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WF™** E ' J ° NES ’ AUGUSTA, Ga. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1839 __ ~
~~ * Vol. Ill, — No. 33.
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K* CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
—
AUGUSTA.
.-WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 20.
B,' The Reduction Convention.
K It i« proper that we should remind the citizens of
I Richmond county that on the first Monday in
E' ? April, they will be called upon to elect four dele
-1 ' gates to represent them in the Convention forre
> tuning the number of the members of our Legis
■ We have thus far seen no movements on
i thesubject, and in fact have scarcely heard it men"
jKfi tfoned. A number of gentlemen have been
f recommended in the newspapers as suitable can
«.dates, but we believe none can have been au-
M fhorilively announced.
'fi t We do not perceive that there is any necessity
Ipjliaee of too grave a character, and in the second,
®lhweistoo little to be gained by either party in
Bhaying a majority in the Convention, to create an
He:angry and embittered contest.
t'BPlhe law of the last Legislature calling the con-
Bsrention, has so restricted its powers, and left so
■ little to its discretion which can be tortured by
partizans into party advantages, that there is but
K little left for party machinery to operate upon.
B'.The House of Representatives, after giving to
R| each county one member, will be organized upon
lifthf basis of population upon the Federal principle'
prHere then there is no possible chance for one par-
BS-ty to gain any advantage over the other. The
must be organized by throwing together
two contiguous counties, without regard to pop
|Villlation, to form Senatorial Districts. This is the
S only ground upon which party power in the con
|jP mention can be brought to operate to the advan
£. tage or disadvantage of either party; and it is im
, ttltostihlc in the very nature of things that the coun
fßboccan be so thrown together as to injure or
either party to any great extent. We do
A«t therefore see why it should be made a party
question, and unless it is forced upon us by ourad
'tv.!*et»aries, so far as we are concerned individually
| we have no disposition to make it such. We
think that discreet, intelligent and dignified men
m— who do not engage too much in party con-
L fests, should be selected by general consent, and
,*■ the'matter left to their judgment and patriotism.
'\"srhey should be such however as arc known to
,v|(avor a thorough and effectual reduction.
'rafVcm the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser of the 15 th.
fr Maine and New-Brnnswick.
MESSAGE OF GOV. FAIRFIEED.
“At length the expected message of Governor
Bnirfield, has made its appearance—not inNew
ffilTdrk, however, but in Augusta. All the know
ledge we have of it is gathered from the letters in
'• the Boston papers. The correspondent of the
1 Atlas, whom we believe to be a member of the
Maine House of Assembly, gives an abstract of
its contents as follows:
p The message commences by informing the Le-
V gislature that he has laid before them the late pro
ceedings at Washington, on the subject of the
i:,-. boundary difficulties, and asks for instructions
§§ from them what course he shall now pursue. He
M leaves the whole subject in their hands, and ex-
M presses his willingness to carry out any measures
M tney may see fit to adopt—but not to seem to
IwYavoid responsibility, the Governor gives his views
B Tn the subject. He commences by giving a brief
■ account oflhc late proceedings in this State, and
> I the object in sending a force to the disputed ter
_ | ritory, which he states to be solely to protect the
E timber from depredation.
After the first force had been sent on, the se
| cond force was sent to protect them against the
H threatened attack of Sir John Harvey. It' our
E forces are now withdrawn, it is the opinion of
K the Governor that the trespassers will return and
H take off the timber already cut. He did not
j think the proposition of Sir John Harvey to
■ erect a boom across the river, would save the tim
[ ber. The Governor then goes into an argu
| ment of considerable length, to show that the right
I to jurisdiction is in Maine, and that no arrange
jflg ment has been made by the General government to
B relinquish it. He quotes from various documents,
K to prove that there never was such an agreement
K t 0 relinquish the jurisdiction over all that part
B the territory that lies South of the river St. John’s,
W- and under that understanding had exercised ju
risdiction on various occasions which he men
, tions. '
UnA er a full sense of the responsibility of the
i..nation he occupies, the Governor gives itas his
Ct '.lion, that the state ought not to withdraw her
troop , from the territory they now occupy, unless
the threat of Sir John Harvey shall be withdrawn,
evi 1 he shall consent that a sufficient force shall
If'. . kept on the territory to lake care of the tim
ij her now' cut, and prevent farther depredations.
iq e objects to the arrangement recommended at
B Washington, that it would be making a retrograde
§ on the part of Maine—and that it re
.l quires Maine to withdraw her troops, but does not
U require the British troops to be withdrawn. That
B the agreement is equivocal, inasmuch as it does
-I #st define whether the posse of the sheriff is to
I be considered an armed force or not.
