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I CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
A U. (1 U S T A.
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9.
“Swartwout’s nomination, for the Vice Resi
dency, says the Salem Advertiser appeared not
only in the N. Y. Commercial, but in several
other papers in the interior or New York —one
of which was the Ontario Repository. The truth
is, Swartwout was, at that time one of the “head
c ;puns” of the Federal party, and the attempt
of some of their papers to disown him. since the
exposure of his “pecuniary irresponsibility,” is
ungenerous in the extreme.”
The above is from the Savannah Georgian.
The attempt on the part of the Administration
presses to create the impression that Swartwout
and Price were Whigs, is certainly the most
contemptible subterfuge, ever resorted to by any
party. Swartwout’s nomination was voted
against by every Whig in the Senate at the time
it was made. How much more manly and hon
orable would it be to admit what they know to be
the truth, and defend the administration on the
ground that it had been deceived in the man.—
There is no criminality in being deceived in a
man’s honesty, but there is a deep degradation
in attempting to excuse a party from the crimi
nality of appointing dishonest men to office on
the ground that they belonged to the opposition.
It is not only unmanly, but it is low and disgust
ing in the last degree.
A (ire occurred in Charleston two nights ago.
Several houses burned —loss five or six thousand
dollars. Occurred on Wall street near Boundary.
Communicated.
Messrs. Euitus:—ln noticing the hag of
new Cotton brought to this market, the Editors
of the Constitutionalist speak of its quality ns
This is a mistake. It has been examined
by competent judges and pronounced to be ordi
nary to middling fair, according to Liverpool
classification. It cannot be considered merchanta
ble, being green and damp and liable to rot.
L ...
Acousta, Ga., August 7th, 1839.
Capt. F; M. Robkutsox.
Sib:—The pleasing duty has devolved upon
us, (the undersigned Committee,) to express, in
behalf of the officers and members oi the late
corps of Richmond Blues, their sincere senti
ments of esteem and respect tor you, their late
commander.
Identified with them during many years, under
various circumstances, many of which were very
trying, you have during that time, fully sustained
the confidence reposed in you, not only as an
able and efficient officer, but as a friend. The
arduous and difficult task of drilling and disci
plining the corps, you fully accomplished, there
by securing to it a name and reputation, of
which, but very few could boast. \ our indefa
tigable zeal and devotion in its service, up to the
very hour of its dissolution, has gained you the
affection of your comrades which will end only
in death.
With regard to your resignation as comman
der, and the dissolution of the corps, we would
remark, that it is a source of deep and lasting re
gret to every member; but, sir, the course you
.adopted and pursued, was fully sanctioned and
'approved by your comrades, and we felt convinced
that wo could not any longer honorably exist as
a corps. Many of our fellow-citizens,*no doubt,
censured us for taking this step; but, sir, they
are ignorant of the causes out of which grew our
late difficulty, and which produced the results
which have transpired. Those that have a know
ledge of all the facts, and free from prejudice,
have approved our course ; and, sir, those that
had not all the tacts, in our humble views, could
not form a correct opinion or award a just verdict
in the case. Wo were under your command,
and we had perfect confidence in your sense of
honor, dignity and ability to command, and that
you would sustain the honor and dignity of
your command, and you have.
Our confidence in you as an officer, is still in
its primitive strength, and undiminished, and you
may still command if you desire.
As a token of their esteem and respect and in
remembrance of your valuable services as their
commander, the officers and members of the
Richmond Blues, respectfully present you the
accompanying pair of Silver Pitchers, with ap
propriate inscription and motto—use them as
their gift and as a solemn pledge of their demo
tion. and may your future career he as bright as
their polished exterior and pure us the metal of
which they are composed.
. With great respect, &c., we are,
' Yours, &c.
JOHN W. STOV, 0
U, W. ST. JOHN, Committee.
\VM. I’. ADAMS, j
Auoi sta, 7th August, 1839.
—Your communication, accom-
LfENTL**-' 1 * .
nanyin" the handsome token of the esteem an
Lard of the members of the company, which I
IJe,y had the honor to command, is now belorc
111 Um at a loss, gentlemen, for language to cx- j
press the emotions that swell my bosom. \ou |
have thus, brought suddenly before me, many of
the most trying scenes of my life. That, through
out our long connection, and these trying scones,
I should have retained the unshaken confidence of
my companions in arms, is more than ordinarily,
tails to the lot of u commander, and is, certainly,
a reward rich beyond price.
