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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
’ A-UCrIISTA.
Mosnirxy Morning, October 1.
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The election which takes place this day is one
of deep importance to the people of Richmond
county and to the city ol Aog-uUta in particular.
4 Before thorn, from which to choose, arc two tickets
for members of Congress and thn Slate Lcgisla-
Inrc, one of which supports and the other opposes
the present administration of the General Gov
ernment. Augusta is a commercial city, and
every citizen not only ot the place hut of tue
■county, no matter what may bo the avocation
which he pursues for a support, is directly or in
directly, yet deeply interested in the prosperity of
her mercantile interests. If that interest prospers,
every other branch of industry prospers also—if it
is depressed and injured the injury is felt by every
ether business around it. Destroy the mercantile
interests of Augusta, and what would the city
hot What use would there bo for mechanics of
any description] Gould they find employment]
]\o! Could they find the means of support] No!
Our commerce is the very life -Mood of the entire
community, and of each and every class of citi
zens. The interests of each is interwoven and
identified with the interests of every other. If
the mercantile interests prosper, l ho farmer and
the gardener find a ready sale and good prices
for the productions of their labor—the mechanic
of every description finds employment for his
fo Vt.ill the carpenter, the mason, the painter, the
glazier have houses to build and finish—the
blacksmith, tiie shoemaker, the tailor, and in a
word every description of tradesmen aie supplied
with employment for their skill, industry ami
art, and from which they can reap the means of
support and independence. But reverse the pic
ture destroy the mercantile interest —ruin our
commerce, and what is the consequence ] The
merchant becomes unable to purchase the pro
duce of the farmer, or to give employment to the
mechanic—business of every kind languishes
and dies! and every class suffers from the very
mature of its dependence upon and connection
with the mercantile interest. How important it
is then to every man in the community to sustain
our commerce, and with it, those who pursue the
business of commerce as a means of support, and
.as away to comfort, independence and pros
perity !
Wc said there were two tickets before the peo
ple of Richmond county, one of which supports
the present administration and the othei opposes
it. Now, when it is remembered that this ad
ministration has made war upon counneico and
merchants, and endeavored to destroy the former
by ruining and breaking down the latter, the
people of Augusta should not he long in deciding
which ticket to select to represent them in the
councils of tiro Union and the Slate. In the last
years of the administration of Gen. Jackson, an
unceasing war upon the merchants was waged
by him and his followers. Every t 1 ing that
could be said, was sail, to embitter the minds ol
the people against them, and ovciy measure
which his ingenuity and his power could devise
and execute, were put into operation to embar
rass, cripple and destroy them. Have wo forgotten
the removal of the dopnsitos ! Do wo not yet
remember the odious specie circular! Nay, so
1 embittered was his hostility to the merchants,
1 that even after his retirement from the President-
I tial chair, he wrote the most abusive letters against
them, in one of which ho denounced them as
money making concents, devoid of patriotism,
looking alone to their own interests, regard
. less oj alt others ! ’ In another ho declared that
I "From the conduct of the Hanks and Meiu
chants they deserve no favors from the Govern
, merit, which tiiky have attempted to dis
| tin ace and destroy its credit both at home and
abroad!"
Have the merchants forgotten these letters,.!
