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AUGUSTA, Ga. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1839
■ VOL. lII.— No. 32.
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Important if True.
The Philadelphia Inquirer ofthe 12th,says;—
The following, which we copy Corn an extra
the Plattsburg Whig of the sth inst., may he con
sidered an cxrraotdinary place of intelligence. If
true, it is calculated to add to the excitement that
already exists in rclat’on to the Maine Itoundary
business. The New York papers of yesterday,
with the exception of the New Era. say nothing
upon the subject; I ut the Albany Daily Adverti
ser contains the same story.
Plattsuunun, N. Y., March 5, 1839.
By a letter received in town last evening,
.... 1 also from a citizen direct from the east side
ofthe lake, we learn that the British authori
ties in Canada have taken formal possession of
the strip of land in dispute on this frontier, in
cluding the site of the old fort at House’s Point,
by erecting ao ig and stationing armed patrolcs
within the jurisdicti m of this State, as he a 1 1-
fore acknowlc Iged; and what is still worse,
have embodied 400 Indians on this line. Query,
has the Governor ofthe Canadas selected savages
for this service because he dare not trust the volun
teer or regular troops so near a free government!
Or docs he consider Indians the most civilized
portion of her Majesty’s subjects in Canada, and
on this account u e them to preserve neutrality
in preference to all others.”
Referring to the warlike attilule which the
people of Nova Scotia have assumed in conse
quence of the Boundary trouble, the New York
correspondent ofthe National Intelligencer re
marks with much truth—
Halifax would he tjie rendezvous for the army
and navy ofthe British “world. Potatoes and her-
rings would be amazingly high. Cod-fish then
would be eaten on other days than Saturdays.
Nova Scotia would dance and John Bull would
foot the bill.
FromtheN. Y. Commercial Advertiser, of the 12th.
From the Fast.
The St. John’s (N. B.) Courier of March 2d
announces the arrival of the frigate Crocodile,
from Halifax, with (i officers and 190 men of the
69th regiment, who were to proceed for Frederic
ton as soon as conveyances could be provided.
The transports with the remainder of the regi
ment had not. arrived.
The provincial papers talk quite as nonsensi
cally about the present condition and future pros
pects of matters relating to the dispute, as any of
our own—the slang-whangers on both sides ap
pearing to think it a point of high necessity to
profess the utmost contempt for each other, indi
vidually and nationally.
The advices from Houlton are of the 6th,
evening. Nothing new. The Maine papers and
letters per-ist in declaring that the 11th regiment
had arrived at Madawaska on the 4th, when we
know that the two advance companies only reach
ed Quebec on that day, from Sorel, on their way
to New Brunswick. The positive, manner in
which this erroneous statement is made, throws
doubt on all the reports from New Brunswick that
come to u by the way of Maine.
From Bangor the only news we have is that,
on the Bth, six companies of the Kennebec de
tachment, or division, took up the line of march
for Houlton.
From Augusta we have intelligence, dated the
9th.
On the 7th General Scott visited Governor
Fairfield at the Council Chamber, and subse
quently was introduced to the Representatives in
their hall. He was addressed by E. H. Allen,
-flsq., of Bangor, and made one of his usual neat
replies.
OljL 'Bth, Governor Fairfield reviewed the dc
tachml iy '- t ' r fronts Cumberland and Oxford, about
1000 String.
Amt t ,ge from the governor was expected
yesterday. 7
The following proceedings were had in the
Maine Legislature, on the 7th :
Iv Senate. 1 -solve authorizing the enlist
ment of a division of volunteers, wc« taken up,
and referred to a select committee.
Mr. Norton introduced the following order,
which was adopted. Ordered, that the committee
on the N. E. boundary he instructed to inquire in
to and ascertain, as far as practicable, what amount
of timber had been cut and destroyed on the dis
puted tarritory by trespassers, since the submis
sion of the question to arhbralion under the treaty
of Ghent, and how far said depredations have been
countenanced and encouraged, or restrained, by
the authorities of New Brunswick and Lower
Canada, and to report on the same.
Iv tiii; House, the bill establishing the county
■ of Aroostook passed to be engrossed.
■ v
k- It appears that the Pennsylvania State 5 per
iL. lt Loan for $1,290,000, for which proposals
iv elicited until the sth instant, was not la*
feC i it is said that there was not even a bid
mk,
Ka \ Post Office has been established at Old Court
staHouse, Bryant county, Georgia; and Michael M.
Hklattux appointed Post Master.
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Great Appeal Case (roin the District !
of Alabama.
,SI The judgment of the Supremo Court of the U.
