Chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Geo.) 1838-1838, July 31, 1838, Image 1

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' V ' : :OD I esm^OOSKBIta | m ~*.M* - - . -mr-r- - ' : . . - ' , ’ ' ~ . iWj» WlAs l «• «!'<«• • |3S» ■■•■■■■ [TPri« n I—Vol. S3. 1 iiblisheti | DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY, oJfoVo. Broad Sired. Terms.— Daily paper, Ten Dollars per annum i in advance. Triweekly paper, at Six Dollars in advance orseven al the oml ol the year. Weekly paper, three dollars in advance, or lour at tho end of the year. Tho Editors and Proprietors in tins city have odopled the following regulations ; 1. After the Ist day or July next no subscrip tions will bo received, out of the city, unless paid in advance, or a city reference given, unless the name bo forwarded by an agent of the paper. 2. Alter that date, wo w ill publish u list of those who are one yearn or more i.i arrears, in order to Jet them know how their accounts stand, and all those so published, who do nut pay up tberr ar rears by tho Ist of Jan. W3O, will bo tinker; off the subscription list, and their names, residences, and (he amount they owe, published ninil sealed, thoaccout will bo published, paid, which will an swer as a receipt. 3: No subscription will be allowed to remain unpaid after the Ist day of January 1839, more than one year; but the name will bo striker; oh die list, and published us above, together with tho amount due. 4. From and after Ibis dale, whenever a subscri ber, who is in arrears, shall be returned by a post master ns having removed, or refuses to lake bis paper out ot tho post office, Ins name shall ho pub lished, together with his residence, the probable place he lias removed to, and the amount duo; and when a subscriber himself orders his paper discon tinued, and requests bis account to be forwarded, the same shall be forthwith forwarded, an I unless paid jap within a reasonable lime fllio _ facilities ol the mails being taken into Consideration, and ibo distance of his resilience from this place) Ins name, andthe amount due, shall ho published as above. 5. Advertisements w.lt bo inserted at Charleston prices, with this difference, that t lie fist insertion will be 75 cents, instead of 05 cents per square ol twelve lines. 6. Advertisements intended for the country, should be marked ‘inside,’ which will also scenic their insertion each lime in the inside ol the city paper, and will he charged at the rale of Tacts per squire for the first insertion, and 65 cents loftc eh subse quent insenion. 11 not marked ‘insider bey will be placed in any part of the paper, afterHhe first insertion, to suit rite convenience ol (be publisher, and chargee at trie rate of 75 cents lor the first in sertion, and 43J cents lor ouch subsequent inser tion. 7- All Advertisements not limited, will he pub lished in every paper until forbid, and charged ac cording to the above rates b. Legal Advertisements will be published as follows per square: Admr’s and Executor - le of Land or Negroes, 60 days, S 3 00 Do do Personal Property, 40 ds. 320 Notice to Debtors and Crs, weekly, 4U ds. 3 25 Citation tbr Letters, 1 00 do do Drsinisory, monthly 6 mo. 500 Four month Notice, monthly, 4 mo. 4 00 Should any ol the above exceed a square, they will be charged in proportion. 9. From mid alter the first day of Jan. 1839, no yearly contracts, except for specific advertise ments, will be entered into. It). We will be responsible to other papers for all ndverliscmcn.s ordered through ours to bo copied by them, and if advertisements copied by us born other papers will be cbaiged to tho office from which the request is made to copy, and will receive pay for the same, according lo llieir rales, and be responsible according to our own. 11. Advertisements sent lo ns from a distance, with an order to bo copied by oilier papers, must bo accompanied with the cash lo the amount it is desired lliey should lie published in each paper, or a responsible referent e —. .. - h CHRONICLE iP sd:-;v;.v _ AtJteUSTA. Mouday Morning, Jnly 20. STATU KJuliT3 TICKET run coxcnEss. \VM. C. DAWSON, 1!. W. HABERSHAM, J. O. ALFORD, VV. T. COLQUITT, E. A. NISBET, MARK A. COOPER, - THOMAS CUTLER KING, EDWARD J. BLACK, LOTT WARREN. ___ , -Richmond Hussars. At a meeting, held on Saturday afternoon, at the United Stales Hulol, for tho purpose of reor ganizing the above corps, the following gentlemen were appointed a Committee to extend the list; Sami C Wilson, Alfred Baker, JusL Wray, V/tn D’Anlignac, Jas A Fawns, J C Sneed, Benton Walton. Later from Liverpool. ; The steam ship Royal William, has arrived at New York, from Liverpool, whence she sailed on the sth., being twenty days later. Tho genera! news is but of little importance. Tho coronation of the young Queen, took place on the day ap. pointed, (the 28th) with the utmost conceivable magnificence. For the information es our fair rea ders, wo will publish u lull account ul d,e pro~ cccdirigs lo morrow. J i H ' The State Rights Party of S;e art cow; have nominated the foil.genii, men to rep •C resent that county in t. . .. ’ghaiilure, Lava . erd Bryan, far the Sc.. .a Jo,.a West for the House of Repre.