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The Convictwd Lovefi
Th* following it a pari of a ske'ch contained ii
li little volume entitled 'The Ult o’ Wrilin’ ant
other tale*, just out.
The lover, a 'broth of boy,’ ofuhmil Iwen'y year*
of age, was convicted and sentenced to he execu
ted, aa one oft parly of ‘tithe arrangert' who hml
attacked a gentleman's houae for the purpose of
rifling it of anna, mid at which one nr more of the
Police hail been killed , just as he was nhotil being
wedded lo his own Moya. Notwithstanding the
evidence upon the trial was most positive with re
gard lo his having liecn among the foremost of lire
murderers, his attorney and a friend, entertained
slrot g faith of his innoeenee, and succeeded in
obtaining auch proof of n, as led to sirring hopea
of a pardon. To this purpose the Attorney had
gone lo Dublin, and it is on the morning of the
execution that we now introduce his friend, aux .
iuusly awaiting his return :
‘Early on the second morning, 1 look u walk
into I lie country, along the Dublin road, vaguely
hoping lo meet, even so early, our zealous attor
ney returning lit us with a whim handkerchief
streaming from the window of his post chaise
that idea had got into my head, like a picture, and
would recur every moment. I met him not. I
lingered on the road—l heard our town clock
pealing twelve—the hoy had hut an hour to live.
1 looked Inwards the county jail, whither he had
l>ocn removed for execution—the black (lug was
waving over its drop door. Glancing once more
along the Dublin road, I ran ns fist ns I could to
wauls the jail. Arriving at the imn gale of its
outer yard, I was scarce conscious of the iiiubi
tude whioh sat en a height confronting it, nil
hushed and silent, nr of the strong guard o| sol
dier* at the gale, till one of them refused me way.
I bnbed the sergeant to convey my name lo the
governor of the prison, and was admitted, first
into the outer yard, then by the guard room door,
a; >1 along a colonade of pillars, connected with
ii ! work at eilhct hand, into the inner rouns
of the jnil.
I he guard room was under I lie execution room,
and lioth funned a building in themselves, separa
ted (turn the main pile ; the culunode o( which 1
have spoken, lending from one lo the other.—
hai had sent me where I now found myself, was
an impulse lo beseech the sheriff, (whom I knew,
■And who was necessarily in the jail, to accompany
the condemned to the door of the execution mom)
for some short postponement of die fatal inonieiil.
He earne out lo me in one of the courts at cither
aide of (he colonade; wo spoke in whispers us the
i ood and kind hearted governor and I had done
♦bough there was not a creature to overhear us,
in the deserted sunny spaces nil around, j know
the shcrifl must ol his peril make any change in
un lour; hut I told him our rase, and his eyes
j-itened with zeal and benevolence, while he
p it its watch hark three quarters of an hour, and
(i) v eraled, with rny uncle Toby’s oath, I believe
• would swear it was right, and that all their
acks were wrong, and ‘let them hung himself
or the mistake.
“Our point arranged, we sunk into silence. It
was impossible lo go on talking, oven in our eon
acinus whispers—one o’clock soon struck! the
governor, pule and agitated, appeared, making a
sad signal lo the sheriff We beckoned him over
To ns, ami ho was shown the infallible watch,
and retired again without a word. My friend and
I continued standing aide hy aide in resumed si
lence, and all was silence around ns ton, save
some few most melancholy, must appalling sounds
—one caused hy the step of a sentinel under the
window of ihe condemned cell, at an unseen aide
oftlie prison—another by the audible iniitinnniigs
of the eonJemm d and his priest, heard through
that window—both growing more fervent in prayer 1
aince the jail clock had pealed one, and a third
was made by aome person, also unseen, striking
n single stroke with a wooden mallei, about every
half minute, upon a large muffled bell at the lop
of the prison. Yes—l can recal two other suunda
which irritated me greatly; the chirping of spar
rows in the sun—and I (bought rlial their usually
perl note was now strangely sad —and the tick,
lick, of the Hhciilf’s watch, which 1 heard dis
tinctly in his fob. The minutes (lew. i fell
pinned in the throat—(milling with thirst—and
losing- my presence of mind.—The governor ap- .
peared again. My friend entered the prison wib
him. 1 remained alone, confused. In a few
minutes (ho Governor came out bare headed, and
tears were en his checks. The young clergy- 1
man, and his younger penitent followed—the for.,
mcr had passed an arm through one of the ma
nacled nuns of Ihe latter, and Ihe hands of hiuh
were clasped, and pointed upward, and they both
were praying audibly. My old schooblellow,
(ihe clergyman,) wept like a child. My poor
client had passed the threshold into the colonade
with a firm step —his knees kept peculiarly Mill
ns he paced along, anil bis cheeks and lon-head
weie seal let, while his eyes widened and beamed,
and was fixed on the steps going up to theexeuu,
lion room, straight before him. lie did not ye.
see mo, gazing ui him. As the IShcrilf appeared
behind him, and Ins priest, also bine headed, 1 ra
pidly, snatched my hat from my head. The ac
tion attracted his attention, —our glances met —
and oh! how the flush instantly forsook Ins fore
bead and his cheeks—and how his eyes closed—
while cold perspiration burst out on his brow, and
ho started, stopped and fullered! Did I c iceog
nize me as the person who hud spoken kindly u>
him in his cell before his trial, and perhaps, with
all my precaution, given him it vague hope! or
was it that the unexpected appearance of a hu
man creature staring at him in utter conrmisspi a
lion, in that otherwise lonely court yard, had
touched the end of human associations, and cal,
led him back lo earth, out of his enthusiastic vis
ions of heaven! 1 know not, 1 cannot even guess,
viho can! As ho faltered, the young priest p .ssed
his arm round his body, mid gently urged liim lo
bis knees, and knelt with him, kissing his cheeks,
his lips, pressing his hands, and in lender wins
pers, manning him again for facing shame, and
death, and eternity.
