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“ Sail thou softly, Pale Moon 1”
BV “ELLEN.”
Sail thou softly, pale moon, in thy deep azure- home,
For around thee a prophet-light dwells,
And thy spirit hath whispered rne with its sad tone,
While in answer my heart wildly swells.
And 1 ask thee pale moon,what thou now lookeston?
Why quivercth thy silvery light ?
Wilt tbmt answer me > what art thou gazing upon f
And what seest thou through the still night >
The moon, she replied, with voice thrilling and low,
“ I am watching a conqueror’s sleep; —
On the morrow to battle, proud, fierce, he will go,
But no vow of return shall he keep.
No wild song of vict’ry shall welcome him home,
Nor shall hearth-light he kindled for him;
Hut the hearts o( his kindred shall sigh oft and moan,
And the eyes of the loving grow dim.
‘Then rest thee now calmly, proud warrior,’ she said,
“ For thy high dreams of glory are o'er,
Yet as calm shall thou rest on the field of the dead,
pi Where the conqueror conquers no more.”
And the moon floated on in her beautiful car,
Like a gallant war-ship on the seas,
When she spreads her broad wings o’er the ocean
afar,
With every sail set to the breeze.
And the lone, wailing winds swept through the dim
aisles
Os the forest halls, stately and proud,
Whilst the moon floated over earth’s manj green
isles.
Till she hid her face ’ncath a dark cloud
Then I questioned again, why she veiled her pale
lace,
And she whispered ’mid sadness and gloom,
“ 1 see the last hope of a long noble race
Slowly withering awayio the tomb.
“ And my spirit is sail, for I know the bright eye
Os th« mother is faded and dim,
And she mourns all the night for the hours gone by,
Whilst her idol mourns only for him
Whom the maiden hath loved, and her lover now
sleeps
In the tomb where she’s hostening fast.
And she fancies that there a fond vigil ho keeps—
For he knows she will join him at last.
“ Tlie flowers arc drooping, still their slender stems
wave
To the chantlngs of some mournful breeze.
And softly they’ll weep o’er that fragile thing’s
grave,
Till sad Autumn shall scatter their leaves.”
Bail thou softly, pale moon, in thy bright car of light,
For no more will I question of thee,
Thou hast read me some yencs dark witli sorrow and
Might,
Sail thou softly, pale moon o’er the sea!
From the Ladies' Companion, for May.
Au Oi«l fietiilriiitin’s Story,
BY MltH. KMBURV.
Many years ago I happened to be one of tlio
referees lit u ease which excited unusual interest
in our courts, from the singular ji.dace y* - ♦
nuoiige story Wnlcn it disclosed.
Tho plaint iff, who was captain of a merchant ship
which traded principally with England and iho
West Indies, had married quite early in life with
every prospect of happiness. His wife was said
to have been extremely beautiful, and no less love
ly in character.---After living with her in the most
interrupted harmoily lor five years, during which
time two daughters were added to his family, lie
suddenly resolved i-j) resume his occupation,
which he had relinquished on his marriage, and
when his youngest child was hut three weeks old,
tailed mice more for the West Indies. His wife,
who was devotedly attached to him, sorrowed
deeply at his absence, and found her only comfort
in the society ofher children and the hope ofhis
return, But month after month passed away and
he came not, nor did any letters, those insuliieient
but welcome substitutes, anive to cheer her soli
tude. Months lengthened into years, yet no ti
dings were received of the absent husband ; and
after long hoping against hope, the unhappy wife
WitdHHT twi 1 ■4iniYlhg'fl(!&fn.' ' 1 '
Her sorrow was deep and heartfelt, hut tile
evils of poverty were now added to liar affliction,
and the widow found .herself obliged to resort to
some employ mont, in order to support her help
less children. Her needle was her only resource,
and tor ton years she labored early and late for
tlie miserable, pittance, which is ever grudgingly
bestowed on Jtbej bumble seamstress. A mer
chant ill New York, in moderate but prosperous
circumstances, accidentally became acquainted
with her, and pleased with her gentle manners
no less than her extreme beauty, endeavored to
improve their acquaintance with friendship.
After some months he offered his hand, and was
accepted. As the wife of a successful merchant
she soon found herself in the enjoyment of com
forts and luxuries, such us she had never before
possessed. Her children became bis children,
and received from him every advantage that wealth
and affection could procure.—Fifteen years pass
ed away; the daughters married, and by their
step-father were furnished with every comfort,
requisite in their new avocation of house-keepers.
Uni they b id scarcely quitted his roof, when their
mother was taken ill. She died after a few day’s
sickness ami from that lime until the period of
which I speak, the widower had resided with tlio
youngest daughter.
Now comes the strangest part of the story.
