Newspaper Page Text
JPy-om the New-Yorker.
Diamond Cut Diamonds
A riKDARIC
■ V ROBERT TORNRR.
'JIVm the Queen Cny id llie Empire Slst",
I lie fir.i niid proud, *t id ou' lieioispl ere,
oil* iliruncd by in gmv waters, dweb.ol I Me,
Tile hero ol the uie 1 1. 1. you lore.
Hi« name was Mucgma; end nhbmigh theisms
{* boili ■ vulgar mi l di g iireiul nnnie,
J™ V* a»lung'o hun.ell been -mull or Bro in,
’Timid it Imvo le.ssoed aught of hit renown 7
Atheii '’i ggin*' daily svoertlon
Vaa not llie inilai map-eied in 'be nal'on.
Tell me. ye V\ n I a reel broker. .* iln yi u hliiah
" ben tlin liina ■ n each hose and Inul invention
Py wliirh yi u thuxrd nn ahi n hemnih if;« runh
Altriidnnr on the rrrvtil hank mujm nsion 7
Flush, or him h not, for him I ran hur ►ay,
//• thuVrd fti« lit iplihon*in mihoruat way—
V\ i*h t*iß|i in id rnx ira ;
And, I pray, Mm,
Had h* not higher i.iivim to f mo and glory
Than you con bout of ? Hut urno my«iory :
Hr WM«n nrrh wag; pha ijvnnl nnm»»
Fomim wlk) H«h nine impndonre itinn shame,)
Hisne?! nml wit mi clean nt owny stroke,
'Fur keen alike w»n© hnih hi* hlaih* and johc.
Sometimes hr’d phase, sometimes, « (fond
yon ;
(The firm'i the nrn ihod I would rcromniend i’you.)
O/iedava youth,nil gnihlrmi nfn '<>ard t
ihc sob dow n ihM Had* had ni ver cropp’d,
l ßul one whu thocght, il'ho h e whiskers roared,
‘He’d look »«r#n« man y, imu Muggins’ dropped :
And. hohig abated in ihe may rhnir,
Requested 10 be ilmvtd with skill and caro.
Muggins, yon may 1m *nrn, wag nothing loih.
bo round hn- nrrk he qim kly tucked the cloth ;
And then he (Hither
Prepared hmlailior:
But Jill! Rh he w nn rt fitly 'n begin.
VV uh brush nod s«*s|t. io luhrirale ih ohin,
Mopt H i.irt :
ü ßring me a lignud candle !” !• uni I rought.
Then ruutnl uml round ninth the floor ho bought,
M nh anxious eyes ;
H Inlo wnh surprise
The youth uskcd “V\ hat he looked (or with a light,
when the Ii gh Non wrh beaming these a . hnghl?”
“Look lor V responded Mir-gina, \vi l< a grin,
“* t ‘ Ve, «*n.V dear hit, I d tell yon 1 decline .
’ 1 1« h»i your heard; lor i can aa'eiy swear
i hem n notu hair ol it upon your chin ”
The vouth smiled fmitlv nltheharhor’a wit,
VVhde Miugni' hioghed umii In* tides were
B<hirg,
Those in (he hh»n said ’i wr.w n rcadv hit,
And thai noma i like him coni lel »hem t linking,
The yonih nr om», and hy ih** cnndle’H I gin,
Jn aearch nl Nonieihing-aceined to strain i.i* Might;
While cfllmlv, tor a nine, looked « n our h. r»,
At length, his im ienreg nting down to zero,
*ihe riiari •»( j »ko
r | hurt blnW J V ►poke.
•*Sir, what are v oi looking lor. 1 pray you ?”
“harking ?” replied the yoiph,
“'V h), my good Hir, in iro'h,
I*in looking lor (he Mi,»e ce /in io pay you !“
From the N. 1 ork Smd iy Mtruing News.
The JfvpochoiKlriiic.
,; BT a. aha*, ArruoH or rim iiiiama or i.kila.
Davy D was the most confirmed hypo
choiidnae I ever knew. He revelled in the ridi
culous. Hceiued 100 aiisurd or extrava
gant for hi* imagination to conceive; and the
more olmliiiately he clung to them, the mure dif
ficult they were to cure. His friends ami family
were kept in a stale of constant uneasiness ami
perplexity; for, no sooner had they succeeded in
driving one vagary from his brain, than another
entered and took possesion. Now he conceited
that lie was slid in infancy, and must needs be
treated accordingly—fed with a spoon and lulla
hied to sleep; ami now his nose, Ins arms, his
legs, or soiUo* other portion ot his laxly had been
• changed to g!a-is, or some equally brittle material,
• and m spite of the evidence of his senses to the
contrary, he would cling tenaciously to the idea
till a tie v crotchet kicked the old one out of the
way Vet th.-re w,»s a -method in his madness ”
which often enabled those who were hest ac
quainted wnh him to guess the form it was likely
to assume, for tUeyr invariably remarked that Ins
conceits bore a strong affinity t > any subject that
had p -eviously excited either his anger or his
ninth. 1 ous, on reading an account of the Pcnn
fVlvan.a election, he imagined himself one of the
abstracted ballot boxes; and again, on the arrival
of the ureat \\ estern, he discovered that lie had
been transformed into a steamship for the Livor
pool trade. Wo could numiwii many instances
of the kind for which, probably, those who are
*unacquainted with the strange nature of the dis
ease, would suppose we were drawing on our
-own invention, instead of narrating facts. How
or waci. he be -aina thus atUi. ted. we cannot say
for ol his history prior to the commercial panic
of eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, we know
nothing, having hern first introduced to him
•bout that period. He was married to a voting
and lovely woman, and sufficiently well off to live
on the interest ot Ins money, without entering
mto business or speculation. In Ins habits, he
■was temperate and regular, and his manners were
gentlemanly in the extreme, when he was in the
Tull possession ol his senses, allhou ;h at other
times his irritability t | lc | KMtt . r of , hom> Hjs
■person was rather spare, and his face had a wo
begone expression that seemed to have become
ihabitnal to it; lor, if by rhaneo a smile found its
way to Ins bps, it was instantly banished again,
a it it were an unwelcnmed intruder. There
were times—though rare—who ihe would in
alolgo in mirth, but that mirth was always fol
lowed by nn expression ol deeper gloom. It was
» gleam of sunshine lost in a thunder-cloud.