The governor, the sheriff, and I, instinctively
assumed the altitude ol prayer at the same mo
ment.—Uul I hale to give schiuacterof claptrap
to a real, though wotidetlul occurrence, by con
touting too circumstantially. Moya’s 'own boy’
never even mounted Ihe steps of the execution
room. We were fust startled while wc all knell,
by, as it afterwards proved, her shrieks at the
outer gales—-she had escaped from the re-trainl
of her family, and had come to the jail, insisting
on being married lo him, ‘ivid the rope iiself i.iund
his neck, to live a widow for him forever’—and
next there was a grand shout from the multitude
on ruuil heights before he prison, and my
mis ceaseless idea of our attorney, with a while
handkerchief streaming ihrongh the window of
his post-chaise, was realized, though every one
saw it hut I. And Moya, self transported for life,
.vent out lo \ an Dicinan’s 1.nn.1, some weeks af
n .wards, a happy and contented wife, her family
having yielded to her wi-lies, at the instance of
mure advocates than herself, and put some money
in he: purse also.”
Am Important Diseovuiv—The Teeth
Wsldie notices a discovery of no little impoiiaoce
to such as are troubled with bad teeth Me ssrs
"Some time since. Dr. Caldwell now a p.aeii
sing demist at No. 08 South Sixth street, bads
favorite horse which had become incapable o
eating his oa:s, and on investigation a eariom
tooth indicated the difTicul y lo result ptobabb
ftom toothache. Extraction was ihe remedy o
couiso; —the poor horse was nipped up by lyiii(
bis feel together us custom prescribes, and wa
lanced, and as we poor buimmitics have too .diet
witnessed, a | air ol pinchers were applied, as w.
have also experienced; e.en a mallet and chive
failed of their eflect, The tooth was intiaetahlc
no effort you'd withdraw it from Us socket. Tin
gum tumefied—and on examining it can-full,
the doctor pi rceued u ligament at the neck of thi
! tooih, ami without much thinking of the effect be
n ! cut i>; the tooth immediately fell nut. or wan ex
(| traded with a slight effort of the thumb and fin.
k". „ •
h "I hie led the operator to reflection, and the hint
wan obtained w hich confers on sufferirnz human
d ity a benefit, which may he esteemed by the suf,
if feret second only to the discoveries ol Jenner, or
; the circulation of the blood ! Snh-cqucnt cxf.e
-g timenla have Idly proved that the human teeth
e are also retained so powerfully in their sockets
i. I'!/ a ligament, and it is the breaking of this
e which req ires so much manual force; and this,
J when cut, which gives not so much pain as lan
i cing the gums, loosens the tooth, ami it may irn
s mediately he extracted viil/ionl pain with the
I finiiers ! A physician i f our acquaintance,
i> whose name we are at liberty to mention if re
quested, has had the operation of extracting a
large molar, treble fanged tooth in this way wiih
t out pain, and so gratified was he by the fact, that
,■ he investigat'd the anatomy of the parts nnd ex
. traded nil the teeth of n deni subject in the same
f way, and with no more difficulty than above rcla
led, lie is a witness not In he impeached, who,
I with many others, have already been benefited
I by this great anatomical discovery,”
j ...» (uis«k ■y* .Twn/rsw. .art. K IKMO
• CIIIIONICLK AND SDN TIN HL,
i
; AUftiisT.i.
Thursday Mornknft Octoberffti
I Muc h lisis bern said in Ihe Van Buren preaiics
of thiM Sißfo about the abolitionism of (be Nor
llirrn \\ hip*. While we have been free to oil*
? mil (hat niuny of fho abolitionist* me we
have nlwoys held that many of the Van Buren*
i bo* of ihe No th are also abolitioni*!*. Such i*>
4 die truth, whatever canting demagogues may sny
I Tor political purposes, Morris a Van Buren
Senator from Ohio is a rank abolitionist, and so
* |
| arc several of Iho administration candidates for
- Congress in Massncliucells, It is now ascertain
-4 1 ed that abolition inffuenco was one of the opeta
’ I ling causes of the late defeat of the Whigs in
i j Ohio. Gov Vance, who is a Whig, recently
delivered up to the authorities of Kentucky, upon
a demand from the Governor of that Slate, an ab
olitionist by Ihe name of Mahan, charged will in
veigling slaves from the latter Sla'e; this step on
the part of Gov. V. in behalf of the rights of slave
holding s'n'es.in a great mea-tne caused bis defeat.
Gov. Dunlap of Maine, who was a good Van liu
ren man, refused upon the application of f>..»
Schley of this Stale, to deliver up two men char- |
ged with a similar offence in Savannah The t
Van Boren Governor favored the abolitionists, .
while the Whig Governor fearlessly diil his duty “
at the expense of his office, and yet the firmer is j
held up by Southern Editors as a friend to the ■,
South, and the latter as its enemy. We copy the f
following from I lie Richmond Whig, on that sub, 1
jeot. l .
The Whig Defeat in Ohio.
The causes of the extraordinary rout in Ohio, ,
cannot, perhaps, at tins early day ho correctly i
assigned. Our readers will levelled that we ex. n
pressed some apprehension, a few d iys since, that <■
the whole Abolition corps in that S ale would be v
turned against Gen. Vance for an act which then „
seemed to he one ot strict duty and propriety, but
which, it seems, was ba-cd upon false informs,
lion. We copy an article throwing some light „
on this transaction, from the Philadelphia Inqni- .
