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■ol good sound sens.■. mid sound judgenu nt m the
follow inc article. Irom the Ki. hraoiid « .'nipcer.
Unit we niMi.it retrain lium traioViring it to our
columns. The m ntimei.ts expn .1 hli.hi. I find .1
ready response in the mind »i every trie f.ien.. 0
tinier and good government. V. e believe the
Compiler correct m saying that Mr. I'im. would
not liecouiitenaiieed in llurlcsom, , d\....ding
such views an lie does, however, Jm political faith
might ussimulutc with 11 large in ijonty of our citi
zens.
Agrarianism.
\\ e have received sjieejal notice from the .luurmil
ol Mr.’J heophiliiK risk, just established in the
tow n of I‘orlnuioulh, in ton Mrate, the prospectus
for which we noticed some lim since. Our little
paragraph is taken as the text lor some column ami
a halt of such delectable invective, bombastic in
dignation and exquisite rodomontade >ih it has not
been our lot to meet lor some lime. We are sorry
that the little notice of ours should have occasioned
such 1111 expenditure of fulminant eloquence ami
honeyful epithet. Especially we are happy to Hay,
as nothing was necessary from us to forestall pub
lic opinion in \ irgiiiia against the peculiar princi
ples of the Editor and consequently of his sheet.
The Editor is greatly horrified Itiut we should
have called his doctrines levelling and equalizing—
agrarianism. We spoke train what we had seen
of Ills Charleston career—where lie was regarded
as a dangerous agitator and denounced in public
meeting. Mince his decampment from I hiarlest.m
that city lias become tin ardent approver and ad
vocate of Ills prominent hard money dogma ; hut
unless ho lies learned discretion from experiena.
we do not belies. hi 1 could receive countenance as
the conductor of a press there even now. lie was
not confined in ills lucubrations to hostility to
Dunks and so on ; Inn lie indulged 111 that hitter
ullai k of monopoly and wealth, wiut'h ineontesli
hly hears upon social ami private life; a till there
exists too great an inequality ol wealth there to
allow any such interference. The peupieof (Miarles
1011 and ol Month Carolina areas great advocates
for the aristocracy of wealth and merit as any in
t'is Union, and no matter how Democratic they
are just now, they could not connive at any assault
upon the higher classes or any ellort to implant
discontent m tlm hosomsot those whom fortune
■and circumstance may have placed in the lower
stations of society.
\\ e said (hat the l.ihlor s doctrines were nrrrirri
an. We are still of tire, opinion. Agrarianism is
abroad in this country in very specious disguises.
Tin 1 arch agitators disclaim most emphatically mo;
each w ill say, “ I am no agrarian,” at the conclu
sion of every sememe he utters; trad boldly chal
lenge proof. “ I’m your linger on the sentence I
ever uttered, advocating a division of properly, if
you can.” No man in his senses, would make
any such open avowal. None over will; however
strong agrarianism may become. Hut the tendency
of their arguments, 01 their artfully worded ap- ;
peals, are to agrarianism. They Jill the breasts ol I
the lower orders with discontent—conjure up Inta- I
Binary wrongs, oppressions ami impositions of the
rich upon the poor—they ask, if such should he
allowed in a land of lieedom? If such things
are just, since •■all men are by nature equally lice
ami int/rpendenf?” This is Die tenor of their 11
declamation—this the course (hey pursue, to obtain (
their ends. ’This agitates the laboring classes with
discontent—they smart under on imaginary social 11
despotism and tyranny—they grow more and more
restless upd indignant, ns those who are (easting
and luxuriating on what they are taught to he- ~
lieve, is liie proceeds of their labor,anil so deceived, "
misguided and excited, they may he, without pro
per cheeks, incited to mobs, civil commotion, lie- at
volution, nay indiscriminate slaughter, in order to S |
wrovt front the “usurping hands of monopoly,”
ami lire " full rollers ol at socracy,” >• (he ill-gotten 1
affluence and treasure" “fur w/ic/i they twin/,"
ami to which they are " entitled . l" Tills hi
is w hat should he termed agrarianism. We have | M
seen some specimens (heeonsequ ms's in this coun
ts. Whin else wasllte I’lour Uiol in New Vork !
Those who,auiM.liewiikmrracv', m'ler that it ex- ti
'Us . mill that trie poor arc oppressed. Any mini
I bet does that in this ,State, where no such thin; 111
exists, is ill our opinion an agrarian, and would lie S'
heartily rejoiced to see a division ol estates and
social equality established; or lie must he a most
idle nml silly being, throwing away his tune with
out any ultimate object in viivv.
i‘The Old Dominion” (wc feel unfeigned hit- *
'"illation that the sa Ted name should la used, to
designate the paper in question.) eontainsahuniianl M
support ol the correctness ol our opinion ot it.i y
e.rv/r. W e will extract ti tew sentences. In the 1
•openingaddress wc find; I ct
( '' stand lorth the unfaltering advocate of
Equal Laws and Equal Mights; the unwavering h
ehiunpioiis ol the oppressed ot every sect, party j (
ami denomination; tic uncompromising oppo
nents ol all partial legislation, which has a direct Kl
tendency to produce inequality and vice in society, o
making the strong stronger at the 1 \pease of the
weak, and cheating labour of its nut reeomnens.
of reward.”