The numerous fnneaea that in turn took posses
sion of his brain, would (111 a volume with ludi
crous matter; but wc shall only detail a few of
'them, tli.it came under our own personal obser
valion.
I was has ilv cro- s ng the Park one day. about
this time last year, when I observed D- ap
proaching slowly from the opposite .direction.
U»th h inds were thrust deeply into Ins breeches
pockets, mid his bead hung drooping ou bis
breast, giving to him the appearance of a culprit
-sneiking hunt after having received a sound
flagging. Pnere was cvidrnly something the
■matter with him. Perhaps he Ii id become a suf
ferer from llie general embarrassments of the
country. He did n>t notice me till I was close
upon him ami then he would have passed me
without a ro -iignition, had I not laid my hand
up >n his shoulder.
••Why, I) , what is the matter?” I ex
claimed. seeing him shrink back, as if lie would
fain avoid me.
• I’m in longer worth a cent,” ho drawled out,
with a bitter sigh.
“Impo siblc!” responded I—“It cannot be so
bid as that 1 W hy, I always thought you were
■safe enough."
•■Aye,” said lie bitterly, ‘so did everybody ;
ibat its all a humbug! I’m not worth a single
copper. D >n’t you know that the .Newark shm
fduters arc no longer passable ?’’
"Way yes; hut what is that to you I" I asked,
with a faint notion that he might have been spe
culating m hem.
“ Can’t you read 1” lie demanded, in the
qui-k. irritable tone he was accustomed to use,
when he dee ue.l that an unnecessary question
was asked. 1 Can't you read on my face I—pro
mise t-i pay—ai ivor an 1 corporation—fifty cents
Sir, I’m d.shon ired ! Newark refuses to
redeem me !—Every body rejects me I—A shoe
maker —yes. sir, a shoemaker with n wife and
eleven children—did Iren starving—wife with
out an un lor pe'.tic > it ij mrivvm in shoemaker
with thirteen in lutiis an 1 nothing to put into
them, would turn up his nose nl me, while a tai
lor would only think of using me io light his nine-
for-«-ihilling tegar. A cookee-vemlcr would
turn mo out of his shop, and an old apple-woman
actually refused'to lake me this morning fur a
quart of peanuts. I’m ashamed to he seen, poor,
dishonored sod rejected shinpla tier that 1 ami”
I looked in hiadace to see whether he might
not lie jesting, and its ludicrously woful expres
sion compelled me to turn aside my head to avoid
a laugh. “Pho !” said ( knowing how useless
it was to oppose his conceit —“ Pho I you will
soon again he at par.”
“ Never !” he replied, vehemently—“never,
sir ! Public confidence is gone !—l'm nothing
but a humbug ! —a cheat! an arrant cheat, sir !
—an imposition on public credulity, and an ob
juct ol universal contempt.”
n “ Why not return, then, to Newark ; you will
he good there,” rejoined I,not knowing what else
to say.
“ Sixpence to cross the ferry, three shillings
for the cars, and another sixpence for a wheltcr.
No got— rosl my whole amount to get there—
owner cheated alter all: exchanged for a new
one, and torn to pieces.— not such a fool ! —stay
here, an everlasting remembrance of Newark
knavery, 1 ’
So saying, he thrust his hands into his pockets
again, and started offal a round pace, in the di
d rection he was going when I stopped him.
) How long this conceit lasted, wr know not,
for we did not meet him again for some time.
His next, if not so extravagant, was at least the
’ aource of great uneasiness to hia family, from the
alarm they experienced lest it should prove fatal
to his life.
Mr. D , and a numlier of friends—visitants
(roni the count,y—had just set down to lea,
when L) entered, and took his seat at the ta
ble, in moody sdenee. He appeared restless and
uneasy, hut his wile was so accustomed to his
fid,-city way, tint she took no particular notice
ol him till after she had helped all around. Per
ceiving that he touched nothing, «lie inquired,
rather anxiously, whether he was ill. Instead
of answering, he pointed to his mouth, and utter
ed a slrangc jabbering noise through his closed
lips,
“ Why, what on earth is the matter, Mr.
D ?” exclaimed Mrs. 1) , with a present
iment that some absurdity was about to follow.
“What on eaitb is the matter ?”
I* groaned, and again began to jabber.
Perceiving that he was not understood, he hurst
into tears.
“ What docs this mean?” inquired Mrs. D
rising in some alarm. “D ! I ) ! what
is the matter ?” Ho took a pencil from his pock
et, and wrote on the buck of a letter—“ My lips
are glued together.”
“Good Heaven '!” exclaimed Mrs. D ,
aware, from long experience, that her best plan
was to humor him. ‘ I did not perceive it helbic.
