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Thoughts 01 Lawyers,
nr riiKoixiHK s. rav.
The nominal purpose of a Court of Justice in
to seek the truth; hut I question whether the
truth in ever in other case* mare attacked, surer
cd at, brow-beaten, ridiculed, ami put out of coun
tenance. It is the truth, which every man in his
turn finds it his interest to conceal. It is truth
that every one is afraid of. Even the party most
unequivocally in the right is anxious to exclude
the truth from the other side, lest it ni iy seem to
contradict his own; and all the lawyers, and even
the Judge.snem as much on the watch to stop
the witness’s mnith, every two minutes, as they
have been to m ike .dm Open it. To mo, one ol
the m Ml ri liculom limits is a witness upon the
stand, Irvin-, (poor fellow !) to give in his testi
mony, lie is, we will suppose, not iu the
slightest decree interested in either of the parties,
am) doubtless wishes them both lied together by
the neck, and dropped off the atom of one ol the
North river steam boat*.
He cornea into the court, not voluntarily, hut
dragged. if he resists, by two or three scow ling
ministers of the law, who, from the mere laet of
lua being presumed to know something about the
pending suit, think themselves entitled to treat
him as if he had been brought upjbr robbing a
hen-roost. He is forced from his business or his
amusements for the purpose of speaking the
truth, and ho inwardly resolves to tell the whole
atory as soon as possible,and get rid o( the tiling.
H« thinks he knows the worst. —He thinks the
loss of ti no, ami the awkwardness of speaking lor
the first time in his life in public, are the extent
of his sufferings.—Unsuspecting victim ! He no
sooner mounts the stand, than ho finds himself
at once iu the centre of a circle of enemies, and
holding a position not greatly unlike that of a
prisoner in an Indian war-dance, lie tries to tell
hi* story.
Witness. I was going down Maiden Lane—
First Lawyer. Stop, sir.
Second Lawyer. Don’t interrupt the witness.
Third Lawyer. The witness is ours.
Fourth Lawyer. (Fierce y and indignantly,)
wc waul the fact
Judge. Let the witness tell his story.
Witness. I was going down Maiden Lane,
where I live—
First Lawyer. Wedont want to know where
you live sir.
Second Lawyer. Thai is a part ol the testi
mony.
Third Lawyer. You ran take the witness in
to your own h in.ls when we are done with him;
at present he is ours.
Witness (urns pale.
Fourth lawyer. (Sarcastically,) very well sir.
Judge. Gentlemen, I beg of you nit down.
One of tbe Aldermen. Officer, keep order.
Oificor. (In a tone of thunder, ami with a
scowl of more than oriental despotism, upon the
spectators, who ain’t making any noise that they
know Ol*) Silence.
Witness. I was going down Maijen Lane.
jxside, as I said hefoic, when— |
First I, Wyv*(, You dont coni’ here to repeat
what you said before, sir.""'
Second Lawyer. I beg—
Third Lawyer, (Starting upon his feet,) f
demand.
Fourth Lawyer. I appeal to his honor the
Judge, to protect me from the impertinence of
this witness.
First, second, third, fourth lawyer midjudge
together. The witness must.
O.fi-or. (L l iking at the audience again, and
iu u voice of thunder) Silence.
Judge. Qciitlomeii.it seems to me that the
best way to come at the truth is to let the wit
ness go on. and I will call him to order if he
wanders from his duly. Witness !
Witness. Your honor.
Judge. Tell the plain fact of this assault—teJl
the jury wh it you know about; re number you are
here to speak the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth: raise your voice; turn your
face to thejury. What do you know of this af
fair !
The poor wretch commences again, the first,
second, third and fourth lawyer continuing to skir
mish around him all the while, like a parcel of
wild Arabs fighting for the clothes of some un
happy prisoner. Ho far from forgetting a chance
of s tying the truth. At length bewildered out
of his recollection, frightened, insulted, and in
dignant , however, really, desirous of ti lling tho
truth, ho stum Ides upon some inconsistency, some
•trifling paradox; accounted for at once, to every
one’s satisfaction, by the idea that he has for
gotten. But then comes the cross examination.
Then the scientific artillery of a cool, able law
yer, sharpened by thirty years of similar prac
tice, is brought to bear upon one trembling and
already nervous stranger; perhaps, ignorant,
perhaps a hoy. Then conics the laugh of judge
and jury, the murmur of astonishment from the
crowd, that a person could he found degiaded
an I huso enough to say that “the defendant wore
a little rim in i{ h il," wum he acknowledged
subsequently, oil’ his guard, that the hat had
“a tolerably larg' rim.” Then the poor fellow,
sore all over, and not quite sure that he will not
himself he sent to the stales prison at ten year's
'hard labor, for perjury before the week has rolled
away, al'hough he is the only person in the court,
who docs not, in a greater or less degree merit
that punishment, is dismissed to a bench, a few
.yards off, where he is obliged to remain, to hear
nth© lawyers. ,u their addresses to the jury, tear
4ns character to oieees, with tine turns of rhet
oric and yet finer gesticulations,
“What gentlemen of the jn y.” says the first
lawyer summing up iu a tone of the deepest con
tempt, ‘what does the next witness, this Mr.
