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THPKSDA Y MORNING, AIT.GST 1.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Cli Alll, K S 1) O I Gll i: UT Y ,
Os rt.*iiK rnvsTV.
Wf are authorised to ntate tliat the Com
mittee, to whom was referred a resolution of the
last meeting of citizens, in relation to the Bridge*
opposite Augusta, have concluded to defer their
report until September or October next. 'I he
absence from the city of a great number of indi
viduals deeply interested iu this question, is con
sidered a sufficient cause for delay.
To prevent misunderstanding, it is proper to
add, that the Committee an unanimous in opinion
that it would he inexpedient to purchase the
Bridges on the terms proposed by the proprietor
This day the election for Governor, members of
Congress and the Legislature, takes place through
out the stale of Tennessee. If we can form any
estimate from the tone of the newspapers, it will
certainly be one of the most unparalleled struggles
that over occurred in any stale, upon any occa
sion. Both parlies seem to he thoroughly arous
ed to the contest. The importance of the result
to the successful party, should either succeed by
a heavy majority, is incalculable. After such a
deadly struggle, the people will naturally relapse
into a cooler and more dispassionate slate of feel
ing; the excitement which now animates and
almost infuriates the multitude will ease olf, and
the politics of the stale will settle down quietly
In.l firmly in favor of the victorious parly. Two
years ago there were ft 50 ( ' votes polled for Gov
ernor—this year the number will in all probahil
ly reach one hundred thousand.
The candidates for Governor arc Nkvvtov
Cax.xon, (Whig), the present incumbent, and
Jamks K, Polk, (V. II.), late Speaker of the
House of Representatives in Congress. Wo
shall begin to receive returns in about ten
day*.
The folio ing comprehensive review of the
difficulties existing between the Turks and Egyp
tians. taken from the New-York Courier, renders
it interesting to every reader, who is desirous of
being informed upon matters transpiring in our
own time, which must at some future period be
came history.
Abroad, however, a (fairs were assuming, not
for France only, hut for the world in general, a
very serious aspect, a circumstance which re
quires that we go somewhat into detail.
l)ur last accounts lelt the armies of the Sultan,
mid of the Viceroy of Egypt, in presence of each
other. Hostilities appeared unavoidable, because
ii was evident that the Turkish General, (Hafiz
Pasha, the Seraskier) who had advanced to, ami
occupied Bir, meant nothing less than to ad
vance into Syria. His army of 45,000 or 50,-
■OOll men was infinitely better armed, disciplined,
■mid in a word, vastly more formidable than any
that for years the Porte hail possessed. A con
siderable number of Prussian officers had been
admitted into it. particularly into the Artillery.
Enthusiasm and entire confidence in their• com
mander, characterized it. Opposed to this army
was that of Ibrahim Pasha, who, until the fuel
was denied in the French Chamber of Deputies,
outlie Ist iiisl., by the celebrated M. De Lamar
tine.had always passed for the eldest son of Ma
homet All, and considered universally as one of
the very first military men of the ago. The
troops of Ibrahim were inferior in number to
those of the Seraskier, hut were held to he in
comparably superior to them, iu alt the qualities
of a soldier. There was thisihlferenee, however,
■b 4ween the situation of both. The population
oi Syria, the poepie railed the Druses, and the
inhabitants of Damascus in particular, were no
toriously disaffected, and might, on the first ap
pearance that could justify it, bo expected to
break out into insurrection. Nor was this all.—
The whole of Egypt, ground down by the tyran
ny and the exaction* of Mehomit Ali. would fol
low their example. Os this the Turkish and
Egyptian rulers were perfectly aware. It cnteiod
into the whole plan of operations undertaken by
xhe former, and it minced on the part of the lat
ter, concessions to particular tribes to secure their
loyally and suppuit. and every other practicable
measure for counteracting the designs of the ene
my, that wisdom could suggest. I pto the dato
ol the latest accounts from Syria or Egypt that
had reached us no positive act of hostility had
however been committed by the Turks, and it
will be recollected that Mchcinct All had instruc
ted Ibrahim to “lake care not to strike the first
blow. Imii it “attacked, to put his trust iu God,
uml act with energy.”
Vv bile this was the situation of affairs in Syr
ia. the Stiltan and his Ministers, continued to
rcpi.v to the representations of the representative*
ol the tourgreal powers, (France, England, Rus
sia and Austria,) with true oriental dissimulation.
