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The Umiirranths Daughter.
UT Mil*. 1.. 11. HinoiniNKT.
“The way is long,” the father said,
While through the western wild ho spoil,
With eager searching eye;
“Cheer ye, my babes,” the mother cried,
And drew them closer to her tide,
At frown’d tho evening sky.
Just then, within the thickest rude,
A log rear'd cabin’s roof they view'd,
And its low timber blest;
On the rough floor their simple bed.
In basic and weariness they spread,
And laid them down to rest.
On leathern bingo the door.- were hung,
Undock’d with glass tho windows swung,
The smoko wreath stain’d the wall;
And hero they found their only home,
Who once had ruled the spacious dome,
And paced the pictured hull.
But hearts with pure affections warm,
Unmurmuring at the adverse storm,
Did in that cell abide;
And there the wife her husband cheered,
Ami there her littlo ones she reared,j
And tlu ie, in hope, she died.
Still, the lone man his toil pursued,
While ’nealh his roof so low and rude,
A gentle daughter rose,
As peering through some rifted rock,
And blooming on a broken stock,
The blushing sweet briar grows.
Willi tireless hand the hoard she spread,
Tho Holy Hook at evening read,
Ami when with serious air,
lie saw her bend so sweetly mild,
To lull to sleep tho moaning child,
He blessed her in his prayer.
But stern disease his footstep staid.
And down the woodman’s axu he laid,
Tho fever flame was high;
. No more the forest feared his stroke,
Jlo fell, ns falls the rugged oak
Beneath the whirlwind's eye.
11 is youngest girl, his fondest pride,
His baby, when the mother died,
How desolate she stands—
While gazing on his death struck rye,
11 is kneeling sons with anguish cry,
And clasp his clenching hands.
Who hastes his throbbing head to hold 1
Who hows to eliafo his temples cold!
In hqeuty’s opening prime!—
That blessed daughter, meek of heart,
Who, for his sake, a matron’s part
Had borne before her time.
That grasp, that groan—'tiso’er, ’lis o’er,
The manly breast imisl heave no inure,
That heart no longer [line,
Oh, Thou, whu fccd’sl tho raven’s nest,
Confirm to them the promise blest,
“Tho fatherless arc mine.”
Belief in the Deity,
iiv sin waltub scovrj
Thoro is nothing more awful than to attempt
to cast n glance among tho clouds and mist
which liido tho broken extremity of tlie cele
brated bridge of Mir/.a. Vet, when every day
brings us nighor that termination, one would
almost think our views should become clearer.
Alas! it is not so; there is n curtain to bo
withdrawn, a veil to ho rent, before wo shall
see things as they really arc. There nro few,
1 trust, who disbelieve the existence of a Cod ;
nay, 1 doubt if, at all limns, and in all moods,
any single individual over adopted that hideous
creed, though some have professed it. In the
belief of a Deity, that ol the immortality of
the soul and of tho state ol future rewards and
punishments, is indissolubly linked. ]\!®.o
wo are not to know of; hut neither nro we
prohibited from all attempts, however vain,to
pierce tho solmon, sacred gloom. Timex,
prosslons used in scripture are, doubtless met
aphorical, for penal (ires and heavenly melody
nro only applicable to beings endowed with
corporeal senses; and, at least till the period
of the resurrection, the spirits of men whether,
entering into the perfection of the just, or 1
commuted to tho regions cd punishment, are 1
not connected with bodies. Neither is it to 1
supposed that tho glorified bodies which 1
snail arise in tho Just day, will be capable of ’
the same gross indulgences with which ours 1
nro now solaced. That tho idea of Muhorn- E
< t’s paradise is inconsistent with tho purity of r
our heavenly religion, will ho readily granted ; 1
and see Mark mi. Ho. Harmony :» obviously !
chosen ns the least corporeal of all gratifica
tions of the sense, niul ns (ho type of love,
tinity, and a slate of peace and perfect happi
ness. But they have n poor idea of the Dei
ty, and the rewards which are destined fertile
just made perfect, who can only adopt tho
litoral sense ol an eternal concert—a never
ending hirth-day odo. I rather suppose Ibis
should he understood some commission from
the highest, somte duty to discharge with tho
applause of n satisfied conscience. That the
Doily, who himself must he suppose.) to feel
love and affection lor the beings ho has called
into existence, should delegate a portion of
those powers, 1, lor one, cannot conceive al
together so wrong a conjecture. Wo would 1
then tied reality in Milton's sublime machinery !
of the guardatn saints, of genii of kingdoms.
Nay, we would approach to the catholic idea 1
of tho employment of saints, though without j
approaching tlie absurdity of saint worship, .
which degrades their religion. There would ,
be, we must suppose, in these employments,
difficulties to overcome and exertions to be
made, lor all which tho celestical beings em
ployed would havocertain appropriate powers.
