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ifcfi ' 1 M% r -- t.t.w .. -. "** Min him ———— WILLIAM E. JONES. AUGUSTA, Ga. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 16 1839 lr TTT _ Vol. lII.—No. ii. | ~ I R 'llli; CIIRO.VICbK AM) SKNTIJffH | PUBLISHED, f I h DAILY, TIU-WEEKLY, AND WEEK!-' At No. Drond-slreet. '/ I TERMSI | Bafty paper. Ten Dollar; per annum, in ? l'anre »:■ Tjri-IVeskl'j paper, at Six Dollars in »d lince or U'i Seven at the end of the year. ■r We%';lti paper, Three Dollars in advance.'* * 0,11 at M the end of 3 - ear. i B ....... -ii * gfaCIUUISICUi AM) .sk.nHNkL. K ■ AUGUSTA. 1 .MONDAY M(;J NINO, Al'fllß 15. t- An (Exciting Kumar* M. The Philadelphia Inquircroftho 11th states on I thsautha ity ofa gentium in s.-rivc 1 fron Boston 1 on the previous evenin', with information that n at the time ho left, much excitement prevailed in thnteom.nnnitv. in consequence of a report that aßriti sh frigate had fired into an American schoon- | or nnd killed four men. The cause of the outrage is not stated. Should the story he confirmed im mediate measures will no douht bo taken for the proper explanation of so sanguinary a proceeding. Reduction Convention. Appling —Hull, Robertson. Bryan —Smith, Linder. Camden —Clark, Drown, Cone. Campbell —''arlton, Bradbury, Thornton. Chattooga —Heard, Tomlinson. I iVC/icroke; —Bird, Maddox, Donaldson. Cobb —Anderson, Mills, Mobley. Dade —Tutom, McCollum. Effingham —Powers, Charlton. E ncintiel —Harris, Brinson. Fayette —Dixon, Nixon, Whitaker. Floyd- —Hemphill, Wright, Hanson. Forsyth —Kellogg, Hammond, Hutchins. Gwinnett —Hutchins, Kisbct, Jones, Trippc. H.ard —Tompkins, Crosby, Teddy. Laurens —Wright Guyton, Robinson. Lowndes —Knight, Blair, Burnett. Lumpkin —McAfee, Gathright, Chastain. Macon —Bryan, Brown, Green. jl lon/gomcry —Connor, Creech. Murray —Chappell, McGaughcy, Carson. .. • Thomas —Mclntyre, Mitchell, Brinson. > Troup —Dougherty, Haralson, Fears, Bearley, Philips. Upson —Holloway, Cobb, Davis, Gibson. Walker —Smith, Jones, Davis. Wayne —Hanis, O’Brien. From the Savannah Georgian. Georgia Rail Road A- Ranking Company. The following letter was read yesterday before Council, from Win. Dearing, Esq., President of the Georgia Kail Road and Banking Company. Savannah, March 11, 1831). To the Hon. Mayor and Aldermen, of the C ty i f Savannah. Gentlemen ;— The Georgia Kail Road and Banking Company, propose to locate in the City of Savannah a Branch i.ank. The provisions of our 'barter prohibits the location within any cor poration, wiihout first obtaining the consent of the city autiionties. Believing that we shall aid the general and commercial interest of your city, we respectfully ask of your honorable body, the privilege of u aking such location, at our own convenience in terms of our charter. R spectfully submitted for your consideration and action, wai.ing your answer. Yours, WO. DEARING, President, Geo. R. R. iSt Banking Company, The Committee of Council appointed for the consideration of the above made the following report: The Committee to whom was referred the ap plication of the President of the Georgia Rail Road Company to establish “at its own conve nience," a branch of their Bank in this < ity. have the honor to report, that after mature deliberation . and consultation, they have come to the deter- P initiation that said application, should bo refused: Your Committee are perfectly aware that the present Banking Capital of the City is altogether inadequate for its commerce, and that an increase of the same to the extent of at least three mil lions of dollars, is necessary to its prosperity; but your Committee do not believe that any relief would be affjrded to our Citizens by the establish ment of the proposed Branch, because it may never suit the “own convenience” of the Georgia Rail Road and Banking Company to establish the Branch here, and we have no guaranty that the por ion of the capita! of said Company which may he assigned to Savannah, will, be continued here permanently. It is evident, that if we give our assent to this application wc could not with propriety deny the same privilege to any other Hank of the Interior, and then instead of having Banks conducted and directed by our citizens, independent of the con trol, which we know is exercised by the parent hoar 's wherever situate, wo should have a number of Blanches subject to such control and influence. As a further evidence that the proposed Branch would a fiord us little oi no relief, your committee call your attention to the fact, that the capital of the Georgia Rail Road and Banking Company is for Ranking purposes, only one million of dollars, the half whereof is already appropriated to its Branch at Augusta, and the greater part of the residueseems to be necessary lor the parent board at Athens. Your < ommittee believe that our commercial standing and business entitle us to an increase of i Bank capital and they believe that either the capi tal of the Banks already located among us should I be increased by the next Legislature, or new j Banks created, to the stock of which our citizens may have an opportunity of subscribing and which said Banks will be thoroughly and entirely