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From ihf Mitaoun Saturday At a l
Frontier Incident.
When Gencml Hull was marching, a little
before the declaration of war, at iho head ot
the northwestern army, through the black
iswamp. he halted in the middle of the day,
with his suite, on a dry spot of ground, to dine.
A lady, wife of one of the officers, travelled on
horseback with the old General during the
day, as the duties of her husband with his
company denied Inin the pleasure of being a' '
her side until the camp was formed at night. 1
In the instance to which we refer, the lady 1
lingered at the spot where she had dined un- J
til her husband, who commanded the rear
guard, should arrive. The purpose ol her
■lay was to enact one of I hose acceptable du- j
lies, the manner of which it is easier to name
than truly define. She was preparing his fru
gal meal, with the while napkin envelope en- ]
closing the few comforts of life which a sol. (
•her can command in the field, when the (I- n- |
cral and his aids rodo forward. Uoforo the
rear guard come up, a shower of raiiijt'ell, and ,
the lady sheltered herself beneath the hark |
which had been used by a hand of Indians as ,
the roof of a temporary lodge. Not long al- ,
ter the departure of the General, she observed ,
that he had left his sword and bell behind i
him. I
When the lady was ready to proceed, after i
her husband had arrived, she buckled tiie belt i
of the military chief around her waist, alter 1
taking tip a yard or two in length to adapt it I
to a more fragile form, thus converting it into •
« zone, the golden embroidery of which was
not inappropriate. When she overtook the '
eobcrpaccd dignitary, the heroine playfully in-. 1
(pured— '
‘Are you in arrest, General?’ ‘
*lu arrest!’ exclaimed the warrior, awaking 1
from his dreamy inusings, ‘I can scarcely com- *■
prebend your meaning madam.’
•Seeing yon without sidc'annn, General, 1 '
conjectured you must have fallen under the
censure of the Government. No report to
that effect hud reached me, I assnlß you.’
‘itlcss my life I’ exclaimed the unarmed (
chiettam, ‘I have lost my sword, id omen as t
jt is!—Abram!’ continued he, addressing Ins 0
•on, who was one of his aids, ‘gallop hack and )
look (or my sword, and do not return without j,
it. A pretty figure I sin making at the head
of an army m the field, without side-arms!’ t
‘Veil must be olibeled with absence of j
mind, General;’said the lady,‘and dreaming, r
doubtless of the laurel which you are destined I:
shortly to wear.’ n
‘To toll you the truth, madam,’ said he,‘l i
was arranging, mmy mind, the stirring rhet- li
uric of a proclamation, with which T shall as- i
tound the enemy on our arrival at Detroit.’ h
‘l’ray, recite to me a passage or two of the '
forthcoming production; you know we, who u
are called the weaker vessels, are sometimes 11
tasteful critics. 1 may suggest the rounding
of a period, which would scatter the enemy’s
columns more effectually than grape and can- °
nislor. Vou know wo are killing some-' 0
times.’ "
‘Well, madam,’ said the General, ‘us I res- 1
peel your judgment and taste, i will give you 1
a paragraph; (I hope Abram will find my |
sword.) 1 shall begin thus—‘Canadians! the (
inighiy army I command is only the van guard j,
of a nincli greater winch will follow, and train-,
pie the Canadas under foot !’ „
‘That will do, General—lake your sword,’ ( |
said the lady, ‘you have much to do.’ ,1
Hood vs. Animal Maonbtihm.—lt j
takes Hood to express an opinion of humbug. \
Concerning Animal magnetism he discourses
in the following choice vein: “Take,” says c
lie, tho wildest freaks of the most fuddled, j,
muddled, bcpuddlcd soaker; such as “trying t,
to light Ins pipe at a pump,’—attempting to n
wind up his plug with a watch key, or requos- tl
ting, from a damp bed in the gutter, to be fu
tucked in, —and are they a hit, or a whit, or a it
jot,tor a what not, more ahsind, more extras in
vagant or more indicative of imbecility or rca- sy
eon, than the vagary ol a somnambulist grave- I"
ly going through the back-gammon of reading ce
Hack’s Journal, or a back number of the Uo- ln
trospective Review, through the buck of Ins ' vi
head?” vo
un
Legal Dkxteiiitv.— The anecdote now lie
going the rounds of the press, from a London 'l* l
paper, of Gen. Wiron’s advice to the French
man who complained that mi Englishman
knocked him down whenever he attempted to ' J '
rise—“My friend when an F.nglishman knocks 1111I 111
you down, never do you gel up until he is gone -I* 1
away," reminds mo of a story of Sergeant A
Davy. The Sergeant having abused a wit- “J.