! cannot help owning, that a life of active be
nevolence is more consistent with my ideas,
than an eternity of music. But it is all spec
tilalion, and it i» impossible to guess vvlml wo 1
shall do, unless we could ascertain equally '
difficult previous question, what we are to bo. I
Bat there is a (iod, and a just God—a judge. 1
ment and a future life—and all who own so
much, lot them act according to the faith that '
is in them. 1 would not, ot course, limit the ,
range of my genii to the confuted earth.—
There is the universe with all Us endless ex.
lent of worlds.
The mayor of a diminutive city called lo
consult a legal friend with regard to the meth
od of quelling riotous proceedings, which were
growing ungovernable. ‘Why,’ said the law.
yer, ‘do you not appeal to the posse comitalus!’
Well, that's what I’vc thought of, but 'LUst the
fuller 1 never knew whar he lived.’
Absence ok Mind. — Mr. Snooks informs
ns of a “worry pocolier” case of absence ol'
mind, which occurred during the late storm.
It is soon told; when it commenced raining,
a man hoisted himself above Ins umbrella,
walked up street, and did not discover Ins
imstuke until a person wanted to borrow him.
Tun American Character. —“We arc
born in a hurry (says an American writer);
we nro educated at spec J. We make a for
tune with the wave of a wand, and lose it m
like manner, to rc-makc and rc.-lcso it in the
twinkling of an eye. Our body is a locomo
tive, travelling at the rate of ten leagues an
hour; our spirit is a high pressure engin i. our
life resembles a shooting star, and death sur
ptisa* us like an electric shuck.”
ItV EXUUESS MAIL.
Frumthn N. Y. ('miner i[ I '.m/mrcr, May 111.
Later From England.
The packet i>liij* Orpin'll*, ('apt. Bailey, from
Liverpool and 'ho Hamson, I'apt. Fturges, fro a
London, arrived yesterday. Wo have receive I
by llicso vessels London papers lo the Ist, an J
Liverpool lo the 2d in-t. They oro totally des
titute* of any political rnlclligenco which would
hoof interns! here. The British Parliament is
again in session hut its proceedings are chiefly
confined to local matters The coronation of
the Queen is postponed to the 28th Juno, and it
appears definitively settled, that this ceremony is
to he conducted on the reduced scale ol expendi
ture ahaerved at the coronation of William IV
—reduced at least in comparison with that which
took place on tho coronation ol George IV.
The discussion of tho two prominent questions
before tiro Chamber of Deputies of France—the
establishment of a grand system of Railroads
communicating with the capital and tho convert
sion of the live pet cent Block—has been delayed
until the first week in May.
From Spain the accounts nro of tho same un
decided character that they have, been tor this
long time past.
It would appear that tho United Slates liank
Agency in London puzzles extremely the writers
of the city articles fur the London press. One
in particular, that of The London Times, seems
to view Mr. Jaudon’s operations in a very unfa
vorable light. VVs presume, however, that gen
tleman will preserve under these strictures, the
asms composure as the President of the Institution
exhibited, during tbe assaults of General Jackson.
London, April 25.
The fooling among tho trading interest haw
been gloomy for some weeks past, and thore
appears to bo little chonco of ony improve
ment for a considerable time lo come. Tho
accounts this morning from the manufacturing
district ore of the same discouraging tenden
cy an for some time punt, ami it seems to ho
admitted that tho spring demand is a decided
failure. The most that can be looked lo is the
little animation which the town trade may ex
perience at the approaching coronation. Tho
last accounts of the American markets and
tho situation ol money affairs there leave no
reasonable grounds for anticipating anything
hut loss by shipments, the “ dry goods” stores
being already futrclmrged with stocks, and
sales only lo he affected at ruinous sacrifices,
lit this condition of aflat re, many of the spin
ners and manufacturers have begun lo rcduco
the hours of labor in their manufactories, so
on not lo increase stock of goods already in*
conveniently heavy; yet notwithstanding this
prices were giving way, and on each succeed
ing market day those whoso necessities ohligo
them lo make sales are compelled lo submit lo
further reduction in prices.
London, April 28.
From tho last and best informed advices
from I lie United Stales, it appears that tho ve
ry extensive dealings in cotton for exportation
to Europe by tho United Slates Bank, and
others of tho Southern Stales, continued to
create a very great deal of interest, inasmuch
ns the operations of Biddle’s Leviathan, and
ther banks who have followed in his wake, have
seriously affected not only the mercantile in*
(crests on the seaboard portion of tho Union,
hut also those of the cotton planters them
selves, which wo will presently explain with a
view to show how inimical the monopolizing
operations of tho Bank of the United Slates
have been, since tho first great crisis, to the
general interests of the commercial com
munity.
It appears that the principal operations in
tho Southern Colton Market commenced in
October, 18117.