1 his is the true mu. ck o! agrarianism. DOl s
Virginia want any such delender of the "weak !”
any such authority to stay the enactment of laws \
which cheat " labor ol itsjust rccompeirsi' and re
ward!” We trust not! Again:
“In tin' columns of tins paper, those who pro- s
dure all tin' wealth in society by their patient m- h
duslry, will tind their rights and privileges main- i ~
tamed, at whatever cost; they are the pillars upon '
which society rests, 11ml without winch it could I ”
not subsist.” I it
i bis is a decided ease. The producing class in a
Virgin n, those pillars of society, need not the 1
prollered assistance of this 1U ivuleim champion. '
Who says their rights and privileges arc. or arc to *’
he curlmled ! Who libels the Mute thus ! li
hi several annunciations about the pin it, there
is a brandishing of valor turd ik terniiiuv.m ss wltuh
savors of fanaticism, and might very well suit
tin' opening address ol an Abolitionist Journal, a
N\ here s the danger of conducting an indepcndi nt ,
and genteel public Journal in Virginia ! This is 1
no savage land; nor docs Judge Lynch hold ju- ‘
risdiction here. And what is tire paper going to
do that should place it in fear? Ueutlemeu are I
treated as such m Virginia.
We have not thought the article deserving a
nolieo serial im. ’J'o conclude as to tire grounds 1
of our opinions of the agrarianism id' the Editor
of the Journal in question, he lias said elsewhere
that “an unequal distribution of wealth, is the
very foundation ot vice ami immorality.” This
is qualified hv explaining that 11 is only tin* ine
qualities produced by which d. :.i.., ih.-.e!
Well, we have great tear of litis immorality
verily wc iiv»d champions to prostrate tb.._ num
strous prevailing vice ! How fc g.m'ti needs light
an this subject ?
Wc have unwillingly said this much; hut we.
were aeused of having done injustice. \grariiui
isrn too. has made sad inroads upon the happiue s
and quiet of a portion of the Kepuhlie, and we re
gret to see any thing akin to it eviii. tin; ru. It' iu
our Mtatc. U e have not indulged these r« ..ark*
from tire jteeuliar respect M ' ' >m u.d.
wltieh has called them forth, However resp, tiul
may have been our sentiments toward 1’,., .
the manner of the article directed at us. has cer
tainly forfeited nil claim upon us. The Edi; r
announces his renunciation of his Ecccsiasticu!
ollicc, ( ' cctt it, we hope, incompatible with h;s
Editorial.) We mention llte fact injustice to the 1
Church.
?'ho intelligence, the high and elevated iw-d !
sens"of Virginians, makes us rely eomid. ..tly
upon Ihr stability ol the public sentiment and leei- '
inpj. li re, in <♦ nr soil, the detested and noxious i
plants of funalirlain and have but an
• pUeniGr.il «*m- <.u* v . — they do nut bloom. ere d.*\
** ' Xi l-’iUui an I fanat! al ebulilime.
pu» oil wh'ioai. loa.jiie ad nopr --s.don. Tin
, atutdy sound i; ns. ol our p*.-o|»tpcannot be i-tag
f n il or stultified by the elferve enec of wild wi
tin -m- in. And we thank Go! t!mt we b\o in i
■'hate . o fort.lb 1 physicaly and morally, aga'ns
, lie-most baneful of till things to the happiness o
I t' • 11 .amities.
CM.-IIfINI OLE \N! i SKNTINEL.
A U G V ST A.
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SAT! UIIAV MOUMMI, NOVEMBER 3.
The Anierienn Alminine,
And UieuMrmiv "F I iii.it i Kk: wireor, nm
rnr vfab 1 :ut. —We listvi? been politely favored
. j by tbo editor, through the bands of Mr. T. 11, Plant,
t of this city, with a volume of this excellent work,
for the mm r eding year. The (remit utility of this
I j annua), from the v:i,t fund of genera! and useful
information which it contains, has given it a prccc
| ilenee in fame over that of any other periodical in
. the I idled States j and certainly It is very much
. entitled to it,for no work could well combine a liner
1 stall deal view of theeountry than does this. It is
■ for sale at the book store of Mr. T. 11. Plant.
i
' ’1 lie Charleston Mcreury of yesterday morning
j slates that the whole numb r of deaths in that city
from Kih August lo .'list October, amount to 01)0,
ol wliit'li 1103 were by Stronger'* Fever. Os those
by Stranger’s I’ever, only seven wore blacks.
On the 20th ult„ William Pennington, the pro-
M’tit highly esteemed (iovernor of New Jersey,
was re-elected by a vole, on joint ballot ol the Le
gislature, ol 118 to 20. The Stale in all itsorgani*
zatiods in Whig.
At the present session of the Ithode Island Le
gislature, a Neimlnr of the United Slates for (i
veins from the 3d oljWurch next, is lo be chosen
in (lie place of Mr. Bobbin. • pilose term will then
expire. Several candidates Itkve already been
named; among them, are Mr. Robhii.ts, end Mr.
11. Hazard, of Newport, and Nathan F. .Hi.xon, ol
Westerly.
M e learn from (he New Orleans Courier that
the F reneh sijmhon destined lo attack Vera Cruz,
and nhout lo nssemhle at Martiniipie, is composed
of ten or twelve frigates and the same nuinlie.r of
sloops of war and bomb, ketches. Even with ihj.i
force, the French will (inti some difficulty in (a- '
king the castle of San Juan de Ulloa.
Atlantic Steam IVnvigafion.