Alter an absence ot thirty years, during which
time no tidings had been received from him the
first husband returned as suddenly an tie bad de
parted. He, bad changed hisj-diip,adopted another
name, and spent the whole of that long period of
time on the ocean, with only transient visits on
shore, while taking in or-discharging cargo; hav
ing been careful, also, never Income nearer home
than New Orleans. Why he had acted in this
unpardonable manner towards his family, no one
rould toll, and lie obstinately refused all explana
tion. There were strange rumors of slave trading
and piracy allo.u, but they were only whispers of
conjecture rather than truth. Whatever might
have been ins motives for such conduct, lie was
certainly any thing but indifterent to Ins family
concerns when he returned. He raved like a mad
man when informed of his wife’s second marriage
ami subsequent death, vowing vengeance upon
his successor, ami terrifying bis daughters by tlio
most awful threats, in ease they refused to ac
knowledge ins claims. He had returned wealthy,
and one of those mean reptiles of the law who
are always to be found crawling about the balls of
justice, advised him to bring a suit against the se
cond husband, assuring him that he could rccovei
heavy damages. The absurdity of instituting a
claim for a wife, whom death had already released
from the jurisdiction of earthly laws, was so mani
fest, that it was at length agreed by al! parties to
leave the matter to be adjudged by five referees.
It was on a bright and beautiful morning in
spring, that we first met to hear this singular case.
The sunlight streamed through the dusty windows
of the court-room and shed a halo around the long
grey lorks and broad forehead of the defendant;
while the plaintiff* harsh features were thrown
into still bolder relief by the same beam which
softened the placid countenance of his adversary.
The plaintiffs lawyer made a most eloquent ap»
peal f>r his client, and had we not been better in
formed about tho in liter, our hearts would h ive
Wn moled by his touching description if tho re
turn of the desolate husband, and the agony with
which he now behold his lumieheld cols removed
to consecrate a stranger’s hearth. The celebrated
Aaron Borr was counsel for the defendant, and
wv anticipated from him a splendid display cf
oratory.
Contrary to expectations, however, Burr made
no attempt to confute his opponent's oratory. He
merely opened n hook of statutes, and pointing
■with h a thin fingers to one of tho pages, desired
the referees to read it, while he retired for a mc
aaen’ • '*ing m the fnnc’jxd milieu. \\t had
scarcely finished the section, which fully decided t
the matter in our minds, when Burr re-entered ]
with a tall and elegant female leaning on his arm. ,
S ,e wa« attired in a simple while dress, with a
wreath of ivy leaves encircling her large straw
bonnet, and a lace veil completely concealing her
countenance. Burr whispered a few words, appa
rently encouraging her to advance, and then
gracefully raising her veil, 4 sclosed to us a face
of proud, surpassing beauty. I recollect as well
as if it had happened yesterday, how simultane
ously the murmur of admiration hurst from the
lips of all present. Turning to the plaintiff, Burr
naked in a cold, quiet lone, “Do you know this
lady !”
Auvivcr. “I do.”
Burr, Will you swear that 1
Answer. “I will; to the host of my know
ledge and belief, she is my daughter.”
Burr. Can you swear to her identity.”
Answer. “I can.”
Burr. “What is her age?”
Austver. “Mhe was thirty years of age on
the ‘doth day of April.”
Burr. “When did you last see her 1”
Answer, “At her own house, a fortnight
sinee.”
Burr. “When did you last see her previously
to that meeting ?”
The plaintiff hesitated—a long pause ensued
—the question was repeated, and the answer at
length was, “on the fourteenth day of May,
17—.”
“When she Was just three weeks old,” added
Burr,”, “GeutliJirtcn,” continued he. turning to
us, “I have brought this lady here ns an import
ant Witness, and such I think she is. The plain
tiff's counsel has pleaded eloquently in behalf
of the bereaved husband, who escaped the perils
of the sea, and returned only to find his home
desolate. Hut who will picture to you the lone
ly wife betiding over her daily toil, devoting her
host years to the drudgery of sordid poverty, sup
ported only by the hope of her husband’s return 7
Who will paint the slow progress of heart sick
ness, the wasting anguish of hope deferred, and
finally, the overwhelming agony which came
upon her when her last hope was extinguished,
and she was compelled to believe herself indeed
a willow ? Who can depict all this without
awakening in your hearts the warmest sympathy
(or the deserted wile, and the bitterest scorn for
the mean, pitiful wretch who could thus trample
on the heart of her whom he had sworn to love
and c leriah. We need not inquire into his mo
tives for acting so In ie a part. Whether it was
Ilovc of gain, or licentiousness, or selfish indiffer
ence, it matters not; he is too vile a thing to Ik;
juugeu I>y such laws as govern mkk. Lotus
ask the w it'ii • —she who now stands before us
with the frank, fearless brow of a truehearted '
woman—let ns ask her which of these two has *
been to her a father.” I
Turning to the lady, in a tone whose sweet-
a l cf?nf'that had just characterized his words, he 7
besought her to relate briefly the recollections of '
her early lilit. A slight (lush passed over her ‘
proud and beautiful face as she replied.
“My first recollections arc of a small ill-fur- f
malted apartment, which my sister and myself s
shared with my mother. She used to carry out
every Saturday evening the work whieh had oe- s
copied her during the week, and bring hack om- ••
pluynient for the following one. Saving that
wearisome v.sit to her employer, and her regular 11
attendance at ehnrch, she never left the house,— E
She often spoke of our father, and of his anlieipa- di
led return, hut at length she ceased to mention 1)1
him, though I observed she used to weep more d
frequently than ever. I then thought she wept 7
because wo were so poor, for it sometimes hap- 111
pencil that our only supper was a hit of dry bread, hi
am! she was accustomed to see by the light of the "
chips which she kindled to warm her famishing cl
children, because she could not afford to purchase
a candle without depriving us of our morning ft'
BWfllaw i^H'll'sWilhiW'fiiilWlirge'i’aiill'Vfie’ "change to w
us was hkc a sudden entrance into Paradise. Wo Hl
found a home and a father.” hhe paused. h
“ Would you excite my own child against me?” <•
cried the plaintiff as he impatiently waved his c<
hand for her to he silent.