-e. . i os. In New York, during tho week ending on tho 20tb, the number of deaths amounted to 153, In Philadelphia, during the same time, tho num ber of deaths amounted to 154. I t Baltimore, the number amounted to BG. Oi the deaths in * Philadelphia, 35 were adults, and 118 were chib dren. The N. Y. Journal of Commerce slat, o, the city is remarkably healthy for the season. jp. We observe by the Charleston papers, that the trips of the slrat® packets Georgia and South Carolina, between that port and Baltimore, have been discontinued for the present, to prepare for the Fall business. The Weather. The Columbus Sentinel it Herald of the 2Gtb Ba y B ; “On Sunday last the Thermometer stood at 102 in this city—it was hung out under the shade of a tree, and perhaps tho beat was some what increased by reflection; but from 92 lo 98 has been the average for the last fortnight. The whole atmosphere is a perfect steam both." Pr The Globe states that on Monday the 23d, % Sr. Dezembutgador E. F. Fttmca, was presented I* by the Secretary of State to the President, and delivered his letter accrediting him as the Minis. A ter resident of the Empire of Brazil near lh« United Stales. > imwinrar tmt jrmasd»s«*« --> • * -. ! Tho Charleston Mercury of Pitt ay, state* that | there are now .'.bout e/.r/» st tv; and dwelling [ houses in progress of erection or completion, in dilfcrcnt pans of tlui "burnt district.” Tins looks well. Sr. Tula Ay the Ton inn Minis: ;r. We learn from ilia Lexington Ky. liitpliig- i eer, of the 17th inst , that Pelt lyaon, Esq. of Texas, committed suicide at Bean’s Fta lion, a few days before, by shooting himself with a pistol, through (lie head. Mr. G. was on his way from Texas to Washington Oily, having re ceived and accepted from tho Government of Tex as, the appointment of Minister Plenipotentiary to the Government of the United Staten. The act, it is said, was committed with much deliber ation. Mr. O. was a native of Kentucky. South Ctii’ohuu viVip The Edgefield Advertiser, speaking of tho crops in the up-country, says: “Wo aie glad to know that the drougth lias not been general in the tip country, or even in this district. The crops of (Jorn are fine, and the Colton is as pro mising as usual. Flour is fast coming down in price. Already it has been purchased from wagons at §7, and we believe that wo will have the pleasure of eating it at f!3. Tbe.Cincintiuti Post states that the Hun. E. Whittlesey of Ohio, has resigned his seat in Con gress, and declines a re-election, on account of the attention required by bis own oll'drs. Resumption oi Spcci; Uavn. juts. The Bank Convention, which assembled at Philadelphia, on Monday, the 23d instant, has agreed that the 13ih of August next shall be a Jay of general Resumption of Specie pay incuts. The following extracts of its proceedings arc from Bicknell’u Reporter, of the 24th. The Bank Convention. The Bank Convention assembled in this ci'y yesterday at 12 M. Thu place of meeting was the Bank of Pennsylvania. .I#im B, Morris, Esq. President of tho Jijc. chillies’ Bank of Baltimore, was elected Pre-M demt of inWltonvcntion; and Ehha Ghaunoey E q of this city, Secretary. The Banks of the following Slates were repre sented, either by delegates, or by loiters binning the Institutions to abide by the decision of (lie Convention: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Vir ginia, Kentucky, Missouri, ''■After considerable debate as to the proper and appropriate day for a general resumption, the fol lowing resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That tho Banks represented in this Convention, will resume specie payments on the 13;h August next, and recommend that nay for the adoption of the Banks generally. [From the -V. F. Journal of Commerce.] Twenty days later from If tut^ict. The British steam ship Royal Williams. Capt. Swainson, was announced by telegraph about 3 o’clock yesterday nf'e. noon, and about 0 o’clock ivo t feci vim t t>y tu-r nuts ot the London Sun, Morning Herald.'J’imes, and Shipping Gazette to the 4th inst. inclusive, -.nd Liverpool p-ipera of the s;h. Tho Royal Williams, we understand, had elo von days of head winds and gales, and accom plished half the passage in seven days. Os general nows there is not much, notwith standing the advices arc twenty days Inter than before received. T o government forces ip Spain have gained several fresh successes, and tin rc seems imw to ho some prospect that this ruinous war may bo at length brought io u clove. A declaration of independence was reported to have been made by Mahomet Ali, the Pacha of Egypt, heretofore tributary to Tnikey. The In test accounts go rather to discountenance the ru mor. The Cholera, or something similar to to it, has re appeared at Berlin. It was reported in Maples that the King of Sar dinia, had been visited with insani y. There was on attempt at revolution in Portu. gal on the I4lh June, but without success, We learn by the Times that the famous Mr-. Trollope is dangerously ill til her brother’s ul Fulham. Edward Lytton Unlwer, the popular novelist, has been created a baronet, along with many oili er gcntlumcn. Numerous promotions by Lr. .