ness, was on the following morning, whilst in
bed, informed that a gentleman wished to
s|io<ik to him; the Sergeant concluding that
it was a client, desired that he might he shown
up; tho visitor stating his name, reminded the ,
Sergeant of the abuse which ho had heaped
on him uu the preceding day, protesting that J
he could not put up with the imputations, and )(
must have immediate satisfaction, or he should ,j
insert to personal chastisement. On this the
Sergeant raising himself up, said, “hut you
won’t attack me surely while I’m in bed, will n
you?" “Certainly not,” said the aggrieved .j
party, “I should never think of attacking a
man in bed.” "Then I’ll he ,” said the |
Sergeant, wrapping tho clothes around him,
'•if I get out ol bed while you are in this town,” J
—London Magazine,
Tbs Cob menus.—lt is a singular fact in 1
history, that the tribe of Indians called Cu- 1
tnniw/ien, who live a wandering life in the !
Mexican territory in and about Texas, have t
maintained their independence against the
powers of Spain and the Mexican stales since
the days ol Cortes and I‘izarro. They arc I
more numerous, warlike and independent, I
than any other tribe in America, and have
been fora century past the terror of the fron
tier proviiooesof Mexico. They arc the Tar
tars of the American continent. Their warriors |
are all splendidly mounted, and as horsemen ,
they are unsurpassed by .any people in the (
world. More than a hundred years ago, a ]
party of them w cut to the sea-shorc, and were ,
attacked by the Spaniards and all killed.; and j
since that the tribe bus never been known to .
venture near the coast. —Louisville Journal.
A« Estixulk Cuauactkh.—The Uideigh
Register announces the death of Mr. Thomas
W. Covington, a veteran member of tho typogra
phical iratetnily, He had been foreman iu the
otiicc of the Register, without intermission for da
lasi twenty four yeans. The editor of that jour
nal, in announcing his decease, pays him the
following tribute, which wo know to he wel
meritrd; “A thorough and intimate acquaintance
with Ins character justifies us in saying, that
though unobtrusive before the world, a better heart ’
khan bis never throbbed in human bosom-, nor
do we believe that a single seliish act ever Idol-
Cud the even tenor of his career through life. Acts
rafkindness were with him the every day results
oS unaffected philanthropy, and their merit was
greatly cnhanceed by Ins endeavors to conceal
them.”
A few drops of sweet spirits of nitre will, it is
asserted, effectually banish the Cimex species j
( AngliceJ 4>ugs, from your couch, A secret
worth knowing, if true, |
From tht .V, 1. Duity Whig, Jure 11
There are men in this Union—Wliigs, llioy
call themselves, and friends of die country —who
do not U'iievo that any grout harm, or any harm
at all, will (low from the adoption of the suit tie i»-
ury scheme. Such men arc very superficial ob
servers. They do not tcoin to see that iho con
lost is not for the adoption of some mode of col.
leeling, keeping, and disbursing the revenue of
the country in the money of that country. They
do not appear lo see that the object of the ad
ministration is to change ah imo the money of
the Union and to strike out of exigence the
creators of paper convertible money—the people’s
batiks. They forget that commerce and trade can
only flourish under the liberal exercise of confi
dence between man and man, and the free use of
hank crdils regained only hy the law of supply
and demand, when it is executed hy a supreme
power vested in a National Institution. Hut the
effects to he produced hy she adoption of the poli
cy of the present administration are so plain that
he that runs may read and understand them-
Hence wo cannot he charitable enough lo ascribe j
sincerity of motive to those Whigs or to those
Loco I-’ocbs who pretend to believe that no harm
can come lo the country from the schemes con
cocted hy the man of Kinderhook and his coun
cillors. Experience has taught this nation the
true results of different financial policies. In
France we see iho Huh Treasury policy in full
operation. Is there any American with u drop
of Anglo Saxon Mood in hiu veins, who would
wish to sec the property, enterprise, industry and
labor of those twenty-six Slates reduced to the
standard that now prevails in that kingdom.
The dcvclopernent of her resources is entirely pre
vented by her metallic currency system. Under
ils influence men acquire narrow and contracted
views. The plant of the national enterprize sick
ens, withers, and droops in the range of its at
mosphere. After fifty years of growth and ener
gy, this people will never submit to such a degra
dation. If Martin Van Huron carry his plans,
revolution may he the consequence. The people
■nay not wait till 1H42. There is a point beyond
which the tyranny of an elective chief magistrate
may not go.
