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From the Lady's Font:.
The Two (iraves.
Leaves have their time to fall.
And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, •
And stars to set —but all,
Thou hast all seasons for thine own, oh ! Death.
Mrs. Hemans.
To the pensive and thoughtful there is a mel
ancholy charm about the quiet resting places of
the dead. When harrassod hy the cares of life,
or pained hy its sorrows, here are they soothed
and strengthened hy the thought, that tiie hour
will soon eomo when their wearied frames will
repose lieneath the grassy sod, and their glad spi
rits wing their way to Him who gave thorn. I
have ever loved to tread these peopled solitudes—
the last earthly home# of the departed, whether
they he among the ranges of marble lonihs in the
city ccmeliy, in the green village church-yard, or
the sequestered family burial ground, kept sacred
from the intruding footsteps of strangers, where
those who have loved in life are clustered in one
little hand, apart from the rest of the world. When
those who are sleeping in the earth arc unknown
to me, still they are human beings and I love to
.muse on the history recorded on their grave-stones.
Hut when I am standing beside the mouldering
remains of those whom I knew and loved, oh !
how vividly does memory bring back their recol
lection I I see them again in their own homes,
around their own fire-sides, until the fond dream
of fancy becomes plainfully distinct ill its imagin
ings.
Whenever there has been a wish expressed re
specting the last earthly dwelling place, it seldom
needs the sculptured line to tell the character of its
inmate, for it can sometimes lie more forcibly read
by this rhoiee thanliy any laboured inscription.
Travelling in a distant section of the country,
through a lonely part of the village, road, 1 saw a
solitary grave in the centre of an extensive mea
dow. 'There was a gentle rise at the farther ex
tremity of the field that gave the whole expanse
at once to the eye. It was covered with soft
green herbage, without a tree to shade its sunni
ness, save the two that bent over the tomb. It
seemed as if he who chose the spot, hud wished
that his grave should he the only object upon
which the glance of the passer-by might rest.
Upon making inquiry respecting it, I was told
that the meadow had been purchased hy the man
who was buried there, that he might have a grave
apart from others. They could tell me nothing
more of his history than this; hut here much was
revealed in this one, simple wish. How often
have 1 thought of that insulated tomb, and of him
who slept beneath it, and have imagined the ma
ny reasons that might have induced so singular a
choice.
During a temporary sojourn in the vilage, near
which I saw this lonely burial place, I visited two
graves, with which were connected many sad and
interesting associations. One was (hat of a
young mother, who died soon after the birth of
her first child, and they sleeping together in the
same tomb. She had been intimate in the fami
ly where I resided, and I heard her so frequently
i poken of, that it seemed as if I, too, had known
uni loved her. Her rare beauty, her intelligence,
her graceful accomplishments, were themes upon
which all were delighted to dwell. She hud been
•v n a visit in the neighborhood, when her combi
ned attractions won the heart of a gentlomrn who
uid been thought insensible to female rhurms. A
few months after her return to her distant homo,
he came hack to the village, a bride, and liecume
one of the brightest ornaments of its society. Her
fascinating manners made her a general ’favour
ite ; and lb ought it a pity that one so fit
ted to adorn the highest circle of a city, should he
buried in the obscurity of a country residence.
Bui she thought not so ; for the love of her hus
band and his family, and the esteem and friend
ship of his acquaintance, fully contented her, and
site wished for no wider sphere. She was a
bright, joyful creature, with a heart filled with
happiness and affection, and, for a short period,
her life was blissful as a fairy dream.
The village, though a pleasant residence during
part of the year, was subject to annual returns of
a (all epidemic. The husband of this lovely wo
man, fearing to incur the risk of her remaining
there while uaaeelimated, had determined to take
her on an early visit to her parents, where she was
to continue until the healthful autumnal frosts
had purified the air from every taint of miasma.
Hut during that summer, the sickly season made
Us appearance a month sooner than usual, and
with unwonted virulence. Among the first who
were stricken by it was this blooming wife, who
was laid ou a bod of suffering for a few months
alter her marriage. The most devoted nursing
saved her through a long and dangerous indispo
sition ; hut she had scarcely begun to recover her
strength, when she was again taken extremely ill,
It was thus that she lingered on through that long,
■dreary summer, passing from one relapse into an
other, until she had gone through every disease
peculiar to the climate.
It was during the ensuing winter, that a rela
tive came to visit her and brought her infant.
1 liis lady frequently spoke of the pleasure the
ehihl allorded the lovely, patient invalid, !She
would take it beside her on the bed, caress it, and
nestle it in her arms as fondly as if she was its
mother.
On the days when she was well enough to sit
up, she would he busy with her needle, in prepa
ring little articles of clothing for her own expert
»’' nurseling, and no employment seemed so de
lightful to her. She would thus sit, hour after
hour, with a quiet smile irradiating her pale face,
and a dreamy express on of happiness in her dark
eye, as if anticipating the bliss in store for her
the bliss of maternity.
