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1. After the Ist day ot July next no subscrip
tions will he received, oul ol the city, unless paid
in advance, or a city reference given, unless the
name be forwarded by an agent of the paper.
2. After that dale, we will publish a list of those
who are one yeara or mote in arrears, in order to
let them know how their accounts stand, and all
those so published, who do not pay up their ar
rears by the Ist of Jan. 183'.), w ill be slnken off
the subscription list, and their names, residences,
■ and the amount they owe, published until settled,
the accout will be published, paid, which will an
swer as a receipt.
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unpaid after the Ist day of January 1839, more
than one year; but the name will bo striken ofl die
list, and published as above, together with the
amount due.
■l. From and after this date, whenever a subscri
ber, who is in arrears, shall bo returned by a post
master as having removed, or refuses to take his
paper out ol the post office, Ins name shall bo pub
lished, together with his residence, the probable
place he has removed to, and the amount due; and
when a subscriber himself orders bis paper discon
tinued, anirequests bis account to be forwarded,
the same shall be forthwith forwarded, and unless
paid up within a reasonable time (the facilities ol
the mails being taken into consideration, and the
distance of lus residence from this place) his name,
andthe amount due, shall be published as above
5. Advertisements w.ll be inserted at Charleston
prices, with this difference, that the fust insertion
will be 75 cents, instead of 05 cents per square of
twelve lines.
6. Advertisements intended for the country, should
1 be marked ‘inside,’ which will also secure their
insertion each time in the inside ol the city paper,
and will he charged at the rate of7scts per square
for the first insertion, and 05 cents lor each subse
quent insertion. It not marked ‘inside, they will
bolplaced in any part of the paper, alter the first
t insertion, to suit the convenience of the publisher,
''f and charged at the rate of 75 cents for the first in
sertion, and 43} cents for each subsequent inser-
U °7- All Advertisements not limited, will be pub
lished in every paper until forbid, and charged ac
cerding to the above rates
8. Legal Advertisements will bo published as
follows per square;
Admr’s and Executors sale of Land or
Negroes, GO days, s'*’ 00
Do do Personal Property, 40 da. 3 25
Notice to Debtors and Crs, weekly, 40 ds. 325
Citation for Letters, 1 00
do do Disrnisory, monthly 6 me. 500
Four month Notice, monthly, 4 mo. 4 00
Should any of the above exceed a square, they
will be charged in proportion.
9. From and after the first day of Jan. 1839,
no yearly contracts, except for specific advertise
ments, will he entered into.
10. We will bo responsible to other papers for all
advertisement ordered through ours to bo copied
by them, and if advertisements copied by us from
other papers will be charged to the office from
which the request is made to copy, and will receive
pay for tho same, according to their rates, and be
responsible according to our own.
11. Advertisements sent to us from a distance,
with an order to bo copied by olher papers, must be
accompanied with the cash to the amount it is
desired they should be published in each paper,
or a responsible reference
CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
A.U«tJSTA.
I'-ridur Jloruins, June 8.
Camp Meetings.
There will boa Camp Meeting in Richmond,
near Augusta, beginning on the night of the 6th
July, and conclude the morning of the 1 llh.
Jefferson, at Mt, Moriph—begin 20lh July,
conclude on the morning 20th.
Lincoln, Wheal’s Camp Ground—begin the
night of the 26i11, conclude on the morning of the
30th.
Warren, near Wartcnlon —begin Ist August
at night, conclude the morning of the Cth.
Washington County, Limestone—begin the
JQth at night, conclude (ho morning of the 15th.
JVilkes, Independence—begin the night of the
17th conclude the morning 22nd.
Columbia, White Oak—begin the night of the
22nd, conclude ihe morning of the 271 h.
Hancock, near Sparta,—begin on the night of
31st conclude the morning of the sth September,
tffj- The Directors of the Planter’s Bank of
the State of Georgia, have declared a dividend of
4 per cent.
'l'xro'discourset\on\the great Fire m Charleston,
by the Rev. Thomas Smyth, is the title of a
Pamphlet laid on our table by Messrs. T. 11. & I.
C. Plant, by whom it is for sale in this city. It
contains a narrative oi the lire, sufferers,
and other documents.
At the Annual Convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church of Maryland, opened on the
30lh of May, the Rev. Dr. Eastburn of New York,
was elected Bishop of the Diocese of Maryland-
The Convention adjourned on the 2d inst.
Coroner’s Inquest.