A note to the message informs the House that
9 the Governor has received a communication from
I Sir John Harvey, accepting the terras of agreement
I recommended at Washington, and that he will be
happy toenterinto negociationsto carry the agree
rs ment into effect. After the reading of the mes
!■ eage, Mr. Whidden of Calais (Loco) introduced a
4M resolve, the purport of which was that our bound-
I ary difficulties had assumed no new aspect, and
' f’j| that no change in the course heretofore adopted
by Maine was expedient.
On motion of Mr. Allen of Bangor, the mes
'a sa g 2 of the Governor and accompanying docu
| menu were referred to the committee on the North
i Eastern boundary, with orders to them to procure
i .....
the printing of 5000 copies for the use of the Le
gislature.
In addition to the above we give the following
extracts, which are somewhat interesting, and
would be more so if we could be sure that their
representations were entirely correct.
Correspondence of the Atlas.
Bangor, Monday March 11, 1839.
Notwithstanding the lively interest and the
strong feeling awakened by the news of Saturday
inourcommunity,thcidea of a peaceable termina
tion, at least of ompresent difficulties, manifestly
pervades the public mind more generally to-day
than I have known it before since their commence
ment. Sober reflection satisfies all intelligent
men that the British will not attempt to take pos
session of that part of Mars Hill west of the
boundary line, although they may take up a po
sition in its neighborhood. The opinion upon
which most minds appear to be settling down, is
that all the military operations of our neighbors
will be of a strictly defensive character, and that
no British soldier wdl set foot over the border—at
least before orders or news arrive from the home
Government.
Many sensible individuals, who have been re
cently at Houlton, unite in the assertion that the
provincials themselves fear and even expect an
invasion from our troops. The most exaggerated
reports are circulating widely through New liruns
wick as to the numbers, the prowess, the disposi
tion of our soldiers, the feeling of our citizens, and
the resources of the state. The 3000 in arms are
multiplied by imagination and rumor into 16,000
men, marching with the avowed purpose of over
running and laying waste the province. The
troops at Houlton are represented as deadly shots,
and as bloody of purpose as they arc of aim.—
Hence the terror and alarm which pervaded the
inhabitants of Woodstock one day last week.
The rumor spread that the Yankees were coming
to attack and sack the place, and almost the entire
population, soldiers and citizens, men and boys,
turned out eti masse, and were under arms all
night, to repel the dreaded onslaught.
It is now decidedly the prevailing sentiment,
that there will be no collision of the forces on the
border—and that if war comes at all, it will come
after the next effort of negotiation between the two
countries, the result of the special embassy, shall
prove to bo as fruitless as those which have pre
ceded it. Sir John Caldwell, who was here yes
terday, states that the 11th regiment and some
other troops which had been reported as having
arrived, have and will not come at present, as
they have been countermanded at the request of
Sir John Harvey.
It is said to day, that the troops at Augusta will
get no nearer the boundary during this campaign.
Correspondence of the Boston Daily Advertiser.
Augusta, Tuesday, March 12.
The Oxford and Cumberland militia still remain
in town and have been, this forenoon, manoeuver
ing in front of the State House. General Scott
is in town, and will I understand, continue here at
present. He is acting the part of a pacificator emA it
is to be hoped that his efforts will prove successful.
Notwithstanding the belligerent aspect of affairs
here, I am still of opinion that war will not re
sult. But still I sec no probability that Maine
will recede one iota from the position she has
taken.
Capt. Norris, of the British schooner Union-
Jack, which arrived on the 14th at Ncw-
York, from St. John, New Brunswick, whence
she sailed on Saturday, the 9lh inst., reports
that the British troops had not proceeded farther
than Fredericton, at the last accounts received at
St. John. The Chronicle of the Blh inst. men
tions the arrival of the Crocodile from Halifax,
but not of the transports with the remainder of
the 69th regiment, whence it is inferred thatthey
had not arrived.
Touching the movements of the 10th regi
ment, all the intelligence we have received is
contained in the annexed paragraphs from the
Quebec Gazette of the Bth instant.
Yesterday, a detachment of one hundred men
of the 11th regiment crossed over to Point Levi
on their way to Madawaska.
This afternoon, one company of the same regi
ment, accompanied by a small detachment of royal
artillery, also crossed over for the same place.
The two companies of this fine regiment that
were stationed at Chambly, are expected here this
evening.