At. that period the United States Bunk,
through its agents, went into the market, and
began its operations in that staple at all tho
principal southern ports. The entire break
ing up of the cotton brokers in Mobile, New
Or.enns and Natchez, opened a clear field for
the bank. This movement on the part of tho
United Slates Bank led the other banks into
the field, and both classes of banks thus became
rivals for the possession of the market. The
rivalry was beneficial to the planters certainly
out it led the United States Bank, as well as
the Slate Banks, deeply into commercial op
erations, and accordingly into great expan*
eions of an irredeemable currency. Tho
amount of these operations may bo estimated
Irom tho aggregate exports ol the whola sea
son, up to March 3d which arc as follow ;
Exports of Cotton, beginning Oct. 1, 1837.
From N. O. opto March, 3, 1838. Ills. 360,671
Mobile, March 3, 73,187
Savannah, —• 10, 115,078
Charleston, 17, 124,045
Virginia, Fob. 15, 11,556
New York, 28, 61,643
Other parts, 23,694
Aggregate exports for 1837—38,
lo above dales 669,764
Exports at the same dates, 1836—37, 579,514
Excess of 1837—38, over 1836—37, 90,250
From those facts it is evident that, in spite of the
derangements of the currency, more eeltoe has
been shipped and will he shipped abroad this
year than last. This arises from the operations
of tho United Stales Dank and State Banka. The
prices in Liverpool are loss this year than last;
but the banks did not pay high prices. The fob
lowing table, taken from a Liverpool paper, shows
thus;
Cotton and Prices at Liverpool, 1837—38.
Imports, Halos. Prices.
October, 18,431 6 a 8f d
November, 38,586 7 a 9^d
December, 35,570 6|a 9Ail
January, 41,308 7 a °}d
Wo also learn from the statement of tho Missis
sippi banks that up to January last they had ad
vanced over 1,000,009 dollars on tho cotton ex
ported abroad. If on Ibis fact wo estimate that
for the whole south and south west, wo may very
reasonably pul the nggiegale advances ol all flic
stale bonks at five millions of dollars, if not more.
The mode in which these gigantic operations
have been effected, and which have been tho.
cause of establishing a non descript sort of agen
cy in this country, as well as the introduction of
an amazing, and by no means secondary amount
of I Tilted -Slates paper of nil descriptions, as com,
pared with the amount introduced previous to tho
failure of the large American linns in 1836—7,
may bo traced in its foundation to the advantages
which the derangement of the internal exchan
ges in the first instance gave to the United Slates
Bank, and which, under live keen management of
Mr. Uiddle, has been followed up with doubtless
much advantage lo the proprietors of lhat insUlu
tion, although attended with much'injury to the
mercantile community, which that Hank proffers
to support.
Tho plan adopted by Mr. Biddle was this:—the
southern exchanges were, and have been to (Ins
time, depreciated from 10 to 30 per rent pretn.;
taking advantage of this most unequal value of
the represent alive of money in die different
Stales, the I'. S. Bank bought up all the southern
Banks at the discount to which wo have referred,
and sent agents to purchase cottons in the south,
width powerful operation has enabled them to
ship large amounts of cotton to this country with
a certain profit; which aero nits in some degree
for the continued embarrassments of the United
t-kate* merchants, for the decline in cottons here,
1 and the great influx (A bills upou Mr. Jaudoo,
their agent here.
Lost nos, May 1.
Another party hs» appeared in the controversy
respecting Mr. Biddle's Bank; which is under,
a stood to speak the sentiments of the Hank parlour
i on the subject. The internal cvidenco indeed
1 leaves little doubt of the matter at least being
J derived from that quarter. The tone assumed is
- partly that of attack and partly that of defence ol
1 Mr. Diddle. He is praised, for example, for his
a issues of bills, because they have done a great deal
Y towards “the liquidation of the largo amount oi
f debt due from the merchants in America to their
t correspondents in England,” but his “traffic in
r cotton,” wo are told, is “quite another question,”
. and now that “things are coming round again,” it
' is desirable that he should bring it to a closo, a«
x it deprives the merchants of their commissions,
uml “.nfluenccs the exchanges in a manner not
i to ha desired, by keeping up prices above their
3 proper level in the different marko's of Europe.”
s The further remark on this part of tho subject
, is, that tho “U. S. Dank will, it is supposed,
] realize large profits out of the cotton purchases
they have made up to thii moment, but it doso
- not follow that they will alway be equally for
s lunate.” Some anxiety is, very needlessly, shown
to rebut the supposition that tho refusal to open
c an account with Mr. Jaudon at the Dank arose
s from “any doubt of tho solidity and safety of the
r United States Bank, tho real motives for which,
s sis wo tire now told woro “because it would have
- been contrary to the usage of the establishment:
- or, inimical to thoso whose interests they feel
i bound to protect—namely, tho trading classes of
i the community.” As a further argument to Mr.
. D. to withdraw from Iris cotton speculations he is
told that the fate of three groat London houses
s should operate as u caution to him. “Ho mu'
j sec, from the example of those firms, how dan
. gerous it is to enter upon too extended a sphere
3 of action.”