Ihe eyes of the witness flashed tire as she -
spoke. “ Vou are not my father,” exclaimed she hi
Vehemently. “ The taw may deem you such, but |o:
I disclaim you utterly. What! call-you my
father!—you, who basely left your wife to toil, 7 ‘
and your children to beggary?—Never! never! “
Behold there my father,” pointing to t|ie agitated 0
defendant, “there is the man who watched over H
my infancy—who was the sharer of my childish i
sports, and the guardian of my inexperienced
youth. There is he who claims my affection, h
and shares my home; there is my Jut her. For c
yonder selfish wretch, I know him not. The
best years of life have been spent in lawless free
dom from social ties; let him seek elsewhere for i
the companion of his decrepitude, nor dare insult 1
the ashes of my mother by claiming the duties of '
kindred from her deserted children!” I
Bho drew her veil hastily around tier as she 1
spoke, and giving tier hand to Burr, moved us if t
to withdraw. 1
“Gentlemen,” said Burr, I have no more to 1
say. The words of the law are expressed in the 1
book b fore you; the words of truth you have 1
just heard from woman’s pure lips; it is for you 7
to decide according to the requisitions of nature 1
and the decrees of justice.” •
I need scarcely add that our decision was such '
ns to overwhelm the plaintiff with well-merited 1
shame;
jj -i-r-iT i
At ain tor's Viuaixt. —We find a printed j j
narrative ot cold-blooded and heartless atrocity,in '
the lust Galveston Gazette. It deve.lopes some of '
the darkest shades that blacken human nature : |
Late in May or early in June, 1837, five or six j
young men occupied the same bed room one j 1
night, at the hoarding house of Mrs. Mann, at M
Houston. In the morning, one of the number, | 1
Chuuueev Goodridge, missed a one thousand (
dollar b ink note from his pofkctbook, and on an- *
nouncing the fact, and ufieril had been intimated | '
that some one of the lodgers was suspected, he | '
was called upon to specify the person upon w hom I
his suspicions rested. After some hesitation lie ;
designated a Mr. Lawrence, a young man from |
the city ot New York, of great respectability, and i '
to whom M. M. Noah bad been, or perhaps was ‘
then, guardian, for wo believe he had not attained i
his 21 sty ear. The consequence was that a dial- 1
lenge was passed by Lawrence—the parties met 1
and he (L.) was killed. M. Stanley, who
had been one of the lodgers where the theft occur- *
red. acted as the second of Lawrence, and saw 1
him shot. Stanley remained at Houston through c
the summer, during which time he was sick, re- '
presented himself to he in destitute circumstan
ces, and borrowed small sums of money from time
to time to defray his expenses. In November,
he went to Mr. Doswell. who was about to leave 7
for New Orleans, and gave him a thousand dollar |
hank hill, with instructions to bring out the
amount in goods. Doswell’s suspicion wore ox- e
cited, and on his return ho mentioned the cireum- t
stance to Maj. Holman, who had seen the note ! p
in the hands of Lawrence, and. from the descrip- t
tion, believed that sent by Stanley to be the same. , c
I).-. Niles F. Smith, is acquainted with all the !
etreumsftm •<•«. knew the destitute condition of
Stanley—rendered him pecuniary assistance— | j
and strongly believes in hi* guilt. In the ra in jjj
time, poor Goodridge, stung by remorse at (ho ! f,
death of Lawrence, became almost a madman, I ),
screaming out during the night so as to alarm ,
the whole house, and raving of the circumstance ,1
incessantly. He gave way to dissipate n and in v
a mi arable condition wandered to San Antonio,
where he quarrelled and had an affray with a j
gamble: uanjfd Allca. Afterwards the gamble; : J
stole upon him and shot him in hi a bed and then
plunged u Howie knife through 1 i n bo as iu pin
him to the matress.
Thus two promising young men prematurely
and mi tenthly ended their li\ct, while Stanley,
the cause, as those circumstance! strongly go to
prove, of their ruin, pursued his way, to all ap
pearances, as calmly as if nothing had happrm d.
Stanley is at pretient in custody, ha'ing hcen
argued on the charge of stealing J5OO of Mr.
(■rimes, at Houston. He was taken at the mouth
of the Sabine, hy Sheriff Wilson of this county.
No prosecution can take place for the theft sus
pected to have lakon place upon GoodJWge, as the
time has past since the commission of the offence,
in which the law requires that an indictment
should he found. We understand that ho restored
Grimes his money, and we fear that lie will he
prosecuted with less vigor than his conduct de
mands, as Grimes has been upon friendly terms
with him, and believed in his innocence when ho
was suspected hy others.
.Stanley is the son of the ex-governor of Caro
lina of that name, and has had a brother in the
American Congress for several years. The family
is ot the host standing, hut we learn that he has
been a renegade for several years. We forbear
any further remarks until the present prosecution
shall have terminated.