\ou, gentlemen, have been pleased to allude to
the circumstances which gave rise to my resigna
tion, as your commander, and the dissolution of
the company ; and, in thus shaking hands, for
the last time, we may bo permitted, as old friends* j
to say a word or two in parting in relation to the
matter. So far as my fellow-citizens are concern
ed, as to their approval or non-approval of the
course we have adopted, I stand unmoved bv the
judgment of those whose opinions, in the case, |
have been warped by prejudice. Those who arc
ignorant of all the facts have no right to censure.
That, as a commander, I have, at all times,scru
pulously avoided requiring more than justice, j
and the rules, by which honorable men are actua
ted in their intercourse with each other, would
demand, I appeal to my comrades in arms, both,
superior and subordinates ; nor did 1, in the con
troversy, which led to my resignation, as com
mander of the Richmond Blues, ask more than
could have been honorably granted. So have I,
at all times, most cheerfully accorded to my supe
riors as well as inferiors in rank, all that the
rules of the service and etiquette demanded,
without any regard whatever to personal con
siderations. That I have not been met in the
same spirit of candor, indubitable testimony which
I have in my possession, and which was obtained
since the decision of the referees, most clearly
shows. The members of the company have
acted in the matter, in accordance with that high
sense of honor and justice, which has ever cha
racterised them, and “ without which a soldier
deceives not the. name." They met the question
fairly and openly, and were not willing to shield
themselves behind barren technicalities.
“Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just 5
And he but naked though lock’d up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted,”
Rather than avail themselves of any subterfuge
they fell martyrs to truth and justice. For this
they deserve my highest esteem—they have my
deep and lasting gratitude.
So far as regards my efforts to communicate to
the Blues that state of discipline which has
placed them so high in the estimation of their
fellow-citizens, they have been more than repaid
by the manner in which the corps acquitted itself
in the field, and the high testimonials which have
been voluntarily awarded, by such men as Scott,
Gaines, Clinch, and all the officers with whom
we had the honor to serve. These laurels can
never be tarnished by the breath of envy—
calumny cannot rob you of them. You say,
gentlemen, that “I can still command if I desire.”
This I have never sought; and, have repeatedly
stated that my highest ambition was to command
the Richmond Blues. It was not because a com
mand, to which I was entitled, was refused me,
on a public day, that I resigned my commission;
but because an effort was made to establish a
rule, which I did not believe, the principles of
honor and justice sanctioned. I never could
consent to extend courtesies to (hose who refused
to accord to me, as commander, that which was |
justly my due. It is true some have “said, that '
they never would voluntarily come under my |
command.” For the authors of such sentiments, {
whoever they may be, I feel nothing but con
tempt. Though some may have declined coming
under my command in a Broad-street pageant,
yet I have seen the day, where dangers were, to
be nut, that I was compelled to assume a com
mand, of no ordinary responsibility, by the una
nimous acclamation of Ike members of the |
company.
In remaining so long as your commander, I
yielded to your earnest wishes, and a desire to
discharge my duty to my fellow-citizens; and
though I have now retired to private life, where
the cares of a family and the duties of an arduous
profession, demand all my personal energies, yet
I shall always hold myself ready to answer to the j
call of my country, when she has need of my
services.
For the very handsome plate, with which you
have presented me, in the name of the late
Richmond Bines, and the assurances of their
confidence and personal friendship, accept my
sincere and heartfelt thanks. Long will I cherish
the recollection of your kindness and devotion.
Accept for yourselves, gentlemen, and each
member of the company, the assurances of my
high esteem and lasting friendship.
F. M. ROBERTSON.
To Messrs. .1. W. Stoy, \
1). VV. St. Joiiv, ( Committee.
W. T. Adams. S
From the Richmond Whig.
The Prerogative i arty.
We yesterday gave an extract from Mr. Cal
houn’s Speech on the President’s Protest, to
show the propriety of the use of the Revolution
ary term Whig, to designate those who were
contending against Executive Power. A friend,
who heard the speech delivered, thinks the report
of it strips it of much of its power. He well re
collects the emphasis v/ith which Mr. C. desig
nated the supporters of the President’s high-hand
ed measures, as the Prerogative. Party’, who were
sustaining power in all its absurd and lawless
claims; and he seemed to exhibit a peculiarani
mation, not only in support of the doctrines, but
in commendation of the spirit of the Whig Party.
