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| ) .< 111 the Manchetter Guardian.]
Tut; Woman Husband in Mam mus
ter. —Subsequent inquiries confirmed the
'truth of the statements made In the Guardian
ot Wednesday as to this singular case. And,
ns the circumstances of the ease and the
name of the husband, have now become pretty
generally known throughout the town, we fee
no longer the necessity for concealing the lat
ter. The assumed name of the master brick
layer is Henry Steaks, her real name we be
lieve to be Harriet Stoakes, and, until the late
exposure, the parties resided in Cumberland
street, Deansgato. This woman man, who,
for probably more than five and twenty years,
has succeeded in concealing her sex, and in
pursuing a trade of a mote than ordinary mas
culine and hazardous description, with a de«
gree of skill and ability, which has led to her
establishment in a good business in tins town,
bound herself apprentice, at the age of Hi or
17 years, to a .Mr. Peacock, a bricklayer and
builder at Bawlry, a small market town in (lie
V est Hiding of Yorkshire, on the river Idle
which separates the counties of York and
Nottingham. She did not remain with Mr.
Peacock during the wholo period of her ap
prenticeship, but was “turned over,” as it is
called, to another person in the Fame business.
It was during Iter apprenticeship that she
met with her present wife; and they wore
married at ike < f.d Parish Church ol Shef
field,in the year 1818, when the wile was only
IT years of ago. thrice the investigation and
disclosure of, circumstances on Thursday
week, the wife and husband have separated.
We believe that although no legal proem dings
have been, or indeed could he taken in this
extraordinary ease. Mr. Thomas, deputy
constable, lias hud several interviews with the
husband, in which ho has endeavored to in
duce her to make some provision lor the wo
man whom she has so shamefully deceived,
and who, after having for 82 years filled the
’character of a wile, greatly henefitting the
interests of her supposed husband, not only
by her care ol household concerns, hut. ol lliv
business, bonks and accounts, bad surely some
claim to compensation ns a servant, it' she
were unable by law to demand the mainte
nance of a wile. We believe that Mr, Tho
mas so far succeeded in this humane negneia
lion, us to induce (ho husband to agree to give
up the house in which they had resided up to
the time of the discovery, with all the furni
ture it contained. The wile is,thon.lbrc, still
residing there; and the husband has gone to
lodge elsewhere. Tne habile of the latter,
wo believe, are much more in accordance
with those of her assumed sox and occupation
t han a woman; and no one except per chance
from Iter beardless checks, and a certain
shrillness of voice, could for a moment bus- 1
peel that the little broadset bricklayer was of
the soft sex. At present, she employs in her
business, besides being most industrious her
self in its practical details and manual opera
Hons, eight men, and a boy who is apprenti
ced to her. In iter business and dealing site
appears to have borne, hitherto, a good cha
racter fur punctuality ami honesty in her pay
ments; and we believe she has staled, that she
has made enough by her business to enable
her to live in ease without labor. Vet, ,
strange to say, with a degree of irritability
which we should rather expect to find in the
injured than tho mjurer, she vehemently refu
ses to consent that any sum shall he set apart
as a provision for her so called wife.
Among other social duties which this female
husband has performed during tier residence in
(his town, is one that certainly it might have been
expected, if tho least feedings appertaining to her
sex had remained, she would anxiously have en
deavored to evade. Rut, ou tho contrary, there
seems to have been a sort of perversity in her,
which carried her into extremes. She was lor
many years a special constable in the Kith divis
ion of that body, acting for this town; and we are
assured that ou all occasions where the services
of the division were required, as at elections, or
ange processions, and meetings of trades unions, 1
turn outs, &e; so far from absenting herself from '
wh it, ns in tho ease of well-grounded appiohon- I
sions of a riot, must have boon, to a woman, a t
post of some unpleasantness, she is remembered t
to have been one of the most punctual in attend
ance, and the most forward volunteer in actual
duly, in that division. We understand that she |
is only no longer a special constable because shu 1
did not, mi tho last annual spei ini session, held (
for that purpose at tho New Hailey, present her- ,
selfti) bore-sworn, She was not discarded or .
discharged; there was no complaint against her ;
and probably the extension of her own business
was her only motive for not resuming ilie duties
ul this office.
A SuNaniM: Woman. —A capital story is
told in ilio Now York Gazette, of a Buckeye
lady who know how to place a proper esti
mate upon the Loco Cocos. It seems that she
was tho landlady of a public house in Ohio
where a Southern gentleman happen’d to stop.
Weeing that site was a very buxom body and
exceedingly good looking, he took occasion
to compliment her upon awning so fine a ne
gro, as site seemed to possess m the person ol
a strapping black ledlow who was waiting up
on tho company. Yes sir, says she, ho is an
excellent husband I “The devil he is,” says
our traveller. “It is very strange that a wo
-man of your appearance could so degrade her
self as to marry a black mutt.” Well, replies
the landlady, it is a bad business to bo sure,
but, when 1 think of my sister’s lot, 1 am quite
contented with my own. She poor creature
has made a much more unfortunate match.—
“Why, what did she marry I” “Oh dear,” save
our heroine, u she married a locqf’oeo!”—Pic
ayune,
Avery important case, one of a series', has
lately been deemed in the U. S.District Court.
