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ACC U S T A.
FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8.
The Macon Telegraph of the sth hist, says :
“ The Superior Court of this county still remains
in session, having entered upon its fourth week !
On Friday, tho trial of John Chapman, for Mur
der look place, and ho was found Guilty.”
The Commerce of Wiemingtox.— The
Delaware State Journal says: “ the arrivals at this
1 , . .he past year, have been as follows: 3 ships,
;; barques, 10 brigs, and 122 schooners, exclusive
■lay craft, and vessels coining for repairs.
.ore has been exported 126,000 bushels of
34,000 do. oats; 3,600 barrels of Flour, and
4,600 hhds. of Corn Meal.”
For the Chronicle 4- Sentinel.
Mr. Editor. —l have told you that I had won
a victory of eighteen years war. What signifies
tho conquest of war unless the General know g
how to reap the benefit of his victory 1 What
signifies the building of a town if tho builder docs
not know how to enjoy the results ot his success 1
I have also told you that I have accomplished |
great designs and others were fattening upon the
fruits of them, and that an overhauling might be
indispensable. Many years expereir.ee has given |
me full proof that I can plan and execute great |
works but not enjoy the benefits of them myself
because while I am planning and executing with
both body and mind zealously, I cannot guard
myself against the ingenuity of others from dis
possessing me of the same when accomplished.
The world will have it, that were I to live fifty more
years, tho course of my pursuit would bo the
same—the world will find itself mistaken.
The first rule of nature tells us that wo must
labor for our existence and be useful to mankind,
I feel satisfied thst I have done my part, and be
lieve the same is acknowledged by the world. I
shall now begin to sell oil and square oil.
I am now wanted to help to build a Turnpike .
from Hamburg to the mountains. I deem that
enterprize a practicable one, and the importance .
it would give to Hamburg cannot be told, yet
I decline enjoying the honor conferred on me ns
one of the Commissioners. I may, however, do
one thing. Intendingto visit Europe nextspring, '
I might bring a number of my countrymen aw |
laborers to serve in that enterprize. The object
of that visit is in part to put in operation that di
rect trade between this country and Europe which
seems so natural, for we have the same seas and
use the same ships as those of the North. For i
that purpose several conventions were held in
the Union, among them two or three were held |
in Augusta, at which many speeches were made, |
fine dinners eaten, and the silver cup given ;o I
William Hearing, but nothing more has been done
to my knowledge; I suppose the golden cup is
very properly reserved for me. I presume it will
not be denied that South Carolina was the first
State and I the first man that brought this great
enterprize to the view of the Southern people; for
on the 19th day of December, 1835, the Legis
lature granted me an act of incorporation to carry
on this important object, and here are the words ;
“ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives now met in general assembly, and by
the authority of the same, that Henry Shultz,
Charles Lamar, and Edward Delius, in behalf of
themselves, and such others as now or hereafter
may be associated with them, for the purpose of
establishing a direct trade, between tho town o*
Hamburg in South Carolina, and the Kingdoms
of Prussia, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, and the
free republic of Hamburg, Germany, by the way
of Charleston, S. C. arc hereby constituted a body
corporate and politic, by the name and title of
«• the American and German Trading "and Insu
rance Company,” with a capital of five hundred
thousand dollars, to bo divided into shares of one
thousand dollars each,” and this enterprise was
followed up by Mr. Dealing, and others, which
hr .-i-’ht about the first Convention, which was
hcid in x\ugusta, 17th October 1837, after the
1 nso of two years, from the time I received my
charter, for that enterprise.
HENRY SHULTZ,
Founder and Proprietor of the
town of Hamburg, S. C.
Hamburg, February 7, 1839.
The increase of revenue at Quebec and Mon
treal this year exceeds that of the last by £26,-
000.
From the N. Y. Express.
Lower Canada.
Charles Hindcnlang, who acted as Brigadier
at Napiorville, was arraigned before the Court
Martial on the 22d, —leu more prisoners were to
be brought to trial on the 20th—all on a charge of
treason.
Upper Canada.
A letter from London, U. C., dated 14th inst.
mentions that, Albert Clark, from Ohio, was
hanged that morning, three who have
been executed at that place. The whole number
of prisoners confined there is 49, —of whom seven
teen have been tried and committed, but their sen
tences were not confirmed, owing to the absence
of Sir George Arthur from Toronto. A report
was current that Sandwich v.as to be attacked on
tho 10th, by a large laxly from the opposite shore.
Correspondence of the National Intelligencer.
Niw York, January 28.
