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CHROiNiCUK AND SENTINEL.
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SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10.
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OF I LAIIK CQI NTT.
From the South Carolinian.
Acovsta Cniunrtei.il axn Skxtixf.i,.— We
are as indifferent to the scurrility of this paper,
or its threatened repulilieation of the infamous
letter o! “ A Friend In Stair Jhghts," as we were
to its former republicatiod of them, and should
have been to its late slander of the people of this
■''•lute, had not the latter been paraded before them
by its “noble brother" of this placo, as worthy of
their especial attention. Its editors might bo
aware, from our course here, that we have not
(ell any very deep interest in what was confined
wholly to their own readers; although one of them
is conscious, that when immediately in his own
vicinity, tec did not shrink from an issue made
up by his circulation of a most gross and unfoun
ded slander ola distinguished individual of tins
Stale, and refusal to give up Ins authority ; and
the other, that when his abuse ratnn within our
own sphere, we punished it as it deserved, and to
his heart’s full ronlenl.
We have permitted the above effusion to rest
ouiellv upon our table for several days without
any notice of it. for reasons which render it un
necessary to delay our remarks any longer. One
of us does wi II remember the poor Jackal), who
last summer, attempt! d to give himself a little
notoriety, and elicit a few gracious smiles from
Mi. Calhoun, by impertinently thinsting himself
forward as the champion of that gentleman, and
endeavoring to make the world believe that he
was the I null;/ of si least one great man. He has
doubtless not forgotten to have seen himself then
denounced in appropriate language, for his im
pertinence. It might he inferred from the mys
terious allusion to that alfair in the article above,
that he had wrought some achievement of great
importance, hut the public will remember him
only as a contemptible and officious understrapper,
endeavoring through a witness, self-eonvii ted of
falsehood, to destroy the political influence of that
olio of us to whom he alludes, Whether his
condu t on that occasion was influenced alone by
his native fondness for appearing ns an allache
to the coal tail of a great man, or was a propitia*
lory offering to secure the station of Stale printer,
we leave lor those to decide, who may in future
have a use for puppets to piny either character
at a cheap price.
In reference to the allusion, in the latter clause
of the article, to our partner, who is now and has
been for some weeks absent from the city, wo
have hut little to say. If we remember the cir.
eumstaneos of that affair, they ore the last to
which allusion should, for any honorable pur
poses, be made ; for if any one thing in the whole
range of personal contests, is more base or dis
honorable than all others, or more distinctly
murks the
“Dog in forehead,but in heart a deer,” I
it is secretly and stealthily way-laying, at an tin- (
seasonable hour, the unsuspecting path of an ad
versary. If there he any thing meaner, it is the
boastful allusion to the act itself, at a remote pe
riod, and without cause; for the Carolinian knows
that the partner alluded to, is not the author of the
articles in this paper, from which this controversy
has sprung.
r.mita.
In (’apt. ('apt. Robertson's letter in yesterday's
paper, for “ when dangers were la he met, read
where dangers were to ho met.
In the communication of 1.., in reference to the
new hag of cotton, fur “ ordinary la middling
fine ," read "ordinary to middling fair."
A Tin ); (I*si; ok Aiisvnck ok Mind,— A
man in Taliaferro county, a few days since, start
ed to his stable to catch a horse to ride to a neigh
bors—he put the bridle on his arm and taking the
road, never discovered his mistake until he -uriv
ed at his neighbor's house anil hitched himself to
■the rack.
I 'can mim (Voted.
I say deacon, is that ere big pile of limber be
low the Hank of Augusta, materials for an
arsenal 1 'Case if it he, 1 objects—blackjack
aint the sort lor that kind of building—it makes
darnation good fires, but w hen ybur shin gels in
contact with it of u dark night, you feel the re
collection of it for a fortnight—number six don't
help you no how, Splixtsh.
Far the Chronicle <S- Sentinel.
