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WILLIAM E. JONES & Co. AUGUSTA, Ga. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 16 1839 ' TTI XT
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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
MONDAY MORNING, JULY 15.
Kail Rond Accident.
On Saturday night about 12 o’clock, as the
train of passenger cars on the Georgia Rail Road
were returning to this city,the locomotive struck
the end of a bar of iron which had become
loose, and was thrown off the road, together with
the tender and a lumber cur attached to it, and
between the engine and passenger cars. These
latter were not thrown off, and no person what
ever injured by the accident. The passengers
were compelled to remain in the cars all night,
and reached the city yesterday between twelve
and one o’clock, P. M. The accident occurred
about fifty-four miles from Augusta.
The fourth of July was celebrated in Colum
bus, by the friends of a National Bank—a sump
tuous dinner was given atthc Oglethorpe House,
of which, about one hundred partook. John Bc
thune, acted as President, and Kenneth McKen
zie, W. H. Harper, Jno. B. Peabody and P. A.
Clayton, as Vice Presidents. The following is
among the regular toasts.
9. A National Bank. Two well tested peri
ods of twenty years each, furnish inconteslihle
evidence, that such an institution can alone se
cure a currency, stable and unchanging.
A large number of Volunteer toasts was given,
many of them pointing to a National Bank, and
some complimentary to Mr. Clay.
There is nb disguising the fact, and neither
friend nor foe will deny it, that a National Bank
growing in popularity in Gcotgia, and
wc have no doubt that at the end of three years
from this time, this State will be as decidedly in
favor of such an institution, as it was in 1816 ;
when our entire delegation in both Houses ot
Congress, with two exceptions, voted for one.
“The Realities of Life ; Sketches designed
far the improvement of the Head and Heart,” is
the title of a very neat little volume from the press
of S. Babcock, New Haven, laid on our table by
Mr. T. H. Plant, by whom it is for sale in this
city. We have glanced into it a little, and feel
justified in saying that it is a work of great inter
est, especially to young readers and recommend
it to such.
We take pleasure in remarking, that all the
works we have recently seen from the press o,
Mr. Babcock, are among the handsomest speci
mens of printing and binding we have ever seen
A report having been extensively circulated
in some of the Western papers, that South Caro
lina had abandoned the idea of carrying the
Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad,
any farther than Columbia, South Caroiina.—
General R. Y. Hayne, addressed a communica
tion to the Charleston Courier, contradicting that
report, from which we make the following ex
tract.
Our Kail Road—Not given up.
Messrs. Enrroas.—You will allow me to re
quest the use of your columns, for the purpose of
correcting certain reports, most industriously cir
-1 culled, which have created some anxiety on the
part of many stockholders in the Louisville, Cin
cinnati and Charleston Rail Road Company. A
publication in the Louisville Journal, asserts, “on
the authority of a respectable gentleman recently
from South Carolina,” that “all idea of pushing
the Rail Road further than Columbia, the capital
of South ( arolina, had been given up,” and the
President ot the Rail Road Bank is referred to as
having “so stated.” In consequence of this pub
lication, and the reports above alluded to, taken in
connection with several recent publications in the
Charleston papers, from correspondents (believed
generally not to be stockholders) opposed to the
extenion of the Road, —I have received letters
from North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky,
asking for information on this subject. To afford
the information in the only way that could reach
all those who have an interest in the matter, is
the object of the present communication
I am, in the first place, authorized by the Pre
sident of the Rail Road Bank to say, that in no
| ' -communication ever made by him, did he intend
L to convey the impression “that all idea of exlend
p ing the Road above Columbia had been given up.”
No such determination has been made by the
Company, and Col. Blanding himself, so far from
entertaining the opinion which might be inferred
L from the remark attributed to him, most earnestly
desires to see the Road carried as far Westward
if as possible, and thinks, that South Carolina even,
ffi if left alone, should not permit it to slop short of
E the Mountains.
B Though some difference of opinion may exist
H among individual stockholders on this subject,
■ the Company has certainly taken no step, indi-
B eating any change of views. No one is aulhor
■ ized to speak for the stockholders, whose determi
ne can only lie made known at the annua!
■ meeting, which will take place at Asheville, on
B the 3d Monday in September next, when it is
, J hoped and expected, that the stock held in all
If the States, will be fully represented.
For the Chronicle Sentinel.
Mf.sshs. Editors.— The recent action on
I the part of our citizens, respecting the South
I Carolina Rail Road,to a depot in this city, leaves
I the matter still open to public discussion.—
■ The report of the committee of nine, will, of
■ course, he taken up again at the next meeting,
i B ami perhaps'a final action will then be obtained.