Judge Thompson presiding. It seems that in J
Hie Crown Charter of Vermont, by which it
was dependant lirst on New Hampshire, and
afterwards on New York, a reservation was
made of three hundred acres ol land in the
northwest corner of every township to the
use ol the Episcopal Church, for the ‘propoga
lion ot the gospel in America.’ Tho revela
tion occurred, and tho Church, presuming |
that any claim would be useless, has slept i
upon its title.—ln the meantime; the lands
were cleared and improved by squatters who
sold out by quit claim or beqealhed them to
their childred— until, finally, they have be.
come highly cultivated Cannes, m the posses- 1
sion of esteemed and valuable citizens; who :
conscious of the defect in their titles; imagin
cd themselves secure from interference, since
so many years had elapsed without distur
bance. But about ten years ago the church
was advised to make an effort lor recovery,
and commenced suit, ns a lest It was doc d
ed in favor ot the church; lands, by which
many who have expended much in improve- 1
moats have been made beggars, urn! a large
amount of property is secured to the episco
pal church of the tSlatc.
t» there any parallel to the impudence of those
who attempt to j a-s oil" the sub. treasury system
ns a plan to divorce the money power from the
political power!—f; ■ory/u Herald.
Yes, dierr is a parallel to it in tin- conduct of
the traders who went among the Indians a „j
patsed oj'earth us the bihlc. — Prenli■
DRPAUTMENT*OF WAR, /
June 7, 18118. 5
Gentlemeut I have die honor to acknowledge
ih<> M-cripr of your communication o( the sth
in .I. covering a letter I'rotn the Governor of Geor.
(tin, uml asking a r< -ply to the inquiries it contains.
Although they have been substantially answered
in the tt-ply ol the Department to bin Excellency ’«
letter ol the V!Hth ultimo, the tenor of these in
lerrogalurif a manifests sjch an extraordinary mis
apprehension of the intentions of the Govorn
t-nenl, that it becomes necessary, again, to explain
them.
His Excellency desires to be informed if it is
the I’re ident’s "intention to continue the present
delay in removing the Chetokces by the troops
under General Hcolt for the purpose of effecting
that object by contract with tho agents of Ross
and bis friends, or any other purpose?” Tho De
partment does not understand what is meant by
tho present delay. When General Scott left
Washington, he carried with him instructions to
proceed without delay in the removal of the Che
rokcos, and his despatches, since received, show
that betook the proper measures to obey his in
structions with his characteristic promptness and
energy. When the conciliatory proposals of the
Executive to the Cherokee delegation were sub
mitted to Congress, the General was again in
structed to continue the prosecution of tho meas
mires lie had adopted for the icmoval of the In
dians, and whether it was to he conducted hy the
troops under his command or by the Chcrokecs
themselves, whether it was to bo compulsory or
vnlunlniy, to permit no unnecessary delay in its
execution.
His Excellency desires still further to know,
"whether it is his (the President’s) intention to
maintain the Indians by force upon the soil of
Georgia, in opposition to the will of the Htale and
the rights of its inhabitants, to whom the lands
have been gtanlcd?”
In reply to the proposition of the Cherokee de
legation for an extension of time, they were told
in express terms, that where the rights and intor
-1 ests of sovereign .Slates wore concerned, the Pre
sident could not enter into any engagement with
the Chcrokecs, and that no delay could be granted
without the assent of the Hiatus interested in the
execution of the treaty. In asking that assent
tho .Stales are merely requested not to press their
claims in a manner to occasion unnecessary dis
comfort and inconvenience to the Indians; anil
General Scott is at the same lime instructed to
commence his operations in (hut part of the terri
tory where the lands have heen disposed of, mean
ing Georgia, and to conduct them in such a man
ner as to place the proprietors m possession of
their estates with as little delay ns possible. Tho
Department is, therefore, utterly at u loss to un
derstand how the President’s views should have
heen so misapprehended as to give rise to these
questions, and now begs leave, through you, ex
plicitly to deny that such are or ever have been
the intentions of the Government.
Very respectfully,
V'our mast obedient servant,
J. It. POINSETT.
Hon. Wilson Lumpkin, A. Cuthhert, Jubcz Jack
son, C. E. Haynes, S. Granllaml, Hopkins,
Hulsey, and Win. C. Dawson, C. Wash
ington.
