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the 1c lei in ycitoiday's piper, ad-lrc-wed lo
Henry Clay, unj copied from lh« Rh linnind
Whig, b-ing th ■ first of a series, should have
been accompanied hy the t allowing cumiuunica
tfon.
Mr. Jom.l, Vou will much oblige a euliacri
her by republishing from ibe Richmond Whig a
St ties of Idlers addressed by “A friend lo Stale
Rights,” to Henry Clay, of which the enclosed
is the first number, Yours, >Vc. .
from the Richmond Whig.
To lloury Clay, Estj.—Letter 1 1
Sir—Among tho subjects lo which I hove
proposed to invite your attention, you will
naturally expect me lo assign the first place
in order and importance, to that which is ‘‘first
mid last and midst” in the minds of men. I
speak, of course, of a Hank ol the United
Hutus. Its claim to tins disiinciion must he
admitted, though, by me, reluctantly. Ido
not deny its importance, whether as present*
mg a question of political economy; of mere
fiscal convenience; of constitutional law; or of
political philosophy. In each of these aspects,
it is a subject ol high interest, Hut uh on cle
ment m this discuss.on, it is’of little moment.
To say this; and to explain how it is, that,
with my conviction ol its nncori.siliutioiialily,
and mischievous political tendencies strength- j ,
cncd hy lime mid experience, I am yet dis- I ,
posed to pars it by, is my purpose in advert- ,
mg to it hero. Whenever called inter discus. ,
sum, it must he a theme of never-ending strife (
between mo and it* advocates. Hut it is not
in a spirit of strife that I address myself lo '
you, and 1 would therefore.remove it from be- „
tween us. It. is like the tabled shield ol gold i
end silver. It has two faces. You look on f
' one; lon the other. Lot tis not dispute about (
it, hut boar wlb mo candidly, • pray you, ]
while I invite you, for a moment, to change ,
with me our points of view. Even this Ido *.
reluctantly; hut the distempered condition of K
tin; public mind demands it. I
You may, perhaps, doubt the sincerity ol ,
one, who, professing to he a strict Suites Right (
man, of the Anti-Hank school, approaches the |
subject in Ibis quiet temper. Hut what right [
have 1 to press it upon you particularly? t
Where is the man of light and leading among ,
us, to whose principles we might look as a se- |
' cunty against tho incorporation of a new Hunk t
'ofthe United H:a cs! Is Martin Fan Huron B
that man? What arc his principles ! Who 0
knows them! Shall wo find them in the his- |,
tory of the Missouri restriction, ami the Cum- ( |
burland Turnpike gates? Shall wo find them ~
in Ins readiness to discover in the Constitution L .
fin authority to do whatever men in power a
may un it lo do, and a convenient prohibition c
to do whatever limy may happen lo waul not v
t') do! Malniaining, as you do, Sir, tho con- (
struction |iut hj- ihe Supreme Court, on the f (
WMrds '‘accessary and proper.” would you ||
tiol blush lo contend with Ins parasites («) that j
that which is ullogethor eonsiitulional when a
C jngress chooses to do it, is palpably and n
grossly unconstilulional, and that lo contend u
for the contrary, in a damnable heresy, so u
soon as Congress chooses not to do it; that g
precisely such u Hank ns Andrew Jackson h
might have thought necessary and proper, n
would have been constitutional, and that any t|
other imaginable hank was uiicuiisiiiulioiiiil ? gi
’i'u such politicians, tho Constitution is what a
the Bible is to devout Catholics;—just what ti
Councils tiinltc it. If this he prill- li
Huren may have some'.’.ing H
w\mwv \wm iNi-v'rvum Uio utunf, VjuV V\\t'. vu\vui *»<
micNi pTU\W\)>\OH UH u iM tAUWy Vov Uv»- v v
of a nt.norily. i urn at a loss to discover. ° 1
And here, sir, permit me lo say, fb.ut it is (
only m this point of view that I consider the \
sacred and immutable character of the Cou- i
stilution ns « thing of very great political tin- h
portancc. I havo small respect lor the sent il
pies of him who habitually stickles for n liter- (
al construct on in regard to particulars in p
which tho Constitution uu_;lit be changed, cl
.without in the least alluding the rights or in- a
lerests of any man. As a regulator of the 1*
operations ol the Covorinuuut, as n mere | tr
guide in lie exercise of its acknowledged II
powers, it prescribes nothing, that might not, i to
os well, have been left to bo moulded by the h
Government Usolt according to exper.euco ol 1 h
its necoi-sitios and convenience. As a sale- a
guard ut the rights ol minorities,as u measure l
ol the extent, to which they have given their a
'consent to ho hound hy the will ofu majority ; t
without which consent, an the principles of I
our institutions, they would not he bound ut i
hi; hare it is that ilio inviolable sanctity of n
tho Constitution is important. To us, who a
are, hy our position, doomed to he ever ui a ti
minority, it is our solo secuniy. ’J'o us, il is i
the charter of our rights; onr place of refuge; v
the ark ol our salvation. To another part of a
the Union it is but an iuslrumcnl of rule. I
i hey know ils value as such. To them uis 1
vvea th and prosperity. To us it is hut seen- 1
nty. lo thorn it is Commerce, and Maim- I
1 icturcs, and blocks and Herds iuiiutncrahle. i
lousit is hut tho one Ewe l.umh, which was I
Uiopuor man’s all. ’They who administer it I
for their advantage and profit, may see no I
ri ason why it might not change with eircimi- I
stances and occasions. To us it only promo !
sea security, and (or us it must ho immutable
or it is nothing. Others can never know its
value lo those lo whom it iiifonls nothing else 1
hot a pledge ol safety to the little it has not 1
tamn an ay. Die last man whom 1 should *
expect to imdoisjiand and appreciate this, js 1
Martin Van Hureu.