Gen. Charles H. Nelson, who has been ap
pointed by Gov. Gilmer, to a command in the
State troops, on the Florida line, under Gen.
Floyd, passed through Milledgeville a few days
since on his way to the rendezvous in Camden
county. Both these officers have waived rank
and are now acting in subordinate capacities.
Gen. F. as Colonel, and Gcn.N. as Major. They
are both eminently qualified for the service in
which they are engaged.
The New York Courier and Enquirer of the
14th states that it is current in New York, that
there is more truth than was at first supposed in
the rumor of Mr. Woodbury’s appointment to
the special mission to England. It is said that
Cambreleng will succeed him in the Department,
and that Eli Moore is to receive a berth in some
subordinate office at Washington. It is not im
possible, if the objections to Mr. Calhoun’s ap
pointment should be insurmountable, that such
will be the arrangement. The nine thousand
dollars outfit, and nine thousand dollars salary
will be quite an object for a mercenary like Wood,
bury—there will be “so little to do, and so much
to get for it.” Then again, the opportunity of
getting rid of him would not bo willingly lost by
Mr. Van Buren. The appointment of Cambre
leng and Moore to office, insulting as it would be
to the city and people of New York, would be
but of a piece with the whole policy of the ad
ministration, in elevating to distinguished office
all those members of Congress, who have been
most signally condemned by the people. A few
wcekssince, Gholson of Mississippi was rewarded
with the office of Judge; and Cambreleng doubt,
less is as fit for the Treasury as.. Gholson is the
Bench.
Quite an Aumt. —The British troops in the
Canadas, number about 18,000.
A bill to prohibit betting on elections, passed
the Illinoio House of Representatives on the 9th
ult. It prohibits betting on elections under a pen
a lty not exceeding 51,000, and imprisonment no t
, exceeding thirty days.
The receipts on the Hartford and New Haven
Rail Road in the month of February amounted to
$5,625; expenses $1,400.
S team no at E xplos ion.— The Louisville Ban
ner says—“ We have been furnished with the fol
lowing extract from a letter written by a passen
ger on board the steamboat Paris, and dated Cin
cinnati, March 5, 1839”;—“At dawn this mom.
ing we reached a wood yard, midway between this
place and Louisville, where a steamboat (the Re
porter) had previously attempted to land; but her
connecting pipe burst, killing the steward, scald
ing a boy, and J. E. Flagg, an aged gentleman
who was a passenger on board. Their recovery
is very doubtful. We have the Reporter in tow.”
From the Milledgeville Recorder.
Penitcntiarr.
Messrs. Editors—From the insidious attacks
made within a few months past, upon the admin
istration of the Penitentiary, I deem it necessary
that the public should be made acquainted with
the laws and regulations by which the Institution
is governed ; and as the public papers is the best
■medium through which this information can be
communicated to the people, I request the Editors
of the State generally to insert this together with
.other communications which I may hereafter make.
It would be well also, fortho members of the Leg
islature to notice the remarks, for it is to he feared
that many of them, are as ignorant of the laws
regulating the Penitentiary, as they are negligent
in enacting laws to improve its condition. Alter
ations and improvements in the laws and build
ings, have repeatedly been recommended by the
Inspectors, who have the best opportunity of know
ing the defects in the present police of the Insti
tution, but their recommendation! have been, if
not treated with contempt, passed over ns a dead
letter.
My design is first to make an exhibit of the ex
penses of the Institution as regulated by law.
Salary of the Principal Keeper, $3,000
Four Assistant Keepers, each, 1,000 4,000
One Book Keeper, 1,000 1,000
Physician, 500
Fourteen Guard, each, 300 4,200
$11,700
The guard in addition to their rations of')
meat and meal, are allowed by law can- I
dies, molasses, vinegar, &c. which [ ICB
amounts to $l2 to each per annum, J
Amount of pay for officers and guard $11,863
Hospital necessaries, such as molasses, sugar,
coffee, rice, flannel for invalids, and blankets and
bedding for the use of the hospital, costs about
$l5O.
In estimating the expense of the prisoners, I
will set down the average number at 125, for the
purpose of a data on which to make calculations,
although at present there are 134. The meat for
the prisoners, including salt, will average through
the year about 74 cents per ration each day, ma
king $9 374 —this multiplied by 365, will make
the sum of $3,421 874- The guard receives the
same rations of meat, fourteen of them at 74 cents
per day ; makes in the year, $383 25. It requires
about sixteen hundred bushels of corn to do the
prisoners guard and horses, which may be estima
ted at $1 00 per bushel, although last year we had
to pay as high as one dollar and twenty-five cents,
and for some one dollar and fifty cents—say for
corn, $l6OO.