How did it happen 1”
L) wrote again. “I was observing the
workmen laying the nsphaltum pavement in '
Broadway, when the wind blew the smoke from 1
the hot substance in my fare. When I got home, i
I found that my lips were fast.”
“ Heaven he praised ! it is not too late to sos- *
ten it again.” replied Mrs. U , briskly.
"Here. B«ty, h ing me a basin of hot water and
a towel.” 1) looked at her ruefully, and
shook his head. “Now, my dear,” she added, *
as soon as the girl had obeyed her command] i
‘•bend your head forward a little, while I wash ,
the nsphaltum from your li|>s.”
With the utmost gravity she proceeded to sop 1
the mouth of the hypochondriac with iho scald- 1
ing water, amid the ill-suppressed launhierot the i
company to whom the sinn g p o ei d n x was a
novelty. A hurst which they cou:d nit control,
on perceiving how 1) winced i rider the op- 1
oration, caused him to start up, east on them a 1
look of withering indignation, and rush from the '
room.
I‘or nearly two days lie persisted in the idea
that he could not unclose his lips, lie. refused
food : became quite indignant when it was offered
In mi, and accused them of mocking him in his
alilictjon. No coaxing could induce jiini to cat
or speak, although he was eviden’ly suffering
from hunger most severely. He took to his hod
complaining bitterly that in the midst of plenty
ho must starve to death. At length, doctor
H—— was called in and made acquainted with
the farts of the case.
“Aha! I see how it is!” said he, a r ter feeling
D 's pulse ami going through the other for
malities.—" Difficult easel—well you applied to
me in time!—must perform an operation! got
a chemical preparation for dissolving asphultum !
—send you a vial I—must soak your lips every
half hour to-night, and to morrow I will bring
my instruments.”
According to promise, about dusk the doctor
scut in a largo vial, lull ot some harmless mix
ture, with directions fit its immediate use.
D hud persuaded himself that nothing could
he of any service to him ; hut the entreaties of his
wife induced him to try the doctor's remedy.
“Well!” said the doctor when he visited his
patient next morning, " has our wash done auv
good?” J
D shook his head, and muttered something
that sounded very much like “humbug!”
“Let me see! let me see!” rejoined the doc
tor. examining D 's mouth with great atten
tion. “ Aha!” here’s a little crack Iwe shall soon
put all to rights now : but it will he necessary to
perform a slight operation. You’re not afraid of
triHtinir to my skill. I hope',’*
D looked ruefully at the different instru
ments which the doctor pulled from his pocket,
and. after a few moments hesitation, threw him
self hack in the lied and turned his race down up
on the pillow.
With the utmost difficulty he was at last per
suaded to undergo an operation. His hands
were fastened down and his eyes bandaged. The
doctor had found a decayed loo'h, and was deter
mined to draw it. The cutting of the gum caused
D to wince, hut the doctor look the opportu
nity to force his mouth open sufficiently wide for
his purpose. As he proceeded to fix the instru
ment, 1) became restive, but the encourage
ing exclamations of his wife quirted him for the
moment,
“Damn it! you have knocked my head off!’’
yelled I) as the tooth flow out.
“ He speaks! he speaks! Heaven be praised,
you have succeeded in restoring him,” exclaimed
Mrs. 1) , throwing hersell into D 's arms.
D was cured, but he never forgave the doc
tor for the loss of his tooth.
Our spa -o will only permit the narration of
another short anecdote;
•• I wonder what can have become of Mr.
I) ?" exclaimed his wi e one day. after wait
ing an hour lieyond their usual dinner-time.
Betty, have you seen him since the morning!”
“N) mu tt, I hiv'nt sen nothing of him
since he carried the basket of eggs up stairs,”
replied Belly.
“Eggsl why, what did he want with eggs?”
j inquired Mrs. I) in a tone • ( surprise.
, Don’t know, ma’am,” said Betty, os she left
the nom.
The afternoon passed, hut brought no Mr.
D . Supper time came, and his wife became
, alarmed. She was looking anxiously out of the
►window when the girl entered, striving losuppress
her merriment.
“ Oh. madam, Mr, D is in such a curious
position.—Please to come up stairs and look at
| hint!”
Mrs. D followed the gjil t 0 the garret.
I There, in a small, dark hed-chamher, which had
• always been used ns a lumber room, sat Mr. D
i crouching down in a large clothes-basket, and cn
■ j deavoHog to cover the eggs he had taken tip
■ ; there in the morning
v
" CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
\\ AIMiUSTA.
it SATI/'KUAY AIOHMNC, MAY 4.
On Monday next, the Convention to alter the
jl constitution of tins State, so far as to authorize
a rcdui lion of the members of the Legislature,
r, commences its session at Milled£ville. 'I he
constitution prescribes that no amendments shall
he made to that instrument except hy bill, passed
for that purpose by two successive Lcgisla urcs i
II and by the v»le of two-thirds of each House at
c each session. This, however, was intended only
B to preseriltc the manner in which amendments
may be made hy the Legislature, and does not,
and cannot, under our form of government,
preclude the people Lu Convention from making
i any amendments (hey please, or even revolu
tionizing every feature of it. It is a doubtful
6 question whether the Legislature can call a Con
vention—it cannot order one, and the only virtue
which its action upon the subject possesses, is
' 4hc simultaneous impulse which it gives to /toj>u
lar action. The act of the Legislature, in con
, sequence of which the Convention will assemble,
prescribes metes and hocuuk to the action ol that
body, declaring how ifar and in what manner it
shall ar t in (he business of altering the consti
tution ; and for the purpose of confining the Con
vention within the prescribed limits, declares
that each member before taking his seat, shall
t ike an oath to act within those limits, which arc
as follows:
Ist. To touch no other part of the constitution
except that relating to representation in the Gene
ral Assembly.