; And do they not see that they have operated like
. commands upon Van liuren and that ho is now
striving to cany out their abominable rsqisitisns
even at tbo sacrifice of the great mercantile inter'
osls ol the country ! And how can the people of
Augusta, who are so deeply interested in the com
mercial prospciity ot the country support those
who have on so many occasions shown them
selves to lie their enemies ! How can any high
minded merchant go to the polls and by his vote
sustain and support the friends and adherents of
those who have thus abused, denounced and villi
fiedthem! It cannot be I Awako then and to
the polls, merchants of Augusta I To day is the
day, and now is the hour for you to vindicate
your characters against the foul and false accusa
lion of a wont of patriotism, ami to defend your
interests against the attacks of those who
hope to keep in power by abusing you and
setting all other classes against you! Me
chanics too, the slab at the mercantile interests
of the country was alike deadly to your interests 1
You too have felt the disasters brought upon the
country by the wickedness and ignorance of our
rulers, and you have to-day an opportunity of
inflicting through the ballot box, that punishment
due to their political transgressions I Shall the
opportunity go unavailed ! Would you rebuke
them for their many wrongs! Then go to the
pulls and vote for the talented, faithful and gal
lant Dawson, who has opposed their schemes
upon the floor of Congress, and his fellow can
didates on the Stale Tights ticket! Go to the
polls and sustain Miller, Jenkins, Crawford and
Wnt. J. Rhodes, who have already represented
you in the Legislature with so much ability, and
won for themselves and liioir constituents so
much credit and honor I You have trusted to
them once and they have not disappointed your
expectations liust to them again, and again you
shall not be disappointed I They are the tried
friends of your best rights—the ablest champions
of the mercantile interests of Augusta! Vote
for tin; ticket entire I Vote for U unbroken and
undivided, and your vindication of your honor
and your interests will be full and complete I
The Mobile Commercial Chronicle of the 26th
ult. says:—“Wo are enabled from authority to
state, that the Committee at Blount Springs have
adjourned without having done any thing in re
gard to fixing a petiod for the resumption of spe
cie payments by the Banks of this Stale. The
letter bearing these advices is under dale of the
19th, and gives no particulars—stating that par
ticulars will not be given until the return of the
delegation.”
Health of Motitle. —The Mobile Commer
cial Chronicle of the 20th, says:—“Since our
last, a kind Providence has blessed us with a most
favorable change of weather, and we now have
every right to indulge the hope of passing through
the fall, without the visitation of epidemic.”
Health of New Orleans. —On Saturday
wc experienced a succession of heavy showers,
and towards evening the wind blew violently from
tbo north east in lilful gusts accompanied by heavy
rain. The atmosphere has since undergone an I
extraordinary change, the thermometer has falles
nearly fifteen degrees: blankets on our beds and
winter clothing on our bodies are in general re
quest. The weather continues cool to a remark
able degree, and though the sun shines highly, his
beams dispense no more warmth than is necessary
for comfort.
The influence upon genera! health t,f this un
expected change in the lompcra’uro cannot fail to
be of the most beneficial character. The isolated
cases of lover which have hitherto occurred, will
now doubtless bo entirely arrested, and wc may
confidently anticipate passing the remainder of
the season in uninterrupted health. Wc have
every indication of a cold and early winter. In
fact, our entire summer has been fur mure mild
and tolerable than the Istitudo we live in authori
zed us to expect. While the inhabitants of tho
north have been sweltering and panting in a mel
ting atmosphere, those es the south have passed
. the summer amid moderate heats and genial
breezes. The consequence has been a continu
ance of health rarely to be encountered in New
Orleans. We presume that after the material
change in the atmosphere which has taken place,
all fears of the epidemic will be dissipated. Wc
may confidently assure our northern friends that
the conclusions to which we have arrived are jus
tified by reason and experience, ami are corrobo
rated by the opinions of our oldest and best in
formed physicians.—A". 0. Bee, of the 25r/t.
From the Natchez Courier , of the \‘ilh ult.
The Cotton Crop.
Wo learn from good authority, that tho pros
pect is even worse than has been anticipated. Not
only have all the forms fallen off, but a groat many
of tbe young bolls and very many half grown
bolls arc forced open by the drought, which don’t
yield half the usual quantity of Cotton. Tho
• northerly winds which have prevailed since the
I Ist inst., with the unusually cold weather ol the
3d and :5d have had cllects on the plant similar to
those produced by a frost. The loaves have all
turned red, and many of them have fallen olf.
Vegetation is entirely checked, and nothing short
of a week’s rain can resuscitate the plant. Uis
doubtful whether a rain now, would benefit the
crop, for it is too late for the fruit of the second
growth, even should the fall boa late otto. But
at present there is every indication of a long, pro
traded drought, and our planters must bo content
with very short crops. It is the prevailing opin
ion at present that they will be shorter (acre, lor
Here,) than in any previous year, since tbe period
' of the rot.
This information, wo obtain from sunc of our
. most experienced planters in litis neighborhood,
' I liut would lie glad to learn that it is applicable
I only to this country. We fear however, it is
I slrieily true, in relation to all the upturn! cotton
in this stale. The earlier information is obtained
on this subject, the better for all concerned—hold
ers of stocks in Europe, us well as growers in
America. A continuance of the present drought,
for a week longer, would mako the crops of Ibis
county, ihc slijorlostover produced. Many of our
planters would noit> be willing to compound for
one third less than they raised last year, and there
is every reason at present to apprehend a continu
ance el the drought, for a fortnight or more.