, Brussels, April 25.
j It is said that a largo ship, spposed an
, American, was totally lost in the night of the 19th
I between Heyct and Blankenborg, on the shoal
called I’urdo Murkt. Several pieces of wreck, it
is added, have been driven on shore, and bales of
cotton and empty casks have been soon drifting
. about at sea. As many American vessels with
cotton, rice, Ac. are expected at Antwerp, it is to
’ bo feared that one of them has met with this sad
> fate.
J * Msajrvjr.ionrrwnrw Mt'craerjnmr»■
1 CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
; _ AUCrUSI’A.
) Tuesday Morning, June 5.
s ~ “
3 OJ* We are requested to slate that tho Supcri
. or Court for this District has been adjourned to
3 the 11th inst.
} Mr. E. Sigourney Norton, formerly Alderman
of the city of Columbus, Ga., committed suicide
a on tho 30th ult., by cutting his throat from car to
• ear with a razor.
j Fire tu Charleston.
3 A little before 2 o’clock on Saturday last, a
i fire broke out on the premises of John May, Cab-
inct Maker, No Cfi Queen street, in a two and a
j half story building, used as a work shop, which
was entirely destroyed, together with a great
. quantity of Mahogany, and other valuable articles
i used in his business, and a stable of Mr. Wilson,
t adjoining,
3 Mr. Alay was insured in the Augusta Tnsur
j anco and Trust Company, for £4OOO on his
slock in trade—s2soo of this amount ho estimate 8
i as destroyed.
South Carolina Legislature.
Tho Bill for rebuilding the city of Charleston
I Reported to the Legislature at the opening of the
! session has passed both Houses.
Wo have been politely furnished lor publica.
tion, the following letter of Mr. Biddle, by a gen
tlcman of this city.
PHILADELPHIA, May 31, 1833.
My Dear Bir—ln my letter of the 7th inst., I
staled my belief that there could bo no safe nor
permanent resumption of specie payments by the
Banks, until the policy of tho Government to
wards them was changed.
Tho repeal of the specie circular by Congress
. makes that change. I see now, what until now
I have not seen, tho means of restoring the cur*
rency- I rejoice very sincerely at tho termination
of this unhappy controversy, and shall cordially
co operate with tho Government by promoting
> what tho Banks arc, lam sure, anxious to effect,
| an caily resumption of specie payments through-
I out the union. With great respect, yours,
N. BIDDLB.
Ho*. Jour: Q, Adams.
From Florida.
The Jacksonville Courier of tho 31st ult,, has
the fallowing:
1 “We stop the press to record tho report of nn
other Indian murder. It is believed that
, [Wo of Capt. Mieklor’s men were killed a day or
i two since, at Moccasin Branch, near Fort llan
i son, and about 15 miles S. W. Iroin St. Augus
; line. Two rifles wore heard, and one man, James
, Horn, found killed and scalped, another missing
Later from England.
By tho arrival of the Packet ships Sampson
and Orpheus, from London and Liverool, at N.
Yolk, we have received dates to the 2d of May-
Out advices give nothing important iu tho money
way. Capital was ns abundant as ever. Colton
had advanced jd, and tho raaikot was improving.
The steam ship Sirius was spoken on the 10th
of May, in lat. 44, lon. 38,15.
The Coronation of the young Queen is post,
poned till the 28th of June.
Tho order in council, allowing Englishmen to
I.
engage in tho service of tho Queen of Spain, is
f not to be renewed.
There has been n disturbance by the work*
men on the Great Western Rail way, near Bris
tol. It lasted several days, and was only put
s down by n strong military force.
■ There has been nn improvement in tho Leeds
* •loth market as regards the quantity of business
( done, but prices still continue ruinously low.
A copy ol Mr. Biddle's letter against rosump*
• tion, was received in London on the evening cl
* tho 30th ult.
Hanoveu.—Tho King of Hanover is bccom
s mg as much execrated as he was when in Eng
land. It is said that tho opposition to hisprojecls
f grows more and more decided in the Chambers as
' well as in the country. \etha is determined te
carry out his despotic views.
’ _____________
Thomas N. C. Carr, Esq. of New York, has
l been appointed by the President, with tho advice
c and consent of the Senate, Consul of (he United
1 Stales, for tho Empire of Moioeco, to reside at
’’ Tangier.
i, Jloaoarn aaioso tub S»at»«
at Gloiigetoxviv, D. C.—The Georgetown Ad«
y vocale of the 31st ult. states that a letter from
. one black man to another, had been intercepted,
t and a (dot discovered among the negroes, who
designed to raise upon the whiles and murder
® them indiscriminately. It is said that the blacks
,f of the town were to bu aided in Ihoir attempt, by
s dace or four hundred strange blacks, who were
the prime movers in the afiair.
if
x Anotiieu Pa ran Mitt Buhned.—The large
n and valuable paper mill of Wm. L. Hall, at
North East, Pennsylvania, was destroyed by lire
„ on the 23d inst. The loss is estimated at about
(> $20,000.
* Dr. Nelson, one of the Canadian patriots, who
’ had been arrested in Vermont, on the charge of a
■t violation of the neutrality act, after the examina
tion of a large number of witnesses, has been ois
y charged, no bill having been found against him.