In casting back to a speech of the same gen
tleman on the removal of the deposites, we find
some remarkable passages in reference to the en
croachments of the Executive, and the aim of the
President to get a complete control of the purse
of the nation. W hat was then urged against the
removal ot the deposites, might bo pressed with i
•'quill power against the now scheme of the Pres
ident. Mr. Calhoun agreed with Mr. ('lay ns to
hoing’ in the “midst ot a revolution,” but net us
j to the period of its commencement. He ridi
[ euled the idea of the men in power being the
I guardian and defenders of the rights of the States,
| and scarcely knew whether to characterize such
| pretension by the term audacity or hypocrisy.—
1 Out let us give an extract:
“Mr. Calhoun said the Senator from Ken
tucky, in connection with this part of the dis
cussion, read a striking passage from one of the
most pleasing and instructive writers in any lan-
I guage, (Plutarch)—the description of Caisar
t forcing himself sword in baud, into the Treasury
of the Roman Commonwealth. We arc at the
same stage of our political revolution, and the
analogy between the two cases is complete, vari
ed only by the character of the actors and the cir
cumstances of the times. That was the case of
j an intrepid and bold warrior, as an open plunder
er* seizing forcibly the treasury of the country,
j which, in that republic, as we 11 as ours, was con-
I sided to the Legislative Department of the Gov
j eminent. The actors in uur case are of a dis
-1 f eren { character — artful , cunning and corrupt
politicians , and not fearless warriors. They
have entered the Treasury, not sword in hand,
as public plunderers, hut with the false keys of
sophistry, as pilferers, under the silence of!
midnight. Ihe motive and object are the same, j
varied in like manner by character and circum
stances. ‘With money I will get men, and w ith
men power, was the maxim of the Roman plun
derer. \\ itftymoney we will get pnrtizans, with
partizans votes, and with votes money, is the
maxim of our pilferers. With men and money J
Caisur struck down Roman liberty at the fatal
battle ol Philippi, never to rise again—from that
disastrous hour, all the powers of the Roman
Republic were consolidated in the person of
Cresar, and perpetuated in his line. With mon
ey and corrupt pnrtizans, a great effort is now
making to choke and stifle American liberty,
through all its natural organs, by corrupting the
press; by overawing the other departments; and
finally, by setting up a new and polluted organ,
composed of office-holders and corrupt partizans,
under the name of a National Convention, which,
counterfeiting the voire of the people, will, if not
resisted, in their name dictate the succession—
when the deed will he done—the revolution he
completed—and all the power of our Republic,
in like manner, be consolidated in the President,
and perpetuated by his dictation.”
We have not room to enlarge our extracts, but
Mr. Calhoun proceeded to tell where his small
hand would be found in such a crisis—“standing
in the front rank, and manfully resisting the ad
vance of despotic power.”
Less than four years rolled around, and where
was Mr. Calhoun then found, and where did he
lead such of his little band as would follow him ?
Where is he now ? On the side of the Preroga
tive Party, in the midst of the herd of partizans
whom he stigmatized as corrupt, and as being the
slaves of Executive Power! No one pretends
that money wrought the wonderful change in
him, for he is esteemccd above all mercenary in
fluences; hut is it not mortifying to see him in
the throng of those who now claim fur the Presi
dent the custody of the nation’s treasure? Are
the crew less corrupt than when he drew their
picture? Are their objects less audacious ?
Impartial truth will decide these questions.
From the Columbus Enquirer.
Governor’s Election.
Out friends of the opposition have always
been distinguished for the bold front which they
present in the early part of the campaign. They
are fully supplied with trumpeters who are not
over conscientious about the false and discordant
sounds which fall from their brazen instruments.
In proof of all this, we remember last year to
have heard of their brightening prospects in the
Cherokee and upper counties. We forewarned
onr readers then, of the existence of false proph
ets in the land. The same strange announce
ments are again made notwithstanding their de
j feat of last year is yet fresh in their memory.
■ In a late number of that most veritable Journal,
i the “Constitutionalist,” the good natured prosing
editor, makes one of his correspondents from the
I up country, affirm, “That tiny arc all poor men
; there, and of course desire a Democratic Govern
or!” This does tolerably well, but mark the
conclusion! “McDonald and Ratification arc all
the go!” Well! well! Truly, the world is be
coming wiser rapidly ! McDonald a Democrat!