'Phe New \ ork Post states that at a meeting of
merchants of New York, held at the Carlton
House, on the 20th lilt, il was agreed lo take steps
to form a company to he called the “American ,
Atlantic Steam Navigation Company,” and lo
procure an act of Incorporation from the Legisla
ture lor that purpose. It is intended to build shifts *
lo ‘navigate the ocean by steam,’ and the shares
ire In lie $5OO each. Amount of capital not -
dated. A steamer of 3000 tons and upwards will
iloubtless he the first vessel 1 milt. *
The Express adds that the preliminary steps ,
have been taken, such as procuring estimates ol (
building the ships and machinery, and it is said I
that (lie greatest obstacle which presented, is oh- '
. v -• !'•«* '«'ing nim’iniifry in
his country. The West Point Foundry are pro- ,
"•ring the necessary means to make suitable en
tities. (
i
More Shipwrecks. (
Ihe (ialvcstoii Gazette of the 10th inst. says : j
J apt. \\ alson, ol the sloop Benton, reports that j
te boarded, a few days since, sehr. Nelson, from
Mobile for Live Oak Point, thirty miles east of
Aransas Inlet, wrecked, and full of water. The 1
■argo all seemed lo lie saved, being on shore and
n good condition. None ot the crew were seen,
having gone, as is supposed, in search of means ,
to carry away the cargo, ('apt, W. also reports
sehr. Star aground at Aransas Inlet, and the loss
o! the sloop Oscar,”
11 (stressing Catastrophe.
The Philadelphia Ledger gives the details of
the death of an interesting little girl not quite two
year', old. grand daughter of Mr. Edmunds keep
er of the Columbia Harden, Camden, N. .1. It
seems tin 1 child was play in"; in the yard, when a
huge Mack bear, which was chained in the garden,
got loose, came forward and seized it, and before
those attracted lo the spot could succeed in rescu
ing the child from it, clutches, terribly mangled
and killed it. The ferocious animal would not
leave his prey until he had been wounded by sev
eral musket shots. He was finally killed about
live hundred yards from the scene of the tragedy.
It is estimated that fifteen hundred emigrants
arrive daily in the Miss ssippi Vtdlry. 'Phis rapid
mere me ot western p qml.ili m is drawn from the
older and more thickly settled slates.
Mu. Jons—l noticed an article in your paper
of V. ednesduy morning lust, signed •• Squashy
Chorkin,” in which the w riter seems to exhult in
the death of the talented and polite Nardln.—
Whatever feelings such an individual may possess,
1 bad pi, e.d lo know that he is ashamed to put
b ■■ name to bis communication, and let it appear
io puMi,. Phe iiuthor is certainly unworthy of
! respect or notice.
Pray, sir, what lias suspended the lectures in
the Medwal College in Charleston (i ... fail ? Was
1
i it not lit consequence of the death of one or ,a.".\
of the Pro And when the yellow I’ever
common > d its mortality in Chat lesion, the Medi
cal College:. suspended, an 1 M ‘ al Students,
who went there to stuily tnedleine, left that city
in the greatest haste to avoid the pestilence. It
may piove the efficiency of a Heticrnl. to .....
an opposing army, but it w ill be the eh:,meter of
a I’alstall’he acquires by bis retreat. U In/ did
Medical men leave Charleston!
Li the lo • . uy Medical men in Charleston,
j of both parties, society mourns; and none other
than “a fiend like monster, in the shape of man,”
could exult iii ih, d. n person; and more
particularly when a hase and unmanly slander
aeeoiopanii s the exultation.
cUAi;rn.
it ' lii Monday next, the moil Important elect on in
;■ the I t.i ■!, next to Hint of ('resident takes place,
i- \\V alln 1■ to the elc-t tion in the State of New 3 ork
il | f..r a C ,<■.forty members »f Congress, and toe
1,1 men or; of she Legislature, upon whom devolve
” j the election of a I’. S. Senator, in the room of .Mr.
_ j Talmadge. As it may he a matter of interest to
■-<»:iie, v . publish below, a table of the two last
1 1 ■( lions in that State, viz: that of 1837 for Stale
Senators, and IS3O for (iovernor, shewing the result
in cadi county at each of those elections :
Senate—Nov. 1837. Governor , Nuv. ISSti.
(v. v. 13. i t "1
Ist Du, Vcrplanck Kerris R w x
a IVevv York, 18,813 10,040 10503 159,1 1398
d Richmond, 491 441 041 043
, Kings, 2*55 2,072 J 2310 J 9
21,059 18,553 19520 18478 1417
, ‘2nd IVs. Livingston. Thorn.
11 Suffolk, 1164 1.488 2078 1005 2
‘ Queens, 900 1,483 1609 1401
" Westchester, 2,507 2,011 3000 1674 73
h Rockland, 144 321 1045 357
r Putnam, 142 720 805
. UinliesH, 4,002 3 308 903 2247 159
Oramre, 3,114 2,935 3549 2244
Sullivan, 1,038 1,190 1232 830
Lister, 3,50.5 2,215 3075 2177
17,039 10,277 21006 12101 234
E. P. Li*
3rd Vie. Van Slmick. vingston
Albany, 5,243 4,700 4822 4233 175
Delaware, 929 2,182 2815 789
Greene, 2,178 2,390 2083 1880
- Columbia, 3,533 3,093 8743 3080 9
Renss 'liter, 4,790 4,009 4814 4425 434
’ Slioharie, 2,044 2,270 2402 1388
Schenectady, l,4uf 1,328 1501 1030 102
20,310 21.239 23110 10850 720
\th D'h• Lee. M’Lean.
.Saratoga, 3.230 2 887 3374 2950 29
Montgomery, 4.39 ( j 3,922 3900 3501 4
1 Washington, 3,491 2,151 2819 3574
i Warren, 078 442 1334 50*
Clinton, 1,250 1,349 1330 848
Essex, 1,786 1,209 1 030 1852
1 Franklin. 978 771 855 0 8
. St. Lawrence, 1,898 2.415 3089 22 9
Herkimer, 1,848 2,392 3026 1210
19,503 17,538 81109 1708) 33
s th D'h. A. Skin-
Plutt. ncr.