The anxiously expected hour came at last, and
she lay for some time ns if sinking away into
•death. Every now ami then, some one would
softly steal to the bed-side and bond down their
ear towards the exhausted sulferer, that they might
bear her almost inaudible breathing. To look on
her, all would have thought her a corpse—so pale,
so still. There was much of death ami nothing
like life in the painful sight At last she roused
ami asked for her babe. Perceiving the agitated
whispering together of those who were with her,
she faintly said. “It is dead!” A short convul
sive soli heaved her bosom ; a few tears trickled
through the slender fingers that covered her eyes,
and again she sank into that fearful state of ex
haustation. One ol her attendants went to her
immediately to administer a restorative ; hut the
spirit of the young mother had gone to her child.
It was several years after her death, when I
"food hy her tomb; but I felt as if the events of
her life were of yesterday. Her body was mould
ered into dust; hut her memory was yet green in
the hearts ot those who loved her. And her des
olate parents still were mourning for their idolized
slaughter, who was buried in a southern grave, far,
tar away from her kindred and the home of her
youth.
• • • •
A few weeks after my visit to the grave of the
young mother, 1 attended the funeral sermoiTof a
young lady who had died a short lime before.
She was the only child; and her father had been
a widower from the hour of Iter birth. She was
the idol and his only solace; and for her sake he
bad given up ail employment that obliged him to
entrust her education to others, and was about to
settle upon his paternal estate, that hr might de
rvl o' ’ Ume lK ‘ r * ,l!itruc ti°u. He left her at a
Stem akTJ , I ntC " l ’ pJ ttl 'd proceed
that he mi i, ? " ra 'W"*ut of his business,
that he might Ik? nettled in bis home U-fore the
him of her .-i l"' i '’ U * ' c,u ‘ r appri
he house just as the funeral hail passed out of
sight; ami when his beloved daughter came not
to welcome him, ns he had been fondly expecting,
he asked for her and learned the dreadful truth—
dial she was lost to him forever!
Oh ! how my heart felt for the stricken father,
as I saw him sitting with bowed head, while the
minister was speaking of the virtues and the hap
py deuth-bed scene of his young and idolized
child. He heaved no sigh, he shed no tear, but
there was an expression of settled melancholy up
on his countenance, that was softened by the calm
resignation of the Christian. After the service
was over, he went to her grave, and standing 1«-
side it, lifted up a silent prayer for strength to
help him in his hour of need. As soon as I saw
him take his sad farewell of the last earthly home
of her whom he had so fondly loved, I went to
the grave-yard and remained there while waiting
for the carriage that was to return for me. It was
the family burial place, and was beautifully situ
ated on the shore of a calm sheet of water. I sat
down on one of the tombs beside the newly made
grave of her who had died in her youth, and
thought that in such a spot as tills, would I like
to ehose my own place of rest. The western
breeze blew freshly across my brow, and gently
rustled the foliage of the overarching trees, while
the waves came softly plashing against the pebbly
beach, both producing that rushing, whispering
sound so peculiar to the winds and the waters.—
Thi beautiful cove lay like a mirror, reflecting
the blue sky on its bosom, and occasional ripples
on its surface were seen as the fish darted upward
to view with their silvery scales gleaming irr the
sunshine. There was a hush —ll holy quiet about
the scene, suited for the homo of the dead, and
the only sound that broke harshly upon its still
ness, was the wild scream of the seagull as it rose
from the water and flew upward, and away, until
it disappeared from our sight among the fleecy
clouds of the summer sky.
Mas. G.
Baltimore, Md.,
Fear Not.
BY JUSIAII CONur.lt.
“Fair nut—l have thckeijn of the grave and of death."
ilev. i. 17, 18.
Oh! cling not, trembler, to life’s fragile bark i
It fills —it soon must sink !
Look nut below, where all is chill and dark;
’Tis agony to think
Os that wild waste. Jlut, look ! Oh, look above !
And sec the outstretched arm of love .'
Cling not to this poor life. Unlock thy clasp
Os (U-eting, vapoury air j
The world, receding, soon will mock thy grasp;
Jlut let the wings of prayer
Take heaven’s own blessed breeze and upward flee,
And life from Clod shall enter thee.
Oh ! fear not Him who walks the stormy wave ;
'Tis not a spectre, but the Lord !
Trust thou to Him who overcame the grave,
Who holds in captive-ward
The powers ol death. Heed not the monster grim,
Not fear to go through death to Him.
Look not so fondly back on this false earth;
Let hope not linger here;
Say, would the worm forego ils second birth.
Or the transition fear,
That gives its wings to try a world unknown,
Although it wakes and mounts alone i
Hut thou art not alone ; on cither side
The portal, frieds stand guard;
And the kind spirits wait, thy course to guide.
Why, why should it he hard
To trust our Maker with the soul he gave.
Or Him who died, that oul to save ?
Info His hands commit thy trembling snirit
Who gave His life for thine, ‘ ’
Ouilty, flx all thy trust upon His merit;
'To Him thy lieiut resign.
Oh ! give Him love for love, and sweetly fall
Into His hands who is thy all.
