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Sf FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 17.
Y.»: From our Correspondent.
Milledgeville, May 14th, 1839.
s » The Convention met at 3 o’clock. It was ex
-1 {Bibcted that a vole would be taken on Mr. Stake's
Bptbstitute; but in this, the House was disap- \
Wfointcd. Mr. Stark accepted an amendment
HSroposed by Mr. Wopfokd, to strike out the fed
&i|iSral basis, and insert the white basis. Mr. D*w-
objected to the right of Mr. Stauk to accept
Keuch an amendment without the consent of the
Bf House. The President decided that he had that
Rj| right; from which decision Mr. Jenkins took
Han appeal. The House, by a vote almost strictly
BPg party in its character, sustained the decision of
the Chair. Yeas 143, nays 133. Mr. Jones, of
Muscogee, then moved to re-insert the federal
basis in Mr. Stark’s substitute, on which mo-
W tion the yeas and nays were recorded. Yeas 192,
Wh nays 83. This placed the substitute of Stauk
before the House in its original form, but the an
gry debate which had followed that gentleman’s
I untimely acceptance of the proposition to strike
Map out the federal basis, had so distracted the friends
I of the substitute, that a vote could not be takem
Mr. Haynes, of Hancock, for the purpose of
further embarrassing the substitute, moved an r th-
JR er substitute, giving to each county one Senator
and one Representative; to those counties hav
ing a population of 7000, one additional member,
and to those having 11000, two additional mem
bers. Mr. Oliver, of Elbert, moved to lay Mr.
' ! |%Hatne’s substitute on the table for the present.
Yeas 139, nays 142.
Judge Berrien then moved to strike out “one
: Senator from each county” and insert “forty six
■yiv r " Senators from two contiguous counties.” On
> this motion a warm and animated debate arose,
in which Messrs. Berrien, Dougherty of Troup,
Jones of Muscogee, Davis of Lee, Hunter and
Jjjß Springer participated. At a late hour in the as-
B ternoon a vote was taken on the motion of J udge
Berrien, and the yeas were 143, nays 142.—The
M t. Convention then adjourned till nine o’clock, to.
morrow morning,
It is proper to say that very many voted against
striking out 93 Senators and inserting 46, be
cause the latter plan would bo associated with a
I very objectionable organization of the House of
Representatives, by which the injustice and ine
|| quality already existing would be increased;
IS while on the other hand, the plan of giving each
'v. county one Senator, was connected with a plan
lor the House of Representatives, based on prin
ciples of equality and population, and therefore,
altho’ not giving reduction enough, was prefera
ble, because as far as it went it proceeded upon
the proper principle.
Wednesday, May 15th, 1839.
The Convention met this morning at 9 o’clock.
Judge Berrien rose and said that it was desira
ble to have a recess of the Convention for one
$ hour, inasmuch as some conferences had been
w jj a( j between gentlemen ol both parties in the
■0 Convention, for the purpose of devising a plan
acceptable to both parties, and it was believed that
an understanding could be effected in an hour,
by which the labors of the Convention might be
brought to a close. In compliance with this re
quest, the Convention adjourned till 11 o’clock.
After the lapse of time for the recess, the
members again assembled, when Judge Berrien
offered a substitute as the result of the Confer
ence, and which is in substance as follows:
That there shall be 46 Senators from the same
number of districts formed by two contiguous
counties—that there shall be 142 Representatives,
of which each county shall have one. The ar
rangement of the details for both Houses to be
left to the next Legislature, and to each Legisla
ture first after every census. Judge B. enforced
the adoption of his substitute, in a strong, effec
tive, and beautiful speech.
Mr. Dougherty, of Troup, offered a substi
tute for that of Judge Berrien, except that it did
not secure to each county one member in the
House of Representatives.
Mr. Hutchins, of Gwinnett, opposed both
substitutes in a short speech in which he express
ed the grounds of his opposition.
Mr. Stephens, of Taliaferro, also opposed the
project and the manner in which it was concoct
| ed. His speech was a handsome and forcible
one, clear in its views, clear in its enunciation,
and was listened to with the most profound si
lence and attention.
Mr. Strickland, of Madison, took the same
side of the question in a few remarks.
Mr. Springer also made a short speech
against both substitutes.
Mr. Buanham, of Putnam, advocated in a few
words, the substitute of Judge Berrien, with con
siderable warmth.