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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL,
a i; o i; s T A.
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 30.
Later from England.
The packet ship Hhakspcare, (Apt. Cornell,
from Liverpool, 271 h April, arrived at New York
on the evening of the 24th. Hy this arrival the
Editors of the Daily Express, are in possession of
London papers pi the 2tith and Liverpool to the
27th ult. The American securities in London
continmd without change.
Cotton had declined i to ,'d. per Hr. and in
some instances, particularly in American descrip
tions, a much greater decline had been submitted
to.
The Bhakspeare brings 290 steerage passengers.
The packet ship Orpheus had not arrived at
Liverpool on the 27th.
Tile Queen held a Drawing Room entire 25th,
which was attended by Mr. anil Mrs. Stevenson,
Mr. Brocholdst Livingston, Attached to tbeU.S.
Legation,Mr. Maxey, U. 8. Charge de Affaires to
Holgium, and Mr. John Van Huron. Mrs. Ste
venson prcscnterF to the Queen Mrs. Douglas
Cm t er of New York, and Mrs. Markoe of Mary
land.
London was rife with rumors about a se-Guslv
... -v»>..... o. .milliners, and it was sla
ted by persons favorable to the government, and
who were trembling for the consequences, that the
“coach in upset!”
In tlie House of Commons on the 25th. Bir R.
Peel gave notice of the course lie proposed to pur
sue, supposing her Majesty’s Government should
determine to proceed with the bill for the suspen
sion of the functions of the House of Assembly
in Jamaica,
London, April 211.—’Pile reports recently cur
rent. of an intention on the part of the Hank of
England to raise the rale of discounts from this
lay, have not to far been ci nlirmed. The direct
us held their usual weekly meeting to-day, but
ho notice anticipated did not make its appearance.
I’hc funds continue witli little variation, and liusi
icss ill them inactive. Consols were 91), buyers
or money; and 93J, buyers for account. Hank
■hock, 1 iXyj to 7] ; India Stock, 255 to (1. Ex
thequer lulls 435. to 455. prom.
The transactions in foreign securities were cx-f
.remely unimportant. /
V.nrxnv ov 1fiirw ,, r—11,,.... )t.«
week tne dockyards at Chatham have presented a
scene of unusual bustle, in consequence of the
lifting out of two boom-ships intended for scientific
discoveries in a higti southern latitude, under the
command of Capt. James C. Ross, R. N. A.
It was reported on the Paris Bourse on the
2 till, that Messrs. Thiers. Dupin and I’assy had
been charged witli the construction of a Ministry,
i>f which Admiral Duperre was to be the President.
Nothing to show how the Ministerial crisis is
to lie terminated appears in these papers. The
opposition journals again contend that the refusal
of (he King to confide the Foreign Department te
M. Thiers had been at the request of the Foreign
Powers, Austria in particular.
The Piedmontese Gazette of the 10th inst. pub
lishes the treaty of commerce and navigation lately
concluded between Sardinia and the United States.
Fit A NCF.
This kingdom continues in a situation critical
if not arlurming. We learn, from private sour
ces, that a feeling of discontent pervades all the
working classes, and that tile subject of a revolu
tion is freely discussed, and the event considered .
by no means improbable. Persons are moving
their effects from Paris, and a repetition or re
hearsal of the Train Jours may be looked for, un
less a favorable change in the lowering fortunes
of Louis Phillippe should speedily take place.
No cabinet was yet formed as late as the 23d, and
the dissentions between the leading candidates
appear to have become more serious. A sort of
denouement on this absorbing question took place
in the Chambers the 22d. The Marquis ofDal
matia entered into a long defence of his father,
Marshal B.>u!t —-spoke of his disinterestedness,
ids retirement from polities, ids desire for conci
liation, eSte. M. Passy replied, and intimated
that the Marshal had consulted him. but had pro
crastinated the arrangements, and wished to de
grade his friend Thiers to some other post than
Foreign Minister, the fittest for him. But the
tone of M. Thiers, who followed, shows that the
public is justified in considering him the great
antagonist power to the throne. “ Thiers el k
Ho:. ' He boldly says the Marshal made advan
ces to him, and then wished to humilitato him—
a conduct unworthy of him. Speaking of the
programme, lie says :
The dissent inis between the Croum ami me.
II there wore other differences with my colleagues
I congratulate myself the more on not having ac
cepted an obscure and ill-defined position. 1 was
determined that all should lie in writing, clear,
and mutually agreed on, since there was no use
in entering a Cabinet to walk out of it in 15
day s.
M. Lamartine accused M. Guizot of assuming
the right to represent the 221. ami denied that he
Mr. Lamartine was at the head of a knot of dts
orgauizers of the press M. Guizot was handled
very roughly.
From the N. 0. Louisianian, of the Hath.
From Mexico,
mirur or gits nm-.RALisr,—hxicution or
SXNKH.II MKXIA.
We have just received, by the schooner Waiter
captain Uibailie arrived this morning from Vera
Cm:,papers and correspondents, which we will
publish on Monday. U will be seen, bv the ex
tracts of tile above mentioned letters, that (in;exe
cution of General Mexia is but too true.