Illinois.- —The Whigs and Conservatives of
the tliird district of Illinois, celebrated on the
2!Hh tilt, at Springfield, their victory, in the elec
tion of their candidate for Congress and the de
feat ol Locofocoism. The Sangamon Journal '
states that 2,000 citizens were present and par- 1
took of a sumptuous llarbacuc. i
In reply to an invitation to (ho festival, Gov. i
Duncan addressed to their committee an hide- ,
pendent and characteristic letter, from which we
make the following extract:
“ I commenced my political career a Democrat,
and continued to claim that name so long ns that
party acted upon the principles with which they
set out; hut since they abandoned them, I am
ready to join any parly, careless of its name, ad
vocating true democratic republican principles,
such as I have altered to. When I learned my
principles of democracy, that party was in favor
ot a cheap and economical Government, and wo
turned Mr. Adams out for expending $ 11.},000,000I 1 .},000,000
per annum. Mr. Van Huron, the leader of the
present dominant party, has increased the ex
penses of Government from 1 ft,000,000 to 39,.
000,000 per annum. It was then considered
dangerous and anti-republican for public officers
to interfere with elections. It is now made a
part of their duty, and the present democratic
Chief Magistrate has the glory of having been
elected by the jicrsonal influence and official
dictation of the highest officer in the Government.
When 1 belonged to that party, every public offi
cer was a freeman—could vole, speak, and act in
dependently—mid was considered a servant of the
Public, governed by and acting under the autho
rity ot law, which made every one a cheek upon
the others, from the highest to the lowest, and all
guardians of the People's rights; but now, they
are regarded ns mere dependants of Government,
to the bidding of the President, and are required
to act us a unit, or be dismissed, disgraced, and
denounced as refractory subordinates; which po
licy has removed all those checks and balances
that have heretofore so eft'eelually secured the
public interest. Such policy must soon reduce
the public officer to the condition of an abject
palace slave. The law and Constitution, as con
strued by the courts,'was then held sacred by all,
and considered, by the Democrats especially, to
In- the main bulwark of our liberties, and their
strict observance as the best protection of the
weak and poor from the oppression of the arbi
trary and the rich. 'The President claiming to
be the great head of the Democratic party, has
advised and fully sanctioned the doctrine of his
predecessor, in administering the laws according
to Ids own judgment, and violates them and the
Constitution whenever they stand in the way of
his ambitious grasp after power. The freedom of
Congress and the freedom of the press were then
considered by that party ns the great palladiums
ot our lilh-rty. Its leaders do not now hesitate to
bribe and corrupt both by the most shameful and
barefaced bestow meat of high public offices upon
Members ol Congress and editors of newspapers,
to an extent never known before in our country,
for the manifest purposes of rewarding their ser
vility in obtaining supjrort for the party.
The Lexington, Ky. Intelligencer mentions
the perpetration of a highway robbery and mur
der, committed on the 2<Jlh ult. on the body of a
Mr. Kennedy, ofdinton county, Ky. It apm-ara
that Mr. K. on the same day had been in hexing,
ton, and hud drawn money for Pensioners to th
amount of* 150, and was returning home, when 1 ’
it is supposed, he was knocked down, robbed o f
what money lie bad about him, and then dragge 1 '
into the woods where his body was found. Three
young men, the oldest of whom is but 22 years of
age. are suspected of being the murderers.*
CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15.
The Millcdgovillo Journal of Tuesday lofcl
states that the resignation by the Hon. Alfred
Cuthbert, of his scat in the Senate of the United
States, is in Milledgcville. Whether it has been
delivered to the Executive Department, we are
not apprized.J
Health of Charleston.
The number of deaths reported by the Board
of Health, of the city of Charleston, in that city
during the weekending on the 11th inst. was 15
Whites 10, colored 5. Os the whites two were
of Strangers Fever.
Exploring Expedition.
By the brig Cazenove, arrived at New-York
on the 9th inst. we loam that the Exploring Ex
pedition was at Madeira, on the 20th September,
all well, to sail soon.
The Whigs in the. Territory of Wisconsin,
have a majority in the Legislature, as well as the
delegate to Congress.
Death of Judge Frasier.
A letter from Milvvaukie, (Win. Ter.) states,
that William C. Frazier, Judge of the United
States Court, died at that place on the 18th ult.
He had just arrived from Lancaster Pa., where
his family resides.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania, will meet on
the first Tuesday of December.
New-York Election.
The following is the definite result in the city
for members of Congress:—
Hoffman, 20559
Grinnell, 20537
Curtin, 2043 U
Monroe, 20439
McKeon, 19234
Varian, 19187
Cmnbreleng, 19178
Moore, 18830
Average Whig majority 1357,
The following is the result for Governor, and
Lieutenant-Governor, which we record by wards,
for future reference. It will be seen that Bradish
runs behind Seward, so that it would appear
that abolition is a dead weight to carry.
GOVERNOR. LT. 00VE11N011.
Whig. 'whig. A L.V
Seward. Marcy. Bradish. Tracer.