The loss by the gale in ibis city is variously
estimated from (5500,000 to three times that
amount; but there ar j no data for even an esti
mate as high as half a million. The great dam
age, probably, has been, in destroying merchan
dise in the cellars on Water and South streets.
What mischief it has done in unrooting and
overthrowing partly-erected dwellings can be eas
ily repaired. The little injury done to the ship
ping in port is very remarkable. Seven vessels,
not of large size, were blown on shore at the
Quarantine Ground, and in the lower bay; and a
large vessel is reported to he on the Rockuway
beach,from which we have not yet heaid. She
does not appear like a (racket ship, as seen from
the telegraph, hut seems to have a good many per
sons on hoard, as it is reported.
The Committee oflnvestigation continue their
labors with unremitted assiduity. They decline
all invitations, and devote themselves exclusively
to tlic public work. As all they do is done in
their own committee room, in the Custom-house,
but little is known to the Public. They examine
witnesses of times present and of times past, who
have been conversant in the administration of the
allairsofthc Custom-house department here; and
among the results of their investigation, one oflhe
most useful lights will undoubtedly be that which
will lead to a better and safer mode of doing the
public business.
The patroon General Stephen Van Rensselaer
is dead. The immediate cause of his death was
a violent fit of coughing, which produced strang
ulation.
; Major General Scott has returned to the fron
tier. There is no trouble there, however.
From Upper Canada vve learn that Sir George
Arthur had reached Sandwich on his tour. He
did not seem to be well received there. The
Montreal Courier speaks of a “brutal and degra
ding outrage” which has been committed on the
American soil by two volunteer olliccrs from the
Sherbrooke command.
The stock market to-day is very lively, and sales
large. New banking institutions arc springing
' up in every quarter. We shall have bunks
> enough in number, this is clear, but how much
profit so many can make remains to be seen.
I Thinking people here begin to think on this mat
■ ter of free banking.
Congressional.
Washisotojt, February 1, 1839.
IX SENATE.
The resolution reported by the joint Library
I Committee, relative to the printing ofthe Madison
f papers, was considered, and adopted,
i Mr. Calhoun offered the following resolution,
which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the President of the United
Stales be requested to communicate to the Senate
whether the Government of Great Britain has
made compensation in the cases ofthe brigs En
terprise, Enconium, and Comet, the first of which
was forced by stress of weather into Port Han.il
j ton, Bermuda Island, and the other two wrecked
* on the keys of the Bahamas, and the slaves on
board forcibly seized and detained by the local au
thorities ; and if no compensation has been made,
the reasons why it has not been made, with a co
py of the correspondence between the two Gov
ernments, which has taken place since the answer
to a former call on the same subject by the Senate.
HOUSE OF IIKPIIESEXTATIVES,
Mr. Chambers moved that the House take up
i the following resolution submitted by Mr. Nay
lor on Monday last.
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be
directed to furnish this House with copies of the
charges of inhuman, unoflicer-like, ungentleman
ly, and infamous conduct, preferred by Charles
i E. Barton, a passed midshipman of the United
I Slates Navy, against Captain Jesse D. Elliott,
j whilst in command of the Medittcrranean squad-
I ton, together with all communications in relation
to said conduct of said Captain Elliott, and to said
* charges, on file in the Navy Department, and to
communicate the reasons, if any, why the said El
liott has not been ordered to be tried upon said
charges.
The Indiana Legislature has hecn disgraced by
the enactment of a disorderly scene by its mem
bers, some of the particulars of which are men
tioned in the following, letter dated
“ Indianapolis, Jan. 15, 1839.
“ I have just come from the State House—
scenes were enacted there to day that almost rival
Pennsylvania or Pandemonium. The speaker
adjourned the House, and declared he would hold
a certain member personally responsible for the
language he had used in debate.—That member
was Judah—the debate on the modification bill.
Judah made a personal attack on Evans (the
speaker) —refused to bo called to order, or rather
in explaining how he was out of order, he was
more caustic and severe than when called to order.
He said the Board of Internal Improvement had
acted infamously.
At this, Prollit took lire, and his face glowed
like a .-alamander—he called Judah all the names
that modern Lexcographcrs furnish in their cata
logue of abusive epithets—liar, scoundrel, &r.
Just imagine all you can, then double and treble
them, and perhaps you may get a centesimal of
his gall!!
