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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
JAMES GARDNER, JR.
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SAN JUAN D’ULLOA.
The London Daily News gives the
’subjoined minute description ol this fa
tuous castle: “On the termination of
the war with Spain, after the miserable
remains of their garrison had been sent
off to Havana, I went with two compart- I
ions over the castle of San Juan d’Ul
loa. It is a tremendous place, if at all
well manned. No wonder it held out so 1
long. Had it not been for the raging of !
the yellow fever within its walls and the
want of provisions, the Mexicans would
■never have taken it without a naval force j
very superior to the one they then pos
sessed, though they have never since had
any force comparable to that one,
“The outer walls of the fortress are of
immense thickness—upwards of twelve
feet; and in the positions most exposed, j
the walls are seventeen or eighteen feet |
in depth of solid while stone. It is a very
porous and rather soft stone, so that balls
do not split or crack it so much as they !
quietly embed themselves. These cuter
wails have batteries all round: the «runs
are well planted, with here and there a
neat corner for a mortar. The inner j
w alls.are so constructed, that if the outer
walls are gained, it would still be at a
slaughterous expense to the besiegers, if
■the garrison were at all competent to
avail themselves of their position.
“We entered the fortress from below
at the principal gate, which was of great
strength,and very skilfully contrived; and
then went along a stone passage, which |
had several gateways, and ‘cunningly
devised narrow passes, with high stone
walls on each side. This was terminated :
by a canal, or moat, with a draw.bridge
over it. We next arrived at flights of
stairs, and passing up several vault-like
ascents, we gained the top of the grand
batteries. The general characteristic is
that of great strength and plenty of room
to work in. They mounted 120 long
24-pounders all of brass. They were
for the most part, in excellent condition.—
The mortars were of large calibre,
though not in such good order as the
guns. The powder magazines were each
literally a dry stone well plugged at the
top with blankets, and having a round
metal lid over the mouth that opened
<upon the batteries.
“We next descended to the inner work
and gained the secondary walls by a cir
cuitous route. Besides the necessity to
the besiegers of having guides who well !
knew every turn of the works, the ex
cite merit and smoke are almost certain
To produce a confusion, in which the voice
or the presence of the guides would be
lost, and the party dashing onward might
only arrive at a dead wall, a gap looking
out upon tlie sea, or mouth of a twenty- I
four pounder. The circuitous route of
ourdescent from the upper to the lower
range of walls was entirely exposed to
their batteries, the guns grinning at us
all the way, like so many black tusks, as
we traversed stone causeways and nar- j
row passes. Whole regiments might here i
be raked down, after they had conquer
ed the outer walls. But the ‘chances of
war’ are numerous; and one imperfec
tion in the greatest power (if otherwise i
perfect) may render it inapplicable, and
periiaps ridiculous. On arriving at their
inner batteries, we found the guns in a
wretched condition. They were no bet
ter than a Chinese effect, ‘calculated’ to
strike terror into the mind. But one may
imagine how very angry Ihe subtle ar
chitect of this formidable castle would
have been, could he have seen his excel
lent arrangements Or the safe and near
ly certain destruction of the assailants
thus rendered abortive.
“We now descended a very wide and
steep flight of stone stairs which led down
into the grand castle square, or little tow n
as one might almost call it. We enter
ed at the bottom through stone gateways,
[the architect had never missed an op
portunity for giving the besieged protec
tion in retreating, and time to rally.] and
then found ourselves in a large open
square, enclosed on all sides by very lof- i
ty walls, the lower pari of which display, j
ed doors and entrances into barracks,
guard-houses, and shops of various kinds
for the sale of such articles as a garrison
would need. The Governor’s house is at
the farther end. It was a genuine sol
dier’s lodgment, and very bare of all orna
ment, except those of war, for it was rid
dled all over with the marks of shot and
shell. Its strong covered balcony, inten
ded to serve as a protection both from the j
broiling sun and from the fall of missiles, '
was in many places torn in long gaps. —
All the towers and buildings of any eleva
tion had also been knocked about and de
faced by the shot and shells from Vera
Cruz, previous to the surrender of the
castle. But the mutilations and destruc
tion did not materially affect the strength
of the place. A ery few of the guns had
been dislodged; even the outer batteries
were not injured so as to render them in
effective, with the exception of a gap of
ruins in one or two places. There is
about a mile’s breadth of sea running be- !
tween San Juan d’Ulloa and the town of
Vera Cruz.