If any man wishes to he satisfied that the ado
ministration contemplates a complete change in
the money, and financial policy of the country,
and when that is effected, to proceed one step
further towards their nefarious and ultimate ob
jects, whatever they may he, lot him look at the
exertions of the District Court of the United
.Slates in the southwest portion of the Union.
Judge McKinley, the til tool of Van Huron ty
ranny, decides that a corpoiation of one State
has no right to bring a suit for the recovery of
monies due it in another Stale. Under this rule
the United Stales Hank of Pennsylvania has
been debarred the excicisc of its rights in Louis
iana, in u very late case. The appeal will doubt
less go to the Supremo Court, hut cut buna ?
Was nut the Judiciary the special care of Conors
al Jackson when he was in power? Did he not
appoint in many instances mere political tools to
the bench ? We may rest assured, therefore,
that the Supreme Court will sustain the opinion
of Judge McKinley. If the bunks can ho ousted
out of their rights acquired under the sacred law
of contract, they will have received a deeper stab
than any yet given them hy their enemies. There
is fear that the Judiciary will he sustained in its
opinion hy the people themselves, the debtors of
tlie hanks. We know the result of the old con
test between the new court ami old court parties
in Kentucky. That party was sustained which
went for the abrogation of contracts as a mailer
of relief lo the hunk debtors. What is to hinder
the like result in this new contest ? That the
design of the administration is to push this mat
ter to a head, we are fully assured. All will
depend on the purity of the grand bench at
Washington.
The condition of things, therefore, in litis
country, is curious enough. How the strife that
is now going on will eventuate, it is impossible
0 predict. It is a strife that strikes at the pernio,
nency of our institutions and threatens their over,
throw. 'The elements o( that strife nro to he
bund in the resumption of specie payments hy
he U. S. Hank of Pennsylvania, and the deter
min'd hostility oi the Government to the hanking •
ysteni. The combat is between the old and new
lolicy, Trie Hank of the United Slates is (he
enire around which the forty year old and well 1
ied policy of convertible hunk paper currency, 1
nth all ils avails and blessings necessarily ru
shes. Tho Executive is the focus of the new
id untried (in this country) policy of a metal
: medium and Government notes. To destroy 1
io great centre of bank attraction, the United i
tales Hank, is tho object of Mr. Van Huron. |
'he conquest of the State hanks necessarily fob
>ws: To arrest the course of Mr. Van Huron
nd chock him while he is in power are the ob
cts of the people, who adhere to the old policy.
L disgraceful rejection of the present incumbent
1 the next presidential canvass is the sure result
f the successful opposition of tho Whigs. Then,
nd not till then, shall we see our currency rusto
ed, and our prosperity come back.
Fire.
Fourteen Horses Burned. — Our city was
tgain visited hy a lire on Thursday night,
incurring in a livery stable, which proved tar
more serious than that of Saturday night last.
Flic stable (located on Gary street) was that
of Mr. Harding, for some time known as
owner ot a livery stable in tins place. Tho
alarm wits given between one and two o’clock.
The combustible nature of the building, to
gether with the hay and other things deposit
ed in it, consumed so rapidly that it was im
possible to ruscue all the horses, notwithstand
ing the utmost vigilance was used. Fourteen
ol them were burned lo death. Two houses
adjoining the stsb'e were burned—one belong
ing to Mr. 11. Smith, and the other a .black,
smith's shop, owned hy Mr. Woodson. The
inmates (ail females,) of the former, made a
narrow escape, mid lost all of their furniture.
The horses burned were valuable. Five of
them belonged to Mr. John Brown, and one
to Mr. Weller, ol Augusta country; one to
Mr. James Kerr, of Potersuburg; one to r
IjollUnd, of Rockingham country; one to Mr.
Joshua Alvis; one to Messrs. Davanport, Al
len & Co., and one to Mr. Malone, of this
city, one to Mr. Massio of Goochland, and
one to Mr. Watkins, of Powhatan. Mr,
Hardingb’loss, we regret to say, is about
$lOOO. This is the second time Mr. 11. Ims
had a stable burned on the same lot within a
tew years.
It is supposed to have been set on ftto. A
while man was arrest'ed yesterday morning
under strong suspicious of having been the
incendiary, and was committed lor examina
tion.—RidunonJ Compilcr.
Fine. —The Newhern Spectator reports the
arrival of the sebr. Alalia, at that port, from
Mariegalante, and in the announcement is the
following paragraph,
“Reports the town of Miuiegalanto ncaily all
destroyed by tire on the 19th April, with a large
amount of property, bat no lives lost as far as
we haveunderstood.”
The office holders would destroy the whole
credit system of the country for the sake of get,
ting their own paltry salaries in specie.— Va.
. Free [trer s.