Shull we turn then to General Harrison, 1
vy..o, many years ago, thanked (its stars that ■
they had cast his lot beyond the Ohio, and 1 I
“out of reach of Virginia negroes’” Cl>) Hut, i t
in Cod’s name! what is Con. Harrison, that j I
he should be President of these United Stales! <
A Hero! ! Another Hero ! ! ! |»,ty that Lord !
Byron had not thought lo put him on Ins list. ! i
A Hero !!! / ! W 11. wo arc to seek safety <
ogam under the arm ofu military chieftain. : 1
li tins is not Ins recommendation, what is n ? !
Hut tor the battles of Tippecanoe and me
J harries, (and you know sir, what merit tliero : '
was m the one. and to whom the credit of the
other belongs,) who would not us soon have
thought of him for Hope as president' The
Queen of England might as well make Lord)
Wellington Archbishop of Cantorbury. And '
v.iy is lie thought of/ Why dragged from
obscurity/ \V hy is the thick darkness of Ins |
mind broken up, and the heavy slumber of Ins i
faculties disturbed hy Ibis unseasonable dawn
of glory? Why, but that the marvellous sue
eo«, ot Andrew Jackson lias disclosed a secret
not before suspected, which, to all such as want
a tyrant nr a tool, recommends a indlilary
man as most like to catch the favor of’ the
servile herd who worship power and bow to
is insignia.'—What is he but a man, who,
with a few grams more of understanding,
ought iave halt enough to know (hat he Imsnut
the one hundredth part of what should quoli
>y 1,1111 lur ll *« Bta'.ion he aspires to/ Who has
(alBee Mr Wall * speech on tho Sub-Treasury.
(fO General Harrison ran hardlv have roruoU»n
the soiDca hut cross rri.irt whicl. this remark pro
vthed tromold Join Claiborne ol Hruimw.eK iu-n
id Congress with the General.
'caught him up, and besotted him w ih flattery
to make him the fool of the comedy ! 1 him
go to sleep again, like Cbristoplior Sly, arid
sleep himself Kober, ami wake up the e'erh «/
a county court. Strange that the people ot
Oliio.wha rocotnmetid iurn to ns us President,
can find no woriluer employment lor him?
Heroes must he plenty then;!
Shall wo turn to Mr Hives? Ho t wears
Iby Mr Madison—and Mr Madison opposed the
Bank in 92 and chartered it in ‘lO. Mr Hives
lias great faith, too, in the oracles of Mr Jef
ferson’s wisdom. Jliit hit) quondam friend, the
illustrious grandson, is not irreparable; and
when once that is reconciled, lie may again
have accccs to the modern Herculaneum,Horn
whence may bo drawn, at any time, a manu
script suited to any emergency. Mr Hives
was never any thing but as an appendage to
some great man—the echo of the dead, or
the shadow of the living. When an echo or
a shadow sets up for itself, what is it?
Shall we turn to Judge White? Who asks
tins question? None but they who supported
Mr Van Horen against him. But what can
we do with Judge White? Let him go to
Knoxville, and there enact Cato at Utica. He
is not suited to the times. Ctnsir and Potn
pey are the men. What could wo do with a
man of his absurd honesty, and unfashionable
opinions, and unchangeable principles? Let
him go! Aye, let him go, end carry with him
tin ; respect ami veneration of all men. Their
voles are not for him— hut he will have their
confidence and their prayers . He lias mine.
Hod bless him!
Shall we turn to Mr. Calhoun, the political
Tiresias—once a States Highi man, and twice
a Consolidationisl? Why, it is but yesterday
that he was the warm and steady advocate ot
a Bunk ; and strange to tell, be only descried
(lie cause of the Bank when he deserted us I
11c surely did not mean to lend his counte
nance to Hitchiu’s idea, that none arc true
Stale Rights men who do not belong to the
spoils party, and that all others are bought by
the Banks. But there is a sort es transcen
dentalism about Mr. Culliuun’s political phil
osophy, which is beyond our comprehension.
It is of the school of Kant, and we arc to
be whipped and set on the dunce block, be
cause wo cannot understand how an increase
of patronage infers a diminution ofinfluencc —
how the power of the Executive is to be cur
tailed by investing the President with the ab
solute coni ml of the whole monetary system
of the country —now his means of rewarding
his partisans are to be curtailed hy making him ,
the greatest money holder and money broker
in the world, operating witli an annual income 1
equal to the whole of Rothschild’s capital '
and, above all, bow it is that Mr Calhoun’s i
coincidence with the Administration in appro
ving a single proposition which they have j
themselves deserted, should engage ins uni
form support to the men themselves and all 1
their measures. Is it not amazing? States (
Right men have all along agreed to dilfer '
among themselves on the Bank question. The |
most thorough going nullificrs have been Bank ,
men—and they were far more intolerant ol
ns Ilian wc of them. No body can have for- (
gotten how Mr. McDulHo was in live habit of 1
brow beating his party, and scornfully declar
ing that he would not condescend to argue
the constitutional question with them, lie
stands where he did, and Mr. Calhoun cannot
ilford to quarrel With one of whose snbordina
ion ol (lie heart (a feeling which docs him i
honor) t<’, his early patron, he (eels secure.— ,
out Mr. Preston is denounced for holding the ,
B\)m\(mti \uj \m.i uKviiyw ItuUl. It\ fNfr. ,
V uWuMtu um> «V Ihoau >vhu uvu "V>uur,\t\tn V\tu 1
Turk, no brother near the throne ? Yet Mr.