We should as soon think of calling Alex. Ham
ilton, nr John Adams, or any of the blue-lights of
the last war Democrats! The fact is, that Me
Donald is not only as great a federalist as any of
the above, but he is infinitely more culpable for
his heresies. Ho was raised in a school, the
Southern, where correct principles were taught,
and where it must have required more than the
usual tendency to federalism, to have led him
thus astray. And had it ever been the result of
his youthful waywardness, it might possibly have
been excused. Hut no, he carried it with him to
the bar, and upon the bench, and even to the
| Halls of uur Legislature. The open and avowed
I friend of Jno. Quincy Adams, in his memorable
conflict with Tho up, this same Charles J. Me
Donald distinctly asserted in his place, the tyran
nical powers of the Supreme Court of the United
States. A lutitudinarian in the broadest sense
of that term, he was there the advocate of a Uni
ted State# Hank, both on the ground of its Con
stitutionality and expediency. Does his letter,
which is contained in this day’s paper, show any
change on this subject. Wo heard that letter
read before the Convention. There was not a
word in it then, nor is there still, on the question
of the Constitutionality of such an Institution.
The fact is, his mind remains unchanged—he
dodges the question. Unlike a statesman of high
minded, dignified views, he skulks, becomes not
up to the mark, hut glides off gently and abuses
such an institution, ou the ground of expediency.
Until then, we confess we had respected Judge
Md). as a man of intellect, of honesty and in
dependence. Hut our faith has been immensely
staggered. What, we ask the honest anti Bank
Union man, what security have you that your
candidate is not an avowed Bank man in three
days from this time? Expediency! Men’s ideas
of expediency change sometimes with great fa
cility. How do you know that expediency may
not induce your Democratic candidate to shift
j his colors with every change of the moon ?—The
\ fact is, that in a cross road, grog shop Demagogue,
| such principles would do ; but when it comes to
j making a man Governor of a sovereign State, it
| wont do. He must be composed of better rna
i terials.
We have said thus much, because Judge Mr.
Donald is the candidate of that Party, which of
' late, have arrogated to themselves the virtue of
sole consistency ! Ho was nominated we arc
aware, with a view of securing the Bank influ
\ encc of the State. In this too, will they be dis
appointed. To catch the ear of his democratic
I brethren, the wily Judge was forced to abuse the !
, Bank like a pick-pocket. This has been seen j
1 through. The Bank influence is already domi
mint in many places. In others, it is active and
efficient in the cause of State Rights. We are ,
most happy therefore, in being aide to assure our
friends, that the Democracy in this region, prefer I
that good, able Republican, diaries Dougherty. I
1 hey believe in him, as honest, independent, i
able, patriotic and efficient. His history is fa
miliar to them. He was raised in their midst ]
and never imbibed in early youth the waters of i
federalism. They have marked his steady and i
honorable rise, until ho has tilled some of the i
most important offices in the Stale. They are I
now ready to tender the chair which has been so i
ably filled by their favourite and much cherished I
Gilmer; than whom a worthier successor the i
Stale could not produce. ,
Frnsa the AT. (>. I’icai/iwe of tit,' j
The Tkxiah Schoonkb.—The Texinu selir, 1
of war Sau Jacinto, J. T. R. Lnthrop, Esq. Com- 1
mander, came up to town on Thursday morning 1
and anchored near Slaughter House Point. She
is from Galveston direct, ami is a new and beau
tiful vessel of MO tons burthen, recently built at
Baltimore expressly for the Texas navy, carrying
four six pound earronades, and a long eighteen
amidships.
We understand the San Jacinto is shortly des
tined lor a voyage in the Gulf of Mexico, and
may possibly prove an unwelcome visiter in the
vicinity of some of the Mexican ports.
From the Nat tonal Magazine .v Republican Review.
Scenic and Characteristic Outlines.
Mu. Lmiuu:.—How we do love the House of
Represent a lives. It is the place of all others on
this continent. There is nothing to equal it,*
here, or elsewhere. How turbulent, like a foam
ing ocean—how calm, like a hill o’ershadowed
lake—how mean, like a flock of frightened spar
rows—how sublime, like a mighty army of oaks,
pointing, like the finger of destiny, with their
branches to heaven. Verily it can be compared
to any thing, yet nothing is like it. So wild—so
tame—so wicked—so virtuous—so ridiculous—
so wise. It is a rare hall, and often and often do
we half close our eyes and gaze over the hundred
heads that grow upon the eclipsed vision, like so
many giants. How various the countenances —
how wonderfully exemplified the genius of the
Omnipotent. There are no two faces alike—
none that approach a similarity—all different, va
rious, unique and singular; and all are men of
sense; for how could forty odd thousand freemen,
exercising the deliberation incident to our form
of government—a deliberation and a judgment
springing from the interest of all, in the weal of
the whole—send a ninny to Congress ?