An inquest was held at the Globe Hotel, on
Monday Evening last, by Isaac Hendricks, Esq.,
over the body of Jacob W. Miller, of Warren
County, formerly a stage driver, who was found
dead in his bed. The jury after an examination,
brought in their verdict, that “he came to his
death by the visitation of God.” The Coroner,
however, after the jury had retired, in laying him
out, found his pocket book, containing, among
other papers, a letter addressed to tno public,
from which it seems he destroyed his life, by
some means unknown to the jury—no doubt by
taking Laudanum—as one or two empty vials
were found in the room. He states in his letter,
that Gambling caused his death.— Constitution
alist of yesterday .
United Stales Bank stock sold at New York
on the 3d June, at 133|. Southern exchanges
were at the same time improving.
On the 25th, at Cincinnati, flour was dull at
$6,25; Whiskey brisk at 28 J a 30 els. Pork was
in demand and the stock much reduced.
The Van Burcn Slate Convention, which as
sembled at Baltimore on the 31st ultimo, for the
nomination of a candidate for Governor, have fixi
id upon William Grason, Esq. of Queen Ann's
county, for that purpose.
I —- I ——'»■—■if in WWIIIMI ■ ■-*
New Treasury Circular.
A new Circular has been issued hy the Treas
ury Department. It instructs the officers to re
ceive the notes of all specie paying Banks, with
the following restrictions.
1. None arc to he received but such as aio ‘pay.
able and paid on demand, in the legal currency of
the United States.”
2. No notes to be received of a less denomina
tion than twemy dollars.
3. No notes to be received of any deromina.
tion, unless “payable on demand, in gold or sil
ver coin, at the place inhere issued," and “equiv.
alent to specie where received.”
4. No notes to be received of any bank which,
since the 4lh of July, 1838, has issued “any note
or bill of a less denomination than five dollars.”
From our Correspondent.
Washington, June 4, 1838.
The Senate did not sit to-day.
The House met at 10 o’clock, and disposed of
numerous bills which had come from the Senate
for the relief of individual claimants.
The following public bills from the Senate
were also read twice and referred.
An act to remitjo the Baltimore and Susque.
hanna UaiJ Road Compay certain duties paid by
them on importation of Iron for their ro.,d.
An act to remit to the New Castle and Trench
town Turnpike and Rail Road Company certain
duties on importation of Iron for their toad.
Ah act to grant to the Territory of Wisconsin
a tract of land, to aid in the construction of a
Canal for joining the waters of Lako Michigan
with those of Rock River.
An act to settle the disputed slaims under the
Pre-emption Law.
An act to divide the Territory of Wisconsin,
and to establish the Territory of loway.
On motion of Mr. Cusuino, the 6'ccrctary of
State was authorised to furnish the Clerk of the
House 9GO additional copies of the 4th scries of
the Documentary History of the Revolution pub
lished by Clarke & Force ; and the Clerk was
directed to furnish a copy to each member.
A resolution was adopted requiring the Coins
mittce on Manufactures to consider the expedi
ency of reporting a Bill allowing all iron for steam
boats and rail roads to be imported free of duty.
SUn-TItEAStniT nILL.
Mr. Sergeant, of Philadelphia, asked the
Chairman on the Committee of Ways and
Means to say, when he intended to call up the
Sub-Treasury Bill, which had been reported by
that Committee 1
Mr. Ca.huueling replied, ho would ask the
House to take up that measure in the course of
■ the next week. Owing to the sales of public
lands, which are to occur on the ISlh of June,
he did not wish to interfere with the Pre-emption
Bill ; but as soon as that bill was disposed of, ho
would cill up the “ Independent Treasury Bill.”
On motion of Mr. Oamihieling, the House
then proceeded to the consideration of the bil,
making appropriations for suppressing Indian
, hostilities.
The immediate question was on concurring
with the Committee of the Whole in the
, following amendment, offered by Mr. Bell, of
Tennessee, to be added to the end of the bill,
i “ Provided, That if the President shall ascer
-1 tain that all discontent and farther opposition on
the part of any portion of the Cherokee Indians,
■ to the treaty of 1835, can be allayed or avoided,
by allowing an additional compensation for the
1 lands ceded to the United States by said treaty,
and that the Government may thereby bo saved
1 the expense of keeping on duty the large military
force in the Cherokee country, now contemplated,
‘ ho is hereby authorised to apply two millions of
the sum appropriated hy this act to that object,”
* The debate w'as renewed and continued by
> Messrs. Wise, Graham and Biiidlk.
j. The House was still in session when ibis
, package was closed, and no question had been
taken. M.
Communicated.
< Mr. Jones — l am very much pleased to see,
1 hy your paper of this morning, that the proceo
- dings of the recent meetings of Council were
- published ; all good citizens agree that this plan
will bo obviously of beneficial tendency, and j
trust it will he continued.