Boggs, say !'—Gentlemen he comes forth under
the most peculiar circumstances. A dink mys
tery shrouds his motives, which 1 shall not en
deavor to dissolve. But he comes forward, and
ha lakes his place up in the witness stand, with
the determined resolution to fix upon my client,
the injury Mr. Swipe, this foul and unnatural
assault amt battery. You saw him gentlemen,
when 1 cross examined him, tremble under my
eye; you saw him hesitate and turn pale at my
voice. ( File first lawyer very probably, has a
voice that would intimidate a bear.) You
heard him stammer and take back, and not re
collect. Is this gentleman of the jury, an honest
witness! The language of truth is plain and
simple—it requires mi previous calculation, If
1 ask you if you saw the sun set to-dav, you
answer yea or no; you do not hesitate, you do
not tremble. You do not say, ‘yes, I did, and
in the v, ry next breath, ‘no, I d d not.’ \ou
do not at first tell me, •! walked ten miles yes
terday,' and a lcrwards say, ‘yesterday 1 was all
day in bod.’ (Here one of the Jurors pul his nose
by that ot an ilhor, and utter something in up.
probatiou of this argument, and the other one
nods his head acd looks at the speaker, as much
as to say, ‘there is no use to elude the sagacity
of this keen sighted lawyer. The witness might
have better told the truth.) Now, what does
this witness say ?
He commenced by telling you, gentlemen,
that he lived in \1 liden Lane, that he was going
home on the day when tins ridiculous, unnatural
assault is and to have taken place, that he
saw a crowd, that he approached, that he saw
Mr. Swipes, my client, the defendant in this ac
tum, come up to the plaintiff. Mr. Wilkins, an 1
gave him blow with a bludgeon. But. gentle
men, when I come to as, this plausible story, you
heard h-u equivocal,, u „d contradict hiawelf.
What sort of a hit had Mr. Swipes on I \
black one. ‘Ot wj it breadth wm therm, f_
•Abmt an null. I! ■ tb.,„ : bt. doubtless ,i n . |„.
was to have everythin- his own wav ~11 [
brought upon the stand to confront him, the hat
ter who made and sold the hut, and who proves
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tto you that the rim was broad. Vou cannot mo- ,
I rally doubt that the hat worn on that day, by
1 Mr. ‘SwijH'i, was a broad brimmed hat, all the
I w.lne-ses for the defendant swear it. Mr. Hoggs
1 himself, when closely questioned, acknowledges
j that it might have been a broad brimmed bat.
I Next, (gentlemen, the pantaloon*. ‘What color
were Mr. !S wipes pantaloons 1 ‘Uniek, said ibis
Hoggs. Gentlemen 1 have produced these pan
taloons in eonrt. They have been identified be
yond the possibility ol doubt. What the
result! Vou saw yourselves, gentlemen. Ihe
partial tons were pepper unrl tall.’
A cry of nilmiration throughout the court
room. The officer cries. order. The poor wit
ness unfortunately occupies a conspicuous seat,
and all eyes are fixed upon him with the in >st
virtuous indignation, lie is calculating at what
Hicnfieehe can wind up his business, and go and
settle in Kentucky, The lawyer waxes trium
phant, anil after a withering look at Hoggs, goes
on.
■ Furthermore, gentlemen, I asked this witness
to describe the bludgeon, lie could not. Ibid
it ivory or gold on the handle! He could not
tell. Was there a fertile upon the end I Did
not know. Was it heavy! Yes. Had he
ever handled it! No, Howcould he tell the
weight of a thing which he had never handled t
(Another buz of admiration.) Was be ever
personally acquainted wilb Mr. Swipes ! No.
Had be ever seen him before! No. Since!
No. Could he tell whether he had an aquiline
nose or not ! No. Was he not a friend ol Mr.
Wilkins! Yes he had said the scoundrel ought
to have been ashamed of himself. Was Mr.
Wilkins’ It it knocked off. No. Hut before ho
left the stand, he said he sa v the blood on the
top of plaintiffs’head. — How could be sec the
blood on the top ol bis bead, unless the bat bad
been knocked off from it!
Another Huz. The witness here rose and said,
“ Mr. Wilkins /nnlc it off to show me."
Officer—Silence, there I
Judge—Witness, you must not interrupt the
counsel. You have hail your turn on the stand.
Vou then had the opportunity to say whatever
you pleased. If you are again guilly of so great
an indecorum, I shall be obliged to commit you.
W tuess stands stupificd.
Officer—Sit down ! (in a tone of indignant com
mand. Witness sits down. Officer scowls at
him ns ifhe would snap his head oil.)
I shall not follow the learned gentleman further.
I only appeal to every witness that has ever been
brought into a court of justice, whether he has
not found it the most difficult place in the world
to tell the truth in, anil whether, when the truth
was at length told, there ever were so many at
tempts made to mistily it! Whether so much
of what every one present knew in his heart to
he the truth, could any where else ' e so deliber
ately rejected ,—and whether, when this poor, be-
I hide 4. mutilated, unhappy truth , so much de
( ,lm " ,K ’jfcsviis at lenulh not hove
I •neh -
rK night not iiave known it !
James Madison.
