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AUGUSTA.
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 15.
FOR GOVERNOR,
CHARLES UOICiIIEUTY,
OF CLARK COUNT!.
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’1 he '■’ilk Culture in Eeorgl*.
We had intended to have said something in
favor of the cultivation of silk, and its immense
importance to the Southern States, and to Georgia
in particular, hut we find an editorial article in
M icon Telegraph which no fully expressca our
views upon the general question, that we copy
it and adopt the sentiments as our own. Wn
shall confine ourselves at present to a brief no
tice of the progress of this business in and about
our city, so far as it has come under our observa
tion.
A great number of persona in this city and its
immediate vicinity have planted the Morus Mul
ticaulis to n greater or lesa extent; some for the
purpose of speculation in the trees alone, hut the
larger portion, we believe, with a view to make
experiments in the production of Bilk, Some
are so fully satisfied as to the ultimate success of
Hie business, that they have embarked in it with
the same feelings that a planter purchases lands
and negroes for the purpose of raising cotton,—
Among those who embarked largely in it we may
name Messrs, Chelnv & Hutchinson, as the
largest planters of the Morus Muhieaulia. Mr.
•Cheony is the editor of the “American Silk Grow
er” published in Philadelphia ; is intimately ac
quainted with the whole business so far as it Inis
progressed in America, and after examining a
p unitin' of sections of (he Union, decided upon
this as the most propitious for investing money in
the culture of silk. This firm has fitted up a co
coonery in handsome and convenient style, an 1
are now feeiffilg about 100.000 worms. Mr-
Show, a gentleman of character and intelligence
from Massachusetts, has become interested with
Messrs. Uhceny At Hutchinson and superintends
the cocoonery. They have thus far used only
the common white mulberry, in feeding, their
multieaulis not being sulfieieiilly advanced to use
she leaves from it.
Messrs. Plant A. Mifflin have an extensive
cocoonery fitted up on the corner of Green and
•Campbell streets. They arc not near so large
planters of the Morus Multieaulis us the firm ul ove
alluded to, hut they have fur exceeded any others
in this vicinity in the number of worms led this
-mason, including those now on hand, they
have foil about 300,(100 worms, and have already
weighed forly pounds of cocoons. The white
mulberry alone was used at this cocoonery for
some tilin’, hut they are now using the leaf (f
the Moius Multieaulis, which hut a short expe
rience satisfies them is infinitely preferable to the
other, not only because it is easier raised. I ut lie*
ciuse it is moie speedily gathered and far more
nutritious, the worms actually abandoning the
White Mulberry to feed upon it. A large quan
tity of their worms, now feeding, are of tlio
second crop of this season, and in one week from
this time they will have cocoons of the sccoi.d
crop of this season, which is earlier than the first
feeding generally commences in the .North, rn
States! They expect to raise Jive successiit
crops by the middle of November! This liny
will he enabled to do from the Multieaulis leavis
from the cuttings planted this year. These fa. Is .
speak volumes in favor of the stipe iorily oft o
South over the North for the prosecution of this
business. Messrs. P, ,V M, have furnished us
with many important hints gathered from their
short experience in the business which we can
not condense in these remarks.
Dr. OsuoitN k, has also erected a cocoonery in
the immediate neighborhood of this city, upon an
extensive and excellent plan, and has also plan
ted largely of the Morus Multieaulis. lie ex
pects to feed this season from IfiO to ”00,000
worms, chlelly upon iniiltieiiulis leaves raised
from cuttings planted tit’s spring.
Mr. .1. IS nLKtr has established a cocoonery in
the upper end ot the city in the immediate vicini
ty of his tnuhieaulis fields, and intends to experi
ment on a large scale in (he business of producing
silk. Mr. 8. is an extensive planter of the mul
tieaulis.
In addition to those we have mentioned, there
are u groat many others who have fed and ar c
feeding smaller quantities of worms, from one to
forty thousand. The experience of all, those
who operate upon a large or small scale is uni
versally the same, (vi») that silk is easily and
cheaply produced, with hut little trouble and in
abundant quantities. /
The Army and N ivy Chronicle, in an article
on 'he subject of Cooper's recent Nuvul U.slury
of the V rtrd S ales, siys—‘•Among the actions,
of which no mention is made, is one that occur
cd during the Revolutionary war, on the eastern
shore of Virginia, between a flotilla ot barges,
&c., fitted out by the State of Maryland, and
n detachment of boats belonging to the British
squ idron in the Chesapeake. One of the most
striking features in this action, ami such us pro
bably never occurred in any other on land or wa
ter, was that every person im hath sides was either
killed or wounded —not one escaped injury or
death.”
The editor stales that hr has endeavored, but
as yet without success, to’ obtain an authentic
narrative of the action for publication.
From the Georgia Journal.
The candidate of both parlies. fur the office of
Governor, is n nv fairly before the people of Geor
gia. Judge M D maid will, we presume, he sus
tained by the “17. linn D’.-nacraUc Republican
I'.irly,” because of his attachment to, and h’s ad
vocacy of, those principles which form their polil
i ml creed.