It requires 4,000 pounds of soap, for which we
pay 8 cents per pound, $320.
Three candles have to be kept burning in the
cell building every night, which amounts to about
550 pounds, cost about $llO.
The clothing ready made, allowed by law at the
lowest estimate, cost $l3 00 to each prisoner,
which makes $l5OO 00 per annum. The shoes
allowed to the prisoners, mending including, costs
about $5OO. 'The additional mattrasses and blank
ets, needed every year, will amount to $2OO.
There are also buckets, bake-pans, knives and
forks, tin plates and tin cups to be made and pur
chased every year—say for them, $5O.
There is allowed by law to each prisoner dis
charged $2O, and allowing but one-fifth to go out
every year, amounts to $5OO.
The Institution has also to be at the expense
of sending for all the prisoners to every part of
the State, this expense will amount to $6OO. The
fire wood used, may be estimated at $l5O. There
are other expenses, such as lime to white wash the
cells, locks, stationary, blank books, &c. that may
be estimated at $5O.
These sums all added together, make $21,403
124.
These are all expenses required by law, aid
such as arc indispcnsiblc, under the existing laws
and regulations of the Penitentiary, and out of
which not an article is madUfor sale, nor can be
converted into money. The purchase of stock,
by which I mean the raw materials and working
tools purchased and made, for the last three years
has upon an average been about $14,000 which
added to the $21,403 12 4 makes $35,403 134.
At the session of 1836, the Legislature raised
the salary of the officers and guard which added
for the last two years, between three and four
thousand dollars to the expense of the Peniten
tiary. To assist in paying the additional expense,
at that session, an appropriation was made of
$2,000 out of the State Treasury to pay the salary
of the Principal Keeper for the year, 1837, but
since that time have made no appropriation for
that purpose, and since that time the Institution
has all these expenses to pay. In order to come
to a correct conclusion with regard to the means
to meet these expenses, it is necessary to make
some further calculations and statements.
The Institution requires two wash-men, one
hospital steward, four cooks, one baker, one to
shell corn, one to sweep the cells—there are five
females, and some who arc incapable of work from
disease or old age, always more or less of the
hands sick, and it requires some to work the garden,
so that we cannot calculate on more than 105
working hands in the shops regularly, and always
about one fourth of them are new hands, many
who have not the use of tools, and very few that
know any thing about mechanical woik when
they come in. Since the first of January, 1838,
about seventy have been brought to the Peniten
tiary, and out of that number, seven or eight had
some knowledge of mechanical work. The bands
have to be learned and often spoil materials, and
by the time they learn to do good work their time
of service expires, and new hands succeed them,
and they also have to be learned, these difficulties
exist all the time. In fact there arc some so des
titute of sense andgen us that they never can be
learned to do any kind of mechanical work, and
instead of a profit are an expense. In order to
meet the expense before mentioned of $35,403 12 4
it will require each of these 105 hands good and
bad to make upwards of $337 00 worth of manu
factured articles in the year. Those who are ac
quainted with work, and the kind of hands usu
ally sent to the Penitentiary, can judge whether
i
with the present heavy expense the Institution can
sustain itself. If the reader should condemn any
ot the laws and regulations here exhibited, he
should not attach any blame to the ollicersof the
cnitentiary, for the oaths they take, require them
to execute the laws, but as they wish them but
as they hnd them. The object will be continued
whenever opportunity permits.
THOMAS W. ALEXANDER, P. K.
From the Providence Journal.
The Oregon Territory.
It is a matter of no little surprise that public at"
tention has not been more strongly attracted to"
wards that vast and magnificent territory, stretch"
ing from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific
Ocean, and from the 42d to the 4i»th parallel of
north latitude, blessed with all the advantages of a
salubrious climate and a fertile soil, watered by
large navigable rivers, with unequalled facilities
for the fur trade and fisheries, and far more than
all,so situated as to command with great advan
tages tho richest commerce of the world, that of
the East Indies, —the Oregon territory will, at no
far distant day, assume [an importance that has
been little dreamed of. The commerce of the
Pacific Islands, which are fast progressing in ci
vilization, will be alone of inconceivable value,
and from no other point can that commerce be
carried on with such facilities as from the coast of
the Oregon. In fact both from its internal resour
ces and trom its favorable position in regard to
other countries, the Oregon Territory is marked
for a great and a prosperous country. Nothing is
wanting but a population with the industry and
enterprise which has characterized the hardy pi
oneers of the Western States, and cities will
spring up in a hundred places ; ships will ascend
the magnificent Columbia River, and leave upon
its banks the productions of every climate, receiv
ing in return the rich furs, the fish, and the agri
cultural productions of thatcountry.