Bln the mean time 1 would offer some remarks.
B which may serve to place this question in its
1 B proper light, before those who may not approach
B the subject until the final question is put at the
B meet ng.
In considering- the matter before us. we have
first to ascertain precisely, the relative situation
ot the two parties, and then to decide whether
the question is fairly before us, and what our
response should be. It is not easy for many of
the citizens of Georgia, to forget the altitude as
umed by the State of South Carolina, in grant
ing an exclusive monopoly to the “ Augusta
Bridge,” when Georgia had refused to grant that
\ monopoly, and it was understood, that grants
from both States were necessary to constitute
valid rights. In the case of the Nejv Bridge,
this grant on the part of the State in favor of the
‘‘Augusta Bridge,” was sustained by a Court of
Errors, and by the Legislature of South Carolina,
refusing any charter whatever to the former.
South Carolina may, and would probably, dis
claim any intention of offering an indignity to
the. State of Georgia, yet there is such a palpable
want of courtesy on her part, that no true cili
, zens of Georgia can entertain any idea whatever,
. of according privileges to those who will not re
ciprocate with them. It is thus we stand, if Ca
t rolina comes forward with a charter for the new
» bridge at the next session of the Legislature, then
j we will meet them on equal ground, and act as
Jlie advantages of promoting the intercourse be
-1 (tween two powerful but generous rivals, may rc
-3 quire. The rights of the citizens of Georgia must
be sustained. That this question is fairly before
the citizens of Augusta, is not so obvious as may
at first sight appear, for although the citizens of
■i Augusta are by an act of the Legislature, made
s a joint stock company ns it were, with certain
j limited powcis, yet it is evident that any person
may purchase stock, alias propcily, and become
a member of the company, and ns long as he is
obedient to the laws of the land and the by-laws
. of the company, ho cannot be excluded, and thus
it is that the agent of the South Carolina Rail
Road Company may lease or purchase ware
’ houses, lots, &c., within the limits of this corpo
ration, and there is no law to prevent him. But
. such agent cannot build a bridge across a public
highway, even with the consent of the corpora
tion, and therefore his application must be to the
3 Legislature of (ieorgia, and not to the City
Council of Augusta. And, as the question is
not fairly before us. the answer is sufficiently ob
, vious, but with a view to promote our interests,
if we have any in the matter, we may consider
the object of the proposition to be, a devclopement
on our part, which may bo used when the
’ South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company
3 apply to the Legislature for permission to extend
their road over the waters of the Savannah. For
myself, I am decidedly in favor of opening every
avenue which may facilitate the operations of
I commerce. “Free trade and no monopoly” is the
J true American maxim, and so far as we have un
-3 known resources, and immense well-known re
sources to develope, 1 would abide by it, and
II use every exertion to improve our roads, rail
i roads, and river navigation.
,f Perhaps, instead of the resolutions offered by
the committee, the following would meet the ap
probation of the meeting:—
, Resolved, That the citizens of Augusta are
desirous of promoting by all just measures, a re
s ciprocally advantageous intercourse between the
is citizens of South Carolina and Georgia, but that
in the case of the application of the South Caro
lina Rail Road Company, for permission to ex
!S tend their road over the Savannah river. &c.., it
d is the opinion of this meeting that such applica
r. tion should first be made to the Legislature of
j this State, and that all action on the part of the
citizens should be suspended until after the ses
sion of the Legislature, when if the grant is made,
ic the city authorities can regulate the local details,
as to the place of crossing and through what
. streets, &c„ they may be permitted to pass.
N I hope to have leisure to shew that our Savan
)_ nah river navigation may be permanently im
proved, and that it is an object before which all
,] petty rail-road schemes shrink into insignificance.
A Mechanic.
c
Communicated.
1 Required—the perpendicular distance between
two horizontal planes which pass through the
1 ‘ centres of four balls, placed touching each other
lt in the form of a square, and a fifth ball placed on
the middle of the square; the diameters of the
five balls to be the same, and of any assignable
diameter. Dun Times,
.f
For the Chronicle Sf Sentinel.
c Celebration of the Fourth of July at
Crawfordville.