Mkssks. Fa irons,— We see by your paper >
that Mr. Forbes, has again become the lessee of
the Augusta Theatre; and this induces us to ad
dress a few words in season, through your press,
to Mr. Forbes. The Theatre needs some altera
tions which must he made before it ran receive a
support worthy of our city, or ot (he accomplished
and gentlemanly lessee. That class ol persons
whose patronage is necessary to the success of
the drama, will not often attend our Theatre
whilst it retains its present shape. If it he too
short a time between this and October, for the
lessee to reform the building to the extent w Inch
would ensure him full houses, .lie cun at least,
make such alterations as will greatly improve his
“account of boxes.” We would, therefore, sug
gest dial he shut up the front entrance of the
pit, open the old side entrances, and hi/ all
means, divide the benches in the pit oil’ in scats,
(something like the scats in the pari|iiottc of the
Charleston Theatre,) which will contain one per
son only at a time. This will to a very prea t
extent, perhaps, completely force the occupants
of the pit to sh down upon their seats, and not
stand upon them us has been the custom, and it
will continue to lie, whilst they arc sullered to i
walk over them iu order to reach their places,
which they will do, v, hilst there are no liacks to
the benches. A gentleman of Mr. Forbes’ ex
perience. well knows that if you can get and
keep your audience seated, you preserve i/uicl
among them without difficulty.
if a gallery could he added for the benefit of
certain classes of persons, and the lower tier of
of boxes appropriated to the use of ladies and
gentlemen, bs hi all other tbenlres in our cou
try, the reformation would Ire complete, and t
manager's succeaa certain; but if thin he
ureal an undertaking at present, let the pit hr i
formed at all (rents.
Mr. Foihes should take care too, to secure I
aid of a respectable police, and thus ensure que
arid good order. Application to our prenent cl
cient Mayor will, no doubt, obtain this assii
ariee. Let these things be done, and Mr. Forb
shall not eater to the histrionic taste of this goi
people in vain. We have said it.
Sevkril.
IVorlli-t iirolina Flections.
Bynum. Long.
Halifax county, 186 niaj.
Northampton, 121 maj.
Ilertie. UH
Martin, 271
4 91
Long's majority, 185
Bynum's majority, 307
In IHU7, Bynum’s majority was 75. Demi
eratie gain, 8114.
A slip from ibe Flnenix office contains thofo
lowing :
Full returns from Currituck county have jus
been received, and ore for
Sawyer, (V. H.) 522
Kovner, (W.) 114
Sawyer's majority, 138
Kay tier’s majority in Camden is 341. Tin
Whigs will elect their candidate in tins distric
by at least 500 majority.
From the Richmond Whig.
Tht* Treasury—Appointment of Mr. Sel.
den.
The recent appointment of William Helden o
Vu. as Treasurer of the United States in tin
place ol Mr. Campbell will startle honest met
throughout Ibe United States, even in thosi
limes of smoking corruption. The facts, so fa
as they are important to a full comprehension o
the principles involved, are substantially these.
Mr, Campbell was appointed Treasurer ii
1831)—by the way one of the most important
offices in the country, so fur as the practical ad
ministration of the finances is concerned—un<
had performed its duties honestly, ably and in
dustriously. lint he, a Virginian gentleman and
an American citizen, dared to think the Hub-
Treasury system unwise—and he was therefore
a marked mull.
Thu election for members of Congress ap
proached m Virginia. To gain a membe rat tins
crisis, was important to the Administration : n
was peculiarly so, to revolutionize the District
which contained the Heat of (iovernincnl for Vu.
The W higs were not cordially united on their
candidate, Mr. Ilotts. Air. Helden of Kichinond
was hy fur the strongest Administration man in
the District. Hut then lie was pir/naninllij set
tled in l ie Incentive situation of Kegister of the
Land ollico of Virginia; and on becoming a can
didate for Congress the law of the State required
him to resign—which, it appears he would not
do, without being provided lor, on the contingen
cy of being defeated, lie was nominated for
( long l ess, accepted the nomination—and was de
feated alter a bard struggle.
In the mean time by some indiscretion unusual
in Mr. Van lluren's electioneering operations, it
leaked out, that Mr. Hidden was to he appointed
Treasurer in the event of his defeat, ami even
that the contingent commission was in Rich
mond. This was topic of private remark and
newspaper statement and animadversion during
tile canvass—and not denied. And now, Mr.
Campbell tins Inca removed, and Mr. Helden ap
pointed,—
“Twill counteract,” said Jackson, those causes
“which bring the influence of the Federal Gov
erninent into conflict with the freedom of Flec
tions”—and then interfered, with the whole pat
ronage and power ol the Government, in every
important Flection, which lie could possibly m
lluoncc.
“1 will follow in the footseps of my illustrious
predecessor,” said Vim Itiiren promises as he
promised, perform us lu> performed—ami practise
at Washington as always practised in New York.
—By successful political “operations” as they
phrase it in Wall Htreet, has at length made
himself tho great Presidential Broker, and buys,
sells and exchanges ollices, principles, measures,
men, communities and Stales, to strengthen and
confirm his hold on the power and money of this
nation.