I would remind the proper officers noia, that
last year wc were indebted to some neglected
! boats at the wharf, half filled with ■water, for
• the early crop of JVLusquctocs, and believe the
1 suggestion only necessaiy to remedy this evil,
F. S.
From the Charleston Mercury, of yesterday.
Incendiarism.
An attempt was made on Tuesday night, ,
between 8 and 9 o’clock, to fire the residence ]
of Mr. Andrew Moffett, on the West side of •.
Meeting-street, nearly opposite to the Circu., I
lar Church. A parcel of paper filled with live t
coals was thrown into his premises from the i
adjoining lot, which fell between the pantry ■
and out-house. A servant being in the pant
ry, discovered the combustible inatler and ex- 1
tinguished the fire. 1
The most daiing attempt that wc have heard
of, was made yesterday morning, between 9 and
10 o’clock, to fire the buildings occupied hy Mr J.
Colder as a residence and Cabinet -mokei’s shop,
on Meeting.street, east side, one door north of >
the Circular Church, hy placing combustible mat-1 t
ter in two places under the piazza facing the i i
south, which was discovered before any damage ; I
was done.—The servants on the premises have | 1
been arrested and will undergo examination. j 1
, . ! i
Miraculous escape. —The Philadelphia Ga- ] ■
zcllc of the 28th ult. says, the schr. Cato, of King. \ I
ston, Massachusetts, Caps. Bacon, sailed from | i
Charleston on the 2d of February, for Norfolk, and j i
soon after was capsized ; the lanyards being cut' i
away, tbe masts went by the board, when she ! |
righted, and on the Bih, she was fallen in with by t
ajvessel bound to Russia, and the crow taken off t
and carried to Europe. A letter has been re- ; l
ceived in Boston, giving an account of the wreck
and the rescue of the crew, who were long since i
given up hy their friends as lost.
1 The Democracy is moving— Albany Argus. !
Feet foremost to its narrow home.—Frenticc , j
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/■'or Pic Chronicle A .Sentinel,
Criticism.
While slid! are critics, why should 1 forbear.—ip/rua.
Every ago brings forth to light
Some critic fara’il for genius bright,
Who hoc. ls must show he’s learned a song,
Which scourges well the poet throng ;
Stor’d in his mind you’ll find the loro
Which Jeffreys boasted—days of yore •
To scan the measure, denounce the verse,
To criticise in style quite terse.
With hi it are marks quite excellent,
Os talents, surely, not i-nis-spcnt.
A poet meek, of humble lay,
His rhyming talents to display,
In torturing sense to make it thyme,
Or ending words together chime;
Provoked the satire of a wight,
Who wish’d to set the world aright;
To teach them how to criticise,
And stylo him wisest of the wise ;
(To lake a bribe were no great sin—
Money i will approbation win.)
Thus reason’d he, a self made judge, ,
Condemn’d all rhymes as naught but fudge.
Hut 1 forgot—he prais’d sometimes;
That praiso was bought with gilded rhymes.
His pent up spleen broke forth one day,
Against our poet’s humble lay :
He quick to office bent his course,
And thus bawled out in accents hoarse —
“ Mr. Foreman, just look at this ;
We’re ruined if this chance wo miss :
Behold the poet’s scanty scrawl, i
Who seeks thro’ verse his thoughts to drawl.
Now, we can better verses wiite,
I’m sure they would the muses fright.”
Hold, friend Will, your present trade,
In that I’m sure you’ll need no aid ;
In lies or scandal, politics or war,
Behind the best you’ll not be far.
Slick to youi trade, I say again,
Use frequently your critic’s pen ;
And if you’ve verse you cannot mend,
To mar it all your talents bend.
Take bribes, of course, ’twcrc no great wrong,
When they will serve to gild your song.
Write not, but say you can—
’Tis verse of course —I mean my man.
At times, spare neither man nor elf,
But censmc all and praUc yourself;
Proclaim your talents, sense and wit,
Which makes you for a judge quite lit,
In courts where pocls_plaim the right
To put in print their threadiest mite.
I’d rather be the meanest trull,
That o’er plied boat ’twixt Thames and Hull,
Than have my verse to undergo
The praiso which from such critics How.
It may bo asked, why seek you then,
Against him thus to use your pen I
Know then, ’tis this, revenge is sweet,
When launched against such proud conceit.
If he were worth a nobler strain,
I might henceforth from rhyme refrain —
Might breed in silence o’er my fate,
And give the winds rny secret hate;
But as it was, I changed my note,
And rhymed a little lor my sport.
I’ll quote once mote to help my rhyme,
And then to close while yet ’tis time :
“ He’s rhymed so fast he’s lost the thread,
Os his discourse.” Quite true ; your head
Would sooner think of holding brains,
Than groping through my mazy strains.