Judah intimated that he would fight him,but
was not able to contend in fisticuff, as he had a
lame hand. Profiit invited him to fry it in any
imaginable way, he was always ready. He said
that he never transgressed the rules of the House,
but when out of the House he would defend his
friends in any and all ways. What is to bo the
issue can hardly be conjectured—Gregory propo
sed to resign and go home, and called for a meeting
of the friends of modification. Good old Boone
got up and tobflhem they had all acted sufficiently
disgraceful already, and proposed for all to retire
to their boarding houses, which was done after a
short interval.”
From the Mobile Mercantile Advertiser of the Mh_
Hohiubi.k TiiAßEnr. —From the Register of
Saturday evening, we take the following account
of a roost horrid and outrageous attack, on sever
al of our esteemed fellow citizens, which resulted
in the immediate death of Mr. John Gatewood,
one ofthe number.
Vance, Johnson, Gatewood, Ball, and Slogdale,
were sent ns Deputy Marshals from this place to
Tuscaloosa, to retake a levy, which had been
wrested from the Marshal, on an execution against
the Simontons of Tuscaloosa. In pursuance of
the mandate they possessed themselves of the
store of goods belonging to the Simontons. About
dark of the same day they were attacked by an
armed party of twenty, consisting of the Himon
ton’s and their friends, and received a volley from
the whole party,
Gatewood fell and died on the spot. Johnson
received a slight wound in the arm. Ball had
one hand shot oft'and one arm broken. Stogdale
was shot in the face. The fire was returned, with
what execution was not fully known, but vv« learn
that one ol the Simon tons was in a dangerous state
and supposed to be dying. A jury ofinqnest was
held on Gatewood, who brought in a verdict of
death by violence from the Simonton party.
“The Governor and Judge of the Supreme
Court have taken the matter promptly in hand.
We forbear expressing any opinion of the matter,
as it is nndergoingjudicial investigation, and wo
have no right or desire to forestall public opinion.
Wo learn these particulars from a letter to the
Marshall here, received by express to-day.”
Another. —Mr. Daly, of the firm of Glare it
Daly, proprietors of a public house in Tuscaloosa,
was shot through the head, a few days since with
a pistol, by Thomas Jomlson, and died in about
two hours. Jemison has (led.
Mr. Clare, the partner o( Daly, was shot, and
s-vctely, but it is said not dangerously wounded,
(lie day before the death of Daly, by a man named
Mason.
Anotukk, and in onr own city On Friday
night last, a man name unknown, was slabbed in
the Albion Coffee house, in Water street, and
lived hut a few hours. The murderer is not
known. During the same night, we learn, anoth
er man was stabbed on Government street, but it
is said lie will recover.
What a dreadful state of tilings is this! And
is there no remedy.
Silk Culture in Delaware. —An act has
passed the Legislature of Delaware, lor the en
couragement of the culture and manufacture of
silk in that State. It allows a bounty of fifteen
cents per pound, for cocoons raised in the Stale,
and of fifty cents per pound, for merchantable
raw silk reeled in the Stale, fioni such cocoons.
The law is limited to four years, and incorporated
silk companies are excluded from its benefits.
From the Boston Morning Post.
Creation of Wealth nr the completion
of the Erie Canal. —Official valuation of the
real and personal property of tile State of New
\ ork, as per Ruggle’s Report to the Legislature
of that State, dated March 12, 181)8:
1815.
Real Estate, $239,667,218
Personal Properly, 41,587,905
5281,255,123
1825.
Real Estate, 199,533,471
Personal Properly, 63,893,874
203,427,345
1835.
Real Estate, 403,517,585
Personal Property, 125,058,794
528,576,3 i'9
Thus showing that the whole amount oi the
whole real and personal property in the State of
New York, was doubled, in the ten years which
followed 1835.
Eighteen hundred and thirty five is the memo
rable year of the completion of the Erie Canal,
which has already paid for itself and now gives
$1,100,000 a year nett revenue to the State Trea
sury.
Hut that canal, great as have been its results,
is found inadequate to accommodate its immense
business; and New York State has determined to
enlarge it seven fold, at an expense of $15,000,-
000. She has resolved to do this in the shortest
possible time, viz.: within five years—ami it is
calculated that the revenue of the enlarged canal
will pay foritscost (principal and interest) before
1864.
Meanwhile, there is no State Tax in the Slate
ofNcw York; because the revenues of the canals
furnish all that is wanted, besides paying their
own cost of the canals—principal and interest.
The Pennsylvania Troubles.