Oneida, 4,872 3,822 5513 3307 241
Madison, 2,436 2,066 2867 1385 337
. Oswego, 2,059 2,590 3146 19,23 1
Lewis, 442 980 1 101 4(1)0
Jefferson, 3,818 4.000 4028 3721
I Otsego, 2,721 3,544 4513 2480 135
10,948 17,007 21798 13234 717
6th />'*■ J,ull - I! 0 lin -
Chenango, 3,37 0 3,209 3713 2647
Rrootno, 1.7 IB L4BB 1702 1450
Tom,.kins, 2,900 2,058 2997 27 8 13
Chemung, LOOS 1718 944 no
Tioga 1 287 1,249 1044 123»
Steuben 2 -107 2,800 3699 2325
Livin-sbm, 5. 427 1,551 2048 2890
Allegany, 2,7.24 2,251 2056 2037
Cattaraugus, 1,73V 1 1,080 1884 1470
19,008 18,070 22001 18287 81
Till Dis. Maynard. Poe.
Wavne, 2,837 2.0 0,5 2986 2623 1
Ontario, 3 427 2,39 7 2780 2404
Yates, 1,508 1,352 1713 1120
Seneca, 1,705 1,745 ‘~049 1409 25
Cayuga, 3,8X5 3.507 4,3.57 3678
Onondaga, 4,281 4,1(il 478*5 2985 0
Cortland, 1,911 1,491) 1748 1993
19,004 1T377 20124 17275
8/A Dla. .1 IlSkin-
Moseley, ner.
Chautauquo, 3,555 2,375 3153 3855 "
Erie, 4,301 1,704 2059 4834 42
Genesee, 3.847 2,287 3124 6142 13 i
Monroe, 4,479 3,886 4039 4794 00
Orleans, 1,800 1,577 1809 1820
Niagara, 2,215 1 804 2160 2229 20 (
20,207 13,033 17004 22080 202 ‘
Recapitulationf<ir 1837 Kca.pilulul un if rote*
by Dinlridc, fur Governor, 1830.
•a” ri c *3 iS 1
D'xtrieh > > R S -f. ;
1, 21,059 18,563 —l9 520 18,478 1,417
17,039 16,377 —21,008 18,161 234
3, 20,310 21,239 —23,140 10,850 720
4, 19 503 17,538 —21.109 17,080 33
5, 10,048 17,01.7 —21,798 18,234 717
0, 19,008 18 670 —22,061 18,287 81
7, 19,004 17,277 —20,424 17,278 32 1
8, 20.207 13,033 —17,004 22 080 202 ’
155.058 1 10,200 100,122 130,048 3496 !
110,269 3 490
'lnTs'if'' S I V. 13, vote in 1836, 109,518
130,048 \
V. 13. mnj. in 1836, 32,870
In the Louisiana Advertiser we find the follow- j
ing gratifying intelligence, contradicting the re- i
port of Mr. Prentiss’ resignation,
‘•Mr. Prentiss has not resigned his seat in Con- |
gress as was suited in some of the papers; lie ,
merely announced his determination not to boa ,
candidate lor re-election, alter the expiration ol j
the term for which he was elected. At the close ,
of his speech in \ i ksl.urg, he rcmaiks— (
‘•As a private citizen, 1 trust over to retain your ,
confidence and regard, thouglt as a public man, 1
shall ne.er a.u n;. ek them. Private interests as (
wed as inclination will keep me from the political ,
areu i. The ancient gladiator pursued a more |
enviable occupation than that ol the modern polti
eiau. For the short remainder of the present
Congress, 1 shall continue to perform my duty Us
your representative, but decline being considered
a candidate for re-election. With the most
profound thunks for your tong continued favors to
me. both in public and private, 1 bid von fare- ;
well.”
1 rein the Orli i’i. Picayune , Oct. 20.
Cutest Iroin Texas.
ihe steam packet Columbia, Captain John !
ade. arnv.d at this port yesterday evening, hav
ing an . .he trip from Galveston to the Uali/at, in i
ill ,r \-three hours, which, we are informed, is the i
shortest trip ever made.
J hrougii the politeness of the clerk, and a gen- i
tlenun passenger, we have been furnished with i
' Houston papers on the 20th iust.
A gentle 1 just arrived at !1 nislon, from Go- 1
■ , had slates that three eiti/uis have lately urri-, ;1 ,
f at that place, who scaped from the prisons of Ma
-1 j tamoras. One of tb an is Carnes, who was eap
j Hired on the Nueces about a year ago, ami it was
reported had b ea '..died at one of the small towns
on the Rio Grande a lew months since. They
r state that Mr. Ereiian, the former representative
from Goliad, is in prison in that city.
A pare, of about nineteen surveyors, who had
.' ventured far up into the Indian country, to locate
r I ttul claims, have been nearly ad in tssaerej by t,
W aeo •- Irenes, and Keaehiis.—only four sarviv
j cd. They fought d.'spev.U'ly to the las;, a-ul fell j
surrounded by the dead bodies of their assailants.
A man iiauicil Quin has been convicted of man
slaughter—sentenced to he whipped and branded.
That’s as barbarous as some of our flutes are.
The chiv: lr!c Mexican, Havadago, r< ■•■•tit.y yisi
ted, with hi - patty, mme of hi' ‘‘ranchos (farm
bouses or places for rattle) near Bexar s.olc
, away every portable article of value, and even
I look the rings from tlic fingcrc of the young la
dies. They also took away a Mr. Alexand. r and
I a Mr. Hull us prisoners.
| At the first sitting of the County Court of Gal
i vestotl, whieh commenced on the 15th, there were
| upwards of forty eases on the ducket. Pretty
1 fair beginning that,
Capt. U. W. Longcopc, of Galveston, is about
[ to build a splendid, low pressure, light draught
i steamboat, to run tri-weekly between that city and
Houston.