Extraordinary instance of Gamb
lino.—lt is well known upon the western wa
ters, that I ho firemen and other hands employ
ed on the lion's spend much of their idle time
in playing curds. Os the passion for gaining,
thus excited, an instance has been inflated
to ns, upon most credible authority, which sur
passes the highest wiought lictiuna ot'thc gnm
blor’s fate. A co'ored liroman, on a steam,
boat running between Ibis city and New Or
leans, had lost nil bis money nt poker w ill
his companions. Mo then slaked Ins clothing,
and being still unfortunate, pledged bis own
freedom lor n small amount. Losing this,the
beis were doubled, and be finally, alone des
perate hazard, ventured bis full va'uo as a
slave, anil laid his free papers to represent lltu
stake. He lost, snfi’ered Ins certificates to be
destroyed, and was actually sold by iho win
ner In n slave dealer who hesitated not to take
him nt a small discount upon his assessed
value. When last heard of by ono who knows
him, mid who informed us of the fact, ho was i
still paying in servitude the penalty of Ins
criminal folly,— Cincinnati Express.
Unusual kvent ani> interesting cer
emonial. —Mrs. Mauheiin presented her hus
band in ibis city, 10 days ago, with three sons
at one birth ! Parent and children are doing
well. This event was duly celebrated on
Sunday last (on llto Btb day, according to the
Hebrew Ritual,) by the circumcision ami na
ming of tho three little strangers, Isaac, Dan
iel and Jacob—(Seethe I7tb chapter of Gen
esis) —Upon which occasion, Dr. Colton, in a
very impressive address, pronounced tho
event to bo without precedent amongst tho
people of Ins na'ion. The whole ceremony
was unique to elrangorsp and very interesting
In till the witnesses. As the right, was per
formed with each infant, a neat silver medal,
with the name inscribed, and bung with a dif
ferently colored ribbon, was tblown around
the neck of each, to distinguish hint from Ins
brethren. A plentiful entertainment, and some
lino sacred music, closed the ceremony. Some
of the Fair Sex, in the spirit of mother Eve,
ought bo tempted to enquire the age and tem
perament of the parents of this extraordinary
Trio—but wo do not feel ourselves at liberty
to tin vail such mysteries to prolane eyes.
Upon one point, we hope that we are all
agreed —that the means of the parents may
“increase and multiply” with the number of
lheir offspring.- —Uichmotul Enquirer,
3lr. Vnu Ilmen at Home.
The paper from which tho following article is
taken, was until lately, tho leading organ of the
'genteel' portion of tho Van Huron party, in the
oily of Now York.
I "The contest is narrowed down to this; shall
(ho people triumph amt release themselves from
iho galling yoke*of despotism attempted to ho
fastened upon their unwilling nocks, and Mr.
Van Duron “sink,'' who attempted to no lave
I them! or shall Air. Van Duron “swim” over a
I “sinking" people?
"Wo "sink or swim" with tho people and the
country! Wo are impelled to this by every dic-
I tato of conscience, every sentiment of duty, hy
tho paramount lovo of country which inspires tho
patriot’s heart! Although wo have loved Mr.
Van Duron with more than a brother’s affection
and devotion, wo will not lot indvidual attach,
incuts, party or personal prejudices, or associa
i tions, stand in tho way of the vigorous and on
j ergetic discharge of the high duly of defending
the land which gave us birth, and protecting the
institutions under which our country has ptos
| pored.
i The Kentucky Legislature have offered a
premium of $8',!,000, for the discovery of that
I fatal and affliction disease incident io cattle,
i called tho milk sickness. This singular dis-i
ease has prevailed lor many years in some
parts of Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and has i
destroyed immense numbers of cattle, ami I
frequency human beings who uratik of the |
milk or eat of the flesh of animals afflicted |
with it, uuwittingly, and yet no one can tell
i s cause or find a cure. Many contend it is |
caused by eating some plant or vegetable, but
what that plant or vegetable is, they know 1
(not.
W - :
IJV EXPRESS MAIL.
From the N. V , Courier Enquirer June 11.
Two Days Later from England.
The London packet Ship President, Captain
Chadwick arrived yesterday. VV'e Lave received
hy her J.ondon papers to the afternoon of the 9th
May.
VVc extract a debate in the House of Commons
on lire subject of the capture of some British ves
sels hy a French squadron on the Coast of Africa
under the pretence that the Coast was in a stale
ol blockade. We particularly notice this procee
ding, as it appear* to us that France is carrying
out this blockading system in away highly inju
rious to the commerce of other countries.
Reports continue to prevail in Parisdf a change
in the cabinet. It is impossible to discover on
what foundation. The committee appointed to
, report upon the bill for the giant of an annual
pension of 100,000 f. to the widow of Joachim
, Murat, have reported, hy a majority of live against
j four, in favor of the proposition.
The trial of Hubert and his accomplices, for
an attempt on the life of the king,had commenced.