Calhoun saw no inconsistency in himself
when ho was a Bank man and a Slates Right ,
man. Even now, in making confession of
hissing, ho docs not pul that on the fist—on ’*
the contrary, lie explains and justifies. "The
CJovernmeui,” he says, ‘ had treated Bank pa,
ier as money, and so made it money, and so
thanged thu Constitution, and so gave itself ~
i power to create a Bank. Then comes the
.’resilient, in h;s omnipdtence, and refuses to
real Bank paper us money, and so changes 11
ho Constitution hack again, and s» lakes
iway the power to create a Bank.” This is t
us argument. Well now it seems (and you <
have my thanks for it sir,) the Government i
again treats Bank paper, ns every body else (
treats it —that is, according to Mr. Calhoun—
as money, and, hy consequence, the Constitu
tion is again changed, and hy consequence, 1
the power to create a bank is restored. This I
is Mr. Calhoun’s conclusion ; not mine. Jt i
is above me. I can never understand how, if .
another man is bound to deliver mo a horse,
and 1 lake money in satisfaction, that the mo
ney thereby becomes a horse, and must be fed
with corn—but to Mr. Calhoun, all this is plain
and, us he has learned of late to halo the
Bank and its President, for having successlul
ly, and with a firmness that shamed Ins pusil
lanimity, braved the Tyrant before whose
frown he cowered, and from whose wrath votj
saved hint—he has found himself constrained
from regard to his dear consistency, to op.
pose tlie repeal of the arbitrary Specie Circu.
lar.lor which repeal ho formerly voted. Had
ho again voted fur it, he must perforce have
acquiesced in ihu charter of a new Bank.—
To my understanding, he must do so still. —
He is not the Government. His beggarly
one vole in nine, against thirty odd, cannot
change the fact. The Government in spite
of him, again treats bank paper us money, and
on his principles the Government is again
bound to establish a Bank, and he, as a mem
ber of the Government, is bound to vote for it.
He bus no choice. 7’lic Government is bound
to regulate as inuncv, whatever it treats as mo
ney, and by hie own showing a bank is ilie on- I
ly matins. 1 daresay he will tind some way to
escape i.his conclusion for my part I see none.
As 1 never adopted Ins premises, 1 am free to
reject it; but i.‘ he can escape it, so can lie
evade any argUiAent, any obligation, any
pledge whatever. J will have no such Pro
tons; and while 1 retain my hostility to a bank,
Mr. Calhoun will bo the very last man to
whom 1 will entrust the defence ol the Con
stitution against the friends of one.
But on whom, after alt, docs it depend, wheth
er wc arc to have a Uanft of the United Suites ot
no 1 On Mr. Van Diiren? No, On you? JKo.
It depends on the People. The people may
awake Itom their lethargy—they may shako otf
this incubus administration—they may punish
] the crimes ot speculators, plunderers and tyrants
—they may even elect you President; and yet
have no Bank, unless they choose. But they
will choose lo have a Bank, and a Bank they will
have, whether you lie elected or no. And why !
Because the condor! of Government has driv.
ou theitt to believe it indispensable. For this,
you have all along contended. I differed from
you, and do so still. So once did many who are
now convinced t for Ihc conviction which your
arguments failed to carry to their minds, has been
forced upon them by their recent sufferings.
When you assured them that their only choice
was between a Hank, and gieat fiscal and com
mercial embarrassment, they hoped you might be
wrong or that the inconvenience might not be in
tolerable. But the Government has come in aid
ol your argument.—ll has brought upon them a
degree ol disticss, such as you certainly never
Jlillcipatcd, from if mere waul uj a (Sank, and
sells them that this is the true <it-d only allerna..
live - thallhcieis no choice; but between u Dank
and a system of Finance, which thinking men
foresaw, and which all men now feel, must be at
tended by insupportable disaster. Both parlies
have 'bus laboured ; the one loading, the other
driving; the otic by argument, the other by mis
rule, to es’ablish this conclu-ion in the common
mind. The excitement of war, the pride of mil
iiy glory, the stimulus of resentment and ambi
tion, may forlily the minds ol a people to near
much. But what is there in the calamities of
modern war, like what we have borne I And
what is there, “in these weak piping times of
peace,” to steel the hearts of men against such
inflictions ?
The History of the World tells of no people
having enough of public virtue, to lie do vn rous
kvtu in misery, from any sense of duly what
ever. Religious fanaticism itself, could, not abide
the trial. A single devout Mussulman might
perhaps be found, who would sooner starve .than
eat [lurk,. But let (he Jand of tjio Moslim afford
no food hut that, and the heaven of the Prophet
would be presently renounced.