From the Sew York Herald, October £9.
Canada.
The news by tills morning’s mails is unimpor
tant. Private letters from Quebec state, in regard
| to Dodge and Thcller’s flight, that they made their
escape in the dress of the New Police, that they
reached St. Mary’s, on the other side of the river,
about five o’clock of the same morning, and were
the first to inform the people there of the escape
of the prisoners from the citadel, telling them at
the game time, that they were in pursuit of the
fugitives.
We do not, however, think that the truth of the
story has been told yet.
Lower Canada.— At the last term of the
Court of King’s Bench of this District, a wife
sued her husband for a reparation de Men el dc
corps, —one of the grounds set up being that she
Ji.i not understand one word of French, and that
her partner, to whom she had been married for the
space of four days, was equally ignorant of the
English language! The woman obtained judg
ment in her favor.— Quebec Transcript.
His Excellency Sir John Colhornc left Quebec
on Saturday evening in the steamboat Canada.
The military departments are preparing to remove
to Montreal, as his Excellency has Head Quarters
in that city for the winter.— lb.
One of our contemporaries at Montreal has ac
cused the Government of great remissness and
negligence, on account of the escape of Theller
and Dodge. We are not aware in what way the
civil authorities arc responsible, seeing that all the
prisoners from Upper Canada have been from the
first, in the keeping of the military authorities in
the Citadel, and were never delivered up, even for
an instant, to the civil power. They were hand
ed over by Sir George Arthur to Sir James Mac
doncll, without the intervention of the government
being called for or exercised.— lb.
A variety of reports have been afloat respecting
Theller and Dodge—some asserting that they were
seen on their road towards the Province line—
others that they had actually reached Vermont,
and had written to a military officer to announce
their safety ; so far, however, as we have been aide
to inform ourselves, nothing certain is known of
them. It is, however, suspected that they are yet
within the walls es the city.— Quebec Mercury.
In the Upper Province it seems that extensive
preparations are making in every part of it to raise
provisional troops. The Montreal Gazette says—
Government have determined on organizing a
number of Provincial corps for the defence of the
frontier throughout the two Canadas. In this city
Colonel Dyer lias received orders to re-organize
the Volunteer corps which ho commanded last
winter, but restricted to four companies, of one hun
dred each. In Cornwall, the Volunteers have
been raised in number to one hundred men. The
Company in Prescott, under the command of Cap
tain George M'Donell, is to he increased to one
hundred and ten, sixty of which arc to be stationed
in that place, and the remainder detached to differ
ent quarters, as circumstances may require.
Another company is to be raised at Brorkville, to
consist of one hundred men. and to be commanded
bv Captain Hubert Edmondson a.» lcu» s „ton, a
.uinntocr company of one hundred strong, is now
raising, the command of which is to lie entrusted
to Captain Angue Cameron. Authority haslikc
wise been given to embody a force of one hundred
men at Belleville. Captain Warren, late of the
06th regiment, it ia said, is to have the command,
—and Messrs. John Low, Samuel Bull, and Thom
as Gamble arc tlm subaltern officers appointed. At
'.Toronto, Major Webbc is advcitising for recruits
tor a volunteer company, intended for service on
ti.vo Niagara frontier.
From the Baltimore American.
An in terest ng letter on the subject of Atlantic
Steam A ivigation, from the pen of Mr. Junius
Smithof I .ondon, (but originudy, we believe oi
Connectic.ut Vis published m a late number of the
New York Jl.wild. The writer, who has evident
ly studied tin 1 i Matter very thoroughly, succeeds, as
we think, in proving that the sea risk of steam
vessels is much h’ss than that of vessels prope.led
by sails; and that ■ contrary to the received notion,
the profit arising from the transportation of the
same description of freights will, independently ol
the passage money, li a greater on hoard ot steam
ships than in sai.ing sl.'gus. The fodowing is he
train of reasoning by vvhi‘ h Mr. b>, arrives at the
above conclusions, and is c alculated, as wo think,
to carry conviction along w.h h it:
Whatever article if prwfiice or manufacture
can be exported or imported i.u & ■■>’» I ng rh p at
a remunerating fre.gut, can b.e exported or im
/ or/id m a ileum rh p at a gretj V >-r equal pro
fit- mil'prudently if parrergem. To olucida.e
this proposition, which I am aware tint public mind
is scarcely prepared to credit, it is nee rssary to go
into some details of the working powt. r ot steam
and sailing ships, it will bo borne in ntind that
in eons meting a steam ship for commercial pur
poses, independently of passengers the c. p.nsc
will be inu.il loss, and the capacity for slo vage
much greater than when Goth objeelsarc comb ,a cd.