From the New York Express, %sth nil.
Late from England.
Last night, at half past ten o’clock, the Great
Western arrived at Quarantine, having left Dris
lol at five o’clock and ihirty minutes on the even
ing of the Bih mat. She has H!) cabin passen
gers. The passage has been a very rough one,
continued squalls and gales prevailing.
The grain trade has continued to occupy a
considerable share of public attention, ns under
cxisling citcumstanccs might be expected. Al
though the weather has been lino generally
speaking, the prices of wheat have not gone down
any thing like what might have been expected,
which circumstance strengthens the belief pre
viously entertained, that the harvest will be defi
cient. Those who are of the opposite opinion,
believe that prices will come down, and that
shortly. This, of course, is all matter of opini
on at present. The duly on foreign wheat is
now two shillings and eight poncu per quarter.
Whether it will come down to one shilling per
quarter is at present a matter entirely of specu
lation. The speculations for low duties have ,
been very extensive.
The unfavorable slate of the weather, remarks
the British Journal of the Bth, which within the
last two or three days has inlenuptcd tho pro
gress of tho corn harvest, begins to create much
anxiety amongst those farmers that have not yet
secured their crops, who, cro they can bring their
produce to market, will have to contend with an
influx of foreign corn, which is now admitted at
an import duly of only four pence per bushel.
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, has
addressed the Duke of Monlbello, authorizing his
excellency to demand his passports, ami return
to France in the event of the voroit refusing to
expel Prince Louis Napoleon from the Swiss
territory.
Os tho One Hundred and Forly-Thrcc Cabin
Passengers in tho Great Western, flit) berths
wore engaged before sbe arrived out. The Lon
don Times says. —“Bo numerous were the appli
cations, and of course the number disappointed,
that premiums of 20 guineas have been offered,
and would be given, for berths on the first refu
sal of vacancies from parlies who by any accident
might be prevented from going. In ono instance
a party having engaged a double berth, was writ
ten to in Devonshire, to request accommodation
fora passenger, if the whole were not absolutely
wanted. The Directors have filled up every
yard of disposable space on the dock, as well us
below, in order to make room for tho number sla
ted.
The American Minister in London has been
confined several days by illness, —but was con
valescent.
Tho French blockade of Mexico attracts a
great deal of attention in tho British Journals,
and is very seriously complained of.
Wo perceive, says the New York Courier and
Enquirer, that tho Transatlantic Steam Company
advertise that they have rqchartcrcd tho steamship
Royal William and purchased the now steamship
Liverpool for tho navigation to Ibis port. That
the former will sail on the 20th of this month,
and the latter on lbo2oth of October. Wo may
therefore count on steam communication with
Europe throughout the winter, of which there
was before some doubt—indeed life navigation of
(ho Atlantic by steam may now bo considered
permanently established.
Shipwreck. —The schooners Four Brothers
ami James Madison, owned in this port, and bound
to Galveston, were wrecked in the late gale off
Velasco. We regret to learn that the, whole crow
of the James Madison perished. Tho passen
gers were saved—having landed before the gale,
while the vessels were wailing off the bar for p’r
lots. Cargoes and vessels said to boa total loss.
We arc trot advised upon whom the loss falls. —
Mobile Register.
Important Discover v.— Tho following meth
od employed by Captain Kennedy, commanding
Her Britannic Majesty’s steamer H pit (ire, to pro
| vent the incrustations or deposites of saline mat
ter on the inside of the boilers of steam engines,
lias been communicated by him in a letter to M,
Gautier, of the French Consulate at Malta, Cap
tain Kennedy recommends after having well
cleaned the boilers and tubes, to coat those parts
of their interior surface most cxpo-cd to the ac
tion of the fire with a mixture composed in the
proportion of 18 lbs of melted suet and 3 lbs. of
powdered black load. He states that the advan.
lagos of this application have boon so fully tested
by experience, that the Lords of the Admiralty
have resolved that all the government steamers
shall for the future bo provided with a sufficient
quantity of the above mentioned ingredients.—
Army ami jXavy Cltroti.
Mr. Charles Sertuys, the newly appointed
Charge d’Affaires of His Majesty the King of Bel
gium to the United States, presented, this morn
ing, his letters credential to the Secretary of State.