A letter from Harrisburg, dated the 36th ult..
states that the grand jury of Dauphin county,
have returned true bills of indictment against the
following persons, for conspiracy and riot at that
place, in and about the State capitol, on the 4th
ult., viz:—Charles Pray, John W. Ryan, John
Savage, John .1. McChcn, Joseph Hall, Martin
Dunlop, of the city or county of Philadelphia;
Adam Diller; and G. W. Barton, the Deputy
Attorney General for Pniladclphia, of Lancaster;
J. Snyder, of Union county ; James Black, of
Perry county, and A. F. Cox, the editor of the
Iron Grey.— Baltimore Bun.
Washington Monument Society.
From an address of the board of managers of
this society, published in the National Intelligen
cer of the 23d ult. we learn that the whole amount
of moneys received from collectors, thus far, is
$27,917 29; from interest on stocks, #2,862 55
total, #30,779 84, Os this sum, $29,586 64
were expended for $20,000 Pennsylvania lives,
$8,900 Washington City sixes, and $672,95
Washington City lives. These investments in
stock, the contingent expenses, &c., make the to
tal expenditures $30,105 06, leaving a balance on
hand of #674 78, of which #587 86 are deposi
ted in the Bank of Washington, and the remain
der, $B6 92, is in uncurrent and counterfeit notes
in the hands of the treasurer. The collections
made in New York were #1,892, 12, of which
$1,167 21 have been received by the society.
The largest sum collected in any one Stale was
in Ohio, $8,335 41; of which $5,592 24 have
been received by the society; the smallest, #35,-
50, in Vermont, the whole of which, less the
commissions, was paid over to the society.
Iron Steam Suits. —The steam ship Victo
ria, recently built to trade between London and
New-York, is, in the opoinion of Mr. Laird, her
builder, the largest steam vessel that will bo built
of wood, as those of iron will entirely supersede
their construction. The advantages of the latter
arc, superior strength, half the weight; less dis
placement of water, and consequently greater
speed with equal power; greater safety, being di
vided by iron bulkheads into water-tight com
partments; greater economy, requiring less re
pairs, greater actual capacity with equal beam, as
the wooden bulwarks of a vessel 30 feet beam, oc
cupy two feet and a half, while those of iron
would only occupy six inches, thereby saving two
feet the whole length of the vessel; they have
likewise greater tenacity, less risk of destruction
by lire, and of still the greatest importance, if the
preceding requisites be correct, they can be built
much cheaper.
The only disadvantage that wo can conceive
attendant on them is the effect which such a mass
of iron must have on tire polarity of the compass.
If this can be remedied, and we perceive a series
of experiments on the subjects are projecting un
der the scientific eye of Professor Airey, then we
may date another new era in steam navigation.
It was foretold, in jest, three years since, that
one of the consequences of Mr. Van Huron's
and Dick Johnson’s election would Ire the estab
lishment of Diplomatic Relations with the Free
Negro Republic. The prophecy is in progress of
fulfillment. Co!. Johnson will makca verv Euita
•
!)le Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Hay
li, ami possibly the party are so eager to open the
intercourse, that he may he disposed of to their
and his satisfaction, lint we lake it, that Mr.
V m ® u r* n w jP have to do honors in person to
the Minister from Hayti. The courtly and gen
tlemanly Mr. Forsyth will scarcely condescend to
interchange civilities with his sable Excellency,
M. Pompey Ciesar.— Richmond Whig.
I ■ 8. Bull! CONSORT,
New-York, Jan. B(ith, I8:JU. $
i o the Editor of the N. Y. Courier & Enquirer:
Bir ou are authorised by the undersigned to
state to the public, (and particularly to those who
have given to the world such high-wrought state
ments in regird to the circumstance of the
French brig of war Alcibindes having fired across
the I . .S, brig Consort,) that he has requested the
Hon. Secretary of the Navy to grant him a Court
of Enquiry, should the letters which he has
placed on the tiles of the Navy Department prove
unsatisfactory ; and if upon such enquiry it can
possibly be proved that he suffered the slightest
indignity to he offered to his flag, he hopes to meet
the punishment due to a dastardly coward.
WM. H. GARDNER,
Incut. Commanding U. o. Eng Consort.
American Silk. —Among the energetic step
taken in various parts of the country, indicate
of a fixed determination ot our people to enter ex
tensively into the culture of domestic silk, we
may mention that of the recent convention at Bal
timore, recommending the establishment of a Silk
Journal, to consist of 32 pages monthly, price $2
per annum. What is more important, it is to be
conducted by the well known and much respected
Postmaster of Baltimore Mr. Skinner, former ed
itor of the American Farmer, and also of the Turf
Register a gentleman every way competent by
his intelligence, indetatigablc perseverance and
patriotic ardor, to preside over such a periodical*
The first number will appear in the present month.