States on this important cause was pronounced
Od Saturday, and no reason remaining for with
“~t holding longer the argument of Mr. Webster,
which we heard, and of which we promised our
readers some account, we shall publish it to-mor
row. It will be understood that we present our
report ns a sketch, accurate, wc trust, as to the
general scope of the argument but not always
confined to the precise legal phrases. We are
heptpy to say that the decision of the learned !
Reach is such as it was the end of this argument
to bring about.
•le judgments rendered in the three cases bv
the C ircuit Court in Alabama are all reversed.
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The opinion of a majority of the Court was read
by the Chief Justice, and we understand it as
maintaining these propositions:
1. i hat hy the comity of Nations, Corpora
tions can contract , as well as sue, in other nations
os well as in that in which they exist, or hy whose
government they are created.
2. That this comity exists, in a still stronger
degree, between States connected together as are
the States of this Union,
3. That the Constitution and Laws of Alabama
establish no such policy as is infringed by the
purchase and sale ol bills of exchange within her
limits hy the agents of foreign Corporations.
4. An admission that there are some rights of
citizens ol other states, secured by the Constitu
tion, of which a State cannot divest them. This
was not the ground of the decision, but was in
tended, as we suppose, to be, in legal phrase, the
exclusion of a conclusion.
Mr. Justice Baldwin gave a separate and very
elaborate opinion in favor of reversal, but putting
his judgment on the right of the parties, under the
Constitution of the United States.
Air. Justice M Kinley adhered to the opinion
expressed by him in the Court below.
Ihe Supreme Court ended its annual Session
on Saturday last, on which day the Chief Justice
was again on the Bench, from which he had been
detained lor several days by severe indisposition.
We are without any official report of the last
doings ol the Court. Besides the Alabama cases |
above relerred to, however, we learn thatthejudg
ment of the Court was delivered in the celebrated
case from Illinois known familiarly as the Iteau
bean case. The decision is in favor of the United
States, and is upon such principles, we understand,
as to be conclusive against the opposite party in
the cause.— National Intelligencer,
Extract of a letter received in Charleston, dated
“New Yoiik, March 11.
“ The feeling in the Cotton Market is evidently
growing better, hourly. Considerable business
has been done to-day at better prices than could
have been obtained on Saturday last. We can
not quote an advance, but buyers have more rcadi
y met sellers.”
From the Louisianan of the 12 th.
Mexico.
By the arrival of the schooner G. H. Wetter,
Capt. Uelvaille, from Vera Cruz, we have received
very late news from that quarter; the most impor
tant of which is the raising of the blockade of the
ports of Matamoras, Tampico, Soto la Marini, and
Tuspan. The following circular addressed to all
the consuls and vice consuls at Vera Cruz, by ad
miral Baudin, has been communicated to us by
the French consul at this port.
CIHCCLAII.
Frigate Nereide, Anton Lizardo, 17th Feb. 1839,
Sin, In the present contest between Mexicoand
Franee, the government of his majesty never had
and never will have any other desire than to in
sure justice and protection to Frenchmen. That
justice and that protection seem to exist at present
in the portions of the Mexican states which have
declared in favor of the federal constitution, com
prehending the portsofMatamoras, Tampico, Soto
la Marina, and Tuspan, and I have raised the
blockade of said ports to show that Franco is not
hostile to those who are not hostile to her. I have
the honor, Sir, to request of you to communicate
to the captains of vessels of your nation the assu
rance that no obstacle is interposed to their trade
by the French cruisers in that part of the coast of
the Gulf of Mexico, comprehended between the
river Tecolato and the bar of Santiago, North of
the river Bravo.
Should a change of circumstances oblige me to
renew the blockade on any part of this coast, it
will be announced with the same formalities and
delays as the former.
I have the honor to be &c.
The Rear Admiral, commanding the naval forces
of France, in the Gulf of Mexico.
CHARLES BAUDIN.
Mexico, Cth Feb. 1839.
Do you wish to have an idea of the manner in
which the government of this infatuated country
squanders its pecuniary resources I It will suffice
to examine for a moment, among many others of
the same kind, an operation which is now going
on for a loan of $5,000,000. The government
surrenders to a company ol capitalists the income
of its custom houses, to the amount of five mil
lions, and the company obligates itself to furnish
to the government $ 100,000 per week ; one third
in copper money, which is at a discount of 20 per
cent.; one third in due bills on the treasury, which
arc at 43 per cent, discount; one third in due bills
for arrears of pay to persons in civil and military
employments, which are at 75 per cent, discount.