England, upon whose vast dominions the sun
never sets, and over whose interests the spirit of
ambition and territorial conquests watches with as
sleepless an eye, has long since known and appre
ciated the vast importance of the Oregon Territory.
It is the point wanting to complete her commer
cial ascendancy. With Gibraltar and Malta she
can control the Mediterranean; Bermuda and
Trinidad, Jamaica and her North American pos
sessions, furnish her strongholds, from which her
fleets can sweep the Atlantic, and return in safety ;
New Holland, a continent in itself, secures to her
the Southern Ocean, and her vast possessions in
India, give her the trade of the East. She lacks
a place which will command the rich and increas
ing commerce of the Pacific Islands, a commerce
which is daily growing in extent and importance,
and which, if properly pursued, would probably
yield a richer return than any which floats upon,,
the Ocean.
That place is the Oregon Territory; and al
though it belongs to the United States by every
claim which is acknowledged by civilized nations
as constituting sovereignty, by discovery, by oc
cupation, and by solemn treaty, still England has
determined to possess it, and unless prompt and
decisive measures arc adopted by our Government,
aho will have it. Already through an immense
and powerful chartered company, the Hudson
Bay Company, she is making rapid strides to
wards that object. The Hudson Bay Company
have erected forts and trading houses within our
limits, and are continually introducing large quan
tities of goods within the jurisdiction of the United
States, of couise without paying any duties; they
carry on an immensely profitable trade, both with
England ami with the Sandwich Islands, and
have obtained a great influence over the Indians.
In the mean time our own Government are ta
king no means to maintain or even to assert our
sovereignty over this territory, and in a few years
England will lay a formal claim to the whole of
it—and after holding the subject for years entan
gled in the web of diplomacy, (her citizens all
the while enjoying possession of the country,)
will offer to exchange for it, as in the case of
Maine, some province of less value. We arc led
to these remarks from reading a petition, (for a
copy of which we are indebted to Gov. Knight)
of a number of the settlers in the territory, asking
’ for the protection and legislation of Congress.
Communicated.
Public Meeting.
At a meeting of the citizens of Hamburg, held
in the Town Hall, on Saturday, tho 16th of
March instant, to take into consideration the pro
priety of appointing delegates to attend a Com
mercial Convention, to assemble in Charleston on
the third Monday in April next, having for its
object, the establishing of a direct trade between
the Southern ports and the European markets >
on motion of H. L. Jeffers, Esq. Mr. Gray was re
quested to take the Chair, and Dr. J. W. Stokes
to act as Secretary; when on motion of Dr. J. W-
Stokes, it Was
Resolved, That W. W. Starke, 11. L. Jeffers
T. Goldsmith, H. W. Sullivan and M. Gray, bo
and they are hereby appointed delegates to repre
sent the Town of Hamburg in said Convention,
which was unanimously adopted.
On motion of H. L. Jeffers, Esq. it was resol
ved that the proceedings of the meeting be pub
lished in the Augusta papers.
The meeting then adjourned.
M. GRAY, Chairman.
J.W. Storks, Secretary.
Norfolk, March 13.
Naval. —The broad pennant of Commodore
Claxton was hoisted on board the U. S. ship Con
stitution yesterday.
We understand that a letter was received by the
steam boat mail yesterday, which states that it was
confidently rumored, that the U. S. Frigate Con
stitution, Com. Claxton, at present at the Navy
Yard, Gosport, would proceed to New York, and
sail thence wilh'a Special Minister to Great Britain.
Larks of tub Ukitko Status. —General
Dearborn, in his admirable letters from the West,
being published in the Boston Courier, slates the
remarkable fact, that there are no lakes, large or
small, on the Northern continent of America,
south of 41 deg. latitude, except in Florida.