The annual return of this day, is to all the
friends of national freedom, a source of gratifying
remembrance and the most pleasing anticipations,
I For its commcinmoration, a large number of the
e citizens of Taliaferro county, assembled at the
s Methodist Church, in this village, where an ap
propriate prayer was offered by the Rev. Wd
, iiamson Bird, and the Declaration of ludepen
e dcnce was read by Alexander 11. Stephens, Esq.,
j who prefaced the reading of that document
E with a few felicitious remarks, illustrative of the
B causes that led to its production. After which
an Oration was delivered by Simpson Fauch,
j Esq., in which he portrayed with graphic accu
j racy and classic eloquence, the soul inspirin''
s events that caused our forefathers to assert the
independence of their country, and become the
founders of a mighty Nation, which is now the
„ resting of liberty, and the asylum of the oppress-
I ed of every clime and country.
The company then repaired to the new build
» ing of Gustus Luckclt, Esq., near the Railroad
e depot, where a sumptuous dinner was provided
, by Thomas Duster and Nathan Collins, after
j which Mr. Thomas D. Rice, being appointed
y President of the day, and David S. Anderson,
I Esq., and Doct. William Hare, acting as Vice
Presidents—and the following Regular Toasts
,( were given.
1. The day we celebrate—Ever memorable
t and glorious anniversary—May we ever hail its
return as the most sacred memento of the cost
and value of the rights wo are this day privileged
to enjoy.
2. Georgia—Our Home—We love her, tho’
I the youngest and weakest of the old thirteen
, May she soon take the lead with the foremost in
9 Improvements, physical and intellectual, as she is
I already distinguished for the firmness,energy and
enterprize of her citizens.
3. The President of the United Stales—An
inheritance is easily gotten in the beginning, but
the end thereof shall not be established.
i [3 cheers.
i 4. George M. Troup—Georgia’s most favorite
s son—The Southern candidate for the next Presi
dency. [9 cheers,
f 5. The Governor of Georgia—George R. Gil
mi-r—The patriot and statesman, the Cato ot his
I. { day. above the intrigues of parly. He has a high
i. ! place in the affection and confidence of the ) eo
s | pie, and long will he be held up as a model for the
i i future statesmen of his country,
e { 6. The proposed amendment to our State
i Constitution—An odious offspring of a party
j and sectional combination, stamped with an un
: questional parental likejiess, being no less party
j in its character than unequal in its operations. —
Reduction however desirable in itstcll should not
he purchased by a saeriticcof our rights.
7. Washington and Jefferson—Compatriots
in the Revolution—may they he co-equals in fame.
8. The Army and Navy of the United States
—While as warriors on land and on sea, they
guard our rights from foreign tyranny and do
mestic aggression ; may they ever continue an
swerable to the civil power of the laws, thus pre
serv-ing the lustre of their laurels and the confi
dence of their fellow citizens.
9. The Constitution of the Unitad States—
The Charter of the rights of the American peo
ple, emulating from a spirit of wisdom and con
sideration—With a strict construction wo hold
and will defend it, as the legacy of our heroic
ancestors.
10. Internal Improvements—Securing the
public patronage so far as they constrihute to the
successful dcvelopcment of the commercial and
agrieulturial rcsourses of a people.
11. The surviving Heroes and Statesmen of
our Revolutionary struggle—They are entitled to
the grateful remembrance of mankind.
12. The progress of liberal principles in the
nations ol Europe—A practical commentary on
the wisdom and patriotism of our revolutionary
sages.
13. Woman—She charms us by her virtues
and governs us by her charms.
The regular toasts being disposed of, the Presi
dent, Thomas D. Rice, being called on for a toast,
proposed the following sentiment.
Southern Agriculture—A noble evidence of
the influence office institutions and civilized men,
favored with a genial climate and prolific soil—
The southern planter is a bountiful contributor
to the commerce, wealth and independence of the
American people. [9 cheers.
By David S, Anderson, Ist Vice President.
Doct. E. C. Lawrence—A patriot and gentle
men, an unconpromising Nullifier—We want
him in our next Legislative Council.
To this friendly and well deserved sentiment,
: Doct. Lawrence responded in a chaste, firm'and
appropriate address, expressive of his grateful
. feelings to the gentleman who placed his name
before the public, and declared his intentions to
devote himself to the preservation of the rights
■ of his fellow citizens if elected as their Represen
tative.
He briefly sketched with the glow of a mind
well known for decision and candor, his political
creed, and concluded with the following senti
ment.
What the people does, is not only done well,
■ hut done as it should be. [cheers.
By Dr. William Hare, 2d Vice President.
James F. Cooper. Esq.—The Scott of America
i —May lie live long to contribute to the literature
of his native land, and may that land never he
ungrate ul to her gifted son.
liy Lloyd W. Shackelford, Esq. The honor
able Charles Dougherty—One of Georgia’s na
i live sons, and full of good southern feeling; a
■ good Lawyer, a good J udge, a good State Rights
' man, a good and honest Politician, a man ol
t good heart and strong intellect, in short, a good
- man, why not make us a good Governor 1 [
■ [9 cheers,
I By Col. James Sandford. Our Country—
- The home of the oppressed of all Nations—May
( her Institutions continue for ages, as unsullied as
3 the fame of her revolutionary patiiots.