All these funds arc paid in at their n nninal amount;
“nd thus for the five millions on which they ought
to calculate as the product of the custom houses,
in eight monuis, me v» m '"rcfivc m
money only one million six hundred thousand dol
lars. which the expenses will soon eat up.
This operation is a beautiful one for the com-
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ofit of 6fi
their risk
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hc is ignorant, and in the post he oeoi^Mt 1 ’ ,ut
ranee is as bad’as immorali'y. The 110 '
of the operation is sufficiently brilliant tW\n s
interested should turn a small portion of
fits to the hero of the day to make him str^te x “
enlhis ctVor s for the honor of the
would appear that tempted by the profits, Sa«|
Anna, after two daysjourncy, arrived yesterdal
morning at Jalapa.”
All our information is uniform in assuring u»
that the government shews the utmost indilTer-
d ence on the subject of federalism. No step is ta
-18 ken t 0 °PPpse the progress of the soldiers into the
interior. The only thing that occupies the alien-
L " t1 , 011 °‘ Bustamenteand his partisans is to prevent
s Santa Anna from seizing the dictatorship. Bus
e taniente has given up all idea of taking command
ot the army and marching against the federalists,
r He fears to quit Mexico lest Santa Anna should
e lake his place. The letter given above states that
he arrived at Jalapa, on the sth Feb., ana at the
* last dates he was only three days march from the
capital. He was not completely cured of his
r wounds.
Letters received by the French consul state
that three Frenchmen were assassinated by the
Mexicans on the coast of Tuspan.
s We have no account of the operations of the
federal armies, but wo loom that the revolution
5 was every where triumphant.
1 he English merchants had addressed a request
to Mr. Pakenham, their minister, for information
• whether it was advisable to keep their ships at
! anchor, in the hope of a general permission to
discharge. Mr. Pakenham declined giving an
i official answer, but told them verbally that it was
advisable to retain them. This answer furnishes
ground to believe that an arrangement was at
hand. A letter which wc have seen speaks thus
of this arrangement :
“Admiral Baudin declared to Mr. Pakenham,
in the clearest and most categorical manner, that
when the government decided to open the port of
V era Cruz, preliminary to an arrangement, it must
be opened, without distinction, to all flags,accord
ing to the terms of capitulation of 28th Novem
ber, to wit; that French ships and their cargoes
should be admitted on the same footing with those
of other nations, and their goods in the same man
ner should be admitted into the interior. The
admiral also informed Mr. Pakenham, in very
precise terms that he would commence hostilities
which had been suspended since Mr. P.’s arrival,
in case he did not receive very shortly some pledge
from the Mexican government of its desire to
make peace. The admiral is naturally kind, but
when he threatens it is not in vain, and he is a
man ol his word. It is probable, therefore, that
the government will despatch a minister to Vera
Cruz to treat for peace.”
Mr. Pakenham was expected at Vera Cruz be
fore the 15th March, to open the way to negocia
tions for a definitive arrangement of existing diffi
culties.
The Mexican vecsel of war Atar Gulf, which
had been taken by the French, was restored, and
was about to sail for New Orleans.
From the Darien Herald, of the 12 th.
More Indian Murders in Florida.
Just as our paper was going to press, an es
teemed friend handed us a letter which he received
from his brother in Florida, and permitted us to
make the annexed extract. Alas! poor Florida!
She has bled at every pore, and hundreds of her
bravest citizens have fell by the ruthless savage,
whose shrill war whoop still is heard throughout
her borders.
Monti cello Post Ovpice, Flohiiia,
February 23d, 183‘J.
“ Last Tuesday I wrote to you from Tallahas
see, and again to-day, the citizens of Jefferson
County meet here for the purpose of making some
effort to do something for our protection. Within
the last fortnight not less than 15 or 20 persons
have been murdered by the Indians.
The Indians have shown themselves almost at
the same time in several different places and in
larger numbers than they have hitherto done,
about 10 miles from me on the Magnolia road.
While returning from Tallahassee on Tuesday.
I learned that the alarm had been just given of
the murder of 4 persons and one wounded, and
three wagons destroyed by them.
I have now determined for the present, to be a
little more on my guard, and consequently keep
one of the fellows on the watch on the side of
the plantation. I think it most likely they will
assail my place. Though I should be rejoiced to
see you sell out and move to Florida, I congratu
late you in not being exactly in my neighborhood.
V on cannot imagine how extremely harrassing it
is to be obliged-, to feel as I do, that to step but out
of my house, may expose me to be shot at, and at
this time when it is absolutely necessary to he the
greater part of my time in the field.