You’ve misapplied your pronouns hero ;
That you wcic lost, I think’s quite clear.
My muse is dull, so you declare;
Your satire is of errors rare;
’Tis quite the thing, it lacks for naught.
Were mine as dull as yours, I trow,
I’d been hor 1 to death long ere now.
Now, Mr. Piinter, rest content,
If I’m in debt, I’ll say ’tis lent.
You censured me, and not my verso,
But I your plan do hero reverse.
Your judgment's now of no avail,
And wo at each other now may rail.
Oh ! Ruthven, I deplore thy case,
Why not endure with better grace,
The lectures which were gave to thee,
By self-made judge of poesy.
Henceforth coniine thy humble strains
To themes which have no need oT brains ;
For all the critics of our ago,
With hards a constant war do rage ;
All sense they mar to suit their views,
Then damn the poet and his muse.
Farewell, (riend f, of critics chief,
Thus have I given my mute relief.
Oswald, alias Rutuvbx.
Latest from the Pacific.
The brig Serene, Cooksey, arrived at this port
on Saturday from Valparaiso, bringing to the Ex
change Reading Room Valparaiso papers to the
3d March, inclusive. They contain but little ad
ditional information in relation to the war be
tween Chili and Peru, which was still carried on,
and with but little prospect of a termination while
the present Administration of Chili existed. The
government of the latter country was very un
popular, and a revolution was thought to bo not
far distant. A fleet was lilting out at Valparaiso,
and was to sail in a few days against the Peruvi
ans.
We haveconvcrsod with a gentleman who came
passenger in the Serene, who slates that the re
port ot the Blockade of V nlparaiso, received by a
vessel at New York from Buenos Ayres, no doubt
arose from the circumstance of the Governor of
Valparaiso refusing to allow an English brig
bound to Peru to depart, on some pretence or
other. The Commodore of the British squadron
lying there sent the brig to sea on his own re
sponsibility, and the affair was afterwards adjus
ted, the General Government disapproving of tho
act of the Governor of Valparaiso. The gentle
man above alluded to altogether discredits the
Now York report of the blockade.
The Serene left at Valparaiso, U. S. Ship Norlh
Carolina, Commodore Ballard; and U. S. Ship
Lexington, Captain Clark, for Talcahuana, soon.
Halt. Jhner.
Intercourse with the South.
The recent establishment of a direct andsfoc
dy intercourse between the ports of Baltimore
and Charleston and Savannah, by means of the
noble steam packets Georgia and Pulaski, has
brought our city into an intimacy of intercourse
with the Slates of South Carolina and Georgia
which, if properly cherished as wo trust it will
be, cannot fail to be highly and reciprocally ad
vantageous. Under the new arrangement, the c
boats make no stoppage at the mouth of the Che
sapeake, cither going or returning, and tho trips
are consequently made with surprising despatch
and regularity. Wc mentioned in Saturday’s
paper the arrival on the p.ccoding night of the
Georgia, in the short run of fifty hours from
Charleston, and we have now to slate that on Sa
turday morning the Pulaski arrived from Savun.
nah and Charleston, having accomplished the tiip
from the latter city in the luief space of 47j
hours. The packets, it will be recollected depart
on different days, an arrangement which multi
plies the opportunities for travelling, at t|ie same
time that it reno-‘ s all apprehension of danger
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from racing. Tiro packets in quostiou havo beet
constructed fully ns mucli with regard to safely
nml comfort ns to spend, and we are satisfied art
as line ve.-sels in all respects as the country car
konst of.— Halt, .timer.
from the N V Age, June 2.
■ Inn Piratical Outraur Confirmed
) Further Particulars.—lt is with deep
I feelings of regret and mortification, that we
i have to record the continuation oUho rutuot*
j of the burning of the ilritish steamboat Sir
Robert Peel, at Fruncli Creek. There is but
one man in this city that we know of who
will not mourn this as a calamity. That man
is Mackenzie. Wo call upon the government
to act promptly and vigorously in this enters
gency. To wipe out tho imputation of hike
watmness which its tardiness upon former
occasion lias cast upon it. One halt of tho
British press in England, and a still greater
portion in Canada, have, and do still, hold it
tip to reprehension for that conduct. The pre
sent is an important moment. It is framdit
with momentous consequences. The actum
ol the government is looked for, claimed, do*
mantled. A body of disaffected Canadian
Refugees are on our borders. They are al
lowed to remain there, stirring np in tho Am
erican borders a spirit of animosity and hatred
to our neighbor and ally. They incite them
to acts disgraceful to our character. They
impel them into a course that is outrageous.