But, while the two great parties of the Union
have thus concurred in forcing the people tu bo
lieve ihoir only choice to be, between a Bank and
Bread, and no Bank and no Bread; there arc
some who believe, (and I am of the number) that
we might have no Bank, and yet not starve.
Were the cars of the people open to argument on
this point, I might now discuss if. The violence
ol arhilraiy misrule has closed their ears, and the
irrefragable logic ol Mr Calhoun has sealed them
up.
I turn then, again to you, whoso influence will
prevail so much iu adjusting the detads of a fu.
lure Bank. On that subject I shall beg leave to
offer some thoughts to your consido ration. In
another letter, I propose tu call your attention to
some of the evils of such and institution, and es
pecially to those which the calamitous events of
the last five years have developed. To devise a
remedy for these, is a task which well deserves
your best thoughts.
A Fill KMI OF STATE 111 GUTS.
CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
' AUGUSTA.
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Tliiirsilii y .Morning, June 2H.
'* -,-■■■ ——J- : f
Iliouil Sword L.vOrdfcC.
Mens. Baugh, as will be seen fr-;:a his adver
tisement, in another column, proposes to give
lessons in the XBoad Sword Exercise. He lias
made every preparation for it, and has a largo
number of the best practicing swords we ever
saw. His class has just commenced, and he
will continue to receive schollars till the Ist of
July. Ho toadies, not only the English system’
hut the French one, also, which is very beauli. 1
lul; and both will ho included in his regular 1
course; so that those who take lessons of him ,
will have the great and unusual advantage of i
learning both systems, and as perfectly, wo be- '
lieve, as they can ho taught. Gentlemen ac> 1
quainted with the English, hut not the French '
system, would he much pleased by witnessing at ,
his room the peculiar and striking difference of
the two. We arc not prepared to say which is
the most useful and effective, but the French is
undoubtedly the more impressive and beautiful
in appearance, from its greater scope and freedom
of action, and the peculiar manner in which it
covers the whole person, under a general attack
from eviiy llowevi-i, lie !h
-on which side it may, the pupils of M. Uai«.k
wili of course derive all the benefits of it in ac.
ijuiring both'.
-Sixty third Ainuversiii-y of American Jn
deiiciidancc.
I
CELEIIItATION .
The Committee appointed to make arrange' 1
merits for the celebration of the approaching an- 1
niversary of our National Independence, would I
announce the following.
The day will bo ushered in, by a salute of 1!!
guns, by the Augusta Artillery Guards. At 10
o’clock, a procession will ho formed in front of
the United-States Hotel, under the command of
Gapt. Edward Campbell!, as Marshal of the Bay,
and thence proceed to the I’rcsbyloiian Church,
and after divine service, the Declaration of Inde
pendence will bo read by W.u. A. Kain, Esa.,
and an Oration duliveftid by Ur. F. M. 11 oiiv.iit.
sox.
Order of I‘rocesiioJl.
1. Volunteer Corps,
2. General Officers and Staff.
3. Officers of the tenth Regiment.
4. Officers of the United States Arrtiy.
5. Uovolutionary Soldiers.
0. Reverend Ulcrgy.
Orator and Header.
... 8-JMavor of the Oily ami Members of Council.
9. Judges of the Superior and Inferior Courts
and Court of Common Fleas.
10. Medical Faculty.
11. Members of the Bar.
42. St. Andrew’s Society.
13. Now England Society.
14. Mechanics' Society.
15. Agricultural Society of Richmond County.
16. Citizens and Strangers.
The General Olliccrs and Staff, Officers of the
lOih Regiment, Officers of the U, S. Army, Re
verend Clergy, Mayor of the City and Members
of Council, Judges of the Superior tod Inferior
Courts and Court of Common Picas, Medical
Faculty, Members of the Bar, St. Andrew's So
ciety, New England Society, Mechanics’ Society
Agiicullural Society of Richmond County, Stran
gers and Citizens, generally, arc respectfully in
vited to join the procession in the above order.
The Pews on the right and left of the centre
i aisle, will be reserved for the Military and Socie
ties.
After the procession is dismissed at noon, the
Military will repair to their stations on Green-st.,
wjicn a salute of 26 guns will be fired by the Au.
guslil Artillery Guards.
Gun No. 1- "till l’° stationed at the intersection
of Green and j' v >ckson streets, and Gun No. 2,
will be stationed at fhc intersection of Green and
Centie streets.
(£/• Those persons who reside in the vicinity
of the guns, are requested to have their window
sashes raised, to prevent the breakage of glass.
committees.
B. B. Kirtland,
From Council, C Win. G Nimmo,
j G.F. Parish,
f Liei. John W Stoy.
Richmond Blues, ■? Corp. R. C. Carmichael,
(_ Private, 11. A. Kenrick,
A Sergeant, M. A, Stovall,
Augusta Guards, C Corp. George Head.
j Private, S. B. Groves.
The (hciohees.
By a gentleman who arrived in oUr place yes
terday, direct front the Cherokee country, says
the Athens Whit! of Saturday last, vve learn that
i all the Indians, whose situations permitted their
removal, have been taken without the limits of
Georgia preparatory to their (departure for the
U est.