“ idle ground occupied hv Hafiz Pasha, was part
md parcel of the Ottoman Territory.” "His ar
my was in want of provisions."—ami other eva
sions. Sultscqnenilv, however, (as appears from
the accounts now before us,f the Porteehaugedhts
language, and iu a semi-official document, which
may be considered a manifesto, wet forth all its
gric.s against its “rebellious vassal; Mchcinct
Vli. These were the withholding ol the tribute
h■ha 1 promised to pay to the Porte. His usur
pation of the Sultan's rights aw Caliph and pro
tector. and first Iman of Islamism, and his seiz
ing upon, and directing the administration of the
holy cities of Mecca an 1 Medina. I hese charg
es (to avoid all the responsibility of a new war,)
the Sultan eanseti I be submitted to the Mufti
and other pioper authorities, who unanimously
ami promptly declared, that the Sultan could do
nothing less than chastise the impious usurper,
and re-posses* himself of all his rights,—and that
every true believer, vv as bound to come forward
and aid in that holy work. The Porte had in
con -e pienre, (a* this and other documents staled)
ordered its Lieutenant—the Seraskier, (Haft*
Pasha) to act against the RcUds, and caused ev
ery ship of war it possessed to he prepared lor
Hen •
l'h.’i tied* of these orders became known in
Paris on tile 35th uli. Accounts were that day
ro-eived front (Nvnstiiminoplc and Alexandria,
date! re*)ie-lively the 7lh June, showing that al
ready had Hafiz marched forward. That he had
o cu.i eg several x if i.-es in Sy na. and that Ibra
him had in accordance with the instructions of
Mclv Mitel Mi. t.dlcii i ack without firing a shot—
hot a-endurance and moderation must also have
limits, the fiery Lgyptiau was. it was under
stood. about to offer resistance, and engage tu a
general battle
On his si !e Mehcmet Ah wvs not idle. With
t e energy of hi voulh, ami the wisdom of his
a ler-a; ■, he na la a'.' the arrangement* for rein
t eviug Ibrahim, and for meeting the nav.,l arma
ments of the Porte. In the ecu so of Unt d»v» ho
for warded from Alexandria tc Syria 15.000 addi-
\ \ (Vai i(0 -p 1C with u redundancy wi - . ji< £ *
i in mi v. anil In replied to a remonslrarn e of tin*
; Consuls of tl.e lour power* « a written note, that
1 he was nol me aggressor: that lie desired peace;
i that if the Si-raskier should withdraw from the
positions lie had taken in advance, lie would or
der Ibrahim to retire to Damaseis; and that it
• tiie former fell hack more run wider ihly.and proved
that he meant not to take forth t hostile steps,
Ihrahnn should he recalled into Egypt. tie in*
1 limaled, however, that as the reward for his good
| faith, he expected that the govern merit of Egypt
and Bvria he eunfirmed to him and his heirs.
Justly alarmed at the crisis which the “duplici
ty and had faith of the Porte,” as it is termed in
the Letters and Journals now lief ire ns, was cal
culated to produce the four great European pow
ers resolved on obviating any con*e picnces which
the collision of the Turkish and Egyptian Idrccs
were calculated otherwise to produce, it was
therefore resolved that the Sultan and Mehcmct
Ali should he each informed that neither would he
suffered to draw any advantage front any conflict
in which they might engage; and that the ftulu
quo —which implied, of course, the maintenance
of their respective rights—would he rigidly main
tained ami cnfoi 'cil.
It would appear that Mehcmct Ali desired un
tiling better— as we shall see presently—hut not
so the tSullan, whose energy appears to increase
with the severity of the complicated disorders un- 1
der which he labors (one of those being dropsy,)
for we find that on the Bth ult. he repaired on
hoard the ship of the Capudan Pasha, then with I
the rest of the fleet lying under (he walls of Con- j
slantinoplo—and having assembled the principal
officers of tile various vessels of which it was |
composed, harangued them with vehemence and \
even eloquence. He called upon them to do their I
duty, and regretted that indisposition prevented
his being able to accompany them, as he proposed, |
to the Dardanelles at least. He then went ashore, j
and next morning the first division of the fleet
sailed. It was followed on the lOth by the other
Division. .On the 18th, as a Telegraph Despatch
published in the Moniteur of 3d hist., the whole
fleet was set n oil'l he Dardanelles.
Letters from Constantinople, dated 15th ult.
stale that one of the Sultan’s Chamberlains had
proceeded en courtier to the Head Quarters of
Hafir. Pacha with a Finnan, by which Mchernet
Ali was declared a traitor and a rebel, ami ap
pointing him (Hafiz) to the government of Syria
and Egypt in the room of the deposed Viceroy
Mehemet Ali. He was also instructed to march
>,l once to attack Ibrahim, and informed (hat the
Ottoman fleet, which had sailed for the coast of
Syria would laud (at Ileyrout, it was believed,)
10,000 troops to support the Druses and inhab
itants of Damascus in the revolt which would
no doubt occur on the landing ut these troops nml
the march of the Keraskier.
The Monitor of lid in«t. publishes a second des
patch which goes to prove, nevertheless, that the
warlike projects of the Po le—even laving aside
the chance of their being defeated by Ibrahim—
would produce no advantage to the Sultan, mid
that Mehemet Ali was playing his cards most
adroitly. It was to this effect:
“ The French Consul ul Alexandria to the
President of lln Council —Mehemet Ali has giv
en orders to Ibrahim Puclm to stop, wherever he ■
might he, on (lie arrival of Captain Collier, and
to wait for the issue of arrangements made by
tiled rent Powers. The Egyptian squadron has
gone out of harbor, but without any hostile in
tention. It will go to cruise on the coast offSv- I
ria.” j
After this unquestionable evidence of his good I
faith and moderation, the four great powers had
not tlie slightest cause of complaint against Me
hcinetAli, who, by it, placed ins adversary com
pletely in the wrong. It was much questioned, ,
however, that Ibrahim would now—no more than
he did in 1833—hull in his victorious career lie- (
cause of the expressed desire of Franco, or other 1
foreign powers, that he spare the Sultan. It was >
equally improbable that the Egyplion Admiral ’
would allow the Cupudnn Pasha quietly to land t
on the Syrian coast the troops and supplies inten
ded tuexeite, support and sustain the insurrection. I
The fault would not, however, ho his, and mice i
committed would give more weight to his preten
sions to have his sovereignty over Syria and
Egypt recognised and secured In his line.
