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8c 'iic in lliivmm.
It was in i lie In 11 or end of the month id D
COinbcr, Is.'i-, lF»i my busmens obliged me I"
emhn'k in (lie hr g Hava a. t«>r ll,c port of the
name name on (lie I ' mil «•;' t hda \V nh tic*
exception of having one or t, o of o ir light
spars carried aw ay, andoir s'cward was.ied
overboard— during what the m lor.-cn'! a“e;f
equal!”—wotiTiwtl safely a' o ir cCilnel ha
ven, and alter a vexations detention ol some
little lime, were p ri'intcd by ill„■ “high d
‘tanes nfllie city.” to la id.
At the close of a p| t a ml, bid ra'hcr sultry
day, having hem busily employed, aid led mg
la'igncd lliereby, I entered one ol liio old
princely cases For winch Ibis place is dialin.
guiahed. Ad tlm cosily parian tables which
were arranged a'ion I the room were tilled w lien
1 entered. Sotn; ofibc occupants were dr.lik
ing, smoking, playing at cards and dice, read,
mg the late papers and conversing a’ond,
which, with various ciders given in Spanish
and French, and the bustling movement oFlbe
numerous waiters, who with their white aprons
and unintelligible conversation among tliem
hclves, added not a little to the excitement ol
the scene. 1 was about retiring when a table
•at the far end ol the room «m vacated by a
parly ol gentlemen, and ordering tliu water
to bring, mo a Few cigars and a cup of strong
codec. 1 took up an evening paper, and
amidst graceful wreaths of amoke which as
cended From my “Havana,” was In a short
: timc lost in speculation upon the icJined sub
jects ul cotton, sugar and tobacco.
The hour was growing late—most of the
tables were vacant—throwing my cloak over
my shoulders and casting a quarter doubloon
on the tabic, I was about to make my exit,
when my attention was suddenly a nested by
the angry and vehement talking oFtliree gen
tlemen, who at that moment entered. Think
ing at lirsl they were all (Spaniards, 1 was
-about passing on, when an imperfect utquaui.
tanco winch tiie younger man displayed with
the Spanish tongue caused me to pause and
view him attentively, rlde-was not more than
two or three and twenty years old; Ins figure
was slight but oFlbe most i y mmelncal propur-1
lions; Inn eyes were of an uncommon Lnl- j
Ho nee, black and sparkling, and he being at !
the time under great excitement, they were]
Feat ltd to look upon. Holding Ins but For the j
purpose of cooling bis boated brow, Ins noble
"Ibroljcad was'bronglit to view, over winch the !
short dark curls hung with a natural grace, I
His companions, with both of whom he np- I
pearedtobo at variance, were bnt’i athletic
men; and From their peculiar dress and certain
provincialism of which in their excited humor
'they were gndty, proclaimed them to my prac
tised car,to be natives ul old Spain.
“Enough lias been said, Scignor,” exclaim
'■cd the young man, to the tallest and most gen
tlemanly looking stranger. “In refusing u>
.give you immediate satisfaction, I acted From
motives which you can neither understand
nor appreciate; but the base and ungentle
manly language in wfneli you Ini ve expressed
yourself; words which would have d egrad'd
n highwayman among his companions,“atlicr
than add to the reputation ofu dosoenduodaut
of one ol the oldest families in old Caitilo
has induced mo to change my resolution; and
now scignor, although being a stranger and ,
not possessing a friend in the oily to whom I
cun apply in tins oincrgjiicy, yet lam prepar- I
‘ml to be on the ground at the lini", winch I
■your own second may appoint. Ho shall i
make all the necessary arrangements—’.nist- 1
mg in your honor, that nothing shall be done '
’ririlairly. Iloing iniicii prepossessed with the 1
conduct and appearance ol the young strung- I
■or, and know.ng llml the proposition would 1
give Ins adversary a great advantage if ex
cepted, 1 advanced, and gently inking him
aside, respncltully oHored Inin my services—
widen, he not wishing to embroil a stranger
til a quarrel of lie own, would not for some
time consent; but discovering during our con- 1
vernation that lie was my own i o iiiiiynnm
and American, I would’listen to Ins ohjoc- ,
lion* no longer, so expressing a good deal ol
gratitude lor my kmdncsj, as he termed it, lie J
again advanced tow.mis Ins former company. ,
‘Scignor,’ Ih calmly exclaimed, ‘our contest ■
'Will now be rather more 2'qua!. I have Found ,
a friend, and propose that, instead of mom- i
"’S' 6 gray mists, tins very night decide u n .
question. Wo will Imbc the guard aid pass
•outside llie wall.’
In vii'ti 1 endeavored to dissuade Inin
from this slarlliug proposition; and Ins up,
>poncnlbeing the challenged parly, could not,
of course, object.
Having secretly procured pistols, we sallied
'from the cals. It wav a beautiful night-—the
pale full moon, alternately obscured liv light
fleecy clouds, or shining out in the full* reful
gence ol Us beauty, causing the objects
around to assume a dreamy and speculative
appearance tlie green and lofty trees which
surround the city—the shipping at anchor m i
the magnificent bay—the tall spues of the
numerous cn'lu dral,seen dimly in the distance
nil appeared to bj.u a sombre and unearth •
Jy aspect.