It we build a steam ship of 2,500 tons measure
ment, her capai ity tor stowage, independently oi'
engine* and fuel, will not bo less than 1 600 tons i
register, equal to 2.400 tons of measurement goods,
ot 40 cubic feet to the ton. A sailing ship of 400
tons register, upon the same scale of capacity,
would take 600 tons of measurement goods. For
the sake of calculation, 1 will take liic ports of
New Orleans and Liverpool lor the points of the
ship's destination. Ido not specify New Orleans
as a more desirable port than any other in the
1 nited Slates for steam Navigation, although I
believe the commerce between that port and Eu
rope may bo carried on with singular facility and
profit, especially as the Western Islands, Bermu
da, and Jamaica, oiler natural stations for depots
ot coal, and its vicinity to the Mexican territories
opens a wide field for the combinations of South
American commerce with that of the United States
ami Great Britain, but by taking the extreme
point ot the I lined States for the purposeof shew
ing the advantages of steam navigation over sail
! ill? ships, it follows that all intermediate ports,
j ,rom Nl ’ w Orleans to Quebec, present at least
equal relative advantages. The following calcu
lations founded as far as practicable upon uekiiu
lodged data will b id to a general result substan
’ ally correct, at all events sufficiently so to show
) hie relative working power of steam mid sailing
| ships. A steam ship of 2.560 tons, as mentioned
I a!u ; r deducting Iter engine ami coal room
j will leave her register tonnage 1,600, and suppo-
I s “'? " l ' r , , ou Pfity lor stowing equal to that of a
j sailing-hip,she will cany 2.100 tons of measurc-
I mem goods. A bole of New Orleans cotton aver
ages 20 cubic feci measurement and 400 lbs
weight, consequently the ship would take two
| bales to a ton, equal to 4,800 bales for her entire
-me. It we assume Id. lb. freight, with 5 per
| c * ,,u primage, it would he 355. a bale, or 8 100/
gross ireigbt. All. wing the ship 7 3 days out
• a!ul I' oll - *•’»*' would complete five vovages per an
. | nuni. and tiling home 21 ,OUU_ bales ol cotton, ma
king a homeward freight ol 42,000/. 11 we sifp
| pose tlic ship to make only one quarter of a Irciglif
- j out, and I see no reason why site should not make ;
a whole freight one, that would give 2,100/. out, !
1 equal to 10,500/. per annum, and crossing out
and home 52,000/. Upon the same data, let us j
■ examine the working power of a sailing ship ol
i 400 tons register, and see how many it will take to
perform the same labor and earn the same freight.
• She will carry COO tons of measurement goods, or
■ 1200 1 ales ol cotton, allowing her the same capa
city for stowing as the steamer, and allowing her
to complete two and a half voyages a year, which
is ns much as site can do, she will then bring
home 3 000 bales of coiton. It would therefore
1 require 8 ships of 400 tons each to carry the same
quantity of cotton in 12 months, as 1 steam ship,
and to make the same freight out and home of
52 500/.
The relative power being the same, it makes no
difference in the result, whether the ships carry
' more or less. Seeing the work that one steam
1 slop can perform, and having ascertained the num
ber of sail.ng ships of equal tonnage capacity com
bined, required to perform the same, the only rc
> maining material point now to consider, is the
' relative expense of navigation. If it should ap
‘ pear that the expense of navigating one steam
1 ship of 3,500 tons is less than the expense ot nav
! igating eight sailing ships of 400 tons each, then
I apprehend, the proposition may be considered as
'■ proved—and it follows, that it is more profitable
to the ship owner to employ steam than sailing
' ships, independently of passengers.
EXPENSE or NAVIGATING
5 Eight sailing ships rs 400 One Steam Ship of 1000
t tons register each. tons register.
' 1 sailing ship 12 mos. Cno steam ship. 12 mo.
■ 1 master at /10 per 1 master at/10p mo /240
. month, /120 1 mate 10 “ 120
1 mate, at 5 per mo. CO 12d do 8 “ 00
1 2il do 4 “ 4 1 oil do e- 72
: 1 stew,hiJ 3 “ 30 25 seamen 210“ 750
. 1 cook 210“ 30 1 engineer 20 “ 210
. 1 car’ter 4 “ 4S I2d do 10 “ 120
jl4 men 2 10“ 420 13d do 8 “ 90
12iiremcn 3 “ 432
20 mens’wages per I cook 2 10“ 3 )
annum, 702 1 stewardd 3 “ 30
I 8 ships, 8 1 carpenter 4 “ 48
100 mens’ wages /6096 47 mens’ wages, 2280
Victualing IOU men Victualing 47 men at
at HO per month 10s per week, is
is per annum, /4IGO per annum, 1222
Lively I port ch’gs. Coal on board at Liv-
Pilotage out and in erpool, 12s pr ton
at i.iverpool. 1. 20 —at New; rleans.
Light and duck 30s per ton ; 1200
dues, 35 tons each voyage;
0000 for 5 voyages
For one ship, or at 21s per ton ave
for 8 ships, 440 rage, * s 0300
Which for voya- Liveip'l port eh'ges.
ges is " 1100 Cut and in pilot-
N. O. port charges. age. /22
In and out pi- Light and doik
lotage, $lOO dues, 110
Levee fees, 50
' Towage up the For one voyage, 102
river, 300 (r for 5 voyages 810
do out, 125 N. O port charges.