Os the lamented patriot and statesman, James
Madison, it was once remarked to the first Presi
dent of the United Stales, “ How does it happen,
sir. that we do not observe the name of Mr. Madi
son among the appointments of foreign ainliassu-
Jors, or us selected to fill an important situation
nuclei the home Government! This seem ng
omission appears the more strange from the friend
ship and attachment that is so well known to sub
sist between Mr. Madison and yourself.” I
Washington replied: ‘ As to a foreign embas
sy, the best in the gilt of the Executive (they j
I were. In those days England Frame, and Spain)
have been tendered to Mr. Madison over and over |
again, while his extreme repugnance to a sea voy
age renders bis going abroad out of the question ;
mid, as to the home, appointments, there is not
one that would he deemed worthy of Mr. Madi
son's acceptance, that ho does not well know is,
and from the c imiiicneeuient of the Government
always has been, entirely at bis service.”
It was during a time of considerable political
excitement that Mr. Madison bad a large dinner
party, of members of Congress and others. The
conversation took rather a free turn, and public
men and public measures were discussed without
reserve. Mr. Madison held up his hand and re
marked: “Pause, gentlemen, if you please.
While I admit that, in a republican country like
ours, the acts of public men, from the highest to
the lowest, are alike open to fair and liberal in
vestigation, permit me to say that the personal
character of General Washington, liis eminent
virtues, and matchless services to his country,
must, under my roof, always be treated witli the
most profound respect.”
During the latter days of the venerable sage of
Montpelier, lie was wont to delight ids numerous
guests with relations ol bygone men and things.
Speaking of our happy Constitution to a distin
guished personage, ho remarked :
“ After the peace of 178 ft, wo were in groat
confusion in political respects, it was agreed on
all hands that our old system would do no longer,
and many of the best and wisest of the land be
came the advocates of a more national system ol
policy: the States of the old Conledcration to
cede certain powers to a General Government, so
as to form a Legislature, Executive, and Judi
cially lor tin’ I mon. Hut bow to organize a con
vention to form a Constitution for the new Gov
ernment, when so many conflicting interests, sec
tional and otherwise, were in the way, was a mat
ter of no ordinn y difficulty. All eyes were turn
ed towards m M.who, retired from the great events
of the devolution, was enjoying a well-earned
repose amid the shades of Mount \ einon. Could
we but enroll the name of Washington among
the delegates to a convention, under such favored
auspices our success in the formation of a new
Government was certain.—And, yet, it seemed
ungenerous, nay, almost unkind, so soon to call
this illustrious citizen from his beloved retirement,
alter his mighty labors in the war of Independ
ence. An application was made to him through
it highly confidential medium: it was respectfully
received,hut at once dec'lined. Notldugdaun ed,
we returned to the charge; and, as every one
knows, filially succeeded. I'he patriot could not
resist the united call of his countrymen. He re
paired to Philadelphia, and presided in the con
vention. The Constitution was formed, and af
terwards adopted by the Slates ; ami thus did the
great name ami character ol Washington, in peace
as in war, shed the most happy and benign influ
ences upon the destinies of his country.”— From
“Me Cush's H ni/lectiuns and Private Memoirs
of the I, fe and Character of Wash nglon,”
Bank Uobbi.iis viiiikstkii. —About a year
si tire a package of hank bills amounting to Sffifti'O
belonging to tile (Van Hank at Newbury port,
ami the Powow Hank at Salisbury, Moss., was
stolen from a small trunk in which it was sent
to one of the Boston Hanks. Tito robbery was
ascertained to have been committed by an En
glishman named Freeman, and others. Pursuit
was made, but Freeman escaped, and sailed for
England in the packet ship V\ estminslor, where
1 he arrived in safety with his booty. He remained
1 in England till March when he relumed with
! several accomplices, well furnished with all kinds J
ot instruments tor burglarious purposes,
i he London Poliee Officers having full infor
■ illation of the designs of these villains, comma- !
, ideated the fact to Lord John Russell. from whose
| office despatches were sent over hither to the
j It it sh Consul, and by him 1 dd before the Police
| here by high constable Hays, who also had let
ters In the Great Western, adv ising him ol the
fact of Freeman tinder the name of Arnold or
Collard, with his wife and nephew, named Arncl 1
alias Agor or Agcell or Laurel, having sailed in 1
tin: ship Gladiator for this |»«»rt. The arrival of
I the Great Western before the Gladiator. brought
the intelligence in season tube successfully acted
on. and high constable Hays having made ar
rangements with the keeper ol the telegraph, to
announce the Gladiator as soon as she appeared
below, had his corps of officers, consisting of Ho
mans, Sparks, 15. J. Hays and (5. F. Hays ready
to pounce U| on, and secure the villians as soon
as they fhoulcl coino within their pra»p»
The vesKfil arrived helow on ednrsdny night
of last week, and the next morning Freeman,
whose real name is Collard, his wife and Ins
nephew Arnel alias was arrested. ° “
lard is to he sent to Boston on a requisition from
(»,>v. Fverett. The nephew isdelained here and
the woman is discharged.— A r . 1. Express
\ OHaoNICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 7.
Steamboat 15 1' itnt. —We learn from the
Louisville Journal that the steamboat Pennsyl
! vania was destroyed by fire at Paducah on the
night of the 21st April. She had a valuable
cargo for Tuscumhia, Florence, and Knoxville,
and $30,000 in specie for the Decatur Bank.
When the tteamhoat Norfolk (which was as
cending the river) arrived at the scene of confla
gration, exertions were making to get the specie
from the wreck, and about $lO,OOO had been re
covered. The portion recovered, however, was
in a very damaged condition, having been p.utially
melted. The hold filled and the P. sunk while
the Norfolk lay there, and, ill all probability,
nothing more will he recovered. The cargo and
specie were insured, and there wis an insurance
of $5,000 on the boat. No lives lost. Th 0
fire originated in the hold—cause unknown.