With some trilling r sense, mid a few dol
lars to appea sc I lie tender conscience of tho ,
sentinel, w • were permuted to leave the city, j
On our way to (he more secluded parts ul ibu 1
bulnubs, La Grand, which I found to In- ibu.
strangers name, and who was us French r-r; I
(tractton recouniud tu me the circuni.lanees I
whichbrouglu about the affair,upon winch we !
were then engaged. It appeared tbip he hud
only arrived lii.tl morning From New Orleans,
his object, was the discovery and reclamation i
if possible, ota long absent Ox wayward broth- ’
cr—who, From some intomiii'ion, he had re- j
cuived from a Friend in New Orleans, was 1
supposed to be at present in the city. Think - |
mg that some ul the splendid gamblnnr houses '
wore the most likely place to find *7iim_ be!
entered several, and not wishing to appear j
singular, he played a little in each. In uno, 1
tic had met, the fall Spaniard, Ins adversary
—they were playing a' the table—some mis
understanding occurred be ween lliuu in
relation to the cards—thinking himself in
truded, the Spaniard, adcr some words had
- passed—presented him his card, ileincm
oermg Ins p irp so m visiting Havana, he
slated to the genlicinan's Ineiul- that pecuhai
business claimed Ins sole ruicniitm, and begg
ed to have the meeting deterred For one week,
at the end of which time they should assured
Iy hear From lion. So saying he left the house
The Spaniard, mistaking Ins nature, Following
with his Iricud aid overlook film us he was
entering the cute in which I mot him He
concluded by giving me some little instruc
tions in relation to (ns allii rs should he Fall—
which he considered more I linn like, as he
had been out ul practice For some lcti"lh ol
time.
\V c hid now arrived at the proper sta'ion
after a little conversation e.uii my hrothei
second, our men, with pistols in their hands,
were sUl.otied at the distacc ol ten puces. 1
was la give the word.
‘AN ready; teas the reply,
Hfnc— two— three -lour.
The Spaniard’s bait whiazo-l pa ...,) n„
•hcadoFLa Grand. just slightly clipping |,
car A# the word was given, 1 (coked to.
' fmls my friends —• his pi to!, winch in: 1 a J
1.0 l di t!i - : ’ .’••■<l, was held imiUonlotis by lim
de. {Jim i.'ice was oflho appearance of llie
| ; ih'ud —his rye win lislic- tho clammy dew
.■■ odd hi.i forciiead. I approached just
in lime to secim him hi my extended arms
Ij ■ <• mu! swornt'd wlll l ilifti -iiliy tve restnr
t'd him The fir-1 words he uttcrud explain
rd ail—“,My brother—my <1 ■ :ilong Id t hro. j
ther!'’hc exclaimed—“■( is he!”
It appeared that on our arrival nt the soled
ed spot, ihr suppos id Spaniard had removed
his cloak and hat. On hm forehead a deep
, ami tiuouUr forme.l scar had been discover
j ed. It was that which led to Ins recognition.
: In limit boyhood d lys he hud hnn mlf aeciilen'-
: 1 ly inflicted the wound upon Ins brother, and
t 1 Ins 11 If, in conar qneuce, being lor some time
I despaired of.
The circumstance made nn abiding imprea
| sinus mi lim mind. In their former meetings
’ Ihe brother had retained his chmk and ha*,
that in order to render Ins d'figuise complete
| i he had studied the dialect of Castile, ami ns,
I mimed the name of one ol the oldest families.
■ i They advanced. 1 shall never forget, that
meeting. 1 have seen the greetings of long
■ absent founds—l have seen the mother treiif
1 nlously press her lovely daughter to her bosom
lately escaped from the grasp of destruction,
j I have seen the futlior’s manly chock suffus
i cd with tenderness, and his eye beam with de
li hi as ho welcomed his prodigal son, once
again to his fireside ; these have I seen, these
may time obliterate. The circumstances of
the c iso ; the situation of the midnight hour,
all, all, forb d, that J should ever forget the
scene in I lavana.
1 1'rum the Ihilliinuic American, June 35. J
The I’nlnski.
In the midst of the gloom created by the loss
jof the I'nlnski, and the supposed destruction of
j all on hoard with the exception of the sixteen
| who hud reached the shore in two boats with Mr.
j llihbard, the male, we were most agreeably sur
-1 prised to learn on .Saturday morning lliat Major
i J until, id Ibis eily, had arrived m (own, and
i brought with him the intelligence of the escape
| of twenty nine poisons, who, with himself, had
j remained on a portion of the wreck. Wo have
j made it om business lo see and converse with Ma
; jor Heath, and gather from him directly the fob
I lowing particulars:
I The Major slates that ho had just retired to his
stale room, about If o’clock on Thursday night,
but had not yet gone to bed when the explosion
look place, and was followed by a scene of the
ulmost noise and confusion. The passengers
rushed immediately on deck, where, all the lights
being extinguished, llv-y could form no accurate
idea of the extent of tho injury, Our informant
having boon in Ilia forward cabin, found his way
l » the bow of tho boat, and stood there with some
forty of filly others in the most intense anxiety,
the vessel tossing violently lo and fro, and the air
filled with the agonizing shrieks of the wounded
mid (he dying, mingled with the fruitless appeals
of those in the water asking for help.