The accounts from Spain are still of the same
vague and unsatisfactory character. They betray
the unusual feebleness of the Queen’s Government
and hold out little prospect of a final termina
tion of the civil war,
London, May 9. 1
There is little business doing in the public sc- ,
entities, but the price of Consols has advanced to
93 (or rnon*y, and 94j for the account. The on
ly ground upon which the advance can bo ac- I
counted for is the concentration of unemployed
capital in the metropolis, which is daily receiving
an impetus by the payment of tho deposited on *
the shares of the new companies that are diur- 1
nally brought into existence. 1
These sums are either placed in the public (
securities liy the provisional committees ol the
said companies in u direct manner, or indirectly 1
they produce a similar effect by increasing the c
deposile account of the London banking houses. !;
Exchequer Dills are lirm at 71 to 73, which is |
attributed entirely to investments of the descrip
tion above alluded to. The heavy slocks, as *
they aro technically denominated have advanced I
in proportion to Consols and Exchequer Dills, *
the Three per Cent reduced having closed this r
afternoon at U 3, and the Three and a half per
Cents, at 1
'fhe principal part of the business was again £
concentrated in the Share Market, and chiefly in
the Asphaltic companies. The United States t
Company was ushered into the market to day, .
which makes the tenth of the bitumen family 1
now before the public in a substantive form, cx- 1
elusive of those undergoing the process of partu
rition. The last concoction came out at 51‘, M.
hut heforo tho close declined to 4.
London, Slh May. ,
“In the absence ol further arrivals from New |
Vork, the American Securities have been rather ,
heavy at the tallowing quotation :
Five per Cent pound sterling, Alabama. 95 to i
90.
Five per GentAlabam, 84 80.
Five per Cent Indiana, 88 89.
Five per Cent Louisiana, (Baring’s,} 98. ,
Five per Cent Louisiana (Lizard’s,} 98.
Six per Cent Mississippi, 94 to 90. ,
Six per Cent Ohio, 1856, 102.
Five per Cent New York, 91 to 95.
Five per Cent Pennsylvania, accoring 10 dales ,
91 to 95.
United Slates Bank Shares, JC2S.
Five pet Cent New York City.—
Five per Cent Virginia, 85.
Six per Cent New Jersey Railroad, 103.
Six per Cent Illinois, 85;
Tho race across the Atlantic between the Great
Western and the Sirius steam ships, continues
lo attract considerable attention, particularly at
Bristol, where heavy bets arc said lo bb pending
on the result. The course is probably tho long
est ever run, and the jockeys on both sides uro
experienced und skilful. The Sirius had a start ,
of 700 nautical miles; but still the confidence of
the Bristol people in the powers of tho Great
Western is unbounded, and tho following is their
calculation ol tbeir chances in her favor;—The t
Sirius was spoken with on (ho 17th April in Ist. f
45,, long, 37 W. The Great Western was spok
en on the 15th April m lat. 46 26 N., lohg. 37
W. At these respective, dates the Great Wes- -
tern hud run 1,305 miles in seven days from r
King’s Road; und the Sirius, 1,305 in ten days,
from Cork. The Great Western averaged iHGj
miles per|day; the Sirius, 130 J miles Grcat;|Wes- 1
tern gained on Sirius SO miles per day. The 1
Great Western averaged 7i} miles per hour: the j
Sirius barely averaged miles per hour. Tho
Great Western had to run 1800 nautical
miles, and according to tho average, she would
accomplish the remainder of the passage in 9J
days. Sirius had to run 1,600, and according to
her average, she would accomplish the remainder
of the passage in not less than 12 J days.
Tho general opinion at Bristol is, that if the
weather continued adverse after tho 15th, the
Great Western will have reached New York first.
If tho weather was fine after tho 15th it is
thought that both ships may have arrived in tho
same day. Tho taco homeward will be one *f
high interest.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 9.
Cotton. —lsoo bags of cotton met with purchasers
at ibis day’s market, including 600 sold to specula
tors. Our last quotations were obtained, and there
appeared loss anxiety lo push sales-
From the Journal of Commerce .
Onii.t.—By the French brig of war Brisson,
arrived at Bio from Valparaiso, letters were recci-*
ved us late as March 17th; 15 days later than tho
advices lately received at Baltimore. The war
against I’eru was proceeding sluggishly, for want
of money. It was however said that an expedi
tion of 8 vcssclss, having 1000 men on board, was
about to sail for Peru, in order to blockade Callao,
and other Peruvian ports, and lo land troops at
any places where tiro enemy could be advantage
ously assailed, or where those of the inhabitants
could be aided who were disposed to shake oil’
the yoke of Gen. Santa Cruz. The general opin
ion among the best informed persons, was, that 1
CUiU would -nip little advantage from (Iris expe- I
dilion. The talk was, originally, of making it |
comprise 6000 men.