By John Dewberry, Esq. George M. Troup,
, who has been always ready to stand to his post—
, May he he placed in the Presidential Chair, who
t I believe will he next in honor to the Father of
his country. [cheers.
By J. W. Jackson. The United States—May
• they stand together in Union as long as time
I lasts.
■ By Doct. John L. Stephens, an invited guest
of Harris county. The culture of Silk—May
the planters of the South devote that attention to
the subject that its importance demands.
, [3 cheers.
By David S. Anderson, Esq. The Orator of
the day, like a pearl in the rivulet, the more we
try him, the more brilliant we find him—Let us
i reward Ills merit.
Mr. Fau. h responded to this compliment by n
manly declaration of his political sentiments,
combining many proofs of a mind decided, ener
getic and polished. His remarks were strictly
in accordance with the spirit of the Oration he
delivered, and both were impressed with the char
acter of a cultivated, and independent intellect.
In conclusion he olfercd a sentiment, (a copy
of which has not been furnished,) relative to the
, indemnification of owners for the loss of stock,
&c., on Railroads.
liy William G. Scott, May Queen Victoria’s
robe be made into an awning to shade the Tree
, of Liberty.
By John W. Perkins. The State Rights par
ty now gloriously ascendent—May her success
at the next October election he even more tri
umphant than at the lust.
By William Pittman. Singleton Harris, Esq.
—The good citizen and faithful public servant,
he has been tried and found ever true to his
post.
By Marquis D. Johnson. The day we cele
brate—lt was a day of peril, it is a day of glory.
By Thomas D. Boram. Wo arc in favor of
reducing the members of our Legislature upon
the plan proposed by the State Convention.
By Thomas Scales, Esq., of Warren county,
an invited guest. The reserved Rights of the
States.
By Jackson Moore. The Tariff—The source
of an overflowing Treasury, and an overflowing
Treasury, the source of corruption in the Govern
ment — We are indebted for both to Henry Clay.
By Chesley Bristow, Esq. The reader of the
Declaration of Independence, Alexander H.
Stephens, Esq.—Taliaferro’s native son. By the
fearless discharge of his public duties, he has
done much during our late Legislative conflicts
to obtain honors for himself, and secure the con
fidence and esteem of his constituents.
[cheers.
After the cheering had subsided
Mr. Stephens rose in response to the sonti
ment, and expressed his sincere thanks for the
very flattering reception with which the compli
ment paid him had been received by the compa
ny; and after congratulating himself with having
an opportunity of addressing his fellow-citizens
under the appellation of constituents and render
ing to them “an account of his stewardship” he
entered in review, upon a wide field of interest
l g topics, embracing many of the important ques
tions of a public nature now presented to the
Southern and American people—pa tirularly the
ensuing Presidential election and the too most
prominent national parties—The Whigs and the
Administration, who seem to have taken that
question under their conjoint, sole, especial keep
| ing; showing a determination to compel the
people to choose a President from amongst the
leaders of one or the other of their ranks.
He dwelt at length upon the history,character,
position, principles and objects of these parties!
Sparing neither —'‘nothin}? oxtenuatinur nor set- t
ting down aught in malice.” While he held up the i
Whigs ns embodying the reviving spirit of the
Old Federalists and Nationals &c. he shewed the I
leaders ol the Administration to he the wolves in i
sheep’s clothing who havecrept into the ranks of |
the Republicans— by which that party is now I
laterally scattered abroad without any concert ol i
action or any common head—ns sheep indeed I
without a shpherd —That they were the judas, i
like traitors, by whom lor the spoils of office, the
Republicans had been deceived and betrayed.— i
1 hey had been confided in by the people upon I
their profession of opposition to the TarilT, and
when placed in power, were even the first to at- i
tempt its inforcement at the point of the Bayonet j
—tney were amongst the loudest in their cry for \
retrenchment and reform, and promised the people i
if intrusted with the power, to carry out those great i
measures while they have increased the expenses
of the Government from a lilttle over eleven to
nearly forty millions of dollars per annum !