Globe of the Mth tlit.
We regret io learn that Walter S. Franklin,
Esq. Clerk of the House of Representatives, died
of bilious fever at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on
Thursday last. — Ibid.
General Review of the Market.
Our business season is beginning to look up,
our duties as reporters call (or a slight analysis:
Humbug —Less on hand than formerly, anil
transactions at present, slight—holders however,
firm in hopes of a busy season.
Dandyism —Market agitated, and demand in
creasing. Since the great crisis, holders have
changed hands, and the field is principally filled
with new spectators.
Whiskers —There has been a largo stock on
hand all summer, few being willing to sell, and
a groat many ashamed to buy. The approach of
cool weather is looked upon as favoiabte to a large
crop of the article.
Tricks in Trade —Wo quote at former rales,
there has been no perceptible change cither in
quality or amount since our last repot t.
.Mosquitos —Season nearly over—some opera
tions of a lively nature but holders arc generally
willing to dispose at. small advances. —Hills at
sight are seldom ofToied.
Mint —Stock on hand very slight ; there Inis
been a strong demand during the warm monihs;
small packages in gluts have been taken freely.
J’ulrinlism —Soiii" in the market, since the
elections many lots h.tvc gone oil'at a discount,
and there is now very little in lin t hands.
Dir mid Whistle —Tho operations in this
commodity being confined to incoipoiatcd bodir...
huye been very regular—holders arc occasionally
■■■ ■ ■ ■ 1,1 Mil.
t- quite imitcdily, though wo quote at former pri
s '°?' '!' ~<lvi" c a,, y ‘•'fonwvc dealings in
i tins aruelc le.-t they are willing to hold mi.—.V,
I u. J icdi. une.
i Music on the Waters,
Uaik ! while our ship is swinging
Above Iho ocean raves,
r 'Hie twilight gale is bringing
, fcoft music o op the waves,
Ab ! from what islo of pleasure
Floats the harmonious sound !
To that entrancing measure,
A fairy troop might bound !
Hush ! now it faints, it lingers—
t Now with a peal sublime,
Attack by the wind-god’s lingers,
li drowns the billowy chime!
The stars more brightly glisien,
, The waves beneath the moon
Fall down and seem to listen,
, Enchanted, to the tunc.
. Now mounting, now subsiding,
, it swells, it sinks, it dies;
, Now on the swill breeze gliding,
Over die deep it Hies.
So sweet and so endearing
The strain, that ere ’tis done,
1 bought seems absorbed in hearing,
All senses in the one.
Sonff, in the new Farce of “.‘1 a rent Mistake,
or, rather, an Error,” written ha John St.
Hugh .Mills.
Here’s to the land of the bra re and tiro free,
_ Ever ready the rights of the just to defend ;
Columbia, thou lair one, my prayer is for thee ;
Guard to the weak—to the stranger a friend.
Never, no, never shall tyranny’s heel
1 read on thy banner of stripes now unfurled ;
I’o tbo eagle and stars shall ihy enemies kneel,
’I hou mistress ol truth and hope of the world.
With Justice thy motto and Freedom Ihy right,
Still peace is ihy wish, for no blood hound art
thou;
Yet terrific, when roused in the battle to fight,
Quick in thy vengeance and deadly thy blow.
Then fill high die cup—fill, fill to the brim,
For a toast we will drink—’tis our duty ;
Here’s to the fairest of lands wo live in—
To the brave—to the free—and to beauty.
Last days of a Pirate.
In the Ciimhcan sea, and not far from the
estuary of the river Han Juan, are situated »
number of small keys, generally denominated
the “Corn Islands.” They are inhabited by
tt mixed race of English, Spanish, Indian,
and negro; and which have, from the earliest
settlement of the West India islands, boon
the resort of buccaneers, pirates, traders, and
fishermen, hying at a sufficient distance from
the main land, to be exempted from the con
tinued storms and rains lor which that const I
is ncted—open to the trade winds, which by
day meliorate the heats of a tropical climate,
and by niglit waft from the ocean an ample
supply of moisture for the production and
preservation of uninterrupted and fadeless
vegetation, they appear to him whoso eyes
have long boon unregalcd by a view of the
green and smiling land, as so many little spe
cimens of paradise scattered on thoeca.