Let us slate the account, and simplify the “op
eration" between him and Helden. Van Huron
wants the Kichinond District through Helden’s
election. If can led, the pay and honor, &c. of
the station settles the account between them.—
But Hidden wont relinquish a lucrative certainly,
without pay down, and enough to make it an ob
ject too, in case of failure, Tho great Broker
oilers the Treasurership. "But it is not uerma
neiit." "True, —hut the article is worth more,
salary higher, will pay handsomely for trouble.”
Arithmetic is called into requisition—the click
er is closed 1 Done!—Helden sells political in
tlucnce, ami Van Huron pays in one of the peo
ple s great offices, dross corruption pervades the
whole transaction. It involves violation of sol
emn pledges, of personal honor, of the purity ol
Elections, and slabs the vital principle of free go
vernment, to tho heart, lathe pure ago of the
Republic, no President would have thought of, or
dared, to perform such ail outrage, and would
have been impeached, if he had.
An old, and meritorious companion in amis
applied to Washington for an ollico, and claimed
it on the grounds of personal friendship, politi
cal support, and revolutionary services. Wash
ington quietly, hut firmly, reminded him. that his
education, habits mid pursuits unfitted him for
the performance of its peculiar duties—that tho
offices of the (iovernincnl were the people's pro
perly to be administered for their benefit; and in
Ins hands were lends —that ho could not dispense
them to gratify personal feelings, promote per
sonal interests, or propitiate political support. —
It grieved bis heart to refuse the request; but he
did so, and coufened it on one who had mi
claims on him but eminent qualifications for the
office. Washington’s principle of duty, howev
er, in alibis actions, resplendent, superior and
sublime, never enters that bead o (wiles, or kind
led that heart of ice which Mr. Van Buren has
And yet something of Washington’s spirit must
return, or this nation is undone.
Time was. ,»hcn such n transaction ns this o
Heldon's would have excited the alarm or rousei
the indignation of the whole country.— Hu
Jackson's baleful career—“ Fraud and Force
mixtu e abhorred," and Van Buren’s corruption
deeper, deadlier and more pervading, have paral
ized one half the public sensibility to wrong.—
Contemplate ill—Fire (Jeneral Governmen
. throws the bribery ot office as Drcnnus du
his sword into the scale of Stale Elections. I
| makes Virginia—the land of I’atiick Henry am
George Mason, the peculiar gu erdian of Hjaii
i independence, and the Morions toe ol tedcrul in
1 flneiice and encroachment—the theatre for thei
j undisguised exercise. I'he people s offices am
i the people’s money are every where used a gains
themselves. If public opinion can he thus eon
Irolht! . and partisan majorities in Congress thu
secured, the character of our government i
changed. Nor is it of the slightest consequent!
whether the result he attained by covert influent'
or open f arce—the Government is changed, ani
un- instead of being the re fleeted image ol intelligent
t | 1(1 public sentiment the exponent ot the puh.ic in
terest mnl an agency for the people, becomes
u their Mauler.
re- What then becomes of State rights ? Slate
Lines may exist, but that is all. The whole
. country will become an amalgamated mass, and
Ilf every [mrt of our political system, receive its in
let, (luence, and its motion from the focal centre,
■fli- for the same principle will never stop short cl
• rl _ dictating to the States, their Stale officers, and
Slate policy—and demands Stale Legislatures as
IC * submissive as their Congressional delegations.—
rod The Statute hooks of almost every State in this
Union are blotted and black with the passions ol
Andiew Jackson transmuted into laws. Reso
lutions against the Bank, against Internal Im
provements, against the Indians —and for Ex
punging—Kesolutions to instruct his op parents
out, and help Ins friends in, laws to embarrass
Stale corporations, and to put down small bills
were ill) taled to States by him, and there they
will remain us monuments of his despotism and
their servile submission ! flood and grca*t men
may have clung with ardent affection to their
rights, their independence and the sovereignty ol
the State, trusting that freedom and patriotism
there, might find a refuge, should “rank cwrup
tion, mining all within,” saturate this lirlarean
io- (Jeneral (lovernment. How noble the sentiment,
hut how vain the hope, if Martin Van Bureu be
jl- re-elected!
ist From the. Louisville Journal,
Charleston Kail Itoad again.