“How strongly and skilfully this fort
ress is protected by art, the reader has
now some idea; but San Juan d’Ulloa is
equally protected by nature; for while the
defences of art which I have briefly des- |
cribed are chiefly devoted to the side and
angle facing the town, those angles which
face the main ocean on the opposite side,
or back of the castle, are protected by
! long successions of rocky reefs, utterly
j defying the approach of any vessels of
, war. Many black and rotting wrecks,
visible even at high water, attested some
of the natural ‘terrors of the place.’ But
in these days it is generally understood
by all military men that no place is im
pregnable, and that thorough soldiers,
. well officered and led, can, and will, and
do, take anyplace. At what cost, is not
the question. The thing can be done.”
MR. FORRESTS SPEECH.
The following is a report of the speech of
i Mr. Edwin Forrest, at the public dinner given
| to him in New York last week :
Mr. President and Gentlemen:
I wish I could in adequate language, ex
press my ackno* ledgnnent for tiie dislin
! guished favors you have conferred upon me,
1 tins day.
j But the words which I endeavor to sum
mon to my lips, seem poor and empty offer
! ings in return fur those honors, deep and
broad, with which your kindness loads me.
I (Applause.)
The sounds and sights that meet me here,
to bid me welcome; the old familiar voices
j Vat were raised in kind approval of my early
j efforts; faces, whose smiles of sweet encour- ,
| agement gave vigor to my heart to mount
the ladder of my young ambition; tiiis mu
nificent banquet, spread with no party views;
the generous offering of my fellow-citizens,
I of each political faith; the flattering senti
ments so eloquently couched by the distin
i guished man selected to impart them; all,
all es these, have stirred my bosom with so
j many mingled thoughts, J cannot choose
| words to speak my thanks. (Cheers.)
A scene like this, is no fleeting pageant of
; the mimic art, to he forgotten with the hour,
I but it, is to me one of those sweet realities of
: life, that tills the heart and vibrates on the
| memory forever.
| Among the gratifying tributes; both prn
{ fessional and personal, which you have paid
me, you have alluded in flattering terms, to
| the silence I have observed when assailed by
calumny, or circumvented by intrigue. You
j will pardon me. I am sure, if, upon this oc- :
; casioft, I break that silence for a moment, by I
I referring to the opposition 1 encountered du- |
! ring my late re-appearance upon the London ;
1 stage. An eminent English writer, in the
j North British Review, makes these very just I
! remarks: “Our countrymen, in general,have j
i treated the Americans unkindly, and unfair- !
! ly, have been too much disposed to exagge- !
; rate their tauits, and to depreciate their ex- 1 ;
I celiencies.” Here then we have an honest j
and candid avowal of an indisputable fact. \
; With regard to my own case, even before I
; had appeared, I was threatened with critical !
; castigation, and some of the very journals
i which, upon my former appearance in Lon- i
don, applauded me to the echo, now assailed
I me with b tterest denunciations. Criticism
I was degraded from its high office—degraded
j into mere cavilling, accompanied by very
1 •pertinent allusions to Pennsylvania bt»nd.->,
| Repudiation, and Democracy. (Laughter
| and cheers.)
‘•All—all but truth, falls still-born from the '
Press.” Relying implicitly upon the verity
of this proposition, 1 quietly awaited the ex
pression of the “sober second thought of the )
people,” and 1 am happy to say I was not
disappointed in the result. (Loud cheering )
Their approving hands rebuked the malice i
of the hireling scribblers, and defeated the j
machinations ol theatrical cliques , by 'whom '
those scribblers were suborned. (Applause.)