We have already hinted our intention to alter
nate between the Senate Chamber and the House
of Representatives; and on this occasion we have
forborne the pleasure of depicting Mr. (Bay, in
order to lounge with our old friends, the members
of the Lower House; and we will at tempt to sketch
yon a gentleman who has just arisen to address
the Chair. We hear the loungers ask who is lie?
We see, that the members near ns pause in their
common placisms, to listen to the stranger. We
see alar oil, away over the Hall, a number of heads
spring up—and great eyes, fixed and brilliant,
stare over the assembly.
The reporters all seize their pens, and the hon
orable speaker turns in his morocco chair to catch
a lull view o( the ample and intellectual face. In
the gallery there is quite a sensation. Necks are
stretched over, and lingers pointed, and ladies are
whispering to their beaux, and beaux are simper
ing to the lair ones. There is a general sensation
throughout the lobbies—the members—the gal
leries—and even we, accustomed as wo are to all
manner of eloquence, feel quite a tumult within
us. And we are right glad that admiration opens
a path to a man so gifted as Lcgare of South Car
olina. It is not for us to moralize. We travel at
too rapid a pace for that; jumping from desk to
desk, we gaze up into each member’s face—scrib
ble away—turn our car to catch the sound of his
voice—clothe it in ink, and immortalize it on pa
per—setting it to music in those, the Outlines—
that is our business. We dare not soar into the
higher regions of philosophy, though we long to
say, that all this admiration—this hush over the
multitude of men and women—springs from the
literary character of Legate: from his high
wrought and able reviews—for whilst in Charles
ton, South Carolina, ho gave his genius and his
heart to the great Review of the South. In the
annals of forensic politics, his name is not conspi
cuous. He has never, until now, thundered as
a popular Representative—visible to the mass—
tangible lo the grasp of every stranger; but here
tofore he lias been a student, poring over the iron
clasped and spider sanctified tomes; pondering on
the past to enlighten the present; giving forth,
through the agency of the mule, but omnipotent
Brnss, his views on all subjects; and treating eve
ry thing with vigor, originality and taste. He
has travelled much in foreign climes, whence,
doubtless, he has gathered food for his deep fan
cies—sights for his picturesque pen—towers and
mouldering forts upon the famous Rhine, for his
love of liberty to strengthen herself with ; and he
has returned to his native land, imbued over again
with a love of her institutions, and ready, when
the occasion calls him forth, to hare his good right
arm for the domestic peace and tranquility of the
nation.
In person Mr. Legare is not tall; hut he is stout,
his shoulders exhibiting signs of strength; his
head is remarkably large; his brows projecting; his
eye proud, hut not overbearing; his mouth large,
eloquent and singular; the under lip projecting in
such away as to give him astern, but not unplea
sant appearance, it is rather the sternness of
thought, than the sulkiness of a haughty man.
He dresses well, and is very neat in his perso
nal habiliments, a little lame withal. He is so
curious in his physical conformation, that we are
almost afraid logo on; for though we feel nothing
but respect for him, yet wo are afraid that our
readers would accuse us of caricaturing. Mr.
Legare is striking in his appearance; there is an
air of originality about him that makes you turn in
the street to watch his retiring figure. His short
stature—his broad shoulders—his high heeled and
highly polished boots—and then his bold, un
daunted look, mark him as a man in a thousand.
In debate Mr. Legare is animated to the full ex
tent of the word; he leans over his desk, he moves
his brows—his eyes wave about—his figure ex
pands—he rises to the topmost height of the im
agination—and with a rapid and hawk-like flight,
he sweeps to objects of minor importance, but
germain to his topic. His voice is sui generis
strong, and almost harsh—full toned and dramat
ic. Sometimes he flies over the heads of his dis
course, gathering strength and beauty as he goes,
and anon he settles upon a hold and commanding
point, and spins round and round in fanciful but
I vivifying buoyancy.
His order of mind is picturesque and general,
j He loves the wide and wierd fields of human spec
| ulation. From the closest he has emerged upon
a busy, mechanical, and muscular age, wrapt in
his own peculiar and individual mantle. He has
been a moral speculator among books, led on from
I dream to dream—from majesty to majesty—until
1 he deems the world one widespread and glorious
surface, wherein arc reflected ti e stars of poetry,
ot beauty, and of grandeur. There is nothing
rough and unpleasant in his intellect; but there is
that which, like the mechanism of the rocket,
throws far over the heads of all his brilliant shafts
ol rhetoric and eloquence.