O.i the other ban 1, the St ile Rights Party,
justlv proud of their candidate, and of his high*
standing in the community, will rally as “one
man” to the support of Judge Dougherty, because
of his ardent opposition to the doctrines of the
Federal Pasty, and li in unfinu advocacy of the
Rkh ri Ican PBiKCirtrs of *OB. His political
* j opponent*, sis no peuod in bin l:fc, cati J'-te
} sohl act of hi;, that displayed the Fast dispo- .
iitio.i to abandon hi* principles fvf "Jficc, or to
be driven from their maintenance by u *v - Kurils
and sarcasms of political aspirants, firm and
manly in h : -t course, lie has companded thercs
- peel of his tnent.-c*. Dignified and gentlemanly
I in his deportment, he Is surrounded hy fr,cud*.
Possessing talents of a high order, and industri
ous habits, he is eminently qualified to discharge
the duties which devolve on the Executive. 1 ne
contest we think, cannot be a doubtful one. Iho
“Democratic Party,” ever since its formation in
this State, have been daily losing ground. A
n few years ago. they had a majority ol iroin three
e to four thousand voles, hut the elect. ona, in regu
lar succession year uficr year, reduced their ma
a jority until 1837, when the "sceptre departed in
-11 to other hands." The State Rights Parly then
r enter into the contest under the most encouraging
circumstances. With ordinary vigilance on their
part, success is certain. Who will taller under
B such a slate ol tliings 1 We answer, xot o«t! !
t For the hronicle Sf Sentinel.
The public are hereby informed that a most
promising effort is at this time making in Au
> guala, in connexion with other portions of the
Wtate, to secure the passage ol a law to banish the
1 retail of intoxicating drinks. This subject has
for two sucessive nights been satisfactorily dis
cussed in one of the Churches, and it is believed
there is not a person in all our community who
does not admit of the crying evils that arc act
forth inn petition, which has been signed already
by five hundred of our citizens, and which it is
Imped will ho so respectably pressed before the
next Legislature, that a law to remove what has
cost the good citizens millions of dollars, will be
passed, and these hot beds of vi ;e and crime will
be rooted out.
The following is the form of the Petition, and
which lias boon so miaconstruled. and misrep
resented that wc ink its publication in all the
city papers,
Statu or Gkoiioia;
Tu the Senate and House of Representatives-
The undersigned citizens of this State believ
ing the retail of spirituous liquors an evil of great
magnitude, come into the Legislature by Peti
tion, and ask you in your wisdom, to puss such a
law as will elVectually put a slop to it,
W'e do not here attempt to name the mischiefs
that have been done by quartering on our cities,
towns, villages and highways, retail shops; they
are so manhole! as not to escape the painful no
lice of every member of your honorable body.
We come with the more confidence because
several States in the Union have passed such a
law as to make penal the retail of intoxicating ■
drinks,
Your Petitioners cannot see why a traffic that
is full of evil, and only evil, should not he ban
ished hy law if it cannot he done otherwise. Let
it ho done, and your Petitioners as in duly hound
will over pray. &c.
J'he following gentleman arc the Committee
to further the objects of the Petition for the city
of August 1, and county of Richmond.
Samuel Hale, F. M. Robertson,
Miiton Antony, John Winter,
W. M. D'Antignac, Win. J. Hobby,
Win. Shear, John Reese,
Edward W. Collier, Win. W. Holt,
James Harper, Th 1111 is Flournoy. '
The above Committee desire that the friends (
of morals, of women and children, of agriculture I
and com norce, and the friends of the State, anil 11
the guardians of the quiet and subordinate con "
i:
duct of the slaves, and of a sober and wise Legis- j
lation, will come in this hour of need to the res- I
cur. 1
June 13, 1839. 1
J)
KFrum the M icon Telegraph. \
The Silk It'isine*-, 1 ,
'•The Georgians arc pushing the Silk culture h
injii way that ought to excite emulation every li
where.” 0
So says Paulson's Philadelphia Daily Ailver- ft
tiser, mid so will say every man of common si
sense, .still, some captious cynics nearer home p
repeat the stale cello of -Moras Multicaul s Mn- ol
n a pronounce the Silk huslnes a humbug,- hi
and abuse our Legislalurc for offering the Silk si
bounty, [viz : 5 cents a pound for cocoons, and h
10 cents a pound for reeled silk —see copy of the et
law in this Telegraph.] Now ive look upon g'
that law, ns among the best of the few useful ly
uni's, passed by our Legislature, for the last 2n II
years—anil the SILK 1)1 JSlNESSnotasa/ntm- ci
bug, >r a mania, a fever, that will take its la
e mrse, then, term n:t!e in a cap uus ev icuation 111I 11
nj I) Ir —but ns the beginning of anew and ai
permanent branch of Agriculture, that will ad si
vanee the prosperity of our country, and benefit ''
die hum in race, s
Hundreds about here have commenced rearing "
the Mullicaulis in a small way; and a few have t
gone more largely into the business. Probably •'
within two miles of this place, are several bun- h
died thousand Chinese mulberry trees. These I
trees will be for sale, if a market olfers for them s
—if not, lire proprietors are prepared to raise co s
coons from their leaves. Several pretty hand- ‘
some cocooneries are already in existence in our t
neighborhood—and a plenty of silk-worm eggs, •
at reasonable prices, for those who wish to pro- t
cure them. | 1
We profess not to be among- the most san- 1 '
guine of tin* friends of the silk business ; never- 1 ■
tbeless. wo have long been of the opinion, that ■ 1
j silk would eventually become a permanent and I
profitable staple of our country. Wo have
! wall lied the excitement on tins subject with
i nuieh interest, and with increasing confidence
j \t no time has a doubt crossed our mind, as to '
its practicability. and eventual adoption, as one j
j of the great staples of our State.