Mr. Jones, of Muscogee, opposed in a speech
of some length, the substitutes of Berrien and
Dougherty, expressing a hope that the house
would once more gel back to the substitute of Mr.
Stark, and pass it.
Mr. Barclay, of Habersham, opposed »he
substitute of Mr. Dougiiebtt, but expressed his
willingness to take that of Judge Berrien, in the
event that he cannot get the original report of the
Committee of 30.
Mr. Gamble, addressed the House in favor of
Judge Berrien’s substitute in a lengthy and an
imated speech, and the Convention adjourned till
3 o’clock.
y' The Charleston Courier of ywtdwlKffi says '
“We learn from our attentive correspondent at
Columbia, under date of the 14th inst. that the
Appeal Court, silting at that place, had passed
sentence of death on the following persons, for
negro stealing, viz : Win. Ford, and Jesse M.
Hincman, of Spartanburg—sentence to be car
ried into execution on the 2d August next; also
John Adams, a Foreigner, was sentenced to be.
executed on the 31st inst. for the murder of Mrs
McVoy, of that place.”
The new work of Cheveley or the Man of
Honor, by Lady Lytton Bulwcr, has been pub
lished by the Messrs. Harpers, and will serve to
allay the highly excited curiosity of the public.
The New-York Commercial Advertiser thus
speaks of it:
A book, the distinguished qualities of which
arc talent, bitterness and bad taste. It seems
to have been written, chiefly, to “show up” the
conjugal enormities of some body’s husband and
his family; and scandal says that the somebody
in question is Lady Lytton Bulwcr. If the por
trait is Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer’s, and any
thing like a likeness, he must be set down for a
precious rascal; but there are always two sides
to a story, and the spirit Lady Bulwer exhibits
in her book is any thing but amiable. She is
said to be extremely beautiful, and no beautiful
woman has a right to make venomous books,
even under heavy provocation.
/ ,
/' Rail Road Acclden^— The Charleston
Courier of yeffiaKyL^ays;—As the cars were
moving off on Tuesday morning, just above
Branchville, on their way up, the loeometive
came in contact with a cow, (which was crushed
and killed,) whereby the train was thrown off the
road, and one of the firemen was also thrown off
and killed, the engine falling on him. Previous
to this sad occurrence, no serious accident, we
learn, has occurred on the road for eighteen
months.
Death of Judge Puioleau. —A letter recei
ved in Charleston from Pendleton (S. C.) dated
10th inst. says: “That the Hon. S. Puioleau
died in that place on the night of the Bth inst.
Judge Puioleau has filled several conspicuous
situations in Legislative and Judicial departments
in this State. He was for several sessions a lead
ing and influential member of tha Legislature
and occupied the office of Judge of the City
Court for many years, in which situations the
soundness of his opinions, the extent of his in
formation, the integrity of his character and the
uniform courtesy of his manners, have ensured
for him the respect and admiration of this com
munity.”
Famine. —The most appalling distress exists
in the island of New Foundland. Hundreds of
families are in a state of starvation. The accounts
of the suffering of these people are.truly harrow
ing. The wretchedness to which they are redu
ced, without food or clothing, living on one mise
rable meal a day, and that consisting of putrid
&c. /
Destructive Fire. —The extensive bleach
ing establishment, 300 feet long, at Warwick, It.
L, has been totally destroyed by fire. Loss,
$40,000, —only $12,000 insured.
Fifteen hundred dollars were promptly collected
at St. Louis, (Mo.) for the sufferers by the burn
ing of the Glasgow steamer, the day after the
event happened.
From the Savannah Republican.
The ship Robert Isaac of Savannah, sailed from
Liverpool for New York on 21st Jan. On Ist
Feb. experienced a severe gale from S. S. W., and
a heavy sea—which caused the vessel to labor
much and ship a great deal of water. From the
Ist to the 6th Feb. we sustained almost daily los
ses in sails and rigging, but on the latter date at
2 P. M., being then under close reefed fore and
aft maintopsails only, the ship was suddenly struck
with a squall, exceeding in violence any that had
ever been experienced by the oldest seaman on
board. Onr fore, main and mizen topmasts, with
all their rigging and sails, were carried away, and
the fore and mizen rigging greatly injured by the
falling of the spars. The lower yards in falling,
stnu-k two of our boats and rendered both unfit
for repair. The jib-boom and bowsprit were also
sprung. The sea at this time rose prodigously,
and the heavy rolling of the ship rendered it im
possible for a long lime to clear away the broken
spars. A jury foretopmast being rigged in a few
days we endeavored to proceed on our voyage,
being then in lon. 36 W.—but during the suc
ceeding three weeks, we had little else than a
continuance of gales of wind which carried away
almost all our sales, and the heavy laboring of the
ship caused great apprehension of foundering.