2d. To allow each county at least one mem
ber of the House of Representatives.
3d. To organize the Senate hy throwing to"
gether two contiguous counties throughout the
State to (brtn Sanatoria! Districts.
4th. To retain the Federal basis in apportion
ing the representation among the counties enti
tled to more than one member of the House of
Representatives,
The question of the power of the Legislature
bus to restrict nnd limit the action of the Con
vention, we understand will he raised in that
b sly and will piohahly call forth some debate.
Wo have no time at present to go into a dis
cussion of this and several other questions spring
ing out of this subject, hut should it become a
matter of interest hereafter, wc shall lay our
opinions before our readers.
The following is the article from the Charles,
ton M rcury, to which we alluded in our remarks
in yesterday’s paper, it docs not so flippantly
claim for Charleston every hag of Colton raised
in Georgia and Alabama, which miy he brought
t> the Atlantic sea-board. The calculation is
nevertln less extravagant as to the amount of Cot
ton which can he drawn thither from Alabama
and Western Georgia. There arc not 2110.000
hales produced in that part of the valley of the
Tennessee, which would, in any sort of proba
bility be concentrated at Gunter’s Landing, ami
never can bo. The same may be said of the re
gion round Montgomery, Alabama—and we shall
b dieve it when we see it, lint hardly before, tha t
Colton will be transported from St, Josephs to
t c Atlantic.
The Cotton Trade Again.
Since the brief general notice which wc made
of the explanatory map at Messrs. Jervey, Wa
ring and Whites, we have had a farther conver
sation with Getr. Brisbane, by whom the map
was prepared, and have received from him a more
full communication of the objects of tiie projected
improvements and the mode of attaining them.
The plan, modified by subsequent improve
ments and discoveries in the application of steam
power, is the same or almost so, which was re
commended in arepor of Gen. Bernard, fourren
years ago. when it was proposed that the General
Govern! tent should undertake some important
work lor the iK'nidit of the South as it had already
in tiie Oundwrland Road, done for the North..
The plan ishy a wotfc, in all of not more tham
two hundred miles extent, to unite four of the
richest streams in the Colton growing region, viz:
the Altninaha through its branch, the Ocmulgee
with the Flint, the Chattahoochee and the Ala
bama. The completion of such a work cannot,
fail to concentrate a much greater than the pre
sent, and in fact a preponderating proportion of
the Cotton trade upon th ■ Southern Atlantic sea
hoard; and must of course benefit at once all such
■ points upon the coast as arc from situation and
eommand of capital, capable of lieeoniing protiU
b'e maikcts for the exchange of our staple with
Europe, ami our Northern States; and although
we may reasonably presume that Charleston wifi
he able Intake a lead in the business; vet as the
prosperity of every point of any importance be
tween this and Macon must be promoted by the
increased trade, we may as reasonably presume,
that no local jealousies in any one of those points
will stand in the way of the common good of all.
From the inducements hy which she can invite
it, we believe that our city can eommand the
i greater portion of this business. We know that
j some of the most experienced and enterprising of
i onr business men, whose names ensure eonfi
, ! deuce in the prudence and soundness “of their
i suggestions have adviser! that this matter should
i I he pressed upon the attention of onr citizens, as
1 one justifying a much heavier outlay of capital,
j than can possibly lie needed for alt the works re-
I quired. and in no view of the subject does it seem
to us possible to divert from Charleston the rich
streams of commerce which must begin to flow
j hitherward so soon as the channel is opened. If
I it shall revive Savannah, or build up some new
f ma t elsewhere on the Georgia coast, the stream
i will he flowing while that revival and I lidding
uo are in progress: it will feed them as it passes
hut will not wait for them to grow; and Charles
ton not at all begrudging them their brightening
> prospects, will with her capital and fa -ilities he in
1 the mean time receiving more limn compensate n
> for all aid she may have extended, and forming
i connexions which will not afterwards he inter
• rnpted. All the planters who now send their
crops to market from ports in the Gulf of Vexi
i j ro. by the expensive and perilous navigation
around ti.e Florida Capes, will zealously co-ope
rate in securing a cheaper and safer line of eom
-, niunieaiion, and will ship or sell at that Atlantic
, port which holds out the most advantages.
s The progress of onr great South Western Rail
j Road, t n I of the Road in Georgia, w hich eon
-5 I necls Macon with a point of the Tennessee River
I in Alabama, from which point there is a continu
ous boat navigation to Cincinnati—(which last
Road we are assured will he completed next year)
j rei d rs it the more important that Charleston
, should act qui. kly in promoting and inviting for
. herself a concentration of the business in C<<-
3 ton—the great basis of the immense trade which
will open between the Atlantic and the West.
We take much pleasure in contributing all in
our power to Gen. Urisbane’s wish to render
these views familiar to our readers. He has taken
the mailer to heart and in hand with a character
istic enthusiasm, with which it is always gratelul
to sympathise ; and this instance, while we desire,
we think we can saiely predict, the success ol his
zealous exertions. While engaged as an engineer
in Georgia, on the great public works going on
in that energetic and public spirited Stale, he ob
tained the confidence ul Mr. Spa d
ing, long distinguished lor his enterprising and
successful activity —and to whom the State of
Georgia has granted a charter for 99 years, for
the road of between fill and 7 0 miles between the
Oernulgce and Flint Rivers, which, while consti
tuting die fitst link in the chain connecting the
Cotton regions at once unites ns with the Cull
of Mexico,and invites hitherward to a trade from
its entire coast, through the port ot St. Joseph s.