A new species ol cotton seed is now selling in
Alabama, at 50 cents a kernel !
The Gallon Law went into operation on the
9th in Mississippi. The Vicksburg Whig says,
it was a day of general mourning among the pio
prielors of drinking houses. We saw one estab
lishment disposing of its drinking utensils at auc
tion, while the door of another was shrouded with
black crape.
There were 585 arr.vals at New York, from
foreign ports from Ist Ja n "m:v to •'
r-J.o?V in LtY -a
From the New Orleans Louisianian, May 2.
From Vera Cruz.
The brig Franklin, from Vera Cruz, brings
dates of the 21st ult. The keeper of the IVier
chants’ Exchange received papers one day later
than ours; ami to his kindness we are indebted
for u copy of the treaty and convention between
Mexico and France, which we have translated,
and lay before our readers.
TItEATV OK t'KACK AND IMIKM N ITT BETWEEN
MEXICO AN!) KIIANCE.
11l filename of the Most Holy Trinity—
The president of the republic of Mexico, and
his majesty the King of the French, desirous of
terminating the war which unfortunately prevails
between the two countries, have chosen for their
plenipotentiaries respectively, to wit : his ex< el
leti y the President of Mexico, Manuel Eduardo
Uorostiza, minister of foreign afiVns, and Guade
loupe Victoria, general of division; and his majes
ty the King of the French, Charles lluudin&Ui
cer of the royal order of the legion of honor—-
Who, after interchanging their full powers, and
having found them good and in good form, have
agreed upon the following articles :
Art. 1. There shall he constant peace and per
petual friendship between the republic of Mexico
on the one part, and his majesty the King of the
French, his heirs and successors, on the other
part, without exception of persons or places.
Art. 2. To the end to facilitate the prompt re
establishment of mutual kindness between the
two nations, the contracting parties agree to sub
mil to the decision of a third power the two
questions following, to wit :
I. If Mexico hitsa right to claim from France
either the restitution of Mexican vessels captured
hv the French forces after the surrender of the
fortress of Shu Juan de Ulloa, or an indemnity
lor the same in ease the French government
should have disposed of them 1
2d. If it ho right to accord indemnities which,
on one side, the French might claim for losses
sustained by them from the law of expulsion,
and which the Mexicans, on the other, might
claim for loss sustained by. litem from hostilities
after the 26th November last !
Art. 3. Until the two parties shall he aide to
conclude a treaty of commerce and navigation,
which shall regulate in a definite manner and
with reciprocal advantages for Mexico and Franco
their future relations, the diplomatic and consu
lar agents, the citizens of all classes, the ships
and merchandise of both countries shall continue
to enjoy in each oilier all the franchises, privile
ges and immunities whatever, which are or may
he hereafter by treaties or usages to the most fa
vored nation, and that gratuitously, if such con
cession is gratuitous or conditional, as the case
may he.
Art. 4. As soon as one ol the originals of the
present treaty and ofthe convention of the same
date, duly ratified, one and the other by the Mex
ican government, according to the terms ol the
following article, shall be transmitted to the
French plenipotentiary, the fortress of San Juan
de Ulloa shall he restund to M.xico with its ar
tillery, in the state in which it shall be found.
Art. 5. The present treaty shall he ratified by
the Mexi an government, iu the constitutional
form, within twelve days from the dale hereof, or
| before if it he possible, and by his majesty the
I King of the French within four months from said
I dale.
In testimony whereof, the above named peni
tentiaries have signed and scaled the same with
their respective seals.
Done in the city of Vera Cruz, in triplicate,
j one of the originals to remain in the hands ot his
j majesty, the President of Mexico, and the two
j others delivered to his majesty the King of the
! French, the 9th day of the month of March, in
j the year of our Lard, 1839.
CIIAHLES BaVIIIX,
M. E. Gouostiza,
Giadalite Victouia.
CONVENTION.
(In the name of the most Holy Trinity.)
Art. I. In order to satisfy the claims of France,
relative for damage received by her subjects be
fore the 2Clh November, 1838. the Mexican gov
ernment " ill pay to the French government the
j sum of six hundred thousand dollars in specie,
payment of which shall he made in three instal
ments of two hundred thousand dollars each, by
the principal administrator of the Custom-house
at \ era Cruz, at two, fmr and six months, dating
l from the day of the ratification of the present
convention hv the Mexican government. When
the said pay inputs are made, the government of
• the republic sha'l he acquitted and freed by France
in regard to all claims anterior to the 2(llh No
vember 1838.
Ait. 2. The question whether the Mexican
i vessels and their cargoes, sequestered during the
I blockade, and afterwards captured by the h rench,
: in consequence of the declaration of war. shall he
; considered good prize to the captors, shall he sub
mitted to the arbitration of a third power, as slipu-
I laled in the second article of the treaty ol this
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Art. 3. The Mexican government hinds ilsc.f
n t to raise or permit to he raised, any future ob
stacle to the punctual and regular payment ol the
French creditors, with h have been acknowledged,
and are in a train of liquidation.
Art. 4. The present convention shall be ratified
with the same formalities and in the same delay
with the treaty of peace of this date, to which it
sha'l remain annexed. ,
In testimony, whereof, the plenipotentiaries
have &c. (Signed and sealed as above.)