Ist Ward, 1402 551 1339 560*
2, l 990 43« 911 451
3d “ 1.253 7(1 |155 723
4th “ JKJO 964 1090 970
oth « 1335 HOG 1275 1125
6th •« 933 970 896 976
7th “ 1747 1070 1667 . 1684
Bth « 1977 1930 906 1965
9th •• 1426 1880 1 370 1 896
10th “ 1293 1737 1362 1750
11th •* 648 1408 640 1414
13th •* 370 525 388 522
13th “ 997 1428 965 1438
14th “ 1022 1130 971 1129
15th “ 1422 659 1343 669
I6tl “ 965 1000 951 1009
7thh “ 1114 1246 1076 1257
20,201 19,359 19,206 1 9,548
We received but one slip yesterday, (die Com.
Adv.) which gives the reported majorities from
41 counties for Governor, in which Seward, has
a majority of 4000 votes. Sixteen counties re
main to l>c heard from, which will increase that
majority in all probability to Bor 10,000. His
election seems to placed beyond doubt. No
thing is said about the election of Lieutenant-
Governor, except the above statement for the
city.
In relation to Congress and the Legislature,
the Commercial Advertiser, holds the following
language:
“ The wave of triumph rolls in upon us from
the North and West, with a heavier and yet
heavier swell. We give below the best returns
and estimates which we have been able to collect.
No doubt remains of a Whig majority in join l
ballot. We have, moreover, carried probably
twenty-five, and possibly twenty-eight, of the
forty members of Congress. The offices of Comp
troller. Secretary of State, and Attorney-General,
will have to be Idled in January. There will
therefore, be a pleasant dispersion of the Albany
Regency, Mr. Flagg, will retire to the banks of
the Saranac. Mr. Beardsley, will wend his way
back to Oneida, ruing the day lie uttered his ana
themas against commerce and credit; General
Uix, will hie himself over the hills of Ostogo,
and far away into the retired town of Brookfield.
And the noble-spirited Whigs of Albany will
be re-iuforced by an infusion of honest men.
Legislature.
We give below such extracts from tlie proceed
ings of the Legislature ns are of general iinpor.
tance. The latter part of last week, it will be
remembered was consumed in elections, and it is
believed but little of interest will be done this
week.
IN SENATE.
Wednesday, November 7.
Hills Introduced taut Head First Time.
By Mr. Oharr: To attach a portion of the
county of Hall, to the county of Lumpkin.
By Mr. Poster: To reduce the price of grants
to fortunate drawers in the Land and Gobi Lotte
ries, as well as all other lotteries, and to regulate
other fees thereon,, «Src.
By Mr. Sayre i To provide % the authenti
cation ol State Scrip, in certificates of State debt.
By Mr. Hutchings : Further to regulate and
detine the retailing of spirituous liquors, and reg
ulate the granting of retail license.
D .„ r . , , 1 hursday, November 8.
Hills Introduced and Head First Time.
By Mr. Miller: To point out the mode of erea
tmg certain corporations ; 6, define their rights
and prfclegcs ; and to provide a mode of chan
ging tl? names of individuals.
To alter and amend the Act incorporating the •
Georgia Insurance Ac Trust Company.
To amend an act to punish white ‘persons for
gambling with negroes, passed 25th December,
By Mr. Atkinson : Amendatory to an act to
regulate the mode* of taking testimony by com
mission and dr bene esse, within this State an 1
o alter and amend the several law* relating there-
By Mr. June ; i To incorporate WiJJj.ims An
demy, iu the town of Van Wert, Paulding coun- i
ty, and to appoint Trustees for the some. (
By Mr. Gibson: To alter and amend the 7th i
section of the Ist article of the Constitution.
A message was received from the Governor, ]
relative to John Gray, of Richmond county, who I
was convicted of murder; and William Porter, of
Pike county, convicted of murder; both of whom
were respited until the 14th December next. i
Mr. Jones laid the following preamble and res
olutions on the table :
Whereas the Legislature of this State did, on
the 15th day of December, 1828, pass a rcsolu
tion requiring the Governor to have the true line
run between the Creek and Cherokee tribe of In
dians ; and Col. Samuel A. Wales, being appoin
ted by the Governor to ascertain and run the
same,did, during the year 1829, run and mark a
line from Suwannee old town, on the Chattahoo
chee, across to Sixes old Town, on the Hightow
er, and thence down said stream to the mouth of
Willis Creek, on the Coosc. And whereas in
consequenccof said line being run as the true line
between the State of Georgia and the Cherokee
tribe, many of our citizens were induced to settle
on the lands lying South of said line, as on ihc
lands of the State of Georgia, and after having
planted crops of corn and cultivated the same
to maturity, had the same destroyed by a detach
ment of United States troops, under the command
of United States officers. And whereas, it is not
and never has been *hc policy of the State of
Georgia to permit aggressions to be made upon
her soil and the rights of her citizens, without
havingredress made for the same:
Relinked by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the State of Georgia, That our Se
nators in Congress arc instructed and our Repre
sentatives requested to exert themselves to have
compensation made to such persons as had their
crops burned and their property destroyed by the
United States troops, South of Wales’ line.
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be
requested to transmit one copy of these resolutions
to each of our Senators and Representatives in
Congress.
The Senate adjourned,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, Nov. C,
Bills Introduced and Read Frst Time.
By Mr. Crawford : To amend the second sec
tion of the third act of the Constitution,
Wednesday, Nov, 7.