They have just about ns much .public ephit as
the fellow, described by IJulwer, wbo would burn
up a city for the purpose of roasting his eggs.
Prentict.
BY £XPJKERS MAIL.
I — — - ‘
From our Correspondent.
Washington, June 15th, 1838.
When I closed rny letter last evening, the bill
granting i)rc-cm[»tion rights to actual settlers on
the public lands, was under discussion in the
House. The debate was continued to a late
hour, but was of an exceedingly loose and dcsul
! lory character, and a great deal of lime was lost
i in unsuccessful motions to adjourn, to recommit,
to lay ofi the table. At last, about half past nine,
, j P. M. the previous question was called and sus
i lained, and the bill was passed—Yeas 107, Nays
|M
j Mr. Oakland, of Va., gave notice that he
; would move to reconsider the motion.
I To-day the House resumed the consideration
of Mr. Cushing's motion to recommit all the
papers relating to the annexation of Texas, to the
’ Committee on Foreign Affairs, with instructions
to report fully on their merits, with Mr. Thomp
son's amendment, instructing the Committee to
report a resolution directing the President of the
United Slates to lake the proper steps for the ;
annexation of Texas, as soon as it can bo done
conveniently with the treaty stipulations of this
government.
Mr. Adams offered a resolution to the effect
that Congress docs not possess the constitutional
power of annexing any state to this Union, but
that the power is vested solely in the people.—
And that in case the Executive should take
measures, under the instructions of Congress, for
the annexation of Texas, such an act would be a
usurpation of power, and a violation of the
rights of the people, which it would bo their duty
to resist,
Mr. ilowAiin then concluded his remarks
against (he motion to recommit.
Mr. Adams rose and put the same question to
Mr. Howard which he propounded yesterday to
Mr. DnoMouoLX, namely, whether the papers
relating to the annexation of Texas had received
the consideration of the Committee fur even live
minutes,
Mr. Howard said he took the same ground
as that assumed by Mr. Dhomgoolk, namely,
that neither Mr. Adams, nor any other member
had a right to catechise tho Committee as to
their proceedings.
Mr. Adams was obout to proceed, when tho
Speaker announced that tho morning hour had
expired.
The House passed to tho special orders —pri-
vate bills, and was engaged with business of a
private character until the end of the sitting.
In the Senate, Mr. Koane presented a memo
rial lor a charter of a now Seminary of learning
in Georgetown, District of Columbia.
Mr. Tallmadoe presented the memorial of
Henry Hall Sherwood, relating to discoveries in
magnetism made by him, and improvements in
tho construction and uso of tho magnetic needle.
Head and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Grundy, from the Committee on tho Ju
diciary, reported the bill referred to them in favor
of the authorities of Savannah, Georgia; which
bill was considered, and finally passed.
After somo private business was disposed of
the Senate look up and passed the bill to create a
new land office in Louisiana.
Tho bill to establish the office of Surveyor
General in the slate of Michigan, was, after some
discussion, laid aside for the piesent.
The Pre-emption Bill from tho House, with
the amendments adopted by that body, was
referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
A message was received from the President
covering a communication of the Secretary, giving
the information called for, respecting the dispo
sition of tho Indian tribes on tho borders of Ar
kansas, from which it appears there is reason to
believe a hostile disposition towards tho whiles
exists among them; but that though the pros
pects on that frontier, were rather gloomy yet
hopes are entertained that peace will be preserved,
The bill to authorise tho officers and members
of tho Washington Monument Society, to erect a
monument on the public wall in this city, was
indefinitely postponed. M.
r front the New York Daily Express, June Lb]
Lower Canada.
Wo mentioned a few days since, that a bearer
of despatches from Lord Durham to Mr. Fox,
passed through this city on his way to Washing
-1 ton. The Montreal Herald says:
i Mr. Fox is directed to introduce Colonel Grey
. personally to the President, and he has received
distinctions (rom the Governor General to call
■ upon Mr. Van Uuren lor an avowal of his views
■ on the subject of the late daring outrage, and
- what are the measures he intends adopting for tho
i purpose of bringing the offenders to justice, and
s preserving the tranquility of the frontier. Ade
, mand will also be made for those individuals who
have been already apprehended, to bo given up to
, tho British authorities.”
, James Buchanan, Esq., the British Consul at
this port arrived in Montreal on Tuesday morn,
j- ing, with despatches from London, received by
j the 181. Andrew, for Lord Durham, which were
immediately forwarded by mail to Quebec.
' The criminals who were ordered to Quebec for
transportation, arrived at Montreal on Saturday
and were taken in a steamer on Monday, to Quc
bi c.