identified with our interests, and subject to no control by other Boards having little or no pe cuniary int rest in our city. Your committee do not doubt that the next Legislature will listen to the calls which the corporate authorities, and our citizens will make upon that body, for the relief which wo are entitled and desirous to have, and if the Legislature shall refuse us that relief, it will then be time to hearken to the application of i Banks located elsewhere, to establish “at their j own convenience” and for their own benefit, branches of their institutions amongst us; but in the mean time, until we are satisfied that the Le gislature will do us this flagrant injustice, and as the business season is drawing rapidly to its close, and there is no pledge or even statement that the proposed Branch will lie this year (or ever) located amongst us, your committee decline, (under the present condition of affairs) reporting in favor of j said application, and propose the following reso lutions viz: • Resolved , That a memorial he prepared by a eornmi tec of the Hoard, appointed by the Mayor, i to he presented to the Legislature at its next ses ! sion, setting forth the admitted and just wants of the community in respect to further Banking | Capital, praying for the charter of a new Bank with a capital of millions, or for the increase of the capital of one or more of the Banks of Savannah, to that extent; supposing that we cannot doubt that ’he General Assembly of tha State, plainly seeing our need from the very ap plications ol the Banks of lbs interior for the es tablishment of Branches with us will grant our reasonable request. Resolved, That in case such appeal to the Le gislature should fail to procure the passage of this necessary enactment to aid the fiscal interests of the city, then it will he reasonable and seasonable enough to eonsidet the question of admitting among us the branches of other Institutions which might furnish the requisite facilities, ROBT. M. CHARLTON, WM. R. WARING, KOBT. M. GOODWIN. Committee. > i From the. Philadelphia Inquirer of the II th. j Six Days Later from England. 1 - ° t inteiesting and Important News. , The packet ship Monongahcla, Capt. Micro- | ken, arrived at this port last evening from Liver pool, whence she sailed on the evening of the f Bth of March. Through the politeness ol Mr. I Cope, and the attentive superintendent of the i Exchange, we have London papers to the Bth, I and Liverpool to the 9th. The news is both in- t teresling and important. We copy every thing I of importance. p THE COTTON MARK KT, C A considerable advance has taken place in I cotton. Seventy-five thousand hales had been ( sdd in a single week, and ten thousand in a ’ single day. t LIVEfIPOOL COTTOV M VUKET, March 0. ( The sales on Thursday last, were 3000 bags; Friday, 4000; Saturday, 8000, (3000 taken on speculation.) Monday, 12,000, principally to j the trade; Tuesday, 10,000, (4,500 on specula- , tion,) and to-day 25 000, (15,000 on specula- ( tion.) The business done since last week has / been very large; an active demand sprung up on ( Saturday, which has continued with great ani- ( mation. In prices American have advanced ( fully jd per lb.; Brazils Jd per lb; other kinds | remain steady. The week’s import is small, 7251 hags. | Ths Maine Question. The Fihst News iv E volavd.—We copy c an exciting article upon this subject from the s Liverpool Slandard, a violent Tory paper whose I ravings arc entitled to but little consideration. e From the Liverpool Standard of March 8. J WAU WITH THE UNITED STATES. ,■ We cannot refrain from expressing our sin- J cere regret that there is every probability of im- t mediate hostilities with the United States. We i repeat wc regret it, for many reasons, particularly fur the sake ol thousands and thousands of nigh ! minded, intelligent, virtuous, and benevolent per- I sons in that country, many of whom wc know I personally, who would suffer severely if war ' should take place. I Her Majesty’s frigate Inconstant, which has I arrived at Plymouth in 15 days from Halifax, has < brought intelligence from America seven days 1 l iter than the packet George Washington. By i her we learn that, not only has the Government I of the State of Maine taken possession of the 1 long disputed boundary line in that State, hut that 1 the United States Government has actually issued I orders lor the taking possession of the disputed 1 territiry. i If this he the case, —that is, if the United States I Government (we desire to express ourselves dis tinctly upon this important subject) has issued such an order, uo power on earth will ever con- j vinoe us but that certain personages in Ibis counj ( try have not only given it to understand it might do so with impunity, but have instigated it so to do ! Wc know enough of the mind of Van Buren, ' and of the most talented members of the United j S ates Government, to convince us, that they nc- ( vor would have sanctioned such a procedure, un less they have lost their senses since the month of j July last, or unless they had intimation to do so, . and assurances from influential persons hero, that . they should meet with no opposition from this