But enough of this. 1 now turn to contem- I
■ plate with pride and satisfaction my recep
; tion elsewhere. In Edinburg,the moat beau- 1
j tiful and picturesque city in Europe, where
j learning is a delight, and not an ostentation,
my reception professionally was gratifying in '
■ the extreme, while nothing could exceed the
friendly hospitalities of private life, present- ■
; ed as they were, by tho>e, who, to the highest
, intellectual culture, unite the equally esti
j inable qualities of the heart. And as for
Ireland, (loud applause,) I need scarcely tell
you, that in the land of the warm-hearted j
Irishman, an American is always at iiome.—
(Cheers.) There, from the humblest as from
the most exalted man, lie finds a smile of j
welcome, and a friendly grasp. How could
I it be otherwise among the people so full of
: sensibility and impulse, of unselfishness and |
magnanimity; a people, in whom misrule and
j tyranny, have failed to quench one spark of
generous spirit, or to curdle one drop of the
milk of human kindness in their hearts.—
(Cheers.)
And now a word touching American dra
matic letters. One of the wishes nearest my
heart, lias ever been, that our country should
one day boast a Drama of her own; a Drama
that shall have for its object the improve
ment of the heart, the refinement of the mind; j
a Drama, whose lofty and ennobling senti
ments shall be worthy of a free people,—a
Drama, w hose eloquent and impressive teach- j
ings, shall promote the cause of virtue and
justice, for on such foundations must we rely i
I for the perpetuity of our institutions. And
what is to prevent us from having such a I
| Drama? Have we not in our country all ihe
materials, have we not the capacity for in*-
vention, and construction, and have we not
pens [turning to Mr. Bryant,] already skilled
in the sweet harmonies of immortal verse?—
(Great cheering.) In connection with the
cultivation and support of a National Drama,
tiie friends of the stage will not be unmindful
of the claims of our own deserving actors, |
among whom, I am proud to say, there are j
some who may challenge successful competi- !
tion with any of the “Stars” that twinkle on j
ns from abroad; and, unlike most of those
“Stars,” they shine with their own and not
with a borrowed lustre. (Laughterand cheer
ing.) One of those actors to whom 1 allude,
is now seated among you, one, who in the
just delineation of the characters he repre
sents, has now no equal upon the stage. [At
this allusion to Mr. Henry Blacide, the ap
plause was very enthusiastic.] In conclusion,
Mr. President and Gentlemen, permit me to
offer as my sentiments :
“The Citizens of New York—Distinguish
ed for a bounty in which there is no winter;
an Autumn, ’tis, that grows the more by
reaping.” [Drunk with all the honors.]
Grafting the Tomato upon the Potato. —At
a meeting of the New York Farmer’s Club,
Mr. Meigs read from the “Annalsof the Roy
al Horticultural Society of Paris,” an account
of a successful experiment of grafting astern
of the tomato upon the stalk of a potato, by
which a crop of tomatoes was raised in the
air, and one of potatoes in the earth. Ihe
tomato and the potato arc of the same genus
of plants.
Slavery at the South, and Fourierism
at the North.
Extract of a Letter frofn (he Hon. Isaac E. Morse,
of Louisiana, to the Editor of the N. Y. Herald,
dated
Baltimore, Oct. 12, 18i6.
I might have availed myself of the privi
lege of making a “ personal explanation”
from my seat in Congress, and have given
my views at length; but personal explana
tions to me are at all times extremely disa
greeable, and not approving of the custom of
using the lime of the public in discussing
private concerns, a custom infinitely “more
honored in the breach than the observance.”
[take the usual way of correcting any mis
: apprehensions in relation to myself, my opin
ions, and particularly my motives.