’ Tho other State prisoners, are in confinement
in Fort Henry, Kingston.
• Tho American steamboats call at Prescott, as
• usual, On entering that port on the evening of
i the 7lh, tho Oswego's musicians played • Hule
i Britannia," and on leaving “God save the Queen.”
The Courier of the 11th, details the particulars,
, of a most daring robbery on Amherst Island, a
, few milles from Bath, as follows:
\ “Fourteen or fifteen men, in two boats, landed
on the Island, repaired to the house of Mr. Uobert
Preston, and robbed him of six hundred dollars
in cash, as well as every thing variable in his
house. They were all armed with pistols, and
0 Mr. Preston, while attempting to prevent them
1 from carrying away his properly, nearly lost his
L ’ tile, a ball passing through his hat. The bandit
who fired the shot, then beat him with the pistol
I until he broke the stock entirely to pieces. Tho
p two sons of Mr. Preston were beaten in a similar
ls manner. After the departure of the bandit, a
1 boat was despatched to Bath, for Doctor* Slew
art and Fairfield, the wounds of Preston and his
a two sons being considered dangerous; and in the
• course of the day depositions were taken before
'• Messrs. M'Kay and Hancox, Magistrates, and
forwarded by express to Kingston. A man of
ls the name of Patterson, who resides on the island
II was robbed on the same night. There is no
~ doubt but the banditti wore well aware of the
unguarded slate of that part of the country.’’
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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. '
AHtJUST.L |
Tuesday Morning, June 19. i
r ' l
The Criminal Docket of the present term of ,
the Superior Court of Richmond County, was (
taken up yesterday morning. ,
City Arsenal. ‘
We respectfully recommend to the attention <
of our city readers, the remarks of “A Citizen,” 1
in today’s paper. We fully concur with the *
writer in the opinions he expresses, and are not
less surprise than himself nt the strange and in- 1
appropriate silo selected, An Arsenal would '
he worse than useless, in such a location, and 1
the money expended on it worse than wasted or 1
thrown away; for, as “A Citizen” states, it would 1
hy a just cause fur increased alarm, rather than '
of confidence and safety. It is highly important 8
too, that such a building should be in a central, 1
as well as secure position, and we can conceive
of none better calculated to attain this end, and f
at the same time all other reasonable advantages *
to be derived from such a building, than the one I
in rear of the Masonic Hall. We decidedly ap* t
prove of the erection of a City Arsenal, and of <
the enlightened prudence, sagacity, and folcsight I
of the Council, in providing for one, but at the r
same lime believe, with “A Citizen,” that it f
would be much better to have none at all, than 8
one on the unfortunate site selected. We feel i
assured, too, that the citizens generally will fully
agree with us. So far as we have yet heard a
their sentiments there is not a dissenting voice; c
except that some prefer the intersection of Broad *
and Jackson streets, to the Masonic Hall lot. t
We understand that the Maryland State Loan C
of $ 500,000, redeemable after 1890, to bear an 1
interest of three per cent, per annum, was taken j
up on Monday at Baltimore, G 3 per cent.
'} ho President of Texas, has vetoed the act for *
the removal of the seat of Government from c
Houston to. the Colorado. i
■ —a
The amount contributed, in the city of Balli. i
more, for the benefit of the Charleston sufferers |
is $2,856,92. ’ i
Several of the steamboats at Pittsburg and
Wheeling are having affixed to their boilers Raub’ s !
patent safely valves—an invention which is be
lieved to be a perfect safe guard against explo
sions. |
The Toronto Patriot says, that Lord Durham a
has made a demand on the British Government t
for 12,000 more troops. t
The steamboat Temochi, arrived at New Or. *
leans on the 14th inst. bringing 250 Seminole In- '
dians and 20 negroes. She burst one of her boil- *
ers on the lllh, scalding five of her crew, two of 1
them severely.
. i
The New York Herald of the 14th, announ- j
«ed three cases of yellow fever in that city. (
The Michigan State Loan of five millions has <
not been taken by the U. S. Bank, as has been 1
reported. The stock was offered to the Bank by ]
Gov. Mason, but was declined. It is said tha i
Morris Canal Company have been instructed ;
with the disposal of the stock in Europe. j
Ohio Banks. ‘
At the meeting of the convention of the Ohio 1
banks, held at Columbus, on the 7th inst. rcaolu 1
lions wore passed that the banks of that slate '
should resume specie payments on the 4th of July,
provided that authentic information shall have
been received at that time, that the banks of Phil
adelphia and Baltimore had resumed the payment '
of their notes in specie,
A committee was appointed to correspond with
the banks of Indiana, Kentucky, Western Vir
gins, Western Pennsylvania, ami to ask their
aid in bringing about a resumption of specie pay
ments concurrently with the batiks of Ohio.