Pilotage out and
$575 in, 125
For one ship,or fur Levee dues, 12
eight ships $4001)
which for voy- For 1 voyage, 37
ages is $11,500,0r 2587 Or for 5 voyages, 185
13,943 /10.797
Gross charges upon 8 sailing ships, 13.943
“ “ “ 1 steam ship, 10,797
Difference of expense in favor of the steamer, 3,140
Thus it appears that one steam ship of 1000 tons
register, will perform the work of eight sailing ships
of 400 tons register each, in the freight of goods
only, between New Orleans and Liverpool, at less
expense by £3146 10s. per annum. The petty
expenses such as reporting the sh ps at (he custom
house, advertising, and the like, vei l always be in
favi ro the steam sli p ; but in showing the relative
working power ol the two classes of ships, it is n t
nei cssary to enumerate ir lies, it w, 1, however,
he apparent to evciy candid enquirer, that il a sic in
sh p cun not only be supported by carrying goods
only, at the same rate of freight as sa ling shq s,
but make a larger profit; that when the collateral
advantages of passengers, speed ar.d ictaii.ty ct
tune arc taken into consideration, the preponder
ance in favor of the steam ship is strikingly obvi
ous. Mercantile men will sec, that as the time oc
cupied by a steam ship in performing the voyage
is not half that of a sailing ship, the sea risk is di
minished in the same proportion, and consequently
the premium of insurance will not bo more than
hall the amount charged upon sailing ships. The
sooner the shipper can get Ids goods to market the
better for him and if he can do it in half the time
I y a steam ship that would be required by a sailing
slip it lollows as an inevitable con. equente that
one halt the capital would carry on the same
amount of business in a steam ship ns would be
required in sailing ships, because he could make
two shipments or two importations, or both, in a
steam ship, when he could make but one in a sail
ing ship. The whole commercial capital employ
ed in foreign trade upon the general introduction
of steam navigation will he doubled in its powers
of carrying on commerce, and twice the amount of
businessdonc upon the present capital, ortho same
business done upon halt the capital. It I have
succeeded in establishing the proposition with
which 1 commenced then we may give rein, and
allow the imagination to reach forward a lew years,
when sailing ships will become ns rare as steam
slips are now, and when the ocean will bo covc.c I
with paddle wheels insread of canvass. Astrono
mers make the circumference oi the earth 34,100
miles. Steam navigators make it 12,(,00. And
although the lusts of men will still rage, and the
sources of war remain, yet the nations of the earth
will approximate, and a more subdued state of so
ciety lessen the calamities of war, and throw around
its horror something of humanity. Civili/.adon
and intercourse go hand in hand. The light of
science and the revelation of truth, blending their
| rays and beaming upon barbarism, will soften down
its character, and hasten the advent of more glori
ah.’s times. our ob't. serv’t.,
i.ondon, Sept. sth, 1838. Jr.virs Smith.
W e feel that vve cannot urge this subject too
often upon public attention, as there is certainly
none an greater importance to the world Ait large.
That S'l earn Ocean Navigation will cven.ua,ly
come into general use can no longer be doubted,
and it on/v remains to be seen whether our coun
try men wil.l he laggard in the race for pre-eminence
Murder x t Harlem. At a late hour last
evening, information was received at the Coroner’s
Office, that a man named Hamblin, residing in
UiCth street, mvr the sth Avenue, had murdered
his wife by heath' ( her in the most savage manner.
The parties had lived together like cat and dog,
and frequent , Jits took place between them, in
which the vin came always oil’ second Lest.
Yesterday ; c .ling another fracas occurred, in the
course oi wtiicli Hamblin beat his wiic so unmer
cifully. that she expired under his bunds, and he
immediate! absconded, before any of the neigh
bors knew of ths occurrence. It is sa d that t
corpse presents marks of the most inhuman and
brutal treatment.— N. Y. Courier.
Caimtxl Conviction. —At the lust term of I
'ho Circuit Court of Pope county, Arkansas, a
man named William Brown, was tried on an in
dictment, charging him with the murder of his
wife. Mary M. Brown, on the 14th June last. The
principal witness against the prisoner was his
daughter, a girl of about 14 years old. whose testi
mony was, however, so conclusive that the jury
were out but a few minutes ere they returned with
a verdict of Guilty. Sentence of death was pro
nounced upon the convict in accord uccwith this
verdict, and the time, for execution was fixed for
the 19th October.
i
Thu iFniM ■<«*»■ .Hinder.
The Jury in the ease of William Stewart,
charged with the murder of his father, Benjamin
Stewart—did not agree upon a verdict until near
nine o'clock on Sunday night. Information hav
ing keen given to that elle.ct, (lie Court promptly
1 assembled and received the Jury, whose verdict was,
“Guilty of Murder in the Second Degree.” This
i rase occupied the close attention of the Court for
I ten days. The verdict rendered by the Jury, after
[ a deliberation of 20 hours on the ease, is said to
jhe one of compromise. The punishment under it
is confinement in the Penitentiary for a term mot
ext ceding 18 years.
The wife of the prisoner was in attendance at
Court throughout every stage of its proceedings,
occupying a seat next to the bar in which her
husband sat, and watching with nn intenseness of
interest which may be well imagined, the progress
of the case to its final issue.— But. American.
Mil. Mit.tk's Estate.—Since the death of Mr.
| Alexander Milne, whose funeral, on Sunday after
noon last, was attended by a largo concourse of
citizens, there have been various rumors as to the
manner in which he had disposed of his posses
sions. Wishing to gratify public curiosity, we
have, made considerable inquiry upon the subject,
and now state the result, believing that in the main
our information may bo relied on as perfectly correct.
Mr. Milne died at the age of ninety-eight, pos
sessed of a property estimated at about one million
and a half of dollars. Ho was a native of Scotland,
and left his home when quite a young man. He
arrived here a perfect stranger, and without a pen
ny ; but. by dint of industry, energy and strict in
tegrity, he succeeded in business, won the friend
ship ol his fellow men and laid the foundations of
that fortune which, by the assistance of a prudent
economy, he was enal I d to rear.
In the enjoyment of his wealth, Mr. Milne ever
displayed lie most generous and bountiful dispo
sition towards the poor. The orphans were par
ticularly an object of his regard—to this object he
lias left the great bulk of his estate. With the ex
ception of two hundred thousand dollars, it is to bo
equally divided to four orphan asylums l viz: To
the boys' at Lafayette : to the girls’ in Poydras
street; and to two others which are to be establish
ed at Milncburg. (the village at the lake end of the
Ponchartrain Rail Road) —which latter two arc to
he erected with funds from the estate.
The $200,000 above mentioned arc to be dis
tributed thus: $lOO GOO for a charitable school in
his native town ; and about an equal sum among
his relat ions and two of his servants. His gener
osi y extended likewise to his debtors, as wo are
informed that they were all released from their
liabilities to him.