On the 4th March the rudder and bolts broke, and
after every attempt to strengthen it by hawser
and chains, it was finally carried away on the 6th
by a tremendous sea, which at same time broke
open the rudder case, and the water rushing in
when the ship rolled, it was the opinion of all on
board that but little chance ofour escape remained.
As a last resort, it was determined to lighten the
ship by throwing part of the cargo overboard, but
little could be effected at that lime, owing to the
sea frequently breaking over the ship. On the
10th the weather having moderated, we recom
mend discharging the ship, and continued doing
so until the 23d, when about half or two-thirds
had been thrown overboard. From the 4th lo the
10th March the vessel drifted at the mercy of the j
w inds —all attempts to replace a rudder having
proved ineffectual. On the latter dale, however,
a hawser, with a number of drags attached, bav- j
ing been put overboard, it was found in some de
gree to place the ship under control; and all hope I
of being able to proceed to the Westward having
been long abandoned,it was determined toendeavor
to reach I ayal—having been compelled to pass
that Island, owing to the temporary rudder being
out ot place, vve finally reached Angra Bay on the
30th ultimo.
From the Mobile Journal.
The Treasurer of the State of Indiana, has
made a formal demand on the Secretary of the
Treasury for the payment of the fourth instalment
of the surplus revenue. That matter is in a ve
ry awkward position. In the original deposite
law there was a power reserved to the Secretary
of the Treasury to recall the amount of the de
positc in certain cases, and in a defined manner.
When the fourth instalment, which should have
been deposited on the Ist of January, 1838, was
withheld, and a law passed postponing the de
posite for one year, the ([discretion given to the
Secretary was revoked—so that no executive
power could withdraw any portion of the money
after it had been once paid over. An actofCon
,''gross would be required for that purpose. At
the late session of Congress it was found that the
state of the treasury would not enable it to meet
even the deferred payment. The last fourth of
what had been the surplus revenue in 1837, had
been exhausted in carrying on the government
before the Ist of January 1839, and there was no
money to be deposited. An act of Congress was
thought necessary, to defer the expected payment
to some future day certain, or to defer it indefi
nitely, leaving it subject to the future disposal of
Congress, or to repeal absolutely that much of
the deposite law. An act passed the Senate
postponing the payment indefinitely, but|Con
gress adjourned before the bill was acted upon
by the House of Representatives. The law of
1838, extending the time for this deposite to the
Ist of January, 1839, accordingly remains in
force.
It follows, if the deposite law was Itona fide, a
distribution law, appropriating this specific sum
to the use of the States, without regard to the
fact of its being a surplus revenue, actually in the
treasury, supposing such a law to be constitution
al, that the States have a clear right to demand
y payment. But it will, we think, be exceedingly
i difficult to satisfy Congress that a law which, on
its face, provides for the temporary custody of
the public money by the States, creates such a
binding obligation, that even if the money in the
treasury fails, a public debt must be contracted to
supply the deficiency for the benefit of the custo
diers, and that the Secretary of the Treasury
should be sustained in complying with the re
quest of any State to pay its proportion in treasu
ry notes, which are but a form of un I’uiWl‘d debt.
The Treasurer of Indiana, however, has given the
Secretary to understand that he will take treasury
notes bearing interest if specie cannot be fur
nished; that is, if the United States have no mo
ney to deposite with the State of Indiana, she will
bo obliged to them for the interest of the money
that they ought to have had for her to keep for
them.
From the New York Express, May 11.
Important from Peru.
THE VICTORY OF THE CHILIAN ARMY.
We have been politely furnished by a highly
respectable Commercial House with the follow
ing late and important letter, which has been re
ceived via Jamaica. It will be seen that the rc
, cent report of the Victory of the Chilian army
over that of the Protector, is confirmed. Lima
has, before this, fallen.
Lima, January 22, 1839.