[hor the Chronicle and Sentinel.]
The proposed City Arsenal.
Mr. Editor:—The gratification I derived from
learning that the City Council had determined
on the erection of an Arsenal for the city, has
been more thr.n counterbalanced by a knowledge
ot the unfortunate and most inappropriate site
selected for it. I conceive such an edifice a
mailer of the first importance to the safety and
welfare ol the city; and not less so—nay even
I more so—the location to be adopted for it; for on
i this its value must almost entirely depend, and
; the question, whether it will not bo an injury,
' rather than a benefit—a source of actual danger
j rather than of safety. What arc the requisites
. for such a location! Centrality, strength, sccu
i rity from surprise, and convenience of general ap
’ proach. It should be central, that it may be ap
t proached with as nearly equal quickness as prac
, ticable, from all quarters, and capable of dispen
’ sing its means of protection with equal celerity
1 to all. The strength of such a building, and its
r security from surprise, must depend, not alone on
, its construction, but its position, in reference to
- the population, the buildings around it, &c. And
it is of the greatest importance, that it should be
L so constructed, as to the surrounding buildings,
, as to comprise, as far as practicable, qualities and
f advantages of a citadel,as well as an Arsenal—a
® place of refuge for our women and children,
while the men are under arms. Prompt and es»
j fectual strength and security must depend on an
instant concentration of the male papulation, a;
' the spot where the arms are located; but, unless
g there be a place of refuge there for the women and
g children, what husband, father, or brother, will
1 leave them, no matter what the common danger
i the necessity of united action, or tho authority
| exerted.
1 It is essential, then, that the proposed Arsenal
3 should be immediately connected with such bull.
r dings as may serve as such a place of refuge, and
J happily, this not only may be effected, but at the
5 same lime all the advantages of centrality, and
s security from surprise; for had a spot been provi.
3 ded proposely for this alone, in constructing the
’ edifices around it, it could scarcely have been
] done more judicially than has been accidentally,
a in the one in the rear of tho Masonic Hall, on tho
o same, lot, and fronting on Ellis Street. Then
we. have at once a central and strong position,
—1
combining all (he advantages ol an Arsenal and
Citadel; for were the Council to erect a place of
refuge, in ease of danger, how could they provide
a better, as to strength, size, and convenience of
accommodation, than the Masonic Hall, aided, if
necessary, by the whole range of brick buildings
above and below ill Ho v secure from fire—how
comparatively easy and safe of access, through
the most public, open, and secure portion of the
city, from one end to the other—and how equally
convenient as to distance, from all quarters! It
is in the very heart of the city, not only as to
space, but wealth, strength, and population, also.
The square, itself is a natural Citadel; and as to
security from surprise to the Arsenal and its arms,
what position could bo belter than the one sug
gested, between two of the principal Hotels, and
in full sight of those buildings, where the in
mates are generally up earlier and later than else
where, and composed principally, of young and
single men, who could be most prompt in arriving
there, in ease of alarm.
Contrast, now, this site, and its peculiarly
great advantages with the ona selected—the cor
ner lot on Washington and Reynolds streets, op
posite the Carriage Warehouse of Mr. Roll, and
the Cotton Warehouse ofCapt. Gumming. Scan
each with a military eye, and who can hesitate in
his decision for a single moment ? But, to say
nothing of the great natural advantages of the
former—leaving them altogether out of mind
and question, as though they existed not —who
js not absolutely amazed, yea, shocked, that the
latter should have been selected, of all others, as
a suitable site for such a building 1 Could any
one have been selected more inappropriate, with*
in the same distance, cither way, from the cen
tre of the city 1 I really think not —can conceive
of none such. Removed as it is from the busy
portion of the city—in a retired spot, on the very
outskirts, with but two dwellings in its neighbor*
hood, and consequently so few to hear and delect,
and fly instantly to the rescue, how easily might
it not bo surprised, and its contents removed to
or over the river, by the retired and wholly un
inhabited street in that direction- Moreover,
as the Council will not of course expend upon
it the many thousands necessary for a Citadel, or
place of refuge, where is such a place to be found
immediately connected with it, and at once com*
modious, appropriate, and secure, under its com*
mand and protection ? To my mind an Arsenal
in such a place, would be a positive nuisance, be-
source of danger, rather than of safety—of
alarm, rather than of confidence, and consequent
ly, much as I feel interested in such a building,
and warmly and earnestly as I have advocated
the erection of it, for years, I had infinitely rather
that the city‘should bo without one forever, than
erect one in such a place, which would really be
worse than throwing entirely away, the money
expended on it. I could never have dreamed, for
a moment, that the Council would have selected
a site so inappropriate, or I would have been the
very last to take an interest in the matter. I trust
it is not yet too late to amend the error. I un_
derstand Ihe spot was dotermined on by a vote of
Council at Us last meeting, and that the Mayor,
Mr. Hale, was authorized at the- same time to
purchase the lot. It is not however yet purchas-1
ed. As far as I have yet heard the c' f
ihe citizens, they are decidedly opposed > 0 it, At
present it is scarcely known—bec- jmo g 0 t 0 m y.