•: have taken place in tho Army and Navy, as is usual aft e i a coronation. Miss London, known to tame as L. E. L. em barked with her husband, Mr. McLean, lor South Africa on the 2d ot July. Gno hundred and seventy-five thousand news paper wore despatched from the Pos'l Office in London the Monday alter the coronation. Tito farewell benefit of Madarno Vc-dtia, prior to her departure for this country, was fixed lor the 12dt of this present month. The Times of the 4th in I. stales that tho wheat crop had prodigiously improved towards the lat ter end of Juno, and was coining into car most oroj.lt. , ly. ’-.n of tho London pap re. reports that the .on Adelaide intended to proceed to the 1.-laud of Mails, fhr the benefit of her health. A-.o'f.tutt Exclusion on Board a Steamer. We sec by the Scotch papers that > lie James Gal lather, a small vessel plying between Glasgow and tho D iltnicn Cotton Wo;Us, exploded, scald ing several persons severely, five of whom had : i.tco died. The captain and engineer were arres ted and committed to take their liial fur man slaughter. London, July 4, Half past twelve—Tiioto is evidently much anxiety felt as to the extensive operations in corn, and their probab c (**lgolo Oil the currency and money markets. It was support c l that the decided lone of the debate in tho Lord.-, on the corn laws, would have some influ ence on the prices of grain. No alteration is how ever perceptible this morning in the prices; the only feature is rather large arriva s of foreign corn winch is off. red at 50s, to GUs. per quarter in bond. The Continent of Europe. We find but little political news in the London papers The following extracts from the French journals are fiorn the Times of the 4th ul'. The other continental nows is of no importance : The Paris papers announce, wo regret to ob serve, the existence cfa pestilential disease at the Suhre St. Gery, (in Belgium) and at Beaumont and Consorlc, (in France.) The symptoms oc casioned fears that the malady was the black fi - ver. 'lts progress was r.pid, n 1 in Ike place just mentioned, it bad already dcviolated the pup. ulafion. Correspondence of the. Courier <y Enqni'rr. London, July 4, Ic'rJ. Our advices ft >m the United bltotes are to the IS'.b ult. by tin Quebec packet ship, which arri ved off Portsmouth in a very fine passage of 21 j d iy , and by which arrival vvcicaro flit cer.llt.ua ‘ ation of the late s di.-factory coiiuiiiou . f nun can i ti!” and monetary affairs. jp ’ j In American funds business njp 1- i r. lift 1 ' mote extensive .-b.ee Mon.lay Ins', ami linked ; , Stales Bank Block lias been ..Id a the '■ dvrii.l ! rate ut X’33 179 01, and JE'l.i 2s 6-.1, fit, divide..:*; ! Out fir large amounts the quolatio; s inn l I 1 la j ken at about 2s (id le«t.-—Other A uteri, in j rides remain nniiltned in value; —but a: ill. I t | quotations business ban bo body done. 1 The prospects of lho harvest of tins country • continue extremely doubtful, und nuich anxiety , is beginning to bo felt in all p rts of Ibo country . ns In tlto probable price of corn doling lie e.isu. ine- winter months. Wi ll tbo single exception of tire day of die co-onation, we bare now had almost na interrupt, ml rain., lor thi: greater portion ol a month; and I tbo t raps of wheat are described as generally be j ginning to sutler under redundancy of moisture aid deficiency of wnnnili; allhougli it is not yc! 100 Into with liivo'uble weather, f>r more than average crops of every doscriptimiaf grain. The corn market at Mark Lane, was rather low.. yesterday in consequence of ib.e favorable action's by the (.Quebec, frum tiro United Stales, with the anounei-ineul no European com would bo required on American account in the present year; but the fall did not exceed 1-0 per quarter for wheat, and about 1 per quarter for rye, barley mu) oa's. The stock of wheal in bond is now 280,000 quarters ol all descriptions, or about the consumption of three days for llio whole coun try; and estimating iho sioek remaining in the Baltic porta at 51)0,000 quarters, and suppos i g .. v. the whole were imp tb d into II i .land, mid Iho population could nol.be fed for eve,i -ten days liom all Ibo i.n« ij;n rourecs. if the harvest at homo should chance to fail, i bis view of the . j et should bo noticed by the meielmnls of ibo United .Talcs; for the merchants of commodities Unit*d Sialci; lor !lie prices ol cotton and nil other will be greatly affected by iho depression of man ufactures, which wilt be tho invitable result of a high price of provisions in lire course of the ensuing winter months. For Hie Chronicle iSentine/, Hides with my Cousin.—No. iX. BY M. C. CHAP. 1 . “I- it possible, Henry, yon b. Uevp in gbos's ?” Now ibis query was put from as lovely a litth) girl, as it had been my happiness, before I saw her s vAiwn sweet si It, ever to behold; she was as a sweet rfltadiod just past the putting forth of i;s leaves, fu r breath as balmy as its odour, and passed through lips to which tho purest coral, if com pared, would lose a slnuli', and prove lit.; truth, that naught so ruby bright, as beauty’s lips. “Nay,” I replied, “I did nut say 1 believed in them—but only that”—l was interrupted in my ut'empt at vindiea ion, not by words, but bv u pair oLjtVi-s which plainly expressed, not as Juliet’s did 00tliotnen, the language of the soul, but tho lan guage of contempt, and according to my own in lerprolaiion, “ Old you fool.” I stopped, pre paring all my power to malic a charge, if nut upon her credulity, at least upon her logic. “You have lead Abercrombie, have you no!?” “Yes,” I replied. "And so yon believe in spiiilual vniialions, after the perusal of that clear philosophy!” “W by my dear Inly, what Is clear to one, may be to another, as tho boy Laid, who was desired t.) study tils own mitul, hy the study of Brown — ’ as thick as molas-es. But you are putting too me.