We publish below the testimony in rrgawl to
the abandonment of this road, w hich ws premis
ed yesterday. Mr. Trotter is well known* as au
honorable and intelligent gentleman, but at* there
,n are others of his name in Kentucky, in may be
ct well enough to say that he is now the Teller of
the Louisville branch of the Northern Benk of
Ky., and was until the establishment of that
branch a resident of Lexington. His- testimony
I as to the statement of Col. (Handing i* only val
uable as it shows, that even the m*»st intelligent
and talented advocates of the rail rnadl in South
ol Carolina are compelled to yield to th« force of
u- circumstances and relinquish all hope id extea-
II ding the mud further than Columbia. TTlui cash
’o ieroflhc Kail Road Runic expressed the wane
rr opinions as the President, and urged, that grout
ol credit washing to 8. Carolina for spurring Gcov
gia lo the enterprise of connecting Augusta and,
n of course, Charleston, with Knoxville by a chain
il of rail roads. Out ol South Carolina, the simple
T statement, that the connection by rail roads from
d Augusta, (the termination of the CharlcsUn ami
i- Hamburg rail road,) via Athens, to Knoxville*.is
*1 now near ils completion, is conclusive as » the
>- relinquishment of the road from Charleston via
■' Columbia to Knoxville; the fact, that no hope
is entertained of assistance from North Carolina.
>- and, that Tennessee has determined to aid tlio
s Georgia, instead of the South Carolina route;, is
t conclusive even with the warmest friends of she
I road in South Carolina. Even Gen. Hayne in
i. his late letter does not express the belief, tiket
r the road will be prosecuted. On the other hard
I be expressly states, that il cannot be prosecuted*
> further than the mountains of South Carolina.
- without the aid of North Carolina and Tenties
-3 see.
The object of his letter seems simply to have-
I been lo deny, that “the Company lias taken any
step indicating a change of views”—an asser
tion never made by us. Such a formal step the
Company cannot lake until the annual meeting
of the stock-holders in September. Rut Gen.
Hayne omits lo take any notice of the progress
of the Georgia line; or of the fact, that North
Carolina has withdrawn her countenance from
the S. (1. project; or of the fact, that Tennessee
has resolved to patronise the Georgia line. These
facts would have shown, that, spite of the “views”
of the “Company,” the South Carolina scheme
must he abandoned. This did not suit the
“views” of the General, who seeks to keep the
humbug alive until South Carolina can obtain
banking privileges in Kentucky. Then, perhaps,
* they may attempt to force Kentucky, Tennessee,
■ and North Carolina into measures by putting the
screws to the people by means of their bunk.—
Here follows Mr. Trotter's letter:
To the Editors of the Louisville Journal.
In compliance with your request, I herewith
annex a statement of the substance of a conver
sation held with Col. A. Rlanding, on the sub
ject of the Charleston and Ohio Rail Rond.
I became acquainted with Col. Hlanding dur
ing a visit to South Carolina in the month of
May, and, as was naturally to be expected, the
progress and condition of the “Road” became a
’ topic of remark between us. To an inquiry
| made by me as to the prospects for ils comple
tion to Knoxville, he expressed a decided opin
ion that it must eventually terminate at Colum
bia, the Capital of South Carolina, and gave
with some minuteness the reason upon which
this opinion was based. These reasons were the
j. inadequacy of the subscriptions made in South
Carolina, unaided by the Slates through which
the road would pass, to construct it to Knoxville,
’ or even carry it beyond the boundary line of
’ South Carolina; (he hostility manifested by the
1 Governor of North Carolina, in a recent mes
sage to the Legislature of that state, which had
; destroyed all hope of substantial co-operation
from that quarter; and the rapid progress, ami
expected early completion of a rival road, lead
ing to the same point (Knoxville) through the
slates of Georgia and Tennessee, and with which
' Charleston was connected by means of the
' Charleston and Hamburg Kail Road. Colonel
' Rlanding further stated that there was no object
sullieieiit to justify the expense to he incurred in
1 extending the road beyond Columbia, unless
i some certain assurance could be given of their
I ability to complete to Knoxville. From the
know n zeal of Col. Rlanding in advocating the
* extension of the road, as originally designed, to
‘ the Ohio river, his intimate knowledge of the
resources of the company, arising from his posi
tion as President of the Rail Road Bank, and
s above all, the cogency of the reasons by which his
r opinion was sustained, the conviction was rivet
-0 ted on my mind that Ihe ultimate decision of
the stockholders, must he to suspend “the work”
II at Columbia. Accordingly, since my return to
' Kentucky, 1 have uniformly, when the subject
was introduced, expressed my belief of the
“abandonment” of the road when it shall have
0 reached that place, accompanied by the reasons
° upon which that belief was founded.
l> To avoid misapprehension, it may be proper
‘ to stale, that the opinion of Col. Rlanding was
1 expressed as his own and not that of the stock
holders or directors of the company. He rested
s ' his conviction as to the course of tlie latter, upon
the “condition of affairs," when the time for an
ultimate decision arrived,
’j As there was nothing of a confidential charac
-1 I ter in the communications of Col. Blanding, you
" are at liberty to make such use of this, as vou
may think proper.