The Providence Journal says, “lint at the pre
sent high rates of cotton, the article can he im
ported from Brazil and sold here, so as to com
pete with that of home production, even after [lay
ing a duty of 3 cents per pound.”
The Lexington, Miss., Lnion slates, that land
which will not bring over 51 per acre, cash, is
selling on credit at from 10 to 15 dollars.
Salmon, from Kennebec, have appeared In Bos
ton. $2 50 per pound. The whole fish brought,
iu these hard times, 542 5011!
Micmioax. —The Legislature of this State ad
journed on the 21st ult., after a session of fifteen
weeks. The following appropriations were made
for the continuation of the works of internal im
provement ; —5100,000 on the southern railroad ;
i 100,000 on the central railroad ; $40,000 on the
northern railroad; 500,000 on the Clinton and
Kalamazoo canal; $25,000 for the improvement
of the St. Josephs river; $25,000 for the improve
ment of Grand river.
Treasury Antes.
Tub a sun v Dbp aht m b st, £
May 1, 1839. 5
The whole amount of Treasury Notes autho
rised by the act of October 12, 1837, has been is
sued, viz: $10,003,000 00
Os that issue
there has been
redeemed the
sum of 8 900.929 55
Leaving outstanding of the first
issue the sum of 45
In lieu of tho*'-
there
has been issu
ed under the
act of 21st
May, 1838 $5,709,810 01
Os that issue
I there has been
redeemed 1,020,310 76
Leaving outstanding ol the se
cond issue t tc sum of $3,783,499 25
The amount issued under the pro
visions of the act ol 2d March,
1839, is 2 080,985 14
Making an aggregate outstand
ing of $6,963,554 84
And of the old issues an aggre
gate of $4.982 569 70
I
LEVI WOODBURY,
Secretary of the Treasure*
A New Bank iv New Yoiik.—T4s" New
York Sun of the 241 h says ;—“The nc** hank ng
institution, which we noticed on Monday, anil of
which one of the Messrs. Josephs will lie the
head, will he a branch of the house of the Solo
mons the head partner of which is now, or was,
Sheriff of London. A capital')!'one million ster
ling will he employed, and the business conduct
ed on the most high minded principles.'’
Gun. Giiatiot’s Case.— As the dismission of
Gen. Gratiot from the army and the imputation
of default, on his part, look the public by surprise,
much interest has been manifested in the result
ol the suit, brought by the government, to recov
er the balance of money claimed against him.—
The suit came on for trial before the Federal Cir
cuit I ourt, for Missouri, on Wednesday, thelOth
instant. The circumstances of the ease, as we
have learned them from persons who were pr-s
-ent. are as follows. The government clai ed a
balance of money advanced to the defendant, of
about $30,0 0. The defendant claimed an offset,
of a larger sum, foi extiu-afficial services render
ed by him, in directing and superintending pub
lic works, of a civil nature, not appropriate to Ids
military station, and iu the labor and responsibil
ity of disbursing public money.
Wednesday and Thursday were occupied iu
living evidence to the jury and in discussing the
points ol law before the Court. Ou Friday morn
ing, the Court instructed the jury, pointedly,
against the defendant’s claims of set off; and that
the services rend red by him in relation to civil
works, were not extra; and that, there ore, he was
not entitled to any compensation for such servi
ces. although they occasioned, according to tin
proofs in the case, three times the labor of hi>
military duties p oper.
The jury, however, declined to obey the it-:
struclions of the Court; declaring, (as some !
them did in open court,) that they could not c»t
scieuliously give a verdict against the defendr, I
as they considered the evidence ample for his -
fence—and having heard the discussion of c
law questions, were satisfied in that respect ~ ).
The jury remained in confinement until Tushy,
tho 16th instant, and then were dissolved 1 die
adjournment of the Court.
ft is perhaps, proper to remark, that, a> as
wc have understood, there was no tin e of
party politics in the jury. It was com <1 of |
gentlemen of both parties, and ot entire mgers
to Gen. Gratiot. There was not one c /c old |
inhabitants of Louisiana on the jury ;i | Gen. j
Gratiot, though a native of this city. l| ten ab
sent, in the public service, for nearly i/ty-five
years. tSim e the adjournment, we puhat the
jury were divided—two for obeym®*.“instruc
tions of tho Court, and ten in favor; , general i
verdict for the defendant.— St. L Bullet,n,
April 17. ; .
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Mil. WoODBUIIT AM) TB); SilOKF.a. All
amusing anecdote indicative ov tie [shrewdness
and good management of tiectfy, Woodbury, '
is confidently related in Wall/,?,,. An mtclli- |
gent French Broker, Mr. D.Xwimesince dis- ,
covered that a fraud had beet)rosMitted on the [
Revenue Department to tic .mount of about !
thirteen thousand dollars, nop ,Meded to Wash
ington, staled the ease to tic Nvlptary, and nude '
an arrangement to collect ibemMey. provided he
was allowed one half the .mm J collected, Mr.
Woodbury, in his great cai.t:, (or the set uritv 1
of the Government, insisted Wthe District At
torney should he cmpl/ f,|,, jluiiscl. To this
part of the arrangement the broker reluctantly !
assented. A few days hef,M the departure ol
Mr. I’ri e. for England 1,, jpiolly collected the
amount, hut in the con'usijm the moment for- j
got to leave any part nf t m ney behind. Mr.
D. now c ills on the Secnjjfy 1,1 the Treasury
for $6 500. his share ul V recovery, and the !