Mr. Legate can never he a useful man to the •
physical condition of the mass, in a direct and
immediate manner. He cannot dive at once into
the wants ol the millioned multitude, hut he is
calculated to shine in the higher walks of litera
ture, imparting a beautiful tone to letters, and
awakening and chastening, crushing and creating
the energies ot thought, the daring flight of the
ambitious mind. As yet, we do not think Mr. l.c
gure has given a full sample of his power in the
Hall. llis speech at the extra session was bril
liant and highwronght.and evidenced the thought
(ul composer, more than it did the political think
er. It scented like a review uttered by a review
er; hut Mr. Legate is young in politics. It is a
hardened and ungrateful task for a man who has
wielded the editorial pen of one of the most spirit
ed and aid- reviews in this country, to throw aside
that peaceful pen—to forget his familiar ink—the
sanctity of bis closest—its peace—its melodious
silence-—and rush forth into the battle burst of
political opinion—but yet, with his honesty and
his ability, ho will do good service to the cause of
the people. He can generalise in a peculiarly
forcible manner, and his opinions may become
the texts ot other and more practical men.
U o have alluded to his connexion with the
Southern Review. For many years he labored in
that great vineyard ofletlers, with his intellect ev
er bright and vigilant. Frequently the publisher
would enter his study, with fear and anxiety de
picted on his countenance, and implore Mr. Le
gate to furnish him matter for the Review, decla
ring that he had been disappointed in some oth
er contributor, and that the work would not be
forthcoming, if so many pages were not filled up.
The publisher always left him satisfied that the
desired work would be accomplished, ami .Mr.
Legate ever proved faithful to his need.
Glancing around his library, lie would take
down any work—Pluto, Aristotle, Livy, Cicero—
any thing—Creek, Latin, French, (Spanish or
Italian; and the midnight hour would find him
pouring forth one of those brilliant sketches that
so adorned the pages of the Review and modelled
it into a standard of literature. But we must has
ten to others who demand our attention. We
have sketched Mr. Legate at length, because he is,
to our mind, pure and untainted—a highsouled
scholar, if not able to lay claim to the title ofu
cunning politician.
It so happened that in an evil hour Charleston
has been unfaithful to her distinguished son. An
edict was issued prior to the lute election, from
the unin/erferhif' Administration, to its liege sub
jects in that venerable and gallant city, and a
whisper of proscription was heard along her streets
and by ways. Logarc was to he sacrificed to the
wrath ot parly—to the unadulterated democracy
ol the (Simon Pure Administration, and all, tor
sooth, because he was an independent man, be
cause be opposed the Sub Treasury, the direful
ami extraordinary means of wasting the public
ticusuro.
The case of Mr. Legare presents a singular
subject for reflection; it is vividly illustrative of
the false pre ensions of the Administration to tie
high title of Democratic, or lover of the people, or
believer in the people’s intelligence—forty odd
thousand national men, men who can read, write,
eat and drink, who glorified in their superior in
telligence, in former times, are upon the eve of
electing an honest and able gentleman to repre
sent their wishesin the National Councils. They
had gathered together for that republican purpose;
suddenly, however, a messenger arrives in hot
haste from Washington; ho is stamped with all
the authenticity of despotism; he reeks from the
blessings and benedictions of the Lx press Post
Office, and ho unfurls to the republicans of
Charleston the edict of power: ''Legare must not
bo returned to Congress; he is no longer a boun
den slave to our will; he is a conservative—crush
him now and forever!” () horror of horrors! The
republican ranks of old Charleston heard the or
der, and Legare was left out, and we, and all oth
ers who love high suuled men, and Irate despotism
are left to mourn his loss, and take warning from
his sacrifice.
From the Jackson (La.) Republican , July 27.
Si-niNon Occultuknck.—Amongst the ap
parently endless catalogue of strange occurences
and crimes with which the press has teemed, the
following, which has been communicated in a
letter from a lady residing near the scene of ac
tion to her friend in this vicinity, is a little the
strangest we have met with. Not having seen
the letter, we arc under the necessity of giving a
second hand account of the affair, and may con
sequently he inacurale in some of our details ;
hut the substantial facts are as furnished to us.