J’ Respectfully your oh't serv't.
_ ' A. S. TROTTER.
it T
|( j 1 i:\vs —Ushivatiux of tiik Name. %Ve
l t have seen a couplet irom some wag in the United
|( j States, which gives rather a ludicrous etymology
t( . of the name of our republic, by deriving it fi oi'n
"Tube us." He introduces the following lines:
ir “M hen every other land rejects us,
id Here is a land which freely lake us.”
st It is a very good hit. and if all who attempt
"* to ridicule our country would show as much wit
| s we should never lie offended at them. But it
t* 1 reminds us of a legend of the Commanchcs re
re luted by Isowacnny, the principal chief of that
fc nation, when on u visit to San Antonio, last
>d summer. •
- o
The Commanches claim to he the lineal Je- j
srendanis of ihc empire of Montezuma, and the
only legitimate owners of the whole Mexican ■
country. Tl • chief said, that when Cortes land}
ed in Mexico, he found the country torn to pieces i
by internal factions, and was enabled, by employ
ing the disaffected chiefs, to raise a force to seize
upon the capital. Those chiefs believed, if they
could destroy the power of Montezuma, they
could easily despatch the Spaniard, and have the
control of the country in their own hands. Hut
j too late they asc rtained that they had introduced
1 a harder master, and that unconditional servitude
' was all they had lo expect. They were required
t« change their ancient religion, and thousands
of them were sent off to work in the mines,from
which they rarely ever made their escape. A
great proportion of them hound their neck to the
conqueror, and became serfs and slaves to the
Spaniards; but a few, the best and noblest part,
preferred exile to servitude, and set out on a pil
grimage to the North, in hopes to find a land
where they could enjoy their ancient institutions
in peace.
They travelled for many weeks, and at last
rarne to the great river of the North, (the Rio
Grande,) where they encamped, and sent out
twenty chosen men to examine the adjacent
country. They crossed the great river and as
cended one of the highest peaks of the mountain,
which overlooked the adjoining plain. The
prairie was covered with buffalo, deer, and ante
lopes, and they thought they had reached the
happy hunting ground, and the word Tehas!
Tehas! Tehas! burst from every tongue. It
was decided unanimously that it should be their
future home, and that the country should go by
the name apparently furnished them by the great
spirit.
Tehas is the Commanchc name for the resi
dence of the happy spirits in the other world,
where they shall enjoy an eternal felicity, and
have plenty of deer and buffalo always at hand.
By taking the sound as they pronounce it, and
giving it the Spanish orthography, it gives us the
word “ Texas," which is the “ Happy Hunting
Ground," or the “ Elysium” of the Commanches.
This is the true history of the name, as derived
from Isowacany himself.— Houston Telegraph.
From the Nev-Yurk Herald.
i The Depa rtub r. of the two on eat Steam
Ships— A great Movement — A great Uav
— A great Rack, and great Excitement.—
Yesterday was a scene of the wildest excitement
in New York. There has not been so much ex
citement in it probably since the flood. There
has not certainly been such a stir amongst and
turn out of folly, with beauty, roguery, sense,
honesty and humbug, in New York any day,
since the creation of the globe, as there was yes
terday. Almost every soul that was not exceed
ingly sick, and some that were excessively sorry
and sad, rose before daylight, and had their break
fast by eight o’clock at the latest Parents gave
their children new frocks, and teachers gave them
a holiday in honor oflheevant. Beaux treated
belles to a carriage ride at the expense of a dollar,
down to the dock, and a stand in the sun for three
hours. Husbands gave their wives orders to get
ready by ten o’clock, and abused them unmerci
fully for being an hour too late. Such a day,
such a scene, such confusion, let us hope to see
never more than once a year.