Shall this be suffered! Is onr Government in
competent to check this wanton spirit of bor
der warfare, which can only end, if allowed
to continue, in a war with Great Britain/
What are to be the consequences of such
a course? Already have wo been prostrated
to the earth. We are just recovering. We
have risen from our lowly bed. Pul we have
risen as a sick man rises, weak and enfeebled.
To regain onr former strength, time is require
cd. Arc we to be thrown back again by those
spirits of discord—a handful of men too —
publicly incited by. the refugee Mackenzie,
who has established, in the heart of onr city,
a press for the dissemination of doctrines
which lend to forget outrages simlar to be one
wo now record?
From the Frankfort Commonwealth.
The footsteps of the People.
The true soveieigns, the great people of the
United Slates, have been in million, and, when
they move, a broad path is made which can be
seen from afar, and followed without danger of
1 deviating into crooked ways. Unlike the foot
steps of General Jackson, that “illustrious pred
ecessor” of Van Buren, they do not tread down
the rich products of a nation’s industry—they do
not crush the many, that the few may rule—they
do not break up the barriers erected by patriotic
cmtion against factious ascendencies —they do
not make the land a solitude and call it peace—
but they move to increase the general sum of
happiness, or to prevent the success of schemes,
which if consummated, would make confusion
worse confounded, and pollute the very fountains
of liberty by concentrating all that was corrupt
in those high places which sooner or later in ev
ery c uinlry give lone to manners and mould tho
social ethics of the nation.
This popular movement has not, like tho Gull
stream, commenced in one latitude and incrcas.
cd in impetuosity as it whirled around capes and
promontories, but it has broken out, simultane
ously, in various sections, and its collected ener
gies will soon be felt thundering at lire gates ol
the Presidential palace. If we look to tho North,
we find upon lire verge,of the national boundary
the S.ate of Maine arraying herself against, the
favorite policy of Vair Buren. Massachusetts
stands where she stood when every loot of earth
was made holy ground by the master spirits of
the Revolution. Rhode Island has just come
out of tho conflict, and, as has been wittily said,
lias discharged her ‘Duty.’ Connecticut, tired
of notions, comes back again to her steady
thoughts and habits, and the first fruits of her re
generation arc, a Whig Senate, a Whig House
of Representatives, and a Whig Governor—proof
sufficient that her penitence was sincere, and her
conversion real. Vermont needed no awaken
ing—the Green Mountain Boys could breathe no
other atmosphere than that ol the purest free
dom. NEW YORK, the Empire Stale, a na
lion within borsch, like the Spartan mothers of
old, looks upon her dwarfish bantling with revolt
ing sensations, and loathes ir. Who lias made
her footstep, and a rniglily one it is. It makes
the earth to tremble, and perplexes ill gotten
power with ‘a fear of change.’ New Jersey—
who lias not beard of the ‘Jersey blue, to bis
country true 1’ and the supremacy ofth* Whigs
shows that the old slock has not failed in the
1 new. Delaware, whole sordid little Delowaro!
• who could keep her finm forming in the lino
\ which is marching to Washington?—the li:tie
• star, like the ‘little corporal.’ making up in lustre
what it wants in size. Maryland Inis long con
, tended with all odds against her, and so far from
■ relaxing her exertions, she but a few days
i ago, recovered her ancient capital, and the Whig
■ banner waves in triumph over the monumental
: j city. But hero comes Old Virginia—the mother
, of States and of -Statesmen—the birth place of
Washington, of Madison, of Jefferson, ol Patrick
Henry, and of Henry Olay. Sampson bus
; awakened and bis locks are unshorn ! woo be to
tho Philistines, (or the strong man is up and up
on them. Virginia makes ho r footsteps—ineas
| ure Van Huron's bv lire side of it, and what a
1 tigure docs it cut? In the Garolinas and Geor
: I gia, Mr. Van Huron holds a doubtful supremacy
■ j be fears the day of trial, and would gladly put it
off to a more convenient season. Mississippi has
■ i also asserted her rights, and broken all lire tram
mels which bound her to the victorious car of
Jacksoniani—she too, has made her footstep, and
ere now Prentiss and Word arc in the Federal
city, willr the official statement and sign of the
Whig victory. Louisiana, Ohio and Indiana arc
against the Loco Tocos and they know it. The
i Ohio river, throughout its whole extent docs not
j leave Van Buren space on which to put his foot.
With Kentucky and Tennessee we will con
clude our note of the movements of tho people—
these two .States, so united in interest, in similar
ity of climate, in qualities of soil, in physical as
pect of country, and, above all, in almost perfect
identity of mental constitution —each being ro
i markable for indomitable courage, bold enterprise
impatience of control, and, withal, equally im
bued with a fcrvant love (or the American name,
principles and glory—these two Slates are stan
ding shoulder to shoulder in the whig ranks.-
See ye the footsteps ol the people?—do you hear
them Mr Van Buren ?—do they sound like the
. feeble pace of imbecile age, or are they more like
the lusty tread ol the young warrior going forth
. to battle ? Attend to them ye who have so long
, 1 spurned them, and get out of the way of their
majestic march.