Being personally acquainted with the writer of
the letter, we have no hesitation in expressing
our heliefof her statements. Here is the strange
tragic talc:—
Some time since the sheriff of a county in the
southern part of Mississippi had received, in his
official character, a large sum of money—say
fifteen or twenty thousand dollars. Under pre
text of a call from homo for a day ot two, he
placed the money in the keeping of his wife,
whom he charged to take good care of it.
Late in the evening of the day on which he
left home, a stranger of genteel appearance called
at the house, and asked permision to remain over
night. Disliking to entertain a stranger during
her husbands absence, the wife of the sheriff'de
nied the request, and the stranger rude on. Di
rectly after his departure, however, the lady
came to the conclusion that she had done wrong
in refusing to take him in, and sent a servant to
: recall him. The gentleman returned, and soon
after retired to rest.
• Late in the night, three men disguised as ne
i groes, came to the house, called up the lady, and
i demanded possession of the money Lit in her
t charge. Believing that there was no help for it,
1 she at length told them that the money was in
• another room, and that she would go and get it
• for them.
ft so happened that the money had been de
-1 posited in the room occupied by the sttanger;
• and on her going lor it she found him up and
loading his pistols. He had been awakened by
• the noise, and had overheard moat of the conver
- Ration between his hostess and the robbers.
Tolling the lady to he of good heart, he gave
• her a loaded pistol, and instructed her to go out
■ and present the money to one of the robbers, and
> to shoot the fellow whilst in the act of doing so
' —on her doing which, lie (the stranger) would i
- bo ready for the other two.
With a coolness and courage that it is diffi- !
• cult to conceive of in a woman, she did as direct
• cd, and the robber who received the money fell
1 dead at her feet. Anotherinstant, and the strnn
-1 ger’s bullet had floored a second robber. The
• third attempted to escape, hut was overtaken at
1 the gate by the stranger, and fell under the
I thrust of his knife!
1 i Soon as practicable, the neighbors were alarm
ctl, ami on washing the paint from the faces of
the (lend robbers, tiro one killed by the lady prov
ed to be her own husband, and the other two a
couple of near neighbors!
Such is the story, in substance. As before
stated, it comes in a letter from a lady for whose
credibility wearo willing to vouch* If error ex
ists in the statement, either the writer of the let
ter was misinformed o. we have been niostegre
giously hoaxed.
I HR Di.tir op Ohio,—The Cincinnati Gazette
calculates that the debt of Ohio, “actually incurr
ed, with that for which the State is committed,
amounts to $14,087,145.'’ Thirteen millions
five hundred and seventy-two thousand and nine
teen dollars ol this sum are due on the cost of the
canals and feeders of the Miami, Wabash, Wal
hnnding, Hocking, Muskingum, Ohio canal, and
the Maumee road. To these are added the Slate
subscriptions to certain public works, principally
turnpike roads, making the sum above reported,
with the exception ol $20,849 in loans of credit
on two railroads in the northern part of the State..
It is easy enough to arrive, ut the time of ma
king the calculation, at the amount of debt “nctn
ally incurred,” hut not so easy to ascertain “that
for which the State is committed.” I’ndcr the
law authorising loans ol credit to turnpike com
panies, the. liabilities of the State must be increas
ing apace, and the State may he considered ro//i
-milled to a much larger amount than is above,
specified, lor she is bound to subscribe on certain
terms to such companies until the law be repeated
which cannot he done until next I’eccmbcr nl
least. We should not bo disappointed if, ere
that time, the Stale debt amount to nearly $20,-
000,000.— Chilicothc <•uzctle.
COMMERCIAL.
Latest (lutesfrom Liverpool fitly 10
Latest ilulesfrom Havre July IJ*
Nr.w-Om.PANs, August 0.
Cotton. —Deceived since 2Gth ult., 420 bales, ex
ported to Liverpool I)G3, West Indies 400, N. York
170, lloston 2, in all 1610 bales i making a. reduc
tion in stor'k ol 1164 bales, and leaving a balance
on band, including all on shipboard of 17,710 bales.
A few small parcels were sold, in the early part
of the week, amounting in all to about 600 bales,
at the prices previously current.
Sugar — Louisiana. —A limited business is doing
in the city, at .the same prices so long prevalent—
say 4 a s,'t cents, for inferior to common, 0 a G‘J for
prime and 7 cents for extra prime. We can learn
of no transactions on plantation. Havana sugar,-
arc without change. Arrived since 20th ult, 70
hlids and 4 bbls sugar—cleared for New York, 201
hhds.