At this lime the mast, by means of which a
large portion of those about him were enabled to
keep their plae.es on the forward deck, gave way,
and in falling killed a French gentleman, a mer
chant of high respectability of I’hiladelphia.
'l'ho name of this individual is unknown, hut lie
had been in the south and was illuming home
when he met his untimely end—his lemams were
cemmiltod to the deep after a brief prayer.
In loss than an hour after the explosion, the,
boil parted in two, and the larger portion of it,
lov.hiidi Ihe machinery was attached, sunk mi.
mediately, carrying with it many passengers, par
ticularly the ladies who wore in the cabin. It
was subsequently ascertained that four portions
of the wreck lemamcd to float, all of them sup
porting a greater or less number of sulleiers. On
that part ol the wreck on width our informant
was, there were about thirty. The portions ol
the steamboat remained for some time near each
other, but were finally separated by waves, and
were not afterwards seen.
(if ('iiplnin IKihois nothing was se n after tho
explosion of the boiler, unci the supposition is
(bat be was immediately killed.
To the great presence of mind of Major Heath,
the persons on the wreck with him most .probably
owu their safety. Ho never once sutlered Ids
courage to ling, nor did he ever allow for a mo
meet that llio.-c with him had no hope of safety.
The sufferings they emlmcd were dreadful in
deed. Tidily human .beings, unused to hardship,
suddenly set. afloat on n tough sea, —their only
dependence the fragments of a trail vessel, to keep
which together requited all their exertions, —im-
mersed in writer lo their knees, exposed lo the sun
with scarcely any clothes upon then, and suffer
| mg the agoides of hunger and thirst for four days
ami four nights, is a situation more easily con.
ceived than described. To add to their distress
they desorb d four ve-sels, which passed near I hem,
but as they could make no signal they were not
perceived by them, and they were ready lo yield
lo despair us they saw them keep on their course
regardless ol (heir feeble cries. They were at one
peiiod within half a mile of the shore, but were
i again driven out to sea by the violence of the
i wind. On the morning of the fifth day a schoo
ner hove in sight and made sail towards them.
The pumped ol immediate relief now ebeeied
their drooping spims, but p was only for a mo
ment, for site made a lack which led them lo sup
pose that she 100 was about lo abandon them.
!She soon, however, lignin made towards them
with all sail set, and when she came within had.
mg distance, the Captain called to them to boos
| good cheer, as lie would lake them oil, which he
, did with the utmost erne, Major If. being ihe lasi
| who It ti die wreck.
W bii.-t they were on the wierk several died of
j I,eigne and hunger, and at one peiiod a piopo.-i
[ lion was made lo draw lots who should bo killed,
for tbe sustenance of the rest, but it was at once
rejected, and never afterwards renewed.
When they aimed at Wilmington, Ihe inha.
hi Units ol that city extended towards them every
possible kindness that it was in their power to
bestow. Modi' al advice, which was much nee
ded, was immediately ullordcd them. Their hou
i s.'s were thrown open, and their wardrobes and
I purses liecly tendered to them. The hospitality
| of the people id Wilmington is spoken of in terms
j of the wannest gratitude. N'oi was this all. An
order was passed along the line of stages and
steamboats, North and South, to allow them to
travel free ol expense, and to receive nothing bom
them.
No baggage ol any kind was saved. All tire
passengers had money, which was m their trunks,
and il is estimated that at least #>1511,000 in bank
notes and specie have been lost, and upwards ol
i #lO,OOO in watches and jewelry.
Jit -ides the sixteen passengers saved in the
boats, and the thirty picked up Ironi the wreck,
1 ;, s above detailed, the Norfolk Herald slates that
thirteen mure ol the passengers had been picked
up -making titty nine saved, as tar us ascertained.
Among the incidents ol tins appalling ilisa-tcr,
ihe all'ecling one is menlioned that the Kev. Ur.
\1 ert ami wile, alter a most lervenl prayer, etas
ped their child in a mutual embrace, and in a lew
! minutes the three sunk together icsiguedly into
the waves of death.
Major lliitih heard of the anival of one of the
other wrecks, but he knows not what became of
the two mis. ing ones.
1 Ihe cause ol the accident attributed bv the
j pa.,senge.s enliiely lo the improper conduct ol tbe
find engineer, who pci isled in canying a heavy
j piesMirc ol loam 111 spin ol repe.i ed leiiiunstlam
; ecs, Oncol tho passcngeis examined ihe steam
gnago fieqm nlly, and mtoimed In.- ft lends Hun
■ the tarsi was emrying Unity inches ol steam,
■ which he nia.lcd wa.- moit than was piudeat.
I i'lii’v however i i i.l i 'il little attention to tin: nrul
i ler. The engineer >v:n among those saved on
■ (he same raft with Major Heath, unit when qnc-i'
■ tinned in relation to the rauieof the disaster, de
i clared hie entile ignorance of it. ll is reported
that before leaving Savannah, ho avowed his do
. leirninnlion of making that trip the shortest one
ever inado lictiveen Charleston and Ualttmorc,
j and Major Heath distinctly heard hint cautioned
by some person on ihu wharf at Savannah, ‘'not
to make a ‘/Joinc’ business of it.”