- j- ny questions, and running from the mam point— u piece of inconsistence ny no means uncommon with tho sober sex.” Os course ibis uiqpdh.nt thought was kept to myself. “Well then,” again i.-kt'd my fair companion, “do you, or o'.i you not b. lievr.” “You shall get my me worm lire narratbol air. ali.-.nl to r.-h.te, which is as true ai f tint 1 1 ■ uu gives light,” raid I, (Hilling on c countenance an ! ;ng as that which Brutus w :i«, when lb r ti; T In, rued blue, and the shade of Vwat paid hint a visit in lus lout. My manoeuvre had the desired edi ct, Bitch is the force of sympathy, if satirical smile iniiTn . diately led mo Itur one's fare, and in ils place, 1 had the satisfaction to read, in nature’s own print, tho name of the legacy left by our groat grand dam, to all ilie progeny mi her side, viz : euiioaily. And thus 1 began, “once upon a time,” lor in legendary tales,chronology is of no import, espe cially vvhfie particular epochs and places are pro. bloins as difficult to lo solved, as ie the attempt to square iho circle. “ But, once upon a lime there was a marriage to take place, in a countty vvlvro maids were beautiful, and swains noble and brave. Ol the firm r, one of tho most charming, both in mind and person, was E cclrla ; and of tho labor, in manly symmetry and pure affection, was piodo nas. These twain were betrothed, but, «s was ibo custom in tho coumry which gave them birth, they couid not he joined in Hymen’s bonds, until a year had passed, devoted to llio severest scru tiny of ail the actions of both parties, since first ‘ they breathed and moved.’ On tho last day of the year was judgment to be pronounced. All that could he brought against the lady was, that she had been too gay at die village dances, or laughed 100 loud m coincide wilh the ideas of prudence of certain ladies not in their toon Toee ohsiacics were not mountains,and assisted by a little good nature on the part of the judges, Eslcleia passed with honor die ordeal entered upon with hope, yet wiih fear and trembling. “Mol eo v.a. it with Uledonas : just as he thought happiness was his, a voice from the mul titude cried out, ‘I denounce Pied.mas as one whose face will whiten when dangers near. Is sutli a man lit to protect the innocent and help less V ” “Now it is necessary for you to know that in t ie limes of which I speak, they did not go out to prove which was the best man, by sending bails, propelled by gunpowder, at each oilier. — They had a more substantial me hod of investi gating who was right and who was wrong, as you will tec was the case with Hiedonas. “•Who is my nccu.er? let him stand before tho eye of die good and just,’ meaning the old men who were his judges; and ns he said this, Ins eye kindled with anger, and Ids lip curled with die proud consciousnossof Ids innocence of the charge. A path was made from the place whence the voice of accusal ion came, and there 1 i-sued forth a youth of graceful and manly mien ; his face was pale, even the blood from his lips was gone, yet his heart fell no fear in tho pre. I sence of him whoso enemy, till then, lie had i never proved himself. (You will easily judge die ! reason of ail thin, for ladies know instinctively all the phenomena of the heart.) Though tho good people of whom I am speaking, by their strict and ■ moral la vs, managed pieity generally to keep t every thing in quiet order; yet as human nature - was not made by them, it was beyond the upbore - or their capabilities, to prevent two yoang men ' from loving one young woman. They know no • ! mote than you do about ibo Latin ullage, ‘ dc gutubm non eat dispnlandem’ Hence,on such occur ions they got very angry ; but as it was a part of their philosophy to leach by example n e well ..a precept, they could not manifest died ■ inward commotion,< xcept indeed ai many of out 1 , t men do, by making a little mote e'erc th* o. j.cnal iv-:> awe. i d by justice. ’• Lire yoii.'u' men, a- ! said y toppc Ism md.and I’■ who until hint .11 vubtii ha,l c; 0: : .■I 1, i, nds, T 1.tc0.l imo,i ul'. or in (ho h hit I.l' c, . M.i ■i 1 for women, who nro •;!), in s >m • ccise, like ■' '-'ii in old, hut, lio.ivon he ih he. , 1 , u.,t silo. ! .hi: ■ii - ■ ■' • "All '' deep i : : —:V> accused s|n ko not. ■ Int g.i/.cd 11, .0 !is futsn fiioml. and Ac f stood as 1 a n. murucut of conc miiat-d Imre' nit enmity -tho judge orul tin' people ssmeoly breathed, > their brains wore purnl zo-.1. > “A coward was told to l>e so low, no me m and 1 debris,-d, so cniitemptiblo, and nub all so rare, ■ that one pro- 0.l of it, could not but bump an nn • dying ib grace nn any family with which ho might ally him ■ If—and ol' ail persona Dtcdonas ■ to ba denounce I as such ; ha who wn ever the 1 \ laroi (o put It: si rang a, in In "i tin v rah a:d ‘ j lhc:r <’; .; w ,1 hit hra . 1 t!io roaring ' cu niMcl to s rve tin infant stru gimg in ib .