For many a long day the seventh Ward has
nut been such a scene of excitement as on this
eventful morning. The circumstance of two
steam ships, and these two of such mammoth di
mensions, lying at (he wharf together, was of it
self sufficient to bring crowds to the foot of Clin
ton street, all anxious to tread the docks of these
recherche packets—to view the wonders of their
culinary departments, admire their luxurious ca
bins, and speculate on the vast improvement
which ocean navigation had undergone since the
days of Columbus. If the curious among us went
to admire thempvhen stationary, how many more
might lie expected to throng the wharves lo see
them both depart together ! The whole city
seemed alive with the excitement. Carriages,
omnibuses, and other vehicles, were in motion
as soon as 9 o’clock; and long before noon, every
spot that was accessible, or that commanded a
view of the steamers, was occupied by as gay a
dressed multitude of human beings as it ever was
our good fortune to behold.
Nothing could exceed the excitement of the
scene on the docks and wharves around the two
noble steamers from ten o’clock until one. Hun
dreds and hundreds of hacks, wagons, carts, carri
ages, and vehicles of all descriptions, came and
went, and went and came, as though they wore
driven by a volcano, or escaping from an earth
quake.
“ Drive on ! drive on !”
"1 can’t for that hack ahead of me.”
“ Dump that baggage into the dock.”
‘ I can’t, for it contains specie.”
“ Does it belong to a sub-treasurer 1”
“No—yes—l mean it’s my master’s.”
“Who is your master 1”
“Mr. Cambreleng.”
“Ha ! ha ! ha !”
“Come, make a lane there, and let me getthis
heel aboard.”
“Aye ! let the butcher pass.”
“There goes a bed into the dock.”
“Save the fca.hers.”
“It's only the bed of a carriage.”
The steamers Neptune, Passaic and Osceola,
were pul in requisition;and these, with a number
of small craft, yachts, club boats, and ferry boats,
which were continually passing up and down the
East River, filled to an overflow, with a dense
mass of men, women and children, anxious lo be
hold the race between the rival steamers, —The
decks of the two vessels presented the usual ap
pearance of bustle, hurry, driving and running.
Porters with baggage—butchers with live and
dead stock —dealers in curiosities—constables
on the look out for runaway sub-treasurers—and
hosts of land lubbers and loafers of every grade
and description, were running to and fro, seeking
whom they should devour. These, with the pas
sengers and officers, made up a motely group,
and would have afforded a fine study for a good
painter or a humorous caricaturist.
The scene on the decks of the two steamers
was most animated and amusing, and the conver
sation of the most motley kind.
“Who's that little man with the moustache
and imperial that seems in such a pucker ’!"
“That’s the Count St. James, the husband of
Augusta; hear him.”
“Upon my word, Goddamn—l shall blow your
—saert—stehmer—my trunk—where shall tie be
—I give you my word—my—wife—l shall send
you lo the devil—God damn—l give you my
word.”
“He’s a character. Who’s this little fellow
with a large head!”
“That’s a man who’s going out to Europe in
spite of the lamentations here and elsewhere
that’s Cambreleng.”
“Ah, Cambreleng, my boy, how do you do.
Going to Europe, eh!”
“Yes, I’m going to try to improve my health.”
“Y on are. eh ! Bennett says you’re going to
try on the shoes of Stevenson or of Cass.”
“Oh, no! I’m going to Italy.”
“To Rome, eh ! Look after the Roman aque
ducts, and send old Stephen Allen some informa
tion. for he’s very ignorant on the subject.”
“I’ve been there before.”
“You’ll stay in Italy now, I suppose; get made
minister to Naples, eb ! in spite of the lamenta
tions here and elsewhere. Ha! ha! ha! Good
bye, Cam! God bless your ugly face; the Italian
women wont fall in love with you. But you’ll
put out the small lights at Naples.”
“How do you. Mr. Laird!”
How do you do !”
“When will the Great Western Company
have the -New York’ready!”
Vr ' •• ' v
“They nav'nt arivet stiucf yet”
“When do you come out again'!”
••In the President.”
“When!”
“Toe first of March.”
“How do you, Mr. Junius Smith!”
“Glad to see you, sir.’
“And glad to see this, eh, my old boy! Great
triumph for a Connecticut blue light, ehl’
“No blue light, sir; we do every thing by
I steam.”
“Then let’s take a little brandy. Come, Cap-
I tain Roberts.”
“Busy now, can’t attend to you. Smith, why
did you send so much champagne on board!”
“I did'nt order a buttle of champagne to be sent
I here.”
“ Why, there’s several baskets have been sent
on board.”
“ Send ’em ashore.”
“ Can’t they're down in the hold.”
“ Then drink ’em up.”
j “We can do that.”
“Don’t crush my trunk.”
“ Put your trunk in your mouth, like an ele
phant.”
“Ah! Auchincloss, how are you! You get
no thinner.”
“No! Where’s Essex—l want some brandy.”