The army of the Confederation, commanded
by the Protector in person, was entirely destroy
ed by the Chilian Peruvian army at Yungay on
the 20th inst. The Protector and several of the
Provincial officers arrived at Lima on the 24th
inst,. and have since gone to the South. Wcex
■ pcct the Chilians daily, their advance guard hav
ing been for two days within fifteen leagues of the
1 city. No opposition will be made to their en
trance.
The castles of Callao have a garrison of about
one thousand men, and are being hastily provis
ioned for a siege. Most of the foreign merchants
/(ourselves amongst the number) arc embarking
t as many of their goods now at Callao as they can
before the castles are invested.
The goods to our consignment will be deposi
ted on board the American brig Richard Alsop,
J. E. Engle, master, to remain in the bay ofCal
lao, or proceed toChorrilos as may be determined
on hereafter.
We consider the destruction of the Federal ar
my at Yungay (for it is complete) as a death
blow to the Confederation, and hope it may lead
to a general pacification of the States composing
it, and a peace with Chili. Its immediate effects
will be to remove the Seat of War from North
Peru, for the Castles of Callao arc the only forts
which can be held by the Protector, and they
will probably be reduced in a few weeks. In a
few days we shall probably be able to judge of
the probable result of this decisive and unexpec
ted defeat of the Protectoral army.
From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, of the fOtA
Anniversary of the American Bihle
Society. —The meeting of this society to cele
brate its twenty-third anniversary yesterday, was
the most interesting of the meetings that have
been held this week.
The Hon. John Cotton Smith of Connecticut
presided, assisted by a large number of Vice Pre
sidents.—His Excellency Gov. Seward was pre
sent, having arrived in town expressly to attend
the meeting.
The exercises were commenced by the reading
of the Scriptures by the Rev. Dr. Sharpe of Bos
ton, after which the President delivered an ad
dress. The report of the Treasurer and the report
of the Board of Managers were then read, an ab
stract of which will be found below.
During the year three officers of the society
have died, viz: Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer of
Albany,and John Bolton, Esq.,and Samuel Boyd,
Esq., of this city.
Several resolutions were then read and adopted.
The Speakers were the Rev. Dr. Breckenridgo of
Baltimore, Rev. Dr. Vermilyea of Albany, Rev.
Mr. Ayres of Newark, Rev. Mr. Holmes of New
Bedford, Rev. Dr. Tyng of Philadelphia, Rev
Dr. Alder of London, and Hon. H. W. Taylor of
Ontario county, each of whom delivered highly
interesting addresses.
The receipts of the society the last year were
$95,427, nearly $lO,OOO more than those of any
year previous, but less by about one-third than
l the demands of the society. The expenditures
were $98,205,31.
The number of new auxiliaries formed the last I
year was 25.
The issues the past year were 134,937 vol-
I umes, —making since the formation of the society
| a total of 2,588,235 volumes. These were in
I seventeen different languages,
i Local depositories have been established at De-
I troit, Buffalo, Chicago, St. Louis and Alton.
These depositories are not to interfere with the
operations of the auxiliary societies, and the
books are to be delivered only by order of the pa’
rent society.
Owing to the great number of foreign residents
in this country, Bibles arc often called for that the
society do not publish; and to meet this want
they have imported them in Italian, Dutch, Por
tuguese, Danish, Welsh, Swedish, Arabic and
Syriac. Arrangements for printing Portuguese
testaments have been made.
The report then gives a sketch of the Bible
operations in different sections of the country.
The distributions have been in Brazil and
Buenos Ayres 182,'> Bibles and Testaments, in
French, Spanish and Portuguese; $5OO have been
paid to aid in preparing Indian and other scrip
tures ; $ 1000 towards printing the scriptures in
Northern India; £2OO for Testaments to distrib
ute in Southern Russia; $5OO lowaedb printing
the scriptures in the Sandwich Islands, and $4OOO
for the same purpose in Madras. At' Smyrna,
$8465 have been expended itr printing Tesla
ments for distribution in Greece, Turkey and
Syria. The ancient Armenian New Testament
has recently been published at Smyrna, and the
modern Armenian Old Testament is in course of
publication at Constantinople. Some portions of
the Syriac Scriptures, have been, published at
Beyroot. About 1000 New Testaments-have
been circulated in China.
From the Washington Globe.
It is gratifyingto perceive what a single vessel'
belonging to the War Department, manned and
conducted by her officers with zeal and energy
has accomplished:
U. 8-.. Schooner Wave,?
St. Augustine, April 30, 1839. 5
Sir.— l have the honor to report to you the
arrival of the Wave at, this place, from an ex
amination of the eastern coast of Florida, with
the result of her operations on this coast, under
your order of July, 1838.