self only on Saturday last, 'anj l have not heard
a single person speak of It yet but with asto „ is h,
ment like ray own, an d decided opposition. I trust,
then, that the Mayor, with his accustomed judg,
ment and sagacity, and just regard for the wish
es and Feelings of the citizens, will not consum
mate the bargain till he has had an opportunity
of becoming acquainted with them—that the cit
izens will take the earliest opportunities of speak
ing to him on the subject—and that when they
have done so he will present their views to
Council, and give it an opportunity of reconsider
ing the matter, before placing it beyond its pow.
er to do so. 1 understand that he is instructed to
report the purchase to its next meeting, on the
ensuing Saturday, and there is consequently no
time for delay.
As to obtaining the rear part of the Masonic
Hall lot, on that point there is no difficulty. The
Society is willing to sell it, for Ibis purpose, at a
fair valuation, and to receive the money at once
or merely the interest on it annually, and in per*
peluity, as the Council might prefer—especially
if the Council would include in the building pro
posed, rooms for a Keeper of the Masonic Hall—
having contemplated erecting a building on the
spot in question for that purpose, and as th 0
Council would doubtless provide rooms for a kee
per of the Arsenal, the keeper of both might thus
be combined in one person, and the purp u scs of
the Council, and the Masonic Society be thus
made to harmonize entirely, I have no doubt, from
what 1 have heard from Trustees of the Masonic
Hall, that, liberally considering the object as one
connected with the general interests of the city,
they would cheerfully take a price to he deter
mined by the valuation of disinterested persons
Some, I understand, have suggested as an
objection to this spot that it would te 100 small—
-50 feet front, by ICO feet deep—as 10 feet from
the whole 60 would be reserved for an alley from
the Masonic Hall back. Ido not concur in this
opinion, believing that a building 50 feet by 100
would be amply large, especially, as it may be
made three stories high if desirable. Moreover,
it may be constructed CO feet by 100, with an
archway through the centre ; and I understand
that the Trustees would probably waive the
reservation of ten feet, if the Council considered
it indispensable to a use of the lot.
The apartments required under the purposes
designed by tho Council, are a Guard room, for
the city Night-guard—a room for one or two
Engines—another for the two Field,pieces oftho
Artillery company—all of which would of course
be below : another for about 1,000 muskets, &c.;
another for a gent.al evening Drill-room—and
about two others for a keeper:—all such, it seems
to me, without however a minute calculation,
might easily be included in such a building three
stories high.
A central and public situation, like the one in
question, is desirable, not only for an Arsenal’
but for the Guard room contemplated; and as it is
designed that the arms in the building shall be
used by the several District Companies of the Ci
ty Battalion, on each muster Jay, as In Savannah
and Charleston, the position in question would be
of all others most convenient to all the Compa
nies, while the other selected would be exceeding
ly inconvenient to those in the upper part of tho
city.
In every point of view, then, tho site in tho
rear of the Masonic Hall is far the most eligible
one in the city. I feel assured that it will meet
with more general approbation, on reflection, than
any other, and earnestly hope that our citizens
will speak out decidedly on the subject, ere it be
too late for them to choose.
Some few have suggested the intersection of
Broad and Jackson slicets as a suitable site, to
which I have no material objection, except as to
its effect on the general view and appearance of
our beautiful main street, which is justly the great
pride of the cily ; and I cannot for a moment be
lieve that the citizens would consent to so mate
rial an obstruction to it as the building in ques
tion, which, however ornamental in design, would
be’ very detrimental to the appearance of the
street. A CITIZEN.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
CHARLESTON, June 18.—Aron Saturday, ship All
leglinny, Michaels, Philadelphia; blip Alice, Clapp,
Newbury port, sch Driver, 'l aylor,do. l)epo*itc,Driuk
water, Camden; Napoleon. Sargent, Portland; steam
packet Neptune, I’ennoyer, NY. “ “
Cld, Ur ship Lady Rowena, /‘age, Liverpool; schrs Mo
ry Dow, Tilley, N Y; Empire,Si.uthwick, St Augustine
Alert, Porter, Georgetown; Frederick & Lucy, Lewis
Wilmington; Phoebe & Margaret, Smith, N Oris. ’
Wentto sea,.team packets N Y. Allen, N Y; N Caro,
lina, Ivy, Wilmington. ’
ship”..” l —■■ 1
PREMIUM paid for notes of the
Banks, by JOHN G, WINTER.