In this position stood the affairs of the East at
the dale of our letters (3d inst.) from Paris. On
the preceding day all was apprehension. In the
evening of that latter day. the government, to
cheek the tendency to alarm abroad, published in
the Moniteur Parisini the telegraphic intelli
gence above referred to. The effect was rather
favorable. Confidence in the maintenance of
peace was again returning, and it was even said
that the commissioners of the various powers to
form a Congress, (to he held at Constantinople
or \ ienna) were already named. It is not impos
sible, therefore, that this affair will have been
patched up; hut that the pence so re-established
lias iu it the elements of sincerity and durability,
no man in Paris believed.
From the Richmond Whig.
Mr. Van Union a Missouri Itosti ictionisf.
A friend in North Carolina writes ns, that the
parli/.ans ot the Administration in that B*tale,
stonily deny that Mr. Van Horen ever gave the
slightest countenance to the first movement of
Abolition, which had for its object the exclusion
of Missouri, except on condition of abolishing
slavery within its limits; and he asks us to fur
nish him the record evidence of the fact. Hav
ing it at hand, of every shade and hue, and of
the most conclusive character, we cheerfully
comply.
First—wo ro-puhlish the preamble and reso
lution of Instruction adopted by the New York
Legislature, directing the New York Senators
to oppose the admission of Missouri, except as a !
free Stale :
Preambit and Resolutions. —Whereas, the I
inhibiting the further extension of slavery in j
these I’nitml Stales, is a subject of deep concern j
to the people of this Stale; ami whereas, we eon- |
sider slavery us an evil much to he deplored, and 1
that every constitutional harrier should ho inter- !
posed to prevent its further extension ; and that !
tlie Constitution of the I’mted Slates, clearly j
giv; ig Congress the right to require of new States, i
not comprehended within the original boundaries
of the l ulled States, the prohibiting of slavery
as a condition of their admission into the Union:
Therefore,
Kesolred. (If the honorable Senate concur
therein,) That our Senators hr instructed, and
our Representatives iu Congress he requested, to
oppose the admission ns a Stale into the Union,
of am territory, not composed aforesaid, making
the prohibition of slavery therein indispensable
condition of admission.
On the "Dili January. 1 SCO. tlie Senate took
up the resolution and passed the same unani
mously, the following Senators bring present:
Messrs, Adams, Austin. Uarnum, Harlow,
Hrowno. ChiMs, Dudley, Dayton. Ditmiss, Evans,
Forlhington, Hammond. Hart, Loundsborry. Li
vingston, McMnrtin, Moons, Mallory, Moore.
Noyes. Paige. Ross, Rosencronlz, Skinner, Swan,
VA N HURLN, \Vdson, Young—3o.
Holland, a Loco I'oeo, who a few years since,
wrote the Lite , f Mr. Van Huron, for the purpose
of aiding his election to the Presidency, hen’ the
following testimony to the correctness of the
foregoing record proof. The author w rote his
biography to make his hero as palatable as p ’ssi
:Me to every portion of the Confederacy. And
although he was particularly anxioes torepn-
I sent him as di voted to Southern interests, he was
| a supporter of the Missouri Restrictions, Here
t is his testimony:
I“The attention of the Legislature of New-
Yotk-wns called to the question of admitting Mis
• , i/... .hr Union, with the right to holo
‘ i slaves, in the Message of ( lov. Clinton, at the
1 ( opening of the session in January, 1820. An
; expo'-thion of their opinion was earnestly recom
■ mended. Incompliance with this recommenda
tion, tho House of Representatives adopted u
f rc idulion instructing their Senators and request*
I ing their Representatives of the Slate in Con
, 1 gress to oppose the admission, us a State, in the
- ; ( 'niori, of any Territory, not comprised within the
I original houndary of the United Stales, without
i it* iking the prohibition of slavery therein an in
dispensable condition of admission ! The Senate
- concurred in this resolution without division nr
i debate, and among them Mr. \AN BUREN,
• : though it was not brought before tho Legislature
•I by bis agency. Still he must be regarded as
| having coneurred, at that time, in the sentiment
i I of the resolution then adopted by the Legisla
-1 lure.”— Holland’s Life of Van Buren.
i Such is the direct and conclusive testimony of
( Mr. Van Huron’s eulogist.
Another of his partisans, the present editor of
(he Nashville Union, whilst editing an abolition
i paper in Massachusetts.testified to the Abolition
| ism of Mr. Van Buren from 1820 in 1836. We
, a nil public to his impartial Tory evidence:
I'rom the New Bedford Gazette of Nov. 2, 1836.
f lIV JKIIKMIAH ff. lIABUIS.]
41 In 1820, Mr. Van Buren voted that Con
gress had the constitutional power to abolish,
slavery in the Territories, and instructed ihc New
I V ork Senators in Congress to vote against the,
ad'mission of Missouri.
“In 1836, he says that Congress has the con
stitutional power to abolish slavery in the District
j of Columbia.
“ In 1821, he voted to give free blacks the
I right of suffrage.
“In f 828, lie voted in favor of restricting the
j introduction of slaves into Florida.”