rcr ; a
Tin: Cask of Mahan. —Considerable cxc to |
merit has existed in Browne county, Ohio, for v
sonic lime past, inconsequence of the arrest of a ~
prisoner named Mahan, by virtue of indictments j,
against him in Kentucky, and a demand made v
lor him upon Governor Vance hy (he Executive ,
nl Kentucky, claiming him ns a fugitive from t ,
justice lie is charged in two indictments with „
assisting two slaves to make their escape from „
their owners in Macon county Kentucky. Al- t >,
ter Ihe authority to retake Mahan was given hy ~
Governor Vance, in obedience to the Constim
lion and act of Congress in such cases, he became ~
informed for the first time, that the charge was j
wholly desiitute of foundation; thai Matin t is a |
citizen of Browne, nnd has nut been in Kentucky 1 c
lor years. He could not, therefore, be guilty of |
the charge; he could not he subject to the critiitiitil |
jurisdiction of Kentucky for an act done in Ohio. |
Governor Vance i t once despatched a special ,
messenger with instructions to take evidence ol ,
the above facts, and lay them before Ihe Governor ,
of Kentucky, Tor Scioto Tribune says, —
*• VVe understand that Malian is a respectable
man, a Methodist preacher nnd an abolitionist
He has evidently been fmndulen ly am! by false
swearing entrapped inlon jurisdiction not liistnvn,
In answer tin odious ami despicable cliatgo. His
situation is well calculated to ext ite the -y mpnthy
td our citizens, who know the above favorable
circumstances to bo true. —There arc not a few,
however, who would ho ready to c-ponso his j
cause, whether they be true or not, owing to cer
tain prejudices on the subject of slavery.”
From the I'uropcitn Correspondent nj the A*ctc York
Doily FrprefS.
<>. 1* q.— No. I Iff.
The French Government and tire I’rincc
Louis Napoleon.
I’aiiis, Sept. 8. 1838.
Gkntj.kmkn,—There is something magical in
t the name of Napoleon ! There was a time when j
i he was held up to execration in Grea Britain us
| an assassin, a tyrant, a despot, an enemy to pence, \
| order, morals, and religion, and the curse of the
j world These days have gone by. Such tra-li
las (his now, wool.l no he believed. \ our Major
i Lee, who died at Tuns whilst engaged in wilting
the Itle of this great man, once said to me, *1
1 j know ol no mere man either of ancient or modern
hist ny worthy ol being compared with Napo
leon.'' This was the opinion of an enthusiast, I
, admit, but yet no man had studied the whole
length and breadth ol Napoleon’s character, con
duct, and principles of action, us had the Major.
I Ihe whole hie of Napoleon was a vast drama: u
1 most exciting, wondtons, astounding drama—
, and we follow him as we read in the .1 lonileur
the records of his acts, with a sort of breathless
, impatience, wondering what is to come next.
I There ate some deep, black, mortal stains in his
. character, which we most acknowledge and de
plore—hut Ins genius was Iranscoiidanl and his
. j success os unbounded. Two of his gical crimes
. j were the assassination of Ihe Duke d’Enghicn,
f and Ins cond. .'t to those Republics which sur
y j rounded France, and which he afterwards conXer
I ted into kingdoms, or annexed to his Empire, in
i order to gratify his personal ambition, and satiate
- i Ills lust of power. But yet, in spire of these
c | crimes, he was the mightiest necromancer of any
; j times — and he who does not feel the deepest in
i latest in Ins history, most be wholly indifferent to
a | the charms of poetry, to the inspirations of genius
>1 1 to consummate skill and knowledge, to the hide
is 1 pend"iicc ol France, to the htsloiv and progrras
v ol the French Revolution, and to the | rogress and
it enlightening of the human mind. V( l1 am vety
ig bit indeed, Irom being u N.ipoleonist !
us 1 have seen some ot your American brethren
m stand amazed, overpowered, cmbarrasaid to know
.c what to say, and what to feci a-they have Ira
el versed the mighty galleries of Versailles. Bui
c; when they have arrived al the Galley of Napo
ic Icon when they have looked at his mighty cx
-1) ploits as picture,i forth on the lany walls of that
ic incomparable j dace—they have forgotten all the
> marble Kali of ihc old dynasties —all the histori
■ cal paintings of pant agi n—anil have contempla
ted with a wonder and a rapture only to lie fell
lire lei-rcscniaiions of the ac iicveinenis id itiui
1 mighty magician. I have visited Versailles tome
filly limes—lull each lime wilh new delight, and
1 wrh increased asloni-hmenl. Well may LoUl
r i Philip exclaim to the youth of France, "If you
study in (Ida palace the history of France you
1 j will see how greal, how rich she has been in Le
-1 gists, Judges, Conquerors Palmers, Philosophise,
1 Sculptors, 8 a esmen. Moralists.end Patriots.” It
• I ii quite (rue that all ihie may he learn’t at the
■ National Galleries of Versailles —hut nn» thing
' | dominates over all. and that is, how great was
1 j Napolkor.
i On the 30ilt April, 1808. was born at Paris the
i Prince Charles I, nils Napoleon, the sonot Louts
j Napoleon king of Holland, and of tint Queen
i Honense. Theßmperor was the Godtyther, and
j the Empress Maria Louisa the Gidinother,
} When in 1831 the eldest brother of th.s young
man died Qhe Grand Duke of Derg) he look the
title of NapotkON Louts, since aceotdng to a
family pact tin eldest »1 the family was always
to be called Napoleon. At the moment when he
was bmn the genius of Napoleon had reorgani
zed Europe—md the supremacy of lh° French
Revolution dominated over all European Powers
The Prince N ipoleon Louis was brought up by
hie mother, whose name is revered and beloved by
every Frent liman. His education was di ctdedlv
liberal and patriotic—ami although 'lifting the
Restora ion, himself and his family wore banished
from France, they never ceased to feel for her » I
the affection wfcieh was due to so (peat and noble
a people The Hevolul iin of 183tfnas ns unjust
j to the lurniL of Bonaparte, ns had Iceit the Res
[ loralion. The law of M. tie liiiegteville, which
excluded the eldest branch of the Hiuse o( Bour
; hon forever from the Crown, excluded likewise
the family of Napoleon; and "her the Prince
Napoleon Louis applied to ho allotted to serve
to the Ficneh army as a private soldier, the reply
was in the nega tec. Disappointed in this desire
of bis heart, bn joined the cause of the Italian
PatijolH, and there lost his only surviving brother,
who was killed by Austrian bullets,
I be name of Napoleon was always dear to the
French people. They had not forgotten the gin
ry of his chivalry, or the chivalry of his glory—
and in 1833, il the Duke de Retells,adl, the son
of Napoleon, had appeared on the (outliers he
would have been proclaimed King, lint he died
—and the Prince Napoleon Louis became I lie
inheritor o( the name of the mighty founder ol
his family. Dot the moment had not aimed, in
his opinion, for trying his fortune, and the years
1833 34 and 35, were devoted by him to deep
and close study. His work on Switzerland oba
mined him the honorary title of "Citizen of the
Repub ic,” —a mark of consideration conferred
by the Swiss on di-4irisiiLhed men.,and with
which the Marshal Ney was once honoured. His
Manual of Artillery, published two ycats later,
attracted also for him much notice and praise—
and in proporiinn as he became known the num
ber of his partisans as well in France, as in Swit
zerland, rapidly increased. In 1833, he visited
Fiance secretly—had a long and rn inorahlo in.