country. London, March 7. ( Citx, Twelve o’clock. ] “The sales ofConsols have been continued this | morning, and the quotations are consequently ra- ( ther low. For Money they arc 92J to I, and 93 ( sellers for the Account, The amount purchased | by the Commissioners was 12,000 Consols at 92$ | being 3,000 less than yesterday. Exchequer Rills are 03 to 05 pm., and India Bonds 04 to 60 Pm- . . , Ths Groat Western, we need scarcely slate, ( had not reached England. The packet ship George Washington had ar rived from New York at Liverpool. The Allc- ( ghany, Capt. Michaels, sailed for Philadelphia ( on the slh. The Hero, Garwood, sailed for Philadelphia on the 6th. r From the National Intelligencer. A note of wailing, extorted from a contcmpo- ( rary journal at Mobile by the decision of the Su- | promo court of the United Slates on the great Ap- . peal case from Alabama, reminds us that wehave not expressed, as strongly as wc felt it, the grati fication with which we saw the spirit of Locoro coism, in its most lowering and ambitious flight checked and struck down by the ail-bul unanimous decision of that high tribunal. To give the reader a general idea of what wo mean when we use the term Locotocoism, which has lately found its way into our language, it may be proper to slate that we understand it to com prehend the levelling or pulling-down principle, which professes to contend only against artificial and therefore unjust distinctions among men, but ends in openly making war against all the laws and established usages of society, as being so ma ny unnatural and unbearable restraints upon the freedom and equality which arc common rights of all the human race. This is Locofocoism, as un derstood by us, of which the meaning is thus defi nitely stated that our readers may know what it is ire mean w'hen we avow our never-ending op position to it. The working of the principle to which wc re fer has been seen and felt in all nations at almost j all times. It began to show itself sooq after the 1.. " ' '*■ ««»■ 'I umai ——3mß Deluge, and will not disappear from the earth un der any dispensation short of the occurrence of a second Deluge, or the advent of the Day of Judg ment. It presents itself in many shapes; but per haps no general description of it is more true than that which Shnkspearc has embodied in ins char acter ot Jack Codr, who held out to his followers that there should he in England seven half-pen ny loaves sold for a penny ; that all the realm should ho in common ; that there should be no money, hut all should eat and drink on his score; that all the lawyers should he killed ; that know ing how to write should he a hanging matter; that the Banks and Court-houses of that day should ho all pulled down, and all the records of the realm burnt. Loeofocoism is not always however, ragged and runagate, as in this personification of it. In our day, wo too often meet with it in silks and broadcloths; and we have even hoard of its being seen in robes of ermine. It is, in truth, of no particular rank or station. Wherever human passions or human frailties reside, or can pene;< trate, there we shall find it. Yesterday, it was busy in intimidating and overawing the establish ed (lovernment at Harrisburg; the day before it was in the midst of the mob sacking a (lour-slort in New \ ork city; and the latest and most alar ming exhibition of it was in the attempt, under color of judicial power, to annul the obligation of contracts. In all these cases ills still the same spirit of misrule. We discover in it the same enmity to the established order of things ; the same disposition to set the poor against the rich— the idle against the industrious—the unruly against the laws and law-makers—and, finally, the Slate Governments against the Government of the Union, the great regulator, protector, and preserver of the liberties of this People. We rejoice to see that a spirit thus hostile to every idea of civilization, religion, and well-regu lated government, lias been so signally relinked in its first attempt to wrest the judicial authority to its aid. The cheering conviction has been thereby strengthened in the minds of those who know how to value the conservative principle in government, that there is in dlir political system one harrier which power cannot break down, nor party undermine. This decision, following that on tile Mandamus case at the preceding term of the Court, has given increased confidence to the lovers of our glorious institutions, and doubled the security of the tenure by which over, individ ual in the community holds his life, his liberty, and his property. We rejoice in the decision of the Supremo Court, moreover, for a reason by itself, apart from the merits of the case decided. It has shown to us, by one bright example more, Me inapprecia ble value of \s i vhhpesdkxt Jumei mv. Had the tenure of office of the Judges of the Supreme Court depended on the pleasure of the Executive or on the fluctuations of party in the Legislative bodies (in accordance with one of the. cardinal principles of Loeofocoism) it would have been perhaps exacting too much from human virtue to have hoped that they could have resisted the combined