It need not be concealed that the abolition -
feeling has been greatly strengthened and ex
| tended throughout the entire North. What
| formerly was confined to a few insignificant
misguided fanatics, agents and creatures of
the English government, now infects the
high places of the republic, is heard from the
j pulpits, in the fourth of July orations, at the
i exhibitions of our colleges, in the councils of i
| the nation, as seen in the vote of the House j
; of Representatives upon striking out the
slavery clause from the Constitution of Flori- I
j da; and still more recently in lljq vole on i
; Wil mot’s resolution, when, with a majority
■ of 65 members friendly to the administration,
; the supplies were refused the President, un
less accompanied with an act that violated
1 ibe letter and the spirit of the Missouri com
promise. \\ hether that vote or the patriotic
speech of John Davis of Massachusetts is
chargeable with the blood oftbe five hundred
men killed and wounded at Monterey, 1 have
not now the time or the inclination to dis
cuss. Thus has the Missouri compromise
been openly and palpably violated; a compro
mise, so called when every thing is yielded
j on one side and nothing on the other, viz:—
j that slavery shall never exist north of acer
: tain line, but free States may exist either
| North or South.
I understand that the paternity of that re
' solution (Wi)mot’s) is disputed at the West,
and several gentlemen expect to transmit
i their names to posterity by Iheir connexion
; with it. The spirit of that resolution is one
j that binds indissolubly abolition and dissolu
tion oftbe Union together. I envy no man
; the wreath that shall encircle his brow, who
: achieves this double triumph. It is not the
first time in the annals of the world that no
toriety has been mistaken for fame. “The i
! aspiring youth who fired the Ephesian dome, |
outlives in story the pious fool that raised it.” :
I Be mine the meed of self-applause, with the -
} untold name of that pious fool that staid for
I one day, one hour, one minute, the fail of
this great temple of civil and religious liberty,
j I repeat it, abolition and ‘disunion go band
I in hand. Hour Northern friends do not make
| the issue, ice will, and I appeal to all good
| men of the republic North and South. Let
j- us have no more talking and acting in the
dark. Are you ready and willing to sever
1 this Union lor the cause of abolition? Is the
toleration of slavery in one portion oftbe
Union a greater evil to you than the dis
memberment of the republic? Are your con
sciences so nice that you will no longer hold
communion with Southern men who hold
slaves? Do you hold slavery in such ah- ,
horrence tiiat you will buy our slaves at our
I estimation and free them? Or will you fight
i for the abolition, and to made us converts to j
i your notions of liberty? For, talk and turn
it as you will* “to tins complexion must it
: come at last,” Do you think that all the
| talking, preaching and writing in the world
: will ever induce men with common sense to
| surrender their property, for which they pe-
I rilled life in two wars, and will do so again?
Whs there ever an instance of a whole State ;
j or community having been talked or preached
| out of their property? The English govern
; ment, because might made right, freed the I
slaves of the colonists; but with the slightest I
prospect of success, does not every man in
the world know the colonists would have
defended tlieir rights at the point of the bay
onet? “Who can hold fire in his hand, bv
thinking on the frosty Caucasus—or wallow
naked in December snow, by bare reflection !
on the summer beat?” That man may be
persuaded to surrender the fruits of years of
industry, or the inheritance of his ancestors, j
for a conscientious scruple in another man’s
bosom, and one which never troubled the
repose ot the greatest and the best men in I
this republic, and which is sanctioned by i
God himself.
If these questions are to be answered af
firmatively—if it is a fixed fact that slavery '
must be abolished in the United States, the
sooner we know it the better. We have no
apprehensions on the subject. But let us
see how the thing works, whether our breth
ren at the North are not somewhat in the sit
uation of the fox who was to have his tail cut
off because another had done the same thing,
and whether England, alter ruining useless
ly her Weal India colonies, is not the fox who
bad lost his tail.
It will no doubt be frankly admitted that
there is no danger, however we may extend
the area of slavery South of our forcing .‘la
very upon any tree Slate, if we had the pow
er, and therefore, the sin alone is on our own
heads, I have never bad a doubt but that the
whole of this movement is of foreign origin.
England knows that this is the only possible
weak point in the Union, and it she could
induce a separation of the States, she must
be greatly benefited by such an event. Who
does the carrying trade for the South—the
millions of bales of cotton: the hundreds of
thousands of hhds. of tobacco, of sugar, of
rice, besides the return price of all this pro
duce in English and American manufac
tures, besides the profits which you make in
the manufactory of the cotton of the South?