But this mass of testimony, although over
' whelming, is not all which the case affords. We
| have a letter from Mr. Van Buren himself,which,
admits the purl lie acted, and discloses the mean,
selfish and despicable motives which iniluenci d
him—motives even more discreditable to him as
a man and a patriot, than the action which tin y
■dictated,
“I should sorely regret to find any flagging on.
the subject, of Mr. King. We are committed to
his support. It is both wise and honest; and we
must have no fluttering in our course. Mr.
King’s views towards us are honorable and cor
rect. The MISSOURI (QUESTION conceals,
as far as ho is concerned, no plot: and we shall
f'ive. it a true direction. You know what the
I eelings and views of our friends were when I saw
you, and you know what we then concluded to
do. My “CONSIDERATIONS,” and the as
pect of the Albany Argus, will show that we
have entered an the work in earnest. We cannot
look hack. Let us not, therefore, have any halt
ing. 1 PUT MY lIKAII O.V ITS PTIOPRIKTY.
We honestly and sincerely believe that this ar
ray of testimony must confound the most brazen
demagogue and pampered menial of the Federal
Party. Some may still profess to doubt—for their
daily bread is dependent on their words; but all
who are free to utter the convictions of their
• hearts, must confess, that Mr. Van Buren stands
convicted by irrefragable testimony of the highest
character*—by the record, the admission of his
confidential biographer, and by his own confes
sion.
We hope, therefore, never to meet with or to
i hear ofa partizan, who lias so little respect for
himself, to say nothing of the truth, as to deny,
that Mr. Van Buren was a Missouri Realriction
ist, and a Conspirator in what Mr. Jefferson so
strongly and truly denominated “this treason
against human hope.”
In referring to tlie documents connected with
this subject, wo have fallen upon several letters
written iiy Mr. Jefferson at the time, which will
serve to convey to the reader some idea ot what
were the views of that great man, and indeed of
tho whole South, in relation to these “Missouri
Uestrictionists,” of whom the now President of
the United States was an active and conspicuous
member.—Read the following extracts and say.
what would Mr. Jefferson have thought of the
pretension, which has been set up for Mr. Van
Buren, of being “tho Northern man with South
ern feelings,” knowing the part which lie acted
in the controversy, anti execrating that conduct,
as these letters declare lie did !
Extract of a letters rum Mr. Jefferson to John Adams
December 10th, 1819.
“The Banks, Bankrupt Law, Manuliictures,
Spanish Treaty are nothing. These are occur
-1 retires, which, like waves in a storm, will pass
under the ship; But the Missouri Question is a
breaker on which wo lose the Missouri country,
and what more, (Jod only knows. From tire
Battle of Bunker’s Hill to the Treaty of Paris,
wo never hud so ominous a question,” &c.
Extract ofa letter to I Vm. Short , April 13/A 1829.
“ Although 1 had laid down to myself, never
to write, talk or even think of politics, to know
nothing of public affairs, and therefore hud ceased
to r, ad newspapers, yet the Missouri Question
aroused and tilled mo with alarm. I have been
the most sanguine in believing that our Union
would lie of long duration. I now doubt it much,
ami see the event at no great distance, and tiro
direct consequence of this question. My only
comfort and confidence is. that I shall not live to
see this: and 1 envy not the present generation,
&c. This treason against human hope will sig
nalize their epoch in history, as the counterpart
of the medal of their predecessors, &.c.”
Extract to John Holmes, April 22rf, 1820.
“This momentous question, like a fire-bell in
the night, awakened and filled me with terror.—
1 considered it at once the knell of the Union.—
| it is hushed indeed for lire moment. But this is
' a reprieve only, not a final sentence."
To John Adams, January 22rf, 1821.
“ Our anxieties in this quarter are all conccn
| (rated. W hat does the Holy Alliance in and out
1 of Congress mean to do with us on the Missouri
j question ! And this, by the bye, is but the name
j of the east: it is not only the John Doe and
j Richard Roe of the ejectment. The real question
j as seen in the States afflicted with this unfortu
-1 mile population, is, arc our slaves to be presented
I with freedom am! a dagger! For, if Congress
lias the power to regulate the conditions of the
I inhabitants of the States, within tire States, it
will he hut another exercise of that power to de
clare that all shall be free," &c.
1 Extract to Joseph C. Cabell, January 3U2, 1821.
! (He is speaking of the University of Virginia.)
•• Even with the whole funds wo shall he re
; duccd to six professors; while Harvard will still
prime it over us with Iter twenty professors.
How many of our youths she has learning the
lessens of Anti-M ssnurianism, I know not, but
a gentleman lately from Princeton, told me he
' saw there the list of the students at that place,
' and that more than half were Virginians. These
will return home no doubt deeply impressed witli
t! e sacred principles of our Holy Alliance of
Restriclii nish." —lV. vol. Corres.
| These are a few of the views of Mr. Jefferson,
, selected at random from ins correspondence
. | touching the Missouri question. In that great
- controversy. Mr. Ann Buren belonged to the
, •■Holy All mice of Restrictionists ," while Gen
. end Harrison (who is now called an Abolitionist)
1 was overpowered by the -Holy Alliance.” and
. thrown out of Congress for his support of South
, ern rights, and Mr. Clay (the note enemy of the
, South!) was laboring day and night for the cause
; of right and the country, and ultimately sueceed
. *d in preserving the rights of the South and the
. union of the States. 1
/rv.T. !m l\iu.4,-k D.lii ) AuxiHiltr .