Commercial business was at a very low ebb, 1
and no hope of improvement during the continu- 1
anco of the war. *
Another SrEiMRuiT Burnt.—We learn (
from the Cincinnati Express, that !he steamboat (
Conqueror, Capt. Moore, was burnt at the Mays*
ville wharf, about one o’clock on tho morning of
the olh inst. It is notjtn j.vn how the fire origi
nated, but it is supposed to have commenced in
the ladies’ cabin. Tho boat was burnt to the
water’s edge. No lives lost. She left Cincin
-1 nali on Monday, to take in cargo at Miysvilto
for Now Orleans. She was insured in three olli- 1
ccs of Cincinnati, for seven thousand dollars |
each, viz : the Firemen’s, the Canal and the Cin- (
cinnali Insurance Companies: the whole amount
twenty-one thousand dollars.
j The mulatto slave George was this day hung 1
\in pursuance of law. From the moment of his ,
entering the cart, in which was deposited his cof
i tin, to the gallows, a distance of noar two miles
ho continually made use of tho most abusive and 1
j blasphemous language. Even on the gallows, 1
i with the rope around his neck, and within a few
brief seconds before be was to be launched into
eternity he continued reckless. Not tho least
I gleam of religion spread its benign .rays upon
' him. He appeared to kitow no God ; and died i
as he lived—a hardened vidian —-. V. O. Courier.
chronicle and sentinel.
AUGUSTA.
Saturday Morning, June 10.
(£j~ The following gentlemen have been
appointed a committee to make arrangements
for the celebration of the approaching 4lh of
July.
Fr»m the City Council—Messrs. Nimmo,
Kirlland and Parish.
From the Guards—Messrs. Stovall, Rcab
and Groves.
From the Blue*—Messrs. J. JStoy, CaTrtii
chael and Kendrick.
The Oassvillc Pioneer of Saturday last, says :
“About 1000 Chcrokced, men women and chil
dren, under an escort of two companies of infant
ry, passed through this place on their way horn
the Sirs’, to the Agency.”
The Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank of Balti
more, in anticipation of a general resumption of
specie payments by tho hanks of Maryland at an
early day, have commenced paying all notes un.
dor $5 in specie.
We extract tho following from a letter pub
lished in the Charleston Mercury of yesterday
morning, dated Washington city, 11th June. We
publish it as one of the signs of the times. What
shall we look for next? Is lids put forth as a fee
ler to ascertain how far tho State Bights party of
the South will suffer themselves to he sold and
transferred to Van Burenl Arc we to have a
coalition between the “great Nullifior” of the
South and the “great Magician” of tho North,
between gallant, chivalrous Carolina, and double
laced, hypocritical Kinderhookl Tho nnnuncias
lion twelve months ago, that South Carolina
would bo ready at this day to embrace Van Bus
ren, Benton, Kendall and Blair, would have been
pronounced false by a thousand tongues from ev
ery hill, from the Great Pcdee to the Savannah!
We shall await further dcvelopcments, and in
the meantime caution our readers not to be aston
ished at any thing they may hear. There is no
dependence to be placed in politicians.
" Tho political elements here ate in a state of
great agitation. The great and but lately over
powering Whig party, is breaking up. The
seeds ol disunion are plentifully scattered among
those who have been distinguished as “Nation
ah.” Those who have been known as uniform
and consistent “Democrats" in contradistinction
to Federalists and Nationals, are also shaken
and divided. There are elements of disunion in
that party which will soon work its division or a
change of its men and measures, and lam prepar
ed to witness a movement which will have for
its object the more complete union of Southern
interests, and the consequent elevation of John
C. Calhoun to the Presidency. There is a move
ment in tho public mind towards this object; I
witnessed it during the past year in Pennsylvania,
the state which gave Mr. Calhoun an early and
strong support as a candidate for the Presidency,
and which has never withdrawn her affection
from him, notwithstanding all the struggles and
collisions which arose from the high Tariff sys
tem. Tho politicians, following in tho wake of
public sentiment, arc here and there; in conver
sation and in the press, indicating Mr. Calhoun
as tho Candidate of tho Democratic party.”
The Savannah Georgian of the I4lh inst. says:
Five hundred and fifty tons of Iron for tho Cen
tre! Kail Road, arrived in the ship Admittance,
on Tuesday, from Bristol, England.
The Lancashire, from Liverpool, brought 150
tohs, and the Sterling, from Liverpool, 1318 bars
tor the Georgia Kail Road.
The New York Herald of the 11th inst,, says.
—“Wo are now in momentary expectation of
the steam ships from England. Their arrival
will bring news 20 days later, which will no
doubt be very important with regard to the slate
of the cotton market. This is looked for with
great anxiety by our financial man, as the pros
pects of the great staple up to that time will fur
nish us a pretty correct idea of what wo are to
expect from the United Slates Bank and the Sou
thern hanks generally; for by that time the En
glish manufacturers will have become aware of
the probable outlet they may have for tho im
mense stocks of goods which have been accumu
lating on their hands since thb cessation of active
business oil this side of the water, and cotton
will be influenced accordingly.—ln the absence
of orders, a revolution will take place in the
manner of doing business. Instead of buying
their cotton at home, and receiving orders there
for goods from tho American importers, agencies
will be established hero, and the goods sent over
on consignment. This is already done in some
instances, and tiro proceeds remitted home in the
shape of cotton. This is part of tire great revo
lution which has been going on these two years
in the mercantile world.”
Latest from St. Marys.
The following is an extract of a letter, publish
ed in the Darien Telegraph of the 18th, dated
ST. MARYS, June 6th, 1838.