“Vein Cntr/„ May 16, 1637.
“I have just learned, from an undoubted sourre
that General Mexia received the most humiliating
insults from Santa Ana. Some few moments be.
fore his death, he had been ordered to lie shot with
liis back turned to the soldiery, as a traitor to ids "
country. —Ties he refused, and he was then mur
dered ill a yard, Santa Ana gratifying a personal
vengcano.
Extract of another letter of May Isl
By the .schooner Water Witch, you have no
doubt been apprised of the defeatol the Federal
Array, and thcdoilh of General Mena. Wear* | f
assured that he died a hero. Urrea and his com- I t
pany ha\e taken flight; they arc gone, it is said, I I
to rejoin the remainder of their troops at Tampico, r
Bmtamcnlcanl Are rte are inarching on this point, i
there is no doubt of their success. Their plan;'
has been d foated by the taking of Puebla, where i
hey hail ramifications, but which have now been
(entirely overthrown.
Connecticut U. 8. Senator.
On the 24th the House of Representatives, ot
Conn., went into an election for United States
Senator, and resulted as follows :
Thaddeus Betts, (Whig) - - * - 103
Roger M. Sherman, (Whig) - - - 12
Ralph I. Ingersoll, (Loco) - - - - 87
Chauncey F. Cleveland, (Loco) - -1
Blank, 1
Whole number of votes, - 204
The Hartford Evening Courant says, that the
Senate will undoubtedly concur. Others think
differently.
The Milledgevillc Standard of Union, of Tues
day, states that Thomas Thustand, the extensive
forger, made his escape from the guard that was
conducting him to the Penitentiary, about four
• teen miles from that city, on the evening of the
21st. He had been sentenced by the Superior
Court of Muscogee county to seven years impris
onment.
Loss ok Steamer Pilot. —On Saturday
evening the 18th inst. says the Mobile Chronicle,
as the steamboat Pilot was descending the War
rior river, from Tuscaloosa to Mobile, between
Dr. Withers and Candy’s Landings, and crossing
Mclntires Shoals, she struck a snag and sunk in
less than ten minutes, in about eleven foot water,
the boat having swung across a log. She filled
and broke into amidships, and will be a total loss
save her machinery, furniture and rigging, which
will most probably be saved.
Increase ok Ban - kino Capital.— ltappears
by official documents, laid before Congress near
the close of its lust session, that the amount of
banking capital in the United States and Territo.
ries has increased from January, 1811, to January
1838, from 52,001,601 to 317,636,778 dollars;
h,„i *i, piccemng me Ist January
1828, it had increased 117,630,784 dollars.
The Supreme Court of Louisiana have decided
in the case of Hermann, Briggs & Co. vs. the
Western Marine and Fire Insurance Company
that where steamboats, running on the Mississippi
river, take ships in tow, and loss or injury ensues
to the boat, the insurers or under-writers are no
liable when there is no clause to this effect in the
policy of insurance.
Mb. Sivahtwout's Sureties.—The United
States Marshal lias advertised the property of the
sureties of Mr. Swartwout, late Collector of New
York,.for sale at public auction on the first day of
June next.
Chops. —The Easton Gazelle says that the
cron« on the Fbiatr.cn Slw.cn n, U..pl.nA 1.-.....,
been in a finer condition than they are at present
for many years.
Bills of the citi Council ok Colum.
nus.—ln regard to the circulation tfr these bills
the Columbus Georgia Argus of the 23d instant,
I says ;
h rom a letter received here yesterday from a
gentleman of Macon, we arc surprised to find
that the citizens of that place are laboring under
the impression that the City Council bills of this
city are not received at our Banks nor taken
generally as current money. Our sister city is
entirely mistaken; these bills arc readily received
at our banks, and arc gladly received in payment
of debts.
Goon.—The Albany Daily Advertiser says
those who were afflicted two years ago, with the
morns multicaulis fever in that vicinity arc con
valescent !
Greenville, May 24.
Neoro Stealing —Wc neglected to state at
the time, that three persons were tried and con
victed of Negro stealing at the last Spartanburg
Court. Their names are Reynolds Dill, Win.
Ford, and Jesse M. Hincman. Dill turned States’
evidence against the others, and will probably be
reprieved by the Executive. Ford and Hineman
took an appeal, and their ease was brought before
the Court of Appeals at Columbia, on the 14th
inst., which tribunal confirmed the decision of
the Circuit Court, and sentenced the prisoners to
he executed on the 21st of August next.
From the Gallatin (Miss.) Star, of May 11.
The Circuit Court of Copiah county, con
vened its session in this place on Monday last,
Judge Monger presiding; consequently our town
is literally jammed with strangers of every de
scription.
Quash ! Quash ! Quashed !— Going. Going.
Gone. —The motion docket at his term of the 1
court is crowded more than wc ever knew it. In
almost every instance where a bond was taken
at the last term of the court, there is a motion to
quash it, which has been sustained by his honor
Judge Monger, upon the grounds generally, that
the bond was blank at the time it was delivered to
the Sheriff— and in many instances for a varia
tion between the execution and bond. It has
; afforded great temporary relief to many of our
j citizens whose property would have been, in all
! probability, sacrificed.