lervicw with General La ayctle—and interested
that remarkable man very much In hie favor
Annaud Garrel likewise, though averse to any hut
popular and republican institutions, look a deco
in crest in the fate of this young man—and Cha
teaubriand, the greatest ofClirislian French poets
and historians, has declared in writing, that il
"his king” were not the Duke ot Bordeaux, ihere
would he no one he would sooner adopt ihan the ■
son of the viitunus King of Holland and ol ihe
Queen Hot tense.
rtt la tin October, 1880. this young Prince |
made his “attempt”—and it signally filled. ,
‘ II hy ” il did so has been explained very folly by ,
a gentleman named "Laitt,” who Inis publish)d )
bis account of (he cnierprize. J do not agree
vvtill him in ad his statements, or, j;) scarcely any
"I Lis inferences—and I do not believe that there
is any very extensive party in France for the ‘
ynni.g man in question. You ate already aware. '
that he was expelled Irom France bv force sent 1
U) ih Biazils—detained on board the vessel —
mid finally landed in America. You are also
aware, linn from America he escaped—has return
wl to Europe—arrived in lime to attend his dying 1
mother—closed her eyes in death—and lias be
come a citizen of the State or Gan on of Thur
gan, and a member of the Utile Corps of that
Province.
As the ontorprizo n( October, 1830, was regard
ed as the mad anti headstrong aehio ement of an
inconsiderate young man—a pamphlet has been
pnldisln il hy M. Laity, the friend ol Ihe Prince, to
prove H e contrary. 1 confess lamhy no means
satisfied of the wisdom nr prudence of the measure,
and I do not feel that the pamphlet has shewn any
good reasons, su''h lessons as wise mm would
approve, for die undertaking in que lion. This
pamphlet has been prosecuted— prosecuted before
the Court of Peers—the no initial author has been
condemned to line and imprisonment— and is now
suffering the penalties of the law. But all this
w as done, in ruder to form the basis ol an til ertor
| and more impotlaui measure. It was all done, in
j order to shew, that Piime Napoleon Louis wasa
I conspirator—that the pamphlet was rea/h / his
and that as he was conspiring in Bwi.Zetland to
j obtain possession of Ihe Crown of Fiance, n was
j the duly of Ihe tswiss Government to expel wilh
| out delay 'his Pretender to the Throne! So the
son of Lamms, the Duke de Montebello, was
! charm'd to demand this expulsion at the hands of
| the Diet. The demand was made—discussed '
referred to the consideration of the Council of]
| I hurgui a d to a Special Co nuission of the j
1 Die —and in all probability will be rejected. j
Strange vicissitudes in human eli'utrs! Oh! if
Lattnes had been told in 1808, that just 30 years
afterwards, his son should he engaged as French I
ambassador in endo tvormg to procure Ihe exptil- |
sion from Stvi zerland olTho nephew of the Em I
peror, at that moment hum—what would he have
said] Why, that il would ho impossible that
any son of his. could ever so act—or that the i
French people and Government could make such
a demand,
i he expulsion of the Ptince Napoleon Louis, \
frum Switzerland, would he an act of base httmil- |
ia'ion and submission on the part of the Swiss I
Diet and Swiss nation to ihe French Gmernmetf.
It would mio the intlej endetu-e ot Switzerland, j
nod expose her to degradation, insult, and obloquy. '
It would he in the second place an overthrow of]
; Swis- neunaliiy. 4he position of Switzerland in
Europe is peculiar. She is neutral. Her neu
i tralily is guaranteed hy Treaties. These treaties
I cannot he violated with impunity. They do nut
authorize the expulsion, or demands lor the ex
pulsion ot private citizens. Napoleon Louis is a
i I mate citizen. In Switzerland, he is nothing
more. “But,’' it is said, “he is a pretender.” Yes
I he is—hut how is Switzerland to prevent this '
j 'he allows of no arming for him. of no et,listing
! for him, of no firming of a stall'tor hint of general
officer*. No Swiss or French troops march to
aid him. He collects no troops or partisans. He
I is a resident of his own palace of - irenemberg —
] the chateau of his mother;—there he lives with
a few friends—writes—rends, publishes books
1 ami pamphlets—and is a member of the Rifle
Corps. He hopes, believes, and desires, that be
shall one day bo Chief of the French Republic,
" and that the country will call him to lake this
• office. I think he is mistaken. Th e Jinny may
siime day revolt in faxor ot a '‘Napoleon" but
not the nation.
Thecountiy is desirous of order, peace, honor.
Hade, independence, lib* rty.siul a wise, moderate.
■ Hue national Government. Bhe does not require
> war, or g ory, or fame. Site has hud enough ol
ihrio—hut she wishes for Irtc institu ions, and
- securities for the future. 1 think then that his
t chances are very p.,or— but tiis is no reason for
p expelling him from SwitzerUnd. The Duke of
i Bordeaux believe* that the day will come that he
| will he railed lo ihe Throne of France—hu* this
!is nn reason for expelling him fom Austria. Ii
j the French Govcrrnnen' made such a request id
i Prince Mcl ernich, vvp know hefoie-h mid what
! would he his reply. Then why should Swilzer-
I land, herause n small neutral mate, he a ken lo
do that, which Austria would never —no nevci
1 lie required lo do.