The difficulty which has heretofore interposed,
almost to detent, was the length of time necessa
ry, to get an orchard started. This is now re
moved. by the introduction of the Morns Multi,
caulis or many stalked mulbury. What bes re
; required five or ten years to accomplish, may
j now be ns easily attained in one, or at most two
years ! This species of the mulberry growing
! with as much certainly from tho cutting, us In
| dian corn does from the kernel,
i 'line, we hear complaints, uccnsinnnllv, of the 1
' cuttings not coining up well; hut the same coin
-1 plaints are made of corn, and cotton, and all other
j seeds.—Seeds and young plants of every sort.
! arc exposed to numenmrs accidents, which some- !
! times prevent their coining up. or growing.—
i Among these may ho mentioned, ants, grubs, cut i
: worms, birds, poultry. Ac. They may be plant
| ep too deep, or 100 shallow—the ground uiav be
j too wet. or too dry, or 100 hard. Take it alto
gether. we look uoon the multicaulisto bens sure
; from the rutting, as almost any other crop from i
the seed. This gives it a vast superiority over 1
the white ns well as every othei species of the
mulberry. Resides the facility in propagating i
the mullicaulis. it Inis another decided advan
tage. in the ease and facility with which the
leaves can be gathered and fed out. One hand
I being able to attend ns many worms as four or
■ five could with the while—the leaves being so
J mu.'ll larger. Wc can sh nv leaves on our tn ea
; 12 inches in length, ami I t to to inches broad 1
1 *
The reding ami twisting flic min i- ,cr > ° :l p'
. pic, requiring but a few hours instruction to o<*
pen ally utidersiood by a child ten years old. In
the stale of reeled silk, there ia no doubt it will
' find a reedy market—as it may a'so in that ol
cocoons. In Philadelphia, Baltimore, &c.. mere
is already a market open for them, and there
will probably hr in every town at the South, as
■ soon as any arc produced.
i No apprehension need he entertained of the
1 market being overstocked. The importations
i into tills country annually amount to about2o
j millions of dollars, besides what is produced in
1 the li. 8. amounting to several thousand more,
i I And after supplying our own country, nothing
• j prevents us from shipping it to foreign nations,
jm which event, wc might find a market lor
j £10!) OhO.OOll worth.
In this view of the subject, we look upon the
' silk bounty law as among the best that was pass
ed at the last session. If the silk culture becomes
general, it will bring into use a vast quantity ot
l worn out and sandy land, hitherto supposed to be
j worth ess—and a large number ol profitless
1 hands, such as young children, helpless females.
I and aged persons, who cannot now earn their
I living. It will be a useful and profitable appen
j dage to every poor house and hospital, and or
phan asylums—and evon to country schools.
By another year, we expect to see reels and
j spinning apparatuses introduced; and a steady
I market for cocoons, as well as reeled silk.
Now that the spinning wheel ol our grand
-1 motile is days has been discarded, we know of
no better instrument to lake its place, than the
silk reel—and no occupation for females, la tier
than the silk business,
We have a few additional returns Irons the
election in the territory. Hillsborough gives for
Downing 46.—for lializell 59,—Const tution 56,
—no Constitution 40 Downing’s majority thus
f.r 694. ana the majority against the Constitution
79. The vote of Alachua we learn has been given
to Downing, and a small majority for the Consti
tution. We conclude Dowing will he elected by
nh >ut 800 majority, and the Conatituticn rejected
by from 85 to 50 votes. The friends of the Con
stitution however confidently believe that it will
he a (opted by at least one hundred votes.—Flo
ridian
A new steamer, of 250 tons burthen, called the
Archimedean, has been launched into the Thames
The principal of motion in this vessel is the screw
paddle put into rapid motion, by an engine some
what dilfercnt from Ihm of the K. F. Stockton.
The inventor is a gentleman by the inline of
Smith. .She belongs to a new association, with
a large capital, culled the Archinicdian Com
pany. who intend to form a line of steamers on
the sc cw paddle principle, to run between New
Vork and London.
lows or Vnißixu.—We have frequently
“reverted to the obnoxious features in tfie laws of
Virginia, relative to the collection of debts, one
of the worst of which absolves the estate of a man
after his death from debts which he has created
in his life-time. There is. however, another fea
ture quite obnoxious, which will hot permit a
man’s hooks and oath to he brought in evidence
of debt, hut compels him prove his account by
witnesses. These laws seem made expressly for
the benefit of insolvent swindlers, and should be
repealed forthwith.— Wheeling Tunes.
From the Southern Literary Messenger.
Sketches of Members of Congress.
11. 11. MCXEFEK,
This gentleman was a representative from
Kentucky, and first took his seal in Congress t
tile extra session in 1837. During that session
he made his debut nn the floor of the House, on
the sub-treasury hill. It was a masterly cllort
and established his reputation ns a parliamentary
orator. It satisfied both parties of the superiority
ofhis mind, and the rank he was likely to holcf
in the body to which he belonged. His fame
had not preceded him ; and his first efl’ort was as
unexpected as it was astonishing. Mr. Mcnefee
does not appear to be more than thirty years of
age; in person, he is tall, lean and meagre; his
hair is light, hut worn very thick on his head,
which is finely moulded, though he is fur from
a-ing handsome; his face is narrow and long—
his mouth unusually wide, and his eyes grey, but
full of expression. The distinguishing features
in'ins mind are acuteness, strength, clearness and
fertility. He marshals bis arguments with much
(kill, and]! enforces them with great subtlety and
lower. He has not the imagination or fertility
if Prentiss, of whom I shall speak presently; but
ie has more strength, and equal power of analv
as. His reasoning is logical, but not dry, and
ns topics are selected and his arguments arrang
'd wi h great perspicuity and skill. There is
treat vigor in his style—his figures arc unusual
y strong and appropriate, but sometimes too low.