Let us uuill-ouiveiih ai.oke.—Not long
ago, a man in Pennsylvania was sentenced to
three months' imprisonment for assaulting a
, poor editor : and more recently, another one lias
been held to bail, ir. Boston, for handling tho rdi
, to: of the Boston Herald somewhat roughly .V.
r O. Herald.
HrmuiTM* i ir nawiwni-tr **m »• *ri ’*■* u.wumiu
ii [‘ orrespondence uj the Newark s, nhncf.]
Important (torrespoiuloiuv:.
6 Wasiiinotun, AI ay S7th, 1838.
n Von will bo surprised to loam that there ban
been a troo ami kindly correspondence tor three
months past, between the Southern members o!
Congress, in this city, and tho Abolitionists in
\ew V oik,—The correspondence was eomlucleil
by Mr. Ei.mouk, noting as the organ of tho one
i } parly, and .las. (J. Birnoy, llio corrospoiulinj*
; sccielary of the Amor. Ati Slavoiy Society: mid
* 1 am pleased to say that it hasfbeen characterized
1 by a gentlemanly frankness and courtesy on hutli
t sides.
’ Ihe origin and objects of llio rorrespondence
t you will learn try the following introductory lel
t ter from Mr. Elmore:
" Washinutdn Ctrr, Feb. l(i, 1838.
To .Ins. ti. Birney, Esij., a
r Cor. Sec. A. A. S. Soc. y
3 Sin:—A letter from you to the Hon. John C.
r Calhoun, dated 361 h January last, has been given
, lo me, by him, in which you say, (in reference
. to the abolitionists or Anti Slavery Societies,)
t ‘‘wo have nothing to conceal—and should you do
i sire any information as to our procedure, it will
. be cheerfully communicated, on [my] being ap
prised of your wishes.” Tho frankness of this
unsolicited oiler, indicates a fairness and houeslv
at purpose, which lias caused the present coin-
I nninication, and which demands the same full and
, b ank disclosure of the views with which tho sub
, joined inquiries arc proposed.
Vour letter was banded to m« in consequence
of a duly assigned me by my delegation, and
which requires me lo procure all the authentic in
formation I can, as to the nature and intentions
1 of yours and similar associations, in order that
we may, if wo deem it advisable, lay Hie infer
-1 (nation before our people, so tluit they may bo pre
pared to decide uiidcrstandingly, as to the course
it becomes them lo pursue on this all important
question. If you ‘-have nothing lo conceal,” and
it is not imposing too much on, what may have
boon, an unguarded proffer, 1 will esteem your
compliance as a courtesy to an opponent, and be
pleased to have an opportunity to make a suitai
, bio return. And if, on the other hand, you have
, (ho least difficulty or objection, I trust you will
not hesitate to withhold the information sought
for, as I would not have it, unless ns freely given,
as it will, if deemed expedient, bo freely used.
I am, Sir,
Your ob’dt serv’t,
F, H. Eimoiie, of S. C.
Questions for J. G. Birney, Esq., Cor. See.
, A. A. S. Society.
I. How many Societies, affiliated with that of
which you are the Cor. Sec., arc there in tho
United Slates'? And how many members belong
to them in the iiggrrgalt ?
, 3. Are there any oilier societies similar to
yours, and not affiliated with it, in tho U. Slates'
. and how many and what is the uggiegate of thcii
, members?
3. Have you n(filiation, intercourse or conneo
f tion with any similar societies out ot tho U.
j States, and in what countries?
j 4. k)o your or similar societies exist in the
s Colleges and other Literary institutions es the
e non slavnholdiiigjslatcs, and lo what orient?
5. Wh;il do you estimate the numbers of those
c who cooperate in this matter at? What proper.
tion do they boar in the population of the Nero
|j- them States, and what in the Middle non-slaves
i. holding Stales? Are they increasing, and at
j what rate?
(i. What is the object your associations aim at?
. Does it extend lo abolition of slavery only in the
,1 District of Columbia, or in lire whole slave eouft-
I, ryj > •
7. By what means and under what power do
3 you propose lo carry your views into cffocl?
i 8. What has been for throe years past, the an
, nun I income of your societies? and how is it
I raised?
, U. In wind way and to what purposes do you
apply these funds?
10. How many printing presses and periodical
publications have you?