The Globe :uid The Merchants.
Tbe following; is the character which the Oiohe
gives of tlie mere!).mis of this country —a charac
ter which, according to that press, will, with some
few exceptions,apply to all of them. —M e believe
his aiihercnts have sometimes disputed that Uen
eral Jackson ever made the sweeping assertion,
that -all who trade on borrowed capital ought to
break;” but. at all events, there can he no ques
tion that the party has always acted upon that
principle, and that every measure which hears
upon the great mercantile interest seems to have
been adopted with an express design to break
k down and destroy that interest. The great crime
ij of the merchants is, that “they are opposed to the
I Government,” and for this they are doomed to
| sillier every calamity which the power ol the Ad
ministration can bring upon them,
i Nor do the merchants, because they feel these
[ calamities first, feel them alone. Every interest
and every pursuit is, in the present state of civili
zation.so completely knit to every other, that the
- blow which draws blood from one must pass
T through the heart of some other; and thus the
prosperity of the whole country has been jeopar
ded in the wicked attempt to break down a single
clars. Thus speaks the (ilohe of the merchants:
“At no period in the whole course of his busi
ness—if reckless gambling deserves the name—
does he, or can he, know what he is worth at one
moment, or how much he may owe, without be
ing able to pay, the next. llis wealth is imagi
nary, and nowhere. He contractstlebts, and cal
culates on miracles to pay them. He trusts ev
ery body, and every body trusts him, while the
ball ran lie kept up; and when it falls to the
ground, they all roll away and perish together.—
The idea of owing more than he can ever reason
ably expert to pay, does not rob him of a wink of
sleep, or distuib his repose for a moment. ‘Eat,
drink, and he merry, for to-morrow we die,’ is his
maxim ; he lives as if the world were at his com
mand ; he despises the sordid maxim of cutting
his coat according to his cloth, for the cloth be
longs In others; he goes the way of all flesh; and
when his books are examined by the assignees, it
is found that, though he has lived like a prince,
and spent his hundreds of thousands, he never
was worth a farthing when his debts were paid.”
A friend has presented us with ‘scraps of orig
inal poetry” by the “Midway Musk,” with a
request that during the “summer’s dearth of
news,” we will publish them in the Journal—
. with the request, and have ‘adorned’
onr columns with one of those ‘poetical’effusions.
The lines below, addressed to “Arabella,” it is
said, were an impromptu effort, occasioned hv a
discovery hy the author that a Rose, which had
been given to him by a beautiful widow, had got
into the possession of the lovely girl, to whom the
verses are addressed. The Ladies, to please
whom these “scraps of original poetry” are pub
lished, will no doubt appreciate this gallant effort
on the part of the “Midway Musk” to contri
bute to their amusement during the dull summer
months. The author submits to no criticism,
hut what may emanate exclusively from that idol
of his heart, “t/ie fairer part of Heaven’s crea
tion."—Georgia Journal.
Written at the Indian Springs, 1839.
To Miss Arabella.
TIIK STOLEX HOSE.
Oh! where’s my rose? Who will disclose ?
There’s one I’m sure, and she can tell!
Emblem of Love! done thou above?
Oh! tell me where’s Miss Auabel’ f
This rose one gave, a heart to save,
And how it made my soul to thrill!
Rut now it’s gone, and I’m forlorn,
Oh ! where’s my rose, Miss Auabel’ ?
But loss ol one, yet loses none,
Another’s gained, I know full well—
I’ll “make u bound,” and turn around,
And give myself to Auabel’ ?
But now, behold ! they say I’m old,
Nc er think ol that, my prelty belle;
Her little plays, and all she says,
Means 1 may wed sweet Auabel’.
And now, forsooth, will age and youth
March to the alter and live together—
I lost the rose, but found the bud,
You'll have me, won't you, Ababella ?
Midway Muse.
1 he following amusing account of an examina
tion of the young ladies in a Seminary at Albany,
is extracted from Capt. Marryatt’s Diary :
This afternoon they were examined in algebra,
and their performance was very creditable. Un
der a certain age girls are certainly much quicker
than boys, and I presume would retain what they
learned if it were not for their subsequent duties
in making puddings, and nursing babies. Yet
there are ulfairs which must be performed by one
sex or tbe oilier, and of what use can algebra and
other abstruse matters be to a woman in her pre
sent state of domestic thraldom ?
J The theory of the American constitution was
the next subject on which they were examined ;
by their replies, this appeared to be to them more
abstruse than algebra; but the fact is, women are
horn lories, and admit no other than petticoat
government as legitimate.
The next day we again repaired to the hall,
and French was the language in which they
were to be examined, and the examination af
forded us much amusement.