-nice, 1 Ul| d brought it sttfo to its parent's arm 1; luv who n ! |clubh:.d (clio I the pr.l viilt;' v. - nil n., 1 ’ -ava;’!) I ■; 111 'a ho hi! civell l'ia:iife-!;ili.ni i f Itohlo r j bravciy, which had raked his manly ...i .10 to > the highest pinnacle of fame among those who t j know him ; no wonder then the consternation, i I when Qlcniopolo’s charge rung through the air. 1 It came up >n us hearers ns the deep roll of suil r don thunder on lire calm silence es a lovely 7 twilight. At length nn old man, whoso thin ' huh streamed long and w hile over his shoulders 3 arose ; there were furrows on ids check, hut they came ct lime, net of sorrow ; never lit) now ! I had ! , r;!i;i; he dy pierced I.i-s heart, i r never I till no ,1. .1 Pie ;::o ol shame and indignation 1 j (lushed i. ■ honest foe. area. This was tho father i 1 ' of Died: ma-i. The o!,l man spoke calmly and solemnly— 1 “repeal thy ihnrgo, but liewnro of falsehood.” j There was no falsehood in tho charge. The * lace of Dtcdaons had paled with tear —ho had r lied from danger, hut one which might have ", palled the stoutest heart. What man might do, he feared not to do; hut ho had trembled with ’ terror while passing through tho Demons (drove, for ho beheld its solitary and horrible inmate. c n a v . 11, What’s 11 a Word I l ivery thing The Demon’s t.rovcund ils solitary ami liorri blc inmate had great effect; and what added much, , the calmness of twilight was upon us ; tho sun bad jn 1 set, which is just the lime to harrow up the feelings, and make I, “1 be knotted and cctn'lncd locks to part Like quills upon the fretful porcupine.” * My pretty listener unwittingly drew near to rny side. She looked what she fell, full of cuiiosily, 1 yet nervous at the bent my narrative bad taken. This compound feeling is the great characteristic 1 of tho human mind. The gloomy darkness, and i the shadow of the trees, with the stillness of the 1 place through which we were passing, and tho ' lust words I had utleiod, caused that feeling ol ■ superstition, nut to call it fear, in my companion, ‘ j which most of am must t. member to have felt, ul * 1 some petiod of our lives, when listening to a tale I I of thni-e “U’lioso unnatural tread on earth, - j < 'bills itio blood, mid makes an [ Pule with tear." :, J Though the beail beat quicker, and ov n the | cheek grown 1 do,when these things arc heard,we y j wish to hear them ou'( cvi 11 when tbufoiili-la im- J uaiualivu \iiolurtn n flcutimy form vbcicvcr tile - eye cap nst, and fancies that the visage of him ■■ who speaks, wears the horror of all ha comments - upon, wc cling with increased parti ni ily to that II which harrows ns, like tire fascination animals fe •! t before tho painfi.l and killing glance of others, who watch them fir their de .1 rauction. !do it is , with oil our griilili alion, it is seldom unalloyed, Ti.e cup of pleasure, contains ulo misery; wv . drink, but cannot taso; ilia ufio without, tho other, 1 ' which predominates! As in tho lottery, wo take j our chance! • » » » ■ It w ill lake 1110 a half hour to finish my story, 1 I can drive lowly, and till out (ho time’twixt this and your house —shall Ido so.” “I’ray do— i lam interested." ■ Y..,i must know then liiut tho ‘Demon's f trove’ [ vas u lon, iy pie.ee, and roma.liable as lonely. It , was situated among Ilao highest peaks of certain , rocky mountain». t. i g v.lti it h in those days, yet 'die. vvi. e men kntw sum tiling of 1 nature’s laws, and udammou-ly agreed Unit trios would not grow, where earth did not exitt, unless through supernatural agency. That ur.halluw -1 cd things were Concocted, and dinserninalcd oc casioned. t. 0.1 Unit f. ovo, . as a tact, known to . cvey I.no, and traditionary from past renturios , Tin; evil Giro, whose lemplo ii van, had .0 [Move, , over the good ; it was not for them to (ear him, nor his winks. “ T! omen m.lc d trembled during tho mi t nigtil storm-:, when with each unusual noiso’tliey aeconi: anieil the npproacli of ids Majesty of the Grove. Dut tiao men defied him—*yct only in words, as do many of the sanctified lords oi creation of t- o present day, in tho professed con sciousness of tlieit own purity from evil, defy the devil, though they fear him in their hearts. None had the moral courage to a preach,and as the wise men raid they could do, cv creive the place, if they prayed in the presence of ils evil inhabitant to ,jiie from whom all things emanate —who in power is ali in nil. Yet, had any of them been I set to this task and refused compliance, it would I have linen a proof of cov. ardico, therefore (ho greatest stigma. “All eyes were painfully turned on Dieilonas. Ills face was pale, hut Ids voice firm and steady, 1 as ho said, ‘this night I vhit the Demon’s Grove.’ The people hailed his declaration with cheers— : he turned his eye on his enemy and met his g.i/.e —it was one of triumph, a fiendish triumph. “You will not go alone,” cried Estelcla. 