Uen. Urishane as one of Mr. Spalding’- Commis
sioners, has already done his part to combine with
the effort he anticipates in this his native city,
deeply interested as he believes her to be, —tile
efforts also of St. Josephs, Florida, ot Macon and
Columbus, Ca., and ot Montgomery, Alabama,
for the immediate prosecution of ibis work. St.
Joseph's is already at work on a Canal which
will open her river to the desired point. Colum
bus has entered warmly into the scheme, and us
security for her cordial co-operation in it, reports
her property in six millions of Alabama acres
just across the river which will thus be brought
into market; and Montgormry through her dele
gate at Columbus has pledged herselt to build a
road to < nlumbus, ol which she has already 50
miles completed —if Charleston and Columbus
will complete the chain.
Having effected thus much in limine, Uen.
Urishane is now in Charleston, inviting the atten
tion of his fellow citizens to the project, which he
has maturely considered and presents in a well
digested form. It has been received with great
favor we are assured by some of our mo t distin
guished merchants, and has the promise also o,
the support of some of our wealthiest and most
intelligent planters. We may hope therefore
that before the next fall the capital which hai lea
ton is called upon to contribute will he subscribed.
We correct here an erratum in our former ar
ticle on this subject. The "700 000 bales of cot
ton” which are therein tent by mistake down the
*■ Alabama'' —ought to have been brutight down
the Alluniaba. Any one who reads those re
marks with interest, must detect the mistake; for
onr object of qoursc was not to send cotton to
Mobile to he lost in going around the Florida
Keys, hut to bring it Acre to he sent smoothly
over to our customers in Europe, at a small freight
and light insurance. In thus reclaiming the lug
fraction of th" annual million of hales of right
to be received here, we do not wrong Mobile, for
much of the 700 HID finds its way here already
through the channels which nature made. Tin
'/cam-doctoring prescribed in the case in I g 1 t -
■nute practice. It is merely *• to assi t nature”—
in relieving Alabama and South Western Georgia
of the plethora ot production in the safest easiest
speediest,and most pleasant mode practicable;
and perhaps in the end. even Mobile herself wil
turn till her ships into river boats, and find hci
profit in shipping via Charleston.
From the New Yorker.
Tennessee.
The return of the Members of C ongress to
their homes has been followed by obviously in
creased animation in the political canvass in Ten
nessee which is now proceeding with great vigor
and activity, it is known that the present Gov
ernor, Newton Cannon, offers for re-election, aim
is oppssed by Col. Folk, late Speaker ol the House
of Representatives, No want of confidence is
manifested on either side. The opponents ot the
present General Administration do not coticeoc
that the re-election ot their Governor is at ml
doubtful; while, as to the Members of Gotgress
they talk confidently of carrying the whole Dele
gation ! On the other side, ttie friends of t 01.
Folk evince the most determined spirit, and as fin
as boasting may go. exhibit no disposition to allow
their opponents to have a monopoly. They also
speak of the election of their candidate ascertain,
ind in the distribution of Members of Congress
allow their opponents much the smaller share. It
is confidently asserted by tin friends of Col. P.
that he will have three votes to one lor his oppo
nent, or about 4,000 majority, in the Congress
ional District lately represented by him, and
which gave 221 majority for Cannon at the last
election 1 Col. Polk is a good stump speaker
and he has entered upon the present canvass with
the utmost spirit and an apparent determination
to succeed under any circumstances. He last
fall traversed the State from end to end, address
ing the people from the slump; and he hasavow
ed his intention during the coming summer to de
fend the principles of his parly at every village
and neigh orhood throughout its whole extent.
His friends rely upon his ability ns a speaker, and
they hope that his well known and decided sup
port of the late and present Admin'strations, and
the prominence lately given to the name of Mr.
Clay us a candidate for the Presidency, will con
ciliate the support of many of the friends of Gen.
Jackson who supported Judge White at the Pre
sidential Election. It cannot he denied, however,
that Gov. Cannon has on to mer occasions proved
to be of very heavy metal, anil the vote he has
received at the two last eleetii ns proves him to he
strongly entrenched in popular favor. Should
either party succeed in electing a Governor and
seven or more Con rrossmen by decisive majori
ties. the vole of the State at the next Presidential
Election cun hardly be longer considered doubtful.
The Livznpooi.—We editors and all other
gapers lor news will soon he looking for the arri
val ol the other steam ship; and it she happens
not to make her appearance within a few days
after, say the sih ol May, some of us perhaps,
will grow a little fidgety. Her day ot sailing
from I.iverpool was the 2l)lh o; this month; atm
so far as we can judge by tbc weather here, siie
ought not to he more tiian 13 days in coining.
The news she will bring may lie expected to he
highly interesting; tor by tier we shall learn,
among other things, the nature of the ministerial
plan lot the government ol Canada and also the
result ol ministers’ appeal to the House of Com
mons on the merit or demerit of their government
in Ireland.