Ihe young ladies sat down in rows on one
side of the room. In the centre toward the end.
was an easel, on which was placed a large black
board on which they worked with chalk the
questions in algebra, &c.—a towel hanging t 0
it, that they might wipe out and correct. The
French (preceptor, an old Emigre Count, sat
down with the examiners before the board, the
visitors (chiefly composed of anxious papas and
mammas) being seated on benches behind them
As it happened. I had taken my seat close to the
examining board, and at some little distance from
the other persons who were deputed or invited to
aUeiul. 1 don’t know how 1 came there. I be
lieve 1 had come in too late; but there I was, with
in three feet of every young lady who came up
to the board. 1
“Now. messieurs,” have the kindness to ask
any question you plcgse,” said the old Count.—
Mademoiselle, you will have the goodness to
step forward.” A question was proposed in En
glish, which the young lady had to write down
in French. The very first went wrong: I per
ceived it. and without looking at her, pronounced
the right word, so that she could hear it. She
caught u, rubbed out the wrong word with the
towel, and rectified it. This was carried on
through the whole sentence, and then she retreat
ed from the board that her work might he exam
ined. •• Very well, very well, indeed, Miss, e’est
parfailement bienand the young lady sat down
blushing. Thus were they all called up. and one
alter another prompted by me; and the old Count
was delighted at the success of his pupils.
Now, what amused me m Hus was the little
bit ot human nature; the tact displayed bv the
| sex, which appears to he innate, and which'nev
|er deserts them. Had I prompted a hov, he
j would most likely have turned his head 'round
j toward me. and thus have revealed w hat I was 1
about; but not one of the wh de class was guiltv
i 018Uch "discretion. They heard me, rubbed
out, corrected, waited for the w ord when thev
dal not know it, but never hy any look or sign
I made it appear that there was any Understanding
i be ‘ weetl us - Their eyes were constantly fixed
i on the board, aau they appeared not to know
J -U
■' that! in the room. It w<t3 ifcaii> beautiful-
When the examination was over. 1 received a
look from them all, half comic, half serious,
which amply repaid me for my assistance.
As young ladies are assembled here from every
Stale of the Union, it was a fair criterion of
American beauty, and it must be acknowledged
that the American women are the prettiest in
the whole world.
•
Two gentlemen noted for their fondness of ex
aggeration, were discussing the fare at the diller
cut hotels. One observed that at his hotel, he
j had tea so strong it was necessary to confine it
! in an iron vessel. “At mine,” said the other, —
“it is made so weak it has not strength enough
to run out of the tea pot.”
A man without money, and a heart full of
philanthropy, whose coat is a little thread bare
is shunned like a thief; a man with a pocket
full of money and n heart full of villanny, is
courted for ids virtues! There is magic in
wealth.
Sexton’s He port for .July.
White Males 1 Black Males 3
“ Females 6 “ Females I
“ ‘ Children 6 “ Children, 6
13 10
WILLIAM MOODY, Sexton.
COMMERCIAL.
Latent dales from Liverpool July 5
Latent dates from Havre July 3
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Cotton. —The receipt of the accounts by the
Great Western, has caused such a panic amongst
our Cotton dealers, that there has scarcely been a
transaction in this article during the week. We
have no sales to report.
Exchange. —Chocks on New York, 3 percent for
current money, and 2 per cent for City Hank notes;
on Charleston, 1J per cent for country, per cent
City bills. Darien Hank notes 15 a2O per cent
discount; Monroe Rail Road, 5 a 10 per cent dis
count.
Freights. —Continue at old rates, the last heavy
rains caused a momentary rise in the river.
New York, July 27.
Coffee. —There has been no variation in cither
prices of demand, the latter being yet chiefly con
fined to parcels as required for home use. The
slocks generally have become light, especially of
Hra/il and St. Domingo. The transactions em
brace of Brazil, mostly for the Philadelphia mar
kets, about IGuO bags at 10$ a 11$, with a small
portfon very tine at ; 100 do Old Government
Java, 13$ ; 40(1 do prime Laguira, ; 200 do, 12$
cents, all 4 mos; 200 do St. Domingo, 9} cents,
cash; and a lot of lo tcs. Surinam at 10, less 3
per cent for cash.
Cotton. —The market for Cotton still continues
to exhibit but little animation, though, during the
past three days, the transactions have been again
rather more extensive, about equally for home use
and exportation ; purchasers for cither purpose
have not, however, as yet, come forward freely ;
the business may be considered as establishing on
all descriptions the decline of 1$ cent per lb. which
off the date preceding our last, had in some few in
stances only been acceded to,though at this reduc
tion the quantity offering is but small. The sales
embrace 400 bales New Orleans at 10$ a 14, with
some (fine at 15 ; 309 do Upland, 11 a 14 ; 200 do
Mobile, 11 a 144 ; and 250 do Florida, 11 a 13A
cents, together 1150, and forming a total for the
week of about 1600 bales. We have revised our
quotations throughout in conformity with present
prices. The arrivals have been 1255 bales.
Domestic Goods. —Since our last, there has been
increased activity in the market for most descrip
tions, though at a reduction, especially for brown
Goods and Cotton Yarn.
Flour and Meal.— Since our last there has been
a slight increase of animation in the market, the
sales having been to a somewhat greater extent of
both Western and Southern descriptions ; prices
have, however, continued without variation, the
transactions comprising rommonbrands ofWestern
Canal at $5,75; Ohio, via canal, including the va
riety of brands, from $5,50 to ss,Til; ami George
town,s6 a 6,25. Os Alexandria, a small sale was
also made at $5,75. iff Howard street, the stock
in market continues much reduced. In addition to
the above transactions, we understood that a ship
ment of Western Canal, of some extent, was about
to be made to London from first hands.
Molasses —There is still very little inquiry for
the trade, except lor the primest descriptions. Sales
were made of IUO hhds Porto Rico at 37 a 3S; and
80 do St Eustatia, 33 cents, both 4 mos; also, to a
distiller, of Cuba, 223 hhds, 21 tierces and 12 bbls
and a cargo of4oo hhds of the same, to arrive, on
terms not transpired. The last two importations
of New Iberia have proceeded to New Haven.