Molds vs.—There is but a limited demand and
small sales are made from the Levee at the prices
ol last week—say 31 a33 cents. We know of no
sale on plantation. Arrived since 26th ult., 114
bbls —cleared for New V ork, 30 do.
flour. —The market exhibits a further advance
in this article, the sales, for the last few days
having been, pretty generally, at $0 50 for super
fine. The transactions are limited to the usual
demand lor consumption, an d we quote superfine
at $6 50 a 6 02,}, fine $5 87} a 6 00. Some ol
the dealers are holding their stm i.s at $7 00
Mma«>inai*<r. u»u-inwn-* ,ni,w,„ mut - n l[L ftl ,
•MARINE IVi’EEEK.E’NCE. ~
Savannah, August 6.
Clean'll. —Brig Exit, Sisson, Baltimore.
C'JIAHI.ESTON, AugUStB.
Arrived yesterday.—V L brig Lawrence, Cobb,
New York ; Brig Veto, Pearson, New York ; Schr.
America, Somers, Philadelphia.
Cleared. —Ship Walker, Faulk, Liverpool; Line
ship Catharine, Stein, New York.
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IRON AND IUtASS FOUNDRY,
Cornerof Jones and Gumming streets, first corner
above the ruins of the Planters’ Hotel.
The subscribers oiler for sale a large and exten
sive assortment of Agricultural Implements, com
prising all that is required to stock the most exten
sive plantations; Ploughs, Wood’s patent, Freeborn,
Davis’, Howard’s, double mould board, fee.; Culti
vators, for corn and cotton; Harrows of all kinds
and sizes; Wheat Fans; Watkins’ patent and Dutch
Cylindrical Straw Cutters, of dillercnt sizes; Com
Shelters ; Corn and Cob Crackers; Thrashing Ma
chines, Horse Powers; Turning Lathes, Tyre
Bending Machines, &c.
Our [RON and HR ASS FOUNDRY is now in
complete operation ; having a large stock of mate
rials, and lirst rate workmen, we are able to fur
nish all kinds.of Castings, sere, of a superior quality
at short notice. ROBERT PHILIP &. SON.
July 31 trw4w
\CADEMY OF RICHMOND COUNTY.—Ac
bordiug to a resolution of the Hoard of Trus
tees, on the oth July, 183!) the election of an Eng
lish Teacher in this institution, for the ensuing
year, is postponed until the second Saturday in
August next. By order of the President,
HENRY ROBERT,
July 15 tvwtd Clerk and Steward*^.
113011 SALE, cheap, an elegant Sofa, almost new;
_ 1 set of Dining Tables; i sots Brasses; 1 fine
Bureau with a glass; an excellent Guitar, with
double sounding board and patent keys; 1 Work
Table; 1 Maple Bedstead and Maple Chairs; 1 pair
elegant Mantel Lamps. Apply at this office,
aug 3 trw3t*
2 ZEPHYR WORSTED and CRENELLE CORD.
i Received at C. HOFFMAN’S Fancy Dry
Goods and Millinery Store,
1 case, 00 lbs Zephyr Worsted, assorted,
100 pieces large Cheneile Cord, do
100 pieces small do do do
Which D offered for sale at wholesale and retail
on very accommodating terms. trwOt-july 29
"VJOTICE.' —The undersigned having sold out
his enlirestook of Diy Goods to Mr. L. ROLL,
who will continue the business at the same stand.
No. 254 Broad-street, very thankful for tHe liberal
patronage heretofore extended to him, solicits a
share of the same to his successor. The notes aniL
book accounts are left in the hands of MtviwlWfr
who is duly authorised to collect the same,
aug 3 ' trwOt S. K. ROLL.
„ f, MORTIS MIJIiTICAULIS.
| H The subscriber offers for sab? his house
-1 JLU. and Lot in the village of Sparta. The lop
contains eleven or twelve acres of land—also,
| twenty five acres of wood land adjoining the vil
lage, and not more than a half mile from the dwel
ling. The subscriber has also on said premises, be
tween eight and ten thousand MORI S MULTI
- C ALLIS, now from two to lour feet high, which Be
would likewise dispose of to the purchaser of the
jot. The soil of which being a sandy loam, is well/
adapted to the cultivation of the Mulberry. If
more Hnd than 1 have should be desired, lands ad
joining may bo bought on reasonable terms,
j July 14 wim u. Hulsey