For this prompt execution of the treaty, 100
much praise cannot he bestowed on tho Coni'
mending officers, and on our patriotic Governor,
for tho efficient means he has so readily alforded
for tho prosecution of this work. It is to all a
source of much gratification that, their removal
from our limits, has been effected without the
slightest disturbance to mar tho peace of the
Whites or Indiana.
Loss of Cotton.
Two flat boats, containing 260 hales of cotton,
belonging to the Aberdeen Kail Koad and Bank'
ing Company, were burnt on the 7th inst., in the
Yazoo River, at Manchester.
The Rev. Jasper Adams, D. I), lias been ap
pointed by the President of the U. S. on the re
commendation of the Secretary of war, Chaplain
and J J ro/essor of Moral Philosophy of the
West Point Academy.
The Pulaski.
Tho Steam Packet North Carolina, Capt. Ivy,
arrived at Charleston on the 2Glh. She brings
no further additional intelligence relative to the
Pulaski. Wo copy the following particulars
from the Mercury.
A lady, one of the passengers saved, stales she
saw thu alter part ol the Pulaski, after the sepa
i alien ol the Boat took place, sink so far as to
throw the rudder out of water, in which situation
it remained as long as it was visible from the por.
lion of the wreck she was on.
On Monday last a trunk belonging to Mrs. Dun
ham, con ta n“ng one Gold Walch,7o or gn .
‘ars in m° ; ic y» and s oluo clothes , )icked JJ
on Oak Island Bcachj a chest was also picked up
y otic ol tilt f,orlU Carolina Pilot Boats con
hnv.Tijj F jmo money and clothes owned by Mr.
West.
A part of the main hull, and a portion of the
promenade deck had drifted ashore near Smilh
ville.
The statement of the Committee of the Pas
sengers increases the hope that a portion of those
who wore on the stern of ihe P. when the acci
dent occurred, and she separated, have been saved
by some vessel which has taken them oil’. The
first impression was that the stern had sunk. It
now appears that “it drifted off, without sink
ing, with many people on it, plainly visible to
those on the forward deck-'’
The statement of lady, one of the passengers,
that she saw ‘ the after part of the Pulaski sink
so us to throw the rudder out of waterI'’ 1 '’ i s recon
cilable with that made by the Committee of Pas
sengers. Tho ballast being in this part of the
Boat it would inevitably decline into the sea, so
as to throw the rudder out of the water; but the
submersion would ho hut temporary and only un
til this part of the Steamer was relieved of the bal
last as oven the forward part of tho boat recover
ed its buoyancy after sinking about ten feet.
[ton TUE CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.]
City Arsenal.
Mr. Jones—Tho communication of a citizen
urging the propriety of locating the City Arsenal,
in the rear of ill-' Masonic Hall, was the first in-
VvmMton I hru\ t\\,a
contemplation. Now-, Sir, although I know that
wo live in an ago of humbugs, it had never oc
curred to me, that so ridiculous and suicidal a
project as that of building an arsenal at all, would
have been entertained for a moment. What end
is in view. 1 suppose the one avowed, is that it
will give additional security to our citizens, and
how will it clfect it, by collecting together their
sole means of defence and lolling them when
threatened with danger to fly to this point with
their wives and children and arm themselves in
I their defence, hut suppose that they are met at its
threshold, by a ruthless foe, who had as a prelimi
nary step possessed themselves of the Citadel.
What a scene of carnage would ensue, and if an
attempt upon our lives is ever made, what plan
could he devised so likely to succeed, and at the
sains time so easy of execution, as tile oho to
which 1 have alluded, and to cflect which, the
erection of an arsenal would ipvito them to con
centrate their energies,
I warn ihoso in authority—l charge them by
every consideration which magistrates should
hold dear, the liberties, lives, and property of the
people whom ,lhey govern, to abandon the
erection of this building.
It it is conceived that our means of defence
are insufficient, arm the citizens, require every
white male between tho ages of sixteen and forty
to arm himself at the public expense, (if you
please) with a musket arid a given number of
hall cartridges, appoint an armourer, whose bu
siness it shall be to keep the arms in order, such
as are not brought to him, let him call and in
spect a! stated intervals, and lake with him to the
armory such as require cleaning &c. with the un
derstanding that he shall not have in his posses
sion more than a half dozen muskets at any one
time.
It seems to me that some such plan, would be
much tho most protective, and much the least
expensive, two very important requisites in pub.
lie, as well as in private operations.
a Native citizen.
Drowned.
Mu James Mom of the firm of John McCrea
& Go. dry goods merchants of this City, was
drowned last night, at about ten o’clock, whilst
bathing near Bennett’s Mills. Every exertion
was made to save him, but in vain.— Charleston
Mercury of yesterday.
[ From Ihe Savannah Georgian of Tuesday ]
A daring attempt at Robbery.
The Banking House of the Bank of the State
of Georgia, was entered between (he closing of
business on Saturday and Moqday morning, sup
posed to he during Sunday. The outer door of
the Vault was forced open—nearly all the draw.
ers of the Officers’ desks opened and searched
the inner iron door presented the obstacle to the
villains entering tho Vault, and the Bank has
sustained no loss, not a dollar having been stolen,
as they were unable to obtain access to the mo
ney. The following paper was left on the table
of the President directly in fiont of his chair,
written in a plain bold hand.