1 Uktoiit upon Miss M vhtiakac. —In her last
■, work upon this country, Miss Matlineau abuses,
. in rather a petulant and acidulated style, a eer,
tain village doctor in Vermont, who was called
upon to attend her travelling companion hut from
j whom she could derive no satisfactory information
, as to the nalu-e o( her complaint. “ 1 fancy”
: ays the female politician, “ I hear now the sharp
conceited tones of the doctor, doggedly using his
power of exasperating rny anxiety.” The doctoi
in question, who is a highly respectable physician
' at lirattlehoro, has published a reply to this unfem
" inine attack, in the papers, in which ho fairly
’ turns the table upon his traducer. He says that
' (to equivocated and evaded in relation to the com
*■ plaint of Miss M utincau’s friend, "from motives
J of delicacy and to spare the feelings of the lady.
y If she has boon very much concerned to know,
• and yet in the dark, 1 will enlighten her dark
• ness. Her friend was in the first stages of delin'-
- um tremens.'” And this is the tourist who, in
- commenting on the f utiles of American ladies, re
j grotlcd that they were so much addicted to in
a temperance I Miss Martincau should be more
f cautious in tho choice of her travelling associates.
, MY. Mirror.
WnsTiinv Furious. —An editor of a country
paper thus humorously bids farewell to his rea
ders:
“The sheriff is wailing for us in the next room
i so wo have no opportunity to ho pathetic. Ma
s jor Nabcm says wo arc wanted and must go. L)e
-i linquent subscribers, you have nt uch to answer
. for. Heaven may forgive you, hut I never can.
“D. I. 0.”
I A New Jkushv Ciiano .liiuv.—The Grand
, .Inry of the new county of Mercer, which in-
I chides the city of Trenton, New Jersey, assem*
, hied, under llin new organization of the county,
at the above |iliicc, on Wednesday of last week.
At the instance of some one present, twenty,
two of the Jurors stopped into a pair of large
patent scales, and their united weight was 4,41)1!
pounds! Average weight of each individual,
304 J pounds. We have heard of many grand
juries of -weight of character and high standing,
hut must conclude, after this, that Mercer county
stands pre-eminent.
Detiioit, June 20.
Fkksu Boiiiieii I)imeiit.Tins.—Yesterday u
party ot refugee Patriots crossed over about 40
miles above this, near Newport, on the St. Clair
river. A party of Canadians and a few Craml
Hiver Indians, soon after attacked them, nod were
detested, the refugees maintaining their ground.
hast night the British sent on a reinforcement,
as will the Refugees to-day. Tho Refugees cross
ed in a email sloop, which was afterwards taken
and lowed to Detroit, by United States authorities.
The U. S. troops are on the move. Tho qttar
li rs (lag of (leu. Atkinson has boon flying (or
some days on the Detroit Exchange, hut 1 see it
has been removed dining the night; where to]
have not learned.
Plying reports from Detroit say, that the Bri
tish Steam Boat Thames, on which the reinforce-,
incut went up, has been taken by the Patriots, and
and that Malden was to be attacked lust night—
Clevelanil Ih I )'alt I -Milk June,
BY EXPRESS MAIL.
I"n>m our CurrespimflmU.
W/sinno cois, 3uly 7, 1838.
In the Senate, today, Mr Wright, from the
Committee on Finance, reported a hill making
appropriations lor tho current expenses of the
Indian Departments, and for fulfilling 'Treaty
stipulations -with the Indian Tribes ll*r the year
•1838.
On motion of Mr. White, the Bill was so
amended us to contain an appropriation offUOO-,
000 lor the support ol such Indians removed
W esl ol the Mississippi, as are unable to subsist
themselves, to be disbursed under the direction o,
the Secretary of War. This amendment was
agreed to, and the Bill was passed.
•During the evening session yesterday, after my
letter was closed, (he (Senate took up the Old
Harbor Appropriation Bill. It appropriates a
million and n half of dollars.
Mr Windin' olloied an amendment, leaving it,
discretionary with the Executive to spend the mo
ney cm the object, for which it was appropriated'
Titis was adopted, and tho consequence was the,
rejection of the hill.
This morning, Mr. Mini hick moved lo iccon
sidcr llu- vole by which it was rejected. The mo.-
tion was agreed to.
After some discussion the bill was ■recommitted
with instructions to report an amendment vcqui.
ling that on all single appioprialions over $l3OOO
fifty per cent only should he expended in 1838
and the remainder in 1831).
Mr. Davis, afterwards reported the hill modi
fied according to these instructions:- and it was
then put through the initialing stages and pass
ed.
The Senate then took up the Fortification Hill
and was engaged with it until a late hour, when
the question was taken, and the hill was passed.
In the House alter the disposal of some private
business,
Mr. Auams took the lloor, and spoke until
the expiration of the hour, in opposition to the
Report of (ho Committee on Foreign A Hairs,
in relation to Texas.
Mr. Diio.noooLt, of Virginia, made an inef
fectual attempt lo suspend the rules, in older that
he might reply to tho charges made hy Mr.
Adams.
Reports being called for from Committees, a
great many were presented: Among thorn, was
the Bill lot surveying the North Eastern Boun
dary Fine, according to tho Tieaty of 1785,
accompanied with a Resolution, setting forth that
the United Stales has a just title to the Territory
' in dispute. The Resolution was concurred in,
I mid the Bill ordered lo ho printed.