Why, New England derives more profit from j
the supplying the slave States with the com
merce of her soil than the slave States do
themselves. I have no reliable statistics
about me, but I do not hesitate to assert that j
the revenues received in New England from j
the product of slave grown articles is greater
than the value of the articles themselves.—-
Let Maine answer, with her overwhelming
tonnage. Let every town and rill in New
England respond. But perhaps it is thought,
you can raise three millions of bales of cot
ton, a half million of hhds. of tobacco, two
or three hundred thousand hhds. of sugar
and rice* with free labor, and you can yet
get this trade. Go and try it, ye hardy
mountaineers of New England. It Is false,
as is pretended, that you are excluded from
any country by the Missouri compromise.—
Go and cultivate California, Mexico* and if
you want free Slates* so decide—nothing
can pfeVeni it.
I despise cant of every kind, and I say, at
least for myself, and I have no doubt I speak
the voice ot the entire South, that we will
never permit our slaves to be liberated,
directly or indirectly, presently or prospec-
tively. without making the best resistance
that we can, and that we would rather die in
the last ditch than surrender, not our proper
ty, but the principle on which we hold it.
You can never take our properly without
our lives; but let me say what you can do,
and what, if you persist in breaking down
all agreements and compromises on the sub
ject, you will do—you will make the tenure
by which we hold our property so .unstable
that the advantages of the Union cease to be
of value, and When that day comes I tell you
what we can do—we can make a treaty with
England, or any other nation in Europe, by
which the right to our slaves shall never be
questioned, arid by which we can receive all
the manufactures of England at a reasonable
I duty, and she will buy our cotton, do our
! carrying trade, and in fact become to ns what
New England is now; and such a step the
South can take in six weeks, and the Eng
lish navy would be ready and willing to de- I
fend such a treaty of reciprocity, if neces- ,
I sary.
The English people have paid enough in
j the utter destruction other West India colo
i nies and trade, and in the discriminating du
| lies on sugar, for abolition, and they are get
; ting very tired of it. That such a step may
| never be necessary on our parts, is the second
; wish of my heart; the first is that we may
be secured in life, liberty and the possession
| of our properly.
I have occupied so much of your paper j
; that I will not attempt to discuss the proposi- !
I that our slaves are more intelligent than the
operatives in the manufactories of Europe;
1 will only mention one single fact witnessed
by a large party of Americans in Manches
ter, in 1832. Jt happened that a number or
our countrymen were in Manchester when
the celebration of the reform bill took place,
; and those poor operatives had a holy-day j
i from their sixteen hours ot labor, (for the
number of persons, men, women and children
I used up by their system of white slavery had I
not aroused the public indignation,) and
consequently the streets were filled with
them.
Having invitations lo a large museum in
that place, I asked twenty-two persons in
the street and on the square, where it was
situated, and not one single person could in
; form me, and a large majority of them born, ;
raised there, and working in the lactories.
Very few of them ever knew the meaning o(
the word, and gazed in stupid astonishment.
I venture to assert, (and any man can try
it in New Orleans) that there is not one slave '
in ton in that ciiy, who has been their six
j months, who will not tell him the name and
i situation of every public building in the ciiy.
j One word more and I have done. If ournortb-
I ern brethren are so conscientious, and they i
are willing to invoke all these calamities on i
our happy country to effect their end—if they
are sincere and honest, let me say this to
them: there is a very easy way to get rid of
slavery in the United States without inter
fering with us, without doing one single
thing that the nicest caviller could censure
and which I believe in sober seriousness, will
effect your object as certain as day succeeds
night, and which though it may entail ruin
and distress upon a large portion of your
fellow citizens—they have no right to object
to or complain of—“ Touch not, taste not, J
handle not” one single product of slave labor,
j Very respectfully, vour obedient servant,
ISAAC E. MORSE.
THE NEW PLANET.
The most wonderful result of science in
. this age of scientific wonders, js undoubted
ly the discovery of a new planet beyond the
sphere of Uranus or Herschcil, by mere in
duction. A few months ago a French as
tronomer announced iiis conclusion from
long study of the irregularities of the plan* t
j Uranus, that there must be another large
planet beyond its orbit, and from I lie same
| studies, he predicted its position at a given
time. The college of wisdom beard the an
nouncement with incredulity, but the time i
arrived, and the appointed place in the hea
, yens, the new planet is found* nearly at the !
same time it has been seen by observers in
London, Paris, Boston, Philadelphia and
Washington. The following notice of it we
! cut from a New York paper.— Charleston
' Mercury.