Those in Florida, and some, we believe, in Alaba
ma and Louisiana, arc rather bayous, or lagoons,
communicating with the sea, or expansions of
stagnant rivers, which, also, themselves, have
mostly subterranean communication with the
ocean. Such arc found in all secondary forma
tions, similar to the swamp and alluvial regions of
the delta of tho Mississippi, and also our coral
coasts and Islands like Florida, Cuba, and the
Bahamas. In the last, though insulated, they
have tides, and no doubt, ex ists sub-marine arcades
and tunnels of the coral reefs through which the
1 ? ccan c Sfcss and ingress. Cuba, however,
is margmatcd by precipitous reefs of coral rock
' on the north and extensive white sand banks of
the same animal material on its south coast. Yet
Cuba has primitive mountains of great heights,
which appear to be the nucleus of its base.— N.
Y. Star.
Massachusetts.
Edward Everett and George Hull have accept
pu the nomination of the Whig Convention, for
re-election to the offices of Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor, Mr. Everett, in his letter to the
committee appointed to address him on the sub
ject, says—“ Sincerely grateful for the support
of the people of the Commonwealth with which
■ I have repeatedly been honoured, it was my de
sire respectfully to decline being a candidate for
re-election. The strongly expressed wishes of
, political friends, in various parts of the Common
, wealth, confirmed by the unanimous voice of the
Convention, have led me to think it a duty to
r watye my own inclination, and to submit myself
( again to the disposal of the people.”
j
: Du. Holmes.— The Burlington, (Vt.) Gazette
■ says We understand that the President has
, declined actingjupon the application for the sur
• render ot Dr. Holmes, the murderer of Mens,
f Tasche, and referred the subject to Gov. Jennison.
We understand the position taken at Washington
> to be, that inasmuch as neither the constitution
1 nor the laws of Congress provide for the case at
i all, it must rest on the ground of mere comity be-
I tween the British provinces, and the adjoining
• states, and therefore the decision should be left
I to the state authorities.—Under these circumstan-
I ces, Gov. Jennison has issued his warrant for the
i farther detention of the accused, and appointed
■ the 28th March for a hearing in the premises, at
• this place.
1 Anecdote of Mn. Clay. —ln his recent speech
r at Philadelphia, Mr. Preston related the following
i characteristic anecdote of the distinguished Sena
■ tor from Kentucky. On one occasion, said Mr.
• P,, he did me the honor to send for and consult
■ with me. It was in reference to a step he was
- about to take, and which will, perhaps, come to
I your minds without more direct allusions. After
■ stating what he proposed, I suggested whether
there would not be danger in it—whether such a
I course would not injure his own prospects, as well
as those of the Whig party in general. His reply
1 was, “ I did not send for you to ask what might
1 be the effects of the proposed movements on my
■ prospects, but whether it was right; I had bath
er BE RIGHT THAN BE PUESIDENT."
•
Manufactures The Williams’
- port, N. C. Advertiser of the Bth says : “Wc saw
a day or two since a hale of woollen and cotton
goods from the Fayetlevillc Phenix Factory, which
was sent to our merchants as a sample. It is a
favorable one, and furnishes goodly evidence as a
profitable investment to the enterprising manufac
turers. This article is admirably adapted to ne
gro clothing, and wc hope it will be purchased for
’ that purpose by our rice planters and farmers
! generally.”
/ Another Steamboat Disaster.— Wc learn
r that the steamboat John Mills, on her way from
. Maysville to this port with a large cargo of pro
] duce, was run into on Sunday night, a few miles
f above Baton Rouge, by the steamer Knickerbocker.
, The Mills sunk in a few minutes in eight foot
1 water—boat and cargo both lost.
, The Knickerbocker was badly injured near the
. bows and was leaking badly, but it was thought
. she might be kept free until the leak was stopped.
, — N. 0. Picayune.
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From Grant’s “Bench and the Bar,
Excessive Politeness.
. Nine unhappy men were appointed to receive
sentence of death for various offences. It so hap
pened, however, that in entering the names of the
unfortunate parties, on being convicted, on his
own slip of paper, Baron Graham omitted one of
them. The nine were brought up, and the eight,
whose names were on his paper, received sen
tence. They then quitted the bar. The ninth
stood in mute astonishment. The clerk, perceiv
ing the mistake called to his lordship, just us he
was opening the door to leave the court. Turn
ing about and casting a look of surprise at the
prisoner, he hurried back to his seat, and putting
on the black cap, he addressed the prisoner in the
following manner, giving at the same time a pro
fusion of bows : “My good man, I really begyour
pardon for the mistake : it was entirely a mis
take—altogether a mistake, I assure you. The
sentence of the court on you is, that you bo taken
to the place whence you came, thence to the place
of execution, and there hanged by the nock until
you arc dead. And the Lord have mercy on
your soul. Ido beg your pardon : I’m very sor
ry for the mistake, I assure you.” So saying he
made another low bow to the unhappy man, and
then quitted the court.