A number el Senate bills, repealing duties on
, imported Iron for Kail Roads and Steam Boats,
were read a Ihitd time, and passed.
Alter the recess, the House took up and
, passed the bill for restraining (he circulation of
small Notes in the District of I Columbia.
They then look up the bill authorizing the
sale ol United Utah's Bank Bonds, and weic
engaged ill the consider alien of the subject, until
■ this was sent oil.
Last evening, alter my letter was sent off, the
House passed, bv a m ijoiilv of eight vote.-, the
i '
bill to prevent and punish for thy i soi and cir
culation ol the old note, ol tho Hank ol the
United Btatoi). M,
011U0NKJLK AND SENTINKLi.
AIJCfUSTA. I
Thinsiluy Morning., .July I - -.
STATE RIGHTS TICKET
I’IIH CONURKSS.
WM. (;. DAWSON,
I!. W. HABERSHAM,
J G ALFORD,
W. T. COLQUITT,
E. A. NIS BET,
MARK A. COOPER,
THOMAS BUTLER KINO,
EDWARD .1- BLACK,
, LOTT WARREN.
(Jlaikc County Candidates.
1 Al a meeting of the State Rights party of ‘
, Clarke county, held on the 4th inst., the follow-j
i ing candidates were nominated for the next Lc- 1
■ gislalurc : Hon. Charles Doughcrly, for the Son- 1
’ ate; and Richard Richardson, Esq., Capt. Wil- '
liam Stroud, and Isaac Vincent, Esq., for the
House of Representatives.
This ticket presents an array of tallcnt, and
sterling political integrity, which must command
the sulfrages of a largo majority of the voters o*
this county.
Cholera. i
A rumor was current at Baltimore, on the j
7(li, that one or (wo jrersons Had died of the
Asiatic Cholera.
The Sun says, that there was no foundation |
for the rumor, and that the City was unusually
healthy.
Another Dlaii IHiried Alive.
An industrious laborer, named James McChis- j
ly, while engaged in excavating a Sand Bank j
in Baltimore, met an untimely death, hy the
caving in of the projecting hank, which literally
buried him alive.
The correspondent of lire Baltimore Patriot
stales that the nomination of tire Hon. Felix
Grundy, now United States Senator from Tennes
see, to lire office of Attorney General of lire Uni
ted States, Iras been confirmed.
Extract of a letter front a friend travelling in tiro
upper part of the State, dated
Indian Strings, Butts co., July 0.
“ Tiro Springs have trot, as yet, many visitors,
hut they are dropping itt constantly. 'The ac
commodations arc good, company line, excellent
wine, cool air, tro musquitocs, good servants, and
plenty of cortt and fodder. I would with confi
dence recommend Mrs. Matthews’ house to visi
tors. She is amiable, and indefatigable in her
endeavors lit give satisfaction to her frirtds : and
the bar, and the young gentlemen who attend,
would ho an acquisition to any place in the coun
try.
“Mr Thompson,also, has a large line house,and,
as 1 am informed, is very attentive, and dues all
in his power to please those who patronize him.
“ Those wire travel for health or pleasure will
i find the Springs as agreeable, romantic, and
healthy us any place in the country.”
Hissing Hot. — At Piladelphia, on Thursday,
the thermometer stood at 101 1-2 in the shado_
Beat this!
In America, there arc ISO different species id
forest trees, whereas in the same latitude in Eu
rope, only 111 are to ire found.
For the Chronicle and Haitind.
M it. Editor. —“A Citizen,” in alengtlry ur
tielo in one of your last week’s numbers, endea
vours to show that tire site of tire contemplated
city arsenal, near Cu,Tuning’s warehouse, is the
most ineligible that could he imagined; he also
descants pretty freely on lire vast advantages of
lire lot in the tear of the Masonic Hall.
For one, 1 must ask leave to disagree with the
gentleman respecting hotlr lots, slating at lire same
lime, that of the two, 1 would prefer tHut nea r
Cuininiiig’s. Should both he scanned hy the eye
of a military man, 1 would venture to anticipate his
decision in favor of the same.— li would he very
difficult for any Engineer to plan a structure
near the Masonic Hall, which would al the same
time combine practical offensive and defensive
operations. The underground or present cellar ap
proaches arc to he first considered and provided
for, then the Ist, -d, tid, story, and roof approach
es, then the Broad sheet, and then the Jackson st.,
approaches, are all to be guarded, so that unless
the whole block of buildings on that square could
lie remodelled, it is not probable that a plan could
l>e devised within any reasonable limits of expen
diture. —The silo near Gumming’s, could be made
to cover the Washington st., and Reynold, si.,
approaches, and the church or any wooden house
near it—that would become the rallying point ol
an enemy could soon be managed with a few red
shot.
It the arsenal is not to be garrisoned it must
be so constructed as to exclude both parties in
ease of sudden alarm, and if it is to be garrison
ed, the site need not lie located in the midst of our
population. It is not to be expected that it
would be lire place of tendesvous lor either friend,
or enemy; for if made lire object of an attack, its
friends must organize elsewhere, and march to its
relief. As a depot for tiro arms and munitions of
war, the extent of its inlluoncc both offensive
and defensive should he the main point.