’ Farm Banking.—The citizens of Orleans
11 county, (N. Y.) are taking measures to establish
8 a Bank under (ho General Banking Law, of
c $500,000 capital.
g Coal. —The shipments of coal from tho
;; Schuylkill coal region for tills season, up to tho
1291 h inst., wero 35,600 tons, in 600 boats
Tho Great Western was to start from England
* on her second voyage jMay 28th, and is expected
’ to arrive at New York on tho 10th inst.
e SiEimiiNo in Mat.—Snow fell in Canton,
Bradford county, (Pa.) on tho 20th ult. to the
depth of ten inches.
i
li Official notice is given by tho Texas gotern
* merit, that Velasco is tho only port on the Brass/
| os river where goods can bo entered, and where
T the duties must bo secured.—Tho invoices aro to
h be specific in relation to every article,
1 For the Chronicle & Sentinel.
, Mn. Editoii—l have just finished reading the
presentments that wore made by the late Grand
„ Jury of Burke county. Among other matters,
I percicvc that “ the present unwieldy size of our
- state legislature,” has not escaped their vigilance.
- They slate, “that from so numerous a body,
l- constituted as ono general assembly, neither wis
-0 dom, justice, or moderation is to he expected;
ana from the great sura which is drawn annually
a from our treasury for its support, tho people rc
» ceivc no adequate return.” I scarcely know how
0 to commence a comment on this presentment. In
this instance, sir, I shall attempt to prescribe for
a disease, a noxious, raging epidemic, without a
4 cause. Such malignity would retard a pre
. sciiption from a Hypocrates, a Galen, or a Celsus.
j The prime cause of this disease, if a cause does
, exist, is a healthy one. They are mistaken ideas,
t emanating from tho purest hearts. This is the
s cause of tho present epidemic. Far drffierent is
it from a dense savanna, which generates Ilia
noxious efiluvia in defiance of man. Tho epi
demic, w ithout a cause proper, is now raging in
j the country, felt in imagination, for it is an im
■r aginary thing only. They arc perfectly convinced
in their own mind, that they aro laboring with tho
disease; and as they think they have the remedy,
1 they wish to apply it.
Vs a citizen of tho county, and ono who thinks
he can see the object that is desired by the jury,
lie would bog to admonish them to bo cautious
' how they applied active remedies to a healthy
constitution. Your remedies may cstahlisha dis
ease, they may corrode the vitals, and destroy the
constitution of the patient. lam suro their mo
i lives are sincere; I have too much respect for the
r foreman and his colleagues, to think, that either has
8 expressed more than he or they really felt. lam
■ suro they are sincere. Many other citizens of this
county and throughout the slate aro impressed
s with similar ideas. But the immortal Newton
v erred, and so have wc all. All alike are subject
- to mistaken impressions, with an intelligent
n community, where light is, the truth will prevail,
y With this impression, and the hope that this
g effort on my part, will call forth remarks from
t, others, I shall only attempt to show that our
i- Legislature is not so numerous or unwieldy as
some of our northern Stales are.
In tho first instance I will compare the square
miles of Georgia witlr those of other slates, and
the numerical size of our legislature with that
a of other states. Georgia has an area of 00,000
miles, she has] ninety Senators and 200 of
. the House; Massachusetts has an area of 7,800
it square miles, forty Senators and six hundred
ir members of the House; New Hampshire has
. an area o( 9491 square miles, twelve Senators
i. and 229 members of tho House; New York
, has an area of 46885 square miles, thirty
, two Senators and ono hundred and twenty eight
members of tire House; Connecticut has an area
of 4904 square miles, two hundred and ninety
1 one Senators and t.vo hundred and nine in tho
* House. Georgia, with nearly seven limes as
* much area as New Hampshire, has very few
I more members in her legislature. Connecticut,
II with only 4904 square miles, has two hundred
* and nine members of the House; Massachusetts,
with 4000 square miles less than Georgia, has
000 members in the House of Assembly. These
- slates, I mean Massachusetts, Now Hampshire,
and Connecticut, with a largo legislature, havo
0 glided through our seas of political trouble with
s great safety and harmony. Tho legislature havo
managed the rudder, havo navigated the ocean,
* weathered the storm, steered clear of the reefs,
■ gone over tho breakers, and anchored in a good
poit safely. Now lake a view of the political
slalo of New York. Sea her, with an area of
3 41*000 square miles, 2000,000 of inhabitants, with
3 only thirty two Senators and ono hundred and
twenty eight members of tho House; observe tho
political commotion that always agitates this
1 state ; she is in a continual storm, her political
canopy is always dark Tho winds blow fresh,
tho sea runs high, the ship labors, tiro crew look
melancholy—though tho helmsman is experii
* enccd, the sails and timbers are good, tho sailors
13 active, yet all will not do, the storm is too great,
0 the ship is to bo run ashore; the underwriters
demand if, and it is done; she is boarded and
taken possession of by the wreckers ; those on
hoard are glad to escape with life, and all else is
j left in the rapacious hands of the wreckers.