efforts, from within and without, to sway and control their judgments on the particu lar case before them. Their decision under such circumstances might have been the same as it was, for they arc honorable and upright men: but we arc thankful to the wisdom of those who made the Constitution wo live under, that the Judges of the United Slates arc, by the tenure of their office, placed beyond the reach equally of seduction, intimidation, or violence. The reader of the report of the argument of Mr, Webster before tire Court in that case may primaps remember the allusion made by him, in his place, to the conduct of a press in this city, which, whilst the case was under consideration in the Court, undertook to speak, in a tone some thing approaching to that of command, of the de cision to he expected from the Court upon it. The reference thus made was to the official paper of the Government, lint, as onr readers do not know irhut it was that called forth this just rep rehension by Mr. Webster, we append the article to these observations, leaving them to determine for themselves what degree of influence such inti mations to the Supreme Court might have had, if that Court were otherwise organized and com posed than it is. From the. Globe of February 1,1539. It affords us pleasure to announce Judge Mc- Kinley’s arrival in Washington, after having been detained some time at home by severe illness. He took his seat yesterday in the Supreme Court just in the nick of lime. Some of onr readers are no doubt aware of his memorable judgments at Mohdo lately, excluding hanks of Georgia, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania (branch of the Uni ted States Bank) from the right of recovering in Alabama on notes discounted there by agents of those banks, with theirfunds and for their benefit. The Constitution of Alabama makes hanking an affair of the Stale, and puts it under sa'ulary re strictions. The law of that Slate likewise makes its operations the only means of taxation, so as to derive the public income from them. Bound by these wise provisions, Judge McKinley deter mined that, as no citizen ol Alabama can hank there hut as those provisions allow, of course no citizens of any other State can do so; and, fur thermore, he was of opinion that no incorporated hank or other such corporation can he con sidered such out of the State incorporating it. Fur this judgment, so stiiikingyl just and piiopeii, the hank press forthwith opened its bat teries of abuse not.only against the judgment, hut the character and purity of the judge who gave it. Wall street was conspicuous in these calumnies, stimulated by which a great corpora tion had the audacity hi procure and pub huh the opinion of an old Fedor d lawyer of New York, of course condemning Judge McKinley's opin on out and out, in oniiF.it to forestall that op the Supreme Court. When the as fair wac begun to he discussed in the Supreme Court here, he had not arrived; and it is, per haps, well for him that lie had not, for the hunk attorney, David ti. Ogden, spent all his breath for two hours in denouncing the monstrous doc trine he was to combat, and the ruinous conse quences to fol low. Soon after Mr. C. .1. Ingehsoll of Pa. enters' upon his demolition of this tissue of arrogant technicality, J udgo Mi Kini.kv fortunately ar rived, and took his seat on the bench, just in time to hear a complete vindication ofhis positions and A CONCLUSIVE ARGUMENT AGAINST THE RIGHT OF THESE MONEY-MON GERING MONSTERS to stray from their’’ spheresrstffi invade the quiet regions of distant States, there to ravage, monopolize, and destroy. Messrs. Clay Webster, and Sergeant, were all in attendance, the two latter busily taking notes of Mr. Ingersoll’s thorough exposition of legal, political, and economical principles, which, if we are not mistaken, have inflicted the coup de grace os, sr any hate, wandering corpora tions. Vagobond hanks are in a fairway to he ciiatned up, to bite and bark only at their own houses. The court room was crowded with a brilliant audience of both sexes, and from all parts; many of whose countenances seemed to re i'-spond to Mr. Inoeiisoll’s argument of many hours duration m favor of a recvurkncr to first I'iiiMTPiKs, and upholding them against ! THE SPECULATIONS OK I'PSTAtiT COM HI N ATI ON M AMI THKI n A livin' VTKS. \VH \T A BLESSING IT wild, UK IF THE JUDICIARY SHOULD INTERPOSE TO ADMINISTER LAW UP ON I HE WRONG DOERS, whose rapacity has so deeply encroached on the best interests and institutions of the country ! Grkat Cotton Caiiooks.