Bills Introduced and Read first time.
To regulate the taking of testimony, by com
mission to be read in the several courts of law
and equity in this State.
By Mr. Lamar; To alter and amend the char
ter of the Monroe Rail Road and Banking Com
pany—to increase the Banking capital thereof
and lor other purposes. 1
By Mr. Philips: To prohibit the Judges, and
Clerks of.the Superior Courts of this Sf lt e from
granting any rule of survey in any c w tmcnt
ease or suit tor and now pending l r t £ t IH ay
be brought m « V .id Court by Cherokee Indians or
“ ICIC Cecendants, representatives or assignees,
lounded on reservations arising under the treaties
of 1817 or 1819, made between the United States
and said Indians, &c.
By Mr. Powell, of Monroe: To authorize and
empower County Surveyors to administer oaths
in certain cases.
By Mr. Kellly, of Houston: To declare the ,
force and effect of certain contracts and instru- ,
meats of Writing therein specified.
By Mr. Sullivan: To amend the eleventh di- (
vision of the penal code. j
By Mr. Dougherty: To incorporate a banking ,
company under the name of the Planters’ and 1
Mechanics’ Bank of West Point. 200 copies
ordered to be printed. j
By Mr. Greer, of Forsyth : To compensate j
persons who have rendered services in ta.king the ;
census of the State of Georgia during the year
1838. ,
By Mr. Tracy: To prohibit Justices of the !
Peace from holding pleas, or taking cognizance of ]
suits against executors or administrators ,
To empower juries to allow interest on open i
accounts, and in all other cases, whether arising i
ex contractu or ox de licto.
Mr. Jenkins laid on the table the following re
solution :•
Resolved, That 200 copies of each bill introdu
ced during the present session, having for its ob
ject the incorporation of a Bank or other moneyed
institution, or of a c ■ mpany for any interna) im
provement, be printed for the use of tho House ;
which was read and agreed to—yeas 90, nays 77.
Thursday, Nov. 8.
Bills introduced and read first time.
By Mr. Wellborn : To alter the 3d, 7th, 12th
sections of the Ist article, and Ist and 2d sections
of the Constitution of this State.
By Mr. Tracy : To incorporate a Banking
Company, under the name of tha Commercial
Bank at Macon.
By Mr. Rockwell: To provide for the security
of the public property at the scat of government
against fire, and to appropriate, money therefor.
By Mr. Stocks: I o appropriate a sum of mo
ney, and to lay out and put i./.i order a road from
Dahlohnega, in Lumpkin county, byway of
Coopes’s Gap, across the Blue Ridge, to intersect
the Clarksville road at or n'-ar the North Carolina
line, where the commissioners may deem it most
convenient; and to -appoint commissioners to
carry the same into effect.
By Mr. Dough erty : To amend the 2d section
of the 3d a rticlo of the Constitution.
By Mr.'Dhatfield: To compel Justices of the
Peace in tl re several counties in this State, to give
bond and ■ iccurity for tho faithful performance of
their*duty..
By Mr., Shelton; To amend the 27th section
of the Ju .diciary laws of this State, so far as re
lates to tl ,ie entering of appeals in certain cases.
By M r. Jones, of Gilmer: To appropriate
money t o open a road from the termination of the
North ( ,'arolina State road, on the Union county
line, ne: it Notley's old town, byway of Ellijay,
Gilmer county, to intersect the Pine Log Valley
road, a t or near Ramsour’s, on Solacoe creek.
Friday, Nov. 9.
Bills introduced and rend first time.
By Mr. Kelly, of Houston : To form a new ju
dicial circuit in this State, to be known as the
Sout! iwestern Circuit, and to fix the time of hold
ing t he Superior and Inferior Courts in said
circu it.
B y Mr. Stocks, of Lumpkin; To shorten the
time fur fortunate drawers in the gold districts of
the I Cherokee country to take out their grants.
B y Mr. Welborn : To amend the 23d section
of th e Judiciary of this State.
B j Mr. Hines: To define and affix the punish
ment of a crime or misdemeanor committed by a
slave ,by the counsel, persuasion or procurement
or ot her means, of free white persons.
M r. Mosely laid on the table the following
resolution :
R evoked, I hat a Select Committee, consisting
of oi ie from each judicial circuit w ithin this State,
be a| jpointed, with instructions to prepare and re
l»ort a bill to reduce and equalize the representa
tion in the Legislature of Georgia.
P nojKCTr.il IxsvnuECTiox or Slaves. —We
cop- r the following narrative from the Evansville,
In. Journal of Wednesday, the 24th of October!
—A fe have no reason to doubt a statement given
w ill ,so much minuteness and through so respcc
tabl j a medium; but is it not rather singular that
the scenes of all the projected servile insurrections
in ] [entucky for so many years past have been
laid in Henderson county 1 Why do not our
He> iderson friends send their negroes down the
rivi rand stock their farms with a new set Liu
tn-. lie Journal.