From these consideratio,.s 1 arn led to believe
that the vacant lots in front of the Planter's Ho
tel would afford a better site than either of them
and as lire city have already an interest in the
properly and the present owners of the oilier lots
find it inconvenient to build on them, they could
be bought perhaps on good terms. The whole
space could then be enclosed and planted with
trees, and such part of it as may lie desirable, ap
propriated to the use ol the rnililaiy. If a tower,
ea tie, or other fortified work were required, it
could be so constructed as to command both Broad
an;! Jones sin els, and entirely detached
from other buildings, as to resist effectually lire
attacks ol both lire and sword. The heights on
(he other side ol lire run would of course corn,
inanil the whole city hul with brave hearts, and
strong arms wo would confide our safely to the
eh antes ol war. CALORIC,
Front the .V. O. I’icuyiutf. • I
Mexico.
'J'ho Mexican papers lo ihe Bth Juno, rcceiveil I
by us, contain,as usual, a largo infusion of coarse j
diatribes against the French minister, whose do- !
; parlure (or Fiance we announced on the litli of j
June. The passports of the Consul, at Vera j
, Cruz, had been abruptly rent lo him, with orders •
lo quit the counliy, for having, as it is said.tjrcaf-*
offended Ike .Mexican uulkoiUtts. It would,
perhaps, be justice to say, for having defended
his Government against the ignoble attacks of
the Mexican press. However this may bo, the
expulsion ul M Cloux, without previous explan,
alien, can only he considered in the light of a
new insult lo a nation which only exacts what is
right, and only claims satisfaction for past inju
l
The Mexican papers laud the condescension of
I the President of the United Mules to the skies for
| having consented lo submit to the arbitration of a
third power, the differences between the two
i countries, and profit by this circumstance to draw
! insulting comparisons between this country and
| France. Put they entirely forget that the Presi
| dent by admitting the arbitration, signifies posi.
lively that ho cannot suspend tiro action upon
j lire decrees of Congress until after adcliriilive ar
i rangemcnl, whence it results that with regard to
j the United Stales, affairs continue in precisely
the same stale.
Different statements are given in the journals
i ol the capital, concerning the insurrection at Sin
j alou, at lint head of which is Uvrea, who has as
| sumed the title of Protector; the revolt at St Louis
\do Potosi seems to have been of greater impor
; lance than was anticipa cd, and at Aguas Cali
cities a /irmmnciumiento appeared lo have cxcL
; led the more alarm, as the rebels were marching
■ towards Zacatuas, where they hoped to stir up
j th° populace, who wore already disposed lo take
I part with them.
1' t orn these demonstrations, wo conclude that
j hut little tranquility prevails in the country ; hut
that at the same time nothing very decisive has
j yet occurred. It, however, the news from Yuca
tan, which came to us by the north, be eonliri ed;
! and if the Government troops have been compell
! c 10 abandon Merida, wo may with justice infer
[ the ultimate triumph of the Federal parly. Tiro
report which had gone forth, that Santa Ana had
been appointed to the Government of Vera Cruz,
was without foundation. General Riacon still
commands at that port, and unless President Bus
tamente has abandoned all prudence, he will not
recall to political eminence a man like Santa Ana,
whose perfidy and faithlessness have injured this
country as much as Bustamcntc himself. From
time alone can any improvements in the civil
and military polity of Mexico ho expected. The
departure ol Baron Dofaudis evinces a determin
ation lo prolong Ihe blockade. The large num
ber of vessels at the Isle of Sacrifices’ proves that
the severity of the blockade is increasing; but we
do not anticipate a speedy bombardment. It is
llte ultima ratio, and will only be employed when
all other means have proven unavailing.
Counteuff.it Texas Notes.—A Tcxian pa
per ol the 391 h June states that a gentleman from
New Orleans brought with him fifteen hundred
dollars in the old notes of the government, all
of which, on examination at the treasury depart
ment, proved to be counterfeit. Tito gentleman
holding the notes had gone out with his family to
settle in Texas, and thus found himself in a mo
ment stripped of his immediate resources in the
midst of strangers. The “Banner 1 ’ observes “this
should operate as a lesson to those coming to this
country, never to make purchase of our money,
until they reach New Orleans, and then to have
recourse, always before buying to some one ol the
houses there, connected with our bade, for infer
! tnalion as lo the genuineness of the notes they
may wish to purchase—upon the same principle
that a practised traveller, iw a large city, never asks
his way of a passcr-hy in the streets, but goes, al
ways, tor the desired information into a shop.”
I'tunt the Creek Nation,
To lint Falilor of the Arkansas Gazette.
CitEFic Nation, Juno Id, 18U8.