My greatest apprehension, has been, and still
is in the day time, when attending to my business,
or on the road. 1 cannot hope to escape an attack
unless wc can get men enough out to drive them
oil, for I am told signs of them have been within
the last three days seen all around my place, not
further fiom me than lour or live miles.”
Lower Canada.
Wc have the Montreal papers of the sth, and
Quebec of the Ist. The former containing no
thing of interest.
A letter from Montreal, in the Quebec Gazette,
states that the I Ith regiment is ordered back to
New Brunswick; and the information is confirmed
by the Gazette, which says that orders had been
received by the commissariat for the preparation ol
tonrcyaiacßiui tuc regiment,, i iie nrst company
was expected at Quebec on the night of the Ist
instant.
The report from Maine that the regiment had
actually arrived at Madawaska, must therefore be
incorrect.
We do not find in the Quebec or Montreal pa
pers any thing to confirm the statement of the
Woodstock Times, that Sir John Colborne had
placed five regiments at the disposal of Sir John
Harvey.
A letter from Montreal says that some of the
refugee Canadians on the frontier arc turning
their faces toward Maine, as well as some of their
•‘sympathizing” friends in the States. It men
tions among the latter the personage figuratively
known as “Grand Eagle Bryant.”
Still Later.
Since the above was in type the Montreal pa
pers of the 7th and Quebec of the 4th have come
in.—The former contain the President’s message
and the “ memorandum,” which appear to be re
garded as obviating all danger ol a hostile issue.
From the Montreal Courier, March 6.
The steamboat Canadian Patriot has been sunk
where she lay in winter quarters at SSorel. ,She
was seen by the person who had her in charge on
Saturday evening, but had disappeared before the
following morning. As she was not leaky, it is
supposed that some persons went on board during
the night and bored holes in her bottom.
Two companies of the 11th regiment arrived
at Quebec on the 4th, on their way to New Bruns
wick.
The Quebec Volunteer Artillery having offered
their services in New Brunswick, Sir John Col
borne replied \> ith thanks, that he would call upon
i 'hem, if necessary.
k\ Captain Buchanan, bearer of despatches from
John Harvey, arrived at Quebec on the 2d,
s 'W' reported that Sir John was waiting despatches
■- Fox, and fully expected that the affair I
' \Snoiiiate amicably.
from the New York Surut ly Mo, ning New%.
I The old Clock.
t “ H> be 91IE ooss. thebe she odes !”—Some
years ago there came le> this country a family from
1 England, which settled on the upper part of this
Island, and opened a public house. Among their
1 chattels was an old family clock which they prized
t c'T , I °. r ‘. ,s “S ctllan its actual value, although it
. huii 101,1 tlle huurs lor years on years with the
. most commendable fidelity. This clock is now
i situated m one of the private parlors of the house.
and many a time has it been the theme of remark
. m frequence of its solemnly antique exterior.
. A 4,,w ,la - vs sl, tce, about dusk, a couple of mad
wags drove up to the door of the hotel, seated in a
light and beautiful wagon, draw.. >. 3 - - o
bay horse. -They sprang out—ordered the ostler
to pay every attention to the. animal and to stable
hun for the night. Entering the hotel, they tossed
ott a glass of wine a piece, bemouthed a cigar,
and directed the landlord to provide the best game
supper in his power. There was a winsome look
in the countenance of the elder—a bright spark
ling in his eyes which occasionally he half-closed
in a style that gave him the air of “ a knowing
one, and a slight curving of the corners of the
mouth that showed his ability to enjoy, while his
whole demeanor made every acute observer sure
of his ability to perpetrate, a joke.—Now and
then, when his lips parted and he ran his fingers
through his hair with a languid expression, it was
evident he was eager i o be at work in his vocation—
that ot a practical joker! The other was a dapper
young man, although different in appearance, yet
with features which indicated that his mind was
well-fitted lo be a successful copartner with his
mate, and a dry pun or gravely delivered witti
cism was frequently worked olf with an air of
philosophy or unconcern that gave him at once
the credit of being a first rale wit. Supper on the
table, these two V ankoos were, not dull as a couple
generally will be at table, but made mirth and
laughter, and wit their companions, and as Wine
in Ills parti-colored flowing robes presided, there
was a “ set out” fit for a prince and his associates,
I ho V ankees ate and drank and were right merry,
when the old family clock whirred and whizzed
as the hammer on the bell struck one, two, three,
four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven,
twelve! The elder looked up at the old monitor
before him, stuck his elbow on the tabic and looked
again steadily for a minute, and then laughed out
heartily, awakening the waiter, who was just
dozing by the window-sill.