The National Intelligencer, in announcing the
above, adds:
Another striking sign of the success of the silk
culture is the olfcrol a wealthy house of Glasgow,
iu Scotland, to establish hi Virginia a manufacto
ry which shall demand annually $lOO,OOO worth
of raw silk. — New-York Star, 25 1 h till.
We understand it to be the opinion of two em
inent lawyers, Horace Binncy, and Walter Jones
ol Washington City, that, under the Army regu
lations, and also by the repeated decisions of the
Supreme Court ol the U. 8, General Gratiot's
claims to allowances against the U. S. which have
been refused at the accounting offices, are well
founded in law and equity. The result of this,
wo understand, is, that General Gratiot is a cred
itor and not a debtor of the U. B.— Alex. Ouz.
Bench Law at Brooklyn.—We regret to
learn that an individual from Boston was the
subject of gross outrage a few days since. He
had invented, if we mistake not, a labor-saving
i steam spinning machine, whereby one man it is
do the work of twenty. One of these
he was erecting at the Wullabout, when several
ropemukors warned him into desist. He however
proceeded under the protection of the law, and of
that feeling for the law which should reside in the
breasts of all men. The rope makers however
assembled, to the number it is said of three hun
dred, took him from his work, and after marching
with him about a mile and a half, tarred and
feathered him! They then, after giving him a
suit of clothes, took him to New York and put
him on the road to Boston.— Long Island Star.
Usurr i. Legislation. —Mr. Nuttall of Henry
county has introduced into the Kentucky Legis
lature a bill to amend the law concerning the ac
tion of trespass, which is important in several ofits
provision. The first section provides, that actions
for injuries to persons or property shall not die
in consequence of the death of either plaiutilfor
defendant. The 3d section provides, that the
representatives of persons killed, not in self de
fence, shall have an action against the slayer.
The representatives of one killed in a duel may
sustain an action against the, principal, the sec
onds and surgeons of both parties, and all others
any way concerned in the duel.
There was an immense fire at Eric, Pa., on
Pa., on Sunday the 20th. The extensive barns
of Hart & Bird, stage proprietors, with 11 horses
and 7 coaches.—Mrs. Champlain’s Mansion
House, and an entire block of buildings adjoin
ing, were destroyed.
A resolution lias passed the House of Repre
sentatives of Michigan, willwnt a dissenting
voice, instructing the Judiciary Committee to
bring in a bill abolishing imprisonment for debt.
DriUNKoLou v.—The New Orleans Bnn saysa
machine has been invented down east which ena
bles a man to tell when he is getting too drunk
to walk. It is called a fuddlecommeter, and gives
the timely warning by hitting a fellow suddenly
under the lug, the minute he has got enough.
from the Dublin University Magazine.
To My Wife.
Soul of my dreams I I gaze on thee,
And feel the spirit of my mother,
Wbcn o’er my helpless infancy
She watched witli fond fidelity,
And restless care, that nought could smother.
Joy of the past!—the hope—the light
Os future days of joy or sorrow,
Os sweets to-day or cares to-morrow ;
Oh I bow my spirit blends with thine,
As tendrils round the oak entwine j
And pure, delicious thoughts of thee
Hush from the shrine of inmost feeling,
The passion ol my soul revealing,
Wakening the full tide of extaey,
And showing my young heart’s emotion,
Like the wild billow of the ocean,
As ithcavcth lo and fro,
In curls that burst, and brighten as they flow.
Peace to thy happy, smiling face,
Where heaven has left its brightest grace.
And planted on thy glowing checks
The blush of innoccnec and truth,
The charm of virtue and of youth,
The only native language virtue speaks.
Oh ! how I love to gaze on thee,
With all my soul’s idolatry,
And know thou art a part of me,
Ami press thee closer lomy heart,
And bear thee in my soul’s devotion,
And feel that we shall never part.
Till my soul hath lost its light—my heart its motion!
fhino upon my soul for ever,
Till the band of death shall sever
Those sweet bonds of changeless love,
That the world's power could sunder never,
And o’er the ruins of the earth we move
To fairer bowers to higher joys above.
A Nkw Yaskkb Spbculatiox. —A letter
from i Mataiuas states that four gentlemen from
the L astern Stales have recently arrived there
with 20,000 Chinese Mulberry-Trees, which they
have set out, and expect that the richness of the
soil ami favorable climate will furnish an immense
number of cuttings in the spring for this market,
ho that il the present prices are kept up, they will
make a handsome fortune.— New-Yorker.
Effects of nn Earthquake in Calabria—
Burying Alive.