Secretary refers him loC* ress for on appropria- I
/ '
tion, to make good his contract. Thus, by this
operation, the loss of $l3 000 is increased to
$19,500, if the Government acts justly.— .'. *•
Courier.
Washington, April 29, 1839.
There is little or no news to communicate Irom
this city to-day. The (‘resident and Secretaries
seem to have’been strongly impressed by the
ceremonies at the funcial of General Samuel
Smith.—They speak in the highest terms ot the
grandeur and solemnity ot the proceedings. Did
you observe that Post Master General Amos did
not attend with the other Heads ot Departments!
He finds it p udent to keep out of the wake of
Mr. Forsyth, who looks upon him with the ut
most loathing and detestation, and this is also felt
on the part of Arnos, who is determined to pros
trate F. as Van Buren did Calhoun under the
Jackson dynasty. More of this anon.
It is unde stood that no communication has
been made to the Government by the British M.n
ister, on the subject ot the North (.astern Bound
ary, since the arrival of the Great Western, tench
a communication was at first expected — but now,
nothing more will he heard about the matter until
the Liverpool arrives. —Baltimore Patriot.
Columbia, Mai 3. — Eault Cohn. — We
have seen a stalk of Corn, from the garden of
Dr. Filch, of this place, already in tassel, and
very luxuriant. It is of the kind called Canada
Corn, brought bv Dr. F. from the North, last
summer; and the patch from which it was taken,
will in all probabi'ity a (ford roasting ears in four
weeks from this time.— Smith Carolinian.
A New Fraud. —A friend from Arkansas
informs us of a new species of fraud perpetrated
by the land olCice receivers in that part of the
1 country. 'The Indian agents and contractors
, have paid out large amounts of Treasury notes.
These notes, bearing an interest of G per cent,
generally work their way to the land oilier s.
The receivers, instead of passing them in kind to
the credit of the government, put them in their
own pockets and keep them there hearing interest
until they can sell thorn fora good round premium
ar eastern funds. They pocket the interest anil
the premium, and we may char!tidily suppose, Ilia',
after the Treasury notes are converted into the
currency of the country, the nett proceeds are
held subject to the order of government. It is
an undeniable fact, that nearly all receivers be
come merchants anil land speculators, and it is
no uncommon thing for them to close their specu
lations by actually selling their offices.—Louis
ville Journal.
Finn.—We regret to learn that the dwelling
i house and kitchen of Dr Samuel A. Goodman, of
J '-'- ’''strict. were fthrough accident,i on Sun
day last,oi,,..ennsumeu oy ,oe, togethci with
all their contents, furniture, books, papers, &c.,
the loss, probably three thousand dollars, or more.
—South Carolinian of the 3d.
M A R R I E D,
At New Orleans, on the 17tli ultimo, at the res
idence of Louis Bringier, Ksq., Surveyor General
of the State of Louisiana, fy the Hev. ' r. Clapp,
Ma jor General K. P. Gaines, of the IT. S. Army, to
Mrs. Myra Clark Whitney, only diughter of the
late Daniel ( laik, Esq,, of New 'oik. ,
O BIT F A R Y.
Died on the first day of May, Mr. John Sulliv an,
Sen, in the Both year of Ids age. He was l orn in
Virginia, in the year 17 )5. ami for upwards of 65
years, a resident of fdgdieUl I istriet. South ( a.o
iina where he has secured fur himself the warm
I reg nlof many friends. During the revolutionary
war, lie was a true whig and a good soldier, anil
| was one among the hist to shoulder his ride in de
j force of the rights of his country.
For the la«l twenty yea s lie wa« aiflicted with
that distressing d;soase l chrpnic rheumatism, which
he bore with Christian fortitude to the day of Ids
death. He lias left numerous friends and relations
to mourn his depa.ture f.orn time to cte.nity.
“ To-day Ids fertile thoughts develope
What mortal eye had ne’er su.vey'd ;
To-mo row earth doth seal or wrap up,
And humble him whom du d had made.
From Idm (doom pleasure's every (lower,
Hut oh ! too soon their beauty'Hies j
A thousand cares and pains o’erpower,
And then lie ripens, droops, and dies ”
A. W. B.
1 Consignees per South Carolina Rail Read.
llamiu.ro, May fi, 1839.
W.Matter, A. Frederick, Reese & Beall, Stovall
Simmons/; Co., Silcox ,\ Brothers, W. Johnson, G.
E. McDonald, 11. L. Jeffers, Pcrritt &
VoungJ. F. Benson, T. Dawson, Hand A Scran
ton, JJ. Snead, D. S. Roman, Gould A Eulk'ey, J.
iM. A Adams, M. U. Smith.
’ fa'THE AMERICAN SILK CROW EH AND
. fXMEII’S MANUAL —A monthly publication,
do tied toextend and encourage the growth of S',fit
1 t'yughout the United States. Edited by Ward
Clney and Brothers, Burlington, N. .1., and pub
jficd in Philadelphia, at the low price of Une
f.Li.Aa a year,
il Kr Subscriptions received at this office, ap9
F cry* The fol owing are tiic Standing Committee*,
' appointed by the Mayor for the year 1539 and ’-10 :
1C Accounts —St. John, Warren and Harper. ,
3 Streets —Parish, Rankin and Hitt.
Magazine —Hitt,Crump and Dye.
Hospital —Dye, Hitt and Thompson.