“ W hat in the name ol Momus arc you laugh
ing at V’ asked the dapper Yankee, as he cast his
eyes now over the table, now over and around him
self to ascertain where the nest of the joke was
concealed. The cider winked slyly, and yawning
lazily, slowly raised the forefinfier of his right hand
and applied it gracelully to his nose. The dap
per man understood the hint.
“ Oho! I undersiand—no you don’t come over
this child ! waiter, another bottle of champagne.”
Ihe servant left the room and our heroes incli
ning themselves over the tabic held a long con
versation in alow tone, when the elder of the t« o
raised his voice, and with an air of satisfaction
exclaimed,
“ Clocks always go it!”
Then both cautiously rose from their chairs,
and advancing to the clock, turned the key of the
door, and looked within, the elder in a half inqui
ring, half-decided manner saying
“ Won’t it!”
The waiter was on the stairs, and they returned
to their scats in a trice as if nothing had happen
cd both scolding the waiter, as he entered, for
being so lazy on his errand.
Having heard the clock strike one, thev were
shown to their beds, where they talked in a sub
dued tone, and finally sunk to sleep. In the
morning, they were early up, and ordered their
horse lo be harnessed and brought to the door.
Descending to the bar-room they asked for their
bill, and with becoming promptitude paid the
amount due over to the keeper. The elder per
ceiving the landlord through the window, placed
his arras upon the bar, and in a serious tone en
quired of the bar-keeper if he would dispose of the
old clock. The young man hesitated—he knew
not what to answer. The old clock seemed to
him such a miserable piece of furniture that he
h;.d an impression that it might as well he his
cs his employer’s; yet he could not comprehend
why such a person should want such a hideous
article. While he was attempting to reply, the
good-natured landlord entered, and the question
was referred to him for an answer.
“ I wish to purchase that old clock up stairs !
W ill you sell it?” asked the elder Yankee, while
the younger lighted a cigar, and cast his eye over
the columns of the Sunday Morning News, which
lay upon the table. The landlord, who had set
no great value upon the clock, except as an heir
loom, began to suspect that it might possess the
virtues of Martin Hoy wood’s chair, and be filled
with dollars; and, almost involuntarily, the three
ascended to the room which contained it.
“ The fact is,” said the Yankee, “I once won
a hundred dollars with a clock like that !”
“A hundred dollars!” ejaculated the land
lord.
■ i w._ .s.ro was one IIKc it 1.. „
loom over in Jersey, and a fellow bet me he could
keep bis forefinger swinging with the pendulum
for an hour, only saying ‘‘Here she goes, there
she goes.” He could’nt do it. I walked the
money out of him in no time.”
t “ You did ? Yon eould’nt walk it out of me.
I’ll bet you fifty dollars I can do it on the spot!”
“ Done,” cried the Yankee.
The clock struck eight, and with his hack to
the table and the door, the landlord popped into a
chair—
“ Here she goes, there she goes!” and his fin
ger waved in u curve, his eyes fully fixed on the
pendulum. The Yankees behind him interrupt- (
ed—“ Where’s the money ? Plank the money.” ,
The landlord was not to lose in that way. His ,
forefinger slowly and surely went with the pen- ,
dulum, anti his left disengaged his purse from
his pocket, which he threw behind him upon the j
table. AII was silent. 'The dapper man at length
exclaimed—
“ Shall I deposit the money in the hands of the „
bar-keeper ?”
“ Here she goes, there she goes !” was the only t
answer. I
One of the Yankees left the room. The land- v
lord heard him go down stairs ; but he was not t
to be disturbed by that trick.
Presently the bar-keeper entered, and touching v
him upon the shoulder, asked— I
“Mr. II , are you crazy? What arc 1
you doing ?”
“ Here she goes, there she goes !” he respond- !■
ed, his hand waving the forefinger as before. !
The bar-keeper rushed down stairs ; he called (,
one of the neighbors and asked him to go up.
They ascended, and thy neighbor seizing him h
gently by the collar; in an imploring voice, said j
“Mr. U do not sit here. Come, come t]
down stairs; what can possess you to sit here?” t|
“ Here she goes, there she goes!” was the sole a
reply, arid the solemn face and the slowly-moving a
finger settled the matter. He woe ninrf ' j
w
V Ol1 ’” "' ll,s P cr< ' J ‘he friend in alow
■in ’ WO must G° for a doctor.”