They were loud against a subsidized press and
executive interference with elections, whilstsince
their promotion, they have taken lead far beyond
all prudence in these abuses and openly defend
and justify their course ! They made common
cause with the Stale Banks, in demolishing the
U. S. Banks, and then turned against them with
the cry of divorce chvoree, when their whole ob
ject was to dvorce the public monies from the
Banks, it is true hut to their own pockets. He
was in favour of dvo>ce, sometimes, but not from
one to another adulterous bed. That these lead
ers profess to be the only true Republicans, and
standard of Democracy—while many of their
members are known to have been ulltr Federal
ists in former days, and even Hartford (Jonven
tionists ; they profess to be the only guardians of
the peoples rights, when they give the most im
poitant fiduciary trusts to notorious bankrupts in
fame and in fortune, and for years ask not even
a bond for the faithful discharge of the duly.
Thus permitting their sub-treasurers to pocket to
themselves, or spend for the benefit of the party,
hundreds of thousands of the public funds; then
after taking gentlemanly leave of the country to
spend their future days in splendour in foreign
dimes ! They profess now to he the friends of
the South, and even hope forthe protection of our
institutions; while many of them arc the known
advocates of free negro suffrage, and their Mag
nus Apollo, himself, a Missouri rcstrictionist ;
such a party, so marked with every
badge of corruption, falsehood and treachery
should be utterly spurned by a free people.
He deprecated the day when we should he
driven to the necessity of the forced choice, of
appealing to such men for protection, and the
salvation of our liberties ! It is true, they profess
every thing and promise every thing to get into
office, and then there is nothing they will not do,
except honest upright action in oider to secure
it. While the people, the great body of the peo
ple, are no less deceived than betrayed, their
minds are blinded, their rights are outraged, and
their treasury is pillaged and plundered. He said
the uuestion presented to the patriot was one of
thrilling interest. These two parlies were now
each courting an alliance with our State, and
never was a fair maiden more artfully allured by
the evils of seduction than was the integrity of
the Stale now assailed by these political suiters ?
But as soon would he see a beloved sister wed
ded to a knave or a rake, as the fair character
of Georgia’s fame tarnished by an alliance with
either. In the success of neither have we any
interest—the one is an old enemy, the other a
traitor to our cause. It is no question’ upon
which we should take sides or make any ca
pitulations, nor should we suffer ourselves as
Georgian «, to he forced into a choice, as between
such evils, cither is death to our principles;
and we should uncompromisingly wage war
against both, though we he in the minority, let
us be the Spartan hand—self defence is the first
law of nature, and the nearest enemy always
first. And after the extermination of the pre
sent occupant of the field, if another make his
appearance, we can again rally to the onset.
“The price of liberty is not only eternal vigi
lance” hut continual warfare; and if we are
to have an executioner, for our own and our
country’s sake, let us at least leave it for others
to provide him.
We give the bare skeleton or outlines of
the remarks of Mr. Stephens, which were con
cluded with the following sentiment;—
Henry Glay and Martin Van Burcn—Candi
dates for the next Presidency—when the strife
is between Ctesar and Pompey, the patriot should
rally to the standard of neither. (Cheering.)
By A. G. Tyler, Esq. George M. Troup—
Who than he has more ably presided over the
councils of the State—who than he should sooner
be our choice to preside over the councils of the
nation.
By Chcshy Bristaw, Esq. The Hon. Wil
liam C. Dawson—Our neighbor and our friend,
we know him and esteem him as a statesman
and a soldier, and well deserving of the high
station which he now fills with so much dis
tinction to himself, and honor to his Stale.
By Thomas Caffin, Esq. Thomas D Rice,
President of the Day—A brilliant gem of the
Emerald Isle—we esteem him no less for his
usefulness as a good citizen and an active prac
tical merchant, than for that rich store of native
wit and facetious humor to which we are so much
indebted for the enjoyments ol the present occa
sion.
To which Mr. Rice responded in his usual
happy and otiginal manner, in a few remarks very
appropriate to the time, concluding with the fol
lowing sentiment:
Thomas Caffin, Esq.—’The oldest of our mer
chants, and one of the most liberal citizens and
best men in Taliaferro or any other county.
By A. H. Stephens, Esq. The Augusta
Mirror—A lonely hut brilliant star in the long
and cheerless night of the literature of Georgia.
From the Lebanon Chronicle.
Mr. Van Huron’s Democracy.
It will perhaps somewhat astonish the people
of this country to learn that Martia Van Buren,
who has been held up here as thenar:at lkaiieii
in Democracy, is actually opposed to Universal
Suffrage, in favor of Puopkiitv Qualifica
tions, and opposed to the right of any man to
vote in elections who cannot show that he has
some interest to protect besides his person—that
he is opposed to Rkvolutiojtaiit Boi.iiif.us vo
ting at elections, unless they cun show that they
have property.