Thrown by fortune on one of those secluded
isles, and alter partaking largely of the cheer
ful but unostentatious hospitality of (ho in
habitants, I wandered Forth along the avenues
of orange and lime trees, whose clustering
flowers loaded the air with perfume, while the
moonbeams glancing through the interstices
of the foliage, wore brightly reflected from the
pendant drops which hung like diamonds from
tho leafy spray.
I was now treading the ground oft trodden
by the tierce freebooters of by-gone days; licrc
they rested from their murderous toils; threw
aside tlie blood-stained brand, and tot a time
indulged the gentler passions of their natures.
Often, perhaps have these woods echoed with
the wild song of mirth, the bacchanalian revel
or the softer whisperings of love—for even
the remorseless pirate loves, and fiercely too.
Reflections like these brought in their train
the fancied forms of Lolonols, Hrasileno, Hat,
Morgan, and other rovers of renown, whose
deeds of desperate doing still l;vc in a thou
sand traditionary talcs. Gut my reverie was
interrupted by a sound of distant music softly
and sweetly stealing along the winding alleys
of shrubbery, and losing itself among the mur
tnurings of the waves us they broke on the
rocky shore. Curious to know from whom
the strain proceeded, I followed it, and sud
denly found myself in front of a small low hut
built of reeds, and thatched with branches of
the palm, a lamp filled with the oil of cocoa
nuts, shed a faint and fitful light. In front of
the hut reclining in a hammock which was
suspended between two orange trees, 1 observ
ed a man apparently listening to the song of
a female who sat beside him, and seemed en
deavouring to soothe him to slumber as she
gently swung the hammock to and fro. His
lace was pale, his sunken eyes were closed
j and partially covered with a profusion of au
burn hair, which full in ringlets over his brow,
on which the burning sun had left its swarthy
impress. As I approached he raised his head,
and motioned his attendant to cease her song,
while with a voice feeble, but somewhat stern,
ho bade me wt Iconic; and the lovely songster,
who was a beautiful creole girl, with tbo form
of a sylph and the step of a fawn, brought me
a scat which she proffered, and retired within
the hut. Some trifling conversation ensued,
during which his manner made an impression
on tny mind which time has failed to erase
1 His person was small and lightly formed, and
though now fechle 9 nnd emaciated, still betray
ed the remains of elegance and activity, his
> large blue eyes, sunken and lustreless, darted
■ from object to object with a restlessness that
I denoted a heart hut ill at case, as the fierce
energies of his nature seemed struggling witli
1 the languor of disease. Interested by his ap-
I pearancc, I made some inquiries respecting
1 ins disorder.
! “The physicians,” replied lie, “think it a
pulmonary affection, and for aught I know, it
’ may be so, but, the root, of the matter is here,
1 (laying his hand upon his heart,) far beyond
the reach of medicine.”
• Perhaps a change of climate—”
“No, no!” interrupted he; “climates and
' countries arc alike to me; my glass is nearly
. r uti. and it matters I.tile how or when I die—
. so I but die.”
Those words were spoken with a ccrlaii
peevishness of manner which precluded far
thcr conversation, and I took my leave, rosol
ved, however, soon to repeat my visit, for
s had become too deeply inleresled in his fiit<
to rent«atisfind without obtaining a larthc:
f knowledge ofhi'J character. Accordingly
- renewed my visits from <luy to .lay, u„t.l thov
! bocame ‘requont, am] by mnuv |, lt | c IliimclcH ;
• attentions, 1 at l«t woo upon'lns cm.tidence,
ami ho appeared to take pleasure in my aocic.
ty.aml oven expressed himself uneasy (lt mv
al.scuco In the meantime h s health contiiw
tied rapidly to decline, and |,u was cvidcnt.lv
just on the verge of mortal existence. I had
often in the course ot my conversations with
inni endeavored to draw his ottontion (o tho
consolations of religion; but the indirect allu
sion to religion or immortality would cloud
his brow with a frown which told mo they
could minister no comfort, pence, or hope to
hum At the close of an afternoon which we
iiad passed together, as he lay gently swing,
mg in his hammock, lie lixed his eyes on the
aun, just then dipping beneath the western
wave, and remarked;—
“See what a glorious sight is there ! The
lime has boon when I could look on such a
bccncwith emotions of the most elevated pleas
ure ; now my heart sickens at the sight, it re
minds mo of my fast approaching doom. Yon
sun haa run its course m brightness, and it solo
m splendor ; my corner has been one of dark
ness, and soon must set in gloom.”