B Ihe landlord was not to he duped ;he was not
> to , t)c deceived, although the whole town came to
: Ld<K friend" U P his wist ”
1 .‘,^ ee re . e sh “ f oes - ‘here she goes!” repeated the
t landlord, and his hand still moved on.
> In a minute his wife entered, full of agony of
' ; oul -“ M y dear,” she kindly said, "look on me.
. It it your wife who speaks !”
t “ Here she goes, there she goes!” and his hand
continued to go, hut his wife would’nt go; she
1 would stay, and he thought she was determined
i to conspire against him i.i... lose the
, .•<•*«■. one wept, and she continued
■ “ What cause have you for this? Why do you
cio 80 ? Has your wife”-
“Here she goes, there she goes !” and his fin
■ £ pr seemed to he tracing her airy progress, for
anything she could ascertain to the contrary.
"My dear,” she still continued, thinking that
the thought of his child, whom he fondly loved,
would lend to restore him, ‘ shall 1 call tip your
daughter?” * J
"Here she goes, there she geos!” the landlord
again repeated, his eyes becoming more and more
fixed and glazed, from the steadiness of the gaze
1 A slight smile, which had great effect upon the
i minds of those present, played upon his face, as
he thought of the many unsuccessful resorts to
win him trom his purpose, and of his success in
baffling them. The physician entered. He stood
by the side of the busy man. He looked at him
i in silence, shook his head, and to the anxious in
i quiry of the wife, answered—
“No, madam! The fewer persons here-the
I better, ihe maid had better stay away ;do not
> let the maid”—
• “Here she goes, there she goes!” yet again
; again, in harmony with the waving linger, issued
1 from the lips of the landlord.
; “A consultation, I think, will he necessary,”
; said the physician. “Will you run for Ur
. W ms.”
, The kind neighbor buttoned up his coat and
1 hurried from the room.
, In a few minutes Ur. W ms, with another
, medical gentleman, entered,
r “This is a sorry sight,” said he to the doctor
I present.
1 “Indeed it is, sir,” was the reply. “It is a
I sudden attack, one of the”
“Here she goes, there she goes!” was the sole
reply.
> The physician stepped into a corner and con
. suited together.
, “Will you be good enough to run for a barber 1
; We must have his head shaved and blistered ”
I said Dr. W ms.” ’
“Ah, poor, dear husband,” said the lady ; “I
fear he never again will know his miserable wife."
1 “ Here she goes—there she goes !” said the
landlord with a more nervous yet determined
- Waving of his finger in concert with the pcmlu*
- lum ; foi the minute hand was near the twtlvt~~
> that point which was to put fifty dollars into
i his pocket, if the hand arrived at it without his
suflering himself to be interrupted.
file wife in a low, bewailing tone, continued
, her utterances—
“No! never; nor of his daughter”—
“Here she goes—there she goes,” almost
shouted the landlord, as the minute hand advanc
ed to the desired point.
The barber arrived ; he was naturally a talka
tive man, and when the doctor made some casual
remark, reflecting upon the quality of the instru
ment he was about to use, he replied—
“Ah ha! no Monsieur, you say very bad to
razor—tres beautiful—eh I—look—look—very
fine is n’t she 1”
“Here she goes—there she goes!” screamed
the landlord, his hand waving on—on, and his
face gathering a smile, and his whole frame in
readiness to be convulsed with joy.
The barber was amazed. “Ifcre she goes
there she goes !” he responded in the best Eng
lish he could use—“ Yard varc shall I begin?
Vat is dat he say ?”
“Shave his head at once!” interrupted the
doctor, while the lady sank into a chair.
“Here she goes—there she—goes!” for the Inst
time cried the landlord, as l/ie clock struck the
hour of nine , and he sprang from his scat in an
ecstacy of delight, screaming at the top of his
voice, as he skipped about the room—
“l’ve won it!—l’ve won it!”
“What ?” said the bar-keeper.
“What ?” echoed the doctors.
“What?” re-echoed the wife.
“Why, the wager—fifty dollars ! But cast
ing his eyes around the room, and missing the
young men who induced him to watch the clock,
lire asked his bar-keeper—
“ Where are those young men who supped
here last night ? eh ! quick, where are they ?”
“They went away in their wagon nearly an
hour ago, sir!” was the reply.
The truth flashed like a thunderbolt through
his mind. They had taken his pocket-book with
the one hundred and seven dollars therein, and
decamped—a couple of swindling sharpers, with
to bttoJi thorn f Tho atory in rifo on n II inuti’u
tongues in the neighborhood where this affair oc
curred, and “the facts are not otherwise than
here set down ;” but we regret that the worthy
landlord in endeavoring to overtake the rascals,
was thrown from his own wagon, and so scverly
injured as to be confined to his room at the pre
sent moment, where he con watch the pendulum
of his clock at his leisure.
from the Chirleslun Courier of Friday.