The barges Sbocco and Emmit, with which
tills vessel was furnished, commenced their opera
tions within the Florida reef on the 2d Septem
ber last, and with the aid of the sloop Panther,
(chartered with the approbation of Gen. Taylor,
and now succeeded by the schooner Otsego,) it
is believed that the W ave’s force has penetrated
every inlet and indentation of the southern coast
of Florida, susceptible of approach in boats.
These continuous expeditions, if they have not
resulted in the capture of any of the illicit tfaffi
cers witli the hostile Indians, have been eminently
successful in driving them txom the coast. A
suspicious vessel lias not been inside of the Flo
rida keys since November last, and but one since
the object of the Wave’s visit to the coast was
known. Connected with the suppression of this
traffic, the Wave has been enabled to render im
portant service to the interests of navigation, in
determining accurately doubtful points of the
Florida coast, as well as the position of tho west
ern portion of it, which hail never bsfore been
subjected to the examination of the surveyor.—
The enterprise of the Messrs. Blunt, of New-
York, placed at my disposal the means to effect
this.
In connection with these du’ics, the discharge
of others of a more pleasing clmraetcr devolved
)'V»n us. Seventy follow beings,, wlwi, amidst
the horrors of the tempest, hunt l*Cil east upon
the eastern coast of Florida, were rescued from
tire doom which awaited them from the Indians,
and transporter) to Key West. They were tire
crews and passengers of the steamer W'ilminglon,
and the Spanish brig Triumfante. Assistance
was likewise rendered to the following vessels in
distress:
The brig Bogota, bound to Key West from
New Orleans, knocked her rudder off on Carys
ford reef: bung it for her, and sent her to sea.
Found the wreck of the brig Ann, Capt.
Thomas, of Portland, Maine, on the eastern const,
about twenty-five miles north of Cape Florida, in
possession of a small party of Indians. Hcrcrcw
bad been murdered, with the exception of two.
We killed three and wounded two of the Indians
in their flight, and destroyed three canoes,. Found
the bodies of two of the brig’s crew, and burnt her.
The brig Exit, from Baltimore for New Or
leans, via St. Marks, was ashore on Sombecrro
reef, in October: assisted her to get off, and saw
her safe through the reef.
The steamer Wilmington, ashore 50'miles
north of Cape Florida was a. t station; saved the
crew and passengers, thirty in number, with their
personal effects, and landed them in Key West.
Saved the crew and passengers, forty in num
ber, with their personal effects, of the Spanish
brig Triumfante, ashore sixty,miles north of Capo
Florida. Took from her sixty muskets, fifteen
hundred pounds of lead, two hundred and eighty
hales of cotton, and moveables appertaining to
her equipment—trailsjiorted them to Key West,
and burnt the vessel.
In January, found the U. S. schooner Grampus
inside the reef, having beaten over Pickle’s reef:
furnished her a pilot, and such assistance as was
required to take her to sea.
Such, sir, is the result of the Wave’s operations
on the coast up to-the present date, and -if a self
denying perseverance and untiring energy- insurn
success, then have the officers and crew I have the
honor to command eflseted all that could bo an
ticipated from sosmall a force. To them, through - f
you, sir, I would take this occasion to tender my
sincere thanks for the cheerful and able manner
in which they hare executed every order and ser
, vice required of them. '
' The Wave will sail to morrow for the reef, ex
amining in our route, the eastern coast. She will
then relieve the Otsego on the western coast, and
be replaced by her on this. The revenue cutler
Campbell, Lieut. Com. N-. C. Coste, placed under
my orders in December last, is retained -asthin the
reef, where, with the boats, she ran be most ad
vantageously employed- This vessel is so far
decayed that her commander reports her wholly
unfit for sea service or duty on the coast.
Very respectfully, &c.
I have the honor to be,
joun j, McLaughlin,
Lieut. Comdt.
The Hon. J. R. Poinsett,
•Secretary of War, Washington City.