We understand that 40 passengers are already
j entered for the Liverpool, on the next voyage
j heme ; among whom are the Hon. Dam hi. Wi. u
isrt.u and Mrs. Wkbstui.— At to York Com.
i Ado.
| A Relic of Astihi ity. —Mr. K. S. Pres
i colt, ol this city, in ploughing up a field in what
j is called the \ orkshtre Quarte , a few tods from
j the Derby Turnpike, a lew days since, turned up
I from a deep lurruw, an ancient silver com, of
about the size of a half dollar, which, on being
I cleansed, was found to be in good preservation,
j it is covered with Hebrew characters, (_as we are
informed, not having seen it.) and hears the date
I of 1197—consequently must have been coined
j upwards of 640 years ago. it is a mystery how
| it came there, as the land is in a suburb of the
[ town, was never built upon,and for many tears
j i was not cultivated. We hepe some learned an
! tiquanan will give us a correct description ol it.
1 At w Hurt n Herald.
; Shakspeake Moniiixmai.—Two loafers
I were spouting the other day, in front of a Liank;
, | when one drew a wallet (ruin bis pocket, and I
- said -He who steals tins, steals trash. •• Ves ” I
j replied the other, - and he wno filc hes from you 1
j your good name, takes from you what you never I
* bad . I
o \ *>
We lay before our reader* Ihi* week the semi
annual report of the hank of Brunswick. We
presume that no Institution in the Stale has made
a bcllci shewing than this. The hank has been
•n operation but six months and that too, during
a period of great commercial difficulty and de
rangement in the monetary affairs of the South.
From a view of the gross profits we conclude
that it is in good hands, and bids fair to he of
great b tu fit to our young city, and a profitable
con ern to the stockholders.
The appearance ol the report has been some
what delayed, by reason of the illness ol one of
th piineipal officers of the bank. —Brunswick
Advocate,
Statement of the condition of the Bank of
Brunswick, Georgia, on Monday, the first
day of April, 1819, at close of the Business —
Rendered to his Excellency, the Governor, in
conformity to the Act of the 24/A of D.cem
her, 1832.
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock $800,00') 00
Circulation 07,765 (It)
Due toother Banks 3.U29 25
Due to individual Depositor* 22 759 11
Gioss Profits 13,546 91
$337,1U0 27
RESOURCE*.
Notes discounted running to ma
turity, all good $109,805 35
Bills ot Exchange running to ma
turity in Richmond, Charleston,
New York, and Savannah, all
good 83,254 36
Due from other Banks in this State 2,234 39
Expenses 2,115 99
Personal Properly 2,375 88
Cash balances due in Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, and
Charleston 15,867 71
Notes of other Banks 10,748 06
Specie t erlificate $2,830 00
do in Gold and Sil
ver Coin in vaults
of this Bank 107,706 19
Bullion 161 74
110.697 93
$337,100 27
List of Stockholders of the Bank of Bruns
wick, Georgia.
Shares. Ain't, pa d.
John G. Winter, 1,206 $120,600
Henry Dubignon, 103 10,200
I. C. Plant, 60 5,000
J. h. Locke, 13 1,300
Maxwell, & Co. 120 12,000
J. D. Bugbce, 20 8,0 o
E. W. Clark, & Co. 80 B,Dot)
E. Withington, 40 4,000
H nyH. Tucker, 100 10,000
Elisha J. Winter, 100 10,000
MissE'.izaheth Winter, 50 5,000
Plant & Norton, 20 2,000
Hilharu, Wade, & Co. 100 10,000
2.0J0 $200,000
Georgia, Glynn County.
Before me, John M. Kunze, a Notary Pubi c
forthe County of Glynn, personally came Henry
Dubignon. Esq.. President of the Bank of Brun .
w.ck, and I. C. Plant, Esq., Cashier of the said
Rank, who being duly sworn depose and say:—
That the annexed returns exhibit a correct ac
count of the condition of the Bank of Bruus
wii k, on the first day of this month, according to
the books of 1 e -aid Bank.
HENRY DHHIGNON, President.
I. C. FLA NT, Cashier.
Sworn and snl scribe 1 before me, this 23d day
of April, 1839.
Joiiv M. Kunze, Notary Public.
We understand that Governor Jrnnison. of
Vermont, has delivered to the Canadian authori
ties Dr. Holmes, the murderer of Tache.
Argus.
M-ssot-hj panthers.—Not long since we ad
vertised a nair of nanlhers, in the possession of
Mr. ITeazlett. of this city, which he obtained
twelve months since, from their captor. They
were taken be.ore tin ir eyes wore open, in the
same nest, two hundred miles up the Missouri
river. Mr. Heat Jett bus nurtured and tutored
them; and for mere yearlings, they are a couple
of formidable sired fellows, but docile to the bid
ding of Mr. Hcazlett as the mildest tempered ani
mals. —Missouri Argus.
A Fkeleh.—A surgeon and a lawyer had very
little good feeling towards each other, and the
following conversation took place;—“ If.” asked
the surgeon, a neighbor's dog destroys my ducks,,
can I recover damages by law!” “Cetainly,”'
replied the lawyer, “ you can recover.” Pray
what are the circumstances!” “ Why. sir. your
dog. Inst night destroyed two of my ducks.’*
“ Indeed then you certainly can recover the dam
ages; what is the amount! I’ll instantly dis
charge it!” "Four shillings and sixpence.”
chuckled the surgeon. "And my fee for attend
ing and advising you is 6s. Bd. responded Ihe at
torney, and unless you immediately pay the same,
my conduct will be suitable.