Drains —Harper, Crump and Parirh.
City-Hall —Rankin, liitt and St. John.
Pumps and Wells —ltishop, Rankin and Dye.
Market —Bush, Nelson and Thompson.
Police —Warren, St. John and Parish.
Jail- —Crump, Nelson and Bush.
Health —Nelson, Hitt and Parish.
Engines —Thompson, Nelson and Harper.
South Commons —Hitt, Clump and Dye.
Charity —. ishop. Crump and Rankin.
Kicer Bank and Whnrf —Bishop, Warren and
St. John.
RECAPITULATION,
j St. John —Accounts, City-Hall, Police, River Bank
j and Wharf.
Parish —streets, Drains, Police and Heath,
j Hitt—Magazine, Hospital,City-Hall, Health, and
j South Commons.
Dye —Hospital, Pumps and Wells, Magazine, and
South ■ ominous.
I Harper—Drains, Accounts and Engines.
; Rankin—City-Hall, Streets, Pumps and Wells,and
t harity.
' Bishop—Pumps and Wells, Charity, River Bank
and Wharf.
Hush —Marketand Jail.
Warren—Police. Accounts, River Bank and Wharf.
Crump—Jail, Magazine, South i ommons, and
Drains.
Nelson—Health, Market and Engines.
Thompson—Engines, Hospital and Market.
S. H. OLIVER, t lerk of Counci'.
a P 25 3m
97 The following gentomen have been ap
pointed by his Conor the Mayor, as Health i om
mittees in the Wards respectively attached to their
names:—
Messrs. G. F PARISH , -j
P. 11 M A NTZ. > Ward No. 1.
S. 11. OLD ER, }
M. M. DYE, -a
T. I IP It IV. f- Ward No. 2
J 0 DUNLAP,}
J D BISHOP, -y
B W. F HiCE, f Ward No. 3.
r. mein res. }
C. It. HI T. -s
E B BE ALL, f- Ward No. .}.
J. J. COHEN. }
May 1
PRKSKNTMKN l b.
Lincoln Superior Court, April Term, 1333.
Getrgia, Lincoln county.
The Grand Jurors, sworn anj cmpannelled a
the Grand inquest of saut county and state, iur the
piesent term, make the following presentments
And in doing so, they Teel gratn.ed n sute tnat
they have no presentments to make of a general
character, as outiageous upon the niuiai commu
nity.
the Grand Jurors, in the performance of this
duty, undei the special charge 01 ms Honor, have
made examination of the records of thccou.ts and
nnd them in good order, and the ot i„ c
courts regularly recorded* in lespegftu tue other
charges Hum ms Honor, not .niig comes wil.mi the
knowledge ol tills body that they can present as a
gr.e> ance.
i he Grand Jury, will, as a body, recommend the
stud oaservante of tae law, iCgulalmg retail
licenses, passed at tac cast seasoon 01 tue oegisia
tu.e, which law, enforced, will put a stop to a
traffic with slaves in ardent spirits, w.ddi has Ueen
for years a sou.ee or complaint, and accumulation
of much vice and came wit..in the scale.
Ti.ey would recommend to the interior Court of
the County, to have such icpaiis made as may oc
necessary 10t..e several r.n .ges in toe county, and
wnen requited to have new ones hunt; aim we
point uni to tiioni loose across Aram Soap Creek
aim the Gry roue of soap creek as wanting iv-d
pairs. "
Tlie Grand Jurors have been unable to examine
ful y, tlie situation 01 tue lUuds 01 the county, tlie
Cie.k Having ueen uiidei a p.ess during tue term in
ms oineial duty, they iccoinuieiid t..at ue oe pro
pared tu iay i.eiu.e toe lldeuor court the Slate of
tlie fun iS, and taut c.e same ,e laidoeioie tue next
urdiiddury 10. their app.oval.
i he urand au.y womd p.escnt as a scrioas grie
vance,tne defect in our criminal laws, winch will
not permit oifences to he tried in any county tuan
wheie ihey aie cuinui.lUU —it has come to this,
tat tue more flagrant tue crime,the mo.cteitauny
tlieic is tnat tue perpetrator will cscapejustice.
j he tiansgiessor and Ins liicnds nave on.y to
agitate the c..se in a l companies, anu thus draw out
t .at . xp.ession of op.moil which is so natural in a
vut.ious comuium.y, wuere tue laws nave ueen
sliaiiiclui y violated, and thus under tne two oat.,s
t at are p.escribed . y tue code to Jurors, every
citizen in tue county, especially t ie must meritori
ous and eii.ightei.ed, are leudereu incompetei.t to
serve. Tins is a crying evil, and we would recom
mend to onr senators and ivepie.senlatives in me
next cegisl-ture, tu bring tins matter uefore tne
asscml.ly, and to endeavor to prjcu.esuiliiin aAe.-
at.on in tne existing,laws, as wnl insure the speedy
a m .iistiation ui justice.
i lie Grand Jurors in closing their presentments
tlnougli tncir fo.eman, p.esent to nis nunor, uar
nett Andrews, their thanks lor Ins attention to
team as a body', and to. bis attention to easiness in
the discharge of ins omciai duties, which has been
faithfully and impartially pe,formed. And to U.
ileat i, lusq , so i itor c.encral, they present
their thanks for bis faithful discha.ge of his duties.