Sul;.Marine Descent.
The exhibition of the process of descent enca
sed in the Hub-Marine Armor, look place yester
day afternoon, at the specified hour and according
to the arrangements made, with the exception of
the place of descent, which was changed from off
the Battery, East end of Atlantic street, to a point
about equi-distant from Meeting street and East-
Bay, to the (South of White Point.
The weather, in the forenoon was pleasant, but
about 2 o’clock, it became cloudy, and there was
every indication of rain. A little before 4 o’clock,
however, the citizens commenced assembling at
tho Battery, and the public promenade, at White
Point, was soon well filled with spectators, among
whom were a number of ladies, notwithstanding
the unfavorable appearance of the weather. The
steam boat (Southerner also came round crowded
with passengers, and anchored within a short dis
tance of the schooner, that had on board the gen
tleman who was to make the descent.
A few minutes after 4 o’clock, the explosion of
the submerged casks of powder took place, but
from a want of proper arrangement, no signal
was given, and but a portion of the spectators
had an opportunity of judging of the effect.
Our eye caught the body of water thrown up
by the concussion, as it was descending, and trom
its volume and appearance, it is our conviction
that the water must have been thrown as high as
the fore-yard of the schooner, and extended over
an area of 200 feet in circumference. Immedi
ately after the explosion, the revenue cutter, lying
in Cooper River, fired several gnns, vid in the
space of a few minutes, the sub-marine separate
was hoisted over the &de of the schooner, Mr.
i aylor being encased therein, and the descent
was made. After remaining submerged some
minutes, he arose, and repeated the experiment
several limes before he was brought on dec k. Af
ter an interval,he again descended, and remained
about a quarter of an hour, arose, and again de
scended During the time hescvcraltimeshanded
up articles, taken from the bottom, proving, to
ic satisfaction of all, as far as we can learn, the
practicability of his invention subserving the pur
pose for which it ivao in ItrilOf tl.
of t‘l“ T Bxh i l,Uio “ cloBcd ’ aiiolher explosion
ot kigs of powder took place; before which
haddhfn “ C r ,dm,,le P ° rlion of tllc aßBen '*>ly
o’clock? a,i U comincnced ra ‘ning about firm
Yankee niN» Kß »._Baked beans, it iewud, are
a common dish at a Sunday dinner. A clergyman
has computed that he -‘has preached regularly
every Sabbath afternoon to fifty.five bushels and
three pecks ol baked beans, while their owner*
were mostly asleep.”
Advantage of bailboahs.—lt was stated
in a lute debate in the British parliament, that the
Liverpool and Manchester railroad had produced
Caeh ° f lhosc townB of “<■ least
*< i 00,000 (i year.
COMMERCIAL.
r .. ... Savannah, March 15.
Cotton.—Arrived since the Bth inst. 6613 bales •
Upland and 197 bales 8.1. ( ottou, and cleared at the
same time, 4797 bales Upland and 234 bales S. I.
otton ; leaving a stock on band, inclusive of all on
ship board not cleared on the 15th inst. of 27876
bales Upland and 1586 bales Sea Island.
1 he market for Upland has continued to droou
and prices are now I et. per lb. under the highc
point for ordinary to fair ats ct. in good fair to
prime; the sales of the week are 3142 bales at
from 1 3i to 16 j. 1„ Sea Island the sale, reported
aie at a reduction of fully 5 cts. on previous trans
actions—They arc 120 bales, viz: 20 at 30; 22 at 31 •
ed s «f4 i a2i at33i2o:a34ilB,lt36 » an<isl^'
?f“'T Tlle trans a<'lions in this article since our
ast has been quite light at last week’s prices, with
a very moderate stock.
Hour.—The narket continues excessively dull,
with a downward tendency in prices. Sales of 100
barrels, iloward-strcct at sBgcash: 200 bbls. N.
Orleans at BjJ a 9 ; Canal !)j a 10.
Corn.—' The market is plentifully supplied and
the article dull. We have no cargo sales to report;
retails from store at 85 a 100 cts. 7000 bushels Oats
•old at cents.
Groceries.— ln Coffee, Sugar and Molasses, there
has beon no transactions of importance. Sales of
140 bags Hio Coffee at 12g a 12*, 100 bags Cubado
at 12j ; 15 hhds. St. Croix Sugar at slo* ; N. O.