1 ' j
Important Decision. —The Chancellor of j
the State of the New York has recently decided
that if it is a part of an agreement for the loan of
money,.that the borrower shall take uneurren !
bills at a higher rate than their actual value in
cash or current funds, the loan is usurious. That ‘
where a loan is secured by the transfer of slock,
I with a stipulation that the lender shall have the:
j privilege of taking a part thereof in full satisfac-
I tion of the loan—the parties at the time of he ;
{ agreement, anticipating a great increase in the i
I value of the stock—the transacting is usurious. '
; That whenever the lender stipulates even for the
j ehance of an advantage beyond the legal interest,
the contract is usurious, if he is entitled, bv the' '
agreement, to have the money lent with the in- i ■
terest thereon, repaid to him at all events.-—ft,,7/
j Chronicle. ' \ |
[ A very good nii-cdote is related of Imnnn. in !
| eoniiertion with the late President of the (tank of
I the United Stales.—This distinguish' d financier, '
Ihs he was about to leave the station In-had so ably
| filled for many years yielded to the solicitations of 5
! the board ol Director* to kive kit portrait jumuxi ' '
for their room at the bank, ami Inman was (elected
to execute the work. “ Well,” said a trientl to
him one day while the picture was yet on the
ca c, “ how are you [ anting Nick, Inman ! W ilh
a ai of gayety or an air of gravity 1 lley 1”
“N irher,’ re-po.uled the painter, “ but with rn
dir if—res g ictio'i /”
A Sbdstitute—Gen. Daniel, paSsing by a
sentinel at Portsmouth, the fellow complained
that he wanted a pair of shoes—’Tis fit that you
sir should have a pair,’ said the General There*
upon he takes a piece of chalk and draws out a
pair of shoes upon the sentry box—• There’s a
pair of shoes for you, said he and goes away.
His hack was no sooner turned than the soldier
chalks out a man standing sentinel and then goes
his way. The general presently after was sur
prised to meet the fellow in the street, and enqui
red with several threats how he came to leave his
post.
‘■Sir’ said he, lam relieved.’ ‘Relieved, that’s
impossible, at this lime of day. Who relieved
you 1 ‘One that will not leave his post I’ll
swear' replied the soldier. ‘Hereupon the old
General goes with him to the place. ‘There sir’
saysthe fellow il l am to look upon this as a good
pair of shoes, you must own that this is likewise
a very good sentinel.’
A li*n State.—An Irishman in New Jer
sey, was one Sunday driving a horse with a
wagon towards Easton, when he waa met by a
clergyman who was going to church, ami took
the opportunity to chide the traveller for a breach
of the Sabhath, “My friend,” said he, “this is
a had way yon are in.” “Och! honey,” said
the Irishman, “and is'nt it the turnpike 1”
“Yes,” teplied the minister, “but what I mean
is that you are in a bad state“by my sowl,”
returned the Irishman, “and that’s true enough
too, your worship—its a very bad State this, and
I’ll get into Pennsylvania as soon as 1 can.”
Gee up honey !
Relief ron Asthma.—Cut a sheet of com
mon writing paper in four pieces, sleep them in
Wat, r saturated with salt petre, dry them by the
fire or the sun, roll them in the form of segars,
burn them in the apartment of a person suffering
from asthma and the labor of breathing will he
mitigated.
A Fish Stout.—The Providence Journal
says:—“A fish was caught in our river on
Thursday last, which, on being opened, was
found to contain two iiuniihed ami fiftt
u. Lotions, and a number of clams! Supposing
them to have been of the ordinary size, there
would havebeen between four and five busluls!
Such a maw is without precedent."
“A Tsooauß.”—Some one was telling Sum
Hyde about the longevity of the mud turtle—
“ Yes,” said Sam, •• I know all about that, for I
once found a venerable old fellow in my meadow,
who was so old that he could hardly wriggle his
tail, and on his hack was carved (tolerably plain
considering all things) these words: Paradise,
Y ;r 1, Adam.”
OBIT U ARY.
Died, in Sparta, on Sun lay, the 19th May, Clif
ford T., the only daughter of James li. and Sarah
Jane Ransom, aged six years and seven months.
This child possessed sprichtliness of intellect
and amiableness of disposition beyond her years.—
How bard to resign so tender and confiding a
plant! What parent can say unto their Heavenly
Father, “not our will, but thine be done.” Our
Saviour said, “suffer such to come unto me, for of
such is the kingdom of Heaven.”
Died, in the vicinity of Sparta, on Tuesday, 21st
inst., A!rs. Amazon N , consort of Genl. Tully Vin
son, of Hancock county, in the 23th year of her
age. —She had for some time been a member of t' e
Metho ist Episcopal Church; she was sensible of her
dissolution, (o Imr last moments; she bid all around
her an affectionate “farewell,” and expressed as
surance, that she should be happy. “ lie ye also
ready, for ye know not the day nor the hour when
the son of man eoincth.” q.
Consignees per South Carolina Kail Koad.
Hamburg, May 29, 1839.
Reese & Beall, S. Buford, W. Hattier, F. If.
Cooke, E. D. Cooke, Stovall, Simmons & Co., A'
Gumming, J. P. Seize, S. Knceland & Son, Baird &
Rowland, D. D. Plunket, Sibley & Crapon, J. F.