Sir: It is with feelings of regret litat ilic Un
dersigned, chiefs ol the Greek nation, have had
interpreted lo them a report, in your paper, of
May BOth, slating that the Creek Indians show
but little disposition to plant corn and that in
several instances, they have destroyed their own
fences, and that the old women have been heard
lo decline that, as soon as the green corn was fit
to pull, the whites must look out; and that most
of them carry the marks of determined vengeance
in their countenances; and that this report has
come through so respectable a source as lo leave
no doubt ol the tact, as it was given by a gentle
man who has been, for several years, assisting in
llte emigration of the Indians west. That a
great portion of the Greeks have been removed at
llte point of the bayonet is but 100 true; aad that
there is a dissatisfaction among them is a'so true;
yet they look up to the government for the fulfil
ment of the promises their agents have made
thorn. When that is done, all will be right with
the Muscogee people ; and until that is done,
they will not consider themselves fairly dealt
with. And, as lo any disposition to hostilities
among us we know nothing of it; neither has the
first rail of a fence been, destroyed, nor have wo
heard any thing ot the old woman’s report, that
the white people must look out as soon as the
green corn is ripe. The Muscogee nation have,
at this lime, as good a prospect of a good crop
of corn, considering the late apt ing, and the small
quantity of fanning tools, as they ever had. 'Fite
gentleman who was the origin ol this report was
! mistaken, and wo should like lor you to give, his
I name, as wo know ol no one who has been
recently in the Greek nation, who has been era-
I ployed, lor years, in the emigrating of Indians;
I and we, the undersigned chiefs, do declare the re.
! pjtl of hostilities against the whites to ho utterly
j untrue. They have too much love for their
| wives mid children to cherish such an idea for u
j moment.
The Greek delegation, on their arrival at Van
j Burcn, ill Crawford county, Arkansas, were there
told, to their surprise ol the report in circulation
about the Grcelts, and some attempts were made
j to slop them, until ihe facts could be ascertained ;
j yet, through the influence of some friends, they
were permitted lo continue home; and they lake
pleasure in announcing to their Arkansas broth
ers, and the world, that the report is all false, and
hope that you will give this as a true statement
in your paper.
With respect, we are, your friends and brothers.
[Signed by Koley Mclntosh, Fush hatchey
Micco, and twenty two other chiefs ]
13. MARSHALL, Interpreter.
Eli Jai nits, G. G.
From tin' National Intelligencer, July 3.
The Bill lo increase the I’resent Military
Establishment.
The bill which, for seven al days past, has been
the subject of discussion in the House of Repre
sentatives, was, allot receiving much amendment,
ordered on Friday night to a third reading, and
was read a third time on Saturday, when a mo
tion was made lo reconsider the vole by which it
pas.-cd; which motion is yet undecided. Doubt
ing not that our distant friends in the Army, and
our readers generally, desire to know something
ol tin- measure of the proposed increase, wo have,
alter particular examination of its provisions, pro
pared the following synopsis ;
in I. I( AN K AN l» I’ILK.
.IrtUkry,— lncteascd 830 man, including the
addition ol (our companies, one til each regiment
—wilt the reduction ol one lieutenant in each
company.
Jnjanlry. —lntiea. id fitiiO men, including one
additional regiment, with an increase ot the
complement ol commissioned olhe.er.s [JJA Fo,
•al increase of tank and file 1.-'-00,
I It will llf seen that the increase of the rank
| :u " 1 lllu ls 4 > 500 ' "Idle the increased (lumber of
j inlanliy and artillery oflieers is only 13 ■ 0 f llle
| latter, tin ,e is a reduction of 20 lieutenants, and
ul the former, an increase of 3d olhcers.
ADDITIONAL OFFICERS,
i » o
|9s P a S
s- 1 s s m
Infantry, I 11 10 20 33
Engineers, 0 1 2 6 12 21
Topographical do. i 1 0 5 20 26
Ordnance Officers, 0 0 2 020 *>•>
Commissaries, 0 1 j 3 0 f
Assistant Adjutants General, 1 0 0 o 1 0 6
Unartormnstete, 2 2 0 2S 0 32
burgeons 0 0 0 0 0 7
VV agonnmsters,t 0 0 0 0 0 20
Total increase, 4 o 8 57 72 160
r Omitted in Iho addition, as these assistants do
.101 increase the number of 1110 officer* of thoarrny.
Altaelied to tlio Quartermaster's Department
with the pay jpf captain. u ’
From this Slumber, (10G,) deduct the 20 lieu
tenants transferred from the artillery to the ord
niniec; which' makes the actual increase number
olofficers in tjhe aggregate 146.
( rAY
-1 he pay off die non-commissioned officers and
private is suirpvliat increased—artillery and in
fantry private! to eight dollars.
An additional ration, estimated at 20 cents, U
allowed each officer for every live years ho may
have served 111 the Army. Thus, an officer who
may have sorted twenty years, under the rank
ul a general officer, would, hereafter, he entitled
to the additional allowance ol four rations, or
eighty cents per clay, and no more.
The pay and emoluments of the engineers and
ordnance are -advanced to those of cavalry rates,
which constitute them mounted corps, and nut
as heretofore, officers of fool. The pay of the
artillery a „d infantry officers has nut been ad van
ceil.
There are other minor provisions which wo
have not time to examine : among these, forty
dollars and tour rations, &c , are to bo allowed to
such persons as may be employed by the officers
ol any garrison to officiate as chaplain, who shall
perform also the duties ot schoolmaster at the
post.
, rrom the same of July 3.
r i he bill to increase the Military Establishment
ol the United Slates, as amended in the Houso
<d Representatives, and published by us, yester
day passed its third reading in the House of Hep- p
rcsenlalivcs, and was returned to the Senate for *
Concurrence in the amendments. Some amends
meat may be made in the Senate to these amend
ments of the House; but it can hardly ho doubled,
alter the decisive votes in both Houses, that the
bill will become a law.