1 “Yes dearest, alone —what have Ito fear.” “At least, let me go with you.” ; ' ( i’his is woman exactly—in | ersonal danger | * she finds no courago—in the danger of one she j loves, she knowa no (oar, at least she is not | I bias .ed by it.) ••I must ptovc rny manliness, Este'eta —I must . go alone!” As in anticipation of the longing event, nature threw off har smiles, dm k clouds rolled through tha sir; heavy peals of thunder acm heard, and f the rocks were blasted by lightning—Dicdotrus ■ was gone. ! Naught but tho stigma, and the fear of loosing i his Esteleta, could have urged him to this deapo > rate adventure; but he had act his all “on tho hazard of the die,” and would abide the result. I He was at the entrance of the fearful Grove— ! lightnings played around, making more deep the 1 gloom ol night, and the place ho was in, by their | transient glare. He entered tho precincts of the > ' fearful place—his blood flowed backwards, bis 1 | ideas were confused, all was silence when “ I consciousness relumed. He hud on'ered the 1 ‘ Demon’s abode —the ordeal was passed, his heart I I throbbed vimcntly when lie thought of h aving— ’ j deep murmurs v.eie hcaid again—the thunder rolled and the lightning flashed, and the Do- II mon stood In (ore film —(Jod ! ii was Glcrnapolu! a lie laid his band upon him, and with a voice characterized by its usual gentleness, said—“my ' r doar Diedonas, will you sleep all day, your bride ’ ■ wails!” :l ' It 111, indeed only a dmam. Glernapolo was as k'nd and goad as he bad c ei !*«en to DiedO' 1 ... J nus, utul bad at tho moment of hi-i i. .v.irancc i, hut ono U’i.!), viz.; (o see hi*fiiei-d happy. i'h-V. i I o’lul h.ul il . c.» pro.ioi;::, w '\ l.ormr, i pu.-v .1 tk-J 1. . examination, bm ,v : fc'.jr • I'M 1 ’■■ 0hoI" . ■ !()!:..»* \vi 1 IKK .y excite, hick:.;, and Mum ha 1 at ouio paid ft I ;- I compli , mc:iC to tho ; 1 luv. \ f .1 i ,m i hii.i.-vll’ j wteVhed by utcr-sleeping the time of nut ri e. Hut ad was vioil—bn uivi married, . . .1 v.mh, , n-i 1 hope you nnil I Khali bo vvlion we ; sorry, as Imppy as lovo cnubl un.ho him. “Ami is ibis all?'’ ‘•Yes.” “Prey whip your horse, ami rmtllo Iran!home.” “Don’t you like my story7” “Do you call dial a s'Ory!—that is a ghost story.’’ 1 At least, il i i like all ghost stories, built ’on the 1 i.i tlcs.i fabric ol si vision,’ ” tX We ••oj-y ti e following from iho C . -svilie lb n. k X'. Alluding to the \Ve ,'em and Atlantic Rail Road, llial paper says: “Wo rrjoien to witness the rapid oJvnnccinciit of this mngnifi.ent rntorpiize—hut a little more than a year has elapsed, Mince the commence, merit of tho sum.ys. At this time, ell Iho stir veys icquieitn, in order to de'ermino the most fa vornhlo localities for the road, from its Boutko. ii terminus to Iho Tennoveo lino have keen made, nnil upwards of tidy miles of the road mo now under contract, fifty miles more, are again ex. posed for contracts, elVording iho unprecedented > ,v ample of 100 miles of (' o same Rail Road, of fered 1. r cunstrcciion within Ax niun'.hn from the : eof commencing the woik. I Tim energy and despatch evinced by nil en ! gaged ii' this great eim vpiise, arc truly coinmea- I liable ; and no doubt can c.xi.-l, that the plaudits of every patriotic ciliz ua ot Oocrgia, will bn awarded to tho Counubsioner* of iho Rail Rond, for their zeal nml ollicicney in hastening for ward its conslruction with such un uuexampied speed. Tho times appear unusually auspicious for tho vigorous piosecution of tho work. Tim moans available under Iho patronage of 100 Stale, ore ample; the crops olTho reason already gathered, as well as those now ripening for harvest, wore never more abundant and promising. And, wo mo highly gratified to find a spirit and disposi tion on the part of (huso to whom Iho manage, iiionl oflho Rail Road has been entrusted, ..very way correspondent to the stale of the times just adverted to. The following toast was given at Columbus, Oi., at the echdirnlion oflho 4th. John C. Calhoun— “ Tis but a year s.uee nil proudly he stood, bravo, bright, unasbunniig, the nut win, ib« profurr’d, Upheld by the strong, and bolov’d by tho good. Now —bury Inin quickly nnduttar no word. ’ APALACHICOLA, July 10. Chops.—Tbe Corn crop i throughout the whole region of country borduting on the Apalachicola ami its tributary streams mo represented to be remarkable fine. Provisions the coming season will bo abundant and cheap. Tbe Cotton crop on the contrary, will bn light. In th ■ first place tbe low prices ot tbe article in , di-.cod the planters generally to put a hover por tion then li-oial, oj their hold, into provision crops. Thou during the cold nml hackyvmd i .ring, the , seeds veg,■luted imp. tfec.ly,bm l n.cn idler mm j in,; up, much ol the Weed was cut down by an s insect, so that many olTlio'fi.dds which nro culli I vtiled in (01100,(1.) not present, more than half a 1 island. Mholb it years crop, therefore, will fall t much short of lust • ears amount.— Vincite. i On n r lerenco to ilie Hooks of the Custom . i! n-e, it will appear tb.it tlm whole nuinber .1 . entries at,the port, of Apalachicola, from iho Ist , ol October to Urn Ist . I July, hive been two linn , (bed and twenty-three, v.z:—l mips and Unique, “n—Prigs i-i —t-ielemucis 1 ltd—. Sloops , it),— j Ollo.v/ng e.n icriea- h. n tbe non.lst of entries fa tlm -'.in" period ol last year, of more than 35 per cent.— Hi.l. t'r«m the Italciyh Jtri’iJrr. exile of Cli* I'oirtc I .mills. Wo me Ii .