—The ship Tul- | ley rand cleared at Natchez on the 291 h ult. with I a cargo of two thousand ono hundred and sixty hales ot cotton weighing eight hundred and eighty live thousand and six hundred pounds—the larg est cargo ever taken from Natchez. The Grand Gull Advertiser states that the ship Franklin, which left that port on the 23th ult. had on hoard ono thousand eight hundred and eighty six bales cotton, weighing seven hundred a.id ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety one pounds. f? s. * Co). Johnson. A Washington correspondent of tne Baltimore-, s Patriot says : The Richmond Enquirer and other Locofoco papers there have indicated this plainly enough and have done all they dare do to ehoak olf Go loncl Johnson:—all they dare do—l repeat. — They know well enough what the Colonel has threatened—and so do I, It is time the public should know it. Well then The Colonel— the party’s chosen, picked man tor the Vice Pres idency —and the Uh. l ut tin- party members of the United States Senate—openly declared, at the last session, that if the would he Managers undertook to play any pranks with him, if they attempted to thrust him oil - the course, if they started any candidate against him, he would go home to Kentucky, take the stump—and coined out in opposition to Martin Van 1 1 ■ u ! Ichhl lengo authoritative denial of this ; it is trite. Stale nf the. Ocmulgee Bunk of the Stale of Georgia,on Monday morning, April 1, 1839. LI AIIILITIF.S. To Capital Stock, £500,000 “ This sum paid in 209,400 00 “ D.scount Account 7,544 23 “ Depositors 7,858 35 “ Due other Banks 132,545 42 “ Dividend No 1 1,801 20 “ Notes in circulation 225,710 00 “ Cher tier 70,515 00 655.434 20 ASSETS. By Georgia Female College 15,000 00 “ Discounted notes, all good 148,617 85 “ Discounted Bond good 20,000 00 “ Exchange running to maturity all good 341,202 05 “ Due by other Banks, 12,158 93 “ Protest Account 27 00 “ Protested Exchange good, 2,000 00 “ Note in suit, “ 3,500 00 “ Notes under protest all good 1,230 00 “ Banking house and lot, 4,925 00 Cash balance, Gold and Silver in vault, 85,302 77 Specie Certificates 400 00 Total specie, 85,702 77 Checks on Augusta 1,000 00 Notes of other Banks 20,070 00—106,772 77 055.434 20 JOSEPH A. WHITE, Asst. Cash’r. The condition of our Frontier. A correspondent of the National Intelligencer writes from Detroit,— There is scarcely a soldier or a gun along the whole line of our border, from Ohio to Lake Hu ron ; while on the other side of the river is a strong force of regular troops, a formidable mili tary post at Malden; and, also, an island a few miles below, on which the English have been re cently throwing up some fortifications. It may be well supposed, therefore, that most of our citi zens wore not a little startled at the idea of being placed so unexpectedly on the defensive under such circumstances. Happily recent intelligence is'of a more pacific character, and wc look upon the danger of a collision us past. One thing, however, the recent events have impressed more forcibly upon the minds of the community, and of which wc have much reason to comp ain, which is, that while the English are accumulating strong forces iu our immediate neigh borhood. and almost within cannon shot of this city, and repairing old and erecting new fortifica tions, not a dollar is expended, or a hand lifted by our Government, to place this frontier in such a state as to enable it to ward off any attempts at aggression. lowa Territory. The ensuing remarks, taken from the St. Louis Argus of March 22, show the growing prosperity of this new territory. The Receiver of public monies at Burlington, lowa territory, arrived in this city a few days since bringing with him to deposit in Bank, to the credit of the Treasurer of the United .States, £345,000. The office at Burlington was opened on the Ist of October last, sinre which time, embracing a period of less than six months, £400,000 have been received there for lands. Os this amount upwards of 100,000 were recei ved in silver, about 45,000 in gold, and the bal ance in treasury notes, Missouri and Illinois State Dank hills, and Military Land scrip. The proportion of gold we understand to be much larger than has generally been received at other offices. M ore than three-fourths of the large amount mentioned above has been paid by the actual set tlers of the country. Emigrants are now going into lowa in great numbers, and it is confidently predicted that ere two years shall have elapsed from the date of her organization as a territory, to wit, by the 4th of July, 1840, she will have a surplus of many thousands over the number o" inhabitants neces sary for her admission as a State into the Union. From the Ladies’ Companion. The Wife’s Revenge. A LEOKNBOF (I KHUA N V . A small hamlet rested upon the sale of one of the lofty mountains of ibo Julian Alps, which them e towering aloft, conceived (ram view its snow-crown ed peak amid tire encircling clouds ot night. Three persons still lingered around ihe srnnly fire in the cheerless kitchen of ihe inn, though ii was midnight. Silence had fallen upon them as they gnzed on the demy tig embers, which now blazed up, then sank again, sending font, no warmth, nor creating any sound indicative of I heir presence, save now and then a sharp crackling as ihe land lord stirred them up '1 hey smoked th. ir pipes with that meditative look peculiar ti ihose who have just Ireard. us they had a wild and fearful narrative, The n rroior, and the most remarkable oft he three, was a stranger, only just arrived in the vicinity alter some years of foreign travel. Want nnd hardship.in oih-r lands had given him the appearance ol and older man ilmn in reality h;* was ny usurping nfewol I lie wrinkle* of Time to trace them on Ilia yw go. The (iorre rny.s of a tropic ami nnd bruzed Ins