:Ls elocution, though not rapid, is easy, his sar
casm extremely hitter and mordant, and his dec
a,nation often rises to splendor. 1 never saw a
verson of his age so calm and collected, when
nlilressing such a body, as he appears to ho. He
ilan Is self-poised and unmoved by the gaze of
he House, and generally fixes his keen and
sparkling eye on the member he is answering,
without addressing himself to the Speaker. In
the lamous philippic he delivered a few weeks
before the close of the last session, on u resolution
introduced by Mr. Prentiss, to expel from the
Home a member who had published an offen
sive article in the Globe, he kept his eye so
steadily fixed upon his victim, and rolled out his
denunciations with such biting anil terrible effect,
Hint idler writhing for some time in apparent ag
ony, and unable any longer to endure the torture
to which he was subjected, he started up once or
twice to call Mr. Monefee to order, because he
was I inking at him instead of the Speaker. Mr.
Mencfce's manner is always earnest and impres
sive. He seldom or never indulges in the hu
morous, and is more of the philosopher than the
wit. As an orator he is not at all artifie al—he
neither studies his attitudes nor his action ; both
appear to he natural and appropriate. His voice
wan's melody of intonation, and descends from
the higher to Ihe lower tones too rapidly for ef
fect ; while his cadences are sometimes lost in
indistinctness. Mr. Menofec's talants arc such
as to beget the belief, that he will aitain to high
distinction in public life, should he devote him
self exclusively to it; ami become as eminent
ami useful, as a statesman, as he now is distin
guished as a public speaker.
s. s. I’nr.xTiss.
This gentleman made his first appearance at
the bar of the House during the extra session of
the twenty-filth Congress, in support ofhis right
to a seal in that body ns a representative* from
Mississippi. On that occasion he spoke for
| three days, with a force of reasoning, a rapidity
and beauty of elocution, and a splendor of de
clamation, that astonished all who had the plea
sure of hearing him. Mr. Prentiss ; s small in
stature, and has a lime less in one ofhis legs,
which compels him to resort to the use of a sl:- ts,
, on which he rests his deformed limb when he
] moves—he is, h nvever, said to possess uncom
■non strength of body, and to have great vigor of
; muscle. His head is large and out of proportion
! to the rest of his frame—his features arc good,
ami his countenance, though not what would be
called handsome, is not ugly. Ho is said to ho
a native of Maine, and commenced life, like most
of our distinguished men, in poveitv. Ho
taught school, while quite young, in Mississippi
! to which he had removed to seek bis fortune-
afterwards studied law. and soon became eminent
j at the hir. where he acquired both reputation and
i
t wealth. He appears tot about ihiny years J j
| age. Mr. Trenu-s has all the elements el the j
j orator in him : his mind po-teasi a great fertility j
1 anil rxpansiveness; it h logical iiugginative. i
1 sarcastic, memory and taste, arc equally promi
; nent and always exercised, when he speaks. —
; After a laborious train of reasoning, in which he
i snows his strength as a logician, his hearer is as
i lonishcd at some apt and felicitous illustration,
drawn from history, poetry, philosophy, or ro
mance, which lie calls up by the power of me
mory, and apparently without an effort of the 1
will. His early reading scoma to have been con- 1
fined to the sacred volume of inspiration, with
which he is perfectly familiar, and from which
most of his illustrations are taken, which are al
ways h ippy and striking. 11c has the faculty. |
m ireovvr, of gliding rapidly from grave to gay. i
from the impassionate to the humorous, and from :
the declamatory to the coolest and most philoso- !
pineal reasoning. His imagin ition furnishes him
with the finest images, his invention with the
strongest arguments, his judgment with the most
logical application ami most lucid arrangement
of them, and his memory with a great variety of
incidents and facts, which he has treasured up in
the course of his reading and observation, and
which he can call up with singular felicity and
apply with great effect. Mr. 1 rcnliss possesses
genius, as well as talent; his thoughts are poeti
cal ami often beautiful, but always under the con
trol of good taste. His reading seems to have
been more among the imaginative than the phi
losophical lights of the world, and he has read
more for amusement than for the acquisition of
knowledge. His mind is more excursive than
profound—it delights more in the romance than
the realities of life, and takes great pleasure in
reposing in the Idalian bowers with Homer, than
in communing in the groves of Academus with
Plato. His diction is sometimes very splendid,
and his elocution singularly fluent, rolling along
w thout hesitation and almost without a pause.