Boa tuieiis at Hotels.— -The following hit
at tile men and manners of our country is as true
as it is disgraceful. It is copied trorn. the Notes
on a tour through Tennessee, in 1838, by the
Rev. H. Kuffner, of Virginia. This practice is
not confined to the City Hotel in Nashville, (of
which tlie picture is drawn,) but if tllnt gentle
man will travel North, East and Houth, as well
in tlie West, he may witness feats of the “ cut,
gape, and swallow” system performed that would
astonish a community of regulated and well-bred
four legged animals;—
“I may as well here, as elsewhere, notice tv j
certain custom of boarders at public houses—a j
custom which 1 observed at almost every place in
my tour, but more particularly in Tennessee. It i
may be thus described in general.
You arrive, a stranger at a public house : you; |
wisli to see men and tilings, so you keep a good I#
deal atiout the bar-room and door. Near meal- i
time, yon observe the company increase ; young , i
men and middle aged men come in; and us the
minutes wear away, they become restless, pacing
the room near the door that leads to the dining
hall, and seeming frequently to listen, as if they
watched for tokens ol a coming person or event.
If ignorant of this custom, your curiosity is ex
cited to learn the cause of their movements and
gestures, wait a little, and you will see them si
multaneously rush through the door, and hurry
into the dining room, almost before you hear die
dinner belli You' and other strangers begin to
follow. Before you have time to entjr the
dining room, you hear a thundering of chairs,
succeeded instantly by a sharp confused clatter
of plates, dishes, knives and forks. When you
enter the room, you find all the most convenient
seats at the table, occupied by a set of men, with
heads down and mouth* open ; and pieces rap
idly disappearing from their plates by the quick
three-fold operation of a cut—a gape —and a
swallow. You may take your scat where you
can, and eat as you list—what is it to them 1
They see you not, their eyes arc on their plates—
they hear you not, their curs are filled with the
music of their knives, forks and glasses. By the
time you are fairly under way with your meal,
you again hear the frequent grating of chairs on
the floor as they rise and depart.”
Statement showing the amount of expenditures
of the United States, exclusive of public debt, for
each year, from 1834 to 1837 inclusive, slated
in pursuance of a resolution of the House of
Representatives of the 25th June, 1838.
for the year 1824, $15,330,141 71
Do 1825, 11,490,450 94
Do 1836, 13,163,310 37
Do 1827, 12,663,095 05
Do 1828, 13,290,041 45
Do 1829, 12,600,460 02
Do 1830, 13,229,533 33
Do 1831, 13,804,067 90
Do 1832, 16,516,388 77
Do 1833, 22,713,755 11
Do 1834, 18,425,417 25
Do 1835, 17,514,950 20
Do 1830, 30,868,164 04
Do 1837, •39,104,045 37
Note. — The above sums include payments
for trust funds and indemnities, which, m 1827,
was #5,010,404 30.
T. L. SMITH, Register.
Treasury Department,
Register’s Office, June 27, 1838.
* This sum is subject to small variation on the
settlement of the accounts of the Treasurer.
[The expenditures fur the three first quarters
of 1838, (according to the Annual Report of the
Secretary of the Treasury made to Congress De
cember, 1838,) amounted to $28,427,218.] —
National Intelligencer,
f’nor. Concert. —The vocal powers of frogs
if not appreciated in this country, where they
are so plenty, receive due approbation in the east.
Speaking of frog concerts, in American swamps,
a late traveller says, that one of the Russian Prin
cesses was so charmed with his published descrip
tion of it, that she had a spacious froggery built,
covering half an acre and actually filled it with
vKc*«» musical Utile animals. The enlnny soon
[ increased, and in a short time her agent was en
abled to supply a considerable demand to certain
’ French residents, who esteemed a dish of frogs
above any other.
From the Ladies' Companion.
The Cheat, —Ur the Old Man outdone.
“ Well, Julia, suppose you ask your father, any
how ;.his refusal cannot make things much worse
than they are at present. 'Suspense, Julia, is the
cause of the most miserable feelings.”
“ We must not be hasty, Robert, our situation
requires caution ; by a little management we may
possibly succeed, gloomy as the prospect appears
to be.—
“Now don’t say anything to pa about it yet—
I had much rather you would not. The best pos
sible way for us to accomplish our wishes is for
us not to advance too soon.”
“Too soon, too soon, Julia. Have we not
waited two years and morel and have you not
been preaching the doctrine of “too soon,” all the
while 1 Too soon indeed!”
“ Well mm , don’t he angry, throw that frown
from your countenance and look pleasant; and
we’ll immediately sot about some plan, by which
to effect what you so much desire.—Come, smile
away your anger—the skies of love are sometimes
clear.”