We doubt not there are many honest men, w ho
think they are supporting a true Republican, go
ing forMr. Van Burcn; but the following extracts
—which we make from the Proceedings and De- !
bales of the Convention of the State of New York i
in 1821, for the purpose ol amending the Consti- I
tution of that Slate, and of which Mr. Van Bu
ren was a member—will show conclusively what I
his principles and sentiments are on the points I
above’referred to.
On Thursday, 27th September, 1821, “T/te
Elective Franchise ” being the subject of discus
fi°" on fit'll- Root’s amendment. [See Proceed
ings of the Convention, page 278.]
“Gen. Pallmadge withdrew his motion of yes
terday to strike out the words ‘on lire highways,’
and of -red the following substitute:—“Or shall
lor six months next and immediately preceding
the election, have rented a tenement therein of
the yearly value ol live dollars, and shall have
been rated and paid a highway lax, either by la
bor or commutation.”
“Gen. Root said the amendment of the gentle
man from Dutchess was providing for the. dis
franchisement of a numerous class of citizens.
J he renting ot tenements had become odious to
the people, and led to many frauds. He enlar
ged upon the remarks of the gentleman from Nia
gara (Mr. Russell) who mentioned two instances
in his town, where two revolutionary patriots and
soldiers, one ol whom fought with Montgomery
under the walls of Quebec, and the other under
Wayne at Stoney Point, would be disfranchised
il this provision were stricken mil.—But the
honorable gentleman (iom Otsego (Mr. Van Hu
ron) thinks that if this clause is retained, the
amendments jeopardized, and probably he rejected
by the people. The honorable gentleman must
doubtless be better acquainted with his constitu
ents than himself, (Mr. Root.) This might he
the case so fur as it regarded t'ooperstown,
which the gentleman represented; hut as Delaware
was contiguous to Otsego, and as a part of the
latter county was nearer to Delhi than to Coopcrs
town, lie must claim to ho as well acquainted with
the sentiments of the people in that quarter as
their representative.
Mr. Van Burcn felt himself called on to make
a few remarks in reply to the gentleman from
Delaware. He observed that it was evident, and
indeed some gentlemen did not seem disposed to
disguise it, that the amendment proposed by the
honorable gentleman from Delaware, contempla
ted nothing short of universal suffrage. Mr.
Van Burcn did not believe that there were twenty
members of that committee, who, were the hare
naked question of universal suffrage put to them,
would vote in its favor; and lie was sure that its
adoption was not expected, and would not meet
the views of their constituents.
Mr. Van Burcn then replied to a statement
made yesterday by ids honorable and venerable
friend from Erie, (Mr. Russell,) in relation to the
exclusion of soldiers who had fought at Quebec
and Stoney Point, under the banners of Mont
gomery and Wayne.—And he felt the necessity
of doing this, because such cases, urged by such
gentlemen as ids honorable friend, were calculated
to make a deep and lasting impression. But al
though a regard for them did honor to that gentle
man, yet it was the duty of the Convention to
guard against the admission of those impressions
which sympathy in individual cases mav excite.
It was always dangerous to legislate upon the
impulse of individual eases, where the law about
to lie enacted is to have a general operation. Willi
reference to the case of our soldiers, the people of
this State and country had certainly redeemed
themselves from the imputation that republics are
ungrateful. Witii an honorable liberality, they
had bestowed the military lands upon them; and
to gladden the evening of their days, had provi
ded them with pensions. Few of those patriots
were now living, and of that few, the number
was yearly diminishing. In fifteen years, the
grave will have covered all those who now survi
ved. Was it not then unwise to hazard a whole
some restrictive provision, lest in its operation il
inighteflcet these few individuals for a very short
time I He would add no more. His duty
would not permit him to say less.”
OUTRAGES AMONG THE CIIEIIOKEE InIIIANH
Four Gi ii son . —Murder of John Ridge and his
Father, drc. — By u letter received in this city yes
terday, from one of our citizens at Fort Gibson,
Arkansas, we are informed that about a week
since the celebrated chief John Ridge and his fa
ther, two of the most prominent persons in the
nation, were most brutally and savagely murdered,
and that John Ross, the leader of the opposition
party lias, in consequence thereof, been compelled
to take up his quarters at Fort Gibson for personal
security.
From the same source we also learn that a Mr.
Wright and four children were inhumanly mur
dered, about the IGlii June, near Cave Hill,
Washington county, Ark., for money, as it was
supposed. It was generally believed nt For;
Gibson, that the perpetrators of this act have been
pursued and taken with many others of notorious
character, and that the law will he dispensed with
and they he disposed of very summarily by Judge
Lynch.—Natchez Courier.