“Our uniform company left here on yesterday
morning, for Camp Pinckney, on board tho
Charleston; in the neighborhood of which place
they arc to ho joined by other Corps —for the pur
pose of cutting oil' the march of a body of Indi
ans, seen in that direction", supposed to be Creeks.
It is presumed they have been in the ranks of
the Seminoles, in Florida, and have been recalled
to augment the forces of their obstinate tribe in
Georgia,
“Although mothers, wives, sisters, and friends
were heard to sob, and seen to Shed tears, as the
company embarked; yet this little bard, fully ac.
coutrdd, departed full of life, vigor, and courage.
May God $ protect them from tho grasp of a
savage foe, and bring them safe back to the bo
some of their families.”
Cauda.
The accounts from the frontier,'says the N Y 1
Cornier, represent our Stale authorities and the
people as anxiously endeavoring to obviate the
unpleasant consequences which it was at first
apprehended would grow out of the burning of the
Dr steamboat Sir Robt. Peel, and the firing on the
Telegraph, whilst at Kingston. The Magistrates
of the latter place had invited the United Slates
District Attorney to be present at a legal investi
gation which had been made into the circumstan
ces connected with the last occurrence. Ho had
attended, and it was staled was perfectly satisfied
with the course taken. Tho Governor of New
York had also expressed to the Mayor of King
ston a desire to have an interview with him,
which was about to lake place.
From South America.
By the arrival of the Ship Mogul at New Yoik
from Rio Janeiro, papers and letteis from that
plage have been received to the 27th of April.
A Correspondent of the N. Y. Com. Adv
writes that Senor Franca, has been appointed
minister to the Government of the United Slates,
from that of Brazil. Ho is said to entertain a
strong predilection in favor of republican institu
tions, and ho will bring his children with him, to
be educated at one of our literary institutions.
There had been a difficulty at Rio between the
commander of the British corvette Rover and four
Brazilian ofTtccrs, one of whom was the inspector
of the arsenal, and another, the commandant of
marine artillery. 'These olTiccrs were on board a
Brizilian vessel, which was hailed from the Ro
ver and subsequently tired into, the order of the
British captain not being obeyed. The allair
had been represented to the British charge d’af.
faires, and reparation demanded.
The insurrection at Bahia was quite suppress
ed. In Rio Grande the rebels were still in force-
No engagement had taken place, but the govern
ment forces, 1800 strong, were said to be prepao
ring for a battle which should decide The contro
versy.
Elections wefein progress for the choice of a
regent, the Emperor being yet a very youthful
minor. It was supposed that Senor Araujo Li
ma would bo chosen.
For the Chronicle & Sentinel.
Volumes have been filled in praise of the natural
scenery of other countries, and of Europe in par
ticular ; England and Scotland, and on the
Continent, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland
and Italy, have all had their zealous admit ers.
Scarcely a hill, dale, mountain or river of these,
that does not live “in story or in song.” Their
high wrought eulogy no doubt is just, and in those
distant countries, on lasting canvass and in magic
brightness still continue to shine the pencillings
of nature: but for Us, as regards these ponciHingS )
w'c have to say, as ft few years since did Bryant—
“ We only know how fair they stand,
Around odr own beloved land.”
And I will hero add—State.
The natural wonders of the north of the Union
have attracted great attention, and been frequently
described, while those of tho young south have
been loft to blush in retired and unseen loveliness.
This should no longer be. Let Southrons, now
at least, pay their own altars the reverence they
deserve ; let them once give them a passing glance>
and their gsZe shall ever after be fixed and per;
nlancnt—there need be ho fufther sighing for
distant lands or fairy regions.
If simple beauty, wild romance, or fearful
sublimity can awaken the feelings or fancy, the
streams and mountains of north west Georgia
must shortly become invested with a degree of
interest now entirely unknown. In this view, a
portion of the Cherokee country will stand con
spicuous.
The subject of the lines below is a beautiful
stream of Gilmer county, its banks lately glowing
with the ivy and honeysuckle. It is perhaps the
most distant tributary of the river Mobile, Ala.
Fort Helzel, the present prison of five hundred
captive Cherokeos, stands on its eastern bank.
01 that some fair Imaginings were mine,
given by tho genius of these native woods, to
picture nature as here she is.
ThO River KoluUay.
Hail! joyous river, sporting on
In circling course to ocean bourne.
O ! hast thou thus swept on thy way
From earliest youth, bright Kotukay 7
And laughing o’er has been thy flood,
On dancing through this mountain wood.
And hast thou never censed thy play,
In sparkling ambles, Kotukay ?
From morn till eve thy chrystal tide,
All golden-stranded, on does glide ;
From evo until the dawn of day,
Unwearied still sports Kottiktty.
The Indian maid heaves deep a sigh;
Enchanted with thv minstrelsy ;
And mourns that sho must Wend her way
To the far woods, from Kotukay.
The warrior from tho mountain range;
“ Resolves, and resolves” revenge ;
And vows all cold in death to lay,
Before he'll leave his Kotukay.