11. To wliat classes of persons do you address
, your ]iublicutiuris;jind are they addressed to (be
I judgment, the imagination, or the feelings?
r 13. Do you propagate your doctrines by any
, oilier means than oral and written discussions, —
, for instance, by prints and pictures in manuiaco
. lures —say pocket handkerchiefs, &c,—Fray,
slate the various modes!
) 13. Are your hopes and expectations incrca
. sod nr lessened hy the events of the last year, and,
. especially, hy the action of this Congress! And
i will your exertions bo relaxed or increased?
14. Have you any permanent fund, and bow
much?
In another letter, dated tho Gth in.st,, Mr. El
mote says—
I heard of you as a man of intelligence, sin
cerity, and truth, —who, although laboring in a
bad cause, did it with ability, and from a mistk
ken conviction of its jus ice. As one of tho lbi<
presentatives of a slave holding constituency,
■ and one of a committee raised by the Reprcsenta
i lives of tho slave holding -Stales, to ascertain the
1 intentions and progress of your associations, I
, availed myself of the opportunity offered by your
1 character and situation, to [iropo.se to you inqui.
' l ies an lo facta, which would make those ilovel
f opmcnls no important lo hr. known hy our people.
My inquiries were framed to draw out full anil
> authentic drtiul>, of tho organization, numbers,
i resources, and designs of the abolitionists, of the
means they resorted to (dr the accomplishment of
ibcir ends, and the progress made, and making,
in their dangerous work, that all such information
might be laid before tlio four millions anil a
half of -white inhahUanln in the slave Suites,
whose livm and property are menaced ami en
dangered by ibis ill-considered, misnamed, and
disorganizing philanthropy. They should be in
formed of the full length and broadih and depth
of this storm which is gathering over their heads,
before it breaks in its desolating fury. Christian
and civilized, they are now industrious, prosper-*
ous, and happy; but should your schemes of aho.
lilion prevail, it will bring upon them overwhelm*
ing ruin, and misery unutterable.
Mr. Birney’s reply is very long, and would
make a pamphlet, of something like a bund*
red pages or more. It is written wi’h ability,
and answers the several questions fully and m
their order. He goes over the whole ground
and exhibits at largo the objects, resources,
condition and progress oflhe party : and aims
to show that there ns “a great deal ol undeser
ved prejudice and causeless alarm,” contend,
mg that their [dans would secure the interests
of both the master and slave. It is in lact a
summary exposition of Abolitionism, in diplo
matic style.—Under the 13th question, which
is one of great importance, he enters at length
into the history of the mobs, threats of dis -
solving the Union, and other severe expres -
sions of popular feeling, during tho year past
and it appears as clear as the sun in heaven
that the party grows in proportion to the vio
lence, or rather the lawlessness of opposition,
—Mr. Birney remarks—
The events alluded to have not come alto-1
gether unexpected. They are regarded as j
the legitimate manifestations of eiavery, tic I
cernary, perhaps, in the present dull and mt- |
apprehensive slat-; of the public miijdasto;
/ human rights, to bo brought, out and spread
1 before the people, before they will sufficiently
| revolt against slavery itself.
I Hut I cannot undertake lo give you even a
,r I summary of the letter. It wII probably be
i laid before tbe country nt length by the parties
1 more immediately interested. In the rnetrti
0 lime I have thrown together sundry extracts
it which go to show the amount nt the operations
1 ot ibis most dangerous and growing party;, v
I Our anniversaries arc held on the sccbn'd
a Tuesdays in May. UcUirns of Societies are
made only a short time before. In May 1835,
b there were 225 auxiliarcs reported'. In May
- 1836—527. In May 1837—1006. It may be
safely said, that the increase since last Mayis
not less than 400. Os late the multiplication
of Societies lias not kept pace with the pro
gress of our principles. Where these are well
. received, our agents arc not so careful to or
i gani/.c Societies, as in former times, when oilr
i numbers were few — societies, now being not
| deemed so necessary tor the advancement of
our cause. The auxiliaries average not lesa
i than 80 members each—making an aggregate
of 113,480. Others estimate the auxiliaries at
i 1500, and the average of members in each at
100. I give you what I believe to be the low.
est numbers.
During the past year it is said— ,
State Societies have been organized in Illi
nois, Delaware, and Connecticut, and meas
ures are in progress for another in Indiana.—
The nine Slate societies previously in existences
have continued in energetic and successful
action. That of Vermont has paid to the Am
erican Society during tho year, double the
amount of its pledge at the last anniversary.—
That of Massachusetts has exceeded its mu
nificent pledge of $lO,OOO ; and that of New
York has commenced and is successfully pros
ecuting a plan for establishing a select Anti-
Slavery library in every school district in the
Slate. The Societies of Maine, New Hamp
shire, Uhocle Island, Connecticut, New York
and Ohio, support each a newspaper of its
own, devoted to the common causer ■ That of
Pennsylvania 'supports two ; one on each side
of the mountains. The number of important
conventions, embracing numerous delegates
from States, has been much longer than in
any former year. •
The issues from the press of the parent so
ciety, during the year have been as follows —
Copies.