No—no—Louis Napoleon must remain in
Thurgau.
Yours obediently, 0. P. Q.
North Eastern Boundary —The Fieder
icksion, (N. Id.) Sentinel publishes a letter from
! Governor Kent, of Maine, in which he notifies
Sir John Harvey, that he has sent Commissioners
ty explore Ihe disputed territory.—The Gover
nor of New Brunswick replies :
Os the oouilesy of your Excellency’s commu
nication, I lieu y..u lo believe dial I aot perfectly
sensible; and w hen in reply thereto, 1 inform your
Excellency, that I shall not deem it nece-sary to
inlerfeie with a mission, whose operations shall
he confined to the purpose staled in your Excel
lency’s Letter, namely, that of merely obtaining
topogiaphical information, it is incumbent upon
me to add, that ii w ill be rny imperative duly, not
lo sulfur any infringement of the possession and
jurisdiction which Gicat Britain holds in ito Ter
ritory in dispute, until the question of Eight is
decided
\V ll h great respect, I have the honor, &c.
(Signed ) J. HARVEY.
L(. Go> ernor of H. 13. Majesty’s Province of
New Brunswick, To His Excellency Governor
Kent, &c.
Custom Housk Proiiioauty. —lt appears
from ihe official documents sent lo Congress by
.Secretary Woodbury, that certain Collectors of
the Revenue received lasi year from the Treasury,
in the form of salaries, $337,635 00 more than
ihe whole amount o.‘ revenue collected hy ihe n !
At Saco. Maine, four revenue officers received
more than fifteen hundred dollars, while they did
not collect one cent of revenue ! At Edgarlown,
Mass., six revenue officers, three of whom reced
ed two thousand five hundred dollars salary, col.
lecled only “twenty live cents!” At New Lon
don, six officers were employed, who were paid
more than four thousand dollars, while the
amount returned as collected fry them was one
dollar and nineteen cents ! At S'. Mary’s two
officers were paid twelve hundred and i hint/ six
dillars. and collected only one dollar and thirty
five cents
Is it at all strange, when such tilings happen,
that ihe expenditures of ihe Government are
“retrenched ’ Iroin $l2 tHJO.UOO a year up to
nearly $40,000,000 3 And is it at all slrange,
lh.il, when hordes of salaried revenue officers are
thus employed along the sea-eoa-t to collect, not
revenue, hut voters, the Administration should
he able to carry a S ate like Maine, which, with
i's inlets, has more sea-coast than any other three
felales in the Union ?—Louisville Journal.
A few days ago. an individual of gentlemanly
exterior ini. oduced himself into the presence of a
worthy proprietor re-idiog in the qiiiirer of the
Chattsse d'Anlin. for the purpo-e of inquiring in,
lo Ihe character of a servant. After receiving the
requited references, the stranger staled that he
had a communication to make lo lire proprietor
on another subject, hut just as he was about to
open the business, a knock was heard at 'be door.
The proprietor, upon this, requested his visitant
to st.'p into the dining room, and (hen proceeded
to reef ive the now corner. As soon as the latter
had dispell died his business, the proprietor has.
toned to join h s first visitor, hut, on entering
the room where he had lift him. found that l e
had decamped with the whole of the fami'y plate!
The Schism nx the Presbyterian Church.
—Thu Synod of Virginia met in Staunton in
tint sme, on Tiiursu'ay. 'ho 4 h insiant, and
continued in session uiiiil Mondav evening fol
lowing. Its chiefacis were the adoption of reso
lutions. approving ihe acls ol the Old School Ge
neral Assembly, which sat in ihe Seienih Pres
byterian (Jlunch in this ci y. and e"joining it as
a duly on all members who have hit, 1 if no opposed
(hose acls to acquiesce in them. Agamst 'his
procedure, a strong protest was made hy i‘he mi
nority of the Synod. A resolution was also' adopt
ed for ihe severance of I lie Central Board of Mis
sions, under Ihe cine of the Synods of Vuginia
and North Carolina, from the Amedcnn Board
and its union wi h the General Assembly’s Uoatu'
— Ledger.
Gi niioM. the his oriau of the “Decline and Fa I.
of the Roman Empire,” makes Ihe following oh
servation on Ihe consequences of uniting ttie purse
and the sword ofa nation in the Exsoutivu hands :
“fit whatever s'ate an individual unites in his
person the execution of the laws, the command of
ihe army, and the management of ihe revenue,
dial stare may he justly termed a monarchy.
The name assumed hy ihe superior, thus mves'ed,
is of little consequence lo the public, nor will it
amil whether this aggregate trust is devolved on
a dictator, a triumvir, or a king.”
As history is “philosophy teaching by example.”
it behooves every Republican lo profit hy its
lessons.
Do NOT BE avaricious.— lt s astonish-
I inn to contemplate the evil and dangerous
j results arising from a spirit of avarice, and
we see these dangers ampl lied in the case
lof Uenjuutn llathbun, scut to the State
Prison lor the crime ol forgery. The West
j had no citizen more enteqir sing, but it was a
rash, in udicious, inexpedient en'erprse,
j which in striving to grasp too much lost every
j llimg. Mr, R tthbun was ie-dy for any speeu.
j laiion—liny loin, build houses—establish
steam hods—run a lino of stages —erect
j heels —and thus shackle himself with every
kind of operat on in stocks, rail roads, e.mals,
I niamruc ones, buildings, &c
Having origma ly hot l.ttle capital of his
! own —possessing, it is true, a strong mind
| and acute habits, he plunged into a vortex
of diffijulties ; Ihe panic found Inin short of
' minify, and In: resorted to orgery, not from
j a natural vicnutsticss of character or a love
| of crime but to sustain liimsell and Ids credit,
unending, there is no doubt, to take up these
forged drafts when in kinds. It is thus that
crime engrafts insensibly on injudicious and
unwise projects ; men gel excited by ambi
tion, and spurred ou by avarice, imd the
is-ue is, that liaud is iailed in with the hope
of averting calamity. Let as be content with
our lot—contentment is a blessing, and let
every man confine himself to Ihe pursuit that
education, habits and inclination have qualified
him for. Try first to got a living, then to
improve it, finally to make and lay by money.