Mountain sprite, that here art seen
In swelling grandeur, robed in green;
All floating on thy emerald way,
Thou genius of the Kotukay.
Tell mo the secrets of the wave,
Whoa thou at midnight cora’st to lave,
The fretted arch with glitt’ring ray,
Lights up the beauteous Kotukay.
When stealing o’er the waters bright,
Or through a vase of living light,
What says tho voice that dies away,
Far down tho raurm’nng Kotukay ?
.Song of the .Sprite.
My homo is the water,
My round ;s begun ;
Os night Tm the daughter—■
I wander alone.
The stars they To beaming,
The moonlight is streaming.
The white man is dreaming,
I soon must bo gone.
My bark the wild wind,
My bed is the wave ;
My flight leaves behind,
All not left in the grave.
The maids they’re weeping,
The eagle is sleeping,
The foxes arc creeping,
The spoils they shall save.
Behold the dark war cloud
Thick gath’ring on :
Its deep thunder abroad
Makes Earth quake and moan 1
The tempest is breaking !
The White-man is waking,
The Tomahawk’s wreaking!
The work, it is done !
The Song is hush’d : The Spirit gone
Nor lost ns yet the fight, nor won t
But bounding fresh to Mobile Bay,
’Till glorious spaeds bright Kotukay.
W.
Dnhlvnegn, Ga. June, 1838.
New Hampshire.
The official returns of the vote for Governor
at the last election arc; whole number 54,570.
For James Wilson Jr. 25,344; James Wilson
421; Isaac Hill 28,697; scattering 198.
On Friday the Bth the following resolution
was offered in the Hi use, by Mr. Eastman, re
lative to the Pension Agency which Governor
Hill holds, and the holding of which, by ffie
Constitution, renders him ineligible for the office
of Governor.
Resolved, That a Committee of ten ho apt*
pointed to inquire whether the Hon. Isaac Hill;
Governor elect, holds any office or place under
the United Stales, which constitutionally disqua.
lilies him from holding the office of Governor
and to report the facts in relation to the subject to*
this House, and that said Committee bo ernpow l
ered to send for persons aud papers.
The resolution was laid on the table by a vote
of 126 to 110, which is considered a test of the
strength of parties in the House.
From Ihe Army and Navy Chronicle. ,
In addition to the names already published,
the following gentlemen have been invited by
the Secretary of War to attend the examination
ofjho cadets at the Military Academy, which
commenced on Monday last. Gen H Knicker
bocker, New York; John Page, Esq., Virginia;
C F McCoy, Esq., Georgia, W K Griffith, Esq.;’
Kentucky: Gen. James Taylor, do; Col. J. G.
Totten, Jpng’r. Corps; Gen. J L. Smith do.
There is ns truth in the rumor, originating in
the Philadelphia Herald, that Lieut. Wilkes has
resigned, or at present intends to resign, the com
mand of the Exploring Squadron.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
S™Naa, .tune IL-Cleared, hr New Hanover,
Ciutts, 1 hihtiK-lpliia, sctir Ves a. t'rince, Washington
City, sclir Ann, Haudlet, New Work. “ "
Arrived, sctir Morning Star, Lincoln, Boston, sclir
" arwiek, Snow, Matanza-', steamboat Richmond, Jones
Augusta,steamer Cherokee, Norris, Augusta.
baited, ship Gaston, Whittlesey, New York, hr New
Hanover, Crofts, Philadelphia, schr Mokenn, Hamblin.
1 rovidence, schr Vesta, Prince, Washington City,
Departed, steamboat Pulaski, Dubois, Charleston and
ilaituuore*, steamboat Cineinnati, Brooks Gareys Ferrv
steamboat D W St John, Wells, Augusta.
CHARLESTON, June 15.—Arrived yesterday, shin
Commerce, Perry, Liverpool, ship Narraganset, Samp
son, Boston, line ship La Payette, Blair, New York U L
hr Moses, Brown, New York, Line brig Shields, Chase.
Boston. 3 *
Cleared, ship Montezuma, Smith, Liverpool, Dutch
galliot btam Fries, Fcykes, Amsterdam, hr John C Gal- '
o o Hevxmi, schr Allure, Gome*, St Augustine, *r
U b Mail sehr Hope, Gnffifth; Key West. 6 *
Wen, to sea yesterday, ship Corea, Prescott, SllPetcrs
burg, Russia, steam paeke-t Pulaski, Dubois, Baltimore.
Common Council of Hamburg.
Resolved, That the Intendaut be requested to
give three days’ notice in some public gazette in the'
city of Augusta, for the owners of certain boats now
lying on the Carolina side of the Savannah river,
within the corporate limits ol the town of Ham
burgh, to remove said boats within thtee days from
date beyond said limits, winch is one half mile be
low and one half mile above said town; and in de
fault thereof; the Imetldant be further requested to
have said boats removed beyond the corporate lim
its in such manner as he may deem advisable.
Done in Council, the 12th day of June, 1838.