LEVERRIER’S PLANET.
Professor Pierce, of Harvard University,
has communicated to the Boalon Courier, an
account of “the verification, by the telescope,
I of the grand discovery of Leverrier of a pla
} net, ou's de of Uranus,” obtained of Encke
by Mr. B. A. Gould, Jr., who is now pursu
ing his scientific studies at Berlin. Mr.
Gould states that he often saw Leverrier at
Paris, and that lie does not appear to be more
than thirty years old. The attention of the
young astronomer was turned to the subject
in consequence of “the non-agreement of
the predicted and observed motions of Ura
nus,” and during the past year he has defi- I
nitely obtained the position of a hitherto un
known planet, whose influence has caused
the difference. “The star is of the ei«h:h
magnitude, and even a disc seems to be per
ceptible; but the discovery was only rendered
possible by the precision of the map employ- |
ed during the search. For some time to j
come it may he observed upon the meridian, j
The character of the discovery” (continues I
Mr. Encke) “resulting from purely theorefi- |
cal investigations, insures to Leverrier the I
most brilliant rank among all the discoverers |
of planets. This planet,” lie also says, '“is ,
probably about twice the distance of Uranus
from the Sun.”
A telegraphic despatch in the LT. S. Ga
zelle from Sears C. Walker, states that Le
verrier’s planet was seen on Friday night at j
the Washington Observatory. At a previ
ous observation on Wednesday evening, it is
certain that a star of the eighth magnitude
was seen, which is not in the excellent map
referred to by Encke, and which is in the
very place in which the planet should be
found. Its right ascension at 9 o’clock was j
2lh. 51m. and 335., and its declination was
13° 325.
o”Cist, in a recent number of his Adver
tiser, gives the following examples of mod
ern syntax :
A New Orleans editor, recording the ca
reer of a mad dog, says:—“We are grieved
to say that the rabid animal, before it could
be killed, severely bit Dr. Hart and several
other dogs.”
“For sale, an excellent young horse—
would suit any timid lady or gentleman, with
a Long silver tail.”
“A New York paper in announcing the
wrecking of a vessel near the Narrows says :
“The only passengers were T. B. Nathan,
who owned three-fourths of the cargo and
the captains wife.”
“The editors of a Western paper observe,
“the poem we publish in this week’s Herald
was written by an esteemed triend —now
many years in the grate for his own amuse
ment”
AUGUSTA, GEO.,
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31, 1816.
DAGUERREOTYPE.
We visited yesterday the Daguerreotype
rooms of Mr. Johnson, who is now 'exhibit*
I ing some of the most exquisite specimens
|of that extraordinary art. We confess we
j had no idea until we had seen some of his
I pictures, of the wonderful accuracy and
tintsh to which this singular chemical process
had attained. The novelty so striking of
the first essays of the art, had with us worn
| off and we of ever seeing any
! thing better than those bleared, blackened
i and scowling figures, which some good Ma
tured people would insist were likenesses,
and which looked, when they could be seen
at all like blots for body and head, and
streaks for legs, and arms. But the life-like
pictures Which Mr. J. presents are not only
j equal to the finest miniatures, but go a step
higher and have indeed
“Snatched a grace beyond the reach of art.”
To the curious and critical, this beautiful
; systeni of light painting, affords attractions
j which are heightened in the present Instance
by the kindness and urbanity of the artist
himself.
ABOLITION.