Robert Moultrie had loved Julia Hallowed, and
she had loved him, about four years and a half,
more or less; two years and more had passed
since they had agreed, come weal, come wo, they
would trudge through life together. Two long,
long years!—no wonder Robert had lost his pa
tience ; the only wonder is that Julia had not lost
hers. Two years would seem to bo an eternity
to wait upon the eve of bliss, and yet delay the
happy consummation.
Julians father was a wealthy shipper of the port
of Charleston, South Carolina. Some old inhab
itants may remember the firm of Hallowed and
Haddington. He. was an upright and highly hon
orable man, but withal an old school aristocrat,
whose ipse dixit was law supreme wherever its
power could he exercised.
Robert Moultrie was a clerk in acounting room,
and his salary, though far above the pittance al
lowed for the service of young men similarly sit
uated, and amply sufficient to warrant him in as
suming the expense of a family, did not elevate
him to that importance in society which would
justify him in presuming upon the luind and heart
of a daughter of a wealthy shipper.
The character of this young gentleman was un
impeachable, and he was as much rcs|)ceted for
his talents as he was for Ins correct deportment,
hut (hut is a wicked word) the curse of (lingau
kia was upon him, he was poor.
Robert had been in the counting room of Mr.
Hallowed since he was 14 years of age; he had
grown up in his family and by the side of this
lovely heiress who had been promised to a thing
of wealth and show; that thing was in the In
dies amassing riches to lay at the feet of his beau
tiful bride, hut his soul had on it the stain of dis
honor, and Julia had vowed before her (Jod he
should never cad her wife. Mr. Hallowed knew
Robert generally attended his daughter to church,
went and came with her when she visited her
friends. And so on; hut he never dreamed that
the wily Cupid was wielding his darts success
fully in tlie bosom of both ; and the arrows of
the little god were (irmly fixed, and he dealt out
the silken cord until they were far out upon the
sea of love, too far to proceed or return without
each other.
“ Do ted me, Robert, what is the matter with
you ! I have been a witness of your downcast
looks and sorrowful appearance until 1 have
grown melancholy myself. What’s the matter,
boy. 1”
This question was asked by Mr. Hallowed
lime day, when he and Robert were in the count
ing-room alone, and if any individual has ever
paired through a like fiei*y trial, he can ha ,- e i
; - r rajß
some idea of Robert’o feeling’s when the man
whose daughter he loved and was contriving the
best plan to get from him, addressed him in such
kind and affectionate language. It went toodeep
into the secret ot Kobert’s bosom for him to re
turn a quick reply. Mr. Hallowcll plainly saw
that something was working upon his mind that
made him unhappy, and he wished, if possible,
to remove the cause; he urged a candid revela
tion of all that affected his feelings, and promised
his assistance to relieve him to Whatever amount
it required. Robert succeeded, however, in put'
ling him otf for that time, and trembled at : the
thought, when at the neat meeting he related the
matter to Julia.
“ I thought,” said she, laughing, “ you were
not as anxious to ask the old gentleman as you
appeared to be; now that was a stumper Robert.
Why did you not tell him 1 Why did you not!
Ha! ha!
“Julia, do you think he suspects us 1”
“ Not a whit more than ho does the King of
the French.”
“ Well, Julia, to tell you the truth about the'
matter, I left you this morning with the intention”
of telling him all about our affection for each
other; and if he refused, I was determined to
act for myself without further advice; but when
I came before him, I felt something in my throat
choaking me, and I could scarcely talk to him
about business, much less love affairs.”
The lovers met often, the voyage from the In
dies being threatened, it became necessary that*
they should prepare for the trials that seemed to
await them. In the mean time, Mr. Hallowell
was endeavoring to ascertain the cause of* bis
clerk’s unhappiness, more for the good of the
young man than that ho cared about the unim
portant mistakes made by him in his accounts.
The next opportunity that offered, ho repeated
his former question, ami insisted on an immediate
reply. Robert stuttered and stammered a good
deal, and at last came out with it: I am attached
to a young lady in this city, sir, and have reason
to believe she is attached to me ; but there is an-'
obstacle in the way”
“ Aye, indeed. And does the obstacle amount'
to more than a thousand dollars'! If it does not
you shall not want it. I’ll fill you up a check
now. Have all the parlies consented 1”
“ Why, sir, the cause of my—the cause—the,
that is—the cause of my uneasiness is, I am
afraid her father wont consent."