Molasses, from store, at 40 cts.
Bacon.—Sales of 15,000 lbs. new Bacon atMO a
11 cents, for Shoulders. 13 cents for Sides, and 13
cents mr Hams; 5000 lbs, hog round at 12* cents
150 kegs hard at 12* a 13 cents.
Hoy.— Sales of upwards of 300 bundles, New
Yoik.ou the wharf, $1 06 a 1 20.
Spirits. In domestic liquors, sales of Whiskey
at 45 a 48 ; N. E. Hum at 45 a 46 ; Gin at 48 a 60
Exchange.—Op England, 8j a 9 per cent prem!
Drafts on New > oik, at sight, I pci cent prem.
freights. 1 o Liverpool, has advanced to 9-16 d
a jjd ;to New 4 ork, * per bale and *c. per lb.
Statement of Cotton, March 16
. . Upla. Sea It.
Stock on hand, Ist October 3164 36
Received this week 6613 197
Do previously 141817 3144
_ ~ , , 151694 3376
Exp’tcd this week 4797 234
Do previously 115921 1556 123718 1790
Stock on hand, including all on
ship b, not cle, March 15, 1839 27876 1586
. Cjiakleston, March 16.
Cotton—The market opened this week with a
very limited demand for choice Cottons, and a de
cline of * cent on inferior descriptions, middling
qualities have maintained last weeks prices. Busi
ness for a few days seemed almost at a stand j buy
ers kept aloof, and few were willing to touch the
article at the present extravagant rates. We
however, note a change for the better; there are*
symptoms of a reaction, and some parcels which
changed hands afterwards, exhibited a better feel
ing paiticularly for middling and inferior qualities.
We report sales of 3956 bags at 17 cts per lb. In
Long Cotton, nothing of any consequence lias been
dune, the transactions embrace a few sales of extra
quality at a little above our last highest quotations;
and a parcel, a* prices not transpired.
Hice —Operators have exhibited as much back
wardness in this staple, as the Cotton dealers. A
total inactivity pervaded the market, although
holders air firm in maintaining the price of choice
qualities; inferior have declined * per cwt. About
two-thirds of the whole Bice crop intended for this
market, is believed to have come to hand, and a
a majority of the planters will harvest, much less
than they did last season, owing in a measure to
the extremes of wet weather and drouth. The
sales were 902 tes at from to f,4j per cwt.
Sugar —ss hhds. Muscovado brought 6* to Bs,
20 at 7to B.}. Several parcels were received this
week, and part disposed of at rates within our quo
tation. The cargo of a schooner from New Orleans,
wc learn, brought 6* ct.
A/oHojsct—About 300 hhds. N. Orleans sold at 33
cts, and 200 bills at 35 cts. The market is well
supplied with the three last named articles, by re
cent arrivals, and the trade is looking up.
Coffee—lso bags Cuba sold at 11* a 12*, and se
veral other parcels changed bands, at prices not
transpired. W'c quote Porto Hiu and Rico at 11*
a 12*, and Cuba at ll* a 12* cts.
Hour —We bear of no extensive operations in
tl e article this week ; numerous small lots were
sold for borne consumption at prices within our
limits —see prices current.
Grain. —Our market is well supplied with every
article in this line. Two cargoes Corn, aboutsooo
bushels were received this week, and sold at 84 to
85 cts; 6000 bushels Cats arrived and sold for 50
cents. Peas is dull—price same as last.
liny —Several hundred bales Northern Hay have
been thrown into the market, and sold at from £1
12* to 1 13* per cwt.
Baron —Sales of Hams were effected in small
lots at 11J al3 ; Sides arc worth 11, and Shoulders
9 cents per pound.
Lard is retailing at 13 cents
Salt —Very little in store. Liverpool is worth
$1 75c per sack.
Exchange —Sterling bills 8* ; France 5f 20c.
Bank of Charleston—sight exchanges on the North,
1 * percent. ; takes bills on New York, Boston,Bal
timore, and Richmond, 30 days par ; 60 do * dis ;
90 I * do ; Philadelphia do ; on New Orleans and
Mobile 1} per cent.
f reights —To Liverpool, *d per lb. To Havre
1* cts dull. To New York, round bales, sl*.
square, $l.
Statement of Cotton.
Sea hi. Upland.
Stock on hand, Ist Oct, 1838 924 2219
Received this week 148 6394
Previously 7881 126435
8953 136048
Exported this week 333 4704
Previously 3081 95874
On ship board, not cleared 369 5714
3773 10629*
Stock on hand 5180 28756