“That iron door made a complete April Fool of
us.” And on the reverse of the sheet, the fol
lowing, “It is hard to kick against the pricks.—
Bad Luck.”
The citizens should be upon the alert—there
are no doubt, incendiaries among us, who failing
to obtain money, may resort to other means.
All vagrants should be arrested and examined.
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Correspondence of the New York Daily Express
Laic and important Irom Canton.
Canton, March 7, 1838.
Herewith I give you an extract of a Govern
ment Notification of a regulation inaJc by the
Honorable Court of Director.-;, and published by
the order of the Honorable the President of lire
Council of India, in Council, under date of Cal
cutta, 29th December, 1837, and republished in
the Singapore Free Press, of February 1, 1838.
Foreign ships belonging to any State or Coun
try in Europe or in America, so long as such
States or Countries, respectively, remain in amis
ly with her Majesty, may freely enter the British
seaports and harbors in the East Indies, whether
they come directly from their own country or
from any other place, and shall be there hospita
bly received; and such ships have liberty to im
port into such seaports from their own respective
countries, goods, the produce of their countries;
and to export goods from such seaports to any
foreign country whatever, conformably to the re
gulations established or to be established in such
seaports. Provided, that it shall not be lawful
for the said ships, in lime of war between the
British Government and any state or power what
ever, to export from the said British territories,
without the special permission of the British Go.
comment, any military or naval stores, saltpetre,
or grain; nor to receive goods on board at one
British port of India to bo conveyed to another
British port in India, on freight or otherwise; but
nevertheless, the original inward cargoes of such
ships may be discharged at different British ports,
and the outward cargoes may be laden at differ,
enl British ports for their foreign destinations.”
By which it appears that foreign ships may
now freely enter the Indian ports either, directly
from their own country or from any other place;
to import from their own respective countries,
goods the produce of their countries; and to ex.
port goods from such ports whatsoever! of course
deprived of the coasting trade) which heretofore
they have been deprived; and which before re
quire! American vessels loading at ports in India
to disengage at a port in the U. States. It now
throws open to us the carrying trade. Our ves
sels might now find d tor their interest to stop
at nidia. for freights of cotton, or for investments
to this place. Their bales are more compact
than ours, which will enable them to take greater
cargoes. The rate of freight from Bombay is
now about 20 Company’s rupees per candy of
7 cwt, or 784 lbs. making it about 1 1-5 cents
per lb.; and from Calcutta $4 per bales of 300
lbs., making 1 1.3 cents pet- lb.; last year freights
from Calcutta were as high as $6 per bale. A
bale of Bombay cotton weigh* 3 cwt., or 336 lbs,
being two and one third bales to a candy.
By this Opium Clippers under American col
ors can now ply between this place, Bombay and
Calculta,—there would be one objection to it, in
consequence of their not being able to stop at
Singapore, or at oilier British possessions in the
Straits to discharge any part of a cargo taken in
at Bombay or Bengal, as it would come within
the scoj u of the coasting trade ; of course they
will be enabled to stop at Singapore and any oth
er of the British possessions In the East, and loud
Hico or other cargo for China or other parts ts
the world.
It ruould however appear by the new regula
tion that an American or any foreign vessel can
not lake cargo from China to India, the produce
of the country, nor can they, as before, lake from
any other foreign country, by any vessel not un
der the respective flag of that nation, the produce
of that country, as for instance, copper by an
American vessel from South America ; or the pro
duce and manufactures of any foreign country
hour the United Stales. It is clearly an oversight,
and caution should be observed or some one
might bo caught.
I'rom the N. Y. Express, June 23.
.Honey Market—City News.
1 bo seen have drooped a little to
(TTiy. J lit? Inn wt:utiii>*, ouo|.».w. u .i .
the Sub Treasury, &c. all contributed to a de
pression in the money market.
Exchange o r England has declined to day.
Most of the banks gave out early in the day, that
they would draw at 109) —which knocked down
private bills to 109| with very dull sales. On
Baris there were some sales at 517) which is the
same as last packets.
The fearful tidings of the disaster of the steam
boat Pulaski seem "to thicken upon us, and
spread a heavy gloom over Wail street The
distressing late of the passengers is now the topic
that occupies the attention of every man on the
exchange, and has a visibly effect on monied
operations.
Thk Sun Treasury —We learn from the
Philadelphia papers, that there was on Monday
evening last a very respectable meeting of De
mocrats at the County Court house in that city,
Aklcrmad Badger presiding, by which resolutions
were adopted disapproving of the sub Treasury
bill. Friends and opponents of the Administra
tion unite in deprecating it; whilst the Adminis -
tration persists in pressing it upon Congress, de
fying public opinion with the taunt that, whether
Congress shall approve or condemn it, it is now
effectively in force, and in force shall rem ilti as
long as “the party” remains in power. —National
Intelligencer.
Bartikiuake —There was a severe shock of
an earthquake fell at Louisville on Saturday last.
Wo are informed by several respectable persons,
who were in that place at the lime, that the shock
was so severe as to occasion a vibration of two
or three inches in the lops of houses. It created
very considerable alarm, and many persons rush
ed from their houses into the streets. It caused
some of the bells in the Gall House to ring.
Some few persons observed a slight shock in
this city about the same time.— Cincinalli Whig
ilh ihst.
COMMERCIAL.
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Augusta Market.