After that, the bodies of all the victims had
been recovered, the melancholy fact was proved,
that lull one-fourth of the number would have
been saved had prompt means been found to dis
encumber them from their situation. The men
were found to have expired in the act of making
desperate efforts at disengagement. But the wo
men were generally in an attitude of despair;
their hands extended over their heads, the lingers
convulsively entwined amongst'their hair. Not
so with mothers who perished with their off
spring: these all appeared to have been careless
as to themselves, devoting all their thoughts 'to
the preservation of the infant.
With their bodies extended above their little
ones, they seemed to hope to save them; or, with
arms and hands extended towards the spot where
the child was found, it seemed, that, although
unable to touch it, because of the few intervening
ruins, they had the horrid consciousness of the
vicinity. Many signal examples were exhibited
of the heroism and vigour of men, and of the
indomitable power of maternal aflection. An in
fant was rescued clinging to the breast of its dead
mother, and perfectly recovered, after being three
days under the ruins. An uncle of my old friend
and comrade, General William Pope, was dug
out alive on the fifth day. A lady with her child
was liberated by the sole labor of her husband,
after being two days buried. 'Three days after
wards she was brought to lied, and, together with
her child and husband, lived many years. Being
asked what sensations she felt in her horrid tomb,
she replied, “ I waited and waited with confidence,
knowing my husband was alive.” A girl of eleven
years of age was dug out on the sixth day, and
lived. Another aged sixteen, named Eloisa Ba
sil!), remained eleven days, with an infant in her
arms, which on the fourth day died; so that, on
their being delivered, the latter was in a state of
putridity. The poor girl Eloisa could not possi
bly liberate herself from the corpse of her little
sister, being closely hemmed in by the ruins. A
slight glimmer of light penetrated to her tomb,
which enabled her to count the returns of day.
But other authority irrefragahly established the
facts of this surprising case, and those already
mentioned. 1
Many eases of prolonged vitality in animals
were more surprising than (hose of the human
species. Two mules lived under a mountain of
ruins, one twenty-two days, the other twenty-three.
A hen lived also twenty-two days, and two fat
pigs thirty-two days. All of the human species,
as well as the brutes thus ushered again to day,
preeerved for a length of time a sort of stupid
weakness no desire to cat, an insatiable thirst, and
an almost blindness. Os the number saved, ma
ny men returned to their occupations healthy and
in good spirits, while others remained ailing and
melancholy. This difference was supposed in
great pari to depend on the period of their inhu
mation, and on the loss or preservation of hope
in the different parties. The Eloisa Basili, al
though very handsome, treated with every kind
ness and amusement by her relations, was never
alter known to move her lips into any thing like
a smile. All those who were buried for any length
of time, when interrogated about their sensations,
made for answer—“So far I remember; further I
thought not and know nothing.” Most of those
persons died at premature ages. Eloisa Basili,
oppressed with melancholy, refused to marry ;
neither would she retire to a convent, ns recom
mended by some of her pious friends. Her only
pleasure seemed to he in solitude. Seated under
a tree, she would sit for hours, her eyes averted
from every habitation, and fixed upon the sea.
On the appearance of an infant, she involuntarily
turned her head aside. —Colonel Maccroni'a Me
moirs.
On tub obioiv of Suhnameh.—The sur
name of the ancient house of Berkeley was as
sumed in the reign of William the Conqueror,
from Berkeley Castle, in Gloucestershire. By
marriage with a lady of the house of Mowbray
the noble family of the Berkeleys descend from
Thomas of Brothcrton, carl of Norfolk, son of
King Edward I. When this prince (as we learn
from Walsingham) was deprived, by death, of his
only son, he bore his afilietion with the patience
of a wise man; hut not long after being informed
of the dseease of his royal parent, Henry 111. ho
yielded to such excessive grief, that the king of
Sicily, with whom he then sojourned, could not
refrain from expressing hissurpri.se,on which King
Edward replied, “ God may send more sons, hut
the death of a father is irrecoverable.”