’ Let no man suppose that, fortunes' can be
, made in a day. —N. Y. Star.
Dr. Benjamin Bombastes’ Pills, or the In
fallible Restorative and Universal Specific
; “agamst all the ills to which flesh is heir,”
, including Abolition, Asthma, A-saults and
i Batteries Bowel Complaints, Bui Crops,
Benton.sm, Broken Banks. Croup, Consump.-’
. tmo, Dropsy, Dead Seaves, Dull Times, Ee
. phanlias s Empty Pockets, Fever— nteriiiiu
? t*M> . remittent an! continud—False Swear
l tug, 1' d'Titl sm. ! .dgets, Gout. Gormandizing,
I lien a, Hypo, Unuihuggery, Jaundice, J
< mg. Eymg, Locofocmsm, Marasmus. Mobs*
r Mixing Lquors, Night Swentm.r, .NVldW.’
tsl
! lion, Old Age, Peddling, Paralysis, Patent
' Pills Quincy, Quacks, Rickets, Rots. Scro
-1 ulm, S carnhout Aei idi'ii’s, S- olilmg Wives
* ami Squalling Children, Tic Dolnrcux. Tip
1 (ilintj. U'tenng Forged Notes, U.-urv, Vani'y
mil Vexation o( Spirit, Van Bureuisin,
’ Wens, VVloggery, Witchcraft. and want ot
Money. M mutkctured by Benjamin 11 miba
st*'s, after a recipe prepared by ins gtaudfath
-1 ■ r’j remote amtes'or, and bv him handed to
Noah just ns the ark’s door was cksing for
the last time. The genuine article can he
procured, in lids city, ot Benjamin Bombastes,
at his office, No —.
1 N. B. No A| o'hecaries entmsleil with
i the sa'e of the same Fellow men and fellow
s I citizens of the United States of America, and
| all and popedoms kingdoms and princpahiies
of Europe. There is only one disease, and
jtlint is Credulity.
MARRIED,
1 In Washington county, on Thursday, the 4th
i I instant, by th.s Rev Dr William P. Haynes, Ur.
j David J. Hotuwei.l, of i nitrons county, to Miss
Elizabeth S, Neely, of Washington coun y.
On Ibo 25ih S'eplera cr, at Alhcnia, Marshnll
count), Mississippi, the tesidenceof 001. i.nmpkin,
by I lie Ifev. )ir. '1 ravin, Mr P. 11. shields, of
| Madison, Georgia, to Miss Mary, daughter of col
| Lumpkin,formerly ol Athens, Gn.
COMMERCIAL.
Augusta Market.
Cotton—l lie receipts during the past week
have been very light, in corunjiivui ,ul tlic-ro. j
had suite of llv* weather and transactions in ail
kinds of business; and the great activity which
prevailed during the past week, has rat her slacken
ed from I lie same cause, although no decline has
taken place in the prices ol the article. We quote
II a 131 cents as utremes of the market, although
higher prices have been paid for a fancy parcel in
square bales.
I Groceries, &c.— An active business still con
-1 tinuos to he done among our wholesale dealers,
I although no sale of consequsnce has come to our
knowledge.
Exchange—Checks on New York continue at
2 per cent, premium from the Banks. 11 to IJ per
[ cent, lias been paid out of doors on Charleston ;
1 per cent, is asked.
Freights still continue at $1 per bale. The
river is in good Steam Boat order.
M AKIN E INT ELI AC ENCE.
SAVANNAH Oci. 23. —An* ship Ni wink, Shiipte, N
Y; s ip T.mu e n. Windsor, Itostojiischr American Ea
gt, belli, I'liihuKlpliia; st. umlaut Cherokee, INonis.
Augusts,
CHARLESTON, Oct. 4. Arr yesterday, br La
Grange, Harwood, N V 5 days; steam packet North
Carolina, Davis, \l itmington (N C.)
Cl, ur d, br A pba, Tlioinus, Havana,
c, OR SALE—One of (’bickering's splendid
S Rose wood Piano Furies, with a Hoop amp
Tim above instrument lias been in use hut a lew
months. Apply lo W. 11. BETTS.
Al.io, for sale or to lore, a plain Cook, Washer
and J roller. 2t oct 25
IJ> E. MARTIN, Dentist—Room No 45,
I.lk'. in the private part ol the C. IS. Hotel,
oct 25 ts
BOARDING* —A few gentlemen can lie nc
ccmmodaleil wi h board and lodging al .Mrs.
.1. Carrie's, on Broad-street, next dour above the
Bridge Pa ,k.
{C7‘ rs. C. can also accommodate a few tran
sient hoarders. if oct 25
Tanl>AND NEGRiTeS ECR SALE.
11 K subscriber offers lor sale his settlement of
* Land in Jefferson county, containing six hun
dred and sixly acres, 150 of which is opened and
in cultivation. i-aul tract of land is lying direcllv
on the upper Augusta rood, and on the waters ot
Big cro I , noon which ih=>rn is an excellent Saw
.Mil! lately erected and now in compile operation
Hpi n the premises are two seltlenit ins. This situ
ation being nearly cent.id between Align la and
Snndersvilie, an : on a road I hat will he ns public,
if not more so. than any road in the county, it wi 1
he a flrsl rale stand (or Public Lnlermlnment
A /so, a small lot of from 8 to 10 negroes can lie
had upon the premises—and also, the piincipiat part
! of the crop and slock.
Daymen's can be made to suit the purchaser
Persons desirous of purchasing, «ill avad them
selves of an curly opportunity of examining for
themselves. GEUR ,E STAPLETON,
oct 25 Siw
FLOUR AND CHEESE.
i / X BBI.S fresli ( anal Flour
a ° 50 casks prime < beese, for sale by
net 25 3t RATH BONE A RAKER.
NEW MILLINERY.