Thus it appears that almost the whole of his im
mense fortune has been distributed in relieving hu
man distress. In a good old age he descended to
the tomb, with the remembrance of a well spiimt
life and presenting a noble example of industry and
integrity to the youth who are to be nurtured by
the means he has provided for them. Many a little
child, rescued from poverty and ignorance, will
vise up in after years and bless the name of Alex
ander Milne.— N. O. Picayune.
From the N. l r . Express.
A Home Scu-i nr.*suheh —with less.—Wo
learn that John M. Bloodgood, Esq., is a defaulter
to the city upwards of $2 000, for monies p!a cd in
his hands as Superintendent of the Streets in this
city, which lie has not accounted for to this day,
though placed in his hands about five years ago.
He is now one o! the strongest advocates of the
Sub I reasury in the city. The Corporation of
the city do not do their duty to the Tax payers, if
they pay his salary as Police Justice until this ac
count is settled, both Principal and Interest.
COMMERCIAL.
New Orleans, rvtol er 29.
Cotton. —Received from the 21-rt to 27th ult. , r )732
ba;cs; exported 4794 bales; stmk on hand, inclu
<l ng all on shipboard not cleared, 17000 Pales.
We have had a good demand throughout the past
week, and another J cent per Ih. estal Ji-hcd on all
qualities, 'the northern and French buyers a<nun
nave t een the principal operators, and the tire kinfix
Have I con most in request ai d are now scarce. The
art do goes oil'on landing, which prove nts any accu
mulation of stock, exce, ton ship hoard. The sales
ol the week are full 4.600 bales, round lists of l.ou
i lann and A issi-sippi at UJ a If* cents of average
.. afitms, extremes 10* a 16 eta. the latter price re
f/ ,j* l no l fanf y Cl '°i>' A few new Western
districts have been rec, ived and sold on landing at
.w? ei E tV i b i ClnK . 0 ' a?00li quality. A small lot or
I* 0 , 0 1 ud ordinary Mississippi and Tennessee
ba\e also arrived, and have been sold at 9 a ' j.
MAR! E INTELLIGEN CE.
C/«tm?—fhip Trentondw! b-cw V ' e o,’k [ bri*
JW « erf Tf- rhr /? res ’ ■ Camel-n. Me.
ir T' llps .KW’ and Senator, from Horton,!
Uenl to sea-ling Planet, Kenner, Portsmouth.
, _, , , Charleston. November 2, /
An ncd yesterday— SI ip - witzerlrnd, 1 hint, IV.
nn i'"r P k' " 1 oSthei ' York ; ships
I'iami To an, } orb’s, do ; Bunin < sceola WVh
b.'m "n ; line ;hip Cal-’
'mw, 6 " U 1 brig f tar. JU.II. dc;
"o"(V IP r V] \ ( rr ' !lr,a ' Baljimore, via
I r , ■ t 1 V a . 101 na - W Imington, N. C.
vhvoT rf r?- ng i' o!p,lin ’ Fa S ps > 1-avanaischr
: i v lc , ° pkl r s ' Eoston 5 Echr Susan Benjamin,
1 bomas, Georgetown. J
y Bi'Sea je./cntai/. Lino sbipNiagara Orslirr,
irL"' 1 ’ a | eam packet North Carolina, Davis,
\\ ilmmgton, N. C.
. v»». ». -ri-iTWM|
ti Benevolent Society.
lows-— ° ni7n,tteeS f ° r tllP ensuill S month aie as fol-
DB isicnXo I—Mr. J. W. Meredith. Mr. Wm.
Brenam ’ ’’ ' S- F ' Meredith » Susan
Division No. 2.—Mr. Wm. E. Jackson, Mr. Wm.
Haines, Mr«. Trombley. Mr. Pouglass.
Wilcux ’ Mr - V. Heard,
Mrs. .A. \\ hillock,Mrs. Heard.
oct 2!) _ c. F. STURGES, Sec’ry.
ravmv r , ln i Ar FAMILY GROCERY.
n s l ] ' S(TI (>r has just opened a now and cheap
H f amily Grocery Store, next door al ove Joseph
I gmnn s nearly opposite tho Eagle and Pbcenix
Uotcl. where he will keep on band a general assort
ment ol such art Hes as are in daily demand as fam
i y supplies. Every thing which this market and
those ol New A or!: and ( harleston can supply will
always be kept for the benefit of his customers.—
1 he citizens of Augusta are invited to call and ex
amine his stock. j p LEWIS,
'S- ''' s tf'rms are cash, but families by making
arrangements to settle monthly can be supplied by
sending orders. trwlm nov 2
NEW STORE.
A AV. WALTON & Co. have just rcct'ved, and
„a « are now opening a general assortment of Sta- A.
p.e and I am y I ry (loods, which they offe r for sale,
'K " J. 0 ,, sa ‘ c 01 retail, at their store, on tho north
si le id Broad street, opposite Messrs. Gould & Bulk
ley s grocery store. ts nov 1
'■e,.rriu, City of Augusta:
l llf Os CI.MMt N PLEAS.—It appearing
t 0 11,0 ( °' n 'f by the Sheriffs return that Henry
I lOril was duly summoned to attend this Court as'a
special Juror at August Term, ls3B, and he failing
appear, it is ordered that he be lined in the sum of
went} Dollars, unless satisfactory excuse be ren
dered on or before the first day of next term, (second
Monday in November.)
Jt Ukewine appearing that John C. Bead, Caleb
1 eas, 1 homas Lavis, John B. Gould, Justus Bulke-
Icy, were duly summoued to attend as Petit Jurors
at the August Perm last of this Court, and failing to
appear, ordered that they be each lined the sum of
leu Dollars, unless sufficient excuse he rendered on
or before the first day of next Term, it being the 2d
Monday in November’next.
HENRY ROBERT, Clerk.
nov I It