We cut from the Charleston Mercury, a J
communication front Isaac E. Morse, a Re
presentative from Louisiana, Upon the sub
ject of Abolition, which we commend to the
perusal of our readers. We take Mr. M. to j
be a “plain blunt man,” who is ready to“cpeak
right on” whenever he gives an opinion. J
We most heartily wish our southern people i
; were more deeply imbued with the spirit ;
that characterizes this effusion. For our- j
, selves, we have, like him, no concealments to |
make of our feelings or principles—we keep
no faith or trust with any man or party who I
I has tliis taint—we hold no terms with those
; who profess discreet and moderate resent
! ment upon this vital point. It the stake were
not too important, the low ambition which
i would compromise future safety for the hope
of party success, would justly merit the con
tempt of the vvi&e. But when the fate of f
the country is involved none but traitors can |
tolerate an alliance with the enemies of the I
i constitution.
There are among us a sort of gentle preach
ers of insurrection—a mawkish canting set 1
| of self-satisfied moralists, who tell us that
slavery is a “moral, social and political evil;” I
who plead most whinitigly for our “northern j
brethren,” who hid us laugh at the incendi- I
ary, reason with the madman, and remon
strate with the executioner. It makes us |
sick to hear these things croaked over in
j “damnable iteration,” for years and years, I
while the abolitionists have grown from one
small society to over one half million of mem- 1
bers. We despise in our hearts the indefati- {
gable prudence which prescribes moderate
resistance. We detest as much those who
| palter with a speculation and risk the welfare
of their country upon an abstraction. In
this contest there is but two sides—it is a j
struggle ad inlernecionem —there is no place |
for trimming and moderation. We must de- !
fend the better cause with, all our might I
j against the worst— *uever “let our faint
thoughts dally with surmise. 5 ’ It is our
only hope of safety.
THE ARMISTICE—SPIRIT OF THE WHIG PRESS
liV THIS CITY—VIEWS FAVORABLE TO MEX
ICO.
There is a long rumbling article in the I
the Chronicle of yesterday. The Armistice,
he thinks, ought not to have been terminated : '
Ist. Because Santa Anna, he believes, is in
clined to peace.
2d. Because the battles outlie Rio Grande
ought to have satisfied the Mexicans, that
they cannot be successful.
3 1. Because the English “monetary condi- I
tion is dread till on account of her wars.
4th. Because “some valuable lives will |
be lost.”—He does not exactly say on which
side—but from all that be has written, we
rather think it is on the Mexican side.
oth. Because 3,000,000 of men did wonders
in our own revolutionary “struggle for free- j
dorn and against tyranny ” —and concludes
that the Mexican*, who are fighting for their
“domestic altars”(flo r ori») and so forth, are on
the whole, very much in the situation of the
Americans in our revolution, and that in all
likelihood they may give us a devil of a bast
ing, or something of that kind—but prays
God that it may not be, and in an especial
manner that “some of the daughters of the
Republic may not hoar the blighting news
of death, and have their precious bosoms j
clothed with mourning,” and so on.
We like to give publicity to these whig
views—they are at once so gentle and patrio
tic, that they shed a sweet and melancholy
pleasure on the soul.
Colton Crop in Eastern Texas. —The San
Augustin Shield says—The planters of this
section of country have had almost their en
tire cotton crop destroyed by the caterpillar,
the fields, in many instances, presenting the
appearance of having been swept over by a
blaze of fire. In many fields the bare stalks
are the only vestiges of what a short time
since gave promise of an abundant harvest.
Another Dancing Mistress. —Madame Ar
raline Brooks will teach the young gentlemen
of New Orleans all the mysteries of waltz, j
quadrille and Polka during the coming win- i
ter, at her own rooms. We trust that she I
will succeed remarkably.
Painting Three Miles Long. —The Mon- i
ster painting of the Mississippi, by Barnard. 1
is now on exhibition at Louisville. It em
braces the entire scenery from New Orleans ! ,
to the mouth ofthe Missouri. A stupendous >
work!
«■: r. •
Taking “A Castle in the Air.”— Mr. Wise,
the sronaut, recommends as an easy pl an
for capturing San Juan de Ulloa, the con
structlon of a balloon to raise 30,000 pounds.
This is to be loaded with bombs and torpe
dos, and bung over the doomed castle, at
tached to a cable five miles long, from one
of the vessels of the squadron. Mr. Wise
offers his services to the Government, to lake
command of the lofty expedition, which is
figuratively speaking, one of the greatest
“air castle” projects that we have lately met
with.