Great excitement has prevailed for a week cr
two past, in Henderson county, Ky. in conse
quent c of the discovery of a plan of insurrection
of the slaves. Mr. Aikin, who lives on the op
posite side of the river, a few miles from this
place, discovered, a week ago last Sunday, that
his horses had been ridden during the night,
which, added to the fad that his slaves had of
late been absent more frequently thafi usual, eli
cited his suspicions. He separated three of his
negro men who had been absent, and flogged each
one into a confession of they had been and
what was their object. The similarity of their
confessions, separated as they were, placed the
truth of them almost beyond a doubt.
They stated that they had been a number of
times to a meeting, at Race Creek, a few miles
above this place, on the Kentucky side, attending
the preaching of a white man by the name of
Cummings, who told them they might gain their
freedom and that he would provide them with
arms and ammunition. The time for rising was
to have been fixed upon last Saturday night; but
the plot Iteing discovered, and Cummings getting
wind of it, cleared out. It is said that Col. Mc-
Lain was to be the first victim,—There is but
little doubt that this Cummings is one of a band
of villains whose object is plunder. It is known
that Col. McLain and n number of his neighbors
generally keep considerable money by them.
A week ago last Saturday night the citizens,
being alarmed, patrolled the streets, and made a
general examination of the town; when only one
negro man, out of two hundred, was to be found.
Report says that a gang of villains had divided a
great portion of the Slate into districts and were
planning a general and simultaneous insurrection
of the slaves, Cummings is represented as a very
thick set, stout, athletic man.
From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
Important from Canada.
A Battle.— Our advices from Montreal arc
up to Wednesday morning, 9 o’clock, and from
the frontier to 5 P. M. of that day.
On Wednesday morning early the steamboat
Burlington, Commodore Sherman, stopped, as
usual, at Champlain, when the engineer was in
formed by the celebrated Dr. Cote that he had
come to the determination to stop the intercourse
between the United States and Canada, and for
th?.t purpose the Burlington could not proceed
farther—that he had under his control a force suffi
cient to carry his purposes into effect. This in
formation was immediately communicated to the
commodore, who went on shore and had ah in
terview with Cote; the result of which was, that
the Burlington was permitted to proceed. We
arc informed that Cote declared that this should
be the last boat permitted to pass, and that he
would brin-g down a field piece and fire it into any
boat should attempt to pass, either way, after
| hejng warned of his intention.
Battle at Odutows. —lt being known at
Odjetown that an attack was to be made on that
place on Tuesday night, the militia were ordered
under arms—and having received information
that a parly of the rebels were approaching, they
went out under cover of a dark night and fell in
with them a short distance from the town—a battle
ensued, which resulted in the death of eight of
the insurgents, and the capture of a piece of ar
tillery and two hundred stand of arms. It was
not the intention, we aie informed, of the militia
to be troubled with prisoners at this juncture.
A sloop laden with munitions of war—among
which was a large number of muskets—has been
seized on Lake Champlain, by Mr. Crooks, one
of the officers of the customs.
It was the prevailing opinion at Montreal that
tranquility would soon be restored. The admin
istrator was making use of every means at his
disposal to check the spirit of insurrection that
had manifested itself.
The object of the rebels appeared to be to make
hostages, for which purpose they were making
prisoners of women and children—prefering in
all cases the ladies of respectable families.
The Governor and Council, having granted'
permission to the banks to suspend specie pay
ments, they have all availed themselves of the
privilege, except that of the People’s Bank—it
was required of that institution that before th ey
suspend the payment of specie, they should ma ke
an exhibit of the state of their affairs—this th ey
had not yet done.
We mentioned that on Sunday night fig: fits
were placed in the windows of the several dwel
lings in Montreal; this was also done on Monday,
and was to be continued until further orders.
The name of Wolford Nelson, noticed yes tcr
day, should have been Robert: Wolford waa onc
of those sent to Bermuda.
The 71st regiment, under the command of
Col. Grey, left Montreal for Chumbly and St.
Charles on Wednesday—they reached St. J( >hns
at 11 o’clock, and immediately proceeded to ( heir
places of destination.
No intelligence had been received of the fate
of Mr. Ellis and his family. Tho insurgent) s had
made prisoners of Mrs. Odle and her famil; f of
Naperville, and taken them away.
Two dwelling houses in the village directly
opposite St. Johns were set on fire on Wcdm >sday
morning and burned down; the fire was pu t out
with the aid of the troops stationed at St. J ohns.
This probably led to the report that St. John s was
seen in flames. The river is not wide, a ad a
person at a short distance might readily have
mistaken tho one for the other.
Some fears were still felt for the safety o f the
rail road, but a large military force is static ned at
the principal points, which will exercise a v igilant
watchfulness.
We do not believe the reports from Ki ngston
and Perth mentioned in the letter from Jc llbrson
county, published in this paper of yesterda y.
SrMPATHT.—It will be seen from the fol lowing
notice that the “sympathisers” are again toe > work.
The notice is issued from the office of one of the
administration leaders in this city—marke J
(Puivate Letteii.)
162, Nassau-strct t,
November 10 th, It 138.