His touches of wit and humor are excellent, and
his galeasmexceed ngly pungent —sometimes put
ting the House in a roar of laughter, and at
others exciting it to an almost irrepressible burst
of indignation. His voice is, however, defective,
and Ins cadences arc not always harmonious or
pleasing to the ear, and his action is too uniform
lor grace. Had he the inclination, lie would he
an admirable debater, bm he prefers his own ease
to the exertion which eminence ns a debater re
quires. He is, however, more of an orator than
a debater. His mind is 100 rich, affluent,and
imaginative for the latter; and he likes to exert
his intellectual energies, only when it can he
done with effect, and when n sense of duty or the
love of fame impels him to the effort. It is to he
regretted, that he should find the great political
arena of Congress so little suited to his taste, or
so hostile to his interests, as to induce him to
withdraw from the councils of the nation, and to
return again to a profassion from which ho derives
more wealth, if not so much fame, as from the
career of legislation, which lie lias just abandoned,
and in which he is so well fitted to excel.
HENIt X A. WISE.
This gentleman, though an older member, is
notan older man than the representative from
Kentucky, ( vlr. Me.nefee.) In person, they hear
a considerable resemblance to each other. They
•ire both lean and almost fleshicss—looking like
persons in a consumption. Mr. Wise is not
quite so tail, nor his hair quite so light as that of
Mr. Menefee; hut his features are more regular,
and his eye more expressive and eloquent. Mr.
Wise wants the Sliaksperiun pile of forehead;
out he has great intensity offeeling, which com
pensates, in some degree, for the deficiency in |
tile imaginative facul y. Mr. Wise's mind is i
quick and comprehensive; he seizes upon the
weak points of his opponent's argument, with
great facility, and turns them against him with .
much skill and ability. He depends mainly up
on the native powers of his intellect, which has
not been very highly cultivated or disciplined. *
He has nut devoted much of his time, probably
from the necessity of early action, to the acquisi
tion of knowledge, but his mind is perhaps more
vigorous and acute than it would have hern, if it
hud been more polished and enriched with other
men’s thoughts. Ho thinks for himself, and t
thinks deeply. His thoughts, though not often
magnifi cut or beautiful are nevertheless original
and striking. Asa satirist, he has not the deli
cacy, point and polish of the orator of Roanoke,
but he has more vigor and intensity of indigna
tion. He feels deeply, and pours out the over
flowings of his indignation in “ wordslhatburn.”
and in language which hears the strong coloring
of his feelings.—Those feelings are lofty, honora
ble and delicate, but excitable. His soul seems
lo loathe and spurn all that is mean or dishono -
able in human action. His hatred of vice and
political dishonesty and profligacy is innate, and
lie deals out his denunciations against those he
believes to be guilty, whether elevated or humble
with indignant and bitter eloquence. His victim
shivers and writhes beneath his lash. He is hold
fearless and independent, and throws out ilis shaft
without regard to the elevated rank which those
he aims at may hold in the world. His love of
country is intense and ardent, and he looks upon
all whose conduct endangers its liberties or tends
toeover it.-character with dishonor, as his ene
mies, whom it is his duty to oppose and denounce.
There is, however, the greatest possible difference
between Mr. Wise on the floor of the House, and
Mr. Wise in the private circle. A stranger
would scarcely believe them to he the same indi
vidual. While addressing the hotly of which he
is a member, he often seems to he animated by a
species of fury, or by some strong and uncontroll
able passion—his eye-brows lower, his eyes spar
kle with indignation, and his whole countenance
and action indicate the most violent mental agi
tation; while su rounded by his friends, and oven
among strangers, he is mild, alliihie and humor- I
ous, producing laughter by his bon mnts and
jokes, and laughing himself at the jokes, wit or i
anecdotes of others. He has a good deal of the j
irritability of genius, but it is seldom displayed, j
except in the hall of legislation. In the domes-{
lie circle, he is kind, tender and affectionate, and i
in private affable and even playful among those
with whom he is intimately acquainted. Since j
his first appearance among the representatives of |
the nation, he has undergone a considerable
| change. He is, I think, less intemperate and vi
! olent in his manner and feelings, and has more
1 staidness and dignity, hut not less energy and ve
hemence. Every one listens to him with inter
est, when he addressed the House, because every
one is pleased with excitement Mr. Wise’s tal-
I ents, ardent feelings and boldness of character
have given him a high rank in the House of Kcp
] riscnt.ilivesjbut he is ftrluntc majon's /mtios.erec
tun el nefr. Though young, he is an expert and
aide debater—always prepared to attack or de
fend, as the case may require, and never sparing
| an opponent, either in the offensive or defensive.
’ He wields the battle axe and mace, and leaves
1 the small sword and spear to tho e whose ardor
| is less intense or whose indignation is more con
trollable. When Mr Wise first appeared in the
’ House, some ten yearsago, it was thought from
his voice and manner, that he was on imitator of |
John Randolph; bm it was soon perceived that he
! was an original, and afterwards ascertained that
he had never seen his supposed model, the great
eccentric of Roanoke. ‘None but himself can he i
his parallel.” He stands alone, often unsuppor
ted. ami boldly and manfully breasts the furv of
party rage, and treats with scorn the denuncia
tions of the minions of power. He has great nerve
ns well as sensiliriity. and his fearlessness and in
dependence command tire irspeet even of those
who are opposed to him in political opinion and
who believe him lo he wrong, hike all men of
strong feelings, he is generous as well as brave,
and he would a= readily weep over the misfortunes '
w a prostrate eat .y as thom, t*i a beloved friend. !
The following she:' extract from a speech of hid, !