Human Rights, 187,510
Emancipator, 103,801)
Circulars Prints, 42,10(1
Hound Volumes, 12,954
Tracis & Pamphlets, 72,7.12
Slaves’ iVicnd, 07,000
Auti-Slavery Record, 40,000
040,503
j Tho petitioners lo the House of Represent*
tntives from tho commencement oftbe extra
■ session to the Ist ol May, were as follows :
Men Worried. Total.
Tor abolition in 'bo District, 61,300 78,882 130,183
j A t/uinBl the annexation of
Texas, 101,973 77,119 182,392
, Rescinding the gag resola- ■ 1
lion, 21,015 10,821 30,830
' Against admitting any new
» slave Stales, 11,770 10,331 22,101
s For abolition ot tho slave • < t
t trade hot ween the Stales, 11,864 11,511 23,405
For abolition of slavery in
, tho Territories, 9,120 12,083 21,213
At the extra session for res
-1! euahiiglbo gag resolution
of Jan. 21, 1837, 3,377 3,277
j Total, 213,391 2.11,077 411,471
The number m the .Senate is estimated tu
have been about two-thirds us great as that
i in the House. *
There have been in the service of the Str
ciely during the Inst, year 58 travellingogonte,
the aggregate of whose lime in the employ
ment of tin; Society bus been .37 years. Tlte
receipts during the year have been $44,009,
which is $5OOO over those of tho preceding
year.
Copies of their various publications havb
been furnished : and the whole subject in nil
its length and breadth, is now in tliu bands of
a Committee of distinguished honor and abil
ity. Ere long I trust that o cairn and dispasr
sionale exhibition of it will be made tithe
patriotism and common sense oftbe citizens
of the United States, such as will slay tho
progress olplic agitating topic, enlighten the
public mind upon the subject, ami thus forev
er put to rest the most mischievous combina
tion of men which over assumed llm name of
philanthropy. On these points I shall have
something more to say. In the mean tiino
let the friends of,Southern righls deprive them
of the benefit which they mo sure to derive
from every breach oftbe public peace. Un»
lawful opposition is virtual support.
A professor of Latin in the University of
Edinburgh, now no more, having desired tho
students to give in a list of their names in
l.itiu, was greatly surprised at seeing written
on a slip of paper the name “Joannes Ovum
Novum.” After in vain seeking a translation
of it, he at lust become convinced that it was
either one of those dark Latin passages, to
decyplier which even tho skill ufa II alley
would have (ailed, or that it was a hoax. He -
therefore next day, m the class, read out tho
three dark words, ami desired the writer of
them to stand. One of tils pupils rose.
“What are you?” said the professor.
‘ Hut a poor scholar, sir,” was the answer.
“A very noon scholar, indeed, sir, or you
would not have written such stuff as ‘Joan
nes Ovum.’ That can’t he your name, sir.’f
“I don’t see,” said the student, “where you
could find bettor Latin. My name is John
Agncw. ‘Ovum’ (or egg—(Ag)—‘Novum for
new—‘Ovum Novum’ —Egg-new, sir.”
The professor, seeing that he had rather the
worst of it, immediately laid his linger upon
his own forehead, and looking at his hopeful
pupil, who was standing somewhat in the at
litude of a dr II- sergeftt, exclaimed, in a piti
ful voice—“ Alas, alas? something wrong here,
I doubt,” “May be so,” shunted “Ovum
Novum”— “something may he wrong there
but,” striking his bund against Ins forehead,
“there is nothing wrong heke!”
One or the alligator iiiieed. — “Mister,
where is your house?” asked a curious person
of a, “half horse and half alligator” squatter
“ House! Do you think I’m one of them
sort, stranger? No! I sleeps in the govern
ment purchase —cals raw hear and buffalo
and drinks out of the Mississippi !” '
A Flight or Fa vex!—ln one of cure veil unco-,
papers without the usual ciedil, we. find
joined; and as it borders on tho sublime, blending
with it none of the ridiculous, portent it to our
readers.—-V. Orleans Adv,,
“Lite is like a field of blackberry busho*. Mcatr '
! people -qua! down and pick the. fruit, no mailer*
h.uv they black their fingers; while genius, prowl
mil perpendiclpr, slrtdes fifcely on, and gels no*
1 thing: hut scratches and hok-j tom m his now
, sirs!”