“ Essex.”
“ Here he is.”
“ Brandy and water for six.”
“ Brandy and water for six.”
“ This brandy is from the London docks.”
“ Well, here’s success toevery dock but execu
tion dock.”
“Ha! ha! ha!”
Ring, a ring, a ring.
“ What’s that bell for !”
“ For the loafers to go ashore.”
“ Then you had better travel.”
“ How do you do Brucn !”
“ How do you do Auchincloss ! Are you go
ing out to get a loan for Texas!”
“ No, Hamilton will do all that.”
“Which Hamilton! There are so many
speculating Hamiltons in Wall-street.”
“ Cieneral Hamilton. He is on board the Wes
tern ; so is Vincente Nolle.”
“ Which is Nolle!”
“That’s him—that fat man, with a pale face
and spots of red on it.”
“ Here comes the specie—hoist it on board.”
“ Only thirteen kegs—l thought there would
be thirty at least.”
Ring—ring—ring.
“ There, goes the Western—there she goes at
last—now my boys,” said Junius Smith, “give
her three cheers.”
And three most hearty cheers were given ns
the Great Western glided easily and gracefully
out of the dock. Just before this, the scene on
board the two boats had become most animated ;
and the feelings of rivalry had risen to a high
pitch.
“ You will not go out till 4 o’clock, will you
Capt. Roberts!”
“ By George, sir, the man who expects to see
me here at 3 will be mistaken.”
“ Are you ready !”
All! fore and aft—from the keelson to the
truck.”
“ Glad of it. Y'ou’vc done wonders.”
“ Only a trifle.”
About 13 o’clock Capt. Hosken and his pilot
took their stations on the wheel house of the
Great Western, and then the passengers on board
of that vessel began to talk to those on the other
of the superior merits of their several crafts, and
to speculate on which of them should reach their
destination first. Each appeared equally confi
dent, and each, like most other persons,
“ until by losing rendered sager,
Were ready to back their opinions with a wager.”
“ Good by, Smith. We’ll report you to your
friends in England, and say you are coming:”
J unius Smith.— “ Thank you, thank you; sup
pose we return the compliment.”
Bang—went the gun of the Western, and
away she went.
With very little difficulty and not much noise,
Hosken got his craft out into the stream—fired
two or three guns, gave one loud cheer to his ri
val, Capt. Roberts, who gracefully bowed in re
turn, and then the steam was put on, and away
she went
like a wild swan in her flight.
Along both banks of the East River crowds of
people were assembled, who cheered and saluted
whilst the Battery and Castle Garden presented
so many greedy looks, of young and old, that it
seemed as if the very place had been alive, it was
so thronged wiih people. The Great Western
having got out of sight, the officers and crew of
the British Queen began their preparations.—
First the bell was rang, as a notice for all the
loafers and bangers on to clear out. Then her
step ladders were hauled in—the word givet. to
“let go,” and as easy as an infant did the immense
mass of matter give itself up to the control of that
power which can
‘ cleave the tierce wave and drive the rapid car. ”
i
I And hero vve must pay a proper tribute to the
agents, Wadsworth & Smith, and particularly
to Mr. Smito, to whose exertions the company
arc indebted for the speedy departure of this
beautiful vessel. It was not till nearly two o’-
clock on Sunday last that she was made fast at
the wharf at the foot of Clinton street, and before
two o'clock yesterday she was fairly in the stream
, and under weigh—only three clear days to dis
. charge and re-load her, and take in all her pro
, visions and fuel. The most astonishing efforts
have been made. The Custom House here gave
them every possible facility, and the four officers,
1 Storms, Rouge, Raynard and Earl, worked night
i and day to discharge her. Every one deserves
1 credit—the greatest credit for getting her off.
. George Hawes, the butcher, was up all Tuesday
; and Wednesday night, killing, preparing, and
. putting meat, heel, veal, and Mutton on” board
the Queen, some of which packed in ice, will ho
1 eaten fresh in England, to show John Bull that
we have as sweet and as tender mutton in Amcr
i ioa as they have. At one time 500 men were
. engaged in getting the “Queen” ready for sea,
and at last she was ready quite as soon as the
, “Western” was, and hauled out of the dock in
15 minutes after that ship, and went to sea in
f good trim, looking cleaner, and with her decks
loss lumbered than those of the “Great Western.’