1 recently delivered in the House ol Krpre-oiiU
-1 lives, will give not only an idea of hi.; tender j
1 and the nature of hit feelings, but of the shle of 1
I h;s eloquence ; >
j *• Is it not cgregiousl) unjust,” says he, speak
| injr of the conduct ol the House to him in re.ntion
| to the duel between Mr. Graves and Mr. Gilley,
j in which h> was concerned as a second, •‘dim any
1 /nelgt ah uld pursue this course 1 I demand a I
1 trial. Come when it may 1 will expose the guilty.
The most guilty were the very busiest in arraign
ing me—the most hypocritical in the hue and cry
after the most innocent in that transaction. Put
me on trial, and I will then drag from ihor seats
j here, and in the other House, the real culprits—
the very wretches who instigated that duel—who
wept crocsdile tears over the bier of poor Cilley,
and who got up excitement, the most loathsome,
tor no end whatever of religion or morality, lint
for the vilest ol political purposes—-wretches, who
would have dragged the corpse of the victim of
their machinations from Washington to Maine,
with Ins heels to a chariot and his (lead upon the
flinty rock, if it would have served the sinister
and infamous designs oi a party. He (Mr. Gray
j of'New York) says the Speaker himself has been
denounced as a supple tool of the Executive.—
\ os. the Speaker has been told to his face worse
than that. You and I know, Mr. Speaker, what
I said: Whenever I had been arraigned I would
have given the reasons why I look the Speaker by
the arm. as he was leaving that rhair and said to
hiin—“ You arc the petty tool if a tyrant." Did
1 mean merely to insult hint? No, no—the
Speaker was not my man. No, I discharged a
high and solemn clu'y—l defend the freedom i f
delmte and the forms intended to preserve it.—
When 1 found the Executive presiding every
where —when I found the President sitting there,
(poinlins to the chair.) as well as upon the throne
in the White House—overstepping the constitu
tional walls of partition between the co-oidinale
departments of the government—encroaching hy
silent corruption upon the province of this House
—I spoke out ns Drulu* did in Rome, or as Sid
ney would in Engl aid—l will spe ik or die on all
such occasions. Wien I see ihe daring or in
s dious invasion of •h-’freed in and independence
of leg slation-nitemp ed, I will denounce t ic ii -
voder and denounce the princqlp of invasion.—
Why ! Because I love the government and pre
fer its preservation for my efiil Iren, In tier than I
love any man who breathes. I forget persons,
am heedless of pet s n ilities in the struggle to
maintain our institutions. I am responsible al
ways, personally and legally, for the language I
employ. I bow to the law and the judgment of
my peers.”
Mr. Wise always speaks what his feelings, ra
ther than his judgment dictate, and seems to take
a pride in ‘Tailing things by their right names”—
which, as a speaker, gives to what he says the
effec t of sincerity, though it sometimes indicates
n want of t.i,te. His style is vigorous, hut not
polished—Ms elocution impressive and easy—his
netion appropriate and not ungraceful—and his
voice, dear and distinct, and would alwavs te
audible, if he did not sometimes let it fall too sud
denly below the proper pitch, at the close of a
sentence. As a patriot, a parliamentary speaker,
and a legis'afor, I know of no man o' his age in
this country who can he ranked ns his equal.—
Though apparently feehle in health, lie is never
theless indefatigable in the dis-barge of his duties,
and untiring and ceaseless in his efforts to accom
plish what he believes to be conducive to the glorv
and prosperity of his country. Such a man should
always lie in the counsels of the nation.
Consignee-per South Carolina Hail Head.
Hamburg. June 14, 1839.
F. Lamback; C. A. Gr iner; D’Antirnac Si Fill;
T. J Parmolecj Stovall and Simmons; I. S Beers
& Co., Jelfors & Boulware; George Parrott; J. F.
Benson; H. M.C.
cM VRIMK INTELLIGENCE.
Savannah, June 13.
Cleared —Brig Augusta, Livermore, New-A ork ;
brig George, Gooding, I ostein.
Departed —Steamboat Hamburg, Wood, Augusta.
Charleston, June 14.
Cleared. —Ship Mod ora, Pike, Liverpool.
EVANS’ FAMILY VEGETABLE APERIENT
ANTI-BILK,LIS PILLS.
Being composed of ingredients which exert a
specilic action upon the Heart, give an impuise or
strength to t.ic arteral system ; the Mood is quick
ened and equalized in its circulation through all
the vessels, whether oi the skin, toe parts situated
internally, or the extremities; and as all the se
cietions of the body are drawn fiom the b ood
there is a consequent increase of every secretion,
and a quickened action of the absorbent and exha
lant or discharging vesse s; any morbid action
which may have taken pace is lemoved, all ob
structions are overcome, the blood is purii.ed, and
the body resumes a healthful state. The circula
tion, that impoitant function, was not known to
the great Celsus, Galen, or Hippocrates ; thcicfore,
their delicienoy of knowledge led them to extract
the vita! fluid as a curvatlvc means ; but upon the
principles of the circulation of the blood, the prac
tice of b.ceding is proved to be fallacious.
It lias been left to the directors-al.this society
to bring forward Dr. W m. Evans’ Medicines,found
ed upon the important knowledge imparled to the
world Ly the discovery of the circu.alion of the
blood.
Evan's Family Vegetable Aperient Anti-Bilious
Fills, are sold in boxes of Twenty-live cents each.