The people who had witnessed the horrors of the
scene, •' as mere lookers on,” arc now destitute
o
08 eboro, haring witnessed all the horror# ( the
storm, tho treachery of the helmsman, and ra.no
of the wrecker*. hi
It is very well known to every individual, ae
quainted with the politics of the different states, ,
that Mew Yoik has tenfold more commotion in
her political spheres, than the other states. Who, ]
acquainted with her laws, does not know that she
has more chartered institutions than all tho states
together? What is the cause of these chartered j
monopolies? for they are monopolies—a char-H,
tcred institution is a monopoly, and a monopoly i
is a sub-monarchy. It is taking from mo my
sacred rights, and placing them in tho hands of 1
others. To give a citizen or a company of gem -
tlctnen a charter, is vesting in their hands power
three fold beyond his relative means. Yes, sir, i
and beyond this, a covert power, under the sane*
lion of a charter which is dangerous in the ex
treme, and which never was intended by the
powers of the constitution. i
I hope it will not be understood by my remark*
that I am opposed to all chartered institutions—
I am under the impression that it is expedient to
have a national bank. The era has arrived when
all rational persons ought to see the exigency for
an institution of this kind. Cut New Yoik has
made it expedient to bavo a multitude of char
tered institutions.
And bow are tbeso more readily obtained In
the State of New York, than other Stales. Ido
not hesitate in declaring that I believe they aro
obtained in consequence of the small body that is
to be operated on. Wo all know, that 128 indi*
viduals arc more easily operated on, than 600.
Therefore if a company of citizens in New York, ;
associate their funds together, they send an agent
on to Albany, the scat of government. And
this agent, or agents exercises his influence on 1
the legislators, and there is no instance where
their efforts have failed, to bo crowned with sue
cess. Georgia has dearly felt tho effects of a re*
duccd Legislature, look at tho immense section
of country on tho South and South West of us f
that was treacherously, yes fclloniously bartered
away by her delegation. It was a melancholy
circumstance that did occur, but it is a circum
stance that cannot occur, while we have our “pre
sent unwieldlv Legislature. If our present Legis.
laluro had been there to have acted for us then,
wo would now have 80,000 acres of fine land in
our boundaries that wc have not. If our two
hundred and sixty members in tho house make it
unwieldy, what could bo expected from the Leo
gislaturo of Massachusetts, with six hundred
members. Massachusetts never groans under
her burthen; She boasts of her numerous delega.
tion, as the Sampson of her State. The Legis
lature of Georgia may be unwieldy for tho want
of talent. But lam yet to be convinced, if two
hundred and sixty talented members aro unwieldy,
I am well aware that our Legislature has
not as much talent in it as could bo hoped for.
But if \?e reduce it in numbers, wo cannot hope
by this act, to increase its talent. For all who
arc acquainted with the politics of Georgia, know
that talent and popularity are most frequently in
eompatables. If wo wish to purge our Legisla
ture of its non talented members, wo must resort
to other measures, than those prescribed by the
late Grand Jury of Burke County. With the hope
that this feeble effort may give a data for other
t remarks. I remain yours, Jefeeuson.
An Unpleasant Inmate. —The New York
Sun says: We learn from the Mercer Luminary,
that a few days since Mr Cozed, ofLaekawnock
towship, being indisposed, took an emetic, which
in the process of operation, discharged from his
stomach a lizard eight inches long. The emetic,
was taken in preserved fruit; and it is supposed
that tho lizard partook of it rather freely, which
caused its death, and subsequent removal from its
lodging place. Some months since Mr. C. was
induced to apply to a physician, on account of
an unpleasant sensation in his stomach, caused
no doubt by this intruder, which ho has now
fortunately got rid of.
The Yellow Spring at Sea.—A spring
' of fresh water boiling up out of the ocean, at
a distance from land, is one ol tho most won
derful phenornenas in nature. The existence
of such a spring olTour coast, and its exact lo
cality is but little known. Capt. Sisson, of
the schr. Exit, on (he 13th inst. while on her
passage from Key Biscayne to this port visited
it. labours from St. Augustine light house S
E. \ S. and in sight Matawzas Inlot, bears from
it S. by W. from 2to 3 miles. On approach*
ing it, its appearance is like a sand shoal with
■ but little water upon it. On the land side of'it
the water is 7 fathoms to seaward, 11 fathoms
deep. The spring is about 100 feet over.—
For the above particulars we aro indebted to
1 Capt. Sisson. — St. Augustine Herald.
Public Defaulters. —In speaking of de
faulters to the government under the adminis
tration of John Q,. Adams and those under the
late administration, the Louisville Journal,
makes the following pertinent ana striking re
marks, which should cause tho present reign
ing dynasty to blush. “Every body remembers
what an outcry was made a few years ago
about the defalcation of Tobias Watkins.—
Those were times of official integrity, and a
single defalcation attracted the attention and
awakened the indignation of the whole coun
try. How altered arc the condition of things \
at the present time ! Now the names of 114 (,
defau ters among the administration receivers !