The way they Court Down East.
Sally the housemaid, paring apples in the cor
ner. Enter Obadiah, who seats himself in the cor
ner opposite to Sally, without saying a word for
fifteen minutes, but finally scratching his head,
breaks silence with—
Ohadiah. There’s a considerable impercepti
ble alterin’ in the weather since last week.
Sully. ’Taint so injudicious and so indubitable
cold as’twasjtho thcrnomican has lowered up to
four hundred degrees higher than zenith.
Ohadiah. I think’s likely, for birds of that spe
cie fly a great quantity higher in warmer days
than cold ones.
Both parties assume a grave and improving
look, and a long pause ensues. Finally Ohadiah
gives his pate anothei harrowing scratch and
again breaks silence with—
Obadiah. Well, Hally, wc chaps are goin to
raise a sleigh ride, it’s sich inimicle good slcddin
to-morrow. I ’spose they’ll have insatiate times
on’t. I should be supernatural happy if you would
disgrace me with your company; I should take
it as a dcrogitary honour; besides, we’re calcula
tin’ to treat the gals copious well with raisons
and black strap.
Sally. I should be supernatural glad to disgrace
you, hut our folks suspect company; I can’t go.
Ohadiah sits awhile, and at length starts up as
though a new idea had come upon him.
Ohadiah. Well, now, I know what I’ll do; I’ll
go home and thrash them arc beans what have
been lying down in the barn sich a darned long
while. Exit Obadiah.
From a late London paper.
Curious Custom at Hlrlem. —ln walking
the streets at Harlem, we saw a rather curious
memorial of disastrous times. At the sides of
the doors of the various houses hangs a small,
neatly framed board, on which was spread a
piece of fine lace work, of an oval form, resemb
ling the top of a lady’a cap, with a border the ob-
jcct, indeed, on a casual inspection, might have
been taken for a lady’s cap hung out to dry. Be
neath it, to show tile transparency of the lace,
there is placed a piece of pink paper or silk. On
asking the meaning of these exhibitions, I wa»
informed tnat they originated in a circumstance
which occurred at the siege of Harlem. Before
surrendering the town, a deputation of aged m«-
trons waited on the Spanish general to know in
what manner the women who were at that time
in child birth should be protected from molesta
tion, in case of the introduction of the soldiery;
and he requested, that at the door of each house,
containing a female so situated, an appropriate
token should be hung out, and promised that that
house should not be troubled. This, according
to the tradition, was attended to; and, till the pre
sant day, every house in which there is a female
in this condition is distinguished in the manner
I have mentioned. The lace is hung out seve
ral weeks previous to the expected birth, and
hangs several weeks afterwards, a small alteration
being made, as soon as the sex of the child at
birth is known. I was further assured that
during the time which is allowed for these exhi
bitions, the house is exempt from all legal exe
cutions, and that the husband cannot be taken to
serve as soldier. I asked our conductor, who be
longed to the town, if these pieces of lace work
were stolen or injured by evil disposed boys. I
wish I could convey to the readcis an idea of the
surprise which the man’s face manifested, on
hearing such a question. The possibility of the
commission of such an atrocity had evidently
never before entered his mind. He declared that
he never heard of such a thing, and that he be
lieved that, if a boy were to steal or injure them,
the inhabitants would view the crime with the
deepest detestation, and inflict the severest pun
ishment on the delinquent. This I present as a
trait of manners. Such articles could not bo
safely trusted at the doors of any houses in any
town in Britain, where even bell handles and
knockers are with difficulty preserved.
The Rain Mancfactuheii.—“Men ate but
children of a smaller growth,” when a deliberative
body, not very deliberative if Harrisburg is the test,
i like the Pennsylvania Legislature, can be brought
to receive with gravity such a proposition, savour
ing of blasphemy, ns the following. Os a verity
the school master cannot be abroad in the Key
Stone: 0
On the 6th inst. Mr. Smith, of Philadelphia, from
the Committee in the Pennsylvania Legislature,
to whom was referred Mr. Espy’s proposition to
produce rain artificially, reported in favor of grant
ing Mr. Espy—
“A sum equal to the expenses of making the
experiment, if he shall cause it to rain over a ter
ritory of 1000 square miles; the sum of $35,000
if he shall cause it to rain copiously over a terri
tory of 5000 square miles; and the sum 0f550,000
if he shall cause it to rain copiously over a terri
tory of 1 0,000 square miles, or in such quantities
as shall keep the Ohio river navigable during the
whole summer, from the City of Pittsburg to the
Mississippi river; the larger sum in each case to
( exclude the smaller ; and the Governor is hereby
1 authorized and required to appoint three impartial
and competent persons to witness and judge of the
said experiments, who shall, at the times and places
i appointed by the said James P. Espy, attend for
1 that purpose, and upon such experiments bo fully
* made and completed, the said persons shall certi
-9 fy to the Governor the result thereof, and if the
same shall be successful, the Governor shall draw
t his warrant on the Treasurer of the Common
wealth in favor of the said James P. Espy, for
5 such of the said sums as he shall bo entitled to un
t dcr this resolution.”