cuinplcxiut ,nnd coiiatani lu in'innly with uiiiger bait bestowed upon him the reckless, undaunted mr of n warrior not unused to sornra of blood and anile \el iho so ilier’s manly frmikoeat was \>noting ; for, in the quirk, glancing eye and j compressed lips, might he acen Mio workings of n nnnd cupahlo of devising nny tin. g snbllo and vil i I.inuiis,allied lo (he icsohiiinii necessary for ibccv eculion oi any ol his achemea * Look ye, my good f'nm d," pulling aside ilin lamp w hich rated upon (he liihlo placed hehind Icinsc ll and the person he addies.v d,“ did Jou deny Jonr hehel ol what I said concerning the spirna who walk nmoi g our Inlls at night ! Ihi you not believe in them’” “Certainly not," replied lie, with a sort ol forced scornlm sarnie, its if by it tie would discover a mind of superior mould ; yet that wore foolish, aim a by the atlempl nt a sneer, be did but heiruy I lie super stitions weakness be slrove to conceal. iNonool ihe horrible laics o! bis native land seemed 1 capable ol receiving any crodii in the stranger's mind, tin m the quick glance of recognition which s passed unobserved by their companion—between rile o d host and biinsell, the cause of his coinin'! became evident, sine.-some plot seemed hatching between them which could bring no good to the other —who was a miller—us ho was the poison imp >m d upon. “I’ll tell you wti-u, my worthy friend, ’ said the 11081, interrupting Ila ir cotiln.ii d discussion, “ ’ns lull lime lo pan ; so, my good Frans, c.anst lake a Inn!?’’ ‘ " by, yes," said the miller, in an uncertain tone, us though lie doubted whether to go or lo remain ; but rising, bo walked lo iliu window and looked oul "pun the sky, then vvuli a cold slmd.icr bo clew d In casement and reluming 1 1 the hearth, sat down in silence. “Well miller, what’s your mind ?" “I think I’ll remain hereto night ’’ ‘ CouluTihmk ol ■■. miller ” “V\ ell, flans,” said he, idler n litt'e while,“l sup. pose I Ilium go, as you will no' lei me slay; hut Id me tell you, I shall not soon so get this," and h iati ly wishing ihe stranger “ aguud night’s rest," Ire tinned Ins steps homeward. INo sooner had ihe lasi echo of bis footsteps died away, than the bust, shaking the stranger cordial ly by the band, exclaimed,“ bight glad am I to sec you again, my w.irlhy Kleiner ; a fine game you’ve played upon our Inendly miller.” “Ay, liuly, old friend ; liilc does be think ib it be has spent the whole evening listening to the words ol a rival, returned to cl,inn the bride be slrove so long lo win.’’ “Ah, my good boy, strange tilings have happened since you leu u-, to seek a fortune n foreign lands.” •‘What? vvbul lovely Marie has—” “Married the miller ” “by all the spirits o( the Hanz nnd fiends of bell'. I would have slum him while he stood liefi e me, hud 1 hut known that be hud dared to wed my pro mised brii.e !” 1 be demon of passion, with magic hand, changed the expression ot bis visage. W here previously reign ed the calm, contennd look of ihe traveller, return ed lo Ini native bind iu reek bis affianced wile,now predominated jhe tbi.nl lor vengeance. He rushed to the dooms jflo pursue the miller, but the bust threw lum-elf belore him. “be culm, good Kleiner; I have a scheme which shall by one blow, destroy the miller and bis fund ly. Listen, now” Gradually, as the fell plot discovered to the travel ler a now w..y ol revenge, bis whole appearance changed, and when the host concluded, bis ex ternal fierceness bad disappeard ; but the culm llnii pervaded bis countenance shuvvei the consuming lire that glowed within Lei ns leave them, hastily preparing tor iho execution of I heir plot, and ac company t' e nulh-r as be ascends the rugged path w hi* h leads to his mountain homo. There are those who will utter their disbelief ol something >hey p-en nd loco aider ridiculous, who, when alone in some wild glen, orir cklc.-s forest, will ponder on ihe subject, in spue of their wish In think of something less fearin', till, from very Tear, ibey own to tlicmselvr s their bedel in what they have heard, and thus hope to exorcise Ihe phantom which haunts their minds, fc>uch was the miller, and frigh.fnl wore th' images which filled bts imagination as he pur.-nod bis mourilain pnih, lie became convinced ol what he hail before denied,and irorn every rock nnd hillock, from every bush nnd tree, be expected someawlul spirit to appear and overwhelm trim in bis wrath- His iinnira was lie co and fiery;though in Iris color moments Ire bad been sly led cowardly,nnd even justly so; y it, when amused by an imagined in jury, he could, like many on era in tins world, per. n on fealionibe impulse of the moment, which, when calm, bo bud not the bean even to attempt- Ho was quick nnd vindictive, si d it was always ns coiivenicn tor bunioiiiigei a liivor.ns >1 was natural lor him to remember nn injury. He was alive lo suspicion and jealousy, nnd os bis character was an exception lu the minimal one, bo was baled unit despised by all save onu sweet soul, who seemed to love bun most when most shes iw him spurned. Who can a;c mm for woman’s love ? Who ran desi ritio that sweet (lower, gr wing unnoticed upon a lender stalk, blooming ibe while foi the. most worthless object upon ourlb—a jealous husband, but she who own.