THESE MEDICINES
after much anxious toil and rescan h, having been
brought by the i hectors to their present state of
perfection, super-ede the use of the innumeiable
other medicines; a.e so well adapted to the frame,
- that the use of them, hy pieserving the vital strength
in a pure and healthy state, and consequently
; maintaining the 1 ody in the due performances of
| its functions, cause it to last many years longer
than it othenvisc would ; and the mind to become
I so composed and tranquil that old age when it ar
\ rives, Will appear a blessing unit n t (as to many
who have mgecled then constitutions, or had
them injured by medicines administered by iguo-
I ranee) a source f misery and abhorrence.
‘•Even from the body’s purity, the mind
Deceives a secret sympathetic aid.”
A pamph et with general i.irections for taking
the i’ilis, always given in at the store of toe agent.
DR. WILLIAM EVANS’ SOOTHING SYRUP,
FOR CHILDREN TEETHING,
To Mothers and Nurses.— Ihe passage of the
Teeth through the gums produces tioublesome and
dangerous symptoms, it is known by mothers
that there is great irritation in the mouth and gums
during this piocess. 'i he gums swell, the secre
tion and sa iva is increased, the child is seized with
frequent and sudi cn fits of crying, watchings,
st rung in the sleep, and spasms of peculiar paifs;
tie child shrieks w.th extreme vio ence, and
thrusts its bngers into its mouth. If these pre
cursoiy symptoms are not speedily alleviated,
spasmodic convulsions unive,sally supervene, and
some cause the dis-oiution of the infant. Metiers
who have their .ittle babes afflicted with these
i distressing symptoms should apply DR. WU.
EVANS’ CELEBRATED SOOTHING SVRUP,
which has preserved hundreds of infants when
thought past recovery, from being sudd«nly at
tacked with the fatal me lady,convulsions.
Sold by ANTON tix HAINES,
Sole agents in Augusta,
J. M.,k T. M. TORNER, Savannah,
P. M. COHEN St Co,. Charleston,
SHARP ,V ELLS, Milledgevillc,
C. V. ELLS, Macon,
A. W. MARTIN, Forsvth,
HENJ \MIN P. POoRE, Athens,
MARK A. LANE, Washington.
■one 7
’ (J3* RESIDENT DENTIST..— Dr. Mukroe’s
operating rooms, second door from Broad Ireet. on
I Mclntodr-st., opposite the Constitutionalist olflce
march 13
/Tl-b. SILK GROWER aM,
FARMER'S MANUAL —A monthly publication
designed to extend and encourage the growth ol s.lk
throughout t c I.nited St .tos. Edited by Ward
Cheney and Brothers, Burlington, N. J..ami pub
lished in Philadelphia, at the low price of onr
Dollar a year.
| i>7" Subscriptions received at this office. ap
ZjSENEI OLENT SOCIETY, fur the ben-fi
of the Sick- Poor of Augusta and its vicinity, —
The Visiting Committees for the ensuing month me
] as follows:
Division No. I.—Mr. P. H Mantz, Mr. D. Bland,
Mrs. .Meredith,Mrs Charles Jones
Division No. V. —Dr. E Osborne, S. B. Groves,
Mrs. Tremb y, Mis. J. W. Stoy.
Division No 3.—Mr. E. VV. ( oilier,Tas. Panton
Mrs. J. C. Snead, Mrs. A. Whitlock.
Any member of the committees may obtain fund
by calling on the President, (W. W. Ho t, Esq.) at
his office, Cumming’s Piaza.
.may 2 1 C. F. STURGES, Secretary.
(fj-NOTICE. —The Kail Road Passenger Train
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as
fahows:—
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a.m.
“ “ Summerville, “ - -S 30
“ “ Georges’, - “ - 10 00
“ “ Branchvi.le, “ - 11 00 ~
“ “ Midway, - “ - 11 30 si. f
“ “ Blackvi le, - “ - 100 r. m.
“ “ Aiken, ■ • “ • 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400
DOWNWARD.
Not to leave Hamburgbel'ore 6 00 a. a.
“ “ Aiken, - “ - • 730
“ “ Blaekvillc, “ - • 930
“ Midway, “ - - 10 30
“ “ Ilranelivillc, “ - - 11 00
“ “ Georges’, “ - -1200 m.
“ “ Summerville,“ - - 2 OOp. m.
Arrive at Char oston not before 300
Distance—lSomilcs. Fare Through—slo 00.
Speed not over it) miles an hour. To remain 20
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not
longer than 5 minutes for wood and watei at any
station.
To stop for passengers, wh<m a white flag is
hoisted, at either of the above stations; and aiso at
Sincaths, Woodstock, Inabinct’s, 41 mile 'l'. ().,
hives’, Grahams, Willeston, Windsor, Johnsons,
and Marsh’s T. H.
Passengers up will breakfast at Woodstock and
line at Blackviilc; down, will breakfast at. Aiken
and dine at Summervil e. may 21
GREAT ARRIVAL!
Fifteen Bushils, or 270,U00 boxes of
l , UTHiih» PILLS.