Spirits— Farther sales of Brandy were made to
the trade from the wharf, including 50 hf. pipes
Pcllevoisinatsl,3s;3o do J. J. Dupuy, $1,22A a
* .2o; and2sdoMenau,on terms not transpired.
. Oder’s Swan Gin, sales of the recent importa
tion continue from the wharf at sl,l2s.—Rum of
every description remains inactive,though without
variation in prices. Domestic Whiskey continues
to sell at 35 in drudge, and barrels were sold at 35i
cents. ■*
Sugars- Ibe transactions continue limited,
though without variation in prices; there is, how
ever, a lair inquiry for prime descriptions of Mus
covai.oes. The sales comprise about 450 hhds
Porto Rico at 74 a 8$; 150 do St Croix, 84 a 94;
about 100 boxes Brown Havana, 8 a 8$; and an
equal quantity of White do at 11$ a 114 cts, all on
the usual time.
marine intelligence.
~r , Savannah, July 30.
Went to sea. —Ship Celia, Huckman, New-Yorks
brig New Hanover, Carty, Philadelphia.
Charleston, July 31.
Arrived yesterday— Sp brig Knsaydor, Artaza,
Havana h days; L L brig Tybee, Herbert, New
-1 ork; sc hr Richard, Kelly, Boston; schr Meditter
ranean, Henry, Philadelphia; schr Nimrod, Sewell
Baltimore. ’
Cleared —Brig Lancet, Kruse, Havana.
Ip*-YOU ILK. Ihe Rail Road Passenger Train ,
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as
follows;
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a m.
“ Summerville, “ - -8 30
“ Georges’, - “ . 10 00
“ Branchville, “ - UOO
“ “ Midway, - «« - 11 30 M .
“ Blackville, - “ - |oop. M .
“ “ Aiken, - - “ . 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400
DOWNWARD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 600 a.m
“ Aiken, - “ - . 730 '
“ Blackville, “ - . 930
“ Midway, “ - -10 30
“ Branchville, “ - . n 00
“ “ forges’, “-.12 00 m.
Summerville,“ - . 2 00p. m.
Arrive at Charleston not before 300
Distance ISCmilcs. FareThrough—slo 00.
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 20
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not
longer than a minutes lor wood and water at anv
station. v
To stop for passengers, when a white flag i s
hoisted, at either of the above stations; and also at
Sinealhs. Woodstock, luabinet’s 41 mile T O 1
iuM«hf To: Wi,,Mton ’ •>“>—: ,
Passengers up will breakfast at Woodstock and '
dine at Blackvill % ; dou-n, will breakfast at Aiken
and dine at Summerville. may 21
(ffj" RESIDENT
operating rooms, second door from Broad , trect on .
Mclntosh-st., opposite the Constitutionalist office
march 13 B
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ZJ" BENEVOLENT SOCIETY,~for the benefit
J! f the Sick Poor of Augusta and its vicinity.
I he Visiting Committees for the ensuing month ate
as follows:
Bivision 1.0. I.—Wm. Thompson, Wm, H. Oak
man, Mrs. Mantz, and Mrs. Leon.
Bivision No. i.—Rev. C. W. Key, Mr. J. M.
Newby, Mrs. J. W. Stay, Miss E. Morrison.
Division No 3.—Robert McCallistcr, Jas. Pan
ton, Mrs. E. Heard, Mrs. J. C. Snead.
Any member of the committees may obtain funds
by calling on the President, (W. W. ilolt, Esq.) at
his office, Cumming’s Piaza.
July 24 C. F. S PURGES, Secretary.
A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS.
J**. EVANS' CELEBRATED SOOTHING
SYRUP, for Children Cutting their Teeth!— This /
infaliible'remedy has preserved hundreds of chil- 1
dreu, when thought past recovery, from convul
sions. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the
gums, the child will recover. The preparation is
so innocent, so efficacious and so pleasant, that no
child will refuse to let its gums be rubbed with it
When infants are at the age of four months, though
theie is no appearance of teeth, one bott e of the
Syrup should be used on the gums, to open the
pores. Parents should never be without the Syrup
in the nursery where there are young children ; for
it a child wakes in the night with pain in the gums,
the Syrup immediate’y gives case, by opening the’
pores and healing the gums; thereby preventing
convulsions, fevers. &c. Sold only at Dr. Wm
Evans’ Medical Office, 100 Chatham street, New
York, where the Doctor may be consulted on all
diseases of children.
PROOF POSITIVE OF THE EFFICACY OF
Dr. EVANS’ SOOTHING SYRUP.—To the Agent
of Dr. Evans' Soothing Syrup: Dear Sir—The
great benefit afforded to my suffering infant bv
your Soothing Syrup, in a case of protracted and
painful dentition, must convince every feeling pa
rent how essential an early application of such an
invaluable medicine is to relieve infant misery and
torture. My infant, when teething, experienced
such acute sufferings, that it was attacked witq
convulsions, and my wife and family supposed that
death would soon release the babe from anguish,
till we procured a bottle of your Syrnp ; which as
soon as applied to the gums, a wonderful change
was produced, and after a few applications the
child displayed obvious relief, and by continuing in
its use, 1 am glad to inform you the child has com
pletely recovered, and no recurrence of that awful
complaint has since occurred; the teeth are ema
nating daily and the child enjoys perfect health.