Sir:—Canada is in arms; it has not be on in
vaded from the United States, but its inhal litants
have agai» risen to make another effort to throw
oil the military yoke of a foreign power which
can no longer govern their country excel )l l, yr
force and violence. It is the wish of many among
them that such help as may be lawfully and ’ con
stitutionally given them by the people of till* s free
country ought to be respectfully asked; and with
this view you are hereby invited to attend a pri
vate meeting of friends of Canada, to con side r of
the propriety of calling a public assembly of the
citizens on behalf of the struggling Canadi ans,.
and to suggest, or consider of, such measure i as
it might be proper to propose to that meeting ; for
its adoption if it were deemed proper to call one;
as also to say whether you would act as ora ; of a
Select Committee on behalf of Canada, in this
city, should your name be proposed to and ap
proved of by a public meeting of your fellov /citi
zens.
The meeting will be held at Concert Hal 1,408
Broadway, THIS DAY, (Saturday the lot !i in
stant,) at the hour of 7 o’clock, in the cvcni ng.
We are sir, your obedient humble servant s,
LUDGLR DUVERNAY, of Montn al.
WM. L. MACKENZIE, of Toront r.
JOHN R\ AN, of Quebec.
WILSON REID, of Hope.
T „ MARRIED,
hrt District, S.C., on the 11th inst , b y
the Rev Mr Rowers,Mr. I). B. HA O LE V ,of this city
Mcliß , Ujn ’ daughter of h. Mcß ride,
hsij. of the former place.
• y ch arlest° n , S C. on the evening of Ihe sth
Y, r v7. Ir ' Colle - v ' Mr - Newbcrne Rad
cllife, late of Mobiic.to Mrs. JulliV.'We'ds,daugh
ter ot the late tol. Nathan Hup*; n , 0 " tVinrtW,
Prmce Georges’Parish. >n • 01 J '
-V
Consigners per South Carolim, RnU Rond,
Hamburg, November 14.
Turpin & D’Antignac, Clark, Racket & Co.
A. C. Batty, Kankin, Hoggs & Co.
A. Cumming, J. S. Hutchinson,
Jv »Neb*, Hopkins & Jennings,
kerrs & Hope, W. & J. Nelson,
Hadley & Owens, K. 1). Cooke,
VV. Allen, John O. Winter,
0. 1. Dortic, A. Frederick,
S. Knee land & Co, J. M. Cooper & Son,
J. S. Simpson, Rees & Beall.
P. H. Earl, Stovall, Simmons & Co.
Huviland, Risley Ac Co., H. W. Sullivan,
Gould, jiulkley & Co. I. N. Oliver,
1. Davis, George Parrott,
W. K. &J. U. Jackson, Dundey St Key,
K. H. Cooke, H. L. Jeffers,
T. H. Wyatt, J, F. Benson,
W. & J. G.Catlin, J. W. Stokes.
T. Dawson,
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Charleston, November 14
Arrived yesterday—Vmc ship Anson, Sinclair
New York, barque Lordfilcneig, Potter, Greenock’
“hr Valiant, Reed, New York ; schr Eliza and
Betsey, Arnold, New York; steam packet South
Carolina, Coffey. Baltimore j steam packet North
Carolina, Davis, Wilmington.
In the offing Ships Rose, from Portland, and
Live% V ool ° ln Phllade,phiai and Adam from
Cleared— Br schr William, Hclmes, Bermuda
steam packet North Carolina, Davis, Wilmington. ’
Savannah, November’ 13
Arrived— Sloop Stranger, Luce, Hartford : sloou
Mcndian, Ferguson, New Haven. p
Went to sea —Schr Doris, Perry, Mobile.
Attention Clinch Riflemen !
4 PPEAR on your parade Ground in front of the
J.V. Unitarian Church, on Friday Morning iCtU
mst., at G o’clock, for Drill. By order of the Caut.
F. G. CURTIS, Act. O. S.
Appear on your parade ground, as above, in full
uniform, on Saturday, the 17th inst, at 3 o’clock P
M., for parade. By order of the Captain.
14 , , 3t . G. CURTIS, Act. O. S.
OUT Each Member is required to call at the Store
of Davis, (crimes & Co. and receive their Caps.
i OO V r for tk® apprehension and
UJ lUU delivery of my Negro man bv the
name of 808, and the white man that decoyed him
off; or I will give fifty dollars for either of their
apprehensions and delivery to me. The white man
that ! believe decoyed off my man. Bob, is by name
(as he called himself) Harris ; he is about Lx fee!
high, dark hair, and rather squint eyed, when talk
iiig snows ins tipper tcetli very much, his fore teeth
very broad; he stated that he was raised at the
north, and talks very broad, and is rather stoop
shouldered and slender built, long armed, long hands
and quite long lingers; he lias been engaged it*
working on the State Rail Road when my hands'
were engaged in the same business, and Harris and
my negro man Bob both left that place on Sunday
night, the 21st October. Harris tried several other
Negroes, and promised them half of what he could
m ake by selling them, and their freedom in the end.