and custom house collectors, to say nothing
of more than 20U0 postmasters, are laid before |
the people ; yet tho alarming expositions '
scarcely arouse public attention even for a mo- .
ment! In the days of government purity, the 1
detection of a single defaulter created tar more
astonishment than the exposition of a ihous.- I
and now —the loss of 1000 dollars by official j
speculation was infinitely more talked about j
and written about, and harangued about then, ,
than the open seizure of one third of the na- i
tional revenue now by the offica-holding ban- :
ditti of the government.”— Albany Adv. '
In Louisville, (Ky.) tho dry goods dealers
keep a man standing on tho side walk, to ask
persons passing to “walk in.” Wonder if there
■re any vacancies there!— Halt. Sun.
Fire in the Woods.— The Old Colony Whig
published at Taunton, says that Freetown woods
took fire on Tuesday afternoon week, from a
coalpit, and spread over about ten thousand acres
(?) before it was arrested. Several hundred cords
of wood, cut and seasoned, ready for market,
wore destroyed.
On tho following Wednesday a lire was acci
dentally communicated to tho “dry fog” in a
field, by a wad Irom a fowling piece, at Middle,
boro’ Fout Corners, and after running over about i
twelve acres of woodland, was checked by trench- 1
ing and kindling a counter tire. Damage incon- i
sidurable.
(sold tUmtQg tip the IHiestssippL
Some ill-natured Editor down East, has
seen boring Blair and refreshing the public
Tiind with the golden visions ot the Globe in
1834. The following among other extracts, I
s published to show the strong claim which
- T r. Blair has to be reputed “the son of*a
ptiohet.”
From the Globe of April 1834.
“'the land offices will become respectable
reserviors ot gold whence it will be distributed
by the government disbursement through the
military, the surveying and the Indian depart*
menls ; and wo to the officer who having re.
Ccived gold from the government shall pre*
surn e or dare to to the soldiers o»
c.tizens. Then a great stream will flow up
the Mississippi from New Orleans, and diffuse
itself all over the groat west. Nearly all the
gold coinage of the New World will come to
the United States ; for all the coinage es the
new Governments of Mexico and South Am
erica, being the coinage of rebel provinces
cannot go to Old Spain or any of her depen
dencies, and therefore will come to the U. S.
as its natural and best market. This will fill
the West with doubloons and half-joes, and in
eight or rune months from this lime every sub
stantial citizen will have a long silken purse,
of fine open net work, thro’ the interstices of
which the yellow gold will shine and glitter.
The travellers will be free from the pestilence
of ragged filthy and counterfeit notes.—Every
substantial man and every substantial man’s
wife and daughter will travel upon gold.—
The satellites of the bank alone, to show their
subjection to their liege monarch, will repine
at tho loss of paper.”
“Down East” Militia.— A Militia com
pany in Gloucester, Mass., which used to mus
ter one hundred, lately turned out to drill:
present the captain, orderly and private—total
3. This statement put the editor of the De
troit Morning Post in mind of an observation
made by a mil ilia captain out that way, whoso
entire company consisted of himself and ono
solitary individual, who, wc presume, acted as
lieutenant and ensign, carried the flag and
whistled all the tunes to march by. The cap-,
tain said he could got along with most of the i
evolutions—but there was ono which he found *1
very difficult to execute—and that is, said he,
“when I give tho word ot command for the
rear rank to take distance is like parting soul
from body.”
COMMERCIAL.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 28,
There has been n very animated demand during
the week, and t lie business is on an extensive scale;
an improvement of id. peril), baa taken place gen
erally in tho prices of American, and in some in
slancos id. per lb. advance may lie noticed in (ho
low amt middling qualities, but in all other descrip
tions there is no alteration. 4000 American have
been taken on speculation, and 850 Afnerican, 100
I’ernambueo, and 250 Surat lor export. Tho sales
amount to 80,240 bags.
May I.—The business to day is considerable,
8080 lings having been sold, 5000 of which are ou
speculation,and 200 for export: prices have rothof
at. upward tendency. The sales to day comprint)
850 remain at Sid to Old; 400 Bahia 7id to 75dj
20 MnrouhamSd; 50 Egyptian 8J; 400 Surat 4d to
51; C 730 American sjd to Sid. Tho sales on Satur
day Hero GOOD bags.
May 2.—There lias been n very animated do
mand throughout the week, and lhe business is on
an extensive scale. An improvement of an sd per
lb. has taken place, generally in the prices of Ame
rican, and in some instances fd advances may bo
noticed in the low and middling qualities. Tho
sales of the week amount to 39,240 bags.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
- • ■", -,rr-~ -r=r~ —; -Am
■, ANiNAH; June 2 Ci’d, ship Susannah, Gum
ming, Salur Liverpool, ships Solon, Wood, Havre Gov
Troup, Miller, do; B r brig Montreal, barber do. sclir Ex
it. Siston, Charleston.
