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lUilMf M ‘"II 1 ■- ...H-g * " C.MONICf.K ANl> SKN'i’lNlilj. AUGUSTA. SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 15. FOR GOVERNOR, CHARLES UOICiIIEUTY, OF CLARK COUNT!. gt r; /.St-.. t--s= ’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