-aorized by (be I unnnis. ionois to stale, that tile following kind i I nioiiev will be received in payment fur tlm Cherokee Lands to he sold, under authority of Act oflho Assembly, on the first Monday ol tfieplember next, at Franklin, in Macon County, viz ; The. notes of Hanks of tins tUaie, Ilium id’ Woc.lli Cnrclinn, pavahlo at Chail.glon aid Cbera - . ; mid tiio-o oi Georgia, psyai JA' ,'i t:t and U.ivemiab; Iho notes ot (he Dank .1 Virginia and I’,inner’s Hunk of W giniu; IJai ed States Hunk notes; Treasury notes and Gold anil Silver. iimiuciiic. Wo understand a n ~dier was killed a short time since, near Carey A Ferry, by a man named .Stephenson, Tho following circumstances have been icl.ile I to us: Stephenson was watching, about 13 o (dock --.I night, bis house and field, wite i he discovered two persona in ills water melon patch, whom lie hailed, but receiving no answer, fired and killed one dead and wounded tlm other severely. Stephenson 11. d, mat we have not heard that ho has been apprehended. We have no Indian news this week. It i. re ported that two Indians had been seen m ,r Fort, Hansen a few days since; hut (here u no trutii in the report. A depot i i to tie e-tahlished on tho kb. Mary’s River in the vicinity of the Oko finioko fctwump.— SI. Augustine Herald, July 13. Co.Ml an it to it —i'li. i; yearn ~m, the in !■ its of Worth 1 'arolina wcm in the Imb j it of bringing from tie.' Noitli an iinmemte quantify ot Cotlou Yarns, generally ofw.etch ed quality, upon which the consumer end not only nil the charged ofn double Iran., .orlation to ami from tho North, hut a heavy profit lu the Northern inanulacturcr. Since that lime the nunierouH Factori s put it. opi ration, in this Stale, have not only mopped tho importa tion of Yarnu. hut produced a surplus lor c-c -yorlttion. Wo have heretofore noticed liu; sinpiii .'Hi of yarns from a Factory in tins place; nml on Sit’un ay last there arrived lieiu 10,. (HID lbs. Coin oneestablishment in the interi | or, on its way to that gro t inu't where nil things find their value p.ud a ready t ale, New York. The period cannot be distant, when the entiro demand fop cotton cloths, os well as yarns, in Norlli Carolina, will be supplied by North Gamboa industry- Nothing could contribute more to the independence and prosperity of the Slate. There is no busi ness, which, well conducted, yields a better return tl.an tho cotton manufacture, ami no place better adapted lor its success than Fay etteville. On the same day, there arrived here, also, I helvve ii t>i;: nod seven tons of Copper Ore, | i (rotn Guilford—-in wagons, fur want of abets 1 I ter conveyance.—i’ayctfet ilia Observer. Wviimksi’ VVr.ATUKit iy 30 vi-aiu.—The Pont .ml Mirror says:—We learn that, on the Bth insl- the Thermometer kept by Professor Cleave land, in Brunswick, and which bus bad the same position for 30 years past, stood, at the hour of U, A. M. at 08^ —half a degree higher than at any other time fur the whole 30 years. On Wed * nesday, the 11th hist, the same Thermometer was ’ up to 99^. NEW YORK, July 18. m rhu following interesting paiagraph has been comniuiiijaiuJ to us by Mr. Robertson of, Havan - nail:— , 'i'n ll.' u'.il’tarof i /.' ' Courier & Enquirer, Ei n ■' — is is ai; lancholy satifactioa to me to . b.i alilo to rescue the name of the generous no> hi') inim!.'il gi’nllcirnm, one of the oubjecte of the , I’dimvi n. article which I first raw in your paper, i Judge Ro«!u eer was picked up on that awful in. it, lu-miy ■ xhansted, by the male’s boat, and Iran- orred to tiie boat in which I was. Taking Ins real on the bow, where whilst endeavoring to wring some of the water from his clothes he talked n p.i at ileal, lie informed us that after 1 the sinking of the Pulaski, he found himself upon n fragment of wreck which he retained ! with grout diHiculty, end near him saw his young ! friend I'arqtiiiiiar Mcßea his companion from T orida, a young man, aged about 28, who bav in,; tw i si lli es lashed together, at once rclin / . lied thi’.o to the Judge as related below. He ' deplored the loss of Mr. AlcUea, who I under | stood him to say disappeared shortly before the ’ , boat came up, and was proluso in his expressions of gratitude to ns; and expressed his surprise that one so aged and feeble as himself should be ’ saved whilst so many of (he young and the vigo rous were lust, adilinyr .. ( HU t |, e raco j 8 not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong." Mr Rochester, when the boats set out for shore, was I'lken back to the mate’s boat to equalize the burthen, and perished in the surf. H iHinm if, Rochester —There was one inch dent comic ted with the melancholy disaster (the I 1 s ol the Pulaski,) which closed his career, which ought not to he I mt, although a name is lost that ought to be brightly recorded. Judge Rochester was feeble from protracted indisposition. A fellow «i.lb ror from the explosion, an ath letic young man, possessing a noble soul, saw his condition, and il 101 l unaided, luu inevitable fate. That young man hud constructed alloat for him. self, upon which ho was buoyed up while the Judge was without the means of reaching the boat. The young man generously insisted that the Judge should save himself upon his own raft, while ho would endeavor to taka care of himself as he otherwise might. The deed was a noble one, but Providence denied that it should be crowned with success. Doth the Judge and his benefactor perished. Nothing I’ltnsoNAr,.