The Infer nae Passage.—A passage between
two of these lakes, was so called because it was
perfectly filled with a species of small gnat. whn,e
sting was instantaneous and ex -essively panful,
r There was no way of keeping them at bay. They
. attacked our very eyelids, lips, nostrils and the in
> teriorof the ears! All the flapping of hands and
i handkerchiefs was entirely without avail against
, the countless legions of such bloodthirsty and tor
; monting animals. As a last resource wc were
i obliged to roll ourselves completely up in sheets;
. yet within these folds, friendly as they were, wc
. | well tugh endured all 'he horrors of suffocation,
; not daring to leave even space sufficient for respi
, ; ration; for, the very moment the smallest aper
-1 ture wis mad iin our wrapper, in poured a stream
> of these malignant little wretches.
Never shall I speak disparagingly of mosrhe
-1 toes again a'ter this nc |uaintance with the gnats
! that inf st the Chinegas of Santa vtaria. llotv
■ I ever, it was some little relief to the torment wc
>i suffered just to east an necasional glance upon
: the whole company, thus employed: the quiek
. j ness of their motions, their extravagant antics,
i their fares swollen with rage and biles, all joined
I to present a pi ture in which the painful and rb
jdu ulous were perfe, tly blended. The effects of
t | these bites lasted much longer than those of the
| moschrtoes. and we were obliged to make use of
, a w ash of laudanum and extract of lead, in order
to allay the constant irritation produced.— Slew
art's Bogota.
r.Aiirv I.tFE IV M asiungton —Trn V : on re
ports Ih t hewn* rqni-i ive, do dt and d i ■ ni ;
j hoi it adds, i Inn hi. mi ln y rmpensH o. and i ns
so" for native «■ ora d splayed lie inaelves in h a
h \ h u d ; llmi he o ined h « si ho Irnntes into rum
en toe* w 1 o e-imded marched. amt f nebl mimi
b ll'es which b • on- ahv ys be commander of tie
ot ihe pur n s He had e fetidness fr ilm nildeic
ntnns' nteit- if running jim ping, n res In g.
har«, and o linr le"s »i ngi'uy an I bodily eg rci e'
I deed, i '« well known, bat these pr.e i ■ » weie
e i mined by him after he lad i rnv, d nl the ngenf
main e i[e li has nl o h ren w hil» nt
j seh'iid, I i probity and de "ca nr wer melt a, to
I win the de'erinee ol be oilier to y» who weroae.
eosiom il tom ke him ihe art iter of ihei- d spines
-1 sial in vi r tailed to b . s listed I is judgment,
• Such are fotß. nl he n dp isiiftiiaj v n l" tears
j renumbered and related ly bis t o temporari’- after
1 be had risen to grea ne*i —Lite of VV/WiHgtoa.
\ \ \ N l
A touch or the Sublime.—l ri e, .Mr pr
deni,in argue ilie tune ol tiie rlcb limn and ihonoor
mnii. ami 1 holieve, that heloro 1 ah’ill have con,'ln
•led, you will a low Dial it aumil* 0 I no urgumrni
Tlier c li man, Mr Pfe«uleiii,.leeline«hi-em minteJ
tom on a mahogany a na. he.vn oo , carvo 1
and manut cu ed mini tbe i.ill cedars , (’bo .au-V ft
«)"< li grew upon tlm lolty aud c’uud-capt ,u m „l ’
oil he ever memorable mountain ol' .Mtoa.iphat'
1 b ii. Mr I’ri aiiieiil. he I ill w u> |,u cadavero Lhn
llie golden cliii a nip—iiiaonlue.iijr«i, if,
known, Mr. Pre idem, in « hili. I'ecu, ami oiher
unknown and uiiinhatnianle pang ol ihe, mu
\Mule on Ihe o.Her tiand, Mr Presidem, he '
man dc.lmea Mu expm lado .a in a milage i r „m
wliieh he retires to Ihu silane m Nome iiidiragenua
a ream—l bore i o eoniemplaie llio iiiruniprchensi
bilily of iho vast eonsiplaiion and other fixo.i 8,,d
immovable gnttiblea that d solve mourn die eel
ti»laxleiice.,lthis teroqu. ou< firmament on in L .h
I lien, Mr President tiler calling around h : m hi«
win ,ami toe riibi ol Ida mile cbi.djeii, he le.ithe.
limn lo per (ire to acmes ol ininioilnliiy bevon.i
toe grave.— Acio Orient,s >uu * 1U
MARRIED,
°n the Ist inst., by the Rev Mr. Kee, Mr. John
W. M./.inn, to Miss Rosella Catharine Leon
of this city. ’ X
Consignees per South,Car«ilitin Kail Uoad.^
Hamburg, May 4, 181,9.
W. Allen, A. Frederick, S. liuford, P. A. Scran
ton, U. L. Jeffers, G. Parrott, 13. & H., J, F, lien
son, Taylor & Perritt, Dickson & Co.
03“ THE AMERICAN SILK GROWER AND
f ARAIER'S MANUAL —A monthly publication,
designed to extend and encourage the growth of Silk
throughout the United States. Edited by Ward
Cheney and Brothers, Burlington, N. J., and pub
lished in Philadelphia, at the low price of Lite
Dollar a year.
Sir Subscriptions received at this office. *p9 1
C3“HIGHLY IMPORTANT.<£O
Nervous di-cascs, liver complaint, bilious dis
eases, piles, rheumatism, consumption, coughs,
colds, pain in the chest and side, ulcers, all deli- |
cate and mercurial div>a cs are successfully treated
at Dr. EvANS’S Office, 100 Chafham-street, Ncw-
York.