Surnames of local origin had usually De or At
prefixed to them. The name of Head was taken
from Hythc, originally called ijede, in Kent; that
of Gresley,from Grcsley,in Derbyshire; Mont
gomery, from Montgomery, in Normandy; Tem
ple, from the manor of Temple, in Leicestershire;
Evelyn,from Evelyn, in Shropshire; Monerielf
from the estate of Moncricff, in Perthshire, N. B.;
Egerton, from Egerlon, near Mai pas, Cheshire;
Walpole, from Walpole, in Norfolk; Brougham, ,
formerly De Burghain, from Brougham, in West
moreland; Grim stun from Grimston, in Yorkshire;
Peyton, from the ancient seat of the family, Pey
ton Hall,in Doxford, Suffolk; Markham, from
Markham, in Nottinghamshire; Mostyn, original
ly Moston, from Mostyn, in Flintshire; Which
cotc, from Whichcotc, in Shropshire; Cochrane,
from the Baronv of Cochrane, in Renfrewshire,
N. B.; 1 .owthcr, from Lowther, in Westmoreland; 1
Swinchurne, from Swinburne Castle, in Northum
berland. The family of the Drinkwaters derive
their singularly corrupted surname from Dcrwont
watcr, in Cumberland ; the name of Clifford was
assumed from Clifford Castle, in Hertfordshire,
and it is a curious fact that through the Do Cla
res, the illustrious family of the Clillbrds may be
traced from William Longesi>ce, earl of Salisbury,
son of King Henry 11. by Fair Rosamond. This
celebrated lady, designated Rosamond, which sig
nifies the rose of the world, hut whose real name
is affirmed to have been Jane, was the daughtei
of Walter, feudal Baron of Clifford. Transport
ed by her beauty and wit, Henry Plantugenet,
when a youth, resolved to possess those charms <
which had excited the admiration of all, and, doubt
less won by his fascinating deportment anil ex
alted station, the hapless Rosamond fell a victim
to his powerful allurements. Modern researches
testify that, after their mutual aflection had con
tinued several years, she retired to the nunnery of
Godslow, near Oxford, where she passed the re
mainder of her days in penitence, and died a nat
ural death, in or about 1177, and not by poison
administered by ljucen Eleanor. Her remains
were interred in the choir of the said nunnery, and
and the nuns, regarding her benefactions, as well
as those of her royal lover, to their house, “hung
' V AV,
| I ’ all .? v '‘ r hCT tomb, and kept taper, con-
HtanUy hurn.ng aroU nd it.” But the austere
Bugh, bishop of Lincoln, in a visitation at God
atow, indignant at the honors paid to her memory,
ordered her bones to be removed to the common
cemetry of the convent. The grateful nuns, how
ever again buried her remains in their church
‘under a iair, large grave stone, near which they
erected a cross, with an inscription imploring rest
for the houl of Rosamond.
The Whitfenton, (old) Factory at Taunton
Mass, owned by J. I!. Mills, Esq. of Boston, was
destroyed by fire. Locs estimated at $20,000 to
§30,000. ’
Consignees per South Carolina Rail Road,
Hamburg, February 7, 1539.
S. M. Thompson, Hones & Carmichael, Moore &
I)ayis N. Jerome,G. H, Noble, Stovall & Simmons,
•J. ‘. Hutchinson, C. Chipman, J. Humphreys, A. K.
‘Scranton A Smith, Dr. J. M. Migan, H.
W. 1 Ullivan, H. L. Jeffers, George Parrott, J. F.
Benson, McH., A. J., H. &. I.
COMMERCIAL.
Macon, February 5.
Lotion.— VVc notive some improvement in prices
since our last. Extremes are quoted at 12 to Id
principal sales 12} a 14}.
We believe little doubt now remains of the short
ncss of the present crop. It will be seen, there is
a tailing oft in the receipts of this city, compared
with last year, of nearly 23,000 bales !
Receipts of rotten to Ist Feb. f)3,03S Hales.
“ Same time last year, 7d,524 “
“ during January, 1839, 12,701 «
“ “ “ 1838, 24,010 »
Slock on hand Ist Feb. 1539, 16,500 “
1838, 17,787 “
... New York, January 31.
Lotion —Prices arc firm and steady sales. Doth
buyers and sellers arc looking for advices from Eu
rope.
Hour —ls a little more inquired for, but there is
no change in price. Sales at 8 87}.
marine intelligence^
‘Savannah, Feb. 6.
Chared— Brig Carrier, Tokcr. Marseilles-, schr
Harvest, Small, New York.
Arrived —Brig Eleanor, Fitzgerald, Baltimore ;
steamboats Lamar, Crcswcll, Augusta j Chatham,
Wray, Augusta.
Went to sea —Ship John Cumming, Thayer, Liv
erpool.
Charleston, Feh. 7.