T,5 BS C. tit) 'FMAN respectfully infiirms the
lie Ladies of Augusta, Hamburg, &c„ t m her
Show Room of the latest Millinary, will he open
next Tuns lay, 30ih instant fit oct 25
AUGUSTA GUARDS,“ATTENTION ! I
\,N adjourned met ting of the Company will be
held at l.amhack’s I ong Room, on Friday
Evening i oxi, at 7 o'clock A general attendance
if i,h ■members is requested, ns business of impor
lanri’will lie suhmiit.rd. L, BOsTUICK,
net 25 Scereiary
VDM I \ IST R ATOM 8’ SALE.
VS 7 !!.'. he sold ,ir the late reni le leu us Joseph
v Sbt’w make, deceased, in Burke county, on
Ihe Ist. Wednesday in January, IB3J, all I lie per
s nnl property, except the mgroes, belonging lo
said deceased
Al the same time and pi tee, llio negroes belong
ing in the minor heirs, will be hired cut and the
land looted
JOSEPH A SIIRWMaKL.J , . .
ISAIAH CARTER, | Adra ra.
oct 25 td
M IDISON FEMALE ACADEMY.
I ’ | HE Trustees ol ibis institution areclesirons lo
j 3 employ-a gentleman and at least one lady, lo
take charge ol I lie Academy fi'r ilie ensuing or a
term of years. They will rereive proposals until
the 3rd day of Deeemhi r next The school is at
j present in a most flourishing condition. Such is
I l lie number of students, I hat the lui'iun money of
i ihe Literary department, will amount lo upwards
ol twemy two buttered dollars. The Musical de
partment is also offered lo a competent instructor
In this hraiic 1, Irom fourteen to filieen hundred
' dollars will he realized.
Our academy ami Musical Saloon are finely situ
i aled—a solenoid apparatus, with every necessary
I convenience, is at hand to facilitate the progress
- jot a line and liberal course of education.
i I ** ,lr 'dlage is remarkably healthy,and our popu
lation(Constantly increasing The progress vc slate
1 j of things present the strongest inducements lorihe
* location ol ihe first laients in the coun ry lo em
, hark profitably and successfully, in the honorable
. prolession ol instructing youth.
' E. E. JUNES, j
T. .1. BHRNEV, I
J. EVANS, J-Trustees.
J. W. PORTER, |
. J. ROBSON. J
, Madison, September 29, 1838. swlot
1 BARGAINS, BARGAINS, BARGAINS.
’ * 'll K subscribers have just opened a general
t S assortment of Dry Goods ol the la; esl winter
) fashions, consisting in pun of
, French ■■ml L mdon f is
j Latest style Floremi ■■ funnels
Ho do French frilled Collars
2i Do do Mousclim Delaines
|Do do Vi. loria Alpines
|Do do pro d- Nap Merino
j French and Knglish do
j i Latest style printed Highland Shawls
]Do do Parisian Flowers lor Bonnets
i Do do Rep Silk
dI Do do Crude Nap
( j Do do Gro de Swiss
- 1 ~ also,
New style French Blankets
blankets ol every description for Nvie
" Satinets no do
- Linseys no do d 0
Woollen Hosiery do do
51,1 "‘ s ’ do do
All ol which will be disp- red of on the very
’ lowest terms. McKEE & DOW
' 1 ocf 1 ' tnv?w 'ir,o p roi |’, t
IMPROVED PATENT COAL AND
Wood Cooking Stoves, Ac.—The un
dcrsi noil bus jit-l receive d a laryo supply u s j, n .
proved Moves fir Coni or U ood, ol eulire new
patterns,and of various sizes, viz :
The "people s ( onl or W ood Cooking Stove,
, superior to any h retofore in use, not only on ac
count ol convenience, the perfect manner n which
the'cooking is performed, but also on accouutof
the economy of fuel which it effects.
The ‘Talent Grecian I’arlor Grate,” which for
1 beamy and economy excels all others, producing
• greater effect with less fuel
• The Tarlor and Hall Stove,” passing heal from
the basement to the upper part, through flues in the
’ four corners, anil through additional columns.
J he *• Parlor ami Pipe Franklin;” with plain and
t even tops, lor wood -r coal, newly constructed,
r wilh swelled hack, sunk heanh, door front, &c.
j 'The “.'flip and -Steam Moat Stove,” calculated
, t > cook for 50 to 2110 persons, with less fuel and
J greater convenience than any other Stove, now in
' use Also, a variety of smaliei Stoves, with the
same improvements.
The *‘Hox 6 and 9 Plate Stove,” open and plain
tops, of various sizes, from IS to 36 inches.
, Alto, American, English and Russia Sli el Iron ;
Stove Pipe ; sfieetingnnd brazing Copper; Mlock
I in, and I in Plate—allot winch lie offers for sale
low lor cash or approved paper, at A'o, 168 Hroad
sired, sign ol the Coflee Pol,aud directly opposite
the Eaglo &■ i’licenix Hotel. il. F CHEW,
f ‘><’i -•) siwAd
NEW RICE, CANAL FLOUR, MACK
EI.EL AND ONIONS.
f, A TIERCES New Rice
•STf 28 bb!s Canal Flour
25 ball hbls Canal Flour
20 do do No. 2 Mackerel
15 do do Onions. Just received and for
sale by ISAAC MOiSE
N °-3JI Broad-street.
I OK SALK.
4 Y OHN,; healthy Negro Woman, who has
a * been accustomed to house work. She is sold
or no (anil. Enquire at the store of Messrs Kerrs
& Hope, or at this office. 3t nct23
J OZENGEB for Colli* anti Coughs.—
J-A lloitrhound ami Mom set i.ozenges, of superior
quality, just received and for sale by
001 W ANTONY & HAINES.
A CAPSULES OF COPAIVA, just received
ami lor sale by ANTONY’ A HAINES
oct 23
CLOTTID A Si'.GARS, ■
‘l|& $ tfb| jt FLORIDA Cigars, just received
< > >i a f \J> and tor sale at Factory prices, by
()fl t2o W. E. tfe J. U. JACKSON.
iIEMO V A L .