In preparing our synopsis of the bill wo meant
(u show the actual increase of numbers. Whilst
the number in the Quartermaster's Department
is increased by the addition of only eight officers,
the number of commissioned officers added to the
existing establishment, by the augmentation in
that depai Intent of the Staff; is 32. If we deduct
the 20 wagon-masteis, and the 20 Lieutenants ot
Artillery transferred to the Ordnance, the acces.
slim ol commissioned officers will then be 136,
instead of 146, as stated in the synopsis.
■M nn n|„ lig i'IWH 'DNWM—
COMMERCTA L.
Augusta market.
Colton.— Our market continues to improve with
the close of the season, and with the diminution of
our stock; the demand is not confined to any patii.
ciilur quality; allbo’ the fine descriptions have 'be
come very scarce, wo now quote 8 a U cents, as
I lie going rales.
h.crhange. Cheeks on New York, 6 per cent, on
I’iiiladolphia, 5 per cent; on Charleston 4 per ecm.
Freights, to Savannali one dollar per hale, to
< liar lest on old rules by rail road.
CHARLESTON MARKET, jcji.v If,
Cotton.—j he .transactions in tins am i.1..’ , mrt .
larly lor Upland., are nearly brought to ’a close.
i“ u eropol tbo last year lias coma to market, and
lliiil proportion remaining unsold does nol exceed a
ew hundred bales. There is a good demand, and
lull prices have Ircen obtained. In Long Cottons
we have heard ol no sales.
dice A lot of prime brought yesterday So. The
stock lor sale is light.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
CH AHI.Ka 1 ON,July 11.—Arrival yesterday, Ocean ,
I'urhes; sclirs Jersey, Oak, Poland, N Y; Financier, Ad
anis, Aiatuuzus; steam packet N C. Davis, Wilmington ;
lii-tln- oiling.—A brigand schooner.
Ltd. ship t'onniu'i'cc, Wise; Orel nock, steam packet
IX v . Davis, XV itmington.
N (.'.Davis, Wilmington.
{fj~ During my absence Irani the Slate, William ?
H. Cuahney and Nathaniel Patten, arc my author
isod agents, (or the transaction of business connect ■
cd with the office of the Chronicle & .Sentinel.
WILLIAM E. JONES,
Augusta, July 7,1838
Augusta Benevolent Society.
rSUIE regular monthly Meeting of this Soniny
0 will bo hold in (lie Methodist Sabbath School
Ibiu'ii, on Fnihn / Keening, the )3tb instant, at H
o'clock. The Visiting Committees will please to
have their reports prepared.
_ .jiffy la 31 T. S. STOY, See’y.
B 1 > UIt moiiliis after dutn, appliimtilra wilf bo
«- made lo the Honorable the Inferior Court of
Warren county, when silling as a Court of Ordi
uary, (or leave (0 soil the Laud and Negroes be
kirging lo I lie I’/Sinle of f/umplon Wade, late oi
said county, deceased.
HUBERT BOLTON, Adm'r.
July 12 infni
Attention, Augusta Artillery Guards,
you will alleud a Call Meeting of the Corpse,
-H- to be held at Ike Captain’s room, upper tene
ment Bridge Bank building, on Friday Evening, at
8 o’clock. By orderof tho Captain.
July 11 W. H. MAHARRY, O. .S’,
AGENCY.
Sava 11 uah Insurance & Trust Cc.
undersigned, Agent of the above compa
■ ny, will take risks on shipments of Cotton or
Merchandize from this place to Savannah, Charles
on, and Northern ports. JNO. F. LLOYD.
dec 18 2‘J
t AM) AND GENERAL AGJBNCY
1 f OFFICE.—Tbo subscriber will attend lo the
sale, exchange and settlement of lands in Florida,
1110 investigation and perfecting ol titles to real es
lale, conveyancing, &c. and to the adjustment and
collection ol debts. 11 is office is at bis residence
1111 ho fit v of St. Augustine, Host Florida.
June 12 6111 PETER SKI..\ SMITH.
ill PRO\ I’RUSSES,
For the rudiail cure of Demin, or Ilupture,
Invenlcd by Huber Chase, m. n. of Philadelphia
f|IHE subscriber would respectfully inform Ibe
1 ined i .ul profession,and those afflicted with Her
nia or Ru|iturc, I bat, having made arrangements with
die general agent of the inventor, to bo constantly
.supplied with Ilic-se justly celebrated Trusses, ho is
now prepared lo furnish instruments, and also lo
Irani this afflicting disease, as mot w ith 111 every
age and In belli sexes.
The instruments evus'stof Inguinal Trusses, H'
sizes: Vcntro Inguinal Trusses, 8 sizes; Femo
ral Trusses,2 sizes,— Umbilical and Ventral Trus
ses, 3 sizes; of double Trusses,B sizes, adapted to
all the forms of Double Rupture.
These instruments must be used by Physicians
well versed m the minute anatomy cl the parts im
plicated in Hernia. They aic adapted to every va
riety 01 reducible Hernia, and do nol interfere with
lint ordinary avocations ol ilio patient.
Persons from a distance can have the instruments
applied, and all necessary directions given, as lo the
management ol the case, on applieaiion to the sub
rriln ', .1 r In, office on Campbell at August ', Ga
may 21 F.M ROBERTSON! M LI