By the Intendaril, HENRY SHULTZ,’
11. Greeks, Clerk. Jntendant. ■
The owners of the boats referred to in the above '
rc solution, will notice that the Town Councilor
Hamburg has given them the three yfr.tt.and me the
fourth day, to remove said boats. As the own
ers have put them there, 1 hope they will take them
away again, to save me (he trouble from'putting
them at the command of that noble stream', the Sa
vannah, for I assure them that the people of Ham
burg want to live as well as those in Augusta, and
they have no more attachment lor the long bill gen
try that these boats produce; than those good folks
m Augusta have for the same.
.. . _ „ , HENRY SHULTZ.-
Hamburg, S. C. June 15th, 1838..
Augusta Benevolent Society.
The Regular Monthly Meeting of the Augusta
Benevolent Society will be held ifi the Methodist
Sabbath Kolmol Room, on next Friday evening, at
8 o clock. [June l2j T. S. STOY. Secretary
\ CGUIS’! A —The stockhold
*, ers °* " 10 Augusta Library Society are request
ed to meet at the Library, on Saturday afternoon
next, the 15th inst.at 4 o’clock.
June 14 J. C. CARMICHAEL,
_ Sec’y. and Treasurer.
I EMONS, LEMONS.—-30 boxes superior •
M - A Lemons, in fine order, just received and for sal»
June 1C W. E. &J. U. JACKSON.
NOTICE. —During my absence from the state
Mr. John Phinizy will be my agent at Augusta,
and Mr. R. M Phinizy, and Mr. C F. Mills, will
attend to any business in which 1 may be interested.
Savannah, June IC. 5t G. B. LAMAR.
NECK STOCKS.
SUPERIOR Black Satin, Bombaziv.e, Plain and
Figured Black Summer Stocks, ol the best
make ami style, just received by
PRICE &. MALLERY,
June 16 No. 258 Broad street. t
FINE ENGLISH BROAD CLOTHs7~ *
JUST received, some [very superior import
ted Black, Blue, and fashionable coloured
Cloths, of the best English fabric, finest of wool and
velvet finish, which, with a beautiful assortment of
Pantaloon Stuffs, anil superb Vestings, will be sold
by the pattern, or made to measure in their bcsl
style, by PRICE & MALLERY;
Juno 16 Drapers and Tailors.
5 . S. MAIL-FOB N. YORK, DIRECT.
(Tilde of passage, 60 to 70 hours.)
® teamnr
—.—-JfeSy, _ Pennoyer, will leave Kerr’*
wharf, foot of Laurens street,
Wednesday Afternoon,
20lh inst at 4 o’clock. For engagements for pas
sage, apply to WILLIAM PATTON, Agent,
6 Fitzsimons’ wharf.
N. B.—Prsscngers by the Neptune can reach
Philadelphia or Baltimore in less time and expense
than by lhc“ Inland Route."
S3* The Mail will close at th« Post Office, at 2
o’idock, a. m. Wednesday — letters received on board
until 4. It June 16
fIVIIIO BURNT CORN PLASTER
X Warranted to cure, without inconvenience, all
Corns whatever. The following is all the proprie
tor, a widow, who depends on the sale ol this arti
cle for support, will present;
Certificate. —We, the subscribers, do certify that’ i
we have known the Burnt Corn Plaster to cure and
eradicate n great number of earns. It has been
used with the msst perfect success by ourselves
and triends for many years, and the proprietor is a ,
widow.
{Signed )—John Munn, jr. Ira Higgins, Benjamin
Bryan, sen, Leland Rice, Arch. Benton; Lewik
Running, Lemuel Lynch, John Morlcy, jr.
For sale by ANTONY & HAINES,
June 16 Augusta, Ga.
Georgia, Colombia County.
District No. 7.
ABSALOM BADE toles before me ona /Bay
Mate, about five years old, thirteen hands
high; her tail docked, thick main, no brands dis
covered : Appraised by John Walker and Michael k
Mcgahee, at Twenty Dollars, May Ist., 1838. H
JOHN MEGAHEE, J, P. ■
A true extract from Estray Book. Q
DAVID HARRIS, Clerk B
June 16 n
GEORGIA RAIL ROAD NOTICE. m
is now carried on the Rail Road b - K'.
tween Augusta and Vl arrenton, at the follow H
ing rates—cotton $1 per bale, merchandise 25 centsW H
per hundred pounds, or 5 cts per cubic loot. K
Between Augusta and Crawfordville—cotton K
81 25 per hale, merchandise 331 cts per hundred 5‘
pounds, or 61- cts per cubic foot. JJpj'
.. George H. Thompson, agent for the Co at Craw- "S?
fordville, and Jno. 11. Roberts, agent of the Company H
at IVarrenton, will attend to receiving and forward- Ik
ing produce and merchandise, without charge for &
commissions or storage. Spacious warehouses R
have been erected at the above stations for the rc- m
ception of merchandise, until it is (or warded. !.*
RICHARD PETERS,Jr.
[Resident Enainecr & Suo't of Transportation
June 11 ' ‘