Benson, Dixon & W., M. R. Snares.
CJ* TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY.— An
adjourned meeting of this Society will take place
on Monday evening next, at the Presbyterian Lee
ture Room, for the purpose of continuing the de
bate concerning the License Law.
way 31 C. F. STI RGlS.Scc’y
SOUP on BROTH
Served up every day this week, at 11 o’clock, at
the Cornucopia. may 28
03= THE AMERICAN SILK GROWER AND
FARMER S MAN CAE —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 One
Dollar a year.
IBr Subscriptions received at this office. ap
CyNOtTCE. —The Rail Road Passenger Train
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as
follows; —
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a. m.
“ “ Summerville, “ - -S 30
“ “ Georges’, - “ - 10 00
“ “ Branchvi.le, “ - 11 00
“ “ Midway, - “ - II 30 m.
“ “ Blackvillc, - “ -100 r. m.
“ “ Aiken, - - “ - 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400
DOWNWARD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a. m.
“ “ Aiken, - “ - - 730
“ Blackville, “ - . 930
“ “ Midway, “ - - 10 30
■ “ “ Branchvillc, “ - . 11 00
“ “ Georges’, “ - - 12 00 m.
“ “ Summerville,“ - - 2 OOp. m.
Arrive at Charleston not before 300
Distance—l3o miles. Fare Through—slo 00.
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 20
minutes eaih, for breakfast and dinner, and not
longer than 5 minutes for wood and water at any
station.
To stop for passengers, when a while flag is
hoisted, at either of the above stations; and also at
Sincaths, Woodstock. Inabinct’s, 41 mile T. O.
Hites, Grahams, VVilleston, Windsor, Johnsons
and Marsh’s T. U.
Passengers up will breakfast at Woodstock and
dine at Blaekvnlc; down, will breakfast at Aiken
and dine at Summerville. • mi ,y o]
CTjT SEMJ OT.ENT SOCIETY, for the hen-fit
rs the Sick Tour of Augusta and Us vicinity. I
The Visiting Committees for the ensuing month are '
as follows:
Division No. I.—Mr. P.H Mantz, Mr. D. Bland,
Mrs. Meredith,Mrs. Charles Jones
Division No. 2.—Dr. E Osborne, S. B. Groves,
Mrs. Trembly, Mrs. J. W. Stoy.
Divioiuii No 3.—Mr. E. W. Collier,Jas.Pantoc
Mrs. J. C. Snead, rs. A. Whitlock.
Any mem! erof the committees may obtain fund
by calling on the President, (VV. W. Holt, Esq.) at 1
his office, Cumming’s Piaza.
may 22 C. F. S PURGES, Secretary.
fJ RESIDENT L’EMIS ■: Mi sr, Ki 1
operating rooms, second dooi f ; o.n i,,oad treel on I
Mc.lntcsh-st., opposite the Constitutionair-t offee 1
mirth 13
(O' HIGHLY IMPORTANT. .£0
Nervous diseases, liver complaint, bilious'dis
cases, piles, rheumatism, consumption, coughs,
colds, pain in the chest and side, ulcers, all deb.
cate and mercurial diseases are successfully treated
at Dr. EVANS’S Office, 100 Chatham-street, New
oik.
DR. WILLIAM KVASS' MEDT INKS,
Are composed of vegetable substances, which exert
a specihc action upon the heart, give an impulse or
strength to the arterial system j thebood is quick
ened and equalized in its circulation through all the
vessels, whether of tire skin, the parts situated in
ternally, or the extremities ; and as ail the secre
tions of the body are drawn from the blood, there
is a consequent increase of every secretion, and a
quickened action of the absorbent and exhaler.t, or
discharging vessels. Any morbid a, tion which
may have taken place is corrected, all obstructions
are removed, the Mood is purilicd,and the body le
sum?s a healthful state.
These medicines after much anxious toil and re
»->arch, having in cn brouji; by the proprietor ti
the present stale of perfection, supersede the use of
the innumerable other medicines j and are so well
adapted to the frame,that the use ofthem,by main
taining the body in the due performance of its
unctions, 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 tranquil, that old age when «
it arrives will appear a blessing, and not (as too
many who have neglected their constitutions, or
had them injured by medicines administered by ig
norancc) a source of misery and abhorrence.
t hey are so compounded, that by strengthening
and equalizing the action of the heart, liver, and
other visera, they expel the bad, acrid or morbid
matter, which renders the blood impure, out of the
circulation, through the excretory ducts into the
passage of the bowels, so that by the brisk or slight
evacuations which may ho regulated by the doses,
always remembering that while the evacuations
from the bowels are kept up, the excretions from 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 effect a cure even in the most
acute or obstinate diseases; but in such cases the
dose may be augmented, according to the inveteracy
of the disease ; the medicines being so admirably
adapted to the constitution, that they may be taken
at all times
In all cases of hypochondriac-ism, low spirits,pal
pitations of the heart, nervous irritability, nervous
weakness, ffuor albus, seminal weakness, indiges
tion, loss of appetite, flatulency, heartburn, general
debility, bodily weakness, chlorosis or green sick
ness, flatulent or hysterical faintings, hysterics,
headache, hiccup, sea sickness, nightmare, gout,
rheumatism, asthma, tic douloreaux, cramp, spas
modic affections, and those who are victims to that
most exerutiating disorder. Gout, will find relief
from theirsutferihgs, by a course of Dr. William
Evans’s Pills.