June 19 2w
ROUGIIT TO AUGUSTA JAIL, or,
the 18th mst. a negro man, crdlsSjaiselt SAM
says he belongs to Hezekiah Baslia, Cahnntaa to!
Ga.; be is 25 years old, 5 feet 7 iacfces Stigi, light
complected. The owner is requested to eotiso for
ward, pay expenses and take hint frontp il
June 10 w3t ELI MORGAN . Jailor.
A desirable conveyance foe FreigM Iron*
Liverpool to Savannah.
vJ3i The first cla as coppered skip ROBERT
ISAAC, Capt Milts, will sail fironv Liy.
■Tr ”, rrpool lor ‘Savannah on tie 15th day of
August. Freight er.gßgeraents can be mettle ap
plication to the subscriber here, or with Messrs.
Molyneux, Wel'-.erby <Sc Co. Liverpool.
Savannah, June 19 6t G. B, LAM AJL
HAYS’ LINIMENtT “
Price $L
F ’.ction.-This extraordinary chemical rom
" sll ’.on, the result of science and the invention of
I a celebrated medical man, the introduction of
which to the public was invested with the solemnity
of a death-bed bequest, has since gained a reputation
unparalleled, fully suslaining the correctness of the
lamented Dr. Gridley’s last confession, that “ho
dared not die without giving to posterity iho beno-
Ci of his knowledge on this subject,” and ho there
fore bequeathed to his friend and attendant, Solo
mon Hoys, the secret of his discovery.
It is now used in tho principal hospitals, and the
private practice in oar country, first and most cer
tain'y for the cure of the Piles, and also so exten
sively and effectually as to bafilc credulity, unless
. where its effects are witnessed. Externally in tho
following complaints ;
for Dropsy —Creating extraordinary absorption
’ at once.
All Swellings —Reducing them in a few hours.
Rheumatism —Acute or Chronic, giving quick
ease.
Sore Throat— By cancers, ulcers or colds.
Croup, and Whooping Cough— Externally and
over the chest.
All Bruises Sprains or Burns— Curing in a few
hours.
Sores and Ulcers —Wbother fresh or long stand
, mg, and fever sores.
Us operations upon adults and children in redu
cing rheumatic swellings, and loosening roughs
and tightness of the chest, by relaxation of the
parts, has been surprising beyond conception
Ihe common remark of those who have used it in
i Ihe Piles, is “It eels like a charm.”
i The Piles.—The price, $l, is refunded to any
, person who will use a bottle ol Hays’ Liniment for
tho Piles, and return ihe empty bottle without be
ing cured. These are the positive orders of the
proprietor to the agents ; and out of many thou
’ sands sold, not one has been unsuccessful.
We might insert certificates to any length, but
. prefer that those who sell the article, should exhibit
the original to purchasers.
) Caution. —None can be genuine without a
. splendid engraved wrapper on which is my name,
and also that of the Agents SOLOMON HAYS.
To Editors, &c.—All country papers who wilt
f insert Ihe above six months, and send one nninbe;
s I°. *t le agents, shall he entitled to one dozen of the
Liniment. For sale in Augusta by
1 ANTONY & HAINES,
: Juno 19 Agents for Georgia.
5 HEADACHE.
r H. SPOIIN, a German physician of much
j AJ note, having devoted his attention for some
s years to the cure of Nervous and Sick Head
ache, liasflhe'satisfaclion to make known that ho
; has a remedy, which by removing the causes, cures
. effectually and permanently this distressing eom
’ plaint. There are many families nho have consid
-1 ered a sick headache a constitutional, incurable fam
-3 ily complaint. Dr. S. assures them that they are
mistaken, and laboring under distress which they
i might not only alleviate, but actually cradicaie btv
> the use of this remedy.
It is the result of scienlific research, and is of en
tirely a different character from advertised patent
medicines, and is not unpleasant to ths taste. Dr.
S. is so fully assured of its success, that he has
’ given instructions to his agents to refuse the money
i if the users are not quite satisfied with the article.
B. SPO/fN, m. d.. New York.
’ For sale by ANTONY & HAINES,
June 18 Augusta, Agents for Geotgia.