He told them that be would sell them in every
town they passed, and steal them again, and then
take water and make their escape. My man Bob
that be carried off, is about 5 feet 8 inches high,
stout made, and slow spoken, has a fleshy,soft hand
for a negro that labors, he can read very well, and
can write a tolerable smart hand, one of his eyes
appears to be smaller than the other, he is tolerable
black, and very broad across bis shoulders, and lias
a down look. Any information respecting either or
both, will be thankfully received. My residence s
i*> iwinnclt co. Geo. B,miles below Lawroneeville.
It is supposed they will take water, and go from one
town to another, from Augusta on to the north.
DUDLEY BONDS,
dj* The Federal Union, Columbia Telescope,
Fayetteville Observer, and Richmond Whig, will
publish the above four times weely, and forward
their bill to this office for collection.
NOTICE. —There will be offered for sale on
Monday and Tuesday, the 17th and 18tli days
of December next, at the late residence of John
Ford, dec., in Gwinnett county, Ga., all the per
sonal property belonging to said deceased, consisting
of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, one set of Blacksmiths tool*,
one large sett of Plantation Tools, Com, Foddev,
Household and Kitchen Furniture of various kinds,
and many other articles not enumerated.
a i so,
There will be sold before the Court House door of
said county, on the Bth day of January next, within
the usual hours of sale, six Negroes belonging to
said estate Frank, a boy 12 years old; Sarah, a
woman 22 years old, and her infant child; two
small girls and a small hoy about four years old. —
Terms made known on the day of sale.
nnv 15 wit ANDREW JOHNSON, Ex’r.
Georgia, Scriveu County:
WHEREAS Noah Freeman applies for letters
dismisspiy, on the estate of Eliza Oliver,
dee., of Scriven county.
These arc therefore to cite, summon and admonish
all and singularthe kindred and creditors of the sail
deceased, to be and appear at my office within the
t ime prescribed by law, to shew cause, if any they
have, why said letters shall not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal at office, this
12th day of November, 1838.
nov 15 JOSHUA PERRY, Clerk, j
Georgia, Hm ke county: "V
WHEREAS Josiah Lewis, applies for leTier*
ol administration, dc bonis non, on the estate- , vij
of Clem Sharp, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and j*
singular, the kindred and creditors of the saidde 1
ceased, to file their objections (if any they have) at |
my office, according to law.
Given under my hand at office, in Waynesboro, I]
this Bth day of Nov. 1838.
nov 15 T. ft. BLOUNT, D. C.^
AGREEABLE to an order of the Honorable
ferior Court of Burke county, when sitting fal ’
ordinary purposes, will be sold on the first TucsiWjSj
in February next, at the Court House door, in Wij |
ker county, between the usual hours of sale, a 1 j
of Land, No. 95, 2Sth district, 3rd section, contains ‘
ing 160 acres more or less, sold-as the proporb
H. J. Roe, deceased, for the benefit of the credit*' m
of said deceased. Terms on the day of sale.
__ n °v 15 A. H. ROE, Adm’r.l
AGREEABLE to an order of the Honorable lig
ferior Court of Burke county, when sittinfA
ordinary purposes, wilt be sold on the first Tue- vS
in February next, at the Court House door, iu‘Bl
town of Waynesboro, between the usual tunic jB V
sale, one half of two unimproved lots of lanJ.B
said town, belonging to the estate of John J. IjV
deceased, sold for the benefit of the creditors of
deuMecd. Tenrw of sale on the day.
nov 15 A, H. ROE, Adm'iiM -I
AGREEABLE to an order of the Honorahii'B
ferior Court of Burke county, when sittiu-B;
ordinary purposes, will be sold oil the first Turß -
in February next, at the Court House door, in H
town of Waynesboro, between the usual huinßj
sale, the following lands belonging to the estaiß
Eleazcr Lewis, dec’d, four hundred acres, w&Wgrjr
less, where he lived, adjoining lands ol l.c*B
Sneed, and others, also, 225 acres adjoining s
William Murphree, and others, also, 225 ac«;B
joining lands of James Grubbs, and others,
acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Daniel B
and others, sold for the benefit of the heirs
ditots of said deceased. Terms of sale on
nov 15 E. L. COWART, KxgM
Georgia,llnrkc county : i
By the Court of Ordinary, of Burke rou« ! ■
WHEREAS Susannah Smith, Adniini' 11 , wr
Benjamin Smith, dec’d., late of said J
has petitioned said Court, for letters dismiss J
These are therefore to cite and adino |ll! ' JH
and singular, the kindred and creditors of BR
deceased, to be and appear at my office, «•'*” *
time prescribed by law, to shew cause*'' “J ' . f
have, why said letters should not be griW (,1 [l
Given under my liand at office, in V.A' ne
this Bth day of Nov. 183 S. „ n ,
nov 15 T. H. BLOp 1 '. I .^
WANTED, a situation as Teacher, by, a - 1
man who is qualified to teach tl«
Greek, French and English Languages. ijR
He is a graduate of an European Collet'
considerable experience in teaching, poUI SP
and his native country. .
He is desirous of being employed as 1 r | ‘
an Academy, or as Teacher n a re-pectin 1
Satisfactory testimonials can be pm) 111
knowledge and moral character. No
go South or West. Application to be m l *
Editor of the Register, Raleigh, >.(••. s|
otherwise. 4w