-, the passion ? In bur ease, she loved not her husband merely because be bud one* been lire god ol bur affection, but because sb" saw in him the scape gnat, ns I were, of his fellows, and she k ew be needed all bei love to make him hippy. When passion bad en dowed linn w'rib more than Iris usual strength mid courng, and be burst out with threats ami impreca tions against some neighbor, sic, poor, ill user! cr a lure, would cling to bis neck, b s arms, bis Anns, praying him to be calm, and detaining him, till rea son bad again assumed her empire. Sometimes in censed at her inleiferenco. ho would with brutal v iolenco dash her from him. (lie.■ rurte her for her— love! Yet, though the vi.loiu lov ho always pro fcssi d for her beioro marriage, ceased with the cere rnony, and did not even dwindle into llio solid ad m ration nnd esteem u oflon does, hewn died her wit li the same vigilance that ahoy would a new purchased dog, lo see ihat none should dare he kind to bun, lest someone should wrest bis growing an thorny from him. He nomed bis home; it was truly a grand and magnificent retreat, and yet, of course, bad been sought by n in, merely on account of its utility ; and therefore, m gazing upon it, its use grnli ied bs de sire for gain,more than Us sublimity fired Ins imagi nation. The scene was wild bm beautiful. Some hundred feci above where he stood, a mountain to rent dashed over a precipice, nnd one cb side of Ihe mvme through winch it took con se, lay two im mense 'ucks, hemming in a"d pro icnng tbs pn tty stream below ; a lew siunud eve greens partially covered the sleep nicks, finding bill seamy room lo take root in their cliffs. For one moment the miller deliberated whether he should take the usual yet rnibcr dangerous foot path up the rock, or follow the more circuitous horse-road which was much safsr jhe chose the latter, which was not m*ch used- He gained at lentlh ihe rocky summit, and plainly saw ihe bgnt burning in bis dwi llmg, bin as be lamed bis bond lo look m another direction, ihe pulsations nt bis h- nn ceased, hi* hair stood on end, tin he beheld a mil, stalely figure, whose vv bite dress seem d besmeared with human blood ; in bis right hand be bad a scull, within which glowed a light;in bis left, a massive lies bless bone. Fear crept upon him ns be gazed. A cold, death like chili ran through Ins veins, and Ins shaking knees prevented lie accomplishing the purpose of bis heart. A sepulchral -toned voice lima with measured accents sounded m bis ear “Stand and listen man of clay ; ihe fiery spirit of vengeance who rides upon Ihe lliunder cloud, and directs the forked lightning, bids ye listen and obey ! The rival ye thought dead will tins night return; the wile of your bosom will fly with him ’ An unbroken pause en-ued ; at last, the miller raising bis bend, glanced at the spot whre ho had seen Ibe misty spirit ;it bad vanished. For one illumi n' lie did not seem lo realize wbal be bad seen and beard; ihe next, as the assertion of bis wife’s infidelity occurred to him, iiernshid inward ibe house ; the door yieldtil to bis might, but no wile greeted him ; he seated bimaelf, the sense of fear left him, but the determination of revenge had taken K;T' 0 1 f ‘r“ T K, ,’ lor jealousy hod .tun, him ' ; <1 his V. Hu guilty, mid il.cn » thnimlu Hiuik him; with the fury..fn tuiniac he Mix-kcd niihia bedroom door until it flew off tho She was nut there ! Ilia worst suspicion, seemed confirmed, mid in his bosom reigned that s|»‘i ia ofpfircnzy, the person affected wi.h which, uitcn docs ihiriys of which he is uni on scions. Ihe noise he hud mndo awoke his little I.l** W ” OBO iI now met his ear. Hu !hn ! h i!" ho shrieked," an thou (here,child oia gji.liy mother ” He snatched the intlini from its pillow, and lor a mom nt gazed fixedly upon it ; ml nit one spink ol parental loudness was in (hit paze, lor il any had ever existed, his passion snnuh, caul Hs influence Unmuidiul of his screams, ho shook Ihe hop as ho exclaimed, “ Death were bet tor lor thee, hoy than lift*, embittered by the know ledge oi a mother’s crime?” Madly he flew from the house; a lit.le he)mid the threshold he hehe-ld Ins wife approaching him "Ah, husband,” said she,sweetly," I hove waited very, very tong lor you, hunealh tli • rocks.” “)\ oman, ills false I Von have been to see your paramour. Away!" iSno saw her child, who cried as he heard hn mm her s voice, mid discovering upon her husband's coiiiiicnmicc, us “die approached him. the flcmlmh murks ol rage, she aliempled lo march her child, *' |<‘f il< safely. He pusheil her irom him ‘ Hustiaiid—Kraus, what would you do! Give mo my child." lliii with one arm beheld aloft his weep ing hoy,and w ith the other, clasp, d his wife. "Gome on— on w th mo base woman ! Upon yon der ptecip co s edge,you shall g*xe ii|hiii his destruc lion . li will he so sweet lo see thy sorrow !” "My child ! rny child ! Hive me my child! Oh, c runs I hy all you hold sacred, ipruy you give me hack my hoy I” She prayed, she screamed,she citing to his knees lo deter him from Ins evident intention. In vam! who with one spirh of humanity glowing in hit frame, or