—At u recent vrstry mooting in a metropolitan parish, a Mr. Bush ey said to a Mr. 'who was churchswar don ut the time—‘fcjir, 1 mean nothing person al to my excellent triend, Mr. -,but il is toy conscientions belief that he has plundered the parish even since he waa born, and is the greatest thief in the universe. Ido not wish to be personal—but I must say, he is a villain, an infamous scoundrel, tuid a rad cal. I now s speak in my vestal capacity, and I think that | every hand should have a ‘whip to whip (ho 1 rascal naked through Ilia world.” COMMERCIAL. . I.lVKlirnol. COTTON MARKRT, JUNK 30 Good and lino ( niton remains without change— hot very little doing. The sales for (ho week ended lout evening amounted to I f,120 hales, of which 1900 v ere Upland, nt : a 4G50 Orleans, ot Si a 9.1. ROD Alabama imd Mobile, at 51 n 71, with 50 • nit'ld. 110: :i Island at 20 u 32d and 30 Stained i nt 7 a Ifld per 11). July ;ii ',ir '.ry fr'.irnn.'diiies of American ii urn milter lit-ivy nt In. I vvi Vs prices. The Inins ni l.nun innnmi: m „nly 11,120 hales, and eamprisa % 'h<! a 151.m.l lit 20 to 32,1, with 3o rtrr.inod at 71 n I" 11 ovv, ll,n; loT.:, 1,800 Mobile, Alabama 1 nndT, milre,. lot! Id? 4,03(1 Orleans, at 5f to 9d. I ; lie Kileu to-d.iy anmtmt to 40(10 hairs, including I 5)0 <m .p.rnmiri nuil 200 for export. Therein no «llr mtv.'i in pried niium Friday, ilia market be ii" i I‘Lcliy at I}. On Saturday 2000 bags were B I I. July 3 —Tbo tabs to-day amount lo 1200 bales. J'd- fr—7 1 ' " sales on Friday last were 2000 baps; Sniiirda,, '.icon; Holiday -loot), Tuesday, 1500; ami > ' 1,1 iI " minliei has been very quiet since fry ' ■'• ••< . oid llm i nly niti ralion in prices is n do '■ 1 'I *' I uni'll in i•n 11 n 1111 American. 'J'lm ■ ■iuiio'i eli'iie.l (.i-ilny li.' ivily. The imports of the I mi !, liiii 'iint.i lo 10,713 hogs. •hdy r ' -Tbe (,'ottmi market lias continued dull ‘ 111 ■' dale of tbo above, and interior qualities are im id per lb lower, with more niTeritig Ilian he- I " 'I It d.-eline In ordinary of middling qualities ""'■n mild -Hay is a;, and in fair qualities " '• p-r lb. whirl in good and fine there is little ■no <!. ;ir. ion. The sales frjr iho last (our days have Is ' n about 10,000 bales. HAVRE MV It KMT, JUNK 30. Ci,linn.- -Notw iihslarnling tbe fair amount of bu sin- i done dnrin;' lit • Itn.l eight (lays, our Colton mark. I lias 1..- ,i (bu, m.d rattier lower prices have I ■ n generally obtained tor United States short sta ple .Ii neriptions. Tilt st ies ctnbwen 0703 I!, consisting of: 8954 :: lyrleims, es w hieh 072 H. at f. 79 to f. 86- 9.3 H ml. i'll to fill; 1021 if at I 95 to f. JOsl "I II alt JO 1 In f. 107 50, mid 12 li, at f 110; l ik') U. Mobile, ol whieli 230 U. at i 745010 f. 78- I'2l II nt ll H 3 to f 92; 15/1! lit I. 91 to f. 10l! and 4 • Ifral I 109; —1311 1! Upland, of winch BH4 ; Ii at f. Ho to f 92, 3.72 11. at 92 50 to f. 98, and 108; j H. id f ll 0;- ,27 it. I'ernanibueo, ut 1 UOtof 130; 1 and 22 <!. GuaibiloUpe, at (. 130; tin ]wholo duty paid! CIIAH I.EBTON MARKKT, JULY 28. < ..Him • liuring llm past week transactions in Upl’i: d -..er.) extrem.-ly limited,and confined prin ■ipnlly in the supply of orders I rum tbo North,— I ■ i / 1 1 ■. I lie seaii’iiy ol shipping lias pcevented i.monitors Iroin i - aiine forward, ond many were eonipelieil lo sforiywimt li/ey bad no means of ir.n. j- iitmp. • -,rly all the interior Cottons have h "ii Oo t-ii old oi imirkel, and there seems to he no ili .. a in lul tlm better qualities at current rales. The luted advices Item Liverpool, up to (lie 16th .lone, repo ented a decline of 1 limbing in the in ( riorum! middling qualities, hut no alteration in choice. Received sii.ee our last to yesterday morning in clusive, b ili s ol Sea Island and 452 bates ol Up land Goilon. ( eared in ibasnme time, 187 bales of Sea Island and 5204 bales ol Upland Cotton. — (in ttliiii board, mil cleared, - hales of Sea Island, mnl I9UI bales of Upl.iK/f Gotten. The sale" of Uplands amounted lo 445 bales, as billows -3« H; 115,9; 19,91; 8,10; 12, 104; 26 , JOi; 10G, 114; and MG nt 12 cents. BALTIMORE; MARKKT, JULY 24. Hour I’rices have nn-'ergone no change, and we quote Howard street, ns before, from wagons at ■37, and from stores 87,25 n $7,53, according to the quality and quantity taken. We quote Susquehanna Flour at $7. Grain. —Sales of white Corn to day at 66 a 68 cents ; yellow is dull at 65 cents. We quote Oats at2s a 27 cents. Whiskey —Sales id hhds. nt 30J a 31 cents, and of hbb>. at 324 u 33 cents. The wagon price of hbla. is 29 cents, exclusive of the barrel. j Georgia. Burke county: WHEREAS Nathaniel L. Sturges applies for letters of administration on the estate of Ra I chad Sturges, dec.ased. Those nro therefore to cite and admonish all and I singular, the kindn d and creditors, to die their ah- I jocib n , (if any they have,! at my otlice, according !lo law. „ . Given unili r my band at office, lit Waynesboro, ' this 25th July. les3B. i July 30 _ T. H. BLOUNT. Pep. Clerk. NANKiIJaN cotton half hose. Just Received, ICat.e Georgia Nankeen Half Hose,man ufactured to order, and a good article for gen ilmen s wear. I'm talc by WJf. CLAGETT. j July 23 trw3