• Laid on the table for one day.
Cj*Next we shall have an act to drown luitehu
in thcSusquchannah. Superstition is the parent
of fanaticism.
From the Knoxville Regitter.
“Let Me.”
I ne'er on that lip (or a moment have gaz’d
i lint a thousand temptations beset me ;
And I’ve thought, as the dear little rubies you rais'd
How delightful ’twould be—i( you’d let me.
Then bo not so angry for what I hove done,
INnr say that you’ve sworn to forgot me ;
They were buds of temptation too pouting to shun,
And I thought you could not but —let me.
When your lipwil h a whisper came close to mycheek,
0 ! think how bewitching it mol mo ;
And plain ns the eye of a Venus could speak,
Vonr eye seemed to say you would —let me
Then forgive the transgression, and bid mo remain,
For, >n truth, if you go, you’ll regret me ;
Then, oh,let me try the transgression again,
And I’ll do all you wish—if you let me.
Answer. —I’ll let you.
If a kiss bo delightful, so templing my lips,
That a thousand soil wishes beset you;
1 vow by theneotar that Jupiter sips,
On certain conditions— l’ll let you.
If you swear by my charms that you’ll over bo true,
And that no other damsel shall get you,
By the stars that roll round that summit of blue,
Perhaps, sir—perhaps, sir —lll let you.
Ij not urged by a passion as fleeting as wild
That makes all the virtues forget you,
But aiforlion unsullied, soft, ferventantl mild.
You ask'd for a kiss, then indeed love —lll let you.
Consignees per South Carolina Hail Hoad .
. Hamburg, March 19, 183 P
Stovall & Simmons, Reese & Beall, C. Cor
Gould & Bulkley, W. Catlin, J. S, Hutchinsr n ®Jp
C. Baldwin, J. M. & W. Adams, W. G. N ,n ’
Kankin fl iggs, W. E. &J. U. Jackson,
Spofford, D’Antignac & Hill, S. Kneeland
Snowden & Shear, T. Dawson, E. Sibley, * ,
Rackett, Baird & Rowland, J. E. Thomp C1 *
Parrott, Perrett & Young, M. R. Smith, son > oeo ’
& Adams, Kernigan & Rooney, J. E. Me A ,/u
L. Jeffers, J. F. Benson. Donald, H.
MARINE INTELLIGF
Savannai ~~~~ -g
Cleared.— Ship Robin Hood, H *’ ™ ttt _
•chr. Gen. Warren, Colley, Fhiladr olmes, Boston;
Lucas, Gould, Portsmouth. ilphia; schr.
Arrived yesterday. —Hr. bark f
Uemerara ; brig Savannah, flubl juperb,
»r hr. New England, Rubinso taro. New York •
Schuylkill, Townsend, Plulad n, Boston ; aenr.
Chatham, Wray, Augusta ; sle- elpbia; steamboat
well, Augurta. imboal Lamar, Cres-
Below —Br. ship Victoria, f
Departed.—Steamboat Lam ,otn Liverpool.
nr, Augusta.
Ch; *
Arrived yesterday —Schr March 18.
London; steam packet Gov Caspian, Searl, N* w
ton, N. C. , Dudley, Ivy,Wilmwg-
Cleared. —Swship Mini . .
Nautilus, Dyer, Havre; lett, Bolin, Havana; nark
Stuart, New York ; schr C L brig Buenos Ayr
ton. Currency, Wording, Bos-
Wenttotea yesterday
Liverpool; line ship Ca’ —Br ship Erin, M Net ag .
Fr brig Deaux Freres, .houn, O’Neil'. 1 '*'"' •
Buepos Ayres, Stuart, Marionneau, N»ntz; t L *S
ria Von Commenga, F New York; Ham galliot Ma
oyer, Aroeterdam.