I give you my cheerful permission to make this
acknowledgment public, and will gladly give any
information on this circumst: nee.
WM. JOHNSON.
TONIC PILLS. —The power of Evans’ Camomile
Pills are such, that the palpitating heart, the trem
ulous hand, the dizzy eye, and the fluttering mind,
vanish before their effects like noxious vapors be
fore the benign influence of the morning sun.
They have long been successfully used for the cure
of in tesmittents, together with fevers of the irregu
lar nervous kind, accompanied with visceral ob
structions.
This tonic medicine is for nervous complaints,
general debility, indigestion and its consequences,
as want of eppelite, distension of the stomach, acid- I
ity, unpleasant taste in the mouth, rumbling noise ’
in the bowels, nervous symptoms, languor, when
the mind becomes irritable,desponding, thoughtful,*
melancholy, and dejected. Hypochondriacism, con
sumption, dimness of sight, delirium, and all other
nervous affections, these pUls will produce a safe
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Evans’ Camomile Pills were first introduced into
America in 1535.
EVANS’ FAMILY APEkIENT PILLS are
purely vegetable, composed with the strictest pre
cision of science and of art; they never produce
nausea, and arc warranted to cure the following
diseases which arise from impurities of the blood,
viz -.—Apoplexy, Bilious Affections, Coughs, Colds,
Ulcerated Sore Throats, Scarlet Fever, Asthma, Cho
lera, Liver Complaints, Diseases if the Kidnies and
Bladder, Affections peculiar to Females, and all
those diseases of wl atsoever kind to which human
nature is subject, where the stomach is affected.
More conclusive proofs of the extraordinary effi
cacy of Dr. Wm. Evans’ celebrated Camomile and
Aperient Anti-Bilwus Pills,in alleviating afflicted
mankind. —Mr. Robert Cameron, 101 Bowery.
Disease—Chronic Dysentery, or Bloody Flux—
Symptoms, unusual flatulency in the bowels, se
vere griping, frequent inclination to go to stool, tu
nusmus, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fre
quency of pulse, and a frequent discharge of a pe
culiar foetid matter mixed with blood great debility,
sense of burning heat, with an intolerable bearing
down of liie parts. Mr. Cameron is enjoying per
fect heal th, and returns his sincere thanks for the
extraordinary beuehts he lias received.
Sold by ANTONY is HAINES,
Sole agents in Augusta,
J. M.St T. M. TURNER, Savannah,
P. M. COHEN & Co., Charleston,
SHARP A; ELLS, Milledgevillc,
C. A. ELLS, Macon,
A. W. MARTIN,Forsyth,
Wm. B. WELLS, Druggist, Athens,
MARK A. LANE, Washington.
July 23
GREAT ARRIVAL!
Fifteen Bushels, or 270,000 boxes of
PETERS’ PILLS.
The subscribers have made arrangements with
Dr. Peters, of New York, to be supplied by the
quantity with his Pills. AH dealers can now
be supplied at factory prices. Os all the Pills we
have any knowledge of, these are-the most valua
ble. In no instance have they failed to accomplish
every tiling they promised, and thousands who for
years have been lingering witli some chronic or ob
stinate disease, now add their testimony in behalf
of this valuable medicine.
One 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 cleanse the stomach and bowels by purg
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secretions, strengthen the digestive organs, purify
the blood, invigorate! he circulation, and give tone
and energy to the nervous system.
They have no rival in curing and preventing
Bilious Fevers, Fever and Ague, Dyspepsia, Liver
Complaints, Sick Head-ache, Jaundice, Asthma,
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Piles, Cholic, Female Obstructions, Heart-burn,
Furred Tongue, Nausea, Distension of the Stomach
and Bowels, incipient Diarrhoea, Flatulence, Hab
itual Costiveness, Loss of Appetite, Blotched or
Sallow Complexion, and in all cases.if Torpor of
the Bowels, where a Cathartic or an Aperient is
needed. They are exceedingly mild in their oper
ation, producing neither nausea, griping nor debility.
Dr. Peters lias sold more than live millions of boxes
of these celebrated Pills, in the U. States, the Cana
das, 1 exas, Mexico and the West Indies, since
Jan. 1535. All persons who have used the Genuine
Peters Vegetable Pills, recommend them in terms
of the most unqualified praise, which is proof pos
itive of their extraordinary and beneficial effects,
these justly celebrated Pills are for sale by
THOMAS BARRETT & Co., and
HAVILAND, RISLEY & Co., Agents.
J»ne 6 2m
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
Stolen or strayed a GRAY Mare,
■ ryW. about fifteen hands high, has a large
wart on her left thigh, a sore on her
back, and her shoulders are marked
the collar ; her natural gait is a
•Si: .■ fcWiai walk, trot and canter. I will give
the above reward to any person who will deliver
tiie mare and thief, if stolen, or five dollars for the
mare alone. H. MEGEN, or
F. E. DUFFIE,
ju'y 30-5 t upper end south side Broad st.
4 NEW, speedy, and effectual cure for the
J.TL Gonorrhoea, Gleets, Strictures, 4cc. Just re
ceived and for sale bv
ANTONY & HAINES, Agents,
fflay 16 Augusta.