who with even the outward allrihuies o man, cmild have resisted thin fair being’s prayers lor •he safety of her child ! Who could have dia believed her portcsiatiousof inn, ccnce I lie gained iho prec, pice’s slippery edg , dragg eg, after him his shrieking wif , who clung to him with moreihan woman’s strength, siriving to detain him. "Spare him, Kruns! spare our twi ei child 1” Bui, unmoved a- ihe firm rock he stood upon, ha threw his 101 l hand upon her shoulder and pressed her lo (he ground. "Now base adulteress, behold the death of your bohe,” he si id, and nr mm’s length hold nhdt the un conduits hoy. Il was wnere the cataract dashed down into the foaming abyss, he cast his only child! A wild laugh hurst from his lips, Hu revenge was cum/.liie ! i lieu, lor Iho first time, reason threw one bright gleam lo illume his tumid us boom. He gazed upon ihe fair being who my insensible at his led— yd no pny evinced ilself lor ner; he seemed indeed conscious ol his act, for seeing her revive a little he exclaimed, “ Ho now and re, k vour paramour, your husband follows his child !” then giving one high lean into the air, toll deep into the wild, water cat aract. four ill-used wife ! innocent, yet believed guilty whal was then your “late I horning dawned and beheld ihe widowed wile,iho childless moih'T, ga zing va, dully into the grave ol her hushnnd and son. Hui two others, the el ranger, the former rival of ihe miller, ond ihe vil unoiis host, were there. "Hr hold, woman,” exclaimed Iho former. "I am ha who in ihe guise of ihe spirit ol Vengence, fed thy hrisbin l's our with sto ies of ihy infidelity. I, once Ins rival, now he enemy of time, base woman I” He hail approached so near her as he spoke,thatl she leant her head us if to him ; he front low, with, one bound she placed him between herself end the fatal brink, and, quick os lightning, pushed him toward ii wuh all her lorce—lor in one moment, a'lhough the morning had found her a raving' maniac, she saw the cause ol her husband s conduct* In vain he audeavord to regain his balance, lie slipped .and then rolled over into iho yawning chasm, to meat in death ihe victims oftns wrath. The country.people still point out the fatal spot ■ to Ihe traveller, and strange talcs an* told ol iso -1 man's spirit I hut sldl flics about the Miller's Cliff— , nod even now, I hough fifty years have passed since iho occurence ol the events mentioned in this nn'- > rative, none dare venture near the rock of The i Wife's Revenge. i j The War. I The annexed hit at the unending Florida war is I from a ‘'down-cast” paper; Ever since the creation, Hy the best calculation, The Florida war has been raging, And ’tis our expectation That tbc last conflagration Will find us the same contest waging I Ami yet ’tis not an endless war, As facts will plainly show, Having been “ended” forty times In twenty months or so. Sam Jones, Sam Jones, thou great unwhipped Thou mak’sta world of bother, Indeed, we quite suspect thou art Cne Davy Jones’s brother. “The war is ended,” comes the news, We’ve caught them in our gin; The war is ended, past a doubt, “Sam Jones has just come in I” But hark next day the tune we change, And sing a counter-strain ; “The war’s not ended,” “for, behold, Sam Jones is out again !” And ever and anon we hear, Proclaimed in cheering tores,. Our General’s had—a battle no,. A talk with Samuel Jones ! For aught we see while ocean rolls, (As though these crafty Scminoles Were doubly nerved and sinewed,) Nor art nor force can e’er avail, Hut, like some modern premium tale, The war’s “to bo continued.” Consignees per South Carolina Rail Road,. Hamburg, April 13, 1839. C. A Grincr, J. M. Caifin, W. Allen, Haird <fe Howland, Stovall & Simmons, Reese & Beali, H. & It. Nesbit, A. W. Walton, 11. Leeds, Vlay & Hnnce, J. W. I laugh ton, It.C. Hadwin, U. W. Force, L. Dwclle, K. I). Cook,F. 11. i ook, Antony & Haines, R ink in & Hoggs, J. A. Rube, Snowden 8t Shear, A. Cum ning, Hand k Scranton, Albert It Shove, B. K. Kendrick, (J. Parrott, J. F. Henson, H. W. Sullivan, 11, D. Jeffers, Anderson k Adams. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Savannah, April 12. Cleared —Hrig Madison, Hulkley, N York Arrived yelerday —Hr bark Alex Watt, Johnson, Liverpool Went to sea —Pr ship Ruby, Wescott, St Johns, N' B; Hr ship St Andrew, Leitch, Liverpool; Br ship Columbus, Penhall, Liverpool; ship Milledge ville, Porter, N York; bark R H Douglas, Collins, Baltimore; schr Excel, Sellaw, Philadelphia; schr Greek, Howes, Philadelphia, Departed —Steamboat i halham, Wray, Augusta. Savannah, April 13. Cleared. —Hr hark Superb, Shannon, Greenock ; Hr bark Adelaide, Dawson, Liverpool; Br bark Eliza, Trail, Liverpool; brig Washington, Evans, Havana; schr New England, Robinson, Ncw- York. Arrived yesterday —Schr Otis, Bangs,Providence. Went to sea. —Bark Georgian, Spencer, Philadel phia. Charleston, April 13. Arrived yesterday —Brig Daniel Webster, Adams, Matanzas; Bremen three masted schr Matadoy, Ballaer, Bremen. Cleared. —Brig Howell, Smith, Matanzas; Lino brig Langdon Cheves, Baker, Philadelphia, Went to sea yesterday —Brig Pleiades, Lowell, West Indies; Tacon, Green, West Indies: Monho gan, Norris, Boston.