JAMES ANDERSON &. CO.
BY IV,V/ C IVaF,
No 260, Rroad-strket, Augusta, Georgia.
aA \ E removed their stock ol seasonable Dry
Goods to the store immediately opposite to
the State Hank, where they are receiving additions
of fiesh imported Goods of all description*, and
suitable to ihe fall ami w inter season. oct 4
Post-Office, )
Angus'S, October, 14 V .
' S'HE Express Mail going North, closes at ft P.Jf. ®
2 and going South, closes at 7A. M
t el 16 E. M. GLASCOCK, P. M.
* SITUATION WANTED, byT'ymiui
r. » married man,either in a Grocery or Dry Goods
store For informal! u apply at this office,
oct 11 Irwfit
W3I. O. PRICE, Draper aud ’l ailor
258 Broad st eel, is now opening an exlen
ive assortment ol seasonable Goods in his lino,
oct 15
SCM NIK Si IIET it KA t KOlt SA I.K.
R.„„,.jV Will he sold, if applied for shortly, the I t
[iiißMffl and ImprovemenlsattheSaml Hills,known
-MidM-us the Turk nett Spring Place, former'y
nwne i and occupied by Col Thomas OcGran. The
lot conlainins twenty five acres, n large part of
winch is in woods, and includes Purknen’s Spring,
from which the City of Augusta is supplied with
water. On the premises is a comfortable dwelling
with all other buildings necessary Irr I h > accom
modation of a lannly. Possession can be given
- immediately
A Iso —A small Hot containing between two and
three acres, separate from the above by the Mil
ledgeville Road. Apply to
■Pays iin It HENRY H GUMMING.
BTOLEN from the .subscriber, on the 12th dav I
ol May I si, one Gold Lever Watch, imiiaihm E
■ double case, raised Eagle on the Dial, Engine tun - I
ed, chased edge, I) brothers, maker, Liverpool, ■
No 1264. Also, 3 approved titles lor Lands in life I
Crock nation, Alabama, and bonds fir titles for 3 I
ether pieces of land The above, with a variety I
1 o( clothing, was stolen one mile from Hamburg, ■
■ sitpp 'sad mbe stolon by negroes bel nigiug in tlio I
vieonty of Hamburg. 1 will give a liberal rewara I
lor the watch or .papers. Silver-smiths are parti- ■
■ cnlarly requested to keep a look out for the said I
’ watch JOHN T. WISE. ■
oct 8 2w * ■
NEW DRUG STORE. ■
tjpilE subscriber respectfully informs his friends B
« and the public generally, that be has t ikon the B
corner store "No. 309, in McKenzie A Hcmmcli’i B
buildings, wdiere he is receiving a large and fresh B
a sortmont of Dints, Medicines, Paints,Oils,Glass, B
iKe Muffs, Surgical In-truments, Perfumery, Ac. B
*o , winch ho will dispose of on the most accom- B
t moduli g terms B
Physicians and merchants are requested to call
- and examine his sti ck, as his articles ar. fresh and H
g nuiue, and th w w ill he pleased with Ids terms. B
f 1 infers from the country poncnialfy attended to. B
and every article warranted ol the first quality B
oct 16 swim ROUF.IM' CAIII'ER. / ■
“CHOICE LIQUORS, WINES, Ac. B
1 PIPES Cognac Mrnndy, 4lh proof B
I do <’lmmpaane dn very old I
3 do [mre Holland Gin B
I iihd Jamaica Rom ■
3 pipes rhoiee old .Madeira Wine, Lewis A I
Co. and Newton, Gordon & Co’s brands I
6qr casks pale sherry, of the well known I
brands o. Duff Gordon ami Smith, Bailey I
A Co. I
4qr casks Port, imported direct from London I
20 dozen do extra age and quality
15 qr casksToiieriffe Wine,brand Patsly&Co
10 do Sweet Malaga
15 boxes Sauterne Wine for sale by
July 26 JOHN COSKBRY.
SHIRT COLLARS.
,’TIY 1 021'. N fine Sinn Collars, just received and
! ♦>'» for sale, by
' sept 11 W. E <fe.l. U. JACKSON.
(' A 11. IVES, ore now receiving additions I
y to their fall and winter stock of Dry Goods,
1 viz:
■ Rich 6-4 b'nck Itdian Silks
Do gro grain do do
Rep Sjffij, in vv stylo
Rich coloured Italian and figured -Silks
Do figured a d pin n Samis
’ Superior black and blue-black Clmley
1 Ho do do Bombazine*
Ho figured do
• Do black and blue-black French Merino
! Ho coloured do do
! Ho buff and orange do do
• Ho pink and blue do do
■ Ho crimson do do
Ho Linen Cambncks and Hdkfs
Ho embroidered French Capes and Coliars
Ho do Mourning Shawls 6-4 and 4-4
Ho do coloured do do
Do do plain Chaley do do
I Do 6-4 and 3-4 Clnnello
i Do Rob Roy Shawls
1 Sjlk, cotton worsted and merino Hosiery
j Cloths and Satinets, negro goods
1 Misses'Fur Capes, and large size do
r Satin do, new stylo
Superior black silk Velvet
Do purple and brown do
Thread Edgings and Inserting*
Muslin do do
j Fine Florence Braid Bonnets
Do English Straw and Tuscan Bonnets
Rose and Whitney blankets
Mackinaw ami fine Crib do 4 /
French Corsets, new style, <fcc. Ac Store uJN J
IbMslobe Hotel, Augusta. trw4w oct 12
PLANT’S EDITION OF GRIER’S
GEOJI G I A AV D CAROLI > A
ALMANAC, FOR
tS 9 ;
Ct ALC'L'LAI HD lor the horizon and meridisa
■' of Augusta,Ga.. and will serve for the ndja
cent stat -s and I lorida. Tlio astronomical calcula
tions by It'Jie'l Grier, of Butts county, Ga. Just
’ published, and sold by the gross dozer, orsingle by
i - 11. PL.aNT, Aucutfn,
rep’ 2 A PL ANT 4 NORTON r