Patriot Trials.— By the following para
graphs from the Detroit Advertiser it appears, that
in consequence of tiro evident determination of
the court and jury to protect the accused, us in
dicated iu the trial of Theller, tire District Attor
ney has concluded to proceed no further in patriot
prosecutions.
The trial of Dr. Theller, in the United States
Circuit Court, under the net of Congress of 1818,
has terminated in his acquittal, after a long and
tedious investigation of four days.
Every impediment was thrown in tire way of
the prosecution, and it was apparent to ail, in and
out of Court, that the bias and sympathy of both
the Court and Jury, was in favor of the accused,
however imperitive the law, and clear the facts
might he.
We understand, that from all the circumstan
ces, as exhibited on this, and the previous trial, of
McLeod, the District Attorney has thought it ad
visable to enter a nonpros in the remaining in
dictments under that act, arising from that expe
dition.
From the N. V. Courier ff Enquirer.
“Satellites of the Banking Power.”—
This is a phrase applied by Mr. Senator Buchan
an to the opponents of the Sub-treasury. It is a
note of Mr. Van Bureu’s cuckoo song, “bought
by lire banks.” Il is applied to a largo majority
of our state legislatures; a large majority of the
people of the United States; a large majority of
the House of Representatives; audit would ap
ply to a large majority of the Senate, if that Sen
ate spoke the sense, ol its constituents. And who
is this Mr. Senator Buchanan, that thus stigma
tizes the independent citizens who dare to differ
from his master 1 His support of the Govern
ment has been bought and paid for. His wages
were disbursed in advance. The books of the
Treasury will show that tins same Mr. Buchan
an received, in one year, from an Executive ap
pointment, a larger sum of money than is paid to
the President of the United States. We lake it
, that he is the same James Buchanan who figures
after this fashion on lire Blue Book:
James Buchanan, minister to Russia,
Outfit, - . - £9,000 00
Salary, - - 12,945 83
Return, • • 2,250 00
Contingent & Loss on
Exchange, - 2 848 47
j £27,044 30
Now as this minister to Russia who pocketed
i ' ; —■—■■ '" r "" *■
■ seven and twenty thousand dollars, $2,C00 moic
I than the salary ol the President, for aliout a year's
“service ot his country,” is the same James liueh
anan who is now Senator from Pennsylvania;
wc should like to know w ith what grace a man
branded with such shameless rapacity can venture
to call names, or to indulge in charges of venality I
He procured the appointment to Russia as a com
pensation for previous party service, and a guar
antee for his Inline good behaviour; he went and
came back in a few months over a year—charged
lor an outfit, charged for his foreign residence,
charged tor getting hark, charged for loss on Ex
change, and charged further for “contingents”
making his year’s compensation amount to $2,000
more than arc allowed to lire President of the
united States. Mr. Buchanan received of course
nothing more than the legal emoluments of the
position; hut it is quite obvious that it was his
intention so to manage it as to make the most
money out of it. The “perquisites” amounted to
more than the salary, by Mr. Buchanan’s shrewd
arrangements. The goose was well enough, hut
the Senator went in for the trimmings. Instead
ol accepting the office with the view of discharg
ing its duties, Mr. Buchanan merely received it
as a convenient apology for travelling in Europe
at the public expense, for “outfitting” him for the
expedition, paying his way, smoothing over his
little “contingencies” of journeying, and of his
return. It would he difficult to say which money
was best spent for his fellow citizens—the 9,900
that were necessary to gel him out of the country,
or the $2,250 that were paid for relieving (he
country of his services abroad, only to bring him
hack to he of greater injury at homo.
In the same letter, Mr. Buchanan says that the
Snh-Treasury was at first “misunderstood” hy
many of die host and wisest Democrats of the
country.” And who is the man that would thus
aly himself with Democracy ] The same James
Buchanan who once thanked God that lie •• nevir
had a drop of Democratic blood in his veins !"
Mammoth Cocoons— Silk growers beat this.
I’iie Delaware State Journal, at Wilmington,
says Mr. /.ilia Ferris, lias at his great cocoonery
in that city, three sizes of cocoons which weigh
as fellows: Ist or largest, 1 15 cocoons to the lb :
*d size 133: 3d size 181. These cocoons are all
from the Tysam while worms, and the pearly
silk glistens in its delicate whiteness. We think
none can he found to equal in weight or. beauty
this large sample produced hy Mr. Ferris, He
lias about one hundred pounds.
Consignees per South ( arolinn Itail JloaU.
, Hamuurg, July 13, 1839.