Arrived yesterday— Ship Undine. Taylor, Am
sterdam; Line ship Sutton, Berry, New York ; U L
brig Star, Hull, do.; hiig Edwin, Amos, Baltimore;
uteampacket 11. Vanderbilt, J.awton, Wilmington ;
Cleared —Brig Lagrange, Harwood, Marseilles ;
brig Cashier, Houston, Jacksonville; steampacket
C. Vanderbilt, Lawton,Wilmington.
fVent to sea yesterday —Line ship H. Allon,Mor
ris, New York; line brig Gen Pinckney, Ford, Bah
timore ; brig Dclawaie, Ross, W Indies; schb
Soutli Carolina, Goodwin, Jacksonville.
WHOLESALE HAT WAiiE-HOUSE,
No. 201 Market street, Philadelphia.
jjS ) THOM A S EVANS * Co., (late R an-
Ip I km & Evans, Augusta, Ga.,) take p east
in informing their friends throughou-
Georgia, Carolina, and Alabama, that
they have located themselves in Phila
delphia,where they.manufacturc and keep on hand
a large assortment of Hats and Caps, of all descrip
tions, which they will sell at wholesale, at such
prices and on such terms as will satisfy those who
may favor them with their orders. They would
respectfully invite those merchants who buy in the
northern markets, to give them a call, as they feel
rontident their stock will attract the attention of
buyers. THOMAS EVANS A, Co.
dec 24 swtf
(fj* The Milledgeville Journal, Mobile Chronicle,
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, and Charleston 1 ou
ricr, will publish the above twice a week for two
months, ami charge this office. Each paper is re
quested to send a paper containing the advertise
ment to the advertisers in Philadelphia.
NOTICE to the creditors of the firms of Shelman
Sc Lambert, Shelman & Deigbl, Shelman Sc
Cloud, and the late Augustus G. Shelman, deceased.
Upon a bill filed by the administrators of the late
Doctor Augustus G. Shelman, to have the estate of
their said intestate marshalled and paid to his credi
tors, and in the investigation of said case it appeared
that the assets in the hands of the administrators,
had been derived from the several firms in which
the deceased had been concerned in his life time,
as well as from his individual property; and it
moreover appearing that there will be a deficiency
of assets to the whole of the several claims, it was
ordered by the court, that there should he allowed
further time, until the 17th day of January next, for
the several claimants to render in their claims pro
perly authenticated, so that on the said day there
may he a distribution of the funds now on hand;
and it was further ordered that all claims not ren
dered in by or before that day, do lose their loan to
any part or portion of the assets then to be distribu
-1 ted, and the undersigned Clerk of the Superior
Court of the county of Jefferson, was appointed au
ditor, to whom the said several claims will he
handed in, on or before that time, with a view to
the payment thereof in accordance with the decree
of tin- court in the said case.
EBENEZER BOTHWELL.
Louisville, November 30, 1838. trwtd
‘ MULBERRY “TREES —Genuine
Moms Multicaulis, for sale at the Au
jSgW'C*' gusto Seed Store. Just received from
England—Spring Tares, Winter Tares,
'•rn/.Tf it. Italian Clever, Bent Grass, Swedish
Turnips, &e. See. dec 29-3tawf2m
SALE.—Corn, Fodder and Cow Peas.—
’ The subscriber offers for sale, Corn, Fodder
and Cow Peas, to be delivered cithcrin town or at
his plantation, in quantities to suit purchasers. Ap
ply by note through post-office or by leaving it at
the store of Messrs. Bones & < ’armichacl.
jan 23-sw 1m WILLIAM J. EVE.
milE subscriber has associated his son \V H.
1 Knccland, with him in the Factorage and Com
mission business, which will be conducted under
the firm of S. Knccland & Son, they tender their
services to their friends and public, at the stand for
merly occupied by S. Knccland & Co. their Ware
house being Fire Proof, and extensive, respectfully
solicit a share of public patronage,
nov 14 3msw 8. KNEELAND.
COUNTRY SEAT,—SOMERVILLE
milE subscriber offers for sale a House and Let,
X on the Sand Hills, one of the most desirable
locations in Somerville. The Lot contains ten
Acres, Garden, Orchard, and Arable Land. On the
premises are Dwelling House, Extensive Kitchen,
with Dormitories for Servants, Stable, Carriage
House, Wash House, with furnaces. Smoke House,
a Well of fine Water, Grape Vines, Fruit Trees,
Ar. &c. All of which will be sold a bargain, and
on the most accommodating terms, as to payment.
nov 14 Iwtf A. 1. HUNTINGTQghiH^
$ ia.ooosssseeSs
of two years ; as much as ten per cent., and no
mote, will be given—Interest and principal payable
at the same time, and the whole secured by land
and negroes to twice the amount. The property to
be pledged is untramclled.by liens of any descrip
tion. Apply to the editor of this paper for informa
tion. ' wit Jana-