DR. WILLIAM EVANS' Met>P JNES,
Are composed of vegetable substances, which exert
a spetiilc action upon the lieai t, give an impulse or f
strength to the arterial system ; the h ood is quick
ened and equalized in itscircu ation through al th*
vessels, whether of tbe skin, the pa its situated in
ternally, or the extremities ; and as a I the secre
tions of the body aie drawn from the blood, there
is a consequent increase of every secretion, and a
quickened action of the absorbent and cxhalent, or
discharging vessels. Any morbid a Lon which
may have Uken place is corrected, alio structiuni
are removed, the blood ispurihed,and the body if.
sumes a hea thful state.
These medicines after much anxious toil and re
search, having been brought by the proprietor to
the present st ile of perfection, supersets the use of
the innumerable other medicines ; and a.e so well
adapted to the frame, that the use of them, by mam- ?
taimng the body in the due performance of its
functions and preserving the vital stream in a pure
and healthy state, causes it to Inst many years lung
er than it otherwise would, and the mind to ! t
come so composed and tranquil that o d age wi.cr,,
it arrives will appear a b essing. and not 'as *bo
many who have neglected their constitutions, or
had them injured by medicines administered byV
notarne) a source of misery an J abhorrence. °
They arc so compounded that by strengthening
and equalizing the action of the heart, liver, and
other visera, they expel the had, at rid or murni J
matter, which rendeis the blood impure, out ol the
circulation, through the excretory ducts into tic
I asaage of the I owels, so that i y the btisk or slight
evacuations which may he regulated by the doses, I
always remembering that while t ic 'evacuations
irm the bowels are kept up t e excretions Loin all
tbe other portions of the body will al-o he going j y
ou in the same proportion, by which means the
blood invariably becomes purified.
Steady perseverance in the use of the medicine '
will undoubtedly effect a cure even in the most L
acute or obstinate diseases; but in such eases the In
dose may be augmented, according to ti.e inveteracy
of the disease ; tire medicine s . cing so admirably
adapted to tbe constitution, that they may be laatn
at alt times
In all cases of hypochondriaeism, low spirits.pal
pitations ol the heart, nervous i.rita, iiity, nervous
weakness, iluor alhus, seminal wea. ness, indiges
tion, loss of appetite, flatulency, heartburn, general
debi ity, hoji.y wea ness, cinorosis or g.een sick
ness, flatulent or hysterical faintings, hysteihs,
headache, hiccup, sea sic ness, nignt-mare, gout \
rheumatism, asthma, tic doulorcaux. cramp, spas
modic affections, and those who arc victims to that
most excrutiating disorder, (.out, will lind'relief
trom thcii sufferings, by a course of i)r. William
Evans’s Pills.
Nausea, vomiting, pains in the side, limhs.head,
stomach or back, dimness or confusion of sight,
noises in the inside, alternate flushings of heat and
chilliness, tremors, watchings, agitation, anxiety
had dreams, spasms, wib in every case he relieved f
by an occasiona: dose of Dr. Evans’s medicines.
One of the most dangerous epochs to females is
at the change ol life; and it is then they require a
medicine which wi.l so invigorate their circu ation >
and thus stiengthei tlier constitu.ions as may ena
b.e thorn to withstand the shock. ,
Those who h ve the care and education of pi
males, whether the studious or the sedentary part
ot the community, should never he without a sup
ply of Dr. Evans’s Pills, which remove disorders
in the head, invigorate the mind, strengthen the 6
body, improve the memory, and eliven the ima-'in- V
ation. ° ~
When the nervous system has been too largely f
drawn upon or overstrained, nothing is t etter to -
correct and invigorate the drooping constitution
than t! ese medicines.
Dr. William Evans’s Medical Office, 100 Chat
ham street, New York, wueie the Doctor maybe
consulted.
C3* A Case of Tic Dolorcux.
Mrs. J. E. Johnson, wife of Capt. Joseph John
son, ol l.ynn, Mass., was severely afflicted for ten
years with Tic Po’oreux, violentpa in her head,
and vomiting with a burning heat in the stomach,
an 1 unable to leave her room. She could nn 1 no
relief from the advice of several physicians, nor
f om medicines of any kind, until after she commen
ced using Dr. Evans s medicines, of 100 Chatham
street, nn I from that time she began to amend, and
eels satis el if she continues the medb ine a few
d I,VS n iger, will he perfectly cured. Hcferenci
can ho had as to the truth of the above, by rnlliii(
at -rs. Johnson’s daughter’s store, 389 Grand si
A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS.
Dr, Wh. Evans’ Celebrated Soothing Strut
tor Children Cutting their Teeth.
This infallible remedy has preserved hundreds o
chi dren, when thought past recovery, fiom con
vulsions. As soon as the Syrup is runbed on the
gums, the child will recover. T his prepaiation i|
so innocent, so efficacious, and so pleasant that no
child will refuse to let its gums be rub I ed with it.
When infants are at the age of four mo ths,thpu&
there is no appearance of teeth, one bottle of the
Syrup should he used on the gums to open the
pores. Parents should never he without the Syrup
in the nursery where there are voungrhi.dren ; for
if a child wakes in the night witli pain in the _
gums, the Syrup immediately gives ease by open- •
ing tho pores an i healing the gums ; thereby pre
venting convulsions. fevers, fee. ft
Sold by ANTONi 4c HAINES,
Sole agents in Augusta,
J. M.St T. M. I'i.iltNKll. Savannah,
P. M. C 1 >ll E\ & Co.. Charleston,
SHARP \ ELLS, Mil edgevil e,
C. A. ELLS. Ma on,
A. W. MARTIN, Fursvth,
BENJAMIN P. POORE. Athens,
MARK A. L.-iNE, Washington.
ap6
r -
fc