' Mrs. Sera; (1. T Dortic; I) S Homan; Mayor O.
Nixon; A. Frederick; F. Lamback ; Clark, McTier
, k t o.; 1). M. Holbrook; lil, Snyder; Treadaway &
fibrin; 11. VV. Force; Aldrich & Shove; J. W.
Baugh ton; Antony ft Baines; T. Richards; Robert,
i Mcl.'onald; .1. L. 1 hornpson; Stovell & Simmons ;
I I. B. Plant; 1. I. Wray Sc Son; .1. F. Henson; Jcf-
I fers & Buulware; Kernaghan t Wray; ti Parrott.
\ COMMERCIAL.
II
Latest dales from Liverpool June I'J
s Latest dates from Havre June 10
c Savannah, July 12.
i- Cotton. —Arrived since the tith instant, £»u2 bales
Upland, and cleared at the same tunc, 548 bales
( Upland, viz: to N. York 445 ; Boston 103 ; leaving
a stoc k on hand, including all on shipboaid not
cleared on the 12th inst. ol 2866 bales Upland, and
' 279 bales Sea Island. There has been but little
doing in our cotton market this week, as will be
seen by our repoi t of sales, and at prices only about
i a j cent above those current previous to the Livor
-1 P'ml’s arrival ;at the same time but little is offer
ing, and must of our small stock is under limits, or
destined for shipment. There are also no buyers
’ but at prices temptingly low. The sales arc 135
bales, viz : 39 at 12$; 14 at 13|; 12 at 14; 51 at
Mj. In Sea Island we hcarof no transactions.
■ Hice. —The Rice market is very dull, and the
, only sales wc have to report, is small lots fur city
, consumption at $ a 4,f.
Hour * ontinues dull. Small sales from store
of Howard street at a 7J, with a fair stock for
the season.
Corn Is retailing from 90 to 106 cents, accor
ding to quality and quantity.
Groceries. —In Coffee, Sugar and Molasses, we
, have no change to notice in demand and price since
our last.
Hay. —Sales of 250 bundles on tbc wharf, prin
cipally at 90 cents ; sells from store at $1 a 1 j.
Exchange—(jn England nominal. Drafts on N.
York, at sight, 14 perct. prem.
Freights— Po Liverpool, dull at gd; to N. York,
$1 per bale.
Charleston, Ju’y 13.
Colton.—At the opening of business this week
l 1000 bags Upland, changed bands at an advmte of
F i cent per lb. over previous quotations, subsequent
ly, however, the market became flat, and nothing
was offered, operations became stagnant, and are
, likely to remain so for some time to conic*. A few
vessels are loading at our docks for foreign ports,
at i! to id per lb for round and square bales. 'I he
1 stock of Uplands now no hand may be estimated at
’ SOOO bags. We report salt s 1483 bales at from 121
1 to 11 j cents per lb.
Long Cottons. — A few bales were disposed of at
f 42 to 50 cents per lb.
1 Hire —lGG tierces sold for s4j to 4.J per cwt.—
, It will be perceived that little or nothing has iuen
t done in this staple—prices aie firm, although there
f is no advance.
Hour. —A limited business was done in various
brands,at retail prices—the article may be quoted
at last week’s prices,
t Hay. —2so bales were received and sold at S7J
cents per cwt.
Jiucon. —Hams are worth from 16 to 17 cents per
, lb.; Sides 12 cents; Shoulders 11 cents.
Lard. —Small sales of the article were effected
at 12i cents oer lb.
Salt. —2500 sacks Liverpool brought 1624 to 175
cents per sack.
Exchange. —Sterling hills on England 94 a 10
per cent, prem.; on France 510 a 5 12. Rank of
, Charleston —Sight Exchanges on the Norlh 14 per
cent, lakes Hills on New York, Boston, Baltimore
, and Richmond, 30 days par; 60 do. 4 *lis.; 90, 14
do.; Philadelphia, do.; on New Orleans and Mobile
j. 14 per cent.
STATEMENT OK COTTON. I
S. Island. Upland.
Stock on hand Ist Oct. IS3S, 924 2219
> Received this week, 00 bj:>
Previously, 11017 198140^^
11941 200889
* Exported this week, 00 529
Previously, 9587 188994
On shipboard not cleared, 200 2593
1 9797 192486
t
s Stock on hand 2144 8103
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Charleston, July 13.
Arrived yesterday. —Schooner Caribean, Allen,
New Orleans.
Savannah, July 12.
Cleared. —Brig Savannah, Hubbard, New York
Arrived yesterday —Steamboat Lamar,Creswcll,
| Augusta.