“But the sun will rise again,” I observed,
cs,” he replied ; “and von mean to say
I, too, shall arise; Ini! ha! ' Arise to what 1”
ami ho laughed, not loud, hut such a laugh !_
()h, its infernal gibber still rattles in mylars !
’twas such a laugh ns the refinement of torture
might extort from a wretch agonizing on the
rack ; it was the wild expression of the hor
rors of hull already seizing on the soul.
“Do you not hclicvo it?” said I; “surely
you are not on atheist 1”
“No, no ! no more an athiost than yon gra
zing hrulo, who believes or disbelieves neither
cieeds nor doctrines. Would I were an athe
ist !”
“Nay, say not so ; sickness has disordered
your mind. (Inn you not pray ?—Have you
never prayed
“Did I never pray '! Oh, yes, I remember—
but ’tis like a dream—when kneeling on my
mothers lap, she taught me to lift my infant
orisons to heaven ; and she would pray with
mo too, and for me; and in alter years, when
thrown adrift on the wide world, when all who
loved or was beloved by me were slumbering
in their graves, even then the memory of those
prayers would shed a sacred influence over my
soul; 1 hoped, but ah ! how vainly hoped, that
still a moliier’s prayer would draw heaven’s
blessings on my head. Long years have fled
since might like supplication to God or man
has passed those lips. Jt is true I worshipped,
hut it was at a most unholy shrine —the doily
whom I adored asked blood, and blood 1 gave
him. Yes, a whole hctacomb ot human lives
this hand has immolated on the alter ol re
venge.”
“Oh, horrible !” I exclaimed ; “surely you
rave —you mean not wliut you say.”
“Nay, nay, ’tis sober truth. I3nt listen, 1
have not many hours to live; I will employ
them in sketching for you a brief online of a
wicked, hapless, hopeless life. For twenty
years you are the only human being who has
crossed my path (rum whom I Kivu received,
i without a bribe, one cheerful word or kindly
■ look, save this poor girl, and she—but enough
■ of that—you will not betray rnc! Justice in
deed claims much of this ensanguined hand of
1 nine, but death will help mo to cheat her of
■ her duo. 1 was born in Wales; at (ho ageot
■ fifteen years I lost parents, friends, and fortune.
• Thrown upon my own resources, 1 came lo
■ the West fndios, and succeeded after a time
1 In obtaining a situation of overseer to Gonza
les, the Governor of St. Ann. Ho was a proud
and haughty Spaniard, whom / disliked, for I
had not yet learned to hate, and f should soon
have left his service hut fur a being whom he
called his daughter; the fairest—but what
matters it how fair she was! 1 loved her—
loved her with all tlie pmo affections of my
soul, and she loved mo. Well, live years pas
sed awny. At length I gained her consent to
leave this island and unite her destinies with
mine, for the stern Spaniard would ns soon
have bestowed his daughter on a slave as on
mo. J obtained a boat and the assistance of
a negro lo convey us to the main, when the
, black villi-in betrayed us to his master, and
: on the point of embarking, wo found ourselves
surrounded by soldiers and slaves, who, by tbo
i governor’s order, stripped me to the skin, yes,
there, before the gaze of hundreds, and worse,
before her fur whom only 1 cared lo live, I was
stripped and flogged by a negro! Oh, how
my heart was ctushed I My spirit was broken
but not subdued. There, kneeling on the
sand, the blood streaming from my lacerated
shoulders, I swore never to rest satislied until
I had washed out the foul disgrace in the
heart’s blood of a hundred Spaniards. 1 have
' performed my call). Twenty long years have
i passed away since that accursed hour, and
. the vengeful flame that then kindled in my
f soul lias ever burned with fierce intensity,
. while each new victim served as fuel to the
■ radii" lire, and nought hut the chill damps of
i death can quench its blaze. The governor
1 sent me to (Jhagrcs as a prisoner; to obtain
. my liberty, or rather my release from a filthy
dungeon, f entered into the military service of
r the Spaniards.