Cotton.- -Our market for this article, os for every
thing else, continues dull, and wo have rather to ;
note a dull than an improving market. The high 1
rules of freights in Savannah, and the scarcity of '
vessels, are amongst the causes which tend to de
press us. Fine cottons are bought up eagerly when
ever offered, whilst inferior and middling qualities
arc diflicultto dispose of. VVonow quote 7a 101 c
as extremes of the market.
Groceries. —We have so little trade with the
interior, that almost all descriptions of goods are
dull. Four loads of very superior Bacon have been
sold from w agons at 13 u 131 els., cash, hog round.
Exchange. —Checks on New York continue in
demand at G percent.,; on Philadelphia, 5 per cent.;
onCharleston,! per cent; United States Bank notes
5 a 5 per cent.; Charleston Bank Bills 3 per cent.
Freights, to Savannah, $1 per bale; to Charles
ton, SI 25 for square, SI 00 for round bales. The
river is now in good boating order.
NEW ORLEANS MARKET, JUNE 23.
Colton. —Our market (yesterday) presented a new
feature. One ofour largest North Alabama factorage
houses agreed with a Liverpool house to ship half
of their stock and receipts under an advance of
about ?i a 8c per lb. and to sell them the other hall
at about 81 per l(r.; they have now 2501) bales on
hand, and expect to receive 10,000 bales more.—
Another North Alabama factorage bouse is now
busy stripping all they have on Land, and expect to
do the same with about 12,000 bales more, now on
the way to another Liverpool house, under advance
of 7 c per lb. This w ill relieve us of about 25,000
bales, the largest portion ol which is yet to be re
ceived,so that for the balance of this season no Eu
ropean accounts,even il they should be unfavorable
»ill have any effect upon our prices before tiro new
1 * 4 '*’% 4. 4 -
■ r, 'I> comes to market, which from dm very (iuo
weather we lime cannot he lath; ami is likely to he
very abunda.vt. Tho sales have been to the ex
tent ol iaOO bales; wo nolo 600 bales Temtesaeo
■ (selected out of 776) middling fair at 88c.; 300 .North
s Alabumas rniddhng, at Hi,; 280 middling fair Ten
, neasee, at 81c.; and other lots at our lop quotations
, f ,ic receipts at the shipping ports now amount
to over i,710,090 and the exports to Great Britain
i to over one million of bales.
1 , Louisiana and Mississippi, 7a l ie. extremes; fair
I la < Worth Alahamas, 6 a 11c.; lair Us a 91c.
freights. Iho British ship Frances was taken
i U P yesterday at Id per lb. idr a full cargo for Liver
pool American vessels now roluse to accept of
that rale. r
i
■‘■' i T*y»~rT , rTca» jg *-* j i i^TricBrirMMMW—
MARINE intelligence.
, .. I S , A ' A! '|N AH, Ju, io -O —cleared, ship American.
, t Ivlclicr, Liverpool, ship Tennessee, Malison, Liverpool
i “ r Wife. Pickam, Vannoiith, N b, ship Ho*!
. ait J» Meinl, Liverpool,br Orson, Smith, Kingston, Ja.
Arnved, ship Walter, Faulk, Philadelphia,ship Glide*
I If i.cy,! ortsmouth, N 11, schr Adelaide Jenny, Younel
1 nilade,phia* steamboat Libert, Hubbard, Augusta
: i*J*’ff ,a i Cion 1J do, John Randolph, Lyon, do. *
i Went to sea, ship Monticcllo, Lawton, Liverpool, shin
I uceanus. Prince, do, ship Pcctulus, II aiding;, do, br Or
i | se,, » “nnth, Kingston.
I departed, steamboat Win Seubrook, Kinr, Charleston
sleumlo it Libert, Hubbard, Augusta,
i HAKLLbTON, June27.—Ar yesterday, s c un puck
ft,lN t . Ivy, Wilimngton,
j n the ollljig—-ship New Jersey, from Liverpool.
Lid, barque Globe, Silsby, Liverpool; schr r rederick :
and Lucy, Lewis, Portsmouth, X 11; steam packet NC
1 Ivy, Wilmington.
I Went ie »ca, sulirs Caspian, Swascy, St Augustine;
Wave, 1-arrow, \V llnuugtoii, N Cjstraiu packet N C. Ivy
n ihuingtou.
Obituary.
Departed this hfe, in Waynesborough, on the
21st of June, alter a lingering and painful illness
ol several months, Mrs, Rachel Stuuoxss, in
the 52d year of her age. “ None knew her but
to love her—none knew her but to praise.”
In the death of this most worthy lady, society
has been called upon to mourn the loss of one of
its brightest examples of practical usefulness and
piety. In all the various relations of life, Mrs. S.
well merited the character which she sustained,
| of being a kind and affectionate mother, a gene’
I rous and devoted friend, a feeling and charitable
j member of society, and a most exemplary chris-.
tian. She died under a firm and abiding benviq-.
| (ion, that she was only quitting.t-ii&V.earthjy fab.
ernacle, this house of clay, for a respjcn.te eternal
in the heavehs.”
“Ne’er to the mansions where the virtuous rest,
hmeo 1 * elr fo “ndof.o n> came a worthier guest;
Nor tolllQ rp“ ,ms ol bliss was e’er conveyed, ,
A •Tll.uor spirit, or more gentle shade.” Vi
*~ ..^ t| n m , n —mmii———^
CANAL FLOUR, &c.—3o barrels Canal
Flour, received this day by Rail Road.