Arr. ship America, Fletcher. N Y. steamboat FrceTf*
Cn swi I'. Augusta.
Below—ship Byron, from N V.
Departed, steamb. at S G. Gould, Augusta.
CHARLESTON, Ju v L—ArSaturday, ship Rowland
Dicks, Livt spool St Marks, Holmes, N Y. brig Panclo- %
ra, Gwen, Matanzus; sclir Phoebe Margaret, Lmith N
Gris.
Ar yesterday, schr Not ih Star, Donnell, Bath, Me. V
S steamer Poinsett, Trathen. Blaek Gieek.
Cld ships Ontario. Toney, Havre; Hanover. Shelt#n.
St I’eter. burg, brig Lancet. Bangs. Havana, steam
packet N C. Ivy. Wilmington.
Went to sen. 0 L brig Planter. Slurges. N Y; steam
pocket N Y. Allen, do.
Went to sea yesterday; steam packet S C. Ivy. Wi«
iningtoii.
_>•-.* r ■w —wn <r*r~v:v r. WH
POSTPONED EXECCTOft'S SALE.
be sold on the first Tuesday in July'
V ® next, in the town of Waynesboro, between
the usual hours of sale, if not disposed of before, /
according to the last will and testament of Eliza
beth Bryan, late of Burke county, deceased, the fol
lowing property, to wit; 537 acres of oak and hick,
ory land, adjoining lands of Col. B. Fountain, and
others; also the fifth part of a tract belonging to the
estate of John Bryan, deceased. Also, two negroes,
Charles and Wary, sold as the property of Elizabeth
Bryan, deceased. Terms of sale cash.
Juno 5,1838 JAMES GRUBBS, Executor.
GYMNASJUfIf,' ’
"ra TTONS. BADGE, respectfully announces to tho
IV.S citizens generally, that the Exercises of his
Gymnasium have commenced —and that be will bo
happy to still continue to receive applications at Ins
Room, No. 247 Bioad-street, w here lie may be found
during the hours of Tuition.
Mon«. B. teaches the Sword exercise after l he Pa
risian style—and ho considers himselfcompctont to
make a person perfect in two weeks, who will lake
four lessons every day. The course comprises 00
lessons.
Horns of Tuition,
Are from 0 to 7 and from 8 to 9, A. M. —from .1
to 0, and from 8 to 9, P. M.—During the intermedi
ate hours, Mohs. 15au,t'.will attend to giving gen
tlemen private lessons at their rooms, it requested.
SO” Payment is not required in advance, and will
make his pupils perfect in the art of either branch, or
he will receive no pny. June 4
07vvTforue & CO.
WHOLESALE SHOE DEALERS,
No. 270 Urnad sl. Augusta, Ga.
HAVE received 1000 packages Boots and Shoes
■ comprising every article in the line ; which
can he sold as low as in the Northern cities. AH ar
rangements being with Manufactures direct. A
general assortment of DEATH FIRS. npril 24
MIl. _ J()TIN JLHUREII V will act as my
attorney during my absence from the city ; al l
persons indebted to me will therefore make imme
diate payment to him. A. FOSTER.
Augusta, May 80, 1833. ts
GIIEAV Htit’s-Dlini.V io Hie NOiil’H.
i Tho Rail Road and Steamboat Compa
f , ' ‘ l r nie.s on the great mail route to the North,
„ ..1 .XXannounce to travellers the completion of
the great chain of Rail Roads between North Caro
lina and New York. Passengers coming in thfl
mam mail line, or by Charleston, -S. C. and Wil
mington, N.C. and taking tins mote at the’termi
nation of the Petersburg Kail Road, in N. C. will
reach New York 10 or 12 hours in advance of any
other line.
The following is the schedule of time, »s run at
present, including all stoppages ;
Leave Halifax at 5 p m Reach Petersburg!) 1 A it
Leave Petersburg !i a m Reach Richmond 31 A M
Leave Richmond 4am Reach Washington 3i p h \
Leave Washmg’n 4 p u Reach Baltimore fi! p M '
Deato Baltimore 7 p ji Reach Philadelphia 5 a»I
Leave Philadelp’a 6 am Reach Now York 2pm
Only ono night’s rest is lost between Halifax
and New York, ns passengers sleep in the Philadel
phia boats. Time in going from Halifax to Ncrt
York, including all stoppages, less than 44 hours.
Besides lids fast line, there are other daily inde
pendent lines running on llie route, so that if by
any chance passengers fail to connect at any point,
they will never he delay ed more than half a day.
Passengers earning to Halifax, N. C. in the Wil
mington Company's iin.mf stages, will please apply
to Mr. 15. F. Halsey, the Petersburg!! Rail Road Co’s
agent, who will affinal them every facility. In case
the stages are too late to connect, travellers will
find an engine and cars at any time on the Pctere
burgn Rail Road to carry them on.
Petersburg, May 83, 1838. loj