, “The revolution which had broken out iu
Garaevas, had now become general along the
, main; the patriots were every whore inarms,
and 1 soon found means to join them, hut not
i without first sheathing my i’tniic in the hearts
’ of my colonel and two sentinels. Here my
i hatred lo the Spaniards soon rendered me
conspicuous, and obtained for me the com
i’ maud of a small party, with which I prosecu
ted a guerrilla warfare in the interior; hut win
1 flually taken, manacled, and marched barefoot
- and wounded across the isthmus to Panama,
s with scarcely a rag to protect me from the
J scorching sun; it was almost insupportable. J
I complained of my head, and 'he- merciless
o villains gave mo a paper cap; and lest the wind
h should blow it from off my head, they fastened
. it lo my seal]) with boiling pitch. But the
g desire of revenge supported mo beneath all
their lorturcs. 1 again escaped, and at length
a found myself at the siege of Carthagomi, in
I, iho command of a gun-hoat. Here 1 siguali
. zed myself by many u deed of blood, and af
d ter the capture of the place obtained a cap
tain’s commission, and the command of a line
bri". I was ordered to convey several of the
d Spanish nobility with their properly lo the hi
y and ol'Curacoa, and accordingly sot sail, hut
- steered my course directly tor St. Ann. On
the passage 1 called my crew together; iulor
i) mod them we had onboard upwards of two
r- millions ol dollars belonging lo the Span arda
|. who were our natural enemies, mid inquired
I it iln-v wore disposed lo Id so line a prize
,e slipilluu easily through tlu ir fmgera ! Tiny
■r caught gicedily at (lie glittering bail, and
1 w ith one voice exclaimed. ‘Set the JJpauiaus,
■M
1 ' tI La,H l, ' c,n 1 °" "ifi Joann island !*
•“ving lima obtained their consent to un[act
which equally implicated nil, I resolvctWti
my hittire course, ami took my measures ac
cordingly. That night, while ■the passengers
were asleep in their berths, I despatched them
successively with my own hand, and launched
them through the cabin windows—they told
milt a score towards the fulfilment of my oath.
e arrived at Kt. Ann, and anchored off the
island at night, I immediately landed with a
hoais crew of chosen rullianH, and proceeded
undiscovered to the house of Gonzales On
the way wo met his son, a lad of some six-
Icon years, whom I compelled to conduct mo
to his father s beside, where 1 found him buried
in the arms of sleep. There he lay, the oh.
Ject of my soul’s most hitter hatred ! Did f
strike him then ? did I send him slumberin''
into eternity No, no ! I aroused him—ho
saw me stand smiling over him with my dag
ger at his throat, ami lus craven soul hurst
with terror from his glnringoycs. Oh! what
a delicious moment was that to me ! llu.
spoke mi word, but gagged and bound, 1 bad
him speedily on board, whilst my crew sack
ed and set fire to the town, the hateful scene
of my early degradation. Vet there was one
hitter pang to be endured—but ’twits only fur
is moment, hire I 101 l the island, the daugh
ter o( Gonzales came—she whom I loved so
well; on her knees she besought mo. ‘.Sparc l
oh ! spare my lather ! You loved mo once
‘Ay! but 1 love no longer—Rovcngo lias
absorbed my soul, there is no room for love—
away!’ 1 saw her no more. As hir the gov
ernor, 1 had hint whipped until he implored
me in mercy to plunge my dagger in bis
hcnrf, no such moicy to him-— tho scourge
was plied while ho had aught of sense orfccl
ing led, and then wo gave him to the sharks.
Why do you shrink us in horror?—Think
you I was more than revenved 1 Jle was
hut one of the doomed hundred. Well for
this act J was outlawed by the government,
nml commenced a cruise upon my own ac.
count, A few remaining hours of my life
would not suffice to tell a tithe of my udven
tures, perils, and escapes. Three times i
have been a prisoner; but stratagem or gold
were ever potent to loosen bolts Or bars. Once
I was tried for my life at N. O.—but the glit
tering of the shining ore dimmed the eyesight
of my judges, and they conlddiscovcr no spot
of blood upon my bands. Five years I roved
the terror of these seas; but now, what all
the art and power of man have failed ttfdo,
the never ceasing tumults of a guilty mind
have done—cut short toy mad career. Lornr
since 1 felt the baud of death upon roc, and
like the wounded tiger that seeks somegloo
mg den wherein to die, hither I came without
associate or friend hut this little creole nurse
—chance has made us acquainted. 1 have
confided to you the outline of my history; it
will serve us a talc to while away a tedioha
hour, and make your hearer stare. And now,
grant me one favor when I am dead, living I
ask none; —bury tno in the sea full twenty
fathoms deep, f have done. (Jive me some
drink—my mouth is parched—my brain is in
a whirl. 11a 1 that pang,, death is here, I
feel it, about my head. Well, why should I
live I and yet to die with such a load of guilt
' —hush—hush ! speak not to me. 1 know
. what you would say—hut ’tie all in vain.