“Will not consent! Why? Who is he?—
Refer him to me, I'll settle the matter.”
“ He is a rich man and 1 arn not rich.”
“ His daughter loves you ? docs she ?
“ Why, I, yes—she—she—she—yes, sir, she
has said as much ”
“ Is the old fellow very rich ?”
“ I believe he is tol—tolerable well off.”
“ And he wont consent ? By the powers of
love lie must he un old Turk—be wont, hey ?
Here give me his name, I’ll soon settle the mat
ter: hut slop, has he any thing against you ? Is
he acquainted with your character? Hoes he
know me?” here the old gentleman went over
a string of questions which Robert felt no dispo
sition to answer, and which it is not worth while
to relate. The conclusion of the conference loft
Robert in the possession of a cheek for one thou--
»nm\ tUiUom, «\ Wrl%r r ©4’ W liWi»on v
Green, of the Presbyterian Church','and thb fol
lowing advice Irom his father-in-law in PERsetc
tfve. He was to run away with the girl—to use
his (HallowcU’s) carriage, and George, his black
waiter, was to drive, &c.
Robert governed himself in strict accordance
witli tlie advice given, and before dark the par
ties were before Parson Green, whose scruples of
conscience were quieted by the introductory let
ter. They wore soon pronounced husband and
wife, jumped into I lie carriage, followed by the
blessings of Parson Green, whose fee was but a
small part of the thousand dollar check* George,
was directed to drive the carriage to a rich old
childless uncle of Robert’s, who lived about five
miles from the city, to whom the secret was told. .
The old man thought the joke too good a one
not to be enjoyed, and sent out for some of his
neighbors. Midnight found the jovial assembly
destroying the good things aunt had provided, and
laughing over the trick so successfully played
upon the wealthiest shipper of the south.
Early in the morning, Robert and Mrs. Moul
trie were attended by their uncle and aunt to the
house of Hallowed, the young couple anxious fur
the effervescence of a father’s wrath to be over, .
and the antiquated pair to witness the reception,
and act ns nvodilicators on the question ! They
were met in the parlor by Mr. Hallowcll. The
first words wi*c:
“ You young rogue you ; little did I knowhow
my advice was to act upon me. “ Well Robert,”
ho added, laughing heartily, “you caught me
that time, and you deserve to he rewarded for the
generalship you have displayed. Here my boy ;
my son, I suppose I must say, here, is a deed for
property worth eleven thousand dollars, and from
henceforth you are my partner in business.”
from the New York Mirror.
liincs for Music.
They tell me she’s no longer fair,
That time has swept aside
The lustre of her youthful brow,
Her beauty’s blooming pride .
But if her heart be still the same,
Still gentle as of yore,
Then is she beautiful to me,
More lovely th in before.
They tell rne that her check is pale
As is the twilight hour,
And that her eye has lost its light,
Her glance its former power.
Jtut if her soul be still as chaste.
Still gentleness is there,
Then is her eye to me still bright.
Her cheek to me still fair.
For oh ! ’t is in the shrined .sou)
Where beauty truly dwells,
Where virtue Jives, and faith exists,.
Like pearls in ocean shells.
Give mo a feeling, faithful heart;
Perfection’s richest price—.
This is the temple of all love,
Where beauty never dies.
Consignees per South-Carolina Kail Road..
Hamuoitu, May 16, 1839.
D’Antignac & Hill, Hadley & Owens, Reese &
Beall, I!. W. Force, L. Owellc, J. W. llaughton,
Antony (k Haines, H. Philips, G. It. Jessup, P.
Carre,Stovall, Simmons,h Co ,W.K<V J. U. Jack
son, VV. Hatticr, A. J. Huntington, J. F. Benson,G.
I’arrott, liollin i Howard, H. W. Sullivan. •
MAKI N K INTELLIGENCE.
Savannah, May 15.
Cleared. —Ship Charlotte. Gorham, Liverpool;
trig Excel, Sherwood, New-York; brig New-York,
Faker, Trinidad.
Arrived yesterday. —Barque LaGrange, Sarnie-,
rnan, New-York.
Charleston, May 16,
Arrived yeslerdiy —S' cl i r Penobscot, Thompson*.
New York.
Cleared —Br barque Attick, M'Kay, London; **•
L. brig Cordelia, Sherwood, New York.