Re-appearance of a Submerged Island in
Lake Ontario. —The Oswego Advertiser
states that Gul Island, situated about two
miles from the northern shore of Lake Onta
rio, between Port Hope and Cobourg, has re
appeared. It lias been submerged seven
years.
Indians. — Six hundred Miami Indians, un*
; der charge of Captain Jewif, arrived in Cin
cinnati on the 11th inst.on their way to their
new homes in Missouri.
A Much Needed Invention. —A Yankee has
taken out a patent for an improvement in
j the “scales of justice.”
inrAt the next Long Island races, a horse
I will enter the list, whose pedigree is traced
| to the horse that Richard 111. offered his
I kingdom for.
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AKKIVALS AT TIIK U. N. HOTEL.
OCTOBER 30
Names. Residence.
Col.G, M. Wallace & lady, Mississippi.
11. li.Rice, Mouth t arolina.
W. M. VV aliacc and lady, “
M jss Wallace, “
C. A Meigs, Edgefield, S.C.
Miss E A. Dowd,
I J. Cohen, “
: J. VV.Jones, Burke,
J. M. Jones, “
F. J. V\ aiker, "
Moses V\ itikor, “
J-Bollard and family, Alabama.
VV. H. Bollard, *•
G. L. Bullard, “
Will. Jones, Burke.
E. B. Hutu and lady, Macon.
James Daniel, Georgia.
Dr, Lowrey and servant, Jefferson.
Gov.Butier, Mouth Carolina.
J. Pucker. Alabama.
F. R. Timmons, Charleston.
E. VV. Luroach, '•
Tho.-. W . Camauk, A (hens.
Tfaoa. J. Jackson, Mobile.
AKKS V'LM AT Til iS JIA.VSIIOX HOI ME
OCTOBER 30, l«4(5.
Names. Residence „
Dr. Collins. Columbia, Ga.
William Bell, *•
B. B. hurt,
A. G. Dossier, ••
J. E. Dozier, *•
J. M. Stone, “
B. Smith, Wilkes.
S. Danforth, “
T. F Hamilton, Columbia.
J sse Kilgore, Cumaen, S. C.
St. Forbes, Mobile.
S G. Boggs, Georgia.
Miss Ward, Georgia.
Charles Meriwether, Oglethorpe,
w VV. D. Weaver, G.eeiisboro*.
Philo 1). Woodruff, “
Sp ague Woodruff, “
Eli Baxter and daughter, Sparta.
G. V\ . Adair, Atlanta.
S. A. Barnes it 2 children, Georgia.
William Brintup, G. R. R.
ARRIVALS AT Til IE GLOBE UOTI2L.
OCTOBER 30, 184 G.
Names. Residence.
John Smith, Columbia, Ca.
J. W. Jones, *•
Miss Jones, “
J. D. Mc.Vaire, “
VV A. Cary, Greene.
Thomas R. Walker, “
W. Varboro.sgii, Columbia.
VV. Burch, Taliafciro.
A. R. Taylor, “
L. Taylor, “
Erast us Guild, Kingfield, Mains.
VV. F. Stodgiull, Butts, Ga.
VV. C Lowe, Charleston,S. C.
VV. Cole, Atlanta.
W. ILDrupeo, Lexington, Ga,
W. K. Pickens, Tennessee.
D. S, Brown, Floyd, Ga.
H. H. May son, Edgefield, S. C,
Andrew Russell, Tennessee.
Asa Fuller, « ass, Ga.
VV. 11. C, Prior, Cedar Tow n, Ga,
VV. E. Stone, Georgia.
GEO. G. MCWHORTER^
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OFFICE LAW AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
oct 23 6m 20
DAVID ADAMS,
Attorney at Law, Hamburg, So. Ca.
Office over the store of Sibley & Grapon—will
practice in the Law Courts of Edgefield and Darn
well. 30 ly sept 21
DH.WILSOV.
Office in, the Constitutionalist Range*
Second door below the Printing Office,
oct 18 6 16