What’s death to mo. I have hoarded him li
thousand times —why do I shrink so now 1 A
heavy mist comes gathering over my sight.
’ Who arc these 1 Off, off! why do you let
: them come so close —With a deep desper
ate effort, ho raised Jiirnsc lt upon his roach,
seized with a convulsive grasp my hand; ga.
zed on mo for a moment with a terrified and
ghastly glare, and then fell back exhausted
on Ins pillow. Jiis distorted features gradu
ally relaxed; the wild expression of lus eye
slowly assumed a placid look, and something
like a smile played about his lips—the pirate
was no more.
Fatai. Catastrophe.— Yesterday aficr
noon, one of the most heart,rending scones
occurred in our town, (hat has ever fallen to
our 10l to record. While several children
were engaged in playful pursuits, a dispute
arose between two colored boys, about 7 or 8
years old, named Wesley and* Sam, when the
l affer boy told Wesley lie could whip him for
a hundred dollars, Wesley said ho could not,
and ran into Mr. Calhoun’s office, (his master)
and caught o pistol, which Mr. C. had lei- lay
ing carelessly about, loaded wit/i Luck shot,
and come to the door and fold Sam he would
shoot him, when Robert J’rncc, a child of Mr.
James MeDuguld, about three years old, said
“Don’t shoot Sam, shoot fiill” Wesley replii
cd, he would not, hut ho would shoot him, and
raised the pistol and shot him. Three balls
entered the left breast of the child. The poor
little sufferer survived bi t about twelve hours.
How many inslancos of this nature have been
recorded of children coming to an untimely
death, by persons leaving fire arms about
where they can lay hold of them. No law
can he too severe, lor the punishment of thoso
who would carelessly ns in this instance,
leave dangerous weapons within their reach—
I hey should bo held responsible for acts com
mitted by their use.
The boy has been examined before u Justice
of the Fence, ami committed to jail, to await
his trial at the next Circuit Court. —Eastern
{Miss.) Clarion.
coji.nintciAi,.
NEW OKI,MANS COTTON MAR MET, SEPTEMDER 2(1
Tim lalo advices from Kuropo, logelher with lliu
very favorable ureimnts from Now Vork, bavoeaiis
ed a brisk denmnil in our market which lias taken
off nearly every halo on sale—both old and new, at
in most inslancos, on advance ofu full fe per lb. on
last weeks rates.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SEPT 7.
There has been no decided change in the'com
plexion of our (ol 100 market lor several weeks past.
Tli« demand lias been moderate, and Ihe extent of
business, though not equal to llu- current consiimp
lion pretty nearly so, nod as holders have not press
ed sales in quantity beyond (lie demand, pi .its have
nmained steady al about ' d a Id p--r Ur, below the
highest point of the market during the brisk demand
about a month ng >, or us limy sell led jest idler that
briskness subsided. The sales for tho wees ended
24ib nil. xxero 20,900 bales, and lust week they
amounted to 21,101) bales. Oi the latter 4700 were
! I'plum! nl 51 aBd ; 8950 Orleans at 51 a Hd, with
sumo parcels ol limey brands nt H J a 8 ,‘d ; LdliO A la.
and Mobile al 5 a 01 ; and UJ Bca island-' at 10 a
j 28d per lb.
HAVRE COTTON MARKET, SEPT. sth.
1 Colhni. —The enquire fur cot lon lias been very
hmiled siur-c I he beginning el I he inomli, I he sales
1 re.i. line- only 2 OK) bales, including 250 damaged
I 'pined, mid o3D damaged Louisiana, being Ihe ear
‘ n„ „| the ship l-.hza (arum, Hill muster, from INcxv
' (life ms, xvl'u ii grounded and was dismasted oil
mir eorl, having drilled up the Seine al low water,
on Hie night ol (he 21ih u I