Once fairly out in the stream, her beautiful
. j conformation and model were the theme of un
-1 | usuid admiration, and none were louder in her
j praije than those fine Yankee boys who belong
jto the shipyards in the Seventh Ward. 8lo>"ly
r I and stately she rode along until she came abrer.st
of the North Carolina, and then she fired a sa
i lute; hei passengers gave three cheers, which
. ' were re-echoed from the assembled multitude on
| the wharves, by the military at Governor’s Is
. ] land, and by the congregated masses which
j thronged the Battery and the lofty galleries of
• | Castle Garden.
, i Along the whole line of wharves, piers, and
j slips, all down both sides the river, from Clinton
, street to the Battery, the crowds were immense.
. | The tops of the houses, the masts, yards and rigi
. ; ging of the shipping, the balconies, wood piles
| roofs, shantces, and shingles, for two miles, were
■ literally covered with human beings. About 10
. | steamboats were lying off in the sticam, crowded
. , and swarming with people to see her, \rid
I there must have been over 50,000 people" assem
i ’’led in different parts of the city, to witness her
I departure. Never was seen such a sight before •
never will there be such a sight seen a-ain for
fifty years, nor untd steam ships to England be
come ns common as ferry boats, running two
together, sale by side, over the Atlantic. The
excitement too, was intense amongst the assem-
V \ \
Wed mmtiHhW, when they saw the “British
Queen,” sweep down the river so soon after the
“Great Western,” not more than thirty minutes
having elapsed, between their respective times of
starting; and the smoke pipe ot the “Western,”
was still visible when the “Queen” rounded Go
vernor’s Island. Then it was evident to all, that
there was to be a race—a great 3,500 miles race,
and bets Hew about as thickly as brickbats in a
bcofoco row, and thousands ofdollars arc depend
ing on the result.
Never, perhaps, was a more beautiful sight
seen on the water, than the bay presented at this
moment. The british Queen, the best if not the
largest steam vessel that ever floated, dashing
down the bay, attended by a flotilla of other
steam vessels, each crammed by a multitude of
our citizens, who seemed to vie with each other
in offering up their best wishes for the safe voy
age and speedy return of their British visiters.
The “Great Western” was streaming away
down through the Narrows; the “British Queen”
was following her like a fleet race horse. The
“Neptune,” the largest steamboat we have, was
between the two; men were huzzaing, ladies
were sweltering, loafers were shouting and
sweating, rumheads were swilling and swearing,
blaek-legs were betting, bluestockings were de
bating, silk stockings wore discussing, and sans
stockings and sans culottes were cutting about
between the crowds, picking pockets and picking
up “unconsidered trifles.” It was a great day.
The hundred thousand eyes gazed after the ves
sels until distances, which lent enchantment to
the view, enviously hid them from the sight of
our citizens about 3 o’clock ; and then 500,000
souls, of all sorts and shades, complexion and
conditions, strayed to their different houses and
eating houses, some satisfied, some savage, some
to eat a good dinner, some to drink, some to look
on and languish, some sober, and all in a sweat.
Consignees per South Carolina Kail Road.
Hamburg, August 9, 1839.
J. G, Dunlap; Gould & Bulklcy; A. Gumming;
Gardelie & Khiml; A. Frederick; Rees & Beall; J.
F. Benson; Stovall, Simmons &. Co; C. t B.; T.
Tobin; T. Richards; S. Kneeland & Son; T. Daw
sun; J. \V. Stokes; Jeffers & Boulware; K. Adams!
marine intelligence.
Savannah, August 7.
Arrived yesterday.— Ship Tienton, Shapter, New
York.
August 8.
Cleared. —Brig Tantivy, Jehnson, New York.
Arrived yesterday. —Brig Augusta, Livermore,
New York.
Charleston, August 9.
Arrived yesterday. —Line ship Anson, Sinclair,
New Voik ; C. L. brig Dimon, Brown, New York.
Chared. —Brig Daniel Webster, Adams, Havana.
{ry BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, for the benefit
of the Sick Poor of Avgusta and its vicinity.
1 be \ isiting Committees for the ensuing month ate
as follows: ’
Division No. 1. —Wm. Thompson, Wm. H. Oak
man, Mrs. Mantz, and Mrs. Leon.
Division No. 2.—Rev. C. W. Key, Mr. J. M.
Newby,Mrs. J, W. Stoy, Miss K. Morrison.
Division No. 3.—Robert McCallister, Jas. Pan
ton, Mrs. B. Heard, Mrs. J.C. Snead.
Any member of the committees may obtain funds
by calling on the President, (W. W. Holt, Ksq.) at
his office,Cumming’s Piaza.
July 24 C, F. STURGES, Secretary. |
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