We fu tier recommend tnat the clerk have these
presentments published once a month for six montns
in Hie Augusta c hrunicle and sentinel and f ederal
Union.
John Bcntly, Foreman. Hogun Wadsworth,
John 'I. Quinn, Henry (■’. civeurt,
KdmonJ J. Lyon, John /.ellais,
Newman S. Matthews, Huidy Leverett,
Jacob . urp'i, .'lark Bond,
George Collars, Norridny Trammell,
ftlieldrid hoss, Wiley Jetes,
Jeremiah B anebard, John KaJy,
William Greshum, Kli Garnett.
f n motion of U. S. Heath, So icitor General, it is
orde.ed y the com that the presentments of the
Grand Jury bo published as required by them.
Georgia,Lincoln County.
1, Joshua Daniel, Clerk of the Superior Court of
said county and state, certify that the foregoitfr
p esentments of the Grmi Jury is a true extr/t
from the minutes of said court, this 30th day Anri l I
IS O. JOSHUA DANIKL, Clerk, c. s c. ’
lia y 1 lamb’m
(O* highly IMPORTANT.43* '
Nervous diseases, liver complaint, bilious dis
eases, piles, rheumatism, consumption, coughs,
colds, pain in the chest and side, ulcers, all deli
cate and mercurial disea es arc successfully treated
at Dr. til A.SS’S Office, 100 Chatham-street, New-
York.
Dll. WILLIAM EVANS' MKDI INKS,
Arc composed of vegetable substances, which exert
a specihc action upon the beait. give an impulse or
strength to the arterial system ; the b ood is quick
ened and equalized in itscircu’alion through al the
vessels, whether of the skin, the paits situated in
ternally, or the extremities; and as a 1 the secre
tions ol the body are drawn from the blood, there
is a consequent increase of every* secretion, and a
quickened action of the aosorbent and exhalent, or
discha ging vessels. Any morbid a t.on which
may have taken place is corrected, all o .struttiuns
are removed, the olood is purilicd,and the body te
sum s a hca thlul state.
11 ese medii hies after much anxious toil and rc
searcii, having Leon brought by the proprietor to
the present state ol perfei lion, supersede the use of
the innumerable other medicines ; and a.e so well
adapted to the frame,that the use of them, by main
taining the body in the due performance of its
functions, and preserving the vital stream in a pure
and healthy state, causes it to last many years long
er than it otherwise would, and the mind to be
come so composed and tninquii. that od age when
it arrives will appear a h essing, and not ias too
many who have neglected their constitutions, or
had them injured hy medicines administered by ig
noian .-e) a source oi misery and abhorrence.
They are so compounded, that hy st.engthcning
and equalizing the action of the heart, liver, and
other visera, they expel the bad, acrid or moffiid
mutter, which renders the blood impure, out of the
circulation, through the excretory ducts into the
passage of the bowels, so that by the brisk orslight
evacuations which may be regulated by the doses,
always remembering that while the evacuations
from the bowels are kept up. the excretions Lorn all
the other portions of the body will also be going
on in the same proportion, by which means the
blood invariably becomes purified.
Steady perseverance in the use of the medicine
will undoubtedly elicit a cure even in the most
acute or obstinate diseases j but in such eases the
dose may be augmented, according to tbe inveteracy
ol the disease; the mcdicims I cing so admirably*
adapted to the constitution, that they may be taken
at nl times
In all cases of liypochondrlacism, low spirits,pal
pitations of the heart, nervous i.ritabilily, nervous
weakness, fluor albus, seminal weakness, indiges
tion, loss of appetite, flatulency, heartburn, general
debi ity, bodily weakness, chlorosis or g.cen sick
ness, flatulent or hysterical faintings, hysterics
heaiache, hiccup, sea sickness, night-mare, gout’
rheuma.ism, asthma, tic douloreaux, cramp, spas
modic affections, and tii >sc wiio are victims to that
most cxcruGating disorder, Gout, will hnd relief
from their sufferings, by a course of Dr. William
Evans’s fills.
Nausea, vomiting, pains in tlie side, limbs, head,
stomach or back, dimness or confusion of skin’
noises in tlie inside, alternate flushings of lieat and
chilliness, tremors, watchings, agitation, anxiety
bad dreams, spasms, will in every case be relieved
by an occasional dose of Dr. Kvans’s medicines.
One of tbe most dangerous epochs to females is
at tlie change ot life; and it is then they require a
medicine which wid so invigorate their circulation
and thus strengthen tlicr constitutions as may cna- i
b e thorn to withstand the shock. . j J
i hose who h ve tlie care and education of Fe
males, whether Hie studious or tlie sedentary part
of the community, should never lie without a sflf- t
p'y of Dr. Kvans’s Fills, which remove disorders I
in the head, invigorate tlie mind, strengthen the j
1 body, improve tlie memory, and eliveu the imagin
ation.
When the nervous system has been too largely
drawn upon or overstrained, nothing is better to -
correct and invigorate tlie drooping constitution
than these medicines.
Dr. William Kvans’s Medical Office, 100 Chat
ham street,New York, where the Doctor maybe
consulted.
Cj' fase ( 'f Tic Dolorcux. SJj
Vrs J. K. Johnson, wife of (’apt. Joseph John
son. of I.ynn. Mas-., was severely* alhict.'d for ten
years with Tic Folo.eux, violentpa in her heal,
and vomiting with a burning heat in tlie stomach,
ami unable to leave her room. She could hnd no