The subscribers have made arrangements with
Dr. Peters, of New fork, to Le supplied bv the
quantity with his Pills. All dealers can'now
oc supplied at factory prices. Gs al the Pills we
have any knowledge of, these arc tlic most va ua
blc In no instance have they failed to accomplish
every thing they promised, and thousands who for
years nave been lingering will: some chronic or ob
stinate disease, n-.w add their testimony in -ehalf
of tnis va uab:e medicine.
t.ne great quality of his Vegetable Pills is. that
they have the alternative principle combined with
their cathartic, or operative qualities, so that they
not only c eanse the stomach and bowels by pui"-
mg, t ut they regulate the liver,change the mo.bTd
secretions, strengthen the digestive organs, purify
the blood invigoiate the circulation,and give tone
and energy to the nervous sy-tera.
They have no rival in curing and preventing
Bilious Fevers, Fever and Ague, Dyspepsia, Diver
fomplaints, Sick Head-ache, Jaundice, Asthma,
IBopsy, Rheumatism, Enlargement of the Spleen,
Piles, Cholic, Female i bstimtions, ficart-burn,
Furred Tongue, Nausea, Distension of the Stomach
and Bowels, Incipient Diarrhoea, Flatulence, Hab
itual Costiveness, l.oss of Appet.to, Blotched or jf
Sallow Complexion, and in all cases.if J orpor of f
the Bowels, wheie a Cathartic or an Aperient is
need d. They are exceeding y mild in their oper
ation, produo ing neither nausea, griping nor de i.i I ity.
Dr. Peters has sold more than five millions of boxes
of these celebrated Pil s. in the U. States, tie Cana
das, Texas, Mexico and the West Indies, since
lan. 1936. All persons who have used the Genuine
Peters Vegetable P,lls, recommend them in terms
of the most unqualined praise, which is proof pos
itive of their extraoi denary and i enclicial ejects,
celebrated Pills are for sale by
TIT MAS BARRETT 8t Co., and
• e HAV lEAND, RISLEV & Co., Agents.
June 6 2m
inn SHVKES GEORGIA RAIL ROAD
lUU STOCK, for sale. Appy at this
office. ts June 14
AUGUSTA LIBRARY.—An adjourned meet
ing of the stockholders of the Augusta Li
brary society will he held on Saturday, the loth
inst., at 11 o’clock, a. M.
J. C. CAR.uICHAEL, Sec’y. & Trcas.
june 14 td
]V7 EW BOOKS. —The Phantom Ship, a tale of
J.N the Sea, by Capt. Marryat
Sketches of Public Charade s, by Lord Brougham.
Just received by T. H. PLANT.
juaell 3t
ItARGAIAS I
Ct HOFFMAN intending to remove short'y, of
) , fors r sale his entiie stock of Staple and
tancy Millinery and Straw Go ds, at reduced pri
ces, and on accommodating teims, to c ose, and so
licits his friends and the public to give him a ca 1
before purchasing elsewhere, as his assortment is
complete and as well selected as any in the city,
may 17 __ l,n
NEW BOOKS. —Memoirs of celebrated Women,
by G. P. It. James Ksq.
The Croppy, by the O’H ira Family.
Hiiths, Deaths and Maaiagcs, by the author of
“ Sayings and doings,” just received by
may Z 9 T. H. PL NT, 1
SUMMER QUILTS. —A few more of extra size
just received and for sale by
June 10 ts W. E. St J. U. JA< KSON.
A GOLD WATCH LOST.—The undersigned
had taken, a double bottomed case Gold Lever
Watch, J. Tobias 8c Co., Liverpool, No. 14231,
with Gold Curb Fob Chain, two strand and a
sma 1 Seal Key from him, which he will give a
suitable reward to any person detecting it.
a P 2 ? ts K. B. BEALL.
PAPER HANGINGS.—The subscriber has just
received an extensive asso.tment of Papering
and Borders, comprising tne common with the f.nest
and most fashionable patterns, which will be sold
cheap- TMI. PLANT.
FRENCH SILK WORM EGGS { I
1 SMALL quantity of French Silk Worm
A Eggs, selected kinds and just imported, can
be had upon early application to
C. J. HUTCH I'.'SON,
Eagle St Phcenix Hotel,
may 4 ts
A CARD.
CHARLES RALMER, Professor of Music,
grateful for the liberal patronage extended to
him, informs his patrons and others, that he is about
leaving the city for a few weeks, and on his return
will resume the duties of his profession. Applica
tions may be made at H. Parswnt’ Piano Store' and
at J. A. Barnes’ residence. ap 13-ts
CUE AH DRY GOODS.
ri’NHE subscriber ntending to make a change in
J. his business in the full, will sefl his stock of
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods at reduced prices.—
Those who wish bargains for cash, will do wed to
call and look at his assortment.
may 30 dtr.vawtf W. H. CRANE.
I k ISSDLUTION.—The co-partnership hereto
MJ fore existing under the mm of VAN WE/,EL
St SAMPSON i« this day dissolved bv mutual con
sent. D. M. VAN WEZEL,
SA RDEL SA nPSt/N.
Augusta, June 10, 1939. ts june 12
CROCKERY it (LSI NESS.
»G. H AVI I AND, late of the fiim of Haviland,
, Keese 8i Co., and D. G. Haviland 8t Co.,
Druggists, begs to infoim his friends that he has
embarked in the ( ROCKERY BUSINESS, with
a brother, under The firm of D. G. 4- D. HAVILAND,
at No. 75 William street. New York
D. G. 8t D. H. arc importing a ’arge stock of
Chinn and Earthenware, and wil be ab e to offer
a hill assortment to merchants from the south who
are solicited to rail.
New York, June 12, 1939. 2w