Also, 20 bids Fresh Uuttet Crackers.
10 half bbls do do
June 23 3t by W. &J. NELSON & Co.
JAOUR nionihs alter date application w j[l bo
made to the honorable tho Inferior Court of
Burke county, w hen silting for ordinary purposes for
!cavc to sell the plantation belonging to the eslato
of John M. I. arnbert, deceased, in said county ad
Joining lands of John Cock, Mathew Jones, and’oth
ers. Also, a negro man belonging to said estate by
the name ol Hob. 1
ANDERSON LAMBERT ) „
GEORGE VV. EVANS, ( E Erg x ’ rg -
Waynesboro, Juno 28, 18J8.
O. COSBY’S DYSPEPTIC BITTERS.
PERHAPS there is nothing more calculated tit
disgust the public eye than the innumerable
advertisements of nostrums that are coustnntlv ap
pearing in tho public prints. All are ready to ex
claim, our souls arc sick, our ears are pained with
every day’s reports of ills and specifies. This stale
of tho public mind would seem to forbid any pert on
of delicate mind from sending forth any new dis
coveries in medicine to the tr.ul of the public ; still
motives ol delicacy should not prevent us from
making known any real discoveries, which we are
confident will benefit our fellow-men. This latter
consideration lias prompted the aulhoi of theso
Bitters to make them known. Ho knows they oro
highly efficacious, for he himself, his wife an J many
friends have given their, a thorough trial. Flo was
himself a confirmed dyspeptic, so much that even
ho lias fjeeii rcstorcd'to horlth. Mrs. Cosby was
troubled for many years, but was restored to health
by the use ot these Bitters. This Ims been the caso
with many of his friends.
Mr Cosby, in sending forth this advertisement,
addresses those who know him. He was for many
years a resident of Aug'ustn, and is now a resident
of Hamburgh, where he may at any time bo con
suited about the Bitters. '1 hey are good in all
cases of diseases ot the digestive organs, the syrap
toms ot winch are, Indigestion, Fam or Oppression
in tin Stomach from loud, loss of Appetite, Flatu
j lency, Heart Burn, Fam and Giddiness m the Head,
J Pain m the Side, Shortness of Breath. Lassitude,
general Weakness, Disturbed Sleep, &c.
The composition is entirely botanical, and has
proved officae.ous when many celebrated medicines
had failed. In support ol which ho gives the iollo w
ing certificate, and might give many others :
” Having been afflicted with dyspepsia for seve
ral years, and having used many celebrated medi
cines without receiving any Benefit, I purchased a
buttle of U. Cosby’s Dj spoptic Bitters, and have
been restored to perfect health by it.
SYDNEY MORRIS.” t
Directions. —Ono w ine glass full in the morning
and half a glass after dinner will be sufficient. '
Price S 2 6 I —to be had at J. Cosby’s Tavern, on
the Columbia road, nine miles from Augusta, at
Mr. Hobby’s book store, Augusta, and at Edgefield
Court Douse. ly Juno 28
CAVALRY EXERCISES.
[ Technical Terms and different Divisions of tho
Broad Sword, as taught by Francis George.
Range, a Graduate of the National Academy
at Paris, and a Teacher of that Institution.
FIRST DIVISION.
Prepare to guard. Guard. Assault. Left, pro
! loot. Right protect. Prepare to guard. Front
i give point. Prepare to guard. Guards. Slope
j swords.
SECOND DIVISION.
Prepare to guard. Guard. Assault. Guard.
' Bridle arm protect. Sword arm protect. St,
j Georgs. Rear cut. Guard. Slope swords.
THIRD DIVISION.
Prepare to guard. Guard. Assault. Guard
Horse’s near side protect. Horse’s off side protect.
Put one, two, and one. Left protect. Right pro
tect. Prepare to guard. Front give point. Cut
one. Guard. Slope swords.
FOURTH DIVISION.
Prepare to guard. Guard. On your right to the
front parry. Cut two and one. Right give point \
against Infantry. Prepare to guard. Left give ’
point against Infantry. Cut three and four. Guard.
Slope swords, I
FIFTH DIVISION.
Prepare to guard. Guard. Left cut one and two.
Right cut one and two. Left give point against
Cavalry. Prepare to guard. Right give point,
against Cavalry. Cut five and six. Guard. Slope
swords.
SIXTH DIVISION.
Prepare to guard. Guard. Right give point
Gilt ono and two. Left parry. Lett protect. RigijL
protect. Front give point. Prepare to guard
Guard. Slope swords
These are the Bread Sword Exercises forCavalry
Mons. Bauge will also teach the Infantry to perlec
tion, on the Parisian order. B
CCf Mons B. will continue to lake schellars until I
the Ist of July next Gentlemen desirous of learn ■
mg the Cavalry and Infantry Exercises, will bo ■
made perfect in one month,by taKtngone lesson per B
day- They have the privilege of taking four, if
they desire. I
Hours of Tuition, from 6 to 7, and from J to
10, A. M. —from 5 to 6, and from 8 to 9, ?■ M.- -
During the intermodule hours, Mons. Bauge will
attend to giving gentlemen private lessons at then ■
rooms, if required. Junet