Nausea, vomiting, pains in the side, limbs, head,
stomach or hack, dimness or confusion of sight,
noises in the inside, alternate flushings of hoatand
chilliness, tremors, watchings, agitation, anxiety
bad dreams, spasms, will in every case be relieved
by an occasional dose of Dr. Evans’s medicines.
One of the most dangerous epochs to females is
at the change of life; and it is then they require a
medicine which will so invigorate their circulation
and thus strengthen ther constitutions as may ena
ble thorn to withstand the shock.
Those who have the care and education of Fe
males, vMiwhei the studious or the sedentrey part
of the oSlmunity, should never be without aNsop
ply ol Jfr: Evans’s Fills, which remove disorders,,
i:i the head, invigorate the mind, strengthen the
body, improve the memory, and eliven Hie imagin
ation.
When the nervous system lias been too largely f
drawn upon or overstrained, nothing is better to
correct and invigorate the drooping constitution
than f ese medicines.
Dr. William Evans’s Medical Office, 100 Chat
ham street, New York, where the Doctor maybe
consulted.
I C Cj’ A Case of Tic Doloreux. jTTi
MrsrJ—E. Johnson, wife of Capt. Joseph John
son, of Lynn, Mass., was severely afflicted for ten ""
years with Tie Doloreux, violentpa in her head,
and vomiting with a burning heat in the stomach,
and unable to leave her room. She could i.nd no
relief from the advice of several physicians, nor
from medicines of any kind, until after site commen
ced using Dr. Evans’s medicines, of 100 Chatham
street, and from that time she began to amend, and
cels satisfied if she continues the meji due a few
dav s origer, will lie perfectly cured Keferenc;
can be had as to the truth of the above, by eallim
at Jlrs. Johnson’s daughter’s stoi’e, 389 Grand st
N Y.
AAIEAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS.
DrPWm. Evans’ Celebrated Soothing Sviu v**"
ion Children Cutting their Teeth.
This infallible remedy has preserved hundreds of
children, when thought past recovery, from con
vulsions. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the
gums, the child will recover. This preparation is
so innocent’ so efficacious, and so pleasant that no
child will refuse to let its gums be rubbed with it.
When infants are at the age of four months, though
there is no appearance of teeth, one bottle of the
Syrup should be used on the gums to open the
pores. Parents should never be without the Syrup
in the nursery where there are young children ; for
if a child wakes in the night with pain in the
gums, the Syrup immediately gives ease by open
ing tho pores and healing the gums ; thereby pre
venting convulsions, fevers, kc.
Sold by ANTONY k HAINES,
Sole agents in Augusta,
J. M. St T. M. TO RNER, Savannah, ,
P. M. COHEN & Co., Charleston, \
SHARP A: EELS, Milledgeville,
C. A. ELLS, Macon,
A.W. MARTIN, Forsyth,
BENJAMIN P. POORE, Athens,
MARK V. LANE. Washington.
apfi
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COMMERCIAL.
Latest dales from Liverpool, April 27
Latest dates from Havre April £()
Liverpool, April 25.
Cotton —The sales since Friday, amount to 9000
bags, of which IdOU were sold to-day. Prices are
lowered id per lb.
23d.—The sales to-day have been 1,000 bales
without any change in prices. Market very dull.
April 26.
Cotton —We have again had a very flat week in
Cotton, and a general decline of id to id per lb has
been the consequence, and in some instances, par
ticularly in American desciiptions, a much greater
decline has been submitted to. 400 bales American
have bcch taken for export.
Havre, April 20.
i otton—r ho demand for Cotton has been very
calm during the whole of the week, and from the
I-th to the I9tli our sales did not exceed 2461 •
bales at the following rates, orlinary to good ordi
naiy Louisiana, at IoBg to 117, good ordinary Mo
bile at 111 to 112, ordinary to good ordinary Geor
gia < . S at 109 to 116, goa l ord nary Floridas at
111 to 112, good Pernambuco resold at 112,j
\mari\e intelligence,
v Savannah, May 2-8. S?
Cleared.—gt. bark Canton. Gibson, Liverpool's!?
bark LiGrangc. Lanneman, New-Yorlt.
Arrive:l yesterday.— steamboat O. W. St. John
Pundt, Charleston.
Ch arleston, May 2D.
Cleared.— L. hr|g Perry. Hamilton, New York
jWeit to sea je.teniny.— Ship Alleghany, Michael’ *
! Liverpool. ’ jf
HAUGAI NS ! ~ "l
; Ai HOFFMAN intending to remove shortly of
-1 q , fers fi r sale his entire stock of Staple 'and
i F-inry Millinery nr. : Mr w Go -A-, at rrdured pri
| res. and on aecoimm datiii: m,s, i 0 c ore. and so
i licit-- hi ! iends an i Ike j .Mic-so give him a rad
! nsmg c’rewlk-Af. ns his- vidiimi-n* i
| complete end no wgjj; selected an ary in the cite
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