guards,
and two or three other boats were running
during the day to the island, equally loaded.
We passed in our trip down to the Narrows,
several other boats filled with passengers, on :
various excursions. Every boat, and wharf,
and street, and promenade, swarms with peo
ple in this locomotive age. Coney Island is
chiefly attractive fur its sea bathing and its
roast clams.
Tiie trip is a pleasant one so far as scenery
can make it so, and with pleasant company
i on board may be delightful. Our fellow voy
agers were, however, the most motley crew
of mechanics, petty store keepers, venders of
small notions, house-maids, nurses, laun
! dresses, &c.,&c., &.C.. that could liave been
congregated. They were low down among
I the lower ten thousand, and such are probably
; tiie chief patrons of Coney Island, Coney
Island though, is a great place to study hu
man nature. One passes by Governor’s
I Island, the quarantine ground, and other set
tlements along Staten island; some of them
| ejegant mansions, crowning the hilts, and
* others seated near the shore. You pass
through the well fortified Narrows, and linal
; ly reach Coney Island—famolis Coney 1.-iand.
As you have of late read feeling descriptions
| of Brazos Santiago, its white sand, its desti- !
j tution of tree, and shrub, and verdure; and
j the blazing of the hot sun upon it, you may
I form some faint idea of Coney Island at the
point where you land. The illusion is kept
up when you behold, near the wharf, an im
mense circular tent and two or three smaller
I ones, over which* float the star spangled ban
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j uer. The large tent might pass fur Gen. Aris
ta’s headquarters, transferred to Point Isabel,
I or Brazos Santiago, and the women you see,
: for catnp followers. Near by is arranged a
j row of shanties for dressing rooms, with can
! vass stretching like a fence on each side to
j the bead). You enter this inclosure for two
i shillings. But IliC majority take the open
beach, plunge into the surf, and perform their
toilet before hundreds, among whom are not
a few women, who look on quite unconcern*
edly. I saw two females accompanied by a
male escort, come out of the water and go
through, upon the open beach, the operation
of dressing, quite near my dressing room,
that is to say my walking cane stuck into the
sand, and my “dry goods'’ stacked upon it.
I was astonished at the skill and celerity
with which the uncounted numbers of petti
coats were donned with the least possible ex
posure of naked surface. The Goddess Di
i ana, when not “unmasking her beauty to the
moon,” but even in her accustomed attire for
the chase, was more “prodigal of her charms.”
As these sea-nymphs, in picturesque attitude,
wrung out and combed their long wet tresses,
glowing with health, and panting with the
exercise, my imagination soon converted the
barren sea-beach into classic ground,and faint
recollect ions of the eclogues and pastorals of
Virgil, and the songs of Horace, stui the es
says of Ovid, came back from my boyish days,
I across the arid waste of my more adventurous,
more checkered, and less happy manhood.
After tossing about gloriously in the surf,
and getting hair, month and nose and ears
plentifully supplied with sand, our party re*
: turned to the lent, and partook of roast clams,
: oysters, in every form we could fancy, which
j we washed down with good porter, and re
turned to the city in time to hear the solemn
chimes ofTrinity Church summoning to wor
| ship. By the wav, it speaks well for this city,
that this church, the linest, the costliest, and
incomparably the most magnificent of our
country, is a free church, open alike to rich
and poor, stranger and citizen, and that ser-
I vice is tiiere performed for their benefit twice
a day, every day, in the whole vear.
Mr. Editor, before taking leave of Coney
Island, 1 should in justice to it, say that there
are two hotels upon it, about two miles from
the landing, where persons less disposed to
see the world, and loving retirement, may ob
tain better accommodations than the naked
beach affords.
I commenced this letter with allusion to
: the hot. weather. I close it now under the
| influence of a delightful breeze, and cool tem
perature. We have had a fine shower, and
though I am about leaving to visit New Port,
! it is less to escape heat, than to partake of
i new pleasures.
Tiiere are many Georgians in this city,
j among them a goodly number from your city,
: buying goods. They say that prices are very
I satisfactory, but do not purchase largely, as a
j further decline is anticipated.
RAMBLER.
Leo MM V.\ I CAT El).]
THY IT.
The people of the north wear and use the
: manufactures of the north, and why should
not the south encourage the south? Let our
patriotism or disposition to patronize our own
i home man ii I'aclurers have some practical form,
: and then it will show that we are in earn
est about desiring the establishment of man
ufactories in our midst, How long would it
be before the motive power to he offered by
our Canal would bo employed, if the people,
; generally, would evince some genuine amt
! practical disposition to encourage our own
I Richmond county and Augusta home indus
try? Let us try It. HOMESPUN.
[communicated]
Mr. Editor: —Some four weeks since, I
purchased a barrel of Dr. J. N. Poullain’s
line flour, which I had heard so highly
“cracked *up,” and I found it, if any thing,
rather sweeter , and fully as while, as any
! choice canal flour. On Tuesday last, [ pnr
: chased another half barrel, (or which is equi
! valent a bag of 100 pounds,) and have since
I eaten of the bread baked from the same.
Housekeepers, and heads of families, will find
it economy, to give this beautiful flour a
; trial, and it can be purchased at the low price
| of 85 per barrel. It is a beautiful article,
manufactured at Scull Shoals, Merchant’s
: Mills, and bolted through the finest bolting
| cloth in this country, by T. N. Poullain &
■ Son. A. G. W.
IT A whig editor publicly remarked, the
other day, that the new tarifl bill would doubt*
; less prove a grand thing for the country—
for New England as much as any oilier por
tion—lint it was not to be expected ihat the
j leaders of his party would acknowledge it.—
We believe that a large portion of the intel
ligent whigs of New England entertain simi
lar sentiments. Witness the attempts as whig
demagogues, for the last three week-, to get
up a panic. If we cau judge at all from the
| multiplicity of new manufacturing establish*
: ments daily going into operation, and the im
i proving pro.-pec is for business, it would seem
■ that these attempts are likely to prove utterly
abortive. Shrewd business men—wbigs and
I democrats alike—will not suffer themselves
I to be duped by (lie cry of “ruin” now repeat
ed by tlie federal panic-makers for the Inin
; dredih time. 7 'hey can’t afford it. They
know that if they suffer themselves to bo
made tools of in this way, once moie, ft. will
be money out of their pockets.— Concord Ea
triot, Aug. go.
!OA\ e clip tiie following paragraph from
j the New Orleans Delta, of 21st inst.
Lfrilliarit Whitewash . —The Augusta (Ga.)
Chronicle gives a recipe for making a brilliant
wbitewa-b. The most brilliant whitewash
which we have ever seen was made by men
deeply in debt, paying their creditors with a
bankrupt’s receipt, and again comijjencing
business with more money and a greater
show of morality than if they bad never been
j •‘through the mill,” as editor Beardsley, who
of the Bulletin, used to say.
(LTThere were three of Captain Nelson’s
company arrived here on last evening from
the army, who bad been discharged on ac
count of bad health. They left camp Belk
nap on the 7th instant. —Atlanta Enterprise,
August 15.
‘ITA prize dance is shortly to come off ia
one of the New \ ork theatres between Mode.
Sylvan, of Fanny Eilsler notoriety, and an
other “light fantastic. - ’